Times Advocate, 1992-09-02, Page 19 95
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New approach
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Huron students
head to Alberta
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Grand Bend
farmer dies
in shotgun
mishap
GRAND BEND - A 69 -year-old
man was killed Monday afternoon
when a shotgun he was carrying
discharged.
Ben Wiendels of RR 2 Grand
Bend was pronounced dead after
his .12 -gauge shotgun went off
while he was hunting groundhogs
on his farm in Bosanquct Town-
ship.
Tracks near the scene of the acci-
dent showed Wiendels tried unsuc-
cessfully to return home for help.
His wife Cornelia found him
around 4 p.ni.
Wiendels, who came from the
Netherlands in the 1950's was an
active supporter of community
groups including the Grand Bend
Minor Soccer Association which he
founded.
Reform Party
names two
nominees,
Lobb and
Cornish
CLINTON - With the possibility
of a federal election on the horizon.
a newcomer to the political scene.
the Reform Party, has already an-
nounced two potential candidates to
represent alt' Huron -Bruce riding.
Leonard Lobb and Phil Cornish,
both from Clinton, have been an-
nounced by the party as nominees.
Lobb, 40, a salesman at Becker
Farm Equipment m Exeter, is well-
known in Clinton for his involve-
ment with Minor Hockey and the
Seaford] Harmony Kings.
Cornish, 29, is a Clinton lawyer
and town councillor who sought the
Liberal nomination before the last
provincial election.
There arc two nommauon meet
ings scheduled by the Reform Par-
ty. The first is at the Port Elgin
High School on September 9 at
7:30 p.m. and the second at the
Clinton High School on September
10, also at 7:30 p.m.
$1 million
grant for new
Goderich
womens'
shelter
GODBRIC1I - A women's shelter
will receive a SI million grant to
construct a new building under the
jobsOntario program, MPP Paul
Klopp announced recently.
The Survival Through Friendship
House will use the funds to build a
new centre in Goderich to provide
up to 12 beds for women and their
children seeking shelter from abu-
sive domestic situations.
il'he jobsOntario Capital grant
will provide funding to build a new
women's shelter and much needed
Protection and counselling services
will be available to abused women
and children in Huron County,"
said Klopp.
Construction of the facility
should be complete by the fall of
1993.
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Hurricane Andrew a 'royal pain'
for Exeter woman in New Orleans
EXETER - Brenna Wein of Exet-
er didn't exactly get the work done
she had hoped to on a recent busi-
ness trip to New Orleans.
Wein, a tour organizer for Ellison
Tours and companion Susan Bar-
ber from a Mississauga high school
were checking out accomodations
and attractions for a group tour be-
ing planned for the spring and man-
aged to arrive and depart with hur-
ricane Andrew which npped
through southern Florida and the
United States last week.
"It was too close for comlort,"
said Wein since the hurricane,
-which was heading toward the
Louisianna city when they arrived
last Monday, headed out to the Pa-
cific Ocean on Tuesday afternoon
missing the city. The duo flew out
of the city on Thursday, after the
scare.
"1t didn't actually hit 'the city,
but we got some really bad weadi
er.... The wind was so strong when
the rain came down it was going by
horizontally. It was really scary,"
remembers Wein.
Most New Orleans citizens were
preparing for the worst, said Wein,
taping windows, buying canned
food and bottled water and many
moved north.
"You could sec something was
brewing. We weren't taking it seri-
. ously at Just, but people were pre-
paring for the worst," said Wein.
Being in a church, school or high
rise building were the recommen-
dations from the city but Wein and
Barber were on the first floor of a
downtown hotel and were con-
cerned about flooding since the cit'
is below sea level. Tornados wen
also being monitored.
"After it was downgraded to a
tropical Storni, they were womed
about tornados. The smaller cities
outside New Orleans were hit by
tornados. That's what caused most
of the damage," reports Wean.
