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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1995-11-29, Page 3IN THF. NEWS How do you feel about Stephen Township amalgamating with Exeter? Unda Oliver Municlpal of- Rce employee Crediton "It's going to be like chang- ing jobs. I've been here for 18 years, it will be different working with new people." Jane McPher- son, munlclpal office employee Credlton "I don't know. I think !'m just going to go with the flow." 410 Ron Pickering Crediton "I have no Idea. I can't see much ben- efit but i haven't really thought about it." Mutual Aid seminar held at Dashwood fire department Seventy five firefighters learn proper procedures when work- ing with an air arnbulance Chris Skalkos T -A staff DASHWOOD - The Dashwood and Area Fire De- partment hosted a mutual aid seminar last Monday to discuss procedures when working with an air ambulance. Jim Hoffman, Dashwood fire chief, said 75 fire- fighters from Huron County Fire Departments, and the•Lambton Grand Bend department, attended the seminar to learn what is expected of them when an. air ambulance is summoned to an accident scene in their area. National Helicopter, a company contracted by the Ministry of Health provides the only air am- bulance service in South Western Ontario. Based at Victoria Hospital in London its scope of service en- compasses an area from Owen Sound to Windsor and west to the Niagara Peninsula. National Helicopter conducted an on site landing Monday night at Dashwood's Hoffman Ambulance station in front of approximately 100 onlookers who had a chance to view the chopper up close. Ken Boyle, Director of Base Hospital Program, was the guest speaker for the evening. According to Boyle the air ambulance is equipped with every- thing a land ambulance has and carries crew of two pilots and a medical attendant. The air ambulances obvious advantage over ground vehicles is its speed and ability to access difficult emergency locations. However, the two are meant to work together." The air program supports the land ambulance pro- gram...they work in conjunction with each other," said Boyle. Since the Air Ambulance began its service in 1991 Boyle said it is called upon 25 times a month and so far this year it has answered approximately 20 calls in Huron County. Boyle said there are three different situations that the Air Ambulance is used for. Thc'tirst is an "in- ner institutional transfer" or in other words an ur- gent hospital to hospital transfer of critical patients. The second, is transportation of a critical transfer team from a major hospital to a community hos- pital. The third, and the least common, is an on site emergency call." On scene calls don't happen very often," said Boyle; however, when they do, firefighters such as those who attended the seminar in Dashwood will be prepared to assist if a situation occurred in their region. Hoffman said the next mutual aid seminar will held next March hosted by the Goderich Fire De- partment. Lucan to develop tree planting policy by spring Brenda Burke T -A staff LUCAN - The unwritten policy Lucan has adopted concerning pro- hibiting boulevard tree planting will be updated and made official by spring. "My recommendation would be that we develop a set of guide- lines," said Councillor Rosemary Gahlinger-Beaune at council's Nov. 21 meeting. "We will do that before spring," replied Reeve Tom McLaughlin. Lucan resident Dennis Lehlanc was given notification by the vil- lage on November 9 to remove the two Thorn- less Honey Lucust trees he had planted on the boulevard in front of his home the day be- fore.. "I didn't know it was prohibited," Lehlanc told council. "I found this out afterwards." Although he apologized to coun- cil for planting the trees without au- thorization, he urged the village to develop a tree planting policy for boulevards. "The simplest policy," he said, "is to simply say there is no plant- ing of trees...on any boulevard." However, Lehlanc, who said his neighbors have expressed interest in planting trees on boulevards, en- couraged council to allow the tree planting, explaining it would beau- tify the area and raise real estate values. "i was beautifying the front of my house," he said. "Basically it's a suburb...I don't like that kind of look." He referred to the success of blossoming crab apple trees along Sarnia boulevards, adding planters should be requested to apply to the village for approval before putting trees on boulevards. "Unfortunately the (boulevard) tree belongs to the village," he said, "The policy is ply say no pia trees.. boul suggesting a sponsorship program he set up for such trees in order to provide continuous care for them. Leblanc temporarily re- located his trees, which, he said, have the potential to grow thirty feet high, to a garden in his back yard. At the council meeting, Galhlinger-Beaune passed out cop- ies of a tree planting guideline for developers that was compiled by Bruce McGauley, Division Head of Urban Forestry Services for the City of London. "If we don't prohibit street lighting, why pro- hibit tree planting," she said, adding the three fo- resters she talked with recently addressed con- cerns council staff had about planting trees on boulevards. According to this research, she found trees generally don't inter- fere with utility work and tend to survive under snowbanks, even when very young. As for leaf rak- ing, she said, residents would as- sume those duties. She also pointed out trees' maintenance costs are kept to a minimum for London during the first five years of the trees' growth. Two of the fo- resters recommended a variety of trees be plant- ed in an effort to control disease. They also agreed trees improve