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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-08-07, Page 3ATTEND COURSES Local fire officials hove been busy at various training sessions recently. From the left are fire chief Gary Middleton, building inspector Brian Johnston and Lt. Bob Forrest, who com- pleted a 40 -hour fire prevention course in Seaforth put on by. Jerry Sundstrum of the Ontario fire mar- shal's office, while Cam McLeod and captain John Morgan hove completed the extrication course at the fire marshal's college in Gravenhurst. Committee established to co-ordinate services The Huron County Community Ser- vices council has announced the for- mation of a I lealth Planning Commit- tee to. study- the matter of coor- dinating health services in Huron County. the Services Council. with a membership of- -some thirty-five social, 'health, educational and com- munity volunteer agencies reached this decision at their July 2 meeting in Clinton. The decision is based on a general discussion of health service coordiantinn when Jim Bain, Area Planning Coordinator for district Health Councils for the Ministry of Health, was invited by the Council to present a report on the activities of District Health councils in the rest of the Province at the May 16 Council meeting. The local initiative has no connec- tion with a similar study committee recently established in Perth County. The health Planning Committee has held two meetings to date. It has decided to host a public forum in mid- October 1985 to give an. opportunity for provinders and consumers to com- -ment on the need for more coordina- tion in the planning of health services • for Huron County. A possible outcome would be to ask the Minister of Health to establish a steering committee" to formally ex- amine the issue of coordination should the public forum identify that as a current need. During the month of August. the committee will undertake to contact municipal representatives at the local and county level. health providers, community agencies and the general public inviting their input. The ques- tions asked will be broad in nature and will seek to examine the nature of health planning as it takes place at the present time. It is hoped that par- ticipants will offer suggestions to en- sure that the citizens of l luron are not losing out on any aspect of health ser- vice normally available where some form of coordinating process is in place. Discussion will not be restricted to the concept of.a District f fealth Coun- cil. A number of other alternatives may be possible. The committee has also emphasized that the geographical area under study is Huron County alone. Contact will be established with the Perth County committee as a matter of keeping in- formation current. but no action to coordinate a bi-Counly effort is plann- ed at this time. Information flyers and bulletins will be issued during the month of September to provide background in- formation current. but no action to coordinate a bi-County effort is plann- ed at this time. Information flyers and bulletins will be issued during the month of September to provide background in- formation and generate public in- terest in the October forum. Members of the Planning Commit- tee are Valerie Bolton. chairperson. representing Women Today, Paul Carroll. secretary, representing the Huron County board of Education, Gord McKenzie, represenling_Com- munity Hospital Administrators, Paula Pranovi. representing the Ad- diction Research Foundation, Lynne Armstrong -Hayes, representing Palliative Care Project, Dr. Don Neal, representing the Huron County Medical Society, Jim Bain and Doug Bonnell, representing the Ministry of Health as well as other members yet to be appointed following contact with additional community groups outside the.membership of the Huron Coun- ty Community Services Council. The next meeting of the Planning Committee is scheduled for Wednes- day. August 21 in Clinton. Times -Advocate, August 7, 1985 Poge 3 er 'PassenJ' gets $500 fine for not having insurance An Exeter man paid the stiffest of Evidence revealed that police stop- sticker had expired. Ile was charged four fines levied by Justice of the ped a vehicle on May 29 in which on June 12 and the expiry date on the Peace Douglas Wedlake when he Fredericks was a passenger. The tat- licence was July, 1984. He was given presided at Exeter court. Tuesday. ter claimed ownership of the vehicle 21 days in which to pay. . Steve Fredericks, 58 Thames road, which he said he had recently pur- In the final case. Lloyd E. Masnica, was tried in absentia on a charge of chased. He produced the ownership. Main St., Crediton, was convicted of failing to have insurance on his vehi- which was signed on the back, but being intoxicated in a public place cle. He was convicted and fined $500 had no date and no insurance slip. and was fined $53. and was given 30 days in which to pay. No proof of insurance had been pro- A police officer testified that the ac- vided by June 17 and -he was then cused was seen in a. Hensall store on charged. June 7 and knocked some items from Wade Arthur Clark. 