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Times Advocate, 1997-12-10, Page 2Page 2 Tinter -Advocate, December 10, 1997 IN TE[E Regional wrap up Riot causes fire ' GODERICH - A small riot oc- curred at Bluewater Youth Cen ire last Monday . night through. Tuesday morning after a fire had been set. stated . the Goderich Signal -Star. Five residents of the centre re- fused to return ((Ore house from -the day ronin at 9 p.m.. turning the situatem vuIIent. • C'lothng. heti sheets and read- • ing_ material were set on fire. .quickly tilling the Tooth with smoke -rhe tire sent one :one .young -offender to hospital Nrrth smoke cnhaldu0n Bayfield tragedy BAYFIELD - A Baylicld boy was struck-. and -killed while walking down the northhound lane of Hwy 21. stated the Hu- ron Expositor. • Twenty -three -month-old. Wes- ley Coonths• who according to pollee was under the care of a hahys!tter. wandered from his 49 Main Street home I;iso Saturday evening and was hit by .a 1995. (MC van Women killed in crash CARGiLL - A Cargill 'are. women was- killed in a single - vehicle accident due to slippery and slush: covered roads. stated the Walkerton Herald -Times. Jo -Ann Duggan..a 38 -year-old -mother- of. three was driving so uth lin the Brant_ Green •Township Line at .around 8:45 a.m. Nov. 27. Duggan•s 1988 Ford Pickup 'went out of cttntrel on the "slippery road". where it. went: into .a ditch and struck a tree. stated W:al'kenun/- Kincardine OPP: New funding for diabetes education • Continued from front page abetes is responsible for 25 per cent of cardiac surgery. 50 per cern of heart attacks, 70 per cent of strokes. 50 per cent of non-traumatic am- putations. 55 per cent of new cases of blindness and 33.per cent .of di- alysis eases.- "Preventive ases:"Preventive programs are an es- sential component of the health care system," Johns said. "With -this re -investment, local education programs are being - enhanced in communities across. the province to provide Ontarians with the pre- ventive • diabetes -related in- formation and assistance they need." These new DCPS programs cont plement the Ministry of Health', existing• diahetes programs, the Northern• Diabetes Health Network :and Southern Ontario Aboriginal . Diabetes initiative which .also pro- vide need -based community pro- grams and services. according to Johns. Holiday free skating offered at Rec Centre EXETER -.- Free public skating will he offered at'the South Huron Rec Centre due to- the generous . Christmas spirit of local businesses. and organizations. . Days and times::Dec. 12, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m, (PD Day Skate sponsored by .the Rec Centres; Dec. 21. .1:30. p:m.-3 p.m..(New ..Orleans Pizza Day. 51/slice): Dec,. 22. 23 and Jap._ 2. 2 p.m. -3 -p.m. (sponsored by the. Exeter Liops Club/. ' Other Rec Centre future events. programs and news: ' ' - •The Exeter Minor Hockey As - * will host the . annual .Chrisimas Break AE and Lambuin- Middfesex Tournaments from Dec. $1 miliion for dam • WiNGHAM The cost of a new Howson Dam could cost SI million. forcing Wingham town .council to search for.alternatives to put off the project as long. as they can, stated the Winghatp Advance -Times. The bridge and dam concrete is'badly eroding and .there's a load limit on the bridge - which runs across the Maitland 'River near Wescast Industries. - There arc three options ac- cording. to Ken Dunn. an engt= neer with B.M.. Ross and_\sro- ciates Ltd.. including making repairs to .the exuun_ structure. a fixed weir structure' with. no flood controls or construction of a new -dam and bridge. $100,000 fire damage • HANOVER :.A tire on. Hwy:. 4; west of Durham destroyed a commercial garage. causing 5100.000 in damage stated the Saugeen City News: - The tire: which occurred on Nov. 28. set the garage com- pletely ablaze: Durham and Dis- trict fire chief fan Graham said the Fre was likely causcd when a broken lamp ignited gasoline fumes in the garage. Fish fauna research ST. MARYS - A team of re- search experts was in St. Marys and area recently. searching for different species. of fish in the Thames River and Flat Creek. stated the St. Marys Journal- 1krgus. Erling Holm. an assistant cura- tor at the Royal • Ontario Mu- seum said the Ministry of Natu- ral Resources is interested in updating surveys which were done. in the 1970s and '80s to see whether fish fauna is chang- ing. Holms said there are some ex- tremely interesting species of fish in the area, and many fish found here are not found any- where elsc in Canada. •Parents'and Tots Skatingis.can- celled torr Dec. 25. 