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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-09-16, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010. PAGE 11. NEWS FROM BELGRAVE Knox supports Pakistani flood victims Mrs. Sheila Nixon welcomed the Evening Group of the Belgrave United Church Women into her home for their first meeting after the summer holidays. Barbara Anderson opened the meeting with a poem, “Slow Dance”. Nancy Folkard used the theme, “ALove Song” for her worship andmeditation. “How Great Thou Art”and “Amazing Grace” were playedfrom a Susan Boyle album. Nancyclosed with prayer. The roll call was answered by telling the most memorable thing you had done during the summer. Announcements were made for the general meeting on Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. with the Calvin Brick Unit in charge of the meeting. Joy Rutherford of Burnside Engineering will speak about Water. The Church Anniversary Sunday is Sept. 26 with Rev. Larry Sayers, guest speaker. Muriel Coultes introduced the video, “Help! I’m laughing and I can’t get up” by Liz Curtis Higgs.This is a video of “Stories to FillYour Heart and Lift Your Spirits”.Laughter is the best medicine andeveryone enjoyed an evening of fun.Mrs. Nixon served a delicious lunch and a social time was enjoyed. The next meeting will be at the home of Muriel Coultes on Tuesday, Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Sunday Worship at Knox United Church begins at 10:15 a.m. and continues through to May of next year. Looking for a way to contribute to the flood relief in Pakistan and be sure it will get to those who need it? Contribute to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) through our Belgrave Community FoodgrainProject. Plans are underway for foodkits to be distributed to 11,000households affected by severeflooding in Pakistan.Knox’s partner church, Northminster United in Oshawa has raised $4,200 for this year’s project. Belgrave, so far, has contributed $1,070 in cash as well as many of the inputs for our 25 acres of corn. Sincere thanks to all those who have already contributed to the project. Remember that The Canadian International Development Agency matches our contributions on a 4-1 basis. By Linda Campbell Call 357-2188 PEOPLE AROUNDBELGRAVE Blyth United’s Gary Clark presides over reunion church Continued from page 1 Adult Special Events and Church Service co-ordinator, the church service honoured Bill and Bernadette Andrews and Dorothy and the late Mel Bogie. “The Andrews have chaired many positions and are one of the backbones to the Threshers and still remain active in the show,” Lowe said. “The Bogies ran the information booth and lost and found and were instrumental in having the Lions Club guide dogs attend the show.” The church service welcomed guest speaker Reverend Gary Clark of Blyth United Church, and special musical guests the Choir and Friends from the United Church. The reunion’s weekday events were popular according to entertainment director Gladys Van Egmond. “Wednesday night we had the old- tyme dancing, and it was very well attended,” she said. “Thursday night was our fiddle workshop, and it was our 20th year for it. Forty-two fiddlers attended under the leadership of Doug McNaughton of Stratford.” On Friday, the reunion welcomed not only students, but also nursing homes. “We had four nursing homes attend,” Van Egmond said. Huronview, Huronlea, Ritz Villa from Mitchell and Caressant Care from Harriston brought the young at heart in to enjoy the show. On Saturday, the fiddle competition brought out 25 participants. Winners were as follows: • Nine years and under – Shae- Lynn Preiss of Tavistock • 12 years and under – Matthew Ballagh of Teeswater • 18 years and under – Ashley Giles of St. Marys • 19 years to 49 years – Jeff Miller of Dashwood • 50 years to 69 years – Tim Cook of Dorchester • 70 and over – Alf Leno of Blue Mountains • Open Class – Aynsley Porchak of Woodstock. Sunday’s stepdancing competition brought 23 individual participants and four groups together to vie for top in their divisions. Winners were: • Nine years and under – Evelyn Walsh of Egmondville • 12 years and under – Kristen Walsh of Egmondville • 18 years and under – Keaton Rutherford of Embro • 19 years and over – Lisa Peterson of Toronto • Open Class – Devan Ballagh of Teeswater • Junior Group – Water on the Wrox of Teeswater and Wroxeter • Open Group – Ballagh Bunch of Teeswater Domestic dispute leads to guilty plea from local man Adam Bauer of Brussels pled guilty to one charge of assault, stemming from a domestic dispute on June 2 in Brussels at Wingham Court on September 9. The conviction resulted in a conditional discharge and 12 months of probation. The original charge of assault with a weapon was dismissed after Bauer pled not guilty to that charge, but pled guilty to basic assault in relation to the incident. The incident occurred when Bauer and his girlfriend at the time were driving back to Brussels from Stratford and got in an argument. Crown Attorney Teresa Donnelly said, the woman had wanted to end the relationship. Donnelly said that Bauer wanted “his stuff” back from the victim, naming a sleeping bag, among other things. As the argument progressed, Bauer then called the police to report a domestic dispute. Donnelly said that over the course of the argument, Bauer had thrown a sandal at his ex-girlfriend after she had placed it in his lap, asking if he “wanted them too?” He eventually threw a cup of coffee at her as well, leading to a second charge of assault with a weapon. Defense Attorney Mike Donnelly, however, said that both Bauer and his ex-girlfriend were throwing things. Both items thrown by Bauer hit his ex-girlfriend in the back as she walked away, Teresa said. Mike Donnelly