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Times-Advocate, 1988-05-18, Page 34P Times Advo^ :te Ma 18 1988 GIDEON EXECUTIVE - The new -Gideon executive body is, from left to right; Earl Oesch (past secretary, scripture distribution), Ron Heywood (chaplain, Don Jolly (treasurer), Peit Reinsma (vice president), Bill Ferguson (memorial and honour bible plan), Dave Woodward (president, Earl Miller (church assignment chairman). VIP s talk nothing but garbage - FWIO approve KINGSTON - Over 400 Women's Institute members gathered at Quecn's University in Kingston May 13-15 -to hear experts discuss waste management. With a genuine concern for the environment and a desire to stop the needless waste of our resources these women travelled from all parts of Ontario to take part in this Educate/Initiate Leader- ship Conference organized by the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. The keynote speaker, the Honour- able Jim Bradley, Ontario Minister of the Environment related the province's invol.ement in waste management and encouraged the women to promote recycling in their own municipalities. This year Ontario has budgeted $7.7 million to assist new recycling projects. An urgent need is the establishment of collection depots for the collection of hazardous wastes. Taking part in the Friday evening panel discussion on waste manage-_ ment were: Al Symmonds, •Assist- ant Regional Director, Ministry of the Environment, Kingston; John Hanson, Executive Director, Recy- cling Council of Ontario; Pat Sal- ter, Deputy Reeve, Township of Peel, Wellington County; and Eliz- abeth Munt, Co-ordinator, Con- serve Kingstop. The panel left no AWARD - Exeter PUC manager Hugh Davis' 30,years of service were recognized when he was recipient of a life membership certificate at the joint annual conference of the Ameri- can Waterworks Association and the Ontario Municipal Water Association, held in London from May 1 to 4. The award was presented by AWWA past president Robert Chuck. rime Stoppers Crime Stoppers of Huron County Inc. and the Goderich Police Force arc seeking the as- sistancc of the public in solving this break, enter and theft which took place in Goderich. An employee of the Goderich Post Office arrived to work on October 29,1987 at approxi- mately 5:55 a.m. After entering the building he noticed that a cart normally stored in the vault was in the middle of .the room and mail was thrown on the floor. Police believe the thieves forced the lock on the front door with vice -grips and then punched the lock out of the interior doors. Once inside the thieves moved quickly to the vault. They then managed to open the (vault with- out breaking the lock. Inside the vault the culprits forced cup- boards and money trays in search of the cash and stamps. They opened some mail, removed sev- eral credit cards from the enve- lopes but did not take any., It appears they left using the rear doors into an empty parking lot. The total loss in cash and stamps was between $60,000 and $70,000. If you have any information about this or any other serious Orime call CRIME STOPPERS F HURON COUNTY` toll-free at 1-800-265-1777. You call will not be traced, nor recorded and your anonymity is guaranteed. If an arrest is made you could earn 'a cash reward of -up to $1,000. You will not have to identify yourself nor testify in court. Remember crime doesn't pay, but Crime Stoppers docs. doubt that we must reduce the quan- tity of waste rather than looking fa- ther afield for new landfill sites. Workshops were held each day providing opportunities for the members to learn new skills which will help them promote the 4R's: Reduce the need for landfill sites; Re -use packaging and other materi- als; Recycle materials such as newspapers and Recover by com- posting garden wastes. Taking part in the conference from this area were: Mrs. Marian Dougall, Mrs. Helen Hodgert, Mrs. June Stewart, all of Hurondale W.I. and Mrs. Margaret McClure of the Crediton W.I. Mother's Day theme marked at meeting BRYANSTON - The Bryanston Friendship Club met on Wednesday May 4 with an attendance of 36. Each one present received a corsage for Mother's Day. . Dorothy Bullock presided in the absence of President Audrey McRo- berts, opened with two poems "What is a Mother" and "Our Gar- den". Happy Birthday was sung for those celebrating birthdays in May and June: Ethel Lawes, Mabel Har- die, Edna Wallis, Jean Elliou, Gote Wennerstrom, Betty Hodgins,Ethel Crouch, Ella Fraync, Dot Bullock and Great Gibson. Happy Anniversary was sung to Gordon and Edith Eaton, Clarence and Ethel Lewis, and Roger and Anna Trudgcon. Final plans wcre made for the bus trip on June 2. Ethel Crouch chaired the program which consisted of several Mother's Day Readings, a violin musical number by Gote Wenperstrom and Clarence Lewis accompanied by Muriel Coblei,h on the piano and a piano solo by Dianne Blake. Gote then told us about his boat trip to Canada and a few of his experiences since living here. Winners of the games were: Euchre - Ethel Crouch, Hope McRoberts and Lulu Culbert, Men - Gordon Eaton, Milton Hodgins and Harold Talbot; Crokinole: Dot Bullock and Gote Wenncrstrom; Lost Heir: Ada Smith and Anna Trudgcon; Scrabble: Dorothy Trudgcon; Hid- den score Eileen Forrest; Lucky Chair: Milton Hodgins. A delicious lunch was then served by the committee. on: Friday, May 20 9 - 9 p.m. Saturday, May 21 9 - 6 p.m. Special Appearance: Mr. "Tom" urkey Come and sample our turkey products - you'll be pleasantly