Times Advocate, 1993-10-27, Page 4Page 4
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HENSALL - With Hallowe'en
falling on -either Saturday or Sun -
.day this week, depending on local
4ouncil decisions, some residents
Aare contused. Others are just plain
4aunhappy.
After receiving a petition from
dome Hensel) residents wanting
-I/Hallowe'en changed to October 30,
mnembers of Hensel) Council held
non impromptu meeting Thursday.
Council discussed concerns
deed in the petition and decided to
Arrive it up to the individual as w
'.what day Hallowe'en is celebrated.
Bill Branderhorst, who presented
- tee 134 -name petition to council,
:wadid he was disappointed council
...did not take a stronger stand on .the
issue.
"Council firmly decided to sit on
:-the fence," said Branderhorst, •who
tdded "an obvious majority" ofthe
ualiidents he spoke to were in fa-
. tivour of seeing . Hallowe'en one day
_Nearly, avoiding the day of rest.
"We will not do it on a Sunday in
our house," :stated Branderhorst,
.who is now circulating paper
spumpkin cut-outs in .the village,
..with the word "Satuniay" printed
.son them. He is suggesting house-
iholders supporting. the October 30
Hallowe'en put them in their win-
dows to avoid being bothered on
Sunday.
"We've had to Igo This mute be-
cause council wouldn't take a posi-
tion," he said.
Branderhorst acknowledges not
everyone may agree with his posi-
tion on a Saturday Hallowe'en, and
he doetn`t mind.
"I'm just offering these things
[pumpkin signs] for Saturday. If
someone wants to run off a bunch
tor Sunday that's• okay:" said
Branderhorst.
Dashwood, a police village which
straddles the border of Stephen and
Hay Townships, found itself with
the problem of two Hallowe'ens.
Hay has supported a Sunday Hal-
lowe'en, Stephen on Saturday. Vil-
lage trustees gathered for a meeting
and decided that .Dashwood's Hal-
lowe'en will be Sunday.
For the record, Stephen Town-
ship and Exeter have both support-
ed a Saturday Hallowe'en. All the
others we know of, including -Lu-
can, Zurich, Hay Township, and
Grand Bend, have let Halloween
fall with the calendar on Sunday.
Usborne Township has made no
official decision, leaving it up to in-
dividual residents.
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Antibes were a feature of Grand Bend this weekend as the local Rotary Club held Its second
annual show at Oakwood Inn. Dornda McLeod, left and Dorothy Peat were convenors for the
show. On Sunday they took a break from duties to check out -some of the buys.
'Ten top concerns on list for ture
Middlesex se ing suilt iplans
for post -annexation eta
LUCAN - After the City of Lon-
don annexed some 28 percent of
Middlesex County's assessment
base, the county government saw it -
Limn TV bingo heads into
second year of raising funds
.:EXETER - Playing bingo on tele-
:iaion-is a year old in.this area,.and
-calteileceter.Lions Club. are continu-
ing to neap in the profits from this
extraordinary fundraiser.
"It's probably . been one of the
Cheryl.Cstgen (right) is presented with a cheque for $800 by
Lions Club bingo committee chairman Tom Hartai. Cregan
was the winner of a special jackpot prize to mark the first year
of televised bingo in the Exeter area.
best projects we've ever had," said
Paul Anstett, a member of the
club's bingo committee.
Bingo players buycards in three
packs in Exeter, Dashwood, Cen-
tralia, Huron Park, and Crediton -
areas served by Ex-Cen Cablevi-
sion. Prizes include three $50
games. omit $75, and one at $100.
New this 'year is a jackpot that
starts at $400, and goes up each
week if not won.m- & alled..num-
bers.
"There's an avid of ben
go players out there," said Anstett,
who suggested many supporters
play along on television on Mon-
days. and go out to play bingo later
in the week.
"It's been a learning experience
for the club," said Anstett.
Tom Hartai, chairman of the bin -
t8 presented a jackpot
priz of $800 to Cheryl .Cregan last
week. The Inge prize was to cele-
brate the club's fast year of tele-
vised bingo.
Hartai said the Lions' figures
show that there are 300-350 cards
bought regularly through the sum-
mer months, increasing to about
700 cards per week in the winter.
To keep interest up, the club has
tried a variety of prize promotions,
including giving out turkeys as
prizes for Thanksgiving.
"We're hoping to try some differ-
ent things this year," said Hartai.
