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ALL POINTS FESTIVAL CITY REALTY, BROKERAGE Pat Simons: Broker of Record 56 West Street, Goderich 519-524-1175 cbgoderich@cabletv.on.ca SANDRA DALE Sales Rep 525-9788 Cell JASON WATSON Sales Rep 955-1827 Cell OPEN HOUSE 177 Dinsley St., Blyth MLS# 100724 ~ $229,900. Thursday, April 8 5:30 - 7:30 Saturday, April 10 10:30 - noon Get information on Huron County attractions on the Stops Along The Way section of our website www.northhuron.on.ca A Belgrave-area man will be forced to pay $1,200 restitution and face a 12-month driving prohibition as a result of an impaired driving charge and an operation of a motor vehicle with over 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. Judge R.G.E. Hunter found Scott Pletch guilty of all charges after a trial in Wingham court on March 18. Pletch’s lawyer, Jason Rabinovitch of Toronto, questioned Pletch as well as the officer who stopped Pletch that night, Wingham Police Constable Wade Smith. Smith said he saw the 19-year-old Pletch driving a pick-up truck in Wingham when he rolled through a stop sign in the early morning hours of April 8, 2009. Pletch pleaded not guilty to the charges, claiming that he had not been extended his right to legal counsel. Pletch said that he was at a friend’s house, where he had drunk 10 ounces of whiskey over several hours and then drove to a convenience store in Wingham to buy cigarettes on his way home to Belgrave. Initially, when he had been stopped, Pletch admitted to having one drink, Smith said, but then conceded that he had “had a few”. Smith judged that Pletch had slow and slurred speech, glossy and red eyes and that he was making slow and unsteady movements. Smith also said that Pletch was calling him Wingham chief of police Tim Poole and that he was either asking for Poole or actually thought he was Poole himself. At 4:40 a.m., Smith conducted the first breath test, concluding that Pletch had 136 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. Smith said he then conducted two more tests, but had to wake Pletch up, as he had fallen asleep in the holding cell between tests. Smith said throughout the ordeal that Pletch had been “rude and belligerent, but always co- operative”. Smith said that when Pletch was read his rights to counsel that he clearly said that he didn’t want to call a lawyer. Pletch said he asked Smith what good it would do him to call a lawyer that late at night and that Smith didn’t answer his question. Pletch said he was extremely tired, as he had been up for approximately 16 hours by the time he went to his friend’s house and over 24 hours by the time he was placed in the holding cell. Hunter, however, found Pletch guilty on both counts. He said he found that Pletch understood his rights to counsel when they were read to him and that he clearly declined. He also found that Smith was not obligated to offer Pletch his rights a second time as Rabinovitch had suggested. ASSAULTING AN OFFICER Justin Thompson of Morris- Turnberry pled guilty to refusing to provide a breath sample and assault on a police officer stemming from an incident this January in Morris- Turnberry. Federal crown attorney Mike Donnelly said Thompson was driving north on London Road when he drove through a stop sign and was subsequently pulled over by police. Upon refusing to provide a breath sample for police, Thompson then punched the responding police officer in the face and broke free until he was sniffed out by the canine unit, Donnelly said. Thompson was eventually found in a Morris-Turnberry home, hiding in a basement bedroom closet. Hunter sentenced Thompson to 30 days in jail, 15 days for the refusal to provide a breath sample charge and 15 days for the assault charge. The sentence will be served intermittently due to Thompson’s full-time employment and no previous record. A two-year driving prohibition and a five-year weapons prohibition were also enacted. STOLEN PROPERTY Frederick Ernest was given a suspended sentence and 12 months probation resulting from an incident in December where he was found in possession of stolen property. Ernest, along with two other friends were found by police officers to be in possession of a 2003 Ford Expedition that was found to be stolen. Initially the vehicle was stopped because it was reported as a suspicious vehicle, crown attorney Don Vale said and there was concern of the driver possibly being impaired. Upon the stop, however, it was found that the driver was not impaired, but that the vehicle had been stolen. Ernest, who pled guilty without discussing the matter with duty counsel, said he knew the vehicle was stolen. STOLEN ATVS Murray Thornton was found guilty of possession of stolen property under $5,000 and possession of stolen property over $5,000 in connection with several ATVs that had gone missing last July. Thornton was found guilty by Hunter and will be sentenced on April 22. BREACH OF PROBATION Kevin Spitzig of Brockton was found guilty of breach of probation in connection