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1981' " � ;' ;�•�, 11 � ji i��+l �� is ,l �; i ,l 1 `��. r 1981 — International Year of Disabled Persons The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 1981 the Inter- national Year of Disabled Persons. The theme is: "Full participation and equality." Ontario has joined with the rest of Canada as an active participant. About 800,000 Ontario citizens suffer from handicaps which result in their being disabled. The United Nations defines a disabled person as one who is -- "unable to ensure by himself or herself, wholly or partly. the necessities of a normal individual an&or social life, as a result of a deficiency ... in his or her physical or mental capaci- ty. Individuals and com- munities are being asked to participate in programs where they live. Suggestions are: find out the concerns of disabled people in the com- munity, educate yourself by talking to someone who is blind, deaf or in a wheelchair. Talk to families of the disabled, doctors and anyone else in your com- munity to find out more about the problems. Contact your municipal council and suggest they officially declare participation in the International Year of Dis- abled Persons. For further information, write: Focus '81, Inter- national Year of Disabled Persons, P.O. Box 30, Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M7A IA2. 0 WARDEN ROSS LIVINGSTON 1981 — Message from Oxford warden County council issues of concern to farmers By ROSS LIVINGSTON As Warden of Oxford County it is a privilege to have the opportunity to have a small part in your annual agricultural edition for 1981. During the next year, county council shall no doubt be involved in many issues which will be of interest to farmers in Oxford. I know the landfill issue is one which continues to be con- troversial, but the county must press on, first to obtain the necessary approvals, and to establish an ac- ceptable and en- vironmentally sound sanitary landfill site. During the last year the Oxford County solid waste committee presented their final report to county council. This report has 13 recommendations, the rust of which is to obtain the landfill capacity required. While the report acknowledges the need for landfill, it stresses the im- portance of exploring every avenue to help reduce the requirements for agricultural land, through such methods as source separation, shredding and recycling. The county has no alter- native but to continue to work towards a solid waste management program which will virtually eliminate those problems which have been associated with solid waste disposal in the past. In the next few months county council will be con- sidering a "plan" to deal with possible future emergencies. There is a need for some type of co- ordination between area municipalities in the event of a disaster that one municipality alone could not cope with. We all know that Oxford is not immune to disasters. This plan should involve both the public and private sector of our com- munities to ensure that "if and when" there is a need, those involved will know what is to be done, and where to obtain assistance when necessary. During the last term county council took steps to set up a county wide radio system for fire protection. With the co-operation of the area municipalities a paging system with a central dispatch will enable all 1982 all firemen to be alerted wherever they are. This system will improve response time, particularly in the rural areas. A grid is now being designed to cover the whole county. It will enable the dispatchers to pinpoint the location of a fire or emergency anywhere in the county. The system should be in operation by this summer. I have no doubt that radio communications would be invaluable in the event of a large scale emergency. These are some of the issues which the county is and will be involved with this year. The economic situation we all face in 1981 will have an impact on the operation of the county, and will have its effect on farmers in Oxford as well. As a farmer and a member of Oxford Federation I am confident that the Federation of Agriculture will continue to represent the best interests of Oxford farmers. In turn your efforts will be of benefit to all the residents in our community of Oxford. Good farming and good luck to all in 1981. Garbage still priority for county this year January 14, 1981 Oxford County Warden Ross Livingston surprised no one Wednesday, when he said the county's solid waste problem remains at the top of county council's list of priorities. Warden Livingston outlined the problems facing county council during the next two years. It was the new council's first regular meeting since its inauguration in December. Other issues facing council include the renovation of the county courthouse in Woodstock and an overall disaster plan for an emergency involving more than one municipality. Warden Livingston said there is a need for a plan to co-ordinate facilities and reactions of Oxford's municipalities in event of disaster. "We all know Oxford is not immune to disaster," he said. He said the county needs a long term commitment from the province on its use of the courthouse to plan future renovations. The province rents courthouse space from the county for five-year terms. The county must also take another look at the industrial hason committee proposed last year to promote and co-ordinate Ox- ford's industrial potential. "Oxford is a good place to live and work and a good place to establish industrial, commercial and agricultural enterprises," he said. Livingston also called for a review of the county's committee structure, particularly the formation of the striking committee. which selects the county's standing com- mittees, and the length of terms for com- mittee members. i International Year of Disabled Persons 1981 Annoe internationale des personnes handicapees Critics lose on convention WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — A charge that Oxford County is wast- ing taxpayers' money by providing a hospitality suite at the 1981 conven- tion of the Ontario Good Roads Asso- ciation in Toronto was ignored by county comxcil Wednesday. Council decided to provide the suite and send three representatives at an estimated cost of $I,000. The Feb. 23 to 25 convention focuses on road needs in the province. Blandford-Blenheim Township Mayor Bob Gilholm called the tradi- tion a waste of money in times of economic restraint. "f don't think county residents are behind this at all." Gilholm said the money could be put to better use in the county. Coun. Don MacKay of East 7orra- Tavistock Township questioned the choice of members being sent — the clerk, treasurer and the county's vo- lunteer social convenor, Jack Smith. Elgin judge appointed TORONI() — Allan Ross Webster of Woodstock has been appointed a provincial court judge, family divi- sion, for Elgin County, Webster, 10. Is a native of Montreal and has been a senior partner with a Woodstock law firm since 1972. He was ap- pointed queen's counsel in IM, The appointment Is effective Feb.1, A After 14 months WOODSTOCK-INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1981 Homeward bound Hostage agreement has The ordeal ends been reachi;u • 444 days of captivity in Iran finally over Hostages,fly to__fr-e__edom Wire services The 52 American hostages from Iran flew on to a U.S. Air Force base In West Germany after the first leg of their flight to freedom Tuesday night. The hostages — 50 men and two women —' arrived in Algiers, Al- geria, for a short break after the first leg of their journey from 444 days of captivity in Tehran to their eventual return to the United States. The two U.S. Air Force hospital planes — loaded with roast turkey dinners for the hostages and Ameri- can officials who met them in Al- giers — were expected to arrive at Wiesbaden, West Germany, between midnight and I a.m. EST. The hos- tages will rest in a military hospital there for several days while under- going physical and psychological checkups before being returned to the U.S. Wearing yellow ribbons in their hair, Elizabeth Ann Swift and Ka- thryn Koob, the two women among the hostages, were the first to step off the Algerian jetliner that brought them out of Tehran to Algiers for the rendezvous with the U.S- hospital planes. Two Boeing 727S of the Algerian airline, one carrying the hostages and the other their luggage, landed at Ilouart Boumedienne Airport shortly after 8 p.m. EST. U.S. Deputy State Secretary War- ren Christopher, who negotiated the final agreement with Iran through Algerian intermediaries, and Ulrich Haynes, U.S- ambassador to Al- geria, huddled under the overhang- Ing roof of the VIP lounge at the wind-swept airport to greet the freed Americans. Names Carter as envoy to greet group Ronald Reagan was sworn in near the time hostages freed January 20, 1981 WASHINGTON ( CP ) — It was just before noon on the Ronald Reagan was officially inaugural stand before the west inaugurated 40th president of wing of the white -domed capitol, the United States on Tuesday, looking out over thousands just in time to lead his country in crowded into the open mall, , a joyous celebration of freedom when Reagan spoke the 35-word for the 52 American hostages in presidential oath of allegiance. Iran. His inaugural address which As carefully staged followed promised Americans ceremonies leading to Reagan's "an era of renewal." - official takeover from Jimmy Carter on the stroke of noon proceeded, hope and an- ticipation of the hostages' release jumped and flickered across the U.S. When it was finally definite only minutes after Reagan was sworn in that the hostages were really on their way out of Iran, a wild demonstration of joy swept the capital and the country. "They're airborne," Reagan said shortly after concluding his inaugural address, while bells pealed, sirens sounded and horns honked in Washington and across the United States. Some of the hoopla was for Reagan, but more was for the 52 Tehran embassy hostages free after 444 days of captivity. One of Reagan's first presidential acts was to make Carter, who negotiated tirelessly in the closing hours of his presidency, his envoy to meet the freed diplomats today at Wiesbaden, West Germany. Carter, just a step away now froth political obscurity, ae- capWrl and prepared to fly to Europe today after paying a brief visit to a homecoming celebration in Plains, Ga., where he will live. Hostages pass on thank you OT'I'AWA (CP) — A message of "heartfelt thanks and love" was broadcast to Canada from the U.S. Air Force jet carrying the 52 freed American hostages home Sunday. Bruce Laingen, the charge d'affaires at the U.S. embassy in Iran when the Americans were taken hostage in 1979,thanked Can- ada for hiding six other Americans in Tehran and getting them out of the country safely. -To the government and people. or ;,be magnificent northern neighbor," the radio message from Laingen started. "The 52 returning and free Ameri- cons send their heartfelt thanks and hove to all Canadians for making possible the earlier return to free- dom of our six colleagues. -We will never forget you." 'The message was monitored by Canadian transport ministry radio operators as the jet flew over New Brunswick before landing at West Point where the former hostages wee reunited with their families, said a Canadian external affairs of- ficial. When Iranian militants took over the II.S. embassy In Tehran, the six Americans evaded capture and eventually found refuge kn the Cana dian embassy. They were kept under cover there for weeks until Ken Taylor, the Ca nadian ambassador, and olherCana dian personnel helped theta escape by presenting them at tranian air- norl customs a. Cauadiat" one year Taylor, his wife, the Canadian em- bassy slaff and the six Americana left Iran at the same lime and Can- ndu clu>od its rmha,$) in Tehran- 0 WOODSTOCK-INGERSOLL, ONTARIO. MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1981 Atmosphere was subdued Freed Americans with their es Security tight Tears'flo '/w',WEST POINtages r N.Y. (RE their - The r r as U. So freed hostages relaxed with their families today after returning to the United States from Fran where they were captives of Islamic militants for about 15 months. • gftwtAo%�ets /ishostage Ernest Cooke, father of former hostage Donald Cooke, told reporters late Sunday the atmosphere inside the Thayer Hotel on the grounds of the U.S. Military Academy was subdued. WOODSTOCK-INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1981 Washington the last stop before going home Warm welcome to ex -hostages White House doors were opened wide WASH_ INGTON (AP) — Their 444 days of bon- doge in Iran are more than a week behind them, ire grid Wentif �eation their readjustment period is over, the official January 21, welcome in the U.S. capital is a warm remem- 1991 brance, and the 52 freed Americans are finally Presidehome. o may be expensive: Taylor Washin ton embraced them Tuesda and President Reagan threw open the White House to them and their families in a display termed "ab- solutely staggering" by diplomat Bruce LainEen. 76 legal Notices PRINTING TENDER Tenders for the printing of the 1ati(l Oxford County Minute Book will be received by the undersigned until 1: W p.m.. Wednesday, February it, 1991. Information can be ob tained at the County Clerk's Office, Court House, Wood- stock. Ontario. J. HAROLD WALLS Clerk. County of Oxford Court House. P.O. Box 397. Woodstock, Ontario, N4S7Y3 1.naiu By NANCY GALL Sentinel -Review staff writer Assigning street names and numbers to urban areas in Oxford County as part of the fire grid identification system could be an expensive proposition, county administration and finance committee heard Wednesday. Rod Taylor, project manager for the team establishing the county -wide emergency grid, said work has begun dividing the county into squares and assigning each a six -digit fire location number. Each grid square gives location within 329 feet or one -tenth of a kilometre and in rural areas is "almost as accurate" as a house number and street name in urban areas, Taylor said. There is a problem, however, in more densely populated areas which do notpresently have street names and house num. tiers, Taylor told the committee. In South-West Oxford Township, there are eight such areas alone - Brownsville. Culloden, Verschoyle, Mount Elgin, Salford, Foldens, Sweaburg and Beachville, he said. With poles for street signs now costing about 375 each, assigning street names and numbers for the fire system would be an expensive p ition, he said. This was done in Otterville when Norwich Township got its own grid system three years ago, but costs were lower then, Taylor painted out. Warden Ross Livingston suggested homes in densely populated areas could be assigned a fire number with detailed instructions as to its location on file with the central dispatch. "If you tell tmunieipaiitiesl You have to spend i15,0N on street sins, you may have a problem. ' he said. The committee told Taylor to prvicee+ti with assigning grid acatiun numbers up to the boundaries of urban areas and beyond that point, the matter woWd be discussed further with local councils, fire departments and the county fir* twi-dinalor as to the beat way of handling the problem. Farm bankruptcies rise 75 per cent in '80 By Gord Wainman of The Free Press Ontario farm bankruptcies for the first I months; of 19M increased 75 Per cent over all of 1979, federal gov- ernment statistics show. Oxford narrowly okays raise for non -union staff By AI Chater Jan. 2 8 ,19 81 Woodstock Bureau Jan. I. There was no increase in ben- efits. In other business, council rejected a motion to prohibit rookie council- WO ODSTOCK — A 12-per-cent in- lorsfrom participating in the selec- crease for all non -union Oxford tionof committee members. County employees and council mem- The change was to be the first step bears was narrowly approved Wed- in a plan aimed at improving county nesday night amid warnings it will committees after striking commit - seriously hinder negotiations with tee selections were criticized by, union workers. councillors at their inaugural meet - County council voted 10 to nine to ing. approve the across-the-board in- "I can't support this," said Ham crease, despite the inability of mond. "When we come to county county staff to provide full details on council we come as'equals." Ham - the number of employees who will mond was one of the five members jump to a new category in the salary — including two rookie council mem- grid. The one-year agreement increases' county councillors' pay to $6,720 and the warden's to $20,160 a year. Coun- cil's last raise was in 1979. Court. Jack Warden of Ingersoll at- tacked the increase because he is currently negotiating two contracts for board of health .union workers. The 12-per-cent increase will become the umon's starting point, making it difficult to negotiate, he said. "I'm really disappointed. I really wish you would have waited." In past years, council wafted until p union contracts were settled before approving non -union increases or gave low increases which were later adjusted to the union increases. Tillsonburg Mayor John Arm- strong argued that the increase would be more than 12 per cent for some employees who would jump to a higher wage category. He also ob- jected to county councillors getting the same increase as full-time staff for what he considers a part-time job. Court. Lenore Young of Woodstock noted the increase in a recently set- tled contract for county family and children's services union workers j was only between 10 and 11 percent. Court. Don McKay of East Zorra- Tavistock Township,, said the in- crease for councillors was too high. A motion to give the warden and councillors a four -per -cent raise was defeated 12 to seven. Zorra Township Mayor Wallis Hammond argued that the increase for councillors was fair. "It costs me money to come down here. I.think councillors who do the job are worth 12 per cent." Non -union staff totals about 200, Including all supervisory personnel, county library workers and the 150 to i6o employees of Woodingford Lodge. The increase is retroactive to Oxford hers — who selected the committees this year. Coun. Phil Poole of Woodstock also argued against the change. "We should swallow our bitter pills as best we can." Coun. Les Cooke of Woodstock sup- ported it. "Perhaps in the future, it will pour some oil on the troubled waters." Warden Ross Livingston of Bland - ford -Blenheim Township, who is in charge of the committee improve- ment plan, said he still plans to pre- sent recommendations for improve- ments. In particular, he wants to in- troduce a set of guidelines for strik- ing committee members to follow. taxpayers on for lan WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — The to- tal cost to Oxford County taxpayers for a proposed landfill site at Salford is likely to reach $1 million, depend- ing on the length of an environmen- tal hearing to approve the project, county engineer Don Pratt said Thursday. The county has already spent more than $450,000 on the project, could pay dfill site not including' additional engineering costs, development of the site, pur- chase of equipment and legal fees for the hearing to approve the plan. Warden Ross Livingston of Bland - ford -Blenheim Township offered the only comment when the figures were presented at Thursday's county pub- lic works committee meeting. "Five years and we haven't even turned a shovel in the ground yet." Bulk of the costs were for purchas- ing the 220-acre site in 1976 for $306,- 562. Legal fees, including expropri- ating the land, total $33,775. Survey- ] ing and engineering costs by a To- ronto consulting firm d have reachie $140 007. The county has earned $36,721 by leasing the land for farming pur- poses. Pratt said a hearing date has not been set. It is to be held later this year and could run several months, he added. In other business, the committee recommended council accept a bid of $35,444 from New Look Restora- tion of Guelph to complete exterior renovations of the county courthouse building. Pratt said if council ap- proves the money for this year's budget, work could begin in May. Pratt said "my past experiences It -ad me to look with pessimism on contracts performed at bargain prices. But If we can get the work done for less money, by all means let's do it." The second lowest of the six bids was $52,600. The highest was $71,420. The work involves refurbishing bricks, resealing and painting on thoL southwest and south walls and re- pairing the stone rtm Former Blandford Reeve Passes Gordon Armstrong of R.R. I, Bright, passed away on Monday. January 26. 1981 in Stratford General Hospital. He was a former reeve of Blandford Township and member of Platteville Lodge. A.F. and A.M.178. Beloved husband of the late Fthcl Lebegut (who died August 12, 1980). dear father of Harold of R.R. 1. Bright and Shirley Bullock of R.R. I. Wilsonville. Dear father-in- law of Janet Armstrong of R.R. 1, Bright and Clare Bullock of R.R. I, Wilson- ville, dear brother of Mrs. John (Flora) McCartney of R.R. 1, Bright and Helen Armstrong of London. On- tario. Dear grandfather of Mrs. Kenneth (Heather) Wilson of Cambridge, Ronald, Dale, Demar and Nea Bullock of R.R. I, Wilsonville, Roger Bullock of Toronto. Michelle. Heather and Joanne Armstrong of R.R. I. Bright. Predeceased by one sister. Friends will be received in the Francis Funeral Home. Tavistock, today (Wed.l from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral ser- vice in the funeral home, Thursday, January 29, 1981 at 2 p.m. interment in Ratho cemetery. A memorial service, auspices of Plattsville Masonic lodge, will be held at the funeral home, this evening (Wed:)at 6:45 p.m. 75 Deaths SMITH - At the Woodstock General Hospital on Friday, January 23, 1981. J. C. (Jack) Smith of Beachville, Ontario in his 76th. year. Husband of the late Annie Glaves (1974) and dear husband of Marcia Lightheart. Dear Father of Mrs. John (Shirley) Watling of Beachville and Edwin R. Smith of Beachville, Grand- father of Wendy and Jeffrey Smith, Scott, Susan and Ann Watling and dear brother of Mrs. Trevor ( Mildred) Slater. Woodstock, James C. Smith of Detroit, W. E. (Bud) Smith and M. D. (Mac) Smith both of Woodstock and Bill Smith of Norwich. Friends will be received at the M. D. (Macs Smith Funeral Home, 69 Wellington Street, North, Woodstock where the com-plete glete funeral service will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, January 26th. with interment in Oxford Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial con- tributions to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Ontario Heart Foundation would be appreciated by the family. 0 Ll 91 J. (, SMITH .1 t'. 0acki Smith, of Beach- ville, died at the Woodstock General Hospital Friday.. He was 75, He was born in Ratho, a son of the late Gilbert and Annie j Smith, and resided in Mount Clemens. Mich. for several veers until coming to Beachville in 19:4- There he operated a general store. He was a former councillor of West Oxford township and when Beachville was incorporated as a village in 1962 he was the first Reeve and held that office for seven years. During that time he had served on the W'oodingford Lodge board, the Centennial Committee of 1967, the county library board, the Alexandra Hospital board in Ingersoll and the Oxford Health Unit. lie was a member of King Hiram Lodge, No. 37 AF and AM, Ingersoll, the Harris Chapter No. 41 RAM, Ingersoll, St. Elmo Preceptory No. 22 Stratford, Mocha Temple, London, Stratford on Avon Shrine Club, Shrine mini -car club, Stratford and the Wood- stock Shrine club. He was married twice, first to the former Annie E. Gloves who predeceased him in 1974. He was also predeceased by a brother, "Hilton, in 1932. Surviving are his wife, the former Marcia Lightheart, a daughter, Mrs. John [Shirley) Watling, a son, Edwin R. Smith, both of Beachville, a sister, Mrs. Trevor (Mildred) Slater, Woodstock, brothers ,lames C. Smith, Detroit, W. E. (Bud) Smith and M. D. (Mac) Smith, both of Woodstock and Bill Smith of Norwich. Also sur- viving are five grandchildren. Friends will be received at the M. D. iMac) Smith funeral home, 69 Wellington St. N., where the complete funeral service will be held Monday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Glen McPherson of Beachville officiating, assisted by Rev. Bruce Suitor. Burial will be in the Oxford Memorial Park Cemetery, Memorial contributions to the Canadian Cancer Society or the Ontario Heart Foundation would be appreciated by the family. Ju"lix,E HOBERT Groom regaled his audience last night, during a gathering to mark his 40th an- niversary on the bench. Then he BLUES CHASER Things could be worse, You ran still read the other pemon's papf•r over his shoulder, park at a meta+r on what's left of its quarter, and gf•t through the revolving door on his push. Harris' amendment defeated Councillors By NANCY GALL senlinel•Review staff write, Oxford County councillors granted themselves and county non -union staff a 12 per cent salary increase in a 10-to-nine recorded vote Wednesday night.. An amendment by Ingersoll Mayor Doug Harris calling for the increase in county coun- cillors' salaries to be chopped back to four per cent failed in a 12-to-seven recorded vote. Harris' amending motion retained the 12 per cent for the county's approximately 200 non - give themselves a raise union employees -- about 150 supervisory staff. Woodingford Lodge - staff "I feel it (the eounty council members and the remainder salary increasei should be a county library, office and token amount to keep it going at showed a serious side saying "justice is simply a matter of fair- ness. " (Staff photo by Philip Walker) 40 years on the bench a sane and reasonable level and i feel that's what four per cent eepresents," Harris said in Proposing the amendment. The annual salary for a cotnty councillor prior to the 12 per cent increase was $6,000 Per year. The wardens annual salary was $18,00D. Capacity crowd honors the judge By GREG ROTHWELL Sentinel -Review staff writer It's not every day that a person celebrates a 40th anniversary of anything. When they do, it's time for a few toasts. Judge Robert Groom got just that last night, when a capacity crowd of friends gathered to honor him at the UAW hall on Beale Street, in honor of his 40 years on the bench. There were fellow judges from Stratford, St. Thomas, Smith Falls, and Kitchener on hand; crown attorneys, lawyers, court of- ficials, representatives of city and county; probation officers, social workers and just old friends, taking part in the festivities. Judge Groom regaled the crowd with his stories, showing wily he is a favorite after dinner speaker at manv functions in Oxford. Lawyer Jim Hutchinson introduced the judge in a lively speech of his own. He read words of praise to Judge Groom from senators and lawyers, and ono from the province's attorney general, Roy McMurtry, who said the 40 years Judge Groom has served was '•a most remarkable achievement," TEETOTAL Hutchinson made a few, obviously unveiled references, to Judge Groom's reputation as a teetotaller. lie joked that if the lawyers in town "didn't drive him to drink, no one could." The judge received a standing ovation when he stood up to speak, and between the levity there was a note of seriousness. Between the thanks he gave to these he less worked with through the years, he said "It s fundamental that we have a respect for the law, and abide by the decisions of the courts. ' "The system we have is the best s)stern. in the world," he said. "The lawyers in this county have beer unstinting in offering help to those who had no Inelp." He praised them for their - fearle s Presentation of the facts" when [bey appear in a court [room, and said in the pu6lic mind there is sometimes a feeling "that lawyers are letting down the ordinary thinking of the community," particularly in unpoputar cases. FA lit ESS "The law is always changing," he said. ".And the reason the law keeps moving is because Brings are not always black and white." He agreed with the comment of a member Of the judiciary 'that justice is sumply fairness." "That is somethings that we all have to bear in mind." Judge Groom was honored with a number of presents, including as tribute from a.tl the police departments in the county, whose chiefs presented turn with a plaque coo. taining the shields of all the departments. Some local lawyers were notable by their absence from the event, some had daclitnyi invitations to the ceremony. Parrott retires from politics WOOOSTOCK-INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1981 Provincial election called for March 19 Parrott decides to call'ot quits ! d "tit►` William Davis ...heads PCs r-. A Stuart Smith ...Liberal chief February 18,1981 SWORN IN Former Woodstock lawyer A. Ross Webster was sworn in as Elgin County's family court judge at a ceremony in St. Thomas Wed- nesday afternoon by Chief Justice H.T.G. Andrews. Michael Cassidy ...NDP leader Oxford surplus totals $200,000 WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford Count 's 1980 b d t By KEN WILLFTT Sentinel -Review staff writer Dr. Harry Parrott, Woodstock MPP for the past10 years and the province's environment minister, announced today he will not seek re-election when the province goes to the polls March 19, Parrott made the an- nouncement to local media in the front room of his Vincent Street home. His wife, Isobel, said it was important to him to make the announcement first to the local media. Parrott, 55, said there was no single reason for his decision not to run. "After a great deal of con- sideration, and after weighing all the alternatives open to me, I have made the difficult decision not to seek re-election," he said this morning. Parrott quickly quashed statements suggesting he may have served as the Cnnscrvative party's sacrificial lamb over the controversial liquid waste issue in South Cayuga. Parrott acknowledged the statements but suggested they were started by opposition hacks. He said he was never personally confronted with the theory. y u ge will show a $200,000 surplus because of substan- you're BE PREPARED "Anybody tial income from investments and a that would make the suggestion that I was a Iamb decrease in the amount of money at slaughter over the con - borrowed, county treasurer Howard troversial Cayuga liquid waste Day said Wednesday. situation, had better make the Day said the surplus is $60,000 less claim to my face and be than the 1979 surplus, but noted the prepared for a hell of a'tight." Parrott said. county wound up with a $49,000 defi-"if anything the pressures of cit in its share of the general wel- the environment ministry ex. fare assistance budget. tended my desire to stay Ili - Ile said the county paid only $8,000 volved in politics," Parrott said. in interest charges last year, core- Premier William Davis and pared to $63,000 In 1978. "Over-all it Parrott's cabinet colleagues worked out quite well this year. It q Y tried to is post,uade Parrott from leaving his post, he said. was a better year for borrowing "It is nice to leave when there less." is a feelin g that still -1 wanted, Parrott said, Parrott said he made his decision "some time ago. with l imate in the courthouse wehelpof olatew, nthaL"He would not isolate when that was, but hinted the two had talked may soon The humid climate of the county courthouse may soon be controlled by a new treating and air conditioning system at a cost estimated under $200.(M. Public works committee accepted a proposal by Climate, Control Limited. with office; in Ingersoll, Cambridge 'and London, to install a system which will provide individual temperature control and create a more efficient use of energy in the historic building. John Van Dyke, CCL President', somW he would remove the steam heating system in the about his opting out some time before 1980. e Under control .,But re (Parrett and his wife) were still considering the decision or until ver recent' ' courthouse and replace it with a hot water system. Both heating and air con- ditioning systems would be controlled by one thermostat in order that both systems wouldn't operate sirnultanetruely. Van Dyke said his firm had been working on the project for nearly three months before theyy reached plans that wouldir t disruptthe appearance of the building. Air ducts would be used to carol water. Pipes would be. hidden as much as possible and air duel work would only take place on the basement floor. Hallways would contain little duct work. BOILERS Five cast-iron boilers, operated by an indoor ther- mostat would provide efficient. use of heal and offer standby equipment in case of an emergency. Van Dyke showed detailed drawings of the new systems and stressed ceilings would riot be dropped because of ad. ditional pipes Because of the size of the courtroom or the top floor of the building, Van Dyke said it would have Ile own healing and air conditioning syyal.em. If approved by county council, Van Dyke said he'd move in one P y Y. he said. week layer to begin installation H Parrott said he is extremely of the systems, which would ; proud of his achievements under take three months to complete. the Davis government and in the t found this building to be a , environmental field. challenge," he said, "Duct work' had never been taken into 1 WASTE. ISSUE: consideration before" tie added CCL has been m- "I have joined myself to the volved with several older issue of liquid waste disposal in the province of Ontario. No buildings, such as Victoria` Hospital in Loudon and work other provincial environment. currently being carried out on minister can make that claim. Someday In the not too distant the Intiseum building at University of Western Ontario. future, when there is no liquid County warden Ross waste which has not been Livingston said he's been wailing eight long years for a new heating and air conditioning' system to be Installed w the courthouse. Harry Parrott ...to get out treated in this province, when we can be assured there will be no Love Canal in Ontario, well,... I'll want a pan of the credit." Parrott said he is not leaving in the middle of the South Cayuga issue_ Governments don't hinge and fall on the loss of one in- dividual. I have provided the leadership in this venture but I am not afraid to turn the re€ ns over to another. We (Con- servatives) have a lot of good people. "The !provincial! govern. ment has made the South Cayuga commitment. That is not solely a Harry Parrott commitment," he said And what of Dr. Parrott's Plans for the future after this surprising announcement and the end to his high -profile politics? NO PLANS Well, essentially he has no plans. And, he said, that's the way he wants it, for the time being anyway, "This is by no means a retirement. I plan to be very active, but at what 1 honestip don't know. I find the nothing part of it kind of appealing to be quite honest." he said. Parrott said he may return to his work as a practising or. thodnntist, "but again. 1 honestly don't know." As for the Oxford County Progressive Conservative Association, they as of yet, have no official - candidate for the upcoming election. County PC officials, present for Parrott's announcement. said a nomination meeting will be held next week. Parrott said he will be en dorsing some candidate "one second after the nomination." He would not say who that person was. _ 0 Courthouse contract approved without bids L — "There's nobody In this room who By A) Chater knows If we're getting a ggodbuy or Woodstock Bureau not," argued Norwich Township Mayor Jack Burn. "This council WIX)DSTtlCK — A $166,600 con- owes the people of Oxford a good tract for a heating and cooling sys- bBurn s decision tem for the Oxford County court- Burn was supported In his bid to have the house here was Ipproved by county Tatham oproject tendered by Cahn. council Wednesday night, despite vo- Charlie Taatham f Woodstock. They argued there would be many firms cal objections from two councillors who would jump at the contract be - for not allowing the project to be cause of current economic condi- tendered. tions. INow story is official, ,Charles, Diana to wed LONDON <AP) — Prince Charles, heir to the British throne and one of the world's most eligible bachelors, is engaged to 19-yearold Lady Diana Spencer and the couple will be married this summer, Buckingham Palace announced today. The announcement ended months of speculation about romance between the dashing 32-yearold prince and the daughter of an earl distantly related to the Royal Family. The palace disclosed that Prince Charles proposed and gave Lady Diana a sapphireand4amond engagement ring a few days before she left for Australia Feb. 6. He told his parents earlier at their Sandringham estate. Britain's future queen is the girl next door. Lady Diana grew up on the Spencer family estate in Norfolk county next to the Royal Family's Sandringham residence where she and Charles first met when she was a girl. No date or place for the wedding was announced, but The Times said it is likely to take place in Westminster Abbey in July. The Times said that Prince Charles "once said that he thought 'about 30' was the right age for marriage, and the announcement will bring to an end speculation about the romance that has in recent months put the couple in the centre of press attention." The palace announcement, issued through Press Association, Britain's domestic news agency, said: "It is with the greatest pleasure that the Queen and the Duke of Edin- burgh announce the betrothal of their beloved son, the Prince of Wales, to the Lady Diana Spencer, daughter of the Earl Spencer and the Honorable Mrs. Shand Kydd." ' Canada Poster Post Canada The Canada Post Office wishes to announce a local ceremony marking the introduction of a commemorative stamp honoring Emily Stowe feminist and Canada's first woman physician at the Township Community Centre in Norwich, Ont. Wednesday, March 4 at 10:30 a.m. Everyone Welcome Gard Shearer. Postmaster Coun, Joe Pembtr of Woodstock, chairman of the public works, com- mittee which recommended accept- ing the contract from Climate Con- trol Ltd. of Ingersoll, argued it was a good deal because a consultant's report estimated nne year ago the system would cost $260,000. He noted the Ingersoll firm had voluntarily prepared blueprints for the project at no cost after it heard council wanted a ,new system In- stalled. Tatham suggested these plans be purchased from the firm to be used for tendering. Pember said after the meeting that If council had approved this request, he would have told Cli- mate Control not to sell them. Zorra Township Mayor Wallis Hammond said if council tendered the project, it would have been nec- essary to hire an engineer to su- pervise. "I don't believe the tender process In this case would get us a better offer." SIDEWAYS GLANCE Lady Diana Spencer gives a sideways glance, and Prince Charles rests his hand on her _shoulder, as the couple posed for photographers in the grounds of Buckingham Palace after their engagement was announced. (AP Laserphoto) installation of the system is to be completed by July. Council already has approved $120,000In its ti)b11 bud- get for the system. The plan also In- cludes alterations to the courthouse chimney to allow it be used as an el- evator shaft If council decides to in- stall one. The system also includes timers to control temperatures throughout the building.. In another matter, councillors paswd a bylaw giving themselves a roper -,cent wage increase. The war den will now be paid $30,160 a year with councillors earning. $6,720, The last Increase was In January. 