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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-05-20, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, May 20, 1987 + UNDER HOOD DRIVER TRAINING — The current driver training program at South Huron District High CHECKING OUT FILTERS — Looking at the inside of an oil filter at a recent driver training under the SchCiol includes five hours -of under hood training. Shown from the left checking tire treads are students hood seminar at SHDHS are students Jeff Chipchase, Jeff Playfoot and Tim McAllister, Brad Burdon -of Christine Rose, Glenn McBeath, Sue Coates and Becky Seldon and Brian Shaw of Petro -Canada and SHDHS Petro-Conada and SHDHS technical instructor Keith Wonnacott. T -A photo. driver training instructor Gerald McAuley. T -A photo. Authority will decdedde en membership be presented to the full Authority for approval. All three advisory committees -have reviewed the matter and the water management advisory committee have recommended that a minimum The executive committee of the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority will be meeting May 21 to al ---with• plans - For a reduced membership for the Authority. Any recommendations adopted will Used jr the kitchen, but w on prohibited Although he explain at his live- Tuesday,Mostrey said he purchased in girlfriend only used a set of brass the brass knuckles in the U.S.A.-about knuckles with a knife blade ,on the two years ago and was told at that end for cutting vegetables and • eat, time they were legal because they . an area man was fined $300 after . - didn't go over all the knuckles. ing convicted ona charge of posse He then explained the use made of sion of a prohibited weapon when he the weapon and the court learned that appeared in Exeter court, Tuesday. he word "assassin" was enscribed on Wilfred Michael Mostrey, RR 2 t blade of the knife. Zurich, was also fined a further $240 e'23 -year-old was given 60 days by Judge Gary Hunter when he plead- in w ich to pay the two fines which ed guilty to escaping lawful custody. totalled $550. In the only other conviction on Tuesday's docket, John K. Beckett, 167 Broadway, Orangeville, was fin- ed $500 aftenpleading guilty to driv- ing with a bl¢od alcohol content over the legal limit. He was charged on April 25 when police noticed his vehicle travelling at an excessive speed while southbound on Highway 4. The vehicle was clock- . He was then placed under arrest, ed at 134 km. per hour and the accus- but when a policeman went to answer ed was stopped after entering Exeter. the telephone, the accused ran P out of A breathalizer reg halizer test gave a reading the house into a cornfield, but was of 120 mgs. apprehended. The Orangeville man was given :30 After taking the stand in court on days in which to pay the fine. The charges arose from an incident on August 22 when four policemen conducted a search in the residence of the accused and found the brass knuckles on a counter in the kitchen. Mostrey was not at home at the outset of the police search, but when he did arrive, admitted owning the weapon. Charges take a jump, collision totals decline Charges laid by the Exeter OPP took a sharp jump over the first holi- day weekend of the summer season.. The strict enforcement appeared to pay dividends as there were only two collisions despite the fact traffic was heavy. One man was injured in the two col- lisions. both of which occurred on Saturday. A vehicle operated by Paul Van - Mill, Sterling heights, Michigan, 'went out of control into a ditch on Highway -21. it then struck a private drive and went airborne, landing on , the right side of the vehicle. The driver was ejected on impact and was taken to South Huron Hospital for treatment of head injuries. Damage to his 1986 vehicle was listed at $20,000. The other Saturday collision also happened on Highway 21 at the in- tersection of Highway 84. Drivers in- volved were Maureen Masse, RR 2 Zurich. and Michael Valdes, Toronto. Damage was set at $3,000 in that one.' Two parked vehicles at the residence of Doug Mason, 199 Colum- bia Drive, .. Huron Park, were discovered badly damaged by van- dals on Sunday morning. A 1986 car owned by Mason had all the windows smashed and there were puncture holes in the side. Total damage to his vehicle was set at $2,000. A tractor trailer owned by Anthony DeJong. Exeter. sustained damage of 8200 as the headlights were smashed out. A breakin was also investigated at the Highlands 11I residence of Dell Cadilac, RR 1 Grand Bend._ Items valued at $50 were taken. An unsuc- cessful breakin was attempted at the cottage of Dr. Vincent Quinlan at St. Joseph Shores. During the week, the local detach- ment officers charged four people with impaired driving and six were given 12 -hour licence suspensions bas- ed on Alert readings in roadside checks. There were 64 charges under the Highway Traffic Act, four under the Liquor Licence Act, three under the Criminal Code and o ach for driv- ing while under susnsion and for failing to have insurance. Cottage industry bylaw given council approval A bylaw to provide an amendment toExeter's official plan to allow cot- tage industries was passed by coun- cil this week and immediately after, another bylaw was approved which allows for the establishment of the Shufflers Continued from front page Rec director Farquhar said the board had never followed a practice of negotiating fees with all groups before