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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-10-29, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, October 29, 4986 - Over 1400 attend health fair at SHD*'IS• Smoker's lung challeages mangy One of the most popular or possibly most unpopular booths at Tuesday's Health Fair at South Huron District High School was the one operated by the Huron -Perth Lung Association. After seeing the black and slimy • lung from a former smoker a number of high school students at the after- noon session were heard to say, "I will never smoke again." Many in attendance had their lungs tested for carbon dioxide and the results varied from zero to fourpoints which indicates clear lungs to as high as 26 for heavy smokers. Joanne Graf who operated the booth said the lung on display was working as an appetite depressant as well as getting people to cut down on smoking. She added, "I've had it in my basement between fairs. It's so ugly I will be glad to get rid of it". The Ontario Provincial Police ex- hibit which included the Convincer drew a lot of interest. The Convincer was a car seat equipped with a seat belt that travels at eight kilometres an hour down a metal track and stops dead into bumpers at the end of the track giving passengers quite a jolt. Constable John Marshall who is j� wilt! OPP information for schools In South Huron was in charge of the Enforcer and said most passengers were sur; prised at the strength of the jolt and the stop. The oject of the display was to encourage all drivers to "buckle up''. The machine was supplied by the OPP district headquarters in Mount Forest. Constable Gary Gaeler was also in attendance. Nurses from South Huron Hospital were taking blood pressure of all who wished and allowed visitors to try out crutches, walkers, and other walking aids. INFORMATION ON CANCER SOCIETY — Mable Wheeler, education co-ordinator for the Huron Cancer Society and Exeter chairperson Lauretta Seigner hand out leaflets at Tuesday's Health Fair to Angela Mielke and Penny Parent. T -A photo Gets s275 penalty for eighth conviction A Bayfield area man appeared in Exeter court, Tuesday, to face his eighth charge related to liquor' offences. Donald A. Taylor, RR 3 Bayfield, was fined $275 after pleading guilty to driving a motor vehicle in which open liquor was available. - • Taylor was charged on October 18 after being stopped in Stephen Township. Police found one part bot- tle and four full bottles of beer in the vehicle and there were 36 cans of beer - in the trunk. The accused was given two months in which to pay the fine. Appearing on charges of driving while their licences were under suspension were Phil McDonald, 108 Victoria St., Kitchener, and Gordon Kenneth Kuhn, Victoria St., Crediton. Each was fined $250 and had his license suspended for a further period of six months. The Crediton man was charged on August 24 in Stephen Township when he was recognized by an OPP con- stable who was on his way to a meeting. Kuhn's license had been suspended in April for upaid fines. He was given three months in which to pay. McDonald was charged on May 16 after being stopped for a speeding in- fraction. Ile had sped away, but turn- ed into a dead-end laneway and was apprehended. His license had also been suspend- ed in April for unpaid fines. He was given 30 days in which to pay. John A. Hill, 71B Simcoe St., Ex- eter, appeared to face three charges and was fined a total of $311.25. He was charged with driving with an im- proper license on September 18 and also with not having plates' for the motorcycle he was operating at the time. Ile was fined $128.75 on the first count and $53.75 on the second. The third charge, laid on September 20, was also for driving with an improper license and the fine for that was also $128.75. The court was told that the accus- ed on both occasions had no license for operating a motocycle. A fine of $250 was levied against Leslie John Jesney, 138 Empress Aver„ Huron Park, after he was con- victed of driving at d speed of 170 in an 80 km. zone on August 17. Jesney was followed for two miles by the investigating officer before he pulled into the drivein in Shipka and was charged. He had three young children with him at the time and ex- plained that he didnt want to be late for the movie. The offence results in six demerit points. Jesney was given four months to pay the fine. Robert Earl Adams, 180 Beech St., Clinton, was fined $53.75 after pleading guilty to disobeying a sign. Ile was charged on July 16 after fail- ing to abide by a sign which noted there was a sharp turn in the road on which he was driving in Stephen township. His vehicle went out of control, turned sideways and lodged into a steel bridge. resulting in total damage of $7.000. He was given 15 days to pay. Patrick Kyle, 109 King St., Hensall, was fined $53.75 on a charge of using a license plate issued for a vehicle other than the one he was driving on October 11. Ile was tried in absentia and the court was advised that Kyle had ad- mitted that the license plate on the vehicle he was driving belonged to a vehicle owned by his father. Another Ifensall man, Charles [)avid Hay, 4 York Crescent, was con- victed on a charge of failing to yield to traffic and was fined $53.75. Ile had been charge on September l0 after being involved in a collision at the intersection of Wellington and King St. in Hensall. The driver of the other vehicle in- volved, said he saw the Hay vehicle ediging out from the intersection as he approached and it was too far out into the intersection for him to avoid a collision. The vehicle driven by the witness slid sideways into the Hay vehicle after the driver applied the brakes in an attempt to stop. In his defence, Hay explained that a truck was parked in a no parking zone at the intersection and that hindered his view of traffic. He also suggested the other vehicle appeared to be going fast and opined if the other driver hadn't applied his brakes the collision may have been avoided. It was indicated to the court that the owner of the truck which was parked near the intersection was later charg- ed with illegal parking. In the only other case heard on Tuesday's docket, Timothy J. Jones, 2 Forest Laneway, Willowdale, was