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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-09-04, Page 1CRASH CLAIMS FLYER — Harvey Richard Miller of RR 2, Tara died late Saturday afternoon as the result of a single plane crash at Sexsmith airport, north of Exeter. Pilot 'error was cited as the cause of the accident which destroyed the light aircraft. Viewing the wreckage along with member of the Exeter fire department was Corporal Bill Freeth of the Exeter OPP, T-A photo FUELING Uli — Leonard Greb of Sexsmith airport assists Bunker Hill of Reeces Corners in fueling up as he prepares to leave Sunday's fly-in at the local air strip. T-A photo Trail bikes are booted, bicycles come close too r"'"gr:',IF:7777,7.7-7!•-•• --77-TrT dvoc & North Lambton Since 1873 Price Per Copy 35 Cents Serving South Huron, North Middlesex sNr One Hundred and Eighth Year FORMER MP RECEIVES CLOCK — Former Huron MP Bob McKinley received several gifts at a huge dinner held in Clinton Wednesday including this clock made by Ervin Rader of Dashwood. With Bob and Audrey McKinley is riding president Marg Bennett (centre). Staff photo • McKinley night draws big crowd Riding says thanks, Bob MPPs including Bruce 1-laliday of Oxford, Bill Kempling, Burlington, John Wise of Elgin, Bill Knowles from Halidrnond-Norfolk, current Huron-Bruce MP Murray Cardiff, Liberal MPPs Murray Gaunt and Jack Riddell, Gary Gerbin from Bruce and long-time provincial member of parliament for the area Charles MacNaughton of Exeter. Among the several gifts which McKinley and'his wife Audrey received was a grandfather's clock hand- crafted by Irvin Rader of Dashwood. McKinley also received a silver tray and a medallion minted in honour of former Canadian am- bassador to Iran, Ken Taylor. These items were presented to McKinley by federal PC whip Kempling. Reviewing McKinley's political career in an often humorous address was member of the local riding association Doctor Tom Jasper of Goderich. Alluding to the former MP's well-known interest in harness racing Jasper made reference to McKinley's first campaign back in 1965; "I understand rumours had spread through Ottawa that Bob had even financed his campaign with winnings of one favourite horse-Scion Grattan However, Keith Coates filled me in on the reliability of race horses for it was one night down at Please turn to page 2 THE FIRST DAY — For many area youngsters Tuesday was the first day of school. Shown waiting for the bus in Creditor are first year kindergarten students Douglas Jones and Jodi Armstrong. 't.A photo Motorcyclist badly .:hurt in :road crash Tara man dies at area airstrip. Road and Owen Read 21 north of Huron Park, There were no injuries and damage was estimated at report last Saturday when $700 by Constable Ed Wilcox, a vehicle driven by Charles The other accident was Schnurr,, RR .3 Komoka, left Pilot error was cited as the cause of a single-engine airplane crash which claimed the life of .a Tara area pilot at Sexsmith air- port late Saturday afternoon. Harvey Richard Miller, RR 2 Tara, was killed when his craft went into a nose dive as he made his ap- proach to the field located, about two miles northwest of Exeter. He was alone in the aircraft which exploded and was engulfed in flames. Exeter OPP Constable Jim Rogers said no defects could be found in the plane'. "From what a witness said, we feel it was pilot error, bad judgement," Rogers com- mented after investigation by police and federal transport officials. Miller was flying through hazy weather to Exeter for the annual "fly in" in his Aeronca Model-11. craft. He was an experienced pilot, The airstrip.on the NMI of Leonard Greb is operated by a group of local pilots, The fly-in on Sunday went ahead as scheduled and the remains of the burned air- craft were still in the field. On area highways over the past week, the Exeter OPP investigated six accidents. One of them resulted in major injuries for a 26-year- old London motorcycle driver. That accident occurred on Sunday on Highway 21 north of Highway 83 when Gregory Murray was in collision with a motor vehicle driven by Kevin Huyghe, Sterling Heights, Mich. Both were northbound and Huyghe was proceeding to turn left into a private lane as the motorcycle was in the process of passing, Constable Bob Whiteford listed total damage at MA. Murray was taken to. South Huron Hospital and then transfeq•ed to University Hospital in London, There was one collision reported on Saturday at Cantin Beach Road west Of Highway 21 in the St. Joseph area. A vehicle driven by John McLeod, RR 1 Strathroy, failed to negotiate a curve on the road and rolled over in the ditch. The driver sustained minor injuries and Constable , Jack Straughan, listed total damage at $1,000. There were two other crashes over the Labor Day holiday weekend period, both occurring on Friday, In the first one, a vehicle driven by Stephen Donaldson, Grosse Point, Michigan, failed to stop at the in- tersection of the Gore Road and concession 18-19 of Stephen and struck a checkerboard sign, fence and continued into a farm field. Constable Don Mason investigated and set damage at $65Q, The other Friday crash occurred at the intersection of Highway 21 and 83 and involved vehicles driven by Cheryl Chapman, Exeter, and Julius Giglio, Detroit. Damage was listed at $1,000 by Constable Whiteford. On Monday, vehicles operated by Raymond Varley, Centralia