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An 18 -year-old Dashwood man died
Tuesday morning from injuries sus-
tained when the vehicle in which he
waS a passenger ran into a group of
horses just south of Zurich early Fri-
day ev •
Stephen Paul Watson, son of Paul
and Angela Watson, was declared
clinically dead .after arriving at
University Hospital,ig London follow-
ing the crash and was planed on a life
support system.
Exeter OPP said .Watson was a
front seat passenger in a vehicle
driven by Ed Meidinger, 18, of Zurich,
when the vehicle encountered a group
of six horses on County Road 2 about
8:15 p,m.
One horse landed on the hood of the
car and then bounced up to collapse
the roof of the vehicle.
Meidinger and two backseat
passengers, Todd Stephan, 19, .and
Mark Laporte, both of Zurich,
escaped with minor injuries. Damage
to the car was $4,000,
The horse, a mare in foal, sustain-
ed only a small cut and was otherwise
unhurt in the collision. The animal is
owned by Robert Hamather, Hensall.
The accident vial one of three in-
vestlgated dt014 the past week by
the Exeter t.
On Friday_ at 11:30 p.m., vehicles
driven by Ronald Fletcher, Clinton,
and Robert itiley,.Nunn Park,a lid -
.ed at the junction of County roads 21
and the Crediton Hoed.
Roth drivers escaped injury and
total damage was set at $4,500.
ONLY ONE CRASH
Only one collision was investigated
by the Exeter police department this"
week, it occurring on Tuesday at the
intersection of Highways 4 and 83.
Drivers involved were Meinhold
Mann, Elmira, and Stanley poupe,
Mitchell. -Damage was set at $50.
The Mann vehicle had stopped at
Highway 83 at the, traffic lights and
the Doupe vehicle was making a left
turn to go east off Highway 4 and the
trailer he was pulling struck the front
of the Mann vehicle. -
The other incident was on Sunday
when a vehicle owned by Gordon
Keller, Dashwood, was struck byan
unknown vehicle while parkeon
i$hway 89. Damage to the Keller
iicle was listed at $100.
Puri , : the week, the detachment
dhows ted occur.o
ream, Ind ag ane liquor licence
act invnUptions, one Unpaired
driver, one limnm complaint, one
trespass complaint, two domestic
disputes, throe damage complaints
and one theft of tools valued at $200
from Glanville Auto Wreckers.
There were 48 charges laid under
the Highway Traffic Act, nine under
the Liquor Licence Act and three
under the Criminal Code. One person
was also charged with driving while
under suspension.
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One Hundred and fourteenth Year
DASHWOOD SHOW MODELS — Victoria Pfaff, Kim Watson and Joan.
Hoffman participated in Thursday's fashion show presented by the
Dashwood Business Association. T -A photo
FASHION SHOW AT DASHWOOD — Appearing in Thursday's
Dashwood Business Association fashion show were.Donna Hoffman,
Nancy Rader and Diane Becker. T -A photo
Attempt to resolve
ice time requests
Exeter Figure Skating Club, Exeter
Mohawks, men's rec league, Ilawks,
Exeter Precision Skaters, ringette,
Molting Hawks and Colonials.
"They'll (the groups) have to come
with an open mind," commented
board chairman Jim Workman. "If
they don't, there's nothing to be
accomplished."
Rec director Lynne Farquhar said
it may be beneficial for the groups to
hear the problems other groups have.
"It will make them more familiar
with what our problem is, too," add-
ed member Phyllis Johnson.
At their meeting, Thursday, the rec
hoard also authorized chairman
Workman and facilities manager
Cam Stewardson to meet with the Ex-
eter Mohawks executive to discuss a
scheme whereby the board will get
more revenue than just ice rental
time from the team in their April 6
playoff game against Creemore.
Dorothy Chapman broached the
subject when she noted it was very ex-
pensive for the board to niaintain ice
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The South Iluron rec centre board
of management wilrbe meeting this
week with groups using ice time at the
local facility in an effort to find a solu-
tion to the competition for prime
hours.
Some groups - have already in-
dicated they may move their ac-
tivities to other area arenas if they
can not get more favorable hours at
the rec centre.
This week, Exeter Minor Hockey
Association called on the board to pro-
vide them with more prime time
hours, noting that while their
numbers have increased between 30
to 35 percent over the past four years,
their ice time has not been increased.