147 Main St., a display shelf. Masnica was asked to Exeter, pleaded guilty to a charge of accompany the officer across the having liquor readily available in the street to a police cruiser and he was the vehicle he was driving on July 11 unsteady on his feet and almost walk - and was fined $63. He was also given ed into traffic. 30 days in which to pay. The accused insisted he could drive A fine of $53 was levied against his tractor home, but a second cruiser Frederick John Steele. 77 Anne St.. was dispatched to take him to his Exeter, after the latter was convicted home. on a charge of driving a motorcycle The defence explained that on which the licence plate validation Masnica had stumbled into the display case, has poor coprehension and "unique manners Masnica said he •had von at the hotel for close to five hourshut didn't - feel he was drunk. The Crown noted it look three of- ficers to get the accused into a caged cruiser. JP Wedlake ruled that the accused was obviously intoxicated and sug- gested to him that he treat police of- ficers as his friends and not enemies._ He was given 30 days in which to - pay the fine. - LADIES SAWING CHAMPS --- Elaine Datars and Angela Watson won the ladies sowing title at Friedsburg Days in Dashwood. Above, they receive their prizes from Gary Tieman and Ed Brideau. T -A photo. Seven hurt in crashes Property damage amounted to almost $20,000 and seven people sus- tained minor injuries in the seven col- lisions investigated by the Exeter OPP this week. Three of the collisions happened over the Civic Holiday weekend and all but one of the seven involved only a single vehicle as drivers lost control and ended up in ditches. There were four collisions on Wednesday, the first involving a vehi- cle operated by Mark Boogemans. Grand Bend. He lost control of his" vehicle on a curve on Highway 81 and went into a ditch, striking a stop sign. Damage was $300. Vehicles operated by Donald Cot- ton, RR 3 Brussels, and Madeleine Regier, RR 8 Parkhill. collided on the Mt. Carmel itoad at County Road 2 in Stephen. Damage in that one was listed at $3,700. A vehicle driven by Willis • Steward - son, Huron Park, left Huron.Road 2 south of Highway 83 and struck. -as telephone pole. Damage was estimated at $2,000 and the driver suf- fered minor injuries. Two people were hurt in the other Wednesday collision, which occurred on Highway 4 north of Huron Road 21 in Stephen. A vehicle operated by Janice Blanchard, London, went out of control and entered the ditch. The driver and a passenger, Jeffrey Porter, London, sustained minor in- juries. Damage was set at $5,000. On Friday, a vehicle driven by Michael Hartman, RR 3 Dashwood. went into the ditch on sideroad 15 east of concession 6-7 in Stephen and roll- ed over. Damage was $3,000. The only Saturday mishap was on Highway 21 north of Highway 83 where a. vehicle driven by Stanley Liniarsky, St. Clair, Michigan, went into the ditch. Damage -was only $100. Three people were injured in the on- ly Sunday collision, which occurred on the Crediton Road west of Highway 4: A vehicle driven by Robert Fink- beiner, Crediton, struck a hydro pole after he lost control of the vehicle. • The driver and two passengers, Michael Lightfoot, RR 1 Crediton, and lobed Bowers, Crediton. sustained minor injuries and were taken to South Huron Hospital. Damage was $5,500. Over the holiday weekend, the local detachment officers investigated :17 general occurrences. There was one narcotics charge, six liquor charges.. three impaired driving charges and three 12 -hour suspensions were hand- ed out to drinking drivers. A total of 33 charges were laid under the Highway Traffic Act as the local detachment joined in the "Strict. But Fair" program announced last week to reduce accidents. Group home Continued from front page towards repealing the new bylaw. She acknowledged that the concept of two homes was more compatible with the area and its residents, but feared it could be a dangerous precedent to repeal the section in that the old bylaw does not have any restrictions on distances between group homes. She questioned if it would be possible to amend the bylaw to facilitate the group homes. Mrs. Chapman explained that the distance factor between group homes was put into the new bylaw to prevent a situation of having a ghetto of group homes in a row. Reeve Bill Mickle said the concern Exeter OPP are investigating three was legitimate, and while he too thefts which occurred in the area over preferred to see two homes rather than one large one, said the decision could create problems for the plann- ing advisory committee in coming up with new regulations. -He argued that council would look foolish putting some distance factor back into the bylaw when the repeal- ed