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Times-Advocate, 1985-02-20, Page 1Apartment complex proposed A proposal to build a 16 -unit apart- ment building on the north-west cor- ner of Simcoe and Edward St. cleared two hurdles this week. Acting on a recommendation from the planning advisory committee, Ex- eter council approved a zoning amendment as applied for by Jack Taylor of Stoneyridge Developments Inc. Two neighbouring property owners have objected to the proposal and Taylor advised at a committee hear- ing on the application last week that he is awaiting a marketing study before making his final decision on whether to proceed with the project. The three-storey apartment building would contain two-bedroom units and Taylor said they would be oriented to semi -retired individuals. He has purchased lots 1306 and 1307 which have 132' frontage on Simcoe and a depth of 231' along Edward. A single family residence is presently located on the site. His solicitor, K.I. McLean, gave the planning advisory committee a short presentation describing the project. He indicated that the proposal was a higher standard type of complex for the area with an expensive ap- pearance. The use and appearance would be compatible with the area as multiple family dwelling units exist nearby. The owner of the nearby 16 -unit townhouse complex, J. Paul Ducharme, was on hand to advise of his opposition to the apartement pro- ject. He said the townhouses had been set up to be sold as single-family units and allowing an apartment complex to be built near them would depreciate the value of each unit. Ron Moore, whose home would be located between the new apartment building and the present townshouse • • BE MY VALENTINE — Gareth Runnalls-Lichty asks Sarah McAllister - to be My Valentine at o Toddlers Inn nursery school party, Thursday morning. T -A photo Snow -related trash claims Bayfield .man A 33 -year-old Bayfield man was killed Saturday night when he was struck by a vehicle while standing beside his disabled pickup truck on Highway 84 between Hensall and Zurich. _ entered the ditch just east of Huron Road 31 and was just getting back in- to the vehicle after it was pulled out when he was hit by a car driven by 17 -year-old Paul Campbell, RR 2 Zurich. Hartman's pickup was in the west- bound lane of the highway and was facing east and had its lights on. As Campbell approached through the heavy snowfall and drifting con- ditions. around 9:30 p.m., he spotted the headlights of the vehicle in his lane and pulled to the right and struck Hartman as he was opening the driver's door on his truck. Hartman was tossed through the windshield of Campbell's car between the driver and two passengers in the vehicle. The Bayfield man was pronouced dead at the scene by Coroner Dr. Adam Flowers, Clinton. Campbell sustained minor injuries . in -the fatal crash and damage to his vehicle was set at $2,000. The collision was one of five in- vestigated by the Exeter OPP during the week, many of the others also be- ing partially blamed on snow and is On Monday, vehicles driven by Heather Love, RR 3 Parkhill, and Wilfred Berdan, Exeter, collided on Highway -4 north of the Kirkton Road. Damage was set at $2,000. Damage was estimated at $6,000 in the only collision on Wednesday, it oc- curring on Highway 83 west of Dashwood. Vehicles involved were drvien by James Jean, Grand Bend, and Margaret Nicholson, Dashwood. On Thursday, vehicles driven by Peter Van-Nynatten, RR 1 Sebr- ingville, and Julie Mock, Hensall, col- lided on Highway 4 north of Exeter. Damage was $1.400 . Th final crash was on Saturday, when a vehicle driven by Yvonne Glaskin-Clay, Grand Bend, struck a snowbank and flipped over onto its roof after striking an icy portion on highway 83 about two km. east of Iluron Road 2.. The driver sustained minor injuries . and damage was listed at $2,000. complex, opposed the project on the basis of being located between the two R-3 zones. He cited his concerns over the lack of privacy, as well as the traf- fic and noise factors involved. Alex Meickle was concerned with the proximity of the parking area to the north lot line and he was advised that the parkinbg area at the apartment facility would be paved, have appropriate drainage and a planting strip would be provided as a buffer along the northern lot line. Entrance to the apartment building would be onto Edward St. as indicated on the site plan. Following a general discussion, the committee agreed to recommend the zoning amendment to council based on the reasons that the project ap- pears compatible to the surrounding area, there was no major land use concern from property owners, it con- forms to the official plan by providing a wide variety of housing types and traffic routes are sufficient to disperse traffic flow. 4 ,y .c !