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• Committee rules. MPP's
privil
e breached
J
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of
rlia-
leave
a few
vote. went against the ad -The all party procedural. the Libel and Slander Act in its committees.
com ttteee found Ebel ` viewoutcome and saitie was d year in which a citizen wee could is year.
session
on untile late riintcasescivil
wheraction.
there is a
A committee of the On -limitation period during
feria legislature found the vice of the committee's recommended
ittee further and an application to the O The whichina: citizenpr must take
United Auta_Workers guilty lawyer who concluded the recommended them neral 'for Labor RelationsBoard
un- R ddoeIrs 38 oirthe lLegislative traordinarramifications are really ex- . seek legal
said he would thMacLean said the coin
Th
ed the pr of- having breach- parliamentary
hadn't violatedriilethe ofe the attorney -general to right (such as a libel and
the MPP parliamentary privilege of review lrivile}esr covering 'der the `and slander breached. That. section on says theh committee's lawyer
finding comply advise
the decision. the 1 w'ivoulerp mean on of leal action or forego his
for the Huron -Middlesex ofwslander.. suit), a libel
eegal— a Jack Riddell. MPPs' privilege sos the corm The UA i
decision some legal expertscon- The commthata voted again in can address the issue remarks action is tmaden noutsidewthe arrest. etent on ortmoleSta- jeopardize appearto
rights of in libel and slander suit. redress" wheresoughtm in "immediate
rights altogetherdeprived byt thei
n
warn has far-reaching coo- to recommend the again the fall. cause or period of .MPP immunity
citizens
for the rights of legislature take no action Because theess. legislature
isganother privilege e -nob of af naturecivil yduringea ngmciv IoaCiionsblagatnst tariotl Supreme Cour t.
Hon courtsfor s support anor child
sequencesagainst the UAW over the in summer recess,
s
citizens and MPPs. in sum report will thbee
tabled involved in the Riddell case session of five d rin a their MPPs." couldn't be served until next custody from an MPP — the against civil action, he said.
The decision. on a 4 -to -3 bre• with the clerk *of the house. — which protects MPPs 20 days before or after.. He said the prohibition January. ordinary •citizen would be nia. es B fob Riddell, said
• ,�-0 1: 'r, ��-'? , It may come up for debate in from being sued for cam- UAW la wyer _Lennox period during which civil ac- That is because the house forced to postpone the oxer
the tall. moots in the house itself or MacLean said in an inter -tion 'cannot be taken would is only in recess and the cise of his or her normal Please turn to pa e 3
The complaint of breach -
of privilege by Riddell was
made last March after, the
•UAW initiated legal action
a dinst the Liberal MPP , ;t
g aJ
over remarks rbade in con- Z1
nection with the controver-
sial strike at the Fleck
Manufacturing plant in
Huron Park.
The legal action involved a
notice of intent to sue under
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Exeter council members
came under fife this week
for action taken at their last --- -
meeting to speed up the
approval procedures for the
Masonic lodge to build a new
hall behind the Exeter OPP
building at the north end of
town.
Council had passed a
bylaw to initiate an amend-
ment to the official plait-Co`t
'allow for the commercial
building to be built oh land
presently zoned as in-
dustrial. The bylaw was
passed even though it hadn't
even- been written at the : One Hundred and Fifth Year
time.
GETS JAYS BALL — Donna Preszcator of Stephen Central Local builder Jan -
• School hod the honour of throwing out `the lust pitch at o re- VanHaarlem said it was Problem over a a rtm e ��iscent Toronto -Blue Jays ball ganie.•She was one of 835 safety "unfair" that,council shouldppatrollers.from Huron and Bruce counties who were taken to take such action on behalf o{
---TorQntathrou_gh the courtesy of the OPP. Donna received on the lodge after telling him
.ouhigraphed ba'sebalt-from Totonto catcher Allan Ashby. that there was nothing that o�Vedonce again
could•be done in regard to his 's res • .
