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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-12-10, Page 2Stephen seek fir. k.ng. Stephen township council wW be asking the Exeter and area fire beard fora realignment of the current • ut-. daries on which they are assessed for Bre protection. Only one person attended a recent meeting to discuss the proposed changes in area from the Exeter fire department to the Huron Park brigade. About 20 were invited, Reeve Tom Tomes said at the latest meeting of council that he would be asking for a change for properties along Highway 4 up to Lot 16, conces- sion 1 from Dashwood Industries and for some redistribution on Concession 2 and 3. Tomes said the change was thought of a couple of years ago and added, "We waited until there was a new fire truck at Huron Park and the second concession was reconstructed. Now that those plans have been completed I feel we can provide protection just as well. We have good equipment. Currently Stephen is paying nine percent of the costs of the Exeter fire ' area. On this Tomes commented, "I think we can cut this by two or three percentage points giving a saving to the taxpayer". Stephen and Hay now owners of the Dashwood fire department will also be asking for some boundary changes along Highway 83, west of Exeter. Two land severance applications were received and both were approv- ed with slight conditions. They are for Tom and Mary Ryan at part lot 21 South Boundary Conces- sion and for John and Maria Govers at Lot 7, Concession 6% One tile drain loan application in the amount of $0,000 was approved. Reeve Tout .Tomes and clerk WOW* Wein were authorized to sign a 'prom! insurance exchange with the ROMA insurance ,progiam, This will come about if enough municipalities in the province join . in. It- would facilitate tower premiums through a self insurance System. • Three' readings were given to a' bylaw controlling the removal of top 'soil from township farms. Application must be made and approval receiv- ed before arty top soil may be sold. • - OP'P TO SEE SANTA — Ken andGlenn Hines tion to take Haley Pink to see Santa Claus. AT CHRISTMAS PARTY — Checking over the agenda for Thursday's Christmas party of the South Huron Association for the Mentally Han- dicapped are executive director John Gray, Myra Lovell and pgjty co-ordinator Alma Godbolt. T -A photo Crediton man dies two days after fine A Crediton man has been fined a total of $1,000 after being convicted for driving while under suspension twice on the same day. Gordon Kenneth Kuhn, Victoria St., who died Thursday was tried in absentia after a not guilty plea to both charges was presented on his behalf before Just ice.nf,tbg Peacg Ktomitlgs, Wedlake in Exeter court, Tuesday. Evidence reveaWd that Kuhn was stopped at 10:02 a.m. on the Crediton Road after being recognized by a policeman as being under suspension. The court was told the accused was abusive and was warned by the of- ficer to find another way home and not to drive. Shortly after, the accused was observed coming out of a bank and was driving away when stopped again and charged for the second time. His licence had been under suspen- sion for unpaid fines and he had been convicted of driving whjle under suspension on October 21. Kuhn was fined $500 on each count ',and was given a further six month suspension on each. He was given six months in which to pay the fines. The court docket indicated that Kuhn was scheduled to appear in court again on January 6 on a further charge of driving while under suspension. A finer of $350 was levied against Thieves h i t area home One break, enter and theft is under investigation by the Exeter OPP this week. Larry Selves, Usborne Township, reported that his residence had been entered on Tuesday. Tbieves made off with $2,741 worth of items including a color TV, two chainsaws, a circular saw add a com- puter with disc drive and printer. 1�} Wilfred Michael Mostrey, formerly of RR 2 Zurich and 'now 11 Sherwood Crescent, Exeter, who pleaded guil- ty to driving while under suspension on October 3. The 23 -year-old was under suspen- sion until May 10, 1988 for failing to pay fines. ,.. He too ,w ts.given. a -.further Aix -- month suspension and two months in which to pay the fine. Two Exeter men appeared on Tues- day to face charges arising from the season's first charges laid under Ex- eter's snow vehicle bylaw. Robert D. Lammie, 52 Gidley St. E., and Steven Anderson, 118 Mill St., pleaded guilty to operating snow vehicles on the sidewalk on November 21 around 11:00 p.m. Each was fined $53.75 and Mr. Wedlake gave them 45 (Os in which to pay, noting that it was close to Christmas. Julie A. Morrison, 74 Main St., Kirkton, was fined $53.75 after pleading guilty to a charge of failing to yield the right-of-way from a private drive on November 19. She was fined a further $128.75 for having no driver's licence. A fine of $53.75 was levied against Wolfgang Hablizel, RR :3 Denfield, on whose behalf an agent entered a guil- ty plea to a charge of failing to stop at a stop sign on October 23 at the junction of County Roads 4 and 21. In a contested case, J. Martin Krebs, 176 Oxford St., IIensall, was convicted on a charge of failing to yield to traffic and was fined $53.75. Ile was in collision with another vehicle on October 21 at the junction of Highway 83 and concession 2-3 of Hay Township. In his defence, Krebs explained that there was construction at the in- tersection and his vision was_ obstructed by a parked truck and some other obstacles. I4owever. Mr. Wedlake ruled that the accused didn't use all due diligence. mes Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Fifteenth Year provide the automa- T-A photo }lizo. Aro."."N VOC & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, December 10, 1986 Price Per Copy 60 Cents Exeter woman still criticcul after being hit by vehicle A 73 -year-old Exeter woman re- mains in critical condition in Univer- sity Hospital, London, after being hit by a vehicle on Huron St. on Wednes- day night. Mary Blanchard, 283 Mill St., was walking near the Mary St. intersec- tion when struck by a vehicle driven by 21 -year-old Rodney Dobson, Exeter. The Dobson vehicle was westbound on Huron when it went out of control and struck the pedestrian. The victim sustained multiple fractures. Dobson has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm, impaired driving causing bodi- ly harm and exceeding 80 mgs. of alcohol in his blood. He is scheduled to appear in Exeter court on January 13 to face the charges. The accident was one of seven in- vestigated by the Exeter police department during the past week. The rash of crashes started on Tuesday when vehicles driven by Bruce Tuckey, Exeter, and John Knowles, Stratford, collided at the in- --tersectiotroft*fa rlboroughoend4fek toria. The Tuckey vehicle was north- bound orthbound on Marlborough and Knowles was proceeding east on Victoria•St. Damage was listed at $5,500. There were two collisions on Wednesday, the first involving vehicles driven by Wilhelm Adams and Velma Huff, both of Exeter. The Huff vehicle was eastbound on Huron and Adams was exiting from a private driveway when the collision REPORTS SUBMITTED Eric Runacres, the fact finder ap- pointed by the Education Relations Commission in the negotiations bet- ween the secondary teachers and the trustees of the Huron County Board of Education, has submitted a report to the Commission. - As required under the School Boards and Teachers Collective Negotiations Act, the teachers and trustees now have aperiod of 15 days for further negotiations on the basis of this report. There is a provision for an additional five days under the Act if both the trustees and the teachers agree and the Commission approves. If at the end of this time the parties have not made or renewed an agree- ment, then the Education Relations Commission will make the fact finder's report public. That will be on December 15, unless an extension is approved. Runacres has also been the fact finder in the negotiations between the elementary teachers and the trustees and has submitted a report to the Commission. The 15 -day period for that report ends on December 18. rCSUS. � , et- iNert \), e • tk., r r'\ l REASON FOR SEASON --- One of the most impressive floats in Satruday's Santo Claus parade was entered by the Community Bible Fellowship. It won first prize in the Christmas theme category. took place. Damage in that one was set at $450. Drivers in the other crash were Randy Mathers, Exeter, and Larry Lange, Ayton. Mathers was east- bound on Church and Lange was "southbound on Main at the time. Total damage was $4,500. The first of two crashes on Thurs- day occurred at the parking lot at SHDHS When a vehicle operated by Terry McAdams, Dashwood, slid on the snow and struck two rked vehicles. The parked vehicles belong- ed to Julia O'Rourke, Dashwood, and Sandra Carty, Exeter. Total damage to the three was estimated at $1,440. The other Thursday crash was hit and run. An unknown vehicle hit a water hydrant on Main St. near Mac - Naughton Drive around midnight. Damage to the hydrant was $1,200. Anyone with information pertaining to this accident is asked to contact the police department. The final collision of the week took place on Edward St. south of Sanders on Friday when a vehicle operated by Michael Dykstra, Exeter, skidded on theslippery road and struck a pole. Damage was $1,000. During the week, the department . officers laid two charges under the Highway Traffic Act, two under the Liquor Licence Act and three under, the Criminal Code. There was one charge of trespassing and 10 parking tickets issued. SANTA WAS BUSY — Following Saturday's parade Santo Claus talks to Becky, Emily and Sarah Dixon. Santa's helpers are Jennifer McGee, Kristi Sargeant, Joyann