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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-06-27, Page 1Qua ty Carpet at great prices Professional installation can be arranged • • IU Whitings Phone 235-1964 Get Ford quality award Fleckproduction team honored An area manufacturing plant recently received a Q-1 quality award from the Ford - Motor Company. President Fred Hertel and vice-president Dan Mucci of Fleck Manufacturing were in Detroit to receive the Ford Q-1 Award on behalf of the 540 employees at the two Fleck manufacturing plants at Huron Park. Fleck Manufacturing, makers of automotive wiring assemblies received the Ford plaque for continuing ex- cellence in product quality. This award has been received by only six percent• of Ford's 3,000 supplier plants which have earned a reputa- tion for above average con- sistentquality in their HOSPITAL DONATION South Huron Hospital direc- tor Roger Sheeler and Jean 'Mills, past Matron of the Exeter Eastern Star, seem very pleased -about the Kroy printing machine donated to South Huron by the local organization. The machine can produce graphics and overheads for staff education. Given 4OOfine and stiff warnin . A Zurich man, appearing for the fifth.time on a charge of having liquor readily available_ in a vehicle, was warned in Exeter court, Tues- day, that he could face a jail sentence for another conviction. • - The warning was given by Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake to • Gregory J. O'Brien. :13 Goshen St. Mr.- Wedlake said lie had warned the accused previous- ly not to appear -before him again on such a charge and noted that the jail term could be imposed next time if the Crown asks for that kind of sentence. O'Brien. who pleaded gui1= ty to the charge. but told the court the liquor in his car belonged to friends riding with him• was fined $400 for the June 3 offence. Ile was given four months in which to pay the penalty. Ile had four previous convic- , lions during a time frame from April 1983 to March of this year. The minimum fine of $53 was levied against E.M. Joyce Gallagher, 181 Colum- bia Drive, Iluron Park. whose husband entered a guilty plea on her behalf on a charge of making an improper left turn on March 31. The accused was irwolved in an accident on that date when she pulled out of the junction of highway sand the Crediton Road into the path of a southbound vehicle. Damage in the ensuing colli- sion was $7.000 and two peo- ple were injured. including Mrs. Gallagher. The Crown asked for the minimum penalty in view of the fact the accused has had health problems associated with .the injuries she sustained. The minimum fine of $128 was_ also imposed on Daniel G. Harris, RR .2 St. Pauls. who pleaded guilty to careless driving on June 17. The charge was laid following a crash on Highway 4 north of ' Firm gets Arab work Agricultural Information Services Limited of Exeter has recently been appointed North American advertising sales representative for Arab Agriculture. This is the latest title in a series of well- established, quality annual reference publications by Falcon Publishing of Vphrain. With an initial printrun of 9500 copies, Arab Agriculture will be distributed in December '84 to• all key decision -makers involved in agriculture in the 21 Arab countries that comprise "the Arab world." Editorial will be in Arabic and English - one the straight translation of the other, so the front half will be English, the back half Arabic (Arab books start from the back). Exeter when the Harris vehi- cle struck the rear of one driven by Mark Wragg, Ex- eter. Both drivers suffered in: juries as did two passengers in the Wragg vehicle and one with Harris. Damage was listed at $9000 to the two vehicles. Mark D. Stephens, 19 Riverside Drive, Exeter. was fined $78 after pleading guil- ty to a charge of creating un -- necessary noise with his vehi- cle on June 4 at 12:30 a.m. in the parking lot at the South Huron rec centre. The accused was reported- ly driving in circles at a high rate of speed. causing the tires to squeal. Ile jumped from his vehicle when police arrived and it was towed away. The police asked that more than the minimum fine of $53 he levied because of com- plaints which have been received from area neighbors about the noise.. - In other cases. Brian Tomkins, Clinton, was fined .$124.50 for travelling at a speed of 1:34 km. in an 80 km. zone on May 7 on Highway 4 in Tuckersmith Township, while Perry W. Mattson. 85 Richmond St., Iiensall, was -levied a $7 fine and $7 in costs for being parked in a no park- ing area in Ifensall on February. 9. In the final case. 1.1r. Wedlake registered a convic- tion but suspended sentence on Donna Glanville. 