Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-09-30, Page 11.11 term for mischief, drinking fines There's Tots more on the inside... Dennis George Elsenschink was sentenced to 60 days in jail by judge R.G.B. Hunter after pleading guilty to a charge of mischief. The RR 1 Hay resident was ar- rested by police at 5:44 a.m. on June 7 and taken to the Exeter OPP detachment for a BAC count. When taken to the OPP station, the accused asked Constable Finch where he lived and when asked why stated in effect he was going to burn his house down and then do the same to Constable Rogers who was the breath technician. Eisenschink's blood alcohol count was measured at over 80. * Oakwood Inn expansion 2 * Local author publishes book 6 * Zurich man is creative •carver 10 * Two wins In girl's basketball 1A * Exeter Fair school division results 4A * Fair pictorial SA He was released at 6:30 a.m. and was walking down Main street and got a ride downtown. At this point be was still upset over the liquor charge, removed a steel grate weighing 20 pounds and hurled it through a win- dow of the Big V Drug Store on Main street causing damage to merchan- dise inside the store as well as shat- tering the window. Total damage was listed at $2,406.93. The 60 day jail term is to be served from Friday nights at 6 p.m. to Mon- days at 6 a.m. In addition Eisenschink was put on six months probation and must make full restitution. As Constable Finch fears for his safety -from the accused, a 12 months .. :...............?✓:y::tii:':���a.. ,'/...,$'FSR imes peace bond must also be entered into. A fine of $500 and a three months driving licence suspension was levied against Leslie R. Consitt of RR 3, Kip - pen on a charge of driving with a blood alcohol count over 80. A vehicle containing the accused was found in Usborne township at 3:10 a.m. on January 1 partly in the ditch on sideroad 25. The officer smelled alcohol odour in the vehicle and the person found sleeping behind the wheel had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and was unsteady on his feet. The two breath samples measured 210 and 210. Patty Dadswell of 429 Main street, Exeter was fined $750 along with a Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Seventeenth Year three months driving suspension on a charge of impaired driving. Judge Hunter levied the higher amount of $750 because the accused was involved in an accident and had extra high alcohol blood count readings. At 8:40 p.m. on August 27, police received a report of a truck that had struck a road sign north of Exeter. On investigation police found the accus- ed behind the wheel and she was unsteady, giddy and carefree. Judge Hunter fined Steven Bailey Quance of 31 Simcoe street Exeter $500 and three months licence suspen- sion on another impaired driving charge. At 5 p.m. on April_4 police saw a truck going east on Huron street which was swaying. The constable stopped the vehicle on Concession 2-3 and found the driver had glazed eyes and odour of intoxicant on his breath He failed the ALERT with readings of 160. Quance who had his grandmother in the truck with him called his father to say where his grandmother was. His lawyzer argued that he did not have an opportunity to call a lawyer. The judge believes the officer read him his rights and the accused never asked to call his lawyer. voca & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, September 30, 1987 e Price Per Copy 60 Cents LIONS DONATE — A smiling Katielittlehales accepts.a cheque for ' $4,800 from Exeter Lions Club member Joe Rider at the regular Lions Club meeting Thursday night. The money, part of the proceeds from The annual Sportsmen's Dinner, continued the tradition of Lions sup- port for the. Thames Valley Children's Centre in London. Joe Rider is 'co-chairman of the 1988 annual dinner scheduled in February. Approve pay hikes for H.P teachers Under 'a new contract, separate school teachers in the Huron -Perth system will receive pay increases of 3.5 percent Sepf. 1, a further 1.5 per- cent Jan. 1 and an additional 1.percent in April, 1988, for an "annualized" in- crease of 4.75 percent. ° The agreement between the teachers and the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic school board was ratified at the board's September 14 meeting. The 1987-88 contract settlement was reached July 10 and teachers gave their approval September 4. Teachers' salaries range from a minimum of $19,370 in level D with no teaching experience to a maximum of $50,515 in the top category with 12 years experience. Under the new contract the average annual salary increases.from $36,862 to $39,112. As part of the teacher -board collec- tive agreement the trustees have in- serted as appendix "E", a Letter of Intent confirming that a committee will be organized to prepare a com- parability report regarding a number of items the teachers wished to research and study in more depth. These items are: planning time, the ratio of teachers to pupils, class sizes and principal administration time. The committee is limited to making recommendations to the negotiations committees that will•ie appointed for 1988-89. It will have no power to affect the existing contract and its recom- mendations may or may not be taken into account iA the next round of negotiations. Catholic schools went back in ses sion September 