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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1995-05-17, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, May 17, 1995 HV THF NRW.S Regional wrap up Anti - stripping bylaw gets first reading TUCKERSMITH - Township Council will try to pass a more restrictive anti -stripping bylaw. A group of concerned citizens attended the May 2 council meeting to discuss what could be done to stop stripping at Tops, a strip club in Vanastra. According to the Clinton News -Record, the township can't close the club which is al- ready operating. Residents are worried a new owner could re- open an adult entertainment club on the site within two years of the current owner closing. Council gave the bylaw re- stricting future strip clubs its first reading. Reeve Bill Carno- chan said he would vote for this bylaw. "I do not think this kind of business is part of that object we're (council) working to," said Carnochan. Courthouse renovations to be completed by fall GODERICH - The Huron County Courthouse renovations which will make the building wheelchair accessible, is expect- ed to be complete by fall. The $1.7 million work also includes a new heating and ventilation system in the courtrooms and council chambers. The architect for the project, John Rutledge told the Goderich Signal -Star, the job is slated to be completed by mid- November. Seaforth Vice - Principal moves to Exeter SEAFORTH - Vice -Principal at Seaforth Public School, Tom Lyon will be moving to the Vice -Principal position at Exeter Public School for the 1995-96 school year. The Huron County Board of Education announced several principal and vice-principal po- sitiohs for 1995-96. Niall Straw, Principal at Ste- phen C.P.S. will move to the po- sition of vice-principal at Huron Centennial. Acting Principal at Stephen C.P.S., Rob Snell has received the appointment of principal at Stephen C.P.S. In the secondary panel Wayne Tessier, Acting Principal at F.E. Madill Secondary was appointed principal at F.E. Madill. Michael Ash has been appoint - cd Acting Vice -Principal at Bluewater Secondary School and Goderich District Collegiate Institute. Blyth clerk - treasurer position filled BLYTH - The position of clerk -treasurer in the Village of Blyth will be filled beginning June 12 by lifelong resident John Stewart. Stewart is currently clerk at Colborne Township and was one of four candidates interviewed from 52 applicants, reported the North Huron Citizen. Rae campaigns in Huron County Premier Rae travels with Klopp and Buchanan to discuss rural issues Ingrid Nielsen T -A Staff BAYFIELD - After some less than warm greetings in other rural areas on the campaign trail, Pre- mier Bob Rae was showered with applause and cheers from over 100 people as he walked into the Bay- field Town Hall last Wednesday. "If you had told me that this many people would be coming out to Bayfield Town Hall, I might not have believed you," said Rae. "It's a great tribute to Paul (Klopp)." The Premier was accompanied by Paul Klopp, Huron MPP and Elmer Buchanan, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The organizers had envisioned the event as being rather informal, but that informality was difficult to carry off in the packed hall as Rae, Klopp and Buchanan, slowly worked their way around the room. Klopp began the speeches, de- scribing how he believes his roots in the local communities are the kind that can help make a county strong. "We have the tools," said Klopp. "Not the money, because the cup- board is a little bare right now." Buchanan also took a few mo- ments to discuss what he feels the Premier may not be speaking enough about, which is "the need for a strong leader in Ontario, and someone who will not bow to the demands of Ottawa. Both Rae and Klopp discussed the challenges which have faced the NDP party while in power, and Rae said his experience as Premier gives him the best understanding of what can actually be done in Queen's Park. It was for this reason, ' Rae said that he would not offer any "big promises" to the voters. "As Premier, I cannot responsibly make promises that I know 1 cannot keep," said Rae. Rae broke from his regular speech when a small child from the back had noticed the changing weather and commented loudly, "See, it's not raining anymore." Rae heard this comment and agreed. "No, it's not raining any- more. The NDP will be reelected." Rae also visited Wingham earlier on Wednesday to discuss ag- ricultural issues. He was confronted there by an angry Teviotdale farm- er in a crowded hall of the CKNX building. The farmer, Ben Berend- son, claims that the provincial gov- ernment has deserted him in his cries for justice. He says that his land is polluted with PCBs after as- phalt was dumped on his property, and the oil and tar leaked out. The family only drinks bottled water, their water is contaminated, and the livestock and milk have tested pos- itive for PCBs. Rae tried to dispel the em- barrassing situation and told the farmer he does not have personal contact with this issue, and that the issue has been going on for much longer than the NDP have been in power. The farmer vowed to "chaset' Rae on the campaign trail. With files from Wingham Ad- vance-Tintes. Is the Town of Exeter