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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-08-19, Page 3Foul play suspected? Something smells about A shooting death in Exeter last month had a bit of a foul smell to it, but apparently no one is going to any furthur stink about it, certainly not the victim. Among the statistics in July police report was the brief notation that one skunk was destroyed. In giving the report in the absence of an ailing Chief Ted Day, Councillor Gaylen Josephson noted that any resident who sees a skunk or fox within the town limits should notify police im- mediately in view of the BIRTHDAY PARTY — The tenth anniversary of Huron Coun- try Playhouse was celebrated Sunday night. Artistic director Aileen Taylor -Smith and singer Sylvia Tyson cut the cake. X111{{I{{Illllllllllltllllllllllllllll:illl11111111111111111111111111111111111111IIIIIIIIIIIII11111111IIII II IIIIIIILII Mary's musings s AY MARY ALDERSON There are two kinds of people in the world-- the kind who arrive early for every event, and the kind who are always late. The former group don't like the latter, but the latter are gernerally nice folks who like everybody. You may have guessed that my husband and I fit into the habitually late category. Some people are horrified to think that two late people married each other. To them it's something like having non -compatible blood types. But stop and think -- what if one early person married a late person? They would drive each other crazy. Besides, we both knew we were late people when we got married. We both came from late families. (With the exception of a couple of early in-laws who got in there, much to their dismay.) Oh, I ralize that Ann Landers says that late people are inconsiderate slobs. Or did she leave the "1" out? But 'I'm sure she doesn't really mean that. Generally, being late doesn't present too many problems, unless the early people get overly annoyed. It just means that you are the last people standing in the theatre after the movie, reading the credits, because you missed all the names when the show began. Of course, we realize that there are times when you can't be late. Catching airplanes and your own wedding are two good examples. In these cases we simply fib to each other, or set the clocks ahead. For example, Pll tell Victor that we have to be at the airport a half hour before we really do. Now, if he looks at me and agrees, I know he knows I'm fibbing, so I'll take a second look at the tickets, and jump the time ahead a full hour. Don't worry, he does the same thing to me. Recently, we made arrangements to go out for dinner with another couple. Over the phone, they in- formed us that they were very hungry. Since they are good friends, and know the problem we have arriving on time, we took that as ourcue not to be late. We pulled in their lane five minutes early, chuckling smugly to ourselves. We walked in the kitchen door, to find their usually im- peccable home a mess. He was in the shower, and she greeted us holding a curling iron in her hair. It seems that a wind had flattened the corn in their garden, so they were forced to freeze the entire crop in one afternoon. They were still busy blanching, cutting and bagging corn. That accounted for the pots boiling over the stove, the corn piled high in the sink, the buckets of cobs on the floor, and the niblets scat- tered far and wide. We helped cut the kernels off the cobs, operate the "Seal -a -meal" and clean up the mess. (By the way, it confirmed our belief of freezing the corn on the cob.) In any case, I don't think we'll ever get hassled by those friends again for being late people. Best Interest * 20% We represent many Trust Companies. We are often able to arrange for the highest interest be - Ing offered on Guaranteed Investment Cer- tificates. EXETER 235-2420 * subject to change Gaiser-Kneale Insurance Agency Inc. GRAND REND 238-8484 CLINTON 482-9747 incidence of rabies. He said any wild animal that moves into populated areas is ac- ting out of character. The local veterinarian added that 11 or 13 cases of rabies have beendetected in Huron during the past month and precautions against the disease should be exercised. Other statistics in the report were as follows: eight local shooting accidents with one injury and damage of $5,400, 23 charges and 15 warnings under the Highway Traffic Act, two thefts of over $200 with total loot being$400 none of which has been recovered, 13 thefts of under $200 with loot of $830.14 and recovery of $400, three animal com- plaints with one canine being taken to the local pound, four Addition approved for local retailer An addition for Jerry MacLean & Son Sports and Automotive was approved by Exeter council, Monday. The matter had been brought forward by building inspector Brian Johnston in view of the zoning