Times-Advocate, 1985-05-08, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate Ma 8 1985
NEW EXPERIENCE — Area Liberal supporters, including MPP Jack Riddell at the far right, had reason
to smile for the first time in many years cis they watched provincial election results on a TV at head-
quarters in Exeter. Their party scored a major victory and held Premier Frank Miller to his party's fewest
number of seats since 1937.
County will expropriate
property in Tuckersmith
Huron County is expropriating ap-
proximately 1.5 acres of land in
Tuckersmith Township so it can go
ahead with the construction of Coun-
ty Road 3 between Egmondville and
Brucefield.
County council approved the ex-
propriation procures at its May 1
session. County lawyer Dan Murphy
of Goderich said he would immediate-
ly inform the three co-owners of the
expropriation and advertisements
will be placed in local newspapers for
three weeks.
Murphy said 30 of the 32 landowners
along the 9.3 km. stretch of road to be
constructed have settled with the
county at a price 1 $2,400 per acre.
The county road engineer, Bob
Dempsey, said only one of the three
co-owners is holding up the process.
"He wants the value of the land plus
the value of the fence," said
Dempsey.
The $2,400 has included the price of
the fence said the engineer.
The three parcels of land to be ex-
propriated by the county are part lot
29, conc. 6, London Road Survey
which is owned by Merton Keyes of
RR 4, Seaforth, Ruth Carter of
Woodstock and Stuart Keyes • of
Brampton; and part of the east half
of lot 30, conc. 4, London Road Survey
and part of lot 31. conc. 5, London
Road Survey both owned by Merton
Keyes.
Dempsey said that while Stuart
Keyes is holding out, his brother and
sister won't sign, although they agree
to the terms.
Not all county councillors wanted to
go ahead with the expropriation pro-
cess. Goderich Deputy Reeve John
Doherty said it would probably be
cheaper if the county settled with
Keyes for the amount requested.
The county engineer said the road
committee had considered that option
but it had promised the other lan-
downers all an equal amount.
Tuckersmith Reeve Bob Bell also
said the county should pay off Stuart
Keyes.
"We didn't recommend taking the
action without a lot of soul searching.
It's very, very tempting to move on,
it's tempting to go the route and
forget county road 3.
"But it's not fair to condemn
everyone who lives on county road 3
when the work is being held up by one
person who is a non-resident," said
road committee member Russel
Kernighan.
Murphy said once the landowners
have been served with a notice of the
exproriation. they have two options.
One is to approach county council for
a decision and the other is to go to a
provincially appointed hoard of in-
quiry. The lawyer noted the county is
not bound by the board of inquiry's
decision.
Biggest win ever
Continued from front page
Song, which brought a rousing ovation
from his supporters.
"This is your victory". he told the
audience. explaining that few people
realize how many it takes to run a
campaign. "You did it so well," he
continued. noting that the victory was
almost 2,500 votes more than any
margin he had enjoyed in the past. it
was 4.500 votes over the size of the one
he recorded in the last trip to the
polls.
While noting it was impossible to
single out all the workers. Riddell
paid special thanks to a few who had
spear -headed the campaign. par-
ticularly campaign chairman Hogan.
"All I did was follow instructions,"
the MPP said, suggesting to his cam-
paign workers that they had not left
Adelaide
East Williams
West Williams
Ailsa Craig
Parkhill
Biddulph
Lucan
McGillivray
Osborne
Stephen
Exeter
Hay
Zurich
Hensall
Tuckersmil h
Seaforth
Stanley
Bayfield
Clinton
Goderich Twp.
Goderich
Advance Polls
TOTALS
4141
a leaf unturned in their effort to get
him re-elected.
He went on to say he was par-
ticularly "thrilled" to see so many
young people involved and concluded
by thanking his wife, Anita. and his
entire family for their efforts.
"I also have to thank the electorate
for their vote of confidence," he con-
cluded, adding that he was looking
forward to serving the riding and pro-
vince for the next four years.
He said that with a minority
government assured. he would
endeavour to make it work.
Around 10:30, Smith and his en-
tourage arrived to congratulate the
winner.
"It was a good, clean hard-fought
campaign," the Lucan council
member remarked. "We both had
good teams."
