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Home My WebLink AboutThe Times Advocate, 2007-11-14, Page 1E TIMES ADVOCATE Exeter, Ontario, Canada Wednesday, November 14, 2007 $ 1.25 (includes GST) HURON TRACTOR EXETER 519-235-1115 el www.hurontractor.com JOHN DEERE WHAT'S INSIDE Manufacturing Excellence Businesses recognized at awards ceremony PAGE 18 Christmas giving Operation Christmas Child sends gifts around the world PAGE 2 I INDEX Editorial 4 Sports 22 Announcements 26 Classifieds 29 TIMES -ADVOCATE 424 MAIN ST. Box 850 EXETER, ONTARIO NOM 1S6 TEL: 519-235-1331 FAX: 5 19-235-0766 WWW.SOUTHHURON.COM EXETER HAWKS vs LUCAN FRI., NOV. 16 8:30 P.M. SH REC CENTRE SH coundil hopes for more grant money By Scott Nixon TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF SOUTH HURON — South Huron is hoping it sees a bit of the grant money the fed- eral government announced recently towards the $350 million Huron Elgin London Project (HELP). The federal government announced Oct. 15 in London that it will provide $50 million towards the first phase of the project provided the province matches it. South Huron's involvement in HELP is the Lake Huron water pipeline project, for which the municipality has already been awarded a $4 3 million Canada -Ontario Infrastructure Program grant, with the province kicking in $2 4 million and the feds paying $1.9 million Construction for that project is nearing completion. Mayor Ken Oke said at South Huron's Nov. 5 meeting that he hopes some of the additional grant money announced in October for HELP comes back to South Huron since the London board used South Huron's project to get the grant. "I'll be very disappointed if we don't get anything," Oke said, adding he's expressed those feelings to the HELP board. On a motion from Coun. David Frayne, council decided to write a letter to the HELP board expressing those concerns. "We have to proceed positively in the right direction," Oke said. The HELP project is to be completed in phases over 20 years. Phase one of the project is to be done by 2010 for $154 million and includes: twinning the Elgin Area pipeline; upgrading and expanding water reservoir storage; improving emer- gency power capacity; providing additional sources of power through green power; and establishing a water research and centre of excellence in Grand Bend. Other council notes: Sweet corn safety The importance of properly storing sweet corn waste was a message driven home to South Huron council Nov. 5. Glenn Ross, an agricultural environmental officer with the London branch of the Ministry of the Environment, spoke at council's latest meeting and informed them of some problems he has been dealing with lately. Ross said there are many large livestock farms in the area and a number of farms that store sweet corn waste. He said he has been doing proactive nutrient management inspections on farms and following up on complaints. His visit with South Huron council last week was part of Ross's attempt to speak to all the municipalities in Huron County. Ross informed council of an incident in August in the Oxbow Creek area. Black water and dead fish were found in the creek. It was discovered that sweet corn waste was discharging into a drain. Ross detailed the cleanup efforts, including putting an earth dam into the stream to stop the waste from spreading. A contrac- tor was also hired to pump up the contaminated water. A second berm 16 kilome- tres downstream was also put in place. The stream was also monitored to deter- mine the spread of contaminants. See MOE page 2 HIGH SPEED INTERNET ha tammuoeations www.hay.fiel SERVING EXETER & SURROUNDING AREAS For as low as $19.95/mo. 519-236-4333 Lest we forget — Private Jeff Henry of 2923 Huron Middlesex Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps stands guard at the Exeter Cenotaph Sunday morning during local ceremonies marking Remembrance Day. See additional photos on page 8. (photo/Scott Nixon) False alarms a matter of concern in Lucan Biddulph By Nina Van Lieshout TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF LUCAN — Middlesex OPP Insp. Karen Moffatt presented the 2007 bi-annual police report at Lucan Biddulph council Nov.5. At the 2007 halfway point, the OPP have received 113 calls from incidents in Lucan Biddulph. The highest number of calls were traffic complaints at 39, followed by alarm calls at 24 and thefts at 17 calls. There have been no robbery or arson calls, with Moffatt noting that "they have been very, very low in that area" so far. Moffatt says alarm calls are increasing significantly, explaining there were 24 false alarm calls in comparison to 17 in 2006. "This takes away time from proactive initiatives," says Moffatt, explaining that for each call "it takes an average of two hours with two officers." 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