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Times Advocate, 1989-08-30, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, August 30, 1989 Negotiations continue for home show rentals EXETER - A recent motion from Heimrich said, "We were unaware the Rec Centre Board to charge the of this decision and don't know how Exeter Optimists two-thirds of the it was made. We would like more total cost of placing boards over the time to workout the problems." Rec Centre ice surface for the 1989 Heimrich continued, "We feel for Home and Garden Show was tabled the hockey 'teams and don't want Monday night. them to play their home games out The board decided to rent boards of town. from the Ilderton Arena if any of He added, "We think the hockey the Exeter hockey teams are still in teams should be responsible for the playoff heat when the Horne and some of the costs. We are a guaran- Garden Show rolls around. teed tenant and the show brings a A delegation from the Optimits lot of money into town. questioned the decision by the Rec Deputy reeve Lossy Fuller added, Board. "I agree that the hockey teams • One of the spokesmen Mark should have some responsibility." Five accidents for area OPP detachment EXETER - Officers of the Exeter detachment of the Ontario Provin- cial Police investigated 60 general occurrences during thc past week which included five motor vehicle accidents. At 12.15,p.m. on Sunday, Au- gust 20, a vehicle driven by Shau- na Whealy, London Icft Highway Receipts available for Essex relief 81 near. Greenway and struck the ditch. Minor injuries were sus- tained by the driver -and a passenger Stephen Wallace, also of London. Wednesday , a vehicle operated by Heinz Schleicher of Huron Park suffered moderate damage when it struck a fence at the junction of - Huron road 21 and Concession road 2-3 of Stephen township. Vehicles driven by Beatrice Scars, London and Arnold Mitch- ell, Godcrich collided Thursday on Highway 21 in Hay township. • Damage was moderate. In the first of twaSaturday mis- haps, a vehicle driven by Rene Kel- lerman, Denfield left sideroad 5-6 of Hay township, entered the ditch and. rolled over. The vehicle was demo- lished and a passenger, Mark McAd- ams of Zurich suffered minor inju- ries. In the second, vehicles operated by Roger Peters, London and Rob- ert Berends, Hensall were in colli- sion on Highway 4, near Zurich. During the week, local officers laid 57 charges under the Highway Traffic Act, nine for Liquor Licence Act offences and one impaired driv- ing charge. In addition, five drivers received licence suspensions of 12 • hours each. EXETER - Although the general government committee turned down a request for an Essex Flood Relief Fund donation, council will assist any residents who wish to do so. In presenting a report Monday night, Deputy reeve Lossy Fuller said, "If any of our residents wish to help we will encourage them by providing tax exempt receipts at the town municipal office." A donation of $50 will be made to the Huron. County Plowmen's Association to be used for the annu- al plowing match to be held at the Tuckcrsmith township farm of Bob Bell. 00 Off To France - Cheryl Hockey displays the passport and visa sh needs to enter France for a 10 -month stay. Studying in France EXETER - Cheryl Hockey flew to Paris' Orly airport on Monday. The_ adventuresome 18 -year-old wi be spending the next 10 months in France. She will be staying with a family in Le Mans, site of the famous annual - 24-hour automobile racc. However, she will not be at the track; she will,be attending a 2,000 -student secon- dary school to take the French Cheryl has exchanged a numbc what lies ahead. She knows her schedule will dif- fer from the one she is accustomed to at SIIDIIS. School hours will be from 7:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. She will also be in class Saturday mornings, but off Wednesday after- noons. She will not know what subjects she will be studying until she gets there. - poia ;once is sponsored by the Educational Foundation for Foreign Studics, a Swiss -based non-profit organiza- tion that has been operating in Canada sincc 1987. She heard of Optimist Don Winter said he had received concerns from a number of exhibitors regarding the cold coming through the boards. In reply to this, councillor Dave Urlin said, -"Arenas in many cities cover their ice surface with similar boards for a variety of events. Urlin said the Optimists were welcome to go to Iiderton to ob- serve installation of the boards at the arena there on September 26 and during the fair on September 29 and 30. Reeve Bill Mickle agreed saying "That's a valid suggestion to study the Iiderton situation. I think this should be tabled until the involved parties work it out." Heimrich agreed, "We are.will- ing to play ball with all groups. Many of the hockey teams are re- cipients of our donations each year. Winter added, "Right now 31 youth groups benefit from the Op- timists and we want this to