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The Citizen, 1990-10-31, Page 25THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1990. PAGE 25. Belgrave Kinsmen withdraw request for funds from Morris At a meeting of Morris Council earlier this month a delegation from the Belgrave Kinsmen with­ drew their request for funding from the township for the proposed Belgrave Community Centre reno­ vations. Gorrie man gets jail term A Gorrie man with romantic problems and a violent temper was sentenced to 90 days in jail after beating up a suitor of his wife for the second time in six months. Judge R.G.E Hunter passed sentence on Donald Grant Koch after Mr. Koch pleaded guilty in provincial court in Wingham Oct. 24. Judge Hunter was told that Mr. Koch had been separated from his wife since June 5 and she had been dating another man. Mr. Koch had kept tabs on their activities and on June 30 broke down the front door of the home where they were staying and went upstairs where he found the man in the bedroom and started beating him. He grabbed him by the hair and smashed his head into the wooden bedframe. The man escaped and hid behind the house until he could call the police. Defence attorney Allan Mill said this was the second time Mr. Koch had been involved in such an incident. On March 28 in Wingham court he had received a $350 fine and been put on probation for another occasion on which he had broken down the door of a man involved with his wife, and beaten Woodstock man pleads guilty to possession A Woodstock man’s speeding violation got him into triple trou­ ble when he was stopped by Wingham OPP Sept. 22. Judge R.G.E. Hunter was told in provincial court in Wingham Wed­ nesday that Wingham OPP stopped the car in Morris township at 4:45 p.m. for speeding. When the officer approached the car driven by Robin Redmond of Woodstock he smelled alcohol and saw empty alcohol containers in the car. He also smelled the odour of cannabis. While searching the car for alcohol the officer discovered a five gram vial filled with an oil black sub­ stance under the front seat of the vehicle. It was found to be cannabis resin (hash oil). Mr. Redmond was fined $100 for possession of the prohibited drug. 12 tables atBlyth euchre There were 12 tables in play at the weekly euchre party at Blyth Memorial Hall Oct. 22. June Jacklin and Eldon Crich had the high scores while Marion Haggitt and Don Buchanan had the low scores. Jean Scott and Bernice McClinchey had the most lone hands. Mel Jacklin won the special prize. At the lost heir card party Oct. 24 Feme Howatt and Harve McDowell had the high scores while Dorothy Daer and Harvey Sillib had the low scores. Feme Howatt won the special prize. There were five tables in play. Due to Hallowe’en there will be no lost heir party tonight (Oct. 31) but the games will resume Nov. 7. The Kinsmen had announced their plan last spring to reconstruct the front of the present arena, which is located in East Wawa- nosh. The new facility would include a viewing area, change rooms, kitchen facilities, commun­ ity hall, washrooms, and new him. Mr. Mill said Mr. Koch was 28 years of age and had been married three years. There had been on­ going marital problems, he said. He had a job so the attorney asked that he hoped the judge would recommend the Temporary Ab­ sence Program to allow Mr. Koch to keep his job. Judge Hunter agreed, sentencing Mr. Koch to 90 days in jail for the assault. meeting rooms, in addition to housing the East .Wawanosh muni­ cipal office. At a more recent meeting of Morris Council the following state­ ment was issued by Council. “In the summer of 1990, the Kinsmen Club of Belgrave came to the Morris Township Council and asked for a grant of $20,000 advising that this was the amount requested from East Wawanosh Township. “Morris Council was in agree­ ment that something should be done, since a new front on the Belgrave Arena was a necessity. “Morris Township has spent a great deal of money in Belgrave on street lights, sidewalks and paving the roads ($78,000 in paving alone), in this last term of office. “The council considered how the funds would be raised for the Kinsmen project and felt that a public meeting would be a good opportunity to discuss with the ratepayers how the money should be raised. “The council had agreed to give a grant to the project and raise the remainder by a special tax levy for the part of the municipality that is served by the Belgrave arena. “Due to health problems of the reeve, the public meeting was postponed from the original date set. “The Township of Morris does not have a history of giving capital grants of more than $5,000 to any community centre and the council did not feel that a precedence should be set at this time. “The Kinsmen Club attended the Oct. 11 council meeting and the council spent a great deal of time discussing the matter in a closed door session, on the request of the Kinsmen Club. The Kinsmen felt it was not in their best interest to collect part of the funds on a special mill rate. “When the Kinsmen left the meeting, they submitted a letter to the council requesting that the funding request (that would be placed on a special levy) be withdrawn. “The Township of Morris Coun­ cil feel that this decision should have been made by the ratepayers and not the Kinsmen, so at this time the council has not consider­ ed their latest request. “The council also realizes that it will take agreat deal of work and money for a new front on the arena, and that everyone must work together to finalize the project.’’ Morris Twp. Clerk Nancy Michie said that Council has made no decision concerning the reschedul­ ing of the public meeting, nor has there been any discussion as yet.