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NOM 1S6 L — — N.an— — J Inside Sidewalk Sales See pages 8-10 Centralia Flying Club gets off the ground Crossroads See second front Arena budget welcome surprise - Sports See page 15 Tractor stole) from Hay Township HAY TOWNSHIP - Huron • .County OPP report sometime be- tween -July 5 and a flat-bed trail- er with a tractor/mower was stolen from a lot on Concession 1, Hay Township. The trailer, licence number E82709 is a 1989 MacG., VIN number is 582. Other kerns on the trailer included a Kobota tractor. ' 2100 series, orange with a six foot lawn deck, a Stihl gas -powered Brass whip and a box with assorted jacks, gas cans and chains. Total value is estimated at $20.000. Two break-ins at Sout ' Huron High School EXETER - South Huron District High School was hit by thieves two days in a rowlast week. According to Huron County OPP, suspects climbed onto the?oof Tuesday and then to a window on the south side of the main hall. A shovel was used to split the wood surrounding an air conditioner, which was lifted out. A VCR, val- ued at $100, was stolen and dam- age is estimated at 540. Thieves entered the school again on Wednesday through the same . window removing apiece ofply- wood. In the second incident a 27 - inch Electrohome T.V. was stolen but the suspects did not get far with their loot before the T.V. was dropped and left behind. The T.V. is valued at $600 and damage is es- timated at 525. Correction In last week's edition, a headline reported repairs to several roads the province is downloading to Huron County will cost taxpayers 5100 million. It should have read that 51 million was needed for the road work. 1887 English Clipper. Marion Wolfe of Ailsa Craig was rid- ing her 19th century tricyclethrough the crowd at the lider- - ton Heritage. and Antique Fair on Saturday. Restructuring Proposal will include Hay Township •By Kate Monk T -A Reporter VANASTRA - The . Municipal Restructuring Committee. is ready to prepare a restructuring proposal At.its meeting last Wednesday. five- - of silo municipalities (Bayfield. Hensall, Stanley: Tuckersmith:and Zurich)- voted to proceed with .the proposal which will eventually be submitted to the province. ' Hay Township was the only mu- . nicipality not in favor Of Con- tinuing. - "As- far as we're. concerned: they (Hay Township) would not like to proceed at this time because of un- answered questions. But :we still want to be in it. reported. Hay's representative , Don Firth. adding "Don't shoot the messenger 1 don't • think anyone in the world can an-. swer some of those questions: • Hay's list of seven questions and concerns included "Do we spend $250,000 on Zurich arena only to telt-thoma tryear rtatcrtrwil!-he closed7" and "If Dashwood fire de- partment is closed •do we spend $300.000. to upgrade Zurich fire de- partment?" While Firth was uncertain as to the source of the dollar figures, he admitted council had developed the questions. Throughout the meeting, the committee addressed the issucs on Hay's list. The committee voted to proceed with restructuring and include.Hay Township. The speed •with which re- structuring will' proceed is still up , in the air. "Bayfield would like the MRC to proceed as quickly as pos- • sible," said .. Bayfield's repre- sentative Doug Grant. Other municipalities wanted the MRC to proceed but ''take your time and makesure you're doing it right," arcording'to Dwayne La- Porte, Zurich's reeve: ' The MRC will follow proposal .• guidelines developed .by 'the Min- istry •of Municipal Affairs. The committee reviewed the format used in the Township of West Perth and will use it as a model for its proposal. "Why re -invent the wheel? We fit into it (the format) really well." said Bill Carnochan of Tuckersmith. Township. Reviewing •the West Perth pro- posal, provided •an opportunity for - the MRC to sort through some local issues and questions. ..The committee concurred Dash- wood will remain as is with the new -municipality including the por- lion of Dashwood in Hay Town ship. • . Concern was expressed about the toad superintendents' component Contined on page 2 Committee recommends special re -zoning for recreation complex By Heather Mir T -A Reporter reational component of the re- zoning and place a holding pro- vision on the residential portion.. .. EXETER - At its Monday night - CAP project Committee of the Whole' meeting, - Jeff DeBlock attended the com- menters of council "passed a mo- mittee meeting• to promote the tion recommending a special re- Community Access .Project in Ex- zdning for the_property