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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-08-11, Page 1An estimated 5,000 fans attend- ed the 14th Annual Exeter Midwestern Rodeo Saturday and Sunday but the event's future is still up in th6slir, according to rodeo committee secretary Jack Malone, The committee will make a final decision whether the rodeo Should be held next year when receipts for the two-day event have been tallied, he said. "It's a probability (that the rodeo committee will vote against a rodeo for next year) but I wouldn't say that is going to happen", said Malone. The committee decided not to hold a rodeo last year but in- terest shown by the South Huron Recreation Centre board of management persuaded the com- mittee to reverse its decision, "They (the rec centre board) told us that, if we would donate the money to buying furnishings (for the rec centre), then they would give us all the support they could," The rodeo committee did not receive the support from the rec centre board, said Malone. "I never saw them out at a meeting and they had been notified", he said. Malone also cited the future of Exeter Community Park as a major concern for the rodeo committee. A condemned grandstand or another move of rodeo facilities "might be the thing to break the camel's back". A lack of "new blood" in- terested in the rodeo is another reason the rodeo is in jeopardy, said Malone. "The number of local rodeo fans seems to be diminishing". Malone dyes see some hope for the rodeo, however, and "by next September or October, when we have another general meeting, things may have changed again". "I think we're all a little tired and a little less than enthusiastic but it becomes a labour of love", Malone said, Rodeo producer Mel Wakefield, RR 3, Norwood, was pleased with the rodeo atten- dance and will return next year "if everything isn't torn down", Wakefield, responsible for presenting the rodeo, said com- petitor turnout was good with over one hundred riders par- ticipating in the rodeo. Among the winning riders were Brian Doner, Pefferlaw, who won first prize in the bareback bronc and calf-roping competition while brother Ken Doner won the bull riding class. BUCKIN1 BRONCO — Don Sarasin held on for his life during the bare back bronc-busting competition at the annual Exeter Midwestern Rodeo, Saturday. Over 100 riders competed in the two-day event. photo Mayor and councillor agree to 'bury hatchet' . PIREMEN DONATE -The Crediton volunteer fire department recently donated4500 to the Cre•iton r Boor& The money is to be used to build a tohtrete floor to be used ivr,raller skating and suitable for flooding in the winter. Above, fire thief Charlie Browning and firemehlohn Pritchard and Ken McCann make the presentation to Ken Campbell and Eleanor Roestler , T-A photo • • About 5,000 at rodeo, • , future remains -up in air- Officials judge the competition according te' Ontario Riding Association standards, The riders competed for $3,500 10 prize money and accumulate points from 10 shows in the On- tario rodeo circuit. The 10 top point winners compete in the finals held at Whitby later this year. BRONC RIDER — One of the action events at the weekend rodeo was saddle bronc riding. One of the participants is shown above. T-A photo The bull-dogging event went to pat Koehn, Brantford, and Lor- na Aylatte, Oshawa, won the girl's barrel race. Ed Prozer, New York, won first in the sad- dle Prone competition. Jane O'Neill, Toronto took the ladies goat tying contest and Ken Philips, New York, won best junior steer. LITTLE BRITCHES RIDE — One of the features of the weekend Exeter rodeo was the Little Britches calf riding event. Above, one of the contestants hangs on for 'dear life', A number of local boys and girls participated. I T-A photo Stephen okays flood map, accepts road building tender c"Ole flzefer'ainieseakwocafe One Hundred and Fourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 11, 1977 Price Per COpy 25 Cent*. One quarter school students use drugs Stephen township council has approved the recently completed flood line , mapping program of the Ausable-Bayfield Conserva- tion Authority with one excep- tion, Council members will be ask- ing for one change of the fill line in an area on Ausable Concession in the south-west portion of the township. Hole-in-one at Ironwood Ed Cosman, 13, shot a hole-ie one at Ironwood golf course this week. Ed took the perfect swing on the fourth hole and sent the ball 144 yards straight on target. Ed was playing with Wayne Parsons August 2 when the perfect shot was made. The serious differences of opi- nion between Exeter mayor Bruce Shaw and councillor Ken Ottewell which arose from the August 2 meeting of council have been settled, In a joint interview with the T-A, the two agreed Ottewell had not questioned the credibility, competence and integrity Of Shaw as reported in last week's issue of the T-A. The mayor said, "I want the public to know that ken is not questioning my credibility and integrity. We have resolved our differences." Shaw continued, "I have apologized to Ken for what I con- sider a misunderstanding and possibly inefficiency in one of the four matters discussed at last week's meeting. As a result of this inefficiency, Ken was abus- ed by the public." "I want to set the record straight with regard to the allegations made by Ken. There Were some weaknesses in his charges! I have attended Meetings and I do support the police chief. I May have let ken -down in another Matter and I have apologized if I mitt- At the latest meeting, council members discussed the new building bylaw for the police village of Dashwood with the trustees. Former village trustee Irvin Rader was named building in- spector for Dashwood. A number of tenders and con- tracts were accepted at the same meeting. Lee Jennison of Grand Bend was the successful bidder on the gravel and clay contract for rebuilding portions of two township roads. The Jennison firm will load and haul B gravel