Times-Advocate, 1986-11-05, Page 1111Maisie.", sn on Prot•ctive Phistles. move
A decision could be made later this
month whether Protective Plastics
will be moving its Huron Park and St.
Marys oper.tians to a new location in
Brantford.
The firm is negotiating for an old
White Farm Equipment building in
Brantford to house under one roof the
Huron Park manufacturing facility
and the finishing plant presently
.located in St. Marys.
Manager Bela Molnar indicated on
Monday that the firm has been look-
ing for some time to consolidate its
operations. He said negotiations had
been held with the Ontario Develop-
ment Corporation for additional space
at Huron Park, and while that was of-
fered, it still did not answerthe firm's
quest for a consolidated operation.
Molnar said thepossibility of
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CELEBRATE 75YEARS A banquet was held in Varna a Wednesda
y
to celebrate 75 years of the Family and Children's Services of Huron
County. -Shown cutting the cake are president Audrey Royal, former
executive director Clare McGown and present director John Penn.
Ten in
Damage amounted to almost
$25,000 in nine collisions investigated
by the Exeter OPP this week and
there were 10 people injured. Two of
the injuries were serious.
Patrick Masse, 23, of Zurich, sus-
tained a serious back and neck in-
jury on Friday when the pickup truck'
he was driving went out of control on
Highway 83 around 4:45 p.m. and roll-
ed over.
The mishap occurred near conces-
sion 2-3 of Stephen. Masse also sus-
tained cuts and bruises and after
treatment at South Huron Hospital,
was transferred to University
Hospital in London.
Damage to his vehicle was listed at
$6,000.
At 10:35 p.m., Friday, a vehicle
driven by Michael Lightfoot, RR 1
Crediton, collided with a farm trac-
building a new facility had also been
discussed with ODC officials, but the
anticipated coats were too high for
Protective Plastics to consider that
alternative.
He said it boils down to wanting to
get the firm's operations under one
roof and the negotiations for the
Brantford site hold the best prospect
to meet that objective.
Protective Plastics employs 90 peo-
ple at Huron Park and another 40 in
St: Marys. Total payroll of the two
plants is about $2.1 million per year.
The firm is the second largest sup-
plier of .plastic panels•for the truck
and trailer industry in North America
PAIR CHARGED
Two Huron Park men face a varie-
ty of theft and possession of stolen
property charges following their ar-
rest on Saturday.
Stephen Surrette and John McNair
were stopped in Goderich where the ,
former was charged with possession
of three stolen video cassette
recorders.
McNair fled the scene on foot and
was arrested later at his home in
Huron Park. He was charged with
stealing a car in Goderich.
A number of other charges related
to recent area thefts are pending
against the duo.
Friday evening, a car stereo was
stolen from the vehicle of Paul Camp-
bell, Mensal'. Four speakers, an
equalizer, amplifier and tape deck
valued at $1,100 were taken by the
thieves.
Exeter OPP report no acts of van-
dalism occurred in the area over
Hallowe'en.
and ite lease at Huron Park runs un-
ill�enda of 1887.
ve Plastics vice-president
David Scott said that current
en loyees wW be invited to move
4witjr the company if such .a move
The trabsfirm simply needs more space
according to Scott, who noted that the
finishing plant in St. Marys was open-,
ed two years ago when -the business
expanded.
Scott called the firm's line "a highly
successful business. About 79 percent
of our product is exported to the
United States. But there's a limit to
how long we can operate undepra
system of multiple buildings."
"The building in Brantford is
225,000 square feet (20,900 square
metres) in total, of which 180,000
square feet (16,721 square metres) is
prime manufacturing space - I'm -
talking about 90 feet (27 square
metres) between the rows of columns.
"The existing buildings in Huron
Park are 40,000 square feet (3,700
square metres) with a row of pillars
down the middle. It's tough to connect
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THE BAD AND THE GOOD — Tessie the tooth fairy counters the bad advice given out by Rootley Rotten
Tooth during a flying visit to some Exeter public School classrooms. In civilian dress, the two are Betty
Doherty and Barb Dougherty from the Huron County Health Unit, who regularly visit the school to give
the children fluoride rinses.