8, and enrolment was up over last year. The total number of students atten- ding Catholic schools in Huron and Perth Counties is 3,005. Last year there were 2,872 students enrolled. Vehicle stolen from Hensall A stolen vehicle in ident was among the 28 general urrences in- vestigated this week of l u•vrs of the .Exeter detachme the Ontario Provincial Police. The stolen vehicle k .is taken from a driveway in 11 I The owner spotted his crack .. ,Iriven by his residence 'he r, 'loving morning. He immedi. laded police and a person vas , ested apd the vehicle recovr•rc4i. The onl mol it vehicle accident gf the v< Trek occui i ed whoa a vehicle operated by Melvin Whiting of Huron Park backed into a parked vehicle w' Tied by Bova Ounshamome, also of Nw (,r Park. The accident occurred in a park :rg area behind the Fleck Manufacturing plant at Huron Park. Dui ing the week officers laid 47 charges under the Highway Traffic Act, five Liquor Act charges, three charges under the insurance Act and issued three driving licence suspen- sions of 12 hours each. Of the 3,005 students, 1,671 are from Perth and 1,394 are from Huron. A new visual arts curriculum was the theme of a presentation made to the board by Sam Alberico, principal. of St. Aloysius School. The new curriculum has been developed over the past two years and focuses on the process of creating art rather than on the product. The curriculum provides teachers with everything they need to teach visual arts and is more "user- fl-iendly" than the older arts curriculum. The general objective of the cur- riculum is to make visual arts recognizable as an important subject when it comes to funding, teaching at- . titudes, and time. The program is currently developed only for Grades 1 to 6 but programs for Grades 7 and 8 will follow shortly. The board agreed that the visual arts curriculum :,hu;:ld. be im- plemented, starting September 14. ALHRM Members of the Crediton fire department went on a wild goose chase Sunday night as the result of a false alarm call. Dave McDonald took the call from a person who said the fire was near the Mount Carmel school, but would not give his name or location. Apparently there was a small brush fire out in the field, but it was not close to any builtup area and not dangerous. Fire officials believe the call was made some distance from the actual fire and,thought it was in the area of Mount Carmel. Attract 4 00 spectators Pork Focus fecitun A new event or two each year has been featured at the Exeter Fall Fair in recent years and the 1987 event was no exception. Fair secretary, Gwen Coward reports more than 4,000 pass- ed through the gates to make the fair very successful. With a theme of Focus on Pork, fair goers were treated to an excellent parade with pigs dominating livepig races and a Miss Piggy look-alike contest along with most of the usual attractions. The fair was officially opened Fri- day night by Dave McDonald who is -president of the Ontario Pork Pro- ducers Marketing Board. Helping out were a number of Agricultural Socie- ty officials and area municipal nffieials. - Ontario Homecraft division presi- dent • Dolores Shapton brought greetings as did District 8 director Roy Pepper and Sylvia Knechtel and local fair officials president Ray Cann, homecraft president Barb Passmore and school president Doris Weigand. Exeter's acting mayor Bill Mickle and reeves Tom Tomes, Stephen;' Gerald Prout, Usborne and- Lionel Wilder of Hay township and Huron - Bruce MP Murray Cardiff bttended. Cardiff and Jan Jeffrey, Worthy Matron of the Exeter Rebekahs Lodge presented prizes to the school fair winners. They were Peggy, Kerri-Lynn and Eric Brownlee acid Darren Kints. The 1986 Fair Queen Melissa Moore was back to crown this year's winner Christine Gould representing Extate Realty. Runnersup were Shelley Skinner sponsored by Ellison Travel and Con nie Kaak who was representing ti.. Huron Pork Producers. The pig races going to the post every hour Saturday and Sunday afternoons attracted large crowds of spectators. The races were provided by Wally Townsend of Niagara Falls. Town- send said it takes about four weeks to train the four pigs who are becoming popular at many events in southern Ontario. The pigs begin racing at about 60 pounds and when they reach 90 pounds they are replaced by another crew who have just finished training. The top calf in the fair's calf club was entered by Michael Hern and the reserve champion was Tom Passmore. More details on calf club activities appear elsewhere on the farm pages. Saturday's parade drew a large number of entries of all ages, with most following the fair's Focus on Pork. Family entry winners were the Cooper family, Elimville: Debra Case family, Exeter and Jan Hayward family, Grand Bend. Best in business floats were i.G.A. Exeter; Becker's Farm Equipment, Exeter and the Exeter Villa, while organization winners were Huron County Pork Producers and Camel. Coach, Mocha Unit, Shrine Club. Agricultural best were Cooks division of Gerbro. Hensall and Hensall District Co-op. In the car section Gerald Gaiser. Crediton; Mark Coolman, Exeter and Mike Anstett, Exeter were best in an- tique motor and Ruth Johnson, Lon- don, Emerson Anderson, Hensall and Jack Cooper, Hensall won in classic motor. Horse and rider winners were Dale Marshall . and Melissa Marshall, Dashwood • and