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Exeter Times—Advocate Wednesday, February 9, 2005
Regional
wrap up
Landlocked
Goderich
holding talks
GODERICH — The
landlocked Town of
Goderich is looking to its
neighbour to the east,
Central Huron, to help
out with some acreage.
The Goderich Signal -
Star reported last week
the town is asking
Central Huron to
appoint two or three
council members to
strike a committee on
the issue.
Goderich Reeve Ellen
Connelly said the acri-
monious negotiations
between the two munici-
palities is ancient histo-
ry.
"Hopefully at the end it
will be a win-win situa-
tion," she said.
Central Huron Reeve
Bert Dykstra said his
council is unsure of
what direction it will
take.
Goderich delegates at
a recent meeting were
noncommittal about the
amount and location of
land they wanted.
Any agreement would
need the approval of
both municipal councils
as well as Huron County
council.
Survivor
remembers
SEAFORTH —As the
60th anniversary of the
liberation of the
Auschwitz Nazi death
camp was marked, a
Seaforth resident
remembered her time in
concentration camps.
Tasia Anderson, 79,
spent three days in
Auschwitz during the
Second World War, and
several months in
another concentration
camp, Dachau.
She told the Huron
Expositor recently she's
not sure why she was
shipped briefly from
Dachau to Auschwitz
and then back to
Dachau.
Anderson's strongest
memory of the death
camp was seeing the
buildings that housed
the gas chambers where
1.5 million, mostly Jews,
were sent to their
deaths.
Students raise money for HIV/AIDS
By Stew Slater
SPECIAL TO THI,. TIMES -ADVOCATE
SEAFORTH — Through the co-ordination
and creative instruction of a London-based
collage artist, students from the Avon
Maitland District School Board have raised
$15,000 since late last year to help people in
Africa affected by HIV/AIDS.
The key element of the fundraising cam-
paign was an exhibition in December of 50
limited -edition prints at a gallery in
Stratford. The artwork — chosen from about
300 submissions — was created by Avon
Maitland secondary school students after vis-
its to the schools by collage -maker
Hendrikus Bervoets.
Bervoets first began putting his talents
towards AIDS fundraising a few years ago by
inviting 25 fellow artists from around the
world to donate prints. That initial cam-
paign received a great boost when the
London District Catholic School Board
bought eight prints: one for each of its sec-
ondary schools. Ever since, the London artist
has made himself available as an instructor
to various school boards, in return for hav-
ing the students participate in the AIDS pro-
ject.
"We saw with the tsunami (in South Asia in
December) that the world got together and
raised a phenomenal amount of money,"
Bervoets told Avon Maitland trustees at a
board meeting Jan. 25. "Every day, 14,000
people die of AIDS. Millions of children are
affected, predominantly in Africa."
The Avon Maitland students prints sell for
$25 apiece, or $70 framed. According to
Bervoets, the fundraising portion of his work
is donated, although he does get paid for
providing artistic instruction. And 97 per
cent of funds raised go directly to African
AIDS relief.
Education director Geoff Williams praised
Bervoets' work in the Avon Maitland
schools, and the effect the project had on
students.
The collage project "had an excellent cur-
riculum base," Williams explained. "It
taught the kids real things about real art .. .
and it gives us a chance to take our citizen-
ship goal and have kids act not just as local
citizens but as global citizens."
With 50 numbered prints made from each
collage — many, but not all of which have a
distinctly African flavour — there is still lots
of opportunity to contribute to the campaign
by purchasing some artwork. For informa-
tion, contact the Foundation For Enriching
Education Perth Huron at 527-0111; 1-800-
592-5437, ext. 231; or
lynda_mcgregor@fcmail.amdsb.ca .
South Huron council undecided on water rates
Continued from front page
reported, the Municipality
of Bluewater has decided
to partner in on the pro-
ject to have the new
pipeline serve Hensall.
Numbers provided by
South Huron chief admin-
istrative officer Larry
Brown estimated South
Huron will save $400,000
with Hensall joining. If
Seaforth joins the project,
South Huron's costs would
drop to $8.45 million,
although that project
would cost Huron East
Hensall plan
almost ready
Continued from front page
mad...we're not fighting
with anyone," said Wise.
