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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1996-04-03, Page 1SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 4 This Week Balto 7fk, :_$14.99 Hotline 235.3535 r,iBSCRIBEl, ' 11 you aren't subscribing to The Times -Advocate, you're missing out. Use the coupon below and subscribe today! 1 Name: I Address City t Prov. 111 Postal Code sUDSCWP?1ON RATS: Canada , 1 * S* 40 min - (65 km) apdrassed io non titter carrier addresses $33.00 pats $2.31 GILT. Outside 40 mass - (65 km) or any khat • • curler address $83.00+$4.41 O.S.T. , Ousade Canada -$99.00 as seta vas** ' USE YOUR CREDIT CARD' 0uX1CIu 1 CLIOCILICEICI Card No. I Expiry Date ❑ Visa ❑ Master Card CI Cheque enclosed Relum to; TIMES ADVOCATE . 424 Main St. Exeter Ont. NOM 1S6 oar ane ai• ai. um t♦ mei Inside Spring forward A reminder to set your clocks ahead one hour Saturday night Experts page 20 Announcements pages 22-23 Classifieds pages 26-30 T -A places second in sports coverage MISSISSAUGA- Despite being in direct competition with news- papers from much larger markets, J.W. Eedy newspapers fared well, placing first and second in the "Best Sports Section" category. Our sister paper, the Fergus/ Elora News Express claimed first place while the Times -Advocate was judged second best among en- tries from community newspapers with circulations as high as 9,999. The Orangeville Banner placed third. ' The Milt Dunnell award, named after the famous Toronto Star sportswriter, was accepted by T -A sports editor Chris Skalkos at the Ontario Community Newspapers Association's annual convention 'Saturday. Readers asked to help with survey EXE. bR - Times -Advocate read- ers are being asked to participate in a confidential survey to determine where consumers in this region shop and why. The survey, which can be mailed or delivered to the Town Office or dropped off at several local busi- nesses, including the T -A appears on page 13 of this week's T -A. The town and the Exeter Business As- sociation have asked the O.A.C. ge- ography students at SHDHS to con- duct the survey which keys in on shopping habits of area residents. Most of the questons ask people to deal with facts about where peo- ple shop and how often they shop there. Other questions are asking for opinions. • The survey authors stress there are no `right" or'`wr'ong" answers. • It you have about 10 minut s to devote to the survey you will be as- sisdng the business community munity as they learn !ghat they can do to at=' tract mid rttdntidn the support of to cal shapers. SEIP'S • valu-mart 4 & @3 f.xeter 235-0262 New Release Horne for the Holidays °Hotline 235.3535 (9.3(, 7c G.S.T) ONE DOLLAR Working 96 feet above ground, Jessie and Harvey McDonald of Union Steeplejacks work atop the tower at Zion United Church in Crediton. The tower is getting a face-lift in time for the Church's 100th annversary celebration this summer. See story on page 8. Garbage co -collection begins Osborne, on a trial basis, will not charge bag fees By Brenda Burke The trucks will make stops at ' T -A Reporter landfill sites, then take recyclables HURON PARK - Bluewater Re - to the Bluewater facility in Huron cycling Association is simplifying. Park. Residents who are serviced' waste collection by combining will no longer have to removi'la- w'hR t uSeit1. 9 $19.1 'P: P.a;M . RI' kers fra cq d!'r . -'lection, garbage and' recyclables,` : Aattfen•most-c into one pick-up using a "one-stop, "Over a three-year period, 1 can 2' high-tech truck." certainly see most Beginning in early"Osborne Tp ownshi municipalities April, Hensall and Zu- coming this .way," rich as well as Hay. Council (has) re- said BRA' Pres- Blanshard and Usborne sisted pressure to ident Francis Townships will be ser- initiate a bag tag Veilleux. viced through the new Veilleuk claims co -collection program system because we on a . weekly or bi- believe our res - weekly schedule. Ailsa idents are already Craig and Grand Bend conscientious re - 'll co - ender the former system, es- tiates were taken of how much g s ge was going to the Kirkton I. ' .. fill site. Down said it will take al months before it is known if lett more or less re's nothing to prevent a per- Bluewater's mem- bers will save $1 million annually • through the new wr receive co program by low - collection service be- cyclers."Bring energy and ginning in May. fuel consumption. The three new trucks will be on Ten-hour rounds previously carried the road by the end of April. Since out using two trucks can now