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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1994-9-14, Page 1SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 September Dry Cleaning Special 20% off Suedes & Leathers Serving Exeter and area since 1873 SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Bring the Tropics Home See our floral dept. for Indoor plants 6- Wednesday, September 14, 1994 SIM NMI __ It you aren't subscribing to The - Times -Advocate, you're missing out. Usethe low and subscribe today! 1 Name: 1 Address City 1 Prov. 1 1, 1 Postal Code SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada Within 10 miles - (65 km) addressed to non letter carrier addresses $30.00 plus $2.10 G.S.T. 1 Outside 40 miles . (65 km) or any letter carrier address $60.00 + $4.20 G.S.T. Outside Canada -$99.00 (.+d see a porap.> 1 USE YOUR CREDIT CARD c iuuL 000 1 00000000 Card No. 1 Expiry Date ❑ Visa ❑ Master Card 0 Cheque enclosed fietum to; TIMES ADVOCATE L2— i_ meein_ am NOM 6J 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ecology garden OK'd Exeter getting experimental vegetable patch See page 2 No smoking, not at all,.. School board ' ponders effect of a smoking ban _ See page 3 d: Pump prices Is there any rhyme or reason to local gas prices Crossroads Second front Goal scorers wanted Hawks looking for that magic lineup See page 14 On the buses Local couple now transporting a second generation See page 19 Klrkton Fair Sun shines on 41 annual event See page 21 Classifieds pages 22-24 Announcements pages 25-26 Experts page 27 Plus Home Locat Soap box derby Gary Laver is about to give driver Jeff Mus4er a push down the hill near MacNaughton Park in Exeter . The duo, along with about a dozen other entrants, participat- ed in a soap box derby Sunday, helping raise over $600 for the Huron United Way. erry Fox Runs in Exeter and Zurich this Sunday Local participants raising neer research funds in Zurich and Exeter EXETER - A couple of hundred local people will be tightening their laces or oiling their gears for this weekend's annual Terry Fox Run. Exeter and Zurich both have their respective Terry Fox Runs this Sunday, taking their part in a 3,400 - community event across Canada. Exeter's run starts from the MacNaughton Park pa- vilion at 12 noon, and Zurich's from the Co -Op branch at 2 p.m. Participants can complete the course by running, walking, bicycling, skateboarding, pushing a wheel- chair, or however they want. Annual 10 -kilometre runs have been held in honour of Terry Fox's 1980 attempt to run across Canada, de- spite losing most of his right leg to cancer in 1977. Fox's marathon was cut short with a return of his can- cer, and he died in 1981. In 1993, Terry Fox Runs across Canada and in 34 other countries, raised a total of $8.5 million - all of which is donated directly to cancer research. Cor- porate sponsors pay for all administrative costs of the Terry Fox Foundation. Ontario's 800 run sites raised a record $3.6 million of the total in 1993. Pledge sheets, which can be used for either local run event, are still available in Exeter at the Times - Advocate office, at the offices of South Huron District High School and Exeter Public School, at the CIBC branch, and Scotiabank, at the South Huron Recreation CentrN„MacLean's Horne Hardware, and at the Tas:y Nu Bakery. For more information, contact run organizers Adrian Harte in Exeter at 235-2347, or Wendy Rowan for the Zurich run at 263-2214. More grants sought If there's more infrastructure grants to be had, Exeter has a project list EXETER - The public works committee has made its bid to scoop more government grant funds out of the Canada/Ontario infrastructure program, should money become available. The committee forwarded its prioritized list of additional pro- jects it would like to see done un- der the grant program. While the list includes upgrades to the rec- reation centre, tennis courts, parks, the swimming pool, lawn bowling green, and new storm sewers, Exeter has already ap- plied for the full amount allocat- ed under the program. Council Ben Hoogenboom said that if additional funds become available because of municipal- ities not taking full advantage of the program, the list should be forwarded to the province. The town has already applied for the full $526,679 allocated from the two governments for work on three sewer projects, and the creation of a "civic centre" from the town hall and library. An additional $263,339 will be contributed by the town. "But you won't know until after that period if there's any extra money coming out of their pot...for this geographical area," said reeve Bill Mickle. Hoogenboom agreed, but said "the committee's feeling would be to file [the new list] before September 30." "I think I made a suggestion the library should be on that list also, where did you place it?" asked deputy -reeve Lossy Fuller. Hoogenboom said he thought the library was part of the orig- inal application, but Fuller point- ed out the grant funds can pres- ently cover only renovations to the Old Town Hall. •'Please see Library, page two Rebate called preferential treatment At least one councillor feels the town should change its decision on a recycling rebate EXETER - Tom Seip of Valu Mart attended council last Tuesday evening, complaining that some businesses in town receive preferential treatment. He was referring to the August 2 decision to give Dar- ling's Food Market a $4,500 rebate on its tipping fees, de- spite failing to meet a deadline on cardboard recycling. Dave Holtzmann of Holtzmann's IGA complained about the rebate at the last council session. "There arc certain circumstances which give people cer- tain privileges," accused Scip. He said he could