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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-11-20, Page 1504 PER COPY • Property damage 527,000, two residents hurt Bhiek week for drivers on Exeter streets Drivers -in Exeter recorded one ot the worst weeks on record as they were involved in seven collisions. Damage from the collisions and a car fire were almost $27,000. Despite the high property damage in the accidents, only two injuries were reported, although some of the others involved were shaken up. Injured were Stanley and Ila Love, Exeter: They were involved in a col- lision on Sunday, when the vehicle driven by the former smashed into the rear of a parked car on William St. The parked vehicle was owned by Roseanne Levier. The Exeter couple was taken to South Huron Hospital. Mrs. Love was released after treatement and her husband remained in hospitalover Aral IF THE HAT FITS -- Michael Bieber tries on a police hot with the help of chief Larry Hardy as the Exeter Sunshine Kids Nursery School students visited the police station, Thursday. T -A photo night for observation. Damage in the mishap was listed at $3,000. The first crash of the week occur- red on Wednesday at the intersection of Andrew and Gildey St., involving vehicles driven by Barbara Dietrich and Jerry DeBoer, both of Exeter. The Dietrich vehicle was southboard on Andrew while DeBoer was %wes'k bound on Gidley. Total damage was estimated at $8,000. Four of the collisions were in- vestigated on Thursday. Vehicles driven by Steve Talbot, Exeter, and Wayne Hodgins, Lucan, collided at Main and Alexander St. as the north- bound Talbot vehicle was struck from behind by Hodgins as the former was stopped in the process of making a left turn. Damage was $8000. The next crash was at the south end of town at the intersection of Main and Simcoe St. when a southbound vehi- cle driven by Cheri Wedlake, Exeter, attempted a left turn off Main at Sim- coe and collided with a northbound vehicle operated by Brian Smith, Seaforth. Damage was listed at $7.000 in that one. A two -car collision at the rec cen- tre resulted in damage of $1,400 on Thursday: A car driven by Jeff Caldwell, Hensel!, was backing from a parking space and collided with one being driven through the lot by Den- nis Lamport, Crediton. The other Thursday crash involved f a vehicle operated by Theresa Van- Wieren, Hensel!. She was westbound on Gidley St. east ;f Main when she lost control and hit a hydro pole. Damage to the vehicle was $1,500. Thursday was also a black day for Betty O'Rourke, Atwood. She was parked at the. residence of her mother-in-law on Main St. when the 1980 Capri caught fire. The Exeter firemen responded to extinguish the flames. but not before damage of $4,500 resulted. The final incident occurred on Fri- day when Leeland Webber. Exeter. reported that the driver's door of his vehicle had been damaged by an unknown vehicle while parked at the Exeter curling rink. Damage to the Weber vehicle was $750. Over the past weekend, in an effort to cut down on impaired driving, the Exeter police conducted road side spot checks and stopped over 20 vehicles. As a result. a 25 -year-old Hensel! man was charged with impaired driv- ing and driving with at) alcohol level over the legal limit. He will appear in Exeter court on November 26. • WINNERS IN STEPHEN ELECTION --- Stephen township reeve Tom Tomes and deputy -reeve Ken McCahn Mx( were acclaimed to office congratulate Gary Baker, Drew Robertson and -Bill Weber who were elected to council in Tuesday's election. . T -A photo S dvocate Serving South Huron, North Middlesex & North Lambton Since 1873 One. Hundred and Thirteenth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, November 20, 1985 Price Per Copy 50 Cents Already a waiting list for occupancy Seek support for town petition Nursing home full, petition more beds Exeter's new nursing home isn't •scheduled to be completed until next summer. but already the facility is totally booked and -plans are under- way to make application for addi- tional nursing home beds: To assist developer Tom Kannam- puzha in his bid to the ministry for SORORITY PRESENTS FLAGS Marion Snow on behalf of the Alpha Pi Sorority recently presented flags to the two Exeter Girl Guide Pocks. Accepting the flags are Jerri-Lee Davis and Toni DeJonge. No improvement in centre's woes A professional engineer's examina- tion of the South Huron rec centre has confirmed an earlier report to the board that (he building could be in need of some expensive repairs to curtail current water leakage problems_ B. W. Potter of B. M. Ross and Associates advised the hoard, in a let- ter tabled at Thursday's regular meeting. of several remedial options and concluded by saying that "con- sideration may have to be given to cladding the huilding it these repairs do not provide satisfactory results.' • The consulting engineering firm was engaged by the board as a follow up to a report previously