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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-07-29, Page 1* Friedsburg Queen contestants 3 * 'Zurich Fair highlights 8 * Twilight crop tour 10 * A $30,000 winner 11 * Santa at Grand Bend 6A Youth A 17 year-old Brampton youth was killed late Sunday afternoon in a single vehicle accident on highway 4. south of Hensall. Paul Scott Griska of 66 Dawson Crescent in Brampton was thrown from a southbound- vehicle which - went out of control, veered into the west ditch and rolled over twice. The driver who cannot be identified as he is a young offender sustained minor injuries. Another passenger 23 year-old William Taylor, RR 2, Walton was taken to Victoria Hospital in London. Three other accidents occurred in the area; Sunday. Vehicles driven by Joseph Peirone, Windsor and Alice Tieman, Dashwood collided on Highway 21 tt killed after an unknown vehicle left a gas station in front of them. Minor in- juries were sustained by two passengers in the Tieman vehicle, MildredKellerman and Edith Baker, both of Dashwood. --A-seeond crash on Highway 21i -two - kilometres north of Highway 83 in- vblved vehicles driven by Arkady Bluvol, London and Nicole Brisson of Rochester, Michigan. Damages were estimated at $1,500. The third Sunday mishap occurred on Highway 81, north of Middlesex road 5 in Stephen township when a vehicle driven by Bryan Johnston, London entered the ditch and struck a fence owned by Manuel Curts, RR 3, Parkhill. Damages totalled $825. Exeter OPP officers set damages • Ames in Hiahwav 4 crash at $1,550 Monday whet► a vehicle operated by Brian Berwick, Goderich was in collision with a parked car owned by William Hay. Hensall on Brock street in Hensall. Friday vehicles driven by Irvin. Guenther. Exeter and William Jackson. London collided on Highway New street _named A new street leading to Exeter's In- dustrial Park on Highway 83 east was named Monday afternoon honouring a former clerk. The road allowance which is on the way to becoming an official street will be named Pickard Road in honour of the late C.V. Pickard who handled the duties of clerk when the town was in- corporated in 1950. 'third reading of the street bylaw will not be made until a four week waiting period allows for public input. Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Sixteenth Year • At a special meeting Monday alter - noon,. council took the responsibility from building Official Brian Johnston to issue a building permit for the first construction on the site. - Mayor .Bruce ite.Mayor-Bruce Shaw said -''Thanks go to reeve Bill Mickle and he alone in getting rid of the red tape holding up the project." Mickle was able to get approval from MTC despite the fact the Minister was carrying official ap- proval in his brief case and he is on holidays. 4, north of Usborne township road .5-6 with damages listed at $1.000. Damages were estimated at $1.000 Saturday when the rubber -from the rear lire of a vehicle driven by Lisa Overholt, UIt 2. Zurich separated from the lire striking the fender area while travelling on Highway 84. east of.('oncession 14-15 in flay township. A second Saturday mishap involv- ed vehicles driven by Bahi Habbib, Detroit and Kurt Schou. Kitchener. It occurred on highway 21. south of Highway 133 and damages totalled • $1.050. During the week Exeter detach- ment officers investigated a total of •tti occurrences and 72 l fighway Cri -- tic Act charges were laid. dvocate & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, July 29, 1987 Price Per Copy 60 Cents Took vision and faith Local company first to produce net wrap in North America What is the difference between a gambler and an entrepreneur'? Sybren De Boer would tell you that an entrepreneur has the vision and the faith to bet on a sure thing - his own judgement and managerial skills. De Boer has spent the last two years preparing to break* into the North American market with a ver- satile polyethelene net wrapping which is becoming increasingly popular in the agricultural industry. One of the netting's main uses is to replace twine on the large round bales of hay. The wrap covers the entire bale except the ends. Among the ad- - vantages of the new product is speed: the bale is turned in the baler a max- imum of three times, as opposed to 16 titnes using twine Because of this, more of the leaves are retained. The wrap also comes off the bales more quickly and easily, requiring just one - and -one-half turns, and no knife. Since 1979 De Boer's company "Syfilco Ltd. at 15 John St. E. has been knitting the filter socks that go over perforated drainage tile. Ile first saw the plastic netting at an industrial equipment show, and could see that the production of net wrapping could be fitted into his operation. . "Diversifying is the key to suc- cess", De Boer maintains. While others were willing to import until certain the wrap would'sell on this continent, De Boer decided to put his entrepreneurial talents to the test. He tracked down wrap manufactur- ing equipment in Europe. and brought in two machines. Ile spent over a year adjusting and adapting them to turn out the type of netting demanded by Canadians, who want a wider and heavier wrap than that produced for European farmers. De Boer has developed a burgeon- ing market for his product among im- plement dealers and beef producers in Bruce, Grey and Wellington