follow council's methodology behind its decison to extend Darling's recycling deadline, but didn't understand how a rebate was paid when a proposed rebate program never came into effect. "What criteria actually lends itself to getting a rebate?" asked Scip. Councillor Ben Hoogenboom agreed promises of a rebate were made, although there was no council resolution. Dar- ling's missed the recycling deadline by only a few days, and Hoogenboom said the issue fell into a "grey area" for which council felt some responsibility. Hoogenboom said without council being aware of it, Dar- ling's had done some work towards recycling before the deadli ne. "Why do you say 'we're going to give you money back' when all along [they've] been abusing the system longer than anyone else?" asked Seip. Again Seip said he could understand granting an exten- sion, but not the rebate. Those who did recycle - bought equipment or signed contracts to do it, and paid the higher tipping fees - did not get any rebate, he said. "That to me is not a grey arca, but a twilight zone," said Seip. Seip's complaint had been predicted by councillors Dave Urlin and Robert Drummond in July. Drummond spoke up in sympathy with Seip. "Ben has said continually tonight that 'council has seen this or council saw that'..i have been against this from the start," noted Drummond, who said he could see granting Darling's their extension and exemption, but not the rebate. "If you don't want to pay so much for garbage, you take stuff out," said Drummond, and described the rebate as an "insult" to those who had made the effort to reduce their waste flow. "I think the only way out of this dilemma is to rescind the rebate [council] gave Darling's a month ago...and apologize for a gross error," said Drummond. Mayor Bruce Shaw suggested Drummond's comments on council's decision were- out of order at that time of the meeting, and proposed a discussion be held later to decide if "council behaved in a way that stands scrutiny". That lat- er discussion did not arise, however. Seip said he understood Darling's argument that last year's garbage restrictions and tipping fees placed that store under "financial hardship", but said all husinesses face hardships that "are a cost of doing business". ' Nobody asked him if it was hard for him to undertake cardboard separation, he said. Shaw said a way of dealing equally and fairly with all three grocery stores probably didn't exist. The former A&H store had always relied on town collection of gar- bage, but Darling's and Valu -Mart were required to use pri- vate contractors. , "A&H [now Holtzmann's] was getting a soft deal, where you and Darling's had to pay your own way," said Shaw. "i just want to he put on record that 1 don't believe it's fair," said Seip before he left. Vests now mandatory for OPP "Crime is everywhere. Unfortunately, it's in rural Ontario," says officer By Fred Groves T -A staff EXETER - The threat of being shot may not be as great as in the big cities, but Ontario Provincial Police are now required to wear bullet proof vests. Beginning September I, all officers, including those in the Exeter, Grand Bend and Lucan detachments have to wear their vests whenever they leave the office. "Crime is everywhere. Unfortunately it's in rural On- tario," said Exeter OPP Sgt. Paul Holmes. "The potential is there in routine traffic stops, especially at night." "We're as vulnerable as anyone else. I don't think any- one's not worn them," said Lucan OPP Sgt. Bob Erskine. While the OPP has made it mandatory on September 1 for their officers to wear the soft body armour, Holmes said all of the officers in Exeter have been wearing it for quite some time. "This detachment, the compliancy rate has been tre- mendous. Prior to this, everyone has been wearing them," said Holmes. in the past, officers have been wearing the vests which goes underneath their shirts, the OPP have a new model out which is worn on the outside and will therefore be very vis- ible to the public. "There's an external vest which is the newer model," said Erskine of the Lucan OPP detachment. "Some (officers) have got the older ones." The new external vest is made out of kevlar and weighs about five pounds. Officers say it is more comfortable and Exeter OPP Sgt. Paul Holmes models a bullet proof vest now a mandatory piece of the or, ficer's uniform. it has pockets and a place to put their microphone. "They are more comfortable and you can slip them on like a shirt," said Erskine. Officers haven't been told what model to wear, the ones under their shirt which are not visible to the public, or the newer vests which, they admit, is more comfortable. "They're very hot," said Erskine in describing the older vests. "If they can stop a pullet, they can stop circulation. They're great in the winter." In a memo from OPP Thomas O'Grady, he points out that although there may be some discomfort in wearing the ' vests, especially in the summer, any discomfort must be outweighed against the increased protection that is pro- vided. Recently a Toronto police officer was killed when he was shot in the head. Criminals have even gone to the extremes of using "armour piercing" bullets. The OPP have new handguns, and have selected the Sig - Sauer semi-automatic pistol for their use. The same circum- stances which led to the new guns, contributed to the de- cision to review the policy on wearing body armour. "Body armour became popular in the late 1970's and ear- ly 1980's. The OPP never issued it until 1982," said Holmes. "Officer safety is more of a concern. The vest canirotect you in an accident although that hasn't been proven yet." Holmes also noted that the new vests may not protect against a knife going through, but may deflect a blade.