Times Advocate, 1991-11-20, Page 2Page 2
Times -Advocate, November 20, 1991
All hiuu1W�IiJts
returned to council
in Exeter ballot
EXETER - Bill Mickle will be entering his fourth term u Bxetez's
reeve after fending off the challenge of Harry Klungel, a councilor
who decided to make a run for the reeve's chair.
In fact, this election was the first time Mickle has had to campaign
for the reeve's position, having been acclaimed all three times be-
fore.
Mickle led every poll across town and the two ahiance polls to
gain a total of 824 votes to Klungel's 381.
"We're very pleased," said Mickle. "You never know going into
an election."
"It's nice that the people felt confident in me to continue in that po-
sition. I appreciate that."
Being re-elected also means Mickle will be able to continue with
his work as chairman of the association of Ontario Small Urban Mu-
nicipalities, a sub -group of the Association of Municipalities of On-
tario.
However, OSUM will be changed somewhat when Mickle returns
to chair it. The past -chairman and vice-chairman lost their munici-
pal seats in this election as did three directors.
"We hope to be able to keep our balances of the areas of Ontario,"
said Mickle.
Both the mayor's chair and the deputy -reeve's position were filled
by acclamation this time round, by incumbents Bruce Shaw and
Lossy Fuller.
As for the race to fill the councillor's seats, in which six out of
eight contenders were assured of success, incumbent Ben Hoogen-
boom once again topped the polls with a total of 965 votes.
Dave Urlin, another incumbent who first came to council in 1988,
was another favourite with the voters and gained 795 votes of sup-
port.
Tom Humphreys, in his bid to return to council after a three-year
hiatus also did well in the polls, gathering in 754 votes to place third
overall.
Bob Spears, a long-standing member of the town's planning com-
mittee was successful, winning fourth place at the polls with 677
votes.
Ervin Sillery, another incumbent, placed fifth with 649 votes, and
newcomer Bob Drummond placed sixth with 543 votes.
Not far behind, but unsuccessful nonetheless to gain a berth on
council were Bert Branderhorst and Don Winter, with 530 and 500
votes respectively.
Hoogenboom was elated with his win.
"I'm still on top here, walking on a cloud," he said. "I'm in the
winning column now. I've lost three elections and I've won four.
He attributed his success in the polls to the possibility that his
flower shop keeps him in town and accessible to ratepayers.
Re-count for councillor in Lucan
LUCAN - While the 1991 munic-
ipal election was held last week,
the new council in Lucan is still not
known.
Following a very close vote in
the councillor's race, a re-count will
be done on Tuesday at the munici-
pal office at 9 a.m.
At the election, local` taxpayefa;
re-elected incumbent Bryan Smith
with 558 votes who joins newco-
mers Reg Crawford with 316 votes.
However, the third councillor
will not be determined until after
the re-count as Rob Brady had 311
votes and Cheryl Leyes who re -
Other results from the
quested the re-count, had 309L
Finishing out of the race were
Michael Anderson, 226; and Janice
Silver 222.
Tom McLaughlin has moved up
from being a councillor to taking
over as reeve while incumbent Har-
ry Wraith was ]aimed as the'
Tomes re-elected
Weber wins race
for Stephen deputy
STEPHEN TOWNSHIP - WhiIe
the biggest story coming' out of
most municipalities is the race for
the head of council, in Stephan
Township the biggest upset came
for the seat of deputy -reeve.
Gary Baker, the incumbent, was
defeated by Bill Weber. Baker had
262 votes, Steve Pertschy, 455; and
Weber, a councillor on the last
council, received 610. In Stephen,
there was a 38 percent voter turn-
out.
"I wasn't real surprised, I was
pleased I travelled the whole town-
ship and I did my legwork," said
Weber.
He said taxes is a major issue.
"The big concern is to hold the
line on taxes, it has to be. The
township is in good shape .with re-
serves."
Weber will join Tomes as the
township's representatives in Gode-
rich on Huron County Council.
"I think it will be an interesting
challenge. I kind of have an idea of
the time involved, my father was
on council nix years ago." ' .
The 1991 municipal election was
nix** one attar as the number
of candidates goes as Tom Tomes
was re-elected as reeve by defeat-
ing Kenneth McCann 755 to 593.
Besides the three running for dep-
uty -reeve, there were seven vying
for three councillor seats. Harvey
Ratz, 796; Wilmer Wein, 682; in-
cumbent Gary Eagleson, 637, are
the new councillors.
The unsuccesful candidates were,
Drew Robertson, 598; John Bier -
ling, 446; Murray Reid, 179; Mark
Laye, Sr. 169.
Wein, the retired clerk -treasurer
of Stephen Township is knowledge-
able on municipal affairs.
"I think it will be a benefit to the
ratepayers," he said of his experi-
ence.
