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Times-Advocate, 1988-07-06, Page 1• eTY1rlg South Hturon, North Middlesex One Hundred and Seventeenth Year «4 -4'" r � 4' r & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, July 6, 1988 Price Per Copy 60 Cents r MAKING A SPLASH - A young bather takes advantageof opening day at the wading -pool in Victoria Park. . Pepsi swallows up Tuckey Beverages HURON PARK - Tuckey Bever-. ages of Huron Park has now joined , ; Pepsi .Cola 7 -UP Toronto as part of a bid to consolidate Pepsi distri- bution networks in southern'Qnta- rio. Larry Brown, manager of Tuckey Beverages, confirmed that the Pep- si franchise purchased 90 percent of thc holdings of Pathfinder Interna- tional, which in turn owns Macdcl -Beverages- which had purchased Tuckey Beverages some time ago. Pepsi Cola 7 -UP Toronto is completely .independent of Pepsi Cola Canada and is'a famchiscd.bot-_ ttcr.of Pepsi products." , . We don't have any indication of what the new owner's -Titans arc for our facilities, said Brown. "We certainly hope to_.continue as a dis- tributor here." Tuckey Beverages has not bottled any Pepsi or other soft drinks for about a year and New York Seltzer ceased use of the Huron Park plant • • last October. . - "It will certainly help rationalize the marketing and distribution of . Pepsi Cola products," observed Brown, adding that the Toronto franchise now has control over the Pepsi market from Toronto to _ Windsor, with the exception of -the Kitchener arca. . The objective of the purchase was to reduce production costs of the company's products in Southwest- ern Ontario by taking over Maedel's 'markets in Windsor and Chatham. The Huron Park operation came as - pan of the deal. "We're really a,sinatl part of the. Macdel operation," said Brown. Tuckey Beverages presently em- ploys 20 people in Huron Park and Brown sees very little chance that thc•plant will be put back ihto pro- duction; but hopes it will continue in its distribution and warehousing capacity. "That's about all we know right at the moment, he said. - Drought `firost Z z EXETER - Unusual weather pat- terns are causing. problems across. Canada this year. Rainfall', this springy; .and summer in this arca is about 80 -percent:less than normal, and daytime 'temperatures have crirei.l into the nineties: - \ if coping with a . serious. drought were not enough, farmers are now assessing the damage left -in the wake of heavy frosts in some fields last week. • Brian -J-11111, rural organization.spe • cialis. Lin the- Clinton OMAF office said Tess .than one percent of crop acreage in -1 -furan County was Se- - hit by the frost, with most damage around Walton, Winthrop, north of Scaforth and west of -Hen- . :Salt in the Hay swamp arca. -Future weather conditions will de - termitic the .final outcome- of the. • Dispute betwee .goes to July 18 'EXETER -..A recent meeting to Town buil'ding - ermits� 'on p the way to new records EXETER - The 1987 record .of more -than S6 million in building - -permits in the town _of Exeter should be shattered if the_first six months of this year arc any indica- tion of what is -to come. The report for the month of June presented by Brian Johnston who has recently resigned as chid -build- ing. official showed 37- permits were issued for a total of S806,634. This figure is more than S500,000 higher than the -same period in 1987 and. brings the 1988 total to date to S3,361,140..For, the first six months in 1987, - building permit values amounted to S2,457,324. Included in theJune building per- m its er-nits •were four new residential dwellings valued at S301,000; two commercial renovations and addi- tions at 5406,700; 1$ residential renovations and additions at $59,431: one institutional renova- tion for S22,000 and two swim- ming pool permits for-S6,10Q. . • One permanent sign permit issued brings the. 1988 total to seven and 12- temporary signs brings the -year- • ly figure to 47. • - . ,fit Monday's regular meeting of council, the appointment of David Moyer was approved as the new chief building official -and zoning administrator to replace- Brian John. Ston who has taken a similar'posi- tion with the Liquor Licence Board of Ontark . township of ]-ray and the. town_of' Exeter- on the._ proposed -Huron Tractor Agricultural Park failed'to. make much headway. • .An . Qntario Municipal Board hearing_ will be begin Monday, July.18 in Zurich to hear Exeter's - appeal against a comprehensive. zoning bylaw by the township of .Flay. - The proposed agricultural park would be established at part of.Lot 21, Concession 1 in the township, adjacent to the northerly boundaries of the town of Exctcr. In- attendance at the mediation meeting were Hay township reeve Lionel Wilder and councillors Don- ald Weigand, Gerald Shantz and •. Murray Keys along with reeve 13i11. Tickle and. councillors Morley, -ILI!! and Gaylen Josephson of