HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-05-23, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013.Choir to put onshow at Braemar
The community extends sincere
sympathy to the family of Kimberly
Hunking who passed away May 4.
May birthdays were celebrated at
Huronlea Home for the Aged,
Brussels. Friends from the Belgrave
Community Club arrived in the
afternoon of Tuesday, May 14 to
help with the festivities. Kay
Roberts acted as the emcee for an
entertaining program. As well as
performing piano selections herself,
Mrs. Roberts introduced Clifford
Coultes who recited a humorous
story. John MacIntosh sang several
solos, Ethel Adams and Arnold
Bruce provided good old-time
music and Nancy Jardin gave
several readings on “Friendship”.
Happy birthday was sung to all with
May birthdays and the homemade
cookies were greatly enjoyed.
On May 23 Chime in Choir will
attend Braemar Retirement Centre
at 6 p.m. The choir invites members
of the congregation to join us. On
Sunday, May 26 Rev. Tom Murray
will be attending conference. The
congregation will welcome Kathryn
Mayberry, the Ontario
representative of the Canadian
Foodgrains Bank to conduct the
service.
The Community Growing Project
was planted on May 6 at 40693
Brandon Road, middle of east side.
There will be lunch and a social
time after the service. Please bring
sandwiches or squares.
A big thank you to all those
involved in yard clean up and
ongoing flowerbed care, lawn
rolling, etc. at Knox United Church.
By Linda
Campbell
Call
357-2188
PEOPLE AROUND
BELGRAVE
NEWS
FROM BELGRAVE
A bit of lunch
Five-year-old Devyn Willie was one of the main beneficiaries over the weekend as the North
Huron 4-H Sheep Club hosted a barbecue at the Belgrave Co-op. Willie and her family
attended the event to grab a bite to eat on the Victoria Day long weekend. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Tiverton man facing six months of jail time for DUI
James Morris of Tiverton was
sentenced to six months in jail in
Wingham court on May 16. The
sentence stems from an Aug. 3, 2012
incident in Wingham.
Morris pled guilty to one charge
of impaired driving, one charge of
failing to provide a breath sample
and one charge of failing to comply
with conditions of his probation.
Crown Attorney Laura Grant said
that around 8:40 p.m. that night,
police received a traffic complaint
about a truck parked in front of a
home in Wingham.
When police arrived, Grant said,
there were two men in the truck and
one immediately exited, while
Morris drove the truck slowly
around a corner and eventually
parked again.
When police activated their
cruiser’s emergency lights, Grant
said, Morris exited his vehicle and
began walking back to the cruiser.
Police warned Morris several times
to turn around and get back into the
truck and after a number of
warnings, he eventually complied.
Upon speaking to Morris, Grant
said, police noticed that Morris’s
eyes were red and bloodshot, he was
slurring his words and they also
noticed a strong odour of alcohol
coming from the truck. Morris
eventually admitted to having “just a
couple” of beers. Police also noted
at least one open bottle of beer in the
truck.
Morris was then arrested and
transported to the Listowel OPP
detachment. On the trip, however,
Morris informed police that he
would not take the breathalyzer test
as there was “no point” in that he
knew he would fail.
At the detachment, Grant said,
Morris was given every opportunity
to take the test. At one point,
laughing, he said it would be funny
to take the test just to see how far
over the limit he was, but when
police informed him that the test
would not be taken as a joke, he
again refused.
At the time of the incident, Grant
said, Morris was bound by a
condition of his probation to not
drink alcohol.
Morris’s lawyer Mike Donnelly
said that Morris had been
summoned that night by a friend
who needed help moving some
furniture.
While waiting outside the building
where the furniture had been
delivered, Donnelly said, Morris and
his friend were parked with half of
the truck on the property’s lawn.
When Morris’s friend exited the
truck to go into the building to get
something, Morris noticed that the
truck was leaking oil onto the grass
and moved it to an alternate parking
spot. Even the police report,
Donnelly said, indicated that Morris
put the truck into park before
officers even activated their cruiser’s
emergency lights.
Morris’s criminal record was
admitted into evidence and
Donnelly said that while Morris had
been punished for a crime as
recently as 2006, he had not
committed a crime since 2002.
Donnelly made the case that it had
been over 10 years since Morris’s
last offence, but Judge R.G.E.
Hunter said that the offences before
the court would be Morris’s seventh
and eighth.
Donnelly proposed a five-month
jail term, while Grant pushed for
between six and eight months in jail,
in addition to a five-year driving
prohibition.
Hunter, however, sentenced
Morris to six months on the charge
of impaired driving, six months
concurrent on the charge of refusing
to provide a breath sample and 30
days concurrent on the charge of
failing to comply, for a total of six
months in jail. Upon being released,
Morris will also have a six-month
probation period.
IMPAIRED DRIVING
Josh Miller of Goderich pled
guilty to a charge of impaired
driving after an incident on April 28,
2013 in Goderich.
Police were patrolling Goderich,
Grant said, when they noticed a car
make an extremely wide turn onto
Suncoast Drive from Hwy. 21. After
the turn, Grant said, the car
continued to drive in the middle of
the road for a substantial period of
time.
When police pulled the car over,
Miller was driving and the officer
noticed a number of sealed beer cans
and one overturned, open can of
beer. Grant said officers noted that
Miller was highly intoxicated along
with a strong odour of alcohol. He
also seemed confused as to what
was going on, Grant said, and was
unsteady on his feet.
Upon returning to the Goderich
detachment of the OPP, Miller
registered readings of 210 and 200
milligrams of alcohol in 100
millilitres of blood.
Miller’s lawyer was seeking the
minimum fine associated with
impaired driving, but Hunter said
there was no way he was going with
the minimum fine with readings
over 200.
Miller was ordered to pay a fine of
$1,250 and was given a 12-month
driving prohibition. He has six
months to pay the fine.
IMPAIRED DRIVING
Stephen Haasnoot of Wroxeter
pled guilty to impaired driving in
connection with an incident during
this year’s Belmore Maple Syrup
Festival.
In Howick, on April 14, 2013,
police had set up a R.I.D.E. program
outside of the festival, but were also
patrolling the event’s parking lot
looking for suspicious activity.
While in the parking lot, Grant
said, police came upon a truck with
two men standing around it and one
man laying down on the ground
beside it. A taxi arrived and took two
of the men away and police
continued their patrol. Several
minutes later, they noticed that same
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The Annual Meetings of the Listowel Memorial Hospital and Wingham and
District Hospital will be held jointly for the purposes of receiving the
financial reports and statements required by the Public Hospitals Act, for the
election of Directors, to approve the revised Credentialed Professional Staff
By-Laws, appointment of the auditor, and for the transaction of other such
things as may properly come before the meeting.
Copies of the Annual Report/Financial Statements may be obtained at the
front desk of both Hospitals effective June 5, 2013 and at the Annual Meeting.
Memberships granting voting privileges may be purchased at the front desk
of the hospitals for five dollars ($5.00) prior to five o’clock p.m., Tuesday,
May 28, 2013. No membership sold after that time will entitle the purchaser
to vote at the Annual Meeting.
Corporation of the Listowel Memorial Hospital
Corporation of the Wingham and District Hospital
ANNUAL MEETING & ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013 ~ 7:00 PM
TRILLIUM MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
495 MITCHELL ROAD SOUTH (HWY. 23), LISTOWEL
PRESENTATIONS BY THE HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONS
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