at 205 Vic- eter. The project is designed to tonic St. W., the former site -of the promote Internet use for the public Hensall Co-op Store. •as .well as local -businesses in rural. Owner Gerrie Glenn explained communities.. DeBlock and Brad his. -request for a zone - Hartman will be avail- ' classification change - able at. the . three local from General Industrial- - to a Residential High • - Density Special zoning. He intends to begin construction on 'a rec- reation centre for his tenants this - fall and - "This is something to hold them there." sites, including the li- brary, town hall and - Huron Employment Re- - source Centre, to- pro- vide training if - re- quired.. • • . • • To date' more than -a also has plans to build a 36 -unit,. dozen people ranging in --age from complex beside the recreation cen= , '10 to .92 years have taken ad= tre. • • vantage of this new technology. "This is something to hold theta Area, residents may book an .ap- there,' said Glenn, explaining sim- pointment through any of the three ilar ventures have heen successful sites and must sign an acceptable • in helping keep the 'better tenants' use agreement. • The special zoning addresses . - -County Planning , - concerns raised by the Goderich- .. Members of -council briefly dis: Exeter -Railway Co. -regarding ac cussed:_ the outcome _ of a county cess, site triangle(intersection ,vis-. council Strategic Planning Day ibility), noise .attenuation, vibration held.on June 19 and attended :by and drainage: With these re- Huron reeves.. • Council received a - quirements met and a . development : memo from the county regarding • agreement, ' staff • recommended - the downloading of services, what council proceed • with ''the rec- services the county should provide and what should be provided local- ly: Administrator - Rick • Hundcy pointed out the list 'is incomplete - and appears .to - weighted more. heavily on.the county side. He ex- plained it neglects to mention im- portant services provided by mu- nicipalities including transportation, recreation, sewage ' -and water. He also noted policing. costs. may be of concern. in the fu- ture for Exeter, and • recommended, the -town continue to participate in further county -wide . discussions:.. -Regarding requested input on the ' service delivery table, the com- mittec agreed to note and_filethe memo. . • "There's no .point in us -even re- sponding e-sponding to -it.' said Councillor- Roy Triehner, adding, "We're not. .in favor of supporting the one -tier - county level." ' Sunday openings -In anticipation of communication' .from the province regarding sum-- - mer Sunday openings of liquor and lice( stores;Trichner wanted to go - on-thc record as 'opposing such. a move •i;i Exeter. "1 11t+ we're pushing the en- ,elope too far. 'One day is the same as the next." . Deputy Mayor Dave Urlin dos agreed stating. "Every other store in town is open:" • ' • • • • Biddulph waitin on rebate. details By Craig Bradford ' T -A Reporter BIDDULPH TOWNSHIP - The song remains..th% same in Biddulph: Township and other Ontario rural .municipalities when it, comes to information from the province about the farm tax rebate; Biddulph clerk -treasurer LarryHotson said: letters the 've received. from both the Ministry of Municipal Aiiairs and Premier Mike Harris contained -no details on how the province is responding tea - - mass criticism from rural Ontario mu- nicipalities on the proposed changes,to` the farm tax rebate. Biddulph Township• council discussed, the letters at a recent meeting. - "It's the same old rhetoric they al- -, ways send," Hotson said of the correspondence. . • 'Biddulph council sent a resolution to the province saying the changes to the rebate would adversely af-' feet rural. Ontario municipalities 'Hotson said the res- •olution was also sent to all Ontario municipalities with the hopes councillors there would'send resolutions of . support to the province., Hotson said he has received 160 to 170 responses so far, none of which oppose the resolution. Large centres such. as London. Toronto and Hamilton received and filed' Biddulph's request since the rebate has little or no effect on their municipality. "Our urban partners don't know•how this willaffect them too," Hotson said. Small urban centres like Exet- • "It's t -- old rheto alway er would experience the fallout at tax timeof adjacent • Huron County agricultural land being assessed at 25 per cent. of its market. value. • - - - - Ass far as Biddulph -is concerned, the provincially - downloaded rebate would mean shelling out more than its total '96 