Times-Advocate, 1980-06-04, Page 1A THREE STAR CUB — Bill Humphrey of Exeter recently received the distinction of being a
three-star Cub. Above, he is being congratulated by District Commissioner Jay Campbell, In
the centre is Exeter Cub leader Dean McKnight. T-A photo
One Hundred and Seventh Year
REJECTED — Recuperating from foot surgery, South Huron
feacher Rae Wild added to the statistics of those who couldn't
donate at the recent blood clinic at South Huron District High
School.
Many deficiencies
listed at new office
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REGISTRATION — Members of the Ausable River Nomad camping club register blood
donors at the Red Cross field co-ordinator looks on. prom left to right are Edna Deitz,
Kippen; Sandra Lee-Dassian, London; Norma Coleman, Kippers; and Donna Perry, Exeter.
The clinic was held on May 29 at South Huron District High School.
RECUPERATING — Two-year old Jamie rests a minute too
while his mother, Mrs. Denise Bowman, Hensall, recuperates
after donating blood. The Red Cross blood donor clinic was
held on May 29 at South Huron District` High School.
It's official now,
taxes take jump
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SHDHS NAMES TOP STUDENTS — At South Huron District High School's annual formal
Friday the student of the year awards were announced. Voted to have contributed to the
school's life were Bonnie Baynham of Exeter and Jeff Martens of RR 1, Dashwood, to the
right is last year's queen Pam O'Brien of Zurich. T-A photo
Council accept challenge
Here's the pitch!
.Next. .county expansion_
will go to south or north
current case load is 60
patients per month.
Experienee with other
chronic home care programs
suggests a home care staff of
between 10 and '15 full-time.
said Lynch.. The current
home care staff in Huron is
four.
Lynch said he is delighted
with the choice of loeation.
for the new Health Building
attached to Huronview, He.
. said, the healtkStaff would be
able .to share space, main-
tenance' and cafeteria ser-
vices with the Home, There
may also he a useful mesh
with health,, home and
chronic care programs as
Huronview becomes more.
chronic. care 'suggested
Lynch, He, added that
existing space at Huronview
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Planners get it
It's official! Exeter
ratepayers will face in-
creases ranging from 23.88
mills to 34.04 on their 1980
property taxes.
The rates as outlined two
weeks ago were adopted
Monday night by council
with no changes.
This week there was some
comment on the budget, with
Councillor Jay Campbell
terming it a "realistic
budget". "It recognizes
where the town is and is a
manageable budget," he
said after reviewing a few of
the highlights.
"We have to have some
small increase," he added.
Mayor Derry Boyle said
council did not have to be
ashamed of an 8.5 percent
increase. That was the in-
crease for the general levy,
while the total increases in
the mill rate which were
pushed up by higher county
and education levies range
from 11.98 percent to 15.18
percent.
Councillor Don Cameron
said it was "by and large
essentially a hold-the-line
budget".
In his comments, Camp-
bell said the town should
continue to press for more
grants for policing to get
them on the same level as
those given regional
municipalities by the
Ontario government. He said
it was just as expensive to
police a town as a region.
This year's police budget
Shows the major increase
with total expenditures of
$307,750.1ast year's budget
figure was $158,281. The 19801
expenses include $100,000 for
the new police building, that
being partially offset by a
$70,000 debenture issue.
Salaries and benefits total
$158,750 and the county
communication system adds
another $17,000.
Noting there was $22,100 on
the revenue sheet for in-
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The new Clinton 'branch
office of the Huron County
Health Unit will be an ad-
dition to the fineenview
Home for the Aged rather
than a separate building on
the Huronview property.
Huron County Council
made the decision on a
recommendation from their
property committee at their
May meeting last Thursday,
When the last addition was
built onto Huronview,
provision was made to add a
further 75 bed wing ex-
tending to the east. The
property committee decided
it would be more economical
to attach the Health Building
to the present Huronview in
One hurt
in colliiion
Only one injury was
reported in the three ac-
cidents investigated by the
Exeter OPP this week.
It occurred on Friday
when a vehicle, driven by
Stewart Brown, RR 3
Parkhill, rolled over on its
roof on Highway 21, north of
Middlesex Road 5. The
driver sustained minor in-
juries.
Constable Al Quinn in-
vestigated and listed total
damage at $3,800.
In another accident on
Friday, damage was set at
$1,000 when a vehicle driven
by Wayne Rumball, Dash-
wood, struck an p le on Hay
concession 12-13 at sideroad
5-6.
Constable Jim Rogers
investigated.
