Times Advocate, 1984-10-17, Page 21FURTHER DISCUSSION — Exeter deupty clerk -treasurer Laurie Dykstra talks to
Morley Hall, chairman of the Senior Citizens Advisory Committee (right) and Rev.
Ken Knight, a ministerial representative, after making a presentation to the com-
mittee on how to obtain an Ontario Home Renewal Program loan.
Clear up ice problem
A lack of communication
resulted in a problem area
between the Exeter Minor
Hockey Association and the
South 1-furon rec centre board
that was quickly cleared up
when the two groups met.
Thursday.
EMHA president Al Quinn.
ice convener Frank Kints and
novice coach Larry Taylor
met with the board to outline
their concern over the fact
that ice time they had booked
had been given to the Exeter
Hawks on four occasions this
season.
A letter from the group also
outlined the problem, and
while Quinn emphasized it
was not a complaint, the
EMHA was concerned.
Facilities manager ('am
Stewardson said he had
agreed with a request from
the Hawks to have four Sun-
day afternoon home games
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without consulting with the
EMHA, who have novice and
atom Shamrock home games
on Sunday afternoons.
Quinn said the two teams
comprise the best gate draw
for the EMHA and question-
ed a policy of the board in
changing times that had been
booked and in doing so
without giving the other group
any notice.
Carolyn Merner said that
was not a policy of the board,
and Quinn replied that it was
at least a practice that had
been adopted.
"It upsets me that the
juniors ( Hawks) get
everything they ask for,"
Taylor said, saying that the
loss of Sunday game times
would be a financial blow for
the EMHA.
Quinn emphasized that the
reason for discussing the mat-
ter was to ensure that it could
be avoided in the future,
agreeing with Gaylan
Josephson that it would not be
realistic to assume anything
could be done to rectify the
situation this year.
Board chairman John Pym
apologized for the lack of
communication and Quinn
said he was satisfied with the
board's inference that the
problem would be avoided in
the future.
"We've always had good
cooperation with the board
and staff," Quinn remarked
as the delegation departed.
The EMHA also expressed
the hope for more weekly
times to allow practice ses-
sions for teams which nor-
mally play league games on
Saturday.
Everyone agreed that an in-
creased use of ice time at the
rec centre made scheduling
difficult and compromises
had to be reached between all
the groups involved.
Osborne reports
on road seminar
At the October meeting of
Usborne township council
reeve Gerald Prout reported
on the International Road
convention he attended
recently in Montreal on behalf
of > the Huron county road
chairman.
The reeve mentioned that
sets of micro computers were
really being pushed. He also
made council aware that
since the Ministry of
Transportation and Com-
munications have gone to
privatization in snow plowing
the savings have been
enormous.
A speaker from MTC im-
plied that they will be coming
out with one set of standard
plans for road building which
will be required to be follow-
ed if subsidy monies are to be
obtained.
All convention delegates
were taken on a tour of the
car testing facilities of the
province of Quebec.
Road superintendent John
Batten told council he had
met with John Denotter and
Andy DeVos to discuss possi-
ble remedies to problems on
the Washburn municipal
drains. A report from the
engineer will be forthcoming.
Clerk -treasurer Larry
Stuck was instructed to send
a cheque in the amount of
$4,000 to the township of Blan-
shard, being Usborne's share
of the deficit of the Kirkton-
W'oodham swimming pool for
the 1984 fiscal year.
Building inspector Herman
Van Wieren reported issuing
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Example
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Only
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$70,000 worth of building per-
mits in September bringing
the 1984 total to $246,000.
• The Ontario Youth Cor-
poration will be informed that
Usborne will not participate
in the program this year.
An agreement will be signed
with EMCO Limited regar-
ding the contract for prepar-
ing 1985 taxes.
Tile drain loan applications
totalling $30,000 were
approved.
The clerk will be attending
the municipal bylaw and legal
documentation program in
Grand Bend on October 22, 23
and 24 and deputy clerk -
treasurer Sandra Strang will
attend the fall session of the
Association of Municipal
Clerks and Treasurers of
Ontario.
