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Times-Advocate, 1978-08-31, Page 1 (2)Give official plan final- review .,-Members of Exeter coun- cil took their last combined'. look at the town's new of- ficial plan and zoning bylaw, Monday, in preparation for next week's public meeting and with some minor excep- tion, found the documents satisfactory. HIT.TING THE FIRST PITCH The honour Of being the first batter in the new Dashwood Industries Employees Anniver- sary pork went to the chairman of the `board Mourice Klumpp. Above, he takes a mighty cut at the firsrpitch tossed by firm president Gerry Finnen. T -A photo However. they're still ex- pecting some objections from those in attendance at the public meeting schedul- ed for the rec centre on Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. Some of the zoning and regulations which brought forth objections in earlier documents have been un- • changed. , There's also expected, to be some general confusion among. local ratepayers because the new documents give all measurements in metric. "People will be confused, - including me." commented Councillor Derry Boyle, one of five members attending 'Monday night's special ses- sion. TRYING A NEW SWING - Ann Haley prepares to -send . Kati kuttle swinging during Saturday's official opening of the Dashwood- Industries Employees Anniversary park neor Centralia" Saturday , T -A photo Okay renovations, delay fireman bid The Exeter. Public Utilities C'ornmissibn agreed Tuesday to proceed with plans to renovate the local office facility A London firm. Shelving Displays Ltd . has drafted plans for the renovations and redecorating. which is to cost•around 518.1100. %Nark will include new counters. office furniture. 'drapery.. carpeting. air con- ditioning. painting and relocation and updating of electrical services. Where. possible. the PUC plan to use local tradesmen and - suppliers for the work and materials required. The Commissioners had already approved replace- ment of the windows with double -glazed units. Work on the complete job is expected•to commence in October: Letters will be sent to local firms asking for bids on the work The London firm will instal the new counters and the desk Ger the manager's office. The major discussion at the regular August meeting was a request from employee Bob Hume for w • permission to join the local fire department. Manager Hugh Davis said it was a commendable at- titude on the part of the employee. but proceeded to tell the Commissioners why he felt the request shoulti be denied. He said the PUC already lose one man when a fire breaks out in Exeter because one employee is dis- patched to keep an eye on water supplies. etc. He said that if three men were working on a job and one had to leave to fight a'_ file. it may be necessary for the other two to be recalled to the office because they would be unable to continue. "Losing one man can men," the mean losing thre manager said. a in the discussion "1 jeopardize the men's if one has to leave the j "1 hate to turn him but i don't like to see us in a bad spot." commented chairman Murray Greene. Ile asked if there were oc- casions when only one truck would be at a job site and was advised that was cor- • Please turn to page 2 ng later lt fetk Bridge battered bon. \forfourth time Mayor Bruce Shaw opined that objections would be raised over the industrial designation forthe land on Highway 83 east, noting that the owners, would probably prefer to have it zoned as commercial. - "If the town is to survive, we need industrial land," Boyle replied, receWing a quick agreement from Coun- cillor Ted Wright. who said there had to be some land' left for industrial purposes • in the community. • After.. reading through the lengthy list of ciefinitionsln the zoning bylaw.. Shaw noted that the last definition was fog the position of zon- ing administrator. which means the officer or. employee of the -Corporation charged with the duty of en- forcing the provisions` of the zoning bylaw. He suggested council in. the future may find it necessary to appoint someone to handle that posi- tion. Clerk Liz Bell now fills that capa—city . butUSfiaw Sat& she may find it a "pretty onerous task". Boyle noted that the building inspector now does a good job at intrepreting the zoning bylaw before ap- proving building permits. and while Mrs. Bell agreed with that