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Times Advocate, 1995-03-29, Page 1SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 e, S.H. Jazz `k -C Band Dance April 8/95 Ticket., 7tt? 235.0752 Serving E .tt: ti,i e 1873 SEIP'S valu-mart 4 dr 83 Exeter 235-0262 • Go Get 'Em Pee Wee Legionnairea ram ma ow 1 rSUBSCRIBEfri ' If you aren't subscribing to The 'Times -Advocate, you're missing out. Use the coupon below and ' subscribe today! 1 Name: ' Address City Prov. ' • Postal Code SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada Within 40 miles - (65 km) addressed to non letter carrier addresses $33.00 plus $2.31 G.S.T. ' Outside 40 miles - (65 km) or any letter carrier address $63.00 -4-$4.31 G.S.T. ' Outside Canada -$99.00 onci see 40 voe.v.) 1 USE YOUR CREDIT CARD ❑000000❑ 1 ❑0000000 Card No. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I Expiry Date ❑ Visa ❑ Master Card 1 LI Cheque enclosed Retum to; TIMES ADVOCATE `24 Main St. Exeter, Ont. NOM 1S6� lam IIID IIID llll� 1 Race Against Drugs The program presented at McGillivray Central educates about the dangers of drug use See page 2 Fishing debate Area people give their views Ste. See page 12 Usborne's oldest May family has oldest century farm See Crossroads Second front Runners up Huron Tractor Peewees beaten out See page 18 Classifieds pages 22-26 Announcements pages 27-28 Experts page 29 • Hay objects to undary expansion Exeter Council has submitted an application to extend the north boundary By Heather Vincent T -A staff EXETER - If town officials have their way, Exeter will become slightly larger at the expense of Hay Township in order to service the proposed new building for the Hen- sall and District Co -Operative. Exeter has submitted an applica- tion to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to extend the town boundary at the corner of Walper Street and 'Highway 4. This boundary marks the northerly limits of the town. The subject parcel of land to be encompassed by the expansion is owned by the Co -Op and is current- ly part of Hay Township. Hay Reeve, Murray Keys, is not in agreement with what Exeter is proposing. "I don't think the people of Exeter realize the town is blocking devel- opment in this area because it is not within its boundaries," said Keys. On March 20, the ministry replied to Exeter Council they have ap- pointed a fact -finder who will re- search the application and help with any negotiations in the future. Rick Hundey, town administrator, indicated the process is still in the very early stages. "It is relatively early in the pro- cess, the ball is just starting to roll," said Hundey. The subject property is designated Restricted Agriculture. This is an area where agricultural business can locate under the secondary plan. The zoning by-laws, once passed, should conform with the official plan of the land use. "The problem that surfaced was that the zoning was open to inter- pretation, it wasn't as clear cut as I think it should have been. Then 1 TOWNSHIP OF HAY LOT 1 z s 4/L LOT 2 SUBJECT PROPERTY VACANT TOWNSHIP OF USBORNE LOT 22 V1 WALPER ST. LOT 21 PROVIN • L HWY. 83 TOWN OF EXETER . there was an argument between the town and the township as to wheth- er the zoning was appropriate to permit the Co -Op," said Hundey. Exeter's argument the hardware and building supplies components of the Co -Op are not exclusively ag- ricultural was rejected by the town- ship. Council decided they had made their point and this was not some- thing they wanted to go to court about. As a result, the town will permit the intended use of the land. The Co -Op is owned by farmers but the town does not agree it is pri- marily agricultural. The choice of a prime business location on High- way 4 was made, council feels, to attract the travelling public and the urban market as well as agriculture. The Co-Op's interest in gaining services from the town was a fur - Stephen purchases land for extension of landfill site CREDITON - The Stephen town- ship landfill site is going to be ex- panded as the result of a decision made at the March 21 regular meet- ing of council. Reeve Bill Weber and adminis- trator Larry Brown have been au- thorizeded to finalize the purchase of the south part of Lot 4, Conces- sion 14 from Patrick and Paul Car- ey. Also approved was the opur- chase of the aggregate extraction licence from Jennison Construction Limited affecting the same proper- ty. The township will participate with the Ausable Bayfield Conser- vation Authority to hold a commu- nity tree painting day on Sunday, April 30 providing the proposed site on the township shed property behind the new water booster sta- tion is suitable to both parties. Council has agreed that the Hu- ron Park water reservoir property be used solely by the Stephen town- ship fire department for parking during the June Huron Park Air Show. For that event council will waive the landfill tipping fee. Support wil be given to the Ausa- ble Bayfield Consrvation Authority Private Land Erosion Control As- sistance Program at a cost of 52,250 and such costs will be as- sessed towards the Mud Creek Mu- nicipal Drain repairs. Adjust water rates A bylaw has been passed author- izing the adjustment of water rates. The basic rate for the police village of Centralia will remain at 536 for each quarter. All other areas will have their rates upped to 540 per quarter with two exceptions. Resi- dents of the police village of Dash- wood will pay 559.50 up from 555.50 and those along Highway 21 will have their levy reduced rom 543.80 to 540.00 Tenders were opened for the sup- ply of new fire equiopment for the Stephen department and contracts were awarded to the lowest bid- ders. Dependable Emergencey Ve- hicles of Brampton will supply fire tanker for 550,001.10 plus 5561.75 for the fire pack ,and optional air. compressor. A GMC chassis with air brakes will be purchased from Gerry's Truck Centre of London for $35,310.00 No objection was voiced by council to the proposed upgrading of the Dashwood athletic field dug- outs or the