to the two sites on Concessions 6-7 and 10-11 for 85 cents per cubic yard and receive 25 cents per yard for loading the township truck, Under the same contract, clay will be supplied and hauled for 67 cents per cubic yard. Jennison submitted the lowest of four tenders. understood his request," he con- tinued. Shaw was referring to the re- cent statement by Ottewell that the mayor did not notify the Heritage Foundation that the former council chamber table was being taken to the new police station. The mayor added, "I really do not remember being told to tell the Heritage people but I probably was." Ottewell Said this week, "At no time during the August 2 meeting of council did I question Bruee's Integrity and credibility. The only time those Words were used was when I read a prepared statement and said my integrity and credibility was probably be- ing questioned." The councillor continued, "I feel satisfied with Bruce's apology regarding the table and want the record set Straiglit and the matter closed. I refused to make a statement to the London Free Press and I consider the disagreement settled." Both men agreed there were more important Matters of town business to be dealt With in the near future. Dave Morrissey Paints Limited submitted the lowest of three bids at $552 to sandblast and paint the township shed located in Crediton. Dave Siddall of Denfield will supply a bulldozer and operator for cover filling at the township dump located on Concession 14, near the south boundary of the municipality. The Denfield firm will receive $30 per hour for the work which will be necessary at least once a week. A Volkswagen used by the Huron Park division of the Stephen township fire depart- ment was sold to Daniel Tra- , quair for $75. It was the only tender. .„ Road superintendent Frank Mclsaac was instructed to con- struct 191 feet of sidewalk in several locations on Main street of Crediton. Three tile drain loan .applications totalling $52,000 were approved, subject to the funds being available. Biddulph okays new official plan Biddulph township council has given final approval to the Official Plan for the municipality and clerk Austin Hodgins has been instructed to forward 42 copies to the Ontario Ministry of Housing. Also at the regular August meeting of council, the fill line mapping proposals presented by the Ausable-Bayfield Con- servation Authority were ac- cepted. The user rate for water in the police village of Granton was set at $102 per year, subject to ap- proval by the Ontario Municipal Board. The engineer's report on the Haskett-Van Geel municipal drain was provisionally adopted and court of revision was set for September 6. The following building permit applications were approved: David Willacy, Lot 5, Con. 3, electronic shop; Don Gahwiler, Lot 31, Con. 8, house addition; David Nuttall, Lot 10, SLR, house; Alvin Johnson, Lot 29, Con, 13, house; Peter De Gruyter, Lot 17, N.B., a barn; Michael Sim, Lot 20, Con. 11, a bard and Conrad De Cort, Lot 6, N.B1, a shed. Usborne township council haS completed an agreement with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment to improve the municipality's waste disposal site. Under the agreement the township will receive $1,000 from the provincial body to make improvements, Talc collector Harry Strang reported that $174,764, being e2 percent el the 1977 interim tax levy has been collected. Council was advised that the township of Stephen has provisionally adopted the Prout municipal drain report, Ratepayers of both Municipalities are assessed, One quarter of all students in Ontario schools have used can- nabis (marijuana or hashish) at least once in the past 12 months, according to a recent study presented to the Huron County Board of Education, Monday, A total of 81.9 per cent had used -The Huron County Board of Education defeated a motion Monday calling for the removal of two English texts from the county secondary school system. Trustee John Henderson put forward the motion when a list of 13 English literature texts came before the Board for approval. He said the books "A Taste of Honey", which was on the list, and "The Diviners" which was not, should not be approved. "These are books that shouldn't be allowed in the schools," he said, He did not elaborate. Two mishaps for town force Two accidents were in- vestigated this week by officers of the Exeter town police department. Thursday, vehicles driven by Verval McIntosh, Kitchener and James Warwick, Exeter collided at the intersection of Highways 4 and 83, Constable Brad Sadler investigated. The second mishap occurred Friday and involved vehicles' driven by Terrance Cox, Exeter and Gerald Cottle, R,R, 1, Woodham, Constable Jim Barnes was the investigating officer. A police news release this week asks parents to inform their children of the seriousness of causing damage to town property, Police this week warned a group of youths aged 11 to 15 years in this regard and charges could be laid for a recurrence of this mischief, The township has signed an agreement for a supply of gravel with the executors of the Cann Estate. Council learned that road department employee Floyd Cooper had successfully com- pleted the second year at the J.D. Mahony Road Seheol and had received a certificate, A building permit application from Ronald Heywood to con- struct a paint storage and workshop building on the north half of lot 17,concessiOn 4 was approved, Council accepted the fill line mapping plan as prepared and presented by the AuSable- Bayfield Conservation Authority, alcoholin the same period, The Provincial study of alcohol and drug use among Ontario students in 1977, which included Huron County; said 25.1 per cent of students in grades 7 to 13 had used cannabis in the last year. The study which involved 104 Superintendent of Education, James Coulter told the Board that the list of Grade 13 literature books had already been in use in the school system for a long period. He said their use had not been approved by the