HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-10-01, Page 1Suspended, drInking drivers get ON farms
Two area men were sentetlead to
jail terms when they appeared bete*
Judge Gary Hunter in Exeter court,
Edward Elliott, RR 1 Credito*, was
given a 60 -day term after pleading
guilty to a charge of driving while his
licence was under suspension.
The charge had been laid under the
Criminal Code as Elliott's licence had
been suspended for impaired driving.
That suspension went into effect on
June 10 and he; was charged on
September 2.
Elliott told the court he was only
driving to get some medicine for his
wife who was sick.
He will serve his term under the
temporary absence program so he
can continue to work.
A 14 -day jail term was handed out
to Mike Brunzlow, 74 lith! St., Exeter,
after he was convicted on a charge of
driving with a blood alcohol level over
the legal limit on July 6.
He was involved in a collision at the
intersection of Highway 4 and 83 in
Exeter early in the morning on that
date. The driver of the other vehicle
involved was also charged with a
drinking driving offence and was fin-
ed $500 in Exeter court two weeks
ago.
The court learned that Brunszlow
had a pervious conviction for driving
with a blood alcohol content over the
legal limit on August 28, 1984,
resulting in the jail term.
Judge Carter ruled that the local
man could serve the term on
weekends from 7:00 p.m., Fridays, to
6:00 p.m. on Sundays.
The main argument presented by,
the defence was that a breathalizer'
test was not conducted within the two-
hour period as required. However,
Judge Carter ruled that evidence in-
dicated the test had been conducted
in the required time element.
Lisa M. McVeeney; RR 1 Centralia,
was fined $500 and given a one-year
suspension after pleading guilty to
impaired driving on July 27 in
Stephen Township.
She was stopped around 3:00 a.m.
after her vehicle was spotted being
driven in an erratic manner. A
breathalizer test gave a reading of 210
mgs.
The 24 -year-old mother of two was
given 90 days in which to pay the fine.
A fine of $350 was levied against
Stephen J. Anderson, 192 Sanders St.
FOUND A DOLL , Tamara Triebner
purchased at Saturday's Garage Fair
was happy with the doll she
at Exeter United Church. ,
Losses mounting daily under deluge
Exeter, after he pleaded guilty to
dangerous driving in Exeter on July 7.
The incident took place on the park-
ing lot of the Exeter municipal office
when the 19 -year-old spun his car in
a circle. Members of Exeter council,
who were attending a session that
night, helped in identifying the driver.
Anderson was given 90 days in
which to pay the fine.
Dean Russell Aller, RR 1 Exeter,
was placed on probation for six
Months after he pleaded guilty to a
urge of assault. The charge stemm-
ed fro_ m an incident w' May 22 when
the victim was confronted by Allen
and his girlfriend (an ex-girlfriend of
the victim) and the latter asked for
the return of some cassette tapes.
After an exchange of insults, Allen
hit the other man in the face.
In the final case of Tuesday's
docket, William R. Consitt, 83 Lorne
Ave., Hensel', was fined a total of $600
on two Charges laid on February 23 in
Hensall.
He was fined $100 for failing to stop
when requested by police and another
$500 for refusing to provide a breath
sample. Consitt was also given a
three-month licence suspension on the
latter charge.
Evidence revealed that two OPP
were conducting spot checks in Hen-
sall shortly after midnight on the date
in question and Consitt failed to com-
ply with their signal to pull over for
the check.
The officers pursued his vehicle to
his home where Consitt refused to
comply with a request for a breath
sample.
He was given 90 days in which to
pay the fines.
SUNDAY SCHOOL RENOVATIONS — The newly renovated Sunday School rooms at Exeter United Church
were officially opened Sunday morning. Cutting the ribbon from the left are superintendent Nancy Hines,
Jennifer Mercer, Steve Farquhar, Ado Dinney, former superintendent Russ Watson and superintendent
Leroy Edwards. Rev. Rick Hawley is in the background. T -A photo
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EXETER, ONTARIO, October 1, 1986
Price Per Copy 60 cents
Vegetables rot,
Crop losses are mounting daily for
area farmers as rainfall and high
humidity continue in record
proportions.