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tor on the Mt. Carmel Road. The trac-
tor was operated by Mitchell Allen,
RR 2 Ailsa Craig.
Lightfoot was taken to University
Hospital for treatment of a broken leg
and facial lacerations. Also injured
were two passengers in the Lightfoot
vehicle, Michael Jeromkin and
Cameron Darling, both of RR 3
Dashwood. They suffered only minor
injuries.
Damage to the Lightfoot vehicle
was listed at $5,000. There was no
damage to the tractor.
The first of the week's crashes oc-
curred in Huron Park last Sunday
when a vehicle owned by Linda Jones,
Huron Park, left Algonquin Drive and
collided with a culvert. Damage was
$2,000 and the incident is still under
investigation.
There were two collisions last Mon -
Osborne opposes
household formula
Four area municipalities currently
engaged in deliberations over grants
provided to the South Huron rec cen-
tre will meet again this week with in-
dications that there is already opposi-
tion to a move to have those grants
based on a per household basis.
Exeter, Stephen, flay and Usborne
wilt meet in Crediton on Thursday to
continue the discussions and Usborne
council have filed notice that they are
not satisfied with the funding being
based or households served. That's
one of the suggestions for the basis of
funding by each municipality.
While the township outlined no
reason for their stance, the
breakdown of figures released this
week by the four municipalities pro-
bably gives a -clue ir. that Usborne
would end up taking on about 24 per
cent of the rec centre deficit.
Each municipality outlined the
number of households served and the
figures show Usborne with 525, Hay
40, Exeter 1520 and Stephen 66.
That would suggest Exeter would
end up with about 71 percent of the
deficit, Osborne 24 percent, Stephen
three percent and Hay two percent.
Based on a deficit or$110,000, that
would make Usborne's share $27,500.
The township presently contributes
$11,000. Hay, which has given $800 this
year, would end up giving $2,200
under the new terms being con-
sidered, while Stephen's contribution
would be $3,300. The latter has given
$1,200 each year since the rec centre
was established, but has made no con-
tribution in 1986.
Exeter's share of the deficit would
be $78,100, about $20,000 less than it
now contributes.
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day, the first at 10:50 a.m., when
vehicles driven by John McConnell,
London, and Karrie Forrester, RR 2
Zurich, collided on Highway 21. For-
rester suffered minor injuries and
total damage was $3,500.
At 3:00 p.m., a vehicle operated by
Peter Vanarkel, St. Marys, struck a
bridge railing on Albert St. in Huron
Park. damage was $100.
One charged
on Hallowe'en
Exeter police report a very quiet
Hallowe'en.
The only charge laid was against a
youth who was caught trying to set a
fire with gasoline. He was charged
with mischief.
Police Chief Larry Hardy com-
mended the youth of the community
for the mature way they handled
themselves during Hallowe'en. "It
has helped to make the. job of the
police much easier," he noted.
The local police department in-
vestigated two collisions during the
week. The first was on Tuesday and
involved three vehicles, one of them
which was parked.
Tim Campbell, London, was north-
bound on Main St. when he swerved
to avoid a collision with a vehicle be-
ing driven onto Main from Wellington
St. by James Chalmers, Exeter.
Campbell lost control of his vehicle
and it collided with a parked vehicle
owned by David Broom, Huron Park.
Total damage was $2,000.
On Wednesday, vehicles operated
by Donald Hutchison, Tillsonburg,
and Carlos Cabral, London, collided
on Main St. south of Highway 83.
Damage in that one was set at $500.
During,the week, the local officers
laid seven charges under the
Highway Traffic Act, oneunder the
Criminal Code and issued one park-
ing ticket.
HALLOWEEN WINNERS -'- Six winners were named in the Exeter BIA Halloween costume party held
during Thursday's Moonlight Madness. From the left are Tristo Lynn Russell, Brendon Kraftcheck, Tracy
Taylor, Lindsay Lewis, Benjamin Rader and Jenne Roder.
area collisions
There were two collisions this
Saturday, the second being as a result
of the first. ,
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In the first one,'vltlicles driven by
Faith Lindsay, London, and Paul Zet-
tel, Windsor, collided on Highway 4
south of Hay Township road 10-11. •
Both drivers suffered minor injuries,
'and damage was $5,000.