contin- ue." Counsellor Dorothy Chapman commented, "I can vouch for the Optimists. They are there when youth groups need them," and Ur - lin added, "Nobody can disagree with what the Optimists do." • Stephen okays manure bylaw CREDITON - At its latest meeting, Stephen township coun- cil gave first and second readings to a draft manure storage bylaw. Seven interested farmers were in attendance and were allowed to par- ticipate in the discussion in re- viewing all sections of the bylaw. Most of the changes to be made before final approval at the Sep- tember'5 meeting concerned word- ings and definitions. Two minor variances applica- tions were approved. Ron Miller will be allowed to construct an unenclosed patio at the rear of his White House Restaurant property at part of Lot 7, Lake Road West Concession. John Muller's application at part of Lot 8, Concession 17 calls for an addition to the barn, closer to the sideyard than the law requires. Permission was given to Gerry Coulter of Exeter Collision to sell automobiles as part of his repair business on the south side of Wa- terloo street in Exeter. The property is zoned . village commercial and his predecessor sold vehicles on a similar limited basis. Council confirmed its previous objection to Bill 199 which would allow funds from Wintario lotteries to be used for purposcs other than for recreation. Earlier, the township supported a city of Toronto resolution and now objection will be forwarded to the province's standing committee on general government. A donation of S100 was made to the Essex county flood relief fund. OPP report GRAND BEND - It was a quiet week in Grand Bend, at least from the perspective the the police de- partments. Both the Grand Bend and Pinery detachments of the OPP reported several liquor seizures on the week- end, but claimed that there was lit- tle trouble otherwise. "Actually, it was one of the quiet- est weekends this summer," said Grand Bend staff sergeant John Car- son. Next weekend, the Labour Day holiday, will likely be different as it marks the last weekend of the sum- mer before --students head back to school. Both dctachmcnts will be stepping up the number of officers on the beat and Grand Bend will be bringing in the RIDE team to help keep track of impaired drivers. Carson expects Labour Day to at- tract about the same number of vis- itors to Grand Bend as the Civic Holiday, but nothing as major as the season -starting Victoria Day weekend member of the Le Mans family, joining a 14 -year-old boy and a 12 - year -old girl. She expects to help with household chores, and has been promised lots of sight-seeing a .lrin .,,-., the onnnrhlnry'"T111'tYf1�1i`^fs^'�Itr`ri«' -•---A•:�- ... . .._ .. \AAAyl wurr til: met til tilt; import by the family, and a counsellor ' Thc total cost of 55,400 covers from the Foundation. If she gets her round trip ticket, all school lonesome or homesick, the coun- fees, any compensation to her vol- senor will be only a phone call untecr hosts for her room andway. But Cheryl is looking for - board, and any other expenses con- Ward to thc next 10 months with nected with living and studying in eager anticipation. She expects France during thc 1989-90 school to enjoy the experience become ful- ycar. Parents Dennis and Carol ly bilingual, and learn more about Hockey arc paying for this, and the world. Cheryl is responsible for all extra Carol Hockey has mixed feelings spending money. about the venture. On the one Cheryl has previously been im- hand, she is excited for her daugh- mersed in another culture, but only ter. On the other, she knows she for a short time. Three weeks in and Dennis will miss their only Holland, and a three-week exchange child while she is away. program in Quebec over the past Cheryl has promised to send back two years, were small samples of regular reports to this paper. chure at SHDHS. Harold Melton, saying the detach- ment will be prepared for a "normal holiday weekend Pre -show entertainment - While the performances before Thursday's Wintario draw did not go on the. air, the audience were still charmed by the "Kokomo" dance performed by Heather Westlake (left) and Kim Redick. Markham suggests cash pay -out May reward titterer -catchers GRAND BEND - Trying to come up with a way to keep their streets clean, village council discussed the possibility of starting a reward sys- tem for people who witness trash being thrown onto the streets, at their regular meeting last Monday night. Public works foreman Bud Mark- ham suggested the idea in his report and would like to see it work simi- lar to the crimestoppers' program, paying out money for -information which leads to the arrest of some- one who is seen littering. They thought it would act as a deterrent. He said River Road, Lake Road and Main St arc, "being used as garbage and brush disposal sites". Markham also said "last week we found 15 hags of garbage at the foot of Lakc Road just left and the prob- lem has been getting bad for about a year now. We must get tough with these people or it will soon get out of control." Council then mulled over what they thought would an appropriate reward and decided on S100. "I think we have to start that to make it worth while. before anybody will supply us with information," said reeve Bob Sharen. Council will obtain some new trees from the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority at Mark - ham's urging. 