be only one truck is available for pick- done with one truck in 11 and a up now, co -collection will be im- half hours. plemented by using separate gar- For some areas using the new bage and recycling trucks. system, garbage collection is a The new trucks are equipped with first-time service. three compartments. The top corn- "It's quite a 'departure for Us- partment holds containers and alu- borne because we've never had gar- minum foil The bottom is separ- bage collection," said Usborne ated'into two compartments - one Reeve Pat Down. "The garbage is for paper fibre recyclables and plas- going to be weighed too, so we'll tic film and a third section for gar- know how much is going, to the bage hags. • landfill site." Tree removal leaves town bare EXETER - Is the town differ- ent this Spring? Is it a little bare? A lot of people think so. Two individuals a couple of weeks ago asked themselves these questions, and then it hit them. Where have all the trees gone? They then pro- ceeded to count 19 trees removed in a four block area around . Andrew Street. Since then people all over. town have commgnted on the loss of so many trees. Works Superintendent Glenn Kens reported Monday night ht council chambers about 31 trees were removed this Spring; all the trees were dead, split or severely damaged. Kclls said his department Works in con- junction with the PUC in deter- mining what has to be re - Moved and what has to be thinned out. The result has been that there will be fewer trees, branches and limbs, alt of which will produce fewer leaves this Spring. Kells advised, however, 40 trees were planted last year, and it is ex- pected at least an- other 40 will be planted this year. The dramatic decrease in the number of trey and the sense of loss of • shade ' and 'life' among the buildings will be felt for some time to come, but in the long-term,' the bareness and starkness of the town will be replaced be living trees with all their leaves (which will, in due course, cause people to get to complaining about the fall- ing leaves each fall - can Na- ture win?) son 4from dumping in the bush. That's what they used to do 50 years ago. We don't want it to get back to that," "As With any change," she added, there's been some upset. I just hope that everybody will give it a chance?' Some Usbome residents used to weekly spring, summer and fall ac- cess to the site have expressed con- cerns about keeping their garbage for two weeks for a bi-weekly col- lection. Free accessto the site as well as tipping privileges od the first and third Saturdays during the winter has ended with co -collection. Down said some residents believed the site, which now has limited access on the first Saturday of each month, was closed. According to De- cember's landfill site report, the landfill has 20 years left in its life span. Unlike other areas that are re- quired to pay for bag tags, Osborne has not enforced such fees. "Usborne Township Council (has) resistedpressure to initiate a bag tag system because we believe our residents are already con- scientious recyclers," reads the co - collection Ayer sent lo residpgls. the landfill, it warns, "we witf have no other alternative but to use the bag tag system that neighboring municipalities have in place." Usborne previously used Hen- sall's landfill site as well as Kirk - ton's. With the ' start of co - collection, the township will only use Kirkton's site,, which will im- pose new tipping fees at ap- proximately $5 per half truck, $10 per full truck, and $15 for a wagon. Since Usborne is sharing its site with Blanshard, the two townships will examine the success rate of the co -collection service in August. "We're going to have to monitor it and see how it works out," said 1. Down, adding the system will be I cost effective and "environmentally friendly" due to less transportation to local landfills. But perhaps, she added, some res- idents will turn to private collectors who offer weekly garbage pick-up. "We're trying a new venture," she concluded, "and we're hoping it works out well for everyone con- cerned."