The other crash was on
Tuesday, also involving Only
one vehicle. Damage was set
at $500 to the vehicle driven
by Grant Morgan, Clinton,
when the rear wheel went off
the shoulder of the road,
damaging the un-
dercarriage.
It was investigated by
Constable Al Quinn.
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The blood donor clinic held
on Thursday May 29 at South'
Huron District High School,
Exeter was a big success.
Two hundred and fifty seven
people showed up to donate
blood, doubling the turnout
of last fall. Of the 257, only 23
were unable to donate.
il'he clinic was •sponsored
by the Ausable River Nomad
Camping Club. Peter
Kennett, field director of the
club, was there to make his
seventy-;fifth donation.
And there were 85 new
donors. Most of these were
• high school students who
gathered nervously in
groups, getting prepared for
the new experience.
Donna Miller, a student
from Dashwood, said before
she donated, "I'm sort of
nervous." But later she said,
"It was really neat. It took a
long time though."
Pat Berendsen, a grade 13
student from Kirkton, said
before she donated, "Now
that I see that everyone else
is chicken, I don't feel so
bad. But, I expect to faint
when I get up." After
donating she said, "I felt a
little dizzy at first, but I'm
all right now. I'll do it
again."
As he was recuperatipg
from his donation, Joe
Blommaert, a grade 10
student from Exeter, said, "I
thought it would be worse
than this, but I do feel a little
different, A lot of people told
me you'll probably faint. It
wasn't that bad."
But not all were of the
same opinion. Tracy
Johnston, a grade 12 student
from Grand Bend, said, "It
was really painful." But she
said she would donate again.
Mrs. Marie Bruntlow,
president of the camping
club, was very pleased with
the outcome of the clinic. She
said the Red Cross had
talked about not haidng a
clinic in Exeter anymore due
to a poor turnout rate. Now
there will be another one
next fall. Mrs. Bt•uitzlow said
that the club would be willing
to sponsor the next clinic.
The camping ,club was
helped out by Tuckey
Beverages, which donated
the soft drinks; A & H, which
donated the orange juice;
and Mrs. J. Rowe, who
donated the cdffee. The
campers themselves made
the cookies.
The advertising for the
clinic was sponsored by
Smith Peat Roofing, Hopper
Hockey and Ray Frayne,
In the evening, the clinic
had a visit from the
Roadrunner of BX 93 radio
station in London. The
station made broadcasts
about the clinic every half
hour from the motor home
and entertained with
Country and Western music.
One relatively new
question which has only been
asked of donors in the past
eight to ten months is, "Does
your blood have zip?" Barb
Holt, an R.N. from London,
said the question refers to
whether you've had chicken
pox or shingles in the past
year.
Usually questions are
asked to determine whether
a person is eligible to donate
blood. But Ms. Holt said that
the Red Cross is eagerly
seeking donors who have had
either of these infections.
Blood kern these people
helps those with leukemia to
buildup a resistance to these
diseases.
Another fairly new
commodity available to
donors is a T-shirt decal with
a picture of a bird and a
slogan saying, "The summer
blood donor is a rare bird. Be
one!" Ms. Holt said that
clinics tend to die down a
little in the summer because
people are on holidays or
prefer to be outside soaking
up the sun.
While there is no big
shortage of blood, she said
that the blood gets used as
fast -as it comes in and a
steady flow is required.
that the .administrators of
hospitals in Huron and Perth
counties recently completed
a survey which indicates
there is no need for ad-
dWeeaechronic care beds in
the two counties until 1985.
Lynch said this will be a
busy year of planning to
implement the chronic care
program because everything
is based on estimates, He
said he has met with the
hospital administratOree in
Huron and Perth to .discuss
the program to avoid overlap,
and, duplication of services
provided by the hospitals
and the health. program.
Lynch said he haS...been in
contact with Peterborough
County and their experience
has 'been that more people
avail themselves 'of the
chronic care program when
Architect C.W. DeJager
has declared the new Exeter
police office "substantially
completed" but his four-
page list of deficiencies
sparked a mild debate at
council's meeting, Monday.
Reeve Don MacGregor
suggested many of those
deficiencies were not
necessary to correct, but his
fellow council members
strongly disagreed.
"That's the reason we
hired the man (DeJager) to
come and inspect it,"
Councillor Jay Campbell
said in leading the move to
ensure that the contractor
correct the problems as
outlined in the report.
it becomes available.
Lynch. said he is not
contemplating a shift of
Staff from. Goderich to
Clinton. He said the new
Health Building in Clinton
will be the 'Clinton branch
office as it is now and Clinton
staff will be moving to the
new building. Lynch ex-
plained that the Clinton
office has difficulty housing
its 15 member staff.
