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Over limit bass lands $3,200 in fines
Four London men have been fined a total
of $3,200 for offences related to possessing
an over limit of fish and illegally transport-
ing fish.
Three were fined a total of $2,200 for pos-
sessing an over limit of smallmouth bass,
while, two were fined $500 each for trans-
porting fish illegally taken from the Mait-
land River.
Court heard that in June 2009, the men
were fishing on the Maitland River in the
Town of Goderich. The men all held con-
servation fishing licences and were thereby
entitled to legally catch and retain two bass
each. The men were found in possession of
21 smallmouth bass in a shared container.
Anglers are reminded that each individual
is responsible for being aware of their limit
and fishing within it.
Justice Wilmer Hepburn heard the case in
the Ontario Court of Justice, Goderich, on
September 3, 2009.
To report a natural resources violation,
call 1 -877-TIPS-MNR (847-7667) toll-free
any time or contact the Midhurst District
office at 705-725-7500 during regular busi-
ness hours. You can also call Crime Stoppers
anonymously at 1 -800 -222 -TIPS (8477).
Impaired while asleep at wheel
On Sept.18, at approximately 8:30 p.m.
Huron OPP officers were. dispatched to Ap-
ple Lane in Port Albert in response to a com-
plaint of a fisherman who had been drinking
all day and was asleep in his vehicle. Officers
awoke the male and immediately detected
a strong odour of alcohol coming from the
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driver's breath. Through discussions with
the male in the driver seat, officers formed
the opinion that he was impaired by alcohol.
The man was arrested for Impaired Care and
Control of a Motor Vehicle.
The male was transported to the Huron
OPP Detachment where he met with a quali-
fied Intoxilizer Technician to provide two
samples of his breath. The readings con-
firmed that the male had a blood alcohol
concentration that was well above the legal
limit of 80 milligrams.
As a result of the investigation, a 50 -year-
old resident of La Salle has been charged
with one count of Impaired Care and Control
and one count of Care and Control Over 80
Milligrams. He will be returning to Goder-
ich Court on Dec. 7 to answer to the charges.
His driver's licence was suspended for 90
days as per statute.
Motorist charged with cruelty
On Sept. 19, at approximately 8 p.m., Hu-
ron OPP officers were notified of an incident
that had occurred on Malcolm Line in How -
ick Township. A witness reported watching a
woman throw three kittens out of the car she
was driving and onto the roadway. The wit-
ness obtained descriptors for the vehicle and
the driver and retrieved the kittens. Officers
then made contact with the female driver.
As a result of the investigation, a 57 -year-
old Howick woman has been charged with
one count of Cruelty to Animals. She will
answer to the charge in Wingham Court on
Oct. 15.
Boy loses life after accident
A 16 -year-old South Huron resident has
lost his life as the result of a tragic motor -
vehicle accident.
Shortly after 6 p.m. on Sept. 19, 2009
Huron OPP officers were dispatched to a
collision that occurred on private property
in South Huron. Initial information indi-
cated that some young people had been
driving a pickup truck on that property
with a sofa resting on the box of the truck.
A 16 -year-old male was driving the truck
with a passenger in the cab. Another 16
-year-old male was sitting on the sofa on
the back. For unknown reasons the sofa
fell off the back taking the young male
with it. The male was injured and was
transported to the South Huron Hospital
where he was later pronounced dead.
The victim has been identified as Cody
Johnson.
The 16 -year-old driver is in police cus-
tody and Technical Collision Investiga-
tors are on scene piecing together the evi-
dence.
Town debuts new e -look
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signal -star staff
After a week online, the Community
Development Partnerships Committee is
looking at what still needs to be done on
the town's web site.
The Town of Goderich's new web site
has been online since Friday, September
11, and clerk -administrator Larry McCabe
said public feedback on site content has
been quite good.
"We're up and running and all the com-
ments we have received are very, very pos-
itive," he said. "I think we made the right
choice for what went on it."
The site was constructhd by eSolutions
of Waterloo, and allows for town staff to
do their own updating as information be-
comes available.
Staff from each of the town's depart-
ments runs their information through the
department heads before uploading on the
site. McCabe said this helps make sure
what goes up is accurate and in keeping
with departmental mandates.
However, CDPC chair Councillor Myles
Murdock said the site is still a work in
progress and much of the work to be done
is for Goderich's business community.
Clicking on the economic development
tab on the site takes visitors to the Huron
County business directory - something
Chamber of Commerce CAO Judy Craw-
ford wants to see changed.
"It shouldn't have to go through a coun-
ty site to get to a Goderich business," she
said. "I had to click six or seven links to
get to the chamber directory."
McCabe told Crawford the economic
development part of the site is still a work-
in -progress, adding the economic develop-
ment portion is yet to be built.
A meeting is in the works with eSolu-
tions to provide council a complete walk-
through of the web site.
The Chamber and the Town are also put-
ting their heads together on a bicycle rack
plan for the downtown core. Crawford said
the chamber is looking to place eight bi-
cycle racks in the core as a way to encour-
age physical activity and get more people
downtown.
Mayor Deb Shewfelt cautioned Craw-
ford to check with the stores on The Square
first to see who would be willing to have a
rack outside their shops.
Criteria for a donation program is being
worked on for the bike racks, similar to
that for town benches.
The next meeting of the CDPC is Friday,
October 16 at 8:45 a.m.
Corrections
The article New owners mean new hours
and choices at Maitland Dining Lounge,
Wynne Elmore's name was misspelled,
as was his email address; wynneelmore@
hurontel.on.ca. The article also stated
that Wynne purchased the Maitland
Dining Lounge, but owns the company
only, as the space at the Maitland Country
Club is leased.
In the Sept. 16 edition of the Signal -Star,
The article 'Party celebrates longest sur-
viving
urviving Canadian kidney transplant' incor-
rectly stated the procedure was a liver
transplant. The Signal -Star regrets the
error. . ..........