Counties. De Boer foresees a bright.future for his business, as all round balers com- ing in from Europe are now equipped to use net wrap, and North American farm equipment manufacturers plan NEW PRODUCT — Sybren De Boer stands beside a roll of netting used to wrap round bales. Hiscompany Syfilco Ltd. is the first in North America to produce the versatile plastic wrap. Friday unlucky dor loyal drivers All three accidents investigated this week by offerers of the Exeter police department occurred Friday. No in- juries were reported and damages totalled $4,650. The first of the Friday accidents oc- curred on Main street near George streettnd involved vehicles driven by Helen McGregor, Exeter and Wayne Anderson. Mafia. Damage was set at $750. At almost the same location, a vehi- cle operated by Max Windsor, Exeter was waiting to make a left turn when it was struck from behind by a vehi- cle driven by Tami MacDonald, Teeswater. Damages were listed at $3,400. The intersection of Anne and William streets was the location of the third mishap. Drivers were Ivan Keenan, Hensall and Wayne Glan- ville, Exeter. The Keenan vehicle nor- thbound onWilliamstreet ran a stop sign and struck the Glanville vehicle which was westbound on Anne street. Damages were estimated at $500. A 20 year-old Exeter man faces charges of failing to stop for police. driving with no plates and insurance as well as driving a motorcycle with no helmet after a chase Friday even- ing. He will appear August 18 in Ex- eter court. to have this type of baler on the market in 1988. De Boer will start construction of a 6,000 -square foot building next month on Wellington St. It will be used as a warehouse to store the overflow from the John St. plant for the next 18 months, and then part of the space will be used for the production of net wrapping as demand increases. Three machines are now on the pro- duction line, and seven more are due to arrive in October. De Boer expects future production will grow until net wrap will represent half the total pro- duction of his company. Sales should double within the next five years. Each 3.000 -meter roll will wrap 350 standard four by four round bales. De Boer's.price of $350 per roll is $100 cheaper than the European product. Production will be as automated as possible. De Boer will eventually add another full time and three more part time positions to the Syfilco payroll. Although De Boer is now concen- trating on bate wrap. he lists a number of other possible uses for the Stephen: delays zoning change A decision was delayed by Stephen township council Tuesday on an ap- plication for a zoning amendment at Grand Coves Estates. near Grand Bend. The application will be reviewed August 10 when a secondary plan meeting will be held. The change is being requested to allow construction of homes on the site as opposed to the previous method of bringing in mobile homes in two pieces. Council has been assured by an engineer that units could be divided for transportation despite being built on the site. Amendments are necessary to the zoning bylaw and secondary plan to the previously named mobile home park. - Attending the meeting were Huron county planner Wayne Caldwell, Grand Cove Estates solicitor Andrew Orr, Stephen building official Milton Dietrich. Gerald Prout of the Huron planning committee and two Grand Coves residents. Reeve Tom Tomes and clerk Wilmar Wein were instructed to sign an agreement with the Gordon Pollock Estate for an easement to allow water services to Green Forest estates on Gill Road. A severance application from Jan and Ruby Lagerwerf at Lot 12, Con- cession 21 ,was approved with conditions. Another severance application from Green Forest Estates,is being held over to August 10. A zoning application from Anton Schopper at part of Lot 21, Concession 19 was approved. The change will be made from general agriculture to a small agricultural holding to allow for construction of a summer home. Council concurred with a letter from the Ausable-Bayfield Conserva- tion Authority asking for support in reducing the number of directors to 15 from 31. • Because of a large assessment base, Stephen will not be affected and will retain one full member. Allan Hayter who presented a peti- tion for work on the Hodgins -Eagleson municipal drain will be asked to have it combined with the Hayter-Ilodgins drain on Concession 21. Council will support a resolution from the town of Wingham which is asking Harve Andre, the Minister responsible for Canada Post to con- sider legislation which would allow a greater contribution to postal services by private industries and institutions. A resolution frofn the township of South Crosby was filed. It opposed changes in the Constitution by the Meech Lake Accord. Building official Milton Dietrich • will be attending an Ontario Building Officials convention in Cornwall, Oc- tober 4 to 7. Material: wrapping Christmas trees for shipping, protecting evergreens and shrubs in the winter, and enclos- ing and protecting pallets containing everything from -asparagus to zucchinis. De Boer views the future with con- fidence and anticipation: He points out that the majority of workers in Ontario are employed in small in- dustries. Many are headed by en- trepreneurs like Sybren De Boer. 04, FAIR QUEEN — Julie Consitt (centre), Zurich Fair queen for 1987. sits regally in the back of a pickup truck along with the first runner-up Kelly Doyle (left) and Karrie Redhead, second runner-up. The three toured the streets of Zurich during the parade held Saturday morning. Taking over for tired friend costs driver fine, suspension Taking over the driving for a friend who w 1s having trouble staying awake resulted in two fines totalling $298.75 and a six-month licence suspension for a London man in Ex- eter court. Tuesday. Ronald George- Murphy. 