they were set and said such a practice would involve a lot of legwork. However, Snell said if the informa- tion had to be relayed to groups before it became public then "we have to do it" The rec director said some infor- mation had been given to a represen- tative of the clutt and she wondered aloud if it had been relayed to the members. She acknowledged that she pro- bably should have gone to the club's meeting to explain the rate situation. The discussion .ended vOhen she noted that her estimate of cost to the club under the ,new fees would generate only 81,200 to 81,500 in revenue compared to the $3,000 to $4,000 predicted by the shufflers. first such industry. The original bylaw establishes policies for Cottage industrial use within indtlMtrial designations. The policies include definitions, locational requirements and compatibility and land use requirements. A statement for its basis is'as follows: "The development of these policies reflects a desire to provide oppor- tunities for a range of industrial set- tings within Exeter. While home oc- cupations within residential areas provide limited opportunities for the mixing of residences and businesses they do not provide for more intensive uses. The intent of this amendment is to allow, in certain areas, the establishment of uses which go beyond what is normally considered to be a home occupation, such as tradesman's shop. The locational and definitional criteria within the amendment attempt to ensure com- patibility for development within the Town of Exeter." The subsequent bylaw approved gives zoning to property on the nor- thwest corner of Wellington and Carl- ing for Allan Johnston to establish a cottage industry. A. single family residence shall be permitted as an ac- cessory structure. O discounted equalized assessment figure be used to reduce the member- ship to 15 directors with municipal reeves and the Authority chairman together -making the direct appointments. The committee further recom- mends that no more than three municipalities be joined together in the move to reduced membership. - At their recent meeting, the ex- ecutiv ommittee moved to handle comp aints from two municipalities. One was a letter from Stephen Township expressing displeasure with the 9:7 percent.inerease in their levy for 1987. General manager Tom Prout was asked to attend a council meeting to explainthe reasons to Stephen for their increase. • The Township of Bosanquet presented an objection to the availability of camping at the Port Franks conservation area as it is in directcompetiti with pri ate enterprise. The executive passed a motion to notify Bosanquet that the 14 camp sites at Port Franks are available to boat dock lessees only and that these _are not in conflict with township bylaws or ministry of the environ- ment standards and further, that these camp sites were set up as part of an agreement with the' Bosanquet harbor committee andtheAuthority. A letter was received from R:W. Messervey, regional conservation authorities program co-ordinator, providing a report of the operational audit conducted December 15-17. The audit report contains observations, .discussions and recommendations concerning the program areas ex- amined by the audit team. Subsequently, the executive decid- ed that the 28 recommendations in the operational audit report be divided among and reviewed by the ap- propriate advisory - committee and tnen a report be sent back from each' committee to the executive. Fred Lewis reported that Gordon Johnson. Tom Prout, Wayne Tingle and he met with Nancy Excel of the and law authorities in the prevention auditing firm of Pannell Kerr \ of crime.and aiding'people in distress. MacGillivray in April to discuss pro- The purpose of this program is to blems encountered last year. observe and report from radio - A decision regarding this matter will be made at the summer full Authority meeting after the ad hoc auditors committee consisting of Lewis, Johnson, Prout, Tingle and Don Lithgow interview four or five auditing firms. . in other business, the executive: Learned that a workshop was held by Hank O'Shea of Personal Possibilities in the boardroom and the staff and directors present were in- structed on how to chair a meeting, handle -a --microphone and deal with - the press. Received a plaque and chainsaw for testing chainsaws for a Huron Park firm before the machines were placed on the market. • Resolved that the new Association of Conservation Authorities of Ontario information handbook be made available to all newly -appointed directors, each member:municipali- t and the remaining Authority directors. Were advised the Authority is tak- ing part in the Operation PAL pro- gram -which was set up by Union Gas as a company involvement program aimed at assisting the general public River Conservation Authority. Gave permission to Colleen Seeley to operate a mobile food trailer at Pork Blake conservation area. Learned that Wayne Shaddock,has successfully completed the Conserva- tion Authorities enforcement course and requested the minister of natural resources to designate him as a pro- vincial -offences officer. Were advised that 12 students %rill be hired under the Experience '87 pro- gram funding allocation of $20,799 and another five -people will be hired under the section 38 employment program. Heard a suggestion from Cecil Des- jardine that if a director is unable to attend a committee meeting the office should he notified. His