Clinton News Record, 1981-05-07, Page 34110
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Sharp buyers
Sunny skies last Saturday lured out dozens of people to the
Clinton Optimists first annual garage sale at the Clinton
park, resulting in several hundred dollars being raised for
the Clinton nursery schooL Here member Steve Tyndall
tells a buyer the price, on an item. (James Fitzgerald
photo)
Tuckersm it
Tuckersmith council is well on the way
to passing an animal control bylaw
limiting the number of pets and livestock
kept in residential areas of the township.
Clerk Jack McLachlan said council last
week gave first and second reading to a
bylaw establishing the number of animals
which can be kept within defined areas of
the township. The proposal councillors
considered at an earlier council meeting
would limit homeowners to keeping one
animal unit on their residential properties.
Animal unit numbers vary depending on
whether the animals were pets or
livestock.
Someone who has more than the
designated animal unit -for example, more
than four cats - when the bylaw is passed,
can continue to,keep the present number of
animals as long as the animals aren't
removed from the property for 30 days or
more.
Mr. McLachlan expects the animal
control bylaw will be given its third
reading, making it law, at the.next regular
council meeting, Tuesday, May 5.
F.H. Uderstadt of Uderstadt-Burnside
Engineering Ltd. of Orangeville, attended
Tuesday's council meeting to discuss the
preliminary report on the Crozier
Council approves 98, 000 street reconstruction program
By Shelley McPhee
Clinton Council has approved a
$98,651.80 street reconstruction program to
the tender of Lavis Contracting Limited of
Clinton, but the complete contract may not
be completed.
At their April 21 meeting, council passed
a motion to accept Lavis' low bid to carry
out the 1981 program, however they will
inform the contractor that the entire
program may not completed.
Including the engineer's fee on the work,
the cost of this year's.street reconstruction
program will total $111,451, however,
council has only set aside $102,500 for
street reconstruction and maintenance in
this year's budget.
Concerned that they beep to" budget,
council may decide later in the year to
leave reconstruction on Beech Street from
stuck in
the middle
The days of continuous gravet. runs
ant sine—king— cigarettes under ',the
grandstand are over. I'm now living in
a new era, and with that comes new,
exciting challenges or "Passages" one
author called the various stages of
life. I'm now an associate member of
the Prego-League.
"Prego" for all you laymen means
pregnant, but before the rumors start
rampaging around town, I'll set the
record straight by telling you that I am
not in the family way.
This year we have four charter
members in the Prego-League - the rest
of us just take notes for future
reference.
The main topic ofconversation these
past few months has strayed from the
wild, weekend parties to naming
babies. We all quietly cringe when one
couple insists that their teeny basher
will be titled Virgil Dunston.
Associate members are protective
you see, we want the best for our
youngest members of the Wendesday
Afternoon Social Club (WASC), our
association of friends.
Pre -natal classes are a blast too.
We've all reminisced about those those
films we saw in Grade 6 class about
Sammy and Ethel, how they meet and a
baby is made. We understand that pre-
natal is a little more technical and
medical and they get right down to the
nitty- gritty of parenthood.
The expectant fathers have been a
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Whitehead Street, north to the open section
by St. Joseph's Separate Public School, for
another year. By eliminating this work,
estimated to cost $11,857.65, council would
be able to keep in line with their budget.
Engineer Burns Ross of Goderich, who
was present at the council meeting,
suggested that the entire project be
initially accepted, and later council could
choose to delete a portion of the work,
depending on how the budget looks.
"The contract says that any parts of the
contract can be omitted at a later date,"
he explained.
Mr. Ross said that the Beech Street
portion could be graded and gravelled this
year and thepaving done at a later date.
"This," he suggested, "would let you put
the sanitary sewer in first without
breaking the pavement up later."
shelley
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little queasy, nervous and embarrassed
to attend such "useless" meetings, but
we liberated members of a Prego
League insist that this is the age of
shared responsibilites and the daddys
better shape up or ship out.
For a real fun evening, we show the
pregos what feet look like, just so they
don't forget, and spend marvellous
hours touching mother-to-be's stomach,
waiting for Baby Hughie to do the
rumba.
There are lots of jokes about the rash
of pregnancies that have hit WASC, and
some of us have sworn off drinking
water, just in case its the culprit. We
exchange horrible stories about the
joys of parenting, based on our own
wonderful tales of childhood, and take
bets on when the kids are going to
appear.
But it's all in fun, and really we're all
extremely excited about The bundles of
joy that are due to arrive on the scene
very, very soon. The thoughts of
playing aunts and uncles (we've
delegated ourselves to those roles
whether the parents like it or not) is
absolutely thrilling. We get to "ooh and
aah" over the wee ones and give them
back to momma and pop when the
babies' spirits are dampened, so to
speak.
It may be like putting the cart before
the horse, but Happy Mother's Day
pregos, we're all pushing for you, in
spirit at least!
