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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1994-11-16, Page 1SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 You're invited 10 a.m. Sat., Nov. 19 Serving Exeter and al r;► since 1873 SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter,235.0262 Time Capsule Opens Sat., Nov. 19 10 a.m. Wednesday. November 16, 1994 1. oo enoom II you aren't subscribing to The Times -Advocate, you're rtassing out. • ' Use the coupon toddbelow andsubscribe n 1 Name: 1 Address City Prov 1 The polls were decisive Monday, Postal Code I giving Hoogenboom a clear lead over O SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada 1 ^� non , c, ad s °`° 1 Lossy Fuller, with Roy Triebner topping 530.00 phis $2.10 O.S.T. 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The tension mounted Monday, as over 50 candidates, family and friends crowded the municipal of- fice to await the results from the polls at the South Huron Recreation Centre. An hour and a half passed before the first six polls reported their totals, and it was already clear Hoogenboom had a strong lead over Fuller: 357 to 213 votes at that point. Hoogenboom's strength in each poll continued until all 14 reported, giving him a 461 vote margin over Fuller. This was considerably larg- er than Bruce Shaw's 157 -vote lead over Don Cameron at the polis in 1980. Fuller conceded defeat at 10:08 p.m. after 11 of the 14 polls had re- ported. Holding back the tears, she said she had been asked by her grandchildren what she would do if she lost. Fuller said she had told them someone must win, and some- one must lose. "I worked hard. I'm proud of what I did," insisted Fuller, and said Hoogenboom will make "a great mayor". Hoogenboom, . battling a bad --vatd, saidfie could only offfer a few comments to those gathered. He thanked Fuller for waging a good campaign. "Lossy and I had an agreement we would still be friends after the election," he explained, and said he would keep his promise. The mayor -elect thanked all those who supported him through what he called a "great campaign". He later admitted he knew he had a lot of voter support during the campaign, but said he was a little surprised at how large a lead that translated into at the polls. The other big story of the night was the performance of newcomer Roy Triebner at the polis. With 1,337 votes, Triebner captured the favour of about three quarters of the voters on the councillor's sec- tion of the ballot. Triebner had been appointed to the PUC last year, and had attended virtually every council session since then as an observer. "I feel great," said Triebner of the support shown him. "I guess there's a lot of expectations out there...the ball's now in my court." Second in the councillor race was incumbent Robert Spears, followed closely by newcomers Joe Rider, and Wendy Boyle. Incumbent Robert Drummond placed fifth in the race, with newcomer Thomas Hughes taking the last of the six councillor's positions at the table. Candidates Don Winter and Ed- win Cosman were not successful in their bids for seats. The Exeter PUC will have Bev Skinner and Chandler Livingston as 4ev� c¢ttimissioterL 1tP.COr, Ervin Siliery was defeated in his at-' tempt to serve on the PUC. c The turnout at -the polls was slightly better than 50 percent on Monday, with about 1,800 voters of the 3,541 eligible taking ballots. 1 Call before you dig EXETER - Fire fighters from the Exeter and Area Fire De- partment were dispatched to Rosemount street early Tuesday morning to monitor a natural gas leak. According to fire chief Gary Middleton, town employees were digging a new storm sewer when they hit the line. Union Gas workers were called in to turn off the main line before repairs were made. There were no injuries. Mayor-ilect Ben Hoogenboom (right) was congratulated by runner-up Lossy Fuller just af- ter fter 1O p.m. Monday evening. The pair had promised to remain friends after their election batlrle, and Fuller confirmed that by stating she was sure Hoogenboom would be a good _Ilteyorfor-Exeterp • • • :..r...-- 4- ....-- ..anr&..••..Y,:..n,..-,..... Ivey in a landslide By Fred Groves T -A staff GRAND BEND - The seed has been planted and now it's time for growth. That's how newly elected Grand Bend mayor Cam Ivey looks to- wards the future and more specif- ically the next three years as he heads a council which has three new members. Monday night, Ivey defeated challengers Ruth Margaret Ken- nedy and Lloyd Guillet for the top spot on the village council. Ivey, just coming off his first term on council in which he served as deputy -mayor, won in a land- slide as he received 632 votes while Guilett had 86 and Kennedy had 27. The new mayor replaces Tom Lawson who did not seek re- election after serving just one term on council. In the race for councillor, new- comer Barbara Wheeldon, who has no political experience, topped the polls with 529. Her fellow coun- cillors for the next three years are re-elected Phil Maguire (480), Shir- ley Andraza (463) and Bob Mann (451). Not gaining seats on the five - member council were former coun- cillor and reeve Bruce Woodley (352), Wayne Forbes (150), and Todd Desauliners (91). Elected to the Public Utilities Commission were Don Boyes who received 