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Obituaries
JOHN WILLIAM GEORGE
“JACK” BOWES
Mr. John William George “Jack”
Bowes, a resident of Huronview
Home for the Aged, Clinton,
formerly of Blyth, passed away on
Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. He was in his
94th year.
John was born in Blyth on July 24,
1918 and was the only son of the
late William and Rhoda (Phillips)
Bowes. In addition to his parents, he
was predeceased by his wife Mary
Blanche (Wiltse) Bowes in 2007
who was the love of his life.
John is survived by three nieces
Barbara Johnson and husband Bill,
Bonnie Hlusiak and husband Bill,
all of Stratford and Diane Radford
and husband Doug Scrimgeour of
Blyth. Jack is also survived by a
cousin William Bowes of Mitchell.
At John’s request there was no
funeral service or visitation.
Cremation has taken place and a
private family graveside service will
take place at the Blyth Union
Cemetery at a later date.
Donations to the Residents
Council of Huronview would be
appreciated as expressions of
sympathy. Funeral arrangements
were entrusted to Falconer Funeral
Homes Ltd., Clinton Chapel.
JESSIE FRANCE
Jessie France of Wingham passed
away at Huronlea Home for the
Aged in Brussels on Monday, Dec.
26, 2011. She was 96.
The former Jessie Richmond was
the beloved wife of 61 years of the
late Harold G. France who
predeceased her in 2006.
Jessie was the loving mother of
Greta and Ross Heinmiller of
Kitchener, Barbara McDonald of
Goderich and Sheila and John
Nixon of Belgrave. She will be
lovingly remembered by five
grandchildren, seven great-
grandchildren and special nephew
Bruce Richmond “My Wee Bruce”
and several other nieces and
nephews. Jessie was predeceased by
her parents James and Marianna
(Miller) Richmond, her son-in-law
Grant McDonald, three sisters and
one brother.
Visitation was held at McBurney
Funeral Home, Wingham on Dec.
28. The funeral service was held at
the funeral home chapel on Dec. 28.
Rev. Richard D. Hall officiated.
Interment is in Wingham Cemetery,
Wingham.
Memorial donations to Wingham
and District Hospital or Leukemia
Research (Sick Kids) would be
appreciated as expressions of
sympathy.
Online condolences at
www.mcburneyfuneralhome.com
OLIVE MAE JAMIESON
Mrs. Olive Jamieson of Wingham
passed away at Pinecrest Manor
Nursing Home on Saturday, Dec.
24, 2011. She was 93.
The former Olive Lennox was the
beloved wife of the late Norman
Hanna (1952) and the late Lorne
Jamieson (2000). She was the dear
mother of Douglas Hanna of
Wingham, Bruce and Pat Hanna of
Owen Sound, Maureen and Randy
White of Wingham.
She was lovingly remembered by
five grandchildren, eight great-
grandchildren and one great-great-
grandson. She was predeceased by
her parents Thomas and Minnie
(Master) Lennox, sisters Ruby and
Florence and brothers Dave, Stan
and Herb as well as three infant
siblings.
Visitation was held at McBurney
Funeral Home, Wingham on Dec.
28. The funeral service was held at
the funeral home chapel on Dec. 29.
Rev. Richard D. Hall officiated.
Interment is in Wingham Cemetery.
Memorial donations to the
Canadian Diabetes Society,
Canadian Cancer Society or
Wingham United Church would be
appreciated as expressions of
sympathy.
Online condolences made be left at
www.mcburneyfuneralhome.com
HELEN McINTOSH
Mrs. Helen Rachel (Adair)
McIntosh of Listowel passed away
at Listowel Memorial Hospital on
Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. She was in
her 86th year.
Helen was the beloved wife of the
late Colin McIntosh, dear mother of
Bob and Arlene McIntosh of
Waterloo, Paul McIntosh of London
and Brad and Chris McIntosh of
Caledonia. Helen was the
grandmother of Angela McIntosh of
Toronto, Ashley and Brent
L’Heureux and Erin McIntosh, all of
London; Allison McIntosh of
Toronto, and Rachel McIntosh and
Emily McIntosh, both of Caledonia
and the great-grandmother of Carter
and Cullen. She was the sister of
Jack and Audrey Adair of
Molesworth, and Joan Boulien of
Kitchener and sister-in-law of Albert
Aitken.
