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NOM_ 6, nside 4 In the end, mayor Bruce Shaw cast the deciding vote to go ahead with the first phase to rejuvenate the Old Town Hall corner By Adrian Harte T -A Editor EXETER - A 5-4 vote Monday evening, with mayor Bruce Shaw breaking the tie, gave the go-ahead to the first phase of the re- juvenation of the Old Town Hall corner in Exeter. Not unexpectedly, the' evening's discussion was sharply divided be- tween the project's supporters and detractors. Those in favour pointed out the first phase was affordable using infrastructure grant funds and budgeted funds over the next two years. Those against insisted that there was no way of knowing if fu- ture funds would allow the corner to be completed. "The important thing to realize right now is we don't have a million or so dollars to do the corner right now," said mayor Bruce Shaw in his opening remarks to council. He said the $570,000 for the renova- tions and addition to the Old Town Hall to relocate the municipal of- fice was within reach under the cur- rent program. Although the present library may be demolished and replaced in the next phase,v8haw said ,those plans may change, should there be large grants to restore the library. "All we know is phase one is the Old Town Hall, and phase one is what we're talking about," said Shaw. Architect Laird Robertson pre- sented the plans to council and those present in the gallery. Phase one calls for an addition of 1,750 square feet to the hall, with renovations of the existing 3,350 square feet. Robertson said a full renovation of the basement was considered unnecessary and too ex- pensive for the space it would create. In phase two a new 4-5,000 square foot library would be added to the back of the town hall, and the present library would be de- molished' to become a "civic gar- den" which could even he used for outdoor performances in the sum- mer. The facade of the old library would be kept, but only as a back- drop to the garden. Robertson fielded questions from council and from the gallery about. Please see Heated, page two. Lifeguards test skills w r. •.'S't . . _ . ''�=3^C':.•--.{r as ¢•r - ;I) ‘1 ItA - - tit �. ,�► ft 5.t • %wig.11 • '1 A mock drowning - an exercise to test emergency response at the Exeter Public Pool was held last Tuesday afternoon. Brad Tieman played the part of a drowning victim supported at top by lifeguard Laurie Coolman. Then lifeguards Becci Farquhar (far left), Donise Dundas, Laurie Coolman, and Michelle McDonald gently float their drowning "victim" onto a spinal board in preparation for recussitation techniques. A full audience of public swimmers looked on at the drama being acted out last Tuesday. Even Hoffman's Ambulance added the final touch by taking Tieman away on a stretcher. Sewage not hri ing river A complaint about Little Ausable water quality was disproved LUCAN - As the result of a rapid environ- mental assessment study, the village and the newly installed sewage treatment plant have been completely exonerated on a charge of de- grading the Little Ausable River. The tests were carried out after a private cit- izen contacted the Ontario Ministry of the En- vironment claiming the Little Ausable River and a tributary were being degraded as the re- sult of by-passing untreated sewage. On June 24, during a heavy thunderstorm, a rapid biological assessment was conducted to document any impacts on the aquatic ec- osystem within the Heenan Drain. Aquatic organisms and water samples were collected in the Heenan Drain upstream and downstream of the Lucan sewage treatment plant discharge point. Visual observations of stream character- istics, flora, fauna and surrounding riparian corridor were made and recorded on video. Water temperature and conductivity were measured in the field. On June 24, the Little Ausable River and a tributary were turbid as a result of the heavy rains. The discharge from the plant, however, was clear and the conductivity ( a measure of total ions in the water) of the discharge water was virtually the same as that measured in the stream. No by-passing of untreated sewage thus was occurring at this time. The sewage treatment plant is designed to divert all excess sewage flows to the old la- goons, which have no discharge to any stream system. All waste water in the lagoons flows hack to the plant during times of low incoming sewage flows for treatment prior to discharge. The Ministry report concludes, " Therefore, the Lucan sewage treatment plant was NOT contributing to the water quality impairment of the tributary to the Little Ausable River. The