Council agreed to the rezon-
ing application of Lorne and
Jean Keller at Lot 21, Conces-
sion 2 to change from Ag -2 to
AG -4 and request the Huron
planning department to
prepare an amending bylaw
for the area in question.
More money
for Huron
Flora MacDonald, Minister
of Employment and Im-
migration, recently announc-
ed the addition of further
federal funding to the Canada
Works Program.
As a result of this increase,
Murray Cardiff member of
Parliament for Huron -Bruce,
has announced that the riding
will receive $100,000.00 for job
creation programs. Cardiff
said he welcomes the oppor-
tunity to increase employ-
ment in the riding and urges
his constituents to take note of
the project application
deadline.
Applications for Canada
Works will be available in all
Canada Employment Centres
and Regional Employment
development branch offices
by mid October.
The deadline for submis-
sion of project applications is
Nov. 16, 1984.
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Monty in bank for OHRP programs
More than $70,000, Exeter's
share of the Ontario Home
Renewal Program, is now sit-
ting in a special bank account
wating to be used by' local
home owners, deputy clerk -
treasurer Laurie Dykstra in-
formed the October meeting
of the Exeter Senior Citizens
Advisory Committe.
Mrs. Dykstra gave a detail-
edpresentationon the present
state of the OHRP program in
Exeter, outlined the criteria
for eligibility, and explained
how the program works.
In turn, the representatives
of the various organizations
that make up the advisory
committee can take the
details back to their
members. (The program is
available to anyone from
young married couples to old
age pensioners who meet the
criteria; a large number of
seniors are eligible.)
OHRP was instituted by the
provincial government in 1974
to assist homeowners within
a certain income level to
bring their older homes up to
oral standards and prolong
the liveability and usefulness
of these older houses.
Those eligible are given
loans up to a maximum of
$7,500 for work to be done. A
portion of this - up to $4,000 -
is forgiveable, depending on
the applicant's income, which
also determines the rate of in-
terest charged in calculating
the monthly pay -backs.
Eighteen loans were made
in 1976, the first year funds
were available in Exeter.
Many were used to hook up to
the sewer system. The
number dropped to 12 in 1978,
held to an average of 10 in the
late '70s, and for the lasts two
years only three or four loans
have been arranged annually.
OHRP is based on `adjusted
family income", which is the
aggregate gross annual in-
come from all sources of the
principal wage-earner in a
family and his or her spouse,
after deductions such as
spouses earnings, dependent
children and the first $1,000 of
earnings on a one -parent
family. The ceiling is an ad-
justed family income of
$18,000.
On application to the clerk's
office, the homeowner is ask-
ed to produce the deed to the
property to establish owner-
ship, and for a copy of his or
her last income tax state-
ment. For those who have not
filed, the old age pension
figures are used in a signed
affidavit.
Building inspector Brian
Johnston then inspects the
house, with emphasis on faul-
ty structural and sanitary
conditions, plumbing, heating
and electrical systems. (Ex-
eter bylaws stipulate that any
work done on or in a home
with the exception of
wallpapering and painting re-
quires a building permit.
Visits by the building inspec-
tor ensure that the work is be-
ing done properly.
Non-essential renovations
such as a second bathroom, a
rec room, enlarging a room,
additions, garages, fences,
sidewalks and driveways are
not eligible under the pro-
gram. Improvements like
new soffitts and fascia,
modern thermalpane win-
dows and new roofs are.
A mobile home is eligible
provided the owner also owns
the lot.
Estimates are obtained
from two contractors after
the building inspector has
established what work is
necessary. The amount of the
loan, the payable and
forgiveable portions, the in-
terest rate, the duration of the
loan and the montly repay-
ment are all spelled out in the
final loan application. The
town is required to put a lien
certificate on the property to
show an incumbrance at the
registry office.
Mrs. Dykstra gave two
hypothetical examples. In the
first case, someone with an
adjusted family income of
$7,680 applies for the max-
immum 17,500 loan. Of the
total, $4,000 is forgiveable,
and the remaining 13,5000 is to
be paid back at four percent
interest. The monthly pay-
ment over a five-yaer period
would be $64.61 and $103.28 if
the loan is repaid in three
years.
