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1983
• By DOROTHY CLARK Cooperation was the word used by Charlie Tatham, Oxford County's 124th warden, to identify what will be crucial to the progress of the county over the next three years. Warden Tatham was elected to his post Wednesday at the inaugural meeting of council, defeating Zorra Township Mayor Wallis Hammond by a vote of 164 At 57, Warden Tatham has been involved in politics for 28 years. A councillor and former mayor of Woodstock, he is the fourth person from that city to sit in the warden's chair and the first Woodstock warden since 1901. During an inaugural speech heard by a chamber crowded with former councillors, friends and relatives, Warden Tatham told the Aesop fable of the cat and the fox. To escape their enemy the dog, the fox had many plans but the cat had only one In the end the fox was left confused and was killed by his enemy but the cat sur- vived. Like the cat, the warden said there is only one plan he can have to be successful. "It is a plan of co-operation. When we work together, we can acwmplish good things." The legislation that restructured Oxford County in 1975 "gave us the words - If we can develop the right chemistry between our council members, we will provide the music - and I know we will render a song of progress for Oxford." Warden Tatham, vice-president of Wood -Get Supply Ltd„ told his audience that he will pursue his three-year term "with all the ability 1 have". While he is an advocate of industrial and commercial development, he is also concerned with soil and water con- servation and tree planting. Warden Tatham also suggested setting up a one - day seminar for all municipal officials to cast and discuss any items that will benefit the county. Tatham wins vote as Oxford warden WOOMUOCK (Bureau) —veteran city p olitidan Charlie Tatham became OxtoM County's 121th warden Wednesday, defeat. ing Zorra Township Mayor Wallis Ham- mond by a vote of 16-1 on the first ballot at cottndl's inaugural meeting. Tatham, 57. an alderman and former mayor of Woodstock, has been involved in municipal politics since Itls1. He is the fourth person from Woodstock to sit In the warden's chair and the first Woodstock warden since 1901. Tatham, vice-president of Wood -Gen Supply Ltd., told a chamber packed with friends, relatives and former councillors that he will pursue his term "with all the ability I have:".. During his inaugural speech. Tatham stressed the need for co-operation among county officials. "When we work together we can accomplish good things," he said. The legislation that restructured Oxford County in 1975 "gave us the words and If the right chemistry develops ... we will have the music" for a song of proggress, he said. Tatham, who replaces Blandford-Bien. heim Township Mayor Ross Lhingston as warden, was sworn in with other members of county council by Oxford County Judge Chester Misener, who said Oxford is fortu- nate because of the high calibre of its citi- zens running for public office. Misener also Ihmlked the previous council for its exten- sive renovations to the gil-year-old courthouse. Comity council also appointed members to its committees. Former warden Livingston is chairman or the public works committee, which also Includes Howard Cook, South-West Oxford; Phil Poole and Leslle Cook, both of Woodstock. Woodstock Mayor Wendy Calder was elected chairman of the administration and finance committee. Other members are Wallis Hammond, Zorra Township; Jean Ferric, Tillsonburg; Don McKay, East- Zorra Tavistock. Doug Harris of Ingersoll was elected chairman of the planning committee with members Ed Down, Blandford-Blenheim Township; Helen Smith, Norwich Town- shlpt and Joe Pember, Woodstock. ,lack Warden of Ingersoll Is the chairman of the health and services committee, which also includes James Gibb, Zorra Township; John Heleniak, Norwich Town- ship; Nell Hostetler. East Zorra-Tavistock; Jack Whitmore, Tillsonburg; Walter Wil- son, South-West Oxford; and Lenore Young, Woodstock. Tatham, as warden, bits on all four committees, New Oxford warden DECEMBER I rges co-operation > 82 u Warden Tatham, who is replacing Blandford-Blenheim Township Mayor Ross Livingston, was sworn in with other members of council by Oxford County Judge Chester Misener, who said Oxford is fortunate because of the high calibre of citizens who have been elected to serve for the next three years. Judge Misener also expressed his ap- preciation to the previous council for its extensive renovations to the Wyear-old courthouse, which he said can be con- sidered "the jewel of all public buildings in Ontario". County council also appointed members to its standing committees. Former Warden Livingston is chairman of the public works committee, which also includes Howard Cook, South-West Ox- ford; Phil Poole and Leslie Cook, both of Woodstock. The planning committee will be chaired by Doug Harris of Ingersoll with members Ed Down, Blandford - Blenheim; Helen Smith, Norwich and Joe Pember, Wood- stock. Woodstock Mayor Wendy Calder is chairman of the administration and finance committee. Other members are Joan F'errie, Tillsonburg; Wallis Ham- mond, Zorra and Don McKay, East-Zorra Tavistock. The health and social services com. runtce will be chaired by Jack Warden, Ingersoll which also includes Jim Gibb, Zorra; John Helentak, Norwich; Nell Hostetler, East-Zorro Tavistock; Jack Whitmore, Tillsonburg; Walt Wilson, South-West Oxford and Lenore Young, Woodstock. As warden Mr. Tatham sits on all four committees. A land division committee was also appointed consisting of councillors Doug Harris, Ingersoll; Ed Down, Blandford- Rlonheim; JoePomber, Woodstock; Helen Smith, Norwich and laymen Edgar McKay, Jack Burn and Ken Webster. CHARLIE TATHAM was sworn Chester Misener. Tatham is the into his new post as Warden of Ox- first warden to hail from Wood- ford County with the help of Judge stock: since 1901. Bringing in the new Former Oxford County Warden Ross Livingston tlefD passes the gavel to ht% aaccessar Charlie Tatham. Me, Tatham, of Woodstock, was elected warden of the cratnty for the new term Wednesday, lie sees cooperation as the key to progress. A gavel for Charlie a green bag for Ross There was a lot of swearing nt Oxford County Council's inaugural meeting yesterday, as 20 councillors pledged their troth to the county for the next three years. Provincial Court Judge Chester Misener conducted the ceremonies, including the swearing -in of the new Warden, Charlie Tatham Tatham easily won over competitor Wallis Hammond with the final count 164, Later. Judge Misener told council and spectators the county is "particularly for- tunate in that citizens of your calibre are making a three-year sacrifice" to serve the public Tatham's sacrifice has been somewhat longer than that.. His latest appointment comes 28 years after he first began flirting with municipal politics back in 1954, Despite the lengthy involvement, Tatham said later he had voted against the idea of three-year terms of municipal office, but added "now that it's here, Ws something we have to do." Tatham is somewhat of a noveltv in one respect, according to outgoing warden Ross Livingston. Livingston told council that while Tatham is the 125th warden of the county, he is onlyy the fourth nne to hot[ from Woodstock, and the first since 1901. No inaugural meeting would be complete without a little something for the outgoing boss. Former public works committee chairman Joe Pember took the opportunity to present Livingston's gift wrapped in memorable, if somewhat unconventional, Story and photos by Ted Town trimmings. Since garbage and dumps ac- counted for a good deal of business over the past two years in office, the most appropriate wrapping, Pember reasoned, was a heavy green plastic bag. The garbage issue has not disappeared, but Tatham said it was not the most important issue. "Once you develop a co-operative philosophy in council, everything else will fall into place." - IT WAS ONLY fitting that representative Joe Pember outgoing County Warden Ross decided the best way to wrap up Livingston be presented with a Livingston's term was to wrap up token of appreciation for his two his present in a garbage bag. years of hard work. Woodstock Committees Four new county council committees were struck after the inaugural session. Outgoing county warden Ross Livingston will chair the public works committee. Members Include South-West Oxford Coun. Howard Cook, Woodstock Councillors Phil Poole and Les Cook and Warden Charlie Tatham. The first regular meeting of the committee was scheduled for today. In, Mayor Doug Harris is chairman of the planning committee. Harris Wednesday suggested chairmanship of the planning committee be allotted to a one-year tern), instead of three years, Other members of the com- mittee include Blandford- Blenheim Coun, Ed Down (vice- chairman), Norwich Coun. Helen Smith, Woodstock Coon, Joe Pember and Warden Tatham, Woodstock Mayor Wend yy Calder is chairman of the ad- ministration and finance committee. Other committee members include Zorra Coun. Wallis Hammond (OW chairman), Tillsonburg Coun. Jean Ferrie, East Zorra. Tavislock Coun. Don McKay and Warden Tatham. The next regular meeting of the committee is scheduled Monday at to a.m. Coun. Jack Warden will chair the health and social services committee. Other members include Zorra Coun,.Jim Gibb, Norwich Coun. John Heleniak, East Zorra-Tavistock Coun, Nell Hostetler, Tillsonburg Coun. Jack Whitmore, South-West Oxford Coun, Walt Wilson, Woodstock Coun. Lenore Young (vice-chairman) and Warden Tatham. The committee's next meeting is scheduled Tuesday at 1:3o p.m. Aiming for a compromise Charles Street widening plan bounces back to committee By BILL SCRIVEN Sentinel -Review staff writer The proposed project to widen of Charles Street, all set to be shelved for three years by the comfy's outgoing public works committee, fell back into the hands of a newly formed public works committee Wednesday. And the new group will aim for 'a compromise between the county and the people affected by the proposed widening. At the first meeting of the new Oxford County council, a majority of councillors voted to refer the controversial issue back to the committee for further discussion. Council turned down a recommendation by the old public works com- mittee to table the en- �vironmental assessment report 'for three years. The report recommends widening the street from Thames Street to the town limits to 42 feet from 24 feel, complete with curbs, gutters and sidewalks. A delegation from Ingersoll opposing the proposed widening o the street met with the public works committee last month. In no way did the residents in Ingersoll want Charles Street i widened, members of the group said. The delegation instead Holbrook landfill site WCH)DSIOCK (Bureau) — An environ- mental asseshntent hearing to consider Ox- ford County%applicat.ion W extend the life of the Holbrook landfill bite ended Wednes- day after the main participants withdraw their objections, Although the three -member board has yet to make a decision, county, offlcials do tort expect any problems as a result of an all -party agreement hanunered put Tues- favored a simple resurfacing of might be different." the roadway, to be left at its same width. DOWN THE ROAD IN BAD SHAPE All parties agreed the street was in bad shape, but each had different answers to improve conditions on the street. While residents in the area recom- mended resurfacing, county design and construction engineer Stewart Watts said the county was following the en- vironmental assessment process as set down by the province. Ingersoll Mayor Doug Harris vehemently opposed the public committee's decision Wed- nesday to table the Charles Street report for thr(ie years, saying nothing would be ac- complished by such a move. By tabling the report, 'we're talking five years for something to be done — three years for tabling and two years for en- vironmental hearings," said Mayor Harris, Coun. Joe Pember, outgoing chairman of the public works committee, said he didn't support the tabling motion and instead favored the street being rebuilt "maybe three years from now when the economy Coun. Pember urged com- promise be sought in solving the Charles Street dilemma. "rhe road should not be built for daily (present) needs, but for down the road," he said. "If the ex. perts can come up with a width acceptable to both sides, that will be fine." He said it was wrong for county council to fall to public pressure, "getting roads built not according to needs but to public pressure." Ross Livingston, new chairman of the public works committee, said the message he received from residents at the public meeting was "take your (county) money and go someplace else." - But Mayor Harris argued the message received by Coun. Livingston was misinterpreted. "If you're going to do it (the Proposed street widening) ac- ceding to county plans, don't do it," said Mayor Harris. The residents gave committee members no direct direction, said Livingston. Since then, the committee has received a petition from another area in the county requesting work be done on a road surface, agreement reached day and discussed before the board Wednesday. Under terms of the agreement, Norwich Townshf� council and a group of cuncernud citizens have withdrawn theh' objections to the county's application to extend use of the Holbrook site mail June .30, 1981, In return for tighter environmental and monituring guaran(ees. Oxford County council passed a bylaw Wednesday authorizing newly elected war. deft Charlie 'i'atham of W(Kulstock to sign the document, Norwich Township council also cool Wednesday and approved the deal. Former warden Hoss Livingston of Blandlord Blenheim Township said the agreement is similar toone approved In prinotple by 6unty council last month, Al- though the agreement calls for an exten- sine monitoring systcni to check for meth- ane gas and sealer contamination, Livittlslon said it is still cheaper than puy- Ing for a lengthy hearing, estimated at S10.00 a day, InOuding the costs of al! par- ticipants. • • 0: No magical answers says Tatham Warden ready to talk out the issues By LINDA HULME Sentlne -Review staff writer It doesn't lake being an expert in engineering or finance to feel confident shout being top dog in the Oxford County political arena. Oxford's new warden, Charlie Tatham, doesn't claim expertise in road-buildingg or wrong or landfilhng or s W.king budgets or other sophisticated areas of county business. He doesn't have to. In the next three years the county should await no magical formula from Tatham, but politicians, county staff, and citizens should look forward to a more simple, less complicated maxim the 57 year old warden has long since adopted. "It's a matter of com- munication," said Tatham. He doesn't intend to wrestle with issues and disputes. Tatham said he's ready to sit down and talk about it, learn the facts, weigh them, and find the, solution that will benefit everyone. Listening to people, finding out what they know and what they think you know, is the key to discerning what's a problem and what's not, he said. BIGGEST PROBLEM "Something may or may not be true, but it they (the citizens) think it's true, then it's fact," he said. "We have to recognize that it people think they're not being treated fairly, they aren't and we have to do something about it.,, He said lack of com- mumestion is the world's biggest problem, and if Oxford is going to prosper, it's a good idea to keep communication linesopen within the community first. Coming from a family of newspaper people, it's not surprising Tatham looks to the press for an indication of what people are thinking. An avid reader, he is considering having the count yy subscribe to every paper pul+lisbed in Oxford so there's no excuse not to keep on top of things. Finding out what people are talking about, what they're thinking about, that's im- portant,' he said. "1 think the county can arrive at better answers with more facts just by talking to people." Not only being aware of what people are thinking, but what's happening in the market place is also important to Oxford's prosperity. The Daily Sentinel -Review, Mon., Dec. 13, 1982 Page 3 TALK ABOUT IT, find out about Tatham will bring to the issues it, then do it and do it well is the confronting the county. philosophy Warden Charlie (Staff photo by Linda Hulme) Oxford welfare cases brimming LWDA FiULME � Sentinel -Review aloft writer Oxford County's social services department received an all- time high of 1,185 cases for welfare assistance in November, and director Gerry MacKay predicts the first three months of next year will be much the same. In November, 1991, 754 cases were handled by the department. MacKay said in an interview it's too early to tell what December will bring. "With the economy the way it is, we knew itwas going to be bad, but we didn't think it was going to be this bad," he said. The almost $3 million social services budget has been exhausted, and MacKay is projecting a S9o,oDo deficit for the end of the year, County treasurer Howard Day said about two thirds of the deficit can be offset with contingency funds and other sources of income. LEVELLED OFF? "I think it's levelled off for now," MacKay told the social services committee, Tuesday, "but I think in ,lunuary, February and March we're going to ace an increase in cases. People will be coming off their unemployment, benefits then." That's the main source of the problem MacKay points to, but there are other fac(ors which have aggravated the situation. A late August. frost killed tobacco end numerous related area jobs. Tatham admits he can't see a deluge of industries trying to locate here with the current reacession still rearing its ugly head, but that doesn't mean Oxford should just close its doors on the idea, We've got to be Prepared, we've got to be ready, he said. This means reading what's going on in the rest of the world (after all, Oxford is a part of it), going to conventions, seminars, finding out where trends are going, what's changing. "We have to be alive and alert and see what's happening in the market place," he said. "You can't make a sale sitting at home and sipping tea." While farmers may see more development as a threat, Tatham said there's no need for concern. There's enough area within urban Oxford for development without infringing on the county s fertile agricultural land, he said. 'Industries change. There's a cycle. Products change, and you've got to replace companies with other companies. If we don't develop any more space, let's recycle what we've already got," he said. Woodstock -born Tatham recognizes Oxford's highly productive farmland as valuable asset to be protected. A man who admires people who work, he looks upon this county as having some of the best farmers in the world. "We've got people doing it, making a better product, right here," he said. And to Tatham, that's what life is all about. Talk about it, find out about it, then do it, and do it well. Bank of Commerce cuts rate to lowest level in two years Canada's second-largest bank jumped the gun on the rest of the financial community Wednesday, dropping its prime lending rate half a percentage point to its lowest level in more than two years. Citing the lower cost of obtaining money and declines in U.S. short-term rates, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce said it would cut its prime —the interest charged on loans to top -rated corporate customers— to 12.5 per cent, effective Friday. BLUES CHASER "I'm not really late," said the tardy of- Hce employee. " I just took my coffee break before coming in." m N S pp> S 2 2 w N 2 i�,.,Uln,: by 1till ki, lihU1- M 1h,F,ro ! _ ! : ..'"I"'! , , f't :'., `,.;,I. Snowmobilers lose out in bid to make park trail W O ODSTOCK ( Bureau) — Snow- mobilers won't be dashing through the snow In file Oxford County park near Beaehville this winter. A request from the Westwood Hills Snowniobflers Inc. club for permission to establish a trail through the park, located between Woodstock and Beachville, was re- jected by county council despite the support of nine councillors. In a letter to council, club presi- dent Lou Phelps said the trail would improve and extend the club's ex- isting system and could be used as hiking aml nature trail during the summer. However, Zorra Township Conn. Wallis Hammond expressed con- cern about the suitability of locat- ing a trail between two railroad lines and near a river. He said the county decided two years ago the park should be. passive and re- served for quiet acitivitfes such as skiing and hiking. He said access to the park is limited and the snowmo- bilers would not have any place to park when thvy unloaded their snowmobile... "Are they going to roar in through Beachville or come in over the railroad tracks?" The snowmobilers received sup- port from some councillors, howev er. who argued It would be safer for the clubs to use the parks for snow- mobiling activities than the high- ways or roadsides. Coun. James Gibb, also of Zorra Township, said snowmobilers are caught between city councils who have been ban- ning them from their local mmtici- palities and farmers who won't grant permission to let them run on their land because they are afraid the machines might harm the farmland. Gibb said snowmobilers have helped the community in the past during snowstorms and need a place to operate their vehicles. Woodstock Conn. Joe Pember agreed and said most snowmobile clubs are responsible and police thee, trails to make sure their mem- bers aren't creating any problems. Oxford's dump plan rejected after hearing B Nick Martin y over a period of 25 years con county-u%neo land at County Road 16 and Coneessio,: Toronto Bureau Road 2 of south -West Oxford, about on,. kilometre east of Highway 1% the boar i TORONTO — Oxford County was left noted. without all answer to its long-term waste The board concluded that the umnt dispusal needs Wednesday when a consoli- consultant, Gartner Lee A wi i ;sates U.' dated hearings board reiected the county's had not disproved fears of the site's unst. application I'or u landfill site in Salford. lability raised by the townships consi.. In a lengthy decision that was highly runts, geologist DavidSharpeand geoscie, critical of the county's presentation of ifs List Dr. Aleksls Dreimanls. case, the board praised the opposition of the "The safety of the site becomes high; residents of the Salford area and awarded questionable," the board ruled. painta,._ $7a,000 In legal costs to South-West Oxford out that concerns about the site's hydrogo, Township, logical suitability cited by, the townsh.; Because residents of South-West Oxford experts had not been addressed by Garin, paid tuxes to both parties in the dispute, the Lee. board :said, and because the township The board `must conclude on the er, proved its case while the county did not, the dense that the geology of this site was not county will have to reimburse the township sufficiently undersuQ by the county's cvn- the $75,000. sultants to enable them to recommend the The application was considered in two site for landfilling_." phases totalling 59 days of hearings held -earlier this year. The proposed landfill site of log acres (1.7 hectares) would have been developed The Daily Sentinel -Review, Thurs., Dec. 23, 1982 Page 3 Chairman rules Salford too unpredictable Complexity of site did 0 it in By LINDA HDLME Sentinel -Review staff writer The unpredictability of the Salford landfill site's safety as a result of its geologically com- plex nature was the basis for a provincial hearing board's decision to turn down Oxford County's application for the site. In a decision announced Wednesday in Toronto by board chairman John Wheler, it was revealed the board relied heavily or) evidence presented by geology experts for South- West Oxford Township. The county was also ordered to award the township $'75,000 in legal costs. During the 55 day hearing, it Township officials cheer the decision "It's a flat out victory," said a ubWmt David Estrin, South- est Oxford Township solicitor, Wednesday, after hearing a provincial board's -decision which turned down Oxford County's application for the Salford landfill site. "We're happy with the decision because we think it's the right one," he said. Estrin led the township to victory in a case which con- centrated on the geological makeup of the Salford site. The case was based on evidence which showed the site to be too geologically complex to ensure the safety of neighboring water supplies. Estrin said the decision backs the township's view that geology is important in determining a suitable landfill site, and the board accepted the townahip'x facts that this site certainly is not. The board's statement that county consultants didn't fully understand the nature of the site to enable them to recommend it for iondfllling is "pretty dam. ning." Estrin is elated over the board's acceptance of the township's submission for geological mapping to be in- cluded in the county official plan. But he added the other official plan policies agreed to earlier this year will play an important part in how the county goes about selecting another site. The policies include in- vestigating alternative sources of wastedispPosal, allowing tor,a public participation process in selecting another site, and the consideration of the importance "The county will have to do a more intelligent job and spend lots less time and money next time," he said. Township Mayor Walter Wilson was naturally pleased with the hearing's outcome, adding It doesn't bother him the county is appealing the decision to the provincial cabinet. "I can't see the cabinet overthrowing it when (the site) is turned down because of hydrogw1ogy," he said. "The hearing board said it isn't a safe site so why would the politicians overthrow that'"' tie said he is confident the board's decision will stand. Coun. at large -Howard Cook was also happy with the decision. _ IT'S A PRESENT 'I feel it's a Christmas present, especially for the Salford residents," he said. But he added the township and the county can't forget the problems arising from the decision. There's still a need for a long term solution to garbage disposal in Oxford, he said, and it's time the county should realize Iandf fling isn't the answer to be concentrating on. "I'm a firm believer in recycling," he said. "And in setting up a program, you're doing it not just for Oxford County but for southwestern Ontario." He said the township should co-operate with the county in bringing about a long term solution, even if it means another landfill site somewhere In SouHvWest Oxford. "If they ould find a spot in South-West Oxford that could pass all those tests, then we couldn't be against It," he said. was made clear by county and township witnesses alike one can't predict the safety of a landfill site unless there's a full understanding of it's geological makeup. Two differing pictures of what underlies the 220 acre Salford site were presented. The county's evidence showed the site to contain two layers of thick, clayey soils which are ideal for Iandfilling. Water and contaminants move slowly through clay, and county wit- nesses predicted it would be thousands of years before any contaminants reached neigh- boring domestic water supplies. MORE TO SITE But evidence presented by the two township geologists,showed there's more to this site than the county experts believe. Numerous geological for- mations were cited by the ex- perts which can cause havoc with the groundwater travelling through the site. The site is on a ridge called a moraine, created by abutting glaciers. The towship's evidence revealed moraines often indicate the presence of sands and gravels through which water passes quickly. Further evidence showed the presence of other formations, drumlins and kettles, within the moraine itself which can also contain sandy soils and provide conduits for contaminants. The site, the board concluded, is too complex to fully predict where water is travelling and how fast, which makes it too unsafe for landfilling. "The board... must conclude on the evidence that the geology of this site was not sufficiently understood by the county's cunsultants to enable them to recommend the site for fond filling," the board stated. Other evidence supported the board's decision to lum down the Salford, site, such as the absence of any research into where wells in close proximity of the site are drawing water. The township also found itself the winner in the planning portion of the hearing as well. It's submission to include geological mapping into the county official plan to ppinpoint the best areas for landfilling was accepted in full. While the county stated mapping could hinder a site selection in that suitable sites may be overlooked, the board stated the mapping could prove useful in cutting down hearing time. "H this hearing is any- in- dication of potential problems associated with the placement of landfills on land having complex geologic and hydrogeologic features, then the inclusion of such a policy in the official plan wouldpresuntablygoa long way in avoiding...such lengthy, complicated and costly hearings as the one presented to this board," the report states. CONCERNS The NNard also found the fears and concerts of the: citizens relevant evidence, be it fear of contamination, concerns over the safety of children with in- creased truck traffic, or the visibility of the site to villagers half a mile away. "it is not unreasonable for the board to speculate from the evidences, from a planning standpoint, that the impact of a landfill - facility^ on this com- munity would likely lead to Its decline as a desirable place to live," the board stated. The county was criticized for researching the planning aspects of the site only after the site was already selected. • • 0 • WORDS OF WISDOM Rev. John Davies, a spry 97- session of the term at the cour- years-old, gave county council thouse. some words of wisdom as coun- (Staff photo by Dave Dorken) cillors held their first regular WOODSTOCK-INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1982 Oxford County to _ -_ By LINDA HULME -- Sentinel-Review staff writer Oxford County council, whose plans for the Salford landfill site were scuttled by a provincial hearing board Wednesday, decided last night to appeal the board's decision to the Ontario cabinet. Consolidated hearing board chairman John Wheler released the decision in Toronto Wednesday morning. County officials met twice yesterday to discuss details of the 75-page document, and then council voted 17 to 2 in favor of appealing the decision to the provincial cabinet. The board dealt the county blows on virtually every aspect of the evidence it presented at the 55-day hearing held this summer and upheld the opposing evidence brought forth by South-West Oxford Township. Warden Charlie Tatham was predictably disappointed. "I haven't read the report but it seems that we were out on all counts," he said. What will happen at the cabinet level Tatham couldn't predict, nor did he comment on what the county is going to do should the cabinet agree with the board. CHARLIE TATHAM — disappointed — decision Salford 0 400 L LJ Ma _o Z 0 V Z 0 0 r.� r� r L7J _F N.�_. ✓, �� C N aLm s�'t�ot9p'Oo ;,Eonw�.�5'Be Q�" =G,�E cuo��� yyaw 0 pp g� N CL�d fiu d« c c mt3w3 P>`�oa2i> n ad= ' a gOC9 V N T. �E E o c 0N� o3-•,v pp x=va,ER :-`mom d9 vNi�C 3NW � N cYaga �a=.c �¢✓3 Wj5A V? 5 w ro�wcy m'L�a> 'a Q=VA.-�o co �v�^li✓✓o,�Z a�BN 3u Eat uac cu« oc Wc' e'Sa c E u3y°i ..o imo°''S c5 u L �s ovo«oc m�c y;$�a, ou- UN- TY �yC yCLGN�00 ism �.N,NF a6 Gy.+o >� U C 3F, �9w w f'Ha dE✓yppy.2ni.=' W N o au�3u m�s 3v?3E35 Hearing lasted 55 days Tiny village was the focus of county's. costliest debate JIL 1%2 was the year a little Ilage in South-West Oxford )wnship made endless Adlines, as Salford became e base for the largest, most ;pensive debate ever in the story of Oxford County. Thousands of dollars were cored into an argument about, all things, where Oxford's itbage may go for the next 20 ,ars in a record 55 day con- ilidated hearing on the oposed Salford landfill site. And as the lawyers and the .perts on groundwater, surface •ainage, noise, traffic, plan- ng, geology, design and igineering showed, what oppens to the stuff we put into ose green garbage bags is an dremely complex issue. While the actual hearing igan in the early days of arch, it was after years of ,eparation (since 1975 to be ;act) by the county and the The county proposed an igineered 20 year landfill site be situated on a 220 acre lot at east of Salford complete ith water monitoring and mtingencies for controlling achate migration. CLOSE PROXIMITY The township objected to the site, noting its close proximity to the hamlet and the possible threat to water quality in neigh- boring wells. While the argument sounds relatively clean cut, is it safe or isn't it, there was more, much more, to be considered. After much haggling and 'negotiating by lawyers for both isides, it was decided to phase the hearing into two parts. The first part considered planning :.principles governing waste IIdisposal. The county's official plan policy was objected to by the township because 'of its -vague references to landfill sites. The second, and most time - ;consuming, part was the en- vironmental issues surrounding the Salford site in particular. In the official plan phase, the first evidence was called in late April by county lawyer Tom Lederer before a consolidated Assessment Board) IT'S ADEQUATE �. What an expert planner and staff from the Ministry of Environment (MOE) told them was, basically, the county of- ficial plan policy regarding landfi6 was adequate to rovide for responsible site selection, The policy called for landfills to be atI ated on agricWtwal preserve areas with operations regulated by the MOE, Agricultural land is the beat place for landfills, said the planner, while the MOE staff said their regulations were sufficient to provide for the safe operation of any site. But the township witnesses showed there was more to it than that. A Planner said the policy should include provision for public participation In site selection, allowing for a better understanding of the county's intentions. A geologist said the county should include a map of sews geologically suitable for landfill and confine selection of a site to those areas only. The witnesses added that maximum protection of agricultural land shoud be paramount as well. AGREE TO MOST The county, after some negotiating, 'agreed to most of the proposals except for the inclusion of the geological map. Lederer said it could mean a good site play be overlooked if the county is confined to only certain areas. A formal agreement ended the first base of the hearing, ex- cept for the map proposal which went on to be argued in the second phase. It was June before the specific evidence on the Salford site was called. Again, the county presented evidence first backing its view that the site, including the engineering proposals for its operations, is suitable in terms of water safety and other social considerations such as traffic and noise. The most hard-hitting evidence presented by the county was based on a series of testing programs conducted by the. firm Gartner -Lee Associates on the soils and water in the area. Gartner -Lee witnesses testified the site was safe because it was situated on two very clayey soil layers. Clay is best suited for landfilling because water travels slowly through it. Experts estimated it would be thousands of years before any groundwater on the site would move off and into neighboring wells.' .ABSORBS CHEMICALS Likewise, any contaminants in the water wouldn't reach the wells either. An added at- traction to the site, county witnesses testified, is that clay has a good "attenuation factor", meaning it absorbs much of the chemicals and contaminants from the water, leaving the water passing through the two layers more diluted. County evidence also showed the groundwater direction to be travelling away from the village I a southwesterly direction. ' Other aspects of the site were also brought out at the hearing by the county. It's location near Highway 19 and Highway 401 make it better for truck traffic to reach it; witnesses said. Evidence also showed that drainage and ecology would not be severely affected. But the township came out with evidence questioning We safety of the site hvelroamloaically. because of testified to two clay soil layers, township geologists said the site was much more complex than that, leaving the predictability of water flow up in the air. COMPLEX STRUCTURE The site is situated on a glacially -formed ridge called a moraine. Evidence showed moraines to be complex structures, often containing sand and gravel. These two soil types are bad for landitlling beeause they are good conduits for water and consequently, contaminants. The geologists also showed there is more to be concerned about because of other geologtest formations on the site which may complicate the simple picture drawn by county witnesses, The citizens also had a turn at presenting evidence during the hearing. More than 40 people E verbal and written briefs to the board. Several fears were voiced, such as possible water contamination, worsening drainage patterns on surrounding farmland, the questionable safety of children with the potential for hundreds of trucks a day passing through the village. Citizens also feared the destruction of an active and vibrant village because a nearby landfill site would be a deterrent to those who might move to the community. It would devalue property in the area and create anxiety for people living there just waiting for their wells to pump up leachate. BOTH OPTIMISTIC The board listened, and listened, and listened some more to the evidence and finally, about a week aer Thanksgiving in October, the hearing adjourned. There was optimism ex- pressed on both sides, the. citizens and the township having faith that the board would see the bad planning involved in placing a site only a half mile away from a village. The county, believing their technical evidence to be unbeatable, counted on the board to see the practicality of using a hydrogeologicaily safe site. The wait for a decision wasn't as long as expected. The hammer came down hard onto the county, dashing any hopes of a favorable decision. LOST ALL COUNTS The county test out not only on the planning aspects of the site, but the technical aspects as well. In the 75 page document. issued by the board in mid - December, it was clear the evidence brought forth by the township's geology experts was the most favored. The board accepted the argument that the site was too geologically complex to be counted on for safe landBlling, and turned down the site chiefly for that reason. But the fears of the residenls were also accepted, with the board recognizing what's in people's minds is real., even though what they may be thinking may never happen County officials were shocked at the decision, and county council voted immediately to ap I it to the provincial cis ineI, Township officials and the citizens were predictably elated ever the news, arriving just days before Christmas. Officials and citizens alike fell confident the decision wouldn't be overruled, mainly because it was turned down for technical reasons and not only social ones. The fate of the decision now remains in the hands of the cabinet, Both the township and county legal counsels must make written submissions for the cabinet to review. Though nothing has been said about the county's plans, a cabinet decision will likely start off a whole new year of discussion about what's becoming an open sore, gar bage. • 0 • Bank rate drops to lowest level in four years OTTAWA (CP) — Another welcome wave of interest rate relief loomed Thursday as the trend -setting bank rate hit its lowest level in more than four years and one major bank cut its main lending rates by one half of one percentage point. The bank rate slipped to 10.05 from 10.26 per cent last week. Only hours earlier, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce said it is cutting its prime rate for top corporate borrowers and its one-year mor- tgage rate to 12 from 12.5 per cent. The dirt may fly again Salford ruling Oxford Crown attorney named Queen's Counsel Oxford County Crown Attorney Fred Porter has been named a Queen's Counsel. Porter was one of 21 persons named QCs Wed- nesday by Attorney General I1oy McMurtry in his New Year's honors list of law officers of the Crown. "It's a great honor," Porter said today. "I am elated, quite frankly." He first came to Oxford County in March, 1971 as an assistant to then Crown Attorney Albert Whaley, after articling with the at- torney general's office in Toronto in 1969 and 1970. A native of London, Porter studied law at the University of Western Ontario from 1966 to 1969. Porter was appointed Crown attorney for Oxford County in April, 1975 following Whaley's death. McMurtry's list included four other Crown attorneys, raises fears of residents near Holbrook 34,000 cows helped the 'Diary Capital' live up to reputation Oxford County's dairy herds are still among the most plentiful in the province according to recently released Ministry of Agriculture and Food statistics. The farm statistics, which are tabulated until July 1, 1992, record the total number of agriculture products produced by counties across the province. As of July, Oxford County dairymen had 8W dairy bulls aged one year and over; 34,000 dairy cows; and 16,000 dairy heifers one year and over. In addition Oxford County farmers had 5,000 beef cows; 1,500 breeding cattle one year and over; 10,5w slaughter cattle one year and over; 20,000 steers one year and over; and 27,500 calves one year and over. In addition, Oxford County farmers raised 26,600 sows and boars aged six months and over; 79,000 pigs under 20 kg.; 74,000 pigs from 20 to 60 kg.; 53,000 pigs over 60 kg. They raised 1,900 sheep aged one year and over; and 1,300 Iambs , THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1983 FRED PORTER — Queen's Counsel — and eight assistant Crown attorneys. Blues chaser The government has a lot of things to be thankful for ... among them that we haves what it takes. In 1982 over 1981 Area unemployed up 79.5 per cent By LIZ PAYNE Sentinel -Review staff writer After a year marked by layoffs and shutdowns the news is not sur- prising, but year-end statistics have made it official — local unem- ployment levels rose by 79.5 per cent last year to reach figures unheard of since the depression. As of the end of December 5,797 people were registered as looking for work compared with 3,229 at the end of 1981. -- An additional 472 people registered for work during December alone, Peter Clarke of Woodstock's Canada Employment Office said today. TURNED INTO PROVINCIAL COURTROOMS? There just may be a use yet for Oxford's historic old jail By LINDA HULME lfenlinel-Review staff writer The old Woodstock Jail might be saved after all. The familiar historical building on Buller Street could be renovated and turned into provincial courtrooms if suggestions by Oxford County planning committee members meet the criteria for a new federal job creation program. The idea was among those tossed around by the committee Wednesday in an attempt to come up with a viable way of sending the county's $180,700 allocation from the New Employment Expansion and development (NEED) program. The discussion blossomed when Court , Ed Down of Blandford- Blenheim Township said the jail should be cleaned up to prevent it from falling Into a further state of decay. The jail has been left vacant for years, but suggestions to either do something with it or to tear it down haven't been acted upon. Down said the old governor's house on Light Street, formerly used as the county's social services building, could also he fixed up and the rooms renovated for meeting purposes, TOURS REQUESTEID Court. Joe Pember of Woodstock agreed with Down, adding the healing system in the jail should be repaired. He said requests come in about once a month for tours of the place, and If the county promoted it properly it could become a popular tourist attraction. Then the idea of using It for provincial courtrooms surfaced. "Not only are you going to keep the historical part but you can get some use out of It in the future as well," said Penber. The county courthouse is a courthouse in name only, he said. ❑t five to six years more courtrooms will probably be needed, he said, and there's no reason why county staff should be edged out when here's something else available. The public presently using the courthouse for the courts abuse it, he said, by butting out their cigarettes on the floor and writing on the walls. Down said restoring the jail and the Governor's house are labor Intensive jobs which don't require extenstv-e educational requirements. "We need a guy who's out of work because his factory closed down," added Member. The committee members will take the suggestion to the Warden's committee meeting today. Under grant terms, the lobs must last a nummum of 12 weeks and a muximutn of one year. NEW POSTAGE RATES IN EFFECT AS OF a am The following is a selection of postage rates which will apply, as of January 15th, 1983, for the delivery of Canadian and International mail. Complete information on all postage rates is available at your local post office. MAIL FOR Spacial services DELIVERY Certified Mail* .. .................. ..$1.06 Registered Mail* . . $1.6 WITHIN Special Delivery*. ... ' .$1.06 CANADA . *Plus applicable postage. Parcels (to 30 kg) Local Delivery (2 kg) 1 st Class ..... $2.60 Parcel Post.... $1.38 Vancouver to Winnipeg (2 kg) 1 st Class ..... $4.77 Parcel Post.... $1.91 Halifax to Montreal (2 kg) 1 st Class ..... $3.60 Parcel Post.... $1.70 Ottawa to Toronto (2 kg) 1 st Class ..... $2.97 Parcel Post.... $1.59 MAIL FOR DELIVERY TO THE U.S.A. MAIL FOR DELIVERY OVERSEAS Non-standard letter rate (0 - 30 g)......... . 