What damage was caused in the
city made it impossible for Wein to
continue on with business a.s usual
hourist attractions were definitely
not operating and Wein says it way
even difficult to get breakfast on
Wednesday morning.
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Grants now
available to help
hold back erosion
EXETER - in a season of record-
breaking rainfall, the Ausable-
Bayfeld Conservation Authority is
encouraging district residents to
take action against erosion on their
property.
Available to owners of non-
agricultural land within the
ABCA's watershed boundaries, the
Erosion Control Assistance Pro-
gram offers funds and technical
support to save soil and repair wa-
terways.
Landowner's whose properties
show evidence of minor erosion
problems - sedimentation in water-
courses, rills and pooling of water
in fields, loss of soil through wash-
outs and streambank collapse -
may be eligible for a 55% grant
from the ABCA.
Extension Services Manager,
John Schwind, points out that
Lakeshore erosion is not eligible for
the program mainly because the
cost of such an extensive project
would exceed the maximum COSI of
$16, 500.
The Conservation Authority of-
fers additional assistance in the
form of technical advice, project
design, construction and a full
year's maintenance following pro-
ject completion. Arrangements can
also be made to accommodate
property owners who wish to un-
dertake construction themselves.
Robert Traut, Extension Services
Advisor with the ARCA, recom-
mends that landowners consider
applying before the end of the sum -
mer.
"That will allow time for survey-
ing and project design this fall. so
that construction can proceed next
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Grand Bend ice
heads to Florida
GRAND BEND - Thanks to Best's Ice Manufacturing of Grand Bend.
victims of Hurricane Andrew in Homestead, Florida may soon be able to
preserve their food again.
The terrible storm which left thousands of people homeless last week,
also left a part of the state without electricity .
Five thousand bags of ice, at a cost of about $7,500 (U.S ). were loaded
upon a refrigeration truck early Saturday morning. It took two days to
make the ice.
Al Best, owner of the ice making plant, arranged the truck owned by his
partner from Wisconsin to re-route its trip to Grand Bend. The truck was
on its way to Honda for re -sale anyway.
The ice was donated to the American Red Cross along with some ice -
making equipment and five layers of plywood.
SeaTch on for missing
man, police report
EXETER - The Exeter Police De-
partment is working closely with
Orillia police in search of a 37 -
year -old- male client of the South
Huron Community Living's Sup-
portive Independent Living Pro-
grani.
Although local police would not
release his name, they said he was
reported missing August 22.
In other incidents investigated by
the Exeter Police, they are looking
into the theft at Oscar's Video on
Main Street. On Wednesday, a
VCR and movies were stolen.
Police were kept very busy Satur-
day as they were called to several
domestic disputes as calls were reg-
istered from addresses on Huron St.
W; Carling St.; Sanders Sc. W; and
Albert St. Charges are pending in
these incidents.
The same night, police were
called to a mischief complaint at
the Good Times Bar on Main St. S.
and two disturbance calls at the
South Huron and District Hospital.
Police arrested 22 -year-old Willy
Hoover of Exeter on two counts of
creating a disturbance. He will ap-
pear in Exeter coun on Sept 22.
Exeter police investigated 35 in-
cidents this past week.
Conservative leader visits Exeter
Mike Harris promises to overhaul provincial
governnt, cut taxes, drop legislation
By Adrian Harte
T -A Editor
EXETER - Provincial Progres-
sive Conservative leader Mike Har -
ns brought his message to town
Monday, and although years 'away
from an election, Harris said he has
learned he must begin his campaign
now. The 37 days he was given in
the last election weren't enough to
convince voters of his agenda, he
said.
Hams, touring through Perth and
Huron Counties spoke at a "round
table" session with Exeter business
leaders at the Old Town Hall Mon-
day afternoon. He started by ex-
plaining he wanted mostly to out-
line his "positives and alternatives,
as opposed to just criticizing what
is going on."
"I don't blame Bob Rae for most
of the tress were in. We were in it
before he took office," said Harris,
but nevertheless offered several
harsh criticisms of the NDP regime
during the afternoon.
