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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1989-03-08, Page 1INDEX Dublin - A7 Sports A8 - Al0 Hensel! - Al 1 Births - Al2 Graduates - Al2 Obituaries - Al 2 Snowmobile -T. urns wpr fe s iona l . See page A4. Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth. Brussels, Dublin. Mensal! and Walton Seaforth, Ontario HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1989 50 cents a copy Councit endorsescomm erc al higiiway devetopn'ent In a special meeting called for Thursday, Seaforth Town Council endorsed a motion from its Economic Development commit- tee, that approves the proposed highway commercial development project of John Hart. The development, which calls for the relocation of Hart Ford Mercury from South Main Street, Seaforth to that portion of land located to the west of the Freeze King on Highway 8 in McKillop Township, also calls for five other projects - most already on the list of permitted uses for highway commer- cial land. One of those projects is a mini mall type construction offering 25,000 square feet of retail shopping through a supermarket (minimum 6,000 square feet), department store (minimum 6,000 square feet) and four smaller type businesses. A second pro)... -1. would be a 2,000 square font conveniencr- type store operated in conjunction with a gas bar. Also being considered for the sit. is a smallmotel or licenced facility that doesn't require dining, and a secondary type car dealership - perhaps one that deals in recreational vehicles or something similar. "We're really excited about this pro- posal," commented Jeff Seddon, one of Mr. Hart's partners in the project; In announcing its approval of the develop- ment proposal Seaforth Town Council not only endorsed the feelings of its Economic Development Committee, but those of its Planning and Advisory Committee as well. The Planning and Advisory Committee had responded earlier that it supported Mr. Hart's request to change the zoning of the McKillop land from agricultural to highway commercial, to permit the super- market, department store and convenience store in conjunction with a gas bar. It made that decision based on the assumptions that: there is no land available in the Seaforth Commercial Core area that is large enough to accommodate a 6,000 square foot supermarket or department store; the economic feasibility of a strip mall such as the one proposed would not ex- ist without two anchors - supermarket and department store; the proposed strip mall will create healthy competition and draw shoppers from other communities: the con- venience store in conjunction with a bas bar is already permitted in a highway commer- cial zone in the Seaforth zomng by-law; anfl the proposed convenience store will also e courageall other convenience stores without the gas bar to locate or remain in the downtown core. However, in endorsing the project, Town Council ignored the objections voiced by its Business Improvement Area (BIA) . The BIA board indicated an objection to the rezoning of the John Hart property if it per- mitted a restaurant (unless it is a subor- Elementary teachers, and HCBE ratif collective agreement The Huron County Board of Education and theluron public school elementary teachers have ratified a new'twwo-year col- lective agreement. The teachers voted to ratify the tentative settlement on February 21 at a meeting at the Goderich, Township Hall in Hohnesville, and the Board ratified the agreement at its regular meeting on Mon- day, March 6. . The previous agreement expired August 31, 1988, and the current agreement has been under negotiation since March of 1988. The Huron Board and teachers are among the last in the province to reach an agreement, and did so•only after a fact- finding hearing and three attempts at mediation. The last mediation hearing was held in London on February 14 with Dr. David Whitehead of St. Catharines, and resulted in a tentative agreement. • This year's negotiations also saw almost 100 per cent of the system's 394 teachers show up at a board meeting in an un- precedented action to show trustees their displeasure with the slow negotiations, and to indicate support for the teacher's bargaining committee. The fact that it was an election year and Lock out lifted at The employees of Hensall's General ..Coach plant voted not to ratify