Ex- eter. The mediator was Norma For- rest of the Ministry of Municipal Afairs. B.I.A. Details of WhitonWender photo contest page 3 TOBACCO SALES Industry gets tough with minors 'page 5 d amage some local crops 1988_ crop year: Hall ,fears that. without rain, crops slightly affected by the frostwill not recover. Ilay township market gardener Bert • Visscher reported a "tremendous". frost which touched all his crops, but only hurt some. - 'There seemed to be no rhyme or reason. It'shard to explain why alt were frozen, and not all were affect- ed", Visscher said. Visscher said he had to scrape all his_car windows early Wednesday morning, and could pick handfuls - of frost riff his lawn,' but nearby sweet peppers were untouched. - The 'broccoli and cauliflower were hardy'enough to withstand a frost, and the potatoes were barely 'nipped. Visscher's sweet corn is all right,. but his field corn -on the other( side of Highway 83 suffered n Hay, Exeter OMB hearing Reeve_ Mickle's main concerns . were the consumption of agricultu- ral land,•that nccd for the proposal be justified and .the principles in the -Exeter Official Plan regarding buffering of land uses in the fring- es of the town be respected. Councillor Hall said the town has available vacant industrial land and. additional development on this side of the town will set a precedent for future ,de'velopment in the other townships around Exctcr. Hay councillor Shantz said the agri-park would provide available land for development and increase industrial assessments while pro- tecting the interests of the develop- er. Reeve Wilder indicated the agri- park would bc of service to farmers and would provide. employment for youth in thc community and other benefits. The main issues centred around permitted uses on the site arid the scale of development. On the subject of permitted uses, Exctcr representatives said these uses arc already located in the town of -Exeter and land is available for industrial development. Mediator-Fortest suggested that the subdivision be phased a few lois at atime. Exeter officials stated that phasing was not acceptable, as the end- result is still an approved plan • of subdivision. • Mickle expressed concern that thc adjacent lands also maybe devel- oped in thc surrounding municipali- ties. Exeter's industrial land is being developed at a slow pace, whereas highway commercial uses arc ex pantdifng. He added, "There is no- Please oPlease turn to page 3 (� nrt•inn• The recorded vote by t'shorne tuwustup 6uwn ii un, aPlh ..;;g purchase of a pumper by the Exeter and area fire board was reported in- correctly in last week's paper. The printed copy of the minutes showed all voting "yea", but .Reeve Gerry, Prout and Councillor Jim Kerslake actually -voted "nay". - Ie Hello • .there EXETER - The third annual Home. Phone Book published by The Times -Advocate will be dis- tributed with next week's ne.wspa- per. • For the past two years store sales . of thc newspaper have been brisk with all copies selling in liours. If you. are not a regular subscriber we suggest -you get your copy early. BEHIND Mt SCENES At the Moron Country Playhouse • . • page8 extensive damage. Visscher is very concerned about the lack of rain during the 1988 growing season. Irrigation is-cost- ing scost- ing him S1,500. to 52,000 daily, and he is using 800 gallons of die- sel weekly. He had to rent extra equipment, as his own system could not keep up with the nccd. So far the -water supply from Black Creek has been ample, but Visscher fears it will not hold out if no rain falls in the -next three weeks. When contacted by the T -A, Mona Aldcrdicc said the only frost damage evident on the Aldcrdicc farm's 1,200 acres is some. brown :spots in a corn field on the Kippen road. No white beans wcrc planted this year, and the soybeans look - finc. Only two of Len Veri's fields were hit, badly, a potato crop west of Crediton and a field of corn west of Exeter. The potatoes were in the blossom stage, and-Vcri isn't sure whether or not the plants will re- flower. He hopes the corn will re- cover, as there is still green at the base of the plants. The most.urgent need in all sec- tors right now -is for rain. Concerned about. industry EXETER - At the suggestion of Reeve Bill Mickle, Exeter council • will be sending letters -to Agricul- ture Minister Jack Riddell and'llu- ron-Bruce- MP Murray Cardiff presenting their concerns about the possible -loss • of industry in this. area. Micklc said he was extremely concerned following an. article in . last week's.TA rcgarding the pos- sible loss of some jobs at .Huron Park. lle -continued, " While we arc priniarily an agricultural arca, we nccd industries which -in many cas- es supply second jobs in.a family. If rain doesn't come soon, our overall economy will he bleak." The reeve added, -"The govern- ment stems to give preference to one arca over another. I agree that