Heywood and Katie Short. T -A photo. Mayors prepare topics for session with county While noting emphatically he is op- posed to a current suggestion that mayors should represent their towns on county councils, Exeter Mayor Bruce Shaw indicated this week he was looking forward to an upcoming session of Huron County council when the five mayors will make presenta- tions on subjects of county -wide concern. The county executive committee approved a request from the five mayors to address the full council and they have been invited to the February session. The mayors of Exeter, Seaforth, Clinton, Wingham and Goderich started to meet on an informal basis in June at Shaw's suggestion and he explained this week he was very pleased with the work the five have undertaken. He said the group has held three meetings to date and each resulted in full attendance and considerable enthusiasm. The mayors will meet this week in Goderich to finalize their presentation to county council which will deal with five main issues: landfill, composition of county council's executive commit- tee, library, economic development and improvements to Highway 8. Each of the mayors will take one of the subjects. Shaw will handle the topic of the executive committee's makeup. He said the mayors feel there should be a more formalized and balanced basis for representation on the powerful executive committee to give the urban centres a more representative voice. Noting that the five towns represent 20,000 people, or about 40 per cent of the Huron population, Shaw said the urban centres generally fail to have a comparable voice on the committee. Shaw said the towns feel they should have at least two members on the seven -member executive. On the controversial library mat- ter, Shaw said the mayors were op- posed to the move from -a board system to a committee of county council. The mayors feel that the public Growski told of squirrels Listeners of Peter Growski's CBC Morningside radio show were given an introduction to Exeter's unique white squirrel population this week. Growski included an interview with BIA president Karen Pfaff as well as getting comments from ministry of natural resources spokesman Mike Malhiot, biologist at the Wingham office. Terming the number of local white squirrels "fascinating" Growski was advised by the BIA chairman that the town boasts between 20 to 40 of the animals, although she advised that some local residents have "noticed fewer this fall than ever before". She also explained that attempts to get the squirrels protected under pro- vincial or federal laws had been fruitless, adding that Exeter has the only non -albino white squirrels in North America. Mrs. Pfaff advised that someone from the ministry had visited Exeter and taken one of the squirrels to Toronto for examination. When ask- ed if that squirrel had been returned, she responded "Not that I ever heard of". Malhiot, who said he had seen one white squirrel in the Exeter area, ad- vised that putting the squirrels under the endangered species legislation was not considered appropriate, although he suggested the town could pass its own bylaws in an effort to pro- tect the animals. Growski, who had been provided with a picture of the squirrels, described them to his audience as be- ing whiter than the snow in Toronto. representation is important and they would like to see the system remain as it is. • They would also like to see a for- malized plan involving the towns and the county jn an effort to attract more industry to Huron. Goderich mayor Eileen Palmer will address the concern over Highway 8, Please turn to page 3 Parker given Usborne post Usborne Township council have named Kenneth G. Parker, RR 1 Hen - sail, as the new road superintendent. Parker, who will replace John Bat- ten who is retiring after working 35 years with the township, assumes his new duties on January 1. Parker's sti- pend has been set at $26,000 for 1987. Council will proceed with plans to have the superintendent's office located in the administration centre the township shares with the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority. Members of the township history book committee were present M the latest meeting of council to discuss preparation of the project for the 1992 sesquicentennial. Members of the public on the com- mittee include Fern Dougall, Ken Oke, Garnet Hicks. Gwen Coward. Ross Ilodgert and Howard Pym. In other business, council: Decided to write the County of Huron asking them to sign County Road 6 from Highway 4 to Kirkton in order to comply with recommenda- tions of the fire marshal's office. Requested that Brian Ilardeman and Joe Stephens assume respon- sibility of flood -co-ordinator and alter- nate co-ordinator for the Upper Thames Conservation Authority flood warning system. Agreed to share on a 50-50 basis with }fibbed Township, the cost of repairs to the Ausable River municipal drain.