"We just don't think amal-
gamation is good for us."
With Hensall having just
voted on a pipeline system
to supply water to the vil-
lage, Wise said it was
another reason to leave
Bluewater.
"How can we lose out by
leaving? If the cost burden
is ours, we may as well do
it for our own benefit."
Wise said with Bluewater
Mayor Bill Dowson on
record as saying he would-
n't stand in the way of
Hensall leaving, she was
hoping for nothing nega-
tive from council.
She added Dowson had
come to every meeting and
function Hensall had had,
and "he is trying his
utmost."
But Wise said "it comes
down to bigger isn't bet-
ter...we have no identity.
We're part of a conglomer-
ate."
$14.26 million
Grant money is also
being sought for the pro-
ject.
Other council notes:
'No' to UTRCA
Council will instruct its
board member to vote
against the Upper Thames
River Conservation
Authority's 2005 budget.
As reported two weeks
ago, the UTRCA is asking
South Huron to pay
$3,357 in general levy
charges, up 6.3 per cent
from 2004 charges.
While the dollar figure is
much lower than what
South Huron pays the
Ausable Bayfield
Conservation Authority in
its general levy ($95,139
this year for South Huron),
the municipality was con-
cerned about the percent-
age increase. In the past,
South Huron has been
tough with the ABCA in an
attempt to keep yearly
increases close to the
inflation rate. The ABCA's
increase for South Huron
in 2005, for example, is
1.9 per cent.
Over the past four years,
the UTRCA's average
annual general levy
increase has been 8.08
per cent, compared with
the ABCA's 5.73 per cent
average.
Coun. Ken Oke said
South Huron can't accept
the UTRCA's 2005 budget
because the increase is
nearly double the inflation
rate.
Sewage study
South Huron will pay
$29,943 to have its portion
of Dashwood included in
the Grand Bend Sewage
Service Area Master Plan
study. Dillon Consulting
has been hired by
Lambton Shores to pre-
pare a plan for the long-
term development of the
Grand Bend Sewage
Treatment Facility. The
original study included
lands in Lambton Shores
along Highway 21 from
"the cut" to Huron Road
83 and lands in South
Huron along Huron Road
81 to Huron Road 10.
South Huron's involve-
ment regarding Dashwood
is dependent on the
approval of Bluewater,
which would have to pay
$48,229.
South Huron and
Bluewater share
Dashwood.
Villa gets a break
After a request from the
Exeter Villa, the munici-
pality gave the nursing
home a $1,700 break on
charges the Villa faced
after multiple false alarms
in 2004.
As reported Jan. 26, the
Exeter fire station was
called to eight false alarms
at the Villa last year. As
per municipal policy, the
first false alarm is free;
after that, the property
owner faces charges for
each additional false
alarm to cover expenses.
The Villa's bill was
$3,707.50.
Dennis Rowe of the Villa
appeared before council
Monday night requesting
the municipality reduce
the bill in light of the
Villa's many attempts to
fix its alarm problems.
After the first false alarm,
Rowe said there was no
indication from the build-
ing's alarm panel what the
problem was.
A couple of days later,
three false alarms
occurred over a weekend,
after which a technician
inspected the Villa's alarm
system and couldn't find
anything wrong.
Several other attempts
were made to fix the prob-
lem, but false alarms kept
occurring. In addition to
the $3,707.50 bill from the
municipality, the Villa
received bills of $2,500
from companies attempt-
ing to fix the problem.
When asking for lenien-
cy, Rowe noted the Villa's
owners pay a lot of taxes
and have always co-oper-
ated with the municipality.
South Huron fire chief
John Morgan agreed the
Villa tried its best to fix its
problem. He said after the
few first false alarms, an
agreement was made that
the alarm company
wouldn't call the fire
department immediately,
but would first call the
Villa to see if the alarm
was legitimate. Morgan
said this wasn't done and
the fire department was
called, something that
wasn't the Villa's fault.
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agreed to lower the Villa's
bill to $2,000.
Morley said the Villa had
been doing everything it
could and the municipali-
ty's bylaw is for those who
don't do anything about
their false alarm prob-
lems.
He joked, "It appears it's
cheaper to have a fire,
then it's free."
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