19". Coun, Les Coolie of Woodstock op- posed the wage Increase, saying it is too high. He originally favored the increase when it was approved at council's last meeting, but said be changed his mind, preferring a fear or five -per -tent increase. Canada` [�tnlhSctnvr� 17 Stampissued in honor of Dr. Emily Stowe One of a new series of stamps issued by the post office is in honor of the late Dr. Emily Stowe of Norwich, one of the most remarkable women in Canadian history. Emily Stowe set many precedents during her lifetime. She was Canada's first female physician and this nation's first female school principal, She was also the first woman to be elected to public office in Canada, a founder of the first woman's suffrage group in Canada, part of the first husband and wife medical team in Canadian history and the mother of the first woman to graduate from a medical school in Canada. A ceremony was held in Norwich earlier this month to commemorate the issuing of the stamp. Dr. Stowe is one of the four women honored in the new Canada Post stamp series, Emily Jennings was born in the Norwich area 150 years ago, though the exact place of birth is uncertain. REG \S TEACHING AT 15 She began teaching at the Norwichville School when she was only 15. A few years later, she went to college and graduated with a teacher's certificate in 1854, That same year, she set her first precedent when she was appointed principal of the Brantford Grammar School. In 1s56, she married John Stowe, a carriagemaker. They moved to Mount Pleasant in Brant County and had three When Stowe contracted tuberculosis t wife realized she wanted to become a doctc She applied twice to to the medical school Victoria College in Toronto but was refuse both times — not on education grounds, but because she was a woman. She refused to give up and took her cause to the United States and applied to the New York Medical College for Women, founded by the first American female physician. When Dr. Stowe graduated in 1868, she became the first Canadian woman to hold such a degree. FEMALE DOCTORS Returning to Canada, she set up a practice in which she specialized in women patients, She felt strongly that women should have female doctors. She was refused a licence but practiced anyway. After fining her several times, the medical establishment finally granted her a licence in 1880. The remarkable woman was not through with setting precedents. She became the first woman to be elected to public office in Canada when she won a seat on the Toronto board of education. Then, in 1883, she started the Canadian suffrage movement under the name of the Toronto Literary Society. Dr. Stowe died in 1903, shortly after falling off a platform in Chicago where she had been making a speech. Her body was cremated, but no one is certain where the ashes are buried. II 10 Ai5WJCH 415- 1 c---uLz:*i/v TAvy IT 1d1rrH Mel 1 llC7 IT- - c)U T 10 CAS TH�04�- ANYr"HiNc-�, rr� �EIOCARWATtG1N . fl Increase in budget urged for repair of Oxford roads WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — The backlog of Oxford County roads re. quiring construction work is growing .we fast that by 1995 it will be impos- sible to catch up unless the budget is significantly increased, the county's public works committee was told Thursday. Stu Watts, county -construction and design engineer, said Oxford has not made any progress in bringing its roads system up to current stan- (hLrds and has fallen behind at a rate 01 $2 1 millinr per year stncc 19—,5 BLUES CHASER .At a garage sale you get the pick Of the litter. "Costs and needs are coming in faster than we're knocking them off. We're coming to a day when basi- cally we'll be gobbling up our entire budget just for maintenance of the roads system." In 1975, it was estimated the cost would be $17.6 million to bring the county's 315 miles of roads up to ac- ceptable standards. The figure has grown to $29.8 million since then .de- spite the $9.5 million spent since 1975 on road construction, Watts said. He also noted the figures are based on 1978 costs since the road needs study is only updated every five years. "The picture is even worse than the numbers indicate." The next update is in 1983. The engineering department has budgeted $2.6 million for road con- struction this year, a 10-per-cent in- crease over 1980. The province pays 67per cent of this amount. County engineer Don Pratt urged the committee to consider raising its share to match the provincial amount which is based on assess- ment. Watts said in an interview he doubts if the county would do this, but stressed the important thing is not to cut any money. "All I'm sav- ing is if you cut, be aware of what's creeping at your door. Some day you're going to pay the piper." He estimated about 75 miles of roads are in drastic need of recon- struction, mostly in rural areas. The 1980 budget wasenough to recon- struct Watts about seven miles of roads, ,f , Walls said. Committee members voted to send net Watt's concern to county council for consideration. " Tear down the county jail Vogt urges By NANCI' GALL the matter up again at public Sentinel -Review staff writer works committee. Tourists coming through the city on annual Shunpiker Tour ANNUAL TOUR May to better make sure they The jail and courthouse will be see the old county jail. It could among the highlights of the be their last chance, if East annual Shunpiker Tour Zorra-Tavistock Mayor Harold organized by the London Free Vogt has his way, Press. Council voted to have the Vogl, die loudest voice on buildings open for the lour May council in favor of tearing down 10 as long as there is sufficient the jail, noted in the minutes of volunteer help to conduct tours the public works committee through the buildings. meeting of last week that his year's to set aside money this Vogt said he'd be willing to year's budget to demolish the show people the courthouse, but all jail had tallad to get a Said "1 still maintain the (jail) seconder. That's not going to buildinngg is not safe for a tour." him, though. Woodstock Aldermen Lesstop "It's time t. demolish this Cook, Joe Pemba and Phil thing," he said. long are Poole and Zorra Mavor Wallis we ping to Mcrae e around with Hammond also volunteered to act as tour guides for the 1 m banana stain having the t having Shunpik rs, tIt?hree liven buildings removed and cleaned up. It's obvious that the "Would it be possible to give Save The Jag -ors are not going them all a brick from the jail as to spend thotsan& of dollars to a souvenir"" quipped Zovra do something with the building Couu Barry Wallace. and why should It 'none out of About 2,0410 cars are exlweted public works"" to take part he the Shunpiker Ile promised he would brit( Tour. 40 • ii •i Courthouse heating contract brings call for tender policy the contract a Climate Control Ltd. of Ingersoll — and did not want the contract reopened, but was Insulted he was not given the opportunity to bid on it. "Industry doesn't work that way. The project obviously wasn't researched." Ile said he pays $7,000 in taxes each year in Oxford and should have been entitled to submit a tender. "They (council) have created a bu- reaucratic monster they can't con- trol any more." The contract was awarded without calling tenders because it was $I00,- 000 less than previous estimates from a consulting firm. The Inger- soll firm offered to do the job and submitted a plan at no cost to the county. Battler said his company has done similar projects including all the heating work for a 70.000-square-foot addition to Standard Tube of Canada Ltd. and air conditioning in one of the wings at Woodstock General Hospital. Tatham said a tender policy should set financial limits on pro- jects which can be approved without: calling tenders, but was undecided on what those limits should be. New committee to decide cost -sharing for fire system WOODSTOCK (Bureau) —A com- and operated by Woodstock. The mittee will be established to decide city's chief administrative officer how to split the costs of Oxford has suggested Woodstock assume all County's central dispatch fire, alert operating costs until a cost -sharing system, scheduled to begin operat- agreement is tackled in June, 1982. ing in July. ' Warden Ross Livingston of Bland - The county's administration and ford -Blenheim Township advocated finance committee decided Wednes- a special committee, comprising the day to set up the committee after warden, county clerk, municipal members realized a county levy on mayors and fire chiefs, because his every municipality would be unfair township would be reluctant to par - if not all of them participate in the ticipate until the costs are known. system. "We want an alert system because The system is to be established we have a huge area to cover, but 1 By At Chater Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — A local heating firm's objerlion to Oxford County rouncil's decision to approve a heat- ing and air-conditioning contract for the courthouse here without calling tenders has prompted demands for 44ritten tendering guidelines. Ted Battler, president of Bartley Heating Ltd., told council Wednes- day it was unfair to approve the s1o6,000 contract without calling enders, and urged a policy be estab- I i shed. Ile was backed by Norwich Town- ship Mayor Jack Burn and Court. Charles Tatham of Woodstock. i "We're dealing with public money," 14 Tatham said. "I would like to see a policy set out." Coun. Joe Petnber of Woodstock, chairman of the committee which recommended awarding the con- tract, disagreed. "If we are lax, maybe we should tighten it up, but we have to be flexible. Tendering Is not always the best. way." Burn argued county residents are entitled to good business practices and called approval of the court- house contract a "negative ap- proach." The matter was referred to the ad- ministration and finance committee for a recommendation, but commit- tee chairman Barry Wallace of Zorra Township warned he Is against establishing a policy. Battler later said he did not object to the company which was -awarded :ot the local councillors don't have a clue of what's going on." County clerk Harold Walls said cost estimates are not available. These costs include setting up a tele- phone system for resident calls to the Woodstock office, and to dis- patch personnel and equipment. A 911 emergency number is not available here and a toll -free Zenith or long distance number would be in- adequate because it requires opera- tor_ assistance, Walls said. Rookie candidate thumps all opposition Treleaven continues Tory tradition By KEN WILLETT Sentinel -Review staff writer There was never any doubt. At. Dick Treleaven's PC headquarters on Dundas Street in Woodstock, a man with the magic -marker started taking' down the poll -by -poll results, soon after the polls closed Thursda at 7 p.m. lie and his pen worked right through until 7 30 p.m. before Treleaven had dropped a poll, that in East - Lorra Tavistock. That one went to Liberal John Finlay by a single vote, It was clear that Bill Davis and his big blue machine were definitely humming in Oxford County. When the counting was all over, Treleaven had collected 15,817 voles, for a 4,011-vote margin over Finlay. NDP candidate Wayne Cothran received 3,673 votes, while Libertarian Kaye Sargent had gathered 483. 43 per cent Mike too much, SpyS Committee By BILL SCRIVEN after the committee re Sentinel -Review staff writer The county's ad- ministration and finance committee has recom- mended all departments review their budgets to find further ways of cutting back Davis rega11 ins majorityCUle, Council voices opposition to NDP big loser �ntral'i�ispatch Oxford approves tendering policy W'OODSTOCK (Bureau) —Oxford County council adopted a specific policy Wednesday night to outline fi= nancial guidelines for calling tend- ers on materials and services. A pro- posed general policy was rejected. The policy requires all material and services costing more than $10,- 000 to be tendered according to spec- ifications. For projects between $2,- 00o and $10,000, at least three written quotations must be Invited. Projects costing less than $2,000 or those which can only be completed by county staff may proceed without tenders or quotations. The rejected proposal would have required all capital works project., to be tendered, unless council agreed to waive it. Coun. Joe Pember of Woodstock said the general policy was a usoless motherhood statement because staff needed safeguards and guidelines, lie bald it would stall projects, leav- ing county road crews with nothing to du until tenders were received and approved. Zorra Township Mayor Wallis Hammond, who proposed the spec- ific policy, noted It would be tm) costly to call tenders on projects which cost less than $10,000. Coun. Barry Wallace of Zorra, who chairs the committee which recom- mended the general policy, defended it, saying there were enough loop- holes in it to make it workable. However, in a recored vote, only Coun. Jean Ferrie of Tillsonburg op- posed the specific policy. The move for a tender policy was spearheaded by a local heating firm which objected to council's decision to approve, without tenders, a $166.- 000 contract fur a heating and air conditioning system for the Oxford County courthouse. By KATHY MAY Oxford County council joined Elgin in its opposition to the ministry of health's proposed central ambulance dispatch system for Thames Valley, last Wednesday. Council passed a motion opposing the plan after Jim Price, director of the Ontario Ambulance Operators Association outlined local ambulance services con- cerns about the proposal. Under the plan, all emergency calls in Oxford, Elgin and Middlesex counties would be channeled from the 14 local ambulance services to a central base in London. Central dispatchers would receive the calls and alert area ambulances by radio. But Price argued the more than $500,000 needed to set up the system would be better spent to improve existing „grass -roots" services. Price, also supervisor of the Rodney ambulance service, said the Thames Valley area is too large to provide fast and efficient service. Handling more than 45,000 calls a year, central dispatchers would be un- familiar with area localities. Price acknowledged dispatchers from each area would be absorbed into the system and with the aid of maps and repetition would become more familiar with the territory. But checking locations on maps takes time and "how many lives are we willing to invest for their (central dispatchers) education," he said. "Central ambulance dispatch is a disease that eats away at the quality of service and the individual's desire for improvement," he said. A larger system is also more prone to mistakes. Centralized ambulance staff .,can't function like robots", he said. With 14 different services, codes and maps, dispatchers are more liable to become confused, and waste precious time, he said. Mr. Price stressed time is the "critical factor" with central dispatch. "It can't be. done as well and what do we lose in the interim," he asked. "We're not small-town country boys that do not want to see something else go to the big city. It (central dispatch) is all IIns an paper, but it doesn't work any better than regional ussessment does now," he said, jected a proposed overall Oxford County net budget increase of 43 per cent for 1981. Although the budgets have already been reviewed by various departments and committees, the ad- ministration and finance committee, which reviews the entire budget before sending it to county council for final approval, decided Friday the increase was too high and cutbacks were needed, Mayor Wendy Calder, a committee member, told The Sentinel -Review today taxpayers can't afford these increases and strongly ad- vised departments take a real look at cutting back budgets. There are several problem areas which have caused an increase in the budget," she said. "County council has had a terrible time dealing with the (Salford) landfill site and renovations to the cour- thouse." She said the committee had little choice but to ask departments to go back over their budgets "because the total increase is too high.` The proposed gross budget is $14.6 million compared to $11.9 million in 1980. The proposed increase comes after city council approved a 6.45 per cent increase for the municipal portion �on of the 1981 total The committee recom- mended county council freeze the hiring of extra staff and no new programs be drafted which require extra staff or cost. Decisions pertaining to where and how much to cut back will have to be made by the various committees, said Calder, who referred to a proposed percentage in- crease for the county budget earlier this week as "disastrous." This is the largest increase in the nixie years he's been with the county, treasurer Howard Day told the com- mittee Friday. He said the gross budget increase is 23 per cent but the net increase is 43 per cent because revenues have fallen behind expenditures. Department budgets to be re-examined include public works, which haa-a proposed Increase of 29 per certt slid health and so:ial services where the county share of Al per cent of its total would rise 38 per cent. 'Chose budgets repc'exient tkl por cent of the county budget. 0 • 0 Warden's chain s I its council March 25, Stories by Staff Writer Nancy Gall 1981 The proposed warden's chain of office almost came under the axe at Wednesday's Oxford County council meeting. Woodstock Aid. Les Cook moved the pwr. chase of the chain of office, estimated at 58,ow, be deferred indefinitely. "I feel that this is an item of fairly, low priority at this point considering the gengfal economic conditions, and the size of the budget we have to deal with," Cook told council. The county's administration and finance committee has been laboring over the design of the chain, which is to incorporate the crests of Oxford's eight municipalities, for the past year and a half. "This is a luxury item, not a necessity item," said Ingersoll Coun. Jack Warden in support of Cook's motion. Gesturing at the portraits of the county's past 122 wardens on the council chamber walls, Woodstock Aid. Phil Poole told Warden Ross Livingston, "All these gentlemen got along without it. I'm sure you can too." LACK OF IDENTITY Administration committee chairman Barry Wallace told council that the committee had proceeded with work on the chain of office because past Warden Ken Webster had been embarassed on a number of occasions, in. eluding citizenship court, when he was not readily identifiable as the warden because he did tint have a chain of office Livingston said he had run into the same problem on oc casiom "it may be a luxury item, but I think the county can afford it," Wallace said. "The reason it's so expensive is because of the delays and people saying we don't need it."' "It. seems rather ridiculous the county warden doesn't have a chain to wear at of- ficial functions,"Lorra Mayor Wallis Hammond said. Woodstock Ald. Joe Pember said, "$6,000 is not luxury, but well spent considering the tradition that's going to go into this chain of office." Council split down the middle in a recorded vote on deferring the purchase of the chain. A tie vote loses, so the purchase of the chain will not be deferred indefinitely. Voting to defer buying the chain were: John Armstrong of Tillsonburg, Les Cook, Phil Poole, Charlie Tatham, and Lenore Young of Woodstock, Harold Vogt and Don McKay of East Zorra-Tavistock, and Jack Warden of Ingersoll. Voting against deferring. the purchase were: Wendy Calder and Joe Pember of Woodstock, Jean Ferrie of Tillsonburg, Bill Fewster of South-West Oxford, Wallis Hammond and Barry Wallace of Zorra, Ross Livingston of Blandford-Blenheim, and Canaan Sweazey of Norwich. Record number of bankruptcies recorded in March By GREG ROTHW'ELL sentinel -Review staff writer A record number of bankruptcies in seven local counties was recorded last month. A total of 222 business and personal bankruptcies were filed in March with the London office of the ministry of consumer and corporate affairs, The office Lovers Oxford, Essex, Kent, Elgin, Middlesex, Huron, and Perth counties. The March figure follows the previous record of 191, which was set in February. And the number of bankruptcies for the past fiscal year, which ended in March, was up 28 per cent over the previous fiscal year During the fiscal year which ended on Tuesday, I,904 bankruptcies were handled by the ministry staff, compared with 1,494 during the previous fiscal year. "And that wasn't a good year either," Rick Jackson. manager of the ministry's district bankruptcy division, said Thursday. The record number of bankruptcies during the recent fiscal period included 1,380 personal bankruptcies, and 384 businesses during the previous fiscal year. Jackson said the figures are definitely not encouraging. While his office keeps an eye out for fraudulent bankruptcy claims, the majority of those that have been recorded are legitimate. WOODSTOCK-INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, MARCH 31 19A l Surgery removes bullet from lun Other victims critical Reagan survives assassination attempt Colorado man, 25, facing charges WASHINGTON tCP) -- President Ronald Reagan survived an assassination attempt Monday and was reported on the road to recovery today after surgery to remove a bullet from his left Iung. The president was hit during a two -second fusillade of .'22- calibre bullets that also felled presidential Press secretary Jim Brady, a Secret Service agent and a Washington policeman, Police quickly wrestied to the ground a low -haired young man who had stepped from a crowd of reporters and cameraman just three metres from the president. John W. Hinckley Jr., •�, at Evergreen, Colo., whom his family said later has been under psychiatric care, was charged with attemed assassination of the president and assault with intent to killpt. Brady, 40, was the most seriously wounded, shot through the head and fighting for his life through the night. Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy, %, was "doing ex tretnelY well" Monday night with a cheat wound Policeman Thomas Delahante, 45, was reported to stable condition after being shot in the neck. Near midnight, Hinckley was led into a federal courtroom and arraigned, Restructured in 1975 County government: A unique system HY RONS LIVINGSTON Oxford County N'ardeo Thank you, on behalf of county council, for this op. portunity to bring your readers up to date on what is happening at the county level of government in Oxford. During the eight years 1 have served I have seen county council change from the traditional county system to the new, substantially changed, restructured system we have today -- a system which is unique in Ontario.. Our present second tier government is unique in that it is neither a county In the traditional sense nor is it a region as is the case in many areas of Ontario. CO-OPERATION Our system of county government came about by the co-operation of the municipal people involved within our Oxford com- munity. It came about because of the need to co- operate in certain areas to ROSS LIVINGSTON CIarch 1981 better provide services to our Oxford residents. While it Chronically ill certainly Is riot perfect it has provided the forum where elected re resentatives, both urban a rural, can come together, co-operate, and better understand those problems which are of mutual concern. I believe we are now in a better position to provide those services which, irrespective of municipal boundries, are needed by our Oxford residents. At present the county planning board is working with area councils end planning committees to Me local zoning bylaws. Those updates are necessary to comply with metric conversions and to bring bylaws into conformity with the policies of the new county official plan. This work takes time but should be complete for all municipalities by 1993. The cost Is, for the most part, provided by provincial government grants. WASTE MANAGENIFNT Solid waste management is patient program starts in Oxford WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — A pro- gram to provide long-term home care for chronically ill patients be- gins today in Oxford County. The program, which is an exten- sion of a home care program now of- fered by the Oxford board of health for acutely ill persons, was to begin a month ago but took longer to or- ganize than expected. The new program will provide care for those, mainly the elderly, who do not qualify under the current program but still require profes- sional medical service, said Marlene Majernik, director of the board's home care program. She said Tuesday the proposed .$903.920 budget to cover both pro- grams, funded by the provincial health ministry, has been given ver- bal approval but she is waiting for written confirmation. Majernik said 15 applications by patients have already been received. She expects the program will ini- tially handle 25 patients. While persons in the acute -care program received treatment for an APRIL 1, 1981 average of 30 days, the average in the new program is expected to be 124 days per patient, she said. Pa- tients receive care for as long as is required. - Staff is to increase from seven to 13 within six weeks, and four more will be added in the fall. Case loads for the new program are expected to average 30 patients per month with 360 admissions in the first year of operation, she said. The admission rate for acute care is esti- mated at 900 over the next 12 months. Majernik said the bulk of her costs come from service purchased from the Victorian Order of Nurses at $12.75 a visit and the Red Cross homemaker service which costs $5 an hour. The new program will provide nursing, physiotherapy, and occupa- tional and speech therapy. Majernik said there are plans to add a respira- tory therapist and a nutritionist on a demand basis as well as a partAime social worker. a problem which continues to be controversial, but the county must press on to first obtain the necessary ap. provals and then to establish an acceptable, en- vironmentally sound sanitary landfill site. During the last year the Oxford County Solid Waste Committee submitted its final report to county council. This retort contains 19 recommendations, the first of which is to obtain the landfill capacity required. While the report acknowledges the need for landfill itstresses the im- portance of exploring every avenue to help reduce the requirements of agricultural land through such methods as source separation, shredding and recycling. The county musscontinue to work towards a solid waste system for the county which will virtually eliminate those problems which have been associated with waste disposal in the past. Residents of Oxford will be expected to do their part in reducing the amount of waste produced. While landfill is absolutely necessary at this time, 1 believe we shall sown realize that landfill will prove to be an expensive way bf disposing of solid waste in the short term and extremely expensive in the long lean. 'the reduction of the amount of solid waste to be, landlilled is absolutely essential A contract for the final phase of cleaning and restoring the outside of the courthouse has been Jet, as ties been a contract for the installation of a new gas heating and air conditioning system for the building. This work hasbeen slowly evolving and is long overdue, We hope with the co operation of the province that soon the many, people who work in this but will do so in comfort and with facilities we hope will be acceptable to everyone. These are some of the issues which county council are dealing .with this year. The county, like the private sector, must also face the high interest costs and in flatten which have a negative effect on county operations. Oxford public school budget costs supporters 9.2 % more WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — An Ox- ford County taxpayer who supports the public education system will face a 9.2-per-cent increase in the education portion of municipal taxes this year or aq increase of $36-40 for a home assessed at $5,000. Oxford County board of education Monday night approved its $38.2-mil- lion budget for 1981, up 9.1 per cent from $34.4 million in 1980. The elementary school rate Is up 1.72 mills (10.5 percent) over 1980. The secondary school gate is up only 2.56 mills (6.7 per cent) because of declining enrolment and decreased school costs. Works budget cut $555,000 but warden unhappy with it WOODSTOCK (Bureau) —Oxford County s public works committee has slashed $5S,5.(M from its pro- posed budget without cutting any road reconstruction projects, but Warden Ross Livingston Is disap- pointed with the result. The total cuts reduce the budget to $6,197,5m — a to -per -cent increase over last year's actual costs, said county engineer Don Pratt. The major cut carve from chop- ping $300,00g for development of the proposed Salford landfill site. Corn- ntitteo members decided the site is not likely to be developed this year since a hearing to approve the pro- ject has not ,yet been scheduled. "I'm not satisfied where we cut," Livingston said Thursday. "We're going to fiave to pay for it sooner or later. it's just crazy it was cut this year." lie said he would have rather seen the roads budget trimmed with less landfill costs removed because de- velappment of the Salford site is inev- ItalT and will have to be added next ,year. BLUES CHASER How times have changed. Once Mien you wanted to buy something. you waited until the price can't' down. Now you buy it fast — befun the price goes up. Also cut was $55.000 to purchase an elevator for the county court- house, $90,000 for a drainage project near the Blandford Square Mall and $30,000 for repairs to the public works deppartment's garage west of Woodsl k. The committee also reduced a $i2o,lkro fund to $60,01)0 for environ- mental assesstuent hearing costs for road reconstruction projects and $20.oloo out of payroll, the estimated extra tabor costs for the projects which were oul 0 9 0 LIIA Imo_= i i1 III ; `S Air" fi. t APRIL 12, 1981 The space shuttle Columbia lifts off the spacecraft. Lashed to two solid -fuel booster the go-ahead for a 21j -day mission before launch pad at Cape Canaveral Sunday rockets and a huge tank of liquid fuel, Co- landing Tuesday on a California desert air - morning, the first flight ever of a reusable lumbia soared perfectly into orbit and got strip. (AP) ;Spaceship lands on the tarAPRIL get! Fire system Mayors and fire chiefs of municipalities in Oxford County will meet with Warden [toss i.ivingsum to discuss a proposed fire communications system on April 21 at 7:90 p.m. The meeting will take place at the county courthouse. BLUES CHASER Taking it with you isn't the prob- lem. The catch is to make it last un- til you go. HOUSTON, Tex. (AP) ) — Columbia and its Jubilant astronauts. back from a remarkable maiden voyage, dramatically advanced U.S, chances of gaining a working foothold in space by 1982 — and someday, said Commander ,lohn Young, for "going to the stars,' The astronauts, exuberant after Tuesday's Ill', inl lan- ding, are healthy and eager to participate in future space projects, Today they began an exhaustive week of debriefings with space agency technicians. When young and Robert Crippen brought Columbia down from orbit to a rock -hard lake bed in California's Mojave Itesert, they demonstrated that the United States has a space machine that makes all others obsolete a machine that can fly into space and return to earth like sit airplane, ready to fly again, a hundred a• more times. COMMANDER John Young and pilot Robert Crippen (AP Laserphoto) Commons joins in world praise of successful Columbia mission Wire services The Canadian House of Commons con- gratulated the United States Tuesday on the success of its first manned space shuttle voyage on its "historic mission" in beginning new exploration of outer ,pace. The unanimous motion praised the United Stales and President Ronald Reagan on the "outstanding achieve merit in man's continuing adventure in ,pace. and commends the daring and kill displayed by Capt. Robert Crippen and John Young in carrying out this his- toric mission." ro i RETIRING WOODINGFORD LODGE ad- rest of his life. He has been in charge of the ministrator Ernest Wood says the work at the lodge for the past 11 years. lodge has built friendships that will last the (Staff photo by Philip Walker) Wood retiring from Woodingford lodge The love affair won't be ending Rv RIL1, SCHIVEN Sentinel -Review staff writer Ernest Wood's love for working with old people stems back to May, 1969 when he entered the position as office manager when Wodfngford Lodge opened its doors. It's been a love affair ever since, One year later, he became administrator of the lodge and has been in that role for 11 years, working with the finest staff he's ever known and forming friendships that will last a lifetime. Woad will celebrate his 65th birthday on July 8 and will retire from the lodge on July 31, leaving behind one of the most interesting challenges in his life. Woodingford lodge has been a home away from home for Wood and it's here he learned to understand justwhat it means to grow old, and still enjoy life to its fullest. A life-long resident of Zorra townahip, Wood held the 1position of clerk -treasurer for West Zorra from 1952 to 1969 mfore moving onto Woodingford. During his tenure as clerk -treasurer, he was also secrelary- lresurer of the township area school board. CHALLENGE When Woad was offered the position at. Woodingford, he saw a new challenge to conquer and his enthusiasm towards his gib paid off in rich dividends, dividends that money cannot y "I love working with older people," he said. "I ean't think of any other job I'd rather be at." He has seen Woodingford Lodge expand from a 160-bed facility in 1969 to its present :robed capacity, part of a three- year project completed in lK6 at a cost of $2 htillion. staff has increased in 12 years front 30 people to 143 people. he said. There has been a change in the average age of residents at the lodg8e as well. "Al llte beginning, the average age was 72 or -m- Wood said. "Today, residents' average age is more than 60 years - old." This indicates more people are staying in their own homes longer, he said, but the lodge has becone home for people well into their Wis and 90s. TIMES WEDDINGS Of the 251 residents in the lodge, 55 are more than 90 years of age and there are 14 married couples living there as well. One of Wood's fondest memories is the three weddings that have taken place at Woodingford: "love never dies" he said. He Is going to miss the many people he has grown to know at Woodingford, residents fine staff alike, but he intends to return now and then to say hello. "I'm going to miss it," Wood said. -They're my personal friends." Ile and his wife, Anne, plan to visit Denmark fit the fall. Anna's birthplace "After being with people for :to years. I won't the leaving them," he sold 10) An architectural SPlendnr- Oxford nounty'S seat ril County council praises Parrott Oxford County council bade an oEfal farewell to former Oxford MPP Dr. Harry Parrott Parrott was presented with a plaque and the thanks of county council and the people of Oxford for his work as its represen- tative in the provincial legislature over the past 10 years. His wife Isabel received a bouquet of red roses. "We in Oxford have been fortunate to have a represen- tative who served with such distinction," County Warden Ross Livingston told Parrott. A ccoden tal lockup in jail adds more mystery to tour May 10 Mystery WOODSTOCK (Bureau) —Two girls who managed to get locked in a cell in the old Oxford County jail here Sunday added more than usual mystery to the annual shunpiker mystery tour sponsored by The Lon- don Free Press. The unidentified girls spent about an hour behind bars when they dis- covered that oven In an historic site .' cell doors lock automatically. Their rescuer, Zorra Township councillor -at -large Barry Wallace, arrived on the scene not on a white charger, but bearing a cutting torch which he applied to the lock. Wallace was one of the Oxford County repre- sentatives helping out on the tour. Apart from that Incident, and rain and chilly temperatures, the. 1981 shunpiker mystery tour was without crisis. Tour planner Tom Sanborn of The Free Press said about 2,350 vehicles took part in the tour, which wound through the highlights of Oxford County. The shunpiker tours began in 1969, and Sanborn said this year's was a repeat, of the first one "with a lot of embellishments." Parrott said he was "touched and pleased" with council's gift and thanked them as well for honoring Mrs. Parrott who, like all political wives. is an "unsung hero" who contributed a great deal to her husband's career - 'We all feel very strongly about Oxford," Parrott said. "I believe it's 'he best county in Ontario." He praised the county's wardens, who he called "men of character, distinction and in- tegrity.' They've never played games," he said "It's always been straight." BLUES CHASERS The man whose great-grandfa(her built a raiirtstd through the wilder- ness with nobody's OK now has to get a permit to remodel hie from porch. Zorra Tp. decides to join fire alert system in Oxford INGERSOLL (Bureau) — Zorra Township will participate in the Ox- ford County fire alert system as anon as the necessary equipment ar- rives, estimated to be In the late fall or early 19W-). Council voted 6-to-5 Tuesday to join the system and added $29,90() to Its W.DOO fire budget to cover added costs to buy needed equipment. The alert system will mean the elimination of a telephone system now used to alert the 50 volunteer Firefighters who operate out of sta- tions at Embro, Uniondale and Thamesford. The township will have to share the $85,4loo cost of paying four dispatchers at the central dis- patch office in Woodstock as well as the telephone system felling into this centre. It also will have to buy pocket -pag- ing devices for each of its firelight- ers, estimated to cost $350 to $400 each, and build a relay tower and base station for the paging system at an estimated cast of $12,000. Mayor Wallis Hammond said the tower will probably be built in the northwest part of the township, lie said the agreement to participate is conditional on working out a satis- factory cast -sharing agreement with the other municipalities. ti,i Then hasn't been any dtision bN county council on how the shamd costs will be divided among the municipalities. It also. has not been decided whether pagers and relay towers for each municipality will be ordered all at once by the county. Warden Ross Wvingston of Bland - ford -Blenheim Township has asked all Oxford municipalities to deckle by next Wednesday whether they want to participate. Zorra and South-West Oxford townships as well as Woodstock are Ow only ootareit- led municipalities. The fire alert system is scheduled to be avadabie for tese In duly. County budget 23 per cent higher than 1980 By NANCY GALL. Sentinel -Review staff writer Oxford County council approved its 1981 budget Wednesday with estimated expenditures of S14,238,663, a 23 per cent Increase over 19N figures, after adding $150,000 for development of the Salford landfill site. The II50,000 was added during Wednesday's final budget deliberations, after being cut by the public works committee when it was instructed by county council W pare its budget last month. This 11150,000 will be added to $1,20,000 already included for the Salford site. in addition, there is $150,000 in reserve for the site. A motion by Woodstock Aid. Charlie Tatham to put $300,000 toward development of the Salford site was defeated, although County Engineer Don Pratt suggested placing $300,000 in the 1981 budget and a further S300,000 next year. Before the addition of the U50,000 Wednesday, the i98i budget faced a 17A per cent increase over last year budget. The net levy to be paid by county municipalities in 191s fatale $3,623.439 after the addition of the i150,0w. Levies paid by in- dividual municipalities will be determined later this week. Prior to the addition of the $150,000 Wednesday, levies to be paid, with last year's figures in brackets, were: Blandford-Blenheim, $496,210 (I416,101); East Zorra-Tavistock, I221,319 4168,230); Norwich, $389,401 (I319,418); South-West Oxford, $376,401 (I331,194); Zorra, ",157 (i456,250); Tillsonburg, I429,250 (I432,317); Ingersoll, $201,167 (I161,111); Woodstock, $815,%3 I I646,679). Included in this year's expenditure estimates are $452,620, up from last year's actual figure of $374,844, including $162,130 for honoraria for members of council and library board members and $159,790 for administration salaries. Protection to persons and property estimates increased to $317,867 in this year's budget, compared to last year's actual Oxford County park may get 10, 000 new trees next year WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — A 260- acre park, owned by Oxford County between Woodstock and Beachville, will not be developed this year, but next year 1.0,000 new trees may be planted there. The county's administration and finance committee recommended Wednesday that the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority be asked to plant at least 10,000 trees in the park, adjacent to Oxford County Road 9. The authority would decide the type of trees best suited for the area and the trees would be bought by the county. Committee members learned that little progress is being made by two special interest groups which were willing to help develop the area. The Oxford Men of the Trees were to look after reforesting 40 acres of high ground at the park, but the group didn't think planting trees was practical until fencing has been in- stalled to control livestock from ad- jacent farms. The group also held back because BLUES CHASERS .Successful politician: A person who can stand on a fence and make people believe it's a platform. it was unsure of plans by Ducks Un- limited to develop the 100 acres of floodplain land to entice waterfowl to the area. Ducks Unlimited is a non-profit organization committed to increasing North America's water- fowl populations. County clerk Harold Walls told the committee Ducks Unlimited is con- ducting soil tests to determine if dykes and dams can be installed in the marshlands. The study will not be ready until this fall and the or- ganization doesn't plan to spend any money onthe project this year, he said. Oxford to clarify details of county -wide fire network WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — A spe- cial committee has been set up by Oxford County council to iron out de- tails for the county -wide fire alert system, including the cost -sharing formula. The decision followed comments Wednesday by Norwich Mayor Jack Burn that his municipality would consider participating if several questions are answered. Still uncertain, he said, are when the system will begin and if the sys- tem will be effective without all municipalities in Oxford involved. "We need someone to tell us what our responsibilities are." Council is divided on whether par- ticipation in the system is compul- sory, Burn said it was his under- standing the five rural municipali- ties are required to join and share the costs but Blandford-Blenhelm Township Mayor Bob Oilholm con- expenditure of IM,907. This includes W,730 for the gridding of the county in preparation for the new fire communications system and $53,250 for communications. Council spent most of Wednesday's session deliberating the $6,247,500 public works budget, which includes $018„000 for solid waste disposal, $475AN for maintenance of county property, and $4,942,000 for work on county roads. Attempts to have several individual projects, including the $106,500 reconstruction of Devonshire Ave., removed from the public works budget, were defeated. "Sure they (roads) have to be done, but it's like a new car and we can't afford it," said Tatham, who proposed the deletion of the Devonshire Avenue project. "We can hang tough for another year.' County Engineer Don Pratt said in 19'79 about Its million in roadwork was required in the county. tends participation is optional. Conn. Barry Wallace of Zorra Township criticized municipalities for opting out and said the cost should be equally shared through the county levy. "We should have been hammering this out when we started (four years ago)." Conn. Joe Pember of Woodstock said efficiency of the system would not be effective unless all municipal- ities were involved. Zorra, South-West Oxford and East Zorra-Tavistock townships are the only municipalities which have agreed to participate with Wood- stock when the system is completed. The new seven -member commit- tee will he made up of four council- lors and three staff members and will devise a cost -sharing formula for the county, townships and Wood- stock, which is hiring dispatchers foethe central office. 