15 trees will be pur- chased from the ABCA at a cost of S150 plus labor to plant them. The trees will be spread out over the vil- lage limits. * * * * * * * * * Council passed a resolution giv- ing its support for two Ncw Demo- cratic MPs showing it is againgt cutbacks proposed by the federal government and to write the gov- ernment asking it to hold public hearings on the issue. The government wants to cutback or eliminate some VIA Rail runs across the country in the near fu- ture. * * * * * * * * * Council was informed of a new $300 -million Community Water- front Program froi i the Ontario Ministry of Tourism to assist mu- nicipalities with populations of 50,000 or Tess to redevelop, and re- claim their waterfront for tourism and recreational use, The program will offer grants of up to $500,000 and is designed to boost tourism, stimulate commer- cial activity and increase economic development across Ontario. have been approached to help. One box will be delivered to each household and the owner will be re- sponsible for their own box. Council discussed what to do in case someone should lose their first blue box, which will be given at no charge. They weren't sure if they should charge a stiff fee or let the person buy another box at cost. * * * * * * * * * McDowell informed council that revenue from the municipal parking lot has been tremendous so far this year and with one more long week- end this weekend those numbers will go even higher the income is steadily increasing over last year. "Money coming in has just been excellent. I think you all will be surprised with the figures at the end of the year," said McDowell. McDowell said the Ad Hoc Com - mince to look into the parking problems has- been set up, with Nic Carter being named the final mem- ber of the committee from the busi- ness side, and the first meetings will be held some time this week. * * * * * * * * *. Council donated S100 to the Es- sex County Relief Committee 16 help with the devastating floods that hit that arca of the province last month. - * * * * * * * * * A request from Michael For the Triumph of the Immaculate for sup- port for freeing up the money sup- ply for neccessary public works projects in Canada was turned down by council. "I think St. Michael will have to have a few more prayers before we. would ever agree to -anything like that," said Sharon. FINCHER'S IS YOUR :i is vv.,. IICIIrcSChio� TERs�`` QUARlc� If you're searching for Back -to -School' Bari: ns you need not look any further -- - - Frncher•s is your B T S Headquarh with value and selection t0 suit your neer. HILROY BRAND. LINED PAPER REFILLS 8'2' x 11 - SHEETS 200 SHEETS 1 49 V_. HIGH OUALI ....)LOURED PENCIL CRAYONS 12 PACK S 'BIC' OR 'PAPERMATE BRAND STICK PENS 32s 3,'75 r VINYL PENCIL CASES ASSORTED MANY COLOURS OTHER SIYLES TO CHOOSE FROM' :..: r1-.ems.-.r..T►F'A"h`a' _ — ...- __M NVJ 1': "NO�T�� t ititabeftifiriNettelitTtrrtft village during Labor Day weekend was granted by council. Nestea originally wanted to park their truck on the beach to give away fr thought that would be a bad i ca cause people would be leaving the wirr...tU1.Jr List. to dt,ll. r t tFi1P'i " •oa.+rrrar.vr Co•-•;:,inrr1 from front trr,►,b►� after finding out about the error it was in not stopping the work in- stead of negotiating." Councillor Dorothy Chapman commented, "If we knew this was going to cost us more,' we could have cut some other projects. In concluding the discussion Shaw said, "I think the town will pay the $280,000 only. That's the tenure I hear from council." Potter replied, "I can't commit ourselves to $20,000, but I will confer with my partners. I will try and get back to you this week. I guess I'm disappointed we didn't have this meeting before." The company will be allowed to park their vehicle on the south side of Main St. between Huron Street and the beach. They felt no matter where they let the truck stay, peo- ple would complain, but felt that arca would result in the fewest ob- jections. * • * * * * * -* * Councillor Shirley Mitchell in- formed council that the Blucw:,,er Recycling blue boxes have arrived and are to be deliverer± to each indi- vidual household some time this week. She was still looking for volunteers to help deliver the boxes but w'as told the village firemen, — THE E E HY I ll' BINALEk • Ie • E BRIGHT rnr n„r y88 ASSORTED COLOURS j19-9 FINCHER'S HAS THE LARGES1 SELECTION OF -DICTIONARIES INCLUAING FRENCH / 395 .ENGLISH VERSION 'BOOK WORM PRICED FROM AND UP' 1"nu'li Find h ;11 ... 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