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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-12-28, Page 1104 { [EXETER TOYOTA 242 Main St. N. Exeter Across from O.P.P. Phone 235-2353 • 1 Since 1873 December 28, 1988 WV 1 Gaiser-Kn • 1 Insuranc Exeter 235-2420 Grand Bend 238-84 jlensall 262-2119 Clinton 487; 9747 Price per copy 60 cents 8000 41414t4ffR FDEPT. 149 _Art 1.11.111.11 •--t• autAta :••••e s .ads Milt,. r.% 1 New truck - The Exeter Fire Department's, newest piece of for Exeter in British Columbia. David Rye, Hub representa- :equipment is this- $166,000 Hub Fire Pumper, custom built tive, talks with fire chief Gary Middleton Wednesday. Fire board gets $166,000 pumper • EXETER -.The Exctcr and Arca Fire Bo ard•has a shiny new pump- er toreplace a 27 -year-old truck. The'pew European -style Ford numper':was eusiom-built for Ex- telcr by Hub Fire Trucks of Ab- botsford- B.C. and Was driven. to the cetmliany's Cambridge branch fol. -equipment .before deli very. The total cost.of-thc new fire ve- hicle is about S166,00(). David Rve. who delivered the truck Wednesday, said his compa- ny -' expects. its trucks to,last at least - 20 years. They arc constructtd .from aluminum, stainless steel and molded fibreglass. reducing rust de- terioration. Rye said Huh is one of only two - companies in North America build- : ing vehicles for fire- departments with such construction. The pumper can .deliver up to 840 gallons per minute with an ad- equajesupply of water, but also has an 1,100 gallon tank on board as well as a foam system. Fire. chief Gary Middleton de- scribed his department's newest acquisition as an "all round better . truck" . than the one it replaces. He said it is a replacement long • overdue because the Insurance Ad- visory Board recommends fire ve hides be no older -than 20 years. Middleton flew to Vancouver a few. .weeks ago to tour the Hub plant and give final inspection to thc pumper and said he was very impressed -with thc operation. Similar Hub trucks have been purchased recently by other arca fire-dcpartmcnts, including Hen- sall. Middleton expects six months training will be required to famil- iarize the 25 -member volunteer department with the new piece of equipment. The .truck will see use throughout the Exeter Arca Department's coverage of Usbornc Township, parts of Stephen and -Hay Townships, and Exeter. Inside Ashley's Attic New retailer in Zurich page 5 -Ice sculptors Carnivalteam travels to compete page 7 Swedes coming - Bantam international • game tonight page IA • Fines for underage EXETER - Justice of the Peace Doug Wedlake dealt with a number of charges arising from undcrage drinking when he ilresidcd in Exet- er court on December 20. One Exeter youth who had plead- ed not guilty to consuming liquour - while under age was found guilty and fitted $100 with 30 days to pay. A previous record showed two prior convictions involv- ing liquor earlier this year. Robert 'Coulos, Centralia, was found guilty In his absence of eight charges involving underage drinkers while he was employed as a bar tender at the Stagger inn, Centralia. He had entered not guilty picas to all charges. The first four charges were for selling liquour to four intoxicated - persons. on September 4. Three of these were 17 at the time, and one was 15. The next four charges were for selling liquor to cach of the four, all of whom wcrc under the le- gal.drinking age. Coulos was fined $125 on each of the first four counts, and $100 each for serving the 17-year-olds and $150 for selling-hc1uor to the 15 - year -old, He was given tbree months to pay the total levy of $950. Thc accused has since been dis- missed from his job. Denise M.. Denomme, Huron Park, who was working at the Stag- ger Inn at the time as a waitress, pleaded guilty to the same eight charges. She was fined$53.75 on each of the first four counts, and re- ceived suspended sentences on the second four. She has three months to pay her fine of $215. Jack Taylor,' RR3 Exctcr, was drinkin fined $53.75 for failing 'to keep his dog on a leash or tied up. A lady and -her four-year-old child who had been standing at the corner of Hu- ron and Edward Streets on Novem- ber -1 retreated to a garage when the collie -shepherd cross came up- to them and started barking and growl- ing. The dog, which has never bit- ten anyenc,.will..be kept tied up. J. Alan Gillard, RR 1 Muirkirk; was found guilty of speeding on November 15 on Highway 23 in Usbornc township despite his ex- planation that he was lost, was in a rush to get to Owen Sound, was having difficulty reading the speed- ometer on the nes company car he was driving, had never intended to break the law, and would lose his Class 13 licence if he lost any points. Hc paid the S47.25 fine impciscd by the JP before leaving court. • 1988 was a busy year • January 6.. Bruce Shaw