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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-07-18, Page 1 (2)• Fire destro s Following a meeting of town council's police com- mittee Monday no decision on the .reconstruction or r'emoi'al of the town police office. Thursday was made. Mayor Derry Boyle said a decision will be reached, once the insurance ad- juster's report is received. possibly sometime later this week. ' Damage to the building and contents was around $5(1,000.. Clerk -treasurer Elizabeth Bell said the building was insured for At this point Day said "the whole thing went up." The chief instructed summer employee Lynn Clarke to " exit the building via the front ~entrance. -Fire chief Gary Middleton said by the time his men arrived on the scene at 2:30 p.m. the interior of the building was completely engulfed by flames. Middleton said he and the six other firemen who were at the scene had the fire "knocked down" in about ten minutes but the blaze had $:37,SOOwilh a value of $15,400 found its way to the sub - being placed on the contents oding of the building which excluding the radio equip- tow been purchased by the mens owried'bv the town and town for S24,000 in March, 1977. the county police radio The heat was extremely network. Chief Ted Dav said the fire started as a result of paper in the office's photo copying machine jamming. Day said fluid from the machine started on fire and he put out the blaze with <i fire ex- . tinquisher_ - - - - He then left the rogm with the copying machine cat- ching on fire once again a few minutes Tater. Dav extinguished that fire and was in the process of dragging the machine to the back entrance when a bottle of the fluid spilled on the machine. inten. with Middleton saying his rnen had to delay their entrance into the burning until the back door was closed. Middleton reported that he and Bob Forest were con- cerned about their welfare for a short period of time when the front door closed. Middleton said he found his way back to the door by following the fire hose which had been brought through 'the.` front entrance. . Firemen remained on the scene for two hours Mid- dleton stated. While the blaze may have destroyed the interiorof the building and most of its contents, the police, records which were housed in' a Exeter' police station -interior through the use of their mobile units which they had removed from the office. - Dig said he was not sure Seniors to see film Seniors in the town in- terested in seeing what other seniors from other com- munities are doing, will be able to view a film from•the popular CBC TV program "Man Alivct" thanks to the senior study which is being conducted iia the town. Mary Easton of the Young Canada Works sponsored project said the film "All our tomorrow_" will be shown on "Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at South Huron District High School. . Easton said the film is about seniors in the Niagara region. Work's on the health and recreation needs study is progressing with the local group in touch with con- sultants from the University of Toronto. She said 80 seniors will be included in the random survey. • FIREMEN RUSH TO POLICE STATION Exeter firefighters fought a losing cause Thursday os the Exeter town police station sustained several thousand dollars of damoge Watching the firemen are town councillor Ted Wright and an unidentified youth T A photo Council curtails • canine capers It was a "ruff" decision to make but -Grand Bend council decide, that they couldn't give dog-catcher Donna 'Aitken any more money for fining our four - footed friends. "She's harking up the wrong tree." said councillor Keith Crawford in -an effort to keep the beach clean council recerttls minor 'mumsDamages were high •but only minor injuries were suffered in one of four ac- cidents investigated this week by officers of the Ontario Provincial Police' gent at Exeter ° 'occurred Tuesday at 12.05 p:m. on Highway 83 about six kilometres east of Exeter. Drrvers of the vehicles involved were Steven M. Buckingham, Hamilton and Robert E. Ferguson. Waterloo. Con- stahlt Don '-M9son sett damages at $I i.000. Constable Ed Wilcox estimated damages at S250 when vehicles driven by Margaret Crich, Clinton and Lorne Archer, Hensall collided on Hensall's main street The same day at 10.20p.M. vehicles driven by Mary McKeever, 11.R 3 Dashwood and Thomas Freeborn. London were in collision on the Huron -Middlesex Please turn to pagip Damages high, • 1'ut the fine for dogs on the beach and dogs running loose to S25• Previously the fine had been Sin for first time offenders. $2:i for second time. and S50 