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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1994-12-07, Page 1Photos Feature Community News Feature page highlights Santa’s visit to Brussels See page 6 Peacemaker returns home from Haiti See page 12 4 page insert of Christmas carols See page 15 Huron 4-H members get awards at achievement night See page 24 Klopp candidate for Huron NDP By Amy Neilands Huron MPP Paul Klopp was chosen to once again represent the Huron New Democratic Party (NDP) in the upcoming provincial election. The Huron New Democratic Provincial Riding Association met at the Clinton Town Hall on Thursday night to choose their candidate for the next election. Incumbent Klopp was the only person nominated at the meeting to represent the Huron NDP. Paul Ross stepped forward and made his nomination of Mr. Klopp. "The thing I've always respected about Paul...his feeling of the welfare of the people. The other reason is his belief in the individual...standing up for the individual. People like you, people like me who are just everyday ordinary folk," said Mr. Ross. Another thing that Mr. Ross said he admired about Mr. Klopp's character as a leader was his determination to fight for an idea and to stick with it. "He's like a terrier...He grabs onto an idea and the more you kick to get him off, the stronger he grabs onto it until he does whatever he can to achieve the thing that he believes in passionately." Robert Huget, MPP, Minister Responsible for International Trade, was the guest speaker for .the evening. He described Mr. Klopp as being dedicated, enthusiastic, a hard worker, and a fierce lobbyist. He spoke of the difficult times the NDP has had over the past four years, being right in the middle of a RIDE underway Once again the Ontario Provin­ cial Police are working to reduce impaired driving through their annual RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign. In effect since 1987 the roadside spot checks have proven to be very successful in preventing drinking and driving. In its first week of the campaign, from Nov. 27 to Dec. 3, officers recession, but he said the "positive results are beginning to show." He noted that fewer and fewer people are relying on government assistance and regaining steady jobs. "Some people blame us for a worldwide recession. We don't control the global economy. There is a limit to what government can do," said Mr. Huget. While Mr. Klopp accepted his nomination, he reflected on his past four years in office and spoke of some of the things the NDP has done for Huron County and the province. "Standing here tonight I feel proud of the progressive initiatives this government has done," he said. He noted the success of the Bly th Festival as an example. He said that through jobsOntario, the Festival has created a plan where they will no longer have to depend on government assistance. Mr. Klopp, a lifelong resident of Huron County and a farmer near Zurich, has been involved with the NDP since the late 1970s. Prior to being elected as the Huron MPP in 1990, he was a municipal council­ lor for Hay Township. Presently as MPP he is the Parliamentary Assistant to Ontario's Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and was chair of lhe Rural Advisory Committee. "I am also very proud of the headway we have made in rural community development," he said. Through rural community development, Mr. Klopp said, "For the first time in history, rural Continued on page 7 from the Wingham OPP detach­ ment have checked a total of 582 vehicles. From those there have been five 12-hour license suspen­ sions, one charge of impaired and eight other liquor related charges. Goderich OPP checked 257 vehi­ cles from Nov. 27 to Dec. 3. As a result they laid one impaired charge as well as two 12 hour license sus­ pensions. There were also seven liquor related charges as well. Collision in E. Waivanosh Tobacco Act, a hot issue For those who have long enjoyed a cigarette while getting a trim al the local barbershop or a few puffs between loads al the laundromat, lhe provincial government has just passed a law- which prohibits such activities. The Tobacco Control Act, pro­ claimed on Nov. 30 and discussed al a press conference al Clinton Town Hall on Dec. 2, disallows smoking in public areas of retail establishments, hairdressing salons, barbershops, financial institutions, laundromats and video/amusement arcades and limits smoking to des­ ignated areas in hospitals, nursing homes, private vocational, post sec­ ondary institutions and common areas in enclosed malls. Smoking is also prohibited in school buildings, bn school property and in day nurs­ eries. Regulations regarding the sale of tobacco products include: prohibit­ ing the sale of tobacco to persons under 19, banning vending ma­ chines for such products as of Dec. 31, eliminating lhe sale of packs containing less than 20 cigarettes, requiring retailers to post age limit and health warning signs, slopping lhe sale of lhe products in hospitals, nursing homes, and homes for lhe aged and forbidding lhe sale of tobacco in pharmacies or premises which have a pharmacy. The objectives behind the act are to prevent children and teens from starting to smoke and to protect the public from environmental smoke Continued on page 8 A minor accident occurred in East Wawanosh Twp on Dec. 3 at 11 a.m. A Wingham OPP spokesperson said that Gordon Campbell, 44 of Belgrave, was travelling east on Cone. 2/3 when the trailer he was lowing behind his 1989 Dodge Ram van was struck by a 1986 Chev Astro van which had pulled Tractor trailer jackknifes The driver of a tractor trailer had a scary few minutes last week on Blylh's Queen St. According to a spokesperson from the Wingham OPP, Reginald Charlton, 55, of Sarnia, was travel­ ling north at 9:15 a.m. Nov. 30. As out of a private drive. Police charged Craig Roulston, 19 of RR3, Blyth with failing to yield and with driving without a license. Neither man was injured. The Roulston van sustained severe dam­ age while there was minor damage done to lhe trailer. he tried to increase the speed to go up a hill the empty trailer he was pulling jackknifed across the road and struck a pole. There was minor damage to lhe trailer. Mr. Charlton was not injured.