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Times-Advocate, 1983-04-13, Page 1QUALITY iFtrmarrellel 1 —4 71 I11 0' o d -4 r– D '-4 �+ n z 0"• CTC will get A $1 million deal was sign- ed by three Exeter firms this week which will result in the construction of a new Cana- dian Tire Store on the former Fraye Chev-0Ids downtown location. Mike Williamson of Frayne Chev-Olds said his jirm would own the new 12,E square foot facility and it will be leas- ed to CTC store owner Gerry Walker. The building was engineered by MF Builders and Designers and the con - (ruction will be undertaken by that firm, which is.headed by Cliff Marsden and Ray Field. Construction is scheduled to commence later this month or early in May and completion is anticipated for early October. The single -storey building will be erected on the south- east portion of the large downtown lot and parking for approximately 74 cars will be provided at the front of the stricture. Williamson explained that the large store is in keeping with an earlier consultant's study on the core area„which suggested a major anchor store was needed in that area. The automobile dealer•has been working on various deals for the property Since relocating to the south en- trance to town, and rioted that it finally came to fruition through the decline in the in- terest rate and the "demonstrated faith" the local and head office officials of Canadian Tire have in Exeter. The existing building, which housed Snell Bros. and subsequently Frayne Chev- Olds, will be removed from the site and that location could also be used for further commercial development. That building was erected in the 1920's by the late Milo Snell.. Williamson and Walker both noted that the involve- ment of MF Builders and Designers was one of the ma- jor factors in CTC officials ap- proving the venture. • "MF proved thewhole con- cept (of the deal) was viable," Walker explained, noting that the venture was rather unique for his head of- fice to approve. . Normally, CTC designs and builds stores for its franchise dealers through head office leases with local landlords. This project will allow Walker to be the building lessee. Officials from Frayne Chev-Olds acid MF Builders and Designers put the com- new sore in plete proposal together, bas- ed on the background in such transactions that is held by. Williamson, Marsden and Field. • Walker said the new facili- ty, which will house six ser- vice bays, will enable hint to more than double his retail and service space. He said the new store would carry a much expanded pro- duct assortment to better serve area customers. Not on- ly will there be a greater assortment of any product group, but products not car- ried previously due to the space restrictions of the pre- sent outlet will be available. Walker said some of those lines are being introduced gradually at the present store. The 100' by 120' building will feature architectural block at the base and the up- xeter per portion Will be painteu steel. Both Field and Marsden said they have implemented many energy conservation ideas into the design of the building, which is oneof the major projects undertaken by the firm which has been in ex- istence for . •-.en years. They indicated a couple of jobs will be opening up as a result of the construction -pro- ject. while Walker also in- dicated that there may be a requirement for increased staff at his store when it gets into operation this fall. ..:.1:rS INN PLAN NEW STORE — Local CTC store owner, Gerry Walker, left, looks over details of the new building which will be erected on the former Frayne Chev-Olds pro- perty in downtown Exeter. With him ore Mike Williamson, of Frayne Chev-Olds, and Ray Field and Cliff Marsden of MF Builders and Designers; who designed the structure and will be in charge of construction. Hay.okayfire cost, two capital.proiects Reeve Lionel Wilder wat back in the chair for the first regular April meeting of liay township council. tanned and rested after his Florida vacation. c. The general budget for 1983 was discussed, but the new mill rate has not yet been set. Net accumulated ,1982 . revenue of $12.000 was brought forward to the cur- rent fiscal year. Capital expenditures of $17,259 to repairs and painting the office and purchase of new office equipment 'were approved and $10,000 'has been budgeted -towards' pur- chase of a backhoe. The Zurich and area fire board budget of $16,173 was accepted. Hay's share wilt be $7,763., Tile drainage loan applica-t lions totalling $67,500 were ap- proved. The total amount ob- tainable in one year by an in- dividual (from all municipalities inclusive) has • been increased from 50 per- cent to 65. up to a total of $20,000. - Council gave verbal ap- proval to Doris Gore's propos- ed subdivision on part lots 18. Cameron is moving. to Kemptville post Transfers of personnel from ;Centralia College of Agricultural Technology con- tinue to rob Exeter of ardent community workers. The latest transfer is Don Cameron. a former member of Exeter council and chair- man of the community park grounds development committee. Cameron has been ap- pointed regional manager for the east. Rural Organizations and Services Branch. by the ministry of agriculture and food. He and his wife. Helene.also active in the community and one of the organizers of Women Today. will be taking up residence in Ottawa. Cameron's office will be in Kemptville. "My family and I will cer- tainly miss Exeter and the -many friends we've made here,” he said in writing coun- cil to submit his resignation as grounds development com- mittee chairman. "On the other hand, this is an exciting time for us and we are look- ing forward to the many new challenges