- Strikers return By Heather Mir T -A Reporter EXETER - More than 90 per cent of public servants voted in favor of a tentative contract drafted Friday that made it possible for nearly 50,000 OPSEU members to go back to work on Monday. The firstlegal strike by govern- ment workers in Ontario lasted five weeks and although some are con- cerned about reprisals once they re- turn to work, union representatives say the strike unified workers. Issues of concern for OPSEU members included job security, severance pay, pensions and the elimination of successor rights if a section of government is pri- vatized. Public sector workers felt sections of BiII 7 and Bill 26 treat- ed public servants inequitably. The government still plans to chop 13,000 civil service jobs and OPSEU wanted a say in how these cuts were made. Impact In rural Ontario, farmers and small businesses called for action to put provincial meat inspectors, who were not deemed an essential service, back on the job. Until late last week, Huron County mu- nicipalities were unable to hire in- spectors due to a lack of support from the Board of Health. Ontario's prisons were also af- fected by the strike, resulting in longer lock-up times and decreased inmate services. Damage totalled an estimated $250,000 after an inmate riot broke out at Bluewater Youth Centre in Goderich. Inmates trashed two .building and locked gourdsput of mazinutm witty gall for g' offeridera.: DOfliages in. clued broken windows, furniture, flooding and fire. According to a union spokes- person, the riot began after a con- frontation between an inmate and staff member. Only half of the usu- al number of staff were on duty at the time. Emergency workers were blamed for failing to assist in a vicious snowstorm that resulted in road clo- sures and accidents on the first day of spring. Warnings of the closings were not posted because transportation ministry employees remained on strike. Drivers travelling on these roads could have faced Highway Traffic Act charges and insurance companies could have turned down a claim if an accident ensued. Also, a violent clash at Queen's Park between picketers and a po- lice riot squad led to an inquest that will cost taxpayers millions of dol- lars. Work for welfare ais�iosesSunshine law launched this year pub'' The _.__.. salaries ,EXETER - provincial gov- ei nment is finalizing its plans to fundamentally reform .Ontario's welfare system. • "Our work -for -welfare plans are right on track", said Helen Johns MPP for Huron County. "Mandato- ry work for welfare will be intro- duced this year." "It's a real tragedy that more than 1.2 million people are trapped in Ontario's welfare system" said. Johns. "Previous governments have failed to help people escape the .velfare trap. Our work -for -welfare program will help people break the cycled dependency on welfare, get back 10 work and become self suf- ficient." Able-bodied recipients will be re- quited, to work, . or do training linked to a job, to earn their welfare cheques. They will also be required to actively look for work and accept any offer of employment they're physically capable of doing .Welfare recipients who don't com- ply with these new requirements will lose their benefits. People with disabilities, seniors and single par- ents with young children will be ex- empt. "Ontario WORKS will give peo- ple the opportunity to contribute to their communities," said Johns. Local service clubs and non- profit groups will be invited to sponsor work -for -welfare programs in their communities. • Sponsors will provide the place- ments and recipients will provide service in exchange for their bene- fits. Welfare recipients will be able to develop new skills, regain their in- dependence, aiid contribute to their communities. Ontario WORKS will not displace people in paid jobs. Helen Johns has started constilt- ing with community groups and business. organizations in the area. "It's so important for us to work to- gether. Any group interested in meeting with me can contract my constituency office at (519) 235- 4920. Ontario WORKS will give communities the opportunity to de- velop many worthwhile projects that otherwise wouldn't have hap- pened," said Johns. According to the requirements of the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, salaries over $100,000 were to be disclosed by March 31. Exact salaries as well as taxable benefits must be revealed under Ontario's so-called "sunshine law". Huron County Director Huron County Board of Education - $107,740 The salary range for Directors of Education in the Western Region of Ontario is from 1104,913 up to 1120,038. - Crown attorney - S118,274.97 . Middlesex County Director London -Middlesex Catholic School Board - 1109,471 last year plus 54,793 in benefits Medical Officer of Health Lon- don -Middlesex - $144,704 Seven Assistant Crown Attorneys ranging from 1101,455,89 to 1112,113.06. Crown Attorney - 1117480.28 L.mbton County Crown attorney -1118,042.98 salary plus 1328.84 benefits.