companies have thc.right to move, but we don't get any incentives. Flow do we attract them back or get them in the first place? We need our MPP to go to bat for us -actively to help this arca meet its goals as far as industry is concerned." Councillor Dorothy Chapman agreed saying," Not one provincial dollar has been spent to get industry here. We arc not in an arca to get govcrnemnt grants. My deep con- cern is for the loss of that second - job in a family. We have to be very vocal in getting help for industry." Included in the letter to be .written by mayor Shaw will be a request -for a meeting to discuss the subject with government officials. - - Weathertakes the blame EXETER - Let's blame it on the hot weather, but the memory of some Exctcr council members at Nlonday night's meeting was a little -lacking in endurance.. in a bit of frivolity, mayor.Brucc Shaw reported that the population sign at the south entrance to Exctcr read 3,700 and at the north end the. figure was 3,800. . T -A 'editor Ross Haugh was. quick to point out that a story and pictures- of the two signs .appeared in ttie paper about a year ago.' His memory was not perfect, either. The three column article with a heading which read, "Will the real sign please stand up" was on page 9A of the. September 2, 1987 is-.. sue. - . - . At that time it was -explained, • ttic southern portion of the town is eantrollcd by the London division of the Ministry of Transportation and Conimunications and at the north end it's the responsibility of the Stratford region. • • Later in the meeting, council _could not remember if a meeting of the public works committee had been held during the past two weeks: With works superintendent Glenn Kells not -in attendance and a report not presented, it was taken for granted that a meeting. was not held. Appoint building official EXETER - Although he doesn't officially take over until July 25, Exeter's new building official and zoning administrator was wel- comed to town Monday night. David Moyer who was named to succccd Brian Johnston said he was etLgr and added i .ccrtainly want to help the town groW." • When the building permit report was read for Junc, Moyer com- mented, " 1 didn't know Exctcr was processing so many.permits." • Councillor Ben lloogenboom added, " I .like your 'positivity' in purchasinghouse in Exeter only 10 days aftcryour appointment." Moyer and his wife Suzanne have purchased the former Jongkind residence at 395 Albert street. A: native of London, Moyer has, been employed for a' number. of .years with the Matthews Group in. London inland development. In also welcoming the new build- ing official, councillor Dorothy. Chapman said, "Wc had very cam., blc candidates for the position. R was a stiff competition:" • . Mayor Shaw will be the tempo- rary issperof building,permits until • TRIATHLON •450 athletes invade Pinery: Pact page 1A:. July 25. To Moycr he said, "We arc looking forward tcryour advice on building matters. in the old days be- fore we hired professionals, councils approved permits and we didn't know much about the subject'; NEW OFFICE Bean. Board byilding officially open' page 6A Restrictions being enforced "Regulations restricting water Davis explained that the four- Davis termed himself "a radi- will be stringently enforced", inch -Main serving that sector is . cal" inhis answers to a question PUC manager Hugh Davis told "old, old, old". _Residue in the naire from Ontario Hydro the regular June meeting .of the bottom was stirred up recently meeting future needs. Ile is Commission, V. when valves wcrc shut off and proponent of nuclear power. Davis said there has always floes were reversed as part of a Commission chairman Murray been a group of Exeter residents - rehabilitation needs study being • Greene and Con?missioncr }tarry who regularly water their lawn. carried out on the water system De Vries indicated agreement An additional group of home- by 13:M. Ross. engineers. That with Davis' Lonclusions.- Shaw owners arc watering this• year bc- part of the study has now been couldn't resist a teasing remark cause of thc dry conditions completed. about two conservatives sup caused by this year's drought. • Davis went on to suggest that • porting a radical. Over 1,000 gallons per minute replacement of the main be added . Davis reported completion were being used before Nabisco to the contract to rebuild Huron hydro service to the condomin- rans- LSMUM sGUtw :•F%: -- ...:,..mow,,, d ' c5.1.ll:.Gtil,,••,,, ' inmc on Fdward Sr. A trans- ....if .. If u'c:can.get;people to adhere tracks. By doing this, pan of former was horrowcd tram -Von to the seven -to -nine policy tie - tiie':T6t would be 'eligible, -ioi I:lbiii until the one -en ardor can Jive with this; we are.better subsidy. He asked the Commis delivered. The projects on Riv- off than a lot of communities: sion to also consider ovcrsizing crside Drive and at thc