possible park fund fi- nancial deficit that may result in the short term. The borrowing bylaw for tile drainage applciations by township residents was approved in a total amount of $300,000. The Stephen township fire depar- temnt wil be given permission to conduct their annual fireworks dis- play in Crediton on May 21 and the 'municipality's insurer will be ad- vised of the event. A grant of 525 was approved to the Huron County Farm and Home Saety Assocaition and that group will be advised that in future years no further grants will be forthcom- ing from the township. Council will be placing an adver- tisement in the proposed Women's Institute Farm Child Safety bro- chure. A livestock claim from Lois Brownlee for chickens killed by an opossum was denied as the town- ship is only responsible for dog or wolf damage claims pursuant to the Livestock and Foultry Protection Act. Council passed on congratula- tions to Jane McPherson for her successsful completion of the pro- bationary period as Deputy Treas- urer and she will be retained on a full time basis. A reminder to set your clocks ahead one hour Saturday night 1 Developable Land, Vacant Land 8 Farmland ther indication to council the intend- ed land use is urban. "The Co -Op requires an urban lo- cation, has urban services demands and fills an urban market," accord- ing to Hundey. The township of Hay is confident the Co-op meets the zoning require- ments and has sought legal advise which confirms their view. The report submitted by the town to the ministry states, "The town's policy is not to extend services be- yond the town boundaries." • If the town extended services out- side of its boundary, council be- lieves it would not be fair to corr petitors within the town limits. The businesses in Exeter are paying, through their taxes, for sanitary sewage and water supply treatment as well as police and probably a greater share for soft services than the township taxpayer. The economic benefit to the town of any commercial development is bringing more people to the area. Commercial growth also has a posi- tive impact on the town budget be- cause it improves the assessment base. Hay Township objects to the boundary expansion on this basis as well. "Why is the township not able to keep some of that money in the form of assessment base so that their people can have decent roads, without raising taxes sky-high," said Keys. Chevrolet, Olds and Geo return to area as HMP becomes full -line dealer EXETER -In these days of down -sizing and cutbacks by many manufacturers Huron Motor Products has announced a major expan- sion after being awarded the Chevrolet, Oldsmobile and Geo fran- chise by General Motors. The popular Chevrolet and Oldsmobile products will be sold in Exeter beginning April 1. The new line of vehicles is in addition to the Pontiac, Buick, Cad- illac and GMC truck franchise which has been in Exeter for the past 12 years. "In order to make room for the larger inventory the Honda dealer- ship will close as of March 31," said HMP general manager Tim Ha- mather. Warranty and service work for all the GM products will be done out of the original Huron Motor Products building while the former Honda building will serve as a Goodwrench quick lube cen- tre and a cleanup department. Chevrolet and Oldsmobile vehicles have not been available in Ex- eter since the Frayne Chev-Olds dealership closed in 1993. "The franchise became available and it made good business sense to ac- cept it," Hamather said. Huron Motor Products, which is owned by local businessman Bob Hamather started in Zurich in the early sixties. The business recent- ly received the President's Triple Crown award identifying it as be- ing in the top 1090 of all General Motors dealerships in the country. Walper Street is also included in the town's application for boundary extension. The street is in a poor state of repair. The application re- port prepared by the town indicates Walper Street requires further study and drainage and servicing issues need to be assessed by town engi- neers. If the Co -Op development had gone through smoothly, Reeve Keys said the township would have looked into maintaining the street. As it stands now, they are not pre- pared to pursue the matter further. Further boundary expansion is not in the current plan. An initiative, the South Huron Liaison Commit- tee, has been independently set up to look at the possibility of a change in local government. In considera- tion of keeping the matter straight- forward and clear, only the specific 'issue at hand is being dealt with. "A bigger shift in the boundaries would perhaps circumvent this par- ticular work," said Hundey. Hundey hopes to receive a deci- sion soon on the boundary exten- sion. No timetable for construction of the Co -Op has as yet been re- leased to the town. Investigating suspected arson HAY - Exeter OPP and the Fire Marshalls office are investigating a suspicious fire at the home �f George Troyer and his family at Lot 8 Concession, North Boundary, Hay Township. The damage is estimated at ap- proximately $50,000. No injuries were reported but the family has re- located to an alternative residence. Arson is suspected in the March 18 fire. A small amount of money was taken in a break-in Monday, March 20 at Beyond the Screen Door in Huron Park. Clearwater Aircraft in Huron Park reported Friday their main en- trance door was smashed. A London -area man is facing charges of failing to remain at the scene of an accident Saturday morning and is also charged with driving with over the legal amount of alcohol in his blood. During the past week members of the Exeter OPP laid three impaired driving charges, four charges under the the liquor licence act and in- vestigated two motor vehicle acci- dents. Daffodil Days The Beta Sigma Ph/ Sorority will be selling daffodils again in Exeter to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. Sorority members from left to right are: Marion Rider, Mal - da Geiser and Leona Amos pictured with daffodils supplied by Country Flowers. 4