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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1995-01-18, Page 3watatimmtifialf JNTHEJ\LF WS Is a Donnelly museum in Lucan's future? As the village looks for a promotional theme, one councillor points out museums usually lose money LUCAN - At the January 3 meet- ing, Lucan Council discussed the options for a village promotion theme. Councillor Rosemary Gahlinger- Beaune voiced some concern over whether a possible .Donnelly mu- seum is a good idea as most mu- seums lose money. She was assured by McLaughlin that council has not made a Donnel- ly museum a definite goal. He add- ed, " One of the reasons we are keeping that option open is that Ray Fazakas has a vast collection of authentic Donnelly artifacts and records which he may be willing to donate to the village. I would hate to see these litems given to a mu- seum elsewhere when they should be located in this area. Gahlinger-Beaune saki she is not in favour of spending $5,000 for. a villagg theme consultant and feels a public meeting should be held to try and tap the human resources of Lucan and area residents. The reeve said this item would be deferred un- til 1995 budget deliberations take place. Clerk Reymer will be following up with Frank Cowan Insurance Company regarding inspection of the Elm street park bridge. Revise sewer repair cost Liqui-Force Services has revised its quoted price down to $164,727 for the infiltration sewer cleaning Vans - only? if Zurich has cars -only parking, why not a few vans -only spaces to compensate, asks one resident ZURICH - Cars -only park- ing spaces in Zurich may have caused some local furor, but one man is asking for compensation in the form of spaces for vans and trucks in return. Larry Northover said that when council designated spaces for cars only at the corner of Main and Goshen Streets in Zurich, it did not give consideration for where owners of larger vehicles would park.. "My suggestion is you des- ignate parking for vans only," he said. "Give us something so we can park near those businesses." Reeve Dwayne Laporte, however, said the village's options are rather limited. "The only other choice we have with those parking spots is no parking at all," said La- porte. "We have no other choice." "I don't think it's made that corner any safer taking that parking of vans away," said Northover. Laporte disagreed, saying he had received many com- pliments of increased vis- ibility and safety for mo- torists near the corner since tall vehicles like vans and trucks were prohibited from parking there. "It's only eight spots" pointed out councillor Brad Clausius, and added that a vans -only parking spot would only be for convenience's sake, not for any safety con- cern. "If our buildings were back off the street 20 feet, we wouldn't have this problem," saki Clausius. Acting clerk Sharon Baker explained that the Ministry of Transportation approved the cars -only spaces over safety and visibility concerns, but would not be prepared to al- low vans -only spaces for con- venience reasons. and repair. It was agreed 'council would approve a contract amount of $155,825, which will actually • cost the village $150,000 after the G.S.T. rebate. An iterim report af- ter about two weeks will be given by the firm to council in order to review their progress. Most of the funding for this project will come from the federal -provincial infra- structure grants program. Council also agreed to have works superintendent Doug John- ston perform the inspection servic- es instead of an engineering firm in order to save some costs. Set committees A bylaw appointing councillors and members of the public to vari- ous boards and committees has been passed. On the planning advisory com- mittee are Barb Coughlin, Daryl Keen, Wayne Pryce and Larry Hot - son; committee of adjustment members will be Martin Chitten- den, Paul Dale and Dave Hotson; fence viewers are Lorne Hodgins and Frank Goring and Harry Wraith is on the property standards committee. Two other names will be added. The Community Centre Manage- ment Committee consists of Reg Crawford, Rosemary Gahlinger- Beaune, Janice Silver and Bob Taylor from Lucan; Herman Stef- fens, Fred Dobbs and Roy Van Kastren of Biddulph; Cord Moir of . McGillivray township and John Walls for the township of London. Lucan and Biddulph fire area board members are Reg Crawford, Harry Wraith and Larry Lewis from Lu - can and Jim Barker, Jim Shipley and Dave Goddard representing Biddulph. Councillors Gahlinger-Beaune and Brady will be representatives on the Bluewater Recycling Asso- ciation and the North Middlesex Building System, respectively. Check safety Bylaw enforcement officer Stan Flood will be advised that some snowmobile operators have been using their vehicles on the side- walks in the downtown area. The month of January is being proclaimed as Alzheimer Aware- ness Month in the villagb of Lucan. Times -Advocate, January 18, 1995 Page 3 Weedless Wednesday a chance to quit smoking Huron County Health Unit kicks off a youth campaign CLINTON - If you smoke and didn't make a New Years resolution to stop, today is another op- portunity to break the habit. "Weedless Wednes- day" is a designated day created to draw attention to the ill effects of smoking. National Non -Smoking Week runs from January 16 to 22 this year. The campaign is aimed at ad- dressing tobacco issues in each community and es- pecially in the young population. Some organizations support the notion of "Weed- less Wednesday" all year round. The Grand Theatre in London offers patrons who do not smoke an op- portunity to enjoy theatre in a non-smoking environ- ment each Wednesday. With the recent new laws to control the sale and use of tobacco in Ontario, the government is taking a hard line approach to reducing the number of peo- ple who smoke and who are starting to smoke. In a report from the Ministry of Health, tobacco use was identified as the number one public health problem in Ontario. Minister of Health, Ruth Grier said in a report that, "Tobacco kills more than 13,000 people each year in this prov- ince. Each one of those deaths is pre- ventable." "Tobacco," Grier says, "accounts for 80 percent of lung cancers and 25 per- cent of all fatal cancers." The Lung Association says "as few as two cigar- ettes a day can cause cancer." Tobacco kills ap- proximately eight times more people each year than car accidents, suicides, murders, AIDS and drug abuse combined, the Association states. Of particular concern to the ministry is the num- ber of young people who smoke and who are start- ing to smoke. While media campaigns have had some success in making smoking an unpopular ac- tivity, one in every four young people between 15 and 19 smokes. Research has demonstrated that young people who do not start smoking before the age of 20 likely never will. There is good news for adults who have smoked for many years. One can still benefit their health by quitting even after a long period of smoking. With- in one year the additional risk of heart disease caused by smoking drops by half, reports the Ministry of Health. Within 15 years, the chance of a smoke -related death is about the same as someone who has never smoked. 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