For someone with an ad-
justed income of 19,640 apply-
ing for a loan to cover work
costing $6,000, the forgiveable
portion would be $3,180. This
leaves $2,820 to be repaid at a
four percent interest rate with
monthly payments of $122.42
over two years, or *63.63 if
spread over four years.
The maximum allowable
adjusted income at the pro-
gram's inception was
112,5000. This was increased
10115,500, and adjusted again
to 118,000 on August 1. It will
increase by an additional
11,000 each year, bringing the
total to $21,000 by 1988. For
those in the highest bracket,
the maximum loan of $7,5000
would be totally repayable at
a 10 percent annual rate of
interest.
The foregiveable portion of
the loan is earned by staying
in one's house. A sum of $600
per year is accumulated. For
example, someone with a
foregiveable portion of $3,000
would wipe the books clean on!
that part of the loan by stay-
ing on in the renovated house
for an additional five years.
Mrs. Dykstra advised ap-
plicants to apply for the max-
imum amount, as a house is
allowed only one OHRP loan
during its lifetime. New
owners can not apply for
another OHRP loan on the
same house.
The province reimburses
the town ten percent of the
loan totals to cover ad-
ministrative costs.
Molting Hawks
beat Has Beans
The Exeter Molting Hawks
are back in winning form as
they defeated the London
North Devils, Saturday and
the Zurich Has Beans, Mon-
day. Both scores were 7-5 for
the Exeter oldtimer club.
The next home game for the
Molting Hawks will be Mon-
day night at the South Huron
Rec Centre at 9:30 p.m. with
the Blemont oldtimers sup-
plying the opposition.
In the win over North Lon-
don all seven Exeter goals
came in the first period.
Keith Ahrens was the top
marksman with a two goal ef-
fort. Scoring in single fashion
were Bob McDonald, Mike
Cushman, Bob Jones, Pete
McFalls and Frank Boyle.
Jack Chipchase and Scott
Burton were the best
playmakers with three assists
a piece. Picking up one assist
each were Jim Pfaff, Keith
Ahrens. Mike Cushman, Bob
Jones and Al Flynn.
Bil ipchase recorded a
hat trick performance in
Monday's 7-5 victory over the
Has Beans. Getting away one
successful shot each were
Mike Cushman, Frank Boyle,
Pete McFalls and Jack
Chipchase.
Helping set up the goals
with two assists each were
Jack Chipchase, - Walt
Tiedeman, Pete McFalls,
Mike Cushman, Bob Jones
and Jim Pfaff.
Topping the Has Beans in
the scoring department with
two goal efforts were Bob
Brown and Don O'Brien. Net-
ting a single goal was Gerald
Shantz.
Bill Hoffman gained three
assists, Jack Stephan helped
on two goals and single assists
went to Don O'Brien and
Gerald Shantz.
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Council to help remove
gulls from protected list
Exeter council agreed this
week to join the plea for pro-
vincial authorities to remove
the ring -billed gull from the
protected species list so their
numbers can be controlled.
The plea came from
Downie Township, where
Councillor Ronald Boyes is
spear -heading a campaign
due to the alarming rate at
which the birds are increas-
ing and presenting problems
in several areas.
The resolution notes that
the birds are decreasing the
chance of survival of many
other races of birds that are
much more appreciated. In
addition, it claims they are
responsible for polluting
water sources and beaches,
feeding on farm produce and
destroying the natural com-
post of agricultural land by
feeding on the countless
numbers of worms.
When the motion was
presented, Monday, Exeter
Councillors Morley Hall and
Ben Hoogenboom immediate-
ly moved to have it filed.
However, Councillor Bill
Rose opposed that action and
said council should at least
discuss the matter and decide
to oppose or support the
resolution.
He said the gulls create a
mess in resort areas and
suggested they may be
among the leading causes of
the water pollution problems
experienced on area beaches
a year ago.
"I'm not for all-out killing,
but we need some controls,'
he said.
In concurring with his mo•
tion to endorse the resolution,
Councillor Gaylan Josephson
said that shooting the birds
was not the answer, but that
some control measures
should be examined.
The motion was approved
by council and calls on pro-
vincial authorities to remove
the gulls from the protected
species, but gives no direction
on any control measures.
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