Vegetable producers have watched
most of their produce rot in the
ground and it is estimated that up to
half of the white bean crop has been
lost.
Concern is starting to mount for
corn as some mold has already shown
up and there is a fair amount of lodg-
ing in evidence.
Len Veri of Exeter Produce and
Storage Company estimated the
market value of his produce lost to
date at over $600,000 "and we're still
losing it".
,The local firm has lost 40 acres of
potatoes, 120 of picking and snap
beans', 30 of peppers and.50 aeres•of ••
cauliflower.
Veri added that the turnip crop is
now reaching a critical point and con-
tinued wet weather will result in
losses there too.
Two weeks ago, another area
vegetable producer, Bert Visscher,
Approve clean-up
for PUC facilities
PUC manager Hugh Davis was
given permission to include in the
next budget the cost of cleaning the
brick on the PUC building, and car-
rying out a thorough inspection of the
underground reservoir beside the Ex-
eter dam when the commissioners
met for their regular September
session.
The PUC building will be cleaned
chemically rather than sandblasted,
at an estimated cost of $2,000. Davis
predicts everyone will be pleased with
how attractive the building will look
after its cleaning. It is one of the few
red brick edifices on Main Street.
Davis was more concerned about
checking the underground tank, after
reading of someone having his foot go
through an area utility's storage tank
while he was walking over it. Davis
said the concrete beneath the grass on
the Exeter tank was last inspected 25
years ago. The tank holds 250,000
gallons o(, icy cold water and is 10
feet deep.
Insurance premiums have gone up
and coverage has gone down this year
due to increased costs for liability,
Davis said. The 1986 premium is
$8,673, compared to $6,448 last year.
Mayor Bruce Shaw said perhaps
the time has come for PUCs to follow
the example of some school boards
and look into group liability coverage
among themselves.
Davis informed the Commission
that the Exeter utility has completed
16 years with no compensatable
accidents.
Commissioners went into an in -
camera session to discuss a letter
from Exeter council regarding servic-
ing of industrial land in Exeter. The
topic will be brought up again when
estimated his loss at $150,000.
Ron Soudant of Soudant Farms, RR
1 Zurich, reported this week that their
losses have already reached a figure
in the $300,000 bracket as 80 to 90
acres of onions grown by the area
firm won't get harvested and .ever*
day that it stays wet adds to the
figure.
"It's the worst year we've evr
had," he said. "It's a major disaster
for us."
"We've never had it so bad," com-
mented Mrs. Luke Mommersteeg,
RR 2 Grand Bend, who has been help-
ing her husband grow vegetable crops
for the past 27 years.
They lost 60 acres of potatoes and
20 acres of onions were under water
following the rain on Sunday night
and Monday morning and there was
concern that would ruin them as well.
She indicated most of the vegetable
crops in the bog area south of Grand
Bend have been lost due to the wet
weather. "It's just terrible," she
added.
Remi VanPraet of the New Venice
Corporation south of the resort said
he expects to salvage only 40 of his 160
acres of white beans at the best.
Bob Readings, secretary -treasurer
of the Ontario Bean Producers
Marketing Board said staff estimated
the loss of the area White bean crop
at 50 percent on Monday morning as
they watched the rain pour down out-
side their London office.
Late last week, the estimate of loss
was only 20 percent, indicating how
damaging the heavy rain and the ac-
companying heat and humidity was
during the weekend and on Monday.
Board officials had been expecting
a record crop of around two million
the Commission is given specific details bags this year, but if Readings'
WILF HAD A FARM -
Donald had a Farm.
In Saturday's Ilderton Fair parade Wilf Hudson provided
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Other crops need quick weather change
half beans lost
damage estimate comes true, the
yield will fall below last year's total
of 1.3 million bags. ,-%