Clinton News-Record, 1986-03-12, Page 11Page 10—L.LIN ION NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 12, 1986
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councillor uset with authority
By Alan Rivett
BAYFIELD - In reaction to the low rank-
ing of the Long Hill Road project received in
the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authori-
ty ( ARCA) budget, Councillor Lloyd Huff-
man requested council .withhold the 1986
levee to the authority.
In offering the resolution at the council
meeting on March 3, Councillor Huffman
said he couldn't understand why the Long
Hill Road project was ranked third in fun-
ding priorities. Two other projects including
erosion control at the Nairn Cemetery and
Lucan ranked ahead in priority.
"Nairn Cemetery! I .,don't even know
where the Nairn Cemetery is," exclaimed a
frustrated Mr. Huffman, who was the 1985
Bayfield delegate to the ABCA. Councillor
Jim Quick was recently appointed as the
1986 delegate for Bayfield.
Reeve Dave Johnston, in answering Coun-
cillor Huffman's request, said the village
would be unable to withhold the levee
because it is against provincial law.
"I can appreciate your frustrations, and
I'm glad you told us of those frustrations.
But to tell us to hold back the levee is
against provincial statutes. I'm sorry, but
it's something we just can't support," said
Reeve Johnston.
Councillor Huffman also cited other
reasons for putting forth his motion to
withhold the levies. He said, while attending
the ARCA annual meeting held recently, the
members had no time to study the reports in
the year-end agenda and many items includ-
ed in it he hari never Seen before and hart
never been discussed in their formal
meetings of the Authority.
"As far as I'm concerned the Authority is
run by the staff and the members I of the
board l are just rubber stamps," said Coun-
cillor Huffman.
He went on to say many of the people who
attended the Authority's ' annual meeting
had no connections with councils, yet they
were taking part in voting on ABCA policies.
Council agreed to have Councillor Quick,
the village's current representative on the
ABCA, discuss the concerns outlined by
Councillor Huffman with the Authority
' members.
"You've raised some very major con-
cerns that the ABCA should view more
thoroughly," said Reeve Johnston.
Council with etter
The letter was filed by council.
Insurance
Conned accepted the insurance quotation
of John R. McConkey General Insurance of
The letter states for municipalities which London for this year.
are trying to keep taxes at acceptable The total insurance package, which cost
levels, the salary increases seem "exhorbi- the village $10,188.00, will include $1,707,000
tent and must be protested." worth of property insurance with liability in-
surance increased from $1 -million to $5 -
million this year.
BAYFIELD - Council received a letter
from the Town of Clinton which protests the
pay increases given to Huron County
department' heads over the next three years.
The salary increases for the county, says
the letter, may be used as examples by
other county and municipal employees
when making salary demands.
"But, then of course; the county does not
have to face the irate taxpayers; that job is
left to the council and staff of each of the
member municipalities," it said.
Clinton Council urged in the letter for the
county council to rescind the increases for
the second and third years and only
guarantee those for 1986.
Expenses
Council declared their remuneration for
meetings and expenses for the year at the
meeting on March 3. The list of expenses in-
curred by the reeve and councillors are as
follows:
Reeve David Johnston: meetings,
$1,249.07, expenses, $624.53), total of
$1,873.60; Councillor Reg Wilson: meetings,
$819.87, expenses, $409.93, total of $1,229.80;
In January, county council endorsed in- Helen Owen: meetings, $699.87, expenses,
creases up to nine per cent a year for Huron $349.93, total of $1,049.80; Lloyd Huffman:
County department heads. meetings, $699:87, expenses, $349.93, total of
In replying to the letter, Reeve Johnston, $1,049.80; James Quick: meetings, $753.20,
also a member of county council, said the expenses, $376.60, total of $1,129.80.
salaries for the department heads was "a Long Hill Road
fair and good wage settlement." He says the Council received a letter from John and
increases brought them up to the average Margaret Willock of 13syfield which provid-
salaries in their respective positions in the ed a number of observations regarding the
southwestern Ontario area. The nine per road failure.
cent increase will also be phased in over the The Willocks, who live almost directly
next three years. above the lower slope erosion, expressed
"I don't think there's much wrong with be- concern about the "continuing lack of cor- A grant request was received by the
ing average," said the reeve. rective action" in dealing with the road pro- Huron County Farm and Home Safety
Ironically,, Reeve Johnston said Clinton's blern. In the letter, they asked council for a' Association. The request was sent to the
Reeve voted to adopt the new wage'packa'ge written assurance as to what council will do finance committee for budget considera-
for the department heads. to prevent further deterioration of the road. tion.
The letter, containing nine observations
about the road failure, stressed the
uprooting of the island west of the Highway
21 bridge has resulted in the full volume of
the river, especially during spring break-up,
coming through one channel.
They also noted the steel piling on the
north shpre and around the point near the
gas station has re -directed the current
toward the unprotected south bank below
the road slippage, causing a gouging effect.
Council Briefs
In helping John . Chapman meet the
Ministry of Transportation and Com-
munication's I MTC) requirements for a re-
cent zoning bylaw and official plan amend-
ment, council has written the MTC to have
the speed limit dropped on Highway 21
within the village limits to 60 kin 130 mph).
In requesting the reduced speed limit,
council stated there is a heavy volume of
pedestrian traffic with especially heavy
vehicle traffic using the road during the
summer months. A skier was also killed on
the roadway in the last year.
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Council has served J.P. Ducharme Ltd.
with a letter of default on the Ducharme
subdivison in the .village. Under this ar-
rangement, council will not assume the ser-
vices for the subdivision until it conforms to
standards set down by council.