Funds-- raised by the bingo have
gone to support the Chrisunas:Bu-
reau, the Skinner Walkatron, the
Exeter Elites baton club, OFSAA
field hockey, figure skating and
other mostly local activities and
projects.
"The money is mostly for youth
,activities," said Harlai. pointing out
tifis, club makes every effort to
it in the immediate cornmu-
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El eteplest, 'Dennis the MentlMe'
pis
self in need of a clear plan for its
future. A draft strategy for that
plan -was rolled out in Lucan Thurs-
day evening for a second round of
public input.
"We started this whole process as
a result of annexation," Tim Black-
burn, chairman of the planning
committee, told the two dozen peo-
ple who attended the meeting at the
Lucan Community Centre.
He said even thoughthe county's
tax base has eroded and provincial
funding is dropping, citizens are de-
manding more services. Conse-
quently, Middlesex has to set its
priorities on which services come
.fast.
Blackburn cautioned that the
-draft plan contains only objectives
for the county to pursue, and not
:repecific methods on how they will
'be.srcomplished.
•`The nitty'gritty is yet .to'mane,"
she slid.'
.Blackburn pointed out that Mid-
dlesex now has a single directory of
all government and agency services
offered in the county, giving an op-
portunity to fired out what is availa-
ble, and how cooperation can be
supported.
Ten top concerns for the county's
CWnre are tided in the:plan..includ-
mg the viability of the county struc-
ture . in light of . annexation, waste
management, ,the encroachment on
agricultural land, its dwindling ru-
ral population, a lack of vision in
land use policies, the cost of servic-
ing, the aging population, intrusive
pmvincial policies, and the duplica-
tion of services.
The strategicplan, when complet-
ed, will set out three levels of prior-
ities for the- county to follow, anti°'
will also be subject to an annual re-
view.
Those present at the Lucan meet-
ing split into two discussion groups
to comment on the draft plan.
One man commented on how the
:mission statement ought to include
specific reference to cost effective-
ness.
"Business is being strangled by
taxes," he said, and added he partic-
ularly hoped the plan's emphasis on
economic development sof isthe
county .did not result in -Mitilirex
"buying jobs" through incentives.to
industry. He said other jurisdic-
tions, particularly .in uthe United
States have paid renionetach .to
.gain a handl
Others at.the•m ted
on how agriculture • .have
its own category in the strategic
plan. However, the committee rep-
resentatives pointed dut that in-
stead, an emphasis on agriculture
has been woven into all general
policies for the county, as stated in
each chapter of the plan.
Anyone seeking to make com-
ments on the plan .should submit
their comments to a municipal of-
fice before November 1, after
which time the committee will be
sitting down to lay out a specific
action plan to meet the strategic ob-
jectives.
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LUCAN - Despite a complete no-
show at a public meeting Thursday
evening, the St. Patricks Knights of
Columbus are certain there is de-
mand for non-profit housing in Lu -
can.
Public response is needed to con-
firm demand for a housing project
in the village. Without proof of de-
mand, there ea"n be no provincial
government support for the project.
Similar to the Lucan Lions Park-
view Place, the Knights of Colum-
bus proposal would not be a co-
operative housing development, but
non-profit housing in which the or-
ganization would be the official
landlord.
"The ministry [of housing] is sug-
gesting there would be a tenant on
the board of directors," said Robert
Geldart of Mackenzie Malo Hous-
ing Development Services.
"The whole issue here is afforda-
ble housing," said Geldart, pointing
out that a percentage of units would
be rented out, geared to costing 26
percent of the tenants income. Oth-
er units would be rented at full mar-
ket value.
.However, competing with the
'World Series playoffs, response to
the public meeting was non-
existent. The Knights of Columbus
are already sizing up new ways to
gauge public need for such a pro-
ject in Lucan, and what shape that
project might take.
"There is certainly a demand for
seniors apartments," said Arend
DeBoer, chairing the project with
the Knights of Columbus. "If there
are other demands out there we
don't know."
DeBoer said the housing proposal
has been in the works for the past
year as a Knights of Columbus
community besexine,441prpject
While the grg4rp j fident con-
struction can it$uts ecit year if de-
mand for such luessing is proven
and hopes for ministry funding
hold up, no lot has been picked out
for the project. In fact, the size and
shape of the building are unknown.
DeBoer said the project could take
form as an apartment building
aimed primarily at senior citizen
tenants, or even as a row of town-
' houses, with families in mind.
Either way, DeBoer said he is
convinced that Thursday's lack of
response -to the public meeting is
not a- true assessment of the com-
munity's needs for such housing.
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