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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-01-27, Page 1....04rigrk,;-'40t.13141111.838511i Sports A sellout is expected for the ninth annual Exeter Lions Sportsmen's Dinner to be held at the South Huron Rec Centre on Tuesday, February 2. Dinner chairman Doug Knowles said Monday that only 'a few tickets were un- sold at that time and he ex- pected they would all be gone by the weekend. An excellent group of celebrities and guest speakers has been lined up that should satisfy • the ex- pectations of those in atteti- c dance from all sporting <. areas. The headline speaker is Jim Bouton, former . New York Yankee pitcher. Houton is well known for a number of achievements. ifs s f After his retirement from LEAPING CUBS - - Cubs Jason Luther, Jamie Kerr and Clyde 044ew1114.adee hwlia•Kapptaarticipate VW e: gef th e'.of 4terp frog at Saturday's Open House by the Centralia Beavers, Cubs and Scouts. • T -A photo Weekend activities are stalled again For the third weekend in a farmhouse for refuge row. activity in this area was stalled by a winter storm. Many activities were cancelled on Friday night and others followed suit on Saturday and Sunday as residents succumbed to the blowing snow. Some area churches have now missed three services in succession. Hockey teams have been idled and are now hectically tryyynng to work in postponed gaines as their schedules come to an end prior to playoffs. Several main highways were closed in this area on Sunday. While weekend storms have created many cancellations, area school ,students have been unhappy over a situation where their weekend fun has been ter- minated.- but- sc'hools have largely been unaffected by the storms. School buses ran about an hour late on Monday. Among those trapped in Sunday's storm were four London militia members, who skirted police road- blocks in their Canadian Forces van enroute from Camp Borden and became mired in a snowdrift near Whalen. The four young soldiers had to march to a nearby Firemen called twice in week The Exeter firemen were called out on two occasions this 'week. Thursday morning they responded to a chimney fire at the home of Wayne Hern, south of Winchelsea in Usborne Township. Fire • Chief Gary Middleton reported that a stove pipe from a wood stove had become over -heated. Ile termed damage as minor. Some panelling and insulation was burned in the fire, which was quickly brought under control by firemen. Early Wednesday evening, the automatic alarm at Sddth Huron Hospital was triggered when the pressure dropped in the hot water system. "They came in about 3. p.m., stayed the afternoon, had supper and stayed overnight," said Monica Porter of RR 3, Lucan. But there was another surprise waiting for MCpI. Dave McLeod, 23, Cpl. Rick Merklinger, 19, Cpl. Rob 'Bailie, 21, and Pte. Debbie German, 18. When they trudged back to Highway 23 on Monday morning to continue their journey home, the van was gone. • Provincial police at Sebringville didn't have any trouble finding dues to the disappearance of the military equipment. They had it towed to Mitchell because it was blocking plows trying to clear the highway. - OPP reported Highway 23 was closed north of Mitchell al about 10 a.m. and opened at 2 a.m. Monday. South of Mitchell, the highway was closed at about 3 p.m. Sunday and .opened at 5:20 a.m. Monday. "They came in bragging about going around three roadblocks to get this far," . Please turn to page 3 net nears sellout again the Yankees he • to a book' named "Ball Four" in which he takes a swipe at anumber of his former teammates. At the age of EY Bouton made an incredible come- back and after two years in the minors came back to the big leagues to get a victory for the Atlanta Braves using mostly a knucklebal. The former Yankee's ap- proach to public speaking is Pedestria n struck in Kippen area A Clinton area man remains in serious condition in University Hospital In London after being struck by an unknown vehicle at the northern outskirts of Kippen Saturday night. John Charles Shanahan, 33, of 142 Joseph St., was walking north along Highway 4 when he was knocked down in a blinding snow storm. Goderich OPP speculate that due to the fact visibility was nil at •the time, the driver of the vehicle may not have realized the man was hit. Shanahan was found lying in the centre of the road and was taken to South Huron Hospital and then transfered to London. A Kippen resident had ad- vised police around 10:00 p.m. she saw a pedestrian on the road and reported that cars were having to swerve to avoid him. The lady said the man disappeared from her sight due to the storm. On the basis of her report, Goderich OPP investigated and found the Clinton man on the road. A spokesman for the OPP said they did not know how the victim got to Kippen. They have asked that anyone with any information regarding the incident con- tact them. Woman gets stiff fines A Clinton woman was fined a total of $756 on two charges when she appea ed in 1"xeter court, Tuesday, while- a Clinton man was fined a total of $291. -Both appeared on driving charges before Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake. Geraldine Marie Bell was fined $253 for driving while under suspension and a further $503 for •driving a motor vehicle with no proof of insurance. Her licence was suspended for a further six months to run consecutively to the previous suspension. She was charged on December 23 by