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Times-Advocate, 1987-02-04, Page 3SAWDUST FLIES -- Ryon Taylor and Dwayne Finkbeiner tried their log cutting skills winter carnival at Stephen Central School. Holding down the log are Shawn McCurdy, Tommy Connor and Elizabeth Rusell. $20,000 profit in water at Wednesday's Greg Glanville, T -A photo it -Good year for PUC Davis told Commissioners that unknown persons had attacked a pole carrying three transformers at the Hicks well with an axe. "A few more whacks and it would have been gone. They must have been scared off," Davis commented. The transformers serve Usborne School and the surrounding area. The OPP are investigating. The PUC faces a 13.75 increase in workers' compensation premiums this year. Davis said the increase is province -wide. He noted that linemen are in the hazardous job category. and "we have a few fatalities each year. but they don't get in the paper like the death of on -duty policemen". Davis said the installation of the transformers focthe new _EMA-store is almost complete. and "we'll be ready when theyastart building". The past year was a good one for the hydro,department of the Exeter PUC. Manager laugh Davis. informed the regular January .meeting of the Commission that residential electrici- ty consumption was up six percent, and commercial rose 5.38 percent, while the change from fluorescent to high-pressure sodium street lights had resulted in a decrease of 1.6 percent. The new nursing home and an ex- tensive increase in home building ac- counted for the increase. Davis said if the economy continues to strengthen across the province. he would not be surprised to hear the chairman of Ontario 1tydro start talk- ing about "another major station down the road". Davis said the pre- sent trend reminds him. of the good old days when hydro consumption in- creased annually by about 10 percent: Davis said the water department will also show a profit of around $20,000, a pleasant surprise as none had been anticipated at the beginning of the year. Commercial revenue was up, and -maintenance costs -were very low, as no major mains broke down. _Exact figures will be supplied when Get funding • Continued from front page When the matter was discussed at the executive committee session, Mrs. Fuller contended council had to support all groups, but noted that some formula had to be worked out in future so none would be discouraged from getting funds through fund- raising efforts. However, Josephson noted there had been no formula used for the minor hockey and figure skating grants and said council should not penalize groups which go out and raise most of their necessary funds and have only minor deficits to show to council. He acknowledged a for- mula was needed for future years. It was finally agreed to recommend to council that the precision skaters be given the same $50 grant for each of their 19 members from Exeter for a total of $950 and that the ringette group receive $12.50 each for 33 members for a total of $412.50. The latter figure was based on the fact the ringette group had only about one-quarter of their ice time in Exeter and the balance was in Hensall. Merner had acknowledged during his appeal that the group would not expect to be subsidized by Exeter council for ice time at Hen -sail, but did note that it was tough being the last man on the totem pole and the move to Hensall had been necessitated by the lack of suitable ice time at the South Huron rec centre. . Rec• woes Continued from front page were increasing at a lower rate than' • those in Southampton, Wingham ' Seaforth, Clinton, Mount Forest an Campbellford. The average cost per household in those other six in 1983 was $72.7 com- pared to Exeter's $72 and by 1985 the average in the others had climbed to $81.4 and Exeter's was at $76. Exeter also came out ahead in other categories as well. "How much more can you ask us (board) to pick up?" she questioned before (he matter was referred to the executive committee. When Deputy -Reeve Lossy Fuller asked if Hay, Osborne and Stephen were also .receiving copies of Workman's letter, Mrs. Chapman noted that only Exeter was cutting back on funding for the rec centre this year and the other three municipalties were actually increas- ing their contributions. Mayor Shaw pointed out that if Reeve Mickle was present, he would explain to Mrs. Chapman that the new formula was reflectingtictpal use of the facilities and programs. Under the agreement being propos- ed by Exeter, the town would con- tribute $60,000 to the board, Usborne 811,500, Stephen $5,000 and Hay 81,500. Last year Exeter contributed 895,000, Osborne $11,000, Stephen 81,200 and Hay 8800. Under the proposal, minor registrants would be subsidized directly by their respective municipalities and those from outside the contributing area would pay a surcharge. a budget is drafted. but Davis is waiting to get a precise estimate on the cost of chlorinating the Hicks well. Davis said town clerk Elizabeth Bell is investigating the possibility of get- ting a grant under either water quali- ty improvement or a new one directed at