HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-08-02, Page 2‘Bumper" jumps
Brad ‘Bumper’ Beuermann looks suspended in mid-air as he
cannonballs in to the Brussels’ Lions Pool on Tuesday. The pool
was filled with young and young at heart who were trying to
cope with last week’s humidity.
Brussels man gets fine,
probation over assault
Police handy for Brussels crash
A Brussels man received a three
month probation term and was
fined $500 after pleading guilty to
assaulting another village resident.
Chuck Mason of 210 Turnberry
St., Brussels pleaded guilty in
Wingham Provincial Court Wed
nesday to attacking John Janes in
Brussels. The court was told that at
12:30 a.m. on June 17 Mr. Mason
asked Mr. Janes to go with him to
the Brussels library to see another
man but when he got him there he
struck Mr. Janes several times and
ripped jewellery off his neck. Both
Firemen battle
combine fire
Brussels firemen were called to
extinguish a blaze that started in a
wheat field at Concession 3, Lot 30
of Morris Township, just north of
Brussels on Wednesday, July 26.
Jim Bolesworth of RR 1, Ethel was
unloading grain when he noticed
that a fire had started in back of his
combine’s cab. Fortunately, accor
ding to a Fire Department spokes
man, the firefighters .-’ere able to
put out the flame before a. y of the
wheat was ignited.
Estimated damage to the com
bine was unkown but the cab and
wiring harness were destroyed.
Cause of the blaze was also
undetermined.
Mr. Janes and another man tried to
stop the assault.
Mr. Mason admitted he should
not have attacked the man. “The
guy who I assaulted, I felt he had it
coming to him but the police said
you can’t do that’’, he said.
Judge R. G. E. Hunter told Mr.
Mason “with your record you’re
borderline going to jail’’. However,
he decided on the probation and
fine instead, giving Mr. Mason six
months to pay the $500 fine.
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Canada Day started with a crash
and a hangover that will last 12
months for Sherri K. Coulter of RR
3, Brussels. Ms. Coulter pleaded
guilty in provincial court in Wing
ham Wednesday to impaired driv-
ing and will lose her licence for 12
months.
The court was told Ms. Coulter
got into her vehicle in the Brussels
Last contest
winner named
Mrs. Hugh Johnston of Brussels
is the final winner of the “Sounds
Fishy” contest in The Citizen.
Mrs. Johnston’s entry was chos
en from among the entries that had
correctly found the four letters in
the “Sounds Fishy” promotion
page in last week’s issue. She will
win a fish a chip dinner for four at
the Brussels Hotel. This was the
final week for the contest.
Brussels
People
Annie Thynne treated her family
members to a dinner in honour of
her 89th birthday. Thirty-seven
guestrs sat down to a delicious
roast beef dinner, served by the
Anglican Church ladies, in the
church basement on Sunday even
ing, July 23.
Ray Crawford, brother-in-law of
the celebrant, said grace. Vonne
Brister of Orillia, paid tribute in
a fitting manner and proposed a
toast to her grandmother. Annie
thanked everyone for their atten
dance, the gifts and cards she had
received, and to the ladies who had
done a superb job of preparing and
serving the meal.
Following dinner a social hour
followed on the lawn at Anne’s
home. Guests were present from
Brussels, Wingham, Shelbourne,
London, Orillia and Bayfield.
Ada Thornton of Kitchener and
Mildred Jacklin spent an enjoyable
day on Thursday at Niagara on the
Lake and took in a one and one half
hour boat tour on the Niagara
River.
Hotel parking lot about 1:45 a.m.
July 1, put the car in gear and
backed into a pickup truck. Con
stables King and Dore of the
Wingham O.P.P. detachment were
sitting outside the Brussels OPP
office at the time and heard the
crash and went running to the
parking lot only a few feet away.
They found Ms. Coulter sitting in
her car, crying. After smelling the
odour pf alcohol on her breath they
gave her a breathalyser test that
showed readings of 220 and 210
mg. of alcohol per 1000 ml. of
blood. Readings over 80 mg. are
considered impaired.
Judge Hunter fined the woman
$750 as well as the 12 month
suspension.
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Michael Farrish of Bluevale also
received a 12-month licence sus
pension and a $750 fine after
pleading guilty to driving with over
80 mg. of alcohol. The court was
told he had been stopped in a check
stop while driving south on County
Road 12 in Tumberry township on
March 11 at 4:10 p.m.
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