The inclusion of a chronic
care program by 1981 will
mean a dratnatic increase in
health. staff said Lynch, He
met. with the provincial
home care consultant in
April to discuSs the initial
planning for the. inclusion of
a chronic carq program and
estimates indicate a possible
patient load of 350 per.
month. The health unit's
Many of the deficiencies
were minor housekeeping
items such as cleaning
windows and paint splatters.
However, Mayor Derryt
Boyle suggested some of
them may be difficult to
undertake in view of the fact
the police have already
moved into the facility.
Council agreed that the
special police office building
committee follow through on
the inspection to ensure that
the lengthy list of
deficiencies was looked
after.
"It was $150 well spent,"
commented Councillor Don
Cameron in commenting on
the fee paid to DeJager to
inspect the facility.
The decision to extend
water services to Usborne
township s residents was
compared 'to the delicate
question of whether it's good
business for Canada to sell
natural resources to the
United States when Exeter
Council debated the request
for a water line to serve the
proposed new location of
Frayne Chev-Olds, Monday.
That comparison was
made by Councillor, Don
Cameron after Mayor Derry
Boyle said it Would be "good
business" as fir as the PUC
is concerned,'
"You may ;elk say it is
good business fotecanada to
sell natural resources to the
U.S.," Cameron commented
in his successful bid to have
the decision delayed while
council members give it
more consideration,
After listening to the
arguments for approving the
proposal from Mike
Williamson, representing the
auto dealer, Cameron said
he appreciated . ' the
spokesman for the firm
making the issue sound so
simple. He whimsically
suggested that Williamson
made it sound as though it
would be a rejection of the
future of Exeter "and
perhaps motherhood as
well" to turn down the
proposal.
However, Cameron said it
would represent "a pretty
major shift in town policy"
and said he was unsure of the
overall implications and
hadn't had time to in-
vestigate and consider what
approval of the plan may
mean in terms of the total
development of the town.
His motion calls on council
to provide the PUC with
comments regarding the
proposal prior to June 27,
although Mayor Boyle hinted
the Commission could make
a decision on the matter
prior to that date although he
expected it would be held in
abeyance until their regular
session planned for the June
27 date,
Seniors
get help
The 1980 Ontario budget
has taken a significant step
towards eliminating
property taxes for the
majority of the province's
senior citizens.
That comment was
received by Exeter council
this week in response to their
endorsation of a resolution
trom North York which
suggested the Ontario
government had failed to
live up to its commitment to
eliminate property tax for
seniors,
The letter said that 63
percent of property taxes
paid by pensioner
homeowners and renters will
be ,offset by the grant
program outlined by the
Provincial Treasurer.
Over 260,000 will have their
property taxes completely
refunded.
"It smells like election
time," commented Coun-
cillor Jay Campbell when the
letter was read.
He said the situation has
changed since • council
followed the suggestion of
local developers to not ex-
tend services to the township
in that there were now many
controls on township
development which
protected Exeter developers
from unfair competition.
He said the firm's present
site would be "natural" for a
terest, Campbell said this
reflected the good work of
clerk Liz Bell.
Campbell said he was
concerned about wages in
general and said council
would have to watch the
overall ratio of what wages
contribute to the budget.
He said the police budget
was "very high indeed" but
noted it had been offset by
the reduction in works
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Members of Exeter
council have been faced with
many stiff challenges in the
past, but Monday night they
accepted one that could raise
money without raising taxes.
Councillor Al Epp said the
group of boys at his Epp
home wanted an exhibition
ball game with council and
the challenge was quickly
accepted.
Clerk Liz Bell suggested
the event could be used as a
fund-raising venture for the
community park develop-
ment project,
Mayor Derry Boyle
recommended a three inning
game because his legs
couldn't stand running any
longer than that,
"Do you expect to get a
hit?" Mrs. Bell questioned.
A former president of the
South Huron and District
Association for the Mentally
Handicapped has been
named the executive
director of the Kingston
Association for the Mentally
Handicapped.
Roland McCaffrey a
resident of Exeter for the
past 16 years assumed his
new position in May with the'
oldest mentally handicapped
association in Ontario.
For the past five years
McCaffrey was deeply in-
volved with the local
association first as chairman
of the adult services com-
mittee, followed by a stint as
a vice-president and for the
past year, president.
Marianne McCaffrey said
her husband was approached
by the Kingston association
to serve as its director at the
end of 1979.
Since coming to Exeter
from Cambridge McCaffrey '
was a partner along with his
brother Don in the Exeter
Furniture Factory.