37¢ This rate applies only on metered and permit mail that does not include postal code or meet postal standards (eg. size). All letters bearing postage stamps and all standard letters remain at 300 until the 15th of February, when the rate will be 320. Letters, postcards and greeting cards (0 - 30 g) 37t Airmail letters, aerograms and postcards (0 - 20 g) 640 Unsealed greeting cards — airmail (0 - 20 g) 48¢ Unsealed greeting cards — surface (0 - 20 g) 3710 The following postage rate will apply as of February 15th, 1983. Standard letter rate 1 st Class Letters (0 - 30 g). A variety of rates apply to different types of mail. You can have complet information by contacting your loca Postmaster or Sales Representative CANADA POST CORPORATION Oxford prepares landfill appeal By LINDA HULME Sentinel -Review staff writer Since Oxford County's decision to appeal the provincial hearing board's decision rejecting the Salford landfill site, county officials have been doing a lot of legwork in an effort to have their petition to the provincial cabinet ready. Warden Charlie Tatham told county council, Wed- nesday, there have been several meetings with the county's legal counsel, its consultants, and the Ontario Ministry of Environment (MOE). The county has received nothing but reassurances that appealing is the route to take. Tatham said he met with ° Doug McTavish, the MOE's southwestern regional director, and was told a hydrogeological review of the counting evidence - "shows nothing to stop the ' appeal."' A draft of the county's ' submission, a staggering 105 CHARLIE TATHAM pages so far, was reviewed — warden — by its lawyer and consultants Tuesday, he said. "Our consultants are is a good site and is safe to unanimous the proposed site operate in," said Tatbam. nnrr i uta 10 — in the snape 11-S in, title old 1 jail house on Buller Street isn't too cheery, but some graphic personality brightened things up with a happy -face painted on the top turrett. • • O N TA a l O JUN GET YOUR NEW LICENCE PLATE STICKER EARLY NOW is the time to pick up your licence renewal sticker. Because of the new system, late -comers may find themselves in longer than usual lineups. WHAT you need is an application form available at any licence issuing office, proof of insurance, ownership permit and the required fee. Fees are $4 a month based on your birth month. See table below. WHERE? You can renew at any licence issuing office in your area. Check the sticker you receive to ensure it correctly reflects your birth month. YOU are responsible for having a new validation sticker by February 28. The sticker goes on the upper right-hand corner of the rear plate on passenger cars; the upper right-hand corner on the front plate of commercial vehicles. If you sell your vehicle, remove the plates and attach them to your new vehicle. ®Ministry of Transportation and Communications Ornaop Hon James Snow, Mmis[er Harold (3ilbert. Deputy Minister Here are the passenger car fees for 1983 If your Birthday Is in. tun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov. Dec Ian Feb Mar Apr May Your fee is. $24 28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 68 This will cover 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 you for. WHN Mills WHS MTHS PATHS WHS WHS WHS ~ WHS WHS WHi Your licence plate Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ian Feb Mar Apr May is valid until. 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 84 84 84 84 84 • ANNUAL FEE Y4 9.00 Warden to speak at OFA meeting Oxford County Warden Agriculture, will likely Charlie Tatham will be the speak on the landfill issue guest speaker at the in the county. regular January directors' meeting of the Oxford A comparison of fuels Federation of Agriculture will also be done so on Jan. 25. members are urged to Mr. Tatham, who will bring the last price for speak to the group at the diesel, gas and furnace fuel Oxford School of suppliers are charging. THE FAMILY CIRCUS_ By Bil Keane v oam E "Know what I'm going to name my new doll? Polly Esther." Ill noun 1111111 16 L a O ou R..s s u O > ! 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WOODSTOCK — Oxford's County's ap- In opposing the application on grounds peal to the Ontario cabinet on the Salford the landfill operation would add to traffic landfill site lambastes a provincial consoli- on roads used by school buses, farm ma - dated hearings board on every count on chinery and children, the board was "logi- which the board re eeted the county's appli- te cally inconsistent" because any landfill site cation t( . garbage operation. would have to be served by such major Completed Monday and sent immediate- roads. ly to cabinet, the 108-page document It charges the board considered only charges the board with harboring a bias "manifestly incorrect" evidence by town - against the county during 55 days of hear- ship experts on noise pollution, and "in the iiigs, on the application in 1982. alternative, the board failed to deal with The county wants cabinet to overturn the the issue and thereby. abrogated its respon- board's decision or to order new hearings sibility." on the Salford site in South-West Oxford In rejecting the only expert on planning, Township. the board suggested no county site could In essence, the county's appeal contends meet its landfill criteria, and its "treat- the- board didn't know what it was talking nient of the ecological evidence presented about when it rejected the application in a by the applicant suggests a predisposition decision just before Christmas, and award- on the part of the board to accept any criti- ed South-West Oxford, chief opponent of the cism, however insubstantial, of the appli- application, $75,000 in legal costs. cant's position," the appeal said. . The appeal also claims the board ignored The board "entirely misunderstood" the or misconstrued expert evidence intro- basis of a landfill operation and made an duced by the county, went off on tangents, "ill-considered and unsustained" amend - missed several relevant points while con- nient to the county's official plan, barring centrating too much on geological issues, landfill operations on certain geological accepted speculative evidence from the ap- formations without evidence of what would plication's opponents and managed to es- happen and ignoring evidence of engineer- tablish criteria that would block any land- ing solutions to landfill problems. fill site application in the county. In summation, the, appeal says that if "The gist of it is that the board screwed cabinet does not overturn the board's rul- up," county engineer Don Pratt said Fri- ing or order new hearings, the county "will day. He called the appeal a "step by step- have nowhere to dispose of waste after repudiation of the toard's conclusions June 30, 1984, and will be unable to fulfill its "'based on hard, scientific evidence." statuatory responsibility." Pratt said fie knew of no previous appeal : on a decision of the relatively new consoli-, dated hearings boards, "Our hearing was only the second in the province — the only other hearings have been on the Ontario Hydro, power corridor," across Southwest- ern Ontario. Since 1975, the Salford issue has cost the count more than $1 million in land, engi- neering and leal eenses. xp Poor losers After recapitgulating the county's efforts ,since 1975 to establish the Salford site, picked as the best and safest to replace the Holbrook site which is considered unsafe and nearing the end of its useful life, the appeal rips into the board on 15 counts' * ��an1e �h� ps The board's suggestion that county by- drogeological experts paid "scant atten- tion" to geological features was a "com- plete misapprehension," the appeal says Wilson charges. The appeal cites extensive bore- hole testing of the site and analysis by a Oxford County's 130 p I age appeal since it vas delivered to geologist specializing in the glacial activity appeal of the Salford landfill the provincial c,binet last week. that created the Salford site. decision needlessly attacks the Thedocumenis based on the The board based its assessment of soil provincial hearing board which view that thi board didn't formations in the area on "data of doubtful relevance, opinion evidence unsustained by banded down the decision, says South-West Oxford Township properly consier the evidence and had a predipostion against on -site study, and speculation," the appeal Mayor Walter Wilson. "I have read the appeal from, the county whn it made it's decision to tun down the site. charges. It, zeroed in on evidence of geolo- gist Dr. Alexis Dreimanis, a witness for cover to cover and I find the But Wilson, sad the board did, "a South-West Oxford, saying the board erred views and comments expressed by county lawyer Tom Lederer magnificentiob." "If in accepting his evidence because he "re- to be very lopsided," he said to M.M. Dilfn and Gartner - lied on speculation and (voiced) opinions county council, Wednesday. Lee (the count's consultants) which were not justified." "I don't buy'the fact that the couldn't prove he safety of the The board relied on speculation, ignored Ontario government would site in 55 days (f hearing), they the, weight of evidence and drew mistaken appoint these two men of the never can," he ;aid. The conclusions on the nature of the soil struc- Consolidated Hearing Board to county' request for another hearig was also ture and subsoil water movement at the do such a lousy job as lie points criticized by Vflson,. adding site, the appeal states, and ignored perti- nent testimony from witnesses on both out." The county officials, in ap- neither the toinship nor the sides who said a drainage system would pealing the decision and at- county can affod another one. eliminate any problems and subsoil water tacking the board's abilities, are 'It would be rossly unfair to wouldn't seep from the site for at least .00 displaying poor sportsmanship, he ask the Salfed Concerned years. The appeal says the board missed the said. "They lost the ball game and Citizens who waked their butts off to save thir community boat completely on where groundwater now they're blaming the um- I I from the degraGtion of a land - from the site might flow, worrying about pires. It was the first public rebuttal fill site to give IA another three months from teir businesses wells far from the line of flow and prefer- by the township of the county's and farms" sai Wilson. ring "the evidence of a witness whose work , was admitted to be based on wrong and inappropriate assumptions." The board "relied uneritically on the per- ceptions of local land owners" about Cabinet to hear Salford appeal TORONTO (Bu- reau) — An appeal on the rejection of the pro- posed Oxford County landfill site at Salford will be heard by the provincial cabinet "as expeditiously as possi- ble," Environment Minister Keith Norton said in an interview Wednesday. "I don't know how long it's going to take. At least a few weeks," The appeal to cabi- net was launched by Oxford County council after a consolidated hearings board ruled 'Dec. 22 against the county's plans to build a new dump at Salford: Norton said he real- izes the problems the county faces with 'limited remaining ca- 1 :pacity at the current ,dump in Holbrook but has not given council ,, any advice on possible sites elsewhere if cabi- net upholds the board's decision. "Our, regional staff will be working on con- tingency plans with them." In another environ- mental matter, Norton said he will be staking out a contentious posi- tion on beverage con- tainers by summer fol- lowing a lengthy review still under way. "It's obviously going to be contentious. Dec' sions have to be made." Norton launched the review when he learned that soft drinks in cans had reached 40 per cent of Ontario's retail sales market, in contraven- tion of his ministry's guidelines that 75 per cent of sales should be in returnable contain- ers. Small independent bottlers were co-oper- ating but major 'bottlers were failing to promote returnable products, Norton said last year, and he feared independent bottlers could be driv- en out of business. Regulating the amount of pop which could be sold in return- able bottles and in cans would be one option, the minister said Wednesday, but it would be difficult for retailers to comply and for the government to enforce effectively. He would prefer stream- lined guidelines if he could be certain that major bottlers -would follow those guide- lines. Norton said the pri- vate sector has been showing increased in- terest in recycling dur- ing meetings with min- istry staff, but recycling would have to be a long term com- mitment before he would be satisfied. "That just can't be a flash in the pan." , • Did it before, and doing it again County's ignoring us Salford citizen says The citizens in Safford were educated and experienced board Ignored when Oxford County members spent more than 50 selected the Salford landfill site, days listening to information and they're being ignored again that was presented by both sides in its appeal to the provincial (the county and South-West cabinet, says Tom Way, co Oxford Township) and then took chairman of the Salford Con- two months to make a decision," corned Citizens. said Way. "Anyone who sat The group openly criticizes there wouldn't find them the appeal, which cites the anything but fair and unbiased." board's hisbflities to properly deal the heard But the county's attitude with evidence at toward the citizens who Par- a 55 day environmental hearing ticipated at the hearing is what last summer. The board's bothers the group the most. decision to turn down the site wasn't justified, the county WRITTEN OFF claims, but the ctizens see the The county writes off the hearing in a different light. citizens' fear and concerns as "Many parts of the appeal are unsubstantiated. The appeal somewhat slanderous. Two states there is no concrete County bows to citizens Delmer bypass halted By LINDA HULME Sentinel -Review staff writer Last night Oxford County council elected not to bypass the concerns of local citizens in a road -building proposal. A proposed road bypass around the village of Delmer in .South-West Oxford Township was quashed by a large majority on county council, Wednesday. Their actions promoted a cheer from a delegation of about 50-area residents who gathered in the council chambers to op- pose a recommendation to expropriate land for the proI. 7 onburg lawyer Ian Linton spoke on behalf of the delegation to convince council to turn down the recommendation. The proposal was to build a road veering south of the village on County Road 20, to bypass two T-intersections vehicles must currently use in Delmer to go east or west on the road. The bypass would not only "virtually destroy" some properties in the area, he said, 6ttt the concerns of the citizens rested in the safety factor. Vehicles presently stop at the intersections It stop signs, causing them to slow down through the village. The signs have reduced accident rates through there, while the bypass would enable drivers to speed up, causing a. hazard to local residents. JUST ONE PERSON The concerns reiterated those expressed about a month ago when citizens approached the township council about the proposal. Township council recommended the bypass be shelved, as did an inquiry officer in a recent report. Linton said it seems the only person who wants the project to go is county construction engineer Stewart Watts. He described it as a "personal crusade" by Watts to clear the bypass proposal -from the brooks. Coun. Ross Livingston look exception to this remark, noting Watts was only doing his job as an engineer in recognizing the deficiency of the road. In closing, Linton asked council to direct their concerns to another road, County Road 37' running east from Tillsonburg, where nine deaths have resulted from traffic accidents on a dangerous curve there in the past few years. While some councillors aired their concerns about possible increasing costs if the county put off building the road until a few years from now, others recognized the opposition to the project. ALL CONCERNED "I think we should all be concerned with this large a delegation," said Coun. James Gibb. "What difference is five or 10 years when they don't want it at all?" But Coun. Joe Pember said if the county is to go ahead with an extensive road -building program throughout Oxford, it shouldn't succumb to public pressure every time it tries to do something. He said the county shouldn't fall into the habit of spending money in areas of least resistance. Coun. Doug Harris disagreed. We do and should react to pressure," he said. "Pressure is brought by the people and that's what this county is all about." The recommendation to ex- propriate lands for the bypass was turned down with only three councillors in favor of the project. Land's still $3,000 an acre Some farmers will say far- mland In Oxford County is so valuable it can have no price tag. But when it came down to dollars and cents Wednesday, county council decided its value is definitely not the $2,100 an acre the public works commitee recommended the county should pay in IM land agWaitions. Coun. Wallis Hammond said farm properties along county roads should be valued at $3,000 an acre, the price the county dished out for several properties In 1082. If the county is going to negotiate with farmers for land acquisitions to build and widen roads, it should pay the 1882 price or consider the alter "lives, Hammond said if a farmer Isn't offered a fair price the county would have to ex- propriate, which means money for hearings and lawyers, By the time it's all finished, he said, the county might just as well have paid the higher price for the land and "keep a good name for the county. Otherwise you'll wind uP, with a ratepayer that's upset, ' he said. NOT WILLING Some councillors argued real estate prices have gone down, and so should the county's acquisition rates. But others noted in most cases the farmer Isn't a willing seller and should be compensated accordingly. "The farmer's there to form. He's not in the real estate business," said Coun. Howard Cook. "If he's going to give up, his land, he should be com- pensated more." A recorded vole was finally taken, and council voted 14 to six to defeat the $2,100 an acre Those who voted against the recommendation were Couns, Wendy Calder, Howard Cook, Ed Down, Jean Ferric, James Gibb, Wallis Hammond, Doug Harris John Helentak, Nell Hostetler, Don McKay, Jack Warden, Jack Whitmore, Walt Wilson, and Lenore Young. Those who voted In favor were Coun, Les Cook, Ross Livingston, Joe Pember, Phil Poole Helen Smithand Warden Charite Tatham. , Seminar Oxford County clerk Harold Walls will attend an effective management seminar in Willa in April. evidence to back fears of traffic hazards due to increased truck traffic there, or potential erosion and flooding problems on off -site lards. "For the last seven years the county has ignored the people of Salford. The people who lived here and farmed here are aware of the complex nature d the site ...even now the county ignores everything the citizens presented at the hearing," said Way. 'We're still of no im- portance." He said the county has spent too much time and money on trying to establish an 'out- moded method" of disposing garbage. A new system, such as recycling, could have been developed with the money spent on the Safford site, he said. And calling for a new hearing, he added, is ridiculous - "This is what these boards are made up by the cabinet for," he said. "How long are we sup- posed to have these hearings'" THEY LOST Way said county, officials who said the environmental process isn't working may just besaying this because they lost the hearing. "Che system had every op- portunity to work," he said. Way said it's too bad the cabinet couldn't have a taped replay of the hearing. That way they could bear some of the county's own evidence which states problems inherent at the site and some of the off -beat solutions given. He said the cabinet should hear evidence such as that presented by the county's sound expert, Valtin Henderson, who said if it's too noisy to sit in your front yard, take your lawn chairs and put them in the back yard. Way also cited evidence given by the county's planner, Peter Martin, who stated trees planted on the west side of the site would never grow high enough to screen operations from the village. Attendance The present meeting at- terldence policy for Oxford County councillors of deducting two per cent of their annual salary for missing more than four meetings a year will be repealed, Corot. Doug Harris said there are several meetings councillors attend which aren't paid meetings, and they shouldn't be penalized for missing council and committee meetings. • ni n t o en al board okays rsi*teoa agreement By LINDA HULME County clerk Harold Walls The decision reiterates the warning if leachate cony; Sentinel -Review staff writer received notice of the board's terms of the agreement, in- taminants begin going off tl# decision to approve the eluding the continuation and site. The June, 1984 extension on agreement drawn up between expansion of monitoring of test Currently tests show ieachab the Holbrook landfill site Oxford the two parties, Thursday. holes on -site and surrounding . to be contained on -site. County and Norwich Township The decision must now be sent water wells. The county's The county's potable water agreed to last December has to the director of approvals at contingency proposal, to build bylaw, ensuring safe drinking:; beven a stamp of approval the Ontario Ministry of up the site to a peak to allow for water to residents whose wells', by the Environmental Environment (MOE) for final better runoff and reducing have been contaminated by-," en gi, Assessment Board. approval. leachate buildup, was accepted landfill, gives citizens a' in full by the board, as it was safeguard against any dif ;;; laid out in the agreement. ficulties encountered leachate`: The board stipulates that poses a problem. operations at the site will cease At the hearing, the board's on or before June 30, 1984 and main concern rested. in the tack's that within two months of, of contingencies in case leachate-;. closing the contours at the site does start spreading off the site.`] will be graded to the five per But a panel. of •engineers from;; cent sloe — specifications the county, the township the r Don't destroy Vicabb'' outlined in the county's plan. MOE and the Holbrook Citizens rviding group unanimously agreed: PLAN SATISFACTORY contingencies couldn't be" The board states it is satisfied specified until the "exact the plan will "provide for im- problem is known. AN's bo Mary o;;��told proved environmental The board accepted their safeguards for the site" and that advice and didn't pursue any, an expanded monitoring conditions for contingencies in program will provide sufficient its decision. POS or— 01 -M M W%^ AV& P'l ked electoral b d ft sip% oun aries 4104 6wd spoke out against the changes which would When asked by Henry if the new align the commission. But instead of splitting the ings. He especially objected to splitting by Anne 'Murphy give the province an extra 10 seats in the ment had the advantage of giving the coun- county's 22 municipalities among tour rid- parts of the Six Nations Indian reserve be - of The Free Press House of Commons_ Most of the objections ty three voices in Ottawa instead of one, ings, the Middlesex proposal would split the tween two ridings. came from representatives of ridings pre- Tatham said he would prefer the present county into two ridings along much the Spokesmen from the Lambton and Midd- 11' members of the federal -electoral viously based on county boundaries. arrangement where the representative has same lines are they are now London- lesex federations of agriculture argued that boundaries commission weren't aware po J. W. Daunt of Gorrie in northern Perth the interests of only one county at heart. Middlesex and Lambton-Middlesex. The splittin up the counties would mean more litical and farm groups in Southwestern County explained to commission members The commission is trying to create rid- London -Middlesex riding would have about work for the representatives because the Ontario prefer their federal ridings to fol- David Henry, Daniel Soberman and An- ings averaging 82,143 persons. With a 1981. 25,000 residents from the city of London in work have represeworwith several more low county lines, they certainly had it drew Saneton that farm organizations, census population of 85,920 persons, Oxford it. county and interest groups. drilled into them at a hearing in London boards of education and municipal councils County is an ideal size for a separate riding. Another suggestion from the London Friday.. are all based on count boundaries. To split Patience told the commission Oxford Middlesex Liberal Association was to split After listening to several proposals urg- Of the 18 individuals and organizations Perth Count into two ridings — Perth- County "is paying• the price of growth in the city into three ridings — London -West ing the status quo, Soberman spelled out g y g other areas." A resident of Blandford-Bien- which would lie west of Wharneliffe Road, the dilemma the commission members making presentations to the commission, Oxford -Middlesex for ixost of the county g ii ,,- .,_. �d___ z"----_x r_ �s_ a ____-- _'_-._- r-- -- -- - '- --- hPrm Tnwnchin nn t e si ni 1, stet r+iz TV fln F; st f r t:h , area etween W am is anon —was satisfied with the proposed palities — would be "detrimental to the ev ould have to go to i c�iener to a`i"k to ns clue 1' oac an Hig�ipury venue anc o we're told `we know you have a problem changes in electoral boundaries. whole community," Daunt said. MP instead of the more convenient centre don -Middlesex for areas of the city east of but don'ttouch us.' What happens is that of Woodstock, he said. Highbury Avenue plus the townships of Bid- people wind up with no representation. And while the association agreed with the it was a sentiment echoed by Woodstock Calder read a letter from • an Oxford dulph, London, West Nissouri, North Dor- The commission will meet again in Lon - plan to add Orford Township, the village of Mayor Wendy Calder, Oxford County War- County resident who compared the pro- chester and Westminster. Association don on Feb. 18 and 19 to Hear additional. Highgate and the Moravian reserve in Dent den Charlie Tatham and Woodstock resi posed changes with cutting down a 'tree. spokesman Stephen Jarrett admitted that submissions. Henry said the commission County and the Middlesex townships of dent Thomas Patience., Under the proposed "People are like trees. They need roots. would give each riding about 94,000 con- has received 500 submissions from across Delaware, Westminster and North Dor- electoral boundaries, Oxford County would If those roots are severed, will they ever stituents, but he didn't think those numbers the province, chester to the Elgin riding, association re be divided among three ridings — Perth- grow again?" asked the letter. were unmanageable., - After the public hearings are over, the presentative Bill Johnson said it was "re- Oxford -Middlesex, Oxford -Norfolk and Oxford County supported a <counter -pro- Derek Blackburn (NDP — Brant) was commission has until July 7 to prepare a grettable" the present Elgin riding would Kitchener-Brant`'Oxford. posal by Middlesex County to leave most of the only federal politician to make a pre- report for the House of Commons. After the lose Bayhain Township. The association Oxford County has been a single riding the ridings as they are now. The counter- sentation at F riday's hearing. He said he 'MPs have a chance to look it over and did endorse the over-all proposal, Johnson since the 1930s' and splitting it up would proposal, which was presented by Wards had no problems representing the 105,000' discuss it, a final report will be made and said. create "three weak sisters" instead of a ville Reeve Don Nisbet, would give the city constitutents in the present riding and op- legislation enacted to change the bound - The other 17 groups and individuals single, strong entity, Tatham said. of London the three ridings suggested by poses splitting the county into three rid- aries, Henry said. -Clark -S By Gary May alternative ,government ... urgently." Ottawa Bureau resignWINNIPEG Clark said he asked for a clear mandate from the party. "I received the support of a '— Joe Clark was stunned _ Friday night by a lukewarm endorsement clear majority of the delegates voting here but it's not clear enough to enforce disci - from the Progressive Conservatives and pline. I will be recommending to the nation - immediately called for a. leadership con-, vecition which he will contest ,al executive that they call a convention at the earliest possible time " Ow K Clark gained just 66.9 per cent of 2,406 ballots cast, nearly identical %,ci a to the vote of 1981. The vote this time was 1,607 against IwOder00%hip leadership review and 195 in favor. The results came as a shock to the Clark camp after most observers agreed he had ® given a rousing keynote address prior to the vote. Clark loyalists were confident he was %Av.%X1J% n v VAm nt o n in good shape to improve on the support he won in a similar 1981 vote and put an end to divisive inter -party bickering. "We cannot be seen as a government or as an alternative if we are seen to be divid- ed," Clark told the delegates after the vote . was announced. "This country needs an • • TOM WILLIAMS. much - decorated flying ace, has taken up a new career at age 97 — writing. Williams whose first book of poetry and prose was recently t M � 2� ( released spends much of his time working at his typwriter on the autobiography he hopes will be outsoon. Former pilot turns to writing Tom Williams, age 97 starts a new career By LIZ PAYNE Sentinel -Review staff writer "Plan to die young but as late as possible." Thomas F. Williams With these words Tom Williams, the 97- year-old flying ace who was listed in the Guinness Book of Wold Records in 1972 as the oldest active pilot in the world, has begun a new career as a writer. And Williams, a Woodstock resident who fills his days banging at the typewriter in his Vansittart Avenue apartment, lives by his words. He is younger than the sprightliest man half his age and has a memory equalled by none. Although Williams has been writing since his earliest days as a pilotin the early 1900s, Poems and Prose 19e0-1979 is his first work to be published. The book, put out with the help of the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association, has now sold more than 400 copies. Williams, who sells the books himself, was thrilled at having to break the seal on his second shipment of 400 books this week. Williams, who started writing his autobiogropy in the 1920s, is currently working on putting his recollections of the past. together for publication. STARTS WITH THE IA)G BOOK It's not unusual for pilots to write, he said. It all starts with the pilot's log book. "Everybody who's become an aviator starts writing about it. I'm not the only one who's tried to make poetry outof it," he said of his writings. "1 guess you get a little touched after awhile." Williams, who farmed in the Sweaburg- area during his lifetime as a pilot, says he feels he has probably had twice as many experiences during his lifetime as anybody else. And there is little doubt his auloblography crowd fill many more than one volume. Williams has a pilot's licence signed by Orville Wright from an exibition in Cleveland. He flew his first solo flight in 1917, after being taken into the air by his commanding officer in France in order to see more of the countryside. For Williams flying felt com- pletely natural the first time he got off the ground. SURPRISED 1 WASN'T SICK After his first flight with his commanding officer Williams asked for a transfer into the air force to learn more about flying. He wrote in his diary after that first flight "I feel like I could fly one of these things myself," he said. "My commanding officer was surprised I didn't get sick." Williams, who is the oldest First World War Canadian Ace, flew 199 missions during that war. When he had tried to enlist he was Story and photo by Liz Payne initially told he was too old, but thatdidn't stop him from taking part in either the First or Second World War — or continuing to fly for 60 years. Williams says he has been "closer to death, in more times, and more places than any other person," and maybe that is what has given him a philosophical attitude toward life. In his recent book, as in his upcoming autobiography, he writes of "whatever comes to my mind — not just flying," and fills the pages with words of wisdom and advice. "Practice moderation in all that you don't but don't miss anything" In a poem written byy Williams in 1972 when he retired as a pilot he wrote: Flight has added more delight That any other achievement might. My helmet and goggles I new lay down. With few regrets and leas renown. Some satisfaction comes to me, The aeroplane never defeated me. ob IL �cc �Ayr1. u EA °�t�iJ�Ezu OM U m:=Z$ 5 a C 00 W � u yca'u� \� t ._ryx L Q' C cd�w 3 C Wp q 0' MUSEUM 14 O. MEMENS E 01110001 � R. rn C y K 00 U U 7 -r n Xa m F d CG. >._C Cu a) .W > 3U=C�y LM H C w a U G -_ L_ := 'J tr ❑ f-i tea ^ = r.:C BROWN CU _ o O : i'u r�,c 3 a _ _".r`' Pay TV officially launched for about 250,000 Canadians By The Canadian Press Pay TV became official Monday, night at midnight — at least for many of the estimated 250,0011 Canadian households already signed up ,for the services, "It'a really an incredible feeling to think that we've built an entire industry since March IS (the day six Canadian pay licences were gran- ted)," said Brian Ault, a spokesman for Superchannel In Alberta. ' We're already going 24 hours a dq and we're going to be here or a long, long time, ' said Ault, minutes after the regional network opened with the movie Star Wars. 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Ea, 41 K-5 o°maw �a'Q sya5.'nirwv3u`c>.y �u ° vLr3 h'Q 's oa^ ,cy,•ma �va"e v�a�W�3uy8uro ff 3 8w3� ro.. 3 s .G.. 00 v g'��•'t `r� E 7C gat aj:j ffy°N�� a'� «aU ty=tl SAO% n w a a .w irs official now, Clark has resigned ned By THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Joe Clark formally offered his resignation as Opposition Leader today and nominated Progressive Conservative House Leader Erik Nielsen to succeed him on an interim basis. Gas battle dips price to 31.9 cents a litre While it may be no gasoline war, prices at Woodstock area pumps are changing sporadically as the petroleum industry continues on its erratic course. Regional price wars have broken out in various parts of Ontario such as Chatham and the Brantford area. Six local service stations contacted Thursday all had changed their prices within the previous day with prices ranging from 31.9 to 43.8 cents a litre for regular gasoline. .S t� m m ro c r otwo �.. ba�2Z- p Ey CO p� O m •p Wye m 9c��� ma vv .9 4; m o E ��eow yc��moom 4°x�pp y�� � •• N � C N � i, U � N 'O ^ rot Farmland values coming down in Oxford county Several Oxford County councillors who tried un- successfully last week to have the county chop $900 from the $3,000 per acre it pays for agricultural land may not have been far off the mark. Muir Appraisal Services of RR 3, Woodstock, an- nounced in a news release Monday that the value of Oxford County's farmland dropped 18 per cent in 190, its biggest slump in 14 years. Some county councillors, led by Phil Poole and Joe Pember of Woodstock and Ross Livingston of Bland - ford - Blenheim Township, argued at a county council meeting last Wednesday that $2,100 an acre was a fair reflection of the current market value of Oxford's farmland. The appraisal firm estimated farmland in the county averaged $2,094 an acre last year, down from $2,541 in 1981, Prices were based cn a survey which included dairy, beef, hog, general and cash crop operations of 25-acres or more. Tobacco and poultry farms were not included. William Muir, of Muir Appraisal Services, said this was the rust major downturn in the 14-year history of the Oxford County land value study. The decline closely follows a decrease of between 15 and 30 per cent in 1982 values of farmland in Indiana, Ohio, and northern Illinois. The news release cited "rapid decreases" in grain prices, noting that corn as a cash crop had dropped to about $2.70 a bushel from a peak of $4. Forecasts for 1983 state that corn production costs will be about $S70 an acre. This doesn't include rent or land charges. With average yields of about 100 bushels an acre there will be a further depression in land rents and values unless market prices improve, the firm said. C • A REMINDER REGARDING POSTAL RATES IN EFFECT, AS OF... The postage rates for 1 st class letters will be: DELIVERY WITHIN CANADA (0-30 g) 32C DELIVERY TO THE U.S.A... (0-30 g) 37C DELIVERY OVERSEAS .... (0-20 g) 64C Complete details on postage rates are available from your local post office. CANADA POST CORPORATION Unemployment continues rise despite recalls WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Scattered re- calls by some local industries in January failed to stop unemployment from rising in Woodstock and northern Oxford County. Vic Gaskin, superintendent of operation; at the Woodstock Canada Employment Centre, said 5,936 persons were registered as unemployed at the centre as of Jan. 3i. That was up 139 from December's figure and a staggering 2.093 more than were reg- istered as jobless in January, 1982, Gaskin said. Woodstock city officials claim the local unemployment rate is at least double the national average of more than 12 per cent. More people are starting to run out of ! (unemployment insurance) benefits," Gas - kin said, adding that the centre is pinning Its hopes on government make-work pro- jects such as the Canada -Ontario employ- ment and development program. "We've given out quite a few applications `to municipalities and nun -profit groups. We hope industries take advantage of it." Under the S206-million program, the sen- ior governments will pay job costs and up it) t1400 a week in wages for jobs created. Earlier this week, Charlie Tatham, ox- ford County warden and Woodstock coun- cillor, told city councll that Woodstock`s prospects o/ being designated for extra fed- eral help didn't "look rosy." Tatham said he had been in contact with three federal ministries in an attempt to have Woodstock designated for help under the federal industry and labor adjustment program. The program provides industries in des- ignated communities, or industries specifi- cally identified as being especially hard-hit by the economic crunch. with Interest -tree loans up to 50 per cent of the cost of build- ing, expanding or modernizing plants. The program also provides grants. covering up to 75 per cent of the rust of related consult ing studies. THE GIFT OF THE GOSPEL Woodingford Lodge's ad- ministrator Brian McReynolds and resident Marjorie Chambers accept 70 copies of the Gospel of St. John and a copy of the New Testament and a book of Psalms from Charlotte Sutherland of the Woodstock branch of the Canadian Bible Society. Miss Chambers originated the idea of getting bibles for the lodge. The Bible Society's local branch is also supplying bibles to Caressant Care and Victoria Rest Home. (Staff photo by Dave Dorken) Historical society maki Treffry mill lease signed By SUZANNE HANSON it's been almost four years since the issue of preserving the Treffry mill property in Otterville first came to the fore. And now, nearly two years after the mill property's purchase by Norwich Township, a lease has been signed by the municipality and the South Norwich Historical Society.. The historical society executive voted unanimously at its meeting Monday night it) sign the 10-year agreement with the township for the lease of the mill, the mill race and the accompanying lands south of Oxford County Road 19, said Rick Singer, chairman of the society's mill committee. Norwich Township council approved a bylaw to execute the agreement with the historical society at its council meeting last month and the historical society executive and its mill committee gave approval to the lease after going over the terms of the agreement early this week. With the lease in place, the historical society now has the mill restoration and preservation as its otl'icial project, under its control, and can concentrate on fund. raising projects to restore the grist mill buill in 1845. _._. Mill lease A lease agreement has finally been approved by both Nor- ponying properly. The way is now paved for the society to wich Township council and members of the South Norwich undertake projects to restore the 138-year-old grist mill. Historical Society executive far the Treffry mill and, aceom- believed to be the oldest in Ontario. (NG Photo) Residents view plans to widen 'Ingersoll street INGERSOLL (Bureau) — Residents along a two -block portion of King Street West had their first opportunity Tuesday (o view street -widening plans that have Mien rive years in the works. Thepprr)posal from Oxford County — which bears responsibility for the street, also known as County Road 9 — calls for broadening pavement between Merritt and Whiting streets to 40 feet (12.2 metres) from the current 25-foot (7,6-metre) width, providingg two extra lanes. Sidewalks would have to be moved back and parts of two houses encroaching on the right of Way would be affected. Stewart Watts, county construction and design engineer, said the project, estimat- ed to cost S200,000, Is recommended for 1983 but there is a chance It could be delayed a year amid budget restrictions, Theproject also includes rebuilding# a culvert through which Whiting Creak flows and raising a CPR crossingg that now sits In a dip, some of the delay in brhaging lho plan to fruition wait due to negotiations with CP Hail and Canadian transportation commis - lion, he said, "The pieces finally came to- gether in the late summer last year," The county was then asked by Ingersoll to hold an Information meeting to explain plans and answer questions. Margaret Murray of Springbank Consult- ing Engineers, consultant for the project, explained that King Street IN dellgnaled an arterial road in the county ofticlal plan and the proposed width Is standard in such cases. Some residents, who attended the Infor- motion session Tuesday, said the street was already faur-Ianed west of Whiting Street, an Industrial area, find parkinst, lanes were net needed alone; the r"identlal stretch. Murray sold the lams could be designated for travel or parking, They could function as shoulders, ^u place to pull over In case of an einertleney . If you have an aceldent or a flat, there's no place to pill over." 'Ale sold that while sidewalks would have to be moved hack, no one will he losing property that they own, "Just their per colved depth of proporty," About a duxca mature trues will hove it) be felled. Obituaries George William Balkwill A well-known Blenheim Township resident, George William Balkwill of RR I, Drumbo passed away at the I Woodstock General Hospital on Saturday, February 12th, 1983. He was in his 99th year. Mr. Balkwill was the youngest son of the late James Balkwill and Ruth Herbert. He was born on the seventh concession of Blenheim on February 2nd, 1885. He operated a store at Wolverton from 1906 to 1920 before'moving back to the homestead farm on the seventh concession. Active in his church, he was a former ,Sunday School superinten- dent, deacon and clerk of the former Wolverton Baptist Church. In 1929 Mr. Balkwill was elected to Blenheim Township council and served as Warden of Oxford County in 1935. For 25 years he was tax col- lector for the township retir- ing at age 75. Mr. Balkwill was one of the first area residents to own a car. His first vehicle was pur- chased in 1914 and hesuc cessrully passed his driving tests to the age of 93 when he turned in his driver's licence. For the past three years Mr- Balkwill had been a resi- dent of Woodingford lodge, Woodstock. Beloved husband of the late Ruby French, who predeceas- ed him in 1947; dear father of Mrs. Edith Cadwell of Drum- bol Mrs. William (Kerrison) Mitchell and Mrs. George (Frances) Struck, both of Cambridge, Mrs. Stan (Lorna) Hodggssoon of Simcoe, Herbert and James of RR I, Drumbo. Also survived by 19 grand- children, 40 great- grandchildren and four great - great -grandchildren. Predeceased by a son Robert and a daughter Janet. Funeral service was held at Rumble Funeral Home, Princeton on Tuesday after noon. Pastor Howard Jacob son officiated. interment in Wolverton Cenieten. 0 • • Save soil says ward, By CHARLIE TATHAM Will you share part of $75 million between now and the next seventeen years? Soil erosion losses in Ontario last year amounted to over So million. Oxford County's share exceeded $4.5 million. Charlie Shelton, Oxfoad County Land Saver Award winner in 1982, told Oxford County Council: Conservation in the short term may cost a little more for machinery, but if we do not pay the price in the short term, the long term costs may be insur- mountable. Here is a chance to look after your land investment, increase your income, and provide a better land base for your children. With your help Oxford County can become Canada's leading soil - conserving County. I know that the Oxford Federation of Agriculture has always played a leading role in agriculture. Your input, together with that of other groups, played a most important part in the formulation of our Official Plan and particularly in the preservation of agricultural land. I believe that this same Travel rep Oxford County Coun. Wallis Hammond will represent the: county on the Board of Direetom of the Southwestern Ontario Travel Association for the term 19113-94-85. Wife of Oxford MP dies in Tavistock Obituaries Mrs. Bruce Halliday Mrs. Bruce Halliday of 85 William St., N., Tavistock passed away at her residence on Friday, February 18, 1983. She was in her 55th year. The former Janet McGhie, she was bom in Toronto on February 24, 1927, a daughter of Mrs. Jessie (Christie) MuGhie of St. Catharines and the late W. Gordon McGhie. Janet resid- ed in St. Catharines until at- tending the University of Toronto, St, Hilda's College graduating with a B.A. and taking post graduate work at the Institute of Child Study where she trained for nursery school teaching. Janet was ac. tive in this field prior to being a victim of polio. Janet mar- ried Dr. Bruce Halliday, M.P. at St. Catharines on May 24th, 1952, Surviving are her husband and mother. Friends were received at the Francis Funeral Home, Tavistock until transfer was made to Grace United Church, Tavistock where a funeral service was held on Monda�yyr rustyy 21st. The Revs Dat0. Yourkevich off nterment in Grace �Urtirhurch Cemetery, _T'O.V.1f(od. County council dediction will be channelled to conserve our excellent land. Congratulations on your perseveranceand guidance on agriculture in our county - We all benefit from your efforts. Chairmanship A policy determining the to-rrn of chairmanship of the standing committees of Oxford County council as l8 months was ap- proved by council. The policy gives other members at the committees an opportunity to serve as chair- man in the new three year terms. if province wants input, let's give 'em input County should lead the way in changing waste After Oxford County's eight year experience with garbage woes, Warden Charlie Tatham believes it's time the municipality became a leader in proposing changes and im- provements to the province's environmental assessment process. If the recommendation made Thursday by the county's public works committee is approved by county council, the county will submit to the Ministry of Environment (MOE) an ex- tensive brief on potential waste management policies. Tatham's reaction was in response to a call for input from Environment Minister Keith Norton in the document, A Blueprint for Waste Management. In a speech made last November, Norton called for municipalities to meet challenge of improving management policies processes in on, "If they really mean they say," said Tatham, " we should try and do some to benefit the people of Onta by explaining what shout done in a constructive wa CHARLIE TATI AINI -tell them how— waste He said the counttyy should and provide leadership fortherest at the province, especially after it what found out $1 million later that then the current environmental dring process isn't effective in d be establishing municipal waste y." disposal facilities (that is, the decides to drop land rates 15% Floating price finally lands of $2,SS0 an acre The value of rural I agricultural land in Oxford County, set at $3,000 an acre in several land acquisitions by the county in last year, will be $2,550 tit 1983. County council Wednesday approved the rate of $2,550 for land acquisition in Oxford. The appproval was an increase over I:he $2,310 per acre as recommended by the county's public works department. Coun. Wallis Hammond, who suggested two weeks ago farm properties along county roads should be valued at $3,008 an acre, recommended the increase W $2,550 from $2,310 as a form of premium. 