129 We ington Crescent, lluron artt, after 'convicting her nn a charge of entering premises when prohibited from doing so. The court ruled the ac'cns- ed had gone .cross the lawn of a neighbor to retrieve a frisbee. despite the fact the neighbor had advised the ac- cused through a registered letter previotsly not to walk across the property. products. As the Fleck company was growing steadily at Huron Park it was also building a team df people in all of the various manufacturing func- tions who have demonstrated a concern for good quality. Improvements are con= tinually being' made in pro - Stephen told no more aid Stephen township council has learned from the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communica'tions that supplementary grants are not available this year. Council had earlier made application for supplenlen- tary_ assistance to purchase a new road grader. Despite this piece of news, tepders are being called for purchase of the new piece of machinery with the stipula- tion that 50 percent of the cost be paid at the time of ,pur- chase with the balance to be taken care of in January 1985. • No objection was.raised to a rezoning application from the village of.Grand Bend at Lot 11, Registered Plan 30. A bylaw was passed ap- proving the sewer agreement between the Ministry of •the Environment and Grand Cove Estates. Approval wag -given to in- creasing the retainer fee of the Dashwood fire depart- ment to $5,000. The current figure is 43.000 - Permission was given to Thompson -Warner to erect a temporary tent on part of Lot 4 LRE Concession fora boat - auto shovirfrom June 30 to Ju- ly 14. Maclaren Engineering has completed an environmental study on upgrading of• the Lake Huron system water treatment, plant and a copy is available for viewing at the township office in Crediton In reply to the recent Taylor report regarding floodplain land management council has given their full support to the • Ausable- Bayfield Conservation Authority and the way any problems have been handled. Teacher still in Toronto Jail SHDHS math teacher Joanne Young commenced her third week in a Toronto jail on Monday after being ar- rested on June 11 on a trespass charge in connection with a demllnstration at On- tario ffyiiro's Toronto office. Yoking was scheduled to ap- pear in court yesterday Tuesday) and the disposition of that appearance was unknown at press time. In an appearance last Tuesday, she was remanded in custody for .one week. Joe Palmer, deputy superintendent of the Toron- to West Detention Centre, said the 57 -year-old teacher has cooperated with the cen- tre routine in all other aspects but has refused solid foods. Ile said she drinks li- quids and is under "constant medical supervision". The Huron County board of education has not called any Special meeting to deal with her situation. Board officials . say that such a meeting may be staged.after the teacher is released.from jail and makes contact with Them. Last -December, after Mrs. Young was arrested and de- tained in custody, she was suspended without pay for 21 days for her action. She was alto warned that any failure to fulfill her duties as a teacher due to similar cir- cumstances could result in her . contract being terminated. duction, equipment, testing , arrangements, testing ar- rangements, statisticarpro- cedures and inspection systems to help the individual production workers to do a quality job, Commenting on the award, director of manufacturing operations Dick Beamish said this week,. "the people wlrw work at Fleck in Huron Park now numbering 540 -can be justly proud of their Q-1 rating. It was a long road spanning several. years in reaching this.leyel of quality and the job ahead at this point is to prove that the same Equality and service will 4, continue." Beamish continged, " Since Ford only place$ its business where they get reliable quali- ty and delivery the success story at Fleck should bring a -continuation of orders for automotive wiring being ship- ped to Ford plants throughout the United States and Canada." - Fleck president Fred Beret and vice-president Dan Muc- ci presented the Ford plaque Monday afternoon to -Huron park director of marketing operations Dick Beamish, quality control manager Jim Ulch and UAW local 1620 president Fran Piercey. • 4' FORD HONOURS FLECK — Fleck Manufacturing of Huron Park has received the Q-1 Quality award from Ford Motor Company. Above, Fleck president Fred Berlet and vice-president Dan Mucci present the plaque to Huron Park director of marketing Dick Beamish, UAW 1620 local president FranPiercey and quality control manager Jim Ulch. Ames Serving South Huron, North Middlesex° One Hundred and Eleventh Year Fp'• �3y s 4 voc & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, June 27, 1984 Price Per Copy 50 Cents Engineer notes it is estimate only N a Members of Hay township council met with engineer B.M. Ross for two hours at their second regular ,June meeting to discuss a draft plan for a water distribution system along Highway 21 from the waterworks plant to Drysdale which would bg en- tirely paid for by the proper- ty owners. (All figures given were estimates only. 