0 • • BLOOD can be seen on Pope John Paul's right hand, circled, as he is helped by his secretary, Stanislau E2 Dziwisz, after he was shot at St. Peter's Square Wednesday. (AP Laserphoto) MAY 13, 1981 s THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1981 Feverish after more than five hours of surgery o e sai to s p Another operation possible p within a month, says medic Local clergy deplore p shooting of the Pope Shocked reaction to shooting from the humble and mighty Reluctant mayor Committee will participate steps up date on committee A recommendation that pprepur- county depure budgets expenditure budgets for sub- mission to the administration By NANCV GALL and finance committee in Sentinel -Review staff writer December of each year was oxford County administration and finance committee will passed by the committee be sending only, one representative to the seven -member Wednesday. committee negotiating an agreement on the county fire Ingersoll Mayor Doug Harris, I system. Ingersoll Maya Doug Harris, whose municipality will not ro osed the rewm who whomenplop said n+uvin be rticipating in the county fire alert system, is the Bnance although preparation of budgets for the and administration committee's single appointee, two finance representatives were requested, Woodstock Aid upcoming year to December is u"good business" and would The public works committee has appointed Joe Pemba Zorra Mayor Wallis Hammond to the seven- promote ''better thinking in the and member committee. Finance committee members Wood- departments.' stock Mayor Wendy Calder and Zorra Coun. Barry Wallace Budget deliberations now take said Wednesday the seven -member committee would be top- place in the winter and spring. heavy with Zorra and Woodstock representation if they sat on County council just passed its it, Wallace, Harris and Mrs. Calder said the county council 1961 budget last week. "It's more businesslike to look resolution establishing the seven -member committee should at things in December than in have requested appointments by municipality, rather than by May," Harris said. "Ws better committee, to ensure that municipalities participating in the business than having people system would be represented. thinking three months into ttie year about what they're speo- NOT EVEN IN IT •,Why should I sit on a committee to bring forth an ding." - County treasurer Howard Day agreement when we're not even in it?" asked Harris, said some members of county although he agreed to sit on the committee. Norwich, Ingersoll and Tillsonburg council would argue that they Blandford-Blenheim, have said they will not be participating in the county -wide fire cannot vote on expenditures until they know what the alert system this year. South-West oxford, East Zorra- Taviswck and Woodstock will be participating, and Zorra revenues are. Word on revenues from the Township's participation is conditional upon a number of province does not arrive until matters. was to be composed of two members each May, ay, "It's bad business to wait 40 from public works and finance committees, the county long," Harris said. "We just treasurer, engineering director and five coordinator, with the keep backing up and backing ub. warden to be a member ex-officio, The committee's task is to waiting for the province to do bring forth an agreement with the county, city of Woodstock, t heir budgets." Bell Telephone and the township$. savings bonds up Grants A 811si grant for the Springford Area Agricultural Society and a $.%XI grant to the Hastings County FlrxA Relief Fund were recommended by the Oxford county administrat.ionand rinanee committee Wednesday. Appointment Oxford County administration and finance committee recommended Wednesday that John Finley of Ingersoll be appointed to the Oxford County Housing Authority for the term of May 1, 1981 to April 30, 1993, Fire alert system A payment plan for the fire system, to be operating in Oxford County beginning this August, was accepted by county council Wednesday upon recommendation of the fire alert system ad hoc committee. The distribution of the operational cost of providing the system will be assessed against participating area municipalities on a con- tractual basis with the City of Woodstock. The municipalities will be paying their share of the costs, based on a 50-50 combination of the number of fire calls and the assessment of the Bank of Canada rate dips a bit to 18.68% ,DUNE 24, 1981 municipality. No dispatch costs will be assessed to any of the municipalities until January, 1982, but they will still be required to pay Bell Canada telephone bills and service costs. The ad hoc committee also recommended the cost for any repeater stations for the system, (about four have been suggested by the City of Woodstock) be paid by the county. The county's fire co- ordinator has been requested to submit a report on the long term benefit of repeater stations for emergencies other than fires. BLUES CHASER Wife. reading an astrolop book to her husband: "Just think, it you`d been hom one day later. you'd be kind, generous and witty." H LLJ LJJ • 0 0 of t By now. everyone in Canada should be all set to make a mark for Canada's future by filling in the Census. Remember, all the information you supply is kept strictly confidential, But it's so important in planning Canada's future that it's law that every householder participates. To mail or not to mail? Every household should have received a census package. If there is a postage-paid,pre-addressed envelope with it, all you do is. drop your completed questionnaire in the mail. If there is no return envelope, hold on to the questionnaire. It will be Picked up by the census representative. Need help? If you are having trouble completing the questionnaire our Telephone Assistance Service will help The number to call Is metuded on the questionnaire 3ay it re? No questionnaire? If you didn't receive a questionnaire, call the Operator and ask for Zenith 0-1981, Acensus - package will be delivered to you. It you did receive a questionnaire, but it's not in the official language of your choice, you should also call Operator and Zenith 0-1981 to receive another questionnaire. We need you. Without you, the census would not be com- plete. So please ... do your part and be part of it. It's like reserving a place for yourself in Canada's .future. �• 1981 Census Recensement of Canada du Canada de 1981 HUGH MACAULEY, chairman of Ontario Hydro, announced Wednesday six alternative plans. for transmission facilities to deliver power from the Bruce Nuclear Power Development, three of which include Wood- stock and Ingersoll. (Staff photo by Bill Scriven) Oxford gives road crews 12.5% raise WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — A two- year contract for Oxford County's 40 road workers with a 12.5-per-cent wage increase retroactive to Jan. 1 was approved Wednesday by count} council. The contract, replacing a previous two-year pact, gives the workers an 95-cent hourly wage increase. This pushes wages to between $7.49 an hour for a laborer and $5.03 for a re- pairman -operator. The workers, members of focal 1589 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, will receive another I nine -per -cent wage increase — or li9 cents an hour — on Dec. 1S and an additional four -per -cent increase — or 33 rents an hour — on July v, 198L, Hourly wages when the pact e\, pires will range from $8.51 to $9.05. There were also improvements in sick leave credits, vacation allow ones and private vehicle ptileage gates, Negotiations began in November. Banks push prime rates to 20% ROSS DAWSON - - - takes over July t Algoma social worker new executive director WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Ih,, Uawsun of Searchmount. in Nn1111 ern Ontario, has been hired by 1,'am- I ly and Children's Services of Oxford county to replace Its executive di- rector who is retiring dune 30, Dawson, 38, is the program super• isor for Children's Mental Health of \Igoma, a 12-pupil school for abused and emotionally disturbed children who have been pulled out of the reg- ular school system. fie also leaches a course at Al- goma University College on abuse and violence in the family and another course at Sault College on sexual abuse of children. Da\CVm will be moving to Embro wti.h Ili, wift,. and three children when he takes over his new post. Board of directors president Joan Vollmershausen said Tuesday Daw- son was chosen from 16 applicants Dawson for two years was assi�,. tant director of the Children's Aid Society of Sault Ste. Marie and the District of Algoma. fie also spent three years as direc- tor of the Cambridge branch of the Children's Aid Society for the Water- loo Region and two years as a super- visor of child welfare and social ser vices with the department of social welfare in Whitehorse. Yukon. Dawson will replace Jeanne Deana, 65, executive director since ItxS and an employee. of Oxford's family and children's .services since 1'951 . Oxford allows businessman variance to add apartment WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — An In- gersoll businessman was spared the hassle of an Ontario Municipal Board hearing Wednesday when Ox- ford County council decided against appealing a minor zoning variance granted for his property. South-West Oxford Township had granted the variance to Doug Pettit of Ingersoll Memorials Ltd. so he could add a second -floor apartment to a new showroom under construc- tion at Pettit's home on Highway 19 near Highway 401. The county's planning committee recommended the variance be ap- pealed to the OMB because the by- law permits only one residence at the site. South-West Oxford Mayor Cec Wilson argued he could see noth- ing wrong with granting the vari- ance. The family business has been lo- cated on Tunis Street in Ingersoll since 1953, but is relocating. Pettit told council the apartment would be used by his parents as a retirement home when they move from the Tunis Street location. He said the apartment was also needed because someone should be at the business at all times to ac- commodate customers. BOOK SALE good condition C HARDCOVER novels only J Oxford County Library 93 Graham St. Woodstock TWO DAYS ONLY JUNE 25-26 10 A.M. - 4 P.M. BLUES CHASERS When her doctor recommended a hearing aid, the Patient declinied po- litely, saying ' At 98, I've hoard wvntgh. " .-Fire alert cost -sharing plan passed Fire system committee opts for a 50-50 system Area muncipalities joining the county -wide fire alert system should contract with Woodstock for the service based 50 per cent on the number of fire calls made and 50 per cent on assessment, the county's ad hoc fire system committee decided Wednesday. For example, on this 50-50 basis Woodstock would pay $29,000, Tillsonburg $12,000, South-West Oxford $7,905 and Zorra $7,268, Woodstock's chief executive officer Wayne Shipton said. Those figures include the costs of installing phone lines into the Woodstock central dispatch office. Shipton said the city is proposing that municipalities participating in the system not be billed until Jan. 1, 1982, The committee also made a recommendation that the county purchase repeater towers for area municipalitnes and that County Fire Coordinator Charles Young prepare a report on purposes of the towers other than for tire alerting. At the University of Western Ontario's Coun- Ross Livingston, Bill Hanly, Huron County c&i' Day on Wednesday, Eva Skloud offers clerk -treasurer and administrator; and Hu- "wustern" fare to, from left: Oxford Warden ron Warden Fred Haberer. JUNE 17, 1981 • i Act changea sonearing not necessary By assessment bearing only if a sched- township would seek a ruling on the under which it will only have _to uled a protection act hearing for Norwich Township Mayor Jack ule outlining plans and costs for matter from the divisional court of prove the site can be properly devel- June 29 before Garrod discovered Burn blasted South-West Oxford's Woodstock Bureau JUNEE}10 , landfill sites had been approved be- the Ontario supreme court. oped and engineered as an environ- the possible mistake but this has attempts to oppose the site since Norwich has an almost -filled landitii site near Holbrook, The county plan - to close existing landfill sites after Salford is approved. Burn told council that South-West Oxford residents should be opposing the SM009 which has been placed it that township's budget for legal costs to fight the site. He claimed it will cost South-West Oxford $125.006 before the battle is over. South-West Oxford Mayor Cee Wil- son said his muncipality doesn't ,want the garbage. He said he has heard no complaints from M, resi- dents who are opposed to speudtng the $M.000 and will continue to fight the site. WOODSTOCK —The province has amended legislation to allow Oxford County to proceed with seeking ap- proval for a proposed landfill site near Salford without a full environ- mental assessment hearing. The county was informed Wednes- day afternoon of the change in the Environmental assessment Act, which was made after South-West Oxford Township lawyers found a loophole in the legislation which may have required that a full hearing be held. Before the act was changed. muni- cipalities were exempt from a full fore June 3. 1980. Under the amendment, the exemp- tion date has been extended to 1983 and corers any Ontario municipality in a similar situation. The proper schedule was passed by Oxford County council Wednesday morning on the advice of its legal staff. After searching through county council minutes, lawyers represent- ing South-West Oxford claimed that a proper schedule of costs was not passed by the county before. the June, 1980, date. The lawyers had warned the envi- ronment ministry that if it did not order a foil assessment hearing, the Township lawyer Steve Garrod said Wednesday it appears the county is now legally exempt but he has not .vet received a copy of the legislation and had only learned of the amendment earlier in the after- noon. He said that when he does receive a copy, he will study it in an attempt to rind other loopholes. "They (the ministry) realized we were right. But we're still going to keep plug- ging away. If there's any holes at all, we'll find them." The township objects to the county proceeding with site approval under the Environmental Protection Act, mentally safe landfill site. since been cancelled. This approval process is not as de- tailed as a full assessment hearing because the county does not have to prove that a landfill disposal method is the only way to get rid of garbage in an environmentally safe manner. Garrod said the township wants a full assessment hearing because the site is near a populated area. He said a full hearing is more appropri- ate because it looks at all alterna- tives, including the social and eco- nomic impact of the proposal. "We want these broader issues looked at." The ministry had,already sched- County engineer Don Pratt said he expects a new hearing date can now be scheduled. The county's argu- ment against a full assessment hear- ing is that it takes longer and opposi- tion to the skte will block. approval longer than the county can afford to wait. Under the schedule approved by council Wednesday, site develop- ment will proceed as soon as minis- try approval is given. The cast of site development is $M.000, to be paid before June, 1983. There is no provision in the development plan for any recycling equipment- • Township hands over landfill site Oxford County ,has been handed the operation of the Drtunbo landfill site by Bland - ford -Blenheim Township council. A resolution from the town- ship's June 17 meeting says the county will be advised that ef- fective Jul), 1, all resPon. sibililies for the operation of the county landfill site in Tat 19, Concession 9, former Blenheim Township, will be turned over to the county. Under Bill 95, the legislation which restructured Oxford County in 1975, the county is responsible for waste disposal. However, it turned back responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the landfill site to the township while continuing to pay the bills. Dissention over intention South-West Oxford councillors vote against Salford site again By NANCY GALL lienlinel-Review staff writer South-West Oxford Township Mayor Cecil Wilson and Coun.- al-large Bill Fewsher cast the jonly opposing votes Wednesday to a motion 're -confirming Oxford County council's "firm intention" to proceed with the Salford IandCdl site. "This is the fifth year of voting two (of us) against the rest of c cm;�_ O N N pjp m U O r t E +O L ._ 0 N t: y = 0 W Z y" E ax O fn C .E OU H n min W ai Z_c=`id y w y c UQ'c .t.� c O qq a`' z a.a A �'s `e C c Q Cac� VW= Z W n U `-� d A o a ' E i-d _� A in.y d2 ca E c _ o0 d O m O E, O F LL Q, -Q -Q N d m m A p� C— yj Ql E Zug m i d yam U?o Oy o�cEO ie `v �u an W N c cm d moo s.,ZQ m `O fY iva m m x a d a E Le Z F n t G E A c- Fi i, �� zz Za 2 1.0 c S A �i �'� council," Wilson said after the meeting. "It doesn't bother me.,, The motion by public works committee chairman Joe Pember of Woodstock drafted on advice from the county's solicitors stales that council reconfirms its intent to establish the landfill site near Safford in South-West Oxford Township as soon as the necessary approvals are obtained. But getting those approvals may take a while. An environmental protection hearing date had been set by the provincial environment ministry for June 29 but that date has since been withdrawn since South-West Oxford sent the ministry a letter requesting an environmental assessment hearing. County Engineer Ion BLUES CHASERS Summer is exciting. The kids are, through school, vacation plans are almost set and the highway depart ment is ripping up the roads to ev- erywhere. H R i• y .0 a+ 'p G a.. R _ N E V y m E d G. O O N �n b0 a � qY N t; 0 Nact A _ otin,E > o_ m v 3 « c_'m' 0 U j N N t_ _w j C N N O ,,,� O W H W ._ y m v m m Q c= c c o m Q, d w Zv o ar O �Q ao',... a a'p X fV E mN.E y�O rLO.r d�N y COy C_C,i 3 � v �Euiada= u� �05 � m O F C y'E O y u c a d v z�J3u°i' `o am .ca rN Pratt told council Wednesday. A hearing under the Fnvironmenta Protection Act would basically require the county to prove that the Salford site is environmentally safe. South-West Oxford wants a hearing under the Environ- mental Assessment Act because it can bring forth more evidence against the site and because the decision of an environmental protection hearing cannot be appealed, Wilson said - South -West Oxford's stubborn stand against the site isn't winning it many friends at county council. "Were doing the legal hurdles now," Pember said Wednesday. "If we don't get it resolved. we're going to have problems like you wouldn't believe. "It's time to take the gloves off and get down with the job.' Norwich Township Mayor Jack Burn said South-West Oxford has allocated Woxv) this year to fight the landfill site and told council he's heard eam- plaints from township residents at this expenditure. SUPPORT THE BATTLE All the people he's talked to have thrown their support behind the continuing battle by the township, Wilson said. "We've got the money to right, so go ahead," Wilson said. The county's garbage dilemma is becoming in- creasingly severe. Pember said - "We are polluting this county all over, placing garbage in rural township sites which have received temporary extensions on their scheduled closing dates from the environment ministry. "Why some municipalities aren't jumping up and demanding they're closed down is beyond me," Pember said, "We're blessed with good neigh- bors." According to a report by consulting engineers M.M. Dillon Ltd., estimated initial casts for the landfill site total $685.t180. Oxford committee wants to drop hearing on using Drumbo, Lakeside landfill sites WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Tf Ox, Operations engineer Roy Brankley -The county's consulting engincers cress{ng to trceh'e garbage from ford County wants to transfer do- said an extension for Holbrook say if a hearing is not waived, it more than 1.500 persons. mestid waste to landfill sites in would be difficult because the site is could be March or April before Meanwhile:, Blandford-Blenheim Drumbo and Lakhside after the Hol- privately owned and there would be. transfer certificates are issued. Un- Township has asked the county to brook dump closes, it has no choice zoning problems trying to get more der the transfer plan, the Drumbo take over maintenance of the but to ask to be exempted from an space allocated for landfill use. site would be used until it is filled, Drumbu landfill site after next Wed environmental hearing, the county's followed by Lakeside, nesda'v. Committee members have public works committee was Lot d tie said exemption from the envl notdecidedwhethertoaccept. Thursday. ronmental protection hearing Is the Warden Ras saiLivd the of a and The committee agreed to ask pro- only alternative. The two sites will causefordd said tic•. site hail vincial Environment Minister Kell be needed to handle waste after Hol- caused headaches for local council Norton to waive the hearing, despite. brook closes, but there is not enough site avid with one recent fire at the strong opposition, from Zorra Town. time to draw up the studies needed site: and several complaints about ship Mayor Wallis Hammond, for the hearing, Brankley said, operating said Hammond said his council doesn't He sins said r is not sure if the want more garbage dumped at current operator of the titre has the Lakeside and suggested another ex- equipment to handle any incirea ed lensidn to damping at Holbronk, capacity but the tvintrWcan be ter - which Is now scheduled to close. in mingled with c days' notice. August. Under the current arran);emenr, the county owns the Drumbo site and pays all operating casts but the local municipality is In -charge of running it. Each slur would be taking garbage. [rant at least 35,000 persons until the proposed landfill site in Salford is approved and operating. A hearing {s required la prove tit, sites are en- t'ironuuntally safe If capacity is in- COUNTY OF OXFORD NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS Township of BLANDFORD-BLENHEIM, EAST ZORRA-TAVISTOCK, NORWICH, SOUTH-WEST OXFORD, ZORRA, TOWN OF TILLSONBURG, TOWN OF INGERSOLL TO DESTROY NOXIOUS WEEKS Notice is hereby given to all persons in possession of lands and property owners, that, in accordance with the Weed Control Act, Chapter 493• R.S,O. 1970 as amended• having noxious weeds growing on their lands shall cause them to be destroyed by July 10. 1981 and throughout the season. The Weed Inspector may enter upon such lands to cause the noxious weeds or weed seeds to be destroyed in the manner prescribed in the Regulations, the cost to be charged against the land in taxes, unless paid otherwise, as set out in the Act. In the interest of public health, noxious weeds should be destroyed. Although Dan- delions. Burdock and Goldenrod are not considered noxious weeds within the County of Oxford under the Weed Control Act, the cooperation of all citizens is solicited in the elimination of these nuisan- ce weeds. J. HAROLD WALLS County Clerk COUNTY OF OXFORD SURNICE McALLISTER Area Weed Inspector COUNTY OF OXFORD Many honor NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C- (CP) — Terry Fox was a hero whose cour- age, determination and spirit exbl- larated the country. lie was also one of the most hon- ored men in Canadian history. A re- markable list of awards was be- stowed on him in the last two years. From the plaque given to him by Signal Hill Jaycees in St. John's, Nf5d- to Canada's highest civilian award, Companion of the Order of Canada, Canadians made it clear they wanted to honor the young man who ran more than halfway across the country on an artificial leg to raise mfli ns of dollars for cancer research. Fox, at T2. was Canada's youngest anpanion in the Order of Canada, hose number include former prime -,inisters, governors-general, schol- ,� rs and artists: Simon Fraser University, where Fox had taken classes. honored him with the first annual Terry Pox bold TerryJune2 OTTAtSA (CP) —'The federal gov- ernment has changed Its mind and �Niil #yssue a stamp commemorating Terry Fox, Postmaster -General An- dre Ouelletsnnounced'rhursday, The stamp, of a design and value to be determined, will be produced as soon as possible, Ouellet said at a news conference. Fox, whom Ouellet called "a folk hen), a great Canadian," raised mil- lions for cancer research last year with his Marathon of Hope, his at- temptto run across the country after cancer claimed one leg. Fox remains In critical condition s for hero The province of S.C. presented- him with the Order of Dogwood', its highest award. The Canadian Pritbs named him Man of the Year, t%e first time in more than 10 years a politician was not given the award by the news -gathering co-operative. Last April, Sport Minister Gerald Regan designated Sept. 13 as Terry Fox Marathon Of Hope Day. The athletic feats of his run have been acknowledged by a special award from the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame and the first annual W. A. C. Bennett award for a Bri- tish Columbian who does not other- wise qualify for induction into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame. The final honor before his death carve from the federal government which, in an unprecedented break from tradition, announced that a postage stamp would be issued- W commemorate his achievements. Only royalty have had stamps Issued in their honor while still alive. Fox stamp to be issued but fs able to talk and Jake with his family and hospital staff. the medi- cal director of Royal Columbian lospital in New Westminster, WC., said Thursday. "Terry had a much better night," Dr. Lad#slav Antonik told a crowded news conference. "lie hasn't been as restless. lie's also more talkative with his family, doctors and nursers that attend him. "The rest of his condition Is really the same and there's no point trying to say something different." Ouellet had previously refused re- quests to honor Fox with a stamp be- cause he said it would virdaW the worldwide postal tradition of honor- ing prominent persons only after their death. Iluwever, he said the cabinet deci- sion does not necessarily cpnstitute a precedent. The stamp w I honor the Marathon of Itolm, rater than "strictly speaking" pox hi elf. Guellel also said this is an�unwsual case. where one individual made "a fantastic contribution to nadian unity, identity and pride" a well as raising a substantial su for a worthwhile cause. Less than an hour later, a Com- UNDAY Tern y Fox 8 1981t loses battle against cancer 0 q 1 3 Iofn sN� n . i Fox makes the opening kickoff at an Ottawa Rough Riders football game last summer. (UPC) moosunanimously applauded the deeislnn. Rookie Liberal back-bencher Jack Burghardt, an MP only since win- ning the April 13 byelect#on in Lon- don West, won support from all three parties for a motion congratu- lating the cabinet "for again recog- nizing the outstanding achievement of Terry Fox." Stamps normally take five to six months to produce but the postmas- ter -general said he will ask the gov- ernment's stamp advisory commit- tee to start work on the project at its next meeting in - July. Companies which produce stamps mast also be contacted but Ouellet said he hopes it can be produced fas- ter than normal. Fnx, w, who had to abandon his tarsi -Canada qufat in Thunder Bay after ranter spread to his lungs. has been in critical condition since being readmitted W hospital last Friday. Ile has not been treated with Inter- feron. an anti -cancer agent he began taking in January, since done 7 in as attempt to give his body time to rest, his doctors said earlier. Major road construction in Oxford five-year plan J 1981 4 Major road and bridge construction projects in Oxford County for the next five years were outlined in the public works com- mittee's five year forecast, adopted by county council Wednesday. The forecast, drawn up by county construction engineer, Stewart Watts, represents a planning guide for council to use when preparing future budgets. However, the scheduling and financing in the forecast is not a committment on the county's part. If council wishes when preparing budgets in the next five years, any of the projects listed may be deleted and dealt with another year, During the years, 1981 to 1985, one of the largest projects is the recon- struction of County Road 10, partly in Ingersoll and through South-West Oxford Township. According to the forecast, work on the road is to begin in 1982 on a portion of Whiting Street (Culloden Road) in Ingersoll, from Holcroft Street to the High- way 401 interchange. In 19M the section from the 401 to Concession 2 in South-West Oxford will be recon- structed. 1984 will see a major portion of the County Road 10 reconstruction, through three different contracts, extending south, through Verschoyle. By the end of 1995, reconstruction should be complete right down to Culloden. Tillson Avenue, from Simcoe Street to North Street, should be widened and repaved by 1994. A minor part of the project will be started this year, going northerly from Simcoe Street, but the bulk of the reconstruction will be completed in 1982, 1983 and 1984. The Brant County Line (County Road 22) in Norwich Township will be recon- structed in 1983 and 1984. The Canadian National Railway in Concession I, Norwich Township will be placed in 1985. In Ingersoll, King Street will have some road work done in 1992, along with improvement at the railroad crossing. Charles Street East, east of Thames Street to East Town Line will be replaced in 1985. Because of provincial legislation, the county must apply to the environmental assessment board for an environmental assessment hearing for each project. In the 1981 budget, for any projects requiring hearings, the county budgeted $120,000, upon recommendation of Mr. Watts. I� • Love sacrificed for marathon VANCOUVER (CP) — When Tern F'ox began training for his at- tempted cross -Canada run, he didn't have time to continue seeing his girl- friend Mika Noda. Their nine -month relationship ended, but the one -legged runner continued to telephone her after the Marathon of Hope began, she said Sunday, be sent postcards and let- ters — not regularly, but they kept in touch. "I can honestly say that he's the first person I've been in love with." Noda said in a telephone interview in Nanaimo, B.C., several hours after Fox lost his battle with cancer early Sunday. The 23-year-old stained glass ar- ti..t, in the Vancouver island city to sing in a church choir, said she and Fox saw less of each other as the ANNril 12, 1980 start of his cross -Can- ada run for cancer research funds drew closer. "Ile and I broke up because he had to train." Noda said. "lie had a lot of trouble keeping up both." Noda said she was the first person Fox told about his plan to run across Canada, He wanted her to join him on the journey, along with his brother Darrell and close friend Doug Alward. She said she decided against going but helped with publicity for the pro- ject. Noda and Fox met about three years ago at a community centre. He was playing wheelchair basket. ball and she was an assistant coach for the Canadian Wheelchair Volley- ball Association. They began to spend time together and Noda persuaded Fox to go with her to Ruth Morton Baptist Church in Vancouver. "Ile: came occasionally," Noda said. "It was mostly through'my prodding, I encouraged him about the Bible." She said she thinks she knqws how Fox would want people to react to his death: "I think he would want you to be feeling no remorse. fie wouldn't wantyou to feel sad. "Ile accomplished what he set out to do. He said he did the Hest he could. Even though he didn't finish, I think he would want us to feel that he wasn't a failure." $23mmillion man . Terry raised fortune for fund TORONTO (CP) — The miles ahead were formidable but Terry Fox's financial goal was modest at the start. when he set out from Newfoundland on his limping odys- sey across Canada to raise money for cancer research he envisaged a prize of only $100,000. But the 22-year-old British Colum- bian, who died of lung cancer Sun- day, hadn't foreseen the magnetism he was to engender en route. As ho- rizons unfolded, and with his faith in Canadians swelling' with his own courage, he set his sights on $1-mil- lion. Even that was a shy estimate. The response came in overwhelming bursts, gathering momentum with each kilometre he conquered — top- ping $23 million at last count, and still growing. Where did It all come from and how will it be spent? It came from all over Canada and abroad, from tiny tots collecting at school to blockbusting radio -TV tel- ethons, from church bazaars to mul- tinational corporations. By -prov- inces, the National Cancer Institute 'otCanada gives this breakdown of donations received to date: Newfoundland $355,000, Prince Ed- ward Island $130,609, New Brunswick $455,000, Nova Scotia �$641,878, Quebec $417,165, Ontario $11.1 million, Manitoba $942,990, Sas- ikatchewan $861,716, Alberta $1.9.mil- lion, British Columbia $6 million, plus $M,610 at the national office. The total includes $1 million in pledges each from the governments of Ontario and British Columbia and those provinces will use that portion for cancer research projects of their own choice. Allocation of the rest of the money is handled by the institute, which is considering a number of research programs to finance. So far it has earmarked only $6.7 million to indi- viduals and medical faculties in three categories. The Initial. outlay has included grants of up to $1 million over five years to four persons — Jeremy Caner of the University of, Toronto, Dr Harry Schaefer of Toronto's Hos- pital for Sick Children, Dr. Verner Paetkau of the University of Alberta Flags low( tributes vc for Terry F In Edmonton and Dr. Robert Cham- bers of Dalhousie University, Hal- ifax — selected by the institute for "innovative, more -chancy -than - usual research." Two unspecified research centres will qualify for up to $1 million each for development andsupport of training programs "for promising young investigators into cancer re- search." It will also make $150.000 available over a three-year period to each of Canada's 18 medical facul- ties to Intensify their cancer re- search programs. Reflections of hope "Sometihcre the hurting must stop and I was deter - ,mined to take myself to the limit for this cause ... l m.not a dreamer and I'm not savIng that this will initiate any Nina o1' definitive answer or cure to cancer but I believe in mira- cles. Y have to," — Oct. 15, 1979, in Terry Fox's letter to his run's possible sponsors. : Y # "When I was oin through the treatments, I di 't know what would happen to me. I was fortunate, so I feel with running ►'m carryin on a bat- tle for the people I feft behind in the cancer ward."— March, 1980, shortly before starting his run in St. John's, Nfid. s # Y "I've been told I can get rich out of this run, out of what Is happening now and after- wards. flut I've decided I'm not for that. That would ruin it. 1 have only one oblective and that is all to do with cancer re- search. "— Aug. 10, 1980. "The only way I'll come into B.C. is running. — Aug. 17. 1980. "I was an 18-year-old who only thougph�t of himself ... I realized Irom the Bible, and from what I had been through it good life doesn't mean a big car and a lot of money. It means just happiness and do- ing' things. And how could I achieve that? By helping out other people and raising money for cancer. That's what really, motivated me for that." — Dec. 5, 1980, talking about the effect of religion on his life. On Sept. 19. 