'This is a fairer price," he said. "if we (county) want to buy land without hard feelings, we should pay a prem urn. 'When you ask someone to give up land, You've reduced his income, ' said Coun. Hammond. "It's only fair he should receive some form of premium." Arboretum A document compiled by Norwich Township Coun. Jack 1,.ester on the history of the Oxford County Arboretum was designated as a historical document by county council. The arboretum, a collection of different species of trees, has been officially named the W. Leshe Dickson Arboretum in honor of the former warden who tends the property. - Planning policies Salford landfill site). "We're going to tell them how to do it," he said. "They ob- viously don't know how to do it because we spent $1 million Ittndingg out," Pobfic works chairman Ross Livingston agreed- ' They're in ivory towers in Toronto," he said. 'It (the process) looks good on paper, but when you have to five with it that's another story." Tatham said if the county approves the suggestion, it shouldn't be a shriddy job. The county should be willing to spend some money to get expert advice in drawing up the document, he said. but added he's not sure exactly how much money should be contributed - "Let's do it properly so it's beneficial to the citizens of the province," he said. "We've been there. Our story could be helpful to other people. We could ask for a common sense approach to waste disposal." "We owe it to the county to lay it out," added Livingston. "If we can bring about some im- provements in legislation alone, hurray!" Photocopying Oxford Canty clerk Harold Walls is reviewing photocopying costs for the county and is considering a change for more machine efficiency after office accommodation m the Cour- thouse is completed - Turned down A request from the Woodstock and District Association for the Mentally Retarded for a grant of $1,5m in 1983 was noted and filed by Oxford County council. The Association will not receive the money, which it requested for use in Woodstock, Ingersoll, Blandford-Blenheim., Zorra and East Zorra-Tavistock Townshipsfor the s1 mentally retardepersons there. Oxford County planning commissioner Peter Atcheson has been authorized by county council to attend the National Planning Conference of the American Planning Association. Persisted in goal Idea grew into arboretum By SUZANNE HANSON The Oxford County arboretum grew out of nothing but the man who nurtured the idea and spearheaded the project is hoping that in the future it will be a valuable, living collection of native and exotic trees for the benefit of future generations. While many people aren't even aware the arboretum exists, it has gradually been established and expanded under the careful guidance of its devoted caretaker, Leslie Dickson of RR 2, Burgessville. The arboretum's beginnings were somewhat stormy, the whole idea receiving opposition from county council when it was fast proposed. But the county has finally recognized Mr. Dickson's contribution and commitment to the project by formally naming the arboretum in his honor as the W. Leslie Dickson A conservationist at heart, Mr. Dickson was a member of the Word Men of the Trees when he was first inspired with the idea of establishing an ar- boretum 10 years ago. He said it was the present county warden Charlie Tatham, a fellow member of the Men of the Trees at the time, who got him in- volved in that organization and planted the seed for the idea of the arboretum in his in ind. The Men of the Trees is a group formed to promote an awareness of the value of our forest cover and the aesthetic value of shade trees around farm homes and along road sides. Many of our shade trees are rapidly disappearing through road widenings and the encroachment of agricultural land so the organization sought to promote the planting and maintenance of trees in general. It was in 1972 that Mr. Dickson started putting the idea of the county ar- boretum forward to the county's then agriculture and community services committee but he didn't get much response to the proposal until the next year when he was elected county warden. When the idea was in- troduced to county council in April, 1973, the reaction from the majority of councillors ranged from indifference to the project to reluctance to take it on to open' opposition. Some councillors were reluctant to take on the project as they saw it as being an expense in perpetuity. The idea of the county pur- chasing property for the arboretum was alsq un- popular with council, leading Mr. Dickson to explore the possibility of leasing land from the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA). AL' ter considering several locations on UTHCA property, a site was finally selected north of Pittock Lake along County Road 4 in East Zorra Township, and a 21-year lease with the authority was recom- mended. But Mr. Dickson finished his year as warden without getting any papers signed with the authority. The plans for the arboretum could have died on the table when Mr. Dickson left county council at the end of 1973 had he not continued to bear much of the responsibility of keeping the county council aware of what had been set in motion, said Jack Lester, a Norwich Township councillor in his history of the project. But in the autumn of 1974 the lease was finally signed with Mr. Dickson ap-, pointed to develop the facility. Mr. Dickson said he sees the arboretum as a good educational institution. "How good it is will depend on how well it is utilized." The first tree in the ar- boretum was planted back in 1976 and while it may not look like much now, it will in time. "To see it really function takes a long time as it takes a long time for the trees to become mature enough to teach people to identify them," he said. Each tree in the 10-acre arboretum is grouped with others of its variety and tagged with a number that corresponds to a list identifying each one, Those lists are available from the county clerk, said Mr. Dickson. There are about 150 varieties of trees and shrubs in the arboretum now, including some exotic and imported trees. Mr. Dickson's vision of the arboretum was to see first the trees native to this area, then other parts of Canada planted there with the exotic varieties if there was room. He said he wasn't very knowledgable about trees when he started the project, "but I'm learning". He said there is room yet for another 35 to 40 varieties of trees and he is always on the lookout for a new one to transplant in the arboretum. The first trees planted there were sup- plied by the Woodstock Horticultural Society and in 1990 Bell Canada provided a group of about 10 trees of different varieties to commemorate its 100th anniversary. The ministry of natural resources also agreed to supply the arboretum with any trees they could from their own nurseries, but the types they propogate are limited to the particular needs they fill. There are many trees in the wild that aren't found in nurseries and some of those more rare varieties are getting harder to find. One such variety, which is not located in the arboretum, is the native chestnut, not to be confused with the horse chestnut which is not native to Canada. The native chestnut, like the elm tree, is rapidly disappearing due to disease. Mr. Dickson said there are many more varieties of native trees than he ever realized and he hopes that as the present area becomes full, the arboretum can be ex- panded to accommodate them all. While county council has spent money on a couple of occasions to supply trees for the arboretum, there is very little other cost for its upkeep. Mr. Dickson has taken sole responsibility for its maintenance, never submitting any bills for his time or his work, with the exception of the grass seed to get it started. Mr. Dickson and a neighbor Allan Thompson worked file area and seeded it and Mr. Dickson faithfully makes the 20-kilometre trip up to the arboretum several times during the summer with his tractor and mower to cut the grass around the site. It's a day- long job for him. but he's committed to the project and will continue to be until it is completely established and no longer needs such Constant care. It seems only natural then that, in light of such dedication to the project, it should bear the name of its tounder 0 r� U s County preparing garbage brief Oxford County has decided it's time the municipality became a leader in proposing changes and im- provements in the province's environmental assessment process. Council approved a recommendation at Its meeting last week that a submission be prepared for presentation to the ministry of the environ- ment in response to a call for input from environment minister Keith Norton, The brief on potential waste management policies will be aimed at improving waste management policies and processes in Ontario. After eight. ,years and a million dollar investment, County Warden Charlie Tatham said the county has learned that the current environmental process isn't effective in establishing municipal waste disposal facilities. If the province means what it says in asking for input from municipalities, it is up to the county to try and do something to benefit the people of Ontario by explaining what should be done in a constructive way. Let's do it properly so it's beneficial to the citizens of the province, he said. Public works chairman Ross Livingston agreed. He said the present policies NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING All members of the public are invited to at- tend a meeting to discuss the plans of Canada Cement Lafarge Limited to use liquid waste materials as a supplementary fuel at its cement plant in Zorra Township DATE: Wednesday March 2 TIME: 7:30 PM LOCATION: Embro West Zorra Community Centre Embro, Ontario For further information call: Andrew Robb, Plant Manager 519-423.6241 HERMAN/by Jim Unger "We were finding it very hot in here, Warden." rA zeu often look good on paper but when you have to live with them it's a different matter. 11 we can bring about some improvements in legislation, we owe it to the county to lay it out, he said. Raising mileage rates irks some councillors By LINDA HULME Sentinel -Review staff writer With all the gasoline price wars recently, it's not surprising a recommendation to increase mileage rates for Oxford County employees drew a few com- ments from councillors, Wed- nesday. The rate was increased to 34 cents a mile from 32 cents and 21 cents a kilometre from 20 cents. "Mileage has just Ali) out of hand," said Coun. Phil Poole. "We just keep going up and up and up and it doesn't have anything to do with the cost or anything else." He said the 32 cent rate is more than adequate. Coun. Joe Pember agreed. He said the county gets caught in the domino effect when it comes to mileage. Some other municipality offers a good rate so everyone else around has to comply, he said. "I'd be more satisfied with 30 cents a mite," said Pember. But Coun. Ed Down said a lot of firms and municipalities are raising rates because of in- creased costs in repairing vehicles. Poole wasn't moved. "The cost of driving a car hasn't increased as rapidly as mileage has," he said. When the motion was put to a recorded vote, it was carried 11 to seven. Throe voting in favor of in- creasing the rates were Couns. Howard Cook, Ed Down, Jean Ferric, James Gibb, Doug Harris, John Helemak, Ross Livingston, Helen Smith, Charlie Tatham, Jack Warden, and Walt Wilson. Those voting against the recommendation were Couns. Les Cook, Wallis Hammond, Nell Hostetler, Don McKay, Joe Pember, Phil Poole, and Jack Whitmore. Islik �. COUNTY OF OXFORD NOTICE Public Information Centre "The Innerkip To Drumbo Road" Reconstruction From Thames River Easterly To Horner Creek Place: at the former "Blandford Township Hall" (Lot 7, Conc. Vll, on the Bland - ford Road) Date: Tuesday, March 1, 1983 Time: between 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m - You are invited to attend anytime during these hours to discuss the project with representatives of the County of Oxford and their consultant, Springbank Consulting Engineers Limited. c7 2t CHARLES AND RUBY RIACH, RR 8, Wood- tended a public information centre dealing stock stand to lose 60 acres of land, nearly one- with the final stage of the extension at Oxford third of their farm, from the proposed route of Centre Tuesday. the Highway 403 extension. The Riachs at- Information centre Ministry shows off 403 plan OXFORD CENTRE — After years of speculation and more years of talk, the extension of Highway 403 from Rest Acres Road west of Paris to link with Highway 401 is less than two years away. At a public information centre Tuesday at the Oxford Centre communit} centre, visitors were presented graphs and aerial photographs of the final stage of the extension of the highway, from County Road 14 west to Highway 401. The extension of Highway 403 is scheduled for completion in 1985. The information centre was held to create an exchange of in- formation between residents that will be affected by the ex- tension and officials from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications and McCormick Rankin Consulting Engineers. Ed Stevenson, project manager, said the information centre provided MTC officials and the consulting firm answers to such problems as field tile drainage and grading along the final route. The extension of Highway 403, from Brantford to the final link with Highway 401, was carried out in four stages. The 403 stretch between Brantford and Rest Acres Road (west of Paris) was completed and opened for traffic about four years ago. Upon completion of the first stage, the extension was put on the shelf to gather dust as politicians (namely Brant -Oxford -Norfolk MPP Robert Nixon) battled to continue the extension as initially planned. Through the efforts of steering committees of chambers of Gordon William Pittock, former MPP, dead at age 73 GORDON PITTOCK — a 1967 photo — commerce in both Woodstock and Brantford, the project was put on stream. The second stage of the project, Rest Acres Road west to County Road 25 (Princeton Road) is currently under construction and is scheduled for completion by this summer. The final design of the third stage, from County Road 25 west to County Road 14 is completed. Tenders are being called by the MTC to clear the portion. The clearing project, for 10.6 km (about seven miles) is being called separate form the major extension project to comply with Ministry of the Environment burning restrictions in the area. Story and photo by Bill Scriven Completion of the clearing project is scheduled by June 10 and followed by calling of the grading contract. Yesterday's information forum was held to discuss the fourth and final stage of the 403 extension, from County Road 14 to High- way 401 — specifically grading and drainage. The final leg of the extension, 5b2 kilometres, includes five bridges — one at County Road 14, twin bridges at Kenny Creek, one at Township Road, between Lots 12 and 13 and a westbound lane bridge of Highway 403 going over Highway 401. Extension of Highway 403 between Brantford and Ancaster is expected to be completed by 1990,. Gordon William Pittock, a former Oxford MPP and a man who was heavily in- volved in community ac- tivities, has died at the age of 73. Over the years he had been actively involved in more than a dozen local organizations, serving as chairman or director of many of these. The Pittock Conservation Area was named after him. Pittock, a former member of Ingersoll town council, was awarded the Canada Medal in 1%7, The funeral service will be held at St. Paul's Preab terian Church at 2 P.m. Tuesday. 75 Duths, Ax HARGREAVES — At Oxford Regional Nursing Home, Ingersoll, on Monday March 14, 1983, John R. Hargreaves, in his 89th year. Husband of the late Edith Laurene Thomas (1952), and the late Francis Marvin Holmes (1982). Dear father of Ross of Kintore, Albert T. of Wood- stock, Dear brother of Albert Mississauga, Mrs. Winnifreri Wood, Wasaga, Mrs, Traphina Chapelle, Toronto. Also sur- vived by eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Predeceased by two daughters Verdun (1918) annd Edith (1922), and one son Jack (1966). Friends will be received at the MCBeath, Funeral Home, 246 Thames Street South, Ingersoll, where complete service will be held on Wednesday March 16 at 2: W p.m., Rev. D. B. Suitor of Woodstock officiating. Tem- porary entombment Ingersoll Mausoleum, interment later in Harris Street Cemetery. Masonic memorial service Tuesday at 8:00 p.m., auspices of King Solomon Lodge No. 43 A.F. and A.M., Woodstock. Remembrances to the charity of your choice may be arranged for at the funeral LJ 0) United Press Canada Queen Elizabeth II is greeted with smiles and flowers during her arrival in Vancouver Wednesday on the second day of a four -day B.C. tour. Queen invites world to B.C. for world's fair during 1986 CURRENT INTEREST RATES FOR TERM DEPOSITS (30364 days) AS AT MARCH 22, 1983 FOR CERTIFICATES AND DEPOSITS 30- 9 " 90-119 12D 179 180269 270.364 MINIMUM YEAR YEARS YEARS YEARS YEARS COMPANY DAYS DAYS DAYS DAYS DAYS DAYS 1 2 3 4 S BANK OF MONTREAL T/x Ph Tn 7r4 a 8 $1000 84 Vie 1014 1014 .11". BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 71, 714 711. Tb 7Y. M alms a m Im. mv. n,,. {.ArIAPA rearaAnanl 3 S 8 B4 8'h Bah $Iwo 914 944 10. 1034 11 . CANADA TRUST 7+4 N4 734 8 Ay, 81/1 S100D 91h 10 1011 1044 111 CAN. 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Comomies may offer slightly higher rates on one to file year secun'llies that Pay Interest yearly. "Why must you always rush through breakfast"'. Interest rates may have hit bottom LES DICKSON, caretaker of the the 10 acre lot are tagged for iden- Oxford County Arboretum (for- tification. mally the W. Leslie Dickson Ar- Staff photo by Linda Hulme) boretum) shows how the trees on From acorn to arboretum County's tree collection won't leaf By LINDA IIULME Sentinel -Review staff writer Most people, when they hear Oxford County runs an arboretum, scratch their heads, open their mouths and say, "What's that?" or try to cover up their ignorance by trot saying anything and just nodding a lot. It's no secret the county has one, but most people have never seen it, few have even heard of it, and virtually no one can pronouce So, for the benefit of the uninformed, an arboretum (pronounced are-bore-a-tum) is a living tree collection. There are few to be found in the province, and likely none with the same plan as the county's, said Les Dickson, the arboretum's caretaker. The arboretum, located on County Road 4, isn't a forest or a woodlot as such, it's a planned collection of different tree species. Dickson said he strives to collect trees native to Canada, but added later there are a few exotics growing on the 10 acre tract as well. MEN OF THE TREES The idea sprang from discussions at meetings of the Oxford Men of the Trees," he said. "We were talking about different things that could be done to promote tree planting and preserving trees and the idea sort of stayed in my mind." The county leases the land from the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority. Both parties fully supported the idea back in the mid 1970s. Other arboretums, such as the one at the University of Guelph, are usually forest tracts with trees tagged for identification purposes. The county's arboretum ivas created from nothing. Trees and shrubs are planted in small, arranged groupings. The first tree was planted back in 1976, he said. Now there are about 150 varieties to be viewed. "If we really required everything that would grow in Canada there'd be Zoo to 3o0 Protection against vandals • • you pining varieties at least," he said. The most obvious trees, such as maples, willows, oaks, and poplars, are already planted there but Dickson tries to continually locate new varieties. He admits it's beginning to get difficult. SCOUTS THE NURSERIES Ususally he'll hear of a the location of a rare tree by word of mouth and obtain per- mission to transplant it. Sometimes he scouts commercial tree nurseries, he said, but it's difficult to find a pure, native variety since most nurseries carry hybrids and grafted trees. The Ministry of Natural Resources, con- servation authorities, the Woodstock Hor- ticultural Society and Bell Canada (on its tooth anniversary in 1980) have all con- tributed to the collection When he's not hunting down trees. Dickson's doing general maintenance work on the grounds. Only a few trees have been lost to mice or woodchucks, he said, and sometimes people dig up a tree or two, but generally the ar- boretum is left alone. "It's amazing that we don't have van- dalism. You'd think in a tsublic park there'd be evidence of parties," a said The trees are young now, but if they con- titme to be left to grow, Dickson said the arboretum will likely remain permanently in the county's hands - "I don't know how important it is -.,but I think that ultimately when the trees become mature enough it will have quite a value as an educational institution or just a point of in- terest." he said. "People who may never have had an interest could develop one upon viewing it." Some species are already as high as 25 or 30 feet, he said, so it's already easy to visualize what's to come. "It could become almost forest -like. I wouldn't want it to be maintained as a park," he said. Arboretum's profile to be kept very low WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — The location sign at the four -hectare (10-acre) plot com- plot of 150 species of treeN was recently of Oxford Countv's arboretum will soon be memorating it., creation 10 years ago will named in Dickson's: honor. marked by a sign, but it won't be an eye- be set well into the scenery, But the committee decided Monday that catcher. The arboretum, located northeast of 'ro protect the hundreds of young trees Woodstock on land owned by the Upper while the commemorative sign should be Contained in the arboretum from vandal- Thames Itiver Conservation Authority and visible to country strollers, auto traffic - kin, county council's administration and leased to the county, is the creation of for. passing nearby should not be able to Iinance committee decided Monday that a mot, county warden Leslie Dickson. The glimpse it. _ l The sign will be located at the bark of the W. Leslie Dickson Arboroituttfor.itleapt to - years, to give the toting true• a eh w-o to grow unhinde edNo dump bm* at HolbrookIn other once bo.iucs,N theaz at4mll" Icon g ape out tiel c* uieede4,it�d jie th t Idrint: a per,onntl cou,uilatfll,}irspne the u, e of Nunilu) conmiltants lay,igmiirl. Brant :ind Linihlnn runniins - The cost of having a bin placed at the entrance to the Holbrook landfill site for the use of persons with small amounts of garbage outweighed the convenience value when the matter was considered by Oxford County's public works committee last week. A request for the replacement of the bin at the site's entrance had come before owmty courieil at its last meeting and been referred to public works for consideration. But county operations engineer Hoy Brankley said he is concerned people would use the bin for dumping large loads of garbage, causing problems Of cleanup people. While there had been some concern voiced by residents about getting back into the site to dump small loads of garbage, Mr. Brankley said the site has a good road. While it may he muddy at times, on those days there is a separated dump area so people don'thave to go all the way to the back or the site to unload, he said. It was pointed out the county used to have a bin at the mite which costs about $12,000 a year. Mr. Brankley also noted the county has received no complaints since it removed the waste bin at the entrance. County Warden Charlie Tatham voiced his concern that there would be no security at the landfill site entrance to watch what was being put in the bin and while some people might appreciate the convenience he didn't believe it is worth $12,000 a year. It was reported earlier at the county council meeting that some users of the bin were having trouble getting their waste inside of it as well, with the result that garbage was strewn all over at the en- trance to the site. The public works committee agreed to keep an eye on the site to see it residents are experiencing any problems getting their garbage back to the proper dump site. Personnel Management Associa(e.s of London had suggested it he hireti'tu conduct Salary, and benefit surveys and detlse per formative review procedures for Oxford County. But the contlnitwe decidaa it was satiNrted with the cutmtv's exis(jug sNNtem of evaluating employees and operating its personnel department. 0 • E Council asked to give archives county status WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — The Norwich His- torical Society has asked county council to offi- cially designate the Norwich Archives as the county's archives. Russell Smith, an archivist with the historical society, which operates the Norwich facility, told council Wednesday the county is in "dire need" of official archives. Pointing out that municipal offices in the coun- y a re "overflowing with old, inactive but highly mportant material," Smith asked that council name the Norwich facility, the only one of its kind in the county, as Oxford's official archives. "The costs to each municipality to set up and maintain the proper storage facilities that would provide the protection and space required would be very prohibitive," Smith said. "I propose that a county archives, for considerably less money, would do an even better job." Smith told council that, because of insufficient storage space in local municipalities, much ma- terial relating to the county's history is leaving the county and being stored in the provincial archives in Toronto. Smith estimated the cost of operating a county archives at about $60,000 a year. Council mem- ber Wendy Calder of Woodstock agreed with Smith's concept of one archives to serve the county but suggested further study of whether the county wants such a facility and where such archives should be located. The matter was turned over to the administra- tion and finance committee for consideration. In other business, the county has decided to pass an amendment to the county's official plan allowing the Town of Tillsonburg to rezone an area slated for construction of a senior citizens' residence. The site chosen for the non-profit resi- dence is now zoned residential and general in- dustrial and would have to be changed to high - density residential to allow construction of the five -storey, 60-unit building. The amendment by- law will be forwarded to the ministry of munici- pal affairs and housing for approval. BLUES CHASER A good way to make your car run betteris to have a salesman quote you a price on a new model. County gets COED approval By LINDAIIULME come out of county funds. Sentinel -Review stuff writer County clerk Harold Walls Oxford County has received a said the jjobs, ranging from a W S ,p)o grant from the Canada. few weeks of work to em- Ontario Employyment and ployment for the rest of the Development (CO m) program year, are available to any to create 38 jobs, Oxford MPP county citizen whose unem- Dick Treleaven's office an- ploytnent benefits have run out. nounced today, Hesaidhealreadyhasa waiting The total budget for the county list of 25 names to run through, jobs is $350,928. What money the but the county will be accepting program doesn't cover will referrals from the Woodstock Separate garbage consensus says By LIZ PAYNE Sentinel -Review staff writer The Oxford County Federation of Agreulture (OCFA) may have saved county officials some valuable research time through a questionnaire distributed during Agriculture Week. On the back of tickets for the OCFA's draw, par- ticipants were asked to answer a number of questions pertaining to garbage separation and disposal Directors at Tuesday's OCFA meeting decided to forward information gathered from 337 questionnaires to the county for its use. Of those persons questioned: 283 said they would separate garbage, 28 were not sure and 26 said no; 225 said they would take garbage to a separation depot, 53 said they were not sure and 53 said they would not; 168 agreed strongly that the county should organize a garbage separation program, 137 agreed, four disagreed and one strongly disagreed. "There is a strong in. dication here that people are RUTH SKILLINGS —program— prepared to separate gar- bage H the county can co- ordinate a program," OCFA secretary Ruth Skillings said. Director George Klosler said the OCFA should include the statistics in a report to be forwarded to county council. "That sample is a pretty significant number and a good cross-section of the county," Klosler said, "We should make the best of it." Oxford warden asks province to help with landfill site costs By Mark Nusca Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Calling Oxford county "a guinea pig in the environmental labora- tory" In its expensive search for a safe landfill sile, Warden Charlie Tatham has requested $1.6 million from the provincial government. In a letter addressed to Municipal Affairs Minister Claude Bennett and presented to county council Wednesday night, Tatham says the county needs financial help as le- gal and administrative costs of finding it suftable landfill site continue to rise. "We have spent over $1 million endeavor- ing to look after our 'solid waste,' With :111,000 households In Oxford, this amounts to Ssa per household. We have had no sue. cess In establishing a permanent landfill site , . "Should our taxpayers be asked to con- thme to shoulder an ever increasing load of taxes to continue the search for the elusive safe landfill site?" Tatham asks in his two - page letter. The county wants to builds majorlandfill site at Salford and has spent about $1 mil- lion oil reports, testing and jegal fees, A consolidated hearings board rejected the county's proposal last year but, that deci- sion has been appealed to the provincial cabinet, despite vigorous opposition from local citizens' groups. Residents have said they are alarmed by the prospects of irre- versible damage to the environment and the destruction of highly fertile farmland. In the meantime, t e county is storing ifs waste at the Holbrook landfill site In Nor- wich Township where residents are also concerned about pollution spreading. Tatham claims the pprovince,through In. creasingly striggent le islation governing landfill site location and testing, has put the county in an expensive "race" with no fin - lab line In sight. "We have gone by tho rules laid duwit b� the ministry of the environment. We have been the forerunners in our province of Ontario since 1975 in a vey frustrating race. "We have been a guinea pig 3n the envi- ronmental laboratory. The tests seetn to be continuing, and there is no end in sight," reads the letter, dated March :9. Adding that the search for a solution to the county's waste disposal problem "should not involve us in an adversary sttu- ation," Tatham asks the province fur a $t.6 million grant. "The county o1' Oxford's experience to date would indtcate that we have to find a pass through the environmental mountains to the shore of reason and the sea of re• sults," the letter concludes. Council member Joe Pember of Wood- stock voiced strong support for the letter, adding that mounting expenses over the wasw dlnpusal problem are In part ibe re, null of changing ftrovinclal legislation re, R:n•diug sale landfill site requirements. office of the Canada Employment Centre. Most of the jobs are centred around the W'oodstmk area, he said. These include public works jobs such as renovations to the Courthouse, fixing the roof on the Social Services building, cleaning up the Oxford County Jail and the old Governor's building, tree planting and landfill maintenance. In planning, the grant r-mers land use mapping, base maps and assessment coding, and possibly putting together a county manual. Work will also be done in the recreation., maintenance, and nurses aids departments of Wocdingford Lodge, said Walls. The county library will be completing its inventory, in. dexing newspapers and recording all businesses in the county. The total work weeks created by the grant is estimated at sri. "We now have to sign a contract with the federal government," said Walls, "so the program should be started in the month of April-" For some it's still hard to accept Restructuring has expanded the view By LINDA HULME Sentinel -Review staff writer It's been eight years since oxford County has been restructured, long enough to find out it the new system works as well in reality as it seems to on paper. Restructuring has had its growing pains, and the con- fusion in the immediate years following the enactment of Bill 95 in 1975 has more or less set- Oed down into a routine. That's not to say there aren't new horizons the county, still has to cross t for example, there still isn't an approved county -wide landfill site). And it will take years for rural residents to get itsed to the new municipal boundaries resulting from the amalgamation of several for- mer townships. But for better or worse, restructuring is here to stay. one major change from the old system is the mounting responsibility the county un- dertakes. Financing, several areas of public wombs, planning. and social services are now tinder county control. HARD TO ACCEPT For citizens it's difficult to accept another level of bureaucracy. said Warden Charlie Tatham. He said it's frustrating to deal with a relatively unfamiliar body when, for so many' ears, it was the local municipality they had to approach. But it's natural, said Tatham - `,As local people we have to try and overcome this if possible," he said. "Having the county level of government is good and bad. It's bad because we don't always get the reflection of the people. It's good when people are so close to a situation they can't look at it objectively." He said it's the cowl tv's job to look at new projects for their immediate and longterm ad- vantages. That's where county council plays a role. Sometimes it's better it someoneoutside the community makes judgements about a proposal, said Tatham. The 20 county councillors representing Oxford's eight municipalities collectivelgg make decisions on actions whi3l may have an integral effect on any given municipality. ACTS AS A FORUM "When you sit on county council, you ask yourself, is it good for the county and is it good your own municipality. When it fails on either county then you have to look at it closely," he said. County council acts as a forum, letting local municipalities have a voice in county actions. He said the whole system Blandford•Blenheim Township (Population 6,667) East Zorra-Tavistock Township (Population 7,061) Town of Ingersoll (Population 8,174) Norwich Township (Population 9,612) brings every corner of Oxford to work together for the bet- terment of the cowty as a whole. The system is by no means perfect, he said, but there are some distinct advantages to looking at the overall, longterm Oxford County (Population 84,302) WARDEN Charlie Tatham situation. In this light, planning is one of the most important county functions. Whether it be reconstructing a road, servicing an industrial park, or locating a landfill site, it's important to know how proposals will affect South-West Oxford Township (Population 8,166) OXFORD COUNTY Town ofTillsonburg COUNCIL (Population 10,332) 20 councillors city of Woodstock including the Warden (Population 26,096) Zorra Township (Population 8,194) HEALTH AND ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC PLANNING SOCIAL SERVICES AND FINANCE WORKS There is also county council representation on several sub -committees in- cluding Board of Health, Oxford County Library, Oxford Museum, Family and Children's Services, Woodingford Lodge, Victorian Order of Nurses, Wood- stock General Hospital, Alexandra Hospital, Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital, Land Division Committee. Each municipality sends two representatives to sit on county council except for Woodstock which has six county councillors (due to representation by population). 1* immediate neighbors as well as other communities. Tatham admitted some people see the planning process as a bureaucratic incumberance, but they soon realize the importance of it when something directly affects them. NEED PLANNING "You don't need planning until somebody wants to put a junkyard or a slaughterhouse beside you. Then you need planning," he said. Perry Sibbick, county warden when restucturing came into effect, said the system is a new concept of community with a broader base. While garbage disposal has been a thorn in the county's side, Sibbick said it's better to have the county handling it than in- dividual municipalities. even if it has taken eight years and mote than $1 million looking for a landfill site. The old system delegated garbage disposal to the 18 municipalities. "Wouldn't it he a monstrosity to go through the hearing process for 18 landfill sites. All municipalities would be looking for one. There may not be as much animosity not having another municipality's garbage, but every municipality would be having problems," he said. He said restructuring is working well, but doesn't ignore the inherent jealousies that still exist between the former municipalities within rural townships. "Sure there are fears of domination of one community over another, but it'll take time to get over. I think it'll come around as new members start serving that we're working with a larger unit," he said. He said Oxford residents are broad-minded people, but there are some deep rural roots going back more than 100years to deal with, As much as people question restructuring, Sibbick said they should be reminded the county itself implemented the system. All municipalities agreed to it, and all look part in setting it up. "If anyone suggests the province put the pressure on the county, that's not true," he said. "The decision came from us." 0 i �J xford County Report, Thurs., Mai. 31, 1983 Section A-3 Tatham optimistic through hard work success is at hand By CHARLIE TATHAM Warden, Oxford County A familiar voice asked me if I knew the name of the Woodstock flyer who was shot down over Holland in 1943 and had been rescued by the Dutch underground. The telephone call came from the Woodstock Navy Club. A visitor who had been a member of ilia Dutch un- derground was seeking the name of the rescued man. The question is atilt under discussion. Forty years ago most people were heating their homes with opal -fired fur- naces and the iceman still visited many homes sup- plying ice for food refrigeration. We had come through the hungry 30's to the 40's with all the misery and sadness that is part of all wars. Canada contributed sons and daughters for war service. The skills and talents that were needed to help the Allies build a war machine turned our country from a primarily agricultural producing nation into an industrial nation. Our material progress through the 50's, Go's and 70's was, in most cases, ever increasing. In the fall of 1963 we had a visitor from Erevan, Armenia who could not believe that my neighbors on Roselawn Avenue, who worked in factories, garages and the post office, owned the cars that were parked in front of their homes. What are our prospects tow? Dr. Edwards Fleming, an American statistician, visited Japan in the late Forties and encouraged the Japanese manufacturers to manufacture quality products. He suggested our idea of quality control in North America is "Like burning toast and scraping n". I believe that we are beginning to recognize that we are competing in a world economy. We have seen men walking on the moon. We can stand Inside our house and start a car with a remote control device. We usually associate computers with The development of eleclonic technology. Now scientists are talking afoot optical computers (hut may operate I,00) times faster than an electonic computer. We recognize that although we now have over four billion people on this earth, by the year 2000 there will be in excess of six billion citizens. The majority of these people will live In the Third World countries. The world as a whole has enough land to produce food for present and future populations. However, the uneven distribution of the Population, differences In and resources and limitations in the Availability CHARLIE TATHAM —county Warden — of inputs will make it difficult for some countries to meet food requirements through domestic production. What about Oxford County? Will we be successful in the 90's and 90's? Research and development has made a success story of firms like Western Ontario Breeders Inc. Hard work and innovation have distributed Van Wees roses throughout Ontario. Timberland Machines' salesmen roam the world for orders, with success. There are more success stories! The excellent Recreation Centre in Tillsonburg and their Downtown Mall, Ingersoll's Summer and Winter Games that involve community commitment, the Norwich Steam Show, the Drumbo Fair, the Highland Games held in Embro the first of July, the new Community Centre at Mount Elgin. I could go on; what about the funds that are raised. by volunteers for the Cancer Society, the Heart Fund, the Oxford Lung Association? Remember the wonderful response for the victims of the 79 tornado? You are involved in building your local com- munity and that is excellent. It would seem that in- novation and hard work by qualified men and women show the way. Surely Oxford County with such assets as rich agricultural land, Detroit River limestone, excellent geographic location in the 401 corridor, and a dedicated work force will succeed. We have the will, we know the way — hard work and innovation. 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EodE� 7etl'-Lm-2 7—E+�G eyae" wEy�e'xiaQwi"'"m ,",`° aaoa oo.«a.o^ a°' Hd..,>i'',.�°aN+01Q>9$E°•°a'.y Lei ��..E�o'�.S�'^voa•.y`°��y>'varavEa�aWEv��a`°i`°w �uaaid^."J>a�mav3ocm vas m'B,^aGama$ei�o,,, i°v:'L m• �'o W.� ymy o h r. •� `�'cGisq'�, `a'o G•a m a ° c •Q F 5ousa�' r°. �.25.v—'7aa.��o��tic 2=18-2Ec7ao.