the com- pany's latest offer, but the plant's General Manager, Andrew Imanse has announced ;that the lockout has been lifted. The union's bargaining committee had recommended` that the union accept the /Egg producers .elect :Seaforth mon to OntarioEgg iBoord Jim McIntosh, an egg producer from Seaforth, has been elected by the 75 egg pro- ducers of Huron County as their Director to the Ontario Egg Producers' Marketing • Board. Mr. McIntosh replaces Past Chairman, Bill Scott, who will be stepping down from the Board at the end of 'March. Together with his wife Brenda, and their • children, Mr. •McIntosh operates McIntosh Poultry Farms Ltd., which includes over 26,000laying hens, pullet growing facilities, a hog operation, and 1,000 acres of cash crops. Both Jim and Brenda are active in a wide variety of,agricultural organizations as well -as local community affairs. Mr. Scott, .who was:first elected to the On- tario Egg ,Board in 1977, served as Chair- ni.induringgthe;1987-113 ierm. He also:served on a variety. of, Board Committees, and as CSMA representative, on a number of CSMA Coinmittees..during-his: long+tenure. ,Policienand^Rperationso£;the Ontario Bgg .•Produears',Marketing:Board.ia;the respon- bility of ,,15.4producertelected ,directors. rteen.otithese,<are.seleeted by gg,,:pro- ducersantt1 ,zones �or.areasrof,the•p ce; „Iwo .areselected ; y et ,,pro. lucers, .or .farrgero� Vrho;raiise• is rsrto,-laying;age. ,In ,,each , zone, 4.producers elect a .,set -rturnber of'.Com11ittee nen whoathen{elect a Director,for :that ,zone et.;ptoducers elect tteetnen to vote.for al,Pallet pro, s:dueer D . ele ,a%neaeh.half.of ithe proyince Directorsarei, ectedifor a.ono oYeanterm. new trustees had to be briefed on the issues surrounding the negotiations is considered to have slowed settlement of :the agreement. WHAT'S !NIT • The new agreement addresses many of the concerns teachers had, such •as preparation time. The new agreement will provide each teacher 120 minutes of preparation time per. week. This time is us- ed by teachers to plan individual children's porgrammes and to consult with parents and with other teachers. The new agreement also contains a max- imum class size clause which limits the number of children in each classroom to: 25 children in kindergarten; 29 children in primary; 33 children in junior and 35 children in intermediate. And the average wage increase will be approximately five per cent per year in the two-year agreement. The collectiveagree- nient is retroactive to September 1, 1888. All the board's contracts are now in place for the current school year. However, negotiations are starting for secondary teachers, custodial staff, and secretarial staff collective agreements far 1989-90. Genera Coach company's recent offer, but the majority of the union's membership felt differently. "They voted approximately 70 per cent to reject the offer, so that's a pretty healthy re- jection," said union representative Adam Salvona. "We'll see if we can come up with an improved offer. It is apparent now that the offer was inadequate," he added. The three year collective agreement that the union turned down offered wage in- creases of 40 cents as of November 1,1988, 45 cents effective November 1, 1089, and 40 cents on November 1, 1990. Also included was an additional 10 cent increase for employees with 10 years experience, and an additional five cent increase for employees with five or more years of experience. These same additional increases would be offered again on November 1, 1990. The company agreed to pay OHIP premiums for the months of January and February while the union was locked out. The union also offered to apply the1986 On- tario Dental Association schedule of.fees,as Turn to,page 6 dinate use), a contractor's yard, a Brewers retail outlet, police facilities (unless'OPP), a supermarket of any size, or a department store of any size to locate there. "It is the opinion of the board that the location of a major department store or grocery store on highway commercial pro- perty would have a detrimental effect on the core area of Seaforth, by contributing to a change in shopping patterns and traffic paterns," said the BIA board. "The board objects to a contractor's yard because they can often be unsightly due to outside storage and do not project a good first impression when approaching an urban