total revenue to farmers, Hotson said. = - - • Otherroanci! notes: :, ' Party time • Hotson will draftnew. job descriptions for -himself, road foreman Joe Dewanand road employee Larry Greenlee since retiring -road super- intendent Hugh Davis. will .not be re= - he same placed. Hotson said Davis -won't be re- ric they placed due to potential.falloutatemming S send." from. amalgamation talks •with Lucan - • and other nearby municipalities (which . . are• on hold clue -to concerns over the province's Mega -Week announcements and the farm. tax •rebate). Not replacing Davis is also "partly a cost , ,-, saving measure" and Biddulphwill contract out some - services or hire "casual -help" if required, Hotson said. - • The retirement party .for Davis is- on Aug. 22, 7:30 p.m. at the. Lucan Community Centre. Davis served •Biddulph for 31 years. . Drain pain PVG Excavating's $15,836 tender' for cleaning out the Maguire Drain was chosen by council The back- hoe job by the firm from RR3 Lucan will clear the drain of silt and brush so it can work properly, Hotson said. • • Anyone can be German at Friedsburg Days About 2,000 people are expected to visit the Dashwood festival By Craig Bradford T-A'Reporter DASHWOOD - Those with a hankering for sausage. sauerkraut and everything German .can . get their fill at Dashwood Friedsburg Days '97: - The 26th annual . celebration of German heritage runs from Aug. 1 to 3 with most events at Dashwood Community Centre. . While off the organizing com- mittce . for "six years, long-time event organizers •Kaethe and Erich Ft -cite/. • are big boosters of the event. .Erich said Friedsburg Days is about giving back to. your com- munity.- • - "1 Tike to have something done in the -community," he said. "I like to get the community on the go." Those. on the go" community ac- tivities' generated by the proceeds of Friedsburg Days include window boxes, new welcome signs and do- nations to arca fire departments, the medical centre. minor baseball and the community centre. "Small communities don't get a lot . of money from . the govern- ment," Kaethe said. "We needed to get, some money for community betterment." About 200 volunteers, including the 10 -member Friedsburg Days committee, .organize and run the three-day event that attracts 2,000 plus visitors to . Dashwood and raised about $6,000 for community ' projects last year. This year the parade theme is 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' and other events include Bavarian Beer Gardens,- -food--concessions featuring Friedsburg's famous Ger- man sausage and sauerkraut, face painting for kids, the annual co-ed slo-pitch tournament, children's mini -tractor pull and tug -0 -war competition (for full event details, see sidebar)..New this year is the Fun Filled Festival for Kids that features activities like T-shirt mak- ing and a scavenger hunt. But Friedsburg Days isn't just a collection of events — it's re- membering your roots. "It's • wonderful people still rec- ognize tradition," Erich said, add- ing he and Kaethe immigrated here from Germany 47 years ago. "The (immigration official) said don't forget your language and traditions — that's what makes Canada great." While not in the thick of or- ganizing the event anymore. Erich and Kaethe praised the committee that has continued to make Frieds- burg Days such a success. - The history Friedsburg was established about 1860 and is named after the Fried family that immigrated to the New World from Germany in the early 1800s.. Noah Fried made the 500 mile walk from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County in 1825 in 13 -At the ready. Kaethe Freiter, left, husband Erich and Dash- wood Friedsburg Days committee .co-chair Kim LaPorte get in the festive mood in anticipation of the annual festival: • days and decided to settle there. In 1853, two of his sons, Absalom and Noah Fried, came to the Dashwood area for the abundant water and cheap land they needed to set up a stone grist mill. Rumor has it that well before the First World War Canada Post told the leaders of Friedsburg. that a place couldn't be named for a sin- gle person or family and that they had to come up with a new name. At that time there was a break in the extensive pine forest right at Friedsburg, a 'dash' in the 'wood', hence Dashwood. . If, any Dashwood and area his- torian has more information on how Friedsburg became Dashwood, the T -A would like to hear from you. Either call 235-1331 with your Friedsburg/Dashwood story, or write to the Times Avocate, 424 ' Main St., Exeter, ON, NOM ISO. gior Events schedule on page 3