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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-02-26, Page 1•Ist r�H a h.uio, sail man b�.ed ,� ", extend damaged the borne of Doug amid Kathy M� 4811.14. London Road, Hensall, y, tier 7:00 pad. op loWary* ftOisa and Oro &MP xis �re k tintaated at bet wear WON laid $80,000. The contents of the -house were also badly damaged. The explosion which sparked the fire originated in the basement workshop, where police say Brad Mann, 23, was reloading shotgun shells. Brad's younger brother Tim, 17, who had been playing darts in the adjoining games room, quickly ripped off his brother's burning shirt and wrapped him in a blanket to ex - Uppish h4, flaming clothing. Btrad eh earthquake. followed by a terrific was taken to Victoria Hospital, Leo- f eigIlasion. As she ran from bedroom don, with beans to his face, neck and to the front hall she saw thetr+ec room cheat. Re was released on Saturd*y. , blow into the kitchen. Mrs. Mann said The Heasall volunteer fire depart- 'tile one positive feature in this misfor- ment was on the scene within tune is the support and many offers minutes, and stayed for over two of help the Mann family has receiv- bours. Fire chief Butch Hoffman and ed from their community. his crew wotle.Soott air packs to pro- Restoring the house is expected to tett themselves from the dense acrid take some time. At present the fami- smoke as they fought the main blaze ly is living with Mrs. Mann's parents. between the basement ceiling and the Plane for the immediate future are floor above. uncertain. Mrs. Mann said her first intimation Tile cause of the explosion is being of disaster was an eerie rumble like investigated by the OPP. HOME DAMAGED — An explosion and fire heavily damaged the interior of the home of Doug and Kathy Mann in Hensall, Tuesday. Their siR, Brad, suffered burns in the incident. • A CHOKING SITUATION -- Heart Save London co-ordinator Paul Robinson shows Pauline DeVries how to treat a choke victim during a CPR course at South Huron District High School, Tuesday.T-A photo Driver fined 5500 for no insurance Driving without insurance on his trailer had no plates or tail lights. vehicle cost an Exeter man $500 when The accused told the court he he appeared before Justice of the thought any trailer used to draw farm Puce Douglas Wedlake in Exeter goods did not require a licence. He court, Tuesday. was �ggiiyen 30 days in whichto y;- Stevef ti : =1` l ie ldi! W., was charged after being stopped was fined $28 for being intoxicated in on Highway 4 in Stephen Townshipon a public place. He was charged on January 10. He was unable to produce February 7 when he was noticed be - proof of insurance at that time and ing propped up by two friends as he was advised to bring proof to the Ex- left an Exeter restaurant. eter OPP office. He failed to do so and The 17 year-old was taken home by was subsequently charged. police and the court was told that he Lightfoot was given two months in was a student and had no income. Du - which to pay. ty counsel suggested that the A fine of $250 was levied against minimum fine of $13 should be levied Peter VanHeyst, RR 4 Thedford, who under the circumstances. pleaded guilty to driving while his However, Mr. Wedlake said that license was undbr suspension. was not enough and imposed the $28 His licence had been suspended in penalty, giving the accused 30 days in 1985 for unpaid fines. which to pay. In addition, to the fine, for which he was given two months to pay, VanHeyst was given a further suspen- sion of six months to run consecutive- ly to his current suspension. Frederick VanOsch, RR 2 Crediton, was fined $53 after pleading guilty to drawing a trailer on which there were no licence plates. He had been stopped on January 16 in Exeter after police noticed his WILL STAND TRIAL White rodent gets a name After six months of deliberation the name for Exeter's official mascot has been released by Andy DeBoer and Bill McLean. The first people to know were those who attended the annual general meeting of the Exeter B.I.A. Wednes- day at the Old Town Hall... but only Michael Soldan, 159 Thomas St., hours later hundreds of thousands of was ordered to stand trial on a charge CFPL London viewers were also of sexual assault following a informed. preliminary hearing in Goderich The squirrel will be known as White court, Monday. Wonder, a name submitted by Kaye Soldan has been charged with the Nixon of Exeter. Mrs. Nixon will sexual assault of a 16 -year-old girl in receive a cheque for $100 from the March, 1985. B.I.A. for being the winner of the A ban on publication was ordered name the squirrel contest. at Monday's preliminary hearing. White Wonder will be featured on a Soldan will appear at the spring new sign welcoming shoppers to Ex - assizes. No date has yet been set. eter to be erected soon. Serving So voc & North Lambton Since 1873 One Hundred and Fourteenth Year AVM EXETER, ONTARIO, February 26. 