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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-02-10, Page 18VENDORS WANTED FOR BLYTH Area Farmers’ Market. Earn up to $500 a week selling your vegetables, fruit, home baking, preserves or crafts, Saturday afternoons, June 25 to September 3. Indications of interest needed by April 30 to ensure there will be a market this year. For more information call Keith at 519- 523-4792 (days) or 519-523-9636. 06-12 -------------------------------------------- PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2011.Classified Advertisements Wanted Real estate Real estate 519.482.3400 1 Albert St., CLINTON www.rlpheartland.ca Helping you is what we do. Broker of Record*** Broker** Sales Representative* 40243 WINTHROP RD., LONDESBOROUGH $319,000 10.85 ac. hilltop ppty. w/a 3 Br. home, heated shop, 2 out buildings & fenced pasture on a paved road. Renos since '02 incl. drywall, electrical, insulation, windows & roof. Call Don* or Richard Sr. * MLS# 999570 A mu s t s e e to a p p r e c i a t e ! 38527 BLYTH RD., AUBURN $195,000 Family restaurant & gas bar established 40 years ago. Seats 48, lg. parking area, located on busy hwy. Call Don A* or Richard Sr.* MLS# 634398 New Listi n g ! With a renewal for the contract that North Huron has with Huron Tractor for the large Blyth sign coming up, councillors are questioning the amount spent for the sign. North Huron pays a yearly fee of $325 for the right to have the sign, which some councillors felt was too expensive. With the renewal upcoming, Chief Administrative Officer Gary Long stated he would advise council as to when the contract can be discussed. *** North Huron township has agreed to place a plaque at the Wingham Cenotaph for Matthew Dinning, a local soldier who was killed in Afghanistan. As the township owns the cenotaph, they made the decision, but decided to talk to the Wingham Legion as a courtesy to the group. The decision came as a result of a letter included in their Jan. 17 council package from Dinning’s family requesting the honour. Plaques are put on the cenotaph by request of the family. *** North Huron Township has been assigned a new planner from the Huron County Planning Department: Sally McMullen, and her first task was to present a consent application for Bonnie Brak to council on Jan. 17, who are building a senior’s housing complex on Gypsy Lane in Blyth. Unlike previous applications, the consent went through without contestation, which McMullen believes is due to the conflict surrounding the project in the past. “There were no objections raised when we circulated the consent application to those within 60 metres of the site,” she said. “I suspect that is due to thorough process the zoning bylaw amendment went through.” Council passed the consent application. Provisional bylaws for two Morris ward drains were approved at the Feb. 1 meeting of Morris- Turnberry council. Reports to the McDonald and Mustard Drains were presented by Bill Dietrich of Dietrich Engineering Limited. Two landowners were present for the McDonald report and only Mayor Paul Gowing, who stepped down from the chair because he’s a landowner involved in the Mustard Drain, was present for that report. Dietrich said the McDonald Drain, which dates from 1949, will be replaced by a much larger- diameter tile. “The drainage in the old drain was quite inadequate by today’s standards,” Dietrich said. Cost of the replacement of the main part of the drain is estimated at $112,500 while replacement of Branch A will cost $9,800. The Mustard Drain dates from 1924 though it was extended in 1956. Again the drain will be replaced with large tile while an open portion of the drain will be cleaned out. The estimated cost of the improvements to the underground drain is $185,900 while it’s estimated cleanout of the open drain will cost $34,400. Court of revision for both drains will be held at the March 8 council meeting. Tenders will be called to be opened the previous day. Fantastic job! The Blyth Novice Rep Bulldogs won the Lucknow Lions Tournament’s A Division on Jan. 8, winning all of their games against Lucknow, Ripley and Milverton. Back row, from left: Darrell Weber, Jason Fleet and Matt Drennan. Third row, from left: Myea Fleet, Sara Kerr, Jason Wilts and Alex Coultes. Second row, from left: Joshua Nixon, Kessler Jardin, Jason Eckert, Tyler Drennan and Rylee Chalmers. Front row, from left: Chad McMichael, Mason Weber, Max Newson and Dakota Coultes. (Photo submitted) Locals caught driving drunk On Feb. 4 at