real estate values. "Generally, (trees) don't present a problem as long as guidelines are adhered to," said Gahlinger- Beaune. She suggested council develop a policy stating what types of trees are allowed to be planted on boule- vards. McLaughlin said he would like to examine her information betore voting on a new tree planting policy. "Council has nothing against planting trees," said Village Ad- ministrator Ron Reynt- er. "as long as they're planted in the proper spot...Why not plant (a tree) where it doesn't have to he dug up," he explained, referring to instances where boule- vard trees arc removed due to con- struction. Steve Harburn, of the Ausablc Bayfield Conservation Authority. had attended council's Oct. 17 meeting to make recommendations concerning boulevard tree planting. He outlined four options to coun- cil: allow no planting on boule- vards; place no restrictions on boulevard planting; restrict planting on boulevards to certain species of trees; or provide trees to home- owners who want them but restrict them to private property. Currently, if a tree is removed from a boulevard, the village will suPply a resident with another tree that must be planted on private property. Harcourt was con- cerned about trees in Lu - can that were older, larger and growing at the edge of sidewalks on town property. "As we decrease in budgets here," he said, "we're not going to have the money to (care for) simplest to sim- there is nting of .on any evard." "Coun n against ins they're ed proper cil has othing plant - trees as long as Alant- in the spot." trees." He - He suggested the municipality be selective in the planting of trees to reduce future maintenance costs. '1 think we should be moving to- wards smaller growling trees," he said. He also urged council to put a tree planting policy in place. Times -Advocate, November 29, 1995 Page 3 Don Clarke Crediton "I don't know how it's going to work. I need more informa- tion on it." r .,• Bonnie McNutt Credlton "I kind of like Crediton the way it is. ! don't want it to lose that small country atmos- phere. Stephen Sakelis, co- owner of Lar- ry'sTown B Country Restaurant "! think it's great! I hope it helps our busi- ness." Ray Soper Exeter "Bigger doesn't always mean better." Sharon Romphl Exeter I think it's not a case of right or wrong but something that needs to be looked at...If it eliminates du- plication, I'm for it...1 think lo- cal government is going to have to change. We're here to serve the people." Helen Jermyn residents wait for p ower to be restored Hydro lines were replaced Wednesday after power failure Tuesday EXETER - Thirty Live senior and other residences were affected by disabled residents waited for crews power surges. to replace hydro lines at Helen Jet:- A generator was hooked up to the myn Apartments system Tues - Wednesday morning day night at after power failed about 5:30 but Tuesday at ap-residents were proximately 1:30 _ — told operating televisions or a.m. "It should be up and running, no problem, today I un- derstand," said Linda Pizzari last Wednes- day. Pizzari is the - housing manager from the Huron Housing Authority. PUC Manager Sherman Roth re- ported hydro was restored to the building by approximately 6:30 Wednesday night with the help of an underground crew from Strat- ford who replaced the line. Ac- cording 10 the housing authority, ;�zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz;; N k4 q N N N N N N N N N N N N your support was 0 greatly 0 appreciated. • LI Tim Robinson and • Exeter and area for your patronage since 1989 N " family N Save U Gas 0 ZZZZZZBar/Pioneer �ZZZZZZZZZ stoves would overload the system. Al- though the generator failed once during the evening, the plugged fuel line was re- paired and an electrician remained on-site throughout the night in case of fur- ther problems. According to security resident Nora Phillips cold, especially on lower floors, caused discomfort for some residents. Many also missed the use of their televisions because in the winter months they spend most of their time indoors. The housing manager ordered pizza and coffee for residents Tues- day night. "We the housing authority brought in some food and hot bev- erages for the residents and I knocked on all the door and made sure everybody had something to eat," said Pizzari. "Everyone was well looked after. Families were in and brought food. They were fine. At no time was the building cold for the residents." The Jermyn apartments consist of geared to income housing owned and managed by the Huron Hous- ing Authority. The apartments, built in 1975 and dedicated to Dep- uty Reeve Helen Jermyn, were originally intended for senior cit- izens but now house a wide variety of tenants. - HANDUNG THE HOLIDAYS d1 (from A Not So JOIN Christmas by Dr. 8111 Webster) Christmas is a wonderful season of the year. This year the Christmas bells will have a different ring for you and your family. A significant person in your life has died. The trouble is that you Just can't avoid the reminders that it is the season to be Jolty. Everyone is shopping for that special person in their lives, cheerily wishing each other "Merry Christmas" - but you feel anything bitt merry. Things like pulling out the old familiar decorations and tree omaments will painfully bring back memories of years gone by. Christmas may be one of the most painful reminders of what we have lost. In such circumstances we need to understand that this is not just about Christmas. This is about GRIEF. In fact,. grief that we experience around this Christmas season, If acknowledged and validated, can be a very helpful stage in the reconciliation of Our loss. 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