1986 ,Price Per Copy 60 cents BIA will pay chairperson, okay budget hike to x25,000 Karen Pfaff„„owner „gwner of Looking Good on Exeter's Main Street will be the first chairperson of the Exeter Business Improvement Association (BIM to be paid for her 'efforts. This was the unanimous decision of the newly selected hoard of manage- ment at the group's annual general meeting Wednesday night at the Old Town Hall. Doug Ellison told the interested group of about 20 representatives of Mainway businesses he believed if the chairperson was to be expected to devote the time necessary to revitalize the organization and pro- vide the proper leadership that a token salary of between $3,000 and $5,000 per year would be warranted. His point was this amount would go part of the way of offsetting expenses incurred by the chairman who was busy doing board duties while having to pay someone else to take up the slack in their own business. Once the board convened for their first official meeting it didn't take them long to put Eliison's suggestion into effect. As well as setting the chairperson's remuneration at $31000, it was decided to ask the town to ap- prove an intreasedof 815,o00 for the carni yearik4. nts budget. - 's The chairperson's sal' represents a cost of about ?A o0nts per day for each of the 109 btlsine ses presently in the B.I.A. The board also decided, to change their meetings from the third Thurs- day of each month at the council chambers to the first Wednesday of each month at the Old Town Hall. In agreeing to serve on the board Karen Pfaff stated her goal would be to attract more people with sugges- tions and ideas to become interested in the B.I.A. She felt there are many. people with good ideas that could pro- mote Exeter as a whole. "Whether they're serving on the board or not, their input will be welcomed and listened to," she stressed. Early in the meeting the group listened to Joe Darling and John Wuerth tell them that apathy on the part of most businesses was the main reason why interest in the B.I.A. seemed to be waning over the past year. The previous board's term under chairman Bob Swartman ex- pired with the end of council's term in November. Many board members had served for several years and were not in- terested in committing themselves for another three years. It was left to councillor Ben Hoogenboom to get the ball rolling again and find a new group. "We could let the board die a natural death and just raise enough money on our business tax to pay off the remainder of the debt still owing for improvements made five years ago to the core area," Darling stated. This would leave no funds for promo- tion or additional improvements that could be made to maintain Exeter's ' position as the leading shopping cen- tre In the county. Almost everyone at the meeting agreed there was a job to be done by the B.I.A. other than being .a caretaker group reriponsible for pay- ing off the $55,000 still owing the pro- ' vincial government. This was evident by a show of hands from the audience supporting the in - :crease in the budget to *25,000. This addition was endorsed by a vote of ap- proximately two to one. Councilor Ben Hoogenboom sug- gested the board should detail what they plan to do with the money before appearing at council to get their ap- proval for the new budget. Board members are: Karen Pfaff, chairperson; Gary MacLean, vice- chairman; Doug Ellison, second vice; Susan Moore, secretary; Don Thomp- son, treasurer; Ben Hoogenboom, council representative; Jim Russell; Jim Beckett; Ron Bogart and John Wuerth. Although the Exeter Business Im- provement Association at the present time can only officially represent Main Street businesses and profes- sionals located between Simcoe and Gidley streets, every effort will be made to welcome firms from outside these boundaries. One of the first priorities of the new board will be working on a way to ex- pand the base of businesses who have a common goal of making Exeter a better business community. Mike Cote and Shawn Cartlidge, representing Martens Furniture, Les Bott from Les' Valu Mart and Gary MacLean from MacLeans are all en- thusiastic about helping promote Ex- eter and contributing on both a finan- cial and time basis. IT'S DELICIOUS -- Sampling a ginger bread mon at Toddlers Inn nursery school Wednesday are Tracy Wilson, Chris Finch and Joshua Maver. T -A photo SQUIRREL NAMED — The official name of Exeter's mascot was announced Wednesday evening at the B.I.A. general meeting. Andy DeBoer (left) and Bill MacLean selected White Wonder as the winning name from several submitted in a B.I.A. contest last summer. They presented a photograph of one of Exeter's unique rodents taken by Len Harvey to councillor Ben Hoogenboom. SS board director happy with decision "Happy" is how the director of education