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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2001-06-06, Page 6tbe Biytt) Ipt) 523-9381 1122:4 Call "`"e Pozi or come in for St* c) our great tasting pizza, each one made from the finest, freshest ingredients. Choose from the following toppings: pepperoni, mushrooms, green peppers, onions, bacon, olives, ham, sausage, pineapple, hot peppers & double cheese. BUY ONE and get a second for 1/2 price Thursday, Friday & Saturday 5 p.m. 'til closing eat in or take out NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF NORTH HURON The Council of the Township of North Huron has enacted By-law No. 33-2001 WHICH PROHIBITS SKATEBOARDING AND ROLLERBLADING IN THE BLYTH WARD on the sidewalks along Queen Street from the intersections of Hamilton Street to Westmoreland Street. The By-law also prohibits skateboarding and rollerblading on the Village Parking Lot located on the south-east corner of Queen Street and Drummond Street. Persons found guilty of an offence under the provisions of this by-law are subject to a fine not exceeding $250.00. The provisions of this by- law shall be enforced by the Municipal By-law Enforcement Officer and/or the Assistant By-law Enforcement Officer. John Stewart, CMO Clerk-Administrator Township of North Huron WINGHAM TRAVEL LTD. Is pleased to welcome Sherry Reavie to our Wingham Office. 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Michael Todtz appeared before Judge Garry Hunter in provincial court, Wingham. last Thursday. The court heard that on Jan. 13 of this year in Central Huron. Ontario Provincial Police officers were northbound on London Road when they observed a vehicle proceeding at varying rates of speed and weav- ing from lane to lane. Upon stopping the vehicle, police noticed that the driver, Todtz, had the odor of alcohol. A demand for a roadside screening was made, which he failed. He was subsequently arrested and taken for a breathalyzer test, which resulted in two readings of 200 mg. Todtz, who has a previous drinking and driving conviction from 1996, is 28 years old, said Duty Counsel John Myers. Currently separated, Todtz is paying support for four children, Myers said. He works full-time and can walk to work from his home. Myers asked that the judge consider an intermittent sentence to be served Continued from page 4 patterns affecting the environment, health care and education as well as other government services. Gradual cutbacks make them less and less effective and so people begin to complain about lack of service and so it seems a natural progression to privatization. Education is the one I am most familiar with. Here's. the pattern: Appoint a Grade 10 dropout as minister of education who wants to "create a crisis". Propose Bill 160 that threatens all kinds of radical changes in working conditions for teachers and methods of funding and controlling schools. This causes a province wide protest by teachers - "the crisis". Now that the public is paying attention, slip in a new Minister of Education with a university degree. Shift pOwer from local boards to Queens Park, while still forcing local taxpayers to pay half the costs. Underfund and assign each student a "square footage" to force closing of schools. Increase class sizes and provide fewer and limited selection of textbooks. Increase red tape and forms to fill, diverting teachers from time with students. Amalgamate boards of education causing great upheavals in adminis- tration and procedures with no cost savings. Change curriculums all at once to keep the people on the front lines of education busy and demoral- on weekends so that Todtz. may con- tinue to work through the week. The judge agreed, but told Todtz he is on probation while serving his sentence. He also l pilt in place a two-year driv- ing prohibition. OVER 80 MG Steven Hare, 19, of Lucknow pleaded guilty to driving with over 80 mg in 100 ml of blood. He was tined' $750 and had his driver's licence suspended for one year. At 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 21 in Wingham, Constable Nolan of the Wingham Police Service noticed a man driving a car. After observing several driving infractions, the Art offi- stopped the vehicle and noted at the driver. Hare, smelled of alco- hol. A roadside breathalyzer test was administered and registered a fail. Hare was arrested and taken for a breathalyzer. which produced read- ings of 160 mg. CAUSING A DISTURBANCE Two men pleaded guilty in court last week for their part in an alterca- tion which occurred earlier this year outside the Northern Nights Bar & Grill in Wingham. Dwight Chambers, 31, represented by Wingham lawyer Lynn Johnston. was charged with causing a distur- bance by fighting. On Feb. 3 of this year. a tight started inside the ized. Accompany all of this with nightly advertisements assuring the public that the government was "improving" the system. Force secondary teachers to teach more students (the equivalent of a team) while