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pitted against Hullett Central. (Anne Narejko photos)
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Tom Penhale resigns
By Helen Owen
BAYFIELD - The resignation of Tom
Penhale left a vacancy on the Bayfield Fire
Department, but this has now been filled by
28 -year-old Jack Bender.
Mr. Bender, his wife Shirley and their two
children moved to Bayfield three years ago.
Employed by Polysar in Sarnia, Mr. Bender
is also an auxiliary fire fighter for the com-
pany, and on his days off works part-time
for Mr. Gerber.
Members of the fire department were also
sorry to learn that Arnold Makins is a pa-
tient in University Hospital, London.
United Church News ' •
The United church Renewal Fellowship
meeting will be held on March 11 at Main
Street United Church in Mitchell. Guest
speaker will be Dr. Bruce Andrews. The
Session will meet on March 17 at 8 pm in the
church.
Note that the UCW, Unit 2 will meet on
March 19.(and not the 12) at the home of
Kathleen Siertsema, and the installation of
UCW officers will be held at the morning
worship service on March 23.
85 Birthday •
A birthday party was held on March 2, the
day of Lilian l'enhale's 85th birthday, at the
home of her daughter Doris Bennett in
Goderich.
The dinner party was attended by her
daughter Eleanor and family and several
grand -children. Mrs. Penhale spent a few
days in Goderich with her daughter to com-
plete the celebration.
Trinity Church News
On March 9 the congregation of Trinity
Anglican Church Celebrated,MotheringS,
day, a tradition atssociated•*i the 'Mural
Sunday in Lent which has survived the cen-
turies. During the service daffodils were
distributed to mothers and the children of
the Sunday school sang a special song for
the occasion. -
The custom of presenting cakes to
mothers on this day was also part of the pro-
ceedings, and following the service Simnel
cake, specially baked for the occasion, was
served with coffee in the Parish Hall.
Although the weather interfered with
plans for the "Thoughtful Weekend" it only
caused a minor delay.
Brother William Sibley arrived on March
8 and some 14 members of the congregation
gathered to take part in this instructive and
meditative session. In his presentation,
Brother William began by outlining the
history of the order of the Holy Cross, a
monastic community rooted in the Benedic-
tine tradition. From the mother house in
New York, members of the community
worked regularly in Canada until the early
'70s when, with the support of the Toronto
Diocese, Holy Cross established a Priory to
pray, meditate and work in the cominunitCy
covering such aspects of contemporary life
as spiritual direction, work in parishes, in
the university, with the poor, a house for
girls and with addicts and alcoholics.
As his theme, Brother William discussed
the validity of Christian living in today's
world. Baptism, he said was the commence-
ment of lay ministry, and objective to be
pursued throughout life. The Eucharist he
described as a thanks -giving, and a way for
the whole community to work together, sus-
taining the Faith and reinforcing the accep-
tance of the inherent responsibilities.
Moving on to the subject of spiritual con-
cepts, Brother William said this was the
way in which a reasonable person sought to
discover the meaning of life, bearing in
mind that this search was initiated by bap-
tism, reinforced by participation inthe
eucharist. It was a search for power of a
special kind - not the domination of tyrants
as exemplified by history, but the will to
seek guidance and direction in looking after
and helping fellow creatures.
There was then a period of meditation
followed by a question period which offered
an opportunity to explore areas of contem-
porary society too often left unspoken,ygt
as!racism, sexual do viation,'ett J Tlae4� v)ere
the areas, said Brother William which had
to be accepted, understood and encompass-
ed by gospel concepts of brotherly love.
On April 9 a party from Bayfield will be
making a special trip to Toronto to see the
widely acclaimed musical Cats. The bus will
pick up people in Clinton and arrive in
Toronto about 11 a.m. in time for some shop-
ping in the Eaton Centre, and then to the
show at 2 p.m. A stop for dinner will be
made on the way back. The inclusive price
is $65. There are still a few vacancies left on
the bus and anyone wishing to take advan-
tage of this trip, sponsored by the Bayfield
Lioness, should contact Kay McLeod
(565-2470), or Liz Mitchell, (565-2708).
First round of payoffs held
By Helen Owen
BAYFIELD - The first round of the
playoffs got under way on March 8 at the
community centre. With the bleachers filled
to capacity the Warriors and Blades took to
the ice in an early start. The Warriors look-
ed invincible in the early stages of the game,
but the Blades' persistence almost paid off
as they narrowly lost a 7-6 decision.
The Coop led the Warriors with a hat -trick
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as John Blanchard, Dave Telford, Buck
Rodgers and Captain Ken picked up the
singles. Big Brad Holmes paced the Blades
with two as did Jim Fleming. Don Heard
and trigger man Mark Johnston had the
singles.
The second game started out like it was
'going'to be a barn burner as well, but the
relentlessness of Varna proved too much as
theydefeated the Brewers 6-3. Scott Consitt
continued his club loaded goal production by
netting the hat -trick as Bill Stephenson,
John Dowson and Dan Taylor tallied
singles. Brian Cooper, Darin Telford and
Rob Boyes scored for the Brewers.
The second set of games, played March 9
were also good playoff games. The first
game the Brewers fought hard to defeat
Varna 7-6. Murray Connolly scored the hat -
trick for the Brewers as Bob Snell had a pair
and singles went to Brian Cooper and Darin
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St Patricks
SINGLES DANCE
Saturday March 15
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"WILDWOODS"
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BAYFIELD
Coll 565.2554
NOTICE
ALL DOGS RUNNING.
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will be picked up by Dog Catcher.
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VILLAGE OF BAYFIELD
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