for the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate school board described himself following the an- nouncement that the Ontario Court of Appeal voted 3 to 2 in favor of full fun- ding for Catholic secondary schools. William Eckert said while the deci- sion doesn't have any effect on the school boardAhere was concern the delay in a decision was having on parents. "I don't know to what degree that will effect enrolment at St. Michael," said Eckert. The Catholic school board is establishing a Catholic high school in Stratford, St. Michael secondary school, for students in Perth County and possibly the Seaforth area. To be phased in a grade at a time, Grade 9 will be introduced this fall. The director said to date, 64 students had registered for the high school and he doesn't know yet if the announcement last week will en- courage more students to enroll. Eckert said some people could have been intimidated because no court ruling had been made on whether the full funding is legal. Up until June 1985, Catholic school boards only received funding to the end of Grade 8. "The legality is now no longer a question," commented Eckert. However, he doesn't see any changes in the board's pians for Huron County. A steering committee recommended last year and the board approved, to wait until 1988 before considering a high school for Huron County. Eckert said the board intends to work with the communtiy to con- sider the best plan for a high school in Huron. Currently, high school age students in Huron are able to take credit cours- ed in religion after school hours. The director said he and the ad- ministration of the Perth County board of education have tentatively set a meeting for March 17 to reach an agreement on three issues regar- ding secondary education. "I expect the Perth County board of education will be more confident in striking an agreement," said Eckert. The agreement will cover transfer of personnel, how much it will cost the Catholic school board to buy pro- grams, such as some technical educa- tion courses, from the public school board and the general sharing of in- formation between the high schools. He isn't surprised that any group is going to the Supreme Court of Canada in an attempt to have the Ontario ver- dict overturned. "But we shouldn't say this decision doesn't count. We can't ignore it, " he said. Stephen narrow list for building inspector Four of the 11 applicants for the position of building inspector will in- terviewed by Stephen Township coun- cil at their March 4 meeting. All applications were reviewed at Tuesday's meeting when the "short list" was compiled. Reg Finkbeiner met with council to review progress on the history book. The clerk was instructed to send the chapters already completed to the ministry of citizenship and culture for the heritage grant. It was agreed that letters should be sent to the township Women's In- stitutes and schools seeking pictures forthe book. The pictures would be copied and returned to the owners. A public meeting was held regar- ding the Centralia municipal drain. Attending were Usborne represen- tative Jim Kerslake, Biddulph representative Jim Barker, drainage commissioner Ken Pickering, Bill Dietrich of W.E. Kelley and Associates and six interested farmers. Dietrich reviewed the drainage basin, the profile and the report and indicated that an encroachment per- mit will be required from the ministry of transportation and communication. Council adopted the report and set court of revision for April 1. Tenders for the project will close on that date as well. In other business, council: Approved a motion to be paid once a month for the regular meetings. Granted a severance application from F. Turnbull and Sons on conces- sion 20, lot 8. Gave permission for road superintendent Eric Finkbeiner to hire a student under the SEED program. Received a letter from Grand Bend concerning the purchase of a new or used cube van for the fire department and decided to leave the matter until Stephen representative Kenneth McCann can discuss it at the next fire board meeting. Gave permission to the Huron Park fire department to have an extra firefighter put on the department on a probationary basis. This firefighter to receive no retainer until probation is over and his appointment is approv- ed by council. Decided to call tenders for the Huron Park garbage pickup by sen- ding invitations to the four local gar- bage contractors. Apprpved the hiring of a summer student by the Huron County plann- ing department to work on updating the Stephen secondary plan at an estimated cost of $50 per week for a four-week period. Agreed to sign the agreement of Spicer MacGillivray for the Bac Pac program at a cost of $6,650 and to app- ly to the ministry of municipal affairs for a $5,000 grant on that program. Decided to forward the outstanding 1985 realty taxes to the County for collection.