• Shortly after, a vehicle driven by
James Purvis, Ailsa Craig, was slow-
ing down in view of the accident
ahead of him, when another vehicle
driven by Steven McCullough, Hen -
sail, collided with the rear of his.
Purvis arid his wife, Mary, suffered
minor injuries and damage to the two
vehicles was set at $1,200. • -• - -
The final crash,of the week was on
Sunday when vehicles driven by J. under the Liquor Licence Act.
Robert Funston, Huron Park, and
Douglas Reid, RR 1 Gowanstown, cul-
lided on Huron Road 21 at Canada
Ave., in Huron Park.
Funston sustained minor injuries
and damage was estimated at $1,500.
During the week, the local detach-
• ment;nffioers laid.45 charges under
the highway Traffic Act and five
TRUCK ROLLS — Patrick Masse, Zurich suffered severe back and neck injuries when the pickup
truck he was driving flipped on Highway 83, about two miles west of Exeter, Friday afternoon.
Three get jail terms_
for drinking, driving
A Woodham area woman who
refused to give a breath sample
because she said that she knew her
rights as a woman, was one of three
people sentenced with jail terms by
Judge Gary Hunter in Exeter court,
Tuesday.
Sandra Lois Ritchie, RR 1
Woodham, was sentenced to 14 days
in jail argl a shi,Jnonth driving suspen-
sion after pleading guilty to a charge
of refusing to give a breath sample.
At 2:16 a.m. an officer spotted her
car travelling north of County Road
21 in Stephen Township on March 15.
The car was swaying and -when she
was stopped she admitted to having
two alcoholic beverages earlier in the
evening. Ritchie had an odour of
alcohol about her and was unsteady
on her feet.
The 36 -year-old woman went to the
cruiser but refused to give a breath
sample saying that she knew her
rights as a woman. Ritchie hadt,had
a prior conviction of over 80 in
Woodstock and was fined $300 or 15
days.
John Brian Porter, RR 2 Goderich,
was sentenced to three months in jail
to serve from Friday at 9:00 p.m. un-
til Monday at 5:00 a.m. also gjyen a
three year suspension for di'lving
after pleading guilty to a charge of
impaired driving.
Porter was stopped on October 5
after an officer followed him for about
one km while watching him drifting
over the centre line. His vehicle was
going north on concession 2-3 in
Stephen Township at 12:10 a.m.
The 39 -year-old had the odour of
alcohol on his breath, bloodshot eyes
and slurred speech. Ile had Iwo
readings of 220 and'210 mgs. Porter
had a prior record on July 26, 1985 for
refusing a breath sample. He was fin-
ed $500 or 25 days. He also had a
drinking and driving conviction in
1980.
Lawrence R. Moore, 151 Columbia
Drive, Huron Park, was charged on
July 15, 1985 of having a blood alcohol
content of over 80 and was convicted
in court in December. His case was
appealed on January 9 and was heard
by Judge Carter on Tuesday. He
dismissed the appeal.
Moore was sentenced to 14 days in
Stratford jail, to be served from 8:00
pm. Friday to 6:00 p.m. Sunday.
Jeffrey A. Webster, 30 Goshen St..
Zurich, was fined S150 after pleading
guilty to possession of cannihus
marijuana.
The police acted on a search war-
rant and found 46 small marijuana
plants in front of a window. two
grams on a shelf in the bedroom and
some in a gun cabinet. There was a
street value of $50.
There was no reports back on iden-
tification of the substance but the ac-
cused admitted that it •was
marijuana.
Webster was given 90 days in which
to pay the fine.
APPLE BITERS Two of the contestants in Thursday's apple biting
contest sponsored by jhe Exeter Business Improvement Association's
Moonlight Madness were minor hockey president Gory Dolphin and
Exeter Legion president Jack Brintnell. T -A photo