Other work to be completed this year
includes: reconstruction on North Street,
from Huron to John Street at a cost of
$46,062.155; second coat of asphalt on High,
Wintercourt and Townsend Streets,
$23,660.50; top coat on Queen Street,
between George and John Streets,
$5,241.25; second coat on George Street,
from Albert to Hill Street, $6,589; repaving
Princess and Percival Streets, from
Raglan to Rattenbury Streets, $5,24L25.
Council studied two tender bids for the
entire project and the Lavis application
was accepted. Lavis was awarded the
contract ahead of a $107,907.40 contract bid
from John Cox Construction.
In other business, council accepted C.E.
Reid and Sorts tender application to supply
the town with gravel for the year. Reid's
application was the lowest of three bids, to.
supply 2,000 yards of pit run gravel at $1.69
a yard, and 2,000 yards of Granular A
gravel at $2.74 a yard.
Merner Construction and Lavis Con-
tracting also submitted tender ap-
plications for this work.
Council further agreed to study .a
request from the Kinburn Foresters to
make a donation to their building fund.
The local Foresters; 17ho are rebuilding
the Kinburn Hall which was recently
gutted by fire, are looking for financial
assistance from area councils and
organizations.
LACAC is....
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historic buildings is a major part of
LACAC's work in other municipalities. In
Qinton, the town hall, library and library
park have been designated in the past.
Chairman Hunter also noted to council
that LACAC is ready and willing to help
the town, and will offer ideas and
suggestions for Clinton's official plan
which is presently being drafted.
Clinton council, concerned that sup-
porting the cause would "open up a can of
worms" as Mayor Chester Archibald
suggested, decided to table the request
until their May 4 meeting.
In past years, council has supported
communities in time§ of disaster from
floods and tornadoes and Councillor Ron
McKay suggested that Kinburn's recent
misfortune, "was a disaster of sorts."
Councillor Ross Jewitt noted that Kin -
burn was a neighboring conununity and
Clinton should offer their support. He
insisted that the request be re -considered
at the next meeting, and not permanently
filed.
Council to
Kinburn.....
• from page 1
after replacing five light standards at the
north end of Albert Street.
' Councillor Bea Cooke reported, that the
16 -year-old cement poles have
deteriorated, to the point that the cement
has been eaten away and the inside wires
have been bared.
She explained that snowplows throwing
up salt had caused the deterioration and
the Ontario Provincial Police had advised
that the poles should be replaced.
Council members wondered if the less
expensive cedar poles would stand up to
the winter salt better than the cement
poles, but Councillor Cooke noted that PUC
manager Gus Boussey had recommended
the cement poles. She also noted that if
cedar poles were used, the wires would
have to be plated on the outside.
"Time is of the essence in this matter,"
Mayor Archibald noted, and council
authorized the PUC to choose and replace
the poles at an estimated cost of $2,500. {�
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, MAY 7 , 1981—PAGE 3
to limit pets
drainage works. The drain crosses farms
owned by Peter Spittal and Dr. M.W.
Stapleton, just outside Egmondville. The
cost of cleaning out the drain is estimated
at $10,000. Tenders haven't been called yet
for the cleanup project.
Insurance agents Dave Reed of Prin-
ceton of Frank Cowan Insurance Ltd. and
Don Eaton of Seaforth Insurance met with
council to review the township's insurance
coverage. Among the agents' recom-
mendations was increasing the bonding
on township employees to $50,000. The
agents will report back to council with
revised insurance coverage costs.
Barry Davis and Alex Townsend,
members of the 'Vanastra Curling Club
executive, met with council to discuss
proposed repairs to the Vanastra Curling
Club. The construction, which clerk Jack
McLachlan said basically involves a brand
new shell for the building, will be funded
by members, with the assistance of
government grants. The men reported
curling club executive will be sitting down
with the contractor in the near future to
draft the final contract for the work.
Councillor Jim Papple was appointed
file drainage inspector for the township. In
the past, the job was held by Bob Bell. now
township reeve. Mr. Papple is paid per
completed inspection.
Council approved a motion to p rchase a
conference table from Oesch Wood-
working, Vanastra for council chambers.
The table will cost approximate)), $425.
Clerk J ack McLachlan was authorized to
attend a two-day conference in Toronto in
June, the annual meeting of municipal
clerk -treasurers in the province.
Council endorsed a resolution from
Aylmer objecting to wage settlements
recently reported with respect to OPP
officers and other provincial employees.
The resolution objected to the secret,
manner in which negotiations were held
and the fact settlements were in excess of
the guidelines for municipal, civic and
government employees.
Officials from the Ministry of the
Environment will again be meeting with
Tuckersmith council in a special meeting
next Tuesday night. Council had
previously -met with Mark Bell, budget
planner with the ministry, about cost
overruns in the operation of the water and
sewer systems in Vanastra.
The Ministry has overrun the proposed
budget for the system for the past three
years.
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