approximately 3:30 p.m. an OPP officer initiated a traffic stop after observing a driver not wearing his seatbelt on Jordan Drive in Morris-Turnberry Township. Upon speaking to the driver, the officer suspected that the driver had alcohol in his system so he read a demand for the driver to provide a roadside sample of his breath. The driver complied and failed his test. He was then arrested for driving with over 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The driver was transported to the Huron OPP Detachment where he met with a qualified intoxilizer technician to provide two more samples of his breath. The readings confirmed that the driver had a blood alcohol level that was above the legal limit of 80 milligrams. As a result of the traffic stop and investigation, Bert Sanders, 56, of Belgrave has been charged with one count of Drive With Over 80 Milligrams of Alcohol and one count of Fail to Wear Seatbelt. He will answer to his charges in the Ontario Court of Justice in Wingham on April 21. His vehicle was impounded for seven days as per statute. Goderich driver arrested in CH On Feb. 5 a Huron OPP officer was conducting radar patrols on Base Line when a speeding vehicle entered the radar. The vehicle was stopped by the officer and upon speaking to the driver, the officer not only detected the odour of an alcoholic beverage coming from the driver, he also observed a bottle of liquor on the floor behind the passenger seat. The officer formed the necessary grounds to read the demand for the driver to provide a roadside sample of his breath. The driver eventually complied and failed his test. The driver was arrested and taken to the Huron OPP Detachment where he met with a qualified intoxilizer technician to provide two more samples of his breath. The readings confirmed that the driver had a blood alcohol level in excess of the legal limit of 80 milligrams. As a result of the stop, Roger Archambault, age 66, of Goderich has been charged with one count of Drive With Over 80 Milligrams of Alcohol. He will answer to his charge in the Ontario Court of Justice in Goderich on March 21. The vehicle he was operating was towed and impounded for a period of seven days as per statute. Impaired driver flees OPP On Feb. 5 at approximately 10:30 p.m. a Huron OPP officer was on patrol in Seaforth when a pickup truck with a burnt out headlight caught the officer’s attention. The officer activated his emergency lights and attempted to stop the truck but initially the driver failed to stop. The driver did stop his vehicle but then fled on foot into a field where he was apprehended by the officer. Upon speaking to the driver, who was now under arrest for fleeing from the police, the officer detected a strong odour of an alcoholic beverage coming from the driver in addition to other signs of being impaired by alcohol. The male was escorted back to the cruiser and also arrested for Impaired Driving. A search of his vehicle turned up alcohol. The driver was taken to the Exeter OPP Detachment where he met with a qualified intoxilizer technician to provide two samples of his breath. Both samples confirmed that he had a blood alcohol level in excess of the legal limit of 80 milligrams. As a result of the traffic stop, 19- year-old Brandon McGavin of Walton has been charged with one count of Impaired Driving, one count of Drive With Over 80 Milligrams of Alcohol and one count of Flight from Police. He will answer to his charges in the Ontario Court of Justice in Goderich on March 28. His driver’s licence has been suspended for 90 days and the vehicle he was operating has been towed and impounded for seven days. Cell phone stop leads to arrest On Feb. 6 at approximately 4:30 p.m., two Huron OPP officers were patrolling on Bluewater Highway when they observed a driver talking on a cell phone. The officers initiated a traffic stop and while speaking to the driver, they observed empty liquor bottles inside the vehicle. A subsequent search of the vehicle led to a bag of suspected marijuana being located under the driver’s seat. The driver was subsequently arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance. Due to extenuating circumstances, the driver was held in police custody for a bail hearing in the Ontario Court of Justice in Goderich on Feb. 7. Forty-one-year-old Dean Dobson of Central Huron is facing one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance, one count of Breach Probation and one count of Drive Motor Vehicle Using Handheld Device. Dinning plaque approved M-T gives two drains go-ahead