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ONE DOLLAR Egg -static IDale •u Vlsa ❑ Master Card O Cheque enclosed Eetwn t : TIMES ADVOCATE L424 s- n Ex a1 esOnt NOM — a Inside Phase two of Park Project a go See Crossroads Second front Stephen Minor Hockey makes history See page 17-16 Announcements pages 22-23 Experts page 24 Classifieds pages 25-28 Man pleads guilty to asexual assault charges AILSA CRAIG - According to Lucan OPP, a man charged with sexual assault and assault causing bodily harm was arrested on March 30 at his R.R. 2 Ailsa Craig resi- dence. Thomas Darcy Molloy was held in custody and appeared in London Court on April 3. He pled guilty to both charges and was sentenced to three months on each charge fol- lowed by three years probation. Vehicles speeding around Public School EXETER - Police have received several calls recently reporting ve- hicks speeding around the Exeter Public School. OPP encourage the public to ob- tain the licence plate number if ve- hicles are seen driving in an erratic: manner and repot the incident to the Exeter detachment. Matthew Becker was one of many children that tumed of Saturday morning at the Zurich Optimist Easter Egg Hunt. Participants collected golf balls that they tumed In for a chocolate Easter Bunny. July 14 deadline for new fire code The new standards will apply to homes with two or more apartments EXETER - New fire code stan- dards that goes into effect July 14 will impact homes containing two apartments. Homes will be inspected by On- tario Hydro at the homeowner's cost and must meet regulations for exits, fire sep- aration walls, smoke alarms and electrical safety. These stan- dards were adopted under the On- tario Fire Code, Retrofit Section 9.8 in July 1994. Smoke alarms have been required in each dwelling unit since August 13, 1994 and must be kept in oper- ating condition. "Under Retrofit, the onus is on the homeowner to make sure everything is up to snuff," said Ex- eter Fire Chief John Mage. Retrofit, also knawd as Ontario Regaladon 358/94, applies to de- tached, semi-detached and row houses that contain two apart- ments,each with its own sleeping area, kitchen and tlathroom. The new fire code may require repairs or alteratipns be made in order for the buff • g to' comply. Depending on nature of the work, the owner y need to ob- tain a building 't before mak- ng 'alterations. these cases, local fire f and of - al should r be consulted. If the owner is not able to complete re- quited work by July 14, an application maybe made to the e1,' hire Official for an addi- tion • . of time up to two yews beyond the deadline. Extensions will be granted by the local fire department based on the. nature of the reason and according to the code must include a sched- ule for completing the requited work. Substantial fines up t0 $25.000 for, each violation may be incised upon oonvkctidn. Deputy reeve resigns without prior notice Weeks before Lucan's reeve isto resign, the deputy reeve hands in his resignation. By Biersd" Apace T -A Reporter Lj1CAN; Loran council lost its deputy reeve suddenly on Thursday mqr big. when Harry Wraith re - Reached at, his home on Monday, he`chose not to comment on the sit- uation. "T -Would like to apologize to any- one's{ may (have) offended in any way, during my term of office," he stated in his resignation letter. "Poe of my favorite songs is 'What a Wonderful World We Live In.' ynd I always tried to make Lu- can•that way," the letter continued. • Faced with Reeve Tom McLaughlin resigning effective May 1, Lucan council has some swift decisions to make. Iq the meantime, council is being pressured to allow the public to have a say in who becomes the vil- lage's next reeve. At council's April 2 meeting, res- ident Bob Benner encouraged the group to hold a byelection to re- place• r resigning Reeve Tom McLaughlin, that was, if then Dep- uty Reeve Harry' Wiraith refused to fill the position. Benner's advice follows a letter recently circulated to village res- idents urging them to take action and "let council know whether or not (they) are in' favor of a byelec- ` tion." T'ha ttgr, stributed by resident .. ar'y:Iyrtn l ilgtOlt itlehtdes' '-+;'a detachable portion to be delivered to council. "It would not be appropriate for council to appoint a replacement to this office without consulting the disharmony." electorate," it reads. • Holding a byelection, suggested Wraith questioned the fairness of Benner, would relieve growing the letter. • pressures. "I think it's up to council here be- "I think refusing to choose an fore we ask the public," he said. election loses the opportunity to re - When Councillor Rosemary. Gah- store some faith...There's no mys- linger-Beaune suggested council tery in town that council has to de - ask for