1980 Fox recolved the Order of Canada from Gov. -Gen. Edward Schreyer. (UPC) Postal walkout OTT'A41.1 (CY) — A national Ito,. •]tine 29, 1781.. till strike is on. itepresentatives of 29,000 inside ' ■ ■ postal workers announced Monday ! night that there was nothing to keep them -from striking (It,st•hedule at Is on for sure midnight Monday night local times. "The strike is on for sure," a Ca nadian Union of Postal Workers off eial said. The first strikers were to start They belong to a different union walking out in the Atlantic proeinvvs _ at II p.m. EDT. Non -striking letter carriers out of job because mail they deliver has dried u WOODSTOCK-INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1981 Canada's hero I*s laid to rest as jets roar overhead in salute Prayers of nation go with Terry Fox PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. (CP) , Terry Fox was buried Thursday on a hillside that he loved, surrounded by his grieving family, solemn onlookers and the tributes of a nation. A polished ash wood coffin with the body of the courageous one -legged runner who raised millions to battle cancer was lowered into a grave in a local cemetery as Canadian armed forces jets made two passes over the site in salute of a beloved hero. The short graveside ceremony was held on a bluff where the cancer crusader who died last Sunday used to go when he wanted time to himself. The hill offers a magnificent view of the Coquillam River and the rugged mountains beyond. Earlier, at an ecumenical funeral service at Trinity United Church that was televised across the country, Bob McGill, a farmer teacher and friend of Fox, called on Canadians to help fulfil the dream that cancer will be beaten. "Terry once said dreams are made when people try and dreams are made when people care," said McGill in his eulogy of the runner who died a month before his 23rd birthday after a four- year battle against cancer. "Now it's up to each of us, you and me, in our own private way, to carry on what Terry wanted and hopefully fulfil his dream. "I hope and pray, Terry, that not one of us will let you down." A four -officer RCMP honor guard saluted the coffin as it was carried into the church and a Canadian flag, which had flown at half,staff over the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, was draped in front of the coffin. The flag was later presented to Betty Fox, Terry-s mother. Other Terry Fox stories on pages 3,5 and 7 Mrs. Fox sobbed quietly throughout the service and leaned on her husband Rolland's arm when they left the church with their surviving children Fred, Darrell and Judith Twelve members of Fox's wheelchair basketball team, the Vancouver Cable Can, formed an honor guard as the coffin was taken from the church to the Port Coquitlam Municipal Cemetery. Six of Terry's friends, including Doug Alward, who ac- companied Fox on his Marathon of ope run from St. John's, Nfld., to Thunder Bay, Ont., in 1sso, were pall bearers. The mourners included Senator Ray Perrault. of British Columbia, representing the federal government, and Lieutenant - Governor Henry Bell -Irving and Premier Bill Bennett., reprvrienting the province. Outside the church, which stands just across the Coquitlam River from the Fox family home, were about 24m) onlookers. They stood in near silence for upwards of two hours, a few shedding tears or praying while listening to a radio broadcast of the ser- vice As the, procession left for the cemetery, along streets where Fox trained for his arduous run, local residents in the Vancouver suburb came out to pay their last respects. As prayer% were said, three Voodoo jets from CFB Commit flew twice overhead in the "mia_ sing man" formation - a tribute to a fallen canrade. Tributes to Fox continued throughout the day, Memorial services were hold &craw the cwj*ry &1 2 p.m. Pacific time (5 p.m. EDT). when the funorel service Megan, and at a p.m, local times petrol& r bhttnksd car horns. Alward the vying Fox appreciated car L.,.,,.L,tesrtserkruG&euwdtMtiu¢tt the towns and cities on his erly to allow MP$ Including a memorial a&rvice. Former NWP passes away Liberal member in the Ontario legislature for 12 years, Gordon (Sparky) lies of City View Farms, Woodstock, passed away at University Hospital, London, on Sunday, July 5, 1981, following a heart attack. Mr. Imes was first elected provincially in 1955 and served two terms before being defeated by Gordon Pittock in 1963. Re- el-Lted in 1967, he served one final term before being defeated by Harry Parrott in 1971. Also well-known in GORDONINNES ... MPP for 12 years agricultural circles he became the first president of Western Ontario Breeders Inc., which he helped start in f968 after serving on the board of directors of the Oxford and District Cattle Breeders' Association, Mr. Innes served on the board of directors of Western Ontario Breeders until 1974, He was also a past president of the Oxford Holstein Club and Oxford Jersey Club. Recognized as an in- ternational holstein cattle judge, Mr. Inner had judged major shows in Canada, Great Britain, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina and Australia. Mr. Innes is survived by his wife the former Vera Marie McCallum; two daughters Mary Anne of Toronto and Julie -Marie at home; one son David at tome; two brothers George H. of Woodstock and Bruce D. of Burford; and one sister anlq pus sasou )find pap-m) pus snouoq to uoulutu aq1 01 ueltuns sassaup aaom 1041H to sluul 10383 ssllq Pub appq aql Io lalsls 'x"Puall eurflAl asryV 'spTuIsawag 1 q:learq s,Xgaq putt salslep allgm quo aurlusaf anlq pun sasou tfuld to 0 0 E 0 WOODSTOCK-INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1981 PC says Trudeau afraid to legislate workers back postal walkout could last all summer 'Oxford wants hearings waived for two county garbage sites 'U`Y a, 198' WOODSTOCk (Bureau) — Envi- ronment Minister Keith Norton is being asked to waive the necessary hearing to approve the transfer of garbage to landfill sites in Drumbo and Lakeside after the Holbrook site closes in August. The decision was made Wednes- day by Oxford County council, de- spite strong opposition, after Coun. Joe Pember of Woodstock said it was needed to show the province ithat the county's garbage problems have reached the crisis stage. The county's public works commit - New administrator named at home McReynolds appointed to lodge post Woodingford Lodge has a new administrator. He's Brian McReynolds, 43, office manager and assistant administrator at the home for the past to years. McReynolds replaces J. Ernest Wood, 64, who retires from the post July 31. McReynolds was one of eight candidates interviewed for the position. A total of 55 ap- plications were received. McReynolds' old position will be filled by AI Garner, Oxford County court administrator and justice of the peace for four and a half years. lee had already agreed Norton should be asked for an exemption from an environmental protection hearing on the issue. Opponents have said the transfer would mean moving garbage from one environmentally unsafe site to two others which are also environ- mentally unsafe, and Pernber agreed. He told council he doubts Norton will waive the hearing, but said there is no alternative to making the request because a transfer is needed to handle garbage until the county- wide Salford site is approved, which might not be for two years. "If (the hearing is waived) it would be a sin," he said. "But we'd be foolish not to have a contingency plan. There's no other place to put it.' Zorra Township Mayor Wallis Hammond said the Lakeside site,. which now takes in garbage from 3,- 225 persons, would be taking it from 45,000 if garbage were transferred from Holbrook. Ile said the increase would cause pollution in shallow wells, noting Leaving after 25 years Miller resigns city clerk post liy Bit,], SCRI%EN Sentinel -Review staff writer Ken Miller has resigned from his position as Woodstock city clerk, effective July 31 and will become clerk -administrator of the Township of Muskoka Lakes on Aug. 10. He announced his resignation at a closed session of city council Monday night. Miller said he accepted the new position in the district of Muskoka "because it's a good place to retire." He would not comment on whether the hiring of Wayne Shipton aschiefadministrative officer had anything to do his decision to resign. Miller leaves behind 25 years of service with the city's ad- ministration. He joined the treasury department in March, 1%6 and was deputy -clerk from 1959 to 1971. In 1971, Miller became clerk- co-ordinator, a position he held until November, 1990 when the position became what he termed "clerk, period," The position of CAO was created in November, 1990, Miller said he's looking for- ward to the challenge of the new )ob, a new location and a new life with his wife Rosemary, son, Jim and daughter, Cathy. MOVING ON "I've been thinking for sometime about moving on," he said. "We've spent alot of time up in that area," He plats to live in Port Carling Highlights of his career in Woodstock were difficult to pinpoint Monday, but Miller recalled many minor victories slid minor defeats. Miller was burn in Delhi and worked in Hamilton, Leamington and Ingersoll before coming to Woodstock. Councillors were saddened to hear of Miller's resignation and passed along hell wishes for his future. Aid. Les Cook said in Miller;' the city is losing the prescence- and expertise of person it's known for 25 years and wit nessing "the break-up of the Miller and McInnis show," John McInnis is deputy -clerk. Mayor Wendy Calder called Miller a humble slid devoted employee of the city and said she'll miss his dry sense of humor Finally, Aid. Charlie Tatham said he remembered making it recommendation to city fathers that a young fellow be hired w the treasurer's deparhnenl. That young fellow turned out to be Ken Miller. , - that the site is less than a kilometre from Sunova Lake, which is sur- rounded by 50 cottages and homes. There are 30 homes in Lakeside and a 100-unit subdivision has been pro- posed for the area, Hammond said. He said his council opposes the Lakeside transfer, He suggested ap- plying for an extension to continue operating Holbrook. Norwich Township Mayor Jack Bum rejected this option, saying re- zoning would be needed to expand the Holbrook site. He said residents would fight expansion at an Ontario Municipal Board hearing. He said the township has co-oper- ated in allowing continued use of -Holbrook after an extension was granted last year and suggested It was somebody else's turn to be "good corporate citizens. We've been good corporate citizens long enough." The county's waste consultants — M. M. Dillon Ltd. — recommended seeking an exemption from the hear- ing because there is not enough time to draw up the necessary studies. They said that if the hearing is not waived, it could be March or April I before transfer certificates are is- sued by the province. Under the transfer plan, the Drumbo site would he filled first, followed by Lakeside. All garbage from Woodstock, Ingersoll and parts of Norwich and South-West Oxford townships would go to the sites, which would W used for less than three years. Ingersoll Mayor Doug Harris also opposed waiving the hearing be- cause he said not enough considers- tion was given to alternatives such as transferring garbage to sites in neighboring counties. "The question is: Are we going to ask for some- thing we know is improper' Ho" can I vote for something everyone tells me is wrong?" BLUES CHASER One gtxxl thing about lining it The pest — it's flit,41tcr PA . , , 1 JENNIE OGDEN, of Ingersoll Avenue in Woodstock, listens attentively to Heather Perks and Joanne Fagervik, mosquito control officers for Oxford County board of health. A display booth was set up at Blandford Mall to inform people they cati be their own control of- ficers. (Staff photo by Bill Scriven) Mosquito control officers bring the message to the people By RILL SCRIVEN Sentinel -Review staff writer The mission continues for Joanne Fagervik and Heather Perks in their battle to exterminate the lives female mosquitoes, the nuisance that appears to draw more blood from humans than the Red Cross. The mosquito control officers for the Oxford County board of health were at Rlandford Mall during the weekend telling people it's time they begin their own program to rid the county of mosquitoes. Roth girls have been travelling throughout the county this summer to locate, monitor and treat mosquito breeding sites as part of a larviciding program. Except for a thunderstorm which rolled into Woodstock Saturday evening, the dry spell endured by Woodstonians has not out a damper on mosquito larvae — if larvae can survive a cold, harsh winter, lack of precipitation will have little effect on eggs, said Miss Fagervik. Actually, eggs lay dormant during this period, she said and a mosquito takes between five to 28 days to develop from egg to adult, depending on species and water temperature, TREATED EACH TIME Small water pools in low-lying areas which alternately dry up and flood throughout the summer are treated each time they flood if enough larvae are present. With the recent hot weather and thunderstorm on Saturday, the officers are expected to be busy this week in what they called a peak breeding time. One of the worst problem areas encountered by the officers has been Brompton Park, but since they started application of an organic phosphate insecticide to the area, there hasn't been a hatch since. Another problem area was a sewage lagoon in Tavistock, a poplar site where mosquitoes breed in standing water. The officers have been using a low -toxic insecticide which destroys larvae within 72 hours. Each treated site is visited within a week to monitor its effectiveness. The display booth at the mall informed people that common mosquito -breeding grounds can often be found around the house, but can be easily eliminated. 11RE' :DING GROUNDS These sites include eaveslroughs, tires, birdbaths, ditches, wading pools, garbage cans and rain barrels — areas where water is allowed to collect and stagnate. Old tires are an ideal breeding ground, Miss Fagervik said and it's not uncommon to discover 200 to 200 larvae in tires. Speaking of tires, tire tracks can be an excellent breeding ground particularly after a good rain and the best way to negate mosquito larvae is fill the tracks with dirt to prevent standing water. For people with outdoor swimming pools, water should be kept from pooling on the surfaces of pools covers and pools should be properly filtered and chlorinated. Drainage ditches and driveway gutters should be properly drained and clogged eavestroughs should be cleaned. Grass and hedges should be kept trimmed and unnecessary shrubbery and trees removed to prevent adult mosquitoes from hiding there in the sun, the officers said. Parents are reminded to use netting over carriages when babies are left outside. Mosquitoes are most active in the evening, Miss Perks said, so to avoid bites, restrict outdoor activity during this time. Holes in door screens should be repaired to make sure screens are tight and dampers on fire places should be closed when not in use. Although she didn't deem the display booth at the mall a great success, Miss Fagervik hoped people become members of the mission to si.amp out mosquitoes in Oxford County. • 0 A OMB adjourns landfill site hearing JULY 20, 1981 Oxford dump hearing J19.120r ,delayed as waste of time By Gordon Sanderson to make clear that the township is this week in Toronto. He will ask for not giving up its right to a separate an exemption from a protection act and M Chater OMB hearing in the future on plan- he at on a contingency plan to of The Free Press ning aspects after environments! is- handle garbage until the proposed sues have been settled. Salford site is approved. DEREHAM CENTRE — The fu- ture of waste disposal in Oxford County remains in doubt with only two months left before a major county dump at Holbrook will be tilled to capacity and forced to close. Even so, the county ducked a legal confrontation with South-West Ox- ford Township here Monday by re- questing adjournment of an Ontario Municipal Board hearing on the is- ane. The session in the township muni- eipal offices was to have heard township objections .to the county's official plan. This would allow land- fill sites to be established on land designated for agriculture. without a >oning change. County solicitor Douglas Hodgson �,ked OMB member E. A. Seaborn to adjourn the hearing indefinitely. He explained the question of a pro- posed county -wide, 220-acre landfill site at Salford will be dealt with be- fore the provincial environmental assessment board on a date yet to be seL "Our concern simply is to avoid a duplication of effort," he said. "Without prior approval under the Environmental Protection Act, an OMB -hearing into planning matters would be a waste of time." Seaborn granted the adjournment with the consent of David Estrin, a Toronto environment and municipal law specialist acting for the town- ship. In doing so, Estrin said he wanted He suggested other townships within the county might also present similar arguments against Oxford's blanket' land -use policy of allowing landfill sites on designated agricul- ture -land. Hodgson said Sept. 8 has been sug- gested as a date for the township to present its arguments under the En- vironmental Protection Act, subject to certain conditions. The setting of a date had been "placed on hold" pending the out- come of Monday's OMB hearing. "The county is pressed for landfill rapacity and wants to minimize the number of hearings that are neces- sary but realizes we need planning approval and environmental appro- val requiring at least two hearings, one under each act," Hodgson said. Meanwhile, the urgency of Ox- ford's waste disposal problems be- comes more critical daily as the Hol- brook dump, serving about 50,000 county residents, nears capacity. Estimates of how soon Holbrook may have to stop receiving domes- tic, commercial and dry industrial wastes vary from five weeks to about two months or slightly longer. County. engineer Don Pratt said Monday the delay would not worsen unduly Oxford's long-standing gar- bage problem. Plans are being made for Warden Ross Livingston of Blandford-Blen- heim Township to meet with Envi- ronment Minister Keith Norton later Health board, employees reach new WOODSTOCK (Bureau) ized staff at the Oxford board of health have reach year contract settlements them 12-per-cent wage incre year and another 10.5 per 1982. The provincial health mini only given the unit a 10.1 budget Increase this year, b cal officer of health Dr. Ce chard said Friday there wil decrease in services, Funds were adjusted to c on supply items, she said. been able to organize our bus meet these payments." The wage settlements, retr to Jan. 1, cover 15 public nurses, members of Local 40 Ontario Nurses Associatio seven public health insp seven clerical staff, three staff and two audio-visual clans, members of Local 114 That plan involves taking garbage normally dumped at Holbrook to other landfill sites at Drumbo and Lakeside after Holbrook closes. Pratt estimated there is enough dump space left at Holbrook for an. other 10,000 cubic yards of waste, which at the existing rate of dump- ing should last five weeks. However, Jim Janse, district offi- cer for municipal and private waste abatement with the environment ministry in London, suggested Hol- brook could continue to operate until "late September or early October." Janse said he inspected the Hol- brook dump with Pratt last week and those were his "guesstimates". Although Holbrook now accepts waste from part of South-West Ox- ford, the township strongly objects to the county plan for a new landfill site within the township at Salford. The main reason is the county's re- fusal to make any commitment to in- clude recycling facilities as a condi- tion to opening the site. The county's contingency plan for transfer dumping after Holbrook closes is also being opposed by Zorra Township, where Lakeside is lo- cated. Blandford-Blenheim Township, where Drumbo is located, has asked the county to take over operation of the site. The county has not made decided on the matter. n 0 two-year pact — Union- Canadian Union of Public Employ - County ees. ed two- Under the new agreements, a pub - giving lic health nurse is paid between $17,- ases this 737 and $20,905 this year, depending cent in on qualifications and experience. Thai. will increase to between $19,599 stry has and $23, 100 beginning ,Ian. 1. per -cent Public health inspectors will re - If medi- ceive between $17,707 and $21,922 cile Ro- this year, increasing to between $19,- I be no 566 and $24,224 next year. Pay for a receptionist ranges between $9,939 and $12,918 this year. ul back For a secretary, this year's range "We've Is $10 362 to $13,653. This year's fo Ines& to range r dental assistance_s and au- dio-visual technicians is betweem$9,- oactive 281 and $I1,608. health Rochard said other improvements of the in the contracts Include a three -cent n, and increase in the 27-Gents-a-mile mi- ectors leage allowance and the addition of dental a dental plan In 1982 in which costs techni- are equally shared by the health unit of (he and employees. Rural Post Offices To Remain Open As Usual A strike by inside workers in large urban post offices across Canada is having far reaching effects. All mail processed through the city post offices has come to a standstill. Rural post offices such as those in Ayr and New Dundee remain open as usual for business since employees don't belong to the union which is presently on strike. However, there is no delivery between offices. Interest �' Everyone MIDNITE JULY 31 Southwest Oxford Fire Deportment will be con- verting to a new olorm system. We will be holding an open house in Beachville to inform you, the public, of how the new system operates. SOUTHWEST OXFORD FIRE Bank rate ups and downs ® I ixed rate Floating rate changes changes r (weekly) 1981 The Bank of Canada's trend -setting bank rate climbed to a record 19.89 per cent Thursday. (CP) JULY 23, 1981 NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE County Road 10 - reconstruction from Highway 401 to south limits of Verschoyle AT Verschoyle United Church Verschoyle, Ontario. July 30, 1981. between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. You are invited to attend anytime during these hours to review the study with representatives of the County of Oxford and their Consultants, Ure & Smith Springbank Consulting Engineers Limited. Oxford County's garbage: where to put it Garbage has to be piling upon the streets before Oxford County can receive special approval from the ministry of the environment to transfer waste from the Holbrook landfill site to two alternative sites in Lakeside and Drumbo. Warden Ross Livingston and Oxford MPP Dick Treleaven met with en- vironment officials in Toronto last week to discuss the garbage problem. Mr. Livingston personally delivered a letter of request, asking for ministry approval to dump garbage in the two landfill sites temporarily, waiving an environmental assessment hearing, until another landfill site can be established,. In an interview, Sunday, Mr. Livingston said the ministry will not allow waste transfer until testing is completed on the water quality and leachate of the landfill sites. This was one of four alternatives the county can turn to, he was told by officials. However, this motion at the county public works committee meeting, Thursday, was voted down, he said, because the en- vironmental situation at these sites is unacceptable anyway. The ministry also offered the suggestion of checking out the possibility of tran- sferring the garbage to two sites outside Oxford's boundaries, but Mr. Livingston added this would require an environmental assessment hearing as well. The only way the county can transfer the garbage is if there is an emergency situation. According to ministry officials, he said, this means garbage piling up on the streets and presenting a health hazard. "Personally, I consider it an emergency now," said Mr. Livingston. He added the county would also have to discuss this possibility with the site owners, and take into con- sideration the costs. If it is an emergency, the ministry told Mr. Livingston, the costs should not be a con- sideration, but he said transferring garbage out of the county is "a very ex - pensive" choice, and it may cause the county to become burdened financially. There was some discussion about the extension of the Holbrook site. The maximum time left until the site is full is about three months. Mr. Livingston said county officials may be approaching the site owner, Superior Sanitation, about an extension but this has not been finalized. A motion recommending this was passed by the public works committee to be passed on to council, but Mr. Livingston would like it dealt with before the August meeting. The last resort, as outlined by the ministry officials, is the Salford landfill site, but Mr. Livingston stressed this can only be a future con- sideration. Roy Burnett, of Burnett Sanitation la garbage pick- up operation in South-West Oxford Township) is won- dering whether this will be the case, unless someone can tell him where his garbage can be taken. "If I can't dump it, I can't pick it up," he said in an interview. Mr. Burnett approached the public works committee with the question, but was not given any direct answer. He was told he will be in- formed on a day-by-day basis where to take it, once the Holbrook site closes, even if it means putting it in parks. Mr. Burnett said all it would need is a snow fence to create a boundary, and if it means putting garbage in parks to keep his business running, he will do it. 'Let's face it, who the bell wants it in their parks'" Interest rate soars again, dollar hits low for July vxvMra ' yT.'Yid$:AYe4MM91N"kYJ,mva`A.ear�`ana%'GaFv��aq Canadian dollar continues collapse, forcing rates up MONTREAL CPI Con sumers probably will pay even higher rates for everythingg from ear loans to mortgages by the end of this week as the Canadian dollar continues its collapse. The dollar dropped to a new low Tuesday, closing at e1.50 cents U.S. on Now York money markets, down from 81,50 Monday. The dollar's all�tnne low against U.S. currency, 00.118 cents, was set in December, 1431. The Montreal -based Mer conlile Bank of Canada responded Tuesday by bumping its prime rate a full percentage point to an unprecedented L per cent Conventional wisdom says That higher interest rateshelp shore up the dollar by attracting a flow of foreign investment, These funds must be converted into Canadian currency, creating a demand for the dollar rrn international markets. Money market workers considered it likely that by Thursday other banks will follow the the U.S.-controlled Mercantile Bank in raising their prime rates — the rate on loans to best -risk Corporate borrowers. • 0 Beaming Prince Charles takes Lady Di as his bride A weydding the whole world watched Thousands cheer LONDON (C'P) -- A beaming Prince Charles took the beautiful Lady Diana Spencer today as his bride and future Queen while a hundred chur- ch bells peeled, great choirs sang and thousands cheered. "O let the nations rejoice and be gald!" erup- ted the massed choirs after the Archbishop of Canterbury pronounced the couple "man and wife together." The throngs in the sunshine outside, listening to the ceremony on loudspeakers, broke a hushed silence with loud cheers. The tumultuous; reception rose to a mighty crescendo when the prince and his bride appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. The royal couple appeared on the balcony about two hours after the start of their 80-minute wedding ceremony, They looked out over an ocean of waving flags and happy faces. They were joined by the Queen and the -bride's father, then by five bridesmaids and two pageboys. The couple waved and smiled at the crowd which had surged forward to the palace gates. In the age-old ceremony under St. Paul's soaring dome, the nervous heir to the British throne pronounced, "I Charles Philip Arthur George take Thee Diana Frances to my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward." Diana, standing in a cloud of white, cast a sidelong glance and smile at her groom. Then she, speaking scarcely above a whisper, repeated the vow, but she slipped up, repeating Charles's full name in the wrong order, promising to marry "Philip Charles Arthur George-" The Prince of Wales then placed the band of Welsh gold on the bride's hand. As the glittering horse-drawn procession of 11 carriages, led by the Queen, wended the 3.5 kilometres from Buckingham Palace to the cathedral, a crowd of almost one million, many of whom had camped out for days, roared their good wishes and waved a sea of Union Jack flags. "I've %ever seen anything like it," one veteran bobby said earlier of the crowds. "We've got the whole of Britain camping out here." At least 500 million others were believed to be watching the ceremony on television around the world. The union of the 32-year-old Prince of Wales and Lady Diana, a 20-yearold kindergarten teacher with theraptivating smile, was the first lime in three centuries that the heir to the British throne has married an English -born woman. lei A TUMULTUOUS reception rose ter the their 80-minute wedding to a mighty crescendo when the ceremony. prince and his bride appeared af- (UP Laserphoto) THE WIFE of Prince Charles, and the future Queen of England, Lady Diana Spencer, wore a romantic fairy-tale gown in ivory silk taffeta and old lace, with a fitted, boned bodice and curved neck]ine. I- LEGACY FROM ANOTHER ERA Well-known Perhaps the most picturesque of the histarlc buildings in Woodstock is the Oxford County courthouse, which has served the warty for nearly a century. The first courthouse on this site was built in istnf to serve the District of Brock. That courthwuse was demolished in 1890 when ~k started on the current building. It was landmark completed three years later. County council held its first meeting in the new courthouse on Dec. 6, 1892, Disagreements over the buildLlg plans and financial problems delayed construction The courthouse has been described as an outstanding example of the late Victorian style of architecture. (CP Laserphoto) PUBLIC NOTICE Oxford Social Services All persons entitled to receive a cheque for General Welfare Assistance from Oxford Social Services, may pick up their cheques for August 1, 1981 on the follow- ing dates at the Oxford Social Services Building (side door) located at the corner of Hunter and Graham Streets, Woodstock, Ont. Identification is required. Thurs. July 30, 1981 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, July 31, 1981 from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. • Dump wi I I close Sept. 30, Oxford 6 says WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — The Holbrook landfill site, which handles -! domestic garbage from Woodstock, Ingersoll and parts of Norwich and .: South-West Oxford Township, will �... claim Sept 30, county engineer Don Pratt reported Tuesday. A vacant site in Woodstock's east end may become a garbage transfer station when Holbrook is shut down, y , according to acting mayor Joe Pem- her. Pratt said an official of Superior Sanitation Ltd. of Kitchener, which operates Holbrook, told him Tuesday St. Thomas the Sept.:10 date is dennite for clos- ing the rapidly filling site in Norwich Township. Pember maid aa temporary garbage transfer station likely will be Set up at a vacant site on James Street west of Revell Avenue near the pub- lic works department building. Pember asked city staff last week to find a location for a transfer sta- tion after Oxford County's public works committee recommended op- erators of two landfill sites — near St. Thomas and in Watford In Lamb - ton County — be asked to take gar - area dump site bage after Holbrook closes. Pember said it outside sites are used to take Holbrook -bound gar- bage, a transfer station needed where garbage trucks will dump their loads into larger trucks headed for the outside sites. City chief administrative officer Wayne Shipton maid several transfer locations are being considered and will be presented to council Aug. 20. but Pember contends the most likely choice is the JamesStrect location. ' "]'in throwing the flag out now," Pember said. "If it's wrong, shoot it down. I'm betting the (neighboring residents) will not be upset, but some of my colleagues disagree." Pember, Aid. Phil Poole and county Warden Ross Livingston met Tuesday with Oxford MPP Dick Tre- leaven to outline the proposal. Pem- ber said Treleaven will discuss it with the ministry of the environment to find out what approvals or condo tions would be needed for a tempo- rary transfer station. Pratt said approval for a station normally requires an environmental assessment hearing, but it could be granted without a he . ng under the proved environment minis "s emergency prove powers. fall, lie said operators the Watford and St. Thomas a sites have agreed to take Ox . d"s garbage only if hearings to Increase their sites' capacity are also waived by the minister. Pratt said a makeshift transfer station could be built on the city - owned site for about g10.000. It would be used for at least a year un- til the county -wide Salford site Is ap- likely Holbrook alternative Oxford to test safety Y at two landfill sites WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford County will conduct tests to deter- mine whether landfill sites at Lake- side and Drumbo are safe. Following a request by the Ontario environment ministry, county coun- cil will order the studies which will involve drilling a series of boreholes to find out how quickly water moves from the sites. The ministry would probably have ordered the studies had county council not agreed. The county has not picked a firm to do the work but its consulting firm in Toronto says the tests will take 12 to 15 weeks to complete and cost $12,500 for Drumbo and $18,500 for Lakeside. "There's a certain risk involved (from these sites)," said Jim Janse, district officer for the ministry's municipal and private abatemenf section in London. "It's a matter df finding out the extent." Janse said water samples from nearby wells at the Lakeside site in Zorra Township were conducted by the ministry about a month ago and there wasn't any sign of leachate contamination. However, he said garbage. is being dumped at the site in landlocked wa- ter which accumulates because of a nearby ridge and dries up only dur- ing the summer. The ministry does not know how fast the water seaps into the sandy soil and where it goes, Janse said. The Drumbo site in Blandford- Blenheim Township has a high wa- ter table, sandy soil and is sur- rounded by a swamp but the minis- try can't tell if the site is dangerous until the studies reveal how quickly water moves, he said. Tests of nearby wells are being conducted by the ministry but the results are not ready, Janse said. The ministry will continue sampling near both sites three times a year. The sites were being considered to temporarily take garbage from the Holbrook site in Norwich Township after it closes Sept. 30 but Warden Ross Livingston said there is little chance of this being considered now. The ministry won't allow Hol- brook -bound garbage to be dumped at the sites without the studies being done but they can't be completed be- fore Holbrook is full, Livingston said. o� 00 .—i N C Co O3 m crt 0 c 0 0 c b 0 M E v � N N cc L �Y � > = C cc C 5 2 � Ov S E 5 C � > n E a 1 a y .� V i V U C U N C. r\ V1 0 __ U �m _ o c ' CoL"JII c ° o ctl � D rj cc) N O 1h �� D -S (V O 00 t0 V C" CJ q+ 3'1 tT <7T W W e0 00 W Li Residents in the.Lakeside area also recently submitted a 1,000-name petition to the ministry opposing use of the Lakeside site to take Hot - brook -bound garbage. The increase would mean dumping garbage from 45,000 persons at Lakeside compared with the current 3,225. Livingston said if the studies indi- cate they are now unsafe, the sites could be closed before the county- wide Salford site near Ingersoll opens. And hiring a waste commissioner to handle Oxford County's garbage crisis and set up the operation of the county -wide Salford site has been scuttled by county council. Livingston said he is disappointed with the rejection, arguing the posi- tion and possibly a commission to go with it are needed. "I guess council feels it's just another position to cre- ate a lot of cost and not do too much." The commissioner's job would have included setting up a compre- hensive recycling program for the Salford site but council refuses to make any commitment to recycling until the site is approved by the envi- ronment ministry. Livingston favors recycling. "I've always felt we should be spending money in that direction." He had spoken to former Oxford MPP Harry Parrott about taking the commissioner's job but the ex-envi, ronment minister didn't make any promises or commitments on whether he would consider. BLUES CHASER One thin},+ about small cars. You oan squeeze twice as matte of them into a traMe jam. and In use. A hearing to ap- that site is expected to the Pratt said a full-fledged transfer station — with a compactor, build- ing, cement pad and paved roadway — would cost at least fSed AW, The makeshift station would only pro vide a ramp to allow dumping into a larger truck. Pember said he also would urge council to use the transfer station for all garbage now going to Hol- brook. 0 ks: BLUES CHASER Administrator retires if we are. a., .some experts heading toward a moneviess.so, After li years as administrator of Auxiliary, presented him with a plaque in ap- some of us are ahead of our rime Woodingford Lodge, Ernie Wood is retiring. preciation for his work. Doris Campbell, president of the Woodingford Strike halted at midnight Monda1, Mail service to resume today services OTTAWA — Postal workers have voted 83.1 per cent to accept a new �-contract and return to work, ending ;their 421-day national strike. The announcement was made Monday night at headquarters of the �23.of1D-member Canadian Union of 'Postal Workers in time to get mail moving on the overnight shift. LEGACY FROM ANOTHER ERA w r A Woodstock landmark This historic building on Hunter street corner of Hunter and ldght Street$ in ItI47. served its the registry office for Oxford This building was eon$Uvcted in 1876 and Counl.y for three-quarters of a century. remained in use as the registry office until 19W 11 was the second registry office built in the It is now used by the Oxford social serviem county. The first was constructed at the department. • 0 0 -,Oxford to ask Ontario &--* COUNTY OF OXFORD NOTICE TO TRUCKERS Oxford County Council is inviting proposals from trucking companies in- terested in entering into a contract for the hauling of solid wastes from Woodstock to the Southwold Sanitary Landfill Site (St. Thomas Sanitation). Waste will be loaded by the County into 100 cubic yard transfer trailers, supplied and maintained by the Coun- ty, at Woodstock. The Contractor will supply, maintain and operate truck -tractors, haul the waste approximately 40 miles to the Southwold landfill, off-load, and return empty to Woodstock. Current estimated quantity of waste is 125 to 150 tons per day, at 25 tons per load, requiring five to six daily round trips within an eight hour day, six days per week. Two truck -tractors will, thus, be required to operate full- time, with a third unit made available on short notice as a stand-by unit. The contract would commence Oc- tober 1, 1981, or as soon thereafter as possible, and continue until September 30, 1982, with an option for extension for six-month periods beyond 30 September, 1982. Interested parties may contact the undersigned to discuss proposals. Written proposals are required to be submitted not later than 5 p.m., Tues- day, August 25, 1981. All proposals will be evaluated by the County Coun- cil and a contract recommendation will be debated at the Council Session on September 9th, 1981. Donald L. Pratt, P. Eng. Director of Engineering County of Oxford P.O. Box 397 Court House, Woodstock, Ontario N4S 7Y3 Telephone: (519) 537.7961 to approve dump sites By Barb Chance Wednesday, Woodstock Bureau Aug . 12 / 8 1 WOODSTOC'K — With time run- ning out for Oxford County's'landfill site at Holbrook, county council voted Wednesday to seek govern- ment approval to send garbage to a site northwest of St. Thomas and set up a temporary transfer station in Woodstock. The decision wasn't reached, how- ever, without some last-minute de - bate by councillors concerned about the high cost of using the St. Thomas site. County engineer Don Pratt told council the cost could run as high as $1 million a year; almost $700,000, more than the county now pays for the Holbrook site. But concern over the money shouldn't enter into the decision, he said, because what's more important is how environmen- tally safe the site is. St. Thomas is one of two sites, both outside Oxford County, which Ministry to permit controlled deer hunt A four -day controlled deer hunt is scheduled by the provincial natural resources ministry for Oxford County Nov. 2 to 5, in addition to the normal archery season Oct. 19 to Dec. 13. During the four -day controlled hunt in November, the use of muzzleloaders and shotguns only will be permitted. The use of archery equipment has been excluded from the four -day period because the two hunting methods could create unsafe hunting conditions. The ministry has divided the county into zones for the con- trolled hunt to reduce the possibility of heavy con- centrations of hunters. A lotal'of 100 hunters will be ships of East Oxford, West Oxford, Dereham and Norwich, comprising Zone 95B; and the former townships of East Zorra, West Zorra, East Nissouri and North Oxford, comprising Zone 95C. The number of hunters in- dicated does not include farmers or landowners who qualify. Farmers and landowners can apply for a validation tag to hunt in the zone where they reside. Applications for the controlled hunt are expected to be available starting Sept. 2, with the draw being held at the ministry's district office in Aylmer on or about Sept. 2B. The farmer -landowner permits will be available until the close of the season. ermitted in each zone: Bland- Questions concerning the hunt ford -Blenheim Township, which can be directed to the Aylmer is Zone 95A; the former town- office at 773-9241. A man claims he finally broke a hundred over the weekend — not on ., golf course but in a supermarket. Plans for hydro lines displayed in Woodstom WOODSTOCK (Bureau)— An On- lario Hydro study team set up shop in the Fairview Centre for the day Wednesday to let the public see plans to expand power transmission lines from the Bruce nuclear devel- opment to Southwestern Ontario. A few dozen people turned out at the information centre to examine displays and ask questions. Hydro has six alternative plans to bring power front the Bruce plant. It is sending representatives across Southwestern Ontario soliciting pub - lie input before recommending one plan to a board in the fail: The expansion ject, not .schod- ulyd to be romp elect until I1WA, Is necessary to meet the projected de mand for hydro in the future, said Don Carmichael, corporate relations officer for Ilydro's western region. The company wants to obtain as much public involvement in the plans as possible, he said, before the $x00-million project begins. Jim Bayne, a Ilydro systems plan- ner, said most of the people who have come to the four information centres set up to date have been cu- rious rather than concerned about where the transmission lines will be going. the environment ministry considers safe enough to handle the estimated W,000 metric tons of garbage pro- duced by county residents each year. The other site is near Watford in Lambton County. Coun. Jack Burn of Norwich sug- gested garbage could be sent to small sites around the county for two months at a time until a hearing is held to decide on the county's pro- posed use of the Salford landfill site. Pratt said such action would not be feasible because the Norwich site is "pitifully small," and Tillsonburg is "already operating on a special certificate." It also would cost "a quarter of a million dollars to im- prove either of (the sites at Drumbo and Lakeside) to take that much garbage." Pratt and Warden Ross Livingston both urged council to decide on a garbage disposal alternative during Wednesday's meeting because there are only six weeks left before the Holbrook site is filled. After questioning whether cnsts could somehow be reduced, council members approved the St- Thomas site. Discussion then followed on whether to use Holbrook or a Wood- stock site as a temporary transfer station for garbage. Pratt told council that the Wood- stock station, which would be set up on James Street west of Revell Ave- nue on public works property- would be more expensive and could create traffic problems. Conn. Joe Pember pointed out that the Woodstock site could be more closely supervised than Holbrook and is closer to High- way 401 for transport to St. Thomas. Council approved the Woodstock site. County council's decisions must now be approved by the environ- ment ministry and a certificate is- sued for the Transfer station before further action can be taken. When a certificate is obtained, council will hold a special meeting to discuss terms of the contract and whether to buyequipment to haul the garbage. During the council meeting, Conn. Doug Harris said the county should not enter into a lengthy contract with the operator of the St. Thomas site because the ministry might con- clude that the county's problems are over and continue "procrastinating" about an alternative disposal site. He moved — and council approved — petitioning the ministry for a sub- sidy to offset the extra costs of the St. Thomas site because. he said, government delays had helped cre- ate the county's garbage crisis. "Let's go after the funds for it." he saki. Pratt proposes nine stations for garbage Satellite sites for garbage urged for Oxford W'OODSTOCK (Bureau) — Nine small loads from Individuals. "I permanent satellite garbage trans- think the whole thing is pretty neat, fer stations should be set up simple and logical. It's the best throughout Oxford County to sim- thing I've seen since sliced bread." plify disposal of waste after the Committee chairman Joe Pember county -wide landfill site in Salford of Woodstock asked Pratt to put to - opens. county engineer Don Pratt gether a report on his proposal for advised Thursday. consideration. Pratt told the county public works committee these transfer stations, used as holding areas for garbage and costing at least $40;000 each. are needed so truckers and residents without door-to-door collection won't have to drive to Salford to dump waste. He suggested using newly devel- oped sealed bins, now used in Ed- monton where garbage is dumped Into the containers from an 11-foot ramp. When the containers are full, they are hydraulically emptied into a larger truck trailer. Casing these bins would solve the county's problem of being left with three obsolete Wfoot trailers after the Salford site opens in about 18 months. An environment ministry hearing to approve this site will begin before Christmas. Pratt said. The trailers, which have not yet been purchased, cost S55.000 each and are needed to handle garbage from a temporary transfer station being set up in Woodstock before Sept. os when the Holbrook landfill site closes. The temporary station will cost about garbage and hold Holbrook - bound garbage until it is trucked to a site outside the county, northwest of St. Thomas. Pratt said negotiations are at a standstill on a disposal price with the operator of the Southwold Town- ship site, but the environment minis. vv' try has assured it will approve the v 1 temporary Increase in garbage there. The site operator, Robert McCaig �\ce5 ,fir of St. Thomas Sanitary Collection Service Ltd.., is asking for $15 a 5e peg tonne to receive the garbage and has 1�`te Pia Ptce riot replied to the county's offer of $10 a tonne, Pratt said. t e°y ��,, oots'S, Sending garbage to St. Thomas tt �sc�z "P., will cost $1 million a year — $650,000 4 yacte o more than it costs to send it to Hol- brook — and will continue until the °t . Salford site is ready, he said. Pratt said the sealed bins won't be 7 Q used for the temporary Woodstock ,aO station because garbage will be v dumped directly into the trailers and immediately moved out, likely by a Private contractor not yet hired, lie said the bins are clean, last about 10 years and have a chute for %to �V 0 C CO o � d e \' ow I 4�� VV av \ Qts t\°fie\\� c elan or�� oStfa< \o c° �r s\•oyzte,�\�eatt otpQ e\Date\cyQo- °p V Ss yc ,av c i" t'a°yx •st° �� A at,aa�J\; 4 4tye�� o oJ-.oa.