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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-07-20, Page 2i Pa 2 Times -Advocate, July 20, 1988 SIDEWALK SUPERINTENDENTS - Af the back left Reeve Bill Mickte and PUC Commissioners Murray Greene and Harry-DeVries are among those watching PUC employees repair the watermain break on Exeter's Main street, July 13. Jailsentence for do g EXETER - A long session of pro- vincial court on July 12 ended sud- denly when one of the lawyers be- came ill and was taken to hospital by ainbulance. Before that hap- pened, numerous cases had been de- ckled. Dennis Ford, RR2 Zurich, was sentenced to 30 days in jail to be served on weekends from Saturdays at 6:00 p.m. until Sundays at the same time for causing unnecessary pain_ to a dog. After being told by his landlord on April 29 that his five -week-old puppy would have to go because of its barking, Ford killed the dog by hitting it several times bn the head with a hammer. Ile put the body in a bag and kept it on the premises until May 10 when the landlord investigated an odour. Ford was ordered to consume no al- cohol during the entire period while the sentence is being served. :Edward William Coleman, 413 Andrew St., Exeter and Stephen James Anderson, 285 William St., Exctcr, were each fined $100 or 10 days,in jail after pleading guilty to causing a disturbance by shouting and fighting on Victoria St. .Cen- tralia, on Junc 21. Douglas Mason, RR2 Dashwood, pleaded guilty to possession of nar- cotics. He had been stopped on May 29 in Stephen township be- cause of a burned -out licence plate light. The police officer detected the odour of freshly burned cannibus resin in the vehicle. A search turned up a five -gram bottle of res- in valued at $50, and resin was also found on a paper clip and a screwdriver. - Mason, who had no previous record, was fined $150 and give n 90 days to pay. Joseph Klepic, Main St., Exeter, was scntcnccd to three months in jail for breaking into the South Huron Rec Centre on October 1, 1986. Hc and two companions had pried open the rear door, then 'used a crow bar to get into the au- ditorium and the concession booth. Cigarettes, candy and various food items were taken in the robbery. John D. Windsor, .73 Sanders W., Exeter, pleaded guilty to steal- ing car audio equipment valued at $700 from a car owned by Terry -Alexander on June 5. He was fined S200, with 60 days to pay. Marilyn Chapple, 385 Andrew . St., Exeter, pleaded guilty to steal- ing money from The Exctcr Lc- gion while employed there. She had taken money from the Nevada fund on two occasions in March while making out the night depos- its. Chapple has made full restitu- tion of the $639. She will be sen- tenced on September 13. • Mike G. Masse and Gregory Overholt, both of Zurich, wcrc each fined $200 for activating the fire alarm at the Dominion Tavern in Zurich on January. 19. Dan Duwyn, St. Thomas, was ordered to keep the peace for a 12 - month period after uttering threats which made Robert M. Bell, Lon- don, fear for his safety. Robert J. McCallum,, Kippen, was picked up for impaired driving on April 23 and lodged in a police cell for almost an hour. Two days later the caretaker noticed water on the floor. Further inspection showed .the bolts on the toilet had been removed, and the mattress cover had been upped. No one else had been in the cells during that time. McCallum entered guilty pleas to a charge of driving with a BAC over 80, and Mischief. He was -fined S750 and given a 12 -month driving- suspension on the first charge, and fined an additional S 100, put on probation and ordered to make restitution on the mischief charge: He was given 15. days to pay. McCallum has a prior record of mischief and assault. Four people pleaded guilty to im- paired driving. They were Bonnie June Dillon, RR4 Parkhill, Mark . Charles Broadwell, Kitchener, Gre- gory J. Ford, RR2 Ailsa Craig and James R. Reid, 133 King St., Hen - salt. Each was fined S750 and driv- ing privileges wcrc suspended for . 12 months in each case. Osborne township sets 1988 mill rate A large increase in both public and separate school_requisitions will be apparent on the 19$8 tax bills sent to Usbornc township residents. The switch to full market value assessment is also responsible for part of this year's added bite. This year's -rates were sct at the regular July 12 meet- ing of council. A mill rate of 16.093 for resi- dential puhlic school supporters, 16.341 for residential separate school supporters, and compara- ble commercial rates of 18.932 and '19.224 will raise a total of SI,177,594: This will raise a total of S 1,177,594, almost dou- ble last years total of $985,351. The $322,461 municipal bud- get is up 5.4 percent, and the 5191,115 county level is up 6.8. The 'elementary public school V 17,333- represents a 28.5 percent increase, and the secondary school budget of 5263,392 is up 36.9 percent. Separate school requisitions show