said the couple is now separated and has no intentions to get back together, so that would not be a concern of the court. Judge R.G.E. Hunter found Bauer guilty on both counts. In addition to the probation, Bauer was ordered to have no further contact with his ex-girlfriend. IMPAIRED DRIVING A translator was needed, but Bluevale’s Isaac Neudorf pled guilty to a charge of Impaired Driving, as well as a Failure to Comply with Conditions of Probation charge stemming from two separate incidents, one in April and one in May. Neudorf, who speaks very little English, needed a German translator to communicate with Judge Hunter, as well as his attorney Phil Cornish. Neudorf, who works in the area, splits his time between RR1, Bluevale and Vienna, Ontario. Both incidents took place in Morris-Turnberry and because of Neudorf’s history of drinking and driving offenses (he had one in 2004 and one in 2005) the Crown had filed papers seeking an increased penalty for a repeat offender. Neudorf pled guilty to the two charges, while four other charges were marked as withdrawn. He will return to be sentenced in November. The first incident took place on April 10, Teresa Donnelly said, when Neudorf was driving through Morris-Turnberry at 120 kilometres per hour in a 90 kilometres per hour zone and was pulled over. Once the car was stopped, she said, the police officer observed that there were three young children in the car and Neudorf was travelling with an open container of Canadian Club whiskey. Neudorf was observed to be unsteady on his feet and even fell into the side of his vehicle, Donnelly said. Upon further inspection, Neudorf was tested at the police station and had 140 and 127 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The next incident took place on May 17 when Neudorf was still facing conditions from a previous charge that he abstain from the consumption of alcohol. Police were called to Neudorf’s residence due to an argument between Neudorf and his wife. Upon arrival, Donnelly said, Neudorf was locked in a disabled pick-up truck and wouldn’t come out. Police said he had consumed a large amount of alcohol and had seen him finish the last quarter of a bottle of whiskey while sitting locked in the truck. While Neudorf will return to Wingham Court for sentencing on November 18, his three-year driving prohibition began after he was found guilty on September 9. A pre- sentence report was requested by Neudorf. DRUGS John Hiusser will serve 45 days in jail on an intermittent sentence (reporting to jail at 9 a.m. on Saturdays until 6 p.m. on Sundays) as well as 18 months of probation and a 10-year weapons prohibition because of his possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia stemming from an incident on August 17, 2009. Federal Crown Attorney Mike Donnelly said police observed Hiusser standing by a car near the soccer fields in Wingham with two 16 year olds and one 17 year old when he was approached by police. Hiusser was detained by police while they searched his car, finding a backpack that contained marijuana, scales and baggies, as well as some pills. Defense counsel said that Hiusser was addicted to crystal meth at the time and was “in a bad place”. CREDIT CARDS Caylen Kalish, formerly of Wingham, now of Teeswater, will serve 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to several charges including two failure to comply with conditions of probation charges, a charge of mischief under $5,000 charge and an use of unauthorized credit card charge. Two of the charges stemmed from an incident outside of the Wingham Masonic Lodge on June 18, 2009, when police were called to what was described to them as a fight in front of the lodge. When police arrived, Donnelly said, they saw a bloodied Kalish and a broken Lodge window. Kalish, however, explained that there had been an argument, and not a fight, and he punched the window, resulting in the laceration. The window was repaired by a 90- year-old Mason at little-to-no cost, Donnelly said. At the time of the incident, Kalish was with a young girl who he had been instructed to have no contact with, so he was breaching the conditions of a previous probation order. On April 16, Kalish was observed walking in Wingham carrying a brown LCBO bag. He was stopped by police who found that he was in possession of seven beers and a bottle of whiskey, which was a breach of his probation order, that he not possess or consume any alcohol. The fourth charge occurred on April 29 when Wingham Police received a call from the staff at F.E. Madill Secondary School. The school had received a call from the staff at Foodland in Wingham that a promotional credit card system was being abused at the store, Donnelly said. After a police investigation, it was found that a number of these credit cards had been stolen from the desk of one of Madill’s teachers and that several students and parents of students had been observed by employees, as well as by closed- circuit video, to be using the cards to buy cigarettes. Kalish was observed to be using one of the credit cards, but said he did not steal the cards. The total amount of missing cards was said to be $1,874.33, while the amount actually redeemed on the cards was $1,193.34. Hunter sentenced Kalish to serve 30 days in jail on an intermittent basis, reporting to jail at 9 a.m. on Saturdays and leaving at 6 p.m. on Sundays. He was also ordered to serve an additional 12 months of probation. MEETING NOTICE MUNICIPALITY OF MORRIS-TURNBERRY The upcoming Council and Committee meetings for the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry will be held: Tuesday September 21 at 7:30 p.m. Regular Council Meeting Tuesday October 5 at 7:30 p.m. Regular Council Meeting Tuesday October 19 at 7:30 p.m. Regular Council Meeting