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Times-Advocate, 1988-02-10, Page 1Ames Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Seventeenth Year dvocate & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, February 10, 1988 Price Per Copy 60 Cents THE MAIN EVENT - Eddie Shack and Superstar Billy Graham took time out from signing autographs Tuesday night to do a little horsing around for the benefit of the cameras. The ex -Leaf and the wrestler stole the show at the 15th annual Sportsmens Dinner along with former Chicago Blackhawk Dennis Hull. Sportsmen's Dinner another roaring success for Lions More than 500 area sports fans contributed to making the 1988 Exeter Lions Sportsmen's Dinner a great success. t' It was the 15th annual event sponsored by the local Lions to provide financial support for the Thames Valley Children's Treat- ment Centre and area crippled children. Co-chairmen Jamie Gaul and Joe Rider estimate net proceeds from the February 2 dinner will be close to S7,500 bringing the 15 year total to well in -excess of S 100,000. The three most popular speak- ers were former National Hockey League players Dennis Hull and Eddie Shack and former wrestling super star Billy Graham. Hull who starred for the Chica- go Black Hawks for many years is now director of athletics at presitigious Ridley College in St. Catharines. He is on . a sabbatical from a similar position at Illinois • Institute of Technology in the Chi- cago arca. 'Shack, a former Toronto Maple Leaf regaled the large crowd when he told about his coach Red Kelly telling him to "Go up and sit with them" after the fans were calling "We want Shack". - The rambunctious and erratic skater said he still cannot read or. write, but would be taking special classes this year. He added, " Al- though I have signed lots of cheques, I have not written one." Shack told of turning down more than $10 million for a golf couse he owns with a partner in the To- ronto arca. The original purchase was less than 5100,000. Wrestler Billy Graham who walked with a cane due to a serious hip injury said his ring career may be over. He is cturently the manag- er of another wrestler. Graham was a big -hit with the many youngsters in attendance as he was extremely patient in chat- ting with them and signing auto- graphs. - Danny Lalonde, world light heavyweight champion represented the world of boxing. He has achieved 30 victories during his ca- reer, of which 25 were byway of the knockout route. World champion kickboxerLeo Loucks of London told the large audience, "You must be willing -to pay the price to be a winner" in.re- ferring to the dedication necessary in training. Indianapolis 500 racing drive Tom Sneva said prolonged concen- tration and driving anticipation were necessary to be a . uccessful Others speaking were harness race trainer and dri cr Ray McLean, television fishing show celebrity Bob Izume, Cindy Moore of Exeter who carried the - Olympic Torch recently and for- mer CFL star Glenn Weir who was attending the local dinner for the 14th time in 15 years. Cliff Maxwell of St.Thomas was master of ceremonies for the third time and visitors.wcre wel- comed by Lions president Jack 'Fuller -and Exctcr mayor Bruce Shaw. _ The star of the show was seven year-old Michelle McNeilly of Exeter who represented all crip- pled children as this year's Tam- my. Despite suffering from -cerebral palsy, Michelle is a grade two • student at Exeter Public School and enjoys skating, playing the piano and riding horseback She is an ardent hockey fan. - Wintry weather conditions cause three area accidents Freezing rain in the early even- , ing hours of February 1 was re- sponsible for two accidents in the arca of the Exeter detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. The first at 6.45 p.m. involved vehicles driven by Edward Preszca- tor, Denfield and Sony Lim of London and occurred on Highway 4. The Preszcator vehicle suffered ',moderate damage and light damage was assessed to the Lim vehicle. -Only 25 minutes later, also on Highway 4, a vehicle driven by Susan Lancaster, London went out of control and struck a culvert. Daunage was listed as moderate. A vehicle driven by Edgar Strader of Toronto was severely damaged when it went out of-coptrol at 9.30 a.m., Sunday and struck a tree on Highway 4. Drifting and blowing snow was attributed as the cause of the mishap. During the week, officers laid 39 charges under the Highway Traffic Act and six charges related to the Liquor Licence Act. Osborne concerned by trespassers at pit Reeve Gerald Prout brought the matter of trespassers at. the Webber pit to the attention of fellow coun- cillors at the first regular February session of Usborne council. Snowmobiles and all -terrain vehi- cles have been seen in the pit, de- spite the posting of "no trespass- ing" signs