undertaken Guess who's not going to dinner? For the first lime in decades. a din- ner will not he included as part of Ex- eter council's inaugural meeting The ritual appeared to be pro- ceeding to the normal planning stages at Monday's session until Councillor Dorothy Chapman questioned the need for a dinner Mayor Bruce Shaw. who had already suggested delaying the ses- sion one day so he could dine at one of his favorite restaurants. then poll- ed member; as to the desire for a din- ner in conjunction with the inaugural. Only Deputy -Reeve Loss- Fuller and Councillor Gaylen .losephson were in favor of continuing the tradi- tion and it was dropped. The inaugural will he held on December 2. In opposing the dinner. Mrs. ('hap - man noted that council members were included in the town's annual appreciation dinner and had another invitation (not specified) and that should suffice. another 30 beds, Exeter council this whek endorsed sending a supporting letter to indicate the local need. In addition, a petition will be cir- culated through council's efforts to get local citizens to support the application. The petition will be available in the !town offices until next Wednesday and will beavailable for signing at the post office next Tuesday and Wednes- day. A group of senior citizens will be in charge of the blitz at the post office. At the present time, Kannampuzha has approval for 30 nursing home beds and has planned another 40 rest home beds in the facility now under construction on John St. E. ' Mayor Bruce Shaw said that he, Reeve Bill Mickle, Deputy -Reeve Lossy Fuller and nursing home com- mittee chairman irv.Armstrong had by local huilding contractor Cliff Marsden. Potter indicated there were several areas where water was getting into the Klock walls of the facility. Ile suggested repair and eventual replacement of existing flashings. a review of the entire roof structure for leakage I he did not find any sign of This i and the installation of additional roof drains in the areas of the worst ponding. The work Could be staged. he noted. with the flashings representing the priority item in•reviewing the deterioration evi- dent on the south wall of the arena, he suggested this may not be easy to completely correct. As a trial. Potter suggested that steps he taken to insure that all (he flashings are not leaking and that the existing paint finish be removed. the block wall sealed and then refinished. 1f this proves satisfactory. it has been recommended that all the block walls in the arena be vented with srnall•holes 10 allow water to escape. "We also note that there are several areas around the arena where there cracking of both horizontal and ver- tical masonry joints in the masonry curtain wall construction. These joints should be repointed and any associated repairs should he made," the report concluded. There was further had news for the hoard at Thursday's meeting. Rec director Lynne F'arquhar indicated that the chance of getting ministry funding for the repair project was not very high. She said` grant applications for capita! projects were over $70,000,000 and the ministry had only $5.000.000 set aside for the program. Word on Exeter's application is ex- pected later this month or early in December. Please turn to page 3 Kids collect 44,201 pennies Students at Exeter Public School raised a total of $778.91 in their annual UNICEF campaign conducted during f Iallowe'en. The students had a special challenge this year when principal Jim Chapman urged them to raise enough to balance his weight on a teeter-totter. Not only did the youngsters ac- complish that goal prior to heading out on Hallowe'en, they had enough after that night to lift Chapman. stu- dent council president Jenny Wareham and vice-president Dave Dalrymple. That was a -total of 417 pounds. Over half the coins counted by the students were pennies. To be exact. they had 44,021 pennies in their boxes and other coin collectors. Hit and run investigated. Stationary objects were hit by motorists in three of the Four colli- sions. investigated by the Exeter OPP this week. The only collision involving- two moving vehicles occurred on Thurs- day. Drivers involved were Scott Rader. RR 3 Zurich. and Norman Peters. Ilensall. They collided on Iluron Road 2 at the Crediton Road with resulting damage of $2.500. On Tuesday, a vehicle operated by Charles Volk, RR 2 Dashwood. struck a parked vehicle owned by Leonard Mcleod, Stanley Township. on East SI. south of Main in Zurich. Damage was set at $525. A hit and run was investigated on Wednesday. A parked vehicle owned by Joan Finkheiner, Stephen Township. was struck by an unknown vehicle while parked on the Fleck Manufacturing lot in Huron Park. Damage to the Finkbeiner vehicle was listed at $900. On Sunday, a vehicle driven by In- geborg Ziegler. Bayfield. went out of et►ntro! on concession 2-3 of Stephen north of the Crediton road and struck a tree and a slop sign. Damage was $1.550. During the week, the detachment officers laid 21 charges under the Highway Traffic Act. ieght under the Liquor Licence Act and one for obstructing justice. There were two drivers charged with impaired driving. met recently with the developer and were advised of his plans to make application. Shaw told council this week that the 70 beds are already spoken for as soon as the home is completed and there is a waiting list for others interested in using the facility. Mrs. Fuller said that many of the . nursing home beds will be filled by clients currently in Kannampuzha's Seaforth facility and there will be few opening for Exeter area residents. Quoting statistics that show Exeter has almost 600 people over the age of 70, Shaw said there was a definite need for more beds. Ile noted there were over 100 Exeter residents now ' in neighboring facilities or farther away from Exeter who wanted to return to town to enjoy the benefits of the facility. Part of the petition will detail the age range of those signing and organizers hope citizens will provide the information required to substan- tiate the need for additional nursing home beds. • Councillor Ben Hoogenhoom chid- ed Shaw for his apparent reversal regarding the usefulness of petitions. The latter has ellen advised ratepayers that he gives little credence to petitions. However. the Mayor -said he was not being inconsistent and the petition for the nursing home beds was aim- ed primarily at gathering data to sup- port Kannampuzha's application. Staffa area teen dies in collision. A Mitchell District High School stu- dent was killed in a two-car.crash southeast of Stratford Sunday after- noon while returning from • the Hamilton area where she received equestrian awards at a Saturday night banquet. Three others were injured. • Dead is Patricia Lynn fluff, 15. 01 RR 2 Staffa, a passenger in a car driven by her mother. Anne fluff, 42. Anne Huff was in fair condition in Stratford General Hospital. Occupants of a second car were driver William F. Masters, :31. of St. Marys and his mother. Helen Masters. She was in intensive care in serious condition. He was treated for minor injuries and released. Police said the cars collided about 4 p.m. in the -intersection of: Perth County roads 20 and 23. about three kilometers southeast of Stratford. Wrecking bars were used to release the occupants of the Huff car. Con- stable -Brian Clarke of the Sebr- ingville OPP detachment said. The Sebringville fire department attended to wash away gasoline. but there wasn't a fire. Clarke said the intersection is con- trolled by flashing lights and the in- vestigation is continuing. • CHECKING THE RESULTS looking over the results of the Hensall election are (left) incoming reeve Jim Robinson, retiring councillor Dick Packhom, new PUC member Gary Maxwell, Susan Hartman, Rob- bie Hoffman and defeated candidate Harry Klungel. Satellite TV dish could be heading for court Backed by the opinion ot two lawyers and the county planner. Ex- eter council this week endorsed a resolution which calls for legal action to Ix• commenced against Fred and Shirley Mommersteeg if they tail to remove within seven days a satellite TV dish now erected on a pole at their :32 Gidley St. W. properly Contrary to a request from Mayor Bruce Shaw at the November 4 coun- cil meeting attended by Mrs. Mom • mersteeg that she not do anything rash. the dish was erected on a pole which she claimed was a flag pole The saga of the dish commenced late in October when Mrs Mom- mersteeg received a permit to place the dish on the roof of her residence. However. the large flag pole was erected a couple of days later and huilding inslxctor Brian Johnston ad- vi'.•d the couple that the dish could not he placed on thy; pole as the latter was located in the front yard, con- trary to the town's bylaws. When she appeared al the first council session in Nnyemlxcr. 11rs. Motnmersteeg asked that the permit be chatlged to allow the dish to'ht erected on the pole. Council advised that they could not issue such a permit in the absence ot the huilding inspector. who was away on a hunting trip at the time. Mrs. Mommersteeg told council that she had a legal opinion from local layer Robert Dean that the steps of the residence were part of the struc Lure and because the pole was set in- • side the front steps. it in tact was not in the front yard. However. Exeter lawyer Chris Lit- tle and Stratford lawyer Mike Mit- chell advised Johnston that it was their opinion that the front steps of the house were not part of the main huilding and therefore the pole was in the front yard. After quoting Irom'the bylaws. 1.i1 (le said in a Ielter on this week's coun- cil agenda that if steps are not includ- ed as part of the main structure for set -hack requirements. then such steps could not be considered part of a huilding for determination of front yards. "it would be inconsistent for a homeowner to argue that or a pur- Please turn to page 3