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Motorcycle tossed 45 meters
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in. area . Psion.
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The accident was one of May was northbound and
four' investigated by the was stopped for traffic to
Exeter' OPP this week. clear before making -a left
On Friday, John Hall, turn when -he- was- hit from
Kitchener, '.suffered minor behind by the Forest car.
injuries after the car he was The May- vehicle careened
driving went out of control on across the road into the path
Highway 83 east of Exeter of the southboundBrudnicki
and rolled.over three times. vehicle.
_ The driver said he swerved There were no injuries.
to avoid an animal on . the _reported by Constable.
highway, , - - Tomasik. '
Damage in the accident, The other accident oc-,
which occurred at 1:10 p.m., Burred on Monday at 11:15
was set at $2,000 by Con-a.m„ involving vehicles
stable Wally Tomasik. operated by Pamela DeJong,
Damage of $9.500 was Alexander St., Exeter, and
estimated in a three car Albert Bacon, Belgrave.
.crash on Highway- 21, jUst Both vehicles had been
north of the Highway 83 proceeding along Highway 4'
intersection on Saturday at just south of Exeter and the
• 10: 15 a.m. - local woman was stopped to
Univers _involved. were snake a left tur,n when hit
Frederick W. May; Toronto; from behind by the other
Harry Widdifield. Forest. vehicle.
and -Stanislaw Brudnicki, Constable •Tomasik -listed
Goderich. total damage at $425.
No inquest vwll be -held into
the death of two teen-age
boys who were killed
Thursday night when their
motorcycte pulled' from a
laneway into the path of a
car on Huron County Road 2
north of Sarepta. - -
Dennis .Leo Hoffman, 14,
driver of the motorcycle,
was killed instantly, while a
passenger, 13 -year-old
Donald Roderick McPhee;
London; died enroute to a
London hospital.
The pair suffered multiple
injuries of ter • being hit by and Mrs. Leo Hoffman, RR 3
the car driven by Paul Zurich, was not licenced to
McInnis, 22, of RR 3 Dash- drive 'the 1976, Suzuki -
wood. Ile was unhurt's • motorcycle on the highway.
McInnis had been• south- Ile and the machine were
bound on the county road, tossed 45 meters from the
while Hoffman was point of impact, while
proceeding westerly out of his McPhee ended up 20 meters
parents' Janeway. The ear away in -the west ditch.
driver told police he frit that Damage in the accident
the motorcycle was about to -was listed at $1,240 by OPP
stop as_it came out the.farm _Constable Bill Osterloo, who
Janeway; hut•at the last was assisted in the in -
minute it darted into the path vestigation by Cpl. Dav6
of the car.Woodward.• Dr. Charles
}loffman, the son of Mr. Wallace, attended as coroner.
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S�me get $3,000 hike
after .arbitator's decision
Huron taxpayers will .0e-- will be faced with a tax in= say what the contract will
paying a higher tax bill next cruise next year, as the ' cost, only that it is over the
year to foot the. cost of the teachers salaries exceed the' . amount the board had
county's 273 -secondary school board's budget and budgeted for teacher salary •
school teachers awarded 6.7.5 . provincial funding. . increases. -
percent salary. increase. E'tliottsaid the 6.75 percent Since the board cannot
Thoincrease was awarded• increase works out to be a appeal- the .settlement.
•by David Johnston, dean of total grid cost to thehoardof 'Shirley Hazlitt co-chairman
law at the University of 9.18 •percent, - with- in- . of the negotiating corm -
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Western .Ontario. Ile was .'crements for e*erience'and mittee. said the•only avenue
appointed arbitrator by the qualifications. - - left for (tie board is "pass the
Huron' County Board of }le said with the grid costs bill onto_the taxpayers."
Education 'and the Ontario qualified teacher achieving Defers frig- the increased
Secondary- Schools Teachers 10 years experience will tax burden. Shirley Weary,
Federation WUSSTF t to receive a $3.000 raise. spokesperson for District 45
resolve the 'rernainirig "i'd sal' that is a• pretty. , of OSSTF said taxpayers• in
monetary issues after the 31 significant increase." . . ether counties have already
day strike -lockout situation Education director . John
ended -Aprir 13, Cochrane said taxpayers will
The -arbitrator's report he responsible for the over-
• dated July 10 covers the 1978- budgeted amount because
ak 79 school contract and is -"anything over provincial
binding on both parties. ceilings is picked up 100
• Board chairman John percent locally.''