opinion. she questioned whether the pre- sent inspector. Doug Triebner. would want to be saddled .with the job--either--- in view of the fact he is near- ing retirement. in reviewing the general provisions section ,of the document. members questioned the need' for the lengthy section on signs and lights. "We have a pretty good sign bylaw that we spent a ' lot of time on," Shaw ex- plained. questioning the , need for including further regulations in the zoning document. Deputy -Reeve don MacGregor and Boyle suggested the regations were not required in the new bylaw. "We'r`1t<, protected adequately 'by • the sign bylaw•' the latter suggested. Shaw suggested' the matter be checked out with the planning consultants and if it. was found the sign bylaw is adequate. the provisions in the zoning bylaw should be deleted. One of the lengthiest dis- cussions, however, did cen- tre around the signs which are permitted for the home Won't halt g While. official plans and zoning bylaws are continual- ly updated to meet changing times and needs, Exeter's new documents don't cbver' one ppf the latest phenom4non . . . garage sales. "Is there nothing prohibiting garage sales?"- Councillor ales?"Councillor Ted Wright questioned Monday when - council reviewed the new documents in preparation for next week's public meeting. Mayor Shaw laughingly replied that there was no such restriction at the pre- sent. SMS occupations and commer- cial endeavours in residen- tial zones. Shaw questioned whether neighboring property owners had- a legitimate - complaint over the fact that arage- sales? - Later in the meeting. Wright said he found garage sales more disturbing than some of the home oc- cupations now -being carried out in residential zones. "it's a fad. but does it in- terfere with other people?" he asked. ' Mayor Bruce Shaw said most garage sales were once in a lifetime events. while _others were annual sales. ' but he did note that some people seemed to be staging them quite regularly. The discussion ended with council taking no action to have garage sales covered in the zoning bylaws. some pttiople now operate businessef, from their homes; such as accountants, beauty parlors and watch repair businesses. "I've never had a com- plaint about them in 15 years." Boyle replied. However, Shaw said he had received a few com- plaints. a couple of which had been quite vocal. • He said the elimination of signs may be the answer ins reducing those complaints. How -ever. Councillor Lossy Fuller led the other members of council in say- ing they couldn't. see anything wrong with the pre- sent regulations i'n that regard. "We have no real problems. so let's not monkeywith it." Boyle suggested Members were pleased to note that the zoning bylaw does have -some restrictions on parking of disabled Ames Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Fifth Year vehicles, boats and travel trailers in residential zones, although there was 'some confusion over th ' exact tive "disabled" applied only meaning of the regulation. to the word vehicle. or - Shaw asked if the adjec- --Please-turn le page2-- TEETER TOTTE Saturday tryin• Trying out the Terry G fttner. S AT DI — Children of Doshwood Industries employe,res -had plenty of fun out new playground equipment when the new park was officially opened. teeter totters were Tammy and Poul Rau, Shannon Westlake and Todd and T -A photo vocate & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 31, 1978 Price Per Copy 25 Cents Fewer to respond to area school bells When the bell,rings at the seven area public schools at ,9 a.m. Tuesday. enrolment is expected to be down about 62 from the same time in 1977. These are figures for grades one to eight. The biggest' decrease will be at Huron Centennial near Brucefield where the total enrolment will be down 25 to 494. Usborne Central will have a lower enrolment by 16 pupils at 262. At Zurich public school the reduction will be 15 students and at .Hensall the starting 1tgirr *tit ite tslower than -a year ago. Their totals are 170 and 148, respectively. Stephen Central is the only school with an increase in studertt attendance from 315 to 320. J.A.D. McCurdy at Huron park enrolment, is down four to 260. - The, bridge on Highway -4 at thnorth end of Exeter continues to be a favorite target for area motorists. At 12:30 a.m. Saturday. the bridge was struck for the fourth bine this year. This time it was a vehicle driven by Georg 'Eric Geiser. of Kitchener. Gaiser's car was damaged to the extent of $1.400 and he was taken to South Hut'on Hospital suffering cuts and bruises. Constable George Robertson investigated. A freak accident occurred at 3 p.m. Friday on Andrew street, just north of Sanders in the area of the Exeter Post Office. A car owned by Gary Blanchard. 