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Times Advocate, 1995-07-12, Page 2NJEHL NFWS 1' Top students at South Huron District High School • EXETER - School is out for the summer but all the hard work by students should certainly be noticed. South Huron District High School Ontario Scholars and Honour Roll students are listed in alphabetically order Top 'ent kms- Orr.12/CAC for each grade. Steven H Ontario Scholars The Ontario Scholars for South Huron District High School were: Michelle Ducharme; Troy Ducharme; Jason Durand; Mark Foster; Aaron Gardiner; Jason Glaskin-Clay; Steven Hendrick (top student); Ian Jean; An Lam; Andrea Mason; Christine McInnes; Lorna Miller; Christina Parker; Wendy Rau; Elizabeth Russell; Kristi Sargeant; Terry Snell and Cindy Westerhout. Top grade 11 Sharlene BelerIIng Top grade 10 JIIleana Knlp • Top grade 9 Kristina Cowell To apply for Bloom program LUCAN - Village council will be making applica- tion to participate in Ontario's Communities in Bloom program for 1996 as the result of a decision made at the July 4 meeting. Toronto, Brantford, Stratford and Exeter have been selected to represent Ontario in their respective pop- ulation categories in the 1995 inaugural competition. Communities in Bloom is an initiative to encour- age the improvement of municipal landscape and promote a better quali- ty of life, community involvement and environmental awareness. The municipalities are judged by a jury on their community's tidiness. ur- ban forestry, floral arrangement, land- scaping, turf areas and environmental awareness. The efforts and involvement of all the community are taken into consid- eration; municipal, residential, indus- trial and institutional. An awards cere- mony will honor all participants and the winners in each of the three cate- gories. Municipalities and provinces bene- fit from the enthusiasm and willingness generated by the challenge to improve the green spaces, tidiness and environment of the community. All participants learn from each other by the infor- mation and knowledge exchanges on municipal land- scape, community involvement and the environment. The activity provides an exceptional promotional opportunity for tourism by showcasing the participat- ing municipalities in addition to presenting a im- proved image of our towns and villages to visitors from neighboring provinces and from abroad. All municipalities will be showcased in the promotional material. In suggesting the nomination, deputy reeve Harry Wraith said, "I'm proud of our village. The Lions and Optimists are doing a great job in keeping up the Canadian Legion. beauty of our two parks and the arena is a credit to our community. The Business Association and other individuals are to be commended on their efforts to refurbish and beautify the downtown Main street area." Usey garbage Reeve Tom McLaughlin reporting on the recent public meeting on the possibility of the village initiat- ing a user pay system for garbage collection said "it went well." "I'm proud of McLaughlin continued, " Of the 37 per - our village. The sons who voted on the proposal, 32 were in favour. Most of these were from single fam- Lions and Opti- ily dwellings. There is still a ton of educa- mists are doing tion to be provided on this proposal. We a great job in will be asking our people for any feedback kee in upthe whether in favor or not to have it to the vil- keeping lage office by July 18." beauty of our McLaughlin suggested that if the program two parks and starts in November each property owner the arena is a should be given eight free tags as they are already paying for this year's garbage col - credit to our lection on their taxes. community" The reeve added, "We have to make the arrangement very flexible. If by next spring we only take a half -load of refuse to the Watford landfill site we would have to consider switching to a bi-weekly system." The building official's report indicated only one building permit had been issued in Lucan during the month of May and it was a single family dwelling on Duchess street valued at $130,000. Voting delegates from the village at the 1995 Asso- ciation of Municipalities of Ontario conference in To- ronto will be councillors Rosemary Gahlinger- Beaune and Reg Crawford. The following donations were approved by council for 1995 : $100 each to Palliative Care, HOMME Program, Cable TV volunteer and Canada Day cele- brations. Receiving $50 each will be the Salvation Army, Lucan and District Co-op Nursery and Royal Liaison Committee slow to initiate concrete change South Huron Liaison Committee doing too much studying Heather Mir T -A staff EXETER - While the number of members have doubled since its creation, the South Huron Liaison Committee may be stalled in its at- tempt to improve local government while reducing costs. In a report to council last Tues- day night, the com- mittee asked council if they would support an issue by issue study of recreation services. Two approaches have been considered by the committee. They include re- viewing structure, or- ganization and operations and an is- sue by issue review. Comments from Eugene Todd, minister of cul- ture, tourism and recreation, at