Helen was predeceased by her
sisters Doris McCallum and Mary
Aitken, and her daughter-in-law
Kathy Jane McIntosh.
Visitation was held at Knox
Presbyterian Church, Listowel on
Wednesday, Dec. 28 from 11 a.m.
until time of the funeral service at
noon, followed immediately by a
reception in the fellowship hall.
Interment is in Molesworth
Cemetery.
Memorial donations to the
Canadian Cancer Society would be
appreciated and may be made
through the Eaton Funeral Home,
Listowel.
Online condolences may be left at
www.eatonfuneralhome.ca
RUTH SUSANNE “SUE”
SMITH
Mrs. Ruth Susanne “Sue”
(Lealess) Smith of RR 3, Clinton
passed away peacefully at her
residence, surrounded by her family,
on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. She was
in her 65th year.
Ruth was the beloved wife of
William Smith and loving mother
and mother-in-law of Belinda and
David Marshall of RR 3, Blyth;
Cathy Cudmore and Mark Kovacs of
Clinton; Bob Cudmore of Goderich
Township; Darlene Steeper of
Listowel and Debbie Steffler of
Kitchener. She was the cherished
nana of Alicia Downey, Brandon
Marshall, Franklin Marshall, Teryl
Good, Nickolas Good, Faith,
Mathew and Nathan Kovacs and
Kristen Steeper and great-nana of
Kailee Good and Dalton Steele.
Ruth was the dear sister and sister-
in-law of Gwen and Earl Roney and
Ruby and Robert Roney, all of
Dublin; Jewel and Bill Butters of
Kincardine; Bryce and Shirley
Lealess of St. Catharines and Wray
and Bonnie Lealess of Fullarton.
She was predeceased by one sister
Violet Webster and two Brothers
Ivan and Eric Lealess.
Friends were received at the
Falconer Funeral Homes Ltd.,
Clinton Chapel, Clinton on Dec. 28
and 29. The funeral service was held
Dec. 29. Pastor Les Cook officiated.
Cremation with interment of ashes
in Baird’s Cemetery, Stanley
Township will take place at a later
date. Donations to St. Elizabeth
Health Care, One Care or the
Canadian Cancer Society would be
appreciated as expressions of
sympathy.
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ACW hesitant to donate to challenge course operationsCouncillors from Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh expressed
some concerns regarding a request
for a donation from the Above
the Falls Challenge Course in the
Falls Reserve Conservation in
Benmiller.
The group was requesting moneyto help cover operational costs, butCouncillor Doug Miller stated thatthe township shouldn’t be givingmoney to an organization to run an
activity that they had previously
given start-up funds to.
“We were generous when we gave
them the capital cost to get the
challenge course operational and
now they’re seeking operationalcosts,” he said. “It doesn’t seem likea good idea.”Miller went on to state that hebelieves the board that runs the
challenge course borrowed money
from several other groups, including
the Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority, to get the project started
and it didn’t seem like, after being
started with donations, they shouldneed them to continue running.“The letter makes it seem like abusiness venture,” Miller said. “Butthey’re asking to be treated like a
charity. I’m 100 per cent against
this.”
Reeve Ben Van Diepenbeek stated
that the challenge course, which
consists of suspended ropes and
activities around that, is impressive
and that the board has received good
interest.
“If council isn’t comfortable with
the request we can ask [challenge
course board representative who
wrote the letter] Rob Bundy out to
get him to explain the costs and whythey are requesting this money,” VanDiepenbeek said. “I’m not in favourof this as it’s written, but maybethere’s something we’re not seeing
here.”
Councillor Barry Millian agreed,
stating that he would need to be
convinced before donating money to
a business venture.
“Bundy can come to us and we can
tell him what we expect if we do
decide to donate,” he said. “We’re
not going to just hand him any
money.”
