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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-03-25, Page 3THEY LIKED THE SHOW More thon 100 youngsters jammed, the Exeter library Tuesday afternoon to enjoy the "Gone Fishin"' puppet show presented by the Huron County Library. T -A .photo Will dredge Ausable mouth Times -Advocate, March 25, 1987 Driving without lights in storm beings fine The stiffest fine handed down by Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake in Exeter court, Tuesday, went to Angelo Vilos, 57 Alexander St., Ex- eter. who pleaded guilty to a charge of driving without due care and control. Ile was fined $128.75 and given 15 •days in which to pay. The charge stemmed from an inci- dent on February 14 when a vehicle driven by the accused went out of con- trol on Highway $3 west of•Exeter. went into a ditch and struck a farm fence.. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $1,000. The accident occurred at 1:30 a.m., hut wasn't reported to police until 10:15 a.m. Vilos explained that he lost control of the vehicle when he reached down to pick up an object from the floor. Wiliam Phipson, 59 Confederation Ave.. Scarborough, was convicted on a Charge of driving without proper headlights on January 23. Ile plead- vealed-that hewers -pro- ceeding along Highway 4 just north of Exeter where blowing snow was caus- ing occasional whiteouts. A policeman me[The accused -around 1:30 p.m. and radioed to another of- ficer that a %Thiele was approaching without headlights. - When stopped, the accused was puzzled and said -be was unaware of the law requiring that headlights be used under the existing weather conditions. Testimony of the officer revealed that he hadn't seen another vehicle the rest of the day without lights on. In his defence. Phipson said he was coming to Exeter from Sexsmith air- port and -said he felt visibility was more than 150 metres all the way. In handing down a guilty decision, Bosanquet g—i:vrdence-re ed not guilty•. Bosanquet Township council reluc- tantly will spend about $2,500 on dredging in the Ausable River mouth because sand buildup problems have become so serious "we can't wait for the federal government to twiddle their thumbs," Reeve Fred Thomas -said-Wednesday. Thomas said the entrance to the river from Lake Huron is "almost shut right off" by a sandbar that has been growing for the past two to three years. The former Liberal government promised the township several years ago that Ottawa would provide The readers write Dear Sir: Friends have sent me clippings of the Free Press special report on the intricate machinations of Huron County Council and its vendetta against a reputable professional librarian and the Hensall represen- tative to the library hoard.. • If the affair wasn't so ludicrous it would sound like something out of Gilbert and Sullivan or an afternoon soap. But it is real and indicative of the questionable morality of some elected officials and the county clerk's office. As an interested citizen and active user of Exeter library I am disturbed about the unfortunate fiasco. in Exeter we are lucky to have a fine, efficient chief librarian with a dedicated friendly staff: No enquiry, from young or old is tooinsignificant • to be promptly dealt with. It is-peo-_ ple like that, and the reading public. that suffer under such childish behaviour. It would be interesting to know just how many, and -who, of the councillors who are on the library board (1) have an active library card and 12► actual- ly use a library. This whole affair calls into question whether some of them read at all! County council is supposed to be a democratic body; why don't they stop building little kingdoms and take care of roads and bridges and areas they _ are competent to administer? It's ob- vious that Mrs. Haydon has been a good representative. of the fourth estate in unearthing "Huron Gale" and Mrs. Bisback a good, concerned citizen. Our two Liberal MPPs and. Mrs. Munro, a cabinet minister have earned no laurels on this one, but have danced around their responsibilities. Let's hope this hopeless private member's bill dies a well deserved demise, and that Mrs. Munro receives lots of letters saying so. i have writ- ten her, for one! Yours truly. J.M. Gibson Chapala. Mexico. FINANCIAL CENTRE, GODERICH 524.2773 1. 