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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-08-05, Page 1Damage estimated at over $6,000 Vandals wrecks A groupratt 10 to 12 local men will face mischief' charges following a vandalism spree in an 'dieter apartment this week. The rear apartment at 321 Carling St. oyvned by Gus Gregul was . reduced to a shambles following the spree by the men, who range in age from 16 to 23. Two females were also involved in the incident. Gregus estimated damage at slightly over 16,000 as the. vandals smashed just about everything they could get their hands, feet or beer bot- tles on in both the downstairs LIGHTS OUT - Constable George Robertson holds the light fixture pulled from the ceiling, while below can be seen some of the ketchup and butter smeared on the walls: Nine popIe injured in holickyy crashes The second holiday weekend of the summer season was marked by heavy traffic on area roads and Ex- eter OPP investigated seven accidents over the period from Friday through Sunday. Nine people sustained in- juries in the collisions. The accident tally started Friday when a vehicle driven by Pasqualino D'Uva, Don Mills, was involved in a mishap on Highway 81 south of the Crediton Road. The driver and- two passengers sustained minor injuries and were treated at South Huron Hospital. There were two collisions on Saturday, the first involv- ing a parked vehicle owned by Gladys MacGregor, RR 3 Kippen. It was struck by an unknown vehicle while park- ed at the Hensall arena and sustained damage of $600. The other took place on a private laneway in Stephen Township and involved a vehicle driven by Roxanne Woods, RR 2 Dashwood. The driver and two passengers, Alice Dietrich and Bill McCann,' both of Stephen Township, sustained minor injuries. The other four collisions oc- curred on Sunday, the first in- volving a vehicle driven by Craig Kerslake, RR 1 Woodham. He lost control of his vehicle on County Road 2 south of sideroad 20-21 of Stephen and went into the ditch. The vehicle ended up on its roof. Damage was listed at $300. Vehicles driven by Edward Vandyk, RR 4 Seaforth, and Kevin Johnston, Seaforth, col- lided on highway 84 in Hen- sall. Damage was 11000 in that one. Two people were injured when a vehicle driven by Jody Durand, RR 2 Zurich, struck a hydro pole on Highway 84 east of St. Josephs after going into the ditch: The driver and a passenger, Daniel Ducharme, sustained injuries and damage was estimated at $1,8,50. The final collision on Sun- day occurred on Highway 91 north of the Crediton Road 4 when a vehicle operated by Robert Nash, London, went into.a field. Damage was set at *3,000. Nash was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Lon- don by Hoffman's Ambulance. and upstairs portion of the building. Holes were smashed in the ceiling, walls and doors, while ketchup and butter were smeared over most of the walls. A glass door on the front of a stove was smashed, the light fixture yanked from the ceiling and broken beer bottles were ground into the flooring. Police were called to the residence on Thursday night and ejected the group of young people, but the latter returned later to continue their damage spree. The apartment was then boarded up, but some youths returned to the scene op Saturday. although there was little left to wreck at that point. The vandalism of the apart- ment was one of the major topics on Exeter council's agenda, Tuesday, with two members indicating they had been approached by the pro- perty owner ' over the situation. "I'm very much concerned about it," commented Coun- cillor Morley Hall, adding that the proper authorities should look after it. Mayor Bruce Shaw said he had viewed the apartment on Saturday and noted he had never seen anything so terri- ble. "The destruction was in- credible," he said, adding it was "unimaginable senselessness". Charge driver as house hit • Damage has been set at over $13,000 following a truck- house collision early Friday evening. A 1980 Chev pickup driven by Raymond Playfoot, 176 ,Sanders St. E., veered out of control around 6:00 p.m. as it proceeded north along. Ed- ward St. and struck the side of the house owned by Gerald Gray, 109 John St. E. The truck plowed through the north -end section of the home and left a gaping hole. No one was in the residence at the time of the spectacular collision. Playfoot has been charged" with impaired driving: Damage to his vehicle was set at 15,000 and there was 68,000 damage sustained by this house. NAB SUSPECT A tip from an unidentified citizen led to the arrest of a Huron Park man following a break, enter and theft at the Stephen Township arena ear- ly Friday morning. Exeter police were notified of the breakin and A/Sgt. Kevin Short and Constable Dan Kierstead responded and arrested the man as he walk- ed out of the arena around 4:00 a.m. • A small quantity of money was recovered. • r-'. 