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Times-Advocate, 1980-07-02, Page 1• IT WAS GOOD — The ice cream at the Hensall Spring Fair Tuesday tasted good to Aman- da Regie.r. T-A photo Eight people injured in district collisions O Two ministers commg to opening The Honorable Lorne -C.. Centralia . College of Henderson,_Minister of Agricultural Technology, Agriculture and Food and This new residence will the Honorable Douglas J. replac,e two older .existing Wiseman, Minister of facilities, Government Services, will. The., opening ceremony, officially open a new student residence at Centralia College.. of AgricUltural Technology, jwy- • Huron, Hall residence, with accommodation for 200 students,, is one of the- first Ontario. government buildings designed to reduce ,energy costs, The three storey features a .• Solar panel td, supply the building's hot water needs. ..Heating costs Are pared, by 'a heat ex- charger which reduces heatloss. through the ven- tilation system,. and design features such as double, glazed windoWs and an earth • berm which provides: ad- ditional insulation. The north-facing wall is built into a bank of earth, a feature that alsolirotects the building from prevailing. winter winds. The residence is .made up. of five pods , each with single and double rooms for 40 students, Each pod features two lounge areas, a kitchen and laundry facilities. ,The concept behind the pod design, is to encourage a sense of community in the residence. - About 95 per cent of the students _live in residence during their two years at, the chaired by Deputy Minister Of Agriculture and Food Ken Lantz begins at 2 p,m. Visitors are ,invited to tour the residence and the recently completed agricultural Mechanics buildings. Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Seventh Year Price Per Copy 35 Cents esort murder moped, -sent to Penetanguishene SCHOOL'S OUT —, It was obvious that school was finished for the summer last Wednesday at Exeter the• left to right are: Chantelle Keller, Maryann DeKoker, Dennis Crawford and Leigh Soldan. Public School. From Staff photo Matches cause fire A fire Tuesday morning in. Exeter has been attributed to children playing with matches, Damage to a bedroom at the Paul Truemner residence at 90 Andrew Street was estimated `at $1,000 by the Exeter fire department, Destroyed in the fire was a mattress and some bedding, Exeter fire chief Gary Middleton said. There was no damage to the other rooms of the house nor were either Mr. and Mrs. Truemner or their two children injured. Middleton commended the actions of one of the Truemner youngsters who shut the door to the bedroom when the fire broke out. LOST IN A HAYSTACK-- Eric Groot and Bradley Hartman appeared to be lost like a nee- dle in a haystack for the Hensall Spring Fair parade Tuesday night. Margaret Needham and the also predeceased by two late JOhn Needham, and was brothers and two sisters. NOT AS I DO — Mayor Derry Boyle always told his ball players to keep their eye on the ball whenfielding. Despite not following his own advice, Boyle made a stop on this ball (in his glove) but then threw wildly to first in council's battle with the Epp Home boys, Wednesday. Pitcher At Epp watches the slick- fielding Boyle while Lossy Fuller moves to cover the bag at first in preparation for the poor throw. Staff photo Huron Park heat will be switched AWAY UP — Bob Morrison, communication co-ordinator for the South Huron Amateur Radio Club, adjusts a tower used in the weekend field day exercise conducted by amateur radio operators throughout North America to test their abilities to set up communication during disaster situations. Area enthusiasts manned radios for a 24-hour period and con- tacted other clubs as far away as. California. Staff photo Emergency test delayed by storm Eight people were injured in the seven accidents in- vestigated by the Exeter OPP this week. None of the injuries was listed as serious. , Five of those injuries resulted from a two-car crash just north of the High- way 21 and 84 intersection in St; Joseph at 10:40 a.m., Saturday. Drivers involved were Wendy Klos, RR 1 Brucefield, and James Banks, Petrolia. The Klos vehicle had been southbound and the collision occurred when it made a left turn into the path of the northbound Banks vehicle. 0, • ' Botti'driVer"“verelaken trt % • South t . Huron Hospital as were Laurie Banks, Petrolia, and Barbara Jones, Goderich. David Klos sustained minor injuries but did not require hospital treatment. Constable Frank Giffin investigated and listed total damage at $3,000. Another two injuries were reported from a two-car collision at the intersection of the Crediton Road and concession 18-19 of Stephen Friday. Vehicles involved were driven by Daniel Galloway, RR 1 Crediton, and Sandra O'Neill, RR 3 Lucan. Ms. O'Neill and her passenger, Tammy Regier, Crediton, sustained minor injuries and total damage was estimated at $4,000 by Constable Bob Whiteford. The only other crash in which an injury was reported occurred inHensall, Sunday, when vehicles driven by Hielke Berends