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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-07-13, Page 1��^~_��������`'�`~^°°. ��.�~~,~�'.~'=.`~�-`/�.��°����+_�'~�^��~�''`~.~`��-.��,~`���^����~`����~'�~~=°���� • '^ . ' ~`^.'��.� �`� �e��[� _ »r'. ~^, The car driven by LeRoy DeJong of B„morning north of Bayfield on Highway 21. The Corvette following an aumidmotth4t killed Mr. DmJmng, 23, and a valued at $0,000, was a complete wreck. (photo by pemmmoger, David Fawcett, 17, early last Saturday Richard Shaw) At Bayfield 2 killed, 6 injured in crash LeRoy F. DeJong, 23, and David Fawcett, 17, both of Bayfield were both killed instantly on Saturday, July 8 when the 1976 Corvette DeJong was driving collided head-on with a half-tc camper truck from Michigan. , The 2:30 a.m. accident occurred after the DeJong vehicle, travelling northbound along Big21, at the Bayfield Bridgecrossed the, road into the path of the southbound camper. Althoughtbocon`porur`edmuavvervexo the fight .to avoid the oncoming car, they both hit, killing both in the Cor- vet*m and injuring the driver and five passengers in the camper. The uin occupanto�oY �bp camper truck were taken toAlexandra Marine General Hospital in Goderich, David Farmer, 8, of 9lainweU, lqichigan minorrecaivod only injuries, While the driver Clarence Fountain, 48 of Par- ob4mnent' Miobi8an, along with his sons, Joseph, 17 and David 8, along with Davie Hunt, 16 and MattheWHunt, 7, all received major injuries andwere transferred to hospital in London. Dao`age'ta the camper was set at $7.000 while\o damages of $8,`000 to the Corvette which was completely well some guideposts and a sign post, valued at$80woroalno damaged. Constable Bruce Crew of the Goderich detachment of the OPP in- vestigated the accident and Dr. Ray Flowers pronounced DeJong and Fawcett dead at the scene of the ac- cident. DeJong's brother, Ronald, 25, was killed last year | 'ashoodnginc|dontin Bayfield. LeRoy DoJpng was shot in the wriSt and shoulder during that dispute. r. • The bx occupants of this Michigan truck death when they collided head-on with the Dejong vehicle earlylast Saturday morning. All six received injuries, and five• .03§1 of them are still confined to hospital to London, some with serious injuries. Damage to the camper was set at $7,000. (photo by Richard Shaw) 113th year —No. 28 inspection . Clint�ii to start bsoon ' Althoughthey delayed full im- plementation of a new bylaw, Clinton council Monday night decided to get tough on building U By this fall, council hopes to have adopted the Ontario Building Code, and . ` okay, lawyerBayfieldproperties says JThompson Bayfield council has finally received a response from its legal adviser on a citizens' petition presented in May requesting strict by-law enforcement the village. At the regular council meeting on July 3rd, village clerk Gordon Graham read a letter from the Dyer Brown law firm of London, listing specific com- plaints of the petitioners and indicating that various by-laws and provincial statutes are not being broken. ob- jections (businesses operating in residential zones) On Lots 31, 36, 581. 551, 552. lt'a\snsaid that conditions of the Building Code Act (1074) and the Bees' Act, appear to have been satisfied. Some of the properties listed in the original petition were not mentioned. The reason for this omission was not clear. In a petition to the provincial government last yaU. ,?S Bayfield ratepayers complained of a need for strict and consistent enforcement of by-laws in the village. Ontario treasurer Darcy 88cKresponse last April ;stated that investigations by the province showed anumber oYareas of concern: compliance with the Building the issuing' oy building perm/ and the levying of provincial sales tax and municipal business licences. McKeough id that thrnd to be a "disinclination" DV part of the village, to act on violations .of the zoning (land use) by-law. He warned that while the rovinoe prefers not to interfere in a municipality's affairs, this policy depends largely on the' desire and ability of municipal bodies to manage their own affairs4kto the satisfaction of those who elect them. In other business, the YuUowin'g permits weir reported; Ken Freeburn, house, $41.500/ Ken 77reeburn, two houses, $47.080 each; Richard ,Bedard Construction, newfoundation and siding for a cottage,$10.000; Blue Anchor, washrooms, $26,000. Councillor Franh Burch asked whether SWEEP intended to clean up For all of those 'who remember some of the fabulous times we had here in Clinton during Centennial' year back in 1975. the Clinton Business Association is trying to Capture some of that spirit again tonight andtomorrow Thursday and Friday, as they e putting on their first annual moonlight madness sale. One of the realiy funny Centenniai events was the shirttail or pyjama parade that ended the celebrations three years ago, and with another planned for this Friday night at mn|dnight, some