even larger increases. The elementary school budget of $30,516 is up 41.8 percent, and the secondary school tax of $22,777 represents a 40.3 per- cent jump. A letter of resignation from Councillor Ross Ballantyne was read. Ballantyne has moved to Exctcr; as the result of Bill 106, he is no longer eligible to serve in a municipality where he is no longer a resident. A deadline of Tuesday, August 2 at 12 noon has been sct for re- ceipt of written notice from any elector interested in serving as a council member for the remain- der of the current term. The Usborne Township Histo- ry Book Committee asked coun- cil to remind residents that fami- d farm histories arc due b October 15, 1988. -` Five tenders wcrc opened for construction of the Ausable Riv- er Drain. The contract was awarded to Van Brec Drainage and Bulldozing, who submittal the lowest tender of S 11,953. The highest bid was for . S23,861. A request for further advances under an Ontario Home Renewal Loan was turned down as too much time has elapsed since the date of the original application 10 years ago, and thc applicants present adjusted family income is too high for eligibility criteria. • The building "inspector -reported that four building permits add,. one demolition permit wcrc is- sued in Junc. Council consented to the drain- age superintendent's request for construction of a grassed water- way adjacent to Branch C of the Sereda Municipal Drain on lot 5, concession 3. - '. Tcn cis iv rtie caned for the 1988-89.snoWplowing season. 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NOM 1S0 (519) 23.5-1304 For complete computer sales and service we are associated with LAND EPSON • Cota►ur[M a nntNYERS Fox,- - . •rg.stetrd trtadtmar$ of Epson Corporatwn • cial Police continue to remind motorists that the RIDE program is still in effect, and spot checks will be conducted on arca roads. -A total of 54 occurcnccs were in- vestigated this week and 80 charges -wcrc laid. These included 71 under the Highway Traffic Act, seven Liquor Licence Act infractions and three fdr the Criminal Codc. The first of three accidents oc- . cured Monday, July I 1 when vehi- cles driven by Mark Morrissey, RR 2, Crediton and Edward Lam- port, Exctcr collided at the intersec- tion of Stephen Concession 10-11. and sidcroad 5. Hannah Lamport, a passenger in the second vehicle suffered Minor injuries. Friday at 9.05 p.m., vehicles op- erated by Peter Gubbcls, RR 1, Mount Brydgcs and Clarence La- tour, Huron Park wcrc in collision on Huron road 21. Both drivers suffered minor injury and both ve- hicles wcrc severely damaged. A veh cls driven by Julie Hen- drick, R • 2, Crediton went out of control at 10.45 p.m., Saturday on Huron road 6 at the curve and struck two highway signs. it was raining at the time. Pool condition slammed by committee EXETER - A repon, tabled by a public inspection committee ap- pointed by the Attorney General's office, strongly criticized the condi- tion of the Exeter public pool, but facilities manager Cam Stewardson says the findings arc mis-guided and unfounded. "In general, these facilities ap- pear to have degenerated unsuitably and seem to require substantial re- pair and/or rebuilding," the report' stated. "The panel could not help but feel that if this, facility were primarily for adult recreation, .it would not have been allowed to de- generate to this condition nor would it be permitted to remain in its present state of disrepair." Stewardson points out that, not only is the committee unqualified to pass judgement on the facilities, they toured the pool before Rec staff had cleaned it up for summer use. Rec Board chairman Kathy White- ford agrees with Stewardson's view of the report. ",I was surprised because they did (inspected) the pool in May before •it had started to be opened," White- ford said. "I feel that was some of the reason for those negative conk` ments." In their report, the committee rec- ognized the fact that they were in- specting the pool before it was opened. The panel recognizes that this fa- cility has not yet opened fora the summer season," the report reads. "However, the severity of this facil- ity's structural problems will not be alleviated by even the most diligent spring clean-up" Stewardson explained that some of the equipment looks rusty be- cause:it is operating in a rnoist en- vironment. Rust is not an unusual thing around a pool,'he maintains. Among the points in the report: • the pool walls suffer from severe pitting • • the pool floor and deck are very , rough • .the chlorine and -filter rooms have undergone'makeshift repair and the doors and locks appear flimsy • the system of swimmers enter, ing the building allows for people / to sneak in and children shorter than the counters could easily be missed. ` Stcwardson noted thatthe com-� mince admits early in the report; that they do not feel qualified to pass judgement on the facilities: The report was sent to the facili- ties