Bundy will be invited to a council
meeting in early 2012.
By Denny ScottThe Citizen
ACW Councillors discussed a
official plan public review that
occurred late last year during their
Dec. 20 meeting.
Council felt that wind concerns
had become disproportionately
paramount at the meeting and that
other issues had not been focused on
enough due to the number of people
debating the presence of wind
energy in ACW.
Additional costs were incurred
due to the meeting running late
because of the dominance that pro-
and anti-wind groups exerted over
the floor.
***
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh
(ACW) Township Council meetings
will not be held at the regular
intervals of the first and third
Tuesdays of January and have been
instead scheduled for Jan. 9 and 23.
The meetings will be held at their
regularly scheduled time of 7:30 p.m.
***
The North Huron Fire
Department’s last report of activities
for the 2011 year was presented to
ACW Council at their Dec. 20
meeting.
Councillors noted that there was
only one call in ACW and that there
was little the firefighters could have
done due to the fact that the blaze
occured in a Coverall building.
By the time the blaze had been
discovered and the fire department
called, the building was beyond
saving, according to members of
council.
***
Standardized rates at Auburn Hall
have caused some issues for
ratepayers in the ACW portion of
the village.
ACW councillors heard from
Councillor Barry Millian that the
hall’s rates were streamlined as
eight rates had existed and they had
all been brought into four new rates.
Some prices increased a
maximum of $5 Millian reported
and he had heard the changes were
not appreciated in the village.
***
ACW councillors discussed a
letter they received from a
concerned ratepayer in regards to a
transformer being built near their
residence.
Council noted that there was no
definite plan for the transformer and
that they had only received a site
plan.
Reeve Ben Van Diepenbeek
believes that the transformer won’t
be an issue as other locations
throughout the county have them
equally close, if not closer, to
residential areas and retail spaces,
mentioning a transformer behind
Boston Pizza in Goderich as a
specific example.
***
ACW Council discussed
suggestions made by Councillor
Roger Watt at the Dec. 20 meeting
to hold roaming council meetings.
Issues that would arise from the
logistics of having official council
meetings off-site led to council
discussing the potential for special
meetings in the various urban areas
of ACW to allow all ratepayers the
ability to air their beliefs.
Councillors decided to consider
having these meetings in hopes of
generating greater ratepayer input
into their decisions.
Waterloo man guilty
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another charge of operating a
vehicle with over 80 milligrams of
alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood in
2004.
McCarthy suggested 30 days in
jail, while Johnston was asking for
15 days. Hunter, however, imposed
no jail time, instead issuing Nilsson
a $1,500 fine and a two-year driving
prohibition.
Nilsson was given nine months to
pay the fine and when Johnston
suggested a lower fine because
Nilsson relies on income from the
Ontario Disability Support Program
(ODSP) Hunter suggested it
shouldn’t be a problem because
Nilsson would “save a bundle on
drinking.”
SAMPLE REFUSAL
George Legacy, now of Waterloo,
but formerly of Ethel, pled guilty to
one charge of failing to provide a
sample of his breath to police on
April 24 in North Huron.
McCarthy said police stopped the
vehicle Legacy was driving because
they observed him not wearing a
seatbelt. Upon talking to Legacy, the
officer detected a strong odour of
alcohol coming from his breath and
requesting that he take a sobriety
test.
After the officer demanded a
breath sample, Legacy stated that he
understood the request, but refused
to submit to a test.
“I won’t blow,” he said, according
to McCarthy.
Hunter sentenced Legacy to 30
days in jail, to be served on an
intermittent basis on weekends in
London. Hunter told Legacy that he
would have to report to jail at 9 a.m.
on Saturday until he could leave
again at 6 p.m. on Sunday. He would
have to keep this up until he had
fulfilled his sentence.
Hunter also imposed a two-year
driving prohibition on Legacy.
Legacy was convicted for having
over 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100
millilitres of blood in 2006, which
weighed heavily in Hunter’s
sentencing.
ACW councillors feel wind group
concerns hijacked public meeting
By Denny Scott
The Citizen