Times Advocate, 1993-06-30, Page 1;ta
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Seniors home
unveiled
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General Coach
Specialty buses on
assembly line tri
Hensall
page 5
Summer
4obs look
hopeful
EXETER - The downtown Exeter
area looked a little shinier on Mon-
day as the Exeter:Student Employ-
ment Centre washed windshields to
promote National Hire -a -Student
Day.
The purpose of the event is to pro-
mote the hiring of Students to poten-
tial employers. Approximately
eight to 10 students took part in the
event which lasted -for two hours.
However, the Employment Centre
is pleased to report that the number
of job orders placed with the office
has increased 30 percent over last
years numbers. Over one hundred
students have been successfully
placed.
Many of the jobs have been only
casual work, but students are hope-
ful more work will be requested. If
you are able 'to hire a student please
call the Student Employment Office
at 235-1711.
Lucan
seize drugs
uncovered by
tornado
LUCAN - Last Sunday's tornado
stirred up more than two Lucan resi-
dents bargained for.
Lucan OPP officers uncovered a
hydroponic marijuana -growing op-
eration while checking the homes
that had been in or around the path
of the tornado.
Officers were called to a farm that
had sustained serious damage by the
twister, when the roof was torn off
and the bam flattened. According to
Staff Sargent Bob Erskine, the offi-
cers went across the road to make
sure no one was harmed when they
stumbled across the set up that has
an estimated street value of
$20,000.
Charged with one count each of
cultivation of a narcotic are Richard
Melvin, 22, and Misty Powers, 18,
both of Lucan
Grand Bend
Golden Agers
get $1,500
grant from
Stephen Twp.
CREDITON - The Grand Bend
Golden Agers are getting a grant of
$14500 from Stephen Township to
help with the construction of their
new shuffleboard courts.
Township council approved .the
grant request from .the seniors
group at their June 22 meeting.
In other township business, coun-
cil .agreed to sign a lease with the
canlisio : Development Corporation
so ;Am -an OPP community police
office can be . opened in Huron
Park.
Council also gae the go-ahead
for the construction of the Flynn
Municipal Drain. Tenders are be-
ing called on the project, which
will 'sec the main portion of the
drain built between the properties
of Laverne and Clayton Flynn and
Gerard Dietrich in the township.
The project is expected to cost
about $23,000.
North Middlesex & Lamhtnn
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Wednesday. June 3(. 1993 75 cents
Hur�n facing $4.5 million cuts to education
By OMIserioe`O'Brien
.Marital
CLINTON- The Huron County
Board of Education will be setting
up a financial advisory board on
July 5 to deal with an expected $4.5
million in cuts required over the
next year.
The cuts are due to the NDP's
provincial budget and social con-
tra: t.
"We have to cut and it will be
painful," said Paul Carroll, direc-
tor -designate, in a telephone inter-
view on Monday.
"A tough provincial budget
means we have to find 'between
$1.5 and $2 million."
This is due to a decrease in grants
to the board; and an increase to tax -
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able items as well as insutenee and
benefits: paid to employees, ate said.
The social contract could represent
the additional S2.48 million in cuts
if the board cannot come up with
its own deal before a tentative Au-
gust deadline.
"This means the board loses
about 5248 per pupil," Carroll said.
"In a school of 1,000 students
you'll have to reduce by about a
quarter of a million dollars."
At a special information meeting
of the HCBE at Central Huron Sec-
ondary School last Monday after-
noon, more than 400 full time
teaching staff and non teaching
support staff met to discuss the im-
plications these cuts.
They discussed options such as a
three year wage freeze and manda-
tory 12 days off with no pay. An-
other alternative was an across the
board five per cent wage cut.
At this stage She provincial govern-
ment ;hasn't told the board where
the cuts should be made, but Car-
roll said, there are few alternatives.
"Over the past three years the
board has really cut the budget,"
Carroll said.
"There's not a lot left."
He said that 80 cents of every ed-
ucation dollar goes towards sala-
ries. "We have already cut from the
other 20 cents as much as we can."
The financial advisory board will
deal with these issues in July and
try to come up with a way of mak-
ing cuts while protecting the quali-
ty of education.
"This is quite a profound situa-
tion," Carroll said.
"This could be the greatest chal-
lenge the board has had to deal
with in it's history."
Few cheers for tag program as
distribuligi town
I r . K - A woman arrives at
"OW -desk tl�"desk at the town office to col-
lect her garbage bag tags being.dis-
tributed by the town.
Clearly unhappy, she complains
about the need to be rationing gar-
bage and the need for the tags. Be-
fore she leaves, she promises to
throw out everything she can in her
house before the tag program takes
effect next Monday.
That reaction is fairly common,
says summer student Paula Hohner.
Residents either support the new
waste management program, or
they hate it.
"I think most people are in favour
of it, though," observes Hohner.
"The people who don't agree .with
it are often the ones with .the kids
and a lot of disposable diapers," she
said, noting those families feel it is
unfair to be paying more for gar-
bage collection because they have
young children.
Town staff were going door-to-
door last week distributing the tags.
Due ti a printing shortage, only
Police
Confirm
identity
of body
GRAND BEND - The search
for a London man ended in
Grand Bend early last week as
OPP divers found the remains of
Bruce Sharpe.
There was some speculation
that the lower torso of a body
found on June 19 might be that
of Sharpe and after the remain-
der of the body was found three
days later, police confirmed it
was him.
Cause of death is drowning
and foul play is not suspected.