real laughs are in store. Aithough we didn't have bed races during Centonnia\. I |undorotand they too offer some excitement, and. should prove a real crowd Racing gets underway at 8 30 p.nn.. and'after observing how speedy the Clinton hoynbal staff moves beds around, I'm bettingon them On top of all that, there's a twilight race meet over at the park, and by the looks of .the merchants' ads, there's some pretty good bargo|na, including one crazy gas station owner who is literally giving gasoline away. 1 said in this space several weeks ago that there was nothbrg to do in Clinton, but I guess y'\) have to eat my wQrds,Munch, munch,.. fff While journeying around town last Friday, I happened to spot Don Ellwood of the Clinton Public Utilities Commission's waterworks department using .a pair of funnylOoking, thin metal rods thatstrangely came together at nourging,from their owner.Apparently they are part of thePUC's Wag 6f tricks to locate drainsand pipes, when, all other scientific means fail. As a newspaper man, I'm usually pretty cynical about such things, but I took the rods in hand, and by gum they worked. It gives one an eerie feeling when the rods move without persuasion in your hands. ' fff , Although a long wafrom | ying ball the calibre of the Colts, the Clinton Interfaith- slo-pitch toarn ~does provide some fine en- tertainment for us and our three fans, and last week with yours truly "helping?" Out we were dumped by Londesboro on Wednesday niAht, and then, murpris|ng\y, beat the Legion Associates team on Thur- sday night. hur'edoynight. Both were fun games, and we were saddened to iearn on the weekend of -the death of Ervin Johnaton.one, oy Londesboro's finest batters. fff This summer appears to be trying to copy last nurnnmpr, when it was dry and hot, and then when the rains came in August, they never stopped. I'm hoping the. last part is wrong, but agricultural officials say we are getting to the critical stage now and badly need rain in the next few days, or irreversible damage may be caused to some of our crops. We haven't had a drop of rain here since June 21, and many- of you on the sewage surcharge know how expensive it is to water your g'arden with town water. f,f . taugh with us: A man says things aren't like they were when he was a boy. His son has a colored -TV, stereo, ahome rnov|moutfit, several radios and a telephone In his room "When Y want to pun)oh,h\rn." sighs his father, ''y have to make him go'bnmy rmmrn." the beach. He suggested perhaps the An anonymous letter signed "A Boy Scouts might be asked for their Disgusted Clinton Residpnt" co,n aoaiatuuom}Y the SWEEP crew could plained of the lack of washrooms in not get around to the job. Councillor Clan Gregor Park and said the old Milt Van Pattertbata tta�b �Rayfield, tow n'boUia�ebnQ �� into bortel for the oonV�i��o of b�gi-sb 'n eyesore by the accumulation of old users be located at the foot of each set rusty metal, etc. around the building. of stairs and council accepted his Councillor Frank McFadden' proposal. Council is also looking into rq,rnerh*d that when in Clinton the possibility of bringing in a screener rocont>y, he sought a public washroom to clean the sand. and was unable to f-ind one. Stanley approves plan Stanley secondary plan received its first and second readings at the council's regular: Meeting on July 4. The plan is now a.document which means the township has control over it but it must have one more reading before a bylaw to accept it is passed, According to Stanley clerk, Mel Graham, council isn't planning to give the third and final reading of the land use plan for another two or three months. He d that council is making this move for their ownprotectiofl. "You really shouldn't rush into things like this and in case any Changes have to be rnade, they can," he said Clerk. Graham however added that most objections to the plan have already been hear3d. "There weren't many objections, and those that did come in weren't serious ones," he noted. Turn to page 3 ��-���ll ����t��dram�� bids The tender of Nichoison Construction Limited with a bid of $974 was accepted by Bu||ext council at their meeting on July 3 for the work on Taylor drains. The application of Bruce Carson was approved fo do the construction workontbe'Medddru}notacoutof $3,000. Other applicants asking for the uendcr, but who weren't accepted in- cluded: n'\ d d Gordon Dale with a bid of $1,800; Bruce Carson with a bid of $1,150 and Radford Construction with a bid of $1.495 on the Taylor drain. Nicholson Construction also applied for the tendership on the Medd drain at a cost of $3,960 and Radford Construction offered $4,700. In other business regarding drains, a court of roin|on was held on the ,Youngblut Drain. Reeve John Jewitt was appointed chairman for the discussion along withReeve Bu)}ohon from East Wawunnob, Councillors Joe G|beon, Greg Brandon and Tam Cunningham were appointed members of the court. In the