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Home My WebLink AboutThe Times Advocate, 2005-10-05, Page 22 Exeter Times–Advocate Wednesday, October 5, 2005 Regional wrap up Clinton church could close CLINTON — St. Joseph's Church in Clinton is slated to close in 2008, according to the Clinton News -Record. The news was delivered to area parishioners after an extensive review conducted by the Diocese of London. Father Peter Keller, the episcopal vicar for the Huron -Perth Deanery says,"It's been a difficult time for everyone." There are 40 churches planning to close although this is not final. The propos- als were submitted after months of review from a committee including both clergy and lay people, rec- ognized as the Deanery Implementation Team. Florist makes donation BLYTH — Through the sale of carnation bouquets, Luann Taylor of Luann's Country Flowers in Blyth has raised $500 for the Huron County breast screen- ing clinic in Goderich. Taylor, a breast cancer sur- vivor, began this fundraiser last year according to The Citizen. This year three more flower shops are on board. From Oct. 11 to Oct. 29, the Take Care Bouquet can be purchased from Luann's Country Flowers, Village Vines in Exeter, Cooke's Florist in Clinton and Blooms and Rooms in Seaforth. The bouquet is $18.99. Newest doctor arrives GODERICH — The first of four new doctors in Goderich has arrived. Dr. Hilary Watson recently began seeing patients at the Maitland Valley Medical Centre. Watson will also work in the Alexandra Marine General Hospital providing emergency room and inpatient hospital cover- age, according to the Goderich Signal -Star. This is Watson's first permanent medical position since fin- ishing her residency in Kingston through Queen's University. Use of Exeter landfill site to increase Continued from front page excess of $10 million for South Huron's landfill reserves and to pay for every cubic metre of space the municipality will give up to the others. "It's earmarked for reserves because eventually we're going to have to use it" in the future when the municipality has to use another landfill site and pay for additional transportation costs, Brown explained. Mayor Rob Morley said the municipality has no money in a perpetual care fund for the landfill site and needs to start building it up through use of the landfill. Through the agreement, South Huron will maintain its ownership of the landfill site. As a report from Brown explained, how long the three municipalities are allowed to use the Exeter landfill site will be deter- mined by the capacity of the site. Currently, waste going into the site is 5,800 tonnes per year; with Goderich, Huron East and Central Huron using the site, that number would increase to 21,400 tonnes per year. After the 12 years, South Huron will have the use of the landfill site for another 50 years. However, engineering to see if that plan is viable still needs to be done — if there isn't enough capacity, then the three municipalities will only use the Exeter landfill site for five years, which Brown said will give them enough time to look for another site, likely in Wingham. Tipping fees have been set at $75 per tonne, although that can be adjusted to accommodate inflation and other factors. The tipping fee was a matter Deputy Mayor Dave Urlin brought up, explaining the municipality should charge the open mar- ket price. To accept the additional waste, a new Certificate of Approval is needed, which would take two years and cost an estimat- ed $50,000 to $100,000, paid by Goderich, Huron East and Central Huron. Other council notes: Expensive Exeter gas During the councillor comments portion of the meeting, Urlin wondered why gas prices in Exeter are higher than in other municipalities. He noted Port Elgin has consistently been at the 96 cents/litre mark for the last three weeks, while gas in Exeter was in the neighbourhood of $1.13/litre on Monday. He said the average was about $1.04/litre. "I don't know why they're sticking us so good in Huron County," Urlin said. Youth Friendly update As previously reported, South Huron recently received a Youth Friendly award, one of only nine municipalities in the province to receive one. An awards ceremony was held in Burlington Sept. 27. Morley, South Huron recreation program administrator Jo -Anne Fields, Katie Pickering (formerly of the Exeter Youth Centre, now working in London) and Vicki Hartman (representing South Huron's youth) attended. The Youth Friendly program is organized by the Play Works Partnership, consisting of several organizations concerned with involving youth in sports, physical activity, civic engagement, arts, culture and recre- ation. Morley was impressed that South Huron received the award, considering the other eight recipients were much larger than South Huron — Aurora, Mount Hope, Ajax, Markham, Peterborough, Pickering, Chatham -Kent and Burlington. "It's really amazing to see that we're right up there with the rest," Morley said, congratulating Fields and Pickering for working on the application for the award. "It was just a super, super presentation.. . it was very well done." Thanks Coun. George Robertson thanked Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church for last week- end's community thanksgiving activities, a sentiment echoed later by Morley, adding closing Baldwin Street for the event and using an empty lot was a perfect location and could possibly be used again for other events. Board office made wheelchair accessible By Stew Slater SPECIAL TO THE TA DUBLIN — The upper storey of the Huron -Perth Catholic District School Board's administrative offices in Dublin will be made accessible to wheelchairs after a decision by trustees to move forward with the least costly of two proposals drawn up by the board's architectural firm. At a regular meeting Sept. 26, trustees gave the go-ahead to proceed with a proposal to build a sloped walkway from street level to the building, provide a power door operator for the existing entrance and install a stair lift up to the second storey. Marklevitz Architects estimates the project will cost between $100,000 and $125,000. Trustees were also presented with a more expensive "Proposal Two," at an estimated cost of $215,000 to $250,000. It involved building a 220 square foot addition to the building to house a vertical elevator that would also provide access to the basement. Board staff recommended the less costly option. According to education director Larry Langan, completion of Break-in while couple slept HENSALL — On Sept. 30 a break-in occurred at a residence on Richmond Street in Hensall. The owner who had been asleep found someone entered the house by forcing open a door sometime before 3 a.m. Once inside the thief entered the basement and stole 24 bottles of white wine. The wine is val- ued at $300. Attempts were made to enter other sections of the house but failed. Loses license for 12 hours BLUEWATER — An officer using radar on London Road between Hensall and Exeter, came across a blue 1998 Ford van traveling at a high rate of speed on Oct. 1. The van was stopped and the driver found with alcohol on his breath. After testing for alcohol, the driver was found to have between 50 - 99 mgs of alcohol in his system resulting in a 12 -hour license suspension. The 71 -year-old man from South Huron also received a speeding ticket. the project will bring Huron -Perth Catholic in compliance with the Ontarians With Disabilities Act. Asked if the board will be in danger of facing the prospect of more costly renovations to the basement if that act eventually becomes more strict, Langan expressed confidence that would not happen. "I think we're pretty good now with the plan to have two floors fully accessible," he said. "We've already done work on the washrooms to make them accessible, and we'll certainly be moving a lot of our meetings onto the Board Room (second) floor once the work is done." With the go-ahead now in place to take the project to tenders, work could begin as early as the spring of 2006. Blood Donor Clinic EXETER — An Exeter Blood Donor Clinic is being held next week. The clinic will be set up at the South Huron District High School. It's taking place between 12:30 and 8:30. In most cases healthy donors can give blood every 56 days. There is also a clinic coming to Clinton on Oct. 27. The next Exeter clinic will be Dec. 14 at the high school and during the same hours. If you have any questions or would like to book an appoint- ment contact the Canadian Blood Services at 1-888-236-6283. Exeter losing doctor Continued from front page Chan estimates he has about 1,000 patients. Those patients who can't find a new doctor can use the walk-in clinic, open seven days a week at the South Huron Medical Centre. Chan said a new doctor recruitment committee formed last summer is constantly working to bring doctors to the area. "We've had several interested physicians who are considering Exeter at the moment, but none who have committed." Chan said it will be deter- mined by the end of the month who replaces him as chief of emergency at the hospital. 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