expanding? Continued from front page liferate the situation as occurred in the Anne Street Drain. "In light of the costs, we don't want to be concerned with enlarg- ing culverts down stream." Hundey and Works Superinten- dent, Glenn Keils, stated that an engineer's report would be forth- coming and would address that concern. Councillor Bob Spears commented that there is capacity in the system to accommodate any post -development flows. Council highlights Representatives from the town will meet with a provincial mediator on May 29 in an attempt to resolve the dispute between Exeter and the County of Huron. The county is attempting to remove the right of the town to grant severances because Exeter refused to collect a fee for the county from developers. Exeter's position is that the county is attempt- ing to blackmail the town into conforming with other municipalities in the county even though an agreement was signed between the two bodies exempting Exeter from this obligation. Council has invited the Director of Education, Paul Carroll, and Trustee, Pauline VanDerLey, to address council on the board's long- range strategy for dealing with reduced government funding. Council wrote to the board asking this question, but the reply from Carroll was "nonsense", according to several councilors , including Bob Spears. "We know they're getting less. We want to know what plans they have to deal with the problem other than passing more taxes onto the property owner." H. L. Broom of Exeter has been granted a contract to give the library a much-needed face-lift. The cost of $2400 was challenged by Coun- cillor Tom Hughes who wondered why it wasn't sent out for tender. Mayor Ben Hoogenboom answered that previous submissions were considerably higher when requested in the past. McNaughton Park project Mario Levesque, from All -Pro Lawn and Garden in Lucan wheels some seedlings. Levesque did the landscape de- sign for the park. Hay postpones boundary meeting with Exeter Hay Township cancelled meeting to discuss boun- dary expansion with Exeter atlaer Mir T -A staff it EXETER - meeting scheduled for May 29 be- tween Hay To nship, the Town of Exeter and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs has been cancelled by Hay who has requested more time. The three parties set the meeting to discuss the ap- plication by Exeter for a boundary expansion at the north end of town into Hay Township. The parcel of land to be encompassed by the ex- pansion is located at the corner of Walper Street and Highway 4 and is currently owned by Hensall and District Co -Operative Hay Township Reeve, Murray Keys, said the reason the meeting was postponed was that Hay did not have anything prepared to come to the next meeting with at that time. "We were told by representatives from the O.M.B. that we really didn't need anything pre- pared, it was more or less a cut and dry situation. But we felt that there were certain things the Town of Exeter came forth with at the first meeting that we weren't aware of such as the size of the prop- erty." The Exeter expansion has been initiated in order to service a proposed new Co-op building. Exeter would stand to benefit by the expansion through commercial growth and improved assessment base. Reeve Keys stated in a past interview the town- ship objects to the boundary expansion. Keys said Hay should be able to keep money in the form of as- sessment base in the township. According to Mayor of Exeter, Ben Hoogenboom, the ministry wants the issue to be dealt with soon. "Based on the fact that this is a small parcel of land, it's not really all that controversial. It could be resolved before it becomes an expensive position not only for Exeter but for Hay, " said Mayor Hoo- genboom. Mayor Hoogenboom added he hoped to have an informal di- alogue with the Keys in order to reach a compromise which is ac- ceptable to both parties. "I am hoping to work together with the Reeve and see if we can't work something out that is going to be satisfactory to both parties." When the T -A spoke with Reeve Keys Monday morning, he said that there has been no attempt yet, that he was aware of, to discuss the issue in- formally. Keys indicated this issue will likely affect the ec- onomic development of South Huron County. "What will happen here, with Exeter's approach, is it's going to jeopardize meetings that we have been having on sharing services. It flys in the face of that." A new date for the meeting has not yet been set. "With Exeter's approach, it's going to jeopardize meetings that we have been having on sharing services." Candidacy announced in Huron Dr. Kimble Ainslie EXETER - Dr. Kimble Ainslie, President of the Reform Associa- tion for Ontario announced his can- didacy for the riding of Huron in the June 8th provincial election. Dr. Ainslie said: "I am very pleased to return to Huron County to seek election here. As a 21 year resident of Huron, I have my fami- ly, friends and Reform supporters in on my campaign. Bob Wells, president of thc Hu- ron -Bruce Federal Reform Associ- ation said: "Kim will make an ex- cellent candidate for provincial Reform and I support him 100 per- cent. I'II be helping him out on his campaign and look forward to in- troducing him to people I know. Len Lobb, past Federal Huron - Bruce