\ J oyot°at aco�4asa.\t�a aeta\ a tsa sr c°`\o ° t^ —Highlights e 5\�SJeb mar¢={s`''o • Ga,oline, beating oil act\�attt` ac c t uaa prices to skyrocket. \\o sp p Ja' wet • Price of oil now being pro- ¢[ yo at m t e lg ducod in West will ,jump by $J9 r 4 t° c\'�y� a a barrel, 161 \ac +tor Q\eZssro,�� prd46 ucedtfor will node exceed being5 \hrt t4oa of°a cent of world level.1 ss tea � 0enrmd Prices for u it o It to be dis- �``s\a aryao produced by oil sands may reach world a rt4 keel. • Another increase amount �scr ing to abut a half -rent a hire for 19111. • Federal share of oil reve- nues will ,jump. • Natural gas prices to in- crease every six months but remain at less than two-thirds the price of home heating oil, • Alberta to end oil produc- tion cuts, Southwold seeking support to keep Oxford garbage out SI'. THOMAS (Bureau} — As far other site Is near Watford in Lamb as Southwold Township is con- corned, Oxford County can keep its tan County. 'The operator of the St. Thomas garbage. landfill site has offered to truck Hot. Council Is asking neighboring brook -bound garbage for about $tt7a,000 a year, more than twice the utunicipalilies to support Its obJec- Lion to a proposal by Oxford County the ' a0 the county now pays. But figure is far less ouncil Lo transport Oxford garbage the St. Thomas than the estimated $1.5 million it a landfill site In Southwold Town- would cost to truck the garbage to •,liip near St. Thomas. the Watford area site. )xford's landfill site at Holbrook The environment ministry in Lon - in Norwich Township is nearly fillet) don has said it will issue an emer- and scheduled to close Sept. 30. gency certificate for whatever site is The St. Thomas area landfill site is chosen because there is not enough one of two outside Oxford which the time to conduct regular envLronmen- minislry of the environment consid- tal assessment hearings. But that crs safe enough to handle the 50,000 certificate cannot be issued before metric. tonnes of garbage produced Oct. 1, when the garbage problem annually by Oxford residents. The will be considered an emergency. C J a� Southwold dumping opposition gives Oxford second thoughts By Al Chater Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Oxford County council is having second thoughts about sending garbage to a landfill site in Southwold Township because of the political movement in Elgin County to block the proposal. Council met behind closed doors for more than all hour Thursday night to consider what Warden Ross Livingston said are two new alterna- tives: One to send garbage to a dif- ferent landfill site outside Oxford and the other to send it to existing sites within the county. He refused to disclose what out- side site is being considered but con- firu,.ed it is not a site near Watford in Lambton County, which also was considered when the Southwold site was originally- chosen. He said using existing landfill sites in Oxford could include asking for an extension to the Holbrook site, which closes Sept. 30, but added that several sites in Oxford are being coils Wert4i. "Up to this point the information Is more or less confidential," he said. "1( (these other options) might just all fall apart but we're going to try. We're concerned what alight happen If it (the Southwold site alternative) gets pulled out from under us." Southwold Township council has vowed to fight the plan to send gar- bage there and is enlisting support from other Elgin municipalities. Even Oxford received a letter re- questing support for opposition to the plan. But the Southwold alternative has been further clouded over a disa- greement in the price for using the Southwold site between Oxford and site dwner Bob McCaig of St. Thomas Sanitary Collection Service Ltd. McCaig wants $10 a ton to begin taking garbage Oct. 1. but he also wants a raise effective In ,lanuary based on the increase In the con - sorrier price index. The. county con- siders It unfair to apply a raise after only three months and Is not offering a price increase until January, 1983. County engineer Don Pratt recom- mended the proposed contract with McCaig not be accepted yet, noting "•a fair amount of high-priced lan- guage" in the contract must first be clarified. However, he told council the dispute probably can be worked out:. Ile also recommended postponing a decision on selecting a trucking. firm to haul the waste from a tem- porary transfer station which was built in Woodstock to hold garbage from Holbrook until it is taken to the other site. The county has received 29 bids for the job, ranging in price from $3.20 a ton to $10, but averaging out at $1 a ton for thou c:i-kilometre one- way trip ttr Southwold. An estimated 125 to 150 tons would be trucked each day for at least two years, according to the advertise- ment that truckers responded to. Truckers also must be willing to sign six-month extension options beyond the two-year period. Council agreed Thursday to buy three trailers for hauling garbage for $141,500 from Canadian Disposal Equipment Company Ltd. of Rex - dale, the lowest of three quotes re- ceived. The 45-foot trailers will take eight weeks to arrive and cannot be put into use before Nov. 1, Pratt said, which will mean the temporary transfer station, estimated to cost $60,000, cannot open before then. Livingston said smaller garbage trucks may have to drive directly to the site that will replace Holbrook during October but larger dump trailers maybe used. Fire co-ordinator takes back offer An offer by the Oxford County fire co-ordinator to cut his salary by $1,000 so his deputy could have a raise, has been taken back. Zire co-ordinator Chuck Young, also Woodstock fire chief said he had to withdraw his offer because it was affecting his bargaining position with the city for his 1981 contract. He will press for the raise from the county in the next budget. Mr. Young makes $4,500 a year as fire co-ordinator while his deputy, Garfield receives $350 plus an $840 allowance. Mr. Young made the $1,000 offer to raise Mr. Scott's-salary when he found the Essex County fire co- ordinator receives $5,000 a year while his deputy earns $2,500. He was asked to check other municipalities but discovered Essex County was the only jurisdiction with a similar set-up to Chdord's. The fire co-ordinator organizes mutual aid bet- ween county fire depart- ments as needed. Mr.'Scott is also in charge of organizing training courses for volunteer firefighters. Countyseek s another extension for Holbrook By KEN RRI.I.ETT - _ Sentinei-Review staff writer Despite a vehement objection from Norwich Township council, Oxford County council voted Wednesday to push for yet another extension to a licence for the Holbrook landfill site. The site, located in Norwich Township northwest of the village of Norwich, has already received extensions despite provincial environment ministry claims that the site is filled beyond capacity. At present the deadline for dumping has been set at Se t. 30, County council hopes to buy time and lessen the burden of its ongoing garbage dilemma. The county is trying to avoid the expensive task of transporting the garbage outside of its borders. If the extension is successful the county stands to save dollars and avoid a battle with its neighbors to the west. And council Wednesday agreed to pursue other avenues of waste disposal in an effort to keep all its options alive. The extension — which would only take place if the site is deemed environmentally safe after between $10,000 and $15,Oo0 was spent on extensive drilling and soil testing — would grant the county prolonged domestic dumping of a maximum of 18 months. The county hopes to bring a site in Salford onstream by the end of that period. But to date, that quest has been bogged in legal haggling with South-West Oxford Township. BLUES CHASER Afan, with hand on TV knob, to wife., •'Ilelen, do you have anything. to say before the football season starts?" COUNTY OF OXFORD J. E. (Ernie) Wood APPRECIATION NIGHT Friday, September 25, 1981 Fairview Centre, Fairgrounds, Woodstock Dinner 7:00 p.m. Tickets 17.50 each Tickets may be obtained until September 11, 1981 at the office of the County Clerk, Court House, Wood. stock, Ontario. Phone 539-5688. 11 Works committee approves expansion of sewage system The county public works committee Wednesday ap- rroved a $1,285,000 expansion of istock's overloaded sewage lagoon system. The cornmittee will recom. mend that county council apply for a ministry grant before Oct. I so construction can commence next year. A successful grant would cover 66.9 per cent of the cost, leaving the residents' share at $425,270, to be debentured by the county. Residents would be asked to make payments in a lump sum or in instalments over the course of 20 to 40 years. East Zarra-Tavistoek mayor Harold Vogt blasted provincial environment ministry officials during a two-hour presentation in support of the proposal. Vogt questioned the immediate need for such an expansion. He suggested the ministry was forcing an expansion which was not urgent in nature. FORCE UPGRADING If the expansion is rejected the ministry could force an upgrading to serve the village's population of 1,771, Jim Janse, municipal and private abatement officer for the ministry in London told the committee. Janse said the present system can hold 45,5-million gallons but ministry regulations require an eight month storage capacity. Hesaid 1980statisties revealed a need for 49 million gallons storage. The expansion entails the construction of a third lagoon to increase storage to 85.4 million gallons, enough to handle sewage for a village of 2,800. Janse said the new system would be good for another 20 years, It will be the municipality's responsibility to acquire the 30 acres needed for the expansion. But Janse said he was sure the need for expropriation could be proven in any legal arguments which may ensue. BLUES CHASER Never attempt to bear more than one kind of trouble at a time, Some people try to bear three kinds: all thev have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have. Norwich council moves to keep Holbrook closed By JOHN SPILKER to come cheap," Burn explained Sentinel -Review staff writer in an interview following the IN OTTERVILLE — Norwich hour closed meeting with Poch. township council has taken steps Council also decided that it to stop County council's plans to will do its own testing at the extend the use of the Holbrook landfill site if the tests con - landfill site past the Sept. 30 ducted by the county last week deadline, show the site is safe for extended At a meeting here Monday, use. the township council directed environmental lawyer Harry LET COURT DECIDE Poch of the Toronto law firm Counc. Helen Smith said she Vaughan, Willms to look into fears the county's tests may be what can be done to keep the bias and added that if the dump located in the township township's tests finds the site closed. unfavorable, the courts will Poch will spend the next two to have to decide which tests are three weeks researching the valid. situation and will tell council Council will inform the what legal options are available ministry of the environment and and how much they will cost the all other affected parties that it township, said mayor Jack opposes the extended use of the Burn. Holbrook site. "This whole thing isn't going Burn told council that the WOODSTOCK-INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1981 three acre parcel of land the county hopes to use is a "bag hole" and was never licenced by the ministry because it is „unsafe.," Coon. Carmen Sweazey said he fears the ministry may be pressured into extending the use of the site because the county could have a garbage crisis at the end of the month. The three acre parcel is located near the centre of the site. Burn said the county still has three other landfill site options. He said garbage could be trucked to sites near London or St. Thomas and the ministry could issue temporary per- mission to use the proposed Salford site. "Council still supports going to Salford," Burn said. Millions join Marathon of Ham,.,, Terry's dream continues By the Canadian Press Terry Fox would have been proud. Millions of his fellow Canadians, in every province and around the world, joined the Marathon of Hope on Sunday. They ran, walked, cycled, skateboarded, anything they could think of, to complete the 10-kilometre courses set up in the first annual Terry Fox Run to raise money for cancer research. Local organizers estimate that the 550 runners, walkers and roller skaters raised about $11,000 for cancer research in the local version of the Terry Fox run in Woodstock Sunday. ( See story on page 3). Officials were still tallying the number of participants and how much they raised, but a spokesman for one race sponsor estimated one million Canadians ran and three to five million pledged motley. Richard Munro, special. projects manager with the Canadian Track and Field Association, said the day could add another $5 mdllon to the SM million already raised by the valiant amputee who became an international symbol of the indomitable human spirit and the relentless dream to find a cure for cancer. BLUES CHASER principal it) harried second -grade schoolteacher: "You simply cannot send thank you note.+ to your pupils when thej' stay home because of Ill- nesa. " Hospitial board approves new administration facility The construction of ad- ministrative facilities to house employees of the Oxford County Home -Care program was given i approval by the board of trust of Woodstock General Hospital at its monthly meeting Monday. Cost of the building will be .more than $100,000 and will be located adjacent to the 'psychiatric wing of the hospital, said William Graham, chairman of the board of trust. Tenders are expected to be called before the end of Sep- tember and construction scheduled to begin the second week of October. Building coals will be funded from hospital trust funds and the building Itself rented to Oxford County Home -Care, which is wholly funded by the provincial government and governed locally by Oxford County Board of Health. The Home -Care program provides a variety of disciplines, including nursing services, physiotherapy, occupational and speech therapy, social work, nutritional services and other professional services. Employees are currently located in Patterson House. an old nursing home at the health complex. "We're very crowded where we are now," said Marlene Majernik. Hume -Care director. "We're pleased with the decision by the board of trust to construct the building." 40 0 • Norwich gears up for garbage battle WOODSTOCK (Bureau) Norwich Township's battle to keep the Holbrook landfill site from oper- ating past Sept. 30 was launched Monday after a closed meeting of its lawyer and council members. Council instructed Harry Poch of the Toronto firm of Vaughan Wilims to prepare a report as soon as possi- ble on what can be done to keep the site from remaining open and the township's costs for each alterna- tive. Meantime, Poch is gathering in- formation — including planning doc- BLUES CHASER A perfect autumn day is one when the lawn no longer needs mowing }; and the leaves haven't yet started to fa If uments, past studies and correspon- dance between the owner of the site, Superior Sanitation Ltd. of Kitch- ener, and various levels of govern- ment — in an attempt to prove the site is unsafe. Council also decided to notify the provincial environment ministry, which must approve the site exten- sion, and all other affected bodies that it opposes operation of the site past Sept. 30. The uproar was sparked by Oxford County council's decision last week to pay* up to $is,000 for testing now under way by Superior's consulting firm aimed at determining if a three -acre portion of the site zoned for landfilling but not licensed by the ministry may be used to landfill gar- bage for another 18 months. Township council also decided that if the tests by Superior's consulting firm show the site Is safe enough to continue operation, the township would consider hiring its own consul- tant to do the same test drilling. Coun. Helen Smith told council she fears Superior's tests may be biased in the company's favor and consid- ers it important to have a second op- inion. if a township study showed the site as unsafe, while Superior's study showed it is safe, it would be up W the courts to decide, she said. May Jack Burn said after the meeting that Poch is not making any promises on what can be done to hall the extension. Burn said council won't know what options are available until Poch has reviewed the site's history, which he hopes will be completed by the end of this month. lie said he is convinced the site is unsafe, calling the parcel in question "a bog hole." Conn. Carmen Sweazey said the ministry did not li- cense this smaller parcel because it was considered unsafe. The Holbrook extension is one of three alternatives the county is pur- suing. The other two are trucking Holbrook -bound garbage to a site in Southwoid Township in Elgin County or to another site in Westminister Township in Middlesex County. i Oxford coughs up cash for CAS to help replace asbestos ceilings WOODSTOCK (Bureau)— Family and Children's Services of Oxford County is $18,417 in the red because it had to replace asbestos -lined ground -floor ceilings at its office. Thecounty's administration and finance committee recommended Wednesday that county council pay an unbudgeted $4,342 from a $.50,000 contingency fund to cover its 20-per- cent share of the ceiling bill. The county share also includes other sup- plementary money for additional agency operating costs. The committee's recommendation is conditional on family and chil- dren's services exploring possible grants from the Ontario Iatior ana health ministries to make sure there is no other money available to cover the repairs. The actual cost of repairs was $25,623 but the agency reduced the outstanding amount by using a $2,- 206 budget surplus fromlast year and scrapping a $5,000 feasibility study for a computerized informa- tion system. Office manager Ron Cork said the. agency has still not received appro- val from the social services ministry on paying its 80 per cent of the re- pair bill. The agency has already paid it out of operating costs. However, he isn't expecting a re- fusal because the ministry ordered the ceilings replaced after asbestos levels were found to be five- to 20- per -cent higher than acceptable un- der occupational health and safety regulations. The ceilings, replaced on the first floor of the two -storey, Light Street building in July, were installed in 1954 when asbestos was used as a fire retardant. Drywall ceilings, which do not contain asbestos, were used on the second floor when it was added .six years ago. BLUES CHASER One jdekhantnter opvrafor to an ullivr: "I used if, drive a ;rhool bu,. but 1(ouldn'i stand flu, ncrinn. Bank dips, below 20% in face of public pressure OTTAWA (CP) — Lower U.S. in- terest rates and growing public dis content spurred the Bank of Canada to drop its landing rate Thursday to 19.67 p(:,.r cent from 2018 per cent. One major bank foilowed suit an nouncing it was lowering its prime rate a half -point to 21.25 per cent. Wes Mister votes against accepting Oxford's garbage Oxford to get word on dump site WOODSrOCK (Bureau) — Oxford County should know by next week if use of the Holbrook landfill site can be extended past Sept. 30, Warden Itoss Livingston said Wednesday night. Ile told county council that test drillings by cgnsultanls hired by Su- perior Sanitation Ltd. of Kitchener, owner of the site, were completed Tuesday. but the compiling of re- sults won't be finished until early next week. Livingston said the results will then be studied by provincial envi- ronment ministry officials, who will decide whether to license another three acres for landfilling purposes which would last no more than 18 months. Norwich Township Is fighting the site extension and has already indi- cate d it might conduct Its own test drilling if Superior's tests show it IS safe. A study by the township's lawyer outlining what can be dune to fight the extension has already begun and is expected to be completed by mid - October. Livingston admitted he favors con- tinued use of Holbrook over two al- ternatives — trucking garbage to a site in Elgin County's Suuthvvold APPRECIATION NIGHT J E. "ERNIE" WOOD 'I'ownnhip or another in Middlesex County's Westminster Township — be vause the costs are less. Westminster Township council Is to decide today If it will allow Ox- ford to use the site, which is owned by London. London city council has approved Oxford's use of Westmin- ster provided the ministry and town- ship approve and a satisfactory ton- nage price can be worked out. Livingston said prices have not been discussed with London, but would likely run around s9 a ton. compared with 10.90 for Holbrook and $to for the site in Southwold. in oilier business, council agreed WOODINGFORD LODGE OFFICE MANAGL'R JUNE 1, 1969 - SEPTEMBER 22, 1970 ADMINISTRATOR SEPTEMBER 23, 1970 - JULY 31, 1981 FAIR VIEW CENTRA'. FAIRGROUNDS WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2.5, 1981 TOO PM, to apply before Oct. I to the mtriistry for an 1875,00 grant to help pay a $1,2n5,4911 sewage lagoon expansion for the village of Tavistoek. If the expected approval is received, work would begin next year. East Zorra-Tavistock Township Mayor Harold Vogt supported the motion despite his bitter comptairo that the ministry Is forcing the ex pansion, which has halted villagr growth for several years. "What kind of dictatorship hav, we got?" he asked, calling the ex pansion costly progress- "With higli interest rates, I'm concerned if it (the expansion) is needed." Y..6. (C4#aa) Wi7Cid APPRECIATION NIGHT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1981 Fairview Centre, Woodstock Fairgrounds DINNER 7:00 p.m - TICKETS $7.50 PER PERSON CASH BAR N� 140 Park in Oxford finally gets name 4VOODSTOCK (Bureau) — A 200- acre parcel of land between Wood - stuck and Beachville was named the CCounty of Oxford Nature Area Wed- nesday night after years of being re- ferred to merely as the counts' park. County council decided to place three signs depicting the new name. along County Road 9 where the land runs. Cotmcil'also agreed to pay an In- gersoll man $250 to clear and plow it L.5 acre site just west of the city. lim- its and a titre) acre site just east of Beachvdle so the Lipper Thames River Conservation Authority can plant 4.800 trees in these areas next year. Clearing of the land is to begin within a few days and a portabie building set up two )ears ago in the area which is now unused will be moved to the county's public work. yard. Ingersoll Mayor Doug Itarris, who suggested the name, said the sign) were necessary because most per sons are not aware the area exists .iN a haven for nature lovers and hik ers, "lt's not been used enough in illy opnnunl In other business, council agreed to pay its St 312 share for ceiling ru pairs of Family and Children N Ser vices of Oxford County, which %v e done in July to eliminate high aslies- Io.0 levels. The decision to pay the full on budgeted amount frino cuntingrncy funds %v N made after council IvarneKl no money was available to (lie agency front. the ministries ,d health or labor to help defray thv rust. 0 Menu TOMATO JUICE ROAST TURKEY (WITH GRAVY) MASHED POTATOES BUTTERED CORN GREEN BEANS JELLIED SALADS CRANBERRY SAUCE BUTTERED DINNER ROLLS R R ✓ DRESSING Programme Chairman - Mr. J. Harold Walls GRACE Rev. A. G. Pease TOAST TO THE QUEEN D I N N E R COLE SLAW Introductions RELISH TRAY Speaker Presentation of Plaque on behalf of Oxford County Council Presentations on behalf of Friends PIE - LEMON, CHERR Y OR COCONUT CREAM TEA OR COFFEE Mr. J. Ernie Wood Auld Lang Syne Mr. J. Harold Walls Rev A. G. Pease Warden Ross Livingston Mrs: June Brown Councillor Jack Warden Organ Music - Councillor Leslie J Cook w w r R � AULD LANG SYNE Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never bro't to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days of auld long syne? For auld kng syne, my dear, For auld lang syne: We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet. For auld long syne. .` 9 •,. Raft8{ VY1 i COUNTY CLERK Harold Walls has seen enough of municipal government to know that new councillors won't be able to change the world during their fir- st few weeks in office. (Staff photo by Philip Walker) County clerk Harold Walls Wheels of government really do grind slowly By JOHNSPMKER Sentinel -Review staff writer Working 24 years for municipal and county governments has taught Oxford County clerk Harold Walls that "you can't move moun- tains over night." Especially in this age of red tape and tight money, he added. "I've seen new councillors — especially at the municipal level — come in thinking they were going to set the world on fire. After a year they fail in line with the rest of council. Things don't move as fast as you would like." The 50-year-old mild-mannered clerk has had an easy-going approach during his four years as the Oxford County clerk. "I try to be flexible and opened minded and �ee both sides. Some people think a clerk 'khould be firm and steam roll through things. I don't know which approach is better." Oxford County warden Ross Livingston is "quite satisfied" with Walls. "I get along with him well, he does a good. job, ' Livingston added. LEGISLATION One of the most difficult tasks for any county or municipal officer is keeping up with the growing number of provincial regulations. Environmental legislation has added to the county's problems of findingg a landfill site, and provincial road subsidies leave the county little other choice than to do road work recommended by Queen's Park. "There's no doubt there's too much government today. But then again people have asked for all this legislation. Some people can't look after themselves." Walls' job mainly consists of paper work" Before being interviewed, he had worked on the minutes of the last county council meeting. He was also following up council's recommendations, including filing for a grant to the ministry of environment for the $1,285,000 expansion to the Tavistock sewage system. He also prepares committee reports for county council and records all bylaws. "1'd say I write about 99 per cent of the bylaws council passes." Another of his duties is keeping council up to date on provincial legislation. REMAINED CONSISTENT He said council's overall thinking and can -spppprroach to chlorine hits remained spice the arrived here. "Overall it hasn't changed much. But there hasn't been a big tarn over in county council! There are only four new councillors on this council." His biggest complaint about the job is the shortage of office space. Walls shares an office on the malln floor of the county house with treasurer Howard Day.. "I could also do with more filing space." Walls is satisfied that the county doesn't have a chief administrator overlooking all county operations. fast year Woodstock hired a chief administrative officer who is responsible for all municipal departments. The county, on the other hand, has several department heads who are directly responsible to county council. Walls knows what it's like when all ad- ministrative duties fall on the shoulders of one person. During the 24 years he was a municipal clerk in Goderich, Newbury and Essex, he sometimes didn't "know whether he was coming or going": MORE DEMANDING Small municipaliles demand that the clerk also be treasurer, tax collector and well fare officer. Besides working regular office hours, he also attended about three evening council meetings every week while he was a municipal clerk. "Some clerks burn themselves out after awhile. Others love it and workat it until they're 65." Walls was born in London and raised in Ilderton in Middlesex County. He spent 15 years with CNR working throughout Ontario. While he was the station agent In Newbury, the town's clerk retired and Walls applied for the job. "I was 32.years old at the time. Things didn't look good for the railways, They were cutting back and morale was low." He became the clerk of Essex in 1964 and received a municlQal administration cor. tificate from Queen s University in 1967. He was the clerk its Goderich between 197E 77,before movin to Oxford County. He has also held executive positions in the Association of Municipal Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario. "i am happyy that clerks are being recognized as a profession today." At the age of So. Walls would be content to spend the rest of his working career in Woodstock. "1 like Woodstock. My wife and mar edhol, en like it here. 'I don't have any other aspirations. 1 think I've fulfilled my goals." Even after all his years of municipal set . vice, Walla still doesn't have any grey hairs. "I don't feel old" but added with a laugh, "50 just sounds old," COUNTY OF OXFORD 1980 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS COUNTY or OXFORD 1979 1980 ACTUAL ACTUAL s $ REVENUE Requisition on Local Municipalities 4,675,372 Direct Charges on Ralepayen 2,129,886 Ontario Grants S,852,947 Other 2,339,124 EXPENDITURES General Government 641,096 Protection to Persons 8 Property 173,824 Transportation Semces 2,989,413 Environmental Services 4,932,611 Health Services 1,318,908 Social and Family Services 4,175,104 Recreation and Cultural Services 333,023 Planning and D"elopmerm 276,216 CAPITAL OPERATIONS 1979 ACTUAL S CAPITAL FINANCING Long -Term Liabilities Incurred 2,915,970 Contributions from the Revenue Fund 2,091,309 Ontario Grants 1,096,689 Contributions tram Reserves 8 Reserve Funds 173,923 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES Transportation Services 1,726,321 Environmental Services 1,674,527 Health Services 250,000 Social 8 Family Services 24,731 Recreation 8 Cultural Services 61669 Other Transfer to Other Municipalities 2,814,324 4,443,937 2,483,062 6,995,035 2,624,983 673,919 222,390 3,090,647 4,536,787 ' 1,805,347 4.726,814 354,193 340,534 1980 ACTUAL 2.153.086 2,283,473 435,379 2,477,109 1,702,367 500,000 5A40 RESERVE AND RESERVE FUND OPERATIONS AND YEAR-END BALANCES 1979 1980 ACTUAL ACTUAL S S Revenue 209,212 999,247 Transfers 8 Expenditures 16,700 15,658 Year -End Position of Reserves 6 Reserve Funds 747,741 1.691,553 YEAREND BALANCES OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - 1979 1980 ACTUAL ACTUAL Cash and Shart-Term Investments S 369.571 $ 1,424,886 Accounts Receivable 2,185,141 2.263,471 - Other Current Assets 712.079 790,088 Temporary loons 351,000 282.311 Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities 2,391,885 2.133.00 Not Long -Ten Liabilities 8,293.354 7,745,797 Revenue Fund Surplus 1,608534 2JOSA48 1. These financial highlights re act the revenue: and ex penditures, assets and liabilities of the County of Oxford and in- clude the activities of Committees of Council, local boards and municipal enterprlsesas follows: Committals of Council County Home for Aged (Woodingford Lodge) - Oxford Social Services Local Boards - - Oxford County Library - -Oxford Health Unit Municipal Enterprises Waterworks Systems � Woodstock. Tihsonburg. ` Ingersoll, Tavistock. Norwich. Otterville, Embro, Lakeside, Thamasford, South,West Oxford 2. Trust funds administered by the County, amounting to $211,712 ($172,932 in 1979). are not reflected in the financial summary. 3. Under the sick leave benefit plan, unused sick leave can oc cumulate and employees may become entitled Id o cash payment when they leave this municipality's employment, The liability for these accumulated days, to the extent that they hove ve fled and could be Laken in cosh by an employ" on tar minting, amounted to $417,345 at the end of the year. The municipality has been providing for this liability including 113,694 for 1980, by tronsfers from the revenue fund to reser- ves, reserve funds and to the County of Oxford Trust Account. Upon termination, employees have received their sick leave bandits from the reserve funds and trust funds, resulting In o balance of $146,805 still available In reserves, reserve funds antitrust funds at December 31 st, 1980 for sick leave lasnefita, 4, The County of Oxford has committed to help finance the cost of hospital construction, within the County, to the groats of $333,235 payable In 1981 on an addition to the hospital h, Tillsonburg. S. Copies of the audited financial report from which these highlight, were extracted are available at the County Treasurer a Office. Court House. Hunter %vat, Woodstock. Qm lobo. Monteith, Monteith A Co. Chartered Accaunro its Licwrss No, 077 , • (1) • u • 4 •> O O V! Ckm 0 am a ' a The day before he launches his debate } Trudeau invites 10 premiers 3 �_ _ � y w 3 to meet with him in Ottawa y > V END T rm � E 61 '.^ � 'v `n C � t U w. o'r7 MELBOURNE (CPI — Prime meeting in order to ensure that m¢oo0 c,�+ m u c,° o �`{ Minister Trudcau has invited every effort has been made to ea no a t'r 0'a s_ the 10 provincial premiers to reach a consensus on a con, U C bb.0 s0., y •� meet with him in Ottawa next stitutional package which could' c'$ •5 Tuesday — the day before he then quickly be sent to London," R launches the final debate on his Trudeau said in a statement constitutional package in issued today. 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'2- MZ CZ0.¢ye>CcW to r-s�>�-E : mW�' 9 g"" O=WC:W44i .otivo>O�yma me— c,>og2 -@z4¢uFEm Ewmd o mi_a Emo:Eumucu�.-i..�O'mmuSm...va3R�+acm°� n•0mF w&am�'E°o33,o�-3tZ•o�° m° bc'.. vo m -o E-o 8_ c� c- mo .c w�c u ms =ti 3� m-�'v ig Y=f`"C•r"_- �� dGC7R_ cz- 35z a>cc OLEucr= = o- v a br C Heat detectors for Lodge The Oxford County Health and Social Services committee was told Tuesday night that tenders have been called for the second phase of Woodingford Lodge's fire safety improvement program. Thermal heat detectors are to be installed, bringing the lodge within all provincial fire safety standards. The tenders are to be reviewed by the committee of management for the lodge at its next regular meeting, Oct. is. T dX Cu - b ��G _=F• G ✓ 1�. .'� N tE 3 � C � � L '.0 ° 4 u •°.x �� :/ ° G � = � u Cy d O � _ � J eJ G J - _ ,� •C u1 y yd_, M C) 61 m d 61 VJ V C 4 C G E V tO _ L' -lC Oa C W .i ^.7 _ ^ y-` y y �rn y.."v.a° �jac�hc ev0=wux 0—Cu.00 =tim�EsFo ;am; �.ys �.E em JtT yAuh=adc„gg= T =VibyAcC ao=a„ ' O OyC O•a M d b 3coi) y s -_ LL�@ OA•�—��ac aa.TOLEo�4?oaxo�ro Etet ~c' "Ef c_ '-`=o.