Huron Board of Education because they were already in use before the County system was set up. "I don't think we should be taking books out that are already in use," Trustee Alex Corrigan said. After the defeat of Mr. Hen- derson's motion for removal of the books, Trustee Dorothy Wallace introduced a motion calling for the text list to be approved. The motion was carried. Later in the meeting, Trustee Eugene Frayne asked Mr. Coulter if the teachers were abiding by the rules set down by the Board which stipulate books with "questionable language" should not be introduced into the school system. Mr. Coulter said the teachers were following the guidelines. "The books on the list are not new books in the system," he said. Two men fined for assault, disturbing Two Ailsa Craig area men were fined in Exeter court Tuesday by His Honour Judge Glenn Hays as the result of an incident at the Stardust Drivein at Crediton, February 15. Joseph Ryan, H.R. 3, Ailsa Craig paid a fine of $300 on a charge of assault causing bodily harm. He pleaded not guilty. Ryan was accused of picking up a stool spindle and throwing it at a waitress after he claimed he found a hair in a sandwich, The waitress suffered a bad bump on her head, Donald Dietrich, also of R,R, 3, Ailsa Craig was fined $200 for causing a disturbance during the same incident, An impaired driving charge brought a fine of $200 to Robert W. Norton, RR. 3, Ailsa Craig. Nor ton was observed by Constable Bill Lewis of the Exeter OPP detachment driving in an erratic manner on November 30, 1976, north of Exeter. The accused claimed the erratic driving was caused by his efforts to remove his coat while the vehicle was in motion. He said he was trying to hold the steering wheel steady with his knees. schools said the users of most drugs used them infrequently in the previous year. "The majority of users of glue, solvents, heroin, speed, psychoactive drugs and illicit drugs reported using them only once or twice. However, use of •alcohol, cannabis and tobacco was much more frequent among users," the report prepared by the Addiction Research Foun- dation. Alcohol was drunk at least once a week or more by 17.9 percent of the students, cannabis was used 10 or more times by 11.9 percent of all students. About 16 percent had been drunk and 23 percent had had at least five drinks on some occasion in the preceeding month. An Exeter area youth was killed as the result of an automobile accident in Stephen township early Friday morning. James Frederick Learn, 18, of RR 3, Exeter was pronounced dead at the scene by Coroner Dr. Ray Flowers of Clinton. Learn was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Terry Stephenson, 4 Louisa Street in Seaforth, The Stephenson vehicle southbound on Huron County road 21 collided with a ditch bank at the intersection of County road 4 (Crediton Road), No other vehicles were in- volved. Stephenson suffered only minor injuries. Damages to the vehicle were listed at $1,000. Corporal Bill Freeth of the Exeter detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police who assisted Constable Don Mason in the in- vestigation said charges are In most cases there was a higher drug use among male students, except in the case of tobacco. According to the sample 52.1 percent of female students smoke compared to 28.5 percent of the males. The study found drug use was "significantly and positively" related to age, with most frequent drug use occurringin the 16 and 17 year old age group. An inverse relationship was found between drug use and grade average. As drug use in- creased grade average decreased. In the case of can- nabis, 12.1 percent of the students with the highest grade average reported use, but 40,2 percent of those with the lowest grades reported cannabis use. being laid. James Learn is survived by his parents Max and Gloria Learn, RR 3, Exeter, a sister Mrs. Jerry ( Deborah) Dillon, Seaforth; a brother Beverly Mac Learn Jr. at home; grandparents Lois and Lee Learn, Exeter and Mrs. Freida Keller, Dashwood and an uncle Brian Dillon, Seaforth. The funeral was held Monday from the Hooper-Hockey Funeral Home with Rev. Nelson of- ficiating, Interment in Exeter Cemetery. As a result of further in- vestigation by Constable Bill McIntyre, a Zurich youth has been charged with the July 1 breakin at the Tasty-Nu bakery in Zurich. The youth has been charged with possession of a narcotic and will appear in Exeter court, August 16. Alcohol consumption was also related to grade average with frequent drinkers having lower averages. Students in northern Ontario reported more use of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, LSD and other hallucinogens. The Midwestern region most often had the lowest rates of drug use. The study notes that surveys of alcohol and drug ,use typically "under-report" such use as compared to estimates derived from official records and other sources. Councillor to resign Councillor Barb Bell indicated this week she will probably tender her resignation at Exeter council's next session. She and her husband, Elmer, plan to move to Listowel and she said the distance would be too far to travel to council sessions. The sale of their Exeter property has not been finalized as vet, she said, but when it is they will move to the Perth com- munity. Mrs, Bell has been a member of council for the past two and a half years. Her husband is currently chairman of the Ontario Police Commission. He expects to retire from that position in Oc- tober, after serving for five years. He expects to join a law firm in Listowel on a part-time basis, Mr. Bell grew up in the Harriston-Listowel area and his brother is manager of the Listowel Mrs, Bell said she would miss her work on Exeter council. "It's been enjoyable to me, despite the ups and downs," she said, adding that it provided work to occupy her mind and exercise her in- tellect, Usborne signs pact on waste disposal site School board rejects removal of text books Youth killed in crash on Huron County road