centre. The Board objects to the location of a Brewer's Retail outlet at least until the time when the Board has exhausted all possible opportunities of convincing Brewers Retail to locate in the Town of Seaforth." The Board reported it had no objection to an auction sale facility, automotive sales and service establishment, automotive repair establishment, rust proofing establishment, automotive washing establishment, boat or motorized recrea- tional vehicle sales establishment, drive-in restaurant, motel, premanent fruit or vegetable stand, service station, funeral home, landscaping or gardening supply establishment, farm machinery and equip- ment sales and service establishment, veterinary clinic, travel trailer sales establishment, commercial indoor recrea- tion facility, convenience store (only in con- junction with a gas bar), gas bar or motel/hotel locating on the property. Rod Lyons was perhaps the most vocal of the downtown merchants, in his objections to the highway commercial development proposal. He stated that development out- side of the business area should only contain those businesses that it is impossible to fit into areas available in the downtown core, and suggested there were plenty of viable Turn to page 16A ree OEI Et 1 ICALr16EL"P e3Beiifbrihe& tibtilanae #rivers 3SeafoflttlSiShirley_ iaverlyebpttereeeiuedaninorinjurieseess result 1 eanchiMtlftdeleefialearaneterZeenatattleleairMiekenzier.ontmen rpfT•aebead on •:colhslon.;on liighwayea„ithrneekilometres.:east of oambrilatmetialltitmchfoothebospitalaennstabledifiackenoieeand Seaforth;`Thursdayymornin :.iVi llwaaithMhatc. �yfGhirley ylrtj?yMf' fpn,c+llliainh ni 1'u.drivera)vtasg,{llltiu ttantaslatttibittodttty • Rails-to-1'mi Is tissoriation committed -t A new organization, committed ;,to the development and rnaintenanceof the multi- use recreation corridoralongtt ie,abandoned Canadian Pacific Railway line ,between Goderich and Guelphi;hasbeen, formed. What is .:being called the Goderich to Guelph Rails,to-Trails Association will represent user, groups andlandownerssalopg the former CPR line between ,the .,two municipalities. The,association>was.formed on :Saturday, Febbr ryt25, when,represen- .tativeso fihentajor,recreationalAlubs n:tbe region the raailwaY righttof-w:ay metin .Linwood. Aanucle_iwof,theyorganization has Peon ,tiP80xnWed ,sand ,includes xepreseii tines-from«egt1 strien, cross-country ki g, shlki ►g ran ;rsnowmobiling.iilnterest groups• ..AQ.an'YPIAPOPPRItf.nt ritgligicho011ezOl ,the .fonnding•.a►embers of the .organization ,:and •the-rails-to-trails:movement.in,I#uron, says4t,is,iniportant to=,the..associatiom:that ,theretibexlandowner representatives -in -tbe Association. "fTheao tion.will.also represent;lan- �,clogrners.I, 1i'nka�i;hateitu.nove to gh t her nt.the,.users,yo ;ha sea cperlataltwtoers. You ;can't..allowrtlaeir con- • . c_etalsdor<be pushedraside,” she says. 4 Also otr?,he � Trails•front, acsteer- ( ;tee a nth Alaitlan 'UAW n s r�w$ar demon tiinpoetant„pr ata A�y,.b .a,•heprr. on,was made t tnejrlr�.. lal .' hicll a' l wwolgial.,at wsi otio ew ... . i forhof .,•n recreation corridor Ther:steering•,,coj ittee-attelapted to show theoversunento ciaisthat•theacquisition of , e oderich ,to .Guelph right-of-way .wo.._ Cbe,,economically and recreationally beneficial to ,:economy of southwestern `Ontario. heir,preselltation ;1nciuded fenrepar..ts, 'kte, ts...At:an,.inir_oduction;and,slideshow to of:Gaotierich; the,second,was y 'Fisher �a gluon :linty •planneT, e sllliih� tty Pf ltbe pro- ,viitce cg<tthe-.right-o(-way for afuture o .Wds.fallot ed; y,,J.foan `Van Den m B ' $iich;rviegtheQ t- £epfthe co or;aave atertte,p - aa8'• ;an',l+len l:Btsoef, k says 1 various ministerial committee gave no indication of its opinion of the proposals, and she is not expecting to hear. a response for at least a •month. "Basically the steering committee has proposed that the, province.asspme owner- ship of the .land, ,and that it mandate an organizaation,to „lock ,at the land's „Manage- inent and• evelopment," said:Mrs. Clan Den .Broeck, °e,aSds•,the organization could be one of tithe overnment's own departments, or 4t could e;a;department in conjunction with:a. user organisation. Until atenyerzniniaterial ttee .,makesMkp ontAhe,a oclution,wi l.con maito ,heaant, e,revisingem d,fi�n g; p leir, pro sl Anon , ai+ ea grw h 1s1ue1 saris'