HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-09-27, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012. PAGE 9. Huron fastball tourney rain-delayed to this weekendRain and wind played havoc with
the Huron County Fastball League’s
year-end tournament being played in
Brussels on the weekend.
The rain on Sunday morning
forced the cancellation of the games
set for the day and as a result all the
remaining games will be played
Saturday at the Optimist ball park in
Brussels.
While the wind and rain caused
problems with the tournament on
Friday and Saturday it was decided
to cancel the games on Sunday
because the field was wet and unsafe
to play on.
The first game on Saturday will
have the Walton Brewers playing the
Wingham Hitmen at 9 a.m. The
second game at 11 a.m. has the
Brussels Tigers going against the
Belmore Stingers. The third game at
1 p.m. has the Blyth Barons playingthe winner of the Walton-Winghamcontest. Games will also be played at3 p.m. and 5 p.m. and possibly 7
p.m.
There have been a number of
surprises in the tournament played
so far. The eighth-seeded Belmore
Stingers, after beating the ninth-
seeded Zurich Rangers, defeated the
top-seeded Sebringville Sting, and
then the fourth-seeded Walton
Brewers. The 10th-seeded Wroxeter
Royals defeated the seventh-seeded
Fullarton A’s before losing to the
second-seeded Brussels Tigers and
then the Wingham Hitmen. The
sixth-seeded Blyth Barons surprised
the third-seeded Wingham Hitmen
6-2 behind the strong pitching of
Craig Elliott.
Scott Lealess had three singles in
the game and Shawn Bromley was
2-4 at the plate for the Barons.
The Barons then went up against
the Brussels Tigers. The Tigersprevailed 4-3 in nine innings. Theeighth and ninth innings were playedunder international rules where the
last out from the previous inning
starts at second base.
Mike McDonald, Lealess and
Adam Cronin each hit a single for
the Barons. Elliott went the distance
on the mound.
Brian McArter had three singles
for the Tigers and Ty Sesbastian
connected for a triple and was
intentionally walked once. Jason
Kellington was the hero of the game
as he hit a double and hit a single in
the ninth inning to bring the winning
run across the plate. Gene Johnston
contributed a single.
Sebastian went the distance on the
mound for the Tigers.
The Tigers began the tournament
with a 6-3 decision over the
Wroxeter Royals by scoring four
runs in the bottom of the sixth
inning.Shawn Daw went the distance onthe mound to record the victory forthe Tigers.
Jamie Hickling hit a triple and
Shawn Cook had a double and
single. Sebastian and Johnston each
rapped out a single. WadeStephenson was walked twice.The fourth-seeded WaltonBrewers opened the tournament with
a decision over the fifth-seeded
Goderich Grizzlies and then lost to
the Belmore Stingers.
Dethroning
Despite shocking the seventh-seeded Fullarton A’s, the
10th-seeded Wroxeter Royals couldn’t keep up with the
onslaught of the Brussels Tigers in the Huron County
Fastball League year-end tournament on the weekend.
(Photo submitted)
By Jim BrownThe Citizen
Blyth man receives probation
for Radford’s gas bar theft
Benjamin Caldwell of Blyth was
found guilty in Wingham court on
Sept. 20 in association with a
robbery that occurred in Blyth in
February.
Caldwell was charged with
robbery, but pled guilty to the lesser
charge of break and enter (non-
dwelling).
Judge R.G.E. Hunter handed
Caldwell a suspended sentence and
18 months probation.
The charges stem from the
evening of Feb. 28 when Caldwell
approached Radford Fuels in Blyth
just after 7 p.m., Crown Attorney
Laura Grant said. Covering his face
with a hooded sweater he entered the
gas station’s kiosk and began
removing money from the cash
drawer.
While pulling money from the
drawer, Grant said, Caldwell was
confronted by the store’s employee,
Tyler Stevenson.
The two men engaged in “a
scuffle” and Grant says Caldwell
eventually backed away from the
confrontation and began apologizing
to the employee, emptying out his
pockets and throwing the money he
had taken onto the ground.
Before fleeing the scene, Grant
said, Caldwell then picked up $60
that he had just thrown on the
ground and ran away. The $60 was
never recovered and the entire scene
was captured on the business’s
security cameras.
Caldwell’s lawyer Tim
MacDonald acknowledged that
Grant’s facts were accurate, saying
Caldwell had been battling a drug
and alcohol problem and that night
he was at his “low point” intoxicated
after he and his fiancée had broken
up.
MacDonald said Caldwell is
currently enrolled in Teen Challenge
program, a year-long live-in
rehabilitation program near London,
and he plans on seeing the program
through to its completion. Caldwell
appeared in court on Sept. 20 on a
day pass from the program.
Caldwell was given a suspended
sentence and 18 months probation
for the break and enter charge. He
was ordered to stay away from
Radford Fuels and to avoid contact
with Stevenson during his term of
probation. In addition, he was
ordered to pay restitution to Radford
Fuels in the amount of $60. He has
30 days to pay.