committee for study. New senior facility at Huronview Continued from front page share of the total, $15 million pack- -age for the Huronvicw and northern satellite buildings has been set aside. There is a commitment in princi- ple for a considerable amount of money," said Linda Girard, the min- istry's London arca program super- visor. "I think the sooncr the deci- sion is made, the better it will be but there's no gun being held to anyone's head. - Some council members had spec- ulated that there was pressure from the province to build now or lose the capital grants which have been set aside. Lcona Armstrong; Grey Reeve, committee member and foriner war- den, urged council not to stall the decision. "I really feel that it would be irre- sponsible of this council, after all we've been through with this, not to make the decision. It should not be -passed on to the next council," - Armstrong said. . The report accepted by council last week follows a study .which found Huronview to be outdated and badly in need of -improvements and renovation. Ministry officials said last -year that funding a new facility would " be a priority' following a complete survey of present and fu- ture needs of seniors. The -committee was to identify those needs and prepare a report which would -look at how many beds, how large a facility; what kinds of services and what type of facility would be needed. . Scniors groups, hospital officials, operators of private seniors homes and other wcrc consulted during the lengthy process, which resulted in last week's 108 -page document. The report calls for an eventual re- duction of beds, to 240 in the new facilities (160 at Clinton, 80 in the north) within five year;. Currently, Yes, it really did happen EXETER - The meeting that wasn't hcld,actuallywas. At the July 4 meeting of Exeter councilit was reported that coun- cillors could not remember if a public works mccting had• been - held or not since the previous ses- sion. . Monday night, chairperson Lossy .Fuller who was on.holidays at the time presented a report of a Junc 22 meeting. Reeve Bill Micklc, also on the committee said, " I thought you wcrc talking about another meet- ing". Works superintendent Glenn Kclls reported that the portion of Mill street between thc CNR tracks and Mary street was town property. As a result, the commit- tcc recommends that portion be brought back to a passable gravel road as it was before. The PUC be informed itiat overhead hy- dro is all that is required. Donna Glanville, -secretary of the planning advisory committee will be asked to put the proposed policy for entrances itt intersections back on the agenda for the next meeting. A tetter from the Bluewater Club of the Canadian Council- for the Blind will be forwarded to the, po- lice committee and die Exeter BIA. It listed concerns regarding hazards such as bicycles along sidewalks. Gerry Mills, was hired for the works department at a starting sal- ary of S10.60 per hour with an in= crease of 24 cents per hour at the end of September. "Mills replaces Larry Mason who resigned recently after 11 yerars on the works deparuncnt staff. - At Monday's mccting of council, Mayor Bruce Shaw presented Ma- son with an -appreciation plaquc for his lengthy service to the town. • lluronvicw was 310 beds; '129 tor residential care and 181 for extended care.- But because Huron County has an expansive list of homecare programs aimed at allowing seniors" to age in place, the report suggests that fewer residential care beds will be required in future. - The new plan calls for 240 multi- purpose beds, since the need for ex- tended care beds is expected to rise - to that number. The Clinton facility would con- tinue to house a laundry and admin- istration offices, while the overall concept moves toward decentraliza- tion. It was that, and the question of funding, which drew the only real criticism. Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle urged the executive committee to look at fewer beds in Clinton and more at Other sites. "We have to look at the total county," he said. "i'm not sure. that 160 beds at one location, -with only - -guarantees to the north and assu- rances 10 the south is the way we avant to go." - - Micklc also said he was not -satis- fied with the ministry's vagu9. promises of priority funding. He wanted instead a promise that the province would guarantee 50 percent of the. -total costs, not just the first phase. But others said it was not realistic for Huron County Council to ex- _ pest the ministry to promise money - before the council had even accepted the report. "We're playing_ a little game here, aren't wc. We're trying to get a firm commitment from them and - thcy'rc trying to get a firm commit- ment from us;" said Colborne Reeve Russell Kcrnighan. Don't forget the Sidewalk Sales days NATIONAL TRUST JULY, 1988 INVESTMENT RATES ARE SOARING! GUARANTEED RATES. 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