the last committee meeting indicated a need for a systematic review. Council was also asked to con- sider any specific questions they might have for Les Trowsdale, of the Fire Marshal's Office, regarding "The are ac s neu fire services in South Huron. Council discussion moved away from these specific issues to the greater question of whether or not the Liaison Committee was pre- pared to propose any concrete changes at the operational or struc- tural level. goal we frying to hieve is fitting in tra1 right now." "Is there any com- mitment to change at the committee level?" asked Reeve Bill Mickle. "Are we wasting valuable timer Council pointed to the possibility of mu- nicipal restructuring initiated by the prov- ince through either legislation or more indirectly by reducing trans- fer payments. Council agreed that this is an opportune time for a group of municipalities to work to- gether on their own rather than have amalgamation imposed on them. The members of the committee have voiced that they are strongly opposed to regional government. With less dollars coming from the province, council feels that this is not an issue of regional government but rather working together to find economy. Council said that until separate groups rid themselves of an attitude of protectiveness, the work of the liaison committee will remain at a standstill. "The goal we are trying to achieve is sitting in neutral right now," said Mayor Ben Hoo- genboom. When asked if the recreation de- partments could be changed to op- erate more efficiently, Rick Hun- dey, town administrator responded that the savings may not be that great. "The savings from further opera- tional review may not be that great at all," said Hundey. Exeter's representatives on the committee: Hundey and Mayor Hoogenboom have stated, "South Huron can and should be the au- thors of change, in a form than fits our circumstances." Grade 12 - Honour Roll Grade 12 honour roll students were: Fay Auge; Lisa Bean; Krista Bierling; Kelly Campbell; Kim Campbell; Chris Cowell; Rebecca Darling; Michelle Ducharme; Troy Ducharme; Lisa Eagleson; Terri - Lynn Elder; Jenny Ellison; Dwight Gingerich; Jason Glaskin-Clay; Jennifer Graham; Geoff Hann; Darryl Hartman; Steven Hendrick (top student); Andrew Hem; Kathryn Hern; Adam Jean; Ian Jean; Shannon Kammerer; An Lam; Christine McInnes; Kati ,McNall; Angelika Metzger; Lorna Miller; Christine Morgan; Jennifer Morrison; Christina Parker; Bronwyn Pearson; Wendy Rau; Rita Rutland; Jason Schultz; Teri Snell; Tanya Stegmeier; Sandra Vanderlaan; Julie Weber; Andrea Weigand; Anita Wein; Kyla Werrett; Cindy Weseterhout; Carisa Willis and Amy Zwart. Grade 11- Honor Roll Grade 11 honour roll students were: Sharlene Belerling (top student); Jessica Brown; Khanxay Chantharath; Barbara Day; Angela Denomme; Chad Gilfillan; Valerie Gingerich; Eric Glaskin-Clay; Jason Glavin; Kim Govers; Julia Harrigan; Tina Hoffman; Lindsay Holdsworth; Eric Hundey; Mary - Ann Macdonald; Jennifer McNeilly; Sarah Mosurinjohn; Melanie Neil; Stephanie Pearson; Melissa Seabrook; Craig Skinner; Lisa Stewardson; Teresa Stire and Jayne Westlake. Grade 10 - Honour Roll Grade 10 honour roll students were: Michael Dunbar; Krista Gass; Steven Hern; Jilleana Knip (top student); Katey Morrissey; Jill Ramer; Jeff Reid; Julie Semple; Sara Szabo; Kelly Thiel; Jennifer Van Bakel; Jacob Weber and Theresa Wilhelm. Grade 9 - Honour Roll Grade 9 honour roll students were: Michael Atkinson; Jason Brown; Kerry Brownlee; Becky Case; Kristina Cowell (top student); Julie Darling; Marcia Denomme; Samantha Edwards; Derek Etherington; Julia Geiger; Scott Gilfillan; David Governs; Mary Ann Grotentraast; Lisie Guerts; Brian Hayman; Becky Hodder; Starr Hovius; Brian Huxtable; Becky Kirk; Vanessa Laye; Sarah McAllister; Melissa Miller; Shannon Milley; Ryan Munn; Jason Neil; Keriann O'Rourke; Christine Pertschy; Mandy Rolph; Darryl Romphf; Matthew Seabrook; Justin Shaw; Christian Stuckless; Marcy Swance; Angela Toonk; Sarah Vermunt; Michelle Willis and Annette Zwambag. Conservation Authority accepts flood, erosion control tenders EXETER - At a recent meeting, directors of the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority accepted tenders for a flood control project in Exeter and an erosion control program in Grand Bend. For the Exeter flood reduction project, a precast culvert will be or- dered immediately from Con Cast Pipe at a cost of $40,346.02, plus GST. Tenders for installing the culvert under the railway tracks near Marl- borough street will be opened on, July 14. General manager Tom Prout said this week that installa- tion of this culvert should solve a historical problem of flooding in this area as part of the Anne street drain. The contract for the Grand Bend erosion control project was let to Warwick Equipment Ltd. for a price of $99,484.32 subject to the affected landowner accepting their portion of the cost, and if funding is not received from the province, the equivalent will come from the Cottage Lot Reserve. Prout said this work is to protect a house close to the top of the bank of the river upstream from Highway 21. The Authority board of directors will support any action taken to