request to build a cern-
Damages
orn-
mercial building on in- = 4
•• The on -again, oft -again Boyle presented a motion Before leaving e
nor trial land located just ;,. apartment complex planned that a new building permit meeting, he advised council
Dcirnages are h� hgg north of the bridge. by Exeter developer Len be issued for the spamoot that after consulting with his
• i don't see why I "'� ; �„�' Veri in the block bounded by project subject to the town architect, he would be able to
in
Cras�lesey Carling-Sal,orsGidley- and the developer raching comply with council's
holiday shouldn't be able to get a re uest that his planned
something the same as the ./� f� ` �' William streets, should ben an agreement whereby the request Masonic lodge,' he told t.i • '�•'t `: again this week [allowing a house located on the north lot commercial project in
Damage amounted to over comm the former Chain-
OPP
by Steven Schroeder, council et their Tuesday �'�� ,� tis . new agreement hammered on Carling St. would be g
•,� �'!xi'� .z - i + wa buildin be altered so
$13.000 in seven accidents in Dashwood, and Keith night meeting. -� ; � � ,� , out after a lengthly demolished within one year Y g
vestigated by the. Exeter Kavelman. Kitchener, :v ,' discussion, at Tuesday of the issuance of the permit. that it would .not extend
"It's quite unfair towards ,. r: beyond the eastern lin'tits of
OPP this week. All the ac-. collided on Highway 83 at me and it appears there's a "'"' night's council session. "Willthatshave everyo a `(r
At their last meeting, so we don't have to come the Gunn Home Hard are
cidents occurred over the j the junction of High% Zl. bit of favoritism going on." �. 4 { r ' . buildin
.. hula holiday weekend, In a single vehice cci He went on to say that +!: + ' t council had approved the back at this again." g
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' project after Veri and his questioned Councillor Council had suggested that
period dent t Sunday. damage was council members were 3 . be done, but had agreed
Despite the a of the set k Giffin
by Covetable leaving themselves wide '* ,lawyer, Kim McLean, Harold Patterson. to this be done,
to build on the
damage in -some of the '` agreed, to join two of the McLean said that the}i
g Frank Giffin to a vehicle open for law suits when itentire lot when he said that it
rse were only mime- by son. Das wby od. Her -vehicle
Mogen -Pe
son. Dashwood. Her vehicle appeared they bead rules. provide question requirementg that th t ouse would be c
parcels of landinwere noto costly to alter the
J ie sustained by b� together toh the h plans to comply with their
for some peoplt e`�ttiid not w� required 60 -foot frontage had to tie removed. "but P Y `
pe involved the j over on of Huron
83 at � qre nest.
The first of the week's ,the jyAction Road others. Z onto Carling Street. we'll h ve to live with it. 9
crashes was reported on Fri- 2. While agreeing that thea It's 'not as great a
`�.. A building -permit was Little indicated the problem as anticipated," he
day. when vehicles driven by In another Sunday acci-builder's point was well • subsequently issued, but was agreement could be draftedi P .
Grant Lee. RR s1.s Dashwood. dent.t by Constable was Giffin
sid taken, Mayor Bruce Shaw ' ! withdrawn about twee days the next day and a new said in advising council the
and Linda Russell. RR. t. at $3.100 by Giffin said council taken the _'`• '� later when it was discovered permit could then be issued building would be in line with
ed• Y. '�-'• that the project did not to the developer. the rear of the hardware
Exeter. collided on cancel- when vehicles driven by action on behalf She lodge • 1
coin 1 with the town's Veri said or.hoped to have store.
lion2 atof Hay. Damage was and Jac Knapton. 'London. inje effort to expedite the ........ pY y That's one f oot for
listed 81.400 by Constable and Jack Lewis. Sarnia. ' project. bylaW�which stipulate that a the apartment read for' nothingtonight," McLean
• Bob Whiteford. collided at the junction o "It's not a question of ' •«� house and an apartment occupancy late thiel fall, or ,
In another Friday crash. Highway 83 and 21. T r ,s building could not be perhaps next spring. mused.
vehicles driven by Norman .driver and passengers in t e favoritism, it's one of ex -4;.. .
pediency, but I'll be the first , - =' situated on the same parcel
Roy. London. and Helen Ja- Lewis vehicle sustained to agree it's not fair " Shaw of. land.
quos. Woodham. collided on minor injuries( - The only other accident of added. g g Veri and McLean were
:Highway 4 south of Huron He then advised CATCHES OWL Stephen township former Jack o an recentlycaught one of the birds back at council this week in
- County Road 21 Mrs Ja-the week was .reported onto VanHaarlem that the matter responsible for the loss of some chickens. He is shown here with a horned owl he caught in o an effort to resolve the
pules suffered mincer in Monday when a vehicle 7-A photo
would be discussed later in trop. matter.