Elliott- said, at -a press con- How e v e r , boa r d
ference Tuesday ratepayers representatives refused - to
Take all of it
paid additional educational
costs and it' has just taken a
"little longer" . for; the •
situation to reach Huron.
"I• don't think the Huron ;proU ht in-distnct
taxpayers want any less g
education• for their chi iron
than anywhere else, he not critical asyetsid,g that bet er
education is one of the by . .
products of more money:: •
rhe dry weathfer is cutting the dry weather by about two
,The report follows two yields in Huron County crops weeks, said Frank Kints of
e e e
_days of arbitration hearings but nobody is eeushing the' Huron Produce.
- in Goderich last.'month, panic button. "formally, we start early
where both sides presented It is serious but 1 don't turnips on July t5, but this
townships tell GB their cases. think it is critical, Mike •}'ear we won't be able to
The teachers demanded Miller of the Huron County start until August ' 1." , he
between a 10 and 1t -percent Milleagri+01 the
office said said
Gland Bend council is 1'he only reaction to the pay. increase, based on a -two Tpesda} . "!f sae get rain in Kiots said the crop isn't in
• tight Lippe*d ahnet an .offer st pFten letter carne from percent across- the grid raise the next few days most of the critical condition yet but the
fro two neighboring councillor Bill Baird. andan increase based on the crops will be able to recover yield in the early crop would
townships to join the village "Let them play their cost of bo g to a great extent", be less .than in a normal
instead of:losing land. the games," he said. :The board offered a 6.a Miller said the crops in year.
village through ears anon: The second half of a two percent tonal increase .in- /. Pleaseturntopage 5
Union are looking sur-
'' Bosanqudt and •St make, part study into annexation of
eluding a 2.2 per en to prisingly good- cons sing
townships decided to make nine • , neighboring sub �' the dry weather. ,1 s east
crease for incremenis`oF-$905
the offer after a meeting in. .divisions,is expected e to be snore•across the grid. pf Huron County with lighter Bullets, stories
which the two. .townships cbdtplefed by the end of the ; ore. -the new • wage set soils are in much .,worse J_
failed tri persuade Y.rand- month: if *the report tleruent, teachers salaries shape, he said. u break windows
•Bend to drecrIts1egill Wirth '(rand needs .aphe on µ,1l! now range from 512:276 );bite. beans in the
to annex''. portion of the- Grand Bend will likely go to $27275- compared with (-lowering stage are being - Two thefts and two acts of.
tosi-nsinps: .. . ahead with annexation 811.500 to $25,550. vandalism are being. in
hurt bv• the dry weather,- .esti vandalism
the Exeter
«e are -waiting for the • procedures. Sharon said.• - Dean Johnsto0.-.•warded Pasture and second cut hay g'
consultants' report ' on' an- "Ttpere nis no question- we the county's five principals !rave been sharply reduced OPP this week.
nexamentefore we have any would win our case before and vice -principals a five and farmers who rp depend on Charges have already
commend" � Reeve_ Bob the , Ontario Alunicipal percent raise,- increasing a pasture are forced to use been laid in regard to one of
Shares said Tuesday. Board." he said. principal's maximum salary their stored teed to sup ,those thefts reported on
Grand Bend has officially The area Grand • Bend is from 835.800 to $38,090. There element the poor pasture:. Thursday .from the Huron
been notified by heti offerfe10 -increaseannexing-would
.the - village , is only one principal eligible Miller said. r • Park residence of Shawn
amgate e. 'the of • increase .nde• . tha.for maximum salary 'Just The early turnip crop —Wells.' Part of the 6160 taken
amalgamate. They have not population and more than please turn tb page 5 . harvest has been decayed by - in the breakin into the home
heard from Bcrsanyuet. double its assessment._1. • has been recovered by in-
- '' "' vestigating officer Bill
McIntyre.The other theft - was a
�"`' picnic table from the
ministry of transportation
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Two young motorcyclists, Dennis leo onman, 14, o un
London were -killed Thursday night when their vehicle collided with a car on Huron County Road Two, south of Zdriih. The
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CYCLISTS KILLED fz#, i .sites
i H`iffti f RR 3 Z Zurich and Donald Rodtrick McPhee, -13, of
motorcycle on which they were riding, ended up in a ditch on the west side -of the road Staff photo
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Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
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and • eomm.unication rest
area on Highway- 83 east of
Exeter.
On Friday, local con-
tractor Norval 'Jones
reported damage to a front
end loader which' had been
parked at a gravel'` -pit in
Usborne township.