post speed restrictions for boats on the river at Port Franks. A public meet- ing has been held to discuss this possibility. Prout added, " If a speed limit will reduce erosion of the river bank, the Authority is all for it. We are an owner of property and a marina there and this subject has been talked about for 15 years." Ontario Hiking Day will be on Sunday, October 1 and the Authori- ty will coordinate the annual Ban- nockburn Fall Hike for the same day. A watershed management strategy has been compiled by Snell and Ce- cile Environmental Research with information provided by the Au- thority technical staff. This strategy will give direction to Authority staff regarding initia- tives throughout the watershed for the protection and preservation of natural resources, education to stakeholders on ecological condi- tions and identifying natural re- source features for land use plan- ning The final draft will be circulated to stakeholders and interested indi- viduals for their review and com- ments. Authority staff will use it as a draft resource document in the in- terim. For nursery stock requirements for fall 1995 and the spring of 1996, black cedar, norway spruce, white spruce, Colorado green spruce and Austrian pine will be purchased from Sloan Tree Farms. Baker Nursery will supply green ash and red maple, bur oak, honey - locust, sycamore, serviceberry and sugar maple will be obtained from Winkelmolen Nursery. During a recent tour, board mem- bers stopped at an Agreement For- est in Hay Swamp. This area was planted 40 years ago and has been managed by the Ministry of Natu- ral Resources. Council to dissolve BIA After a public meeting and a survey it is clear the BIA should be abolished HENSALL "From the tone of this meeting and the result of the survey, there is no B.I.A." This was the assumption made by Luanne Phair, clerk -treasurer for the Village of Hensall during Tues- day night's regular council meeting. The Business Im- provement Association has been met with little en- thusiasm. A public meeting, held on June 19, made it clear to council the business community does not sup- port the BIA. A follow-up survey was distributed to all 50 busi- nesses and although only 12 have been returned to date, they have a common message. The BIA will be dissolved. A by-law will be written for the August council meeting to abolish the BIA. A budget has not been submitted to council for the BIA and therefore there is no tax levy for this purpose. A by-law for the purpose of setting the mill rate and collection of taxes has been passed by council. Although it seems the general consensus that the BIA disband, the Hensall Economic Development Committee will continue to exist and took for ways to improve the village's economic climate. One of the issues the HEDC has been looking at is the creation of a Community Development Officer to assist in the village fulfilling its needs. Many good ideas have come out of the public meeting and the HEDC will hold another public meeting during the last week of September to present a summary of its find- ings to all the village residents. Stephen to delay portion of Dashwood municipal drain CREDITON - Due to a request from the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Stephen township will delay construction of a portion of the proposed Dashwood munici- pal drainage works. Engineer Will Bartlett recom- mended to council that the High- way 83 portion of the construction of the said drain be delayed until 1996 to coincide with the proposed Highway 83 reconstrution. Attending the July 4 meeting of council in this regard were Hay township reeve Murray Keyes; Dashwood village trustees Bill Becker, Ken Rader and Mike Tie - man; engineer Bartlett and MTO representative Brian Kope. A bylaw was passed to authorize the signing of the deed to transfer an easement to the Ontario Clean Water Agency for a pumping sta- tion located on the township shed property, just west of Crediton. Road superintendent Eric Fink- beiner has been authorized to pur- chase a Bush Hog mower from P.G. Elliott Ltd. at a low quote of $7,097.80, or alternatively at his discretion a TAARUP mower from C.O. Farm Supply at $6,756.09. The Oakwood sewer line tender was awarded to the lowest bidder Stewart Webb and Sons at a bid of 535,507.95, subject to reviewby the township engineer. In acceptance of the proposed changes to the Karvas Subdivision road allowance at the extension of sideroad 20 at Concession 19, coun- cil requests that they comply with A04 and Home Industry provisions of the township zoning bylaw. A zoning amendment application from John Muller affecting Lots I4 and 15, Concession 16 was accept- ed and a public meeting will be called for August 1 at 7.15 p.m. After adopting the minutes of the June 19 Stephen township fire board meeting, council will moues' fire chief Robert Pertschy to main- tain a detailed record of inspection! for which fees are charged and pro- vide a summary report of such in- spections prior to year end. Council approved a grant of $10( to the Huron County Plowmen'$ Association and will support thai organization in their application tc host the 1999 International Plow. ing Match in South Huron.