HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1991-09-25, Page 26PAGE 26. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,1991.
Opening snip
Jim Kerr of James Kerr Construction cuts the ribbon to officially open the new Maitland View
apartment building in Brussels on Saturday afternoon. Watching the event is Jean Kerr, and
on Mr. Kerr's left, Reeve Gordon Workman and former Reeve Cal Krauter.
Rebekahs plan
The regular meeting of Morning
Star Rebekah Lodge, Brussels took
place on Tuesday, September 10
with Noble Grand Janet Mc
Cutcheon presiding. The meeting,
the first of the Fall season, was pre
ceded by a delicious pot luck sup
per. There was a good attendance.
At this meeting the Charter of the
Lodge was draped in memory of
United Way
forming
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the amount given and the size of
the community.
People who give to the United
Way can designate which agency
they want their money to go to or
can also designate any agency they
don't want to see their money go to.
The member agencies are asked not
to undertake their own campaigns
during the United Way campaign.
The money given to the United
Way must stay in the area, Mr.
Sauve said. It cannot go to provin
cial or national organizations
through their local branches. In
addition, no more than 15 per cent
can be used for administration pur
poses and Huron is hoping to spend
less than that.
Variety Fair
Vema Thomas who passed away in
June. A donation was made to the
Wingham and District Palliative
Care Services.
Plans for the Variety Fair to be
held on Friday, October 4 and Sat
urday, October 5 were made. All
donations of good used clothing
will gratefully be accented.
Reformers plan
next step
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dians want to be proud to be Cana
dians again," he said.
Gurr said they are planning
another meeting for late October in
Clinton to adopt a new constitu
tion, and elect an executive.
The party will then chose a can
didate for the next federal election
through a unique screening process
that includes answering 100 ques
tions on their background.
"It's (being an MP) is a very dif
ficult job. We want people with
integrity who would be able to do
the job. That person could be any
body in the riding. They may not
even be a member of the party yet,"
Gurr said.
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Driver keeps licence on technicality
A Wingham man had drunk driv
ing charges against him thrown out
of Ontario Court in Wingham
Wednesday when it was revealed
he wasn't informed by police he
had the right to have a lawyer pro
vided to him through legal aid.
Calvin A. Burke, 65, of Scott St.,
Wingham had been charged with
driving while his ability was
impaired and driving with more
than 80 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of
blood after an incident on Aug. 10,
1990.
John Van Der Aa, an officer with
the Mitchell Police Department,
said he was in Wingham that
evening with his daughter and
friends who were playing a ball
game. After the game, about 10:57
p.m., as the team was going home,
Const. Van Der Aa drove to a
donut store with a van-load of girls.
As he pulled in, he saw a Ford Van
backing out of a parking spot and
he could tell it was going to back
into another parked car. He sound
ed his hom io warn the other driver
but the collision took place any
way. When he saw that the driver
was about to drive away from the
accident, he got out and approached
the van and toid the driver he had
hit the other vehicle. The driver
said he didn't believe there had
been a collision but was persuaded
to gel out and examine the other car
which Const. Van Der Aa estimat
ed had sustained $300-$400 of
damage. The Mitchell officer said
the van driver, who he identified as
Mr. Burke, had the odour of alco
hol, had bloodshot eyes and walked
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with a slight stagger. Questioned
by Mr. Burke's defence attorney,
the Constable said on a scale of one
to 10 of impairment, he'd put him
at an eight.
When the van driver said the
damage was minor and got back
into his vehicle and appeared ready
to drive away, Constable Van Der
Aa identified himself as a police
officer, placed Mr. Burke under
arrest and called in the Wingham
Police Department.
Const. Ed Daer of the Wingham
P.D. arrived at 11:01 p.m. to
answer the call. He questioned Mr.
Burke who, he testified, couldn't
produce any papers except an
expired insurance certificate. At
11:10 he arrested Mr. Burke and
subsequently he was given a test on
a roadside breathalyser and taken in
for a full breathalyser test which he
failed.
But Constable Daer never even
got to tell that part of the story in
his testimony. Questioned by
Crown Attorney Bob Morris as to
whether he had informed Mr.
Burke of his constitutional rights,
Const. Daer said he had, then vol
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unteered the information that he
had not told him he had a right to a
legal aid lawyer if he couldn't
afford one because, he said, the
Wingham Police had not been
issued with new cards at that time
on which the right to have a lawyer
provided had been included in the
rights of the arrested party.
The moment he made that com
ment the defence attorney, Ms Szi-
lassy, was on her feet but she didn't
even have to protest to Judge R. G.
E. Hunter. Mr. Morris interrupted
to ask Judge Hunter for a short
recess so that he and the defence
attorney could look up the date of
the judgement which had said that
defendants must be informed they
have a right to legal aid or their
rights have been abused. After
recess Mr. Morris told Judge
Hunter that the decision had come
down in March of 1990 that
accused must be made aware of
their right to have a lawyer provid
ed to them. The offence in question
took place in August. Under the
circumstances, the charges were
dismissed.
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