Running in his first municipal
election, Wein gathered the second
most votes for councillor.
"I'm surprised I got so many
votes. I'd hoped I'd get in."
He 'does not have immediate
p�kcal swat 4t ed
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'One If the biggest surprises came work done, such ati the beaudfica-
in the Hydro Commission vote as don of the police villages.
Larry Hotson, reeve on the out go-
ing council, received just 256
votes. The commission members
are Andy VanGeel, 609; and Joann
Trudgen, 573.
1991 municipal election:
HURON COUNTY
Hay Township:
REEVE: Lionel Wilder (acclaimed)
DEPUTY -REEVE: Murray Keys (acclaimed)
COUNCILLORS: James Love, S43; Blaine Ducharme, 449;
Gerald Shantz, 444; Jody Durand, 362; Donald Geiger, 266.
Stanley Township:
REEVE: Howard Armstrong (acclaimed)
DEPUTY -REEVE: Jack Coleman, 351; Richard Erb, 347.
COUNCILLORS: Bill Dowson (acclaimed), Jack Dm R (hsed)
Mur T*jipr (acclaimed).
Zurich :
REEVE: Robert Fisher (acclaimed)
COUNCILLOR: Margaret Deichert (acclaimed), Dwayne Laporte
(acclaimed), Barb Jeffrey (acclaimed), Keith Semple (acclaimed).
lima&
REEVE: Cecil Pepper (acclaimed)
COUNCILLOR: Jeff Reaburn (acclaimed), Butch HotYtnan (ac-
claimed), Richard Packham (acclaimed), Bob Seaton (acclaimed)
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION: Coog Knight (acclaimed), Gary
Maxwell (acclaimed).
Usborne Township:
REEVE: Pat Down (acclaimed)
DEPUTY -REEVE: Margaret Hern (acclaimed)
COUNCILLOR: Robert Morley, 340; Ken Oke, 287;
Brian Hardeman, 216; Carolyn Bradford, 202.
Tuckersmlth Township:
Bili Carnochan (acclaimed)
E PUTTY REEVE: Robert Bradford, S26; Rowena Wali o.395
LOR: Larry McGii'iUii, i79; Bill Dejow& NS=
Doug Smith, 462; Robert McLeod, 354.
LAMBTON COUNTY
Bosanpuet Township:
MAYOR: Fred Thomas, 1,093; Les Hosier, 700.
COUNCILLOR: John Russell,l,203; David Pugh,1,086; Raymond
White, 1,045; Jack Lasenby, 997; Harm Douma, 808;
Barry Tidball, 535.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Biddulph Township:
REEVE: Earl French (acclaimed)
DEPUTY -REEVE: Jim Shipley, 547; Wilson Hodgins, 196.
COUNCILLOR: Paul Wallis, 644; Jim Barker, 517; Herman Steffens,
512; Loretta Shaw, 218; Peter Nippe, 95.
REEVE: Charles Corbett (acclaimed)
DEPUTY -REEVE: Wesley Hodgson (acclaimed)
COUNCILLOR: John McAlpine, 552; Una Amos, 408;
Alan Cunningham, 380; Norma Thompson, 192.
4gfii:
Heywood Wins
Incumbent Board of Education
trustee Bonnie Slaght was beaten
handily by Bob Heywood who
gathered 769 votes compared to
347 for Slaght.
"I was surprised, but I did a lot of
leg work. Exposure is the big
thing," said Heywood who feels he
is well known in the township.
He believes having three school -
aged children himself, might have
helped to win the election.
"I heard a lot of people say
'you've got three kids in the system
so you're closer to it'."
Now that he is elected, Heywood
would like to see the image of
school boards just being paper
shufflers change. He said all the
boards across the province have to
work together.
"It's time the boards start to be
more actively involved to get legis-
lation where there can't be any
teachers' strikes."
Five convlctlons
in Exeter court
Ida
EXETER - Five people were sentenced in the
Ontario Court of Justice Judge's court last Tues-
day morning at the Exeter Legion.
Judge R.G.E Hunter found Kirk Clayton guilty
of failing to stop for police and dangerous opera-
tion of a motor vehicle on June 22. Clayton was
fined a total of $1,000. Another charge of driv-
ing while under a suspended license was with-
drawn
BAC over SO
Dianne Durward was fined $750 and given a one-year driving sus-
pension after pleading guilty to driving with a blood alcohol count
over the legal limit of 80 mg per litre on September 29.
Pop machine theft
Edward Stahlbaum and Robert Ripley were both fined 5500 for at-
tempting to steal the pop machine from the Derby Dip drive-in res-
taurant in Exeter on July 19. Charges of mischief were dismissed.