bylaw and official plan which requires that a site plan agreement be entered into for any non- residential development. However, council decided that the drawings that had been presented were ade- quate and agreed to enter a site plan agreement on that basis. Johnston was authorized to issue the building permit in stages to facilitate an immediate start and the permit for the entire project will be ap- proved when the site plan agreement bylaw is ap- proved by council at their mext meeting. The local planning board had recommended that a site plan be requested to ensure that the appearance is com- patible with the existing structure. The building inspector said he and county planner Gary Davidson, as well as other town officials, had viewed the drawings and were satisified it was "straight forward" and con- formed to the zoning re- quirements. Jerry MacLean, who attended council's meeting, said the addition would measure 20' by 93'. It will be built on the north side of the present building on Main St. north of the river. While the planning board Only one case on court docket Only one case was heard by Judge W.G. Cochrane when he presided over Exeter court, Tuesday. Scott Andrew Romphf, London, was fined $250 or 25 days after pleading guilty to taking a motor vehicle on August 11. The vehicle was found abandoned in a creek and had sustained damage of $1,000. Romphf was given 30 days in which to pay the fine. Murray A. Paquette, Exeter, who appeared to face a break, enter and theft charge arising out of the theft of $3,000 worth of meat from Veal's Abattoir at Thames Road had his trial set for September 22. Reeve lays bylaw count Grand Bend reeve Robert Sharen told council at Monday night's meeting that he had to act as a bylaw enforcement officer again last weekend. Sharen said that he laid a total of eight charges under the villages noise bylaw. A group of four people were each charged twice, he said. He said that he warned the group at 4 a.m. Monday to keep the noise down. When they didn't, he laid charges. Then he laid charges again at 4:40 a.m., when the noise continued. Charged with excessive noise were Mr. and Mrs. David Gibson and Mr. and Mrs. Gus Joudrey, all of London. They were tenants in a cottage on Elmwood Street. GB increases penalty rates The penalty for tax arrears increased sharply at Grand Bend's council meeting Monday night. Council passed a new bylaw making the interest charges on back taxes 24 percent per year or two percent per month. Prior to the new bylaw, the tax arrears penalty was a maximum interest charge of 15 percent per year, or 11/4 percent per month. Because of the comparatively low interest charge, council was having difficulty collecting back taxes. A change in the Ontario Municipal act allowed councils to raise the interest rate on back taxes to a maximum of one and a half percent over prime rate. has also recommended that the building be squared off at the bank. Councillor Jay Campbell said this would be strictly up to the owners. He noted that a minor variance would have to be approved to square off the rear of the structure. Johnston said there would still be 39 parking spots at the local store and only 27 were required under the town's bylaws. incidents of damage to public and private property, 25 parking tickets issued and a total of..274 occurrences being handled. Overtime, hours recorded by the offiipers increased to 55 this mopth, the increase being cited as the result of policing picket lines during the strike at Canadian Canners Ltd. Councillor Morley Hall, in being advised that the overtime rate was around $12 to $13, wondered if there was any way the cost could be recovered through the company or the union in- volved in the labour dispute. Other members suggested that. was probably not possible and was one of the costs of a strike that would be borne by the ratepayers. Josephson termed the overtime "money well spent" in view of the fact there were no incidents on the picket line and the situation was handled well by all parties involved, in- cluding the local police • department. Times -Advocate, August 19, 1981 Pole 3 i HALLOWE'EN ANIMALS — Dressed as animals for the txeter lions Playground's Hallowe'e'n nnrty Thursday were Mark Burton, Trevor Truenmer, Tracy Snell, Cindy Beaver, Terri Snell, front row: Kristin Strona Koren Robinson, Neil Freebairn and Jeff Burton. Staff photo AV E WAY LUMBERBUILD SUPPLIES SAKRETE ONCRETE MIX Ideal fo cement jobs over 2" thick, building walks, curbs, steps for footings. 661b bag will cover approx. Imately 3 square feet 2" deep. $ 29 ues PRESSURE TREATED LUMBER Specially treated with preservative chemicals, to maintain durability & good looks. Needs no paint or stain, but accepts it easily. 34( 1x6 ft 4042f14 2x6 b2< ft. 4x4 3c ft. 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