Huron-Middlsex election results
Danson
(I hint
23
9
:31
4
9
4
5
:3
18
12
1
1
4
12
13
1
23
8
:36
8
2:11
Klopp
(NUI')
:38
18
19
20
27
48
28
19
:39
98
82
85
50
:17
69
53
44
40
64
45
29:3
22
1.101
•
Riddell
(Lib)
591
:118
268
241
:369
601
:301
516
506
1.240
1.121
,656
:333
327
819
731
45:3
2:38
960
656
2.119
456
1:3.820
Smith
1(M1
:310
175
129
1:37
290
401
492
29:L
190
583 •
63(1
246
89
200
365
263
25:3
1:34
463
:322
1,124
290
7,31(1
COUNTING THE VOTES - + jie
down the figures that added 1 • to
Bryon Smith's compoign workers, and
campaign headquorter at Luton Arena.
ar
Corbett
bad
had the .job of
news. Corbett was
spent
•
writing
one of
Thursday night at Smith
After the expropriation notice has
appeared in the paper for three
weeks. and if the owner takes no ac-
tion, the county then passes a bylaw
taking possession of the property.
By law, however, that possession
takes three months to be finalized.
But, Murphy said the county could ap-
proach the county judge to have the
possession date moved up.
It was noted that construction on
sewers has started at either end of.the
construction project. Dempsey said
the Keyes property is just about in the
middle of the two ends.
The county has been buying up land
in a 17 foot swath down the county
road from existing property lines. The
county engineer said the road
allowance was 66 feet but is being ex-
panded to about 100 feet.
John St.
work set
Exeter council gave the first two
readings to a bylaw, Monday, for the
construction of Jon St. E. to
facilitate the new nursing home.
The final reading and approval will
be given after the bylaw has been ap-
proved by the Ontario Municipal
Board.
The project will be undertaken in
two phases during this year and next
at a total cost of $145,000.
Work this year will include storm
and sanitary sewers, along with water
and hydro servicing. Next year, the
road will be paved and a sidewalk will
be installed along the south side only
from Edward St. through to Pryde
Blvd.
The bylaw calls for a debenture of
$90,000 to cover a portion of the cost,
although it is hoped that the deben-
ture will not be required and the costs
can be recovered from other sources,
such as the tax levy. PUC and
developer fees.
The debenture request was includ-
ed at this time so it could be ratified
by the OMB. Had it not been includ-
ed and council wished to sell a deben-
ture later, that would not have been
possible without OMB approval.
Council members have disignated
$25,000 from the sewer expansion
reserve fund to cover the cost of in-
stalling the sanitary sewers and the
PUC is expected to pick up the $41.000
estimated for water and hydro
service.
Another $:32,000 is anticipated from
the sale of two lots which will be
created when the town closes Well-
ington St. Those lots will be offered to
neighbouring property owners before
going on the open market.
Property owners who will have lots
serviced from the extension of John
St. will also be contributing to the
development cost.
Exeter budget
Continued from front page
police and public works capital. An
additional $8.000 has been ear -marked
for the legal, survey and deposit for
purchasing new industrial land, as
well as $7,000 for an industrial project.
Other items in the budget include:
$1,536 for long-term debt charges on
waterworks/hydro. $21,000 for the
cemetery hoard, $2,000 for charitable
grants. $2.500 for recreation grants.
$8,000 for library maintenance, $8,100
for economic development, $5,500 for
commercial development and $5.675
for property.
As usual, the most contentious issue
of the budget has beer the recreation
department. This year, after con-
siderable debate. council approved a
grant of $89,000 to the South Iluron
rec centre board of management
Last year, council approved $81.610 in
operating and capital funds.
The board had asked for $106.509 in
operating grant this year and $24.253
for capital.
Originally, council had tentatively
planned to give the board a grant of
$95,700. but that was slashed al Mon-
day's final budget deliberation.
Reeve Bill Mickle led the assault,
noting that the $89.000 figure was still
an increase of seven percent and he
said the board had consistent)
received.higher increases than other
departments in the past.
Board member Tom Humphreys
said the cut was unfair. explaining
that.il was Mickle who had original-
ly suggested the figure of $95.700 and
the board had taken steps to use that
figure in their budget deliberations
'The time comes when the dog wags
the tail.'Mickle responded. saying
the hoard had to look at their opera
tion for more revenue.
"It's there (revenue)," he advised
"they have to get out and gel it."
PC party
subdued
A very subdued crowd at Bryan
Smith's Lucan headquarters Thurs-
day night assured each other, "It's
not his fault -- he just got caught in the
tide:. They were referring to the tide
of Liberal votes as Ontario reacted to
the PC change of leadership.