mobile The well levels are holc}ing up the main: • ' home park arc also complete ex fairly well,'.hut we have to be :Davis is breathing a fijgh of._ cept for some street lighting and extra careful"; Davis added. • • relief over what could have been- installation of \transformers A PUC truck is patrolling to a serious situation.. One of the which -have not yct beth dcliv make sure restrictions arc hob- i L.Cs hig trucks was bcing giv- -orad. ourcd. - 'en a road test after-somc work Davis met recently. with a lo- -Davis said, some complaints had been done on it, and before ' cal developer who wanted cost have been, re.ceivted about the being taken•in for more sated- ing on changes to relocate an old taste pnd /or smell of town water ulcZ1 servicing later in the day, transformer bank to allow new now that- all major sources of v hen the driver noticed some- development. Noting the -bank. -been is ducqo bc - on a ` - of ., - - -- hc. supply have chlorinated•... -th'ng wrong with the steering. rebuilt, anyway, He said the. smell dissipates a While being towed in with the • has suggested the PUC absorb few seconds after the, water is wrecker, thc truck's rear wheels. -the cost of materials if the devcl- drawn from the tap. A relatively fell oft. - -. • ' bper pays for thc labour. low residual of .3 to .4 parts per "We sure were lucky. If those 'That could bc in the offing. million is being Maintained. duals -had come off on Main St,, We have never been so. busy", Mayor J3rucc Shaw said some , they would havc ;gone through a Davis said, He was. not com- residents on Hyron St. had corn- car".Davis said. - : plaining. "Developers ate good plained to him recently about ' ' ,.The .cost of a. governor was for the town and good for, the iron stains from the town water. added to thc servicing bill. Commission", he elaborated. B.I.A. Details of WhitonWender photo contest page 3 TOBACCO SALES Industry gets tough with minors 'page 5 d amage some local crops 1988_ crop year: Hall ,fears that. without rain, crops slightly affected by the frostwill not recover. Ilay township market gardener Bert • Visscher reported a "tremendous". frost which touched all his crops, but only hurt some. - 'There seemed to be no rhyme or reason. It'shard to explain why alt were frozen, and not all were affect- ed", Visscher said. Visscher said he had to scrape all his_car windows early Wednesday morning, and could pick handfuls - of frost riff his lawn,' but nearby sweet peppers were untouched. - The 'broccoli and cauliflower were hardy'enough to withstand a frost, and the potatoes were barely 'nipped. Visscher's sweet corn is all right,. but his field corn -on the other( side of Highway 83 suffered n Hay, Exeter OMB hearing Reeve_ Mickle's main concerns . were the consumption of agricultu- ral land,•that nccd for the proposal be justified and .the principles in the -Exeter Official Plan regarding buffering of land uses in the fring- es of the town be respected. Councillor Hall said the town has available vacant industrial land and. additional development on this side of the town will set a precedent for future ,de'velopment in the other townships around Exctcr. Hay councillor Shantz said the agri-park would provide available land for development and increase industrial assessments while pro- tecting the interests of the develop- er. Reeve Wilder indicated the agri- park would bc of service to farmers and would provide. employment for youth in thc community and other benefits. The main issues centred around permitted uses on the site arid the scale of development. On the subject of permitted uses, Exctcr representatives said these uses arc already located in the town of -Exeter and land is available for industrial development. Mediator-Fortest suggested that the subdivision be phased a few lois at atime. Exeter officials stated that phasing was not acceptable, as the end- result is still an approved plan • of subdivision. • Mickle expressed concern that thc adjacent lands also maybe devel- oped in thc surrounding municipali- ties. Exeter's industrial land is being developed at a slow pace, whereas highway commercial uses arc ex pantdifng. He added, "There is no- Please oPlease turn to page 3 (� nrt•inn• The recorded vote by t'shorne tuwustup 6uwn ii un, aPlh ..;;g purchase of a pumper by the Exeter and area fire board was reported in- correctly in last week's paper. The printed copy of the minutes showed all voting "yea", but .Reeve Gerry, Prout and Councillor Jim Kerslake actually -voted "nay". - Ie Hello • .there EXETER - The third annual Home. Phone Book published by The Times -Advocate will be dis- tributed with next week's ne.wspa- per. • For the past two years store sales . of thc newspaper have been brisk with all copies selling in liours. If you. are not a regular subscriber we suggest -you get your copy early. BEHIND Mt SCENES At the Moron Country Playhouse • . • page8 extensive damage. Visscher is very concerned about the lack of rain during the 1988 growing season. Irrigation is-cost- ing scost- ing him S1,500. to 52,000 daily, and he is using 800 gallons of die- sel weekly. He had to rent extra equipment, as his own system could not keep up with the nccd. So far the -water supply from Black Creek has been ample, but Visscher fears it will not hold out if no rain falls in the -next three weeks. When contacted by the T -A, Mona Aldcrdicc said the only frost damage evident on the Aldcrdicc farm's 1,200 acres is some. brown :spots in a corn field on the Kippen road. No white beans wcrc planted this year, and the soybeans look - finc. Only two of Len Veri's fields were hit, badly, a potato crop west of Crediton and a field of corn west of Exeter. The potatoes were in the blossom stage, and-Vcri isn't sure whether or not the plants will re- flower. He hopes the corn will re- cover, as there is still green at the base of the plants. The most.urgent need in all sec- tors right now -is for rain. Concerned about. industry EXETER - At the suggestion of Reeve Bill Mickle, Exeter council • will be sending letters -to Agricul- ture Minister Jack Riddell and'llu- ron-Bruce- MP Murray Cardiff presenting their concerns about the possible -loss • of industry in this. area. Micklc said he was extremely concerned following an. article in . last week's.TA rcgarding the pos- sible loss of some jobs at .Huron Park. lle -continued, " While we arc priniarily an agricultural arca, we nccd industries which -in many cas- es supply second jobs in.a family. If rain doesn't come soon, our overall economy will he bleak." The reeve added, -"The govern- ment stems to give preference to one arca over another. I agree that companies have thc.right to move, but we don't get any incentives. Flow do we attract them back or get them in the first place? We need our MPP to go to bat for us -actively to help this arca meet its goals as far as industry is concerned." Councillor Dorothy Chapman agreed saying," Not one provincial dollar has been spent to get industry here. We arc not in an arca to get govcrnemnt grants. My deep con- cern is for the loss of that second - job in a family. We have to be very vocal in getting help for industry." Included in the letter to be .written by mayor Shaw will be a request -for a meeting to discuss the subject with government officials. - - Weathertakes the blame EXETER - Let's blame it on the hot weather, but the memory of some Exctcr council members at Nlonday night's meeting was a little -lacking in endurance.. in a bit of frivolity, mayor.Brucc Shaw reported that the population sign at the south entrance to Exctcr read 3,700 and at the north end the. figure was 3,800. . T -A 'editor Ross Haugh was. quick to point out that a story and pictures- of the two signs .appeared in ttie paper about a year ago.' His memory was not perfect, either. The three column article with a heading which read, "Will the real sign please stand up" was on page 9A of the. September 2, 1987 is-.. sue. - . - . At that time it was -explained, • ttic southern portion of the town is eantrollcd by the London division of the Ministry of Transportation and Conimunications and at the north end it's the responsibility of the Stratford region. • • Later in the meeting, council _could not remember if a meeting of the public works committee had been held during the past two weeks: With works superintendent Glenn Kells not -in attendance and a report not presented, it was taken for granted that a meeting. was not held. Appoint building official EXETER - Although he doesn't officially take over until July 25, Exeter's new building official and zoning administrator was wel- comed to town Monday night. David Moyer who was named to succccd Brian Johnston said he was etLgr and added i .ccrtainly want to help the town groW." • When the building permit report was read for Junc, Moyer com- mented, " 1 didn't know Exctcr was processing so many.permits." • Councillor Ben lloogenboom added, " I .like your 'positivity' in purchasinghouse in Exeter only 10 days aftcryour appointment." Moyer and his wife Suzanne have purchased the former Jongkind residence at 395 Albert street. A: native of London, Moyer has, been employed for a' number. of .years with the Matthews Group in. London inland development. In also welcoming the new build- ing official, councillor Dorothy. Chapman said, "Wc had very cam., blc candidates for the position. R was a stiff competition:" • . Mayor Shaw will be the tempo- rary issperof building,permits until • TRIATHLON •450 athletes invade Pinery: Pact page 1A:. July 25. To Moycr he said, "We arc looking forward tcryour advice on building matters. in the old days be- fore we hired professionals, councils approved permits and we didn't know much about the subject'; NEW OFFICE Bean. Board byilding officially open' page 6A