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By Ross Haugh from the
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10 YEARS AGO
August 15, 1984 - The
Grand Bend Colonial Turrets
team again came up big as
they won the castle building
division of the Sandcastle
Days contest. Team members
are Pat Breen, Cam Anderson,
Jim Jean, Paul Maguire and
Tony Verrneulen.
Gerry Smith of Exeter won
the Shelburne old time fid-
dlers contest intermediate
championship on the week-
end.
The special entertainment at
the 1984 Lucan Lions Fair
scheduled to open Friday eve-
ning will be western singing
star Ronnie Prophet.
Jim Lamure of Usborne
township is proud to have a
huge sunflower plant in his
garden. It has 17 blooms.
25 YEARS AGO
August 14, 1969 - Huron
county lost its second military
base in three years when the
Minister of National Defence
announced yesterday that
CFB Clinton will be phased
out of operation within two
years. Some of the militrary
and civilian personnel who
lined the parade square to
hear Base Commander Col.
W.E. Ryan make the an-
nouncement were among
those who heard similar news
about CFB Centralia in July
of 1966.
South Huron Hospital may
reopen its doors for service to
the public early next week af-
ter the recent disastrous flood.
Administrator Miss Alice
Claypole quipped, "The nurs-
ing staff will be glad to get ,
back to regular duties after
more than two weeks of
cleaning and painting."
Chester Gaiser, who was a
top notch pitcher with Dash-
wood baseball teams of 60
years ago threw out the first
pitch at Friday's official open-
ing of the new flpodlight sys-
tem at the Dashwood athletic
field.
35 YEARS AGO
August 14, 1959 - New
prices and new hours will be
established by local barbers on
Monday, August 17. Regular
cuts will increase from 85 to
90 cents with brush and crew
cuts advanced from 90 cents to
$1. Children's prices will re-
main unchanged.
A big market for turnip grow-
ers was assured this week
when the Great Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Co. leased the
Centralia plant of Exeter Tur-
nip Sales. Production target for
the firm is 500,000 bushels.
50 YEARS AGO
August 14, 1944 - One of the
first to arrive home safe and
well from the D -Day invasion
of France is U Tel. Stuart Mair
of the RCNVR, a former stu-
dent of Exeter High School.
He is visiting his parents Rev.
and Mrs. Mair.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Re-
ynolds have received a letter
from their son Sgt. Bill Re-
ynolds with the RCAF in Eng-
land in which he states he has
been selected to pilot one of
the big four engine bombers.
100 YEARS AGO
August 9, 1894 - The finan-
cial report of James Street
United Church in Exeter for
the past year ending June 30
shows total receipts to be
$911.85 with expenditures of
$938.80.
Owners of cows inside the
corporation of Exeter should
bear in mi9d that on and after
the 15th of this month, all
cows arc liable to be impound-
ed if not confined from eight
o'clock in the evening to six
o'clock the next morning. This
4 according to bylaw and will
be strictly enforced.
In 20 years, Canada has had
but 116 divorces.
Bargains this week at the Big
Bankrupt Store are three pound
boxes of soda biscuits for 22
cents; four pounds of ginger
snaps for 25 cents and 25 piec-
es of dress goods reduced to
clear at five cents each.
The new Ontario Legislature
consists of 43 farmers, 18 law-
yers, nine merchants, six dec-
oseven lumbermen, five
t sts, and one each of
cattle drovers, miners, marble
worker's, bankers and tanners.
Mr W.B. Parsons of the Par-
sons Produce Company has ar-
rived in Centralia. He is an ex-
pert on apples and is expected
to purchase several carloads
while he is here.
Times -Advocate, August 17, 1994
New trend in garbage collection
User pay garbage collection cuts costs and leads to more recycling
EXETER - The business of re-
cycling and garbage collection is a
top priority for many municipalities
that are trying to spend their money
wisely and yet maintain needed col-
lection services.
With this in mind, the Bluewater
Recycling Association decided to
hold a user pay forum on garbage
collection so municipalities think-
ing about a user pay system could
get a better understanding of what
the system is all about.
Representatives from about 35
municipalities from the counties of
Huron, Perth, Lambton and Mid-
dlesex attended an all day seminar
on the topic last Wednesday. As
well, municipalities such as Sarnia
also sent representatives to learn
about the user pay system.
Those attending the meeting were
basically told that garbage should
be like any other utility - like hydro
or water - what you use you pay
for.
"It's the better way to do it," said
Lynda Rotteau, special projects co-
ordinator for Bluwater in an inter-
view after the meeting.
"The secret to all waste diversion
is to make it simple and available,"
she said. "Once you educate people
about alternatives and how the pro-
gram works, most people will par-
ticipate willingly," she said.
And right now, user pay is the
trend.
There are 37 communities in the
province that have gone to this sys-
tem and eight are within the catch-
ment of Bluewater recycling.
"If one community does it, neigh-
bouring communities tend to fol-
low. That was the case here," Rot-
teau said.
Grand Bend was the first in Hu-
ron to go to the user pay system.