section is re -worked. "When do you see a similar situa- tion happening again?" asked Mayor Bruce Shaw. The latter said council had three "solid arguments" to repeal the bylaw. Those were that both the Association and the residents of the area would prefer two smaller homes to one large one and the third was the the town's solicitor was of the opinion that the new bylaw was in contravene tion of the Charter of Rights and - Freedoms. The motion to repeal the bylaw was passed unanimously, although somewhat reluctantly it appeared by some, and council' will prepare a bylaw to formally adopt the resolution for their next meeting. ARM WRESTLING CHAMPS Dan Grantham of Molson's of the left and John Becker at the right present the arm wrestling prizes at Friedsburg Days in Dashwood. The winners from the left are Poul Health Unit straightened out Co-operation is Co-operation will be the keS- word in the running of the Huron Count), Health Unit. •'There'll be more co-operation bet- ween the hoard. the medical officer of health and the administrator" said hoard of health chairman Bill Elston following a special meeting of the board The meeting was called to go over model bylaws and the roles and responsibilities of boards of health and senior staff as prepared by the Association of Ontario tx►ards of health. The bylaws are considered to be the minimum requirements necessary for hoards of health. The meeting started with con- sideration of a bylaw lo provide for banking and finance..The board of health didn't gel through the model ifylaw. however. Medical officer of health Dr. Harry ('io.slar, said he wanted his role as MOH and his relationship with the hoard and administrator Bill !Linty to be clarified Minty is the secretary- ireasurer of Ihie board and as such. handles the Iinances of the operation. ('ieslar said he is caught between GETS SECOND Steven Geiger placed second in the horse and rider class in the Friedsburg Days parade. T -A photo. e4 e Engel, Tony Buggy, Ron Coolmon, Dan Hardy, Wayne Denomme, Joe Ford and Val Minhimminck. T -A photo. now key word the ministry of health and the board. The ministry tells hint he is in charge of everything at the health unit. in- cluding finances. and the board gives final financial authority to the coun- ty administrator. Ilanly said the only financial mat- ters that don't pass over the MOH's desk would Iw leasing documents and payroll because these are handled by the county's business office. "There are certain things i don't thitlk i like if the board doesn't sup- port me..." said ('ieslar leaving the statement unfinished. Hanly quickly responded. "i have never tried to run the health unit nor do i intend to." Several tithes ('ieslar indicated he was so upset IA the lack of his task being clearly defined. that he said he would consider leaving the ernploy of the txsard. At one point. Ilanly left the boar- droom while the hoard of health went into.a closed session The MOI I was with the board •for• just over an hour in the closed portion then the hoard met by itself and then called in Ilan- ly. The hoard finally came out of the closed session after almost two hours. From there it preceded to go over the roles and responsibilities. • The administrator's office will con- tinue to do the finances for the health unit with ('ieslar being notified of all financial matters. Board chairman Elston also sug- gested that he be contacted anytime. espeeially if there is a problem brew- ing in the health unit. Other board members. including Warden Paul Steckle made similar comments. The provincial representative on the hoard. Bill Morley of Ushorne Township. hinted that untrue rumors which are a result of poor com- munication could also he part of the problem. The board will consider the bylaws at future meetings. Three thefts in "district the past week. On Friday evening, - the Con- solidated Signs storage area in the former Shoebottom Garage in Cen- tralia was entered and an acetylene tank, oxygen tank and 150 feet of hose taken. The items were valued at $1,000. Several bats and balls owned by the Dashwood slow pitch league were removed from a building at the ball diamond. the equipment was in a brown canvas bag. Also missing is a 50 -foot aluminum mast which snapped from t11e "Pelican" owned by John "Gulde- mond, . a summer resident at Oakwood Park. The mast snapped from the boat in Lake Huron over a week ago and was towed to shore. It had been stored on the beach and went missing last Mon- day night. - Owner Guldemond is at a loss to ex- plain the disappearance, noting that it took eight to ten men to carry the mast to shore after it was.retrieved from the lake. • . - 1 erFoNcitiallnigff CHID Watch next week! Huron Apothecary Ltd. J. T. WILSON PHARMACIST PHONE 235-1982 440 MAIN ST.. EXETER, ONT. PRESCRIPTIONS We accept most major drug plans Blue Cross, Green Shield, Drug Benefit, etc. Hours Mon. 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