283 Mill streex was parked for a moment and it slipped into reverse gear and backed into a park- ed pickup truck owned by • Laidlaw -Transport. Constable Brad Sadler in- vestigated and set•damages PEOPLE, PEOPLE AND MORE PEOPLE The 13th annual Zurich Bean Festival proved to another overwhelming success as a huge crowd swelled the population of the village. This was. the scene of Goshen street at one p.m Staff photo be Return of families, heat boon to GB businessmen Hot weather and fami* visitors boosted business to record levels for some Grand Bend merchants this summer - -If. it wasn't the best summer. it was one of the best." said Nick Carter, president of the Grand Bend- ; Chamber of Commerce and owner of the Sun and Surf shops - He said his two shops have done from 10 to 15 per cent more business than they did last year The beach is the big drawing card for the Bend and people in London_ Sarniaand Kitchener can come here wit out. spen- ding too much in gas. said Carter. • The long eekends this ▪ year have been -slower than usual but the 'hot August made up for it. said Carter "We have had more of the family type tourist They have money and they have no hesitancy to spend it while they're here." he said ' Dennis Mathers of Cheryl :Ann. a fast fond nutlet. said his sales were about the same or a little better than last year The big change this year was.the families in the Bend. he said • -I suppose the police have kind of quieted things Down and more families are will- ing to come." said Mathers The Village inn Retreat also recorded an excellent husiness summer 'it was very. -good. vert• good indeed." said manager Gray Brew qr "it was very pleasing to see a higher family_ content- -1 -think that our village 'fathers have done a good job or reestablishing -Grand • Bend as a family vacation cen- tre " Betty Flear of Flear's Trio suffer injuries in area collisions Three people sustained major injuries. one cattle beast died and property damage was listed at over $10000 in eight, accidents investigated by the Exeter OPI' this week. The victims of maj;r in- juries were Darin F . ncis 'Schuck. Michigan. Jerald 'Broderick.• Exeter: and Theodore Oud, R.R. 3 Kip - pen. Ther, eight-year-old 'Michigan lad was injured when he ran in front of a pickup truck Friday af- ternoon on Highway 21 in St. Josephs. The vehicle was driven by George Pox. Petrolia. The Schock youngster was taken to Soutli Huron Hospital. . Constable Wally •Tomasik - investigated and set damage to the Fox vehicle at 625. Broderick was injured in a two -car crash on Highway 84. just west of County Road 31 on Thursday night at 7:45 p.m. Driver of. the other vehicle involved was Arnold Vandenboomen, R.R. 2 Hensall, who sustained minor injuries. - ' Both men were taken to South Huron Hospital. Constable Jack. Straughan at $209. setlatal property damage at Some time last week a 64,500. - Templeman is a new staff boat_and.trager-disappeared_-_.. Eighteen -year-old The- --member -at- Exeter pnbittk T from the Smith -Peat R -MoreOd injured-wherr ^le he was Huron board of education superintendent Bob Allen `said the enrolment at South Huron District High School will be at 1,031. hat's one more than September of 1977. Allen said there were very few staff changes for the term which starts Tuesday morning. David Kempt joins the staff at Huron Centennial replacing Adrain Brand who has been transferred to Stephen Central. Darlene school and Sharon Ann Dob- -- ing lot on Thames Rohr the motorcy bie and Dorina Webster are west. The boat was a white driving collided with a half-day additions to the , top convertible with a 120 parked car on the parking lot McCurdy staff. horsepower inboard motor. - at the W.G. Thompson & Son There are no teaching Police chief Ted Day said mill iii Hensall on Wed - changes at South Huron, it appears that a vehicle nesday at 9:20 p.m. Hensall. Zurich or Usborne simply backed Op to the The parked vehicle was Central. • - trailer and •hooked on. owned by Kenneth