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Times Advocate, 1991-11-27, Page 32Page 32 Times -Advocate, November 27, 1991 $30,000:; OaitOtitt The Lucan Uons Club raised over $30, 000 with its Car Draw on Saturday. Here, president Rob Johnson presents Ed Kincaid and his dog Casey with a $12,000 cheque for Canine Vision Can- ada. This year's winner of the 1957 Chevrolet convertible was John Delosieau of Tillsonburg. Tickets are already on sale for next year's car, a 1964 Mustang. The Lions also donated $18,000 to projects for boys and girls. Approve tender for new water control plant LUCAN - After meeting with of- ficials of the Ministry of the Envi- ronment and the M.M. Dillon engi- neering firm, council agreed to accept the tender of John Hayman and Sons of London for construc- tion of the water pollution control plant. Kitcsh Vaja of OME told council, "You should inform the Ontario Municipal Board that contract costs to date are up seven percent from the figures they approved earlier." Vaja said total costs for the com- bined water and sewage projects were now 10.879 million and add- ed, " I think you should inform the OMB that costs arc up seven per- cent, but you shouldn't have any problem gcuing approval." Reeve -elect Tom McLaughlin suggested, " We should go back for an OMB review process and not ap- proval, which we already have. They don't seem to be concerned with the increases, but with the_ amount of money we will have to debenture." Vaja said the OMB would require information on the amount of re- serves held by the village and how much will be committed by prepay- ment. To this McLaughlin answered " According to our recent survey which was answered by 73 percent of our property owners, 75 percent are in favour of prepayment which will help our finances." The new receve also said he was concerned about the provincial gov- ernment cutting back on funding for this type of project. Hisahm Slim of M.M. Dillon said he felt once government and OMB approval was received and the con- tract let, that the funding would stay in place. Thep was a j fel nce of opinion between Vaja and Slim on whether or not frost traps should be installed on manhole covers. Vaja said OME felt they were necessary. Slim disagreed saying, " This ex- tra expense which could be as much as 54,000 is not necessary in this climate. We know the soil and we know the climate. We can't guarantee that they won't heave be- cause of frost, but I don't think it will happen." lie was supported by works su- perintendent Doug Johnston who said, " We have more than 150 manholes in the village and we have never had an upheaval yet." Although there will be a stoppage of works on the water and sewer projects for the winter, the deadline for works according to the con- tracts is 55 weeks from the start re- gardless of weather conditions. Hotson added, " The clock starts at the awarding of the contract." Fund/ng for pavilion may come locally GRAND BEND - A service club in the village may be assisting with the funding of a proposed recrea- tional pavilion. Monday night at the Grand Bend Council, councillor Bill Uniac sug- OPP called to two accidents EXETER - The Exeter OPP in- vestigated two traffic accidents this past week. Last Monday a vehicle driven by Mary Davies of RR1 Hensall went out of control on Concession 2-3 of Usborne Township and rolled over in a ditch. Davies received minor injuries and damage to the vehicle was severe. On Friday, a car driven by Art Hunking of Exeter and a van driven by Joseph Hippern of Huron Park collided a the junction of County Roads 4 and 21. No injuries oc- curred and damage to both vehicle was described by police as moder- ate. The OPP are reminding motorists that their RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) program spot checks will be operating at various locations in Usbome, Hay, and Ste- phen Townships until January 4. gested the village put a halt to ap- plying for a grant to the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation. "As it turns out, we've been ap- proached by a service club to re- consider the grant," said Uniac. "It may not be necessary to put the grant in." The new pavilion could have washrooms and a confectionary area. Uniac said the service club, who he would not name, was meet- ing Tuesday night. Deputy -reeve Shirley Mitchell said she thought the grant applica- tion was not just for the pavilion. "I thought we were going to put a whole lot of stuff together for the grant. I thought it was for the whole master plan," said Mitchell. Councillor John McDowell was surprised at how elaborate the pa- vilion has come since it was first mentioned. 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