Times Advocate, 1994-11-23, Page 16Page 16 Times -Advocate, November 23, 1994
Town Hall grant
funding squeaks
through council
Council remains divided as
before on the renovation project
EXETER - A fairly simple bylaw
to accept grant funds from the pro-
vincial and federal governments
squeaked by council Monday eve-
ning, again a victim of the con-
tentious Old Town Hall renovation
project.
When councillor Robert Drum-
mond asked why the third reading
of Bylaw 36 was being held until
the next council session, the in-
augural meeting of the new council
it sparked a , debate, prompting
reeve Bill Mickle to make a motion
to complete the bylaw that night.
Drummond, however, said the
bylaw makes the assumption coun-
cil approves of renovating the hall
into a new municipal office.
"Council has not approved of go-
ing ahead with refurbishing the Old
Town Hall," said Drummond.
"Excuse me, sir. Council has,"
said Mickle, and read motions from
previous minutes supporting the
agreement, as per the application.
"This is just an extension of that
Firefighters
spend two
hours freeing
trapped
driver
CREDITON - Stephen Township
and Exeter Firefighters spent nearly
two hours Friday evening freeing
two men from a truck wrapped
around a tree near Crediton.
The accident, which took place
just north of Stephen Side Road 5-6
on Concession Road 10-11, in-
volved a pickup truck sliding and
colliding with a tree.
"It was surprising both surviv.ed,"
said Exeter OPP officer Leo Weve-
rink.
In fact, said Weverink, the pas-
senger in the truck, Maxwell Pike of
London, was treated and released
from South Huron Hospital.
The driver, Reginald Foster, also
of London, was pinned in the vehi-
cle, with the tree only centimetres
away.
"It was right in his face," said
Weverink. "There was no room to
breathe."
Foster, in serious condition in
London, suffered a broken leg in
five places and other injuries.
Weverink said although police
had not yet spoken to the driver as
of Monday afternoon, it appeared
high speed on a gravel road was a
main cause of the incident.
He made special mention of the
good cooperation between the two
fire departments in saving the mens'
lives.
"They did a really good job. I
was impressed," said Weverink.
The OPP investigated another 11
vehicle collisions over the past
week, and charged eight people un-
der the Liquor License Act.
Did you spot
the joyrider?
EXETER - Police arc asking if
anyone saw a MacLeans Home
Hardware vehicle out for a joyride
on Friday.
Police say someone apparently
stole the vehicle which was parked
at the South Huron Recreation Cen-
tre, took it for a ride, and then
dropped it off at another location. If
anyone saw the vehicle during that
time, they are invited to contact the
Exeter OPP.
On Sunday, police investigated a
break-in at a Wellington Street ad-
dress in Exeter. Stolen was a small
quantity of liquor, say police.
Starting Saturday, the OPP will be
launching their annual RIDE (Re-
duce Impaired Driving Everywhere)
campaign for the holiday season.
The campaign will run until Decem-
ber 31, and will be province -wide.
paLtAl.
ake o1! move
application to complete the work,"
said Micklc of the bylaw.
Councillor, and mayor -elect Ben
Hoogenboom asked if there was
any danger of losing the funding if
the bylaw was held over for tht
new council.
"Probably not in December, but it
withheld until January..." said may-
or Bruce Shaw.
A motion to table final reading of
the bylaw until the December meet-
ing was made by Hoogenboom, and
supported by Drummond, but it
failed to carry.
The final reading, did, however,
get approval, with Shaw once again
casting the deciding vote in favour.
Micklc, deputy -reeve Lossy Fuller,
and councillors Bob Spears and
Dave Urlin supported the grant by-
law. Voting against it were coun-
cillors Hoogenboom, Drummond,
Bert Branderhorst, and Ervin Sil-
lery - the same split in council
since the project was started last
spring.
ABCA says they
want village to
have Pt. Blake
Grand Bend's representative gave
his annual report to council
GRAND BEND - This past summer, Grand Bend's beach was
posted as having water dangerous to swim in.
Last Monday when David McClure, the village representative on
the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority presented his annual
report, one concern of council was how to keep the water safe.
"That's occurring less and less and that's because of the Clean Up
Rural Beaches (CURB) program," said McClure.
Councillor Ed Fluter asked him if the ABCA had any plans in
place now to reduce the amount of bacteria going into Lake Huron,
McClure said no.
In a related matter, Grand Bend, along with its Tri -Municipal part-
ners of Stephen and Bosanquet Townships, have been looking into
the possibility of taking over the Port Blake Conservation Authority
Area.
"We as a conservation authority are pleased to hand over any work
you may want to investigate," said McClure. "It's been a burden for
the Conservation Authority. Funds just aren't available anymore."
Speaking of funds, he told Grand Bend council that 1994 was a
tough year as two staff members from the ABCA had to be let go.
On a more posit ve note, tree planting throughout the area con-
tinues to be a succe :sful venture. Future plantings will be tendered
out, potentially savii.g the ABCA up to $50 per thousand planted.
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Letters to the editor
Buying gas
anywhere
but Exeter
"I'm back to buying my gas in London, Lucan,
or anywhere else I happen to be..."
Dear Editor:
I was interested to see your full
page presentation on shopping in
Exeter in last week's TA.
This is something I have always
advocated and whenever possible
shopped in our town. But the Ex-
eter businesses must realize that
it's a two way street and they have
to justify our patronage. This has
not been obvious when it comes to
the gas stations. Exeter gas always
seems to be the most expensive in
the area and various outlets seem
to fix the prices so that there is no
competition and they all rip us off.
As everyone knows by now, regu-
lar gas had a sudden hike of
five cents per litre. How can
they justify this? In the old
units, this is nearly twenty three
cents per gallon! Although I
see they have recently gone
down to fifty two plus. I won-
der why?
I'm back to buying my gas in
London, Lucan, or anywhere
else I happen to be, except Ex- '
eter. If everybody did the same,
perhaps the Exeter outlets
would give us a fair deal.
Other Exeter businesses
should take note!
Yours sincerely,
John Sanderson
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