Beth Deslippe, Kintore. Best comic floats with beds on wheels were Valu Mart, Exeter, Wrecking Crew of the South Huron Rec. Centre and South Huron Big Brothers. School entry winners were Stephen Central, Sunshine Kids Co-op Nursery School, McCurdy Public and S.H.D.H.S. ; Jenny Mercer, Sandra Vanderlaan and Dennis Wilkinson were judged best with decorated bicycles and best comic costumes were Douglas Sitter, Exeter; Mark Weigand, Exeter and Tia Shultz, Crediton. Best character costumes Tammy Rohde, Woodham, Karen Rohde, Woodham and Sally Prouty, Exeter while Amy Swart and Leanne Consitt, Hensall, Kevin Coolman, Exeter and Jeff Averill, Exeter were tops with decorated wagons. Fair theme costume winners were Jena Snell, Billy and Tina Campbell, Hensall, and Michael and Melanie Seip, Exeter. in miscellanedus the .best was Daniel Zawalski, Exeter and Jayson Shultz, Crediton and Kristy Ahrens and Jody Lynn Hamilton, Exeter. Many more commercial exhibitors had their products on display due to the change in layout of this year's fair. The Homecraft entries were displayed in the auditorium. An excellent crowd enjoyed the music at the dance in the evening after fair directors had cleared all ex- hibits out of the hall, with lunch and door prizes. Some of the winners were Terry Four persons up for drugs Exeter town police charged- four persons with possession of narcotics this week. Appearing in Exeter court on Oc- tober 13 to face the charges will be two 19 year-old men, an 18 year-old Exeter man and a 21 year-old resident of Quebec. In the only motor vehicle accident of the week, vehicles driven by Nor- man Regier, Dashwood and Tory Karlson, London collided Friday at the intersection of Highways 4 and83. Damages were estimated at $2,000. of fair Fisher, Linda Wuerth, Lois Arm- strong, Barb Passmore, Alan Powe, John Morgan and Dianne Shapton. Sunday's auto show had the arena full of the newest models from six local dealers and one with recrea- tional vehicles. The outdoors was full of horses, goats and the excellent mid- way. idway. Secretary Gwen Coward reports the midway will be returning to our fair nextyear as the contract has already been signed. So tell your friends about them and come again next year. The pig races were the biggest crowd pleaser. As the bugle blew spectators gathered round for the next race to begin. Winners in the mini -tractor pull were featherweights - Lindsay Janke, Lori Richardson. Benjamin Rader and Michael Seip; lightweights - Mark MacDonald, Shannon Snow, Jeff MacLean and Willy Partridge while heavyweight best were Jayson Shultz, Derek VanDyken, Dan Vanderlaan and Lawrence Cole. In the challenge bed races, the Big Brothers of South Huron were easy winners. The Rec Centre Wreckers managed to be second as they -carried the front wheels across the finish line. The Valu Mart entry also ran into trouble and finished Last. Eight winners were named in the annual Exeter Agricultural Society draw at the Saturday night dance. Mary Ann Lewis, Ailsa Craig won a quarter of beef donated by the Ex - Please turn to page 3 EXETER FAIR QUEENS — Christine Gould was named Queers of the Exeter Fair Friday night. She is shown at the left with runnersup Shelley Skinner and Connie Kook. T -A photo OPP John Brigham of Cloydon Constru&tion prepares a tow line to free his bulldozer from the mucky clutches of the Ausable River in Exet r. Brigham was covering trenches dug for 8e11 Canada lines when his machine slid into a soft spot in 1 e river bed. Not to sot precedent, deny separate service p Vern Postill's request.for hydro ser- now owned by Acme Signs. Owners at vice to a barn on a lot fronting on a both- the front and rear properties closed street and abutting Mill St. changed, and the new owners got in - was examined by members of the to "hassles" over who should pay for Commission at the regular problems like. a leaking water September meeting of the PUC. service. Although Commission chairman Mur- Davis said • he doubted that a ray Greene and Commissioner Harry building permit would be issued for DeVries were in sympathy with the severed lot "until there is a pro- Postill , a de cision was made to in- per street to travel on". form Postill by letter that the PUC is Davis reported that underground willing to provide hydro service in a distribution. primary, transformers method t overhead or underground ► and street lights have been installed, approved by the council in office if completing the electrical work in the and when Mill St. is opened up by the Darling subdivision. Work in the Veri town of Exeter. mobile home park has also been Davis said the application for completed. severance which creates the landlock- Tdl'ning to the water department, ed property wos initiated in 1967, and the Commission decided to bank for would not be considered under -pre- a month an *700 investment that has sent policy. He said supplying service come due, in ease the money is need - under present circumstances would ed for unexpected capital expenses. set a precedent for the PUC. and Asa casein point. Davis brougtit up detailed a number of cases where the unexpected expense in connection former councils haft created a with what had been considered a "nightmare". He cited as one exam- minor clean-out of one of the private ple a house built behind the property 'Please turn to page 3 1