. juries and damage was driven by George Sereda, the meeting, and when it Most of the discussion was
listed at $5.300 by Constable RR:1% pole struck a- was, it was found that both held in camera as McLean
Al Quinn telephone
honeeCentralia. oon concession the Masonic lodge and ' �� advised council the problem
There were two accidents 2 of Usborne after a tire theVaM rlem were actually N ew z o n i n -. , was "litigious."
- on Saturday. the first in- blowout -. ' in the same boat as far as "Why do we always have
volving a vehicle operated • Damage was set at 81.000 to go into camera?" Coun-
their projects . were con-
ebyt Steyen Boltzmann. byConstablet Ch eek, P j faCS any changes .chlor Derry Boyle asked.
eter. The vehicle rolled over During the weak, the of- corned. "Are there personalities
Coun-
in a ditch on sideroad 15 l6 4icers of the local detach -'Clerk Liz Bell said that
of Hay. west of concession /ment laid nine charges un- council's action of approving involved?"
14-15 Damage was es- /' der the Highway 'Traffic -a-bylaw which hadn't been Exeter council members readings •
after Mayor Bruce •Simmons that the draft McLean- replied that the
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t i m a t e d at $1.000 by Act. three under. the prepared was ii bylaws r and, , spent the last two weeks Shaw suggested this would at prepared by the county plan- -matter could end up in the
Constable Larry Christison. Criminal Code, four under two amending were reviewing the draft for the least "get the thing on its ning department was • too • courts and in view of that, he
the other accident, which
He set damage at 8500 in the Liquor Licence Act and on the agenda to initiate new zoning bylaw, end if ells Leet and get the ball restrictive in nature. said the discussion should
.one under the Narcotic Con -proceedings to amend the !`ussion this week is an in rolling".
Chris Little
"It's putting a lot of not be printed.
resulted when vehicles trol Act official plan for both the dication, many changes will "There has to be a strings on development." , of Deane &
• lof of lodge and . VanHaarlem :'- be made in the document changes as faras I'm con- Simmons said. Laughton, who was on hand
t project. The latter is on land before it is approved. ' cerned," commented Coun- Ottewell'said the proposed to represent the town in the
• owned by.Peter Warkentirt, Council gave the docu- cillor Ken Ottewell. zoning bylaw wds �► ap discussion, agreed that the
New baptist cleric former owner of Les Pines moot that and second He agreed with an earlier parent attemp to maintain matter should not be held in
• Hotel. - contention aired by Reeve Si the status quo, nd didn't public.
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When asked if the a• ction make preyisions't e;pan After 'the closed debate.
M would enable permits to be • • sion •
and ohanges. r
native a t ivy o Chicago - issued for both projects,
He said the only area open .Deadline nearing apartments, for instance. Court docket
x.
Mrs. Belt said, that the
lieu. Linn •Loshbough West Park�Baptist Church in matter had to be forwarded drag in t1�_�Lea- ot_Sanders
to u mirristry' of housing St. Eget and the only way i
assumed his duties as the London anti John is a on Stephen's7iIan`such rojects could take• very light ,
new minister of Emmanuel computer technician in and then .property owners place elsewhere was to go
Baptist Church in Exeter on Boise. Idaho. within' 400 feet of the two throw a lengthy amend-
Sunday. June 25. Asked for his first im- properties had to be notified Only five cases- were heard
Any Stephen township Council gave approval for mentprocess. by Justice of the Peace A FLYING LEAP The cool weather on Tuesday didn't stop
Rev. Loshbough, a native pressioits of this area, Rev theof planned amendments residents within to do so easements for hydro le .n himself at the Exeter T -A
Exeter aft 'Illinois comes to sure
replied,. "It's to raise
ct ons. -which g o Po Simmons suggested that Douglas Wedlake in Exeter Craig Gladding from enjoy g swimming g
of and dayshave until July 14 to 'make installations on the making drastic amendments cart, • Ttfesday. pool.