Aikenhead. Hensall . •• Oud was taken to University.Hospital in London ,for teatment. The accident was in- ycsti:._ ed by Constable Bill don. who set damages at $1.800 The cattle beast, owned by William Wagner, was killed when struck by a vehicle driven by Robert Oesch. R.R. 2 Zurich. The animal had wandered onto the roadway on Highway, 8l. east of Crninty Road 2. Total damage including the value of the animal: was listed at 61.100 by Constahle Al Quinn. The mishap ix'curred at 10:30 p.ni. On Thursday at 2:00 p.m.. a 15 year-old cyclist. Frank Lows, Talhotville. suffered minor injuries ts•hen he was in collision with a vehicle driven by Albert Smith, Huron Park. That accident occurred on County Road 21, just west of Highway 4 and damage was set at 850 by Constable Frank Giffin. Cpl. Bill J" reeth in- vestigated two accidents on • Sunday. the (ia't<n j. to a.m., when a vehicle owned by John Ellis. Kingston, was hit by an unknown vehicle while parked on Highway 84 in Zurich. Damage was fisted at 6500. T1te--Mher—accld�tit `iW volved vehicles driven by Robert ('Dose, Grand -Bend. and Robert Blair, R.R. 1 Centralia They collided on the Crediton Road near the intersection of Stephen 16-17 and damage was set at 8900. The other accident of the -week %%as 'reported Tuesday. at 4 20 p m . in- rotving - vehicles driven by Terry McBride. Zurich. end Linda Fisher. H it 3 Zurich They. collided on County Road 2 south M highway 84 and Constable Ton asik total damage al 51.450 on .1.1111114 set Home Bakery said their .business this year was the same as it had been other 'years. Harold Klopp of the Colonial Rotel said there was some increase in husiness at his establish- ment 11 gets better every .ear." he said Paul ('ouse of Bluewater Hardware said husiness was about the same as last year. 'i th nk people. aren't spendi he money as much + as th y did before With this inflation they are waiting to "The weather has been see where it goes he said. `- better and the American The four pet. cent sales tax money is worth -more if we reduction hasn't helped can't get an increase the-rebusin•ess at -all he aid is something wrong." tie '"-There have been more said :American yisitok to. Grand Leo Masse. manager of Behd this summer. but few the, Tender Sprit ..grocery,., realize that. their honey is store said the Tender. Spot -worth more. ('nusesaid has done exceptionally well "I've had people that were this summer He attributed really surprised when they it to more f:imilies as well found nut.'" he said" Stephen plan gets final council okay At its latest meeting. Stephen township council gave third and final reading to the secondary plan for to municipality • The plan which has been several years in•the preparation stage now goes to (roderich for approval by the County of Huron and the Huron planning board • Final approval will come from the Ohtario Ministry of Housing Clerk W ilmar Wein said. "It's possible for the Ministry of Housing to make recommendations f.or regi ions and amendments: it should be appeoved quick-\ ly at the county level. • Third reading was given to the ('ares' McCann municipal dram and tenders for construction will he call ed in September - Drainage inspector Ken Pickering will be asked to" supervise repairs to the Concession 18 drain and the :lusahfe-Bayfield Conserva- tion .Authority will be re- quested to check an erpsion problem on the Desjardine . municipal drain at Lot I. Concession A The services of bulldozer operator [)ave Siddall at the township's waste disposal site on Concession 14 are be-- ing terminated as of August 31 and tenders are being called for fi replacement • Road). sup.er-itttet dent Frank Mclssac will be authorired to purchase a Dew• tractor mower to be . d for roadside grass -cut- tin Thr tile dram- loans tmallin• 537 400 were ap- proved su -est to provincial monies hem' ' callable `/ -c' ' irk A IUCCESSFUL SIT -ON — A novel promotion by Mt. Carmel Kawasaki. motorcycle dealer Don Darling created plenty of in-' ter st over the weekend, Recent purchasers of motorcycles participated in o sit -on -it with the one able to outlast the others win- ning his or her purchase price back. Shortly after the sit -on began Darling it shown with Robin Jordon, Holley Whitney, Donna Unwin and Debbie Stiles. The winner was Debbie Stiles. She was declared champion at 7 a.m. Tuesday completing 65 hours on her bike. • T -A photo