the Exeter OPP after being involved in a rear -end collision in which damage amounted to $1,800 to two vehicles. Mr. Wedlake imposed the minimum fine in both cases and gave the woman six months to pay. Peter Brand, RR 3 Clinton, was fined $253 for driving while under suspension on December 18 and $38 on a charge of failing to share the road. He skidded' on an icy road and slid into the path of an oncoming vehicle. Total damage was $5,500and there were minor injuries. Brand had his licence suspended for a further six months. He was given 90 days in which to pay. In the only other case heard on Tuesday's docket, Gad Czudner, Goderich, was fined $48 for speeding at a rate of 110 in an 80 km zone on December 2. He had pleaded not guilty to the charge. refreshing. .He talks about turning negative situations to advantage and the creative use of failure as a way to succeed. The other baseball representative at the dinner Wilt be Joe Charbonneau of the Cleveland Indians and Warren Cromartie of the Montreal Expos. Professional Canadian football will have three lop performers in attendance at the local dinner. They -are former University of Western Ontario star John Priestner, now with' the Hamilton Tiger Cats, Ot- tawa Roughrider John Glassford and Montreal's veteran lineman Glenn Weir who will be here for the seventh time to nine years. Fn0it1 theworld of pro hockey coin's Montreal Canadlen eltecutive Sam Pollock who gained a reputa- tlon as one of fhe shrewdest traders in • the game and former Toronto Maple Leaf Mike. Pelyk. He appeared with the old timer Toronto team on television Saturday in the Original Six series. Dave Shaw, the son of Ex- eter mayor Bruce Shaw who is now with the Kitchener Rangers to _the Ontario Junior Hockey League will be here along with figure skaters Lori Baler and Lloyd niter who are making a name for themselves in in- ternational competition. They recently won a silver .174 1 medal in the senior pairs section of a competition in the Soviet Union. Others at the head table will be gymnast Kelly Brown from Lambeth and Dr. John Hayes, one of the top owners and drivers on the Jockey Club harness rac- ing circuit. Father Joe Nelligan, the parish priest at Mount Carmel will be the master of ceremonies and Lion Doug Knowles is the overall chair- man of the dinner. Adding to the festivities will be the Ontario Provin- cial Police pipe band and Exeter's own Tammy, Christine Easterbrook, representing crippled children. • • ttr BLOOD CLINIC REGISTRARS — A successful Red Cross blood donor clinic was held Thurs day at the Huron pork rec annex. Above, Stephen Optimist president Bob Lawrence check< with registrars Phyllis Klumpers and Gwen Richardson of Centralia College.. T -A photo es Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Ninth Year Vega COMP • .... '� ,.,......;::3:,.o-,.. EXETER, ONTARIO, JANUARY 27, 1982 & North Latrnbton Since 1873 Price Per Copy 40 cents Exeter PUC extends grace period, uestions passing bills to landlords The Exeter PUC will be adding a day of grace to utility bills due on the 20th day of the month. Manager Hugh Davis told the commission's January meeting Tuesday, that a five percent penalty fee is added to bills not paid by the 20th: It has been PUC policy to allow customers to pay their bills without penalty up until 11 a.m. on the morning of the 21st. He said the PUC often has to deal with Irate customers coming in after 11 and fin- ding they have to pay the penalty fee. Davis suggested the deadline be extended till 5 p.m. to officially cut off the grace period at the end of a. working day:. Chan Livingstone said the proper procedure was to accept billskd one 20th, or postmar 0th. He ,conceded the tiC Was "too far down the goad" to return to the dea< on the 20th and agreed . to the day of grace. A letter was received from town council asked for a meeting with the PUC to discuss adding tenants' unpaid sewer surcharge and outstanding water charges to the landlord's tax bill. The letter also informed the PUC that uncollectable sewer surcharge fees for.1981 had been written off. Davis said that in his in- terpretation of the Public Utilities Acl, the PUC would GIVING BLOOD — Students of Centralia College assisted in Thursday's blood donor clinic sponsored by the Stephen Optimists. Above, student Gerald Zwombagh assists donor Sue Wilson of Huron Park. • T -A photo Stephen road expenses show sharp. reductions Stephen township council received some good news at its latest meeting from road superintendent Eric Fink- beiner. Finkbeiner reported that road department ex- penditures for maintenance READY FOR MARCH OF DIMES — The Exeter lioness Club will be in charge of the local March of Dimes campaign scheduled for February 8, Shown with the necessary literature are Ann Gray, president Marion Knowles, Sue Pearson and Dorothy Prout. T -A photo purposes were $27,000 below the budgeted figure for 1981. He showed a comparison chart over the past three years which indicated the road department had saved well over 5100.000 in road maintance expenses since he took over as superintendent in January Of 1980. Finkbeiner said the savings came because of management procedures which included one less full time employee which practice had been in effect for over 15 Fears. Some services such as grass cutting were cut back allowing the staff to do more ditching and culvert work that saves money each year on repair and maintenance. F'inkheiner's report conlrmied.