and William Fraser, Grand Bend, collided at the in,- tersection of the Crediton Highway 81 north of the Crediton Road and struck a fence after travelling through the ditch. Constable Den Millsen set damage at VW lame for air lane eras Town to write off BIA sale account. After considerable debate that lasted through two meetings, Exeter council agreed this week to write off the account for the Business Improvement Area sidewalk sale. The costs incurred by the town works crew this year in erecting detour signs amounted to $357.53. Councillor Al Epp had suggested a month ago that the account be written off as an expression of council's appreciation for the downtown revitalization project being undertaken by the BIA. Last year, council had also written off the account at the request of the BIA, but had advised the businessmen that this year's account would he collected. Tuesday night, Epp said the businessmen were helping in many town projects and this was one way council could show their appreciation. Mayor Derry Boyle said the sidewalk sale attracted many people to the com- munity and it could be considered good ad- vertisement for Exeter as a whole. The lone dissenting view was expressed by Lossy Fuller. She suggested that council consider buying more Christmas decorations that would beautify all Exeter and not just the merchants in the core. In another matter dealing with the business com- munity, council asked the police committee to study the situation regarding merchandise being displayed on the sidewalks. "That's one way of getting off the hook," Boyle said as dOuncil toolCtliat ,step 'after , debating the matter for some time. Will hire deputy Two letters had been received, one from the ministry of in- tergovernmental affairs noting that council could pass a bylaw under the Municipal Act prohitibing the obstructing of sidewalks. It was reported that Mississauga has prosecuted merchants successfully under a section in the act. The letter also reported Please turn to page 2 The employee relations committee, established earlier this year, tabled a 10- page report for Exeter coun- cil this week, recommending retroactive pay increases for three employees. The committee had been formed in the face of corn- Some months ago, Exeter council expressed interest in having trail bikes prohibited from using all local parks. Tuesday night, they came within a whisker of eliminating pedal bikes, model airplanes and a variety of other machines when they were presented with a bylaw on the subject. The bylaw had been moved for first and second reading before Councillor Don NEW VICE PRINCIPAL — Gordon Phillips, former prin- cipal at Central Huron in Clinton assumed his new duties as vice-principal of South Huron District High School, Tuesday. T-A photo There's going to be some "udder nonsense" at the Exeter fall fair. Two are hurt in two crashes Two people sustained minor injuries in the two ac- cidents investigated this week by the Exeter police department. Wednesday night, a motor- cycle driven by Garth Clark, 145 Mill St., collided with a car driven by Wayne Nicholls, 306 Carling St., resulting in damage of $4,- 000. The collision occurred at the intersection of Main and Gidley and Clark suffered lacerations to his hand. The other crash occurred on Main St. on Sunday in- volving vehicles driven by Darrell Postill, R.R. 3, Clin- ton, and Paul Vanderspek, 83 Main, Exeter. A passenger in the Postill vehicle sustained minor in- juries and damage was only $40, Constable Brad Sadler investigated. Cameron noted that bycycles would be prohibited and he questioned if it was really the intent of council to go that far. Police Chief Ted Day said all vehicles, even those powered by muscle, had been included so they would be covered in case there was a problem with them in the future. Cameron said that was going beyond the present needs and he didn't want to legislate bicycles out of the parks. "You can beinjuredjust as badly by a bicycle as a Motorbike," Councillor Ted Wright noted. The bylaw prohibited "any vehicle drawn, propelled or driven by any kind of power, including muscular power" from using the parks except for the roadways designed or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic. "The concern was over the illegal use of motorcycles (many of the youngsters are unlicenced and uninsured), and the concern has gone one step further than we wan- ted," Cameron said in Over 900 well-wishers gathered in Clinton Wed- nesday to pay tribute to retired , Huron MP Bob McKinley. The veteran member of parliament who retired prior* to this year's election after 14 years of service, was the recipient of several gifts and accolades from several prominent members in- cluding Progressive Con- servative leader Joe Clark. In attendence were several current and past MPs or plaints over the salary in- creases granted to clerk Liz Bell, secretary Laurie Dykstra and building inspec- tor Doug Triebner. They had been promised the matter would be reviewed. Serving on the committee were council members Don Cameron and Jay Campbell, while Mrs. Bell and works superintendent Glenn Kells represented the employees. The report set a "more logical system of salaries" according to Cameron, who presented it. He explained that salary ranges for four positions had been establish- ed and that similar ranges would be established for all town employees. All the recommendations