fined $47.25 after being found guilty for the secind time on the same charge of speeding. He had been convicted in absentia on September 16 and explained he had not appeared in court because he had moved and did not receive notice of the hearing. In his defence, he explained that his speedometer had been broken after he hit a muffler and tail pipe that had been lying on the roadway. He had been using his odometer and trying to judge his speed by that of other vehicles, when'he was clocked at a speed of 109 in an 80 km.,zone. In handing down the conviction and imposing the fine that had previous- ly been levied, Mr. Wedlake explain- ed that it was no defence to argue that the driver was unaware of the speed at which he was driving. TAKING BLOOD PRESSURE — South Huron Hospital nurse Jan thit- tenden Checks the blood pressure of Fred Steciuk at Tuesday's Health Fair at South Huron District High School. T -A photo Osborne council Continued from front paige Learned that tax arrears present- ly stand at four percent. Accepted the building inspector's report noting that three permits had been issued 0 a value of $41,000 and there had been 33 inspections made in September. Requested Tony DeVos of Spriet Associates to prepare a plan for a con- crete culvert at lot 27, concession 4-5; appointed Spriet as engineers for repairs to the Anderson drain. Agreed to approve payinent of $5 per 4-11 member from Usborne who completes a project in 1986. Ordered 100 trees for fall roadside planting. Approved attendance of Mary Ellen Greb at the AMCTO fall meeting in Arthur and her enrolment in uggit four of the AMCT program at ('on stogy College. Okayed the attendance of Ross Ballantyne, Jim Kerslake, Margret !tern and the road superintendent at the 1987 Good Roads convention, and one council member' to attend the planning conference scheduled for London. Supported a resolution from Oxford-on'Rideau asking the Ontario government to put a ceiling on the amount of any liability insurance claim and to set premiums at a level affordable to municipalities and other non-profit organizations. • Expressed concern regarding pro- posed new federal election boundaries that would reduce representation in the area comprised of Huron, Perth„ Bruce, Grey and Wellington by sub- mitting a written objection to the Federal Election Boundaries Com- mission for Ontario. - Approved the attendance of Gerald Prout and Sandra Strang at the Mtthicipal Officers Emergency Plan- ning workshop in Bayfield. • Okayed the issuing of township hun- ting lieences for rabbits and pheasants for the 1986-87 season. Decided to invite the history book volunteers to the November 18 special meeting of council and also to pur- chase the history books from Stanley and Tuckersmith as reference material for Usborne's history book. Forwarded a complaint regarding the Coates-Hoonaard drain to the drainage superintendent. Groans were heard coming from the Diabetes Association booth where blood sugar levels were taken from pin prick samples. At the St. John Ambulance display, visitors were able to watch gruesome videos of individuals suffering from electrical shock and messy farm accidents. Regional director of the Ontario Fitness Council John Gilbert said he found most students were out of shape after completing the fitness test. It in- volves measuring heart rates after climbing up and --down steps and determining flexibility from stret- ching and other exercises. At the nutrition booth it was discovered that students who com- pared what they eat with what they should eat were avoiding vegetables and dairy products. - Sheryl Gilbert, a consultant with the Huron Health Unit said the travelling health fair gave area residents of all ages an opportunity to learn about various aspects of health care, and how to stay healthy. She added, "The fair is designed to present health in an interesting way and to date it has been well received. Exeter was the third of five stops on the tour. The fair will be in Goderich on November 4. South Huron District High School principal Bruce Shaw said he was pleased with the amount of visitors in Objection to licence hike Stephen township has passed a resolution protesting the large in- creases in radio licences for Canadian municipalities. The fees for licences covering the radio systems for the Stephen works department and the three fire brigades have risen from $236 to $1,487. Drainage commissioner Ken Pickering has been instructed to repair the Dundas municipal drain No. 1 on Concession 6 as requested in a petition from Donald Dundas. Court of revision on the Chambers municipal drain was completed without objections and the contract for the work was let to McKenzie and Henderson of Arkona for $8,841. This was the lowest of four bids received. Alex Scott of the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority attended Tuesday's regular meeting to report on the Lake Huron shoreline, flood and erosion risk mapping program. Along with five other Lakeshore municipalities, Stephen will pay their share of one-sixth of the cost amoun- ting to $1,500. Repairs in the amount of $1,000 were approved for the Crediton fire department pumper tank. As the result of meetings with the town of Exeter and the townships of Usborne and Hay, council has deter- mined that 66 households in the township are in the area served by the south Huron Rec Centre. An expenditure of $25 to purchase a wreath for the Remembrance Day service in Exeter was approved. Clerk Wilmar Wein and office staff member Linda Oliver will be atten- ding a municipal training seminar in Clinton on November 13. One representative from each of the three fire departments in the township will be attending an Emergency Planning Workshop November 4 in Goderich. excess of 1,40fr '. at fair fair was to promote health awareness Shaw commented, "The idea of the and it certainly did that". CHECKING CIGARETTE RESIDUE — Tony Robertson, Derek Schwart- zentruber and JohnSteuerassist Huron Cancer Society officials in checking cigarettes at Tuesday's Health Fair at SHDHS. A CONVINCING RIDE — Lee Baker gets help from OPP Constable John Marshall in getting in to the Convincer car at the Health Fair Tuesday at SHDHS. 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