'and the proposal will be thoroughly discussed at a public meeting scheduled for August 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the township hall in Zurich.) The total estimated cost of the main trunk along Highway 21, the additional cost of feeder mains and sub- division distribution systems and the cost of having the PUC install service connec- ' tl ons to Mistimes, cottages, farms, and buildable vacant lots existing subdivisions add up to $2,201,400. Ross proposed that the full capital costs be paid .by pro- perty owners on the basis of accessible frontage. Those whose property fronts Highway pay only "'for the trunk line assessment per foot in frontage. Ross suggested a max- 'imum limit of 200 feet for each farm holding and ea severed parcel fronting the' highway. This. limit would - also apply to commercial enterprises like the golf course and the restaurants. The trailer parks would be charged according to actual frontage in use. No frontage assessment would be levied on unsub- divided farm land along the 41 .water over feeder lines leading from Highway 21 back to the subdivisions. A universal rate per foot would be applied across the project for distribution system (feeder) mains. This assessment would not apply to properties fronting the highway, nor to the Moore, Rau and Cantin subdivisions now served with mains of ade- quate size and strength to meet the flow and pressure • requirements. The cost for private service hook-up. also universal, would be $400. Vacant buildable lots should be serv- ed with service pipes unless the municipality was directed otherwise in writing.. This type of lot would be assessed for both the trunk watermain• on Hig'hsvaaau.?,L3 :.Abe distribution mains unless directed otherwise by Council. Emphasizing again that all figures given are only estimates, Ross provided the example of costs to an owner of a lot with 85 foot frontage on 21. Cost for the trunk would be 85 feet at $11.29 per foot, plus the service cost of $400, for a total df $1,359.65. The property owner with a lot with the same frontage re- quiring a distribution system would pay an additional cost for this of $11.:37 per foot fron- tage. bringing his total bill to $2,326.10. Farmers and owners of residential property of more than 200'foot frontage along 21 would pay a maximum of $2.258 for the trunk main, plus the $400 servicevcharge. • too •1 V. 444.1 I, Ross was instructed to preire a set of draft bylaws for council's next meeting on July 3. These bylaws would deal with the township as the supplier of water, authorize construction, set the frontage rates and the' rivate service charge, the flat or metered water _rate, and 'terms of owners' consent to connect. Thursday's meeting was only the first tentative step toward. a privately -funded' water systenr, after council had exhausted every avenue to obtain in their attempts government funding. .2 million If the proposal receives a go-ahead at. the publ' meeting, the plan will then be forwarded to the .Ontario Municipal Board ,who will decide whether or not it pro- ceeds: A hearing would be called if there were objections. - 4 CENTRE OF ATTRACTION = The Grand Old Lady of American theatre Helen Hayes was a guest at the Oakwood bin at Grand Bend Wednesday for the annual Dave Scatcherd golf tournament. She is shown in the centre of the 'above picture with Valerie Scatcherd. J Lively interest. shown in GB boundary talk T -A photo There was lively interest in the question of the expansion of the boundaries of the Village of Grand Bend among the 20 area residents who at- tended a meeting of enquiry L Thursday night at the public school. Most representation came from residents in the portion of Southcott Pines which lies within the jurisdiction of the AMMONIA TANK TIPS — Traffic was held up late Friday afternoon on Highway 83 west of Exeter after a tank of ammonia tipped over. Exeter firemen responded and were relieved by the Dashwood brigade who remained while Waiper's Service Centre tow truck operators righted the tank. Overturned ammonia tank causes anxious moments Firemen from Exeter and Dashwood had a few anxious moments while Friday even- ing rush hour traffic along Highway 83 had some delay- ing moments after an am- monia applicator tank tipped over on a bridge•about three miles west of Exeter. The half-filled tanker was being hauled behind a tractor driven by Christopher Merrier, RR 1 Hay, when a side boom on the applicator struck the east side of the bridge abutment as he pro- ceeded westerly. The tank began to sway behind the tractor and struck the bridge four times before it finally rolled onto its side on the west side of the bridge. Firemen from Exeter responded to the call initially around 5:00 p.m. and handled the situation until relieved by firemen from Dashwood in whose area the incident occurred. • Walper's Service Centre in Exeter dispatched a tow truck to th& scene and after one unsuccessful attempt, managed M perform the delicate task of pulling the ap- plicator back onto its wheels. Damage to the applicator and