that this move will bring." Defeated by Bruce Shaw in a bid for the mayor's post in the 1980 election, Cameron said he was pleased that the grounds development project can be completed, "at least as far as we can go for now". Noting it was a difficult job in some ways, he said it was also a satisfying one, "particular- ly when I see so much activi- ty going on in that area dur- ing the outdool' season.' "I think Exeter has a recreation complex that they can be proud of and, when finally completed. it will be an attractive and useful facility for everyone. His resignation was ac- cepted with regret by council and they acted on his recom- mendation to 'name Jim De131ock as a replacement in the chairmanship of the committee. Reeve Bill Mickle com- mended Cameron for his "excellent leadership" on the project and Mayor Shaw referred to him as a "good man" who has done a con- siderable amount of work for the community. Another ardent worker Jack Underwood. left CCAT lastyear to accept new duties at Ridget own. Serving South Huron, North Middlesex ads, 19 and 20 adjacent to Highway 21 on Plan 28. The required documents must besubmitted before formal approval can be given. - A severance application. from Mike and Steve Miller for L.R.E. concession, lot 10 was not allowed as it does not conform to the township's., • secondary plan; • . Terry Caldwell was granted a tree removal permit for the eastern half of -lot 16, conces- sion 6, in Hay township. Earl Becker was given the same rights for the small area outlined on a sketch of the western half of lot 5, conces sion 17. Bylaw No. 1-83, setting the remuneration of the reeve, deputy reeve, councillors and appointed' committee members for 1983 was passed at .a previous meeting. The Hay township reeve receives $100 for each of the two regular meetings each month, the deputy -reeve $95.83 and councillors $91.67. The reeve and deputy- • Please turn to page 2 1 CARNIVAL .AIDS POOL -- At Wednesday's annual meeting of the Kirkton-Woodham Winter Carnival, president Mervin Shute presented a 51,000 to Gwen Coward to be'used by the Kirkton-Woodhom swimm- ing pool committee. • Mayor switched to South Huron Secondary school prin- cipals in Huron County will be transferred to accommodate the vacancy al Goderich District Collegiate Institute when its principal retires in June. The Iluron County Board of Education approved the transfers al its April 3 meeting. In the shuffle, Seaforth District High School will be left without a principal. The position is to be filled from within the system. Only F .E. Madill Secondary School, Wingham, principal R.P. Ritter will stay at his present school. however he retires in January. The transfers involve Cen- tral Iluron Secondary School, Clinton, Principal I lerb Mur- phy going to (MCI. South Huron District high School; Exeter. principal J.L. Wooden going to C'IISS and Seaforth District high School principal Bruce Shaw going to South Iluron District High School. Murphy is a former vice- principal at SIIDIIS, while Shaw started his •teaching career at • the local high school. The latter is the Mayor of Exeter. Initially the board had advertised both provincially and internally for the position of GDCI principal. The board had accepted the resignation for retirement purposes from John Stringer at its March meeting. The retirement is ef- fective June 30. Sixteen applications for the position were received, five from within the Huron system. The position was of- fered loan outside person but rejected. The proposal of transferring the present prin- cipals was then recommend- ed to the board. One Hundred and Tenth Year voca &,North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, April 13, 1983 Price Per Copy 50 Cents TURN SOD FOR AUTHORITY OFFICE --- Construction started Monday on a new office building for the Ausable- Bayfield Conservation Authority and Usborne township at the Morrison Dam near Exeter. From the left are Usborne councillor Ross Ballantyne, deputy -reeve Margaret L. Hern, reeve Gerald Prout, Authority chairman John Tinney, Usborne representative Roy Westcott and vice-chairman Gordon Johnson. Designation may be changed Continues fight over Local developer Gib Dow continues to fight the proposal for street extensions in the area north and east of the rec centre, and while council voted this week to delay ap- proval of the planning board's recommendations on alter- nate routes, the delay was cited by. one member as allowing more time for con- sideration to more concrete plans, not less as. Dow wants. Lawyer Randy Evans, representing. Dow, owner of Manx Developments, in- dicated the opposition to the alternate roads plan was be- ing continued because it adversely affected his client's property. The proposal, contained in an amendment to the town's official plan, calls for Well- - ington St. to be extended to meet both Pryde Boulevard and Eastern Ave., while Riverside Drive is to be ex- tended south to -join up with Wellington via a proposed bridge across the river. Evans said the main con- cern was in having the road extension locations designated on a map in the amendment, suggesting it may be difficult to alter those proposed locations in the future. "We don't want the plann- ing board telling us now what our roads must look like," Evans noted, saying that development may not take place for 10 to 20 years and the location of roads should be considered at that time to complement the development plan, i Ile also contended there were items in the amendment that were ambiguous and should be clarified. While members of council and planning hoard member Dorothy Chapman suggested the offical plan was a guide only and the exact location of roads