for third At the same time new signs were erected. on the. beach so that man and his hest friend wouldn't be able to tnxs the .warning. The sighs were cut Out in the shape of a dog Six signs were purchased by the wtllage from ARC Industries m Dashwood at a cost of Simi Mrs Aitken wrote. to council requesting that the amount she receives for each ticket six• writes be in- creased. because she felt her job dealing with the public ' would be more difficult with the increased fine At present she gets S5 for each ticket she issues. and she was seeking another $5. Reeve Sharen said he - thought everyone should be able to see the new signs now. He did say. however. that one offender told huiJje couldn't see the sign flcause his dog was a seeing eye dog. Sharen seemed to doubt the validity- of his excuse FINED $300 William Benedette of Huron Park was fined $300 in Exeter . court Tuesday morning by His Honour Judge W.G. Cochrane on a charge of -impaired driving. in addition Benedette's driving licence was suspended for three months. Authentic guide dogs for the blind would have to he permitted on the beach. Council decided to ap- proach service clubs to see if the "no dogs" signs could be erected on the service club signs along the highway's at the edges of the village i DOGS A NO:NO Coun- cil s pride and toy are the new no dogs signs Absent from the picture is councillor Harold Green who had been nomir•ated to pose with the plywood puppy. metal filing cabinet came out of the fire relatively unscratched. Only one drawer of the records was singed. Day reported the July occurence file was destroyed but that the department could reconstruct the file. Day and off-duty policemen Jim Barnes avoided a potentially dangerous situation when they removed the guns and ammunition from the bur- ning building. By 5:30 Thursday the police department was hack in operatroil -with a trailer - being set up behind the burned out building- The local force was maintaining contact with the central dispatch system in Goderich how long the local force the fire department and the would be operating out of firms and individuals who their -temporary- office-—had-helped-during-and-after- Day -had-helped-during-and-afterDay expressed 'thanks to ,„the fire. • r1 • c L GETTING TO THE FIRE = In on attempt to get the '.,e which had worked its way above.the false ceilings at the Exeter town police station fin:men Wayne Pearce and Lester Heywood opened a hole on the building's- roof. Domage to t` , aolice station and contents hos been e.- timoted of over 550,000. T A photo Ames Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Fifth Year THE AFTERMATH This was the scene inside the Exeter town police station wheel;, was gutted ey f,re T .-. ,day Most.of the police records were not damaged. T -A photo dvocate & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO JULY 18 1979 'Price Per Copy 25 Cents Cameron says too complicated Fines to go to town Town one reading away from passing noise bylaw 'While there's been much talk in town lately about a property standards bylaw. Exeter council is only one reading away from passing the municipality's first noise bylaw. Council gave first and second reading to the bylaw Monday but not without some strong objections from councillor Don Cameron. Cameron told council that while he believed the intent of the bylaw was good he wondered if the bylaw was not too specific. The in- structor at the Centralia College of Agricultural Technology made reference to certain sections of the bylaw which he -said were already covered under the Highway Traffic Act. "To my mind as the bylaw stands now. it needs some sirnplilication," Cameron stated. At the behest of Mayor Derry Boyle. Police- Chief Ted Day told Cameron that a municipal bylaw would cover private property with Day giving the example of an individual squealing tires in a laneway Under the High- way Traffic Act this would not he a punishable offence Day said. 