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Times-Advocate, 1988-11-16, Page 1Inside LAST CHANCE Federal candidates tiave their say page 2 • FREE TRADE Businesspeople give their view page 7 NEW STORE Allan Brand gets back" into furniture page 7 -RECYCLING Information on garbage programs pages 12 & 14 VOLLEYBALL Junior Panthers win Huron -Perth title page 2A • OPEN HOUSE Centralia College celebrates anniversary page 7A & Lambton Since 1873 November 16, 1988 Price per copy 60 cents The People's Choice COUNCIL•WINNERS - The six successful candidates in Monday's municipal election in the town of Exeter are shown congratulating each other. From the left Ben. Hoogenboom who led the polls with 1,176 votes gets handshakes from Morley Hall, Dorothy Chapman, Dave Urlin, Harry Klungel and Ervin Sillery. A large number of voters turned out to cast their ballots and final results were not known until af- ter 10"p. M. Hoogenboom leader in council contest EXETER The three incumbent members of Exeter finished seventh with 662 votes. council led the polls in Monday's municipal election. On a two-man race for one seat on the Huron County Ben Hoogenboom was the winner with a total of Board of Education, former Exeter Public School prin- 1,176 votes, Morley Hall placed second at 1,133. and cipal Jim Chapman edged local chartered accountant Porothy Chapman received 1,068 votes to finish: third. Gerald Meurer by less than 100 votes. 705 to 609. Leading.>the new:candidates with 1,004 checks on the' - Returned by acclamation at the earlier nomination ballots was Dave- Urlin, Former Tuckersmith reeve Er- were Mayor Bruce Shaw; Reeve Bill Mickle, Deputy vin Sillery was next at 896 followed by Harry Klungel,- Reeve Lossy Fuller and Public Utilities Commission- i a former reeve of Hcnsall with 832 votes..Don Wiirter crs Murray Greene and Harry DcVrics. . I • Town seeks top official, citing heavy workload New council has final approval EXETER - Although no official announcement had been made by. Council, a search is on for a person to fill a newly -created position of town administrator. "What duties clerk -treasurer Liz Bell will -have after the position is filled will depend on the qualifica- tions of the new administrator," mayor Bruce Shaw told the T -A. Advertisements will be appearing in several publications: including this newspaper. No salary range has been divulged by council although it is expected it will be considerably more than the amount earned by the present clerk -treasurer. The first public announcement that Exeter was planning on hiring an_ administrator appeared in last week's T -A when Ben Hoogenboom- said he has supported this move for sometime. Shaw said the workload is too much for councillors and present staff to handle. "This has grown dramatically over the.past few years without any increase in administra- tive staff," the mayor added. He. said the: town administrator will be involved with making sure Exeter_ takes full advantage of any grants the town is entitled to as well as playing a role in economic Sharen returnshard-foughtin election The dispute began at the Novem- the bylaw rescinded. ber 1 council meeting when a bylaw "It was an attempt by Green to Was passed awarding salary increases railroad the wages through before he to Grand Bend's public employees. left office," said Woodlcy in a tele - Woodley hadrequested a copy of the phone interview with the Times bylaw before it was passed, but did Advocate. not receive one and abstained from According to Green, previous out - the vote. going councils have set wages for Woodley wanted a recorded vote village employees prior to elections on the issue; a request which was without difficulty. . denied. The bylaw would have increased Woodley also questioned whether wages for the clerk -treasurer Dianne a salary bylaw should be passed Mollard from S31,000 to S34,500, without discussion with village an increase of 11 percent. committees and so close to anelcc- Dcouty-clerk Christine Smith's • tion. -Green said he would check its salary would have increased from legality with the ministry of munic- S20,(0)0 to S23,000, an increase of ipal affairs. 15 percent. Woodley said he asked for a copy. Secretary Barbara McGregor's sal - of the passed bylaw later that week, ary would have increased 16 percent but was refused on the grounds that 10 S18,0(K) from. 515,500. Public it had not been signed by the reeve. works labourer Paul Bossenbcrry According to section 129 of would have received S20,800 up Chapter 302 of the Municipal' Act, from S19,412. - all bylaws are to be "signed by the The salary increases were to take head of the council or by the presid- effect on January 1, 1989, but as of ing officer at the meeting at which press time Grccn said he would be the bylaw was passed and by the .rescinding thc bylaw at the last .clerk". council meeting on Tuesday with a Green claifrts he did not sign by- strong recommendation that the sal - law 2149 of 1988 because he was ary issue be addressed by the incom- checking its legality with the mini- ing council. stry and village lawyers. He also Last week, Green circulated a let - said if the salaries were going to be- ter titled "Let's go forward and not, come a political issue for the cam- go back" in the village, defending paigning candidates, he would have the track record of the present coun- By Wayne Proctor and Adrian Harte GRAND.BEND - Village council will have two new faces and one fa- miliar face on it after the municipal election on Monday. Former reeve Bob Sharon was re- turned to that position beating cur- rent urrent deputy reeve Dennis Snider 364-258. Councilor Marsha Lemon, seek- ing the job of deputy reeve, was beaten by George Kadlecik 333- 279. Six candidates were seeking three positions as councillors. Incumbent Bruce Woodlcy was thc top vote getter with 410, followed by fellow councilor