Threatening, mischief
David Wright of Hensall was fined a total of $400 for uttering
threats against his estranged wife and causing mischief to a parked
car and contents on the moming of August 3. Wright was also
placed on 12 months of probation.
Narcotic
William Palmer pleaded guilty to possession of a narcotic on Au-
gust 30. He was given the choice of paying a $100 fine or spending
five days in jail.
rte, eseM. aandiIast Mcnday'5. n111,1710*,elegtIota :in Stephen townphlp Nae.::
shown here •congratul f other. �rdmthe lit ere councillor WUmar Willi,. deputy reeve
,Blll Weber, reeve Tom Tomes, councillors Gaty Eagleson and Harvey Ratz and Huron Board of
Education trustee Bob Heywood.
Lawson first Grand Bend mayor
By Fred Groves
GRAND BEND - Businessman
Tom Lawson is the new mayor of
Grand Bend.
Tuesday night, Lawson defeated
incumbent Bruce Woodley to be-
come
o-come the first mayor of this Lamb -
ton County village.
The mayoralty race was expected
AO be a fairly close one but Lawson
received 720 votes, Woodley got
156 and Todd Desaulniers, 28.
Not only does Grand Bend have
its first ever mayor, (to replace the
title of reeve) but residents voted
for nearly an entirely new council.
Only incumbent councillor Bill
Uniac survived the rout by a slim
11 votes.
Cam Ivey led the vote for coun-
cillors with 761, Ed Fluter, 549;
Phil Maguire, 424; and Uniac with
417. Defeated were Don Boyes,
406; incumbent John McDowell,
242; Gord Bryan, 183 and Angelo
Maraca, 67.
Grand Bend hada 55 percent vot-
er turnout, extremely high when
compared to the provincial turnout.
"Unn"I hue ,bole tbig was done,
I didn't know," said Lawson, whose
bid for mayor was his fust election
attempt.
Tuesday night, he rmssed village
co-operation int"" ,nd exter-
nally and is an- d good
relations with neighbouring town-
ship's, Bosanquet and Stephen.
Grand Bend has been in boun-
dary negotiations with both town-
ships for several years and recently
county council voted in favour of
Grand Bend annexing small por-
tions of Stephen and Bosanquet.
If that is approved by the Minis-
try of Municipal Affairs, another
election may be held in a year to in-
clude the new voters.
Grand Bend has been besieged
with many major issues including
annexation and the Archie Gibb's
beach. Lawson is looking into the
future.
"We want to improve the image
of Grand Bend so we can make a
better place for visitors and resi-
dents," said Lawson.
In his acceptance speech to a
large gathering at the Legion, Law-
son praised the efforts of the past
councif.
"I don't think we can overlook the
effort that people have put forward.
I strongly believe Bruce's [Wood-
ley] hands were tied because he had
a council that was not supporting
him."
"We seen some exciting things
ahead but these folks [last council]
have laid the framework and we._
1�av0 to catty on with it," slid Law.
son.
Reducing spending has been a
priority in the 1991 election and the
mayor said he will have to sit down
with all the committees and take a
hard look at the budget.
"We have a cursory understand-
ing [of the budget] but I think we
have to bring the committees to-
gether to get the budget down. We
would like to have that completed
by December."
Of the five positions on council,
only Woodley. Uniac and McDow-
Gid Bend's first mayor, Tom Lawson, left; Wes Coilgratulat-
ed by Incumbent Bruce Woodley Tuesday night moments after
the final results were In.
AK1NVt%TWINTS
574.2773 n..;.• • 1-600•265.550.5
ell were seeking re-election. The
new council will certainly have a
challenge on their hands.
"I think it's a challenge, but I we
-have some Continuity with the ad-
ministrator, Paul Trnbull, and will
rely heavily on him."
Turnbull is the third clerk -
administrator the village has had in
the past three years.
Expected it: Moments after the
official announcement was made.
Woodley said he was not overly
surprised at the outcome.
"I figured it would be quite a dif-
ference but i didn't think it was go-
ing to be as much as it was. I
thought there was going to be a fair
spread but not that far," said Wood-
ley.
He said council went through a
lot of tough issues and it did make
headway but suggested maybe their
attempt to resolve the big problems
didn't come quick enough for some
voters.
"I still think we're in the right di-
rection and I believe the residents
think we're in the right direction. If
there was one failure, I wasn't able
to hold council together. Everyone
was going, in come extent, in their
own direction -Although I think we
were working towards a common
purpose we couldn't work togeth-
er."
Woodley, a London postal work-
er, said he will request to be part of
various committees including the
harbour committee and wants to be
the village representative on the
conservation authority.
"I do have a sailboat that I have
not used. I'm going to be taking a
vacation."
TIIANKS
to the Exeter voters and
helpers for the
confidence you have
placed in me.
Ervin Sillery
t