••Out' 1981 main- tenance costs were lower than those of 1979 and we were able lo keep overtime costs as low as possible:, ' The road superintendent concluded. "Taxpayers of whom i nm one must un- derstand that each hour a machine runs costs us money and in my view the council of the township of Stephen must be congratulated in their support of trying to control unnecessary costs as far as the road department is concerned." In related road depart- ment business council ap- proved the -1982 maintejiance budget at $277.000 and ap- plied to the Ontario Ministry .of Transportation and ('ommunications for the balance of the 1981 subsidy on total expenditures of $627,122.06 which included construction of the new Devil's Elbow bridge. in other business, council: Approved the payment of 51,000 towards the cost Of plans for a new fire hall .for the village of Grand Bend. Set the two tax payment dates for 1982 for June 15 and November 30. Notices will be mailed out early in June Approved' a payment of $147 to Dave Ratz, Con- cession 15 for compensation on the loss of ducks and geese destroyed by stray dogs. Agreed to send road superintendent Eric i•'ink- beiner, councillor Kenneth McCann and road employee Lloyd Bender to the 1982 Ontario Good Roads con- vention. Gave permission to the Huron Association for the Mentally Handicapped to use a portion of J.A.D. McCurdy public school for Huron Hope Nursery School classes. be on "very thin ice" if it tried to bill landlords for tenant's debts. Livingstone said it would upset landlords terribly to add the charges to the tax bill. The manager said he personally felt this would take away a manager's aggressiveness in collecting bills. The manager could just sit back, knowing the lan- dlord would have to pay, Davis said. The commission agreed to .forward more information to town council. Davis reported a water Main break on George Street, January 17. The break in the 8 -inch cast-iron main would be very expensive Davis added, saying that two PUC men and a town backhoe worked eight hours to fix the damage. The men earned every dollar of their pay working in the cold, Davis commented. Only four collisions One of the few positive aspects •of the regular weekend blizzards is the reduction in the number of accidents in the area. Drivers just can't get out on to the highways to get into trouble. This ' week. the Exeter OPP investigated four collisions. all relatively minor. There were no in- juries. On Thursday, an unknown vehicle struck a hydro pole at Goshen and Centre St. in Zurich. with damage to the pole amounting to 5150. There was one accident on Friday on the Crediton Road west of Highway 4. involving . vehicles operated by Peter Wannacott. RR 1 Centralia, and Richard Misener, Lon- don. Damage was set at 51.- 000. On Saturday. vehicles driven by William Leaver, -Kintore and Garry Kechnie, RR 1 Kirkton. collided on the Kirkton Road west of Highway 23. with damage being estimated at 5700. • The other accident oc- curred on Sunday on Highway 4 just north of the Mt Carmel Road. Vehicles involved were driven by Maurice .Ryan. RR 3 Ailsa Craig. and James Fleming. Exeter Damage was set at 5800. • 4,, • ' v The manager said the problem was probably due to cold water in the main as there was no frost in the ground at the depth of the pipe. The newer ductile water mains do not have breakage problems Davis noted. The PUC filed a letter from council noting that council could designate the PUC building as a site of "historical significance" under the Heritage Acti The designation would be in conjunction with the Ontario government's Building Rehabilitation and Improvement Campaign (BRIC) program. Livingstone suggested the plan be looked at very carefully before the PUC acts. Davis said there would be more information on the program forthcoming. A STICKY JOB - - Stephanie Cronkwright was one of the few girls attending Saturday's Open House for Centralia Cubs. Scouts and Beavers. Above, she keeps herself busy with mucilage and paper, r -A photo Crediton driver in fatal .crash A •Crediton -man was in- volved in a three -vehicle collision which claimed the. lives of four members of a Forest area fancily, in the Goderich area Sunday morning. Dead are Gerald Leroy Richardson. 25: RR 6 Forest. his wife, Terina. 24. and their children Gerald i;eroy Jr.. 2. and Justin. eight months. Goderich OPP report that Richardson was south- bound un Highway 21 just south of ',Goderich around 9:40 a.ni. when his vehicle collided with a northbound transport driven by LarrC Lippert. 22. The truck was owned by Earl Lipper.! Trucking of Crediton. . • The third vehicle. driven by Leslie Hinton, had been northbound ahead of the Lippert truck and was travelling on the shoulder of the road. The truck spun around and hit the Hinton vehicle after colliding with. the Richardson car. Lippert escaped with minor injuries as did Hinton. The Forest woman was taken to the Goderich airport and flown to Sunnvbrook •hospital in Toronto and she died there around 3:00 p.m. The other members - of her fainily died at the crash scene Highway 21 was closed most 01 the day due to (he fatabty..shich occurred in a wind -w hipped syhrteout . . "J. LOOK OUT BELOW - - Tammy Hoist, McCurdy School wait their turn on the They and their classmates from grades school's annual winter festival. Stefanie Jones and Jim Coble of Heron Po,k c 1 D tobogaon hill at the Pinery Park Fndoy afternoon 5 to 8 were spendir'a rn(' ° �! the dos there M. thy • • ,: