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Times-Advocate, 1988-01-27, Page 1• irnes Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Seventeenth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, January 27, 1988.-------------_--------- Price Per Copy 60 Cents Whitefordfirst woman to crec oar�r Jim Chapman has also taken a construe facility. the committee. seat on the Rec board. The General Government Com -Facilities will be chaired by Ken Chapman, a member of the com- mittee and the Facilities Commit- Oke with Peter Snell, Jim Chap mittee which originally built the tee were established at Thursday man and Bill Mickle filling in the ailing building, noted a sense of night's meeting. ranks. disappointment and frustration over Chairing General Government Whiteford is the first woman to the fact that so much hard work by will be Pat Down. Phylis Johnson, be elected chairman of the Rec so many has resulted in a poorly Tom Tomes and Shaw will. 'sit on Board. Long time member Kathy White- ford was elected chairman cab the South Huron Rcc Board Thursday night when the body held its inau- gural dinner at South Huron District High School. Whiteford steps in for Jim Work- man who finished his term in De- cember, After the dinner Mayor Bruce Shaw presented Workmanwitha plaque of recognition for his efforts as a member of the board over the past few years. Whiteford, in her last year with the board, expressed optimism at the end of the regular meeung. "I think we're going to have a NEW CHAIRMAN -- Kathy Whiteford was elected chairman of the South rr . Huron Rec Board Thursday night during their first regular meeting of 1988. Whiteford is the first woman to hold the position. Tom Tomes was elected vice-chairman. good year. I think we got our feet on the ground last year," Whiteford told the group. "We have a handle on what we have to do better than we did last year." The new chairman said Friday that her primary focus for the year will be on the Rec building itself, which is in need of extensive repairs. "The building has to come first," she said, adding that a plan of action is needed immediately, whether the building is repaired in stages or all at once. "It has to betaken care of." Usborne representative Tom Tomes was elected vice-chairman. New faces Representing Exeter Town coun- cil- for this term is Reeve Bill Mickle. Mayor Bruce Shaw will also take a more active role on the Rec Board this year. As Mayor, he is automatically considered to be a member of the body. Both men have served on the board in past years. Asked if he was there to resolve specific issues, Shaw said -he want- ed to look at a few items but de- clined to elaborate. "There have been so many prob- lems that council has had to face over the last few years," Shaw said. "I want to get in there and see what the nature of the conflict is and rectify it beepre it becomes public." Whiteford also pointed to a prob- lem in communication between the board and council. She welcomed the opportunity to work closely with Shaw and Mickle. Responding to the suggestion that the two have, joined the board as trouble-shooters, Whiteford ex- pressed no concerns. "I feel very positive about both of them being there," she said. "I don't feel like they're there, looking over my shoulder." Some tickets still remaining for 1988 Lions sports dinner A number of tickets are still available for the 18th edition of the Exeter Sportsmen's Dinner spon- sored by the local Lions club. Dinner chairman Jamie Gaul and his hard working committee have confirmed a lineup of top notch ce- lebrities guaranteeing those in atten- dance will spend an interesting and enjoyable evening at the South Hu- ron Rcc Centre on Tuesday, Feb ary 2. The headline speaker will be o - mer National Hockey League star Dennis Hull. Hull always able to defend him- self quite capably when it came to on -ice fighting, may have some problems with another of the celeb- rities. Representing the world of wres- tling will be Billy Graham, a for- mer World Wrestling Federation champion. He will probably be seated next to Hull. Professional hockey will have a second representative at the local dinner.Evcryone will be advised to"clear the track, here comes Eddie Shack". While probably not one of the He is getting to be an old hand at best performers the Toronto Maple this chore and those in attendance Leafs have ever had, Shack remains are sure to be entertained with snap - a legend for his ability to stir up the py and humorous introductions. fans and opposing players. One of the most important per - Harness racing will be represented sons attending the dinner will be by Port Elgin native Ray McLean seven year-old Michelle McNeilly who continues each year to be one of Exeter who will be representing of the top standardbred drivers in all handicapped children as this Cance. year's Tammy. If MacLean and Shack decided to Michelle, the daughter of Sharon have a race come Sportsmen's Din- and John McNeilly suffers from ce- ner night, the former hockey player rcbral palsy. Despite her handicap would likely win by a nose. Michelle plays T -ball, skates, rides The Toronto Argonauts will be horses at the Sari Institute near II - sending their star running back Gil derton, plays the piano and sings. Fenerty who was named Cana 'an A grade two student at Exeter Football League rookie of the year. Public School, she is an enthusias- The Toronto Blue Jays will also be tic supporter of the Exeter junior represented. Hawks hockey team. Bob Izume who hosts a weekly All proceeds from the dinner go to fishing series on CKCO television support the Thames Valley Treat - in Kitchener wi 11 bemaking his sec- ment Centre in London and area and appearance at the Exeter dinner. crippled children. Tickets are $40 Kick boxing champion Leo for adults and $20 for for children. Loucks of London will be here A portion of the ticket price is tax along with boxer Matthew Hilton. deductible. Cliff "Ross" Maxwell who oper- Remember : A man never stands ales a photo studio in St. Thomas so tall as when he stoops to help a will be the master of ceremonies. crippled child. Osborne raises pay four percent Four percent pay raises for mem- to ratepayers. The hourly charge for bers of Usborne township council the mower will be $24 for township and municipal employees for 1988 and county, and $35 for ratepayers. were approved at a special council Appointments were also made at meting held on January 19. the meeting. Livestock evaluators The reeve will receive an annual will be Barry J. Miller and Derek stipend of $1,721.20 for attendance Etherington. Fenceviewers will be at the once a month regular ses- Mervin Shute, Murray Dawson, sions. The deputy reeve will re- Harold Kerslake, William Morley ceive $1,415.44, and councillors and Elson Lynn. Each will receive will be paid $1,322.88 per annum. $36 per call trip plus mileage. Members of council will collect Poundkeepers will be Elson an additional $55 for attendance at Lynn, Mac Hodgert, Edwin Shute each special council meeting, and and Fred Miller. The pounds will $36 for attending a board or com- be located at the Kirkton Veterinary mittee meeting for which he or she Clinic and the Exeter Animal Hos- is an appointed representative, plus pital. mileage of 230 per kilometer or 370 Representation to boards and com- per mile. mittees was established. Each member of council will re- Reeve Gerald Prouvas appointed ceive $80 per diem for a full-day to a one-year term as ABCA repre- meeting or a convention or seminar sentative, authorized by council, plus a $40 per diem food allowance. They will also be compensated for hotel costs, registration and mileage. Clerk -treasurer Sandra Strang will be paid $26,904.74. An additional $500 incentive bonus will be paid at year-end for successful comple- tion of each educational course ap- proved by council. Deputy -clerk Mary Ellen Greb will be paid $16,079.96, plus the same incentive bonus. Road Superintendent Ken Parker's salary will be $27,040. Road fore- man Floyd Cooper will be paid $11.52 per hour, and grader operator Dale Skinner will receive $11.41. Both are guaranteed 40 -hour weeks. Rates were also set for part-time staff. Marlene Parker will be paid a lump sum of $2,500 on December 1 for road department office assis- tance. Chief building official, zoning ad- ministrator and bylaw enforcement officer Herman Van Wieren will re- ceive an annual salary of $3,848 plus a car allowance of 28 cents per km. Drainage superintendent and tile drainage inspector will be paid $10.82 per hour plus mileage. Waste disposal officer Daniel Ver- beke shall receive $42.64 per day worked. Dog licencing and control officer Joan Weiss will get $2.05 per dog tag sold before June 1, $5 per ken- nel licence sold, and $36 per trip for dog control throughout the year, plus mileage. The day labour rate is $6 per hour, and a part-time grader operator will be paid $10 per hour. Machinery rates were established. Grader rental, with or without snowplow, will be $38r hour for the township and coun)y, and $50 Industry ......... • TA owner In Cyprus '.». • Twins celebrate 11 • Olympic skl patrol 1A • Hardy Cup continues $A • PAirs rally In Wa landtow .,........ 