The EMHA also suggested other
groups be given some of the weekend
hours so they ( the EMIIA) will not be
the only group to get ousted by
weekend tournaments.
The board plans to meet tonight
(Wednesday) with representatives
from nine other groups in an effort to
resolve some of the problems. The
groups include Exeter Minor Hockey,
EXETER
ONTARIO, March 26, 1986
Price Per Copy 60 cents
rea reeves lose battle;
tax rate up 9.4'/0
count
In an 18 to 12 recorded vote, Huron
County council gave approval to its
$18.7 million budget which includes
putting aside money for Huronview
and the museum project.
Councillors gave the green light to
both projects at a special meeting on
March 21. County council met to have
clerk -treasurer Bill Hanlypreent the
1986 estimates.
Huron County will be spending 9.4
per cent more this year. The 26
municipalities in Huronwill share in
the $4.5 million to be raised locally.
That amount was $4.1 million last
year.
The 1986 budget allows for $300,000
to be placed in the Pioneer Museum
building reserve fund and $240,000 for
the Huronview capital reserve fund.
The museum reserve fund now in-
creases to $538,865 and the county has
said it will commit $1.5 million to the
museum project.
As for Huronview, the county has
decided to put a ceiling of $720,000 on
its share of the cost of $1.15 million
renovations to the home for the aged
located south of Clinton. With the go-
ahead for this project, the county
dollars will be matched one to one by
the province. The $240,000 in this
year's budget is the first of three
years.
Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle, who
voted against the budget, suggested
an alternative method of financing
the Huronview project, but he had lit-
tle support from his fellow coun-
cillors. His proposal called for putting
$120,000 aside for Huronview this
year, increasing county levy by 6.52
per cent. In four years, his suggestion
would see the county with $660,000,
$60,000 short of the $6,720,000 needed.
"He's not saying don't go ahead
with the Huronview project. He's just
suggesting another way to do it," said
Exeter Deputy Reeve Lossy Fuller
who supported Mickle's idea.
Hullett Township Reeve Tom Cun-
ningham defended the budget. Using
figures that these municipalities are
paying almost the same share of the
county budget as they were in 1973.
Other figures he presented in-
dicated that between the county,
township and school board levies, the
county rate increase has been the
lowest in these three communities. In
Goderich, as an example, the county
rate has gone up 58 per cent from 1973
to 1985, while the town rate is up 81.34
per cent and the school board is up 232
per cent.
SIGNING IN Mabel Park (centre) and Mabel Shirray look on as Eileen Townsend signs the register
at Grandma's Quilting Party, the first event to mark centennial year at Hensall United Church. The display
of 208 quilts attracted more than 450 people.
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The Ott reeve also stressed that
i1 the _ is accepted, each reeve
bad to accept his/her municipalities'
share of the budget.
Mickle said he only agreed to go
ahead with the museum project last
year because he understood Huron -
view would be done five years down
the road. If he had known'last year at
budget time, he said, that Huronview
mould be coming up this soon he
Would have gone against the museum
,pTgieCt-
"I'll take people over artifacts any
dahe said.
Ice charge
buck passed
A decision on whether local minor
groups will pay the full rate for ice
time at the South Huron rec centre
next season may have to be made by
Exeter council.
At their meeting, Thursday, the rec
board had a report from their
facilities committee calling on the
rental rate for minor groups to be the
same as adults groups at $50 per hour.
Discussion on the report was held
behind closed doors, but facilities
manager Cam Stewardson reported
following the meeting that the board
will present two reports to council.
One will show the deficit using the $50
per hour rate for minor groups and
the other will show a figure using a $38
per hour rate.
He suggested the decision would be
left with council, although admitted
that council may well toss it back to
the rec board.
Rental rates recommended for
other facilities are as follows: hall
*200 for.Friday nights and 8300 for
Saturday and 825 per hour for other
days, bar rental ranges from $40 to
$165 depending on the number of
patrons, kitchen rental $50 for hot
meals and banquets and 815 for cold
lunches, arena floor $300 per day or
$15 per hour for minor sports and 820
for adults, ag building $80 per day,
lawn bowling greens $290 for season,
tennis courts $500 for season, pool ren-
tal $35 per hour, shuffleboard courts
$200 per season, wading pool 25 cents
per child, ball and soccer *2.50 per
registrant. Ball diamond rental for
adult groups is *20 per game with
lights, $10 without lights and 8100 for
weekend tournaments.
