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Times Advocate, 1998-06-03, Page 1SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Hey Kids! Join our Kids Club Serving I-xeter and area since 1873 SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Visit us •at MUSA ourkidsdub. cow Inside Blddulph's budget in bind See page 2 Alternative medicine See Crossroads Second front Sr. boys unlucky at WOSSA See page 14 Music by the lake USBORNE TOWNSHIP - Na- ture and music...a perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon. The Friends of_the Morrison are presenting an outdoor concert at Morrison Dam Conservation Area on Sunday, June 14 at 2 p.m. fea- turing the South Huron District High School Concert and Jazz Bands. Guests are invited to bring lawn - chairs or sit on the hill side to enjoy the musical performances. There is no charge but donations to the Friends of the Morrison are invited. In the event.of rain;, the concert will be held at the high school. Friends of the Morrison is a new- •ly formed committee to raise funds for Morrison Dam Conservation Area. For more information, contact Pe- ter Raymond at 235-0303 or the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Au- thority at 235-2610. We're going to miss you Glenn - .This was the theme of the evening as*friends and co- workers marked Glenn Kells' retirement as Exeter's Works Superintendent at South Huron Recreation Centre Saturday night. Kells was described as a person who "Never says no" in a tribute given,by Bob Dinney, on' behalf of the Exeter Lions Club. Co-worker Ross Mathers, captured the senti- ment of the evening as he said Kells would "truly be missed." Glenn and his wife Joan try out one of the many gifts presented to Glenn, a set of wicker furniture. One of the highlights of the evening was a spoof of a Village People performance led by Laurie Dykstra. ' Building cermiti -Councillor fuming over letter continue ahead of last year's pace EXETER - Building permits for the year are up more than $100,000 from 1997. according to a report from Exeter Chief.Building Oficial Dave Moyer: Up to the end of April, Moyer is- sued 24 perniits with a value of $623.400: During the same time last year. 22 permits for $501.380 -in construction were issued. With two subdivisions oftown- houses in the initial stages. the year looks rosy for construction. • By Katherine Harding T -A Reporter GRAND BEND - A letter op- posing the proposed Grand Bend casinl0 had one e:ouncillAr's hack- les up at Monday's meeting. - "This is. the most offensive' thing i've ever read coming from people who claim 'they are Christians," said councillor Bob Mann. Mann's strong -words were in re- gards to a letter that had been sent -to council from a group of six area Grand Bend churches. - "We are critical of the increased focus by. government; to generate revenues through gambling in -its various forms," said the letter. ''\We believe that the -action of the Coun- cil of the Village of Grand Bend was predetermined." The letter goes on to question council's meth- od of passing the controversial mo- tion on building a casino." "Why was it conducted in a ques- tionable manner and tines'" the let- ter asks. "Why was the whole com- munity of Grand Bend . mit considered after requesting input and especially when amalgamation, is in the immediate future:'" - . Mann was disturbed by: the let- ter's allegations. • "Are they saving we -had. some kind of conspiracy.'" Mann ques- tioned. "It is questionable tactics that people from churches suggest this was some kind of conspiracy.' Marin. went on to say that cOuncil made sura that everyone's interest who were pertine-nt to the ' issue were heard. Other Grand Bend. council mem- bers'reununed relatively quiet on this issue. Council eventually passed a motion to note and file the letter. March for Jesus Christians of all ages walked through the streets of Exeter on Saturday afternoon when they held their March for Jesus. The march began at the Exeter Christian Reformed Church and ended at MacNaughton Park. No immediate crisis Water supply OK for at least 10 more years By Kate Monk T -A Reporter EXETER - There is no immediate crisis in the Exeter water supply ca- pacity but the vulnerability of many of the sources increases long-term risk. That:was the bottom line of a study by B.M. Ross and Associates to de= termine Exeter's current reserve capacity and to develop a preliminary as- sessment of options to increase available reserves. Steve Burns of B.M. Ross presented the study .to Exeter Council and the PUC at Monday night's council meeting. Burns ,presented a number of.conclusions regarding Exeter's water sup- ply which is composed of six wells and the Lake Huron pipeline. The consulting firm's concerns with the security of the water 'sources flow from two