1!A SELLING A SALESMAN -- Jamie Gaul of the Exeter Lion's Club gives a sales pitch to Jim Guenther of Frayne Chev Olds on the merits of buying' a ticket to the 15th annual Sportsmen's Dinner being held February 2 at the South Huron Rec Centre. Tickets are still available for the crippled children fund-raiser. Robert Stephen, Blanshard town- ship, will represent both Usborne and Blanshard on the Upper Thames Conservation Authority. Councillor Jim Kerslake will be on the Kirkton-Woodham commu- nity centre board, and Ross Ballan- tyne on the K -W swim pool board. Ken Oke and Councillor Pat Down were appointed to the South Huron recreation centre board of management. Oke will receive $36 per meeting plus mileage. Deputy reeve Marg Hern and councillor Ross Ballantync will rep- resent Osborne on the Exeter and area fire board. Kerslake and Bal- lantyne will also serve on the waste disposal site committee. Keith Selves will join Prout and Hem on the property standards com- Please turn to page 2 Stephen township appoints new dog control officer Councillor Bill Weber is a new member of the Crediton parks board and deputy -reeve Ken McCann is appointed to the Stephen arena board and the Grand Bend and area fire board. The resignation of Erma Krueger from the Crediton Community Cen- tre board was accepted. McCann will be the only Stephen representative at the annual conven- tion of the Ontario Good Roads convention in Toronto in February. The 1988 allocation from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications for road mainte- nance and construction has been set at $242,300. This is an increase of 2.1 percent over the previous year. Two road employees will be at- tending the Anderson and Mahoney road schools in Guelph. Cecil Dcsjardine has been reap- pointed as the township's represen- tative on the Ausable-Bayfield Con- servation Authority for the year 1988. Membership was renewed in the Ontario Municipal Water Associa- tion and the following grants were approved: Huron Plowmen's Asso- Stephen township appointed a new dog control officer at the Janu- ary 19 meeting of council 1 he position is being tilled im- mediately by Yoop Grotenstraast, a resident of Concession 13, north of Mount Carmel. He was the only applicant for the position. Council decided not to continue the present lease of the recreation annex at Huron Park. Tenders will be invited from en- gineering firms in the area for the Stephen township road manage- ment study. A report from Kelly and Asso- ciates for a new Mt. Carmel mu- nicipal drain was accepted. A meet- ing will be held February 2 to consider the report. A zoning change application from Harold Finkbeiner at part of Lot 11, Concession 16 was ap- proved, but action was deferred on a similar application from the Pa- tio Motel, near Grand Bend. No objection was voiced to a zoning amendment application in the Highlands 1 arca in Hay town- ship. A bylaw was passed providing�ciation and Huron Family and Chil- for the collection of taxes from... dren's Services $100 each and Huron Huron Industrial Park on a month- Federation of Agriculture $200. ly basis. New councillor Pat O'Rourke was sworn in at the same meet- ing.O'Rourkc wa /named to the CrcditonCounity Centre board, the t tralia Community Centre board, Centralia Parks board and the Stephen recreation board. Five area accidents investigated by OPP Officers of the Exeter detach- ment of the Ontario Provincial Po- lice investigated five motor vehicle accidents -this week. Thursday, vehicles operated by Linda Bildfell, Windsor and James Dietrich, Dashwood collided on the Oakwood Inn parking lot at Grand Bend. Vehicle damage was listed as moderate. The same day vehicles driven by Diane Becker, Dashwood and Lisa Rader, RR 3, Zurich were in colli- sion on Highway 83, west of Exet- er. Damage was also moderate. Vehicles driven by William O'Rourke, RR 1. Dublin and Allan Quick, RR 1 Hensall collided Tuesday on Highway 83 at the in- tersection of Concession 4-5 in London township. Monday, a vehicle operated by Rosemary Selves, RR 1 Kirkton went out of control on sideroad 15, east of Huron road 11. Moderate damage was sustained. A vehicle driven by Karol J. Neil, Huron Park collided with a gate and fence owned by Ontario Develop- ment Corporation on Huron road 21 on Friday. The vehicle was severely damagDuring the week, officers issued two driving licence suspensions of 12 hours and laid 49 charges under the Highway Traffic Act and four Liquor Licence Act charges. Resignation from town constable The strength of the Exeter town police force has been reduced by one with the resignation of First Class Constable Scan Armstrong. Armstrong who joined the local. force about five months ago re- turns to a similar position with the city of Guelph department. Chief Larry Hardy reports adver- tisements have been placed for a Fourth Class Constable and he ex- pects the vacancy will be filled shortly. Correction In last week's report of Exeter court it was stated that a car dtiYen by John Lenting of Hensall was stopped because it was suspected of being involved in a break andd enter instance. Police confirmed this week that Lensing was NOT a suspect. The T -A apolgizes for any inconven- ience this may have produced. • Catch the ice machine fever Goal $36,300 Exeter Legion S10.000 Town of Exeter $5.000 Mens' Rec league S1,000 Molting Hawks S1.000 rMohawks S3.000 Figure Skating S3.000 Minor Hockey $5.000