surprised! Located on Hwy. #83 just west of Dashwood Phone 237-3561 Narcotics, EXETER - Judge R.G.E. Hunter dealt with a full court docket at the May 10 session of provincial court in Exeter. Blair E. Patton. London, pleaded guilty to possession of narcotics, and was fined $100 with 30 days to pay. A police officer had detected the odour of burning cannabus when Patton was stopped in a spot check on March 5 at 8:45 p.m. in Usborne township. A small quantity of the substance with a value of $5 had been found in the accused's jacket pocket. Pat- ton had no previous record. Paul F. Masse, Exeter, was sen- tenced to 90 days in jail to be served on weekends beginning May 14 when he pleaded guilty to -driv- ing while disqualified. He could not produce a driver's licence when stopped for a highway traffic act violation on December 30 on a concession road in Usbome town-' ship. Masse had lost his licence last November 10 when Judge Hunter found him guilty of impaired driv- ing, fincd him $500 and suspended his licence for three months. Diana Martyn, Brantford, pleaded guilty to public mischief. She had called police to 436 Main St., Ex- eter on July 4 to report her apart- ment had been entered and robbed. The next day she gave police a list of missing items, including a gold ring valued at $250. Investigation revealed the ring had been sold to a London store on June 9. • Martyn also pleaded guilty to an attempt to defraud after a cheque she gave for groceries at Less Val- umart was returned NSF. Restitu- tion has been made. Martyr was given suspended sen- tences entences and placed on 12 months probation on the two charges. Sharon Love, RR1 Varna, plead- ed guilty to stealing food from , Solway's Market, Hensall. She was stopped by the store's owner on April 19 after leaving the store shop -lifting charges with a plastic bag containing two packages of cheese and four packag- es of garbage bags. Love admitted to previously steal- ing $100 worth of goods before get- ting caught. She had enough mon- ey in her purse to pay for the items. Judge Hunter imposed a fine of $350, with 30 days to pay. He ex- plained the fine was high, because Love had been in a position of trust. Kenneth Sinclair Miller, RR1 Kirkton, pleaded guilty to having a blood alcohol content over 80 when stopped for erratic driving on March 12 on Highway 83 in Usbornc township. Two breath samples gave readings of 200. Miller was fined $750 with 60 days to pay, and had his licence suspended for one year. Michael Nantais, Zurich, also pleaded guilty to impaired driving when stopped by police for an ob- structed rear window while travell- ing cast on Highway 84 in Hay township on March 19. Two breath samples gave readings of 150. Nantais has 90 days to pay a $750 fine, and loses his licence for 12 months. Randy Wilson, 165 Columbia Dr., Huron Park, pleaded guilty to charges arising from three separate incidents, was fined a total of $400 or 20 days in jail, and given 60 days to pay. Wilson had been charged with causing a disturbance when police were called to Mac's Milk on Janu- ary 30 after the accused got into a shoving match in the store and a display was knocked over. The fine was $100 or five days in jail. Wilson was charged with causing wilful damage after police were called to 155 Columbia Drive by Deborah Snell.. The accused had come to her home after being evict- ed from the Albatross Tavern, had sworn at her boarder, and slammed a screen door, breaking a window. A cheque for $132.09 was issued to Snell the day of the court session. Wilson was fined $500 or five days. Wilson was fined an additional 5200 on an assault charge after the accused ordered his german Shepherd to attack two police officers who came to his residence. The police- men had managed to close the door, but said they believed the dog was capable of injuring them. John Joscph King, London, was found guilty of impaired driving and failure to provide a breath sample, despite his pleas of not guilty. - The charges arose from an acci- dent in Exeter on June 12, 1987. Leslie MacDonald, RR2 Crediton, testified he was stopped, in heavy traffic on Main St. between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m., waiting to turn left onto Victoria, when he heard brakes and a truck rear-ended his vehicles, moving it 30 to 40 feet. The truck driver had slurred speech, alcohol odour, and couldn't walk straight. MacDonald said at least 10 vehi- cles had passed him on the right while he waited to turn. His vehi- cles was demolished, and he suffered a shoulder injury. The police officer sent to the scene said the accused had trouble finding insurance and ownership pa- pers. He smelled of alcohol, his .eyes were bloodshot, he was drool- ing and in a happy mood. He had difficulty getting the operator to place a call to his lawyer, who ad- vised him to take the breathalyzer test. King was arrested for impaired driving, and a further charge was . laid when he refused to blow. Evidence showed King had been convicted on similar charges in July 1984. Hunter took into considera- tion the fact there had been an acci- dent and some injuries whcn he sen- tenced King to 30 days in jail on the first charge, and a concurrent 15 days on the second. to be served on weekends. DRAW WINNERS - Tracey Geisen, Lucan, and Ted Voogel, Dashwood, won'the Charity Bears donated by the Hensall CIBC in a draw on May 13 on behalf of Children's Hospital of Western Ontario. 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