'AMP' BEST DECORATED — Kelly Hoffman won a first prize in Saturday's Friedsburg Days parade in Dashwood with her decorated bicycle. T -A photo Won't get subsidy on Pryde .project The reconstruction of Pryde Boulevard, set as a priority for next year, has been thrown a major curve. Public works committee chairman Don MacGregor in- dicated to council this week that only a portion of the street may be done in view of the fact the project is not eligible for the uSual 50 per- cent subsidy from the ministry of transportation and communication. The subsidy would not he forthcoming because the street was not installed to meet provincial standards at the time the subdivision agreement was signed. Those standards included curbs and gutters but they were not re- quired by town council at the ' time of the agreement. Works superintendent Glen Kells said it was apparently the feeling of the council of that day that the taxpayers in general should contribute towards the cost of the street and that it not be the sole responsibility of the subdivider. He eMtimated the total cost of the project at $85,000, for which council would be responsible for 100 percent. Councillor Bill Mickle, one of four members of council who reside in the subdivision serviced by Pryde Boulevard, said the wisdom of council of the day (when the agreement was signed) had left 'the cur- rent council with the situation and it would be up to the coun- cil of the day to decide next year what to do about it. However, he said the police had done an excellent job "and we can rest in con- fidence that the community is in good hands". b •*,..•.!, iii rfY.s.�.Ja✓•i,.:ti•,<-s.•.:��.,,.: -. .:,iMI...•...�r itment said that people have to take More initiative• rn call- ing the police to ad' Ise them Of such pets going o% in their neighbourhood. "You can't wait for someone else to do it," he suggested, advising council that the police were on the case immediately upon being notified of the situation. ,. . .. ..-..-„w-,r • Broken bad dp*t f..v. `. ground into flooring Smashed door, splattered walls, broken glass South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Ninth Year '7a & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, August 5,1982 �k} Price Per Copy 50 cents QUEEN WINNERS — The crowning of Susan Birmingham as 1982 Queen was the highlight of Friday's Friedsburg Days program in Dashwood. From the left are first runner-up Faye Gaiser, Queen Susan Birmingham and second runner-up Lori Stewardson. T -A photo Approve tender call for new soccer pitch Tenders have been called for drainage, weed control and subsequent seeding of the soccer pitch at Exeter com- munity park. The call for tenders was ap- proved by . the town's ex- ecutive committee after meeting recently with grounds development com- mittee chairman Don Cameron. Canleron advised that the committee had raised in ex- cess of *6,500 for the project and explained that the estimates for the drainage and seeding were below this figure. The grounds, located adja- cent to the tennis courts, will be sprayed with Round -up after being drained and then seeded with a grass mix. The tenders for the drainage project close on August 9 and the work is to be completed 14 days from ac- ceptance. The same closing date applies for the re -seeding and the work is expected to commence on August 23 and be completed no later than September 17. Penalty for late completion on either con- tract is $25 per day. The committee's action was endorsed by council this week. • The committee also dealt with a request from the On - CHARGE JUVENILE A London juvenile has been charged with theft following Exeter police investigation in- to the disappearance of a bicycle from the display in front of Jerry MacLean & Son last week. The youth is scheduled to appear in juvenile court in Goderich in September. tario ministry of labour for a re -inspection of the South Huron rec centre by a struc- tural professional engineer. The committee asked the clerk to contact two local engineers to ascertain if either was qualified and to give the committee an estimate of what the fee for the inspection would be. On the motion of Councillor Lossy Fuller and Reeve Don MacGregor, the committee agreed to table until October a decision on whether to put the "Operation Dismantle” question on the municipal ballot for this fall's election. The Operation Dismantle proposal is to have municipal electors declare on the ballot Oet complaint over displays Complaints regarding mer- chants' impeding pedestrian traffic with sidewalk displays will be turned over to the Ex- eter BiA. although members of council indicated this week they may take action if the merchants don't police the situation themselves. Reeve Don MacGregor said he had received complaints that the sidewalk display of one merchant left room for only one person to walk along the sidwalk. While members indicated they could enforce the bylaw prohibiting street displays, they felt it was better to use some moral suasion in an ef- fort to correct the situation. Councillor Lossy Fuller, the town's representative on the. BiA, was asked to discuss the problem with the BiA. whether they favor a plan to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in nations around the world. Mayor Shaw told council. Tuesday, that in view of the fact most local residents would support nuclear arms reductions in such a referen- dum, the $5,000 it would cost to place it on the ballot if there was no contest for the municipal