467 votes and re-elected for another term was Prosper Van Bruaenc with 354 votes. lir Please see Cam, page two. Parking tickets called `gouging' Is a $30,000 traffic light a small price to pay to solve parking problems? ZURICH - The last regular session of Zurich council was not a quiet affair, as business people arrived to complain loudly about the village's parking restrictions. Traffic lights were/suggested as one possible solution to the problem. One man said Zurich definitely has an im- age problem by issuing tickets to vans and trucks parked in several "cars only" spaces near the village's main intersection. He sgid since enforcement started in the spring, busi- ness has been driven away from the village. He referred to a recent letter to the editor, in the London Free Press from someone who promised never to return to Zurich after receiving a ticket. "You're chasing people out of town with this $10 ticket. .1 think you're gouging people." he said. - Reeve Bob Fisher said a public meeting last year, which included businesses, found most favoured using parking re- strictions to improve visibility at the main intersection. "At the meeting, 1 don't think anyone complained about this...something had to be done," said Fisher. But the reeve went on to say that since the ,astrictions have brought nothing but complaints, a traffic light might be the answer for the corner, provided the village could af- ford it. "Would it be cheaper for the village to put in a four-way stop at that corner?" asked another member of the delega- tion. "We can't Just put up any sign we want, like people think," said Fisher, pointing out Zurich's Main Street is a connecting Zink for Highway 84 and is subject to Ministry of Transportation regulations. When one man asked that the village reimburse every re- cipient of a SIO ticket, and rescind the restrictions, Fisher said that would be a very risky move to make. By re- moving the restrictions, the village could be seen as making the corner "len safe", and in the case of an accident "we'd be sued to our teeth," said Fisher. Acting -clerk Sharon Baker noted there is no -record of all who received tickets. The meeting was then joined by Min- istry of Transportation representatives, Jim Walk- -ser, the municipal super- visor for Perth and Huron Counties, and Steve Kil- laire, an assistant district engineer. Walker said the village could purchase -a traffic light system at the corner for about $30,000. installation might require a pole -mounted cabinet, new utility poles, • and underground wiring, all costing ex- tra. if a traffic study showed Zurich had enough traffic at the intersection, the ministry would pick up the cost. The study would count traffic at the busiest eight hours on a normal weekday. Kil- laire acknowledged that peak traffic time, such as Friday's during cottage season, might not be taken into account. Fisher asked if the ministry would base traffic light installation on safety, rather than volume concerns, and point- ed out Zurich has heavy trucks coming through town, some of then speeding. "And 1 guess we're not supposed to talk about speed and traffic lights in the same breath," said Fisher. Killaire said a history of accidents can lead to traffic light approval, but traffic lights are not a means to control speed. "It's just a very dangerous corner," said Fisher, noting a pickup truck or even a "You're chasing le out of ith this ticket... " peopl w $10 complete mini -van parked at the corner makes it "impossible" to get onto the highway without pulling far out into traffic. Because the village did not want to re- duce the number of parking spaces, he said they chose the "lesser of two evils" by re- stricting the size of vehicles parked at the corner. But, as Fisher indicated the num- ber of angry business people in the room to Walker and . illaire, he said the solution was not wo ng. Ki said Zurich could likely get legal app val to put up traffic lights, without meeting MTO requirements, but would have to pay for the entire cost of the sys- tem. Fisher said maybe the Zurich Chamber of Commerce would want to help raise money for the lights, and Killaire said the Village of Clifford did a similar thing to re- solve an on -street parking problem. The only problem, aside from the cost of installing traffic lights, is that the ministry requires a statutory no -parking zone hack from the intersection. Works super- intendent Dennis Regier said Main Street already has 54 feet clear from the inter- section, but Goshen Street would lose at least one space on each side of the street. Councillor Keith Semple said even if a light was installed, the lack of visibility at the corner still could be a problem. How- ever, he agreed the timing of the light could be adjusted to make sure the inter- section was clear for motorists. Semple suggested a different approach to enforcing the parking bylaw might be to warn violators before ticketing. +'Please see Zurich, page two. ALL SIZES OF VANS, TRUCKS, R.V,'S, FARM TRACTORS ARE PROHIBITED • BYLAW RAM Would you park your minivan here? Apparently enough people have been ignoring the parking restrictions on the eight spaces closest to Zurich's main intersection that the parking tickets, and complaints have village busi- ness owners wonted. 1 1 • 1