MISCHIEF
Charmayne Machan of Bluevale
pled guilty to a charge of public
mischief stemming from a vehicular
incident on July 9 in Morris-
Turnberry.
Grant said Machan was guilty of
mischief when she intentionally
misled OPP Const. Lincoln Dinning
during an investigation of a motor
vehicle rollover.
The story began, Grant said, four
days earlier when a vehicle being
driven by Machan was involved in a
collision with a deer. Due to
extensive damage, Machan was
forced to write her vehicle off
and rent one from a local car
dealership.
The terms of Machan’s rental
agreement were that she be the sole
driver of the vehicle and that no one
under the age of 25 be allowed to
drive it.
On July 9, police were called to a
vehicle rollover on Hwy. 4 north of
Wingham and upon officers arriving,
Grant said, Machan’s 17-year-old
son was being placed into an
ambulance with injuries.
Dinning interviewed Machan,
who said she was driving the car, fell
asleep and drove the vehicle into a
ditch, causing the rollover. Dinning
believed her and said he would catch
up with her later that day at the
hospital.
However, after speaking to the
paramedics on the scene, they
informed Dinning that Machan’s
son, in fact, was driving the
vehicle.
When confronted with these facts,
Grant said, Machan admitted that
she had been lying.
Machan, who has been a nurse in
Stratford for 23 years, was asking
for a discharge as to not disrupt her
job, said Duty Counsel Lynn
Johnston.
Hunter granted Machan a
conditional discharge and a six-
month term of probation.
OVER 80
Justin Stewart of Gorrie pled
guilty to a charge of driving with
over 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100
millilitres of blood, stemming from
an incident in Howick on Aug. 11.
Shortly after 1 a.m. that morning,
Grant said, OPP officers were in the
Howick area and they conducted a
traffic stop on a vehicle being driven
by Stewart.
Upon speaking to Stewart, the
officer detected an odour of alcohol.
Stewart said he had not consumed
any alcohol that night, despite an
open beer can being spilled on the
floor of his vehicle.
Just prior to his breath test,
Stewart did admit to consuming
alcohol, and both of his roadside
tests registered a “fail”.
Hunter handed Stewart a 12-
month driving prohibition, which
could be reduced to three months if
he qualifies for the Interlock
program. Stewart was given six
months to pay the mandatory fine of
$1,000, however, in order to qualify
for the Interlock program, the fine
would have to be paid in 90 days,
Hunter said.
North Huron Township Deputy-
Reeve David Riach stated that he
feels council should consider a
smoking ban near the location of
the new Maitland River Elementary
School behind F.E. Madill
Secondary School.
The issue, which has been
brought up before by council, is a
hot topic because, while all of
council agrees Riach’s intentions
are good, it’s an idea that can’t be
implemented.
“We’ve been told that it just can’t
be enforced,” Councillor Archie
MacGowan said, adding that other
problems will pop up. “When the
high school banned smoking, kids
migrated across the road to do it. If
we could find a legal case where the
police enforced it and the bylaw
stood up, it would be a great idea.”
Riach said that he has been
approached by ratepayers that have
complained they have to clean up
the cigarette butts from their
property because of the migration.
He was told that they should call
the police when this happens, but
Riach informed council that
resulted in his property being
defaced.
“What it comes down to is that
[Wingham Police Chief] Tim Poole
said it couldn’t be enforced,”
Councillor James Campbell said.
Reeve Neil Vincent summarized,
stating that all of council feels that,
to protect the children of the new
school from the bad influence of
smoking, they wish they could
outlaw it in the area, but it just can’t
be solved.
Smoking bylaw debated
Join us Sunday Sept. 30, 1 - 4PM PM
Wawanosh Nature Centre, 38854 Nature Centre Rd.
519-335-3557 or www.mvca.on.ca
FreeAdmission Apple Cider Guided Walk Wagon Rides
SpecialAppearance by SCIENSATIONAL SSSNAKES!! with live
reptiles and amphibians.
Fall Colour Tour
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
The Auxiliary to Clinton Public
Hospital met on Tuesday, Sept. 4
and enjoyed a tour of the Central
Huron Fire Station. They also
learned some information about the
training and duties of firefighters.
The fall newsletter “Between
Friends” was distributed thanks to
Diane Aitken.
The Ruby Haddy award was
presented to Shannon Murray at St.
Anne’s Catholic Secondary School
commencement in June.
Congratulations!
Summer fundraisers included hog
dog days, the hospital gift shop and
selling Tim Hortons coffee and
donuts at the Walton Motocross.
The penny sale is fast approaching.
Please come to the Anglican Church
Parish Hall from Thursday, Sept. 20
until noon Saturday, Sept. 29. Draws
will be done Saturday afternoon.
There are lots of good prizes to be
won!
The next meeting will be held
Monday, Oct. 1 at the Parish Hall at
9:30 a.m.
CPHA hosts fundraiser