and Bona E. Clark, both of Hensall, collided at the in- tersection of Quieen and Albert Street in the village. Lewis Clark suffered minor injuries and damage was listed at $700 by Con- stable Ed Wilcox. A HuronPark man, Stephen Edward O'Neill, escaped injury when his vehicle went out of control after a wheel fell off and it rolled over in the ditch on concession 2-3 of Stephen south of Huron Park at 2:30 a.m., Sunday. Constable Giffin in- vestigated and set damage to the' vehicle at $1,000. Another single vehicle la sentenced to one day in jail and fined $200. The accused broke into Groves Electric in Clinton April 7 but had no time to take anything. His part in the offence was minimal and he has no previous record, Daniel L. Harrigan, RR 2 Lucan, was fined $200 or 20 days for failing to remain at the scene of an accident March 23. A pole was protruding from the trunk of the accused's vehicle and it hit another vehicle's grill, Please turn to page 3 provincial court in Sarnia, Tuesday. Klopp had been under psychiatric care on several previous occasions. He was released from London Psychiatric Hospital late this spring after a two month stay. He had been visiting his family on weekend passes prior to his release. Klopp was employed in the family business, along with his parents and four sisters. His father, Harold Klapp, Firemen save barn Quick action by Lucan firemen and neighbours averted a serious fire on a McGillivray township farm early Monday afternoon. Doug Dixon noticed smoke coming from the hay mow of his Lot 6, Concession 5 barn right after dinner. The hay was beginning to heat and it was forked out by the Liman volunteer department and about 50 neighbours who answered the call. The Lucan brigade was assisted by a tanker from the Ailsa Craig department. Lucan fire captain Jain Riddell said, "We would like to thank everyone that helped. They did a yeoman job.” collision was investigated by Constable Whiteford at 5:00 a.m., Monday. Kenneth Denomme, 17 Mary Street, Zurich, had been proceeding northon concession 8-9 of Hay when the vehicle went out of control and rolled over on its roof south of Highway 84. Damage was listed at $2,200. A hit and run was repor- owned by Ron Funston, RR 3 ted, Saturday, when a car Although the South Huron Amateur Radio Club members were testing their capabilities to operate under emergency weather situations, Saturday, their annual field day exercise was delayed for almost two hours by a thunderstorm. However, the delay was for safety reasons only, noted club preSident Walter Fydenchuk. The brisk winds following the rain also hampered in the erection of one antenna as it buckled the steel pipe. Despite the delay, Fydenchuk said the club members recorded more calls than last year as they joined the field day along with radio clubs throughout North America, The purpose of the exer- cise is to test, under 24-hour operation, amateur radio communication equipment on all frequencies, to give clubs experience to quickly organize radio com- munication in case of such emergencies as tornadoes, floods, blizzards, etc. South Huron members set up at a site near Morrison Dam and simulated emergency Conditions by Granton, was struck by an unknown vehicle while parked in Crediton. Con- stable Ed Wilcox listed damage at $250. The other collision oc- curred last Tuesday when vehicles operated by Michael Gardner, Michigan, and Evelyn Gaudry, Grand Bend, collided at the en- trance of the Shipka drive-in . theatre. Damage was set at $25 by /Constable Jim Rogers. using generators to supply electricity for their equip- ment. Three frequencies were manned by about 15 people around the clock and Fydenchuk said he and his partner made a total of 190 contacts and indicated most of the other teams ranged in that category. The members on the long distance equipment made most of their contacts along the west coast of North America as far south as California, It will be a week before the results of the „exercise are known and club members will find out how they fared in total points. "It will be much better than last year," Fydenchuk predicted, noting that members learn new techniques each year. Club vice-president Bob Morrison was in charge of the field day whichhelpsclubs to prepare for emergency situations whereby they may be called on by municipal authorities, police or Red Cross to provide emergency communication out of an afflicted area where normal tines of communication have been destroyed. A Grand Bend man is currently undergoing ob- servation at the Penetanguishene Psychi- atric Facility for the Criminally Insane. Charles Harold Klopp, 32, was arrested and charged with first degree murder last Monday following the death of his mother. He will • be held at Penetanguishene for 60 days, to determine whether he is fit to stand trial. Robert Winston Evans, Huron Park, was sentenced to one day in jail and fined $250 for break, enter and theft. by Judge W.G. Cochrane in Exeter court, Tuesday. The accused gained entry through a window into the Protective Plastics factory in Huron Park December 