Reform candidate and 2nd Vice President of Reform Ontario said: "Kim is just the kind of strong, articulate voice Huron needs in the Ontario legislative As- sembly. Why vote for a backbench- er when we can have a party leader representing Huron. Dr. Ainslie will be running on a platform that includes strong sup- port for direct citizen voting on leg- islation, firm support for agricul- ture and small business interests, a balanced budget, and a reduction of the retail sales tax from 8 percent to 5 percent after a balanced budget is achieved. Biography Dr. Kimble Ainslie is 44 years of age, was raised from birth in Gode- rich, Ontario, and attended Victoria Public School and Goderich Dis- trict Collegiate Institute. As a 21 year resident of Huron County, Kimble also worked at Ainslie Market Ltd., and the Goderich Sig- nal Star, as an advertising salesper- son. Dr. Ainslie is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Queen's University and York Uni- versity. For the past 10 years Ainslie has owned and directed a market and public affairs research firm, Nordex Research, based in London, Ontario - with clients and research projects across North America. He is a polit- ical scientist by professional train- ing, and has taught business admin- istration and politics at The University of Western Ontario, Guelph University and York Uni- versity. Since 1992, Dr. Ainslie has been affiliated with the Reform Party of Canada as pollster and campaign or- ganizer. In January 1994, he helped found a provincial wing of Reform, in On- tario and in January 1995, Dr. Ain- slie was elected President of The Reform Association for Ontario. Reform Ontario is sponsoring up to 30 candidates across Ontario for the June 8, 1995 election. In February 1995, Dr. Ainslie as- sisted in founding a new, political research institute, called The Insti- tute for Democratic Reform and Policy Innovation, for which he was made Chairman and President. The Institute for Democratic Reform is a research centre intent on conducting research and disseminating informa- tion on direct democracy and demo- cratic conservative policy options. Dr. Ainslie's written commentar- ies have appeared in national and regional publications as articles and op-ed pieces, and he has offered oral commentaries to national and regional television networks. He has also edited two books which include his own articles: Understanding En- trepreneurship, Dubuque, IA: Ken- dall/Hunt Publishers, 1988, and Conservative Corrections: demo- cratic conservatism from the roots up, London: Springbank Publica- tions, 1993. Osborne interested in sharing recreation services, resources Council discussed sharing ball diamond maintenance EXETER - In discussing the minutes of the latest South Huron Liaison Committee report, Osborne town- ship council members indicated they were not in fa- vour of reviewing fire department boundaries. On the subject of recreation, council showed interest in sharing recreational services and resources especial- ly in regard to ball diamond maintenance and recrea- tion staff supervisory functions. A proposal to change the tax preparation system was rejected when council learned the cost of the new pro- posed program would cost from $8,000 to $9,695, which includes a new laser printer. Since preparation of taxes by Business Computer Services in London cost about $1,500 in 1994, it was decided to continue with thc present service. Council accepted the opinion of the l-Iuron County Planning Department that the future proposed use of land at part of lot 32, Concession 1 is permitted under A03-1 zoning. J.C. Enterprises is proposing to purchase the proper- ty and has indicated the subject use is primarily related to the trucking of agricultural products. From minutes of the county's municipal addressing committee, council learned that each council will be asked to establish a road naming committee of two or three people and also to name a field work representa- tive who can join the driving crew and help with the numbering of properties. The Women's Institutes from Kirkton, Elimville and Hurondate will be asked to provide input on road names in Osborne for the new addressing system which will be used for the 911 emergency system. The township's application to the Ministry of Trans- portation for supplementary subsidy on the proposed purchase of a new grader has been turned down which will result in a revision of the road budget H. Kerr Construction has completed stripping and re- habilitation of the Willis gravel pit for $17,655.04. Council learned the house on this property has been sold and stones from the house have been sold for $ 1,000. The road superintendents of Usborne and Blanshard townships have been given permission to sell the used pump and pipe from the Willis farm well at one-half of the price of a new pump and pipe, or the best offer. As no revisions were requested on the Anderson mu- nicipal drain report, the contract for the proposed work was let to Ron H. Williams Drainage Inc. at a price of $33,166.79. Council agreed to donate $100 toward the planting of a tree in the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Author- ity Commemorative Woods at Morrison Dam in mem- ory of the late William Morley, a former reeve of the township.