Times-Advocate, 1983-02-02, Page 3If savings continue, more summer work planned
Weather boflefiti road budgets
Given normal climate
distribution, a winter like the
present one is to be expected
no more than once every cen-
t:try. according to Exeter's
resident meteorologist Jay
Campbell. The probability of
so little snow, and
unseasohably mild
temperatures to melt what
has fallen, is one in a hundred.
• Last year the London area
• had to contend with 125 cen-
timeters of the white, stuff.
This year just 56 centimeters
• have collie down so far.
Campbell recalls last
winter, when an almost com-
parable situation existed un-
til the beginning of January
when a 'storm hit every
weekend tor Five weeks in a
row.
This year ,most- local
municipalities will have more
money in the works budget
kitty than previously planned.
Glen Kelis says this has
been the easiest winter since*
he became Exeter's road
superintendent in 1970. We.
has been off work since the
beginning of the year. His ap-
pendix, perhaps knowing the
long range weather forecast,
considerately chose to rup=
ture on January 5.1
In a 'normal snowbel.t
winter, January is the worst
month for snow, and Exeter
spends a great deal of -money
' both For plowing the streets
and hauling the stow away.
.Last year's winter budget
was up approximately $3,000.
from the previous year.
Kells said this year, aside
-`-trim—sanding fie—works
department's snow removal
- costs have been "next to -
nothing."
Exeter's works department
will have more money to
`_spend en' summer projects:
thtsyear _
Dennis Regier took over as
Zurich's road superintendent
last July. The mild winter has
provided an easy initiation in-
to his new Julies, and finding
out where the snow goes.. "dif-
ferent piles to different
places." Ile has had: no com-
plaints about village plows
[ill.ng in driveways.
f Last December and
ONLY TWO CRASHES
Only two;collisions were in
vestigated by the Exeter OPP
this week, neither resulting in
any -injuries.
;On Tuesday; • vehicles
operated by Ruth Johnston, •
., RR 1 Thedford, and Kenneth
Deer, Clinton, collided on the
Kirkton Road at the junction
of concession 10-11 . of
Usborne.
Damage was set at $2,800.
The other collision was on
Wednesday on Ilighway 4
north of Exeter. Drivers `in-
volved were Kenneth Varley,
Henan. and Barbara (;.onsitt;
RR 1 Varna:
Damage in that one Was
• listed at $1;800. .
January Zurich spent $5,500
for snow removal. This year
so tar the cost has been about
$2,000. However, a snowy
December '83 could wipe out
any early gainson the annual
budget. _
The men in Lucan's works
department, under the super-
vision of Doug Johnson, are
getting caught up on jobs they
would normally be doing in
the spring. They are painting
barricades and benches, and
getting street signs provided
by the Optimist Club ready
for installation.
Last year by this time more
than 1200 loads of snow had
been removed from the
village's main street and
some of the important side.
streets at a cost of $2,315 un-
til the end of January 1982.
The expenditure for snow
removal up to the present this
winter has been $286.83.
Johnson believesthe savings
will be . used in new road
. construction.
Aside from part-time help,
Don•Towton is Hensall's one-
man -works 'department.
Hired as -road superintendent
two years ago, he can only
make comparisons between
last winter and this one, and
much prefers this year's.
Much less part-time help has
been required this .winter:
Snow removal costs in
December 1981 and January.
1982 were $8,200 comet fired to
$2,400 for the corresponding
period 12 months later. • * •
Snow removal- costs are
way dgwn in the townships
this wintertoo. hn-Batten;
road superintendent for
Usborne, says last year at this
time crews were out plowing
every day, at a cost' tor
January -19$2 of $11,0.00 com-
pared to about $500 in 1983..
This year the machines have
been out three times in
January, and no plowing at
all was necessary in
;December. -
Though winter . still- has
. more than a month to make
up . for lost time, Batten
figures Usborne will be •able.
to spend more for grays( and
calcium this year than.
planned. ,
In the meantime, the work
crew is busy on- equipment
maintenance.' cuttingtrees
and clearing brush. •
In his three years as road
superintendent for Stephen
and previous employment as
a grader operator. Eric Fink-
beiner has:- never. seen a
winter- like the present one.
The township's works budget
for this December and
January is $1,592, compared
to $16.042 for the same two
months a year ago, as men
and equipment have been re-
quired to plow only four times.
in the past two months.
A great deal of tree trimm-
ing and dead tree removal is
being accomplished unusual-
ly early in Stephen township.
Speaking for Stanley
township, Bill Taylor.said he
has been road superintendent
for 27 years, and never in that
time experienced a similar
winter, or such mild
temperatures as occurred
this January. That township's
snow removal costs have
dropped from $9,600 last
January to $2,600 this nionth.
