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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-05-02, Page 1ua ity Carpet at great prices Professional installation can be arranged L Wliitings Phone 235-1964 Pentecostal congregation plan new worship centre Exeter Pentecostal Taber- nacle has purchased four acres of land south of Exeter on the east side of Highway 4 next door to the Exeter Animal Hospital. Construc- tion of a new church to seat 550 and provide facilities for Christian education and mid- week activities is scheduled to begin this fall. "We've outgrown these facilities", Pastor Bob Don- nan, said in reference to the present church at the corner of Main and Victoria St. Present seating capacity is 300 if every seat in the sanc- tuary and the upper balcony is filled. Attendance on Sun - HOSPITAL DONATION — Ella Bailey and Audrey Pooley, director of nursing at South Huron Hospital, are shown with a Laerdal bag used to treat children with cardiac arrest. Mrs. Bailey donated the money for the bag in memory of her sister Dorothy Brady, one time secretary to Alice Claypole, a former administrator at the hospital. Positive reaction for sportsroject p l of why the businesses group was not represented at the meeting. The rec director said they had not been invited specifically other than through a general notice of the meeting in the newspaper. Another meeting will be held on May 14 to make a Final decision after representatives have an opportunity to talk to their various groups about the project. "We're ready togo," com- mented Lorne Marshall of the local shuffleboard group. Martin DeBruyn, represen- ting minor soccer reported his members are "all excited" about staging the event. it was indicated that Walkerton may also bid for the 1985 event and the deci- sion on where it will be held will be made this July. Representatives from nine local sports and service groups gave an initial positive response to the tentative plan for Exeter to make an ap- plication to host the 1985 Lake Huron Recreation Zone Sportsfest. The event, held annually on the third weekend in August, attracted over 2,500 par- ticipants in about 20 sporting events to Seaforth last year. it will be hosted by Kincar- dine this year. Seaforth rec director Brian Peter was on hand to answer questions on the event, along with local rec director Lynne Farquhar. The latter explained it was "a huge undertaking". that could only be considered if it has the support of the entire community. -Some of the events include ball hockey, baseball, slow pitch, lawn bowling, shuf- fleboard, darts, soccer, euchre, swimming, tennis. trap -shooting, T.ball or other sports which may be con- sidered by the hosts. Participants cover all age levels from minor athletes through to senior citizens and the emphasis is on inter - community fun, fellowship and participation in recrea- tion activities at low and medium skill levels. Peter reported that Seaforth council provided a grant of $2,000 to his group to stage the event and there were also donations from several area firms. The pro- vince pays a 75 percent grant towards the salary of a co- ordinator hired for 16 weeks to oversee the organization. The Seaforth Sportstest committee ended up with a profit of ever $3,000. mainly from a dance, while the groups involved in assisting made some profit from the sale of food and refreshments. There was considerable discussion on the financial situation at Monday's meeting at the rec centre, but most appeared to agree that they would be prepared to work on the project as long as any profits went to local ser- vices or recreation projects. Representatives were on hand from ladies slowpitch. Sorority, Kinettes, rec board, Greys fastball team, soccer, lawn bowling, minor softball and shuffleboard. "The only way we can fail is through weather," Miss Farquhar reported, adding that she would approach council and the rec board for financial backing for the event. She said the event would be good for local businesses, which prompted the question Area firms given jobs Two Exeter area firms have been awarded contract work for the renovations and additions at Precious Blood Separate Sthool in Exeter. The Iluron-Perth Separate School Board announced which tenders were accepted at their April 24 meeting. Gregus Construction of Ex- eter was awarded the con- tract for the supply of materials and supervision in the amount of $171,427. This was the lowest of six tenders received. Gordon Slaught of Crediton will do the mechanical work at the school for $40,371. This was the lowest of four lenders received. day mornings averages 250. Sunday school rooms are now set up in both the church base- ment and ,the two adjacent houses owned by the church. Even before Donnan arriv- ed as minister of Exeter Pentecostal Tabernacle last April, the board had con- sidered, and rejected, the idea of building onto the pre- sent facilities. Some elderly people have difficulty navigating the long flight of stairs from the foyer to the sanctuary, and there is limited space on the present site for off-street parking. Board members are visiting other churches prior to having plans drawn up to suit the specific needs of the Exeter congregaton. The structure will be designed to be easily accessible to the elderly and the handicapped. Older members who do not drive and could not walk to the new church because of the distance will be assured of transportation to and from the services. "I feel the congregation is excited about our future Surprises continued Exeter council members continue to get some un- wanted surprises regarding the sewer lagoon expansion project. They were called to a special meeting on Tuesday to decide on the contract for a drilled well at the lagoon site. Indications were that few realized the $4,000 to $6,000 item was even included in the project. "It's for a laboratory and a lavatory," clerk Lii Bell ad- vised Mayor Bruce Shaw when he asked the question which had been answered prior to the meeting by works superintendent Glenn Kells in discussion with some early arrivals. Kells