20 and took three cases of rye whisky valued at $279. The whisky was on hand for Christmas gifts. Twenty- five of .the 36 bottles were recovered. Damage of $20 was done to the window. The accused has a previous record. James McCaffrey, Exeter, was sentenced to 30 days in jail for the charges of break, enter and theft and breach Hof probation. The accused broke into South Huron District High School, January 11 and did $615 worth of damage to the property. He also removed a fire extinguisher from a school bus and did $860 damage to a radio. It was said that the ac- cused has had an excellent report from the principal at A.B. Lucas Secondary School in 1,,onrinn and he also has the stii)port of his family. An uncle is willing to have him work on a farm so he can earn the money to make restitution. This is the accused's second offence, It was argued that the three days he spent in custody should be considered as part of his punishment. Judge Cochrane said that restitution of such a large amount was not practical for a boy 17 years of age. Police were called, ap- parently by the accused, to the family residence at 71 Gill Road in Grand Bend last Monday around 1:30 p.m. Officers from the Grand Bend detachment found Klopp's mother, Janet Paterson Klopp, 57, laying on the front lawn. It appeared to the officers that she had been shot with a small calibre weapon. Klopp was taken into custody immediately and appearedin Temporary absence was recommended. Mark Gallagher, London, pleaded guilty to the charge of break and enter with the intent of theft and was Project cost near estimate Mike Williamson, chair- man of the Exeter Business Improvement Area down- town redevelopment project, said this week he was now convinced the project would be down to near the $90,000 estimate and that the final figures will be available for council's consideration at their meeting, Monday. The bids for the project were opened last week and the lowest price submitted was $111,282.23 by a Kit- chener landscape firm, McLean-Peister Ltd. Williamson said the contract should be down to the estimated cost without sacrificing very much of the project, which includes development of the parkettes at the cenotaph park, the PUC office, municipal office and new police station. He said the contractors had been able to cut prices by making changes in some of the planting that were required in the tender, Softie were found to be scare this year and this escalated prices, but the contractors indicated they can substitute similar plantings at sizeable savings. It is expected the contract Will be let next week and work will start in the im- mediate future. It could be 18 months to two years before the change is made according to a spokesman. David Goodyear said a corporation board of directors meeting at Huron Park, decided to "continue in the direction" of phasing out central heating. He said plans for the new heating systems, plus a cost estimate of conversion, are required first and might take two months. "If it's not exhorbitant, then we can go ahead." He said the development corporation found the steam- heating transmission lines were losing 30 per cent of the heat before it reached its customers in the industrial park. And because more industrial tenants are becoming energy conscious, less heat is needed. One ,former customer, a tire plant which used con- siderable amounts of steam heat, is no longer there, and another thatused much of the heat in its industrial process — as opposed to straight heating — has decreased its consumption, he said. As for the future of the eight employees who operate the central heating system, Goodyear said only two might be affected.Two others will retire by mid 1981, one is under contract and three would be needed to run the new system. owns and operates the Colonial Hotel and tables Tavern in Grand Bend. The investigation into the murder is being conducted by provincial constable Dennis Carson of the Ontario Provincial Police detach- ment in Forest. Officers from the Grand Bend OPP detachment were not put on the case because their office closes in September, and they may not be available for any trials which might take place. In charge of the in- vestigation is detective in- spector M.K. McMaster of the OPP criminal in- vestigation branch, Toronto. Funeral services were held for Mrs.. Klopp Wed- nesday at the Westlake Funeral Home and St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Zurich, with Rev. Norris Heubner officiating. Interment was at St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Zurich, Other survivors are her husband, Harold Oscar Klopp, and daughters, Mrs. Cameron (Linda) Anderson, Mrs. Micheal (Bonnie) McCann, Jane and Judy. Also surviving are four grandchildren. Mrs. Klopp was predeceased by one daughter, Susan, in 1976. She was the daughter of The Ontario Development Corp, announced this week that it plans to replace the central heating system with individual units for the 18 companies presently located in the Huron Park industrial park. Former residents gets 30 days Three sent to jail