around the site. Road superintendent Ken Parker said the interlopers sometimes take the signs down. The property is fenced,- and the works department has recently installed a gate on the section that goes to McCanns. A steel gate is now being installed at the road giving access to the town- ship shed. Prout will discuss his concerns about responsibility and insurance if someone were injured at the pit with a ROMA representative at the next council meeting on -February 26. - Prout also brought up the matter of paving the: laneway entrance to the ABCA-Usbornc building. The parking lot is in good condition, but some erosion is taking place where the entrance lane abuts the roadway. -Paving at this spot- • shocld stop further deterioration. • Prout suggested the matter cow() be. -,considered . further when the ABCA. is doing other paving, or work is in progress on a nearby road. Council has petitioned the mini- stry of transportation and communi- cation. for a supplementary subsidy of S 1 30,(XX) to be used for the pur- chase of a new road grader. If Vie petition is successful, a grader will be acquired- this year. 'A public. meeting on the toH•n- ship's plans for its sesquicentennial has been set for March 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the15irkton-Woodham Community Centre. A flyer will be included with the interim tax no- tices. . . Councillor Pat Down represented Usbornc at the Huron County Fed- eration of Agriculture "Members of Parliament" dinner on Fcbnrary 6. The hiring of a -summer student- undcr the Involvement in Municipal Administration Program for 1988 • was approved. • Counci1lors.gave verbal support to The Coalition Against Sunday. Shopping -in its efforts to haittl.. "Sunday shopping. VffeeMOMINININWIIME Stephen requests grant for more landfill study Report suggests mayors to county council If a recommendation from an On- tario Ministry of Municipal Affairs committee report is implemented the number of mayors in the prov- ince will be increased considerably. The recommendation, one of 36 in the tenon presented by a five person special provincial team to study thc•county form of govern- ment calls for the hcads of all mu- nicipalities to be entitled mayors. In thc county of Huron, only the five towns have mayors and- the other townships and villages are headed by reeves. The position of reeve and deputy reeve would be eliminated and mayors would represent their -mu- nicipality at thc county level. The report also suggests the number of electors needed to entitle a municipality to a deputy reeve or now a second county councillor be • Business careers • Valentine sweethearts 13 • . GB winter carnival .... 14 • Mohawks lose 1A • • Sports celebrities In Exeter 2A raiscd from 1,000. to 2,500. The rise in the number of elec- tors needed will have no effect on municipalities in the south part of Huron as the town of Exeter and thc townships of Stephen and Hay are well above the required amount. The current system has the reeve in each municipality as the prime representative at county council. Mayors of the five towns do not sit on county council. With the titles of reeve and depu- - ty reeve eliminated, any muni cpal- ity with the required 2,500 or more electors will send a second person to county council under the name of local county councillor. The title of county warden would also be changed to coupty chair- man and thc Municipal Act would be amended to allow county chair- men to be elected on one, two or three year terms. By tradition the terms of county wardens have been limited to one year and they were not eligible for re-election. Other Municipal Act amend- ments would include the provision of a secret ballot for county chair- man and to clearly prohibit substi- tution on county council. Onc member of the reporting committee. Ron Eddy who is Mid- dlesex county administrator said the issue of who would sit on On- tario's 26 county councils was the question most heard at hearings held across the province. The committee received more than 160 briefs in their eight months of hearings. County governments would also be given more permissive powers -to assume any local municipal function if there is substantial sup- port for the move on county coun- cil. The powers that may be taken over by' the county would include planning, building inspections, eco- nomic development, museums, po- licing parks and recreation, public utilities, sewers, water and transit. Asked about this report, Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle commented, " I am sure the town of Exeter will re- spond to this report and seek fur- ther consultation with the Mini- ster." Mickle continued, " I think these proposed changes will have an ad- verse impact on Exctcr and we would lose control of our future.". He added, " Putting an extra