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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-05-09, Page 1ua ty Carpet at great prices Professional installation can be arranged R gs Whitin Phone 235-1964 Me•IIIIvray tax•s Iuinp 7.1 p•rc•nt ProPerty taxes In McGillivray Tgwnship will in- crease by $96.84 this year, or 7.1 percent - raising taxes on a typical farm assessed at 86,000 to 81,458.84. The farm and residential rate has increased to 243.14 mWs up 16.14 mills from 1963 and the commercial rate to 286.05 mills, up 19.62 mills. Rates for Huron -Perth separate school supporters are 3.33 mills higher on farm and residential property and 3.91 mills higher on commer- cial properties. Property owners are charged 81 for each mill on each 81,000 of assessment. The township portion of the budget increased only marginally, the farm • and residential rate going up 1.52 mills to 65.54 mills, or 1.6 per - 44. LOCAL MODELS — Melva Ecker (left), co -convener with Lauretta Siegner of the biannual fashion show sponsored by the Canadian Cancer Society, pose with local models Joy Hogg and Dean Frayne before the show. T -A photo Many tIiink.kay to drink and drive Despite the frightening statistic's related to the number of deaths and costs associated with drinking and driving, a spokesman for a local group established by council to -tackle the problem said this week if will un- doubtedly take a long time to convince people that it is not alright to drink and drive. "People still think it's alright to drink and drive as long as they don't get caught," Dr. Don Ecker told council; Monday, in making a report for the committee. Ecker said it was only necessary to see the full park- ing lots at the local rec centre or any of the area "watering holes" on a Friday or Satur- day night to realize that large number of people have not yet been convinced of the dangers of drinking and driving. "Those people obviously think it's alright to drink and drive and if you're in the way (when they leave licenced establishments and dances) you're one of the victims of drinking and driving," he explained. The local doctor said the ad hoc committee established by council has met three times and -plan a public session at the town hall tonight (Wednesday) to listen to a professor from the Universi- ty of Western Ontario who has compiled drinking and driv- ing statistics through the years. Ecker also had some statistics to tell council that 3,000 people in Canada die each year as the result of drinking drivers and the associated costs in terms of injuries, repair costs and human suffering is extreme- ly high. One out of seven or eight cars on the road on Fri- day and Saturday nights is be- ing driven by someone who is impaired and at 3:00 a.m. on 'a Sunday morning, that figure reaches an alarming one out of three drivers. "It's a national crisis and a social outrage,!' he suggested. The . local committee members have decided to join PRIDE (People to Reduce Impaired Drivers Everywhere) which is not a Please turn to page 3 cent. Thema jar portion of the increase wain attributed to higher educatjoq COet■. Council has estimated its 1984 cost for operating the township at $1,106,519, pp 832,094 (roma year ago. The budget includes $449,746 for roads. The first of five annual $2,000 payments has been in- cluded in the budget for the Car seats available South Huron Hospital has added another service to its roster - rental of safety - approved infant car seats. The project is an outgrowth of a management training program taken by Jean Palframan, nursing super- visor, and Barbara Major, the hospital's dietician. As pati of the course, the two were re- quired to come up with a pro- ject that would benefit their community and generate funds for their hospital. The idea of participating in the Ontario Motor League's "Buckle up baby" program filled both requirements. Five car seats for infants from birth to nine months are now on loan from the OML, and more are being purchas- ed, as well as some in the junior size for older children. The Mt. Carmel CWL is cashing in $550 in Zehrs' tapes to buy and donate seats. Jean and Barbara also generated their own scheme to raise money for the pro- gram. In early April they plunged into the home-made Easter egg business. Using a recipe from Barb Sheeler, wife of the hospital's ad- ministrator, the two began turning out cream -centre, chocolate -coated eggs in two sizes. The Teen Volunteers (new name for the- Candystripers as of April 18) offered their help. Hospital employees Wilma Hoffman and Kathy Triebner put their recently acquired cake -decorating skills to good use, and decorated all the eggs. A notice On the staff bulletin board was taken down after four days. All 70 dozen small and 35 large eggs had sold. Please turn to page 3 Hensalj woman dies in head on collision A 19 -year-old Hensall woman was killed early Tues- day morning when the all - terrain vehicle she was driv- ing was in collision with a car on Highway 4 mid -way. bet - Man charged after shooting A 21 -year-old Blanshard Township man faces two counts of attempted murder following a shooting incident early Sunday morning near Woodham. Terry William McCurdy was charged after his uncle, Ross Frederick McCurdy, lot 13, concession 7 of Blanshard, sustained a' gunshot wouna to his left arm. The 48 -year-old injured man was taken to St. Marys hospital and was Still a pa- tient there at press time yesterday. The shooting incident took place around 12:20 a.m., Sun- day, and the suspect was ar- rested at 12:15 p.m. Ile is in custody in Stratford /ail and will appear in court this Fri- day in Stratford. OPP at Sebringville report they have seized a rifle belieb- ed to have been used in the incident. ween Exeter and Hensall. Jennifer Ann White, 103 Richmond St., was pronounc- ed dead at the scene following the collision, which occurred when her northbound 1983 Honda crossed over into the path of a southbound car driven by Betty Errington, 765 Second St., London. The