were approved by council, including one that the com- mittee would be established as a permanent part of the committee structure for council and that it continue its work with the eventual goal of establishing job descriptions and appropriate salary ranges for all employees. Cameron explained that the Ontario government was interested in having municipalities form such committees to undertake job descriptions and salary ranges for all positions and Exeter was taking a Klopp returned for observation Charles Klopp has been committed to the mental health centre for the criminally insane at Penetanguishene under a mental health act warrant until he's determined fit to stand trial. Klopp 32, was charged with first degree murder June 23 following the death of his mother at their home on 71 Gill Road in Grand Bend. He was held in custody for 60 days observation at Penetanguishene. Klopp appeared in court n Sarnia August 22 and his case was remanded one week. He did not appear again on Friday, and the court was told that he would be held at Penetanguishene until he is ready for trial. Information on which the charge was laid, will be reissued at that time. party at the are Brenda T-A photo leadership position in that regard. The committee recommended thatIVIrs. Bell be given a retroactive in- crease to $21,000 as of January 1, 1980 and a further increase to $22,050 on her employment anniversary, which was January 31 of this year. Her previously ap- proved salary was $20,000 per annum. Mrs. Dykstra, now designated as a secretary- receptionist, was given a retroactive pay increase to $10,418 as of January 1 and moved to step five on her an- niversary on May 26 for a current stipend of $10,939. Clerk-typist Donna Glan- ville had her salary boosted to $8.600, an increase of $400, also retroactive to January 1. The committee also recommended that a deputy clerk-treasurer be hired again, explaining that the current workload of the municipality has placed an unnecessary strain on the existing staff following the resignation of the former deputy, Brian Parsons. The new salary schedule for the clerk-treasurer covers five ranges from a low of $20.000 to $24,310. Mrs. Bell has been placed in Please turn to page 2 Nick Coutu, a member of the Exeter police depart- ment for about three in'onths, has resigned his position, Chief Ted Day said Coutu resigned effective last Saturday and that the police committee would review the applications that were received in May to ascertain if a replacement could be found without having to advertise the position again. No reasons were given for the officer's resignation. In his monthly report to council, Tuesday, Chief Day presented the following statistics for August: Eleven accidents with three injuries and property damage of $10,355, 14 drivers charged and 10 warned, 14 charges under the Liquor Control Act, one impaired dri4r, one charge under the. Narcotics Control Act, four parking tickets issued, eight thefts with loot of $280 of which $50 has been recovered, six mischief incidents with property damage of $470, 11 animal complaints, one break, enter and theft with loot of $80 still under investigation, two cars stolen and one recovered, one fraud investigation. New sign law given approval Exeter has a new sign bylaw, but council decided this week not to, adopt a section which would have made it mandatory for all non-conforming signs to be removed within five years. Councillor Don Cameron suggested some of the town's own signs wouldn't conform to the new bylaw and suc- ceeded in having the five- year limit removed. However, no structural alterations may be made to existing signs without a permit and Cameron said this would lead to the non- conforming ones being phased out. "Retroactive legislation always gets me, " Cameron said in reference to the situation. The fee for a sign permit has been increased to $10, double the previous figure. Policeman quits post An udder contest for Exeter's fair Usborne reeve Bill Morley, who is also warden of Huron,. has challenged the heads of three area councils to a cow milking contest. Exeter Mayor Derry Boyle indicated Tuesday night he has already accepted the challenge, while Stephen Reeve Ken Campbell and Hay Reeve Jack Tinney are expected to follow suit. Boyle told his cohorts on council that he had at- tempted to milk a cow when he was 10, but indicated he had little success. Councillor Jay Campbell quipped that with a name such as Derry, it would in- dicate the mayor would have more experience with the process farther down the road. Councillor Lossy Fuller, who was left to see if council could organize a town float for the fair parade, said she'd like to have Boyle displaying his milking abilities on a float. However, the Mayor said he would be content to ride in his usual position at the head of the parade. reference to the inclusion of bicycles. Councillors Fuller and Wright moved the first and second reading, but they were opposed by Councillors Camero'n, Epp, Campbell and Williamson. It was then amended to include vehicles propelled or driven otherwise than by muscular power and sub- sequently passed. The fine for infractions was set at $28. SETTING AN EXAMPLE — Supervisors at Friday's roller skating masquerade South Huron Rec Centre set a good example by dressing up. From the left O'Neill, Leah Preece, Larry Ryan and Scott McPherson. Clerk goes to $22,050 aI