°a 0>�co 3T:-Wo.. _ >•`~ �Un1�+C dCUF Deputy gets promoted to Woodstock's clerk WOOD.STOCK (Bureau) — Deputy city clerk John McGinnis has been promoted to city clerk, replacing Ken Miller who resigned July 31 after 25 years, McGinnis, 46, has been deputy clerk since 1972 after joining city hall staff in the purchasing depart- ment in 1967. fie was chosen as clerk over 30 other applicants, fie said Friday after being ap- pointed at a closed -door council meeting, that he plans several changes In the city clerk's depart- ment aimed at improving efficiency. McGinnis will meet with his loss, chief administrative officer Wayne Shipton, next week to discuss the changes, including possible ex- panded use.of computer equipment and whether the now -vacant deputy clerk's post should be filled. Shipton said he expects a report on whether a deputy 'clerk should be hired to be ready for council in two weeks. fie cited Oxford County's government system as an example of operating without a deputy clerk. McGinnis said there is a possibil- ity that some of the present clerk's duties could be shifted to Shipton while he and other staff members absorbed the deputy clerk's duties. As clerk, McGinnis said he will be paid about $33,000 a year, compared with his previous salary of about $30,000. lie has been acting clerk since Miller resigned to take a simi- lar post in the township of Muskoka Lake. JOHN WGINNIS 9 MOE wants more tests at Holbrook { A" From Oxford On behalf of Oxford County Council, may I congratulate the Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital Trust, the staff and all those who have had a part in the new expansion of the hospital. No doubt these new facilities are welcome and will prove valuable in providing those very necessary hospital services to the Tilisonburg and area residents. County council is pleased to have co- operated in this very important project. Russ Livingston Warden Oxford County Testing homes The ministry of labor is currently testing homes in the county that have urea - formaldehyde foam iolAllation, according to Dr. Cecile Rochard, county medical health officer. The ministry is only providing the tests to those who complain, she said. So far, about 20 homes have been tested. Reports are forwarded to the: homeowner and the county board of health. BLUES CHASER Bloney has little value today — un- til You try to borrow some. Oxford unmoved by ministry Plight WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — The house near a highway on agricul- provincial transportation ministry aequired too much land for the first phase of the Woodstock truck by- pass, and it isn't going to get any breaks from Oxford County in its bid to get rid of it. The county's planning committee Thursday backed planning com- missioner Peter Atcheson, who op - "es the ministry's bid to rezone the land for single-family residential use to make it easier to sell. The land la a 2.7-acre parcel at the southeast corner of County Road 6 and Highway .401 and was declared surplus after the first phase of the bypass was completed last year, it is now zoned agricultural, but the ministry says selling it at a fair/ Price forlhis purpose would be diffi- cult becauso of uneven topography, a large gravel driveway and shed and barn in poor condition. Atcheson said the only way to re- zone the land to residential would be through an official Plan amendment. fie said be would oppose this to - cause it is poor planning to allow a tural land. "it doesn't seem right that they should expropriate the land and then not need it," said Coon. Don McKay of East Zorra-Tavistock Township. In other business, the committee learned its opposition to subdividing land through a will has proved suc- cessful. Housing Minister Claude Bennett plans to introduce changes to the Planning Act in the IegislaUure this fall to close this legal loophole. The change follows a request by. Perth Counly which was supported lly several other municlpaIIties, in- cluding Oxford. Under current regu- lations, land left by a deceased per- son can be subdivided among the heirs without requesting server- anccs if the proper documentation is Included In the will. Once the change is in place, these severanceq will have lobe granted through Oxford's land division conn- mill.ee which charges a too of $1011 and bases decisions an this pt'op- erly's proposed use. Oxford avoids pledge to pay for dump tests WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Addi- tional testing to determine the safety of an extension for the Holbrook landfill site has started, but whether Oxford County will pay for the tests remains a mystery. Council decided Wednesday to make no commitment to pay for the testing — estimated to cost another $10,000 — despite arguments from Woodstock Conn. Joe Pember that the county should at least negotiate. However, Warden Ross Livingston told council the total testing cost should be shared because both the landfill site owner and the county will benefit from the extension. The county has already paid $15,- 000 for similar tests which were in- conclusive. Livingston said later he would fa- vor paying for further tests only if they show the site is safe, and if an extension is granted by the province. "If it's approved, the county will pay one way or another." The environment ministry ordered the testing last week because it was unable to make a decision on the ex- tension because the borderline re- sults of the previous tests. Neil Detweiler, regional vice-pres- ident of Superior Sanitation Ltd. of Kitchener which owns the site, said the latest tests started Tuesday and results are to be completed by next Tuesday. A meeting with ministry represen- tatives in London and officials from Superior Sanitation and the county is set for Oct. 23 to discuss the findings and the possibility of ministry ap- proval. Detweiler said the company has not decided who should pay for the tests if the extension is rejected, but he expects the county to pay the full cost if it's approved. The company is seeking approval for a licence to allow landfilling in an additional three acres already zoned for this purpose. Garbage is being dumped in an adjoining 22- acre portion which is expected to be filled in about seven weeks. Norwich Township has vowed to fight the extension and expects a lawyer's report on available options within a week. However, clerk Bob Watkins said he doesn't expect the township will make its move until the extension is granted. Township Mayor Jack Burn said one call has been received from a Holbrook dairy (armor who is afraid BLUES CHASER llusband'.s twintnent: "'Ib wife sod I hate a perfect ❑nder%ta"(111W I don't try iu rant her life, and I don't trt ue run [nine. his business will be lost if his well Is polluted. The county promised last year it would provide water to any Hol- brook resident whose wells were pol- luted. Burns asked the county Wed- nesday to draw up a policy outlining steps to be taken by a resident who wants to make a claim through this policy. Livingston said wells are regularly monitored in the area by the minis- try. "If there's a problem, (the resi- dents) will be the first to know." Oxford ,spends $162,000 surplus WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — An un- scheduled road resurfacing project was approved Wednesday by Oxford County council to eliminate a nag- ging $162,000 surplus in the roads budget. It is the first time anyone can re- member the roads department not spending enough money, which was considered a serious problem by en- gineering staff who feared a cutback in subsidies from the province in 1982 if all budgeted funds were not spent this year. Council decided to resurface about six kilometres of Oxford County Road 46 beginning at Holbrook at Highway 59 and awarded the con- tract to Walmsley Brothers Ltd, of London which submitted the lowest of five tenders. The road runs west to Highway 19 at Salford. County engineer Don Pratt said the department was running under budget because contracts awarded for road work earlier this year were $66.700 less than expected. There was also less money spent than expected on environmental as- sessment hearings and railway crossing improvements, In addition, some utility relocations won't be billed to the county until next year. Ile said resurfacing the road was a priority in the department's road needs study and would have proba bly been slated for 1gf(2). The public works budget came under fire at budget time last April when the ap- proved version called for a 19 per centincrvase. • 0 ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY DECISION EXPECTED OCT. 23 Test drilling resumes at County's Holbrook dump site Five maNjor, banks Oxford to push 'drop rates to 20% recycling a.' or Cana (n b k At `east five Council retains Waste awareness lire* rime Canadian banks are dropping thrr prime lending rate to 20 per cenr. effective Monday TI':e Royal Bank of Canada said Thursday its reduction is from 20.75 per cent, while the Canadian Impe- rial Bank of Commerce, the Bank of Montreal, the Continental Bank of Canada and the Mercantile Bank of Canada said their new rates will be down from 20.5 per cent. The Bank of Montreal also said it is cutting mortgage rates to 19.75 per cent from 20 per cent on one - and two-year loans and to 19.75 per cent from 20.5 per cent on three- and five-year loans. Interest it pays on non-chequing savings accounts will be.. cut to 16.75 per cent from 17.25 per cent. The moves follow the latest de- cline in the Bank of Canada rate. It was set Thursday at 18.31 per cent, down from 18.95 per cent a week ago and the lowest since the end of April. But although the banks lowered their prime rates they still seemed a bit out of step with the central bank. The last time the bank rate was in the 18-per-cent range was early twice a month meeting schedule Oxford County councillors have decided not to cut their down their meeting time. A recommendation tocutthe meeting time in half was unanimously rejected Wed- nesday night. Due to interference with holidays, the administration and finance committee recom- mended that council only meet once a month until February, and then discuss the possibility of continuing monthly meetings, but the majority of councillors reacted strongly to this suggestion. "There's more to a council than just business," Coun. Charlie Tatham said, "there is a feeling of understanding the other parts of the couniv." Althoughv Warden Ross Livingston voted on the recommendation at the com- mittee level, he told council that a' one month gap between meetings may cause councillors to "lose interest:" LACK OF BUSINESS But Coun. John Armstrong who supported the resolution said lack of business at some council meetings causes him to often spend more time in the car than at a council meeting. "It's not that I'm unsociable, but I'm busy too," Armstrong said, adding that monthly meetings may be more efficient. After several tries at changing th I ' May, when it was 17.60. The prime Coun. Harold Vogt admitted a reso ution, council approved cancelling the Nov. 11 meeting, :•, then was 18.5 per cent, a spread of that e has "very for Remembrance a Day, and the 0.9, while the spread now is 1.69. capable employ es," Dec. 233 eeting questioned whether monthly meetings would mean leaving It was agreed to continue on the employees to run lire county the twice montagreed schedule after on their own. No further ahead "I December, and leave the chairman the option of calling a hope they are influenced to special meeting if necessary some extent by council's during the beginning of 6 Council Vogt said. November. possese5 landfill bylaw By L12 PAYNE Sentinel -Review staff writer Although Oxford County is no further ahead in the dilemma of where to put its garbage, council, for the record, ap- proved a bylaw permitting use of property east of Salford for sanitary landfill use, Wed- nesday night. County engineer, ion Pratt, admitted, "it's a chicken and egg situation," he said the bylaw was a necessary step in the process of getting the Salford site approved, "You wonder how you can zone before you have permission for use, but you can't get per- mission without the bylaw In place," Due to Iegisiation passed this summer, the bylaw must be in place before environmental approval can take place. In a memorandum to council, Pratt said "any objections W the bylaw will ultimately be referred to the Consolidated Hearinga Board, along with our application for environmental approval." SUBJECT MATTER Both the application and objections will become part of the subject matter for the hearing, he added. The bylaw also permits about 40 acres to be zoned for agricultural use. The area zoned for landfill use includes two parcels of land, totalling about 220 acres. Pratt said, as far as he knows, the environmental assessment process will be scheduled for early January. BLUES CHASER Aht;it, do a little mmr eacb Jvr llsns i., �ytrrlod nl',l•ou and ttv7' .Sono ao,rc a ill Iw rvpt'rled of}vu_ to he promoted Oxford County will be spending about si,000 on an advertising campaign in county newspapers to inform residents of the difficulties encountered in im- plementing a solid waste disposal program, and to promote newspaper recycling drives. Public works chairman, Joe Pember, said it is time the county worked with local municipalities and residents to promote some con_ scientious recycling, while at the same time explaining the advantages and disad- vantages of such programs. "We also want to put our case before the public ... that there is no magic machine," said Mr. Pember, referring to waste disposal. He said an informative advertising campaign will also give the public an idea of the costs involved in solving the county's garbage problem, for people who wonder why programs such as in- cineration and source separation are not being implemented immediately. Councillor Wallis Ham- mond, of Zorra Township, said the campaign should supportthe good work going on in the county regarding newspaper recycling. He pointed to the paper drive in Woodstock, where 60 tons of newsprint is collected by a privatefirm every month, an example. Mr. Hammond also acknowledged the various paper and bottle drives carried out by scouting groups in other parts of the county. He stressed the im- portance of a good recycling program because "if we get to the point where we're hauling (garbage) out of the count;, the fewer tons we haul, the cheaper it's going to be." Problem of soil erosion outlined to county council Soil erosion is not just a problem for farmers, it's a problem for everyone, Oxford County council was told Wed- nesday night. The film, Land: Our Last Resource, was shown to members of county council as part of a special presentation outlining the problems and prevention of soil erosion. Dr. Charles Baldwin, head of lire soil department at Ridgelown College of Agriculture, told council that the problem of soil erosion is a cause for alarm. particularly in rich agricultural areas, such as Oxford County. Council learned that in the last iW years almost one-half of this area's topsoil has been lost to erosion. Although nature is the major cause of soil erosion, through wind and rain, erosion can be reduced dramatically through good soil management. SOIL COVER The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) film recommended a ropriate soil cover, use of fertilizer, manure. and organisms, as well as a reduction of tilling as means of saving the sail. The film also stressed the importance of goad drainage cliches to cut down on water erosion. Baldwin; who said he saw the effects of erosion first-hand while growing up on a farm south of Tillsonburg, told - councillors that erosion of. valuable land is a worthwhile cause of concern for everyone. . The film, which is uses to promote good soil management across Ontario, was filmed partially out the farmland of Oxford County. Salford site zoning bylaw approved BLUES CHASER llusband, looking over bills, to wife: Nrelh we're at the bridge we sere going to cross when we came to it' . Revised property assessment passed by Tillsonburg, Oxford's last holdout Tl1.LSONBURG (Bureau) — er(ICN which were acquired after the under the previous assessments in Revised property assessment has war under a federal home-building place since 1956. The new system been adopted by all Oxford County program. uses 1975 market values, shifting municipalities following town coon- But deputy -clerk David Morris ii vr- and under -assessed values, bur c it s decision to join Thursday. said Thursday these properties generating the same total numey for CUII[ted acted b a to have property would experience little change be- the municipality. taxes in WK9 calculated on the up- cause of revised assessment and one dated assessment system, which will property in question will experience Of the town's 3.817 residential mean increases and decreases in a decrease according to information units, 1,142a will experience de taxes even if rates do not change. obtained from the provincial rove- creases and 1,971 will see increase•,. Cnnneil delayed itN decision Nine- nue ministry. The change will be less than 20 per day .Mier hearing concerns from two Ito said [he highest increases will ''vni for 2.8111 of these propwrties an,; Second world war veterans who be on %avant residential properties les,[hanl0percentf4iri.!Y71. feared hcl'[y increases on their prop- which are grossly under a,acased 'The change will be explained r :r k � �4 a `tar k k' b- e .y S� t z ilk NEW CITIZENS A total of 43 applicants from 15 countries John Young, public school education director, became Canadian citizens Wednesday at a Oxford County Warden Ross Livingston and citizenship court held at Southside School. Mayor Wendy Calder. Turn to page 9 for the Among the dignitaries pictured above are details; (Staff photo by Ted Town) vach property owner when the mv, ''i,iry mails assessment notices it �laie November or early December tipen houses held by the ministry o, (-vplain the change to each individ uel will follow. Morris said he expects the number of appeals on next year's taxes to he ightly higher than usual because of The new sraem. but is confider t hey wont re,uh in a significant lo,,, of tax dollars in the town. ' oting against implementation of ised assessment were Councillor= Iran Ferree. Marty Klein and Jac-i Whitmore. 0 • • Quebec was the spoiler in the 1971 constitutional near miss, and... Quebec again finds itself on the other side of the OTTAWA t(-'P) — When Prime Minister Trudeau and nine Premiers Signed their historic constitutional document Thursday, the Clock turned back 10 years. Trudeau and nine provinces found themselves united on one side with Quebec left alone on the other. Quebec was the spoiler of the 1971 agreement in Victoria in which Trudeau and nine provinces agreed to do the same thing, albeit with a vastly inferior charter of different amending formula. But one government wasn't enough to stop a because of the recent Supreme Court ruling t isn't required to amend the constitution, only provincial consent. But Trudeau, or his successors, still must face the political fallout from imposing something on Quebec against its will. For if there are similarities to the situation in 1971, there are other; more ominous differences. The premier of Quebec is no longer Liberal Robert Bourassa who was prepared to fight for Quebec rights within the framework of "profitable federalism," The province is run by a party dedicated to separating Quebec from Canada and which has already made one at - rights and a deal this time hat unanimity "substantial ' tempt at It with the vote on sovereignty -association in May, 1900. Though he lost that one, Rene Levesque was alrea y warning he might use this deal as the launching pad for another. Levesque lust little time warning he will fight imposition of the new pact on Quebec. "The consequences will be incalculable," he said. CLEARS THE WAY Ironically, it was the momentum of the federalist win in the Quebec sovereignty -association referendum which led to Trudeau's final attempt to bring the constitution to Canada. Trudeau, his justice minister, Jean Chretien, and other Quebec Liberal Miss fought hard in the referendum campaign with a promise that a vote against sovereigntrv-assoctation would be a vote for "a renewal of federalism. ' Trudeau never spelled out precisely what he meant by that was entrenched and the premiers (CP photo) and Prime Minister Trudeau, pie - Oxford tops previous Cancer donation mark By MICHAEL BARRIS 6enUnel-Review staff writer INGERSOLL — Oxford County raised more than $170,3W for the fight against cancer in 1961— nearly $30,009 more than the amount collected the previous year, the annual meeting of the Oxford County cancer unit heard Thursday, The 11 branches of the Canadian Cancer society raised $170,304, compared to $142,853 in 1960. That figure was second - highest in Canada with only metropolitan Toronto — which g8ala a large portion of its funds from corporate donations — :18hing hl er, fence phrase. 'rrxlay he would be hard-pressed to explain how Quebec benefits from the new constitutional agreement. For example, the amending formula in the deal contains the right to 'Opt out" of future constitutional amendments af- fecting provincial powers, a formula Levesque supported. But a key financial compensation clause was dropped at the in- sistence of Trudeau. The balance sheet has been an important part of bevesque's arguments for separation and he has produced volumes of figures to argue that Quebec gets less out of Confederation than it puts In. The opting -out penalty will be a new weapon. The new constitution will guarantee French -language minorities outside Quebec the right to an education in their language "where numbers warrant." Only Quebecers who leave the province would benefit from that stipulation. Justice Minister Jean Chretien says the Supreme Court ruling makes it legal and constitutional for the guarantees W be applied for the English minority in Quebec. Levesque regards it as a fundamental invasion of his province's jurisdication over education. Humane society reborn in Oxford iseeks pet shelter WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — The Oxford County branch of the Ontario Humane Society has been reborn through a proposal for a society -run animal control shelter and full-time patrol service in Woodstock. The Ontario Humane Society has submitted a bid to set up a shelter here to serve Ingersoll and the town- ships of East Zorra-Tavistock, South-West Oxford, Blandford-Blen- heim and Norwich. An Oxford branch president, vice- president, secretary, treasurer and 10-member board of directors have been appointed tb run it if the pro- posal is accepted. East Zorra-Tavistock and Bland - ford -Blenheim have been without.ca- nine control services since Sept. 30 and the other three muncipalities lose it Nov. 17 due to cutbacks by a Simcoe-based company which serves the areas. Tom Hughes, executive vice-presi- dent of the Ontario society, requested establishing the Oxford BLUES CHASER if absence realIv made the heart A!rou tlh d lr m fr tre Uof n .etitiolplwould in rlu rrnrld branch, which had died more than two years ago from lack of interest. Two other bids for a shelter have been received by a joint committee representing the five municipalities. The committee is to consider the bids Thursday night. Hughes' plan calls for a small temporary shelter to be built on a three-quarter acre parcel of society - owned land near Highway 59 and Highway 401 on Juliana Drive in the city's south end. If contracts can be completed by Nov- 30, the shelter can be in place by Jan. 31, Hughes says, with the so- ciety's shelter in Brantford used in the meantime. Construction of a per- manent building could begin in Janu- ary or at a later date; depending on the need. The society's charge for the shel- ter. patrolling and 24-hour emer- gency service is an annual $1 per person served or $40.000 a year split according to the population bf each municipality. This works out annually to about ",200 for Ingersoll, 38.250 for South- west Oxford. $9,725 for Nomlieh, $7. 125 for East Zorra-Tavistock and $6. 700 for Blandford- Blenheim. The figures are approximately double what Ingersoll and South- West Oxford paid for service and more than three times what .the other municipalities were charged by the Simcoe company, based on an hourly rate. Blandford-Blenheim clerk Kieth Reibling, who is in charge of the bids, said Tuesday all three are twice as much as the committee had hoped. lie said if the committee re- jects all three, it could consider building its own joint shelter which he estimated would cost S70,000. Jim Sharman of Thames€ord, president of the new Oxford branch, sald if the society's proposal is re- jected, the branch would still coo-, tinue in its cause to prevent cruelty to animals, The group already has 33 mem- bers who pay a $5 tee, "The interest is there:," Sharman said. "It's just a matter of capitalizing on it. Tnere's animals being dumped on the ro,+d today because they don't have a place where they can got. Sharman is also a member on the board of directors for the London Huntnne Society where he was an in, spector for it) years until 1977. "There s nothing in the: humane soci- ety 1 haven't done." Ile said if the society can set up a +biller here, the sim would be 10,901 thv rest of Oxford — Woodstock, 'fill+ouburg and Zorra. Township — ta joiw Woodstock has Its twliec dt partnlent janitor pick up animals and rents stwiter space in a private veterinary hoapitsI, Tilisonburg is served by the Sim. sae eornnany and Zorra useti the Banks cut prime rates to six-month low 19.5% OTTAWA (CP) — The chartered banks lowered their prime rates half a paint to 19.5 per cent Thursday, the lowest level since June, and there were indications of more to cotne. The rate change, which takes ef- fec i Monday, follows the decision of the Bank of Canada to drop its trend -setting bank rate to 17.62 per cent from 18.21 per cent last week, continuing a 10-week slide that puts the rate at its lowest since early May. There were Indications rates could fall even more next week, as one U.C. bank lowered its prime rate Thursday to 17 per cent from 17.5 per cent. If other banks follow, eco- nomists said Canada's central bank will move as well. TThhgg bad news is that the major relson for the drop is the recession that has overtaken the U.S. economy and is heading north. Moreover, in - forest rates still remain high by Ilk - lorieal slandardx. BLUES CHASER tr viang harder mid harrier 10 ,,roncile our net income With our ,cross habits. Drumbo-Tavlstock rail line to be shut i DRUMBO (Bureau) — The Cana - than transport commission has ap- proved the closing of a 30.6-kilome.- tre Canadian National Railways line between here and Tavistock - to the joy of the municipalities affected. The closure means the eventual elimination of 19 level crossings and rive overpasses which are main- tained by Blandford-Blenheim and East Zorra-Tavistock townships and Oxford County. The courity's public works commit- tee agreed Thursday, to ask CN for a timetable of plans to remove the 125- year-old east -west line which has not been used for four years. Committee members need the in- formation to plan future road pro- jects. They also want to know main- tenance plans for weeds along the railway property and whether prop- erty ownership will revert to adja- cent land owners. Warden Ross Livingston said Blandtord-Blenheim council has been urging the closure in letters sent to the railway and the commis- sion every few months for the past five years. Oxford seeks ways to fix killer curve TILLSONBURG (Bureau) — The sey recommendation from a °oroner's jury aimed at improving a dangerous curve east of here where a Norwich man was killed in a car aecidenl was adopted Thursday by Oxford County's public works com- mittee, The jury had recommended a ,tudy be done to find ways of im- proving a sharp 'curve in County Road 37 and posting a 50 kmh speed - limit sign at the curve. for eastbound traffic. Committee members agreed to have engineering staff prepare the report :and learned the speed -limit. sign has already been posted since the inquest was held on Sept. 21 and 2. The committee also agreed to lower the speed limit to 65 kflorne- tres from 80 kflometres from the town limits to the curve, a distance of 2.1 kilometres. The road runts irom Simeoe Street east to the oumy limits and is also called Pat- ter's Road. The jury had also recommended a flashing caution tight on the check board warning iigms at the curve be Installed and pavement markings be earn lnualk maintained. Committee members rejected the flashing light suggestion after being told by county staff members who attended the inquest that the black and yellow squares are reflective and can be ..keen adequately, Warden Ross Livingston Bald he diwy n't lavor naxtdnµ llghls esrepl at intersections. County operations engineer Roy Brankley pointed out that evidence at the inquest showed the car was travelling over the speed limit and the two men in- volved had been drinking. Frederick William Stubbs, 20, of Church Street, Norwich, was killed and Mark Holbrook, 20, of RR 1, Ot- terville, was injured when the east- bound car they were in failed to ne- gotiate the curve about, 11:45 p.m. on May 5 and rolled down an embank- ment. Zorra Township Mayor Wallis Hammond suggested pavement markings on these curves be done more often because evidence showed the markings were faded at the time of the accident. But Brankley rejected this random painting approach and pointed out all roads are repainted according to a regular program. The markings faded from winter sand and salt and this road had not yet been repainted at the time of the accident, he said. Construction and design engineer Stu Watts admitted the road was in I eiierally poor condition, but re- Jeeted its immediate and total recon- sirurllon. Ile sold this is 10 to 15 year, away according to prior road tweds. "We have wars,- curves in thv, cuuniy Ilion this." Ile said proper realignment of the curve would require property ac- qutsilons which. would be it badly and the removal of trees which would spark protests front nearby rrstdein , There are two narrow county bridges crossing the line in Drumbo — on County Road 3 and nearby County Road 29 — which are sloped and slightly curved, making it diffi- cult to wee oncoming traffic, Livings- ton said. Ile said he is surprised there have not been more accidents on the bridges. "They're not going to be re- placed overnight but, the sooner they get them out of there, the bet- ter." The commission said in its deci sfon the line has cost CN between $70,900 and $83,800 a year since 197f to maintain. CN applied in 1978 to close the sec- tion, part of a line from Paris- to Stratford. The decision said keeping the line open was uneconomical and the absence of use shows area ship- pers have found alternate transpor- tation routes. it also said there was no evidence to suggest the line would be needed in the future for area industrial or resource development and closure would help reduce costs for future road projects which cross the line. Oxford politicians shun proposal for three-year political posting Oxford County politicians are concerned alive." that extending their term of office from two to But Norwich mayor Jack Burn was more three years could force many people to concerned about taxpayers. reconsider running for election. "People shouldn't be saddled for three The county's planning committee years with a politician." Livingston said if the bill goes through, the unanimously passed a resolution Thursday objecting to the extended term of office county will have to take a strong look at the proposed by the Ministry of Rousing and term of office for wardens. Two years is even too much for some Municipal Affairs Claude Bennett. people," he said, adding that if the tntmty Warden Ross Livingston expressed concern wants to change the warden's term, they will that a three year term would turn municipal have to take immediate action. politicians into "professional politicians.' Committee chairman, Charlie Tatham, He said a three year term would prevent noted that the county's resolution might be new blood from coming into municipal too late to change the bill, but he advised that politics, "and that's what keeps politics they make their feelings known. Major overhaul of income tax system to plug loopholes and gain the federal government $2.5 billion In tine fiscal year , starting next April_ Corporate and personal in- come tax reductions to Cost the government $1 1. billion in they next fiscal year and result in small reductions for about one-third of tho I b. mullion tax- payers. No major brooks for chi) very poor. No wage and price controls Indexing of income tax deduc- tions and exemptions to ke6p pace With inflation telamud after months of rumors the qov- ernment planned to drop it Unemployment insurance ben. efits Increase 1 1 per cant with most ornpluyers and employees paying lower protium rates Home loan guarantees or sub- sidies of up to 53.00O for Ca- nadians in danger of losing their housing as a result of high interest rates between last Sep- tember and next-Novembcx, Government officials say maxi- mum of 50,000 could benefit intorest-tree, loans to encour- age builders of 16,0O0 apart- ments New crown postal corporation expeoted toloso $1.34 billion in next four years, paid for by the taxpayer. New postal ch e,l Michael Warren could lose job if the loss goes higher. Extra S45million tot Farm. Credit Corp. to provide Iosv- n- forest loans to farmers in dan- gar of being forced out of busi- ness. For first time, farmers can get assistance through low -in terest small businessdevelop- inent bonds. G • Wed.', Nov. lf3rYnr NOTICE TO RATEPAYERS IN THE TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH-WEST OXFORD THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF OXFORD Notice of Application NOTICE OF APPLICATION to the Ontario Municipal Board by The Corporation of the County at Oxford for approval of a By -taw to regulate land me passed pursuant to Secflan 39 of The Planning te Act. .S.O. 1960, Chap. Vol TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the County of Oxford intends to apply to the Ontario Municipal Board pun suant to the provisions of Section 39 of The Planning Act for op� pravol of By-law No. 2387.81 passed on the 28th day of October. 1981- A copy of the By -Low is furnished herewith and a note giving an explanation of the purpose and effect of the By -Low and stating the lords offecta i thereby is furnished herewith. ANY PERSON INTERESTED MAY, within twenty-one (21) days af- ter the dote of this notice, send by registered mall or deliver to the Clerk of the County of Oxford notice of his objection to up proves of the said By -Low or part thereof giving details of all or the portion of the By -Low to which you object and detailed reasons lhemare, and shall indicate that if a hearing is held the objector or an agent will attend at the hearing to support the ob. jecllon, ANY PERSON wishing to support the application for approval of the By -Law may within twenty -cure (21) days after the dote of this notice send by registered moil or deliver to the Clark of the County of Oxford notice of his support of approval of the sold By - Law together with a request for notice of any hearing that may be held giving also the name and address to which such notice should be given. THE ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD may approve of the said By - Law but before doing so it may appoint a time and place when any abjection to the By -Law will be considered. Notice of any hearing that may be held will be given only to persons who have filed an objection or notice of support and who have left with or delivered to the Clerk undersigned, the address to which notice of hearing is to be sent and similarly, to any person who has filed a request for a change in the provisions of the By -Law. THE LAST DATE OF FILING OBJECTIONS will be December 11, 1981. DATED at the City of Woodstock this 1Bth day of November, l9ai- J.H. Walls, Clerk County of Oxford Box 397, Court House Woodstock, Ontario. N4S 7Y3 THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF OXFORD BY -LW NO. 2387-81 Of the Municipal Council of the County of Oxford. BEING a By -Law to regulate the use of lands and the character, location and use of buildings and structures in a portion of the Township of South-West Oxford, formerly the Township of Dereham. WHEREAS the County of Oxford Act (R.S.O. 1980). Sections 620 ) and 63(3) provides that the County of Oxford shall be a municipality and a planning area for the purposes of The Plan- ning Act and shall be known as the Oxford Planning Area; AND WHEREAS Council deems it advisable to restrict the use of land in a portion of the Township of South-West Oxford, formerly the Township of Dereham. NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the County of Oxford enacts as follows: SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS In this by -low unless the context requires otherwise: 1.1 "ACCESSORY", when used to describe a use, building or structure means a use. a building or a structure that is normally incidental, subordinate and exclusively devoted to a main use, building or structure and located on the some lot therewith. 1.2 "BUILDING", means any edifice used or intended to be used for shelter, accommodation or enclosure of persons, animals or chattels other than a lawful boundary wall or fence. 1.3 "COUNCIL", means the Municipal Council of the Cor- poration of the County of Oxford. sA "COUNTY means the Corporation of the County of Ox- ford. 1.3 "HAZARDOUS WASTE means waste that requires special precautions in its storage, collection, Ironspo-lation, treatment or disposal, to prevent damage to persons or property and in. cludes explosive, flammable, volatile. radioactive, toxic and pathological waste. lA "HEAVY VEHICLE means a vehicle in excess of one ton carrying capacity which is used in landfilling operations. 1.7 'LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACE", means the open unob. strutted space on o fo , including berms, which is suitable for the growth and maintenance of agricultural crops, gross, flowers, bushes and other landscaping. 1.4 "LOT", moans a parcel of land appropriated for a par- ticular purpose permitted by this by -low including all yards, parking areas, loading areas and other open space required by this by -low for such purposes. 11.111i AREA", means the total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot. 1.10 "PARKING AREA", means an area provided for the parking of motor vehicles and may include aisles, parking spaces and related ingress and agree turns, but shall not In clude any part of a public stroel. 1.11 "PARKING SPACE", moons any area of not less than 18.5 square metres, exclusive of any aisles or ingress or egress lone$, for the temporary parking or storage of motor vehicles, and may include a private garage. 1.12 'PERMITTED-, means permitted by this by -low. 1.13 PERSON", moats any human being, association, firm, partnership, incorporated company, corporation, agent, or trust", and the heirs, execufors or other legal representatives of a person to whom the contaxi con apply according to law. 1.14 "SANITARY LANDFILL', means the disposal of waste by deposit, under controlled conditions on land and Includes the compaction of the wool* into a cell and covering the waste with cover material, of regular intervals, 1.19 "SETBACK', means the horizontal distance from the can. ire line of the street allowanc*, measured at right angles to such contra line, to the nearest pan of any building, structure, or Ion- e filling on the lot. 1.16 "SOUTH-WEST OXFORD', shall mean the Corporation of tit Township of South-West Oxford, 1.17 "STREET", means a public highway or public roodwhich of fords the grin I I means of accost to abutting lots but does not Include o lane or a private right of -way. 1.10 "STRUCTURE", metits anything constructed or erected, ' the use of which requires location on Ae ground, or attached to wreathing having location an the ground, but shall not Include berms. saMlary landfilling or parking areas. 1.19 "USE", when used as a noun, means the purpose for which a lot or building or structure, or any combination thereof, is designated, orrasg,ed, Intended, occupied or maintained and USES', shall have a corruponding moaning "USE" when used as a vo/b, or'YO Use" shall have a corresponding meaning, 1.20 "WASTE", moons oshes, garbayy*,erelol refuse, domasllc wool&, wild Industrial west* commwaste, construction and demolition distills, municipal waste or municipal refuse but shall not include liquid industrial waste or hazardous waste. 1.21 "YARD", means a space, appurfori to a building at structure and which space is Opals, uncovered and uno"uplad Irons the ground to ohs sky except for such accessory buildings, structures or uses as are specifically permitted elsewhere in this by-law. 1.22 "YARD. FRONT", means a yard extending across the full width of the lot between the front line of the lot and the nearest pan of any building, structure or landfilling on the lot, or the nearest open storage use on the lot. "FRONT YARD DEPTH", moons the least horizontal dimension between the front lot line of the lot and the nearest part of any building, structure or landfilling on the lot, or the nearest open storage use on the lot, 1.23 "YARD. REAR", means a yard extending across the full width of the lot between the rear lot line of the lot and the nearest port of any building, structure or landfilling on the lot, or the neomst open storage use on the lot. "REAR YARD DEPTH", means the least horizontal dimension bet. waen the rear lot line of the lot and the nearest part of any building, structure or landfilling on the lot, or the nearest open storage use on the lot 1.24 "YARD, SIDE", means a yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard and from the side lot line of the lot to the nearest part of any building, structure or landfilling on the lot, or the nearest open storage use on the lot, "SIDE YARD WIDTH", moans the least horizontal dimension bat - wean the side lot line of the lot and the nearest part of any building, structure or londfilling on the lot, or the nearest open storage use on the lot. SECTION 2 APPLICATION, ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT 2.1 No person shall use any land or alter, erect or use any building, structure of part thereof within the limits of area defined on Schedule "A" attached hereto, except in conformity with the provisions of this by-law. 2.2 No building, structure or Part thereof, altered or erected in contravention of this by-law shall be used by a person or per- sons so long as such building or part thereof, continues to con- travene the provisions of this by -low. 2.3 This by-law shall be administered and enforced by such person or persons as shall be appointed from time to time by by- law of the County, and any such person may enter on any land, or building, at any reasonable time for the purpose. of ad- ministering or enforcing this by-law. 2.4 Before any construction is undertaken upon the subject lands there shall be submitted to the County Clerk a plan, in duplicate, drawn to scale and showing the following: 2.4.1 The true dimensions of the lot to be build upon or other wise used. 2.4.2 The proposed location, height and dimensions of any building, structure, or landfilling or use proposed for such lot. 2.4.3 The proposed location and dimensions of any yards, set- back, landscaped open space, off-street parking spaces or off street loading facilities required by this by-law. 2.4.4 The location of all existing buildings or structures on the lot shown on the plan. 2A.5 A statement signed by the owner, indicating the exact use proposed for each aforesaid building, structure or use, and giving all information necessary to determine if such proposed or existing building, structure or use conforms with the requirements of this by-law. 2.5 Notwithstanding the provisions of the Corporation of the Township of South-West Oxford Building By -Low, no building permit or occupancy permit shall be issued where the proposed building, structure or use would be in violation of any of the provisions of this by-law. 2.6 Every person who contravenes any provisions of this by- law is guilty of on offence and is liable, upon conviction by a Court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the Provincial Of. fences Act, to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) exclusive of cost, or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months. 2.71f any section, clause or provision of this by -low, including anything contained in Schedule "A" attached hereto. is for any reason declared by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be in. valid, the some shall not affect the validity of the by -low as o whole or any part thereof other than the section, clause or provision so declared to be invalid and it is hereby declared to be the intention that all the remaining sections, clauses or provisions of this by -low shall remain in full force and effect until repealed, notwithstanding that one or more provisions thereof shall have been declared to be invalid. 2.6 Remedies In case any building or structure is to be erected, altered, recon- structed, extended or part thereof is to be used, or any lot is to be used, in contravention of any requirement of this by-law, such contravention may be restrained by action at the instance of any ratepayer or of the Corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Act in that behalf. SECTION 3 ZONES, INTERPRETATION AND SCHEDULE 3.1 Zone Classification 3.1.1 The provisions of this by -low shall apply to all lands outlined on Schedule "A". The extent of the zone Is shown on Schedule "A", which Schedule forms a part of this by -low and is attached hereto. 3.2 Interpretation 3.2.1 For the purpose of this by -low, the definitions and in. terpretations g�iven herein shall govern. 3.2.2 For 1f16 purpose of This by-law, words used in the present tense include the future; words In singular number In- clude the plural and words in the plural include the singular number; the word "shall" Is mandatory; the words "used" and "occupied' shall include the words "Intended or arranged" and "designed to be used or occupied". SECTION 4 SANITARY LANDFILL ZONE 4.1 Uses Permitted In o Sanitary Landfill Zone, no building or structure shall be erec, sod, altered, extended or enlarged, not shall any land, building or structure or port thereof be used for other than one or more of the following uses: a) Sanitary landfill and accessory uses; b) Accessory buildings, structures, equipment and facilities which are Incidental to the principal use of sanitary landfill; c) Agricultural uses. 4.2 Zone Provisions No person shall within the Sanitary Landfill Zone outlined In Schedule "A" use any lot of erect alter or use any building or structure or sanitary landfill except in accordance with the fallowing provtslans: 4.2.1 Lot Coverspe Maximum lot oil buildings 5% of lot area 4.2,2 Front Yard Minimum depth 25 metres 4.2.3 Roar Yard Minimum depth 25 metros 4.2A Sid* Yard Minimum depth 25 metres 4.3.5 Setback Minimum distance 50 metres 4.2.6 Height of Building Maximum 15 mo ,** provided that if any portion of a building or structure is erected above a height of 15 metro, such building or structure must be set back Irom the front, side or rear yard as the case may be. in addition to the minimum requirements of this by-law, a further distance of .5 metres for each 1.0 met,* by which such portion of the building or structure is erected above a height of 15 metres. 4.2.7 Use of Front, Side and Rear Yards Required front, side and rear yards shall be kept open and unob strutted by any building, structure, landfilling. parking area or heavy vehicle storage of", The front, side and reor yards shall be landscaped open space with the exception of the afoot used for driveways or romps, whether surfaced or not, curbs, retaining walls, and fences. 4.2.2 Parking Areas 1) Parking Area Requirements The owner and/or operator of every building, structure of land - filling erected or used for any of the purposes hereinafter set forth shall provide and maintain for the sole use of the ownerr occupant or other persons entering upon or making use of the said premises from time to time, one parking space per em- ployee plus three visitor parking spaces. b) Parking Area Surface Each parking area and driveway connecting the parking area with a street shall be maintained with a stable surface which is treated so as to prevent the raising of dust or loose particles. They shall, before being used, be constructed of crushed stone, slag gravel, crushed brick (or tile), cinders, asphalt, concrete. or Portland cement binder and with provisions for drainage facilities. c) Ingress and Egress The minimum angle of intersection between a driveway and a street line shall be 60 degrees. 4.2.9 Heavy Vehicle Storage Areas a) Heavy Vehicle Storage Area Requirements The owner and/or operator shall provide a heavy vehicle storage area which shall not be more than one per cent of the total lot area. b) Each heavy vehicle storage ores and driveway connecting The heavy vehicle storage area with a street shall be moinlained with astable surface which is treated so as to prevent the raising of dust or loose particles. They sholl, before being used, be constructed of crushed stone, slag, gravel, crushed brick (or tile), cinders, asphalt, concrete, or Portland cement binder and with provisions for drainage facilities. 4.2.10 Illumination Where parking areas, landfilling or heavy vehicles storage areas are illuminated, lighting fixtures shall be so arranged that no port of any fixture shall be no more than 9 metres above the finished grade of the parking area. Fixtures shall be to designed and installed that the light is directed downward and deflected away from adjacent lots. 4.2.11 Nofhwithstanding Section 4.1, the provisions of this by- law shall not apply to the use of any lot or to the erection or use of any building or structure for any telephone or telegraph com- pany, any Conservation Authority established by the Govem- ment of Ontario. any department of the Government of Ontario or Canada, including Ontario Hydro, provided that where such lot, building or structure is located in any zone, any Zone Provisions of the zone within which the use is totaled shall be complied with. SECTION 5 APPROVAL This by-law becomes effective on the dote hereof subject to receiving the approval of the Ontario Municipal Board. READ a first and second time this 28th day of October, 1981. READ a third time and finally passed in Open Council this 28th day of October. 1981. ROSS LIVINGSTON WARDEN J. HAROLD WALLS CLERK _ Cd.TIY POW W .6.. Plan 41R-1300'FT. I Concession 2 Lot 11 Lot 12 1 1 Lot 10 0 ,M,rn i s,1.�wawv.. EXPLANATORY NOTE Exploitation of the Purpose and Effect of By -low No. 2387-81 This By-law has been pasted Pursuant to powers granted to the Corporation of the County of Oxford under Sections 620) and 63(3) of the County of Oxford Act. It applies to a 73,19 hec- lare parcel of land which is port of Lots 11 and 12, Concession 2 In the Township of South-West Oxford, formerly in the Township of Dereham, and which fronts on County Read Number 46. East of the village of Safford in the Township of South West Oxford. The By-law would replace the existing toning of the lend for agricultural use aside, the toning by -low of the Township of South-West Oxford The purpose of the By-law Is to ro4ato the subject lands to per - lest the crealion of a sonllary landfill site where domestic. cam - mercies and municipal waste will be deposited and buried. The sanitary landfill die will also be used for the disposal of of solid In. dustrial wool* but liquid industrial waste and hazardous wi sto will not be permitted to be deposited on the site. The by -low will also permit 0uses la be <wNed on pamoos al the sob- lect lands not beingyrkulNrgl actively used for suestary landfall purpoxes. The By-law also establishes vaflous minimum standards for the sanitary landfill tone_ ex is 516 9 COUNTY OF OXFORD APPOINTMENT to Boards, Authorities, Etc. Written applications (excluding residents from Woodstock and Tillsonburg) will be received by the undersigned until Monday, November 30, 1981, for appoint- ment to the Oxford County Library Board for the term 1982, 1983, 1984, Mr. J. H. WALLS, Clerk, County of Oxford Court House, P.O. Box 397, Woodstock, Ontario. N4S 7Y3 ,� ♦'ell, 5 00 r Lam. V) U r: a� e3 0 y 9�0 a qua, :v m L AFL _1..J a awmW10 s i. U) V/ QL O Z3 O Oxford committee OKs televising of council W'OODSTOC'K (Bureau) — West- ern Cable TV Ltdwants tobroad. cast Oxford County council meetings, on its local community channel and ctount.y's planning committee has recommended approval. -1 In certainly not a grandstander but I believe it's a means of get- ting the message to the people," said Norwich Township Mayor Jack Burn who lead support for the idea. Western Cable currently tapes Woodstock and Ingersoll council meetings and serves more than 90 per, cmlit or all homes in these areas a well as Beachville. Norwich Township council meetings are taped by Nor -Del Cablevislon Ltd. Burn said the broadcasts have forced councillors to be more pre-. pared for meetings and less likely to sound off on issues they know little about. lie also noted the meetings in Norwich have been popular, espe- chilly for senior citizens. viewer. have complained, when the cable company could not attend a meeting In the past, Burn said. Warden Ross Livingtson said he has mixed feelings, having never been on cable television until this week when he attended an Ingersoll council meeting. He said some meet- ing procedures will need changing, such as explaining recommenda- (ions in committee reports for the benefit of viewers, which could mean slightly longer meetings. Bill Avey, program director for Western Cable, said he is willing to begin taping as soon as council ap- proves the recommendation, which will be. discussed at its December meeting. He said there would be no cost to the county, because the com- pany carries its own sound system and equipment.. Bank of Canada rate expected to fall again OTTAWA (CP) — The Bank of Canada rate could drop today by as much as a full point from the 16.13 per cent established last week, say stoney market traders. Such a large drop would bring the rate to its lowest level in almost 12 months, and could lead to further easing of mortgage, business and consumer loan rates from the char tered banks and other lending insti- tutions. BLUES CHASER Remember when an "expensive spread" was 90 acres near Calgary instead of a jar of peanut butter? BLUES CHASER The life of a bill collector isn't all bad. Almost everyone asks him to call again. rou�+L•'•'== GL= d G o y oE�Ec° vimv aE.� vas°=� c "cLoa c'a�"�''�•m w'+�dncc'�°; EE.�a�UuFEvW _w a1 G •- v .�_^".� r-a o?4 G.n •ov G w.-. ..., 17 i�'r;, a C� G �Y E a Y G, "� 7�n.: pa Evsoya3 peCN "noun E u ��coc � CUM au o s 0 4 Coa'nuu ^et3x acco Quci G'o vUu "• n umAEA u�Euc y•� v i E o P, a`°oy �m°�R Diu Eu ✓o✓.. cc+ c >. G' v G CJ'M17 3 3 0 '., O s A y P t0'O y N t O ,;•'O O'O E. •G ' ry, cJ Lam. y L_ j ttl ` G b00 �cqtro3m9C°>c7 darlg`d oam�c�y O U 7 G G6i F` n 7 L• ti G ty'�0 = Y y O •` y~ ro L j Vai 1SI N E c o o^ E c o $ Courthouse facelift continues She's 90 years old, and the old girl has field up fairly well, after all she's weathered, But time has taken its toll, and a few kind souls decided to devote some time to giving her a much needed facelift. It's been two years since the Oxford County public works department began supervision of the renovations at the county courthouse on Hunter Street. The work on the exterior has been virtually completed, said county engineer, Don Pratt, and this winter, the department is going to tackle the construction of office space in the basement. The building's exterior posed a challenge for the department. and the contractors hired to do the work. "You wouldn't believe how shabby it was," said Pratt - The stonework needed to be remortared, and all the windows needed major overhauling because all the wood had rotted. The windows were rebuilt to the original plans, he said, so as not to change the look of the building DISCOVERIES Pratt said there were some interesting finds, including a set of stained glass windows nobody knew were even there. When workers were up on scaffolding, they noticed a set of windows which were covered by filth on the outside, and shutters on the inside. The shutters were taken down, and the windows rebuilt and cleaned. The heating and air con- ditioning system was installed in March, the first of a number of interior projects. The ground floor is currently under construction. Pratt said there has been talk since the county restructured in 1973 of a new office building, but Pratt realized the basement had the space, and by next spring. he hopes the county staff can move into it permanently. '•Then I hope to continue to work way up, to the top of the building," he said. The building should be totally refurbished in a about three years, he said. A vital project which should be undertaken next year is the installation of the elevator, to service disabled people. This is "a tremendous job", said Pratt, since the courthouse was never designed for one. REBUILD CHIMNEY The contractors, it was decided, would rebuild the chimney. The chimney had been built in an area, six feet by eight feet, but it has been redesigned so an elevator can be installed in an area six feet by six feet, with the chimney itself moved to one side. "It took us 48 working days preparing it," said Pratt. "Each brick had to be taken down, and there were some 29,OW bricks." Oxford non -union staff get 13% rise WUODSTOC'K (Bureau) — Oxford County council has decided to give its non -union staff a 13-per-cent wage increase for 1982, beginning Jail. I. The Increase covert. about 200 em ployees, including the 160 slat( members at Woodfngford Lodge (the county's home for the aged), the county planning, clerk and treas- urer's departments, public works and sucial service administration and ol't'ive staff ;and cuutuy library employees. Treasurer Howard Day said Thursday the average salary range fur most employees will be from $14.:,t10 to $2I jiti , The highest salary Is $52,000• Council also agreed to raise the mileage rate for Ilia, employees and themselves to ml cents a kilometre from 19 cents, The now rate, which also begins .tan. 1, will be reviewed atthe end of June little price of gas - olive changes. Warden Boss Livingston said the pay increase is fair and department heads an pleased The increase is based on county union contracts which will give a nine —per —cent wage increase In January and another four per cent In July, All county union contracts were settled this year on a two-year basis, I.ivingsttm said he: has no Intention of suggesting IM2 Waite (npreas", for count, rouncll men em, FORMER WARDEN Ken Peers, a member of an 11 person committee investigating the problem, told members of the historical society last night there's 1,500 pounds of gar- bage per day for every resident of the county. (Staff photo by Ted Town) Garbage The problem won't just go away: Peers By LIZ PAYNE Sentinel -Review staff writer Ken Peers has seen a lot of garbage over the years. And he is warning people to get used to it, because waste removal costs are increasing, and the problem shows no signs of going away. "The words waste removal don't generally conjure up very exciting notions,^the former county Warden told the Oxford Historical Society,"bun in the past six years, the words waste and garbage have done more to stir up Oxford County citizens than any other words." As a member of an ll-person committee formed to in. vestigate Oxford County's garbage problem, Peers discovered some interesting facts. Garbage produced in Oxford County amounts to 1,500 pounds per year for every man, woman, and child, which means 20o tons of garbage a day. "And that, it it could be measured, is about the size of the library complex," Peers said. Garbage removal is going to cost more in the future than it does now, he said, adding that if people want the problem to "go away" they will have to be prepared to pay for it, EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED "Everyone wants it picked up, but no one wants it put down by them." People used to dump garbage wherever they wanted, in -cause land appeared plentiful, energy was inexpensive, and apHut red to be limitless. thathas all changed. As garbage disposal becomes an increasingly important issue, rules and regulations surrounding it have tightened, but the majority of garbage in North America is still land filled, Peers said. There are ways of making garbage'more compact, in- cinerating, or burning garbage for fuel, he said, but they cost money, "People are concerned, but I'm riot sure they're concerned enough trr be willing In pay more." The simplest answer to solving garbage problems Inex- pensively "begins at the source of waste — the brume," Peers said. ENCOURAGE HECVCLING He said recycling should be encouraged as much as possible, and people should become more aware of what they are throwing out. Newspaper makes up about 55 per cent of Oxford County's garbaggea, and there is a new recycling plant In southern Ontario, which eliminsles the need to throw It out. There is also a market for glass, white paper, cardboard, and some metals, but Peers emphasized that recycling has to be encouraged or people will not be bothered. Peers encouraged Historical Society membees to go to the Holbrook landfill site, so that they can appreciate the amount of garbage produced in oxford County. And, he reminded them, It may not he a new problern, but it is for from being over. Law would unseat absent councillors TORO)NTO (Bureau) — Oxford County councillors who skip too many meetings could lose both their local and county seats if legislation proposed by Municipal Affalm Min- ister Claude Bennett is passed. Bennett introduced amendments to the County of Oxford Act Monday, along with what he termed minor ;mtendments to regulations govern- ing numerous regional governments throughopt Ontario. Under the amendment, a county nuncil member's local seat as well as his county seat would become va- cant if the member missed county meetings for three successive m P O< W W V 0 a ad m x 0 Z Z C O W W Z Y O H 0 re, months, even if he were attending hr cal council meetings during that Pe- riod. Bennett has also proposed that nniy Oxford council could designate an exclusive bus lane or other exclu- sive use of a traffic artery. All muni- cipalities now have the power to make such de',ignations on roads over which they have jurisdiction. The minister has also proposal that the county could issue deben- tures for a minimum of five years rather than the present in and that local councils would be empowered to provide financial assistance to hospitals. ra av .2c4, 'o Room o tt2 Tv •� Vj j 3 O 6 y Qw C1 .. a W h C W o L ..`�., � tom., .0 w bb +10 tJ 1Ga `UoR� O O z N z L U d R voo E W yo600 Cd v o CL l 3c c be0CM rZ �z� ro�� 0mv° y°aoWr: 43L 3m co ovC��"rm N C o3 BLUES CHASER Executives are people who have their names printed on company let- terheads because no one can read their signatures. COUNTY OF OXFORD REQUIRES AN ASSISTANT TO TREASURY DEPARTMENT Applications will be received by the undersigned for the above position until December 9, 1981. Preference will be given to applicants having municipal ac- counting experience, post secondary education in ac- counting to the intermediate level and be a member in good standing of a recognized professional accounting association. Experience with an in-house mini computer system will be an asset. Please include resume with your application. Salary to commensurate with qualifications and experience. Treasurer County of Oxford Box 397 Woodstock, Ontario N4S 7Y3 • 0 is The Dolly Sentinel -Review, Fri., Dec. 4, 1981 Page 3 Mood is despondent Welfare, UIC cases increase By HILL SCRIVEN Sentlnel-Review staff writer A recent rash of layoffs at industries in Woodstock — temporary and indefinite — has significantly increased the number of people applying for welfare assistance and unem- ployment insurance in the city. Both the administrator of Oxford Social Services and acting manager of Canada Employment Centre in Wood- stock agree the number of people entering their offices New disposal amendment rejected A waste disposal policy, to replace the current policy in the Oxford County official plan, was turned dawn by council, Wed- nesday. Steven Garrod, an associate of David Estrin, the solicitor for South-West Oxford Township, presented the proposed amendment to council, but his efforts fell on deaf ears. The policy is redundant, said some councillors, because the concerns addressed in the amendment will be addressed at an environmental hearing. Garrod outlined a point system for determining a satisfactory location for a landfill site. The scheme in- cludes such factors as proximity to existing residential areas, hydrogeological capability, proximity to a suitable leachate treatment facility, and whether the land is of any agricultural value. The amendment was in- troduced by the township to replace the existing policy, stating that Waste disposal sites can be located on lands designated as agricultural preserve. The township has objected to this policy. Coon. Joe Pember said the provisions in the amendment would be "duplicating or trying to second guess the en- vironmental board" in deter- mining whether the proposed Salford landfill site would be suitable. Garrod said the amendment proposal was not to second guess the board, but to eliminate the need for.an Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing. If the amendment was in place, South- West Oxford would withdraw its objection, and an OMB hearing wouldn't be necessary for the Salford site. But in a recorded vote, the only counpillors who voted in favor of the amendment were South-West Oxford councillors, Mayor Cecil Wilson and Coun. Bill Fewster. seeking financial assistance and unemployment rate in Canada future employment Is surged to 928,000 in November, equivalent, if not greater than up 37,000 from October. the same period one year ago. Statistics released today from Statistics Canada indicate the May mean Holbrook will close Norwich bylaw strengthens rules governing landfill sites By LINDA HULME Sentinel -Review staff writer A bylaw placing stringent regulations on the operation of waste disposal sites in Norwich Township was passed by council, Monday. The decision could mean the Holbrook landfill site will close. Council met for more than four hours in closed session, two hours were spent with Oxford County officials. Warden Ross Livingston and a committee discussed the waste disposal problems in the township in an attempt to halt the approval of the bylaw. The bylaw calls for the en- forcement of restrictive and 'costly provisions at the Holbrook site. fast week a representative from Laidlaw Waste Systems, the owner of the site, said if the bylaw was passed the site would close. He said the regulations were too much to deal with for the short six month site extension proposed by the firm. In an interview Mayor Jack Burn said he doesn't know how quickly the township will act to enforce the bylaw. "Our solicitor says we're in our rights," he said. "It's ap- parently a legal document." TIME PERIODS Different sections of the bylaw allow time periods from two months to four months for Laidlaw to meet with the township's demands. These include the installation of a leachate collection system, and .providing an impermeable layer of lined cells to prevent leachate from escaping the site Council will foot the bill to promote the lime capital Oxford County's going to foot the bill for a couple of signs advertising Beachville as the Lime Capital of Canada. The planning_ committee recommendation was passed, Wednesday, but some coun- cl8orx thought the municipalityy should look after the signs itseII. Coun. Doug Harris said if the county buys these sighs, other communities will be asking for similar advertising But other councillors believed the county should be promoted. Coun. Charlie Tatham said it would hold the county together. BLUES CHASER When the Gown noiser heard they welw going fir raise postal rates In sa rents, he went to all the post off➢ev-S and bought all the 17-caul stomp+ he could fled, ' Agreed, the county should be promoted, said Harris, but the recommendation presented by the committee doesn't delve into the repercussions, such as the engineering co-ordination needed. 'It's too encompassing at this stage without knowing the ramifications," he said. But Coun. Bob Gilholm said the matter could be referred to the public works committee for consideration. It wasn't an earth -shattering issue, but the Lime Capital di altogether. Disposal of leachate, according to the bylaw, is not allowed within the township. The township's solicitor, Harry Poch said in an interview this morning the municipality is being "very reasonable." Poch said the councillors realize these provisions cannot physically be met immediately. As far as Holbrook is can- cerned, we want to see how things unfold before we take any more action," he said. There are a lot of things to consider, such as whether the Ontario Ministry of Environ- ment indeed grants an ex- tension, and how the county and the site operator work to meet the bylaw's provisions. Poch said the county hasn't got any alternatives but to dump gar- bage at Holbrook presently. generate more discussion than waste disposal policies. Oxford asked to pay cost of dump test' WOODSTOCK (Bureau) - The cost of testing at the Holbrook land- fill site to determine: if Its use can be extended for six months could be as high as $65,652 and the site owner wants Oxford County to pay it. The county's public works commit tee received the bill Thursday frtun Laidlaw Waste Systems which quotes costs of $442,152 as of Dec. 1 and estimates another $23.500 for tests after that date. "With the County of Oxford bene- fiting from this proposed extension, we feel the County of Oxford should be liable for these engineering costs," a letter from the company states. Committee. members decided to Pay $15,000 — the maximum amount approved by council earlier — and requested a detailed hill from the compauv. The council fears the possible continuation of dumping there past the June 30. 1982 deadline of the proposed extension, he said. "They're going to be reasonable. They're looking to the intentions and the actions." Poch said. It was resolved during the meeting the township seek an agreement with the county for the replacement of water supply for any township residents who may have their supply car Laminated by leachate from the site. Pochsaid the township suggested the county post a security band to ensure the availability of funds should there be a tight municipal financial situation. The township is also prepared to discuss waste disposal with the county. in a resolution passed Monday, the municipality proposed a joint committee, consisting of three township and three county representatives, to meet on a regular basis to discuss gar- bage, not only pertaining to Holbrook, but in general. DISAPPOINTED Livingston said Monday he thought the meeting with the township was informative, but he was disappointed at the passing of the bylaw. He said the county explained its position to the township, that it has been seeking alternatives to the Holbrook site but as yet has come up empty. The township, in turn, expressed its concerns over the safety of the residents. Livingston will contaet of- ficials at Laidlaw today to discuss what action will be taken now the bylaw, has been passed. He said he does not think they will close the site immediately. "We'll have to Play it by ear front here an in, he said. "I hope before the end of the week we'll have some idea." 'THE EXPROPRIATIONS ACT Notice of Application For Approval To Expropriate Land IN THE MATTER OF an application by The C'or- poration of the County of Oxford for approval to ex propriate land being formerly in the Township of Blenheim, now in the Township of Blandford. Blenheim, in the County of Oxford and Province of O ntarka, being all those portions, of Lot 22, Concession 13, designated as PARTS ONE (1) and TWO (2), and all those portions of Lot 22, Concession 12, designated as PARTS THREE (3) and FOUR (4), all on a Reference Plan deposited in the Registry Office for the Registry Division of the County of Oxford as 41R-2589 for the purpose of road widening, reconstruction and realignment on Para 1, 2 and 3 and for an easement over and along Part 4 for road and bridge construction purposes for the limited time of five years from the date of registration of the Ex- propriation Plan. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application has been made for approval to expropriate the land described as follows: Formerly in the Township of Blenheim, now in the Township of Blandford-Blenheim, in the County of Oxford and Province of Ontario, and being all those portions of Lot 22, Conctwion 13, designated as PARTS ONE (1) and TWO (2), and all those portions of I.bt 22, Concession 12, designated as PARTS THREE (3) and FOUR (4), all on a Reference Plan deposited in the Registry Office for the Registry Divi- sion of the County of Oxford as 41 R- 2589. Any owner of lauds in respect of which notice is given who desires an inquiry into whether the taking of such lard is fair, sound and mksonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority shall so notify ttfe approving authority in writing, -- Is) in the case of a registered owner, served per serially or by registered mail within thirty days after he is served with the notice, or, when he is served by publication of the notice; (b) in the case of an ow net who is not a registered owner, within thirty days after the first publica- tion of the notice. The approving authority is The Council of the Corporation of the County of Oxford Court House Woodstock, Ontario THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF OXFORD J. HAROLD WALLS, COUNTY CLERK (VOTES I. The Expropriationus Act provides that, (a) where an inquiry is requested, it shall be con- ducted by an inquiry officer appointed by the Ministeir of Justice and Attorney General; (b) the inquiry officer, i) shall give every party to the inquiry an opportutvty to present evidence and argument and to examine and cross- examine: witnesses, either personally or by his counsel or agent, and ill may rocommend to the approving authorit y that a party to the inquiry be paid a fixed amount for his costs of the inquiry not to exceed $200 and the ap- proving authority may in its discretion order doe expropriating authority to pay such costa forthwith. 2. "Owner" and "registered Owner" are defined in the Act as folloves: 'owner"IncluaLes a mortgagee, tenant, ex ecution creditor, a person entitled to a limited estate or Interest in land, a com mittee of the estate of a mentally ire competent person or of a person In- capable of managing hb affairs, and a guardian, executor, administrator or trustee in whom land B vested, "registered owner" means an owner of land whose interest in the land is deJtned and whose name Is speclyled In an lnstru. f thg1roper registrryy land titles or she s a xe, and 1ncluder a person shown as a tenant M land on the last revised assessment roll; 3. The expropriating authority, each owner who notifies the approving authority that he desires a tearing in respect of the lands intended to be ex- propriated and any owner added as a party by the inquiry offices are parties to the inquiry. THIS NOTICE first published on the 16th (lay of Dwamber, 1981. c49.3t - County's finance committee working on pre -bud By LINDA HVI.ME gentineWleview staff writer It may seem a little early for 1982 budget considerations but the county's administration and finance committee is already giving some cursory attention to budget figures. Preliminary budgets were presented to the committee this week, and while no If rem are accurate currently, at budgets except the administration and finance budget indicate in- creases. The outstanding requests {or 1982 include a new field worker .for the county's health and social services department. Social services administrator, Gerry McKay, told the com- mittee the department is becoming swamped with work. He said he does not anticipate a drop in the amount of general welfare assistance issued by social services in 1982, and as it is, the staff is barely keeping up with the amount of wrok they have to process. The field worker request was made for the 1981 budget, but the county adopted an employee freeze policy. REVIEW FREEZE. The policy only applied to expansion programs, but u,e committee is considering a review of the freeze for 1982. Brian McReynolds, ad- ministrator for Woodingford Late, Raid the home has ex- panded its extended care facility to 58 from 47 beds. Accom- panying this expansion is the need to hire two more nurse's aids, an unavoidable move due to Provincial regulations. Aa for the per diem rate for patients, he does not anticipate any major increases. Preliminary figures allow an increase to $28.75 from $26.25. McReynolds said he would like to keep the rate down as much as possible, but admitted major increases were something the home would have to face in the coming years. Planning, board of health, administration and finance, and public works were other county budgets considered. .The committee voted to The winning design, dominated by a green -colored W, incorporates five basic units: a maple leaf, rolling hills, rising sun and symbols for housing and d Industry. Black and an aureate yellow are the remaining colors on the logo. The design will now become the city of Woodstock's official logo and will be used on city letterhead, vehicles, buildings, business cards, advertising and promotion. get figures separate the landfill mite budget from the public works budget, because of its unpredletabplity. County engineer Don Pratt estimated $1.8 million for solid waste dispersal in INN, but about f65o,000 is the actual present annual Ca6t.. "We won't know how much it will be until we know where We're going with the Sallord (landfill site) hearing and whether there will be any construction on the site," he said. He said once the public works de rimenl has a chance to re rite the figure, there should be some reduction. The committee won't be getting out their axes for Borne budget chopping until January or February, until some more accurate figures have been worked out. The budgets then will be based on year-end actual expenditures for 1991. r, ,x Y BILL PAQUETTE, 34, holds the at a city reception Thursday night winning entry in the Woodstock to introduce the new logo. logo competition. Paquette, (Staff photo by Philip Walker) designer of the logo, was on hand 0 County of Oxford HANDBOOK 1981. -1.982 ROSS LIVINGSTON WARDEN "The Dairy Capita[ of Canada" THE COUNTY OF OXFORD INCORPORATED 1850 RESTRUCTURED JANUARY 1, 1975 AREA 500,608 Acres _ 782 square Miles POPULATION 84,831 EQUALIZED ASSESSMENT $2,136,568,177. MILES COUNTY ROAD 315 TOWNSHIP OF BLANDFORD-BLENHEIM Formerly Township of Blandford and Township of Blenheim TOWNSHIP OF EAST ZORRA-TAVISTOCK Formerly Township of East Zorra and Village of Tavistock TOWNSHIP OF NORWICH Formerly Townships of East Oxford, North Norwich, South Norwich and Village of Norwich TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH-WEST OXFORD Formerly Townships of Dereham, West Oxford and Village of Beachville TOWNSHIP OF ZORRA Formerly Townships of East Nissouri, North Oxford, West Zorra Ic I LH .. r MEMBERS OF OXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL - 1981 - 1982 MUNICIPALITY NAME ADDRESS PHONE No. BLANDFORD - Robert E. Gllholm (Edythe) R.R. 3, Bright NOJ ISO Res. 454-8529 BLENHEIM TWP. Ross Livingston (Lenore) R.R. 4, Bright NOJ 1B0 Res. 632-7565 EAST ZORRA — Harold Vogt (Elaine) 57 Woodstock St. 5, Res. 655-2941 Tavistock N062RO TAVISTOCK TWP. Donald H. McKay (Vickie) R.R. 6, Woodstock N45 7W1 Res. 462-2428 NORWICH TWP. Jack B. Burn (Shirley) R.R. 8, Woodstock N457W3 Res. 467-5501 Off. 539-1712 Carman Sweazey (Darlene) 48 North Court Street, W. Res. 863.2949 Norwich NOJ 1PO Off. 863-2619 SOUTHWEST Cecil Wilson (Helen) 44 Clark Sideroad, Ingersoll Res. 485-3446 N5C 3R9 OXFORD TWP. William Fewster R.R. 2, Mount Elgin Res. 485-3197 NOJ 1NO ZORRA TWP. Wallis Hammond (Margaret) 189 Delatre St., Box 164, Res. 285-2512 Thamesford NOM 2MO Barry Wallace (Lynn) Commissioner St., Embro Res. 475-4001 NOJ 1J0 Off. 4754192 TOWN OF Douglas Harris (Glenna) 250 Tunis St., Ingersoll Re5.485-1867 INGERSOLL NSC 1W4 Off. 485-0120 Jack T. Warden (Bernadette) 245 Tunis St., Ingersoll Res. 485-0423 N5C 1W5 Off, 485-2430 TOWN OF John G. Armstrong (Adele) 336 Broadway. Tlllsonburg Res. 842-3358 TILLSONBURG N4G 353 Jean Ferrle (Alan) 23 Lisggar Ave. Tlllsonburg Res. 842-2290 3 N4G K5 - CITY OF Wendy L. Calder (George) 133 Vanslttart Ave. Res. 539-3083 - WOODSTOCK Woodstock N4S 6E5 Off. 539-1291 Leslie J. Cook (Gladys) 752 Gladstone Drive Res. 537-8379 Woodstock N4S 559 Joseph Pember (Alice) 207 Catherine Street Res. 539.1469 Woodstock N452K8 Off. 539-3004 Philip Poole (Jacqule) 467 Buller Street Res. 537-5977 Woodstock N4S4N3 Off. 537-3449 Charlie M. Tatham (Millie) 655 Roselawn Avenue Res. 537-6040 Woodstock N4S 5S6 Off. 539.4851 Lenore Young (John) 439 Lee Ave. Woodstock Res. 539.2273 N45 6Y2 I TOWNSHIP OF BLANDFORD-BLENHEIM Clerk -Treasurer ................................................ Keith Reibling Drumbo NOJ 1GO, Office: 463.5347, Home: 462-2475 Tax Collector & Deputy Clerk ........................ Robert Hoskin Drumbo NOJ 1GO, Office: 463-5347, Home: 463-5336 Road Superintendent .................................... Gordon Aspden Drumbo NOJ 1GO. Office: 463.5389,Home: 467-5357 8ullding Inspector and Drainage l nspector........ ......... _............................ Peter Modry Drumbo NOJ 1GO. Office: 463-5347, Home: 458-4385 Mayor......................................................... Robert E. Gilholm R.R..3. Bright NOJ 1B0, Home: 454-8529 Date of Meetings — First Wednesday (day) and Third Wednesday (evening) Township Office, Drumbo, Ontario TOWNSHIP OF EAST ZORRA-TAVISTOCK Clerk -Treasurer ................................................ John V. Killing Hickson NOJ 1L0, Office: 462-2697, Home: 462-28.33 462-2498 Deputy Clerk -Treasurer & Tax Collector ...... Walter Schaefer Hickson NOJ ILO, Office: 462.2697, Home: 655-2964 Road Superintendent ................................. John S. Appleton Hickson NOJ ILO, Office: 462.2698, Home: 462-2994 8ullding Inspector & Drainage Commissioner... James Harmer Hickson NOJ ILO, Office: 462.2697, Home: 462.2331 Mayor.......................... ....... ....................................... Harold Vogt 57 Woodstock St., S., Tavlstock NOB 2RO, Home: 655.2941 Date of Meetings — First and Third Wednesday Township Office, Hickson, Ontario TOWNSHIP OF NORWICH Clerk...............................................................Robert C. Watkins P.O. Box 100, Otterville NOJ 1RO. Office: 8796568-863-2709 Deputy Clerk......................................................... John Gilbert P.O. Box 100, Otterville NOJ 1 RO, Office: 8796568 Treasurer......................................_..._................._...Fred Lowes P.O. Box 100, Otterville NOJ 1 RO, Office: 8796568 Road Superintendent...................._.............I...... ... Ron Smith P. O. Box 100, Otterville NOJ IRO. Office: 8796568 TaxCollector . ......... ........ ............................ _........ Fred Lower P.O. Box 100, Otterville NOJ 1 RO, Office: 8796568 Mayor.............................................................. _..... Jack B. Burn R.R. 8, Woodstock 1`44S 7W3, Home: 467-5501 Date of Meetings - Second Monday and Fourth Tuesday Township Office, Ottemille, Ontario TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH-WEST OXFORD Clark......................................................... Mrs- Helen L. Prouae R.R. 1, Mount Elgin NOJ 1NO, Office: 485-0477,877-2702HOMW 68 Treasurer .... ................................................ _......... A..B. Forrester R.R. 1, Mount Elgin NOJ 1NO, Offic7 e: 87i486 Road Superintendent .......................................Donald McKay R.R. 1, Mount Elgin NOJ 1NO. Office: 877-2953. 4 23-"6J Mayor............. ............. _.......... _..........................._.. Cecil Wilson 44 Clarke Sideroad, E., Ingersoll N5C 3R9, Home:485-3446 Date of Meetings— First and Third Tuesday Township Office, Derelwm Centre, Ontario TOWNSHIP OF 20RRA Clerk -Administrator ....................................... W. A. Johnson Box 306, Ingersoll N5C 3K5, Office: 485-2490 Treasurer ............ .... _................................. (Mrs.) M. J. Thornton Box 306, Ingersoll NSC 3145, Office: 485-2490 Road Superintendent ................................. William D. Smith Box 306, Ingersoll NSC 3K5, Office: 485-2490 Tax Collector .............. ...................................... Donald Peach Box 306. Ingersoll NSC 3K5, Office: 485-2490 Drainage Commissioner ................................. Ephraim G. Rout Box 306, Ingersoll N5C 3K5, Office: 485-2490 Chief Building Official ................................. Ephraim G. Rout Box 306. Ingersoll NSC 3145., Office: 485-2490 Mayor .._,... _............................................... Wallis W. Hammond Box 164. Thamrsford NOM 2MO, Home: 285-2512 Date of Meetings - First Tuesday Township Office, Highway 19 at Log Cabin Road (Box 306. Ingersoll, Ontario N5C 3K5) TOWN OFINGERSOLL Clerk....... _.... _..................................................... G. R. Staples Town Hall, P.O. Box 340, Ingersoll NSC 3V3 Office: 485-0120, Home: 485-2344 Treasurer...... .......................................................... W. L. Teed Town Hall, P.O. Box 340, Ingersoll 1,15C 3V3 Office: 485-0120 Town Engineer 6 Chief Building Official ......... Eric Booth Office: 4854930, Home: 485-5654 Tax Cdhxtor:....... _...................... _.............. Mrs. Marion Knott Office: 4854186, Home: 485.1302 Development Officer ._ ............................................. E. A. Hunt Office: 4854930, Home: 485-0985 Mayor.. . .............................................................. Douglas Harris 250 Tunis Street, Ingersoll N5C 1W4, Office, 485-0120 Home: 485.1867 Data of Meatl ngs -Third Monday Town Hall, Ingersoll, Ontario TOWN OF TILLSONBURG Clerk -Administrator ............................................. K. E. Holland Municipal Offices, Tllisonburg N4G 4W3, Office: 842-6420 Home: 8428.127 Deputy Clerk -Administrator ........................... David C. Morris Municipal Offices, Tlllsonburg N4G 4W3, Office: $42-6428 Home: 8424188 Treasurer............................................................ John J. Arts Municipal Offices, Tlllsonburg N4G 4W3, Office: 842-6428 Home: 8429426 Tax Collector ........................ .............. ..... ......... Ray E. Jones Municipal Offices, Tlllsonburg N4G 4W3, Office: 842.6428 Home: 842-8117 Road Superintendent .............................. _.... James Hornsby 20 Spruce Street, Tillsonburg N40 4Y5 Office: 842-5951 Home: 8424657 Building Inspector .......................................... Harry Sealers; 364SImcoe Street, Tillsonburg N4G 2J9, Office:842-2211 Home: 842-5705 Economic Development Officer .................. Larry Condon j Municipal Offices, Tlllsonburg N4G 4W3, Office: $42-6428 Home: 9424671 ' Mayor ... ......................................... _........ John G. Armstrong 336 Broadway, Tillsonburg N4G 3S3 Home: 842-3358 Date of Meetings -Second Monday and Tuesday and Fourth Monday Council Chambers, Tllisonburg, Ontario CITY OF WOODSTOCK Chief Administrative Officer ..... _................. Wayne Shipton City Hall, P.O. Box 40. Woodstock N45 7W5 Office: 539-1291 Clark........_............................_.......................... Kenneth Miller City Hail, P.O. Box 40, Woodstock N45 7 W5 Office: 539-1291 Home: 539.9048 Deputy Clerk . ........ ............. I........................ John McGinnis City Hall, P.O. Box 40, Woodstock N4S 7W5 Office: 539-1291 Home: 539-3047 Treasurer .._ .......... ....................... _.............. Thomas A. Battram City Hall, P.O. Box 40, Woodstock N4S 7W5 Office: 539-1291 Home: 539-1750 City Engineer...................................................... Carl Hevenor 944 James St., Woodstock N45 1S5, Office: 539-9808 Home: 539-4222 Building Inspectors ... Garth Ede, Don Parker, Clarke Daniel 944 James St., Woodstock N45 155, Office:539A808 Development Officer I........ Paul Plant Office: 539-1291 Mayor ... .............. .......... ................... ....... Mrs. Wendy L. Calder 133 Vansittart A".. Woodstock N4S 6E5, Office: 539-1292 Home: 539-3083 Data of Meetings — First and Third Thursday City Hall, Woodstock, Ontario LAND DIVISION COMMITTEE Councillor Burn Councillor Gilholm Councillor McKay Councillor Tatham Mr. Mervin Hicks, R.R. 7, Tlllsonburg N4G 4H3 Mr. Edgar McKay, R.R. 5, Embro NOJ 1JO Mr. Kenneth Webster, 63 Parkwood Dr. Tillsonburg N4G 2137 TREE CONSERVATION COMMISSIONERS TOWNSHIP OF BLANDFORD-BLENHEIM Mr. John Mitchell ........................... R.R. 2, Innerkip NQJ 1MO Phone: 469-3362 TOWNSHIP OF EAST ZORRA-TAVISTOCK Mr. Delmer Zehr........................ Box 128, Tavistock NOB 2RO Phone: 655-2274 TOWNSHIP OF NORWICH Mr. Jack Griffin ........................ R.R. 5, Woodstock N4S 7V9 Phone:449-2393 TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH-WEST OXFORD Mr. Morris Farr ..... _.................R.R. 1, Woodstock N4S 7V6 Phone: 539-9249 TOWNSHIP OF ZORRA Mr. William Sutherland ...270 King St., E., Ingersoll N5C 1H3 Phone: 485-5964 WEED INSPECTOR Mr. Burnice McAllister ................................. Salford N0J 1WO Phone: 485-1759 OXFORD COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH Dr. C9cile Rochard Woodstock Office ................................. Phone: 539-6121 Ingersoll Office ....................................... Phone: 485-4551 NorWlch Office ....................................... Phone: 863-2330 Tlllsonburg Office ................................. Phone: 842-9088 Home Care Program ................................. Phone: 539-1284 Family Planning ....................................... Phone, 539-7071 COMMITTEES ADMINISTRATION and FINANCE — Wallace, Calder, Harris, Ferrle, Livingston HEALTH and SOCIAL SERVICES — Cook, Warden, Armstrong, Poole, Sweazey, Wilson, Young, Livingston PLANNING — Tatham, McKay, Burn, Gllhotm, Livingston PUBLIC WORKS— Pember, Hammond, Fewster, Vogt, Livingston WOODINGFORD LODGE — Warden, Sweazey, Wilson, Livingston REPRESENTATIVES TO: OXFORD COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH — Warden, Armstrong, Cook, Poole, Sweazey, Young, Livingston OXFORD COUNTY LIBRARY— Fewster, Harris, Wallace, Livingston FAMILY and CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF OXFORD COUNTY — Cook, Gilholm, Sweazey, Young, Livingston OXFORD MUSEUM — Calder, Tatham NORWICH and DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY — Burn COUNTY OFFICIALS Warden .................................... Ross Livingston ... 632.7565 Clerk ....................................... J. H. Wails ............ 539-5688 Treasurer .................... _.... ...... H. G. Day..::.......... 539-5688 Director of Engineering.--...... D. L. Pratt ............ 537-7961 Construction S Design Engineer ................................. S. J. Watts............... 537-7961 Operations Engineer ............ R. E. -Brankley ...... 537-7961 Planning Commissioner......... J. P. Atcheson...... 537-5524 Adminstrator, Oxford Social Services ....._................ G. H. MacKay ...... 537-3428 Assistant Administrator Oxford Social Services ......... H. J. McCulloch ... 537-3428 Woodstock Day Nursery .• .............................._..... 539-3992 Ingersoll Day Nursery .......................... -................ , 485-1310 Administrator, Woodingford Lodge ............... J. E. Wood ......... 539-1245 Assist. Administrator A Office Manager, Woodingford Lodge ..................B. D. McReynolds... 539-1245 Librarian, Oxford County I Ihrarv....................... ............... Mrs.J. Webb .......... 537-3322 VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES — Poole Executive Director, Family and Children'S Services of WOODSTOCK HOSPITAL— Oxford County .1................... Mrs. J. Deans ......... 539-6176 Calder Oxford County Fire INCERSOLL HOSPITAL— C"rdlnator ........................... C. C. Young ......... 537.3412 Warden Court House Custodian ......... H. Pye .................. 539-9710 TILLSONBURG HOSPITAL — Armstrong Auditors ...... Monteith, Monteith 6 Co . ............ 271-6550 MAILING ADDRESSES CLERK, TREASURER, ENGINEERING; PLANNING, SOCIALSERVICES: Covet House P.O. Box 397. Woodstock, Ont., N4S 7Y3 WOODINGFORD LODGE: 423 Devonshire Ave., P.O. 308,. Woodstock, Ont., N4S 7X6 OXFORD COUNTY LIBRARY: 93 Graham St., Woodstock, Ont. N4S 6J8 OXFORD COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH: 509 Brant Street, P.O. Box 485, Woodstock N4S 7Y5 PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS County Judge C. C. Misener ............ 537-5811 Provincial Judge Criminal Division ............ R.G. Groom,,Q.C. ... 537-2369 Provincial Judge Family Division ............... J. F. Bennett ............ 537-2377 County Court Clark and Sher]ff ..................... R. S. Beaudoin............ 539-6187 County Crown Attorney... F. J. Porter .................. 537-2611 County Judge's Secretary and Court Reporter ......... Mrs. S. M. Reid ......... 537-5811 Provincial Court Reporter ........................... H. R. Morton ............ 537-2369 Provincial Court Clerk, Criminal Division ............. A. Garner .................. 537-2369 Provincial Court Clerk, Family Division ............... Mrs. J. A. Hill ............ 537-2377 Land Registrar ............... R. K. Thomson ......... 537.628C Provincial Police Staff Sergeant .................. D. K. Ross .................. 539-9811 Probation 3 Parole ................................................... 539-817E Legal Aid Director ................................................... 539-2381 Small Claims Court ................................................... 537-9511 County Board of Education ..................... 5394821 County Roman Catholic ' = School Board _— ............ ...._........ ............. 539.4877 of Revenue - As�rsment ,........... Zenth 63310 of Natural Resources !R........ ............... .... 1,........................ Zenith 92000 Ministry of Agriculture and Food .......... ..... _...... 537-6621 Hwy. 59 North, P.O. Box 666, Woodstock, Ontario 04S 725 1. BRUCE HALLIDAY_..... ................ ........... 539-4400 P., Oxford I Huron Street, iodstock, Ontario S 6Z6 ROBERT F. NIXON_...................._...__........ 448-1955 P. P., Brant -Oxford -Norfolk R. t, George, Ontario 1N0 � i� city of TONIGHT Towering Inferno —Part I I starring Steve McQueen & Paul Newman OUT a 04 r 9:00 p.m. Terry Fox, whose battle with cancer ended Sunday, lived and ran in hope and left that legacy to Canada. In a trib- ute to the courageous young man, Free Press artist Bill McGrath depicts the cross' -country marathon the love for him, and in the background the limitless heavens proclaim that the dream lives on. A private funeral for FOX will be held Thursday in Port Coq,uitlam, B.C., with public memorial services in other centres. Fat 77 1 81 V S S U, d h s. (O�;oura � a ,Oft a-v!jee all Cana, ial W/// in NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. (CP) felt the young nian knew he would — Terry Fox, the curly-haired can- ® Never a quitter, whatever the odds s b .` A2 die soon. cer crusader who became the inspi- ration and idol of millions, lost his T think that he knew, not by aity- heroic >battle against the disease 0 He kept a heart problem hidden too A$ thing he said overtly or did overtly. early Sunday morning. it was just a very strong impression ".Terry has completed the last kilo- is'the famous the ordinary all mourn 1 that we all had that lie was.aware." metre of his marathon," said an em ' Sinson said Fox left a legacy tl at otion-choked Alison Sinson, deputy would become part of the country's director of nursing at Royal Colum heritage. "Ile was a friend and I ant bian Hospital and one of his closest News of Fox's deathbroughta na- ever, we celebrate his life and we going to miss film friends in the last few months. tonwide outpouring of grief and are grateful for,it." Dr. Ladislav Anto"nik, ,inedleal di - "Ile died surrounded by love, the xibutes to his courage. `Government With l ox when he died were his rector, at the I7ospAtal, said, electors �o th hirve of es and lie 111 ofand prayer rn were laildings will fly flags at half-staff Barents, Rolland and betty, his two alio, e," not to keep tlrc; young naafi titil his funeral. brothers and one sister, a . e of the entire nation. Sinson told a C G p:d S h i broth,.r' ' physical aspect of r drGam that inspired united Canadians. to be run stretches into the •istance; the Companion of the Order medal tells of Fox's love for be nation and the nation's Pate `bathes' in Memphis victory news conference after the one- c reyer said box lad- inspired pride and hoe anion t P p fiancee and a grandmother, it WAS decided by Ills do<.tors that r r � should h, �,: , it ` - �� lr y a e,dign y rf dealt Pro golfer Jerry Pate takes his "bathe in victory` after winning the legged runner'sto stopped breathing at gb 4:3i a.m. loci time: and .Prime- Minister, Pi- The, The farnik, returned.to their Port Co4uiddin` laonie near this Vaheola- as he had i�n his life,' said, iata�tlil,. Memphis Classic Sunday to end a dry spell. Rate handed his putter Funeral services will held Eire Trudeau called him "truly Lei. satfa rb s ..� u after i^ox's death, -The refore, ,he was not encumbered to his caddy and dived into an adjacent lake to soak u his first vic- y l p :be Thursday, Jul 2 at Z y, y , p.m. at Trin- hroic." "Today the heart of the .00n where his father, a' Canadian Na- by undue prolongation oflif: by arts= tory since the 1978 Southern Open ... , ........ 82 ity United Church in Port Coquitlam, nation firs out sympathy toward his tional Railways employee, said they "doing facial means. Fox was "a great son of Canada." B.C. Bath the funeral and burial will be will be`simultane- d lxrents and his family, whose great vticrc were fine.- said Antonik, and hospital` staff felt Stormy Israel) private.There lss is alsoourloss," said Trudeau. Sinson, who visited Fox daiiy after Campaign ends ous public memorial services at Metropolitan United Church in Vic 'Even in the midst of sadness, how- he was admitted to hospital, said she (Please turn to Page 15, Cd€, 5) lsrael's stormiest election campaign ever drew to its offs- clal close Sunday with the toria, Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver and (queens Avenue United Church here. � '�wm K 'S A,�L own"esolved, u A Cancer society officials said they main contenders about even in hoped" other memorial services the polls ........ . .. . . A7 would be held at the same time Top Iranian dies Old 'sweats still gather Their numbers are dwindling; but the remaining veterans of the 91 st Battalion of the First World War Canadian Exped- itionary Force still gather A14' across the nat ion. Fox was admitted to hospital June 1"9 after he developed a bronchitis like chest infection. On Saturday, he C`l'1;ii1'i# (CP) — Prospects of a i'hc only way to .settle the matter b £� developed pneumonia and his condil t.rike to stole the-countr country's mail re- is rat the bargaining table— now or �.. tion was reported as very frier. aiained )nigh Sunday with govern later "'r tie said. -We'll keep on try- That night, lie slipped into a coma. aient bargainers studying a union rng. Doctors decided not to try to keep ocument outlining the latest pro- The union, at the request of goy° sals of inside postal workers. ernment, produced the letter --Satur- Fox alive with life-support systems,; 1° � p Q month away from his 23rd birth The Canadian Union -of Postal day after it announced a strike was Vorkers vowed Saturday to walk out luiavoidable uiiiess Yo`^ernnient ne- Index day, Fox had made a mark on Cana- dians that few others could hope to ;t midnight tonight unless treasury 1 gotiators showed they are willing to d match with his unfinished Marathon bard negotiators paid, attention to give ground in essential issues. Ann Landers ........... C3 of Hope in 1980. The cross -Canada najor points in a conciliation report. These included contract provision At Wit's End ........... C3 - run leaves a legacy of research and 'They know we are here," union for at least ,1'7 weeks of paid ilia - Bridge ......:......... A9 treatment centres and millions of Iresadc, nt: Jean-Claude Parrot said trinity leave, improved vacations; �2 Classified ads ... , ... C6-15 dollars to combat cancer., rom his headquarters Sunday after- an extra holiday in January, health y<. Comics ........... . .. C15 His death came after a struggle non. "If they want us to go back to acid safety improvements and allow - Crossword ........... C15 against cancer which began in ne bargaining table based on the ances for increased cost of living. Death notices ........... C6' March, 1977, with the amputation of. Ioc°lanieiat w'e gave diem yesterday, Journalists lion) the i Bc, Whose Editonai :....: .......:. As . his right le above the knee and g g e will." technicians are striking for job secu Entertainment ..',' .......' C5" ended with a 10-month fight for sur- but Parrot rejected a government rity, were barred front the news coin Horoscope ........... C16 -iva1 against secondary inalignan +leer Sunday to resume bargaining, Lerence announcing strike plans. .. Jumble .............. C15 ties that invading his upper mess the report of a federal concili- The ,postal workers also said they. _` Lifestyle. ..... ... C3-4 .were boa tion group was accepted as the will refuse interviews with the n, Lottery rLsuits... .... A4 During the last months, he some- lasis for negotiation. crown -supported broadcasting net - Panorama ... • . • • C3 how survived longer than many ex- treasury board" spokesman said work. t' r: Sound off ............ A1? ' pected, willingly submitting his ,A arrot was not prepared' to resume Meanwhile, only two, blocks down . Sports' .............. B2-t3 ain racked body to treatment with p" g ;argainiit� without this assurance. he� siiaeet �1'rorn octal union the p offices„ Today and Tomorrow ; ... C4 experimental anti cancer agent P g But, the spokesman .ettip asixe , treasury board bargainers" were in , JEAN-Cl_Al,lbt PAIR0 t Your moneyA16-17 int fe interferon. reasurY i,sume n � otiatins most to a g �. Please turn to �a col"', I) � :� eels corlditibn3 for tall$31. l Page 1 s, Cot ,a i His classmates remember him as an ordinary looking sort of kid —short, doesn't mean a big car and a lot money. It means: just happiness and d } ing things. And how could I achieve that? By helping out other people and slight and shy. But a diamond hard determination made him stand out.. raising money for cancer. That's what reallymotivated me...." Like, in Grade 8, when lie picked up a basketball and taught the bigger, McGill and Fox developed a closer bond than ever; McGill had another better 13-year-old players that looks can be deceiving. ` in physical stature was more than form of cancer 5 � years before and had been told he had six months to liver Anything Terry Fox might have lackedp y "'' <" -<'>: "Terry said he would first beat the hospital, then he would get out of the '"j. .j' r :.t' made up for in effort. He wasn't a quitter, whatever the odds. r' , .{ " ` wheelchair," McGill says. "Then he would walk properly and soon he was Years later, that same dogged disregard for his physical limitations drove:: running. He had to ignore a lot of snide comments and remarks with his run - him to run, often sagging with fatigue and wincing with pain, 5,000 kilome- ning." tres across Canada on one good leg and an artificial limb in a Marathon of Hope to aid cancer research. And still later the doggedness and a new spiritual resolve were to help him k endure a debilitating round of treatments to combat a recurrence of the can- .``I realized from the Bible, and what I had been through, car that had claimed his other leg said inspired his cross-country feat. a good life doesn't mean a big car and a lot of money. It No one in recent memory has seemed to touch so many Canadians' emo- tions in such a particular way: means just happiness and doing things. " -- Terry Fox The admiration began to appear noticeably somewhere in Central Canada, .after more than two months on the road, when news reports finally began to > transform his effort from quixotic adventure into inspiring battle. a Fox's slim figure became a familiar sight on dimly -lit Part Coquitlam streets. Two hops on his good leg, one on the artificial limb. "It's been a longtime since anyone has given m {t Ronald Faddy, a neighbor, often accompanied Fox on his trots around rest.- feelings �--�- real feelings. He just seemed to fill your life dential areas. with something that was missing."-- a Toronto ry r ', f «f`He said he thought he should do something," Faddy says, H felt e should o hmarathon). � e h s Quid it (the "A real nice lad, not the kind of lad you'd expect to find grandmother 'f among the teenagers of taday. He is different." . � ,y, <, • , s, 4., :_ ; =f �' �%_ `. , •: in the back of Fox's mind all the time was his goal to raise . Television films and photos made the struggle especially vi _ h. t money cancer research. On Oct. 15, 1979, he wrote a letter vid, capturing the oddly touching hop -step motion, often , «�?>f '' s ,._.� `t `4 st, < ,: " to the B.C.-Yukon Yukon branch of the Canadian Cancer Society, against a background of desolate highway. Almost always, r{ ,'�r,; ,.F y Fox's face would be drawn and blank -looking as he concen- r� • < ' ..;,% � "My name is Terry Fox," the letter began. "I am 21 ears o Crated fiercely on the next step, The mop of blonde curls r, ! ,u old, and I am an amputee. j5 "I lost my Tight leg 21h years ago to cancer. ... I feel now would be sagging with sweat and the shorts and sweat -shirt, is the time to make good my promise:" limp. t + News of the reappearance of cancer at Thunder Bay came x�f t Blair MacKenzie, director of the branch, says the society a blow. In the weeks that followed, newspaper letters, col - like' was skeptical at first, but "Terry came back every week and umns and radio open -line shows-- not to mention family gash �z 1 '� x s` was determined right from the start to make his run." erings and conversations at work and elsewhere --made clear r On April 12, 1980, lox dipped his artificial leg in the harbor how deeply he had moved people aerass�the country. at St. John's, Nfld., and headed west with initial ledges of Edith Cathie a grand only $40l), skipping painfully down the shoulder of the highway At fund-raising rally in Toronto, , mother, said she thought she was in love for the first time. :-F' paced by his old friend Alward in a camper van. "It's been a long time since anyone has given me feelings— Five months and 84000 kilometres later, Fox planned to dip real feelings. lie just seemed to fill your life with something his leg in Vancouver harbor. -; The ace,of 26 marathon miles a daythat Fox imposed on that was missing. Monique Begin, federal minister of health and welfare, said, htsep began to take a toll. When he hit Fredericton on June "He's a lesson of courage. We're all in his debt,,, 4, he was worn out, losing.weiht and having problems with Fox was born in Winnipeg on July 28, 1958, the son of Roily r ,; his artificial limb. Fox, a Canadian National Railways switchman. The family moved to fort Coquitlam, a Vancouver suburb, when Terry was eight. ;' 'l `< :s. 9 `'A real nice lad, not the kind of lad you'd expect to find His mother, Betty, works in a card shop near the family rs of today. He is different. e home. The close-knit faintly includes older brother Fred, 23, among the teenage"�— younger brother Darryll, I8, and sister Judith, 15. ::3 t< , neighbor "They are a good, solid, middle-class Canadian family," , �I . says school teacher Bob, McGill, a close family friend, "The r, ;=f , s°}, "z >. { �w .,:x:>::;><:.: . Y>;. ll in and Fox du deeper, testing the reserve of strength of their farrfily is that they don't allow Each other to w ,: r ;! >: But the pledges were ro ing g p r% ,:.H�i.,,'1,.i:.r.,:,.1 . ,•1�f ! s9 �: w 3 , et a big head over anything. inner stamina that he had drawn on in basketball years briars, v< •. Fox had all sorts of problems in Quebec, where he once was declared a i. traffic hazard. He pressed on, joined by his brother Darryll. "He's a lesson of courage. We're all In his debt. " g July 1 found Fox in Ottawa for Canada Day celebrations Gen. Ed Schreyer gPier , including meet- 140onique Begin, federal minister of health and we/far@ " y r `,,j>, ings with Gov. and Prime Minister Pierre TrudeauThe . ' prime minister declined an invitation to join Fox on the run, citing lack of time. Then he reached Toronto. Thousands turned out at a rally in City Hall Terry was a small, shy, introverted boy of 13 when he came under McGill's wing at Mary Hill junior secondary school in 1972-73. His feet didn't- , Square and the disheartening indifference that had greeted him in some q even touch the floor when he sat in social studies class. other centres made the reception seem all the more amazing. HE was given McGill was basketball coach and his philosophy was never to cut a boy a hero's welcome, lauded by the media and cheered by a sometimes tearful from his team. But only the best got to play in games. ;< crowd. "Terry was No. 19 oil a 19-playertearn;" says McG11I. "He showed a lot of The demand for public appearances in Ontario slowed his progress and heart and a desire to n his best. ; _ : R ` Fox's exhaustion began to show in the form of uncharacteristic spells of irri- "I once told him he should consider wrestling because of his size, but r `,$: lability. Terry said, 'No, I'll keep coming out.' " `Z' Fox celebrated his 22nd birthday July 28 near Gravenhurst, Ont., and had Fox played only a couple of minutes that season. He watched from the end v ,>3 a birthday cake fight with Darryll. He was mentally exhausted, but deter• of the bench while his best friend, Doug Alward, a more naturally gifted ath- '` '' 4 mined nonetheless. late, took a share of time on the court. <' ` lie reached the halfway point of the journey Aug. 3 near Sudbury and was Two years later, however, Fox was a starting guard in Grade 10, alongside ' s? angry that he forgot to record it in his diary. Alward. They were inseparable -- a pair of 5-foot-2 guards who knew that Fox suffered from tendinitis caused by the constant jarring from running hard work had its rewards._• on hard surfaces. He had to be flown to Sault Ste. Marie for two days of rest. "Terry set himself a goal and achieved it through perseverance," McGill,''`"< says with pride. "When other schools played us, they knew they'd been in a scrap. "I remember playing Johnston Heights once. They had the best junior sec ° "if it does come to the point — and it could — where I ondary team around. Big and tough. They beat us by just three points, CQUId die Of cancer, l have t0 face that, t00. l think though, and after the' game one of their players came over and shook hands CO religion with Terry and Doug out of sheer respereligionreligicomesin now because I'v@,.got to cif down and Fox finished high school at Port,Coquitlam senior secondary, where he face the question we all face. I've got to try'and answer was a starting guard for two years. Fox and Alward, inseparable as always, shared the outstanding male athlete award in 1976, Fox for his tenacity and It. Terry F®X Alward for his ability. Later that year, Fox enrolled at Simon Fraser University and majored in kinesiology, the study of human movement and reflexes. Then, early in 1977,' The Marathon of Hope caravan was back on the road Aug. 25. On Labor he began having pains in his right leg. What first was thought to be a torn Day, Sept. 1, Fox was admitted to hospital in Thunder Bay for treatment of knee cartilage turned out to be a cancerous tumor. what he thought was a persistent cold. Three days after his first examination, doctors amputated his right leg Tuesday, Sept. 2, came word that the Marathon of Hope would have to be above the knee. postponed., "Well, you know I had primary cancer in my knee 31,� years ago," Fox "There was no hype to what Terry did. He just did his told a news conference the hospital, "and now the cancer is in ll lungs. "I really have to go home and get some more treatment. ...I'll do every- thing with the belief that It would help. " -- former: thing I can. I'm gonna do my very best, I'll promise, I won't. give up." basketball Coach By early December, Fox had undergone four rounds of chemotherapy treatment and doctors said the tumors in his lungs had shown signs of shrinking. d f bli arances after McGill recalls: -"I visited Terry in hospital a few days later and the first thing he did was throw a magazine article at me about a guy who ran 26 miles on one leg. Terry said, `I can do that, too.' "Terry never had time to feel sorry for himself. He saw all the suffering in the cancer ward and lie wanted to do something about it. `But that's Terry. He keeps coming to you with an upbeat. He sets goals -for himself and goes about everything with a positive attitude. But Terry was undergoing a subtle change during that grim initial battle with cancer, developing a spiritual resolve that reinforced his natural stub- born streak and refusal to quit. "I was an 18-year-old who thought only of myself," he said in a December, 1980, interview with The Canadian Press: "All I thought about was doing things for myself, trying to do the best in school and basketball. "Then I had my leg amputated. That was fine, I made it through that. Then I went into a .hospital where I saw people who had lost their hair, were sick, unhealthy, depressed, down and out. "f ' f ' f ' all those eo le to be in there. I asked I asked myself i it was arc or p p -- myself if I was going to forget what I saw in there." Story �y Grant Kerr He didn't forget. He made his way through most of the Bible and learned y what needed to be -done. . of The Canadian PYew "I realized from the Bible, and what I had been through, a good life The treatments were taxing and Fox ma a ew pu c apppe being honored at a Canadian Football League game at Empire Stadium in Vancouver on Sept: 13. On Dec. 5 he appeared at a news conference to announce plans for a $1- million cancer research facility being founded in his name as an affiliate of the B.G. Cancer Research Centre. He also told reporters he was helping put _ together an educational pamphlet on cancer for distribution to school chil- ,N dren. "My struggle is not nearly as hard as the struggle being faced by hun- dreds of cancer patients in this country,". Fox told thousands in 'Toronto r..... back in July. "What about the cancer patients that never get an ovation? zs " "They have a lot more courage than what lam doing. What I went through with cancer was harder than what I am doing now." y During his December interview, Fox frankly admitted that his never -quit approach to life had not precluded thoughts of death. "I've still got to face reality," he said. "If it does come to the point — and it could -where I could die of cancer, I have to face that, too. ` "I think religion comes in now because I've got to sit down and face the question we all face. I've got to try and answer it." Roily Fox once said about his son. "You know, there's no doubt in any of our minds that he's going to make it. The only question is when." Terry addresses a huge crowd 1n Victoria Park on July 17 when he ran through London on his Marathon of Hope. Terry boards an ambulance in Thunder Bay Sept. 1 with his parents after cancer was discovered in his lungs. , Terry with Order , Canada-• t' IN 10 M photo, taken in the early morning as Terry thon Of Hope last July, won a National Newspaper ran through Southern Ontario on his Mara- Award. (UPC) By BILL SCRIVEN .Qentlnel-Revlew staff writer A deafening silence in- vaded First Baptist Church Thursday evening when nearly 95 people bowed their heads in a one -minute silence to pa tribute to a fallen Canadian hero, Terry Fox. The Marathon of Hope runner was laid to rest in his home town, Port Coquitlam, R.C. in a nationally -televised ceremony and in Woodstock, a special Terry Fox memorial service carried messages of hope for the future of the country. The service, arranged through the co-operation of the oxford Cancer Society and the Woodstock Ministerial Association, was one of dozens held in com- munities throughout Canada to pay final respects to the young man who captured the hearts of not only the country, but the world. Among the official party were were Rev. Gordon Carder of -First Baptist Church, Rev. Austin Snyder of Central United Church. Robert Toon, president of oxford Cancer Society and Aid. Phil Poole, representing the city of Woodstock. QUALITIES For Ron Calhoun, national special events chairman for the Canadian Cancer Society and coordinator of Terry's run across Canada, Terry represented the finest human qualities one could have, qualities that had been latent only to have been uncovered during his marathon. Among the many qualities that exemplified Terry as a man among men, he was A tribute July 2, 1981 Fox eulogized at service for his outstanding qualities 'ferry Fox represented unfulfilled dreams of everyone because we ac- cepted him because he had his priorities straight, he said. militantly honest, he had a deep sense of humility and extreme concern for the well- being of fellow man, especially children. Terry believed inthe philosophy that children shall lead us," Calhoun said. "His sense of courage, dignity and most of all, his ability to inspire people were all qualities that are rarely found in one human being." Terry was demanding. Calhoun said, but he never expected more of someone than he expected of himself. Terry regarded his body as a special kind of temple, Calhono aatd and within his carefully maintained temple, qualities were developed which led to "dreams and beliefs in mirseles." "His miracle happenend," Calhoun said. "It was just packaged differently." STUBBORN A sense of perseverance, constructive stubborness and determination could be found in the Fox family, par- ticularlyin Terry's parents, Rolly and Betty Fox. Calhoun soon discovered Terry and his mother were on special wavelengths, pictured by their witty and spontaneous conversations. During Terry's visit in Woodstock one year ago, he was a guest of the Calhouns. Calhoun, who had been a friend of the runner long before he dipped his artificial leg in the Atlantic Ocean to begin the marathon, recalled Terry was an early riser. He started his marathon at 4:30 a.m. each day, Calhoun said and the night he slept at the Calhoun household, he'd asked to be woken at 4 a.m. the next day. "I tiptoed into the room at 4:05 a.m. and Is�tped him on the shoulder,' Calhoun recalled, "but he was already awake. He turned around and said: 'You're late."' Although he didn't like getting up, "he called the shots." HIS SPOT It was ironic that he died at 415 a.m. Sunday, Calhoun said. Also of significance was the location of the burial yesterday of Canada's fallen hero. The exact location is a spot Terry visited many times before his death, his "thinking place", Calhoun said. The 22-year-old runner was very in touch with . life, Calhoun said, but it wasn't until he faced death that his life became clear to him. "That would change the shape of all our lives," he said. Terry was a deeply religious person, a person who after reading the Bible completely a second time, said: "I've now developed values to lead me in my life." "Terry was church," Calhoun said. "He con- sidered himself the richest person in the world." When he received the Companion Order of Canada from Gov. -Gen. Ed Schreyer in Port Coquitlam last October, he felt the medal should belong to everyone who was a part of the Marathon of Hope, Calhoun said. RON CALHOUN. the national He was demanding, Calhoun said, special events chairman of the but never expected more of others Canadian Cancer Society said than he did of himself, Terry Fox represented the finest (Staff photos by Philip Walker) human qualities one could have. SUCCESS The success of the Marathon of Hope actually depended on the failure of Terry to complete his run to British Columbia, Calhoun said. Through regional projections carried out by the Canadian Cancer Society, the marathon would have raised $3 million. When the runner was forced to halt his cross - Canada run on Sept. 2, 1980 at mile 3,339 (outside Thunder Bay), donations increased and to date, $23.1 million has been donated, just shy of Terry's hopeful projection of $1 for every Canadian. "Whether I win or lose, I'll still be a winner," he said and to win,. he had to lose. "Terry taught us in order to succeed, we must fail," Calhoun said. His love of challenge never was dispirited by his ar- tificial leg. The disabled person is only disabled when seen as disabled in the eyes of others, Terry had said. A LESSON His will to live has provided a lesson for people of self-indulgence, Calhoun said. "He taught us we're not always striving to our potential." Terry proved dreams can come true, the excitement of a challenge and how to utilize talents to good use. "We're all the better people for it," Calhoun said. "Rest in peace, my young friend." Toon, president of Oxford Cancer Society, said Terry was not out to promote himself during his run and was adamant about his purpose to help future generations from suffering from cancer the way he had. "Terry will live on in all of us," he said. The determined look on Terry's face as he "Fox trotted" part way across Canada "made the rest of us healthy people look a little weak," said Aid. Poole, who replaced acting mayor Joe Pember. "He's been a vision for us all," he said. Aid. Poole said the city of Woodstock will attempt to name a new stadium con- taining an all-weather track behind College Avenue Secondary School after Terry Fox. A trophy will be given annually by the city to a person who displays the same qualities as witnessed by the young man, he said, The Marathon of Hope was creativity, of one individual who was in tune with himself and in tune with his creator. said Mr. Snyder. "Terry Fox belongs to God and continues to belong to God," he said, "and God belongs to him," In a special offering taken at the service, $V$ was donated to the Canadian Cancer Society. At a similar service held Thursday afternoon at Christ Church Angligan in Oxford Centre, 90 people donated $152 to cancer society. ox Fora arboretuio ri i ihJs dream , By AI Grater .. _. land"I, -rtx•"tire. - hehrids from nor.. promollano,wng:R series wereincluded to fill the III-04anddsibinted" . - series Woodstock Bureau In the past few, -years trees 1f1yearAd8Se,rfr0m „l, „:.. have been limiteddo the 49 species 7hame6 iftl ><lona4 WOODSTOCK Its probably Ox of.native Canadian trees.'The numJ lherltY:4�I ybop�' ford Ccunty s best -kept secret'— a her planted depends,on`,their availfi i arras=mtttbe pfiflf� only two groups of trees tn1litiock,i�a 10-acresite containing 108 different species of trees; inconspicuously' ,ablity,ind •were planted this year. i e nted from the aitthOY guarded by a wall"-oC ever- ' `Dickson's soal',is'ki.hacc the snc ih«. arboretum. ,giant greens, filled by'its;'toth anhR,ersars in 19wS. lrickso -said he wai There are no signs or, maps alert- "It has to become more inat ure• reVA"Inv money for lure tag motorists that the county arbore- more attractive to the.pubhc before not a id red custodian: I theAsame;taatisfacl turn lies 6.7kilometres .north •nf here on CountyT'Road 4. The p3rkiog-lot it warrants Anvesting;mooey in ittget There &•really-.noiuse yetAn trymg to' paid.,"'f 3 34y ta�,iA Ai� z vK for; the °site'is.a;field of overgrown ' :«- tw, , o• e � a - � + �' •� weeds and the largest -trees are less than seven metres high WA dou't btoty'the`^ people even countyan arboretum but for ,has Les Dickson of Burgessville; countyx;t'o-E > '. , f warden In 1973 it is a labor of love ,t and the realization of a dream--thercx development of.-a,:tree--edlectiott-._ b which will •eventuallyancltule•every -- Species- ,oftree which wilt grow; in tlusclimate:` Dickson has voluntarily,, main-. i tained- thesite, sinceit =started in „ 1975,1�9 commitment4ie made -when ' �.- •- - politicpetp al opponents to his roJect 'lt^Ixas charged arwaste of -county money "I felt there was a rterrihle lack of interesi,.amongShe;council for this a Ma I ro ect;and the one wa F ,1 y Y � would be completed would be for me -to per- sonally keep my nose in it" he said Tuesday..,^ Dickson said he has never regret- ted the regular 22.4-kilometre trips from his farm to cut the grass at the site. "It's.worth it_to me personally because I can see -something devel- oping which will be -of extreme value to the public, more so 20 to 30 years,''''• from now.'!,-- -. _' +. He sees the collection as a future�- tourisf attraction, a place for school _ - dUdren to visit and an example of -' w the countYZs commitment to the con tLauation.of trees and forestation. Dickson=said it will be another 10 years before, the beauty of the site can be appreeiated..Each species is ;»anti 't: gi ape of tour to ensure q one tree in the group will survive_ There_is enough room" left for So groups- , -Tile trees include several varieties maple, locust and nut tines such ' as the &Aglish walnut. There';are willows,. plars; ever and -greens r.evT1&R types of shrubs - Planting is rr w.� ' v o e lekat aawooc " an-Eti y done''eai h spring byithe naliir3l re « fi t�v iltcks�Ai. n s tees are soraP� rFi tare; sbarees"ininistry-at an average as n,aalcost�tothecounh.ofb�0�•�.s�'�«'`•'fOet� acres:fr'fhem.QaYs�the"•Qxfor j�purity3rdrbort3turi Whp—. aW411=.began. -:several dried leaves on a cut3eaf_weeoina Nrch.q ^ ASPr�r rri'•� Tillsonburg sets freeze on hiring TILLSONBURG — Town :council imposed a hiring, freeze'late 'Tues- day -night on all municipal depart- ments —.and made the move retro- active to April 1. The freeze decision includes an or- der to municipal department heads to "review" any potential hiring and Justify to council the htring'of any-: one in the last three months' Each staff change since April .l. will re- quire specific council approval. 4a,