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The Citizen, 1989-02-01, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1989. Grey Twp. pot crop brings jail term for Brampton man The cultivation of a Grey Town­ ship marijuana crop with what police estimated as having a poten­ tial street value of $162,000 has cost its growers jail terms. Harry Singh, 47, of Brampton was sentenced in Wingham District Provincial Court on January 25 to 12 months in prison, and his son, George, 21, of Guelph, to 90 days, after both pleaded guilty to charges laid last September. Wingham OPP arrested the pair after keeping the pot patch, in a secluded area of Grey Twp., under surveillance, then seized and destroyed 800 marijuana plants. George Singh will serve his sentence on weekends, but Judge R.G.E. Hunter turned down the defense counsel’s plea for a lighter sentence for the older man, telling Mr. Singh “It’s people like you that keep the drug problem going.’’ In other drug-related cases dealt with at the January court sessions, Barry C. Smith of RR 4, Hanover, was fined $100 after pleading guilty . to a charge laid last September of possession of a narcotic. Also, Daniel Edward Strome of Clifford pleaded not guilty to a charge of possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking, also laid last September. April 19 has been set as the date of a preliminary hearing into the matter. Although Judge Hunter last fall told those appearing before him on liquor-related charges that he would levy a fine of only $600 against those who pleaded guilty to the offense, but of $750 if the individual pleaded not guilty but was later found to be guilty, he was reverted to assigning the heavier fines in virtually all impaired driving charges. “There’s just getting to be too many of them ... (the higher fine) is just his way of getting the message out that they have got to be stopped,’’ said one of the officers on court duty. Many of the 45 cases on the January 25 docket were liquor-related. The police RIDE program was instrumental in stopping both Gene Frederick Porter of Wingham and John Robert McGillawee of Inwood from driving while impaired; last Wednesday Judge Hunter fined Mr. Porter $750 plus the manda­ tory first-offense 12-month licence suspension after he pleaded guilty to an impaired driving charge; while Mr. McGillawee, a second­ time offender, was given 15 days in jail plus the mandatory two-year license suspension after pleading guilty to three liquor-related char- ces laid last October. $750 fines and 12-month suspen­ sions were also handed out to John T. Glousher of RR 4, Wingham and to Donald Lawrence Fitchett of London after both pled guilty to charges of impaired driving. The licence suspension should not be a problem for Mr. Fitchett: he didn’t have orie at the time the charge was laid. Bruce P.W. Currie and William D. Brintnell, both of Wingham, Sharon J. Jackson of RR 1, Wroxe- ter, and David L. Vincent of Exeter all made brief appearances before Judge Hunter last Wednesday, and all were remanded to later dates when they will be spoken to on liquor-related charges. But Keith R. McLean of RR 3, Brussels, Jack Schuitema of Harriston and Robert Oddfellows, Rebekahs host euchre The Oddfellow Rebekah euchre was held in the Lodge Hall. Nine tables were in play. High prize winners were Kate Wilson and Mildred Nichol; low, Freda Pipe, R. Bauer; lone hands, Mary Davidson and Emerson Mit­ chell. All enjoyed a social time and lunch served by Oddfellows and Rebekahs. Allan Schnarr of Kitchener will all be back to face trial at later dates after pleading not guilty to liquor- related driving charges. Because of the already burdened dockets for earlier courts, Mr. McLean was scheduled to face trial in Wingham on June 28; Mr. Schuitema on April 27; and Mr. Schnarr on May 17. In other court news, William Leonard Rowsell of Clinton pleaded guilty to a charge of making obscene telephone calls to a Blyth woman, while William Charles Wood of Vanastra pleaded guilty to harassing a second Blyth woman by telephone over the past few months. Each man was charged with a $250 fine and put on probation for 12 months. In what Judge Hunter referred to as “a long, drawn-out affair,” Richard A. Morris of Kitchener (formerly of Listowel), pleaded guilty to a 1985 charge of fraud involving the passing of a forged cheque to Bainton’s Old Mill in Blyth for more than $400 in late 1984. The court was told that several articles of leather clothing had been recovered from Mr. Morris’s residence, but in remand­ ing the man until July 26 for sentencing, Judge Hunter said he could keep the articles as long as he made restitution to The Old Mill. Finally, John E. Selent of RR 1, Lucknow was let off with a suspen­ ded sentence and a 12-month term of probation after pleading guilty to a charge of passing an NSF cheque to John Cullen Chev-Olds Ltd. in Wingham for the full price of a 1988 Chev pick-up worth more than $16,000. Judge Hunter agreed with duty counsel Alan Mill’s request for a suspended sentence for Mr. Selent, saying “One has to wonder at the business practice of (Cullen Ltd.) in letting a customer walk off with a $16,000 truck ... it’s beyond belief.” The judge also refused to order Mr. Selent to make restitution for the 5,000 km. he put on the vehicle before it was returned to the dealer, saying “I have absolutely no sympathy for (Cullen) in this case.” Sharon Plron Secretary to the Director of Hospital Education Victoria Hospital I came to a point in my life that made me realize everything to which I aspired demanded a degree. The anxiety was horrendous. After all, everyone knew that adult students didn 't learn as quickly as their youthful counterparts! However, what everyone neglected to mention was we are miles ahead of the game just having lived those extra years and having experienced so many of life's trials and tribulations I am on my way now! And far from only absorbing what the university has to teach me, I feel I am. along with the other mature students, adding to the learning environment After all. we bring with us not only age and experience but also different perspectives. I am closer to attaining my aspirations, but what is better, I realize now the rate at which one learns is not at issue The issue is to identify the quality of the knowledge we possess, and ultimately, what we do with that knowledge. 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