30. 31 and Jan. 1. Family Skating ik cancelled for Dec: 28 due to .the • hockey tnurna- ments. • •The Little Adventures Christmas Party for preschoolers aged 2 and`a halt to 4 -and a half is or Dec. 12 from 9:30 'a.m.-1.1• a.m. Instructor Tracy Hartman, •.viii lead the chil- dren and parents in a craft session. songs. games and a social time. Cost is 53 per child or 55 for two children. A snack is included. Par- ents will stay with their child for the, program, The Winter Little Adventures program runs Jan. .14. 21.28.. Feb. 4. I,I and 18. Cost is•545. - •Registration for. the Gymnastics/ •Kindergym .program -is Jan. 3, 10:30 a.m.-noon at the Rec Centre dryer. Kindergym is tax kids 'aged 3-5 with classesdasting 45 minutes. Gymnastics is for youths aged '6'.14 with one hour classes, All' classes are held• on. Saturdays from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at the South Huron Dis-. trict High, School small gym. Kin dcrgym costs 535/session ' and Gymnastics $40/session. with a S10 rebate for two children families. 520 rebate , for three children. fam- ilies and a• maximum of $100/ session.. Class dates: Jan. 10, 24, 31. Feb. 7.'14. 21. 28. •Dog • owners can register their pets for the South Huron Dog Obe- dience School, by phoning the Rec Centre between fJ a.m.-4 p.m. dur- ing weekdays'prior to the first class on' Jan. 12. The classes•are each Monday from Jan. 12 -March 23, 7 p.m.=8 p.m., at the Rec Centre. Cost is $45. •Those wishing to take First•Aid, CPR and - CPR recertification can register.by phoning the Rec Centre. The First Aid winter session runs Jan. 6. 13. 20 and 27, 7 'p.m.- I0 p.m.; cost is 562.:CPR runs Feb. 3. 10 and 17. 7 p.m.- I0• p.m.; cost is 540. CPR recertification is on Feb. 24. 7 p.m. -10 p.m.; cost is $25. You must pre -register for Gym- nasties/Kindergym, Dog Obedience and First Aid, CPR and CPR re- certification. For more' information. or to register for a program, call the Rec Centre. at 235-2833. Massacred women remembered at SHDHS assembly In memory. At right: Stu- dent David Robilliard lights a candle, left, and Jackie Morgan puts a rose in a vase during the Day of Rememberance assembly at South Huron District High School on Friday in memory of one of the 14 women killed In the 'Montreal Massacre' at Ecole Polytechnique by Marc Lapine on Dec. 6, 1989. Bottom: OAC student Craig Skinner, left, gets a white ribbon from teacher/assembly organizer Carey Eddy. The school held the Day of Re- memberance assembly to mark the anniversary of the tragedy. The as- sembly also addressed male violence against women and guest speaker Chris Pereira, a St. Thomas Central Elgin Collegiate Institute teacher, shared his views on violence and pornagraphy in popular culture and the media. Pereira read a poem by New Brunswick poet/journalist Alden Nowlan titled He Sits Down on the Floor of a School for the Retarded and showed slides of images that ob- jectify people during his speech. Some frightening statistics: one half of all Canadian women have ex- perienced at least one incident of violence since age 16; 57 per cent of women are afraid to walk in their own neighborhood at night; at least one in eight wom- en in Canada is physically battered by her partner; 100 Canadian women are killed by their male part- ners or ex -partners each year on average; at least one in nine high school students report involvement in an abusive relationship; 150,000 to 250,000 On- tario children are exposed to violence in their homes each year. Lucan . wants to be a the tablelor merger talks • By Craig Bradford T -A Reporter Township or other municipal court, - , cols, "We want to he an active 'part of the process." Benner said. LUCAN.