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Exeter atter serving most of ours different from the to raise objections. any comments on the final pro¢erties of Gerbro Cor- would be "darn near imirs
his 30 years in the ministry in prairies. You don't see theThomas A. M $28 or
draft of the municipality's poration, Wilfred Huxtable possible" and suggested the Ailsa Craig, was fined $28 or oke .fes ti n g fa rias
home mission work. • sun as much here. But my - begins, secondary plan. end Frank Hicks on Lots 1 •zoning 'should not be as three days- for failing to
After 26 years, mostly in first impression of the people Harvest and 2, Concession 1. restrictive as outlined.
organizing new churches here is very favourable." The plan with some minor produce an operator's
oro needs rain amendments ma y be increases were granted in Mayor Bruce Shaw, who licence and Marcel H.
along the'" west coast of the p viewed at the townshipoffice the retainer salaries for said' members of Site local Lavigne, Huron Park, was to, un cove r j,rohletii
United, d, Rev.. ort Alberni,
ough Pea harvestyields in the members d the Crediton and tannin aboard were also
moved north to Port Albe , in Crest too between the P g tined $13 for a speed of 60 in a
Exeter area have been., hours of 9 a.m: and 3 p.m. Huron- Park fire depart- split in their opinions of the 50 km zone. Smoke tests conducted in agreed to write those people
British Columbia for similarbetter than average this year ments. philosophy that should be A fine of $28 or three days Exet recently in an effort and advise that the problem
duties. He also served two At the regular July The chief of each"brigade contained in the documents, would have to be corrected
years in Beggar, Saskat= *s, ,.fir despite • the dry weather, reeling. council made the'was levied seal Donald to determine how, extra
Jack Urquhart, manager at g. will receive $350 per year, added•that council members - Brian Morris in within 30 days.
drowse before accepting a , . Iinal amendments with the rT RR 3 water was getting into the
de u -chiefs will get $325 would have to study It very Embro, fr failing to wear a town sewer system were not 'lTn • big problem s
call to the Exeter charge. �, Canadian Canners said assistance of Huro tanner P hr hasn't shown u c
Tuesday � and the salary of captains 'carefuily end be roasted to seat belt andFrederlek.Neal as revealing as had been P. •
He received his BA degree "It looks to be a heavier • George Penfold: will be $300, The retainer for know what it said and then ; mooted works. .s rin-
at Bryan College in MastersaCampbell, Exeter, Was' fined anticipated.•
mented
vo k K 1s, n -
than normal crop so far,"he The plan 'for Huron Park firemen is $275. They are to defenc�it B Councillor Ted Wright said
Tent l see and thehis was 'and Plan 11 on aid additionally for calls "You've of to earn your $28 or three day$ for passing g reference tatheGlen source of the
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of Divinity at Western , said, but moisture is . updatedP mane on this one," h'esa1d. another vehicle on the right Tuesday night that there extra storm water that_ap-
Semin rvaEive Baptist ' .,>reup. if the yields are to Waterloo street in Exeter and practices. Y roadway. Were not as many improper, ars to be getting into. the
Seminary in Portland, keepup. Every day that we from Highway 4 to the • Support was given t• a • Councillor, Ted Wright off
onlycharge under the
railway tracks wan changed resolution from the town of said it was worthy of a g hookups as suhpected,. rs t It had been tan -
he
OrReon. • don't get rain willk cut the Y although three or four ticipated that more im
and his voids in two weeks time." to residential. Strathroy to increase Work -special meeting .before the Liquor Licence Act resulted owners were found
Rev. loshbThe harvest started on Drairthge engineer Ken then 's Compensation matter is taken to the public in a fine of $64 or five days
property tho proper s{ownspout con
' ,wise Mary haveHtaken up to have eavestrough still n tions would be found
and suggested such meeting Kitchener, charged with hooked into sewers. when the smoke tests were
residence on Huron Street ' Monday with ovae plantoPickering
into was requests df or firemen. for part-time in September: Shaw agreed for Daniel Craig Wilkinson,
east. • Canadian Ca p At his suggestion, council • conducted.
the Huron Historical Society. - September. �.,.i,.� an his residence.
They have two sons. start running two shifts later repairs to the Woodburn and A grant of $10 was made' to for late August or early having liquor in a place other
Charlie is music director of REV. IOSHBOUGH this week, Urquhart said. Wilson dratris. •
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This is a drawing of the $528,836 addition now under construction of South Huron Hospital. At the left is the new emergency entrance.
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•Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
& North Lambton Since 1873
EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 6, 1978
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