work- load on thc mayor could prevent ex- cellent people who love their com- munity from serving. This is Shopping on Sunday opposed by B.I.A. group The Exeter B.I.A, will join the fight against Sunday shopping. This was decided at thc annual meeting Thursday night at the Old Town Hall. Letters will be sent to Jack Rid- dell and Solicitor General Joan Smith detailing the group's oppo- sition to proposed legislation put- ting municipalities in charge of de- ciding whether or not retailers under their jurisdiction will be al- lowed to open Sundays. An advertisement will be pub- lished in the T -A outlining thc board's position that Sundays should remain a family day. Despite announcing her resigna- tion prior to the annual meeting of the B.I.A. chairperson Karen Pfaff relented and agreed to continue in that position for the last year of her three-year term. Pfaff told a small group of retail- ers Thursday the present format of inc ts.t.H. wiur a part umc manag- er was making inordinate demands on her time. 'When I get involved I like to give 100 percent," she said. Present manager Inge Mowatt has returned to school and is not availa- ble for B.I.A. duties on a regular schedule. The board agreed to advertise for a manager to work at least one day per week from an office at the Old Town Hall if Mowatt is not availa- ble to work under the new schedule. wrong." The reeve concluded, "Our mayor is elected to serve the people of Ex- eter, not the county and should be able to delegate local responsibili- ty." A Ministry spokesman said Thursday it was doubtful the report could become part of new legisla- tion and passed before this year's municipal elections scheduled for Please turn to page 2 Stephen -township has received the annual report from the.engi- necring firm of B.M. Ross regard- ing the landfill site on Concession 14. The township has received exten- sions from the Ministry of the En- vironment on a previous phasing out date sometime during 1989. The Ministry is now asking for a more complete study for which subsidies of up to 50 percent arc available.. A bylaw was passed authorizing the imposing of reduced load limits on paved roads in the township ef- fective March 1. Road -superintendent Eric Fink- - Exeter's first mayor dies at age of 82 Onc of Exeter's most distin- guished citizens for the past half century passed away Saturday at the Exeter Villa at the age of 82. Benson Ward Tuckcy, the origina- tor of Tuckcy Transport was in- volved in municipal politics since 1938 and was Exeter's, first mayor in 1951. He first hit the local municipal scene as an Exctcr councillor in 1938. After three :ears on council he defeated W.D. Sanders to become reeve in 1941 and stayed in that po- sition until his first retirement in 1947. In 1951 when Exeter was incorpo- rated and became eligible to have a mayor for the first timc, Tuckcy came back and in an election defeat- ed Jake Swcitzer who had been reeve for 1949 and 1950. His time as mayor lasted only one year. Benson Tuckcy also tried the pro- vincial political field in-between his municipal endeavours. In a regular 1953 provincial .elec - tion, Tuckey running on a Liberal ticket was defeated by incumbent Conservative MPP Dr. R. Hobbs Taylor of Dashwood. When a by-election was called in 1947 following the death of Dr. Taylor, Tuckcy again threw his hat in the ring and was dcfcatcd by Thomas Pryde who went on to en- joy a long career in the Legislature at Toronto. . Tuckcy was involved in many community affairs and challenges, but hisgreatest was probably in seeing South Huron Hospital be- come a reality in 1953. In later years, Tuckey remembered with satisfaction and some glee how he along with other founding mem- bers of the committcc were able to put pressure on suppliers who wer- en't accustomed to dealing with such tight-fisted and hard-nosed buy- ers. In ono instance the committee forced a supplier to discount his equipment seven times. The funeral was held yesterday af- ternoon, Tuesday February 9 from the ICC. Dinney Funeral Home in Exeter. bcincr was given permission to at- tend a landfill site seminar in Woodstock sponsored by Fanshawc College and registration was okayed for the Western Ontario Waterworks conference April 13 in Leamington. • - Council will be obtaining a re- port -from B.M. Ross and Asso- ciates on the bridge on sidcroad 5 in the arca of Concession 4 to have it updated and properly signed for load restrictions., A water connection application from Patsy Grasdahl was approved for property at part of Lot 9, Con- cession 11. Please turn to page 2 Ice Machine funds short by $5,700 Goal S36.300 Optimists.S 1000 Exeter Lions $1000 Exciter lioness $500 Exeter Legion s10.000 - Town of Exeter $5.000 Mons' Rec league s1,000 Molting Hawks - S1.000 Mohawks $3.000 Figure Skating $3.000 Minor Hockey S5.000