`t� ..''.. �?f.�..:tt Ames Serving South Huron, North Middlesex EXETER, ONTARIO, February 20, 1985 One Hundred and Twelfth Year SKATING METEORITES — Appearing as Meteorites for this number for Saturday's Exeter figure skating -club carnival were back, left, Stephanie Baptist, Michelle Birmingham, Jennifer,Cronyn, Denise Kints, Michelle Moore and Chris O'Toole. Front, Sueanne Soldan, Tobi Taylor, Tina Taylor, Barb Tieman and Julie Tieman. T -a photo vocate & North Lambton Since 1873 Price Per Copy 50 Cents Municipalities will pay seven percent more Budget down, area levies up Although the Ausable-Bayfield Con- servation Authority's overall budget is down this year, its member municipalities will pay seven percent more on average. The authority approved a $1.3 million budget for 1985, down from a $L4 million budget because no capital projects are planned for this year. The 32 municipalities in the Ausable-Bayfield watershed will share in the $158,500 to be raised local- ly compared to $148,135 for last year. .The 1985 municipal levy has been reduced by $15,520 which was taken from a storehouse of$168,259 in work- ing capital reserves. The municipalities' share is about 10 percent of the. authority's entire budget. The largest part of the budget is water and related land management. This invo _ - _-. 1 servaibn and surveys"and'stpdies" Water and related land manage- ment budget totals $500,650 or almost half the entire budget. This is down from the $648,187 spent last year. The administration of the water and related land management is expected to cost $218,950. Maintenance of dams will cost the authority $56,200 this year. Conservation services, particulari- ty reforestation and erosion control, STILL TIME TO, ENTER? It's probably not earth shattering news, but South Huron Hospital is still awaiting the arrival of the first baby in 1985. When (or if?) that event does take place, the winner will set some sore of record for belated arrivals. A host of prizes from area mer- chants will be claimed by the winner and the way the race is shaping up. it may not be too late to enter. CONGRATULATE A -B CHAIRMAN - The new chairman of the Ausoble-Bayfield Conservation Authority is Gordon Johnston. The Blanshard township representative at the left is congratulated by Upper Thames chairman John Stephens and Ivan Hearn of Lucan, a former A -B chairman. T -A photo All positions acclaimed Johnston new 1141 chairman Gordon .Johnston representing Blanshard township was named chairman of the Ausahle-Bayfield Conservation Authority at Friday's annual meeting at the new Stanley township complex. west of Varna. Johnson. an Authority member for eight years replaces retiring chair- man John Tinney who has been representing the township of {lay for, the past 18 years. Moving in to take over as vice- chairman is Don Lilhgow of Bosan- quet township. Fred Lewis of London township is chairman and Wilson Hodgins of Bid- dulph is vice-chairman of the Person - net and Finance Advisory Board. Other members are Ivan Hearn. Fred QobbsJr., Allan 11111. Harold Green, Allan Roder, John Deeves, John Tin- ney, Jack Kinsman and Agnes Moore. Bifl Thirlwall from Lobo township and Stephen township representative Cecil Desjardine are chairman and vice-chairfian, respectively of the Water Management Advisory Board. Additional members are Ervin Sillery, Roy .Johnson. Mervyn Falconer, Charlotte Postma, Bill Waters. Brian Campbell, Carl Voek, Bill Campbell and Ross Ballantyne. Heading up the Conservation Land Management Advisory board are is where the authority is putting,its main emphasis this year. Tree planting on authority, private and municipal land as well as a wind- break program is expected to cost $142,500. This is down form reforesta- tion costs last year of $165,000. The authority has put $15,000 in its chairman Clarence Rau, Stanley township and Earl Rees of Ailsa Craig as vice-chairman. Members include Harry Klungel, Lloyd Huffman, John Duncan, Jacob Reder, Keith Westlake, Donald Seegmiller, Joe Gibson, Robert Anderson and Jacob Lagerwerf. All chairmen and vice-chairmen were unopposed for their various posi- tions in Friday's election conducted' by Roger Martin of the London of- fice of the Ministry of Natural Resources. - Tom Prout is general manager 01 the A -B Authority and Sandra Arnold is the secretary -treasurer. 