'in addition, fines handed, out under a municipal bylaw accrue to the municipality and -not to the province When councillor Less Fuller expressed agreement with Cameron's position councillor Harold j?atterson said "You have to use common sense when dealing with the bylaw " Cameron said Goderich has a much simpler anti - noise bylaw which works and which has been tested in the courts. "i'm concerned when we start to legislate everything. I think that's wrong. .Somewhere along the line we're going to have to throw some things back to the people." Cameron told council. Councillor ,fay Campbell said he agreed with Cameron's philosophy but that there are people in society who abused their rights. Following some more discussion on the bylaw which was prepared by the ministry of the environment. Fuller said she wasn't sure the entire town should be subject to the bylaw. Boy le quickl. told Fuller that the bylast had to cover the entire town The Goderich bylaw was Council makes minor insurance changes Insurance was again on the agenda of Exeter council Monday evening with only a few changes being made. Council agreed to a recommendation from Dave Reed and F r ink Cowan insurance and local agent Mel Gaiser of Gaiser- Kneale-Tait Insurance , that the town exercise its option and ad heart attack clause to the firemen's accident in- surance. The town left their third party liability coverage and fidelity bonds as is while they rejected the recom- mendation that the town pick up valuable papers in- surance. Council did agree to spend another -56;5 and -added extra expense insurance for the municipality building. This insurance will pay the extra expenses incurred over and above the normal costs to continue operations if the municipal office is destroyed. The final recommendation from Reed and Gaiser was that the coverage for -arena machinery breakdown he increased from $200 to $400 per day at an additional cost of $30 per year Council said no to this recommendation. in other business, council Turned, down requgsts Jor funds from Dover township and from Sudbury region disaster relief fund for funds. Said no to requests from the Public Health Nurses of Ontario that the town declare the week of Sep- tember 24 to 29 as Public Health Nurse Week in Exeter. Acceded to a request from the PUC and will grant the utility an easement for two hydro poles behind the ne Gerrards store on Main street. not as specific as t he proposed Exeter law with the police being given much diNcretion in t he in- terpretation 01 the bylaw. Cameron said Bos le said he was not sure if a simplified anti -noise bylaw would meet with the ministr} of the - en- vironment's approval. Ue'ptte• ('a:;:e'ron's ob- jections the bylaw received firs' ar,d second readings The h lair now goes back to the nnris'ry for their ap- proval heforts rrunc•ilgives its rinai blessing blond,continued to he an evenine for hs law passing with third and final reading being given to the bylaw which authorizes the con- stru•_tton of the sanitary sewer for William street north and Thames Road West The bylaw also authorized the issuing of a $50.o00 debenture The passage of a bylaw which according to the agenda called for "the destruction of Public l ttlttie� Commision" allowed council to have a few good laughs Clerk -treasurer 'Elizabeth Bell explained that the PUC was requesting permission to destro' certain outdated records After the laughter had subsided. council approved t the hylaw REVIVAL CENTRE BIBLE SCHOOL on auto,' or; Tom'- . Noye• V,.`JUi,• , - - c r',, Sc hco' he'd a, the futon Re.,,x'ol Cer.re roc v e`i nt.e.. deo During Lleyn Pater so” one of the youngece 7"e -deuce The. other,. .. t ~Work Kraft T photo. Break windows at Mt. Carmel school OPP reports wilful damage�in area Officers of the Exeter detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police in- vestigated numerous complaints of wilful damage in the area this week. Mail boxes were damaged on the properties of James McDonald at 1.ot 13. Con- cession 6 of Stephen town- ship and Donald Reit. Concession 2 of Hay town- ship. A sign removed from the latter's property was recovered later. Constables Frank Giffin and Wally Tr tiia�ik .iii• ' itivestigatttig • -reported by custodian 'hill gravel loader owned by Regier Norval ,sones Trucking of (her the week end an Exeter was damaged to the unknown vehicles damaged extent of Sitio This van- foe irrigation pipes on the dalisrn occurred in ('ann's property. of Exeter Produce. gravel pit in t'shorne west of Crediton. township over the week end investigation is being Constable Tomasik is in- carried on by Constable Ed vestigating Wilcox. Constable Don Mason is Two bicycles and one investigating the breaking of motorcycle were reported several w indows at Our Lady stolen. The bikes were owned of Mount ('armel Separate by Arthur Miller. Zurich and School Theincidentoccurred Jean Tower. Hemall. The Wednesday and was motorcycle was taken from, the property of James Rowe in Hensall it was recovered. Combination tools valued at $75 were taken July 9 from the property of Donald McCurdy. R.R. 1 of. Constable Tomasik is in- vestigating. Nothing w;as reported stolen as the .result of a breakin Thursday at the property of Ferman Snyder at Lot 1R. Concession 17 of Stephen township Constable Larry Christiansen in- vestigated.