Hay township's road
superintendent'RossFisher
reports his department has
used less than one-third of its
winter budget. His crew have
' logged 18 hours on each of the
two graders And 54 hours
plowing with the truck this
winter. He assumes Hay will
have more to spend on ditch
work and fencebottoms this
year, as the cost • for last
December and 'January
totalled ;1,247, almost double
this winter's approximately
$2,000: (Chickens shouldn't be
counted in the embryo (stage,
though. • February
snowstorms cost Hay
township $10,000.3
Tuckersmith's Allan;
Nicholson is not so optimistic
about saving money in his'
township. The area under his
jurisdiction consists of both
country roads and built-up
areas. What is saved on plow-
ing is spent on salting and
sanding. He says there will be
a saving, but **not an enor-
mous one".
Nicholson, who has worked
for the township for 33 years,
recalls only one other winter
when the roads were: graded
every month. He is keeprng
his crew busy doing work nor-
mally perforihed later. His
motto is: don't wait for
, spring, let's do it now.
Weatherman Campbell
predicts we will go through
the winter with a less than
average snowfall. He sees no
bigstormson the horizon. A
monstrous system covering
most of the north Pacific is
keeping the cold and snow
much further north than nor-
mal; resulting in flooding and
mudslides south of the forty-
ninth parallel, and relatively
balmy breezes in this area.
Everyone including skiers,
snowmobilers and fuel
dealers, might as well enjoy
our open winter. If the odds
are correct, few of us will be
around for the next one.
Exeter PUC
Continued from front page
Hydro approving the Exeter
PUC's- budget_and,-revisod-
rates.
fiesidential'-Tates forthe
first 250 kilowatt hours have
been increased from six to 6.5
cents per kwh, and all 'addi-
tional hours will be charged at
four cents, up from 3.7. -The
minimum -bill will be $3.50.
Conversions to electric heat
have meant transformer
changes on Simcoe and
Thoin'as streets: "Though the
cost was not in the budget,
Davis assured the commis-
sion the longterm returns on
such expenditures is
excellent.
Exeter will conform to the
Ontario Fire Marshal's office
requirements to flow test and.
colour code the town's fire
hydrants..
The water rate charge to
the town,- based on the real
property assessment, will
stay at four mills. An annual -
review may change slightly
with an increase or decrease]
in property value, butthe mill.
rate will -remain constant.
Davis provided figures to
prove electricity is cheaper ,
than a kerosene heater when
the heater produces 159,000
BTU's per gallon at a cost of
$2.35 per gallon and the elec-
trical equivalent ofs 46.6
kilowatt hours at -four cents
per hour comes to $1.86.
The Commissioh will meet
next on February 23 at 8a.m.
GUARDIAN
DRUGS
I1) Stock Up Now
• on Paramettes
To Keep Your Family
!Healthy All Winter Long...
Super Paramettes.
11 vitamins & $499
5- minerals plus iron .100's '
AIW
PEOPLE
Paramettes multi vitamins
including Vitamin C .
and iron - 125's
$389
Teen Paramettes
Multi vitamins with iron $369
for teens 100's
.,t•,PO!Ye
Chewable Paramettes •„„,
loo's $ 369
for children
Nigh Potency
Paramettes 49
STRESS FORMULA60's
Paramettes 50
Multi Vitamins B's,C,E, •
forpeople over 50 $499
plus Iron 100 cap
Exeter Pharmacy Ltd.
Main Street 235-1570
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Court: report
Continued from front page
Charges were dismissed
against James Bryn on two
counts of unlawfully pro-
viding the facilities of the
Hensall Hotel for women to
appear nude in public.
Two Exeter OPP Con-
stables testified about atten-
ding one of the shows, in
December, 1981, when a
woman ap ar nudeon-the
—stag
testified that the
women had been advised they
were not to appear nude on
stage and noted that he was
working at the bar at the time
and was unaware that the
performer involved had
removed all her clothing.
A charge against the per-
former
involved was set over
until April for plea and trial.
Frank James Briggs,
Zurich, pleaded guilty to a
charge of indecent assault
and sentence was set over un-
til April 26 for a presentence
report. ,
A Huron Park woman, Nan-
cy Marie Bieber, pleaded
guilty to a theft charge when
she appeared 'in Goderich
court, Friday. Sentence was
set over until February 11. •
She was charged with the
theft of over ;1,000 from
Demore Foodstd. at Huron
Park, where the accused was
an employee. __ _
Sports dinner
Continued from front page
table guests will be Calgarian
Laurie Skreslet, one of the
Canadians to conquer Mount
Everest only a few months
ago.
Representing the Province
of Ontario will be Lieutenant
•
BOBBY HULL. -
Governor John Black Aird.
Area crippled children will
he again represented by
Christine Easterbrook whoa
has filled that position very
capably for the past two
dinners.
Dan Altan, the Timmy
representative at the 1975din-
ner will be back again. Altan
gained prominence when he
travelled across Canada in
1981 in a wheel chair.
All proceeds:fr m the din-
ner go to the Thames Valley
.Treatment Centre in London
HELIUM
BALLOONS
...Just For The
Fun Of It
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Balloon -
Bouquets
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