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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1997-10-08, Page 5J IT'S YOIJR BIJS1NJjSS: •Tines -Advocate, - Ociuber 8, 1997 Page 5 Readers invited to send questions to candidates On the Street by Jim Beckett The interest in,local politics will start to heat up as election day gets closer. In Exeter we're fortunate to have two Jong serving politicians vying.for the position of mayor. This leadership role will be critical as many difficult issues will be faced at the same time council is losing several other veterans who have chosen not to run this time. The choice is between Ben Hoogenboom and Bruce Shaw. Both individuals have different styles and will certainly have different approaches to dealing with important issues.. The topic of amalgamation will be one of.the top items on the. agenda presenting -a wide variety of choices for the future direction of all municipalities in this area. Wecould be faced - with: a county -operated government which could see one large council running everything. Another.possibility, and more likely, is seeing surrounding townships, villages and the -town of Exeter forming a regional government with elected officials representing much larger areas. Things will change. Some jobs will be lost. Some positions will be eliminated. Greater -efficiencies must be formed across the board to cbmpensate.for decreased financial support from the Province. The days of applying for a grant and getting on with a particular project are over. Now, everything -must be cost justified and be.entirely - • practical because guess who will be paying the entire bill. In previous elections the extent of canlpaigns by councillors and mayors would go something like this. Candidates would announce ,they are running, put in a brief - appearance at a town hall meeting where they would • take the microphone •for a couple of minutes asking for support 'from a small number of ratepayers who managed to find the time toattend the .• .. meeting in the_ first place. This would be followed up with most candidates placing small advertisements in the T- - A, delivering -flyers and in Some cases even ringing doorbells to personally ask for support. Because the next term will be .the, most challenging one (possibly). in th a history of Exeter, the T -A is hoping t� - hold both Hoogenboom's and Shaw's feet to the fire in an endeavour to get each,of them to show why they should be the person to lead and probably -presideover the last council to . exclusively represent the town of . .Exeter. We are giving all Exeter resident~ a chance to ask both candidates whatever they want. It's similar to a town hall meeting except with a couple of advantages: The other benefit is both Hoogenboom and Shaw will be 'forced to answer each question - ' directly and -in writing. Hopefully this will clarify where ' they stand. To participate in local democracy please write , Jur question. All questions must be. received by Monday, October 13. We will submit the same.list to both Candidates who will.have their answers back to us by Monday, Oct..20 for publication:in our Oct. •- - 22 issue. Please mail your question(s) to CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR. C/O TIMES -ADVOCATE- . t).0. BOX 850 EXETER, ONT. NOM 1 �n OR -FAX TO 23541766 OR EMAIL TO , jim.beckett@eedy.com QUESTION FOR MR. HOOGENBOOM and MR. SHAW This is your, chance to participatein Exeter's political process Seismid totting in Huron County largest_i n history 'combination (11 71(1111 t ;r t •, ukl he . Jnlled hole. , to land owners. an an«nilt." If Bluewater and Clearwond tind Brown expects the seismic test- . .An ,montah• t..i )e;uinc titrTita natural gas' deposits. they ;ell it to Ing to begin in Huron County by tion. of rock -natcrial found in ,i Union Gas Ltd. who in tum sells it late December. By Chantal! Van Raay T -A Reporter - HURON COUNTY - Black gold, texas tea. Or as most people know • it. til. That's what may be - ex- tracted in. Huron County. BluEwater Energy . Quest from Each dnlling project ;;osis $35.000 for leasing; testing and; . drilling of the hole: _Brown- said in `order to make a return on the -in- vestment. 50••per cent of what they discover underground needs- to.turn -into production. meaning that what they find must be salable. Presently. Petrolia in conjunction with Cleat:- • Bluewater Quest has 26:0001 -acres wood Resources Ltd. from London are undergoing one of the largest seismic testings ever. in Huron County in the hopes of finding gas and oil deposits they believe are . present. - ' "Huron County is lucky. enough to have slate .of the art three- dimensional seismic testing," said • Bluewater Energy Quest president Murray Brown. 37D testing makes • it very likely to find oil and/or nat- ural gas deposits. "Normally nine -out of -10- holes are dry."• said Brown. adding that • working with Clearwood Re- . sources - means the odds • of en- countering dry. holes areabout five in 10. • • "Clearwood Resources Inc. from London is one of the major in-. dependently owned exploration firms in Ontario. They are the trend-setters in the business." But how likely "is it' that they'll find oil or gas deposits? • . • :There's gas there. there's • no doubt -about it." said Brown. "But . up. This is how they determine if the thing is. is there enough gas to deposits exist.. • - • turn into production'"' "This gives a graphic picture .)f of leased property in. Huron County. or 70 projects. Bluewater and Clear - wood have. entered into.a mineral rights lease with land owners in Hu= ron County. which gives the tease owners rights to drill on land own- ers property. If oil and/or gas is dis- covered on a leased property. the - land owner is entitled to. -12:5 per- cent gross royalty. Bluewater checked data on these. areas before a mineral lease was signed in order to confirm passible mineral deposits -were present. Data was hosed on satellite 'imaging, old seismic data. arid records fmm pre- viously drilled wells.in the area. •Seismic testing involves drilling a hole into an 'area with potential oil or gas deposits. The hole is gen- erally two inches in diameter rind 15 feet deep. A small charge of dy- namite is then set off. sending sound waves into the ground. The sound waves bounce back. and measurements are taken on how long it takes fcir the waves to come You're hivitet Thursday, October 16/97 at 7:30 p.m. Three AAA Dining Lounge Exeter k elhas Rme lisped lipsquir AEI aim* Coffee and dessert provided Seating is limited so make your reservations today by calling 1-888-235-9260 Sponsored by: Y.I.S. Financial Inc. YOUR INVESTMENT SHOPPERS Lawrence M. Beane Don Thompson what'_c there." explained Brown. But what is found _may not. al ways he what they hoped for. "The hole might he empty tic full of water, or if we're kicky. it could - he 'full ouldhe`full of natural gas or oil.. or ii Harry Dougherty 1 Accounting Service Income Tai • Business PreWirafton. • Financial' • Person,rl Statements • • Farm • Payroll • Business • Bookkeeping -85 Riverside Dr., Exeter Office .519-23.5-21.56,1 1 Business Directory, AUCTIONEERS Hensall Out. . All types of auctions. Complete service. Will purchase partial or complete estates. 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