London woman and her passenger, Diana Leddy, were shaken up in the impact. Exeter OPP had con- siderable difficulty getting identification of the dead woman, who was an employee at Fleck Manufac- turing in Huron Park. She had no identification with her and police had to call on property owners along the highway to see if anyone could tell them who May have been out on such a vehicle. It wasn't until around 9:00 a.m. th''J't an identification was made. Police report there was a light drizzle at the time bf the collision. The deceased is a daughter of Barbara Ann Tribble, a resident in the Whilsmith Apartments on Andrew St., Exeter. Dr. C.J. Wallace was the - coroner and it is not an- ticipated that an inquest will be called into the woman's death. township's portion of con- struction of the new Ailsa Craig area ftrehall. Council set aside another 112,000 to start a reserve for locating and testing a new landfill site with neighboring municipalities. Wage settlements have been reached with the road employees. All employees received a five percent in- crease with- fulltime employees set at 88.98 and road foreman at $9.30 per hour. The employees also receiv- ed the benefit of a group in- surance plan from Donahue and Donahue Brokers Inc. This benefit plan replaces the accumulative sick leave of one and a half days per month which the employees previously readied. A development application by George Dion, owner of Trillium Woods Vatter Camp Inc. was presented to•council. The application called for an amendment to theb law and and official 1plan to permit a change In tJ perty zoned as trailer park trailer park to inepade limited mobile home subdivision. Council have considered this request for several weeks and decided at a recent meeting to decline to act on this application. Tenders were opened on the 1978 MF 40 Industrial loader. The tender of Lawrence Scott for $8,600 was accepted. Coun- cil received two tenders for this tractor, both for the same amount. Mr. Scott's was ac- cepted as he was a township ratepayer, the other one was not. Council have submitted a request to the Ministry of the Environment to undertake a Waste Management study for the township in conjunction with area municipalities. The study develops a plan for the management of waste for each municipality in the study area that is the best option for economic, financial, social, cultural, technical, land -use planning and natural en- vironmental perspectives. Council felt that this could greatly benefit the township in planning the disposal of COOKIES FOR SALE — Exeter Girl Guides Wendy Sims Cheryl Hocke and EIbe h waste in the future. Coates are shown participating in the annual cookie sale. y izp t T -A photo Ames Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Eleventh Year tayi Anraitakr dvoca1 oca & North tambton Since 1873 & Nort EXETER, ONTARIO, May 9, 1984 a.. Jiih y" ff/•.ri Price Per Copy SO Cents egukih�ns force German c�upIe to choosevr over- Exeter A r dblock set upbythe Ontario government has forc- ed a German couple to con- sider establishing their than Exeter. Despite their keen en- - thusiasm to locate in Exeter, Udo and Brigitte Wollkopf will probably locate their full- service dental laboratory in Alberta. WEAVING DEMONSTRATION — Teacher Larry Black watches as Holly Beurman aria Kelly Talbot do some weaving during Pioneer Days at Exeter.Public School, Wednesday evening. Commercial zoning area may lump considerably A sizeable increase in Ex- eter's commercial zoning has been given approval in prin- ciple by Exeter council and the planning advisory com- mittee in the first stage of their total review of the policies and goals of the of- ficial plan. At a meeting on April 25, members of the two groups discussed several ideas for the physicalexpansion of the core area uses and highway commercial. As a result, it has been recommended that the of- ficial plan be amended to ex- tend the limits of the core area to ' include additional lands for commercial development. This would mean expanding the core area to a full ane street depth CLAYBIRD CLUB PITCHES IN -- Members of the claybird gun club participated in a Pitch -In cleanup campaign, Saturday. Shown with some of the collected garbage are from the left, Jeremy Mason, Colin Kowiachuck, Eric Kowalchuck, Stephen yule, Jennifer Mason, Larry Mason, Mark Lindenfield, Ernie Kowalchuck, Sarah Mosurin- john, Darren Mason, Jacqueline Mason, Gerald Mason and Justin Shaw, T -A photo both e ast and west of Main St. between the town's southern limits and the Ausable River. That would make the area bounded by William and An- drew commercial zoning. The highway commercial area would also be expanded to a one street depth west of Main St. north of the bridge and to a one street depth east of Main St. between Alex- ander St. and Highway 83. Possibly the most conten- tious recommendation is that the official plan be amended to allow for an expansion of core area uses within the land zoned as grouped comtnercial C5.1 which is the Hawleaf Developments shopping centre. This would provide for more uses in the shopping centre, but only in the existing structure and not any future development in that area. The planning advisory com- mittee will continue to review the goals and policies of the official plan as they relate to the industrial, residential, open space, institutional and future development zones. Upon reviewing all these areas, a complete official plan review would be com- pleted and subsequently one final report would then be submitted to council for acceptance. Should council accept such a report, the necessary ad- ministration could then be in- itiated with regard to preparing amendments and thescheduling of the necessary notices and public hearings to amend the official plan and zoning bylaws. Little discussion was held on the recommendation regarding the commercial ex- pansion at Monday's session of council, despite the fact few members had attended the joint meeting. Deputy -Reeve Lossy Fuller, who