Faces charge
over dumping
A Stephen Township farmer has
been charged under the provincial
Water Resources Act with dumping
100,000 gallons (455,000 litres) of liquid
pig manure into a municipal drain,
which empties into the Ausable River
and forced the closing of the beach at
Grand Bend in September.
John Muller of Lot 8, Concession
17 (RR 2 Dashwood) is to appear
April 14 in provincial court in
Goderich.
Ray Bowden of the London water
resources branch ministry of natural
resources, said Friday that Muller
has been charged with discharging li-
quid pig manure into the Dietrich
Drain between September 17 and 25.
The offence carries a maximum
fine of $5,000.
The largest category in the budget
is social services at $7.1 million. This
includes *5.5 million for operations at
Huronview and $1 million for general
welfare. The $240,000 to be set aside
aside in reserves for Huronview is
part of this budget as is the county's
share, $225,000 to Family and
Children's Services.
The highwaydepartment budget at
$6.1 million has a large share of the
1986 budget. Details of this budget and
others has bee
Health services, which takes in the
health unit, home care and family
planning accounts for $2.19 million.
Recreational and cultural services
total $1.6 million in this year's budget.
This includes the $300,000 for the
museum building reserve fund and
$791,784 for the library.
General administration has a
budget of $746,428 this year while
planning and development is ex-
pected to spend $490,585.
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IN FASHION — Brent Hoffman gives Kim Keller a kiss prior to Thurs-
day's fashion show sponsored by the Dashwood Business Associa-
tion. r . T -A photo
Worry alternate line
could meet approval
Fearful that the opposition being
mounted against the preferred route
of hydro lines through Huron could
lead to a move to the alternate` route,
Usborne council decided recently to
explore the possibility of getting legal
counsel to represent them at the cur-
rent hearings over the lines.
At their March 18 meeting, council
agreed to contact other municipalities
in Huron that are within the alternate
route area to ascertain their interest
in a joint venture to hire Goderich
lawyer Dan Murphy to represent the
combined municipalities at the hear-
ings scheduled next month in Clinton.
Reeve Gerald Prout broached the
subject saying that the alternate
route could be considered unless the
municipalities voiced their concern
along with those municipalities which
are on the preferred route.
Approved at the March session
were the minutes of a joint meeting
held between Usborne, Blanshard and
Biddulph councils. The former two
approved grants fo $4,000 each to
Kirkton-Woodham pool for this
season, an increase of 8400 over last
year.
The three also agreed to proceed
with another request to the counties
of Huron , Middlesex and Perth to
have the boundary declared a coun-
ty road.
Some discussion was held regar-
ding dust control on that road and
members noted that if the counties
took over and paved it, the dust pro-
blem would end.
Jon Gaiser and Bob Cowan met to
discuss insurance with Usborne coun-
cil and indicated premiums could in-
crease by as much as 60 percent this
year when it comes time for the
municipality to renew. Several pro-
posals for coverage were discussed
and will be held in abeyance until
budget time.
Road superintendent John Batten
presented the 1986 road budget call-
ing for total expenditures of $372,000.
Of that, the municipality will have to
Contribute 8193,200. That's the same
amount in tax dollars as last year.
Application will also be made to the
ministry of transportation and com-
munication for the 8178,800 regular
subsidy, plus a supplementary sub-
sidy of 814,700 on an expenditure of
$21,000 for an new truck and mower.
In other business, council:
Decided to proceed with notice of
intention to the owner of the proper-
ty at part lot 13, southeast boundary,
stating that the property is to be
cleaned up within 30 days or action
will be taken by the municipality to
do so.
Approved grants of $4.00 per person
to the 13 exhibitors from Usborne who
will show their calves at the Hensall
fair.
Agreed to allow Sandra Strang and
Mary Ellen Greb to apply a 1986 vaca-
tion day to Easter Monday (March
31) and that the office be closed on
that day.
Approved payment of the 1986
membership fee to the Huron County
Municipal Officers' Association and
learned that those who will attend the
annual meeting will be all members
of council along with staff members
John Batten and Mary Ellen Greb.
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