with an incident from March of 2009. According to the crown, Spitzig had returned to a shared residence in Howick to begin to remove some possessions of his. However, there was then a verbal altercation between Spitzig and his former girlfriend’s father, which resulted in the police being called. By disturbing the peace, Spitzig had breached his probation, said the crown. Spitzig was then ordered to pay $200 restitution and issued 12 more months of probation. The restitution is to be paid within four months. DRUG POSSESSION Matthew Walker of Wingham pled guilty of possession of a controlled substance when illegal prescription pills were found on him after a warrant was obtained to search his residence, the crown said. Police had been observing the house for several days before the bust was made and Walker was arrested upon leaving the house. Police found two pills on Walker. Walker was given a conditional discharge and 12 months probation. ASSAULT Patricia Fielder was granted an absolute discharge after being charged with assault in connection with an incident that took place in Blyth in December. MacKinnon said Fielder and the victim had been in a relationship for seven years and were in the process of breaking up when the victim informed Fielder that he had been “sleeping around”. Fielder then slapped her former boyfriend, MacKinnon said. Fielder pled guilty to the charge, but had no previous record and was granted an absolute discharge. OPERATION OVER 80 Brian Mason of Blyth pled guilty to a charge of operating a vehicle with over 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood in his system. The incident, which occurred in November, took place in Blyth. The crown said that police were on patrol and were observing Mason as he drove around the village. The officer attempted to stop the vehicle, which Mason refused to stop. He then went into a local convenience store and upon exiting the store, continued to drive, which is when the officer then pulled him over. Mason was the sole occupant of the vehicle and then failed the breath test administered by the officer. Mason was issued a minimum fine of $1,000 and a 12 month driving prohibition was also issued. Court tells Belgrave man to make restitution Due to the Ontario government’s addition of the Family Day holiday to the calendar, the two school boards in Huron and Perth Counties will again be forced to officially begin the 2010-11 school year prior to Labour Day weekend. But this time around, it will be only teachers who will hit the books early. In September, 2009, students from the Avon Maitland and Huron-Perth Catholic district school boards were welcomed back to the classroom Tuesday, Sept. 1, and attended three days prior to an unusually late Labour Day long weekend. Technically, the boards – which work together each year to draw up identical or almost-identical school calendars – were not in contravention of Ontario’s Education Act, which specifies a certain number of instructional days, with no classes prior to Sept. 1 or after June 30. But they were among only a scattering of boards around the province which chose this option; most others decided to schedule two professional development days for teachers prior to the official first day of classes (and prior to Labour Day), and welcomed students back on Sept. 8. And, judging from correspondence received by the Avon Maitland board, the Education Ministry felt the non-conforming boards treaded close to the line last September. Education superintendent Kim Black, presenting next year’s proposed school calendar to trustees at a regular meeting Tuesday, March 23, noted a recent memorandum from Deputy Minister Kevin Costante included “a strong recommendation” not to schedule classes prior to Labour Day. Pressed by questioning from trustees, Black explained the practice has not been banned outright, but the spirit of the memorandum was, nonetheless, quite clear. The superintendent added, however, that the board’s September, 2009 experience was quite favourable. She said Avon Maitland administrators received several calls from parents and teachers complimenting them on the decision to start school early. And, as a result of the decision, the two boards were able to spread their 2009-10 professional development days evenly throughout the year – instead of having half of them at the very beginning, as was the case in much of the province. Local District 8 union president for the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation, Mary-Jane Karkheck, who attended the March 23 meeting, agreed. She stressed that new curriculum initiatives often are introduced through the school year, and it makes it difficult to bring teachers up to speed if there are fewer professional development days left. “I remember we all kind of had our fingers crossed that it wouldn’t go horribly wrong (in September, 2009),” Karkheck said in an interview. “And it actually went quite well.” Teachers to startnext year early By Stew Slater Special to The Citizen