announced his candidacy for re- election as mayor -for thc fall municipal elec- tion. Rosi Haugh was appointed as .new editor of the Times Advocat!. • - • All 455 students of .Exeter Public School .wcre.finadly back under one roof as -renovations of their fire -damaged school neared completion. • 'January 13 Tanya Dcaville of Centralia -was selected to - go to 'the Calgary Winter Olympics as one -of the 100 torchbearers to take pan in the -opening ceremonies of the games,• • Holly Gully of Varna were fighting to keep their market as the top sellers of three -wheel all -terrain 'vehicles. Nevertheless, the ATVs were taken off the market several weeks later. The Exeter Hawks were the runners up in their eleventh annual tourney hosted for Junior D teams. Thc Huron County Playhouse reported a bodm in subscription sales for what was later to become a financially disastrous season. January 20 Mayor Bruce .Shaw told town council the present Huron County Police communications system might be changed. Council advocated a new centre for communications be established in Clinton, in the hope that current high costs, confusion, and personality conflicts be elimi- nated. The move came after Wingham left the I luron system to join. with Hanover for similar reasons. Thc Exctcr Agricultural Society announced the theme for the 1988 Fall Fair would-be a fo- cus on rutabagas. When the fair came around, people wcrc actually seen bowling with the vegetables. The 39 -year old Zurich arena is in need of ex- tensive renovations to keep its position as a centrepiece of the community. Repairs to the auditorium's floor and an increase in seating ca- . pacify %fere considered essential tosontinue to accommodate rental business. Seventeen -hundred people crowded the South Huron Recreation Centre to see the invitational precision figure skating competition. Chair- man- Ann 'Baynham described -the event as a "great success". The Exeter Mohawks were having a hard time keeping their competiti'•e edge. in their Central Senior B division as they aimed their sights squarely at Hardy Cup action. • January 27 Kathy Whiteford became the first woman elected to the chair of the South Huron Recrea- tion Committee. Hensall clerk treasurer Betty Oke was paid tribute by local politicians on her retirement from 10 years of serving Hensall. Joel Harris was presented as the new general manager of the Blyth Festival Theatre. Dave Frayne, postmaster of Hay Township, was preparing.for his role as a volunteer patrol- ler for the ski slopes of Nakiska during the Winter Olympics. , February 3 .. EIeter council voted to purchase a new cruiser .. for town police: The vehicle was expected to costatiobt S15,000. Council also discussed the possibility of bringing a garbage recycling pro- gram to Exeter, using blue boxes in which resi- dents separate glass, paper, and metal recycleahle materials. PUC chairman Murray Greene was rewarded for 25 years service to the town's commission. The Lucan Lions got approval for their pmjcct to bring a 30 -unit senior citizens apartment complex to the village. The project was giver-, the go-ahead in recognition of the need for such .. accommodation even though Lucan is restricting construction due to water and sewage capacity ' shortages. - Hawks coach Dave Bogan described his team as "brainless" aftcr they blew a 5-2 lead•over Brussels only to.settle with a 7-7 tie. Mean'- while ean=while the Mohawks finished their season with . 20 wins, only one lots and three ties, leaving them fathead in rut place in their league. February 10 Exeter's fust mayor, Benson Ward Tuckey, passed away at the age of 82. Tuckey served as, reeve for six years and was mayor for only.onc. Perhaps his, greatest achievement was his in- volvement in making South Huron Hospital a reality in 1953. , The Lions sportsmen's dinner was billed as a roaring success when 500 sports fans arrived to meet such stars as Billy' Graham . and Eddie Shack. The Exeter BiA came out in opposition to the Please tum tb page 2 a Pipeline distribution back on track for Hay .HAY TOWNSHIP - Some town- ship cottage owners can expect to be connected to the Iakewater pipe- line sometime next summerr-now that the Ontario Municipal Board has upheld Hay's appeal of an order halting work On the- distribution project. Last summer Hay Township's view. Water projects officer Barb Rau said tenders for the distribution systems have. now been invited from contractors so work can com- mence in the spring. While die OMB rejected only the flat rate; the rate structure also in eludes frontage charges and an op- tional connection fee. . plans to bring pipeline water to cot The flat rates are to cover the tage subdivisions were put on hold costs of bringing-swater from the when the OMB refused to approve Highway 21 line to the subdivision similar projects in several