- Lucan's new council' • He added while the shelved Lu - wants to ensure 'they'll be at the ta- can-Bidduljrh 4nerger `a" no= Ijle during future'amalgamation rte- hrainer. Lucan • should look. at gotiations and not he told what to ',which surrounding. municipalities do without any• input by an ap •painted facilitator. 'That's the'message Lucan•Reeve RobertBenner said he was going, to • take to Middlesex County council on Thursday during the new. coun- cil's first real meeting last week. The council met the night before to be sworn in. _ • The county's appointed amal- gamation facilitator. Bill Thomp- son. met with village staff about a. month ago to solicit their input on possible mergers and plans to meth with the politicians in . each mu- nicipality to do the same. Deputy Reeve •Harry ,Wraith sig • - gested council hold a special meet- . ing'to divaiss'how each councillor stands •on amal- . • gamation and come'. "No one has ever up with a con- sensus everyone can live with. • Councillor Perry Caskenette said he doesn't; think mer- gers may, be need- ed. - "No bnehas ever showed me that . restructuring is a good' thing or a money saver for this municipality." . Caskenette said. • . . Benner agreed., "I have.•yet to see an economic justification for it," he said about possible amalgamation. • Administrator Ron Reymer point ed . out a study on the .Lucan- Biddulph merger showed a $100,000 per year savings. But that savings disappears when the fallout of the province eliminating the . farm tax rebate and other down- loading measures. Benner said his main concern. is Middlesex municipalities may be forted into mergers recommended by an outside official with little or no, input from ' Lucan, Biddulph they have more in common . with when a' larger amalgamation is. ,contemplated. Deputy Reeve Harry Wraith was adamant Lucan look south for pos- sible amalgamation partners. "We don't go this way," Wraith. said pointing north, meaning the .direction Lucan and Biddulph tax- payers. drive for work and other reasons. "We go that way." He then pointed south. , , , In a later interview, Benner said any merger with surrounding 'mu- nicipalities may end up costing the same as the current set-up with Tess • representation. He:said.the cost of operating larger -municipalities is. Often much more than operating smaller ones es- pecially when mu- nicipal • employees get their CUPE un., ion cards. Other notes from. the meeting: . Write off. Council deferred writing off S 11.246 in taxes due from Scotts Elevator Ltd. after an appeal by owner Allan Scott •ended up in a settlement at . a recent : hearing. Reymer said Lucan is on the hook for about $4,000 of the write off in both residential and business taxes. with,the school boards accounting for the rest. - Reymer said - the. - write off amounts to 10 new homes assessed at the average 5402.13/year based on a 5120.000 home value. • "That burden has to be borne by the other houses in town," Benner said, adding he wants an explana- tion of the settlement. . Projects get go ahead Lucan's second phase federal'. provincial infrastructure programs finally received approval from the showed me that restructuring is a good thing or a money saver for this municipality province. Those projects are: the the. reeve. deputy reeve and senior $35,500:Kent St. sewer line, exten- : staff will have keys.The move was sion: the 534.000. sewage plant approved by council ,atter Wraith clarifiers: and the 54.000-founda- • asked bow many people.have keys tion drain disconnection program to the officeand who needs keys in extension: Tfletifttf•St.'patking lot -Are first place. - pavement program was earlier ap-- "I think we should clean up cur proved by the province. act.' Wraith said. The. projects will he done next : Many. former councillors and' year. staff may' have keys to the existing Good policing news?,locks. and though Wraith :said Reymer said media reporthe there have never been problems. has heard say the province will ; it's better to be safe than sorry. cough_ up jtalf,gf the cost of po- New homes for William? (icing municipalities rather than Council didn't oppose Biddulph .dumping the entire hill into the . Township's proposed rezoning of a ' municipalities' laps as part of its . land plot on the north side of Wil - downloading of OPP services. Fore liam St. just outside Luhan'from a Lucan that means 51.17.000 ,per rural residential holding ,,one to a year would come from the p:ov- incc. Reymer said he couldn't co • the media report. in other Middlesex policing news. Dorchester is back int county -wide OPP bid quote tion after their negotiations with London Police soured over sta nfirm o the oqua- nup costs. . • Tagged Council gave Rcymer '.the go ahead to buy 30.000 florescent gar- bage tags from Bluewater Re- ' cycling at 520/1.000. Only, 6.0(8) of the original 50.000 of the cur- rent smaller green tags arc left. The new tags will he exactly the same .size and color as Biddulph'stags meaning "j there -may be some mix - tips ..along the Lucan- ' Biddulph boundary and the two may sometimes pick up each others' gar- bage. , Reymer said he feels the po- tential problem pales next to the 537.10/1.000 cost of the current tags. "We can make 300 mistakes and still come gut ahead," he said. The new tags will cost 52 each and will be available at Lucan and area businesses starting Jan. 2. No keys please The locks will be changed at the Lucan municipal office, and only we s clea our rural residential zone to allow nine• more new. homes. The public meet- ing on the rezoning is on Dec. 16 at 8 • p.m. at Biddulph council chambers. Great idea lauded Lucan Community Memonal Centre manager Paul Dykeman's pet project - the day camp pro- gram for kids during the,teachers' • strike was given the thumbs up • by council when councillor/arena hoard management rep Rcg Craw- • ford said it made about $1.000. Just about done The Main/Saintshury watermaini scwer.line extension into Biddulpt , Township isi complete, public works supenntenden' think Doug Johnston said. Al that's left to be done ar • grass and driveway res toration and pavemer 'milling which will h done in the spring. T1• Main St. milling and crack scalin is also done except for the Mai Saintsbury. intersection. The se•' and coat of pavemerit�gn Wain; tonn St. will also be laid down int! spring, Johnston said. There was 52.000 left in the pr vincial grant to repair Main St. at . Johnston said. he made the 'c , ecutive decision to use the pion • to repave broken pavement alo- Main St. between the sidewalk a the curb. hould n up act." Paul Carroll director of new amalgamated school board STRATFORD . - The trustees -elect of the Avon Maitland District School Board, meeting in caucus, ratified the recommendation of the Local Education improvement Committee (LEIC) regarding the senior executive positions within the new organization at its meeting last night in Stratford. Paul Carroll, Director of Education for the Huron County Board of Education, has been appointed Director of• Education. 1oljn Patterson, Director of Education for the Perth County Board of Education, has been appointed Associate Director. "This is a very exciting step for the new District School Board. Trustees -elect have been looking forward to making these kinds of decisions," said Wendy Anderson, Chairperson of the L.1r.1,C. "We look to Paul Carroll to provide the leadership we 'need as the new structure is implemented. His contribution as Coordinator of the LEIC ahs been immeasurable to the success of the' planning process. Now that amalgamation is a bout to become reality, 1 am confident that the reins are in good hands." "At the same time, trustees -elect recognized the many skills that John Patterson will bring to the organization. The transition period presents many challenges. I am sure that John will effectively meet those challenges in whatever assignments he is given.", In other business, " trustees -elect ratified that the name of the new District School Board will he Avon Maitland District School Board, and the motto will be "Learning for a Lifetime". The logo will be unveiled at the inaugural Meeting which will be held on Tuesday, December 16 in Clinton. For further information, • please contact Paul Carroll at 519-482-3496, x. 111; John Patterson or Wendy Anderson at 519-271-0930.