offices could not be justified. tie indicated that by delay- ing the decision until October, there may be more indication if municipal offices were going to be contested and if an election was being. held then the Operation Dismantle question could be added at very little cost. Crowds. down only slightly Friedsburg Days success The 11th annual Friedsburg Days celebrations in Dashwood again proved to be very successful with a wide variety of entertainment over the two day event. Committe chairman Don Bender said while figures had not been tabulated the crowds may have been slightly smalletthantatt year: - Bender continued, "We had good crowds at the two dances and .the food booths were busy continually, so I'm sure we will have a sizable donation for purchase of new equipment for the Dashwood volunteer fire department. Last year's proceeds went to the bashwood Medical Cen- tre which opened recently. The Friedsburg Days chair- man added, "I would like to thank everyone that helped in any way to make the weekend a success. It takes a lot of volunteers to keep us going.' and they always come through with flying colours." The highlight of Friday evening's opening activities was the crowning of the 1982 Friedsburg Days Queen Susan Birmingham of Exeter by last year's winner Sally Ford. The new Queen was sponsored by Hoffman's. To oppose gas boost Exeter council agreed, Tuesday, to register their disapproval of proposed rate increases being sought by Union Gas. Councillor Bill Mickle said the increases should be kept in line with . the federal government's guidelines of a six percent increase.this year and five percent next year. His motion to convey that message to the Ontario Energy Board, which will ad- judicate the Union Gas re- quest, was approved by council: • The runnersup were Faye Gaiser and Lori Stewardson. ' The other contestants were Pam Rumball and Cheryl Webber. Adding to Friday's enter-. tainment was the appearance of the Touch of Silver, a Lon- don barber shop quartette and Chris the. magician. .The aseughPesede opened.. Saturday's festivities with a Participation theme. The Participaction theme trophy was won by a large contingent of farm animals and their handlers. It was entered by Anne and. Bill Schade and helpers and was called Annie's Animals. The best float in the service • club division was a Pioneer entry from the Dashwood senior citizens. Larry Mason and Tomy Blyde from the claybird gun club' won the novelty class and Kim Kipfer won the best horse and rider award. Kelly Hoffman's decorated tricycle won her a first prize, Thiel's of Zurich took the best horse drawn vehicle award and Jonathan Eisler was the youngest participant in the parade. Stefan Orenchuk of Exeter proved to be the strongest. man in the arm wrestling competition. Ile Won the 201 pounds and over division and defeated all other winners for the grand championship. Mona Ritchie defeated former champ Eleanor Weigand to win the ladies championship. Ocher winners in the .,various male categories were Bud -Ford. Paul Ritchie. Mike Masse, Richard ll'ebh and last year's winner Lara Skinner. In a new division for boys and girls the winners were Lee O'Rourke and Wayne Delwin me. A large number of Dashwood and area boys and girls .competed in the pet show • with their favourite animals. In the grooming division,. the winners were Julie Weber, Tim Chalmers and Rob Hoffman while the best.. trained animals were shown by Kim Kipfer,s Gerry Ducharme and John Paul Maurer. • ' Winning in the best dressed category was a goose owned '. .lortiClerard Rempel followed by dogs entered by Tim Chalmers and Kim Kipfer. The most unco-operative animals were entered by John Paul Maurer, Rob Hoffman and Beverley Dillon and the oldest and most faithful was Gerard Rempel's goose. The final in the tug-of-war test of strength was a real battle with Concession 14 of Hay and Stephen townships defeating the Tagalongs. The second pull was a long dragged out affair with first one team and then the other getting a slight lead before the 14-ers finally came through. Pair take local store Two con men escaped with approximately $3,000 in cash after plying their trade at the A811 Food Market around noon on Saturday. • The two men are believed to be the pair responsible for similar thefts at other food stores in Western Ontario in recent weeks. One of the two men asks that a large number of one dollar bills be changed into larger bills. or that larger hills .he changed into one dollar bills. This usually necessitates a trip to the safe by a staff member and the other man. after seeing the location. scoops out the cash. Police report that one of the men was described to be around 50 years old and is heavy set. while the other is around 20 and is slightly built. 1 1 COACT -A -MATE MACHINE FOR HOSPITAL Exeter brunch 167 of the Canadian legion donated $2,245 to South Huron Hospital for the purchose of a coag -o -mate machine, used to help diagnose bleeding disorders and monitor necessary dosage of blood -thinning drugs. With hands across the new machine are hospital administrator Roger Sheeler, chief lab technologist Sherie Cushman, Legion treasurer Vera Armstrong and post president Samuel Bower.