�m Courthouse will resemble an art gallery this spring By LINDA HULME Sentinel -Review staff writer A collection of paintings by Oxford County artists depicting the county will be turning the courthouse on Hooter Street into a veritable art gallery this spring. The paintings, commissioned through the Ontario Employment Incentive Program last year, have been appearing in the county public works department steadily since December and staff are currently photographing them for cataloguing purposes. Roy Brankley, a member of a committee set up to select the paintings, said Woodstock Art Gallery curator Jim Henderson has given the county assistance "and a lot of valuable lime" in making contacts with the ar lists. He said Henderson arranged for showings at the gallery so the committee could determine what artists would best suit the county plan. The idea arose from the public works committee which recommended paintings he done of Oxford scenes, the crests of the county's eight municipalities, and a mural depicting Oxford to hang in the lobby of the newly renovated basement. TRFMF-NDOUS IDEA County clerk Harold Walls made the application to the province for funds, and the province accepted the proposal. Walla said the program paid for $78,913,08 worth of art, some of which is vet to be completed. Brankley said the the idea is "tremendous" and he's pleased with Its outcome. "We were hoping to display the best of what's available in the county and I think we've achieved that," he said. He said the largest of the projects is the mural. Woodstock artist Mark Groshens, a realist, has been working steadily on the project since September and won't be done likely for another couple of months. The mural will include four panels, each four feet wide and six feet in depth, which will picture everything from rural scenes to the Beachvilime quarries and, of course, the courthouse. METICULOUS PAINTER Groshens has worked from hundreds of photographs taken of all his subjects, aiding him in pinning down every last detail. "He's a very meticulous and very careful painter," said Brankley. "It's a monstrous project." Other contributing artists include Lou Palmer, Joan McCann, Ross Logan, Bernard Bowles, Eleanor Kent, Shiley Peat, Jill Stewart, and Jan Cressman. They represent communities all over Oxford, giving the county a wide variety of viewpoints. The paintings won't be displayed until all art has been completed, he said. The county crests still have to come in as well as the mural, he added. When the collection is com- plete, the county intends to show the art in the basement lobby of the courthouse for about two or three weeks. Brankley said it's up to council to decide where the paintings will hang. i • 0 n'O FRANK FISK shows some of the batch of 300 balloons which dropped in to visit over the weekend. Balloon watch Helium -filled alien space ships land on a field near Norwich It's a bird, it's a plane, it's....300 balloons' Frank Fisk of Norwich was settling down to Easter dinner when he noticed people gathering up something in the field behind his home. He went out to investigate and discovered balloons — lots of them. Each one proclaimed 'Jesus Is Risen.' "There had to be 300 of them, anyway," he said. "There were people out there picking them up and filling up the back seat of a car." Apparently, he said, the people had followed the balloons across the countryside after spotting them in the sky. The multi -colored, helium. filled balloons had travelled about 300 kilometres, all the way from Lorain, Ohio (which is 40 kilometres west of Cleveland) where they had been laun- ched from a church at noon Sunday. A total of 2,300 balloons were given a send-off from the Christian Assembly of God in Lorain as part of an Easter celebration. The balloons were bunched together with string, and each bunch contained a handful of paper notices from the church, which included the churches name and address and biblical quotations on the back. Church spokesman Becky Daugherty said "That's really super" when told of the balloons' flight. Story and photo by Barry Ward The entrance way "was ust crammed" with balloons prior to the launch. A "real good gust of wind" took the ba Moons to the northeast. It appears that the balloons which travelled to the Norwich area are the ones to have travelled the farthest afield. The only other report of found balloons was from New London. Ohio, a community east of Lorain. County council Oxford County council will meet in the council chambers of the courthouse in Woodstock April 13 at 10 am. Immediately following county council will be the health and social services committee meeting. Oxford County wrestles with a lack of courtroom space APRTL 13, 1933 By GREG ROTHWELL court space, but eventually ` Sentinel -Review Crammed court quarters �g • became satisfied with hot plipw 1 f. FRED PORTER — apology — The problem with lack of court space at the Oxford County courthouse came to a climax of sorts Tuesday with two separate incidents - one involving an impromptu court session in the hallway, the other involving, appologies from the Crown Attorney. Family Court Judge Ross Webster assembled about 3o people who were In the building for attendance at his court in the main hallway and told them he had to adjourn matters until l'riday because he did not have a proper courtroom to hear the casili Isevause of courts in operation in other parts of the building, and sessions in hallway paint an embarrassing scene including comity court and a A.E. Charlton about the silting of the Ontario Supreme cramped quarters. Court, Judge Webster was told At one point the Judge asked if his chambers were the only the sealed windows opened, and available spot for his work. was told they didn't. lie also COURT WAS CROWDED asked the constable at the door Meanwhile the provincial to see if the noise in the outside court was crowded into a small hallway had died down, he was courtroom usually used for told that it hadn't. small claims court matters and NOTHING NEW for chamber matters involving The problem is nothing new. the comity court judge, Judge Webster's predecessor, Crown Attorney Fred Porter Judge John Bennett, of London apologized to visiting Judge kind an ongoing problem with his courts in his office cham- bers. Provincial Court Judge Robert Groom has become more concerned in recent months with the lack of space. He has decided to hold courts in the main courtroom on the top floor of the building, when it is available, to avoid congestion of the main hallway, and so far has held one session up there. He told the Sentinel -Review earlier this month that he would not oppose any move to rebuild the old jail behind the courtroom to acco mofale court case. if it could be done. ROSS WEBSTER — had hallway — $ IS, 000 for history is just too much says committee Oxford County council will be advised not to grant the Norwich District Historical Society the $15,000 the group requested last month The county's administration and finance committee Monday recommended turning down the request, but members admitted the matter could be open for debate when county council meets next week, The committee was undecided about the merits of granting the money, weighing restraint and accusations of favoritism against the potential tourist dollars the Society could generate if allowed to proceed with historical projects. "How do we turn down some and grant others?" said Coon. Wallis Hammond. "It's a can of worms." The county alreadv has a policy for issuing start-up grants for organizations such as historical societies, but con• tinned grants are another question, said chairman Wendy Calder. "I guess I have trouble with $15,00D." she said. "If we give this money we're changing the policy." Coon. Don McKay agreed. THE GARDEN PATH "Unless we're prepared to make it ongoing, we're just Leading them down the garden path," he said. "I'm not sure about this. Is it the responsiblity of the property owner to support this kind of thing?" The only argument for granting the money was the tourist value of the projects planned by the Society. If a federal -provincial grant is forthcoming the members in= tend to expand its museum and renovate the home of Peter Lossing, the first settler in the area. The committee learned last month the grant is con- ditional on funding from the county and Norwich Township, "We don't have much tourism in Oxford," said Hammond, "but you're not going to do it for $15,999. We have to make a decision sometime. Are we. going .after the tourist dollar?" Evidently not this year, unless county council overturns the recommendation and allows the grant in the 1983 budget. DOOR PRIZE FORMER WOODINGFORD Lodge Auxiliary president Gladys Campbell unveiled a plaque last night dedicating the new doors at the lodge to Ernie Wood, former lodge ad - Concern about conservation County's tree men want Oxford County's five tree commissioners want revised provincial regulations to provide more effective tree conservation practices in south- western Ontario. The commissioners met with the county's administration and finance committee, Monday, to gain support in attempting to change the province's Trees Act and to make improvements to the county's tree cutting bylaw, Morris Farr told it* com- mittee a tree commissioner's conference in Landon for the southwestern region of the Ministry of Natural Resources recently revealed a widespread concern about extensive tree cutting and no replacement practices. The county represd6ta lives want amendments to the Trees Act to include replacing one cut tree with two trees of the same or similar species and to ensure maintenance for two years. Any trees which don't survive should be replanted, said Farr. He added some system for establishing windbreaks in rural areas should also be included. "With the backing of all the surrounding counties we might get some changes," said commissioner William Sutherland. LACK OF KNOWLEDGE He said there's a general lack Of knowledge of the Trees Act j altogether. About 99 per cent of landowners with woodlots probably don't know about it, he changes said. Sutherland also expressed Itut enforcement is another concern about the cumbersome factor. county bylaw and the difficulty in enforcing it. The county restricts cutting of several tree species, but allows cutting for a landowner's own use and only on lands where trees are growing in woodlots one acre or more in area. Tree commissioner and ministry forestry staff prefer cutting of diseased and defor- med trees rather than healthy specimens unless accepted woodlot management practices are used, in agricultural areas, tree cutting leads to soil erosion, another conservation concern expressed by the com- ruissioners. The five men agreed a bylaw pertaining specifically to trees, and nut to acreage, would be more beneficial far con- servation, ISSUE FINES Coun. Wallis Hammond said he'd like to see the com- missioners have the powers of bylaw enforcement officers and to issue fines if landowners are contravening the regulations. County clerk Harold Walls was instructed to look into the possibility. The committee also authorized the commissioners to make a proposal for legislative change and with the consent of county council, take it to the next tree commissioner's conference in June. In an interview Farr said the meeting will be set-up to discuss possible changes and to agree on a proposal. If this happens, the final proposal will be taken to Queen's Park by ministry staff for amending purposes. ministrator. The doors were installed during Mr. Woods' term at the lodge. 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He put extra money into recovery and brought the federal deficit to $31.3 billion for the current fiscal year, up from an estimated $25.3 billion in the 1982-83 fiscal year which ended Mar- ch 31. County picnic This year's Oxford County picnic is going to cost $10 a head for county councillors and staff, but the members of the Ex - Warden's Association will get a free ride. The picnic, held annually as a county gathering, cost $5 a ticket last year with a cash bar. But the adminstration and finance committee doubled the price because of the costs for catering and purchasing steaks. This year the event will be held at Skee-Ili, east of Thamesford, The last time it was held there it cost $500 for catering and $350 for steaks, clerk Harold Walls said. 'Me ex -wardens and honorary members will be treated this year in honor of the 50th an- niversary of the association. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1933 Oxford's levy to Municipalities to rise by 13% WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford Comi- ty council approved a 1983 budget of $17.342,840 on Wednesday that calls for an utc,ease of 13 per cent in levies to its mem her municipalities. This means that $6,166,652 will be collectedfrom municipal- ities this year compared with $5,427,689 last year. - Total county expenditures for 1983 of $17.342.840 compare with last year's budget figure of $16,076,009. Grants from other lev- els of government make up more than half the revenues in the budget. About eight per cent of the over-all in- crease in the levy for 1983 has been attribut- ed to a dramatic increase in public health and welfare Costs, which have risen to $8 425,098 from the 1982.figure of $6 580,643. Included in that increase is a 47 per -cent rise in general welfare assistance costs, which have been set at $4:3796 22, com- pared with $2854,871 last veer Other areas of the county budget which have been lnc eased for 1983 arerecrea- tion and community services $375,381, compared with $37:t,940last vear, financial expenses, $787,01)0,con4pared with $647.500; general government expenses, $503.960, compared with $484,018. Areas of the budget which have been reduced from 1982 figures are: protection of persons and property, including fire service, $2247,3W compared with $278,247 last year; public works, $5.621,600. compared with $5.846,500; solid waste management, $981.500. compared with $1,454,000, While the solid waste management bud- get has been reduced for 1983. the county still expects to spend about $300,5(l0 this vear on environmental testing and hear- ings in its attempt to secure a perntmient waste disposal site for the cowity. Ahnost $600,000 was spent in those areas last year. The net levy to each municipality is: Blandford-Bleafbeini, $700,017. a 16.06-per- cent increase; East Zorra-Tavistoek, $565.591), 41 13.83-percent increase; Nor- wteh, $726271a 1303pea teat increase; South-West Oxford, $597 906, a 11.64-per- cenl increase Zorra, $447,676 an 18-per. cc.nt increase; Tillsonburg, $r" 189, an I1. 31-per-cent increase; Ingersoll $405.0:Q. a seven -per -cent increase; Woodstock, $1„501955, a 12.7.1-per-cent increase. 0 0 0, A WOODSTOCK INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1983 .mortgages d� below 10 Short term p Recession at an end, Royal Bank declares By THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada's biggest, bank pronounced the recession over on Tuesday, but the news was cold comfort for two of the Big Three domestic steelmakers, which reported heavy first-quarter losses. In its latest monthly economic . in another development, the report, the Royal Bank of cost of short-term mortgages Canada said a healthy rebound fell below the lo-percent level in industrial production is in Tuesday for the first time in. place, signalling the end of the almost a decade. worstrecession since the Second Guaranty Trust Co. an - World War. nounced it is reducing its six - The yank also forecast strong month mortgage rate by fe of e moderating Point to tel per cent, effective economic growth, immediately. That would be the inflation and falling interest lowest mortgage rate since July, rates over the next year. 1973. Meanwhile, Slelco Inc. of Meanwhile, the Canadian Toronto and Algoma Steel Corp. imperial Bank of Commerce Lid. reported losses of $14.6 reduced the rate it charges on million and $32.6 million, one- and five-year new mor- respectively, for the first three fecdv�e by a qutriyr point, ef- months of the year. Obituaries Howard McCombs A former reeve of Nor- wich village, Howard Clark McCombs of 15 Dufferin St., Norwich, passed away Thursday, April 28, L983, at Woodstock General Hospital, in his 79th year. A native of Burford township, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James McCombs, and was a life-long resident of the Norwich area. Mr. McCombs was a member of Norwich Bap- tist Church, and a past moderator of the Brant - Oxford Baptist Associa- tion; a former reeve of the village and past member of the Oxford County Council Association; former chair- man of the Otter Creek Conservation Authority. Surviving are his wife, the former Del Robertson (Holland); a brother, Lorne of Norwich; a stir son, William Holland of Toronto; four grand- children, Mrs. Rein (Anne) Jaagumagi of Toronto, Catherine Holland of Calton Hills, and Geoffrey and Jon Holland of Ottawa. Rating at the Arn and Son Funeral Residence, Norwich, for service Satur- day at 2p.m., conducted by Rev. David Houghtand of Norwich Baptist Church. Interment in Delmer Cemetery. PINNED Gloria Smith, vice-president of the Oxford chapter of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, and a nursing teacher at the Woodstock campus of Fan- shawe College pins a button on Howard Clarke McCombs Warden Charlie Tatham while he signs a letter proclaiming the week of May 1st to 7th Nurses Week. (Staff photo by By Dave Dorken) i Highway 403 extension gets priority TORONTO (Bureau) — The westerly extension of Highway 403 to a point with- in a stone's throw of Eastwood will be the major highway project in South- western Ontario in $1.39 billion of high. way construction this year announced Thursday by Resource Development Secretary Lorne Henderson. The highway is now open to Rest Acres Road and work to Brant County Road 25 is under construction. The min- istry of transportation and communica- tions will begin work soon to extend It to lust west of Highway 53. It will eventual- ly connect with Highway 401. The majority of the work this year Is an two-lane highways, Henderson said. In the London area, motorlsts will soon be able to make the connection from Highway 401 to Highway 135 with- out cutting across three lanes of traffic truck inspection station at Putnam and on Wellington Road northbound. Robert to the Catfish Creek bridge on Highway Eaton, minister without portfolio, said 73. in an Interview he lobbied Transporta- In the Chatham district, Highway T9 tion Minister James Snow to approve will be resurfaced to the south end of the work this year to cut down on the Grand Bend. Highway 2 will be resur- ha2ardous lane change at the city's faced from Kent County Road 28 to south end. Thamesville. Major work will continue on the Wood- There will be resurfacing of Highway stock truck bypass for 3.9 kilometres 7 from Highway 79 to Lambton County from Oxford County Road 9 to Highway Road 8, from Parkhill to the Ausable 2. River bridge, and from the Lambton- Resurfacing of Highway 401 for 12.7 Middlesex line to Arkona. kilometres will be carried out from the In the Stratford district, extensive west side of Elgin County Road 20 to the work will take place on Highway 84 east side of the Highway 4 interchange. within the village of Hensall. Highway Highway 402 will be landscaped from 86 will be resurfaced from Highway 23 Highway 2 to Highway 81 north of In Listowel to Huron County Road 12and Strathroy. Highway 7 from a point just east of Improvements will be made to the Stratford to Shakespeare. Bank rate of 9.37% lowest since '7$ Ten seconds of tornado terror By THE CANADIAN PRESS REECES CORNERS, Ont. — Buildings were reduced to rubble, dozens of people were left homeless and farmers lost their livelihoods as a tor- nado cut a swath of destruction Monday through southwestern Ontario. The twister was part of a huge storm system that swept across much of Ontario, cutting off electricity for more than 16,000 people in Lambton and Middlesex counties, ripping the roof from a Kitchener apartment building and from a Toronto manufacturing plant and pelting the pro- vince with torrential rains and hail. Hardest hit was Reeves Cor- ners, a community of Soo about 30 kilometres east of Sarnia. to New or ins rree rress Mary Nickels, foreground, saw the tornado coming and headed to the basement with her dog. When she emerged, she found a pile of brick and lumber where her house had been. ,13 injured as twister hits Larnbton 59 years of work gone in seconds • • 0 • Hercules winds whip Oxford By BARRY WARD and GREG ROTHWELL Sentinel -Review staff writers Monday's violent storm hit Oxford County hardest between Drumbo and Innerkip. Although there were no reports of injuries, half a dozen farms near the corner of the Sixth Con- cession and County Road 22 suffered extensive damage in the high winds which swept through the area in the afternoon. I -LAY 12 , 1983 n BLUES CHASER Pvlitir-ieur Unn i0w >halo,, your hand before the elecaun and your confidence after. A BEVY OF WARDENS County wardens past and present gathered at the courthouse Thursday for their annual meeting. PETER McDONALD (1963) GERALD STAPLES, former Clerk -Treasurer, A salute Same people accept help when they need it but somehow never get around to offering assistance to others. The residents of Oxford Cen- tre feel a little different. One of the two tornadoes that rip- Ped through Oxford County in 1979 levelled most of Oxford Centre, When a disaster relief fund was set up, people from all over the pro- vince responded with financial assistance. Residents of Oxford Centre have not forgotten that sup- port. We salute the residents of the hamlet who have set up a disaster relief fund to assist residents in Lambton County, hard hit by a re- cent tornado. J. VERNON CUTHBERT (1967) CLAIR MINLER (1972) LESLIE DICKSON (1973) HARRY ARMSTRONG (1965) CHARLES TATHAM (1983-1984-1985) ERNEST GARNER (1961) PERRY SIBBICK (1974, 1975-1976) ROSS LIVINGSTON (1981-1982) STANLEY GEHRING (1970) THOMAS F. PELLOW (1953) WILLIAM A. CHESNEY (1955) WILLIAM DUCKLOW (1971) REGINALD R. DAY (1956) LEONARD K. COLES, former Clerk -Treasurer ABSENT: J. C. EICHENBERG (1944) GRANT SMITH (1958) DONALD HOSSACK (1960) WILLIAM M. SUTHERLAND (1964) HUGH MUNRO (1966) GLEN KITCHEN (1968) GORDON ASPDEN (1969) KENNETH PEERS (1977-1978) KENNETH WEBSTER (1979-1980) BUDGET HIGHLITES:%J0 TORONrOi LCP) — Highlights of the Ontario budget presented Tueschi tr Abat�t$3,000- people put towork under new direct short-term job-croautm pri rams casting si42.3 million, A number of tax relief measures for small businesses are expected to help create thousands of others jots in the private sector. It The seven -per -cent sales tax eliminated today for 1p days on household furniture and appliances such as beds and stoves. ♦ Package of 20 cigarettes up 15 cents today by n combination of increase in tobacco tax and introduction of seven -per -cent sales tax on all tobacco products. A 34-case of beer increases May 24 by 30 cents, the average bottle of liquor 20 cents and most wines t0 cents. ♦ Ontario Health Insurance Plan premiums rise $1.35 a month for singles and $2.70 a month for families on Sept. 1, in- creasing annual bills five per cent to $340.20 for singles and SM.40 for families. w A program for new farmers to provide an interest -rate sub- sidy up to five percentage points on eligible loans. Details to be announced within a few weeks. w Small businesses exempt for another year from paying cor- porate income tax, an average savings of about $3,00ol a business. t A temporary five -percent surcharge on Ontario personal income tax — an average S75 a year — goes into effect July f to help pay for job creation and social services pinched by recession. BLUES CHASER Door to-doorsalesnlan to housewife: "I'd - I like to show -You a little item yourneighbors said you couldn't afford." REV. CARMEN 110LBROUGH, icentre) of Trinity United Church in Ingersoll, was installed as president of the London conference for the coming year at the conference's 59th annual meeting here Sunday. With. slim were two local candidates among the 16 people ordained to the May 11, 1983 Oxford County council decided to table a recommendation to accept a ministry of transpor- tation and communication proposal for improvements of intersections at Highway 19 and County Road 12 and 46. Council was concerned that not enough had been done to improve the safety of the intersection at County Road 12 and decided to wait for further reports from the ministry. Councillor Wallis Hammond said, "I'm not looking for it to be turned down, I'd just like to see it tabled for a month. Now is the time to put pressure on the ministry to make it safer." County council presented a scroll to Leslie Dickson for their appreciation of his contribution and dedication in establishing and maintaining the county arboretum, which was recently named after him. Mr. Dickson told council he has been acquiring many trees from the wild and while he planted 31 new varieties this year there is still room for about 30 more varieties. Mr. Dickson said he has been receiving help locating trees and maintaining the area from local conservation authorities and the Oxford Junior Farmers. A trip to view a municipal composting operation in Madisonville, Kentucky by Oxford County public works officials has been put on hold for the time being. Warden Charlie Tatham told council he spoke with the town's mayor who suggested they wait to tour the operation for a few weeks because they are "still working the bugs out of the machinery." County council concurred with a decision of the Tillsonburg committee of adjustment not to grant a minor variance to Wayne Nigh who requested permission to erect a home occupation sign of .56 square meters (six square feet) on the front yard of his North Street home. church ministry Sunday night. At left is Rev. Douglas Wright, who was a student minister at Westminster United Church in Thamesford. Al right is Rev. James Girling, who had been a stu- dent minister at Brownsville United Church. MAY 15, 1933 APPEAL FOR FUNDS to old victims of the LAMSTON COUNTY (Reece's Corners) TORNADO Financial donations gratefully received ors BLITZ DAY - SATURDAY, MAY 28 at OXFORD CENTRE COMMUNITY HALL All Woodstock and area residents and organizations encouraged to cane to OXFORD CENE, 9 to 12 a.m. SATURDAY, MAY 28 to leave financial contri_ butions. Door to door canvas planned fa area within 2 mile radius of Oxford Centre on that day. Please make cheques payable to. Oxford Centre SPADE. Fund (Oxford Centre Supporting People After Disaster Emergencies) For more Information plaaw telephone Joe Hampson 424-9794 or Jim Hlyd 339-5060 • E Oxford may use toll- free number WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford Coun- ty's administration and finance committee has asked Bell Canada for a cost study of the county's monthly telephone expenses so it can determine if a toll -tree central num- ber to county offices would be more eco- nomical than receiving collect calls from area residents. The committee, during a meeting Mon- day, discussed with a Bell representative the Orr of obtaining a toll -free num- berfor the county's Woodstock offices. The committee was advised that a toll -free "in - watts" phone number, which would be available to all county residents, would also require a centralized answering service to receive calls for all county offices. No such answering system now exists, with the county's different departments, sume housed in separate buildings, han- dling their own calls. The cost of such a service, as well as the cost of establishing a toll -free number for the county, is to be calculated by Bell and then compared with the county's existing telephone expenses. In other business, the subject of declar- ing the Norwich and District Historical So- ciety's archives as the county's official ar- chives was discussed. Tillsonburg Mayor Jean Ferric expressed strong supppoort for the idea, now under study by the committee. The historical society has expressed strong interest in the move. It recently re- ceived a $207,740 grant from the Canada - Ontario employment development pro- gram, part of which will be used to expand the society's archives on Highway 59 in Norwich Township. Some members of county council, before the matter was referred to the committee had expressed interest in having an official county archives located more centrally, such as in Woodstock. During Monday's committee meeting, however, Ferrie said the Norwich society should have its request to operate a county archives approved. It's about time says Heleniak Norwich wants committee "I think it is about time we showed more support for smaller areas such as Norwich. They have shown that they want the county archives, they have the funding, and Ithink they should get it," Ferrie said. Committee member Wallis Hammond, mayor of Zorra Townshipp'' disagreed say- ing the archives should be more centrally located. He suggested Woodstock. The committee is to compare the costs and advantages of establishing a county ar- chives at each of several possible locations before making its recommendation to coun- ty council. The committee gave its approval to a Toronto television production company's request to film the interior and exterior of the old Woodstock jailhouse in July. Visual Productions '80 Ltd. is preparing a 30-min- ute dramatization of the events that took place following the American invasion of Fort York in Toronto in 1813. The company expects to spend two to four days shooting scenes around and inside the jail. to monitor Holbrook site By LINDA HULME landfill's operations. agreement are carried out," he Sentinel -Review staff writer A request by Norwich MONITORING SITE Township to set up a special The agreement, arrived at last committee to monitor pro- December after an environmen- ceedings pertaining to the tat hearing, includes conditions Holbrook landfill site may be for testing and monitoring at the dealt with by the Oxford County site plus a plan to improve final public works committee this surface contours for better afternoon. water runoff and leachate A township resolution prevention. The agreement in - presented to county council, eludes provision that the cer- Wednesday, was forwarded to tificate of approval will expire the committee for June 30, 1984. consideration. Helemak said the towship's A committee comprised of lawyers issued a report in township Mayor John Heleniak, February with several recom- Coun.-at-large Helen Smith and mendations to be carried out. It the public works members was was suggested communications suggested. The terms of between the township and the reference would include county be expidited with the for - monitoring any work or pro- mation of this committee. posals for the landfill site and "It's to ensure the terms of the recommending action to county - council. The resolution states the township councillors "insist that this committee hold its first Talk meeting forthwith to ensure that of implementation of the (landfill) a6r eement get under way as soon as possible." Helemak said in an interview the proposed committee is in- cluded as a condition of the agreement between the township and the county on the said. The committee should meet continually, he said, even when the site is officially closed to en- sure proper landscaping and reforestation takes place. It will also provide the two levels of government with an in- formation liaison on site matters. "I hope that it will be effec- tive," he said, adding the com- mittee should have been formed immediately following the sign- ing of the agreement. "We're almost six months into 1993 and I think it's about time that this takes place," he said. on testing already conducted on the site. Printer A Centronics 351 printer for use with the Oxford County public works department's com- puter will be purchased for $5,025. The printer will expand com- puter use In graphics and word processing. Salford ruling remains mired in Queen's Park It may be five weeks before Oxford County receives word from the provincial cabinet on the county's appeal of the consolidating hearing board decision rejecting the Salford landfill site. Warden Charlie Tatham told county council Wednesday he has been in touch with provincial officials who told him the appeal will be dealt with by the management board of cabinet. Tatham was told by the hoard's chairman. MPP George Me- Cague, it would take three to four weeks for a decision on the ap- peal, then later added one would be forthcomiong by July L The appeal was submitted in January. Tatham was clearly -ir- ritated by the five month delay following the county s actions. asking councillors to forward ideas to expidite the proceedings. "If other people have suggestions to get them moving on this you have my fullendorsement," he said. Oxford BLUES CHASER RC board Gossip session: Taking in rumors. taxes rise committee review piques councillors' peeves A review of Oxford County's committee system may uncover areas of overlapping respon- siblity, said Coun. Jack Whit- more, Wednesday. Whitmore's concerns sparked a brief discussion among county councillors on the merits of the county's committee system, particularly in dealing with responsibilities such as wages and other budget considerations. The county has four commit- tees to deal with administration and finance, public works, plan- ning, and health and social ser- vices. The warden's committee is a fifth, comprising of depart- ment heads and committee chairmen. Coun. Phil Poole said part of the problem is the creation of the warden's committee. The committee has no regular meeting schedule and no terms of reference, he said. Why It was formed is unknown as well as the purpose it serves, yet it sporadically meets to discuss certain policy matters -and makes recommendations to county council. Conn. Joe Pember backed Poole's position. He said .the committee should either be abolished or it should be respon- sible for reviewing the county budget. The current budget process In- cludes initial presentations to the committees and a review of the consolidated version by the administration and finance com- mittee before it goes to county council. He said if the warden's com- mittee reviews it, the budget process will be quickened beLause all staff and committee chairmen are together to hash it over. County makes grand gift to lambton tornado victims A $1,009 donation for victims of the May z tornado in the Reece's Corners area of Lamb - ton County was approved by Ox- ford County council, Wednesday. A cheque is to be presented by Warden Charlie Tatham this Saturday during a fund-raising blitz by the Oxford Centre SPADE (Supporting People After Disaster Emergencies) group. "I hope that the matter of a donation will be given serious consideration by the other municipal councils," said Conn. John Heleniak. He said Oxford County receiv- ed aid from all over Ontario dur- ing the iW9 tornado crisis and local municipalities should be willing to show the some support for the stricken area in Lambton. 'the county donation will come out of •a $6,000 disaster relief fund, set up in 1a79 to provide financial assistance to municipalities hit by costly disasters such as lotnnados, r t� by 12.5% HIMM X FAk U On 0 T V ✓ �u CZ NATHAN BARTLEY may be a whiz at the violin but when it comes to other things -- like his taste in t-shirts — he's just like any other fire -year -old: (Staff photo by Elizabeth Payne) Bowing m Five -year -old violinist tunes up for nationals By ELIZABETH PAYNE Sentinel -Review staff writer Nathan Bartler just turned five years old a few months ago and already, has reached a pinnacle of success in his brief career as a violinist. In July Nathan will become the youngest per- former ever to reach the national finals of the esteemed Canadian Music Competitions in Montreal. His parents, Ruth and Peter Bartley of Woodstock, received word last weekend that their son had been accepted to com-. pate in the national finals,july 1 to t0 in Moritreal- He gained his chance to compete in Montreal earlier this year by corn. peting in regional finals in London and Montreal. Nathan's average mark for the two competitions was 85 per cent. Nathan's musical success speaks of an unit-cually gifted lit- tle boy, but in many ways he's like every- other five-year old He must practice an hour a day with his mother, who ac- companies him on piano and helps him learn difficult pieces by ear, but when. the violin has been put away Nathan, wear. ing a t-shirl and running shoes, joins the neighborhood gang or plays in the front yard with his sister Naomi. Started of three Nathan, whose father is also a violinist, began studying the Suzuki method of violin just after his third birthday, At first, Mrs. Bartley admits, trying to gel Nathan to practice was an uphill battle. ' Vie fought like cats and dogs with Nathan. and almorl gave u a few times. But eventually you see development and it's all worthwhile." Nathan showed promise early on in his violin studies. Although he does not yet read music (he will also make history by being the only non music -reader in the competitionsthis year: he jumped through the first four Suzuki books in a year and a hall. That is something that students usually take five years to do- In Montreal he will play a Telemann Sonatina fur his entry into the music competitions. Born performer Uuring the past year he has started studying with London violin teacher Richard Lawrence, which Mrs. Bartley says has givers him a real push in technique But Nathan has also proven to have something that no teacher or amount of practice cangive him — he is a born pedonner, "He loves the competition. He plays his best during. com- petition. He just realty performs.' During his regional finals in London Nathan, much to the pleasure of the adjudicators, ''really hammed it up," accor- ding to his mother. Mrs. Bartley is hopeful Nathan's experience in Montreal will open up avenues for further performance and study She is also hoWul the competition will bring,fort.h same funding for Nafhan to continue to have the best of instruction Sincebeginning lessons two years ago, Nathan has been through four violins. His latest — one small enough for a five- year -old and sophisticated enough for advanced music -- came at a price tag of $1.200 With travelling expenses to Lon don and weekly lessons coating $20, Mn Bartley admits the expenses start to add up after swlinW MW be boner Mrs: Bartley is also considering the day when Nathan's younger sister Naomi may beoing to London every week for vioba lessons Naomi, who Is Arm. just starter( taking Suzuki lessons, and is already showing as much promise, if not more, than her older brother. "I think she might do better than he's dons It's hard le tell 7i1M now.' Nathan's career may face a turning point next month at the music compethlona, but like most five -year -olds. Nathan is urdaxtd t+yy All the publicity He's tucking forward to Ong to Montreal, hill Maid But whorl asked if hr was nervous he gave a quick "pope" as a reply. "I think I'in going to do goad " CIyI� COUNTY OF OXFORD NOTICE To Property Owners: Authorized by the following area municipalities: TOWNSHIPS OF BLANDFORD-BLENHEIM, EAST ZORRA-TAVISTOCK, NORWICH, SOUTH-WEST OXFORD, ZORRA, TOWN OF TILLSONBURG, TOWN OF INGERSOLL, CITY OF WOODSTOCK TO DESTROY NOXIOUS WEEDS Notice is hereby given to all persons in possession of lands and property owners, that, in accordance with the Weed Control Act, Chapter 530, R.S.O. 1980, Sections 4, 14 and 21, having noxious weeds growing on their lands shall cause them to be destroyed by July I, 1983 and throughout the season. The County 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 costs 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 Dandelions, Burdock and Goldenrod are not considered noxious weeds within the County of Oxford under the Weed Control Act, the co- operation of all citizens is solicited in the elimination of these nuisance weeds. For any complaints regarding the elimination of weeds, please contact your area clerk. Mr. Burnice McAllister, County Weed Inspector, acts for all the Area Municipalities named. J. Harold Wells, Sumice McAllister County Clerk Area Weed Inspector County of Oxford County of Oxford John McGinnis, Clerk, City of Woodstock G. R. Staples, Clerk, Town of Ingersoll Helen L. Prouse, Clerk, Township of South-West Oxford W. A. Johnson, Cierk-Administrator, Township of Zorra K. E. Holland, Ckdc-Adininsi ator, Town of Tillsonburg Robert C. Watkins, Clerk -Administrator, Township of Norwich Keith Reibling, Clerk -Treasurer, Township of Blandford-Blenheim John V. Killing, Clerk -Treasurer, Township of East Zorra-Tavislock Oxford county to advertise garbage Oxford County has decided to advertise its garbage. The county's public works committee has approved a $1,700 expenditure to purchase a large billboard -type display that will be shown at fairs and community gatherings across the county. County Warden Charlie Tatham, who is arranging for the billboard design, said it will inform people that everyone must work together to help solve the waste disposal problem in the county. Mr. Tatham thinks it is a great way to let Oxford county residents know the problem is not going to go away whatever the Salford decision may be. Committee member Phil Poole suggested the billboard would be used to get the public's attention and then additional information about the problem of waste disposal could be handed out. The billboard is being designed by Burt Freeman of Toronto and is expected to be displayed at fairs, malls and community gatherings throughout the county. BLUE CHASER I'rafffe warning: Drive as (hough YOU ,icre early- for an appointment with the n„ Onle tax department. Phone service A cost analysis of incoming and outgoing long distance calls on Oxford County's present telephone system will be dons to determine If a better and less ex- pensive way can be $vet up. The county administration .and finance committee authoriz- ed Richard Bain, a sales representative for Bell Canada, to find out how cost effective an inwatts and outwatts system would be. for the county. The study is being done in response to a request from coun- ty council for a system which would save residents in Oxford from heing charged for long distance calls. Committee An Oxford Power Supply . Review Committee will be set up to review how the retail supply of electric power is being distributed to communities in Oxford County. The committee must be form- . edevery five years, according to the County of oxford Act Bill -951, and must include represen- tatives from the eight area municipalities, It has a year to review distribution as well as ` evaluating the feasibility of a single hydro-eledric commis- sion for the county or by in- dividual municipalities by commissions. The county administration and finance committee will be sending letters out to the municipalities asking for ap- pointed members.. U five-year forecast goes down the drain Municipal drains arc about as wlpredictable as the weather. That's the message the county public works committee receiv- ed loud and clear Thursday from five county municipal clerks. The letters were in answer to a mqutKt from the county depart- ment asking municipalities to forecast municipal drainage ex. penses for the next five years in order to give the county a clearer picture of what coming expenses might be like. But after recieving a pile of letters with comments like — "To predict a five-year program of Municipal Drain im- provements and or construction of new ones is just about like forecasting the location, date Charlie T, Warden a and time of the next tornado," from the Township of Norwich — the committee decided to shelve the idea, John Killing, clerk treasurer of the East. Zotra-Tavistock Township was equally blunt in his reply. "(Your proposal) for a five- year program of municipal drain improvements and estimated costs is totally un- workable, dream up some other weird and wonderful solution." 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ST.THOMAS TILLSONSURG LONDON St. Thomas Tillsonburg Ramada Inn Public Library Community Centre Tuesday, June 21 Monday, June 20 Tuesday, June 21 OXFORD CENTRE AYLMER Aylmer Canadian Legion Wednesday, June 22 SIMCOE Ministry of Agriculture and Food Blue -Line Road Thursday, June 23 MILTON Heritage Inn Monday, June 27 CAMBRIDGE Holiday Inn Wednesday, June 22 VIENNA Vienna Community Centre Friday, June 24 WATERFORD Canadian Legion Branch123 Tuesday, June 28 Oxford Centre Community Hall Thursday, June 23 DELHI Delhi Canadian Legion Monday, June 27 If you can't attend a centre, but would like more information, please contact: Mrs. Laura Formusa Community Relations Department Ontario Hydro rl 700 University Avenue, H8-F5 Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X6 or call collect (416) 592-2016. TORY LEADERSHIP "83 Jsr:r.h Clark Mulroney 1091 votes 874 votes 37% 29% 1085 votes 11021 votes 36.7% 134.5% 1058 votes 1036 vote, 35.8% 135.1% 1325 votes 1584 votes 45.5% 154.5% Crosbie 639 votes 21% 781 votes 26.4% OJO votes 29.1 % JOE CLARK con- ?Olt gratulates Brian Mulroney after Mulroney snatched vic-tory in the leadership contest from the hands of Clark in the fourth + ballot. Below left, Clark appears a bit downtrod- den and below right, Mulroney and his happy wife, Mila. STAFF PHOTOS BY BARRY WARD t y 3b Crombie Wilson 116 votes 144 votes 3.9% 5% 67 votes 2.3% Tian Mulroney Pocklington I Gamble 102 vote 17 votes 3% .6% HOW BRIAN MULRONEY PULLED IT OFF Fraser 5 votes .2% Or 0) E +> WOODSTOCKANGERSOLL. ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1983 Oxfrm. od a vt teeth into aws Discontinue mosquito • spraying program By DAVESTOVER The bugs are back and this year they have nothing to tear — not from the Oxford County Board of Health, anyway. Mike Bragg, director of environmental health, said in a telephone interview that the Ontario ministry of health ( MOH) has cut off funding for county mosquito spraying programs. Previously the MOH had made funding available to county health boards to carry out spraying programs. Extensive spraying began in 1975 following an en- cephalitis outbreak in the Windsor area, and "in subsequent years the ministry recommended counties carry out the spraying programs," Mr. Bragg said, But over the last two years there has been little chance or tear of a major en. cephalitis outbreak, with the result that the MOH has discontinued funding for spraying programs. Encephalitis is carried by mosquitoes. Funding of mosquito spraying programs was strictly on the basis of controlling a major communicable disease, Mr. Bragg said, "not on the basis of pest control." This is the second year in a row the Oxford County spraying program has been discontinued, and Mr. Bragg said it will probably not be started again, barring renewed MOH funding following another encephalitis outbreak. The key question for anyone who spends any time out of doors is, of course, are there more mosquitoes around now that Meetings Woodstock city council was granted use of the Oxford Coun- ty council chambers in the cour- thouse for council and commit- tee of adjustment meetings while renovations are under way at city hall, The city will use the room on the following dates: July 25, Aug. 11, Sept. 1, Sept. 15, Oct. 6, and Oct. 2o. A party A Christmas party for Oxford County staff was approved by county council. It will be held at the Oxford Auditorium Dec. 17. A cash bar will be available, but all other casts will be absorbed by the county: Administration and finance committee chairman said it was a difficult decision, but It was felt there were few other we of saying thank you to the statffor their efforts throughout the year. county -wide spraying has ended? "There's really no way to tell," Mr. Bragg said. He had not been made aware of greater numbers of mosquitoes since spraying was discontinued, and noted there had been about the same number of inquiries about mosquito control this year and last as in other years when the spraying program was in effect. He did say be thought "it would be logical" if there were more mosquitoes around now than before since the spraying "killed millions" of the annoying insects. As for other solutions to the bug problem, Mr. Bragg had mixed feelings about the popular electronic insect -killing lights that are now so popular. "They do work in that they kill the mosquitoes at- tracted to them," he said. White suggesting "they may attract more than they kill," he admitted he was not an expert on this particular aspect of the mosquito problem. If you're plagued by mosquitoes, the first step in solving the problem is to empty all standing containers of water — rain barrels and the like — since stagnant water provides a convenient breeding ground for mosquitoes. All areas of stagnant water can't, of course, be drained, but proper use of insecticides can control swarms of mosquitoes from stagnant ponds or swamps. Mr. Bragg said the board of health can advise people on proper mosquito control programs if they want to undertake spraying themselves. Boundary A letter will be sent by Oxford County council to Mr. Justice D.H.W. Henry, chairman of the Electoral Boundaries Commis- sion, objecting to the division of Oxford Count into two electoral districts. The county is supporting Ox- ford MP Dr. Bruce Halliday in his efforts to have the Oxford riding remain as one electoral district. Computers Oxford County clerk Harold Walls will be attending a seminar on Computers in Local Government, sponsored by the Ontrio Municipal Management Developpmen( Board. It wUl be held at the Universi- ty of Western Ontario Aug. 24 to 26. Walls' registration fee is WWI Pens Oxford Count), clerk Harold Walls will be ordering 2,000 pens with County of Oxford imprinted oil them. The need for the pens was questioned by several coun cillors, but administration and finance chairman Wendy Calder said they are used. for public relations purposes and by count cillors at meetings. Cow. Hoss Livingston said in future pens should not be aup. plied to councillors at every meeting. One a month would probably suffice. By IANDA HULME Sentinel -Review staff writer The auto extrication unit owned by Woodstock Ambulance may be taken over by Oxford County and housed by the Woodstock fire deportment. A proposal to have the "jaws of life" unit manned by one firefighter with the department's mini - pumper was presented to the county administration and finance committee, Monday. The committee will ask for input from Oxford's area municipalities before recommending county approval rm the proppoossal. Woodstock's chief administrative officer Wayne Shipton said a meeting last week explored the question of respon a from emergency services to accidents where extrication is needed to free victims. A concensus arrived at by the various represen- tatives from the Fire Marshal's office, the ambulance service, the city and the county indicated the unit should be in the hands of the city's fire department for use all over Oxford. Shipton said it was suggested by ambulance owner Joe Pember that bylaws at the city and county levels be. passed enabling him to operate his unit. This would coincide with the recommends- tions of the provincial auto extrication program. But since the provincial policy also states fire departments should do auto extrication, the proposal to turn over the am bulance's unit to fire services was also considered. Shipton said representatives from the Ontario Fire Marshals office recommended the jaws fall under the county's responsibtli. ty. That way, the county can be eligible for a provincial grant to cover reimbursement costs to Woodstock Ambulance and the Lions Club, which purchased the jaws in question. The county could then turn it over to the city to be placed on it's mini -pumper and one man could respond to accidents in the balance of Oxford's municipalities. Actual operation of the equip ment would be conducted by local fire departments. OTHER AREAS Other areaswould be Fovered by the ]fount Elgin and Burgessville fire departments which also carry heavy auto ex- trication equipment. Coun. Wallis Hammond expressed concern as to whether the proposed system would be any better than the present one in response time. County fire co-ordinator Chuck Young assured the pro -- posed system would be superior.' He said most accidents don't need the jaws, adding they're only used about six times a year in Oxford. Smaller, lightweight s kits which don't use hydraulic ' power will be placed in all 21 county fireballs in the near future enabling firefighters to .w•- respond promptly, likely faster than the ambulance service. z....• '"�.. If those onthe scene find they can't do the ekcication with the equipment they've got, then a call for the jaws would be made. "There's no doubt about it that the fire departments responding with their kits are going to be a CHUCK YOUNG lot faster and a lot better," said — fire co-ordinator — Young. Firefighters would beon the scene anyway if a gasoline spill im creased the threat of fire or explosions. Young also assured the committee about halt of Oxford's firefighters are well trained in the use of the equipment. Seven men in the Woodstock department have taken the Fire Marshal's course in auto extrication and another 12 are scheduled to undergo a course June 27. He said the training is superior to that received by the am- bulance attendants, The committee agreed there were too many unanswered ques- tions to make a snap decision on the proposal. It will seek input from local municipalities and the ambulance service before mak- ing a recommendation to county council. "I think there is some feeling, certainly, thatwe should be deal- ing with this fairly quickly. I would hope that we could deal with this at our next committee meeting tin July),- said chairman Wendy Calder. Beautiful quilt crafted by Beachville woman to be presented today to The Royal Couple By GABE PERACCH1A Sentinel -Review slaffwrker An exquisite quilt made by a Beachville woman is to be presented as a gift today to Prince Charles, and Diana, Princess of Wales. The giftis to be presented by Governor-General Edward Schreyer and his wife, Lillian. in appreciation of the royal cou- pie s current tour of Canada. The quilt is the creation of Anne L.arock, a local quilter who also teaches the craft at various institutions such as Fanshawe Col- lege, Oxford County Board of Education, and the Ingersoll Creative Arts Centre f CAC). Mrs. Larock said her reaction to the news was one of 'Jubila- tion. It's quite an honor." ANNOUNCED BY MRS. SCHREYER The selection of her quilt as the nation's gift to the Prince and Princess was reported by Jean Hillis, chairperson of the Ingersoll CAC. The selection was announced by Lillian Schreyer in Toronto two weekends ago at the annual conference of the Ontario Crafts Council, Mrs. Hillis said. Mrs. Hillis said she was one of four CAC members In atten- dance at the conference. Officials of the Ontario Crafts Council reclined to give informa- tion on the presentation, saying they had been rquested by the Prime Minister's Office not to release any details. We have been in touch with the (federal) people, and they have given us instruc tions not to say anything for a week," curator Marie Shaw- Rimminggton said. Mrs. Hillis said the sale of the quilt to the federal government was facilitated by the council. Mrs. Larock is a member of the council where slides of her work are kept. The council is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of crafts. Madeleine Daoray, a press officer at Government House men- tioned the name of Anne Larock, when asked about the creator of the gift quilt. However, she declined to give further information until the time the presentation is made. WOODINGFORD LODGE OPEN HOUSE On Sunday, June 26, 1983 Woodingford Lodge, 423 Devonshire Avenue, Woodstock will be holding an Open House between the hours of 2:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M. All members of the public are cordially invited to attend and see Ox- ford County's home for Senior Citizens. I Refreshments will be Served Auno 2S6 TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1993 Putting Oxford on map You do not have to leave Oxiord County to find individuals or organizations taking advantage of new developments in the field of science. A number of organizations are now turning to Oxford to learn just what can be done in specific fields. r Alex McIntosh of Embro per- formed the first succesful Holstein "embryo split" in Canada. The result — twin calves — is attracting a lot of attention from the dairy industry. r Peter Van Wees of Princeton has become the first Canadian rose producer to install a completely computerized greenhouse system to control temperature and moisture. The system, along with other im- provements, will eventually in- crease production by 50 per cent. r Woodstock General Hospital will become a pioneer in com- puterized health care next month when its new patient testing system begins. Patients will be able to leave the hospital sooner because testing will be done more quickly, accurately and efficiently through the computer system, said ex- ecutive director William Pogue. These individuals or organiza- tions are trend setters, not trend followers. We salute all three. MARKING 100 YEARS OF SERVICE A tree planting ceremony was held in corn oak tree in front of the old Oxford County Jail, memoration of 100 years of service by the St. while Gordon Fraser, chairman of the John Ambulance in Cahada, Here Oxford Woodstock branch and a former corps County Warden Charlie Tatham and superintendent, looks on. Woodstock Mayor Wendy Calder plant the red (Staff photo by Linda Hulnte) • 0 � � t 1 M1ILL A JUNE 291h 9 1983 SCHEDULE 3:15 P.M. Royal Canadian Regiment and Canadian Legion Color Party will parade from the Oxford Museum north on Vansihan Ave. to the Mausoleum. 4:00 P.M. Military Funeral 4:30 P.M. Oxford County Warden Charlie Tatham and Edwin Bennett, President, Oxford Historical Society will unveil plaque on the McKenzie Monument, 4:45 P.M. Presentatlon of plaque and iron fence at graveside to Mayor Wendy Calder by Col. Tom Lawson on behalf of the RCR. 4:50 P.M. Unveiling of Ontario Heritage Foundation plaque 5.30 P.M. Reception, Royal Canadian Legion Auditorium, Brent Street. (By ticket only) Guest Speaker'. J.J Robinette, C. C., Q, C. "Ode to Klondike Joe" performed by Woody Lambe Master of Ceremonies GEORGE A. CALDER, Q.0 ANOTHER ORDERS & AWARDS BRITISH, Dlstinquehad Service Order. Brought to ere notice or Ne Secretary of Slew toy War for valuable services rendered in connection with oduary operations in the fret, FRENCH, Crol. de Guane RUSSIAN, order of St. Vied on. 4th Clew: Order of St Anne. "with swords". 41h Case; Order of St. Stanislais. 2nd Class. ' - RUMANIAN, order of the Star of Rumen, - (Grand Oekert: Order of the Crown of Rumay.a (Commended', Order of Regina Marla. Joe Boyle Repatriation Committee Cny H.., PO 6.v 4n, wood.l�. 0.13.ro. Ca.ada Nag 7w5 TO THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF WOODSTOCK AND THE COUNTY OXFORD Crl./man late. aw. or. ddN. oe.iw it will be an historic day in woodetok. an the 29th of Jane, 19we invite you tto umm c. attend ^Bol. Joe Boyle Day^, which will be part Day EdwinBennamn.µ of Canada's Birthday celebration. w.nnool. am Leaned W. Taylor Our special committee of the Oxford Historical Society, With the help of the Department of National v......,. ac. Defence, is bringing home a national hero; Lt. Rol. Joseph Whiteside Boyle, D.S.0. s.�..m.v Susan Stan His long list of Decorations and Awards attest to his heroic deeds in kurope during World War 1. meal. wells.. ward His earlier career in the Yukon contributed much to the commercial development of Canadair, Northwest, George Georger l.oecases.O.C. clan At 3.15 pm troops of the 4th 9attalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, will parade from the City Square to the Treabyterian Cemetery where a military oepl xa, a.r..�. n.p U§meral will be conducted by the Bev. Dr. Sohn Davies, Ted!ewb rellowing the service an Ontario `feritage Foundation plaque will be unveiled by Lt. Governor, the Honourable co..lr.ro.mm John n. Aird, ',.C. far. Pwra C111.1 wo.ds�... .dll-ln The new gravesite will. be marked with ., ueco nomld M1larlera ancient stone cross and ledger stone, and will be located at the e:cKennie monument, a gift of the "People of Oxford^, and adjacent to the Boyle A.,`c.n.o. I.e,.. family plot. in. hsr, Work. J. Rdwlm This national story, of a' patrihas oceves•nge ww.arPe. already received extensive media across send c.,nni cese Canada .and 1n the United I(ingdom. A film for television Mac Paul MccnIMN will be completed following the June 29th cereaon , P B Y o.rmd w.,..m If you would like to be part of this historic chefing4theln event, a contribution in any amount would be grate- fully received and acknowledged, - V.N fl.p,op1^II/M Alan Fagg Yours sincerely. o.am altralul Soo - 0.Milton Edwin Be site Co-chaiman CANADA DAY PROJECT w commntw of on, 0.1.N ,N.ta,ral so.l., r i .ii. ii i. ..wi. ii.awawi i Ni i.N.ii Vey, I .maim IIA, ur ratoh ewtr to the Jw fro* Ngr4idwn o ( ixeswifn aJ ohe fAyfaM N&lorkW .Rw art, 1 � ,dal.,.—--- ------------- � 1 w1ow.d N my ch.uov lo. 3___—_ 1 Nl w- mwkc ihcgmv payable ac aahwd Nid.wwW %m r ; ' 6wJ..+,�Lk.nuu4 .epx.uuw lb� W,IIWa V1 U{ \!'tin d.Wlwny. gJ_WC I�w IMrly kcp.w.asw C\vnnoto, li�i.���eiiil-eell11-111. lb\ al, w,w,d,Nn'k, IWin., Ives ?W1 Ni i Klondike Joe laid to rest �'in city of his youth By GREG BOTHWELL Sentinel -Review staff writer A flock of birds flew startled from the trees as the noise of rifle fire rent the air. Klondike Joe Boyle was laid to rest Wednesday in the city of his youth, 60 years after his death in England at age 56, and he was accorded all the honors of a hero. About 200 people were on hand Woodstock branch of the Cana - at the Presbyterian cemetery on than Legion, and officers from Vansittart Avenue yesterday the Woodstock city police and afternoon for the official reburial and dedication the OPP. The flag from the draped cof- ceremonies, probably as. many fin was removed, rolled and watched a military and police presented to Flora Boyle Frisch, N.Y., Boyle's Th honor guard march down in- 89 of Long Island, das Street to the cemetery a daughter and last surviving short while before. heir. They were there to pay tribute PLAYED LAMENT Rev. Dr. John Davies, who to Woodstock's most famous knee' Boyle in the Klondike and son. And they were there to show he has not been forgotten by this was present when Boyle's city and to see that the story of volunteer machine brigade left the war theatre during the his life of daring, adventure and Firsfor World War, delivered the heroics are not. forgotten by eul eulogy. other Canadians. ps were played along with Ontario Lt.-Gov. John Au-d a lament on the bagpipes, then called the day 'one of the most members of the RCR prepared moving events"that has happen- their firing party. ed to me since I became Three volleys from 14 rifles Lieutenant -Governor of this were fired over the coffin, and province „ He called the ceremony "dignified, and classically sim- ple," and those who observed it no doubt agreed. MARCH TO CEMETERY The parade march from the Oxford Museum,. down Vansit- tart Avenue to the mausoleum where the casket was retreived,. and then on to the cemetery for the reinterment ceremony was watched by people who lined the streets to see it go by, Members of the 4th Battalion, the Royal Canadian Regiment, from London, in the scarlet tunics and white piked hats were the focus of attention, as were the members of the regiment's_ and with their mu four members of :anadian Mounted P red uniforms, mein color party from BEFITTING A HERO With all the pageantry and pomp it could muster, Woodstock'_ buried Joe Boyle Wednesday, in a funeral befitting the local legend. Up top, the 4th Battalion, Royal Cana- dian Regiment during the slow march to the cemetery. The same group honors the decorated soldier with repeated gunfire. A pla- que commemorating Woodstock's favorite son is unveiled at the gravesite. And members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police fold the flag which draped Joe Bovie's coffin. Staff photos spectators covered their ears to close not the din. Master of ceremonies, George Calder, pointed out the stones which had covered Boyle's grave at a small church town in England, and which his daughter unveiled at his new grave in Woodstock. All three markers, a 1,wo,-year-old Romanian stone cross, a burial urn, and a ledger stone inscribed with aquotation from Yukon poet Robert Ser- vice, had been placed at the English grave site by Romania's Queen Marie, a grand daughter of Queen Victoria, fulfilling a promise she had made to the Canadian man who was her con- fidant during that nations time of struggle. She regularly sent nowers to his grave site. [�J by Dave Darken JOE BROUGHT HOME The late Klondike Joe Boyle received some over -due recognition from his native country in 190. Boyle, a First World War hero, had been honored by a number of other countries earlier this century. He came to national at- tention in Canada this year when a Woodstock committee arranged to have his body returned from England where he had been buried. A reburial ceremony was conducted in Wodd- stock before he was buried in this plot. 0 L COW& CeleblVte$ JULY 1, 1983 Parties for a country and its prin OTTAWA (CP) —.Canada's Birthday was marked in every region of the country Friday with a pair of special parties on Parliament Hill, and in Edmon- ton, where Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, celebrated Diana's 22nd birth- day and officially opened the World University Games. In Ottawa, Gov. Gen. Ed Schreyer read his annual birth- day message to the country im- mediately after a change -of -the - guard ceremony and just before a 21-gun salute that rattled win- dows for blocks. The crowd at Ottawa's noon- day ceremony was light, but Parliament Hill was a mass of people in the evening for a stage show and a fireworks display that lit up the Peace Tower with a majestic aura. The party in Edmonton began with the unfurling of the largest Canadian flag in the country. Later, as the Universiade open- ed, the crowd in Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium ap- plauded loudly when Prince Charles complimented his wife for having the good sense to share her birthday with Canada. Canada's birthday was celebrated tlrst when 6W New- foundlanders braved the early morning chill in St. John's to Lake part in the Canada Sunrise Ceremony at 5:04 a.m. NDT. Jim Fleming, federal Multicuturalism Minister, join. ed the crowd in singing 0 Canada, and watched a re- creation of Sir Humphrey Gilbert's claiming of New- foundland as part of our newest province's 400 b anniversary. The Canada Day celebration is overshadowed in Newfoundland by a memorial service on the first Monday in July which com- memorates the slaughter of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment in the First World War battle of the Somme in 1916. Only 68 of the regiment's 778 soldiers answered roll call the day after the grisly battle. Halifax celebrated with a ceremony and evening perfor- mance at Citadel Hill which culminated in a stirring version of the 1812 Overture by the Halifax Symphony, featuring cannon fire from the Citadel. In Saint John, N.B., the coun- try's oldest incorporated city, all of the boats in the harbor let go with a whistle blast at noon. PRICE ADJUSTMENT Due to rising production costs, The Daily Sentinel -Review will be adjusting its rates for home delivery to $1.50 per week, effec- tive Monday. A portion of this adjusted rate will be received by your newspaper carrier in the form of increased profit. The single copy price will remain unchanged at 80 cents. Blues chaser Do you remember when the only thing that annoyedyou about the television was the poor -reception? • . Charles&Diana M Canada For 17 days in June and one special Canada Day, the Prince and Princess of Wales captivated the nation. Mps line up against boundary change From the Ottawa bureau of the Sentinel -Review OTTAWA — A total of 22 MPS have filed an objection in Parlia- ment to a proposal by the Elec- toral Boundaries Commission to exclude the Townbsips of Zorra and East Zorra-Tavistock from the constituency of Oxford - Brant. Eleven Tory MPs claim the proposal ignores the "communi- ty of interest and the long- standing municipal boun- daries," and places Woodstock and Ingersoll, the centre of hiah- population density, on t e periphery of the new constituency. The Tories charge that the commission, which presented its report earlier this month, failed to give adequate attention and consideration to geographical, Oxford's welfare caseload takes sharp drop in June WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford Coun- ty's welfare caseload dropped by almost 19 per cent during .June, the county's social services administrator said Monday. Gerry MacKay said June saw the coun- ty's welfare rolls drop by 240 cases — or 18.7 per cent — to 1,042 cases from May when 1,282 area residents were receiving social assistance. "it has dropped but we are still higher than a year ago," MacKay said, In June, i9e, the welfare caseload totalled 795. "If we ean.get down to where we were last year, we won't be too badly off, but It's hard to say what will happen through the summer." He said the June drop can be attributed to a seasonal Increase In job openinga, mostly Involving farm work on local strawberry and tobacco operations. As well, the Can- ada-Ontarlo employment development pro- gram, a government make-work program for persons who have exhausted their un- employment insurance benefits, has helped reduce welfare rolls. Forty-five to 50 people have obtained work in the last six weeks under the program, he said. MacKay said the number of Oxford resi- dents receiving general welfare assistance has "slowly but steadily" declined since a bI-year high of 1,411 coach In February. "That's the highest we ever were since 1969,"" he said, blaming the February peak on "the economy In general." In anticipation of the welfare caseload remaining high this year, the county earli- er approved a general welfare assistance budget of $4,879,642, a 47-por-cent Increase over 1982. ors. Itpolitical also diand d not demographic ade- quate consideration to all of the representations made at public sittings held by the commission in February. The Liberals objected to the proposal saying the commission has deliberately ignored the fact that historically, socially and commercially Oxford residents are closely tied to Woodstock. Perth citizens to Stratford and Middlesex residents to Loudrm- The Tories' objection was signed by Tories Doug Lewis, Simcoe-North: Bill Jarvis, Perth; Michael Wilson. Etobicoke Centre; Girve Fretz, Erie; Bill Kempling, Burl- ington; Flora MacDonald, Kingston and the Islands; Bill Domm, Peterborough; Don Blenkarn, Mississauga South; Scott Bennell, Ontario; Joe Reid, St. Catharines; Sinclair Stevens, York -Peel. The Liberal MPs against the change include: Garnet Bloom- field of London Middlesex, Peter Sarnia-Lambton, Paul Cosgrove of York Scarborough, Stanley Hudecki of Hamilton West, Ralph Ferguson of L.ambton- Middlesex, Jack Burghardt of London West, David Smith of Don Valley East, Douglas Fisher of Missauga North, Charles Turner of London Fast and Roy MacL axen of Etobicoke North. Oxford MP Dr. Bruce HaW- day began the fight against the boundary change and he was joined by many county groups. He has also filed an objection. The federal goverment must now schedule a day in September to debate the issue in the House of Commons. BLUES CHASER Lots of ineopfe! are working day and nfghe Jo hllllabar-,sa Ping applidnees. 9 • Oxford dump appeal to take at least month TORONTO (Bureau) — It will be at least .tugust before the appeal over the Oxford County landfill site comes before the pro- vincial cabinet, a senior government Npokesman said Monday. "I think you're looking at early August for it to come to cabinet," Ruth Miller, executive assistant to management board of cabinet chairman George McCague, said in an interview. The process of circulating a report on the appeal compiled by the Southwestern On- tario regional office of the ministry of the attorney -general was not begun until late last week, Miller said. AT A GLANCE TORONTO (CP) — Following is the makeup of the Ontario cabinet after Premier William Davis completed his shuffle today- " normally takes a couple of weeks" for The Daily Sentinel. Review, Ives,, July 12, 1983 Page 3 the report to make the rounds of the v arlousGive ministries involved in e issue. They will firemen the laws then. make theirrecommendationsomade.which to cult• nut's legislation committee, which would make the final recommendation for cabinet . to consider, Oxford appealed a decision handed down county committee Dec. 22 by a joint hearings board which rejected the county's ptan to build a new landfill site In Salford. Cabinet normally meets each Wednes- day, Jawing ends day, but has a lighter summer schedule, , with no meetings July 13 and 20 or Aug. 10. NEW MINISTERS: Susan Fish, Citizenship and Culture Andy Brandt, Environment Phil Andrewes, Energy Gordon Dean, Without Portfolio NEW PORTFOLIOS: ' Larry Grossman, Treasurer Frank Miller, Industry and Trade Keith Norton, Health Gordon Walker, Justice Secretary Bruce McCaffrey, Social Development Secretary Norm Sterling, Resources Development Secretary George Ashe, Government Services Bud Gregory, Revenue Bob Eaton, Chief Government Whip UNCHANGED: William Davis, Premier and President of Council Robert Welch, Deputy Premier and Women's Issues Roy McMurtry, Attorney General Bette Stephenson, Education CITIZENS and Colleges and Universities Frank Drea, Community and Social Services Dennis Timbrell, Agriculture and Food Robert Elgie, Consumer and Commercial Relations Nick Leluk, Correctional Services Tom Wells, Intergovernmen- tal Affairs Claude Bennett, Housing and Municipal Affairs Russ Ramsay, Labor George McCague, Chairman of Management Board of Cabinet Alan Pope, Natural Resources Leo Bernier, Northern Affairs George Taylor, Solicitor General Reuben Baetz, Tourism and Recreation James Snow, Transportation and Communications OUT OF CABINET: Doug Wiseman, from Govern- ment Services Margaret Birch, from Social Development Secretary Lorne Henderson, from Resources Development Secretary County Warden Charlie Tatham checks a group of calves during Neil and Jim Muxworthy's Forage Night, The Hickson area farmers opened their barns to area citizens, to see the barns they reconstructed after the 1979 tornado. The visitors also heard some seminars by forage experts. The night was spon- sored by the Oxford Soil and Crop Improvement Association. (Staff photo by Dave Darken I they're moving to fire station The hydraulic jaws of life will roll from the Woodstock Ambulance for the last time probably this Monday. The rescue equipment, used to free victims from accidents, will be transferred to the city's fire department and placed on its mini -pumper for use here and in other parts of Oxford County. Ambulance owner Joe Pember, who has been operating the equipment for the last 10 months, has no regrets about the county council decision to move the jaws. "I'm quite pleased," he said, "as long as it's going to be operated properly, effectively and the people operating it are well trained on how to use it." One firefighter from the city will be assigned to the pumper to transport the jaws to accident scenes throughout Oxford- The local firefighters there will then,operate the equipment to free victims. Pember said from the action he's seen lately. his confidence in the firefighters has been reinforced. He referred to a farm acci- dent in Verseboyle earlier this week when the. Mount Elgin firefighters used the jaws to free a young boy from a baler. Cabinet sets Salford site appeal date Oxford County may be Able to resume making Plans for waste disposal before the summer's out, but don't hold your breath, County Warden Charlie Tatham learned this weekend that the Ontario cabinet is scheduled to eonsider the county's appeal of a consolidated hearing board's ruling on the Salford landfill site on August 9. The warden received this information from Peter Clete, executive assistant to environment minister Andy Brandt. The appeal came after the board's decision to reject Oxford's application to use a 220-acre site about one mile east of Salford for a domestic landfill operation. Before the county can proceed with any plans for future waste disposal it has to have "some kind of answer" from cabinet, Warden Tatham said. The county was told on other occasions that cabinet would hand down its decision on the appeal by July 1 0 7U7URES\7E S �OXF ORO �OUNZ'l � E lAUM aN- Ift-nvow , � ONE, TWO, THREE, LIFT! — Members of Materials for the sign were donated by local the Oxford County Humane Society have lumber yards. erected a sign at the location on Juliana Drive (Staff photo by Barry Ward) where they hope to put an animal shelter. Animal shelter nearly a reality By BARRY WARD Sentinel -Review staff writer The land has been purchased and a building has been ar- ranged — now only $7,000 stands between the Oxford County Humane Society and an animal shelter. That's the amount the local group, with a current member- ship of about 100, has to raise before it can have a shelter — now at the Metro Toronto Zoo — transported here. That shelter was garnered through the Ontario Humane Society after the Oxford County group purchased an acre of land on Juliana Drive in Woodstock. President Betty Mclndoe said she hopes to have the shelter here before the end of the year. The group has a long way to go financially because the 814,000 land purchase depleted the Come and see, please Members of the Oxford County public works committee were cordially invited by Dan Pratt, county engineer, to tour the new- ly made improvements at the Holbrook landfill site. It may not sound like the trip of the decade, Pratt was serious when he urged members to take funds left over from the former local humane society. Site said the shelter is desperately needed to house abandon- ed or unwanted animals until new owners can be found. The society now has an adoption service but cannot take care of animals. The shelter would be run largely by volunteers although there would be one or two paid staff. Mrs. Mclndoe said the group is trying to raise money through yard sales, bake sales and draws. It may also hold a tag day Oct. 3, World Animal Day. She said other humane societies are often bequeathed money in wills. The group has collected about $600 so far. Mrs. McIndoe said anyone interested in more information or joining the society can call her at 486-1.917. a took at the site. He said in the past three week the public works department has made marked improvements tb the site's design. Extensi* seeding has been undertaken, as well as the construction of storm water retention ponds to ctjl down erosion. Drinking Oxford County Warden Charlie Tatham wants to see tighter regulations for drinking drivers. Council didn't act on his sug- gestions, but may pass a resolu- tion at its August meeting. According to Woodstock OPP statistics, between January and June this year eight fatal traffic accidents here killed 11 people; seven drivers and four passengers. Seven people have been injured. Of these accidents 78 r cent of them involved rinking drivers or speeding drivers. Tree seeds Oxford County's first tree seed production area has been established on a 66 acre tract of land called the McBeth Tract. McBeth Tract is own by the county and managed by the Ministry of Natural Resources. Phe seed production area is part of a forested tract of land. MNR officials are already making plans to expand the tract acreage. Pressure Oxford County Warden Charlie Tatham is still making numerous phone calls to try and expedite the provincial cabinet's consideration of the county's Salford landfill appeal. Having received the latest word, that it will be dealt with Aug. 3, Tatham is now endeavor- ing to set up a meeting with new Environment Minister Andy Brandt, he said. Tatham is not alone in trying to reach Brandt on the seriousness of Oxford's waste disposal situation. Court. Les Cook told the public works committee he sent a letter of congratulations to the new minister including a reminder of Oxford's problems and the need for speedy action. BLUES CHASER �'Iw surest way to get a job done is to give it rn d bu:v nt:m. He'll have his secretazl do UCO is closing Woodstock office The United Co-operatives of Ontario has announced its Woodstock office on Dundas Street will close Aug. S. The co-op's office al RR 5, Woodstock will remain open. Suppliers invoicing UCO at PO Box 450, Woodstock, are asked to send invoices to, UCO District Accounting Of, fice, King Street, Itderton, Ont., NOM 2A0, said a'. spokesman for the co-op. Those now sending in- voices to UCO In Mississauga: are asked to continue doin&. so, said the spokesman. • tl� Co'Unty of Oxford COUNTY OF OXFORD 1982 FINANCIAL REPORT To the Members of Council, Inhabitants and Ratepayers of the Corporation of the County of Oxford: We have examined the consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation of the County of Oxford as at December 31st, 1982 and the consolidated statements of revenue and expenditure, capital operations, continuity of trust funds, and reserve and reserve funds continuity and analysis of year end position for the year then ended. Our examina- tion was mode in accordance with generally, accepted ouditing standards, and accordingly included such tests and other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We have relied on the reports of other auditors, who have examined the financial statements of the area municipalities with the county, with respect to waterworks and sanitary sewer functions. In our opinion, these consolidated financial statements present fairly the financial position of the Corporation of the County of Oxford as at December 31 st, 1982 and the results of its operations for the year then ended in accor- dance with generally accepted accounting principles for Ontario municipalities applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year. MORRTEITH, MORRTEITH, Co. Stratford, Ontario, Chartered Accountants. May 5th, 1983. License Number 617 STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE For the Year Ended December 31, 1982 1982 1982 1981 Budget Actual Actual Accumulated net revenue (deficit) at the beginning of the year Expenditure General government Protection to persons and property Transportation services Environmental services Health services Social and family services Recreation and cultural services Planning and development Other Total Expenditure Revenue Requisition on local municipalities Direct charges on ratepayers Ontario grants Other Total revenue Accumulated net revenue (deficit) at the end of the year An 1 sed as follows 2,046,414 29007,476 1,491,004 942,040 274,503 268,377 4,407,750 3,711,923 6,715,263 5,412,781 2,310,084 2,366,183 6,785,056 5,355,361 506,729 446,520 411,496 468,639 22,901,884 18,971,824 7,020,539 5,152,785 2,851,838 2,700,160 8,688,960 8,034,967 4,196,989 3,122,850 22, 758, 326 19,010,762 1,902,856 2,046,414 ay General revenue 843,870 846,334 Special charges 489,135 396,444 Special areas Local boards - Library 35,500 15,685 Municipal enterprises Waterworks 527,671 707,424 Sanitary Sewers 6,680 80,527 1,902,856 2,046,414 STATEMENT OF CAPITAL OPERATIONS For the Year .Ended December 31, 1982 1982 1981 Actual Actual Unfinanced capital outlay (Unexpended capital financing) at the beginning of the year 1,720,929 1,540,356 Capital expenditure General government 220,333 361,551 Protection to persons and property 36,914 Transportation services 3,307,713 3,295,331 Environmental services 2,661,867 1,950,541 Health services 333,235 Social and family services Recreation and cultural services 5,730 13,141 Planning and development 68,139 Other Total expenditure 6,232,557 6,021,938 Transfers to Other Municipalities 3,351,819 2,393,062 9,584,376 8,415,000 Capital financing Contributions from the revenue fund 3,330,762 3,261,022 Contributions from reserves and reserve funds 63,184 Long term liabilities incurred 4,154,656 2,393,062 Ontario grants 1,604,109 2,508,511 Other 100,660 71,832 Total capital financing 9,253,371 8,234,427 Unfinanced capital outlay (Unexpended capital financing) at the end of the year 2,051,934 1,720,929 BALANCE SHEET as at December 31, 1982 ASSETS Current Assets Cash Taxes receivable Accounts receivable Other current assets Capital outlay to be recovered in future years Other long term assets LIABILITIES Current liabilities Temporary loans Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Other current liabilities Net long term liabilities Reserves and reserve funds Accumulated net revenue (deficit) and unapplied capital receipts 1982 1981 Actual Actual $ $ 1,525,985 2,384,664 3,096,688 2,291,097 _ 466,315 236,282, 5,0889988 4,911,043 9,455,010 11,934,367 40,500 54,000 14,584,498 13,899,410 . 1982 1981 Actual Actual 400,816 554,618 2,427,583 1,892,936 43,846 28,601 2,872,245 2,476,155 7,393,112 7,188,618 2,416,285 2,156,937 1,902,856 2,077,700 14, 584,498 13,899,410 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1. Accounting Policies: in the periods in which they are paid. Interest charges are not accrued for the periods from (a) Statement of Revenue and Expenditure: the dates of the latest interest payments to the end of the financial year. This statement reflects the revenues and expenditures of the revenue fund of the County (e) Trust Funds: of Oxford and includes the activities of committees of council, local boards and municipal Trust funds administered by the County of Oxford amounting to $317,306 are only reflected enterprises as follows: in the "-Trust Funds, Statement of Continuity and Balance Sheet". Committes of Council - County"Home for Aged- Woodingford Lodge 2• Reserve Funds: Oxford Social Services Local Boards - Oxford County Library During the year, $160,836 was credited directly to reserve and reserve funds without being Oxford Health Unit recorded as revenues and expenditures of the Revenue Fund. This amount consisted of: Municipal Enterprises -Waterworks Systems -Woodstock, Tillsonburg, In$160,836t t I t tereson Investments Ingersoll, Tavistock, Norwich, Otterville, Embro, Thamesford, South-West 3. Liability for Vested Sick Leave Benefits: Oxford, Plattsville, Lakeside. Under the sick leave benefit plan, unused sick leave can accumulate and employees may (b) Statement of Captial Operations: become entitled to a cash payment when they leave the municipality's employment. (i) This statement reflects the capital expenditures of the municipality to be recovered from The liability for these accumulated days, to the extent that they have vested and could be general municipal revenues of the County of Oxford and its committees, local boards, and taken in cash by an employee on terminating, amounted to $641,997 at the end of the municipal enterprises described in note 1(a). year. The municipality has been providing for this liability including $19,081 for 1982, by (ii) In addition to the net long term liabilities incurred and reported on this statement, the transfers from the revenue fund to reserves, reserve funds and to the County of Oxford Trust County of Oxford also issued long term liabilities on behalf of its area municipalities. Repay- Account. Upon termination, employees have received their sick leave benefits from the reserve ment of this debt will be made by the respective area municipalities. funds and trust funds, resulting in a balance of $232.663 still available in reserves. reserve (c) Municipal Enterprises: funds, and trust funds at December 31st, 1982 for sick leave benefits. Municipal enterprises are those activities whose costs are substantially recovered from ser- vice charges on the users. 4. Contractual Obligations: Other than the waterworks systems described in note 1(a), there are no other municipal During 1980 the Township of Blandford-Blenheim entered into an agreement with the Capital enterprises carried on by the municipality. Financing Group of the Ministry of the Environment to pay frontage charges, connection charges (d) Charges for Net Long Term Liabilities: and special tax levy to the Ministry for servicing the water and sewer installation in Platt - Debt retirement costs including principal and interest are charged against current revenues sville for the next forty years. The net capital debt as at March 31 st, 1982 was $485.000. RESERVE AND RESERVE FUNDS STATEMENT OF CONTINUITY AND ANALYSIS OF YEAR END POSITION For the Year Ended December 31, 1982 1982 1981 Actual Actual Available at the beginning of the year for future municipal purposes 2,156,937 1,691,551 Revenue Contributions from the revenue fund 760,478 392,848 Contributions from developers Contributioins from Municipalities 33,894 Interest earned 160,836 152,099 921,314 578,841 Expenditure Transfers to the capital fund 63,184 Transfers to the revenue fund 594,870 50,493 Reserve Expenditures 3,912 62,962 661,966 113,455 Available at the year end for future municipal purposes 2,416,285 2,156,937 ANALYSIS OF YEAR-END POSITION As at December 31, 1982 1982 1981 Actual Actual Reserves $ $ Per List Attached 1,218,078 1,125,155 1,218,078 1,125,155 Reserve funds Sick Leave Benefits 86,993 68,659 Municipal Office 1,043,466 897,663 M.O.E. - Contingencies 67,748 65,460 1,198,207 1,031,782 Year end position of reserves and reserve funds 2,416,285 2,156,937 Province develops blueprint on waste by DOROTHY CLAKK In its search for a "practical, workable" way of handling the waste management situation in onlario the ministry of enviromnent %MOE) has begun visiting municipal councils to get input from the people who will ac- tually have to implement the final plan. A visit to Oxford County council Wechiesday by Tom Armstrong, MOE waste co- ordinator, exposed a number of misgivings councillors have con- CHARLIE SHELTON, Oxford County's leading soil conserver for 1982, show- ed farmers from North Simcoe County his soy beans which were planting without tilling the ground. Although there are a few corn stalks visible in the field. most foreign plant matter can be cleared up with herbicide. Despite the fact that the field hasn't been plowed for three years the beans are some of the test Shelton has grown. Oxford farms impressive says Barrie area group Oxford's agriculture industry was given the seal of approval by JG Barrie area fariners yesterday. Story and photo by Elizabeth Payne The farmaro. ant members of the North Shncoe County Soil and Crop linprovement Association, toured a variety fit farms and farm businesses from early morning until lute in the evening Tuesday The lour included a dairy Werattun. Hors Butter's agricultural art. Hlllview rertns' manure operation, and one Pf the countY'r- must devoted soil conservers. C7tarlie Sheilah. who farms near Safford, explained Ms low erosion olia�gc and cropping methods Lasl year Shelton riNvived a countywide award ps soil conserver of tfae year. Shelton has several rwtit test phils Including say beans and a wheat field thatwas seeded by cermng the ministry's Blueprint for Waste Management in Ontario. It is described by the former minister as a "master plan" for waste management that could be adopted sometime next year. "We're trying to achieve some end point that we can all live with, not that we will all necessarily be happy with, but workable," Mr. Armstrong said during a slide presentation. The plan outlines the classification of waste; reduction, reuse, recycling and recovery of waste; the delegation of authority and responsibility; area waste management planning; hearings, approvals and appeals and perpetual care - protection for the future, Councillor Joe Pember of Woodstock suggested the plan contain a guideline making the ministry's role in waste management issues more active. "The ministry has a respon- sibility, at a hearing to help both sides," and take a stand on the correctness of information, he said. "Somebody has to believe somebody out there is telling the truth," he said, showing his frustration at the continued delays by the provincial cabinet to make a decision on the county's appeal of a consolidated hearing board's refusal to allow a permanent landfill site in Salford, In May, the county was told a decision might be made by July but to date the issue hasn't even ap- peared on cabinet's agenda. Earlier this month a senior government spokesman said that a decision could probably be expected in August. Councillor Ross Livingston, Mayor of 75 Deaths COOPER — At his residence on Wednesday August 3, 1983, Theodore (Ted) Cooper of R R 2 Tlllsonburg in his 79th year. Former Reeve of South Norwich Township. Husband of Gladys (Watkins) Cooper. Dear father of Mrs. Russell (Phyllis) Gee of Norwich, Mrs. John (Sandra) Purdy of Mount Elgin, Mrs. Richard (Linda) Goos of London, Earl Cooper of Brownsville, Stan Cooper of Tlllsonburg, and Larry Cooper of Woodstock. Brother of Mrs. Lela Warnock of Chatham. Also survived by eigh- teen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Predeceas- ed by one son Douglas Robert Cooper, and by one slater and four brothers. Resting at the Ostranders Funeral Home, nllsonburg, for service on Satur. day at 1:30 p.m., with Rev. James Twinem of the Fellowship Baptist Church, Courtland, of- ficlating. ,Interment In Roaanna Cemetery. Blandford - Blenheim, pulled no punches when commenting on the waste management plan. He expressed a fear that the 71-page blueprint is "just more talk" and that it will do little to improve the waste situation either in the province or in Oxford County."Everybody wants to talk about it, nobody wants to do anything," he said. Councillor Livingston also pointed out that the province's present policy and legislation covering waste management is "a jungle" that is barely understood at the municipal level where implementation of it is expected. The county is gi/z years into its plan and has gotten nowhere, he said. "We can't get past the first step." And while the county looks for new sites for its waste it is forced to con tinue the use of old sitr , that "are nowhere close to standard. That's a sin,, Councillor Livingston stated. Councillor Wendy Calder, Mayor of Wood- stock, agreed, saying she is hopeful fhat the future waste management policy will be -simple and un- derstandable" so as to eliminate the "mass confusion" and "road blocks" the legislation now creates. Mr. Armstrong said the ministry welcomes council's comments and any further submissions it wishes to make. He added that the blueprint could be revised according to public reaction before it is im- plemented. "We're not saying this is it, it's just a possible way to go " FLICK FLAK: Old jail scene to be scrapped By LINDA HUI.ME Sentinel -Review staff writer This ain't Stephen Speilberg, you know. A Toronto movie company which intended to immortalize the old Oxford County Jail on Buller Street by using it in a War of 1812 saga has had to cancel that part of the celluloid caper. "We do not have the financial where -with -all to haul all our equipment and humans down there," said an obviously disap- pointed Allan Levine, producer of A Royal Chronicle. The movie will go on. but without the jail we all know and love. Most of the filming will take place in the Toronto area. The historical jail was to have been used for a few scenes as the British naval headquarters in a swashbuckling, romance -filled, action -packed drama complete with spies and smugglers. But the idea was stalled, much to Levine's chagrin. • Q) 4111111111 BLUES CHASER a 0 y i Salford site OK'd' M co LM Diplomatic husband to his wife: "liowdo you expect me to remember your birthday when you never look any older?" AUGUST 8, 1983 for landfill use By LINDA HULME GREG BOTHWELL and BILL SCRIVEN Sentinel -Review staff writers ©TORONTO — A landfill site at Salford has been approved by the Ontario cabinet, The Daily Sentinel -Review learned today. In a copy-writed story The Daily Sentinel -Review learned an order -in - council has overturned an earlier ruling rejecting the site. The order, made Aug. 4 after a meeting of the cabinet's board of manage- ment, was received by Oxford County solicitor Tom Lederer at his Toronto of- fice this morning. He said the order was based on along County Road 46. County experts testified in evidence and submissions from • The ministry also stipulated areas of geology, hydrogeology, the county and the Ontario that test boreholes and other noise, traffic, hydrology, and Ministry of Environment conduits for leachate be sealed planning. The experts maintain- (MOE) that the site will be before waste is deposited at the ed the soil and groundwater con - technically safe if it is properly site. The county will also have to ditions were such that the site engineered. apply to theministry to dispose were suitable, and that the near- 12 CONDITIONS of sewage sludge and non- by village of Salford would not The county is ordered to follow hazardous industrial sludges at be adversely affected by the 12 conditions set out by the MOE the site, and it will have to pro- operation. during the 59-day consolidated vide the ministry with amount 'MOST IMPORTANT' hearing last summer. Those con- and content of the sludge Warden Charlie Tatham said ditions include: material. the most important, factor aris- e That waste not be deposited • The county is also ordered ing from the order -in -council is on the site until the ministry has to pay $75,000 to South-West Ox- that the site has finally been a site development design ford Township to offset legal determined as technically safe. report, a contingency plan for costs that municipality incurred "Socially, nobody wants a the control of leachate, a pro- by objecting to the site. landfill site beside them, but gram for monitoring surface The order to allow the site from a safety point of view, the water and groundwater, and a buries the decision made by the MOE said yes, it's safe, the program for monitoring gas two member joint board after 59 county's folks said it was safe, movement. hearing days. The board found and to me that's paramount." • Thatthe route for trucks br- the site to be technically and He said the county should be inging waste from Woodstock socially unsuitable. The board allowed to go ahead with its will be along Highway 401 to accepted the evidence of waste disposal responsibilities Highway 19 and to County Road township experts claiming the in a fair and responsible man- 46. Waste from Tillsonburg will site was too geologically com- ner. Tatham added he hopes the be transported along Highway 19 plex to ensure safe IandfiRing. county will gain the co-operation to County Road 46. But the order -in -council now of all Oxford's municipalities. That berms be constructed concurs with county evidence DO WHAT THEY WANT along the northern portion of the stating the site is safe with pro- He said he hasn't spoken to site to screen it from residences per engineering. any representatives from South - TENDER WOODINGFORD LODGE Tenders will be receiv- ed for roof restoration and replacement areas of Woodingford Lodge, 423 Devonshire Ave., Woodstock, Ontario N45 7X6, up to 3 p.m. Friday, August 19, 1983, Informa- tion and tender documents are available from the undersigned 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Phone 539-1245. Lowest or any tender not necessarily ac- cepted. Robert Ropley Maintenance Supervisor Woodingford Lodge Woodstock, Ont. West Oxford as yet, but an- ticipates "the people there will do what they want." The only possible recourse the township can now take is to call for a judicial review of the legal process. Oxford urged to negotiate further use of Holbrook site W OODSfOCK (Bureau) — Oxford Coun- ty's public works committee decided Thursday to recommend that the county i negotiate with Norwich Township over pos- sibly extending Oxford's use of the Hal. brook landfill site beyond the scheduled ,j closing dale of June 1, 1984, The move is aimed at producing a conui, gency plan for county waste disposal after the scheduled Holbrook closing. The count is waiting'Ror a decision by the provinr, over its appeal of a Dec. 22 decision by joint hearings board which rejected use of Salford landfill site for county wa.vo dispersal. At a previous committee meeting, county engineering director Don Pratt urged de- velopment of a contingency plan to be put into effecton a short-term basis- Even If the Salford site Is approved, it could take more than a year to begin operating a landfill site there, by which time the Holbrook site will, according to current plans, be closed, And ,hould any court challenges opposing the yalford plan be launched, it could be sever- al years before the site is opened, Pratt has warned. After discussing a July 21 letter to the county from the ministry of the environ- ment that also urges the county to develop a contingency plan beyond next June f, the committee recommended that Oxford ap- proach Norwich Township, where the Hol- brook site is located. If Norwich officials agree to extended county use of Holbrook. it would require further testing of the site for its operating permit to be extended by the province. "We've got to dig into it, whether we like it or not, though I dread the thought of It." committee chairman and Blanford-Blen- heim Township Mayor Ross Livingston said. In its letter to the county, the environ- ment ministry also suggested the possibil- ity of trucking, on a short-term basis. Ox- ford garbage into Elgin County. Such a move would prove costly, however. said Livingston. "I can't see us taking it outside the coun- ty. if it was only for six months or so, okay. But when we don't even know where we're ,going, or what's down the road, I just can't see it." Oxford plans to shop around for phone deal WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford Coun- tv's administration and finance committee decided Monday to take a look at the com. Petition before accepting a Bell Canada Proposal to replace and update the county's Office phones at a cost of $16,000. A Bell representative attending the con,- mittee meeting said a modern, centralized phone system for county offices, with toll - free service for Incoming calls, would cost the county about $16.000 over a seven-year period, or $M8 per month over 64 months. Adding a $2A00 installation charge, the to- tal package comes to more than $18,000. The county now pays about $856 per month for its office phones and committee members decided to shop around before accepting the Bell quote. In other business, the committee agreed in principle to establishment of an Oxford County archives, The Norwich and District Historical Society, which operates a local archives in Norwicb, has asked to be de- clared the county's officlal archives. Tile society recently received a $.nit,769 grant from the Canada -Ontario development pro- gram, part of which will be used to expand the socelty's archives facilities on Highway 59 in Norwich Township, 1 t s y,. f DAWSON arrived at his bicycle trip from Vancouver. home Saturday afternoon (Staff photo by Greg Roth well) completing a four -week BACK TWO WEEKS EARLY You did it Ross Dawson, 5,120 kilometres by bike Vancouver-Embro biker The Honourable Dennis R. Timbrell Minister of Agriculture and Food and The Honourable George Ashe Minister of Government Services request the pleasure of your company at the Official Opening of the Field Crop Research Station Woodstock, Ontario on Friday, August 12,1983 at 1:00 P.M. Tour and Refreshments following ceremony. R.S.V.P. Miss Janet Fraser 823-5700 (Guelph) Mrs. Berniece Ryan 963-0559 (Toronto) County supports injured driver impaired tests Council pushes for tougher laws to fight drinking driver menace Oxford County council wants unanimouslyby county council, experience, as an ambulance at- d •i k' d ' t be t led for Wednesda • calls for the federai d l h ' been icking u eyeing new horizons r n mg avers o es o blood alcohol levels regardless of whether they were injured in - y, government to amend the Criminal Code of Canada to ten an , e s p p people from car accidents for about 25 years, a car accident or not, allow for the testing of blood EMBILO (Bureau) —fie has been trying to come tip grips with the reality uf A resolution passed samples of injured people of drinking and HIGHWAY MURDERsuspected -It's highway murder out home barely long enough to catch his having done it," said Dawson, calling driving, there in the sense that you can breath following Vancouver-to-Embro bicycle tour, but AO -year -old cyclist Ross the trip "a complete success." Dawson said that with the major road - A copy of theresolution will be Ontariocounties kill individuals and get away Dawson is already talking about plans trip now under his belt and feeling "as fit circulated toall and regions and provincial with it," he said. Slack legislation for drinking for his next two -wheeled excursion. as when 1 was 20 years old," he will be MPPs for consideration and drivers just "perpetuates the -'What I've set as my next goal is to training more vigorously than in the support- perfect crime". People can Mil ride to the east coast by the time I'm 50 past to maintain the conditioning he de- i � �s.. Warden Charlie Tatham said and get off scot-free by claiming — that way I can tell my grandchildren veloped cycling200 kilometres daily dur- his concern about the number of they have an injury and must be that I went from one coast to the other on ing eight -hour stretches. traffic deaths caused by dried:- taken to a haspitai. a bike," Dawson said Monday. Dawson said that while severe weath- ;,;-,-. ing drivers was piqued by On- Coun. Jahn Heleniak said he Dawson, director of Oxford's family er conditions provided some low points taro Provincial Police statistics supported the resolution, but and ChiidreWs Services, was enthusias- to his journey over the Rockies, across FF which showed that It people e died in eight traffic ac- havedi voiced his reservations about how it would affect people's tic during an interview as he recalled the Prairies and through the Canadian ?i in Oxford between rights. completion (if his S,IIW-klhtmetre trip only two days earlier. Shield's "bush country," he said coming to the end of his trip was "quite an emo- � ,January and June. 1 feel that the person does Dawxon's journey ended Saturday tional experience," after almost one �. Seven of these drivers had been drinking. have the right to the integrity of his body," he said. "What afternoon, 29 days after he set out from Vancouver on a lifelong dream month on the road alone. "it was hard to bike— „b 111 Coun. Joe PemMr, who in- bothers me is that it's another —to ride unpack my 1 didn't even do It troduced the resolution on encroachment" home from the West Coast on his 10- until today. i guess I didn't want It to Tatham'& behalf, said the A recorded vote found council speed bike, galling a homecoming re end, to acknowledge that the trip was IIRI E.NIAK number of accidents caused by unanimously in favor of amen- ception provided by friends and associ- finished," .1O11N drinking drivers is on the in- ding federal legislation aces �verwhelming," Dawson said he is Among the many high points to his —ten eocro [ell men(-- crease. He was speaking from regulating drinking drivers now striving to adjust to the reality of journey, said Dawson, was the realir.a I' having accomplished a dream he has Lion of just how vast the country is. held for years. "There's a lot of country and a lot of 0 "It's just hard to believe that it's fin. tough terrain out there. Canada is a bitted, I'm finding It a bit unbellevable, country of variety and beauty. I really the fact that I have actually done It. I got a chance to taste the fabric of the dreamed about it for years and now I'm country and it was wonderful." E At RON McNEIL, parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Agriculture and Food, Dennis Timbrell joined George Ashe, Minister of Government Services at the official opening of Woodstock's crop research station Friday. (Staff photo by Elizabeth Payne) Opened in Woodstock Friday Politicians have high hopes for new research station By ELIZABETH PAYNE Sentinel -Review staff writer Representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food officially opened Oxford County's first crop research and development station with optimistic words yesterday. "It is our hope that this research station will help to ensure that agricultural research is kept both relevant and profitable to the farmer and the food industry, which are users of research results," said Ron McNeil, parliamentary assistant to agriculture minister Dennis Timbrell. McNeil Was joined by George Ashe, Minister of Government Services, whose branch funded a $110,000 research and storage building located on the 70 acre site. Also attending the opening were representatives from the University of Guelph who will run the station under contract from the ministry, and representatives of the city and county. The station will be used primarily for selection and breeding of field corn, soybeans and white beans. The U of G will use the station's tests in conjunction with tests at stations in Elora and Ridgetown. Each area has slightly different heat units. The station is part of the agriculture ministry's new mandate to expand research and develop- ment throughout the province. Some testing will also be done at the station relating to soil erosion. East Zorra-Tavistoek mayor Don McKay and county warden Charlie Tatham both said they would like to see erosion ex- periments done at the station. "Without the soil we do not grow food," said Tatham. The research station is located on 70 acres at the corners of Fanshawe Road and Tailgate Road, County backs handicapped residence By DOROTHY CLARK A request to open a residence for mentally alert but physically disabled young adults at Woodingford Lodge in Woodstock received unanimous support from Oxford County council Wednesday, A delegation from the Affirmative Action Committee attended Wednesday's meeting to present their case for the facility which they say is "desperately needed." Marjorie Munnoch, chairman of the committee, said a study undertaken last year showed that within three to five years 23 persons between the ages of 16 and 60, living in Oxford, will require extra heavy care facilities. Most county residents who are mentally alert but need chronic care facilities due to accidents or diseases such as multiple sclerosis now live with families, while others live in nursing homes or chronic care hospitals outside the county. The 20-bed addition to the Lodge will cost about $300,000 to build and equip while giving residents 24-hour care and im- plementing the excellent kitchen, laundry and therapeutic pool facilities that already exist, she said. "We are talking about a relatively young, mentally alert group of people for -whom life in a nursing home or in hospitals in other cities is quite unsuitable," Mrs. Munnoch said. "Many of the 35 to 40-year- olds spend all their time worrying about where they will end up. Their families care for them now but the day comes when the family can't provide the necessary care and then it's game over. They have to be institutionalized." The county's support along with that of the Thames Valley District Health Council and the administrators of Woodingford Lodge will allow the committee to seek action from the ministry of health and the ministry of community and social ser- vices. Mrs. Munnoch said most of the money for the project will be raised publicly and through the province. She assured county council that it would be required to provide only a small percentage, if any. "We can't guarantee that this community is not going to have to spend some money some time, but it will be a small percentage." Oxford land values fall 11 per cent so far in '83 An 11 per cent drop in the first six months of 1983 for Oxford County farm land values has been reported by Muir Appraisal Services, an Oxford County firm specializing in rural land appraisals. Farm land values on average have decreased from $2,094 per acre in the 1982 12 month period to $1.866 per acre for the first six months of 1983. The 1983 sales data analyzed included rural transfers of 25 acres or greater in - eluding dairy, beef, hog, general and cash crop farming operations, Highly specialized tobacco and poultry operations were not included in the above values, If the trend continues for the balance of the year, this will ire, the second year of major decline in farm land values in the is year Oxford County land value study. Egg laying operations have continued to increase with the Market Value ranging from US to $55 per bird. An operator with a 20.000 bird Production Quota at $50 per bird would indicate a market value of ill million for the operation including land, dwelling, Poultry barn, poultry equipment and quota. Specialized tobacco farms are indicating a market value in thesw,000 to$1 million range. The quality of land is a major factor, with tillable tobacco crop land in the $3,000 to $4.000 per acre range, The transfer of tobacco quota indicates value is holding in the $2.00 to $2.25 per pound range, Don't sign says Livingston --go for one year not five A five year lease between the province and Oxford County for rental or the courthouse won't answer to the growing number of complaints by provincial staff of lack of court space, Coun. [toss Livingston told county council. Wednesday. Livingston urged council not to sign the five year lease which would provide office and cour- troom space to court employees :ind staff from the Ministry of ;the Attorney -General for , M,9o1.00 annually. Council decided instead to of- fer a one year lease after Liv- ingston stressed the need for fur- tber negotiations with the ministry to provide judges with better accommodation for holding courts. A meeting between ministry officials and county staff earlier this year revealed a reluctance by the province to srnd more money on space rental. County officials were told the space cur- rently provided is adequate to meet the needs of the judges. But Livingston insisted this isn't so. "I'm sorry but there are peo- pie in this cohtthouse that aren't satisfied," he said, adding the province's attitude that nothing's wrong with the current situation is just not accurate. HOLDS THE PURSE Cow, Phil Poole said there's nothing the county can really do. The ministry holds the purse str- BLUES CHASER It's a/1 Tight to drink like a fish ... as long as you drink what a fish does. 0 0 ENO F. W • Q 2 ings, he said, and If they say there's no more money for more space, the county's just going to have to accept that. "But once a five year lease is signed, they won't listen anymore," Livingston insisted. Warden Charlie Tatham back- ed Livingston's concerns. "If you sign a one year lease you're on record as trying to help the people here," he said. The province may not want to sign a one year lease, he added, but at least it will open the door to further negotiations. The one year lease, if signed, will cover rent for 1983. Criesbyjudges about the lack of space in the courthouse have become more and more promi- nent in recent months. A few months ago the situation reach- ed a point where one judge held court in the hallway because he could secure a proper courtroom for the proceedings. EE dsC !a :Z•9 Sca,Em cyca s - co. Yw�"u .y mv3v nooy„mma'i .�'m _ N a xi tRcu ao 39 $� sL •—m �°F'o�af6i �os,o �,°�a'uy00 0- a xco E �u NnEo� 3 I••y p "' T rr rv7 G U T V bT �✓ T C G 'C c uvscu� y^vHedEEdc��EE C TJ N QI TC 'C7 : 'V u m C Nm N o A u •� c u '�. r 7 y a c u •>, dm N N N -° o V"p1 Y 3 my N N 0. C .� .Vi p7p 0 „mod-, '� .•+ f0 O N p d m E N U N V> C .+ 3N p7-E 69w JEEww,4- T y F ?� u N T +~+ y r^ y V o E- a N WEc 06,Eoc�$°035v 3 E E County's warden needs committee council decides Oxford County Warden Charlie Tatham should have an executive committee made up of standing committee chairmen and department heads to rely on for policy decisions and emergencies, county council ,agreed Wednesday. Suggested terms of reference for the warden's committee will be reviewed by the administra- tion and finance committee in September. The merits of a warden's com- mittee were reviewed after more than one councillor criticized the committee's latest report for dealing with items which the four regular standing committees could have handled. A motion to disband the warden's committee in favor of ad hoc committees appointed by council was defeated. Some councillors argued the committee can't be disbanded if it was never formally appointed. Coun. John Heleniak said ad hoc committees could be ap- pointed as situations arise which can't be handled by the four ex- isting committees. These com- mittees are public works, ad- ministration and finance, health and social services and planning. But other councillors said a warden's committee which could meet on a moment's notice if an emergency arose would be an asset to the warden in a situa- tion where snap decisions must be made. Coun. Ross Livingston said he supports the idea. Being a former warden, he said he used the committee numerous times during the last couple of years; especially when the county was caught up in a garbage disposal crisis. 'If you're not going to have that, then have a CAO (chief ad- ministrative officer) run the county," he said. But Conn. Les Cook didn't agree with that idea. "If there's any chance a warden's committee will forestall a CAO, let's have a warden's committee," he said. Coun. Lenore Young said there's too much overlap of responsibilities between the warden's commitee and the standing committees. These should be ironed out before the committee could work suc- cessfully, she said. To All Residents served by Fire Departments in Drumbo, Princeton, Bright and Plattsville: Effective September 1 st, 1983 THE NUMBER TO CALL IN CASE OF FIRE WILL BE 539-4181 M9 F:Se uo S.:Nc t ou >. 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V 4 C O t>1 9 rEu�Eo�3b5Eua�ffi�&.oba swafig SS._v„uE 0 i 0 A p MMUNITY 3 Mmdee a.,w.P ^,O Pw+ fi�mrw: Y ., elmuCMa'nPdCpr�+�M'ryAiud Io'ymtn2'ti 8 rI CMtlIKIMAa MId Mb MMI},'NOm ,,., n .V,e,mwerr.aoret v�•U,faewn'!M aJl.wrt pm rc",trc'¢,a,bs AS AN INDIVIDUAL kin _ � �qw�w, . S 5 at CW W pd lcrpa� in i %r,. vow ",h IIMdd My,..I GARBAGE — NOBODY WANTS IT, but Oxford the options to take care of it. The display will be County residents have got it and they should manned by county councillors in the Oxford know what can be done about it. Here Warden Auditorium all this week during the Woodstock Charlie Tatham looks over the county's new Fair. display on garbage, the problems it causes and (Staff photo by Linda Hulme) Garbage on display County goes public with its battle By LINDA HULME Sentinel -Review staff writer Gone are the days when local politicians stood on soapboxes and promised the townsfolk a chicken in every pot. Nowadays, you're more likely to find them standing in front of a slick, professionally designed public relations display. And if that display's set up somewhere in Oxford County, likely as not, it's topic is?._. You guessed it. Garbage. This week at the Woodstock Fair, county councillors will be talking to people about Oxford's waste disposal problems and Cpossible solutions at a booth in the Oxford Auditorium. While y're doing their handshaking, they'll try to let passersby get a peek at their new $2,000 gazbage display. They've been talking about it, fighting about it, worrying about it, and trying to do something about it for eight years. So far, the discussions, arguments, and legal disputes have been somewhat removed from the public eye save the reports in the media. But as county officials struggled with discovering the ultimate waste disposal solution, they also discovered they weren't the on- ly ones who should be worrying about it. STILL NEED A SITE "We just felt that we should try to tell people that we all make it and that we all have to look after it and there are many ways of doing it but we'll still need a landfill site," said Warden Charlie Tatham. "That's the bottom line, really. We can do what ever they want, but they have to pay the bill." The display, a set of three large blue and white panels, gets to the paint of the problem quickly. "Garbage —Nobody Wants It!" strikes out at passersby with stark white lettering. The accompanying text talks about how, for some of us, the garbage problem disappears when it's put out at the end of the driveway. It's not that simple. In these days of sophisticated technology, there are more complex, sophisticated problems when it comes to garbage disposal. So far the answer has been to bury it, but public outcry has forced municipalities to examine more accep- table alternatives. DISPLAY SHOWS THE GRIM REALITY The grim reality of those alternatives — resource recovery, in- cineration, composting, and source separation —are marked out clearly. In each case a dollar value is attached to the process (we're talking millions here) and after every description the viewer is reminded that in all cases, a landfill site is still necessary. The display also offers handy itppss for the individual who wants to reduce the amount of garbage he generates. "It looks so simple," said Tatham. "But it took days to figure out how to say it.' The public will have chance to see the display all this week and at fairs in Tillsonburg, Tavistock, Embro, and Drumbo this fall. It's the brainchild of Tatham, county engineer Don Pratt, graphics designer Bert Freeman of Toronto, and cartoonist David Peers. Tatham said the display attempts to deal with waste disposal in a realistic manner. It may not have the effect of converting the masses, he said, but at least it's some way of creating dialogue 'between the politicians and the public'. -. "It's better to do it than not do it," he said. "If you've informed one person who will talk to other people, someone may pay atten- tion. Hopefully we will have more people recognize the problem." Legend SludV Area Boundary ®' Preliminary corridors Aaetnalive TS Zones T.S. n t . �3) anticoe.B. i �kc En' If you live in this area, you should know about this. Transmission facilities in Southwestern Ontario need to be expanded because of growing demand for power in the area. Within the corridors indicated on the map, a number of alternative routes for possible transmission lines have now been identified, along with sites for a new transformer station. Public information centres (listed below) will give you a chance to learn more about the study and give us your comments. Hydro staff will be on hand to talk with you. Maps and other information will be available. PLEASE JOIN US OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 2:00-5:00 P.M. AND 7:00-9:30 P.M. NORWICH LONDON TILLSONBURG Norwich Community Ramada Inn Tillsonburg Centre Tuesday, Sept. 6 Community Centre Tuesday, Sept. 6 OXFORD CENTRE Oxford Centre Community Hall Wednesday, Sept. 7 SIMCOE Ministry of Agriculture & Food Horticultural Station Auditorium Monday, Sept. 12 MOUNT PLEASANT Mount Pleasant Community Centre Wednesday, Sept. 14 DRUMBO Drumbo Agricultural Hall Thursday, Sept. 15 UNION Union Sportmens' Club Thursday, Sept. 8 CAMBRIDGE Holiday Inn Monday, Sept. 12 MILTON Herigate Inn Wednesday, Sept. 14 Wednesday, Sept. 7 PETERS CORNERS Beverly Community Centre Thursday, Sept. 8 AYLMER Aylmer Canadian Legion Tuesday, Sept. 13 LANGTON Norfolk Twp. Municipal Offices Thursday, Sept. 15 If you cannot attend a centre but would like more information, please write to; Mrs. Laura Formusa Community Relations Department Ontario Hydro f00^ 700 University Avenue, H8-F5 'tj Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X6 ^O or call the Southwestern Ontario Information Line (416)592-7943 between 1:00-4:00 p.m. I?;•I.8N O. O x n°nv`°narall 'iE: n 0. > o Gj C ccz 4 F r' -0, o ow :7�Ydoo. E O4 KEi n m d00 vi ! Im of O C = � N c �E3E•°oL 1 co Z (YW tc E P4 0ti8 s �_ _C__ Jya C�G•c f.r r �Q R� J :lamzC 71 _❑�`_'C— C 1 � 3 � m °° s �o � ._ s : _ ._ m G t cf O � L O O :, Q Z r C n � C' CIO✓ 0 30�OOa QO o rLLi Gy. R.. _cycc Y C - ® v V a 9¢ of C i. :fix q4r ar c_� CL ti t''o .E�z_ ace Su: e./:vr FEE G� -0 C9 ;J ✓�'r C 'O �7N�✓ PQu3E:D NC.0 E 3 O Q C� O y yy9 G� gygll tape J 1 U.yw � C y�'�CCa�i cyt d c c m c.'"1 c a,"�� o -. �C 6� �ampx rat �11r�i 9y(SL�`L sEli E, E �Wq • Page 2 The Daily Sentinel -Review, Fri., Sept. 2, 11993 •l '1a11 l•`�.ttltl{`ta:�Z�.\'il�lli\all`1\..\~4\i\ y~+\ 1\".\S.Y't.�•.�-4�.1t� \1Zl}: y W yp� �•.`:i `: ,: `.•: '.•.'{� �:\•1'.4114k,.*k:• S-11V'�i•.� ....'. �'.•...•.•°.ti{•:':••. •:.. �. Y..:. lY.�n .�.�. .. .':•::•t: :... . ... ..... .n... Flight 007: lost leg of its flight, but doomed WASHINGTON i:1P; — In the pre -dawn darkness off the 015, carrying Senator Jesse Helms, a North Carolina Republican, into Soviet airspace at those locations. Siberian coast the Korean Air Lines jumbo jetwas on the last leg Senator Steven Symms, an Idaho Republican and Representaive From Shultz's account it was clear the United States or its Bits flight to Seoul from New York when it triggered an alert of Carroll Hubbard, a Democrat from Kentucky. allies in the region were monitoring conversations between Soviet Soviet air defence forces. McDonald was on the doomed plane only because of bad planes and their controllers. In an aisle seat in the first-class section sat Lawrence weather in New York City the day before. It had delayed his ar- He said eight Soviet fighter planes tracketift passenger jet for McDonald, a Georgia congressman who had long preached the rival Sunday night from Georgia, forcing him to miss his flight by 21.2 hours. (But) There was apparently no ability to com- danger of Communist subversion. A Democrat and a doctor, three or four minutes. He had to wait 49 hours for the KAL flight municate between the two aircraft." Shultz said. McDonald became chairman last spring of the John Birch Socie- that left New York at 11:55 p.m. EDT Tuesday. - - Tass said the plane ignored signals and warnings from their in- ty. founded 25 years ago to alert America to the danger of what it Hubbard had reserved a seat on Flight 007, but changed his terceptors "and continued its Bight in the direction of the sea," sees as a massive Communist conspiracy. plans because of a scheduling conflict. Instead, he caught Flight but did not confirm U.S. reports that it shot the jetliner down. He carried a speech he planned to deliver at ceremonies in 015 out of Los Angeles. Here is how Shultz described the final minutes of Flight om: Seoul commemorating the 3Kb anniversary of the signing of the PASSENGERS MINGLE At 12 minutes after 3 a.m., a Soviet pilot "reported visual con- U.S.-South Korea mutual defence treaty. His topic: Soviet in- Both flights refuelled in Anchorage, Alaska. They were on the tact" with the airliner. terference in Korean affairs. ground for about an hour, parked side by side. Passengers from Nine minutes later, the Soviet pilot told his ground control the Most of the more than 200 passengers were Korean, Taiwanese the two planes mingled in the airport gift shop. Boeing 747 was at an altitude of almost lo,ow metres. and Japanese. But also on board were at least eight Canadians, a Flight 007 took off from Anchorage at 4 a.m. local time. It flew Five minutes after that the Soviet pilot said he had fired a family of four from Australia and 30 Americans, west, crossed the international date line and on to the radar missile, had destroyed the target and was breaking away. There is no known evtilence the airline pilot. Byungm Chun, or screens of Soviet defence forces. The airliner disappeared from Japanese radar screens. - any of the passengers or 29 crew members knew of the danger. Japanese radar also tracked the plane and at some point before KAL announced over the Seoul airport loudspeaker system that The sea was calm: the sky was clear. it was shot down the plane probably was picked up on a giant U.S. the plane had landed safely on Sakhalin Island. Its passengers WARNS AIRCRAFT radar at Misawa Air Base at the northern tip of .the main and crew were on Soviet soil, but they were safe, the airline said. Flight 001's normal route took it within 20 nautical miles of the Japanese Island of Honshu. I People were told to leave telephone numbers and go home. Sovietcontmiled Kuril Islands. Soviet autborities said the plane From hundreds of kilometres away, the tragic drama was But some lingered at the airport and after a time one anguished vmered far west of that course and flew over territory housing tracked electronically by people powerless to intervene. family member cried: "What happened to the earlier announce - highly sensitive military installations. The official Soviet news agency Tass said an unidentified plane ment that the plane landed on Sakhalin? Are they alive or all Navigational charts for the region carry this legend: entered Soviet airspace over the Kamchatka Pehninsula and a se- dead?" "Warning. Aircraft infringing upon non -free -flying territory Bond time over Sakhalin Island, along the Soviet Union's Pacific That question was indirectly answered later by the Soviet may be fired upon without warning." coast north of Japan. Union, which said one of its search planes sent to the area spotted Only 20 minutes behind Flight We was another KAL jet. flight U.S. State Secretary George Shultz also said the plane strayed a fuel slick and what looked like wreckage from an airliner. Soviets silent on jet's destruction (w 13 eb O G AM L Z 113 1< 0 A MARILOU COVEY Soviet shot hits home in Tillsonburg By Gordon Sanderson of The Free Press TELLSON13URG — "This sort of thing doesn't happen in real life." It was an expression of shocked disbelief that Walter Covey blurted out Thursday following news that his daughter, Martian Covey, 33, of Toronto, was one of M per- sons aboard a South Korean civilian jet- liner shot down half a world away by a Soviet righter. It just didn't seem possible that the quiet, private lives of Walter Covey and his wife 011ie were suddenly caught up in an Inter- national incident that sent shock waves around the world. "It's a terrible tragedy ... No way could I possibly imagine a tragic ending like this," said the grieving father as he tried valiantly to finish a sandwich between an- swering a constantly ringing telephone or greeting reporters at lice front door of the family's suburban bungalow at 23 Victoria St. The signs of silence Councillors remain mum on signs for abutment Concerns from two Embro area residents over a lack of lighting and signing forewarning drivers of bridge constriction on Oxford County Road s met a vir- tual wall of silence from county council. Wednesday. Councillors were reluctant to comment on the situation because an Embro family has filed intent to sue the county as a result of a man's death in ,August when his car struck an abutment at the construction site south of Embro. Velma Thompson and Richard Montgomery both presented briefs and petitions calling for lighting and signing of county construction zones above the provincial standard. When Paul Hiuser, 37 struck the abutment and was killed Aug. 3, one lane was blocked off by a concrete abutment, a set of portable traffic lights were set up to guide traffic through the Open lane, and construction signs were posted but not illuminated. There were no speed reduction signs nor illuminated arrows or red flashing lights to warn drivers of the obstruction ahead. A%OTHER ACCIDENT The construction at the bridge was completed about two weeks ago, but area residents are con- cerned that an accident not oc- cur at another construction site in the future, said Mrs. Thompson. More reflective paint is need- ed on [ridge abutments, flashing yellow or red lights and arrows, and speed reduction signs are necessary, she said. She sug- gested signs stating "proceed with caution" or "enter at your own risk" be erected in the future. The county had posted signs at the site according to Ministry of Transporation and Communica- tions (MTC) standards. Mrs. Thompson said these standards should be raised. Oxford MP Bruce Halliday, Oxford MPP Dick Treleaven, 4 and Transporation Minister James Snow have all been con- tacted by Mrs Thompson and have acknowledged her concern, she said. The woman has also contacted the provincial coroner's office in an attempt to have an inquest called on the (inner death. PEOPLE OUTRAGED Her concerns were reiterated by Montgomery, who ampd the a4 people who signed his petition were upset about the situation and "I would go as far as to say they were outraged." He mentioned due frequent fogs in the area, close to the Thames River, and wondered why more adequate warning signs and lights weren't set up to accommodate this problem. "A death trap could not have been prepared any better if it hod been nned - and it was proved so,p" lasaid Montgomery. He also wondered why signing wasn't changed after the fatal accident, The petitions were referred to the county's public %forks com- mittee. Public works chairman Ross Livingston said the county hasn't yet received an accident report from insurance in- vestigators so it's difficult to comment. Debate on role of the media Press gets its table back By LINDA HULME Sentinel -Review staff writer A discussion on the needs of Oxford County staff versus the needs of the media to accurately record county council meetings was sparked during council's Wednesday session when it was suggested media represen- tatives be allowed to sit at a table instead of in the gallery. A brief but fiery debate on the roleof the media during council sessions began when a motion called for the provision of a press table within the chamber itself — where local press and radio representatives originally worked from until two meetings ago when council changed its policy. At the August council meeting, members of the media were informed that a warden's committee recommendation called for them to sit in the gallery while department heads sal in the front corner table'by the warden's chair. NEW ARRANGEMENT The new sealing arrangement allowed the county treasurer to be seated at the table on the op- posite side of the warden where the department heads once sat. The clerk was placed directly beside the warden while the media was placed on gallery benches at the back of the coun- cil chambers. Coun. Joe Pember called for the reinstatement of the original Power press table, citing the gallery's bad acoustics and poor visibility as a hinderance in accurate reporting. He said the media's respon- sibility is to report on various county council issues to the public and it's the county's responsibility to provide ade- quate facilities for them to do so. It was stipulated in his resolu- tion, seconded by South-West Oxford Township Conn. Walt Wilson, that the media enter and leave the council chambers ina manner that would not interfere with normal council proceedings. Pember said the sound system proposed for the chambers was turned down because it was too costly, yet it was agreed the room's acoustics need improve- ment. He added media members should not have to write with their notebooks on their laps. COMPLAIN ENOUGH Surely to God, we complain terribly when we're misquoted and when something's not writ- ten down right ... I don't think the room is that small that we can't accommodate them," said Pember. Coun. Doug Harris said the warden's committee recommen- dation was made following re- quests by staff members for a change to try and make meetings more smooth -running. "The clerk has a serious responsibility to make sure that minutes are properly recorded The members of the Oxford flower Supply Review Commit- tee have been appointed to represent the county's eight municipalities. They are Mayor Ross Liv- ingston of Blanford-Blenheim Township, Stephen Cahill of Nast Zorra-Taystock Township, v red McKie of -Norwich Township, Jim Riddick of South- West Oxford Township, Rowland Rutherford of Zorra Townshi , Robert Hutchinson of Ingersoll, James Rattin of Tillsonburg, and John Rousom of Woodstock. The committee will be review- ing the distribution of electrical power to municipalities in the county. and typed up," hesaid. Harris agreed the new seating plan was not ideal, but he stress- ed the priority for county staff to be adequately accommodated. Coun. James Gibb said pro- blems could arise if a large delegation filled up the gallery benches during a meeting. It would leave no room for media members to sit, he said. It was also noted by various councillors the difficulty in hear- ing council discussion above the talk of the public. When the resolution was ap- proved granting the original press table to the media, Harris added for the press it means the representatives are being in- vited to join the chamber and should dress and act accordingly. "I assume that there won't be a clown, yes a clown, dressed in jeans looking like a bum at our inaugural meetings in the future," he said, referring to a past incident. Earlier he said he had no ob- jections to media members cur- rently present in the room, that there's "nothing wrong with the people or what they do most of the time." Oxford backlog �of poor roads ettin g g serious WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Reduced pro- I ,,'metal financing and inflation have caused Oxford County's backlog of critically defi- cient roads to grow dramatically over the past eight years, and the problem will only worsen without increased provincial assis- tance, says Oxford's director of engineering. "We keep spending money and we keep failing behind In the work" required to re- pair poor roads, Don Pratt said Thursday. "Generally speaking, it's all over that work needs to be done. Oxford intends to petition the ministry of transportation and communications to have the province consider the effects infla- tion and provincial cutbacks are havjng— not just in Oxford but throughout the prov- ince. According to Pratt, the situation, lo- cally and provincially, is "becoming serious." "If we keep going at the pace we're goih$�f, we'll be in real problems. It's a future prob- lem." n Oxford, for example, projected costs fici to eliminate "critical deencies" in roads have increased from $20.971,600. in 1975 to $39.482,800 in 1982. In other words, ex- Plained Pratt, Oxford is falling behind fn road maintenance and upgrading as it nev- er has before. The situation is no doubt the same in many municipalities, he said, An increase in provincial money could eventually reduce the hacklog, and that will be the aim of the Ontario Good Roads Asso, elation when it presents a brief on the sub- ject to the Province. The association is 11 province -wide organization concerned with the quality of Ontario's roads. "Ontario has a first-class toad systent . but we just don't have enough to keep Pace as things go along," said. Pratt. "There has been a substantial lean to- wards soft services over hard services tin provincial financing) and Ithink the people In hard services would like the govetnmen to take another look at the situation," Prnli said. Delegate Oxford County treasurer Howard Day has been authoriz. ad to attend the IBM County and Regional Section annual meeting and conferenee in Sar- nia as a voting delegate. The conference will be held Oct. 16 to 19, 11 • E 0 A NEW LOOK flight, this beautiful ' stained-glass window was salvaged from one of �, Woodstock's historic':` homes when it met its maker. The window was rebuilt and placed in the treasurer's office, and it's in there for good, said works foreman Ernie Hunt. Far right, Brenda Breckenridge works in the new county treasurer's office in what used to be 'one gungy A rat -trap ofahall,"accor - ding to Hunt. Below, - right, the hallway runn- ing from the treasurer's, office to the engineer's of- . , fice has been completely " redone as well. Bottom �w right, this original door had several coats of ugly green paint and was quite a chore to strip down to the bare wood, said Er- Photos nie. Bottom, a new ramp, light fixture, stripped by Ted Town F.. wood and a moved set of stairs greet the visitor entering the back door of the county courthouse. lsllh_� U 0 3 A 5 Oxford County Jail proposed Former town as new board of health site By DOROTHY CLARK Oxford County council may have solved two problems with one resolution Wed• nesday night. what to do with the old jail in Woodstock and where to establish a new facility for the board of health. The resolution, made by Coun, Lenore Young, states county council "is in favor of having the Oxford County Jail renovated to become a permanent residence for the Oxford County Board of Health and Oxford County Home Care subject to satisfactory financial arrangements being made." Coun. Young explained that the board of health and tame care are now housed in two buildings which were once nurses' residences at the Woodstock General Hospital. The hospital, however, finds it expensive to maintain and heat the buildings and although it is willing to continue leasing space to the board of health it does not wish to lease to home care. Coun. Jack Warden added that the board of health pays $40,000 a year for the use of its buildings. "Let's make a long term commitment," Coun. Young said. "The board is tired of being held on a string... moved from place to place." She said the director of home care is enthusiastic about the possible move. After touring the jail recently, Dr. Cecil Rochard, medical officer of health, said that she would be more than willing to talk with an architect to see what canbe done. Coun. Warden said that costs for renovating the building could be offset by o W 0 O 0 C 3 p O N 0 V V! 0 0� O m >, O O `o— n O a 0 W O C a0 0 �V 0 O � X0 p X 0 O C O � N C C n nl 0 E U O N > O 75 per cent with a government grant. "It's a way to get out of a bad situation with that old jail," he said. "Let's get them into a permanent residence altogether and all together with other county operations." The jail is located behind the county courthouse and administration building on Canterbury Street. Coun, Joe Pember said he is "tickled pink" with the idea, "People 100 years from now will be proud. Besides, it's going to fall down if we don't do something quickly." Plans The interim resource manage- ment plan for the Grand River Conservation Authority, the watershed plan for the Long Point Region Conservation Authority, and the wateshed plan for the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority were approved by Oxford Coun- ty council. Council agreed to support the resource management policies, objectives, and programs of all conservation authorities. Tender lOxford County council so- i cepted the tender of Yundt Brother Construction Limited for the completion of work to i design standards for the former CNR crossing on County Road 8 and County Road22 near Bright. Work will total$11,690. mayor dies September 27, 1983 A former mayor of Tillsonburg, Lawrence W. Smith of 38 Harvey St., Tillsonburg, died Tuesday at Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital, in his gird year. Mr. Smith was an active community worker, serving a number of terms on council and as mayor from 1956 through 1959, He also served as chairman of the Tillsonburg Public Utilities Commission; on county council and on the Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital Board. Mr. Smith led the Tillsonburg Citizens' Band for many years; was a former member of Tillsonburg Golf and Country Club, and member of St. Paula United Church. He was a retired optometrist. Mr. Smith was born at Port Rowan, April 17, 1901, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William K, Smith. Surviving are his wife, the former Florence Helmer; one son, Kyle Smith of RR 3, Port Rowan; four grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Helen Lint of Oakville, Mrs. John (Clara) Young of St. Peter- sburg, Florida, Mrs. Robert (Beulah) McLennan of Medicine Hat, Alberta; two brothers, Robert E. Smith of Aylmer and Alfred Smith of Hagersville. Predeceased by one sister, Miss Edith Smith. Resting at the Ostrander's Funeral Home, Tillsonburg, for a private family service on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. to be conducted by Rev. Earl Moore of Ot- terville. Interment in Tillsonburg Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Ontario Heart Fund appreciated. Visitations to commence Wednesday from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m., and 7 to!) p.m. only. TQWN �P 11 DFE HI 0 ry C1 C 0 0 0 Z ��ov1 m N C « O O m O O O a CC O C X C 0 N 0 7 -C a)C ` ] Q 3n °1 ° 3 0 c 0 ~ 1 C> O O 0 N -CC 0 O > OL 30 0> mY u0 oa r D C — 0 Z 0) 0)-a —moo m» ° XC m0 C 0 w CL 0-0 O w m0 in j -X C 7 CL .` a m �y0L y l�V .a O" C r C -CO C O a0u Q•� O }Con, 0 0 -C 0 E �— t`i 0 0 XH 0 ` O 0 O n; a V r�V 0 X C '^ 0> `O 0. u't r O M C 0 0 .N N am w �.— C Y O L V O v O N V 7 C 0 0 y ; > w C V't O .p NE,`a00 w -0 n1 C . 