at the same time threat- ening to give principals the right to assign extracurricular duties 24 hours a day, seven days a week. (The government never actually put this into. legislation but kept it hanging as a possibility. Why would they do this when they were obviously creat- ing such a strong reaction amongst teachers and limiting the amount of extracurricular opportunities avail- able to students? All they had to do was take back the proposed legisla- tion. But they didn't. What did it cre- ate? Why ,a decline in service! Parents and students have come to expect clubs, sports and teams. Those who could afford it began to move their children to private schools. Now it looks as if we will end up paying for something that has been free!) Finally offer tax incentives to. move children to private schools. What does all of this mean and what .can we do about it'? Our Prime Minister tells protesters that they do not have the right to speak up because they are not elect- ed. Yet, in a recent survey, both MPs -and business leaders rated the influ- ence of MPs as very low. We are suffering under a series of Northern Nights Bar & Grill. The bar bouncer broke up the fight and eject- ed the combatants, who resumed the tight outside in the rear parking lot of the hotel just off John Street West. Johnston said her client does not admit to hitting one of the others in the tight over the head with a beer bottle. She said he got involved because he believed that several indi- viduals were beating up on one fel- low. Johnston asked the judge to take into consideration that Chambers was not considered part of the initial fight. He was fined $250 for his involve- ment. Jason Evans of Mississauga. 24, also pleaded guilty to causing a dis- turbance by fighting, with charges stemming from the same incident. Evans was among those who joined in the fight in the Northern Nights Bar & Grill parking lot, even though he was knocked unconscious. All parties had been drinking, observed Crown Attorney Rod Guthrie. Wingham lawyer Tom White, appearing on behalf of Evans, said his client's involvement in the melee was short-Vied and he was knocked out. Judge Hunter granted him a condi- tional discharge and placed him on majority government dictatorships and there is a growing ground swell of anger and frustration as neither governments nor the media pay attention to the issues which affect people in their daily lives. Who is asking real questions these days'? Where is real discussion happening'? Not on the front pages. Stockwell Day's problems receive major cover- age when it deserves only a blip. Which party is in government doesn't really matter. Each majority government acts as a dictatorship despite having less than half of the. popular vote. The major problem is the process itself: Governments are not forced to discuss or compromise with other parties in any way. Our vote once every three to five years has little effect. We want and need our opinions and issues discussed on a regular basis by knowledgeable people. The opinions of a wide vari- ety of citizens are clearly being ignored no matter which dictatorship is in power. Please Recycle This Newspaper 12 months probation. ASSAULT Roger Kamrath of Wroxeter plead- ed guilty to assault and failure to comply with a condition of his undertaking, namely to have no con- tact with his victim. An assault occurred on April 13 in Wroxeter in which Kamrath admit- tedly pushed his victim and pulled her hair. He left home, but was found later. As a condition of his bail, he was ordered to have no contact with his victim, a condition he admits break- ing on May 10 when he attempted to make contact three times in one day. Duty Counsel John Myers said Kamrath works full-time and this is not normal behavior for him. The telephone calls were not of a harass- ing, nor threatening nature, said Myers, and Kamrath really did not understand that it was a breach. "These are serious charges, but there was no serious injury to the victim," said Myers. "A stiff fine would send -out the message to the public that this type of behavior is not abided." Judge Hunter suspended the pass- ing of sentence, placing Kamrath on 18 months probation. He ordered no contact with the victim, unless in the presence of counsel or through a I believe we must have proportion- al representation that forces govern- ments to talk to other parties and seriously discuss issues and policies that take into account all citizens, not just the privileged few who have access to the leader's ear. - We need to lobby our parties and governments for proportional repre- sentation and I for one will vote for the party that promises a fair and bal- anced form of proportional represen- tation. Which party will-promise me that'? Linda Easton, Goderich. third party and also ordered Kamrath . to take alcohol and anger manage- ment counselling. A five-year weapons prohibition also was put in place. Writer says proportional rep. will make politicians listen