d\mcu"oion held the group decided to refer the YounAb\ut Drain back to the engineer for closed work to be done in Keith Good's place. Tile drain loan applications were accepted frorn: Jack Tarnb\yn lots 18 and 20, concession 12; Mark Srn|th, lot 16, concession 7; Murray Forbes, lot 29, concession 7. These \ouna'are subject to 'a}| conditions on township tile drain loans in Mullett. ' Council passed a bylaw to impose a special annual drainage rate upon lands in respect of which money is borrowed under the Tile Drainage Act oy"1ATl~ A fapnrt oh the assessment of the Duizer Drain was accepted by nmil and a court of revision has been set for Mondmy. Amgqgt 7 at 9 p.m. In other business council gave Reeve Jewitt approval to sign the fire area agreement with the Clinton Fire Area Board after changes being made over the Vanastra Industrial protection. Joe Hunking and Greg Brandon were elected as the voting delegates at the Association of Municipal Officers of Ontari�'s annual convention in Toronto on August 22 and 23. Council passed a motion stating that they hase no �bjection to the severance of lot 25, concession 11 and lot lG, concession ll. The motion noted that the owners 'shou\d have a written agreement on line fences and they would be subject to all township bylaws. Neil Salverda will be allowed to hook into the Londeobnrodrain at a benefit cost of $268. A six-inch tile is to be used. Building permits were issued to the following: Rick Archalt, Herman Van Baaren, George Puwd\, Walter Cunningham, John Flynn, John De Vries, Jack Tamblyn, 1<. Dyks1r,John Ho rt. Don P}un° Albert Hummel, Neil Salverda, Gordon Bell, Frank yCmmirak(. Carman Gross. These ap- Nications are subject to township bylaws and the Huron County Health Dnitvxhereepp|ioob\e. will have frequent- and regular in- spections But until they -get, their full bylaw passed, and fulltime inspections are carried out, council passed an interim motion requiring all building permit seekers to prove the lot lines before they build, either with a new or old survey. The problem arose over the number of minor variances to the town's zoning bylaw when owners find their buildings don't conform, to the town's laws. One such example occurred Monday night when Tom and Martha.. Craig applied for a minor variance for their lot on Albert Street. According to the zoning bylaw, the house must have six feet of sideyard on either side, between the house and the lot line, but the Craigs have only slightly more than three feet on either side, and sought a minor variance. Council turned down the Craig's request in a close 5-3 .vote and recommended that the couple try and purchase the necessary three feet on either id f thi upn ty "We shouldn't pick on him, we need teeth (a building inspection bylaw) first," Reeve Royce Macaulay aid. "We need the bylaw quick," echoed Deputy -Reeve Frank Cook. "We've got to stop this somewhere:1 said councillor Rosemary Armstrong. "People are making a monkey out of the laws." "He (Mr Craig) should try and buy some land first," gaid councillor Ron Clerk Cam Proctor pointed out that in the past, many people start building and then come to the building permit issuer, Tom Chuter for a building permit and sometimes it's too late to stop them. Council Monday night was about to give first and second reading to a bylaw setting up a building com- missioner and a humlding inspector but decided to talk to present building inspector Tom Chuter before they noadeuoyVec|sioo. "ThLy is a very complicated thing (the new inspection system) and 1 think we should meet with Mr. Chuter first and see if he wants oJ}th.'extra vvorh." Reeve Maca\a said. Most of Monday night's rneeting taken up by discussion of building inspection, zoning changes and severance applications. On the advice of Jim Hunter and the planning bnard, codnoi| will seek an amendment to the zoning bylaw to allow Paul Goldsworthy to rezone a five acre parcel of land at the north end of Mohawk Crescent from a holding zone to a single family house Zone to permit. Mr. 6o|daworthy, to build a home. ' Mr. Go. Goldsworthyseemed disap- pointed, hovvnvnr, when he Was told it would take at least,six months to get the, zoning changed because of all the red tape involved. Council must pass the bylaw first, then it must be circulated among the surrounding land owners and then final approval must come from the Ontario Municipal Board in Toronto. Council also recommended for ap- proval to, the committee of adjustment three severances for semi-detached homes on Gordon and' King treets built 'by Harold White Homes of St. Turn to page 3 Instead of selling the traditional cold drinks, sat up a popc?rri stand on Victoria Street last Friday afternoon. Jerry, ,10, mans the homemade mobile booth while brother Ricky, 7, stands outside. Both are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Pickett of Fulton Street in town. The boys reported that sales wane slmvw.(NmwS40ecord photo) .