3 -C 0O 300' y000C is • County to pay bill for `jaws' operation By DOROTHY CLARK A hill for $6,183.96 to cover expenses for 11 months operation of auto extrication equipment (jaws of life) will be paid by Oxford County council to Woodstock Ambulance Limited. The bill was forwarded to the county after the Fire Marshal's office declared auto extrication is a fire department responsibility. Initially the Woodstock Lions Club donated the equipment to the Woodstock fire department. When it turned down the donation ambulance owner and county councillor Joe Pember offered to operate the equipment. However, the Fire Marshal ordered the equipment returned to the fire department through the county. Oxford County now owns the equipment and is responsible for its maintenance. County Clerk Harold Walls was authorized Wednesday night to apply for a grant of $25,060 to the ministry of the solicitor general for this and other expenses in- volved with auto extrication. Since the equipment has now become a county responsibility and the grant ap- -:: C3rnarro plication has been made Councillor Wendy Calder, chairman of the finance and ad. ministration committee, said the Lions Club will probably want to be reimbursed for the cost of the equipment. "It's a complicated and confusing situation," Councillor Calder said after the meeting while trying to explain the cir- cumstances to reporters. Mr. Walls said the county probably won't receive the full $25,000 but whatever amount of money is received it must be spent only for auto extrication equipment and maintenance. One grey area that sparked questions from council was the purchase and sub- sequent sale of a vehicle used to carry the equipment by Woodstock Ambulance. Council questioned whether the money received from the sale of the vehicle had been dropped from the amount charged to the county. No explanation could be given and Councillor Pember was forced to silence because of his conflict of interest in the situation. BLUEPRINT FOR `WISTE4 MANAGEMENT The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has developed a compre- hensive proposal of new programs, controls and regulations for the better management of eight million tons of solid waste and the 60 million tons of liquid industrial waste generated in Ontario each year. Information meetings to explain this Blueprint for Waste Management have already been held. Now interested persons or groups will be given the opportunity to make written or oral presentations on the subject at a series of public forums being held throughout Ontario. PIll LIC10 FORUM Thursday, October 6, 2-4:30 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. City Hall, Council Chambers 300 Dufferin Avenue, London Written submissions are preferred but verbal presentations, accompanied by a written summary, are acceptable and will be heard in the order that notices of intention are received. Advance notice of presentation may be made by writing or phoning your local Ministry of the Environment office. Regional Office 985 Adelaide Street South London, Ont. N7E 1V3 (519) 681-3600 Ministry of the Hon. Andrew S. Brandt, Minister Environment Gerard J.M. Raymond, Deputy Minister Dairy Princess crowned Lisa Trepanier, 21, of RR 3, Norwich, was crowned 1983-83 Dairy Princess for Oxford County at the Oxford Auditorium in Woodstock Friday. She will reign for one year and then be eligible to enter the Ontario competition. The other contestants were Peggy Raw: Curries; Cindy Lazenby, Woodstock, and Anne Spanjers, TiMonburg. (NG Photo) Landfill testing The Salford landfill site continues to be poked and prodded by engineers, who are now testing for water pressure, depth and soil information which will help in the preparation of a final design. Tuesday morning project manager Wally Wells and engineer Gary Markotich inspected three borehole pipes which are at depths of 80 feet, 56 feel and 25 feet. About 60 holes in 10 major locations will he drilled on the 220-acre site which is about one mile east of the village of Salford. Although the land was not farmed this summer, a crop of winter wheat is now planted. (TN Photo) s 11 FOOD FOR THOUGHT Start Salford tests for landfill design By DOROTHY CLARK The first step in preparing a final design for the Salford landfill site got underway last week with the drilling of new boreholes. A crew of five men from Gartner Lee Associates, a Toronto consulting and engineering firm, began drilling 32 new boreholes at a cost of $85,000 Monday. The holes are being drilled as part of the criteria necessary to obtain a certificate of approval from the ministry of en- vironment. Oxford County director of engineering Don Pratt said drilling on the 220-acre site will last about one month and that monitoring of water levels in the holes will continue to at least January. The boreholes are part of a soil testing i program that will eventually support the final design of the landfill facility. Final designsarebased on preliminary designs presented to a consolidated hearing board by the county during the 55- day hearing which monopolized most of last summer, The preliminary design will be "tem- pered" by what is found within the next several months of testing, Mr. Pratt said. Such areas as the depth of excavation and drains will be pinpointed. Despite the disapproval of South-West Oxford Township, which has now filed suit against the county with the supreme court, the county is forging ahead. "We think it's important to go ahead with this phase of the work," Mr. Pratt said. "Were we a private contractor we'd probably be moving even harder." To conduct this work lawfully the only thing the county needs is a certificate of approval and "we have that signed, sealed and delivered," he said. A decision turning down the landfill site was made by the hearing board just days before Christmas, triggering an appeal by the county to the Ontario cabinet. On August 9 cabinet over -turned the board's decision which allowed the county to continue with its plans for the landfill site. Legal action brought by the township before the Supreme Court of Canada is still pending. Educating the public main goal during agri-food week in Ontario WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Did you know that Ontario has half of the country's pro- ductive agricultural land and that there are 2,724 farms in Oxford County? Or did you know that the average Ontario farmer produces enough food anually to feed about 80 people? And did you know that agriculture and food production is a $10-billion-a-year in- dustry in Ontario? These are some of the facts the provincial agriculture ministry and the Ontario Fed- eration of Agriculture, will be pointing out during agri-food week starting Monday in Ontario. "The whole idea is to raise public aware- ness of the food system and agriculture in general," Fred Munro, president of the Ox- ford County Federation of Agriculture, said Friday during a stopover for Warden Char- lie Tatham to sign proclamation declar- Fred Munro, president of the Oxford County from Oct. 3 to Oct. 10. The week is designed to Federation of Agriculture, pins an Agri -Food increase awareness of the importance of food Week button on county Warden Charlie production and other agriculturally -related Tatham, pictured on the right. Tatham of- activities. ficial)y proclaimed agri-food week in Oxford (Staff photo bpLinda ►►uhne) Ing Oct. 3-10 agri-food week in Oxford. "Agri -food weak highlights all aspects of our food chain — the farmers, processers, distributors, retailers and farm equipment manufacturers." in Ontario, 65 farms will play host to tours and public demonstrations for inter- ested country and city folk. In Oxford, tours of the Robert Smith apple orchards on Con- cession 16 of East Zorra-Tavistock Town- ship, northwest of Innerkip, are scheduled for next Saturday between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. In Oxford, Munro said the 1981 census of agriculture figures shows annual sales in the agriculture and food industry totalled about $m million from its nearly 3,000 farm operations. As for milk production, for which Oxford is famous, 165,474,000 litres of milk were produced, Munro said. "Agriculture is still a top industry in Oxford." Al ( : To Woodstock -on Earl M. Walls. IanV 'and by 4 ier , man, Id ?.9' ArvaArea asant m of A At • • .' cnunn or oxroao NOTICE The County of Oxford proposed to carry out the work of replacement of a 2.60 by 1.40 metre structural plate arch culvert on wooden timber planking, located at: Concession Vill'XI, Lot 12, South Norwich, Township of Nor. wich, on County Road #19, west of Otterville, being County Pro- ject #68419- The proposed work to include right-of-way widening, structure replacement, structure approach work, existing drainage pond expansion Ladosz property, new drainage pond outlet works, driveway improvements and tree removal. Please contact S. Watts, Construction and Design Engineer, County of Oxford, Woodstock, 539-2232, if you have any ques- tions with regard to this proposal. TOWNSHIP OF NORFOLK '.rs:kGi:i JlltiII, !tf"tJtf:f L`1ya,G1'.1'Y UP' _. ._ r, .11 -L S' J -- li fl 1S .j" J -f L $105 million's a factor, but not only factor -Hydro OXFORD CENTRE — Estimated costs to construct Ontario Hydro's two proposed silo kilvolt transmission lines between the London and Hamilton areas range between $68 million and $105 million, officials revealed But cost won't be the overriding factor in Hydro's selection of its recommended route, said Craig Taylor, supervising community relations officer. "Cost is a factor but it's not the determining factor," he said. "Not necessarily the least expensive option will be chosen." Studies of the six proposed routes between a London area transformer station and a Hamilton area generating plant include technical factors, environmental impact, and social considerations, he said. "We're getting close to the point where we have to evaluate all those factors together," said Taylor. "The options are endless. Our systems planning people will tell us from a technical standpoint which combinations of- fer the best security and the best liability." The Highway 401 route will cost between W million and $77 million, to rebuild the existing 230 kilovolt route will cast about ilfle million. to rebuild the existing 115 kilovolt route will cost between $99 million and $105 million., the - Conrail route is estimated at $70 million to $74 million, and the two southerly routes through Elgin County and Haldimand-Norfolk Region will cost about $77 million to V9 million - These costa don't include the costs of building.a transformer station south of Lon- don, nor do they include provisions for the ex pensive narrow -based towers, said Taylor. Narrow -based towers, an alternative to the wider bases often seen in Ontario, will only be used where landowners request them, he said. Some farming operations may prefer them because they won't interfere with crop cultivation as much. Buff construction costs for these towers is as much as 50 per cent more than for any other tower design. Oxford County's letter to Soviets z receives response �d 0 By LINDA HULME 11 Sentinel -Review staff writer Oxford County's letter to the Soviet ambassador to Canada mcondemning the shooting down of the Koreanjetliner last month received a reply from the embassy's press office. IThe form letter from a Soviet press official states: "It is a pity that you, as many other have fallen victim to the most ourtrageous anti -Soviet propaganda which was unleashed to cover up the evermore evident fact that a commercial plane was used for a spy mission deep in Soviet air space wit utmost disregard for the lives of unaware, innocent passengers." The official says the anger and protest expressed by, in this case the county, is justified but should be directed to a dif- ferent address. The letter brought no comment from county councillors, e.x- cept for Tilisonburg Mayor Jean Ferric. who asked for the enclosed material which accompanied it. Economic commission going to vote WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford Coun- ty council agreed Wednesday to vote Oct. 26 on a consultant's controversial proposal to establish a county economic development commission. At least One council member expressed surprise following Wednesday's meeting over council's apparent lack of concern for the $5W,000 price tag on the proposal. "I was shocked, just shocked," said Jack Warden of Ingersoll with a shake of his head as the meeting adjourned. "They hardly spent any time talking about how much this thing is going to cost. You'd think they were spending 10 cents instead of $500,000. It's like they're the last of the big- time spenders." A $50,000 study by a Toronto consultant suggested a county -level economic com. mission to organize, co-ordinate and pro - mute badly needed economic and industrial development. According to the report, the commission's main function would be to represent Oxford to outside agencies and governments, promote economic develop- ment and co-ordinate activities of the coun- ty's three municipal development commissions. So far, the report, calling for a two-tier organization of elected county officials and community representatives working with local municipalities, has received mixed reviews from the municipalities, Wood- stock, Norwich Township and Blandford- Blenheim Township have endorsed it but the remaining rive municipPalities have said they do not support the idon. In a presentation to council Wednesday, Henning Hansen, chairman of the Wood. stock development task force, urged coun- cil to accept a planning committee sugges- tion to go ahead with un economic development organization. "Let's face it, economic opportunities .gill not come along as easily in the future as they have in the past," said Hansen, whose group has suggested the county set up a single -tier commission to serve all of Oxford, replacing individual efforts by de- velopment officers In Woodstock, Tillson- burg and Ingersoll. "It will no doubt rock the float and it will take political courage to make the one -tier decision. However, you have the responsibility to the people of the county as a whole to act in their best inter- est." Woodstock city council has endorsed It. Warden said he "can't buy" the Idea of a county commission, regardless of what form it takes. "Is it fair to ask the people at' Oxford for that kind of money?" he asked, referring to the $500,000 budget it would require to set up and operate the. depart- ment. Council member Jean Ferrie, mayor of Tillsonburg, agreed, saying the money spent by each municipality could be better spent to hire a development officer in each community. A vote on the proposal was delayed to Oct. 26 to allow fall attendance of council, which was missing several members Wednesday. -It's going to be a very impor- tant vote and hopefully everybody witl be there for It," said Warden Charlie Tatham. In other business Wednesday, Tatham told council a member of the Ontario Heri- tage Foundation wW visit the old Oxford County jail and advise the county on the feasibility of renovating it. The county s considering using the vacant tao-yeatiolid building its an office for the Oxford board of health. A committee is investigating what money could be raised through provincial grants such as those provided through the heritage foundation to preserve historically important buildings and a foundation re. presentative is to visit the site, perhaps this month. Warden Charles Tatham Proclaims: OCTOBER 22 - 29y 1983 WEEK OF THE CHILD Sponsored by the: Association for Early Childhood Education, Ontario, Oxford County Branch ALL WEEK AT BLANDFORD SQUARE MALL Display of children's art work, photographic display of children from various preschools. * CHILDREN'S CONCERT WEDNESDAY, EVENING OCTOBER 26. 1983 7:00 P.M. W.C.T. Auditorium Performance with local children and Bob Schneider 1982 Juno Awards Winner for Children's Records. OPEN HOUSES IN LICENCED PRE-SCHOOL CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. BECKETT FARM MARKETS 225 Riddell Street, Woodstock JACK=LIN DAY NURSERY A�11111I, Buy a Whopper... BURGER Get a Whopper KING FREE:: Expiry Date October 23 A.O.S. -Offer valid in Woodstock only AT odl., lock h.'1 LTD. 00 WE CARE ABOUT KIDS ,ill Omar-,^,,vv v"'Ir Sponsored by the following community minded businesses: ELGIN PARKES Wholesale Ltd., 338 Dundos Street, Woodstock 539-6171 HILLTOP DAY NURSERY 854 Mople Avenue, Woodstock 33 Wilson Street, Woodstock 354 Mill Street, Woodstock 539-9303 11 537-6254 11 537-7550 • Suits still pending against former contractor Courthouse front getting a lift By LINDA N9LME when it came to the 1'rant of the reparable damage to the Sentinel -Review staff writer building the workmanship exterior, The front of the Oxford County became unsatisractory. The county contend,, that the Nothing has happened since, he said, and there's no indication Courthouse is finally going to get chemical cleaning agent used by the matter will be settled out of the facelift therest of the the contractor stained the white court. Wilding has enjoyed over the stone in the building to a rusty Pratt said he wants to get on post couple of years, The stones on the building's orange color he said. The site was left discolored with the, job, overdue now that the work is by more than two years. face have remained dirty and and the cleaning and repointing "I think we might as well not stained, said county engineer was incomplete. worry about the lawsuit... we Don Pratt, since a contractor in have sufficient evidence to sup. 1981 failed to complete the re- The county is witholding$9,o00 quired cleaning and repainting, in payments, so the contractor In a report to the public works filed suit. A counter -suit was fil- committee, he said a restoration ed by the county claiming the contractor was hired in April, work was incomplete., and the 198). Work was progressing but contractor may have caused ir- • County councillors i0 nvited to archives Oxford County councillors have been invited to tour the Norwich Archives October 30 to allow them to see the Nor - wick facilities before they decide the location of a county archives. In March the Norwich Archives applied to the county council with the idea of establishing a county archives in Oxford County and that Norwich would be a good location for it. "Norwich has an established archives," Russell Smith, a director for the Norwich and District Historical Society and committee member for the Norwich Ar- chives, said. "It would be a more economical way to go because the facilities are already there." The county council has approved in principle the idea of a county archives but has not chosen a location. The county financial committee will be making a recommendation to council and some members have favored the county square in Woodstock as the location for the archives, but at present there is no suitable building available. Committee members of the Norwich Archives believe the invitation to tour the Norwich facilities will let the 20 county councillors see what Norwich has to offer and help them make their decision with an open mind. The original request for a county ar- chives was made to preserve material that is being lost or destroyed because of a lack of a county archives. A lot of Oxford County's archival history was sent to the provincial archives in Toronto, kept for awhile and then destroyed. "It's my concern as an archivist that the material should be preserved for the people coming after us," Mr. Smith said. Mr. Smith personally believes that the county archives is wanted in Woodstock and that a decision will be delayed until a suitable location becomes available in the city. This is one reason for the Open House October 30. "We hope their good judgment will prevail when they have all the facts before them," he said. "With Norwich having a viable organization it is the logical place to put the county archives. a.. pt)rt our position in court. Just let the thing take Its course. In the meantime, no sense leaving. the work unfinished any longer," he said. Some of the cleaning can be .done by public works staff, he said. A crew has already started work on the lower stones, but another contractor may be hired to do the heavy duly cleaning of the stained areas. Committee Oxford County's public works committee will be meet Thurs- day at 4 p.m. Tenders Oxford County council ac- cepted the tender of Shelton Bros. of Ingersoll for supply, hauling and repiling of winter sand for the Springford patrol. The tender came in at a unit price of $3.50 per yard for sand and $500 lump sum for repile of existing sand. The tender for winter sand and Sidewalks Oxford County council ac- cepted a proposal from opera- tions engineer Roy Brankley for the installation of sidewalks along County Road 8 in Plattsville. The sidewalks were requested by BIsndford-Blenheim Township. 'yet: M WATCH WHERE YOU'RE WALKING The Oxford County Library got a new top, with to stop in the tar. the help of LaFleche Roofing of London. Stan (Staff photo by 'red Town) Devine, Dave Dixon and Russ Lindsay try not 75 Deaths Yix MARTIN — At University HospNel, London, on Sunday October 18. 1963, John B. Martin of 855 Jarnes Street, Woodstock. in his 78th year. JOHN B. MARTIN John B. Martin, 77, of 856 James St-, a former deputy sheriff, died Sunday at Universi- ty Hospital in London. Born in Bright, he was a son of the late Dr. and Mrs. John Mar- tin and had been a Woodstock resident since 1940. He had been a deputy sheriff for this district for 34 years, before retiring in 1871. He was a member of Chalmers United Cburch; of the Plattsville Masonic Lodge, 178; the Mercer Wilson Lodge 678, A.F,A.M.; the Woodstock Lodge of Perfection and Oxford Chapter 18, G.R.C. He was. predeceased by a brother, Evans, and is survived by: his wife, the former Alice Riesberry; a son John, of Woodstock; a daughter, Mrs. William (Christine) Watson, of Sault Ste. Marie; by four grand- children; and by sisters Mrs. Jean Beattie, of Woodstock and Mrs. Gordon fGertrude) Miller. of Fort Erie. Friends may call at the M.D. (Mac) Smith funeral home beginning Tuesday afternoon, where the funeral service will be held at 1:30 _ p.m. Wednesday, with Rev. C.H. Dickinson of- ficiating. Burial will be in the Oxford Memorial Park cemetery. A Masonic memorial service will be field at the funeral home at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Power supply The Oxford County power sup- ply review committee held its first meeting earlier this week to discuss its duties as defined in the County of Oxford Act. Committee members are re- quired to examine the distribu- tion of power to municipalities within the county. Discussion raised the possibility of propos- ing a single hydro electric commission. It was noted if a single com- pussion was set up, all rates within the county would have to come to a common level, which may cause an increase in most areas. Rural residences especially would be affected. since it would mean the loss of the Rural Rate Assistance Program. The committee agreed public meetings should be held from time to time to inform the public of any proposals and to receive feedback. It was decided regular meetings will be held the first Tuesday of each month. The next meeting will be held Nov. I. BLUES CHASER The average farnih 's ambition is to make as much moncry es then n speradirt Consultant not surprised, but disappointed that OCTOBER 26, 19133 recommendation rejected COUNTY WIPz_=QN0 11C_ c0,,z11ss10N Oxford would have had a better chance it would be easier for the county of dealing successfully with such problems municipalities to compete as a whole and as unemployment and a stagnating local to use their resources to promote the whole economy had it accepted a recom- county rather than individual mendation to create a county -wide municipalities attempting to take on economic development commission, ac- aggressive centres such as London, cording to Toronto consultant Mike Brantford and Toronto. Williams. Ingersoll and Tillsonburg were among But the management consultant was not the municipalities strongly opposed to the surprised that the county rejected the formation of the two-tier county -level suggestion. Mr. Williams, who along with commission. Ingersoll Councillor Jack fellow Wood Gordon consultant Gerald Warden "implored" his fellow councillors Grant, completed an economic study for before a vote was taken on the issue, "not the county last March, said he was to force this commission on our town of disappointed but not surprised the idea Ingersoll." He said he did not want to see was rejected. another expensive department set up and Oxford County council vote 14-6 in a recorded vote last Wednesday night against adopting the $50,Ii00 economic study prepared by Woods Gordon suggesting the formation of the county - level commission to promote industrial development. Mr. Williams admitted that in preparing the report, he had sensed a strong negative feeling from the municipalities toward anything giving the county a stronger role in the area of economic development. But, he said, they did not make the recom- mendation in terms of whether it would be accepted or not, but in terms of what would be Crest for the whole area. The report recommended a county -level commission that would primarily represent Oxford to outside agencies and governments, promote economic development in the county and co-ordinate the activities of the three existing municipal industrial development com- missions in Tillsonburg, Ingersoll and Woodstock. The 93-page Oxford County Economic Opportunity Study stated a county com- mission aimed at promoting development across the county would provide Oxford with a more unified stance in dealing with various agencies and provincial ministries. Mr. Williams stressed that Oxford's development depends on a unified stance if A hopes to compete within a "very tough" market. And, it was felt a county -wide agency wrnJd ?present the interests of the smater townships as well as the larger mtrl4e::ral:ties while acting as a liaison to ouevs!de cgencies and firms. A :ot of municipalities are competing now for' fewer and fewer facilities and it's going to b-- :,.arder and harder to ettract their attention, said Mr. Williams. He said "another empire built." Ingersoll Mayor Doug Harris and Tillsonburg Councillor Jack Whitmore both agreed that competition is good. "I see nothing wrong with competition. Competition in the market place is the very basis of our society," said Mr. Whitmore. Councillor Harris agreed that "com- petition is good," adding: "If we lose out to Tillsonburg or Woodstock, we still gain," because people living in Ingersoll work in those other centres. He suggested that co-operation between the existing commissions be established with representatives brought in from the rural municipalities to work together on promoting development. "We are one big community; we can work together. We don't need another level of bureaucracy to prove we can work together," said Councillor Harris. The additional tax burden and the duplication of effort were also reasons put forward in the opposition to the proposal. The creation of the county commission carried with it a $500,000 cost with the initial cost, based on 1983 apportionment rates, running between $130,000 and $170,000 for staff, promotion and ad- ministration costs. Woodstock would have born the largest percentage of the budget at 26.7 per cent with Ingersoll bearing the lowest per- centage at 6.9 per cent. Tillsonburg's share would have been 12.9 per cent. Mr. Williams warned the county will have to devote more its financial resources to pushing the entire area if it hopes to attract industrial development. Some of the industries in the county don't have a rosy future and parts of the county will continue to be faced with high unem- ployment, he said. Redecorating proposal brings fiery response from some councillors By IINDA HIAMI Sentinel -Review staff writer A proposal to renovate the renovations in the basement of the Oxford County Courthouse brought some fiery reaction from councillors Wednesday. A motion to obtain quotes on changes to the renovations left some councillors saying the the work should be left well enough alone. Renovations to the east side of the building's basement are nearing -completion. County staff have been working on structural repairs and the con- struction of offices for about a year. The only work remaining is the finishing touches in- cluding carpeting and wood trim — to the space from the back lobby to the front of the building. During a warden's committee meeting held prior to the full council session, planning com- missioner Peter Atcheson presented a variety of plan changes which would accom- modate his department staff in the new facilities. The plans in- clude changing the entire layout of offices from their present state. MOVE FIRST The planning department is currently housed in a building on Light Street, rented at $1,000 a month. Once renovations are complete, the department is to move into the courthouse basement. The proposals caught the ire of Coun. Joe Pember of Woodstock, who wondered why the county would want to obtain quotes to tear down something already there. "Show me first why somebody can't fit down there," he said: It may be possible to move plane- , ing into the area on the west side occupied by the public works department, he added, and the public works staff could move into the new section. Coon. Phil Poole of Woodstock said he'd rather see the planning staff move into the facilities first, then consider any changes once operations were underway. But Woodstock Mayor Wendy Calder said the county should listen to the needs of one of its departments. Bookcases, storage areas and a room to ac- commodate noisy office machinery are needed accor- ding to the plans, she said, ad- ding it's not unreasonable for some of these concepts to be ap- plied to the area. Turn back the clock, daylight time is over It's timely to think about change today. For times will have changed when we wake up Sunday after the annual farewell io daylight time, the much debated system that gives us an extra hour of sunshine during the summer. The nation's professional timekeepers re- mind us to move our clocks back one hour officially at 2 a.m. Sunday (before you go to bed will do) to restore habits to standard time.. In short, they say, we have an extra ,hour to sleep or party and an hoar less of daylight at the end of the day. Daylight time returns on the last Sunday in April, when we move the clock ahead one. hour. Widow files $2.1-million suit Oxford County, construction firm blamed for death WOOD.STOCK (Bureau) —The widow of an Embro area man kilted when the car he was drivingsiruck a concrete abutment at a construction site is taking Oxford County and the construction company to court for $2.1 million. Paul Hluser, 37, of Hill 5, Embro, wan killed Aug. J after his car struck a concrete abutment at a bridge construction site on Oxford County.Hoad 6, about 1.5 kilometres mouth of Embro. Hluaer, a records analyst for London Life and a fulher of two, was p1mmunr,-d dvad al tilt, �n•ne. Lawyers for Hluser's widow, Donna Hluser, 35, said a writ of summons and a statement of claim seeking a total of $2.1 million from Oxford County and Jim Duly Contracting Ltd, of Cambridge were issued Thursday. Jerry Morse, of the London law firm Lerner and Associates, said a claim for $2.1 mllhon In general and specific damages, Including the loss of tilowr's future in- come, is being made on heh;dt ut Iiuser's dependents and his eslatr. Mors added that the two dofvfld:min will 1i6,•h hr .rived with the writ within a week. The fatal crash prompted considerable anger and criticism among Umbra area citizens. Their pedtfons and letters to Ox- ford County and the chief coroner of Ontar- io described the site as a death trap which, located at Ilia bottom of a valley, was ban+- ly visible at night. Ifiuser was killed about midnight. Earlier this week, fintariti s chief coro- ner nnnouneed than all inquest Into the acoi drnl to ill be held but nu dale hue boon set. "Are we going to look to the needsof the planning depart- ment or are we going to say, here, make do?" she said. Court. Ed Down of Blanford- Blenheim Township said the pro- posed changes are coming after the fact. They should have been submitted prior to work being done in the basement instead of upon completion. Blanford-Blenheim Mayor Ross Livingston placed some of the blame on himself for the ct T- rent situation. Last year when he was county warden, he was asked to set up a meeting bet. ween works staff and the plan. ing department to determine what was needed. But he admitted there were other pressing matters, namely the negotiations. with Norwich Township over the environmen- tal hearing on the Holbrook land- fill site. Giving the issue a second shot, Pember said the public works staff didn't just decide to "throw up a wall here, build a wall there". "It wasnot carte blanche done, kerbang," he said. "There were several considerations." He added it would be an insult to the staff who worked on the renovations to get a price quote from an outside source on any changes- If council wants to find out bow much it will cast, let the public works department figure it out, he said. County engineer Don Pratt said the current work cast about $19 a square foot to complete. The motion wasn't voted on but tabled for two weeks until councillors could study the new proposals more closely. Is • • rl� Tours archives Ross Livingston, Mayor of Bfandford-Blenheim, was one of a few county councillors and board of education members who took advantage of the invitation to tour the Norwich Ar- chives Sunday. Members of the archives wanted county councillors to see the facilities at Norwich before making a decision on the site of the future county archives. (NG Photo) County briefs NOVEMBER 9 1983 Plant tour Members of Oxford County council have been invited to tour the energy - from -waste project at Canada Cement Lafarge on Wednesday, November 23 at 2 p.m. The plant is currently conducting a test burn of liquid industrial wastes as a fuel supplement in the creation of ce- ment. On target The county clerk reported to Oxford County council that with 68 per cent of the budget for 1983 spent, the county should be on target with its budget at the end of the year. The only area of concern at this point is in the area of general welfare assistance. NEED projects Oxford County is in need of project ideas to finish out the New Economic Expansion and Development (NEED) program underway in the county. Warden Charlie Tatham said county staff are running out of project ideas to use the funds supplied by the federal government to create employment. Un- fortunately, the funds cannot be farmed out to municipalities but must be used for county projects, said the Warden. The program expires in March, 1984, Warden's committee It has finally been determined that the Warden's committee for Oxford County council will be comprised of the Warden and all committee chairmen, and that the committee be responsible for employment classification and salary range for all county employees, disposition of office space in county buildings, legal and personnel matters that cross department lines and any item that is not clearly within the jurisdiction of any other committee. Jaws of life Oxford County fire co-ordinator Charles Young told county council at its last meeting that a set of heavy hydraulic auto extrication equipment may be purchased for a fireball in the north end of the county. There are already two sets of hydraulic equipment in the south end of the county, one in Mount Elgin and the other in Burgessville, with another set at the Woodstock fireball. Another set in the north end would adequately cover the entire county, Mr. Young said. He is continuing to organize schools on auto extrication without the provin- cial fire marshall's office to train all men in the county who have not yet had experience on the equipment. (committee reviewing oxford power supply By SUZANNE HANSON five years by s committee known as the A power supply review committee, Oxford Power Supply Review Committee, appointed by Oxford County to study the composed of eight members, appointed by present supply of power in the county and the council of each area municipality in the viability of a county -level hydro- the county. electric commission, voted to form a The chairman of the Tillsonburg PUC technical assistance group to aid in sitting on the review committee, Jim gathering information to carry out the Battin, argued against forming the task. technical subcommittee until the review At the committee's meeting Tuesday Nov. 1 in Woodstock, members voted 5-2 in favor of forming the committee with ex- pertise from hydro -electric commissions in the county. Those individuals who will be asked to serve on the technical assistance com- mittee include: C.V. MacLachlan, manager of the Ingersoll Public Utilities Commission; John Middel, general manager of the Tillsonburg PUC; John Rousom, manager of the Woodstock PUC; Everett Jenkins, superintendent of the Norwich PUC, and an Ontario Hydro representative. According to the Oxford County Act, passed with the restructuring of the county in 1975, a review of the supply of power in the county must be carried out once every COUNTY OF OXFORD APPOINTMENT TO BOARDS, AUTHORITIES, ETC. Written applications (excluding residents from Woodstock and Tillsonburg) will be received by the undersigned until Friday, November 18, 1983, for appointment to the Oxford County Library Board for the term 1984, 1985, 1986. Mr. J.H Walls, Clerk, County of Oxford, Court House, P.O. Box 397, Woodstock, Ontario N4S 7Y3 J committee had first gathered the in- formation required. He suggested the simplest method of approaching the task would he to write letters to each of the commissions in the county asking for the necessary in- formation to update the study carried out five years ago. "Then if we need someone to interpret ( the data) appoint a committee then," said Mr. Baffin. "This committee itself should do a lot of the base work," he said. But in a vote on the matter the motion was approved to form the committee which will be charged with gathering the necessary data and reporting back to the review committee. It will then be the task of the review committee members to determine the best of the three alternatives facing them. One of those alternatives would be to retain the status quo and continue under the present system. The second option would be a change over to an upper tier system with the supply of power throughout the county handled by a single, county -level hydro- electric commission. The third option would be the supply of power throughout an area municipality by a municipal commission. That would mean the commissions now serving only parts of a municipality, such as Norwich and South-West Oxford, would assume responsibility for the supply of power throughout the entire municipality, taking over areas now served by Ontario Hydro.. Mr. Rousom, who served on the last review committee. said the cost of any changes in the present system made them prohibitive at that time. The chairman of the Norwich PUC, Fred McKie, agreed. "Knowing the costs that we came up with five years ago and the escalation since, is it necessary (to con- sider a change)"" he asked "Can the county or the ratepayers afford it"' Jim Riddick from South-West Oxford, questioned why the review must becarried out. "There are no utilities with a problem," he said. "We're spending county money for nothing." But Blandford-Blenheim Mayor Ross Livingston said as a rural customer and a member of the local PUC. "I'm going to take an honest look at this and see where we stand." Mr. Rousom agreed the committee can't just make a recommendation not to change. "We can't just say that tcost is prohibitive); we have to demonstrate it." It was shown in the last review, carried out five years ago, that a move to a single commission for the county would mean all rates in the county would have to come to a common level and would cause an in- crease in most areas. It was also pointed out that rural customers would lose the current rural rate assistance program which helps hold down the cost level. Once this review committee has some data and some findings to report it is ex- pected public meetings to inform the public and receive feedback will be held. The next meeting of the review com- mittee is expected to he held of Tuesday, December e, provided the technical assistance group has some information to report on. Cancer Society meeting Dr. Harry Parrott (left), president of the Oxford County Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society, Lois Irving, president of the Norwich branch, Father Joe Nelligan, guest speaker, and Oxford County Warden Charlie Tatham all participated in the annual meeting of the Southwestern District, Oxford County Unit and Norwich branch of the Canadian Cancer Society held in Norwich November 2. (NG Photo) Land saver Woodstock area farmer John Hart was honored with the presentation of the Oxford Coun- ty Land Saver award during county council's meeting Wednesday. Presenting the award' to Mr. Hart for his initiative, energy and devotion to preserving and conserving Oxford County's land was Warden Charlie Tatham (right). Ken Bullen (left), chairman of the Oxford Men of Trees, presented Mr. Hart with a handcarved walking stick in recognition of his efforts In preserving the land that Is also so vital to the growth of trees. (TN Photo) Oxford intersection to get rumble strips WOODSTOCK (Bureau) —The approaches to an intersection in the village of Washington will be covered with rumble strips, or corrugated sections of pavement, because of complaints by local residents following a recent accident, Ox- ford County council decided Wednesday. A total of 43 residents of the hamlet northeast of 're petitioned the county seeking the instal - is of flashing warning lights at the intersec- tio sf Oxford County Road 3 and Oxford County Rtipt4„'8. ,The county is facing legal action that cites a lack.of warning lights at the intersection, now regulated by stop signs, following an accident in which a Princeton woman was left partially par- alysed by a collision between the car she was riding in and another. The county's public works department, how- ever, advised council against the installation of warning lights, which it said have no proven effect on reducing the frequency of accidents. instead, the committee suggested the county install rumble strips to warn drivers that they are approaching an intersection. 14U JUIV MINt "Spread sunshine all over the place, and take down that Kappp face." And that's just what happened to the beaming visage that graced the jail for so long. It has been replaced with a more sombre countenance, in keeping with its former station in life, perhaps, but not with the proposed rejuvenation it may get. Then again, maybe it represents the feelings of the workers who spent all that time (and the taxpayers who sppeent all that money) on renovating the tour thouse, only to learn the staff isn't content with the work. There's no pleasing some people. (Staff photo by Ted Town) John Hart wins land saver award Oxford man honored for soil, tree conservation work WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — The 1883 ox- ford County land saver award, given annu- rilly to a county resident for work In agricul- rural soil conservation and land management, was presented Wednesday to John Hart, a soil expert and farmer from East Lorra•Taviatock Township. Oxford County Warden Charlie Tatham awarded Hart, who has a degree In crop . fence, with an engraved plaque and praised him for his efforts to promote top - %oil conservation. Woodstock Aid. Ken Boilers, who present- ed Hart with a carved walking stick, added that Hart's efforts to develop soil conserva- tion techniques In forming, as well as his promotion of tree conservation, are par- ticularly vital to Oxford because of its de- pendence on agriculture. Hart said his Interest in soil conservation developed in the mid-1870s after a visit to Wisconsin where he discovered that topsoll there Is up to .a metres (two feet) In depth and that the state spends millions of dollars annually to preserve it.. In Oxford, herald, the topsoil level Is less than half that and he stressed the impor- tance of working to develop farming; tech- niques that minimize soli erosion, "It is the high organic portion of this topsail that Is so important because a high organic matter level is necessary In order to grow crops that produce high yields," he said. "The entire agricultural economy of this country Is based on keeping the top six Inches of topsoil in place and producing." The award was presented to Hart during is meeting of Oxford County council. U IL J Oxford agrees to probe cost of more courthouse changes WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Following vigor- ous debate, Oxford County council decided Wednesday to obtain an estimate on the cost of making further renovations to the recently re- stored basement of the county courthouse. Ingersoll Mayor Doug Harris suggested get- ting the estimate after a complaint by the county planning commissioner over the amount of space his department has been allocated. Part of the basement is now occupied by the county treasurer and the engineering depart- ment, with the remaining 161 square metres ( 1.790 square feet) set aside for the county plan- ning department, now located in a rented build- ing on Light Street. However, council has been advised by plan- ning commissioner, Peter Atcheson that his de- partment, which was not consulted about the space allotment, will require a total of about 200 square metres (2,200 square feet). As well, At- cheson has indicated in a report, storage re- quirements and the smooth operation of his de- partment will require changes to the floor plan Oxford to get estimate of cost of restoring unique heritage jail WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford County gpuncil decided unanimously Wednesday to obtain an architect's esti- mate of the cost of restoring the vacant county jail after hearing a director of the Ontario Heritage Foundation issue a strong plea to preserve the "unique 19tb-century landmark." Lynne DiStefano, a member of the foundation's board of directors, which allocates grants to restore Ontario land- marks and to which Oxford would apply for financial assistance to restore the 130-year-old jail, said the jail's unique design makes It a landmark which should be preserved. "The jail here is a very important building. It's ardhitecturally important and it's of provincial importance be- cause of its unusual design. It's unique" DiStefano told council, which is considering using the jail as an office for the Oxford board of health and its home care services department. DiStefano, a professor of architectur- al history at Brescia College, University of Western Ontario, said she was at the meeting to "ease any doubts" about the Grant A $25,OD0 grant from the On- tario Fire Marshal's office to offset costs for auto extrication services in Oxford County has been approved, the county ad- ministration and finance com- mittee was told. More than $6,000 will go to Woodstock Ambulance for costs incurred during the 10 month stretch it provided auto extrication services, but the remaining $ls,sw will be plac- ed in reserve fund - Any proposals for its use will need approval from the com. mittee and county council first. The cheque should arrive by the end of the week, said clerk Herold Walls. Drapes Oxford County's administrw tion and finance committee is recommending council ap- prove the purchase of drapes for the, treasury department. 'Treasurer Howard Day said he obtained quotes from two Woodstock drapery businesses for $l,ailt and $1,110 to (outfit the offices. feasibility of restoring the jail. Although the job would prove to be labor intensive and expensive, restoring the building would be cheaper than erecting a new county office building, she said. At the same time, a provincial landmark would be preserved. The county has expressed interest in determining how much money, would be available from the heritage foundation to assist in restoring the building and DiStefano estimated "in excess of $loo,o00" would likely be available. She compared the yellow brick building on Buller Street with several other 19th- century courthouses and jails in Ontario which have received more than $100,000 from the foundation for restoration projects. DiStefano, who recently toured the jail, said It is in "sound condition" but warned the county should start restora- tion as soon as possible to avoid any further deterioration. "There is a moisture problem that could cause increasing damage," she said. "We are concerned that over the winter you could find yourselves facing major costs if the heat level is not maintained." -Coun. Les Cooke of Woodstock was among several council members en- couraged by DiStefano's remarks,say- ing the question of how useful a restored jail would be has been a stumblingblock in the past to taking action to preserve the building. "There has been some con- cern in the past that with the building built as a ,jail, it could never be used as anything but a jail." DiStefano said Oxford could apply for heritage grants worth 50 per cent of the cost of restoring the exterior. Although the foundation is "suffering from finan- cial restraint," Oxford's plans to re- store the jail are high on its priority list. Don Pratt, county director of engi- neering, later estimated the over-all cost of restoring the building at "at least $1 million." A 1976 architect's report on the feasibilty of restoring the jail cost Oxford about $25,000 but itwas never acted upon. DiStefano said a new study, to update the cost estimates of the 1976 report, would likely cost the county about $3,000. Council will study how they'll make right connections The takeover of roads in Ox- roads, the province will offer ford County ' s urban 50 per cent subsidy, said Pratt. municipalities which connect "The province's attitude is provincial highways was tabl- that the local municipalities ed by county council until local should not be paying any part councils have a chance to of construction a n d study the idea, maintenance on these roads," Most of the roads- in question he said. are located in Woodstock, In- Other county road eonstruc- gersoll and Tillsonburg with tion projects have received up roads in Tavistock and Nor- to 70 per cent subsidy from the wich villages also being province, he added. considered. The public works committee All roads are major routes is recommending approval in used by more than just local principle of the idea. If council traffic. They have been iden- agrees to that, public works tified as desirable county staff will conduct a study on roads since restructuring in the feasibility of the takeover. 