In addition to his executive
director duties,. McCaffrey
will also be workishap,
manager in, Kingston until`
the workshop program is
defined.
At the beginning of July,
Mrs. McCaffrey and their
two children at home Jim
and Pam will be moving to
the St. Lawrence River city.
Vanastra
gets $500
Exeter will contribute $500
towards the capital funding
of the Vanastra recreation
centre in Tuckersmith
Township.
In making. the recom-
mendation, Councillor Lossy
Fuller of the social services
committee noted that about
three percent of the total
users, or 48 people, are from
Exeter. These are han-
dicapped or seniors and the
project being undertaken Is
to make the facility more
accessible for these people.
"We are fortunate to have
such a centre so close to
Exeter that we can share in
the usage of, "Mrs. Fuller's
committee noted in their
written report.
"It would cost us a lot
more to build this type of
facility in our own
municipality," commented
committee member Al Epp.
Councillor Don Cameron
said it would be naive to
think the town could supply
all the services its citizens
require within the confines of
the municipality.
"Certainly," Boyle quickly
replied, noting he was a :400
hitter in his playing day".
T-A editor Bill Batten quipped that Boyle had
played for 30 years and had
only conne up with the .400
figure by adding hi*
averages together over that
period of tithe.
No date has yet been 'Set
for the event.
.Seventeen
seek post
Seventeen people have
applied for the position.
Exeter's chief building of-
ficial and wing ad-
ministrater in the second
series of advertising for the
position.
The candidate hired some
time ago to replace Peel
Triebner quit before
assuming the post due 'to the
low starting wage. This time
the wage guidelines were
printed in the ad-
vertisement.
The executive committee
will interview the 'selected
applicants and Mayor Derry
Boyle said he hoped for an
early decision on the matter.
McCaffrey
in Kingston
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EXETER, ONTARIO, JUNE 4, 1980
Price
Council passes PUC question on water
Councillor Jay Campbell
also suggested the planning
board be asked for some
input into the question.
In restating the arguments
he presentedto the PUC last
week, Williamson said that
the past policy which would
negate such a proposal
should be changed to attract
industry to the area, not to
chase it away.
place of the originally
proposed 75 bed addition.
Should it become
necessary to provide ad-
ditional home for the aged
beds, county council decided
a new building would be built
in either the. south or north
end of the County, It is the
policy of the Ministry of
Community and Family
Services that any additional•
beds required should be built
in either the north or south
end of the county so that
residents could remain
closer to their own com-
munity,
Tom Consitt, reeve of
Stanley, asked how soon, the
county would require ad-
ditional beds,County clerk-
adaministrator Bill Hanly
told council that the waiting
list for Huronview has
remained stable around 30-35
people waiting for ad-
mission,
Hanly said the home has
been able to accommodate
• any emergencies up to this
point. He said the home
operates with 300 beds oc-
cupied when they haye a
total of 310 beds: Hazily
suggested the home care
program should alleviate
any immediate problems
with shortage of beds. He
added there may eventually
be an elimination of normal
care beds at Huronview as
chronic care becomes the
emphasis.
Admissions to Huronview
are on an average older
and or require more care
than had previously been
given 'because of the many
community support services
which have come into being
such as the chronic and
home care programs.
Huronview has been granted
an increase of extended care
beds. The total capacity of
310 beds has not changed but
the allocation of beds has.
There are now 171 beds set
aside for extended care.
Dr. Brian Lynch, Medical
Officer of Health, pointed out
Blood donor clinic
Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
ike
now
large retailer and would
provide the anchor facility
needed to keep the core Of
Exeter more viable,
In answer to Reeve Don
MacGregor, Williamson said
the firm planned to go ahead
"right away" with the
erection of the new facility
on property south of Budfield
Ford.
Mayor Boyle said if
council and the PUC approve
the water line extension he
was of the opinion that- it
would haye to be provided
for any customers
requetting' it in the total
circumference of the town.
"We can't do it just for
Frayne's," he noted.
"Have we enough water
for that?" asked Councillor
Al Epp.
Boyle replied in the af-
firmative, but added that
would be the case as long as
there was not a major water
user such as Canadian
Canners.
Cameron closed the
discussion by noting he was
not against nor was he for
the .proposal. "I'm just not
sure where I am."
Williamson suggested that
council leave the decision to
the technical experts, the
PUC.
Deputy-Reeve Harold
Patterson said he couldn't
understand the reason for
the delay in the decision,
noting he had known about
the situation for the past
month.
Campbell said this was so
in that the planning board
had approved the plan for
the development of the new
location in the township, but
had given their okay on the
stipulation that water and
sewer service would not be
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