recommenda- tion came after he noted that a plann- ed meeting of the regulations commit- tee_had to be. rescheduled because a quorum was not present for the scheduled session. . - equipped vehicles, hut not to become Decided that all groups entering the physically involved. Rock Glen conservation area for the Agreed to hold demolition of the purpose of taking group photographs Bax house at the Parkhill conserva- be charged the regular entrance fees. tion area until the town receives the A request had been received that the results of a -feasibility study for the Authority reduce, waive or issue a flat proposed golf course. fee for groups which have made the . Decided to send two delegates -and area a' popular spot for wedding, their companions to the 40th anniver- family reunion and other group • sary celebrations of the South Nation pictures. - oN: MMWMWEM:..n:'tu.Wht-cr,-`sM - .:::;rGisv"cmamo.. -.eG. c.:..m. • AT FUNERAL — Firefighters, police officers, ambulance attendants, Ontario Fire Marshal Office of- ficials all joined together to pay a final tribute to Ken Aikenhead. Firefighters from across -Ontario at- tended the May 16 funeral of 'the Brucefield fireman. Well over 100 men formed an honor guard at Brucefield United Church and Baird's Cemetery where the funeral and burial took place. (Shelley McPhee Hoist photos) Brucefield fireman dies (Inc man was killed two others in- jured after a tanker truck rolled while on its way to a fire on May 13. Dead is 25 -year-old Kenneth J. Aikenhead of Brucefield. Aikenhead, Dennis Ilallam, 40, and Robert McKenzie, 41. both of Brucefield, were rushed to Clinton Public Hospital shortly after the accident occurred. The Brucefield Fire Department was responding to a call for a brush fire at 5:50 p.m. when the accident oc- curred. The three men were west- bound on Sideroad 30, two and a half miles west of Vanastra, in the 1970 Ford tanker truck when it went out of control on the gravel road and rolled into the south ditch. Damage to the truck is estimated at 84,000. Aikenhead was in his third year with the fire department. . He is survived by his wife, Susan, his ;parents, James and Eunice (Smith) Aikenhead of Hensall and his mother-in-law, Nancy McKay of Clinton. Aikenhead has one brother. Jack, of -Hensall. and one sister, Mrs. Ron i Deborah ► Ferguson of Exeter. He is also survived by grandparents Nellie Smith of Stratford and Mr: and Mrs. R.J. Briggs of Exeter. Visitation was held in the Hensall Chapel of Michael P. O'Connor Funeral homes and the funeral ser- vice was held in Brucefield United Church on May 16 -with Rev. Lorne Keays officiating. Interment was in Baird's Cemetery. Stanley Township. Board can't help ice requirement but back plea for equal subsidies While the South Huron rec centre board still can't provide all the ice time required by the rapidly expan- ding Exeter ringette group, the board did agree on Thursday to write coun- cil and suggest that the players should be treated equally when subsidies are provided by council to local groups. The ringette group did receive a subsidy from council this year, but it was based only on the amount of time used at the rec centre and not for any use of ice at the Hensall arena. Spokesman for a five -person delegation, Harry Stuart, said his group could understand the problem with ice availability in Exeter and acknowledged that rec director Lynne Farquhar had done a. lot of juggling in an attempt to assist the ringette players and had managed to find them an additional hour this year. He said the main concern was that while the majority of players were from Exeter, they received a reduc- ed subsidy because they used ice time in Hensall: Board member Ken Oke explained that the subsidy issue had nothing to do with the rec board; but chairman Jim Workman replied that the board were actually forcing.them out of Ex- eter by not having ice time available. Osborne representative Pat Down said the board could recommend to Exeter council that the ringette group receive a full subsidyon the same basis as other groups. However, Exeter council represen- tative Dorothy Chapman quickly noted that further subsidies to minor sports groups was not a foregone con- clusion as it has never been establish- ed by council. In response to a question from Mrs. Chapman the rec director advised there still was ice time available at the rec centre from 7:30 p.m. on dur- ing Saturday night and there was also a block of time during normal church hours on Sunday but the latter was not deemed appropriate for minor groups. Mrs. Down then asked if it was fair that the same gruop had to go out of town for ice each year and Mrs. Chap- man said she had pointed out last year during the debate over ice time that groups should be expected to take turns in using out-of-town ice or non- prime hours at the rec centre. There were also questions raised about a large group having to ,go elsewhere while the figure skaters on occasion have only a handful of par- ticipants on the ice for special instruction. - However, the rec director explain- ed why that'situation occurs and can't be changed. in concluding his presentation, Stuart acknowledged that "people have to start getting, realistic" in realizing that they must start using early morning hours and other non- prime time to help alleviate some of the problems in satisfying the needs of all the groups. th Ile thanked the board for agreeing to send council a letter on the subsidy matter.