North of the village, the upper
part of the body was found and
it was sent to the COMIC of Fo-
rensic Science of Toronto
where. through .the Assistance of
dental teoos+ds, was identified as
Sharpe.
- The London school teacher
went missing Oct. 12 when he
left his family cottage in Grand
Bend and said he was driving to
Comiaued on page 2.
iiia 'itis[ kour tags are being deliv-
ered, but an additional 22, one.for
each week until the end of the year
will be available soon.
The first 26 tags are free to
households. If they run out, extras
will cost $2 each. As of January,
1994, all tags will be $2 each,
Which illaded to .represent the
true .cost of .collecting and dispos-
ing ofa bag of garbage at the town
landfill site.
Next year, garbage collection and
the Blue Box program will no long-
er be funded by properly taxes, but
solely though the revenue system.
Leaks patched, town
ran
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- GRAND BEND - Swimmers at tate Grand Bend beach Iastfitiday may
have been disappointed to learn of r sued by>the; ..arnbton
1Countyltlt Unit
Due.io bact .levels signs were, posted<to notify swimmers of
toteaiiitill#t et >tls. ikc G �� dlic allgon Co ty 1eahh Unit
►s the baCt ti, faecal colt s cc ,a +n om humans or
e •rotufit; �trst
into::....
ough Gariepy says that as soon as
clear. up. But, in the meanwhile, atcprdtng ioii y,M es`bbst
law of the water as infections can result. "This type tf bacteria is
pool opens Just in time ?iknoWtt+^tusc ear and eye infections as.well as possibly gastro
#ttttesttttal. infections."
� > The, Health Unit took more water samples Mi ay. but until then,
s:>Crrand:BBend lifeguards, like Mike McCutchen, wilill.a quiet week or
'ugT-VP t hen, .."I'm tired of the bad weather, lhope this clears
EXETER - The Exeter public
pool has opened, and just in the
nick of time.
Recreation staff had been worried
that setbacks in opening the pool
this spring would moan relocating
some swimming classes to other lo-
cations. However, leaks in the pool
had been patched well enough to
open the pool on Sunday, meaning
swimming classed scheduled for
Monday ootid go ahead.
"We had some major problems
with a leak," confirmed recreation
director Lynne Farquhar, but said
she thought the problem now ap-
pears to be under control, if nor
completely cured.
Apparently, pipes under the con-
crete decking around the 30 -year
old pool began to leak. Town.staff
were able to dig up the deck, find
the leaks and put it all back down
again for this week.
Farquhar said while costs in-
volved were less than originally
thought, the problem does raise
some questions as to how much
work is warranted on the old pool.
With a private indoor pool facili-
ty open in Exeter, plus over 100
back yard pools i, use, Farquhar
said the demand for a pt.Mlic facili-
ty dropping noticeably. Sc, far,
about 100 children have signed up
for swimming classes, but about
300 are needed to make the pro-
gram the success it is hoped to be.
The pool is al' open for public
swinuning f• 10 pin. and
6:30-8 p.m.
HIV/AIDS Network
opens new offices
By Erin LOAb
T -A S ff
CLINTON - Currently there am
21 known cases of HIV infection in
Huron County. In ttduiition then'
are numerous individuals affected
by the disease.and need appropriate
care and support.
In light of . this knowledge, the
Huron County HIV/AIDS Network,
founded in June of 1992, vfficislly
opened their new ofticeiest Friday.
Located across from the Linton
Public Library.. the Network has
worked on establishing a buddy
system, volunteer training work-
shops, guest speakers, and a sup
port group for loved ones. Most re-
cently the Network has developed a
telephone "helpline", the AIDS hel-
pline, 482-1141, can bc. reached 24
hours a day and messages will be
taken by an ,answering machine.
The helpline is staffed every Thurs-
day evening from 7 to 9 p.m.
The members of the Huron
County HI V/AIDS Network ere vol-
unteers. Funding for activities is
raised through local fundraising,
such as the sale of tickets to the
BLyth Festival play Safe Haven. In
addition, funding has been received
from the Ontario Ministry of Health
to assist with support programs.
The HIV/AIDS Network bolds
regular monthly meetings on the
fust Tuesday of every month at the
Huron County Health Unit, Hwy
04 South, Clinton. The public is
.invited to attend. For more informa-
tion about the activities of the Net
work contact the AIDS Helpline.
Local horse becomes
fastest in the world
Best time ever recorded :-.1:48.2
MEADOWLANDS, NEW JERSEY - Staying Together, a four-year-
old horse owned by Exeter businessman Bob Hamather set the fastest
standardbred race record ever, recently finishing the mile in 1:482.
As well, Staying Together ran his winnings total to $650.862 Satur-
day when he matched the second -fastest race mile (1:49.2) in harness
history in the Gov. Driscoll race, claiming the winner's share of a
$205.000 purse.
The horse will get the week off before heading to Chicago to race in
the American National and then the U.S. Pacing Championship.
Trainer Bob McIntosh and Hamather greeted the .horse in the Win-
ner's Circle. after ,Bill O'Donnell drove him to a victory in a time that
eclipsed the 1:50.1 Driscoll record set in 1989.
Slaying Together was .purchased as p yearling by Hamather for
S19.000. The speedster has a record of 10 wins in 14 starts this year.
The horse was trained locally as a three-year-old by Jack Parsons of
Exeter.
Stay1n"•Tooether puts it all together at the Meadlowlands.
Join in the Canada Day celebrations tomorrow