There were a variety of reasons •
suggested for Frank Miller's relative
unpopularity, compared to Bill Davis.
One was that Miller was too old ( It's
normal to replace an older man with
a younger man, and we sort of did
things the other way around").
Another was that it really was Davis'
fault -- he shouldn't have started the
Catholic schools issue and then left.
Several people expressed the view
that "things would have been dif-
ferent with Dennis Timbrell".
The prevailing mood was sum-
marized by oneTorysupporter in the
audience. Recalling previous post-
election parties, he said, "It's so
much more fun when you're
Winning".
At the front of the room, the figures
were going on the board, and they
weren't good. Smith had managed to
win in Lucan proper, but his showing
in the riding overall was less
favourable. As the night wore on, the
crowd grew larger; from about 50 at
9:00 p.m. to 200 at midnight.
The crowd clapped when Smith
entered the room. He shook hands
with supporters who came up to him,
all of whom were reassuring. "You
did a good job. Bryan. You worked
hard." Tom Jaspar, riding associa-
tion president, said "The public has
made a big mistake in turfing the PCs
out. They were the best run govern-
ment anywhere."
Smith and his campaign manager,
Mert Culbert. went to "perform the
disagreeable task in Exeter" of con-
ceding to Jack Riddell. When they
came back, Smith, Culbert and Andy
Van Geel were on the stage.
"This was a trial run for the next
time. Hang onto your signs because
you;ll be needing them again,"
Culbert said. Beth Smith was
presented with roses, and -Culbert
with a plaque acknowledging his con-
tribution. Culbert concluded, "We had
a' lot of fun and we're ready to go
again."
HURT IN FALL
A 22 -year-old Barrie man remains
in serious but stable condition in
University Hospital after falling
about. 453 feet from the roof of the
Lake Huron water supply system
plant at the intersection of Highways
21 and 83 on Friday.
David Christiaans suffered severe
leg injuries in the fall. He also sustain-
ed head injuries but they were not as
serious as first feared.
Exeter OPP said the man was a
contract worker for La Fleche Roof-
ing Ltd., London, and was replacing
the roof on the plant at the time of the
accident.
A heavy machine Christiaans w•a'
using before the accident also toppl-
ed to the ground.
THE SELECTION OF
$
FAMILY
11161110110;
Box Assortments $15.95 To $26.95
Separate Pieces $1.75 TO $5.79
FOR THE SPARKLERS 754TO $3.49
KIDDIES
(THESE ARE NOT FIRECRACKERS)
Th.s. ars family fireworks which may b• let off on your own property
under most local bylaws. We have the largest selection In the area of
family displays and Individual fireworks. (Fireworks will NOT be sold to
persons under 1I years of ago.)
AVAILABLE THURSDAY, MAY 16
In Accordance With Area By -Laws
OPEN
SUNDAY, MAY 12
10 A.M. TO 5 P.M.
i�
MAIN STREET, EXETER
235-2202
HEATHER BUCHANAN MARJ HUTCHISON
Flowers of Hope captain, Heather Buchanan delivering seed
packages and brochures to canvasser Mari Hutchison.
_s.. JI 1).✓I. V11..1/ 1/
/ J
• a., oh riot for do Ps,Iiri /t: of //(N9.
South Huron
and District Association
for the Mentally Handicapped
1
1
Chrsyler Canada
and
Exeter Plymouth
Chrysler
MIOUV1CeS
Chrysler Goes One Better
financing on
• OMNI • HORIZON • CHARGER
• TURISMO • SHELBY • LAZER
• DAYTONA • RELIANT • ARIES
• LeBARON GTS • LANCER • RAM 50
• POWER RAM 50
PLUS
FREE air conditioning and
9.9% financing on Reliant and Aries
FREE air conditioning on
Caravelle F.W.D. and Dodge 600
$800 Off New Yorker F.W.D.
$1000 Off Fifth Ave.
*400 Off Miser 100
Cal Wein
Soles
0
4 11 R1‘1, R
Offer expires May 31, 1985
2 hour on the spot financing
136 Main Sf.• North Exeter. Ontario
Open 8:30 - 9 Men. thru. Thurs.; Fridoy till 9; Snt. till 4
235-1325 collect
"We're changing daily to serve ‘(>0 hem
Bob Laramie
Soles
0
1114141 R
a