input from the residents cide what to do." present at the meeting, Councillor Wraith replied he felt as if he Reg Crawford replied, "We have a were being "pounced on," to which pretty full agenda tonight." Benner replied, "If you're going to "I'd liketo hear reflect the views 011ie from thee public on "One of my fa- people, people have to this before I make vorite songs is tell you what they my decision," said • 'What a Wonder- think." Gahlinger-Beaune. Town Administrator Wraith allowed ful World We Live Ron Reymer sug- members of the pub- In,' and I always gested council seek le- lic to voice their tried to make Lu- gal advice on the re- opinions, which in- can that way." placement of reeve. eluded that of He- y An election, he point- therington. ed out, should not be "I notice there's . held since it would an awful lot of discontentment take up to four months to complete here," she said. at a cost of $4,000. Meanwhile, one man in the audi- "We do not have a policy at ence suggested "the people should present," he said. be involved" yet would like to see In a note to council, Reymer rec- council pursue the matter further. ommended a motion be passed to Another advised council to straight- accept Reeve McLaughlin's res - ,en out its own differences before ignation and declare his seat vacant making a decision. effective April 30. As well, he sug- Benner suggested recent in- gested a special meeting be held cidents such as banned tree plant- that day to appoint a replacement. ing, a raucous '125 organization According to his memo, Sections meeting and the resignation of the 45 and 46 of the M_unicipat Act sewage committee chair exemplify 1990 state council can choose to fill the frustration of residents who "do a vacancy by appointment or by feel somewhat powefless " p41n8 a bylaw taquidng an elec- vilfage residents, be pointed out. ` tittirto Ifirtittvecancy, have not had a chance to choose- -Council was to. address Wraith's their leader in recent years and resignation at a• special "meeting on council can't continue to ignore the Tuesday night. past two months of "discord and Water supply naturally filtered through ground Although ground water from springs or wells is usually safe if filtered through sand, filtering through lime- stone presents greater risk By Heather Mir T -A Reporter EXETER - Although there is very little chance, according to the Public Utilities Commission, that Exeter could have ,a problem with the single -cell parasite that has Colling- wood residents boiling their water, com- munities without a water filtration sys- tem may be at risk. Like most municipalities, Exeter's wa- ter ii treated with chlorine that acts as a disinfectant. However, cryptosporid- ium, -a tiny parasite responsible for flu- like illness, is resistant to chlorine. Only the elderly, ill, very young, infants or people with immune deficiencies face a serious health risk from infection with cryptosporidium. In 1992 the water system in Kitchener -Waterloo was affected by an outbreak resulting in 1,000 cases of illness. Water in K/W is both filtered and ozonated but still the parasite survived. ''here is no known cure for outbreaks but filters, reverse osmosis and distilling kits will remove the parasite. - Outbreaks are usually blamed on runoff from feedlots or manure piles as well as farmers spray- ing liquid manure on fields before spring runoff. • The parasite can also be passed from human to hu- man, from human to pet or through contaminated lakes and swimming pools. Filtration, commonly used to remove cloudiness caused by particles in the water, can be an effective means to eliminate cryptosporidium if the filter is one micron or less. These filters, which must be regularly maintained or replaced, should come with a manufacturer's guarantee that the system will re- move cryptosporidium oocysts. Dennis Hockey, of the Exeter PUC said the town's water is supplied by` well and is naturally fil- tered though the ground. "Our water is sampled and sent away every week," said Hockey. Cryptosporidum has an incubation period of anywhere from a few days to three weeks and tests may not ac- curately reflect the presence of the disease. In addition, the parasite is extremely tiny which makes it dif- ficult to detect or filter out of water. Collingwood is still on a 'boil all water' alert in- itiated by the Health Unit although the hospital has installed a filtration system and the town is in the process of improving the water system to remedy the situation. By the end of 1999, the province will require all municipalities to have a filtration system for drink- ing water. "Our water is sampled and sent away . every week." v l'cr . ..,,e ......., V,' n \ `4% :? N a SAT. APR. 13 8:30 p.m. in Lucan WED. APR. 17 - 8:30 p.m. in Lucan