tractor was set at $5,550 and there was $50 to the bridge. The tractor was own- ed by Visscher Farms. KK 1 Hay. Traffic along Highway 83 was stopped during part of the operation, although many of the motorists merely turn- ed around and skirted down the sideroad to avoid the delay. The accident was one of two investigated this week by the Exeter OPP. - The other occurred in Hen - sail on Wednesday when a vehicle -driven by Richard Wood, Seaforth, backed from a laneway on King St. and struck a parked vehicle own- ed by W. G. Thompson and Sons Ltd. Damage To the ttvo vehicles was set at $500. Township of Bosanquet. Less than one-third of the ratepayers in the subdivision live in the village proper. From property owners in the 200 acres at the sodth of the subdivision, Bosanquel Township counts on about one third of its total assessment. In spite of 'the fact that there has not been significant voting interest from the Bosanquet area in the past during municipal elections. the feeling at Thursday's meeting was that South -colt Pines enjoyed better relations with Basanquet than with the Village of Grand Bend. Past President of the S.P. Association, Walter Costellb, mentioned the friendly rela- tionship they had been able to establish with the members of Bosanquet council. Represen- tative of the Southcott Pines and company, Robert Southcott, felt that the "at- titude- of Grand Bend coun- cils over the years had "discouraged cooperation". "The attitude seems entirely different in Bosanquet," he said.• "Bosanquet is suppor- ting us so well financially.': A resident in the Grand Bend portion of Southcott Pines; Dr. Russell Lingard said that "for 8 to 12 months Grand Bend is a community of 1.000 people and there is no way a .community of that population can support t need- ed ► progress." Reeve BobSharen said that Grand Rend had no land for expansion -and needed a larger population base in order to be able to deal more successfully with other levels of government. Kingsmere resident, W. Please turn to page 3 WE'LL BE LATE Due to the holiday, Monday. The Exeter Times -Advocate will be published one day later than usual next week. it will be printed Wednesday night for Thursday morning delivery. 'Under the most propitious of circumstances, the OMB would take three months from receipt of the bylaws to set- ting a date for a hearing. If the project was approved, it could go to tender in two months and finished by the next year, but not in time for operation by the summer of 1985. In other business, a request from R. Palme in Lakewood Gardens for . permission to park a trailer for the three summer months generated a warm discussion. Hay's bylaw stipulates that any trailer must be on a perma- nent foundation and hooked up to a septic tank. The township's secondary plan designated the west side of Highway 21 as recreational, and trailejs are. to„pe !n- couraged to locate in trailer' parks. Claire Deichert called this discrimination, and Mur- ray Keys asked if it was easier to live with the bylaw or change it. Deputy Reeve Tony Bedard felt "it's stupid to keep them out when they are produced in Hensel!”. He added he had no use for the bylaw, but "it's in effect and must be enforced". Commenting that "mobile homes have always been a thorn in the side of :!ay township", Reeve Lionel Wilder told councillors he realized the bylaw was not perfect, but "how do u say no to one and yes to another?" As no one came up with a better bylaw, Wilder said the ' present one must be enforced, and permission was denied. The name of Valentine Becker will be submitted as a - nominee to possibly receive one of the 200 Bicentennial medals being awarded by On- tario later this year. Becker was chosen because he has served his community for many years as councillor, reeve, president of the agricultural society, the Lions Club and .other service organizations. and was on the school board when Zurich was a police village. The retired businessman has been a lifelong member of the township. "Coog" Knight, Hensall's Centennial Ambassador, ap- peared before council tO ex- tend a personal invitation to residents of Hay to come to Ilensall's Centennial festivities this weekend. 'TENTATIVE PACT The Middlesex County board of education and its 250 secondary school teachers reached a . tentative agree- ment Thursday on a contract for the 1984-85 school year. , personnel superintendent Carl Young said. Young said the details of the proposed settlement are being withheld until after the board votes on the contract July 9. The teachers. members of District 41 of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, are expected to have a ratification vote next week. Under the current contract which ends Aug. 31, salaries range from a minimum of $19,194 for a novice teacher to a maximum of 842,305 for a teacher with at least 12 years experience and a post- graduate degree or its equivalent. The average salary of a secondary teacher in Middlesex is about 838,000.