1985 budget for erosion control assistance, down from $22,378 last year. The other major expense under water and related land management is for surveys and studies. Rural floodline mapping for the Townships of Bosanquet, Stephen and McGillivray is budgeted at $50,000. A study of the Zurich drain is expected to cost the authority $8,000 and public information mapping of Lucan, Crediton and the Walker Drain has been budgeted at $5,000. Overall authority administration Please turn to page 2 DISCUSS RETAILING — John Inch, centre, executive director of the Downtown London BIA was in Ex- eter on Wednesday to•talk to local BIA members about the new Masonville shopping centre being built on the northern outskirts of London. On the left is BIA chairman Bob Swartman and on the right is Jim Beckett, who presented the guest with o gift. Plaza offers opportunities for merchants in Exeter The mammoth Masonville shopp- ing centre being built at the (forth end of London will probably cause business failures in that city's downtown area, but retailers in Ex- eter shouldn't suffer the same fate if they get together to take advantage of the opportunity that the new shop- ping mall actually presents for them. That was the message to a meeting of the Exeter BiA on Wednesday from John inch, executive director of the Downtown London BIA. He said the huge two-storey Masonville centre is a frightetling prospect for downtown London retailers, but Exeter retailers are ac- tually in a much better position because the new London mall will be attracting people from the north and many of them will be passing right through Exeter. "You have to come up with ideas to get them to stop here and shop," inch said. Ile opined that the opening of Masonville would be backed by a $200,000 campaign in its first six weeks of operation. The mall will hake Sears and Eaton's as itstwo ma- jor anchor stores and that makes it comparable to Toronto's Yorkdale Centre. its addition to the London retail scene will maintain that city's ranking of having the most retail space per capita in Canada and se- cond only to Philadelphia in North America. inch who directs Downtown Lon- don's c311,000 budget, outlined some of the successful promotions that have been staged by that HIA to attract people to the core area. "Promotions and activities are the mist important things you've got," he advised the local retailers and urged them to make events fun for everyone and to get more people involved. "You can never spend enough on promotion." he added, explaining that Exeter *should strive to create a mini regional shopping ceptre. inch stressed the importance of get- ting everyone in the business com• munity involved in activities, after getting nodding agreement from local B1A officials on his predication that there are probably only 20 to 30 per- cent who now get involved in such things as annual sidewalk sales events. Saying that he had noticed some va- cant stores when he arrived for the meeting. the Londoner suggested that neighboring businesses were in the best position to sell those premises by promoting them. Please turn to page 2 Four area structures collapse under snow High winds and the crushing weight of rain -soaked snow were responsible for the collapse of four structures in this area last week, causing damage of atound 1250,000. The roof of a barn near Granton col- lapsed killing 20 cattle and injuring 50 others. High winds were blamed -for the Tuesday collapse of the feedlot barn, located at Tuckwood Farms. about five kilometres north of Granton. Dave -Wright manages the feedlet, which is owned by Albert Tuckwood of Stratford. He said the barn housed 950 beef cattle, and the roof fell on about 400 of them. Four were killed by the falling steel roof and another 16 had to be shot by the veterinarian mainly because of hmken bones. About 50 injured animals suffered bruises and were taken to slaughter houses Wednesday. Neighbours rallied Tuesday and Wednesday to help remove the cattle and find a safe place for the uninjured animals. Some 138 cattle were left in an undamaged portion of the bpilding. Wright estimated the value of the dead cattle at 120.000. The damage to the barn is not expected to top $100,000. The cattle are owned by six farmers *ho will he compensated. The building was insured. Another roof collapsed Tuesday. that of the General Coach storage shed in Hensall. The roof of the building, which fronts on Queen Street, caved in under the snow. crushing plywood sheets and fibreglass moulds used by the plant. The crash broke the sprinkler system, soaking everything until it could be turned off. and tipped over a nearby hydro pole. /More details elsewhere on the Hensall page). in Birr, the weight of about 23 cen- timetres of fresh wet snow was too much for the roof of a storage shelter owned by Jack Legg. The 110.000 structure collapsed, falling onto several recreational vehicles. The shelter had just been completed last fall. A verandah on a house on Iluron Street in Exeter also fell under the snow. The house, at 68 Huron St. E.. is owned by Adrian Brand, who just purchased it last year. The loss will probably not be covered by the Brands' insurance, according to Mrs. Brand, and likely the porch won't be fixed until spring.