The PC leader started by pointing
out he does not believe the theory
of many economists and politicians
that a recession can be ended by the
govenunent borrowing and spend-
ing.
"We live in a province that bor
rows more money per capita...and
we are worse off than many juris
dictions," said Harris, who argued
that deficit spending only destroys
jobs in the long tem . .
Hams said the public have been
led to trust that governments can
spend money more efficiently and
fairer than the private sector.
"The proof is in the pudding
They cannot," he said.
He said that the $55 billion the
provincial government spends to
day ought to be only $37 billion, of
indexed from 1985 levels (when
the Conservatives were last in pow-
er).
"i don't think life was so bad in
'85," claimed Harris, who went on
to say that the extra money spent
by provincial governments since
has not gone to improve Ontario's
infrastructure, education, or health
care. There are more poor and dis-
advantaged now than, then, he said
"Every time we spend a billion
dollars on government housing.
we've got a bigger lineup waiting to
get into it," said Harris, who conun-
ued by promising that the next Con-
servative government will cut gov-
ernment spending back, allowing it
to balance the budget, reduce busi-
ness taxes, and possibly even elimi-
nate the sales tax.
"We can cut taxes. We can bal-
ance the budget. We can deliver
government services,..if we stop
trying to be all things to all peo-
pk," said Hams.
Harris said he believes, overall.
in "a common-sense free market
message. A business has to be able
to make a buck, and it has to be
able to keep it too."
Harris pledged, that if elected, his
government would definitely scrap
the current NDP reforms to the La-
bour Relations Act, and scrap pay
equity and employment equity leg-
islation.
"The marketplace will tell you
what people are worth," he said.
In response to a question about
whether or not such reforms would
appear after the election, Harris re-
plied by saying the toughest part is
not keeping the promises, but get-
ting elected on such a platform.
'Teeple say how do you get rid
of a civil servant?'...?tow do you
get rid of a bill?'.,,'how do you cut
Imes?' - the track record isn't that
PDC .Iggend fftrria, but promised
he wo4ki do just that
"We've allowed the left, the so-
cialists to define things." said Har-
ris, who insisted it is hard to run a
campaign against pay equity with-
out seeming anti -women, or to
speak out against rent controls
without seeming anti -tenant
He emphasized that government
intervention in the private sector
only harms the economy. Rent
controls, for example, he claimed
have pushed the private sector
away from accommodation so the
govenunent now has to spend bil-
lions on co-op housing, geared to
income government housing, and
other means to create housing.
But Harris said running a 37 -day
campaign against such things is dif-
ficult because of the negative per-
ception they can create. He said he
was the only Northern Ontario
MPP to speak out against grant pro-
grams for the notrth, a stance that he
said appears unpopular, but got him
re-elected time and again by people
who understood his message.
"1 haven't seen a grant in North-
ern Ontario that actually brought a
job to Northern Ontario that some-
body wasn't going to do anyway,"
he said.
The PC leader said it is a "lonely
fight at Queens Park" against the
present government because he ac-
cused the Liberals under Lyn
McLeod (who visited the Exeter
area three weeks ago) of limiting
their criticism to calling NDP pro-
grams "not enough" or "not at the
right tune".
Harris quoted from an article
which said a city's fuefighters
would be hired tram a testing pro-
cedure which required 85 percent
marks from males, or only 70 per-
cent from women or disadvantaged
groups under the guise of affirma-
tive action hiring.
"This is nonsense....This isn't
changing the attitudes that we the
problem," challenged Hams.
He also criticized Ministry of the
finvirortment policies. Without
likely knowing of the currant land-
fill selection process that has been
underway in Huron for the past
three years, Harris accused the min-
istry and govenunent of losing
"sight of standards". He said the
province should dictate a rum set .
of standards and require projects
such as landfills to meet them. In-
stead, be derided the govenunent
for demanding a proofs that hires
consultants, lawyers and ongineors,, r
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