presented the report in the absence of Coun- cillor Dorothy Chapman, wondered aloud what "had happened to members of council as only three had at- tended. There were only three members of the planning ad- visory board on hand as well. Reeve Bill Mickle, chair- man of the local industrial and tourism promotion com- mittee, advised council this week that the German couple would not be coming here because an Ontario regulation requires that they be residents of the province for four years before engaging in their profession. Mickle said the couple seriously wanted to come to Exeter and had even looked at property on which to build a home when they visited here in November. It wasn't until the talks got serious that it was learned about the residency rule in the province, that apparently having been established by the government at the urging of the profession. There is no sinuch resAlberta.idency requirement It had been requested that the couple bellowed to write a qualifying exam to prove their credentials, but that re- qttest was also turned down. afraid we've lost them, even if we get a rever- sal of the" policy, which is minimal at best," Mickle ex- plained, adding that, he was most frustrated because it could have been the key to at- tracting other German businesses to the community. The Reeve said Wollkopfs had a sizeable amount of money to invest and their firm near Heidelberg employs 15 people, including their daughter. A son is study- ing medicine. Exeter officials are cur- rently trying to arrange a meeting with the minister of health to show him what the residency regulation is doing to Ontario. Mickle termed as "unfor- tunate" the fact one ministry in Ontario can jeopardize the efforts of another as the ministry of industry and trade had been working closely with Exeter representatives in their dealings with the Ger- man couple. Adding more bad news, Mickle said his committee had inquiries from two other professionals, but it was unlikely they could consider establishing here either. On the other side of the ledger, the industrial commit, tee chairman reported that requests for information on Exeter have been received from Japan and France as well as a firm from California looking for empty industrial floor space for a sizeable operation. Mickle said there was no local facility available for the latter although they were told it could be built for thein Two of the other German industrialists who visited Ex- eter last year have maintain- ed contact and interest. The firm manufacturing ram pumps may consider setting up a display at this year's In- ternational Plowing Match to determine interest in the pro- duct, while Mickle and building inspector Brian Johnston have been discuss- ing the Langenhorst firm with architects and apartment developers in Stratford and London. Langenhorst manufactures door frames and room partitions. "More inquiries come pop- ping along," Mickle said, but he concluded with another comment on the loss that the community has suffered in not being able to get the Wollkopfs to settle here. "They could have helped the town tremendously," he lamented. Somebody forgot that Exeter exists Exeter council members learned this week that they were omitted from the list of people who were given an op- portunity to consider a bylaw establishing a Hay Township agri-industrial park that will be located on the town's nor- thern limits in the area of Huron Tractor. Reeve Bill Mickle advised council that the Hay bylaw has already been approved, and while abutting municipalities bylaw must be notified of any pending changes, the person responsi- ble for circulating the bylaw had failed to send a copy to either Exeter or Usborne. Mickle said the town could ask that the whole process related to the bylaw approval be re -opened for discussion, although he said that in fairness to the whole system, he hoped the county planning committee would re -open the matter without Exeter having to take any action. When the agri-industrial park was initially made known, members of the local council had expressed some concerns over the develop- ment on their boundary. In response to a question Please turn to page 3 J. FINISHING TOUCHES — Three white pine were planted at Stephen Central School, Thursday, as port of the school's celebration of Ontario's bicentennial. Board member Horry Hayter, left, watches as superintendent Robert McColl and MPP Jack Riddell put the finishing touches to one of the plantings. The three men each planted one tree with the assistance of two students who are shown with them and included Julie Schade, Jason Finkbeiner, Christine Schade, Alex Russell, Susan Ratz and Dean Pfaff. A flower bed will be developed in the ores where the trees were planted. Few return to work Dunline staff okay ,,_et Unionized workers at Dunline Division of Dunlop Industries Ltd. have over- whelmingly ratified a three- year contract that provides no general pay increases but promises to keep pace with in- flation through cost -of -living payments. Bert Rovers of London, in- ternational representative for the United Auto Workers union, which represents 35 workers at the plant, said the cost -of -living agreement - which carries over from the previous contract - will in- crease wages by 81.20 an hour by the end of the pact, April 30, 1987, if inflation runs at five percent. Rovers said the union was forced to modify its wage demands during bargaining because the company which makes materials for the tex- tile industry, "is struggling" as evidenced by a recent shut- down caused by lack of orders. "We couldn't go into bargaining like we will with the auto industry where record profits are being made." The plant has been closed for the past three weeks because of a slowdown in business. Twelve workers were called bade last Monday but the company has no im- mediate plans to recall more in the immediate future, he said. The cost -of -living agree- ment increases wages one cent an hour for every 0.122 rise in the consumer price index.