munici- and range from S i 30 to 5840. palities because of their rate strut Frontage charges depend on thc size tures based on.a flat -rate for service, of line brought to the cottages and. cost anywhere froth S7.5 • Hay appealed the ruling and S7.50 to S9) per _ re- ceived word in December their ap- foot. peal was upheld. Three subdivisions quick off the mark to get their projects approved The affected subdivisions were St. already have water service because Joseph Shores I, Cedar Banks, they were connected'before the Highlands II[ ElmwoodandBa M B • Am!ularice crew ready delivers EXETER - Baby Sarah Irvine, brand new daughter of Betty and Stewart Irvine, RR 8 Parkhill, made her debut in a rather uncoil-. ventional manner at 6:18 in the morning of December 27. The baby, weighing in at seven pounds 12 ounces, was born in an ambu- lance parked at the side of High- way 4 near County Road 5. The Irvines were being trans- ported to South 13uron Hospital in Exeter when Mr. Irvine asked driver George Elliot, owner - operator of North Middlesex Am- bulance, Parkhill; to pullover and stop, as the baby was not going to wait any longer. - - Bei -ng present at the miracle of birth was not a first-time experi• - ence for either Irvine, Elliot or his 'partner Ed Anderson.- Irvine had been in the delivery zoom when his first child, also a girl, was - born. The two ambulance officers were trained emergency medical assistants, and each had previous- ly assisted with deliveries in an ambulance. "Everything went well", Mr. Ir- vine said later. "Sarah was in my arms from the time she was born until we got to the hospital and the doctor cut the umbilical cord." Asked to describe his feelings, Irvine answered in one word. "Thankful." Dr. BiII Stcciuk, the doctor on duty when everyone arrived at the Exctcr hospital, credited the am- bulance crew with doing a remark- able job. Betty Irvine and Sarah have since bcci-Hransfcrred to a hospital in London. Quiet week for OPP EXETER - Officers of the Exeter detachment of the Ontario Provin- cial Police report a very quiet Christmas holiday week. A total of 37 general occurences and three traffic accidents wcrc in- vestigated. They laid 17 Highway Traffic. Act charges;11 liquor related charg- es and issued 12hour. driving li- cence suspensions 'to five drivers. Three people wcrc charged with im- paired driving. Each of the three accidents in- volved only one vehicle and no in- juries wcrc sustained:. On Wednesday, December 21, a' vehicle driven by Gerald Cook, Ex- ctcr struck a hydro pole in -the po- lice village of Centralia causing 5200 damage. Thc next day, a ..vehicle operated by William Tinney, Hcasall slid off Highway 4 and rolled over, in the' ditch. - • On Christmas Eve, a vehicle driv- en by Steven Kirk, Lucan left the roadway of:C cession 2-3 of. Ilay township and rolled over in the ditch. • Form- Vietna EXETER - Thc Canadian Viet- nam Veterans Association has been formed and an Exeter• man is a member of thc executive. Stan Blakey who resides at 169 Andrew street in Exeter -is national second vice- commander and repre- sentative for the province of Onta- rio. Onc event planned by the organi- zation in 1989 is a memorial cere- mony on September 17 at St. Ber- nard de Lacolic in Quebec in honour of the 30,000 Canadians who served in Vietnam with the United States Armed Forces. Invited to attend au:: Prime Mini- ster Brian Mulroney and presidcht- cicct George Bush of the United States. Blakey who spent two tours in the U.S. Marines in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968 said veterans frorp this war ate not recognized -by the Canadian government or Veterans Affairs: He continued, " I1 was the most devastating war 'as far as • the 'human hein is concerned. We group can't still heal from the psycho- logical scar of the jungle." ."For years we have been fighting forour •benefits and also for recog- nition. Finally, we found the solu- tion. Why not build our own Me- morial Monument likc they did in Washington? "This would surely bring atten- tion and also why not form an as ,sociation that would bring all vete- rans and civilian symapthizcrs . together to form a group that the governments would •have to listen to." - Thc Exctcr resident added, "it's unfortunate that it has taken us 20 years 16 get : organized and seek government assistance." The R.E. Pooley Exctcr branch of the Royal Canadian Legion has made a donation of $300 to the' _ Vietnam :Association. Blakey is . • also a member of the local Legion.- - egion.- Of the donation, Blakey 'said, " . It's fantastic. -We. arc all veterans. Wc hope out •govcrnments'will-lis- ten. You can't write off 31),000 per- sons?" ' ' • Legion -Donates - Exeter Legion treasurer Glenn Robinson presents a $300 cheque to Stan Blakey, second. vice -to 'o ander bf the Canadian Vietnam Veterans Association.