Shirley Mitchell with 318 and newtomcr John McDowell with 276. Lloyd Guillet was next with 259, Todd Dcsaulnicrs picked up 175 and Angelo Maruca had 101.: Public Utilities Commission members Prosper Van Bruane and Roy Johnson were both acclaimed. In the last week of the municipal election campaign, councillor candi- date Bruce Woadlcy found himself in the middle of a dispute with out. going.iceve Harold Grccn, a dispute which resulted in the circulation.of several pamphlets defending each person's position -while calling into question the credibility of the other. Peace is priceless says Remembrance Day speaker EXETER "War is costly. Peace is priceless." Those were the words of Alma Langford, the guest speaker at the annual Remembrance Day banquet Friday night at the R.E. Poolcy Ex- eter Branch of the Royal Canadian Leigon. Mrs. Langford who is past presi- dent of the Huron Perth Presbytery Region of United Church Women went on to say all should pray that we are never again embroiled in combat. United Nations agencies Should create an atmosphere where ideologies and territorial squabbles 'he settled." She continued, " If Human Rights mean anything, it means the rights Of children. The fate of the world rings on the attitudes and prejudices of our children. Society owes our children nothing but the very best." Almost three-quarters of the world's children are living in pover- ty according to Mrs. Langford. ' On the subject of UNICEF she said, " i haven't seen a UNICEF box with any local children on their Halloween trick and treating for a couple of years. 1 would challenge you to help reinstitute this prac- tice." In his welcome on behalf of the town of Exctcr, Mayor Bruce Shaw said, " I urge you as Legion mem- bers to sustain and maintain your youth programs." ' Ontario's Agriculture Minister Jack Riddell told the large audience, " It's crucial to: talk to our young people to tell them what it means to put a life on the line. Sacrifices make freedom possible. Our free- dom is their legacy. We must use wisdom and fortitude to work to- wards world" In saying Canada needs a geed de- fence system Huron -Bruce MP Murray Cardiff said, " Our defence system has been neglected. We need a 25 year program." Defence is not attack. A top defence system needs good morale, •support and equip- ment." In reporting on the status of First World War veterans who arc mem- bers of the Exeter Legion, Reg McDonald said, "They arc almost nil. I am sorry to report that the last Exctcr resident First World War vet- eran Vic Hogarth passed away this week. The only others remaining in the arca arc Earl Guenther of Dashwood who will be 93 years of age in Jan- uary, Reg Knight at 93 -in Central Park Lodge in London and J.K. Cornish formerly of Brucefield who is now in a wheelchair at thc age of 96. ' Master'of ceremonies for the an- nual banquet was Exeter Legion president Vera Armstrong. Shc is the first female president of the branch and Mrs. Langford was the first' female speaker for a Remem- brance Day event. cis. While the letter urges ratepay- ers to elect an informed council, it pays particular attention to the wage issues in question, citing that Grand Bend's administration wages are be- low those of other municipalities. An attached chart provides a salary comparison of Grand Bcnd to other Lambton County muncipalitics.in Grand Bend In closing thc letter Green calk into question Woodlcy's credibility over published reports that Woodley objected to the. wage bylaw. Green's letter said ':at no time did Mr. Woodley voice any objection to the salary increases proposed for staff." Woodley countered .with another letter this weekend, taking issue with Green's authority to write a letter on behalf of council without a resolution or bylaw to do so. He also denied not objecting to ttic wage bylaw. "I take great exception to this er- roneous statement," reads thc letter. "The ordinary (raised hands) vote was called while l was attempting to verify information given to -me by the clerk ,verbally in response to my objcction regarding summer staff wages. This prevented my raising the second and third objec- tions which i had previously raised Please turn to page 2 development, planning, etc. Shaw said council presently eval- tiates all town staff and sets their salaries. A nGw administrator will be expected to supervise and per- form the staff evaluations: "The decision "to begin looking for •an administrator was unani- mous," the mayor said. If someone is selected who fills the expecta- tions- of council a formal bylaw will have to be passed before some- one is actually hired.. When asked if any present town employees will be encouraged to apply, the mayor's answer was Shaw stressed that at the moment Exeter has made no commitments. "We're just looking to see what's -out there, he said._ He said any town that is growing rapidly has an administrator. Exam- ples he listed were: Godcrich, Lis- towel, Aylmer, Pctrolia, Port Hope and Cobourg. • Stephen may have recount ' CREDITON - Tom. Tomes was returned as Reeve of Stephen town ship Monday, but a recount will be needed to decide the third member of council. Tomes repelled the challenge by Tom Tomes current Deputy.Rceve Ken McCann by 795 to 379 votes. Pat O'Rourke who was appointed to council less than a ycar ago to fill a vacancy led the polls with 791 Votes. Gary Eagleson was second with . 570 votes followed closely by Bill Weber at 556 and Jim Dietrich with 554 votes. Eagleson and Dietrich . 'Please turn to page '2 CHAMPIONS AGAIN The South Huron District High School Senior Boys football team won another Huron-. Penh championship byy defeating Goderich .13-0 on Saturday. Coach Ron Bogart is shown here at left celebrating with captains Harlen Tinney, centre, and Rob Taylor. Missing aro captains Joe Gowe►and Jon O'Connor. For de- tails on the championship game please turn.to page 1A.