31:1 • .5503 emergency dredging services when needed. Thomas said. It also recognized that a permanent solution, • recommended in engineering studies. could be provision of a specially equipped tugboat for $200,000 to $250,000 to keep.moving the constantly shifting -sands. But whatever money should -have . gone into such measures was "frozen" after the Conservatives took power in late 1984, he said. •"t think they forget about it." He said the township in recent months has pressed federal officials directly and through MP Sid Fraleigh (PC - Lambton-Middlesex ) for dredg- ing in what it feels has become an emergency, but all it received was "a lot of maybes". A salmon fishing derby is set for April 15 and "we've got to have things .ready" for anglers attracted to an event which has sparked a "real burst of interest" in recent years. Thomas said the township doesn't feel it should have to pay for any . dredging and regards the impending - work as only a partial solution. "We still need the -whole thing dredged out." He is concerned the summer boating season is approaching and, even if Ottawa approved complete dredging this week, the work pro_ bably wouldn't be done until August because of the slow pace of the government contracting process. About 800 boats were berthed at the half-dozen private marinas and Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority docks last summer and""by all accounts there will be more this Plan move Continued from front page. _ "It looks like an easy thing (ter- minating services) to say, but there are many side issues," the planning director suggested. Ile said the matter of the other functions of the department would have to be discussed • with Exeter officials. Ile continued by noting that his department has experienced pro blems with many county. municipalities over the past 15 years. but all the issues have been resolved amicably. Ile said some hired plan- ners to do work that the county plan- ning department couldn't schedule soon enol igh to satisfy the municipali; ty in gil'eslion and others have had disagreements over decisions and have hired. outsiders to help resolve the issues. - Davidson said that part of Exeter's complaints may stem from the fact the town had to hire its own planning and legal advice to battle the propos- ed Hay agri-indu?;'trial park. but the county has a policy whereby it does not provide "intervenor funding". Ile acknowledged that it was a valid con- cern on the part of Exeter and was uncertain whether that policy would be changed in the future. "I hope we can still work it out." he said . in reference to his intent to discuss the matter of Exeter's ter- minating the services of the depart- ment with local officials in the near future. YOUR TAXES LIKEWEEDS COULD BE OUT OF CONTROL H&R Block can help. We've been helping the community for Z years, providing: • Free answers to tax questions • I-lelpful, friendly service • Accuratetaxreturns • HUI Block guarantee • Convenient location • And MODE! We dig for every deduction and credit, so that you can save the most tax money possible. Plus, we weed out any tax problems. Slop In and nee us today, or call for an appointment. Let Block help keep your taxes under control. 7 H&R BLOCK 113E INCOME TAX SPECIALISTS 147 Main St., Exeter 235-1901 Mon. - Wed. 9 - 6; ThUrs. - Fri. 9 - 8; Sat. 9 - 6 year," he said: "It's a lovely harbor and we've got to provide an opening" to it. In "anothe kick in -our direetion," he said the Canadian Coast Guard also has the. us." It has decided it no longer will place buoys • inlheriver mouth_area as it has in.- - past years because the sand problem means it can't guarantee a safe en- trance for boaters. The coast guard has sold Bosanquet_ about-20 buoys for $2, he said. and the - township will be responsible for hav- ing them put in this .year. Thomas said the coast guard is con- - tinuing to place buoys at Bayfield and Grand Bend. while Port Franks is left with problems. even though it has more boats than the combined total for the other two locations. - - Ile said local officials, who have had to deal with the federal fisheries • and oceans department's small•craft harbors branch on the dredging issue. also have appealed unsuccessfully to the province. He Said the natural resources ministry has some jurisdic- tion in the Port Franks area, but "i've never got a satisfactory answer on - where the (river) mouth starts." which he said could be a factor in whether it was a federal or provincial concern. "I'm kind of getting tired of it,'' he said. In the meantime, The township is "looking at trying 10 raise money" to buy the sand -moving tugboat and "we're certainly not encouraging large boats" .to come here until the current problem has eased. • SHDHS FORMAL BULLETIN For about the hundredth year in a row Bob Swart - man is the selfappointed supplier of tuxedos for the annual formal. Bob will help you look sharp for as little as $49.95 Mr. Wedlake noted it was a strict liability offence and the policemen had been concerned.enough to radio each other." . The Scarborough man was fined $5:3.75 and given 15 days in which to la Page 3 pay• in the only other case, Sheila Hip- pern, HR 2 Grand Bend, was fined $4.00 plus $3.00 in costs or two days in jail for a parking bylaw infraction in Hensel! on September 24. 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