'Damage of $200 was
reported a er andals. had
thrown stones t, rough the
windows in the machine.
Police believe a high-
powered rifle may have been
used to break windows in a
tractor owned by Exeter
Produce on Wednesday
night. Thie machine. was
parked at a ,Stephen
Township farm when the
. damage occurred. Damage
was set at $150.
ON HER WAY - - Tracy Lewis, injured in a 33 -foot fall from the railway trestle
top of the trestle in a rescue by the Exeter fire deportmegt and attendants from
and wotchtng th¢ action from below are firemen Gabby Mph and Norm Tait,
workers Ron Mclinchey and Kim Marshall
in Exeter on Thursday is hoisted back 4 -to the
Hoffman's Ambulance. Shown helping the girl
Exeter Constable i¥evin Short and ambulance
Staff photo
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RESCUE COMPLETED -- Exeter f,•enner ass,•+ corryrng Tracy Lewis to on ambulance atter her tallJ•q a+^e o I /vpddlestle
Shown with the carrying bosket f�orr tie leis a•e Wayne Pearce. Joh., Morgar Jim tio4 man GabbyGory5+off photo
eton.
Kevin Short and Lester Heywood
Girl survives tumble
from railway trestle
:1 vacationing 14 -sear -old
Wallaceburg girl continues
to show improvement after
being seriously injured in a
33 -foot fall from the railway'
ttestle just south cif the
• Highway 83 crossing in Ex-
eter on Thursda!- afternoon
Tracy Lewis. visiting her
sister. Lorraine. for -the
summer, decided to take a
walk with her dog around
5:00 p m` After w:illting
.along the tracks. the girl sat
for a while on the edge of the
trestle and when she got up
to return home. tripped and
plummeted into the brush
area below
'Her sister became con-
cerned at about 6 00 p m
and began to look for the
girl. She covered the area
around the trestle and heard
a response from the girl ly-
ing in the bush below the
bridge. -
Tracy'5 dog. ('leo. a
Doberman. was'lving beside
her when rescuers arrived .
and the . animal had to be
called off before attempts
could be made to rescue the
girl
Exeter police. two am-
bulances from Hoffman's
Ambulance -Service and the
Exeter fire department
'arrived, within- Minutes or
receiving- the call at 6:55
pm.
Constable Kevin Short.
ambulance attendants Ron
.MeLinch.ey anti Kim
Marshall descended ' the
steep banks' alofig with.
firemen Norm Tait and;Gab•
by Mol to assist . the girl.
• while-other-memlret's"8t;the
fire brigade and ambulance
'attendants Jim Hoffman and
Jim Leeman .prepared for
the.rescue from the top of
the trestle.
Ater the injured girl was
strapped onto a stretcher
board' a carrying basket
wds lowered over the side
and she was placed in it and
Resource head
leaving district
Don 'Pearson. ._ resources'
manager for the Ausable• •
Bayfield Conservation .
Authority for the, past two
years pus resigned.
•in a letter. to the chairman .
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of the Authority. Roy
Wescott,,l'earsen said he has
accepted a position with the
Upper Thames River Con-
servation Authority as
project manager for the
proposed Glengawan' dam.
Pearson's initial duties in
,his• new capacity will be to
act as the co-ordinator for
the environmental
assessment study which is to
be conducted op ,the
parosed dam which has
been surrounded in con-
troversy. "•- - - •
His duties as resources.
-IirtraIHge"F- wi11•'ter mina to
September 5.
Pearson came to the local
conservation authority in
June of 1976 following stints
with the Central Lake
Ontario Conservation
Authority and the . Not-
tawasage Volley,. Con-
servation Authority. •
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Then hoisted Nifty, lop .
The rescue took at„rut 15
minutes and the injured girl
was 1ht'n rushe'i to St
,Joseph -s llnspital where
she was originally listed rn
crctu•al condition
the suffered broken bones
in tier right ankle and crush-
ed - vertebrae ikx•tnr. ex-
pect she will he.underkroing
treatment for her hack in-
tone:for six to 10 weeks
1;:xeter i'onstable • Nevin
-hers said the girl told him
-he "had lix't consciousness
after her fall She was con-
scious throughout the rescue
attempt and Short said she
retained hei sense of humor
thrnighout the ordeal..
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SAFELY UP --- Ambulance attendant Jim Hoffman and members of the Exeter fir
grab the currying basket holding Trott' Lewis after they had hoistdifr it to t
trestle.
s
department
e top of the • ..
Staff photo