1975, said county engineer Don Pratt. The local municippaalities for are currently respansihle Extension them, Insereoll and Tillsonburg The Oxford County public receive 90 per cent subsidy in works committee is recom. road construction and mending the extension on dre maintenance while Woodstock aggreement with William receives 75 per ----- for eon- Menary Contractors of Drunl- struction and 50 per cent on ford to December, 1984, for the maintenance. operation of the Tillsonburg If the county takes over the landfill site. that could require removing one or more Interior walls. The suggestion to conduct further alterations in the courthouse and expand the planning de- partment's allotted space brought mixed reac- tion from council, with several members ex- pressing vehement opposition to altering the recently completed basement. " f believe we have good office accommoda- tions as the downstairs area Ls now and that it will meet the needs," Ross Livingston, mayor of Blandford-Blenheim Township, said sternly after hearing the proposal. "There are certain limitations to a building built In 1892. There's only so much you can do." Conn. Joe Pember of Woodstock said the coun- ty would be "wasting money" by changing the area now and added that the planning depart- ment shouldhave complained about the ar- rangement long before it did. "Not once did anyone from the department come to the public works committee and say'whoa, hold it, stop the work,' and request changes," said Pember. Harris and several other council members de- fended the idea of investigating the cost of changes, however, saying the planning depart- ment should have been consulted about its needs before being assigned space. Harris said: "What we have said to a department is. 'Here, there is your space,' but we have not asked what the needs of the department are .... I would like to think that our staffs important and that they should have been considered." Coon. Helen Smith of Norwich said the failure to consult the department before the restoration work was completed and the space assigned "stinks." Coun. Lenore Young of Woodstock agreed that a mistake had been made in not consulting the planning department but added that the cost of that mistake should not be paid by the taxpay- ers. "Everybody here bears some responsibil- ity, but I don't think the taxpayers do." Council eventually voted 11-6 to obtain an esti- mate of the cost of changing the area. Electoral boundary changes unlikely for next election Proposed federal electoral boundary adjustments which would divide Oxford County into two federal districts will likely be tied up in government bureaucracy until the next federal election and possibly later, says Oxford MP Dr, Bruce Halliday. The federal electoral boundaries commission introduced proposals a year ago to divide Oxford into three new electoral districts. Following public hearings earlier this year, including two in London, the com- mission modified its proposals and recommended Oxford be divided into two federal voting areas. The revised boundaries had been scheduled to become law in October, 1984 but the required House of Commons debate on each proposed change has been delayed because of more pressing matters such as the Crowsnest Pass freight rate, Dr. Halliday said. The proposed changes, which would create 10 new federal ridings, was debated in the House for only one day. The elec- toral districts must receive further debate in the Commons and be sent back to the commission which can accept or reject any of the 45 objections tabled by MPs. The Canadian Press news agency reported recently that there was almost no chance the new boundaries would be in effect before the government's term ex- pires in February, 1985. Dr. Halliday, who said he would continue to fight to keep Oxford County within one federal riding, suggested it would be difficult for the Liberals to gather support in an election under new boundaries. Since local groups and politicians registered their objections to the proposals at hearings in London, the commission revised its proposals for Oxford in June. In its report the commission proposed that residents in the northwest part of Oxford in East Zorra-Tavistock and Zorra Townships join parts of Perth and Mid- dlesex Counties in a new riding to be called Perth -Oxford -Middlesex. 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Hydro has announced that it would like to run a 118-kilometre, 500,000-volt transmission line along tht; Highway 401 corridor from the London area to a point near Aber- foyle, east of Cambridge. The route would directly affect Woodstock and the Oxford municipalities of Norwich, South-West Oxford and Blandford-Blenheim townships. The special county, committee, once appointed by Tatham, will draw up a strategy to oppose the Hydro proposal and to act as liaison between county council and numer- ous'citizens' groups that have been created to oppose the Hydro plan- Hydro's proposal will be the sub- ject of a public hearing next year and the county plans to make a strong submission stating why the route should not follow the Highway 401 corridor, an idea many oppo- nents have said will adversely af- fect valuable farmland. The eight- membercommittee will hire a lawyer to assist in preparing its submission. In other business, council voted against a planning committee rec- ommendation to pay a contractor who operates the Blandford-Blen- hefm Township dump in Drumbo an additional $2,000. The contractor, Peter Cunningham of New Dundee, had advised the county that an un- expected increase in the workload at the dump has resulted in unex- pected costs. The county is under contract to pay the operator $2,M6.25 a month to operate the dump site until con- tract expires in September. The op- erator had asked for a 45-per-cent increase in the monthly payments for the balance of the contract, but the public works committee recom- mended that the county pay only an additional $2,000 lamp sum. Coun- cil, -however, rejected the idea of increasing the payment on a con- tract that was tendered and award- ed to the lowest bidder. Councilalso voted Wednesday to obtain an estimate of the cost of completing a feasibility study on renovations to the old Oxford Coun- ty jail. It is expected to cost the county about $5,000 for the study, which will examine the cost and work involved to restore the 130- yearold building for use as an of- fice building. Rate of inflation in Canada hits lowest level in 11 years OTTAWA (UPC) — Canada's an- nual inflation rate dropped slightly in October to 4.9 per cent, its lowest level in 11 years, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday. i The last time inflation was that low was August 1972, when the rate was 4.7 per cent. In October 1982, inflation was running at 10 per cent — more than double the current rate. Land mapping system for a fraction County may join program for computerized mapping Oxford County and Woodstock may be par- tici Ling in a provincial pilot proroeet which could provide the municipalities with an ex- pensive computerized land use information and mapping system for a fraction of the cost. County council agreed in rieciple to the $926,00o pro- , a joint proposal with the inistry of Natural Resources, is to be submitted to the provincial BILD com- mittee for funding, The county's share would be $75,000. Planning commissioner Peter Atcheson said the city and county would be used as a test case to determine how a workable computer system can be set up on a province - wide basis. The system in- volves the mapping and bank- ing information regarding an individual land parcels in the county. It can be used for a variety of purposes, he said. If it works, it will ultimately make mapping more accurate and municipal staff more effi- cient because it will be finger- tip information called up on terminals. Oxford and Woodstock were selected because land use in- formation is already being transferred from books into digital files through a project currently under way at the registry office, he said, NEVER AFFORD IT The county will end up with a computerized system for only $75,000 to be paid over a three year term. "We would not only have the computer hard- ware but the software as well," said Atcheson. If the county didn't participate in the project, it's likely it would never be able to afford the system. Several councillors admitted they didn't understand the pro- posal and as a result were skeptical about getting involv- ed. Concerns revolved around casts mainly. The $75,000 may be the up fruit price, but there may be unforeseen expenses.. Planning chairman Doug Harris said he agrees it's dif ficult to talk about things few people fully understand, but he's_ relying on Atcheson's recommendation that it would make the planning functions moreaccurate and streamlined. Council approved participa- tion in the project on condition it is allowed to retain the hard- ware and software for perma- nent use. WEDNESDAY, N0VE19BE,: 23, 1983 Our next arrival could be a milestone Reaching 25 million `a significant stage in development' OTTAWA (CP) — Somewhere in Canada, probably today, a baby will be born or an immigrant will a wive, bringing the population to 25 million. Charles Lapointe, minister re- sponsible for Statistics Canada, says this milestone marks "a sig- nificant stage in our development as a nation." While everyone may not agree that bigger is better, a comparison between the vital statistics of today with those of 1945. certainly 6hows some major changes in the coun- try's profile. In one hand.... People are living longer, are bet- ter educated and more likely to be in the labor force. Canada, once a country of farm- ers with large families, has become more of a nation of less -fertile, white-collar office workers. And although there may be fewer babies born to each woman, today's infants are hardier. In 1945, one baby in 20 died before reaching his or her first birthday. Today the ratio is one in 100. But the fertility rate has been halved. The average women now has 1.7 babies compared with 3.4 In 1945. Men could expect to live only 6.5 years in 1945. This figure has risen to 72 years. Gains for women are even more impressive, rising to 79 years in 1983 from 68.5 in 1945. These trends towards fewer ba- bies and living longer have caused the average age of 'Canadians to rise. to 33.7 years from 30.7 years. The proportion of children in the population has fallen to 22 per cent from 28 per cent, while the number of senior citizens has risen to 10 per Last year's mild winter brings $650,000 surplus Stories br Blll SCBIYEN Oxford County's director of engineering an- ticipates a whopping $650,000 surplus for the county's public works department in 1993 — more than one-third of the surplus is at- tributed to mild winter conditions experienc- ed last year. Don Pratt told members of the county's public works committee Thursday although the department planned a surplus up to a maximum of $300.00ti this year, the figure more than doubled because of near snow -free conditions which occurred last winter. The public works department experienced a slight surplus in its 1982 budget, Pratt said ....and out the other afterward, but that surplus paled in com- parison to this year's projected surplus. The total budget this year for the county's public works department is $6.6 million. About $200,000 was saved in snow blowing and salt and sand operations.— only $103.691 of a budgeted amount of $225,000 for salt and sand operations had been spent as of Nov. 15. "Unless we get hit with a severe storm in the next month,. we're looking at a $650,000 surplus,- Pratt said. Pratt's recommendation that the surplus funds go to a reserve for landfill site develop- ment, specifically the evenl.ual construction of the Salford landfill site, was approved by the committee. Courthouse restoration has cost $680, 000 so far More than $680,000 has been spent on the current renovation and restoration project to the interior and exterior of Oxford's County courthouse. In a report to the county's public works committeeThursday. director of engineering Don Pratt nutlined a series of costs for the major renovation and restoration project which began nearly three years ago. The report had been initiated by Coun. Joe Pember, who asked Pratt several weeks ago a "cost figure" for ground floor renovations, Pratt at that time estimated cost of - ground floor renovations -- exclusive of heating/air condi- ,-0V .ri- tioning and electrical and telephone system costs — was abort $20 per square foot. He told committee members yesterday his original _ estimate was based on expenditures to August, 1962 --- based on most recent figures, costs for ground floor renovations The is in- per square foot is $24.21, overall cost $32.25. which cludes heating/air conditioning and hydro and telephone system costs, "both pretty reasonable costs," Pratt said. Increased costs to ground floor renovations occurred when it was discovered many floors were in such a deteriorated state, new concrete had to be laid, he said, AL Since the project at the county courthouse began nearly three years ago, $684.(W has been spent on Interior anal ex- JOF: PEMBER terior work - $IW.882 has been spent from .tan. I to Nov. 16, —after costs— 196.'1 cent from seven per cent. Thirty-eight years ago, more than half of Canadians had not gone to school beyond the eighth grade, but now, more than four -fifths of the population have at least a Grade 9 education. The number of people with post- secondary education has risen to one in three from one in 30. Three-quarters of Canadians now live in cities, compared with 58 per cent 38 years ago. Only 24 per cent of women were in the labor force in 1945. That propor- tion has jumped to 50 per cent. Robert H. Lee Robert H. Lee of RR 1, Otterville, (Springford) passed away at Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital on Friday, November 25, 1983, in his 70th year. Born in South Norwich Township, August 2, 1914, he was a son of the late Fred W. Lee and the former Winnifred Haley. A retired dairy farmer, he had farmed all his life on the 7th concession, first in partnership with his father and for the last few years with his son Pat. He always maintained a herd of purebred Holstein cattle. Mr. Lee was a member of long standing of Springford United Chur- ch; was Sunday school superintendent; a member of the board of managers; an Elder; and former clerk of the session for a number of years. Mr. Lee was a former Reeve of South Norwich Township and was later appointed to the Oxford County Land Committee and the Oxford County Plann- ing Board. He was a charter member of the Otter Creek Conservation Authority. Surviving is his wife, the former Eva M. Clark; two daughters, Miss Lynn Lee of London and Mrs. Bruno (Karen) Schilling of Darfield, B.C.; two sons, Pat Lee and Rick Lee, both of RR 1, Otterville; eight grandchildren, Robin, Brian and Elizabeth Schilling; Johnathon, Mary Ellen, Gregory and David Lee and Geoffrey Lee; two sisters, Mrs. Allan (Beatrice) Raney of Orillia and Mrs. Don (June) Lowrie of RR 3, Tillsonburg; and one brother, Donald Lee of RR 1, Otterville. He was predeceased by two sisters Miss Jean Lee in 1938 and Mrs. Doris Ross in 1973. Rested at the Ostrander's Funeral Home, Tillsonburg, where somice, was held Monday, November 28 at''1;30 p.m. conducted by Rev. Dr. Stewart Crysdale of Toronto and Rev. James Taylor of Tillson- burg. • 0 0 Hydro towers would be built 164=feet December 7, 1981 By LINDA HULNIE Senetnel-Review staff writer DRUMBO — More than too people turned out at the Drum - IN) Agricultural Hall Wednes- day to discuss with Ontario Hydro officials possible im- pacts to residents if a con- troversial Soo -kilovolt transmission line is built along Highway 401, During an evening session about 80 Blanford-Blenheim Township residents, mostly farmers, sat as a group while Hydro representatives answered their questions. Their concerns included the need for the line, whether other transmission corridors can still be considered, effects on farmland and homes, and compensation. Air photo mapping of the highway and surrounding pro- perties also generated a lot of interest, as residents pin- pointed how the proposed line would affect their land. If this route is selected by a Consolidated Hearing. Board, the 118-kilometre stretch align- ing the 401 will affect 11 residences and create diagonal severanees along im farms. The 401 was selected by Hydro, as well as the existing 115-kv line through southern Oxford, as its preferred routes for the two proposed 5oo-kv transmission lines. The highway line connects the Milton transformer station with a London -area station. Power from the Bruce Nuclear Development will be channel- ed to Milton, as will additional power from the Nanticoke generation station. This elec- tricity will then be linked to the London area vies the proposed 500-kv lines. The 401 is the best overall route, said assistant corporate relations officer Michael Paylor, because it enables power to be controlled from both London and Milton. "We can service the east and west sections in a better man- ner," he said. "It allows for flexibility in moving power over the southern part of the whole province." Paylor added it will also en- sure adequate power supply to the Kitchener area should it grow in the future. Building a line along the 401 first (by 1989) before rebuilding the 115-kv line is also more economical. It saves Hydro from having to build the link from Nanticoke to Milton for a few years, a cost savings of about tM million, he said. Environmentally it's not the best choice, but other choices were either technically not feasible or they created too many new severances. Hydro officials told the group the line would follow as close to the highway as possi- hle, but there were occasions where diagonal severances would be made. Towers will be situated about 164 feet from the pave- ment so if they fail they won't interfere with traffic. This places towers partly within the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC) right- of-way and partly on private e surrounded by In areas where the, curves, diagonal are made. Resident Richard Coad said placing the towers so far away from the pavement means the existingseverantca created by the hihway aren't really add vantageous at all. Don Fraser, of Hydro's an, vironmental studies group, said later flydro's choice wouldn't have been any dif- fernl if the proposal meant placing the urwers even far- ther away from the highway. The proposed routes will be recommended for approval before the joint board in spring of 1984. A Drumbo area citizens, group has already ax- on interest to appear- ce o party m the hearing to oppose the 401 route. The xeomd of four local meetffnn�g being held byy Hydro to exptsln 14 plants is being held in Norwich today. from pavement Subsidies could be cut if county takes over major roads: committee By LiNDA IIULME Sentinel -Review staff writer A proposedroad takeover plan in Oxford County's urban municipalities may cause an even more severe backup in the county's road construction and maintenance program than it's already experiencing, the county's public works committee was told Thursday. The Tillsonburg public works committee appeared before the county com- mittee to voice its objection to a plan which would make the county responsible for several main routes in Tillsonburg, Ingersoll, Woodstock, Norwich, and Tavistock. The roads are currently a major responsibility of the province. The com- munities pick up part of the financing of road projects and usually have agreements for maintenance. But now the province has re- quested the county take over all the highway connecting links — roads going through built-up areas which connect provincial highways. For example, in Woodstock streets such as Vansittart Avenue, Dundas Street, Wilson Street and Norwich Avenue would come under county fun- ding because, they connect Highways 59 and 2. Roads in Ingersoll under consideration include Bell, Thames, Canterbury, and Har- ris Streets while in Tillsonburg .Broadway, Oxford and Simcoe Streets and New Vienna Road would be taken over. The plan also includes the takeover of Stover Street in Norwich and Woodstock Street in Tavistock. Tillsonburg clerk Ken Holland said the town is con- cerned over the loss of provin- cial subsidy should the county assume responsibility for these roads. At present the town is receiv- ing 90 per cent subsidy from the province for road construc- tion and maintenance. If the county takes over, that subsidy may be cut back to only about 80 per cent. Including a third govern- ment jurisdiction on these roads would also be confusing, he added. Holland said if the county does take responsibility, it should be allowed to qualify for the same amount of subsidy as the town is currently receiv- ing. After all, it is a system which takes provincial traffic so the province should be primarily responsible. Legislation provides for agreements between the pro- vince and local municipality or county, so it's not entirely impossible for the county to receive more money. he said. The idea struck the public works committee as a good one, Chairman Ross Liv- ingston said the county is already concerned about the amount of subsidy it's receiving. It was agreed the county is experiencing problems in meeting the needs of roads it's more responsibilities would make it even moredifficult for the county Fn keep all the roads in good shape. More provincial subsidy may assist in resolving this in- tensifying problem County engineer Dam Pratt said he doesn't take issue with any of the concerns raised by the Tillsonburrgg delegation. But county council' is being asked to agree to the ennnectfnngg link pro so] In principle only. A study conducted later wit! ax- amint, all the advantages and disadvantages, he said, "I do think we have an obligation to look at It," said Pratt. "This report from the town and the presentation by the committee Is of should value. But council should at least agree in prinoill a so we can, pursue the study even further." Reiland said It may be better to negotiate with the provinm `o WPM 91. �cm rap WE loon sm omaa.= �cs�m�3u mq m' @ `;m mmo i5 x��r om�yc <a m•eTr"@� Ida 05 m am Ei:si mon 0 r .. ° Zd c is c OQ mm n. cm as^ S� W— Vic =myem r�Fsmw L. ea7S G@'SAC n 3. "cE CD 3 0 0 CD 0 CL 0 44 0 y O 0 O ao«5 E« ay cm q>iC g LL Ea E c�❑� L RO •n �_' av F a w 3 o •`-' 0 3 s� E 3 2 co v 0 2 a ay L'OU c c oja?:: z min v =_ � L N D v, L •-, M1: =gin OG tay..0 L«SN �G� C Es ip •,. W L L 4CJ "� `•doh.- �E>' "'Ecaa uu°cp'�L vJ �4L � C�uV1Ch''O vai ,NCB y -O c Oat C9 O. v� p, 9i CJ FO.O T z acad$2�n�._3�'0 uu�•1E•1�� Huyy`'9•$00 N��G TL �w p9E «JymE_ m9o>a ow,E LQ�O v ��O ro �u 30•.. m 4L� c .S a`i_Wv°=;6 ES >,Ca 01 0 � L ES ��O �j kaF � G >.a.•�j 3M CO ���•LL G��yy O � L 3 �8 W �9`0« °•°A au s arw b `ap a z•�.�c a3 oa`+ zoe3�.�g,5.. gC'E a a � e aE.R w. Oxford County lawyers to ask court to dismiss landfill suit as `frivolous' WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Lawyers representing Oxford County are sched- uled to appear in court in Toronto today to ask that a lawsuit, against the county over the proposed Salford landfill site be dismissed as 'frivolous." Tom Lederer of the Toronto law firm 4 Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt said Thursday he will be seeking a dismissal of the suit filed by South-West Oxford Township against a provincial cabinet decision approving Oxford's application to develop a landfill site near Salford, in South-West Oxford. The provincial cabinet ruled Aug. g in 1'avor of Oxford's appeal of a joint hear- ings board's rejection of an application it) establish a county dump near Sal- ford. In effect, the cabinet overturned the hearings board decision and gave the county the go-ahead on its plans to develop the dump. The cabinet decision brought. swift re- action from South-West Oxford officials and residents, who immediately vowed to fight the decision. The township's lawsuit seeks to have the cabinet deci- sion declared null and void and a "con- travention of the principles of natural justice." Named in the suit, besides Ox- ford, are Ontario's lieutenant -governor - in -council, Attorney -General Roy McMurtry, Environment Minister Andy Brandt and former environment minis- ter Keith Norton. "We're asking that the whole thing be dismissed as frivolous," Lederer said. "All that's being done (by the township) Staff's stepping down Is an attempt to delay. We are question- ing whether or not the action is properly founded." Lederer added that, while, requesting a dismissal he willalso seek to have the case, if not dismissed, handled as a judi- cial review instead of through atrial process that could go on 'for a matter of years" In the supreme court of Ontario. "We don't think It (the lawsuit) is properly founded, but if it is ro •rl • founded then we think it Is the wrong venue." After spending several hours present- ing the county's argument in court last Friday, Lederer said he expects a deci- sion will be made during today's proceedings. 33 years an DPP officer Doug Ross is retiring Story and photo by Greg Rothwell After 33 years of service with the Ontario Provincial Police, Doug Koss is retiring. The staff sergeant of the Woodstock OPP detachment since 1972 of- ficially retires from the force at the end of the year. STAFF' SCAT. Doug Ross officially retires from the Woodstock OPP at the end of the year, He has served with the Ontario Provincial Police at detachments across the province since 1950. 0 0 Oxford welfare numbers staying below 1982 level WOODSTOCK(Bureau)--Tor the third Oxford's 1983 welfare budget is consecutive month, Oxford County has had $3,936,100, an Increase of about 40 per cent fewer welfare recipients than the same over 1982, when the budget was overspent time a year ago, and the director of social as a resulf of poor economic conditions in services anticipates welfare payments will the area. This year, the county's welfare remain within the 1983 budget. caseload hit a 14-year high in February. Gerry Mackay said Thursday that 1,147 when 1,411 cases were recorded. By the ens Oxford residents received welfare assis- of the first half of the year, the social ser- tance in November, an increase over Octo- vices department had spent about ber's total of 932 but below the November, $2,531,157on welfare payments, or about 20 1982, caseload of 1,177. per. cent more than budgeted for the first Mackay said the increase between Octo, half of 1983. ber and November is typical for this time of Welfare spending has been back on tar - rear, with seasonal jobs such as construe- get during the second half of the year, how- i ion winding down. He added that depend- ever, and MacKay said that even if the ing on welfare statistics for December, the annual trend of increased welfare cases oounty could end up with 1983 welfare costs during December occurs, spending will en budget. likely be on target for the year. Jail plan may move ahead WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Ox- ford County's plans to restore the architect was hired earlier this month to do a $14,000 study on the vacant county Jail as an office building may move one step closer feasibility of restoring the land - mark, which is to reality Jan. U. now empty but which the county would like to use Oxford County officials will meet that day with the architectural as an office building for Oxford's board of health and home care ser- committee of the Ontario Heritage vices department. Foundation to discuss a grant of up t1 $100,000 toward the restoration, The restoration project is expect- ed to cost at least $1 million and store them 0,year-boldvbuildingrIn $25,00 architect's st dy done In Woodstock and Is hoping the Herl• 1976 on the building, this time (age Foundation will be able to con- around officials have Indicated the tribute to the project. A Simcoe project will likely go ahead. F"_01 ¢.•n I t R l� J _ AwvO There were more moves in the basement of the court house, as the county's planning department moved into its new quarters. Hefting some of the weightier cartons were employees Joanne Buchanan, Brent Clarkson and Louise Toth. ( Staff photo h 1 Ted Town SATURDAY. DECEMBER 24. 1983 Salford citizens invoke Charter, launch quit against province By GREG BOTHWELL Sentinel -Review staff writer A group of citizens op- posed to the establish- ment of a landfill site near Salford are invok- ing the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in a lawsuit they have launched against the Ontario government ever the province's ac- tions in approving the site. The group of 28 Salford pro- perty owners and three com- panies have filed a notice of their intention to sue the pro- vincial government in which they cited section 7 of the charter. The section, which is part of the Canadian constitution, states that citizens have the "right to life, liberty and the security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof, except in accordance with the principles of fun. damental justice." Lawyer David Estrin, who is representing the citizens in the action, told The Sentinel - Review Friday "this is the rust time the charter has been invoked in an environmental case." The group is claiming that "principles of fundamental justice-- were breached when the provincial cabinet, through an order -in -council last August, approved the INJUNCTION establishment of a landfill site In addition to the action near Salford, overturning an against the province, Oxford earlier joint board decision County can expect to receive which rejected the site. notice by the end of February Tom Way, of RR 1, Salford, from the same group that they one of the 28 citizen's involved will be seeking an injunction to in the action, said today curtail the county's plans to discussions on using the open the site. The county is charter of rights in a court ac- presently going ahead with tion was first discussed after plans which it hopes would the news of the order -in- lead to an opening of the site in council was announced. 1965 "We sure weren't happy Both of the actions, however,. with the process" used by the are expected to be beard province In approve the site, together. Way said Estrin said "1 hope the coun- Re said the property owlets ty will gel the message that havehoped that wsthis is not going to be a site for have to get to this," butt said aid landfill." our future is at stake." The group's suits are separate from one launched by South West -Oxford Township, which is asking the Ontario Suppreme Court to nullify the cabinol decision. The township started its ac- tion in August, charging that the order-In-counell contraven- ed the "principles of natural justice." The citizen's group's suit, however, will be pursued in- dependently of the township's court action. The county has lost two at. tempts to have the township's action quashed. In a written decision releas- ed Friday, Ontario Supreme Court Justice Robert Reid rul. ed against the country's bid to have the townships action transferred from the supreme court to the divisional court for a judicial review. Last week Mr. Justice Reid dismissed a county motion that the township's action should be thrown out because it was '9ri �nlrne, :uul v.•+:d inn,... The Daily Sentinel -Review, Thurs., Dec. 22, 1983 LaFrance building falling down Kitchener firm awarded police building contract By BRL SCRIYEN Sentinel -Review scoff writer A Kitchener architect firm has been awarded the contract to design the new $1.8 million police station on the site of the vacant La France textiles building on Dundas Street. The firm of Horton and Ball Walter Fedy Me- Carg"ar Hachborn was chosen over five other firms in the bid for the design of the new police station. W.1SNEl Su IPTON The Kitchener firm was responsible For the design 4. of the expansion to Firestone Textiles Company J� operations on Dundas Street East. A preliminary meeting between representatives of the architect firm and city officialshas taken place — a concept drawing is expected to be completed in the next two to three weeks with a final design drawing to be completed by the end of January, said Wayne Shipton. W'oodstock's chief ad- ministrative officer. - Leonard Dickson Architects of Woodstock, which had been retained by the city several years ago when discussion in- itially occurred over a new police station and was subse- quently let go earlier this year, failed in its bid to win the design project. The firm made a co-operative bid with James Vance Construction Ltd. The design of the new station will be carried out on a project - manager basis, said Shipton. whereby. each area of the building's construction will be open to local tenders. The new police facility, which will replace the existing facilities in the 81-year-old Market building, will cover an area of 1,672 square -metres to 1,858 square -metres (18,000 to 20,000 square feet). The site of the vacant LaFrance building, purchased by the city earlier this month, is 5,760 square rnetres'(62,000 square feet). Shipton said today demoli- tion of the vacant building was expected to begin Jan. 16 and would take about six weeks to level. Seven demolition firms including firms from Toronto, London and Sarnia have already shown an interest in the demolition project, he said. The city began accepting bids today — bidding will close Jan. 5. Demolition work will include 20 people hired under the Canada -Ontario Employment Development program — the city was allocated $6M,000 under COED toward construe - lion of a new police station. Shipton predicted construe - lion of the new police station, which would lake six to eight months, would begin in early March. 0 • 3 County of Oxford i j I EI I HANDBOOK 1983 - 1984 - 1985 CHARLIE TATHAM WARDEN "Pie Dairy CuPilal q,/ Caaad:l- 1 J 0 THE COUNTY OF OXFORD INCORPORATED 1850 RESTRUCTURED JANUARY 1, 1975 POPULATION DISCOUNTED EQUALIZED ASSESSMENT MILES COUNTY ROADS 500.608 Acres 782 sq. Mikes 84,302 $1,462,609.306. 315 TOWNSHIP OF BLANDFORD-BLENHEIM Formerly Tawoship of Blandforq and Township of 8lenheim TOWNSHIP OF EAST ZORRA-TAVISTOCK Formerly Township Ot East Zorra and Village of 7aVL5tnch TOWNSHIP OF NORWICH Formerly Townships of East Oxford, North Norwch. South No,wlch and V!Ilaoe of Norwich TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH-WEST OXFORD Foig!erly fownshipS of Dereham. West Oxford and V!I!age of BeaChwfte TOWNSHIP OF ZORRA Formerly Town0pS of East Missouri. North Oxford. Wes Zorra and Village of Embro • MEMBERS OF OXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL - 1983 • 1984 • 1986 MUNICIPALITY NAME ADDRESS PHONE No. BLANDFORD- Ross Livingston (Lenore) R.R. 4, Bright NOJ 180 Res. 632-7565 BLENHEIM TWP. Edward Down (Catherine) R.R. 5, Woodstock N4S 7V9 Res. 539-3452 Off. 537.3561 EAST ZORRA- Donald H. McKay (Vicki) R.R. 6, Woodstock N4S 7W7 Res. 462.2428 TAVISTOCK TWP. Nell Hostetler (Jim) R.R. 3, Woodstock N4S 7V7 Res. 462.2810 NORWICH TWP. John Helenlak Robson Street, Box 369. Res. 863-6280 Norwich NOJ 1PO Off. 863.6160 Helen Smith (Bill) R.R. 1, Norwich NOJ IPO Res. 863.6041 Off. 863.2932 SOUTH-WEST Walter Wilson (Helen) R.R. 1, Salford NOJ 1WO Res. 485.2607 OXFORD TWP. Howard Cook (Nellie) Beachville NOJ 1A0 Res. 423-6240 ZORRA TWP. Wallis Hammond (Margaret) 189 Delatre St., Box 164, Res. 285-2512 Thamesford NOM 2100 James W. Glbb R.R. 2, Embro NOJ 1,10 Res 475-4245 TOWN OF Douglas Harris (Glenna) 250 Tunis Street, Ingersoll Res. 4861867 INGERSOLL 1,15C 1 W4 Off. 485.0120 Jack T. Warden (Bernadette) 245 Tunis Street, Ingersoll Res. 485.0423 N5C 1W5 Off. 4853060 k TOWN OF Jean Ferris (Alan) 23 Lisgar Avenue, Tlllsonburg Res. 842-2290 TILLSONSURG N4G 31<5 Oft. 842-5014 Jack Whitmore (Ruth) 30 Fairfield Cres., Tlllsonburg Res. 842.8630 N4G 254 Off. 842.3521 CITY OF Wendy L. Calder (George) 133 Vansittart Ave., Woodstock Res. 5393083 WOODSTOCK N4S 6E5 Off. 539-1291 Leslie J. Cook (Gladys) 752 Gladstone Dr., Woodstock Res. 537.6379 N4S 569 Joseph Pember (Alice) 207 Catherine Street, Woodstock Res. 539-1469 N4S 2K8 Off. 539-3004 Philip Poole (Jacqule) 467 Buller Street, Woodstock Res. 537.5977- N4S 4N3 Off, 637-3449 Charles M. Tatham (Millie) 655 Roselewn Ave., Woodstock Res. 537-0040 l N4S 5S6 Ott. 5394851 Lenore Young (John) 439 Lee Avenue, Woodstock Res. 539-2273 N4S 6Y2 i TOWNSHIP OF BLAN DFORD-BLEN HEIM ClerkTreasurar ........................ Keith Relbling Drumbo NOJ 1GO, Office: 463�5347, Home: 462.2475 Tax Collector & Deputy Clark .................. Robert Hoskin Drumbo NOJ 1GO, Office: 463.5347, Home: 463.5336 Road Superintendent ........ ............ Gordon Aspden Drumbo NOJ 1GO, Office: 463-5389, Home: 4675357 Building Inspector and Drainage Inspector ........................... David Carroll Drumbo NOJ 1GO, Office: 463.5347, Home; 684.7317 Mayor ....................... ............ Ross Livingston R.R. 4, Bright NOJ 1SO, Home: 632-7565 From Telephones In Bright, Eastwood, Innerkip and Woodstock Zenith 37640 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 1LO, Office: 462-2697, Home: 462.2833 462.2498 Deputy Clerk -Treasurer & Tax Collector ....... Welter Schaefer Hickson NOJ 1L0, Office: 462-2697, Home: 656-2964 Road Superintendent .............. ....... John S. Appleton Hickson NOJ ILO, Office: 462.2698, Home: 462-2994 Building Inspector & Drainage Commissioner ... James Harmer Hickson NOJ ILO, Office: 462.2697, Home: 462.2331 Mayor ................................... Donald H. McKay R.R. 6, Woodstock N4S 7W1. Home: 462.2428 Date of Meetings — First and Third Wednesday Township Office, Hickson, Ontario TOWNSHIP OF NORWICH Clerk -Administrator ...................... RobertC. Watkins P.O. Box too, Offervilte NOJ IRO, Office: 8796588, 863.2709 Treasurer& Deputy Clerk............ .... John Gilbert P.O. Box too, Otterville NOJ 1 R0, Office: 8796.568 Road Superintendent ... . ........... .... .... Ron Smith P.O. Box 1DO, Offervllle NOJ. 1RO, Office: 8796568 Tax Collector ................................. John Gilbert P.O. Box 100, Otterville NOJ 1RD, Office: 8794W Building & Drainage Inspector .................. Doug Wilson P.O. Box 100, Ottervllle NDJ 1R0; Office: 8796568 Mayor ..................................... John Hela riak Robson Street, P.O. Box 369, Norwich NOJ 1P0: Home; 863-8280 Date of Meetings — Second Monday (day) and Fourth Tuesday (evening) Township Office, Otterville, Ontario TOWNSHIP OF SOUTHWEST OXFORD Clerk ................................ Mrs. Helen L Pmuse R.R. 1, Mount Elgin NOJ 1ND, Office: 485�0477, Home: 842-9468 877.2702 Treasurer ........ ........... ........ .. ..... A.B. Forrester A.R. 1, Mount Elgin NDJ 1NO. Office: 877-2702, Home: 842-4986 Road Superintendent ........................ Donald McKay R.R. 1, Mount Elgin NOJ LNO, Office:. 877-2953, Home: 537-8897 423 6661 Mayor ............... ................... Walter Wilson R.R. 1, Salford NOJ IWO, Home: 485-2607 Date of Meetings — First and Third Tuesday Township Office, Dereham Centro, Ontario TOWNSHIP OF ZORRA Clerk -Administrator .......................... W.A.Johnson Box 306, Ingersoll NBC 3K5, Office: 485.2490 Treasurer ............................. . Mrs. M.J. Thornton Box 306, Ingersoll NBC 3K5, Office: 485.2490 Road Superintendent ...................... William D. Smith Box 306, Ingersoll NBC 3K5, Office: 485,2490 Tax Col lector ............................... Donald Peach Box 306, Ingersoll NBC 3K5, Office: 485.2490 Drainage Superintendent ................... Ephraim G. Rout Box 306, Ingersoll NBC 3K5, Office: 485-2490 Chief Building Official ..................... Ephraim G. Rout Box 306, Ingersoll NBC 3K5, Off ice: 485-2490 Mayor... ....... .................... . Wal [Is W. Hammond Box 164, Thamesford NOM 2M0, Home: 285-2512 Date of Meetings - First Tuesday Township Office, Highway 19 at Log Cabin Road (Box 306, Ingersoll, Ontario NBC 3K5) TOWN OF INGERSOLL Clerk .................... _................. G.R. Staples Municipal Offices, P.O. Box 340, Ingersoll NBC 3V3 Office: 485.0120, Home: 485-2344 Treasurer ...................... ................ W.L. Teed Municipal Offices, P.O. Box 340, Ingersoll NBC 3V3 Office: 485 0120 Town Engineer& Chief Building Official,........... Eric Booth Office: 485.4930, Home: 485,5654 Tax Collector ............................ Mrs. Marion Knott Office: 485,4186, Home: 485-1302 Development Officer ............................. E.A. Hunt Office: 485.4930, Home: 485.0985. Mayor .......................... .......... Douglas Harris 250 Tunis Street, Ingersoll NBC iW4 Office: 485,0120, Home: 485-1867 Date of Meetings - Second Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, Ingersoll, Ontario �I TOWN OF TILLSONBURG Clerk -Administrator ............................. K.E Holland Municipal Offices, Tillsonburg N4G 5A7, Office: 842-6428 Home: 842-8127 Deputy Clerk -Administrator .................. David C. Mortis Municipal Offices, Tillsonburg N4G 5A7, Office: 84243420 Home: 942-4188 Treasurer ...................... _, ........... John J. Are Municipal Offices, Tillsonburg. N4G 5A7, Office: 842.6420 Home: 842.9426 Revenue Off lcer.......................... .. Ray E Jones Municipal Offices, Tillsonburg N41G 5A7, Office: 942-6428 Home: 977.2565 Road Superintendent ....................... James Hornsby 20 Spruce Street, Tillsonburg N4G 4Y5, Office: 842-5%1 Home: 842-4657 Building Inspector ........................... Harry Saelens Municipal Offices, Tillsonburg N4G 5A7, Office: 842-2211 Home: 842,5705 Economic Development Officer ................ Larry Condon Municipal Offices, Tillsonburg N4G 5A7, Office: 842.6428 Home: 842-7671 Mayor ................................... Mrs. Jean Ferris 23 Llsgar Ave., Tillsonburg N4G 3K5, Home: 842-2290 Date of Meetings - Second Monday and Tuesday and Fourth Monday Council Chambers, Tillsonburg, Ontario 9 CITY OF WOODSTOCK Chief Administrative Officer .. ... ........ Wayne Shlploh City Hall, P.O. Box 40, Woodstock N4S 7W5 Office: 539.1291 Clerk .................................... . John McGinnis City Hall, P.O. Box 40. Woodstock N4S TW5 Office: 539-1291, Home: 539.3047 Assistant Clerk ........................ ......... J. Tierney City Hall, P.O. Box 40, Woodstock N48 7W5 Office: 539-1291, Home: 537.6960 Treasurer - - - — ........................ Thomas A. Sattram City Hall, P.O. Box 40, Woodstock N4S 7W5 Office: 539-1291, Home: 539.1750 City Engineer ................................. Carl Hevenor 944 James St., Woodstock N4S.1S5, Office: 539,9808 Home: 5394222 Building Inspectors ...... Garth Ede, Don Parker, Clarke Daniel 944 James St., Woodstock N4S 1S5, Office: 539-9808 Development Officer ............................ Paul Plant Office: 539.1291 Mayor ................................Mrs. Wendy L Calder 133 Vansittart Ave., Woodstock N4S 6E5 Office: 539-1291, Home: 539.3083 Date of Meetings - First and Third Thursday City Hall, Woodstock, Ontario LAND DIVISION COMMITTEE Councillor Down Councillor Harris Councillor Pember Councillor Smith Mr. Jack B. Bum, R.R. 8, Woodstock N4S 7W3 Mr. Edgar McKay, R.R. 5, Embro NOJ 1,10 Mr. Kenneth Webster, 63 Parkwood Dr., Tillsonburg N4G 2B7 TREE CONSERVATION COMMISSIONERS TOWNSHIP OF BLANDFORD-BLEN HEIM Mr. John Mitchell .... .............. R.19-2, Innerkip NW 1MO Phone: 469-3362 TOWNSHIP OF EAST ZORRATAVISTOCK Mr. DelmerZehr ................. Box 128, Tavistock NOB 2RO Phone: 655,2274 TOWNSHIP OF NORWICH Mr. Jack Griffin ..................... R.R. 1, Burford NOE 1A0 Phone: 449-2393 TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH-WEST OXFORD Mr. Morris Farr ................... R,FL 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 NOJ 1WO Phone: 485-1759 OXFORD COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH . Or. Cecile Rochard Woodstock Office ................... Phone: 539ZI21 Ingersoll Office .................... Phone: 48&4551 Norwich Office .................... Phone: 863-2330 Tillsonburg Office.................. Phone: 942-9008 Home Care Program ................ Phone: 539-1284 Family Planning ................... Phone: 539-7071 9 COMMITTEES ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE — Calder, Hammond, Ferris, McKay, Tatham HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES — Warden, Young, Gibb, Helenlak, Hostetler, Whitmore, Wilson, Tatham PLANNING — Harris, Down, Pember, Smith, Tatham PUBLIC WORKS — Livingston, Poole, H. Cook, L. Cook, Tatham WOODINGFORD LODGE — Warden, Gibb, Whitmore, Wilson, Tatham REPRESENTATIVES TO: OXFORD COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH— Gibb, Helenlak, Hostetler, Warden, Wilson, Young, Tatham, —J. Thompson, I'M. Jull, "W. Hawkins OXFORD COUNTY LIBRARY — Hammond, McKay, Smith, Tatham, ' P. Pressey, ' D. Edwards. ' L. Seegmiller FAMILY and CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF OXFORD COUNTY — Hammond, Helenlak, Hostetler, Young, Tatham OXFORD MUSEUM — Calder, IS. Woodall NORWICH and DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY — Smith VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES — Whitmore WOODSTOCK HOSPITAL — Calder INGERSOLL HOSPITAL — Warden TILLSONBURG HOSPITAL — Whitmore THAMES VALLEY DISTRICT HEALTH COUNCIL— Heleniak OXFORD COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY— "J. Robins First named on Administration and Finance, Health and Social Services, Planning, Public Works, Woodingford, Is Chairman. 'County Appointments "Provincial Appointments COUNTY OFFICIALS Warden ................... Charlie Tatham ...... 539-56M Clerk ..................... J.H. Walls........... 539ri688 Treasurer ................. H.G. Day ....... , .... 539�SW Director of Engineering...... D.L. Pratt........... 537-7961 Construction & Design Engineer .................. S.J. Waits........... 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......... B.D. McReynolds...., 539-1245 Assist. Administrator & Office Manager, Woodingford Lodge......... A. Garner ........... 539-1245 Librarian, Oxford County Library .................... Mrs. J. Webb........ 537-3322 Executive Director, Family and Children's Services of Oxford County ............. R.Dawson.......... 539-6176 Oxford County Fire Co-ordinator ............... C.C.Young.......... 537-3412 Court House Custodian...... H. Pye .............. 539-9710 Auditors ......... Monteith, Monteith & Co.......... 271-65W 0 MAILING ADDRESSES CLERK, TREASURER, ENGINEERING, PLANNING, SOCIAL SERVICES: Court House, P.O. Box 397, Woodstock, Ont., N4S 7Y3 WOODINGFORD LODGE: t4N23 Devon hire N45 pj Rox 308 OXFORD COUNTY LIBRARY: 93 Graha St.,Woodsto,NAYS 8J8 OXFORD COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH: 509 Brant Street, P.O. Box 485. Woalfshfnk N48 7Yr, PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS County Judge........... C.C. Misener ..... 537-5811 Provincial Judge Criminal Division........ R.G. Groom, G.C. .. ...537-23" Provincial Judge Family Division ......... A.R. Webster ..... .537-2377 County Court Clerk and Sheriff ............. R.S. Beaudoin ,. 539.81A7 County Crown Attorney... F.J. Porter, O.C... 537-2611 County Judge's Secretary and Court Reporter ...... Mrs. S.M. Reid . — . 537 5w 1 Provincial Court ' Reporter .... ... ...... .. H.R. Morton ...... . 537-21%4 Provincial Court Clerk Criminal Division........ Mrs, V.M. Taylor.. .53723" Provincial Court Clerk Family Division ......... Mrs. J.A. Hill.. _,.537-2377 Land Registrar .......... R.K. Thomson .. . 537828E Provincial Police Staff Sergeant .......... D.K. Ross ...... 539961, Probation & Parole .. _ .................. 539 81 n i 40 Wellington St N Waidstota Legal Aid Director.. _ .................... . 539 2387 524 DundaA 4xi.. Wnods(o* Small Claims Court ........ .............. . . .537N511 461 Durclas xi _ Woodsw.