"Everyone starts the program for
a different reason and with a slight-
ly different system. But the point is
the system does work," she said.
Rotteau said that municipalities
that don't have user pay, collect
garbage based on the assessment of
each home. "Theoretically some-
one with a $250,000 house would
he subsidizing those in $50,000
home for example regardless of
how much garbage either house-
hold produces," she said.
"That's not a fair system."
As well, she said if people have
to physically lay out cash for every
bars of garbage, they will put out
lei, garbage.
Paul Turnbull, village administrator for Grand Bend leads one of four seminars on user pay
garbage collection. Grand Bend was the first municipality in Huron county to go the user pay
route.
User pay is working locally
Grand Bend and Exeter are leading the way with bag tag
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
EXETER - When Grand Bend
decided to go to a user -pay meth-
od for garbage pickup back in Oc-
tober 1992 it was out of necessity.
The village's landfill was being
shut down and taken over by
Lambton County, leaving Grand
Bend left holding the (garbage)
bag.
Although there was a lot of com-
motion about it, a two dollar a bag
charge was issued and it has
caught on. The amount of garbage
being trucked to the landfill in
Watford has been reduced sig-
nificantly.
Wednesday, at the User Pay
meeting held inExeter, Grand
Bend administrator Paul Turnbull
was one of the guest speakers and
he talked about funding.
"It was stepping them through
the process," said Turnbull of his
message to those who attended.,,
"We (Grand Bend) went through
through the first year and it was
not a good experience."
What the village has done now
is taxed it's home owners $50
which buys them 25 tags. The idea
here is, with the assistance of re-
cycling, is to get owners to put
out only 25 bags of garbage per
year. Additional tags are available
but it costs two dollars each.
Exeter quickly caught on that
the bag -tag method wo.ks and ad-
ministrator Rick Hundey says, so
far, so good.
"It's going well, there's always
minor problems that crop up," said
Hundey. "Pretty well everyone par-
ticipates."
The town has been on the hag -tag
program for a year since that time
there has only been four home own-
ers who weren't willing to co-
operate.
"We're taking more of a friendly
approach. We're trying to work
with people," said Hundey who
said taking people to court over not
using bag -tags is not the way to ap-
proach the garbage crisis.
Through recycling, composting
and the bag -tag system, Hundey es-
timates that Exeter has reduced the
amount of waste going to it's land-
fill by as much as 65 percent. It's
nearly a self-tinanced municipal
waste management program.
"Exeter's system is based on user
pay. We have revenue at both ends,
we have tags and tipping fees." ,
It costs $12 a cubic yard to dump
at the Exeter landfill which, tech-
nically full to capacity.
"The Ministry of the Environ-
ment feels we're at capacity. We
don't .know how much time we've
got but we can use it (the landfill)
until we resolve the problem," said
Hundey.
He said studies are being con-
ducted to see if the existing site can
be expanded. A new landfill would
cost millions which is the route Hu-
ron County is taking.
The county's waste management
co-ordinator, Craig Metzger said if
the new landfill, expected to be
completed in 1998 is to prevent a
Community development
co-ordinator possible for village
HENSALL - The economic de-
velopment committee for the Vil-
lage of Hensall is looking into the
possibility of hiring someone to
promote economic and social activ-
ities in the community.
A brief overview of the position
was part of an information package
given to councillors last Monday
night during their regular council
meeting.
The committee has been spend-
ing the last few months drawing up
a draft description of responsibili-
ties for a community development
co ordinator if one was to be hired.
The proposed duties would in-
clude planning, developing and or-
ganizing recreation activities in the
the village based on the needs of
the community.
As well, the co ordinator would
work to promote the village.
The economic development com-
mittee is also looking into ways of
funding the position.
Council won't be making a deci-
sion on whether to hire for the role
until the develop committee finaliz-
es its proposal.
large amount of garbage from go-
ing to the new site, a high tipping
fee may be necessary.
"The hag -tag decision will be left
locally. There will he a tipping
• fee," said Metzger. "The goal will
probably be to have it high for
waste diversion."
User pay and recycling are work-
ing hand-in-hand and charging peo-
ple for the amount of garbage they
put out at the curb is only making
them add a little more to the blue
box.
"When people have to pay for the
garbage they put out, the amount of
recyclables we pick up goes
through the root."
During the seminar, those at-
tending had a chance to listen to ex-
perts discuss other trends in waste
reduction. As well, they had a
chance to ask the experts about any
issues of concern.
Rotteau said the most people
were concerned about an increase
in illegal dumping when user pay is
introduced.
She said this is somewhat of a
fallacy.
"We can say with assurance that
illegal dumping has always existed
and any time you go into user pay
there may be a slight increase, but
it goes right down to a normal level
after a couple of months and some-
times lower. ," she said.
"It's a non issue basically."
Overall, Rotteau said the seminar
was a success.
"The speakers from Toronto were
quite impressed by the enthusiasm
of our members. That shows peo-
ple here are interested in waste re-
duction."
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