645 Wonderland, was stopped on June 25 on Highway 81 for a speeding infrac- tion of 110 in an 80 keel zone. Subse- quent investigation showed that he was driving while under suspension for failing to pay past fines. He was fined $250 for driving while under suspension and $48.75 on the speeding infraction. Murphy told Justice of the Peace Douglas Westlake that he and a friend had been driving to Grand Bend and he took over with only six or seven miles to go because his friend was falling asleep at the wheel after work- ing a 12 -hour shift. He was given 15 days in which to pay the fines. • Arnold Campbell. 248 Main St., Ex- eter, appeared and pleaded not guil- ty to a careless driving charge. The charge was amended to passing on the right not in safety and he pleaded guilty to that and was fined $53.75. Ile had been charged on May 31 after colliding with two motorcycles at the intersection of Main and Well- ington at 9:40 p.m. The two cyclists were stopped to turn left off Main and Campbell was proceeding north on Main. Ile hit the one and pushed it in- to the other and both riders sustain- ed minor injuries. Campbell said there were a lot of oncoming headlights and he hadn't seen the motorcycle tail lights until the last second. The only other case was a retrial on an appeal of a careless driving charge laid against Jamie Reid. t33 King St., IIensall. Ile was involved in a three -vehicle collision on December 22 near the junction of Main and Alexander St. Ile collided with a car ahead of him and it in turn was pushed into the rear of one ahead of that. The two women driving the other two sustained minor injuries. WE'LL BE LATE Due to the holiday, Monday, the Ex- eter Times -Advocate will bepublish- ed one day later than usual this week. It will be printed Wednesday night for Thursday morning delivery. Reid told the court that when he went to stop. the brakes failed and he had been unaware of any such pro- blem prior to the incident. A mechanic who fixed the brakes said it hacj cost $366.15 for the repair job. • • Mr. 11'edlake said he was c'onvrnA ed the accused must have known of the brake problem before the accidenI and he made the origrml conviction stand. Surprisingly good The 1987 crop looks good so far this year. despite the spotty rainfall and the extremely hot weather. O111AF farm management specialist Brian Hall noted at the beginning of a twilight tour of farms in the Varna area that the rainfall has been three to five inches less than normal. and the heat units have registered 175 more than average for this locality. Ken McCowan. RR 1 Brucefield, termed the 1987 crop "surprisingly good". aside from spotty emergence with his soybeans. His wheal yield was down 25 percent from last year. but the 60 bushels to the acre he took off was excellent quality. Mack Webster. RR 1 Varna. echoed McCowan. He addedthat his Boys and corn had never looked better. and he anticipates "an average year for everything". Bill Coleman. Kippen, reported that his white and soy beans have withstood the drought better than his corn. The latter is "uneven". but Col- -email feels it still has good potential. • Coleman"s wheat was high quality. and he is.amazed at the parley yield of 54 pounds per bushel Coleman sprayed one sectoin of ht.. white beans after discovering Mex- ican bean beetles on a walk through his field. Ile said this is the first time 'he has spotted the pests in the Kippen area. though they have previously been spotted closer to Bayfield: Col- eman believes that a periodic walk through the fields is good manage ment, even if the temperature is in the high eighties. The year has presented George Troyer. RR 2 Hensall, with a nice sur- prise. He is going to have a crop of Augusta wheat after all. The crop was planted under less than favourable conditions last fall. and for the first time there was no sign of the wheat under the snow by last Christmas. Usborne reeve mi not` suggests no business fest '£ Usborne township reeve Gerald Prout claims he was misquoted in last week's issue of the T -A. Prout says he did not say he Should speak to Bruce Shaw before he gets worse", hut so- meone should. The Usborne reeve continued, "Shaw doesn't make any sense. He says the reference to building a moat around Exeter was made in jest. When it's municipal business, remarks in jest should not be made". Prout went on to say, "This also applies to county business and should include Bill, his followers and Exeter resident J.M. Gibson who made comments recently in the London Free Press". Regarding the county planning problem Prout commented, "The only problem is the one Exeter has created". In reference to the headline say' ing, "Mayors get quick session to air county differences", Prout said, "That: quick session cost at least $1,000". In a parting shot at Exeter coun- cil, the neighbouring reeve said, "If they are so concerned about the county it's funny nobody shoWM' ed up for the annual picnic Sunday afternoon".