clearing up chemical problems. He 'thinks at least the cost of the two hypochlorinators due to be installed in two private homes near the well will be. eligible. Davis will prepare two sets of figures, with and without grants, for the next meeting, as he does not ex- pect to hear of the government's deci- sion untillate March or early April. The timing of the replacement of the 75 -year-old water main under Ex- eter's main street will depend on how much the PUC has to spend on the well chlorinated project.. Davis would like to have the main replaced and given a year to settle before the town's planned repaving program begins. Mayor Bruce Shaw passed on a cdmplaint about the PUC's tree - trimming policy. Ile said ''butcher- ing" was one of the words used. Davis agreed tree -trimming was always contentious. He said no,tree on private property was ever trimmed without the owner's permission. The PUC's current policy is to trim town trees every three years, taking off limbs that might take down lines in high winds. He said he was -proud of the way PUC employees did the job. taking a lateral off at another lateral to avoid die -back, and painting large wounds. He noted that power had never been lost in blizzards because of falling limbs. Davis said tree- trimming has become very expensive since receipt of a directive from the Electric Utilities Association stipulating that the hydraulic truck must be ground- ed each time it is moved during tree- • trimming. Shaw said the utility should be com- plimented on its clean-up, and had just .wanted to confirm that PUC's policy was to trim only to avoid future trouble. One injury iflcrases The area's accident total remained comparatively low again this week with the Exeter OPP investigating on- ly two collisions. There was one minor injury, that being sustained by Mark Penhale, Elimville, who was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Mike Berg, Exeter, which went out of control on Highway 83 on Saturday at 9:15 a.m. The vehicle struck a tree near con- cession 16-17 of Hay ; Township,. Damage to the vehicle was listed at $1,300. The other was on Monday at 1 :00 p.m., when vehicles driven by Amos Gingerich and Richard Stone, both of Zurich, collided on Walnut St. in Zurich. Damage was set at $1,200 in that one. During the week, the local detach- ment officers responded to 38 general occurrences and laid 44 charges under the Highway Traffic Act. 11 under the Liquor Licence Act and two each under the Motorized Snow Vehi- cle Act and the Insurance Act. One person was charged with im- Ha if staff will move More than half the employees in Trott etive Plastics Ltd. plants in Iluron Park and St. Marys will move this year when the firm consolidates the operations of the two plants in Brantford, company vice-president David Scott said Tuesday. Canadian Auto 11'orkers national . representative Bert Rovers agrees With the estimate. ( AW represents about 90 workers at the Huron Park Mei lit y. Union and company represen tat ives have worked out a moving__ allowance package for {hose wishing to go to Brantford and severance terms for those not going. There arc 40 employees at - the downtown St. Marys plant. They are not unionized. Scott said the company's $5 -million project is aimed at installation of new equipment for fibreglass compression and more efficient operation. The firm is the second lar,.est supplier of panels for the truck- and trailer in- dustry in North America. The panels are manufactured in Iluron Park and are trucked about 60 kilometres to :St. Marys, where they are cut apart and assembled. The an- nual payroll at Huron Park has .been about 81.5 million and about 8660,000 in St. Marys. Scott said the building in Huron Park, a facility owned and operated by the Ontario Development Corpora- tion, is too small to accommodate Protective Plastic's needs. Ile said the legal limits for truck size in the United States have increased and larger equipment is required to make •the longer panels. Scott d workers were shocked at i a talk of the move and "people st don't want change," but "people realize now the real logical business move we made". He said all the workers in Huron Park and St. Marys can be accom- ••• modated in Brantford because the firm anticipates increased produc- tion. Another shift was added in --Huron-Park two -weeks ago and the - plant operates on overtime on Satur- days, he said. The St. Marys plant will be aban- doned before March 31. when the lease on the building expires, and the Huron Park plant will close -in -stages between July 1 and December 31. paired driving and another seven were given 12 -hour licence suspen- sions after being stopped for roadside Alert tests. SHORT TERM INN 9100.000 a more. Term 30.59 R Mdays. ON YOUONEY Anrna eugect 10dung85 000425 000. 125.000.950,000 Miele Term without Te,m 3059 days. Term 30.59 drys • Igl STANDARD slak. T UST 386 MAINS S., EXETER 235— 060 Member - Ca1a0a Depos l Insu,a ce Corporal co imes-Advocate, February 4, 1987 Page 3 IWWIu'°,k "�IIIIIIIIiIIIIIIUI�� SUgor �, $QIGe • The 2000% RRSP. 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