continuous Clow of clear water from the plant likely enhances the water quality condi- tions in the tributary at certain times because a continuous source of water is available to the stream system during the summer low -flow period. The impaired water quality conditions observed in the tributary are a direct result of non -point source pollution, chiefly agriculture and possibly storm -water drainage.', Shared systems looking attractive Zurich and Hay both want in on joint sewage treatment study ZURICH - Both Hay Township and the Vil- lage of Zurich have sent letters to the Ministry of the Environment, asking to be included in a joint sewer system study. The possibility of an Exeter -based joint sew- age treatment plant for the town, Hensall, and Huron Park has Zurich and Hay wondering why they too can't benefit from sharing multi- million dollar resources. Zurich reeve Bob Fisher told council that when he asked MPPYaul Klopp why the vil- lage wasn't included in the joint study, the MPP said he personally favoured seeing Zu- rich included. "They're Ithe ministryl pushing us toward a treatment plant," Fisher warned council, stat- ing that when the village needs to upgrade its sewage system, a $3 million plant would be needed. With 85 percent grants, Fisher guessed Zurich might just be able to afford it, but staffing it with engineers is "something we couldn't afford". A forcemain to connect into a joint system at Hensall would also cost about $3 million, Fisher said he was told. l4keshore development is also on hold be- cause of a lack of sewage treatment system. Fisher said he could envision some kind of joint program with the lakcshore and maybe Bayfield included. Meanwhile Zurich will be spending reserve funds on fixing leaks in the present sewage system, which has been estimated at sending an equivalent amount of sewage for a popula- tion of 2,000 to the lagoon, from a village of only 800. The village received a grant last month to fund $10,000 worth of video camera in- spections of the leaky lines. "Ten thousand isn't going to accomplish much, but it will give us an idea of what can be accomplished," said councillor Keith Sem- ple. Truck driver charged in sexual assault A French hitch -hiker on her way through Canada was assaulted at knife-point, just west of DasAwdod say the Exeter OPP EXETER - A truck driver from .Brandon, Manitoba has been charged in connection with a sexual assault on a French hitch -hiker by the Exeter OPP. The 23 -year old woman from Vignieu, France was hitch -hiking across Capada from British Columbia to Halifax, after working in British C6lumbia for the past year. She told police she was picked up on Saturday at 8 a.m. on the Trans Canada Highway in the Nip- igon area by a truck driver on his way to Southwestern Ontario. Police say she was sexually assaulted on Hishway 83 west of Dashwood at about 6 a.m. Sunday morning. Pglice later arrested a truck driver in the Hanover area and charged him with sexual assault with a weapon. He was also charged with impaired driving by the Mount Forest OPP. The weapon, a hunting knife, was recovered by the Exeter OPP at the scene of the sexual assault in Stephen Township. Charged is Donald Robin Charles, 40, of Brandon, Manitoba. He ap- peared in Goderich court Monday for a bail hearing. • Thieves steal tires worth $8,000 from Exeter dealer over weekend EXETER - The OPP are investi- gating a theft of about $8,000 worth of tires from an Exeter tire dealer. Police say that over the weekend, either Saturday or Sunday night, thieves made off with about 100 tires from Haugh Tire on Highway 83 in north Exeter. Eight were Michelin light truck tires with white lettering, two dozen were Goodyear Wrangler light truck tires with white lettering, and a large number were BF Goodrich radial 'TA"s in 14 and 15 inch sizes with white letter and blackwalls. Also reported stolen to police over the past week were a barbecue from an Usborne Township resi- dence, and two bicycles. Cable TV breaks in service irk Exeter councillor EXETER - Frustrated by frequent breaks in cable television service, a town councillor asked that a letter be sent to the local cable operator. Councillor Bert Branderhorst mo- tioned Monday evening for a letter to be sent to Ex-Cen Cablevision expressing a concern about breaks in service, even in clear weather conditions. Branderhorst said his complaints were echoed by other town residents. Other councillors agreed that they too have received complaints and endorsed the mo- tion: Cable television services are au- thorized under an agreement be- tween the company and the munici- pality.