issues. AI(of the groundwater sources are overburden aq- uifers susceptible to. contamination. The security issues with respect to the Stephen pipeline relate to a lack of standby power facilities and_the fact - that Exeter has no control of the source. The Town of Exeter has enough water to accommodate the current rate of growth for at least another 10 years but not.enough to meet Suntastic Hothouse Inc.'s verbal request for water -for 1;000 cubic meters per day: The numbers in the report are based'on each Exeter resident using 0.867 .. cubic meters of water per day -with 2.3 people living in each household. For water supply management purposes. the study must use the maxi- mum daily usage- figures. even though those numbers are twice the aver- agedaily usage. Figures to determine the -System Firm Capacity" must assume the•larg est source -o1: water could be lost: In the Exeter scenario. it was assumed the largest source. the Lake Huron pipeline. would not be out of service. hut,anallowance was made for the loss of the second largest source. the Moodie"Well. Using this basis. the total committed water usage is 6.80$ cubic meters, per, day which includes currently registered but undeveloped lots for 690 or Continued on page 2 Hospital chairman claims MPP speech was misleading Russell says $13 mil- lion has been removed from .hospital funding EXETER -.South Huron Hospital chairman Verla Russell says a speech made by Huron MPP Helen Johns on May 11 regarding hospital funding was misleading- because funding has decreased. not in- creased as Johns claims. • "Her speech was misleading in that- the S1.3 million was. taken out of hospitals' budgets." Russell said. D0%4nsiiing has occurred ii% all't'ac- ets of hospital.operations to balance the budget. However. two hospitals in Huron and' Perth (which Russell - did not identify) cannot -handle the" funding, reductions due to •'chronic underfunding". Hospitals. in Huron' and Perth have formed a:partnership in order to save money and stilt maintain patient services. However. Russell doubts enough money ran be saved from Joint administration to keep up with inflation' as hospital fund- ing is tlatlined.. • - •"There is -not S13 million going back into patient care services as . . her speech states. This is ' a re ' duction to services not an increase. • We find this misinformation to be rather disconcerting," Russell said. The Huron Perth -Hospitals Part- nership Committee held. their first Official meeting in May and elected chairperson Kerry Blagrave. vice= chairperson Anne Lake and treasur- er Bryan Bertger. Each hospital has appOinted three representatives io the partnership committee. South Huron Hospital's reps are Douglas .Hoover. Clay Murray .and Russell. An alternate has not yet been appointed. Under the. partnership. the eight hospitals in Huron and• Perth wttl share one administrator — a com- mittee has been formed - to-. under- take the search. tot Penhale named acting public works supervisor EXETER - Town of Exeter.em- ployee Brion. Penhale has been named Acting Public Works Su- pervisor tollowing the; retirement of Glenn Kells as Exeter's Public' Works Superintendent. Competition for the position Was -open to Town of Exeter employees. Council .approved the internal re- structuring at Monday night's meet- ing. This is a to mporary position and w111 be paid as a salaried position at $2,995 above the job rate for a Pub- lic • Works Equipment Operator/ Sewer Technician (Penhale's for- mer , position) on the Town's pay scale. If the position exists within a year and subject to•a positive per- formance review, the pay rate may increase a further $2,000. Any overtime worked will be taken as straight time off, workload per - nutting Penhale may return to his former position as Equipment Operator/ Sewer E'echntcrart if the . Acting Public Works Superintendent Posi- tion is discontinued and he •is not offered another position. The.position Is a working super- visor position and • the .it; of sew- age systen) operator is included in the job desc npuon - Chief Building Official Dave. •Moyer will receive a temporary in- crease of SI. -1;5 for additional re •sponsihslitics nr development con- trol, infrastructure planning and co- ordination of services.' The pay increases, took effect - from' the first full pay period in • May and will apply until further re • - organization or further pay grid re- view are completed or other pokey - change is made. irss ass am or _am BRING IN THIS COUPON 1 1 Dv'AYN°r AN r GST r Inv or r 1 oN YOUR BEDDING1 1 PURCHA oust 1 1 *We refund the GST equal to PST and - a Make toni And the winner is... You guessed it. Kingsdown. In 1997, Kingsdown proudly received the National 1NIIlum Award for our 1664 coil Sleeping Beauty sleep system.. 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