said the washroom facilities were required by the ministry of labor and noted that a supply of water was also needed for the sampling procedures which will take place' when the new system gdes into effect. - In answer to a question by Councillor Ben Hoogenboom, Kells said the water required was not a great amount. Replying to a question from the Mayor, he said that it woud not be cheaper to pipe water in from the existing system as the cost of pipe alonewould be two to three, times more costly than the price of a drilled well. Members continued a bar- rage of questions in an at- tempt to find less costly alter- natives with Reeve Bill Mickle wondering if a dug or augered well of 30 or so feet would suffice. Kells said in view of the lagoon waste, it was im- perative to drill into the rock to seal the well. it is expected it will have to be from 200' to 250' deep, although it was reported that one well in the area is 300' deep. Council finally agreed to ac- cept the price of W.D. Hopper /'& Sons Ltd., Seaforth, at a price of $21 per vertical foot for a six-inch well. Prices for five -inch' wells were $2 less a foot, but B.M. Ross and Associates recom- mended the larger size. The engineering firm came in for some sharp comments moments later when Kells ex- plained that builder's risk in- surance for the pumphouse is not included in the contract and should be secured by the Town. Kelis said it had been left out of the contract because it can be purchased cheaper by the municipality than the con- tractor who will he doing the - Please turn to page 3 plans. This has been demonstrated by their finan- cial commitment", Donnan said. According to Donnan, two or three options are being considered for the future of the existing facilities, but he was not at liberty to elaborate further at this time. Deadline extended for space in atlas The deadline for applica- tions for space in the 1984 Huron County Atlas has been extended until May 15. Faced with a last minute flood of ,queries from Huron organizations and families regarding the atlas, the atlas committee at a meeting in Goderich-on Monday decided to extend the closing date drom April 15. The new- date will allow many additional entries to be accommodated according to Reeve Grant Stirling of Goderich Twp. who heads the Huron County council com- mittee in charge of the atlas. There appears. to be an in- creasing interest in recoun- ting the story of long tirne Huron families and business organizations and theexten- Sion will provide time for such groups to file an application Reeve Stirling said. Payment for the space required should accompany the application. Reeve Stirling also em- phasized the advantage of an entry in the Patrons Direc- tory. Not only would the entry perpetuate a family name for f(itre generations but the $35.00 entry, fee includes a free copy of the Atlas he said. Application forms may be obtained at municipal of- ficeds and libraries across the county. Further information is available by calling the atlas office, in the Court House, Goderich at 524-2950. 71 TRIVITT CELEBRATES 125 YEARS — The 125th anniversary of Trivitt Anglican Church in Exeter was celebrtt ated Sunday morning. Cutting the cake were Church warden John Heslinga, Bishop of Huron Rt. Rev. Derwin Jones, Trivitt pastor Rev. Jim Sutton and Church warden Tom Humphreys. T -A photo Imes Serving South Huron, North Middlesex ...£S One Hundred and. Eleventh Year VOC & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, May 2, 1984 Price Per Copy 50 Cents A TIP OF THE AT — Thelma Russell and Jean Murray try on some of the hats available at Thursday's South Huron Hospital Auxiliary rummage sale. T -A photo Whelan gets nod of three delegates Liberal leadership can- didate . Eugene Whelan will get the nod on the first ballot from some of the Huron - Bruce Liberal Riding Association delegates, but after that the delegates are uncommitted. The area riding association elected five delegates April 26 to attend the June 14 to 17 leadership convention in Ottawa. Muriel Murphy of Goderich, Heather Redi4 of Zurich, Bruce McDorfaTI of Mildmay, Mac Ingles of Teeswater and Paul Steckle of RR 2 Zurich were elected as delegates from among 10 nominees. . The remaining five nominees become alternates. They are Trudy Holmes of Wingham, Beecher Menzies of Clinton, Kirsten Armstrong ODC EMPLOYEE RETIRES -- Jim Cook completed 33 years of service Monday as on Ontario civil servant. He hos been employed over the years by RCAF Centralia and the Ontario Development Corporation at Huron Pork. Making a presentation are Huron Industrial Park manager Jack Malone at the left and ODC superinten- dent of operations Bill Ford. T -A photo 1 • of Teeswater, Howard Aitken of Goderich and Geneveive Madden of Goderich. Steckle was the only nominee who told the 119 Liberal members who voted for the delegates how he would vote. Ile said his first vote would go to the agriculture minister "because I ca re enough about him." McDonald later said he i 'uld also vote for Whelan on the first ballot, but was not preitared to say how he Would vote on consecutive ballots. The president otthe Huron - Bruce Liberal Riding Association, Jack Horn of RR 4 Walton, who automatically goes to the June convention, said he intends to vote for Whelan "all the way." Huron -Bruce Liberal can- didate Graeme Craig of RR 4 Walton, who also goes to the convention automatically, said he would vote 'for the agriculture minister on the first vote, but is uncommitted after that. Both Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Redick said they are going to the convention uncommitted. .The remaining delegate, an- gles, was absent from the meeting. Th. other two delegates Please turn to page 3 LUCAN AIDED Ontario Environment Minister Andy Brandt an- nounced this week that a first payment of $60,000 has been made to the Village of Lucan to meet the cost of engineer- ing required for the proposed enlargement and improve- ment of the exiting sewage works system. The engineering -report is scheduled for completion this summer and it is hoped that construction will start in the fall of 1984. Luccn area landfill site top topic at kB. event Although the Ausable- Bayfield Conservation Authority lists nine topics for consideration in its watersh- ed planning report, the ma- jority of them remained un- touched al a While meeting in Exeter, Thursday, as the discussion centred mainly around the Biddulph Township landfill site of C.H. Lewis (Lucan) Limited. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Nippa, neighboring property owners, used the forum to continue their appeal to stem the pollu- tion which they claim is seep- ing into the watershed from the site. Nippa suggested that a landfill site should not be per- mitted so close tQ a water source and termed the situa- tion "very serious." "It's not only our problem, it's everyone's problem," his wife suggested. Nippa and Jacob Kasper, the latter who lives downstream from the site, had critical words for the ministry of the environment officials with whom they have had contact in their battle over the dump. Nippa termed some ministry officials as com- pletely incompetent and add- ed that they "tie in your face. "We pay people to do a certain job and they don't do it," he charged. "What kind of society do we live in?" Kasper said it was an issue on which the Authority should take a strong approach and he tabled some documents and letters received from ministry officials by the group of area residents who have been battling the dump. "You'll find them real eye- openers," he said in reference to some of the comments made in the letters. Nippa suggested the Authority appeared to have no control over the situation and watershed planner Dan Kennaley, who,chaired the meeting, said the Authority has benefitted from good rela- tions with the ministry and has received money for various projects. "Don't bite the hand that feeds you," commented a voice from the audience. However, Kennaley said the Authority could possibly bring some pressure to bear on the situation, although manager Tom Prout noted there had been involvement in the past and probably the Authority "can't help you more than you've helped yourself. Kennaley said the Authori- ty can sympathize with the people in their battle, but the Authority had probably already done as much as it could. After a brief discussion on another topic, Mrs.Nippa got the dump topic opened again and in a bid to resolve the matter and continue with other topics, Prout 'said the Authority could send a letter of inquiry directly to the Hon. Andy Brandt regarding the landfill si'e. Among other topic's which did manage to get broached Minor injury as car flips A London woman escaped with minor injuries after her car rolled over early Sunday evening west of Exeter. Sheila Watson lost control of her vehicle on Huron St- W. at concession 2 of Stephen Township around 7:00 p.m. Damage was listed at $4,500. - it was the only accident in- vestigated by the Exeter OPP this week. were the quality of fish in the Bayfield River, a proposed dam near Lucan and a walk- ing trail from Exeter to the Morrison dam. The latter was mentioned by Gib Dow, whe said such a path would hook up Exeter's population wri h the popular recreation spot and not have people using his golf course. He told Authority chairman Jack Tinney that the present path should be cleared out, noting that people are not go- ing to walk through brush if they can walk down the fairways. Mrs. Nippa wondered about the Lucan area dam which had been mentioned in a watershed report bask in 1949. Prout said that such a dam is not even contemplated at • vamp the present. In fact, he said that there would be few new dams anywhere in the. pro- vince in the next decade as the benefits derived were not relative to the construction and land costs involved. A spokesman for the ministry of natural resources answered the question on the fish in the Bayfield River, saying that any fish coming from the lake have con- taminants and should be used very moderately by pregnant women. He said there was lit- tle harm in males eating fish from the lake on a regular basis. Kennaley said that the water in the Bayfield was of better quality than the Ausable according to tests undertaken in 1982. Plerise turn to page 3 • `• LIONS AID HOME The Exeter Lions club recently mode a donation of $200 towards the purchase of a specially made wheelchair for the Huron Street Home for Developmentally Handicapped children. Wendy Milton and unit director Arden Magill hold Robbie Linton and Tammy Doymon while Lions Esmoil Meroni and John Wuerth mode the presentation. T -A photo Investigation continues into McIntyre murder Halton Regional Police and the OPP are continuing their investigation into the shooting death of former Exeter OPP detachment member ('pl. William McIntyre, McIntyre, who spent near- ly 10 years in Exeter, was found shot to death in his Oakville apartment on April 21. F'uneral service for the 33 -year-old was held on Thursday with five members of the Exeter detachment attending. Another former member q[ the local detachment who was convicted three years ago of dangerous driving in the death of a Kanata girl can keep his job, but he'll lose about $5,SOOa year in pay for three years. Const. Dale Lamont was found guilty at an OPP disciplinary hearing of discreditable conduct involv- ing the March 18, 1980, death of Nikki Farrar and was demoted to third-class from first-class constable. Farrar, 15, was killed as' she walked along Katimavik Road in Kanata. Evidence at Lamont's trial showed his car had crossed into the oncom- ing lane befores striking her. it will take Lamont, 41, a 19 -year veteran, three years to work himself hack to first- class constable, now paid $31,317 a year. A third class constable earns $25,860 a year. 1 Lamont in a ,previous disciplinary hearing con- ducted under the Police Act by now OPP commissioner Archie Ferguson, had been told to resign or be fired. He won an appeal of that decision on technical grounds - the proper rank hadn't sign- ed the charge - but on January 12 a new charge was laid and signed by the proper rank. e