could be negotiated later, Evans said that once they were recorded, it may be difficult for those involved in the future to remember that it was intended only as a guide. "We can'tsayri;ht nowwith any certainty what the future may dictate," Evans explained. Mayor Bruce Shaw noted that the official plan could be amended in the future. but Evans said this could create delays in any proposed developments to the point of jeopardizing those developments. "We're looking ahead," Mrs. Chapman explained, claiming the alternate routes study wad not a bit futurisitic nor would it jeopar- dize development. She said that it maybe too late to put roads in their prb- per locations if a $70,000 to Pleads guilty on theft counts A Kippen man will he sentenced on April X18 for several hreakins in Exeter. Barry Arthur McCallum pleaded guilty to the charges in Goderich court. Monday. He was charged with the break, enter and theft on November 21 at Exeter Farm Equipment, two counts of break, enter and theft on•' January 11 involving Cana- dian Tire and Beth's Hairstyl- ing and two counts of break, enter with intent. lie pleaded not guilty to the attempted hreakins at the Ex- eter Times -Advocate, Home Hardware, Campbell's Jewellers, Russell Electric, the Junction and Polka Dot on January 14 and those charges were withdrawn. $80,000 house ended up where a roadway was wanted. Faces trial on stabbing Roy Becker. RR 1 Dashwood. has been commit- ted for trial on a charge of at- tempted murder in a stabbing incident at a home near Hen- sall in October. The 28 -year-old was charg- ed following the stabbing in- cident and appeared at preliminary heariag•inStrat- ford. Friday. Randolph Redmond, 204 Algonquin Drive. Huron Park, suffered three stab wounds in his back and was rushed to University Hospital following the inci- dent. Ile was in hospital for about one week. • roads Evans contended protection against that possibility was provided in a registered plan of subdivision and said the road pattern could be developed at that time. "That's the lime to deal with roads and layouts," he argued. Shaw said the official plan amendment would give guidance to present and future owners and added that it was responsible on the part of present officials to have plans for the future. He em- i►hasized that future officials would be responsible in con- sidering any changes required. At that point, Reeve Bill Mickle joined the discussion to suggest that perhaps coun- cil should designate Well- ington St. as a collector road through to Eastern to ensure Please turn to page 2 SOD IS TURNED FOR NEW OFFICE Ausable-Bayfield Conser- vation Authority and Usborne township ,officials combined Friday morning in a sod tur- ning ceremony for a new of- fice -building at Morrison Dam. The two storey 7,6)0 square foot structure will be used by both groups. The Authority of- fices will be moved from the present-Ideationon Thames Road West and the township Firm opens new plant The former Easton manufacturing property on Highway 4 near Centralia has. been purchased by Kenpal Farni Products Incorporated. The firm which will employ three persons at the outset will manufacture vitamin and mineral pre -mixes for livestock. Company president Ken Palen said Monday, "We have been , acting , as a distributor for this typeof product for sevenyears.'Now we will be doing our own manufacturing." Manufacturing is expected to start about May 1 with an official opening planned for • late summer. Palen in saying his lirm would be; involved in three dif- ferent aspects of manufactur- ing added, "We will put out our own line of premixes, private labels for other com- panies and straight ingredients." Kenpal will also provide custom blending for other firms as well as make nutri- tional advice available to farmers. Palen concluded, "Our front officnwlll have a wide variety of nutritional infor- mation and we will also have independent nutritipnists on call. The rear Wilding on the property wi I be used for third ' party store • e. office will•relocate from the home of clerk -treasurer . Harry Strang. Total cost of the building is • expected to be about $380.000. Usborne township will share costs of the construction. Authority general manager Tom Prout said Monday the exact percentage to be con- tributed by Usborne had net been determined but:As-ex. •' pected it would be in the 15 to 20 percent range. Construction began Mon- day and is expected to be completed by August 31. Funds for the construction labour are coming from the Canada -Ontario Special Employment Program which will provide 20 workers through the Authority and the township qualifies for three employees under the. NEED program. Construction foreman is Lloyd Mousseau. Prout emphasized that the building would be completed without any additional cost to member municipalities of the Authority. Lad escapes serious hurt An eight-year-old Exeter lad escaped with bruises and lacerations after running in- to the path of a vehicle on Monday afternoon. Shawn Webster. 149 Main St.. was apparently chasing -a ball and ran into the path et a northbound vehicle driven by Iton Hader, Zurich. The mishap occurred on Maio*. just north of Victoria around 3:00 p.m. He was taken to South Huron Hospital for observa- tion and X-rays and released shortly after. His grandmother, Mrs. Martha . Webster,. said Tues- day morning the lad was "pretty sore and stiff' and added that he was very fortunate. BEST DRESSED AT KLONDYKE DAYS Prizes were awarded for the best dressed participants in the Exeter Lions Saturday night Klondyke N:ght. From the left ore winners Larry Johns, Sherri Gilfillan, Bob Forrest and Sue.Mousseau. 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