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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2005-04-27, Page 22 Exeter Times—Advocate Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Bluewater gets large garbage pickup again By Pat Bolen TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF VARNA — Bluewater will have another large garbage pickup this year despite problems of the ser- vice being abused in past years. Council voted to go ahead with the pickups Monday night. Public works manager Ross Fisher said the cost of the pickup would be between $10,000 and $12,000. Coun. Joshua McClinchey raised the issue of the pick- up being abused, and whether it was possible to estab- lish a limit on the amount households could put out. Coun. Rod Parker said while it wasn't possible to monitor who was dropping off items for the pickup on Highway 21 and on back roads, it was easier to moni- tor who was bringing in items for the pickup in the vil- lages. Fisher agreed, saying the biggest complaints were along the lakeshore. Bluewater Mayor Bill Dowson said the pickup would be tried for another year. "If we get this every year, we'll have to change it," said Dowson. Parker disagreed, saying, "I'm not into that if it's being abused in one place, we scrap everything." The motion was then passed authorizing the pickup for another year. In other business council voted to split the cost of cleaning out a drainage pipe of the residence of John and Debbie Erb of Bayfield. The basement of the Erb residence flooded Dec. 31 due to a root mass that was subsequently cleaned out. The cost of the cleaning was $2,689.45, a sum the Erbs requested council to pay. Council passed a motion stating it would pay half of the amount. Facilities manager Tom Dickens recommended to council that a structural report be conducted on the Hay Twp. Hall to determine the feasibility and life expectancy of the structure. Asked how much the hall was being used, Dickens said it was used "a fair bit," and that a complaint had been received that the hall was being used instead of the new Zurich complex. According to Dickens, one of the factors in the hall being used was that it was cheaper than the new facili- ty "We're going to look at pricing, and make it not so attractive," said Dickens. McClinchey asked what the forecast of the building was, and whether it was feasible to sell it. Coun. Marg Deichert replied inquires were being made as to whether the hall was a heritage building. Dickens added details of the rate increase would be provided to council. Winter storm hits area hard, leaves thousands without power By Scott Nixon TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF EXETER — Old man winter made an unwelcome return to southwestern Ontario over the weekend, leaving thou- sands without hydro for as long as 20 hours. High winds and heavy wet snow ripped through the region, causing con- siderable damage to Hydro One's distri- bution system. As many as 19,000 hydro customers in southwestern Ontario were without power at various times over the weekend. In addition to the London area, there were pockets of out- ages in Sarnia and Owen Sound. In Exeter, power went out for a couple of hours late Saturday afternoon then came back on with several brief outages during the evening. At about 11 p.m., the power was out for the next 13 hours. Other areas, such as Grand Bend and Zurich, experienced longer black- outs. Hydro One spokesperson Al Manchee said the bad weather made it difficult for repair crews to get to locations. New doctor arrives in Exeter Continued from front page Chan said South Huron is "very fortunate" to have Farrell as part of the local medical team. He said her patients have been pleased with her and he's looking forward to work- ing with her. For her part, Farrell said she has been "very impressed with Exeter" and the local medical support staff is the best she's worked with. She credits Chan and acting hospital CEO Janice Cosgrove for being helpful. Those who need a doc- tor can call the medical centre. Despite Farrell's arrival, Exeter is still officially designated as medically underserviced and still needs three more full- time family doctors, Cosgrove said. Chan, chief of the hospital's emer- gency department, said that while there are eight POLICE BRIEF Woman charged in domestic EXETER — A 41 -year- old woman has been charged with assault after a man sustained minor facial injuries during an argument. On April 19 a man in Exeter contacted police about an assault. The officer learned the alleged assault had occurred at a residence on Parr Line in Bluewater. Police say the man and his wife got into an argument and the situ- ation escalated with the woman allegedly assault- ing the victim several times. family doctors in Exeter, many are only part-time practices. The hospital continues its doctor recruitment efforts, Cosgrove said, explaining that Farrell's patient list will become full and there are still many local residents with- out a family doctor. Cosgrove said ongoing talks are held with doc- tors who work at the hos- pital and medical centre to convince them to open up full-time practices in town. Through a network of Huron -Perth hospitals, a recruiter has made posi- tive connections with medical schools to pro- mote rural areas such as Exeter to new doctors. Hensall, Zurich and Grand Bend are also med- ically underserviced. The issue of the doctor shortage will be dealt with in a public meeting put on by the South Huron Chamber of Commerce and the hospital May 24 at the South Huron Rec Centre from 7:30 - 9 p.m. The meeting will include a panel discussion as well as a chance for audience members to ask ques- tions. "Also, in many cases, the damage was in off-road locations, so they had to con- duct foot patrols to fmd out where the damage was and to make repairs," he explained. Once it got dark, it became harder for crews to fmd problem areas. Manchee said there was major dam- age to Hydro One's system in the Grand Bend -Centralia area, when a "skywire" (the wire that runs along the top of the transmission line) snapped and fell into the wires underneath, knocking out power. Crews then had to cut the wire free in an effort to restore power. The high winds also caused tree dam- age, which resulted in branches falling on power lines. "We had to mobilize as many crews as we could get from the whole region and deploy them to the areas that were hard hit," Manchee said "These storms always seem to happen on the weekends," he continued. "But we were able to mobilize enough crews to get at (the problem). A rural electrici- ty delivery system is vulnerable to these types of weather conditions." Frayne's General Store closing doors Continued from front page was also the site of the Hay Post Office, which was Huron County's first Post Office and was 148 years old when Canada Post closed the office in 1990 and it became a postal outlet at Frayne's. Stan was Hay's postmaster from 1954 until 1987, after which David took over. He said he intends to contact the Huron County Museum to see if they are inter- ested in any of the items from the post office area of the store. There are still 30 local residents who pick up their mail at Frayne's — of course, that will change after Saturday, when those customers will either pick up their mail at a community mailbox, a postal box at the Exeter Post Office or through rural mail delivery. David, who returned to work with his parents at the store in 1986, notes the many changes he's seen in Exeter over the years. 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