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When and where?
To get new police
Exeter will have itself a
new police station but when
and at what location has not
been decided.
That decision was made
Monday following meetings
between the town's finance
committee a representative
of the engineering firm of
B.M Ross and Associates
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representatives of the town's
insurance companies and a
closed door session of
council.
Clerk -treasurer Liz Bell
said council did accept a
verbal offer ftom Lyle Wells
of the Frank Cowan
hisurance Company for a
cash settlement of at least
A DOUBLE BITE — Teresa McCarthy and Donna Clark
waste tittle time in tackling the candy floss at the Lucan Fair
Friday night T -A photo
Tell your secrets
Cooks confess' Bakers tell
your secrets' The Times -
Advocate wants you to step
forward with your recipes
for success.
Plans are underway for
the publication of a cookbook
which will be included "with
your newspaper the end of
September. Prizes are being
offered to those who send in
recipes to have printed in the
new cookbook. A draw will
be made from all tr.e recipes
submitted. First prize is $25,
second prize is $15 and third
prize is $10.
There is no limit to the
number of times you can
enter. The cookbook will go
to all Times -Advocate
readers. as well as. readers
of the St. Marys Journal
Argus and the Zurich
Citizen's News.
Send your favorite recipes
to the T -A and watch for the
special "Cooking Can Be
Fun" edition.
Four area crashes
Four accidents were in-
vestigated this week by
officers of- the Exeter
detachment of the Ontario
Provincial Police.
Tuesday a vehicle driven
by John Stilson, R.R. 2,
Lucan left County road 4 in
Stephen township after a tire
blew. • Damage was
estimated at $1500 by Con-
stable Bob Whiteford.
Vehicles driven by Carol
Mills. Centralia and Paul
!tern. R.I( 1. Granton
'collided on Saskatchewan
Street Huron Park. Monday.
Damage was estimated at
$1.700 by Constable Al Quinn.
Mills sustained minor in-
juries.
Sundaj•, a vehicle driven
by Henry Drouillard, R.R. 3
'Thedford struck a hydro pole
on Concession 4-5 in Stephen
township north of Huron
road 4 Damages estimated
at S2,700 by Constable Wally
Tomasik.
Saturday a vehicle driven
by Keith Case. R.R. 2 Grand
Bend left Concession Road 2
north of County road 4 and
rolled over Damage was
estimated at 41.500 by
Constable Larry Christiaert.
Case and, a passenger,-
Samuels Hili-ert. R.R 1
Exeter sustained • minor
injuries
Grid practice starts
Practices for the two
football teams at South
}furan District High School
get underway. Monday at the
school grounds.
'Junior coach Doug Ellison
has called his first practice
for 7p.m. and all senior team
prospects are asked to report
to coach Ron Bogard at 7:15
p.ni. .
Ellison is putting out a call
for all players under the age
of 16 as of August 31 of this
year. He will be assisted in
the coaching department by
Casey Cook and ('olio
Lowndes.
Senior coach Bogart has
called- a meeting of- all
returnees from last year at 2
p.m. Monday. He expects 22
from that group along with
22 up from last year's junior
team
Practices for both clubs
will he held Monday through'
Thursday
$25,000 for the gutted police
station
She said council was
hoping for an offer of around
$30,000 and authorized
deputy -reeve Si Simmons to
talk to Mel Gaiser of Gaiser-
Kneale Tait Insurance
yesterday who represents
Cowan, to see if a better offer
might not be in the offing.
The building excluding
,..-Qontents- was insured for
$37.800.
Bell said the engineers'
report which was presented
to a special meeting of
council Thursday recom-
mended that the present
police station not be rebuilt.
Bruce Potter -of B.M. Ross
and town building inspector
Doug Triebner said it would
cost between $10,000-15,000
above the insurance set-
tlement to bring the building
up to standards while a new
structure similar to the
Usborne and Hibbert Mutual
Vandalism
expensive
Acts of vandalism against
Huron County's 28 schools
cost the county board of
education just under $10,000
in the first six •months of
1979.
That startling figure was
given to the board Monday
night along with another
surprising statistic. .Just
under one third of •the van-
dalism occurred in Clinton
where • Central Huron
Secondary School was the
vandals' main target.
In an effort to determine
the severity of vandalism in
the county board
administrators began
charting incidents in
January of 1979. The total
cost and the school affected
by each act" .of vandalism
was recorded and the results
of the reporting given to the
board Monday night.
Central Huron suffered the
most damage by far. In the
first three months of 1979
vandals caused $1,726.58
worth of damages through-
vandalism
hroughvandalism while in the last
three months $1,275.75 worth
of damage was done. The six
month total of $+3;001.83 in
damages by far tops any
other school.
South Huron District High
School was another favorite
target for vandals. Damages
to that facility totalled
$1,386.82. Seaforth District
High School suffered $787.96
while secondary schools in
Goderich and Wingham
suffered $450.20 and S411.34
respect ively.
Grey Central Public
School in Grey township was
hardest hit amongst -
elementary -schools.
Damages to that school
totalled $1.075.08 in three
i nc idents.
The other 23 elementary
schoiils had damages
ranging from none to $750
with the average around
S300
The lizard -seemed un-
concerned about either the
cost of the vandalism or the.
number of incidents. Most
trustees indicated vandalism
is something that just has to
he lived With and nothing can
he done about. Board
chairrnanJohnElliott went so
far as to indicate .the less
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BEST HUMOROUS FLOAT — The Clandeboye Hillbillies won first prize in the comic divi-
sion of Friday's Lucan Fair parade. From the ,left are Joanne. Barb. Kevin and Clarence
Carter T -A photo
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station
Fire Insurance Company
building could be con-
structed for roughly the
same amount of money.
Bell told the T -A that little
will be done until a written,
offer from the insurance
company is received by the
town.
Still up in the air are
whether the police will
rebuild on the present
location or if the police
station could be moved to
another site in the town.
• In terms of financing, Bell
said the most experient
move would be to rebuild on
the existing location as the
expenditure of funds would
be of a size which could be
accomodated from this
year's general revenues.
If the decision was made to
build on another site, the
amount of funds needed
would be debentured and as
such, would require ap-
proval from the Ontario
Municipal Board, Bell
stated.
If S decision to move the
police station was made, a
site between the library and
post office has been men-
tioned in the. past as a
possible location.
One decision which has
been made is that the police
will move from their trailer
to another location sometime
before the onset of colder
weather.
The police station was
extensivley damaged by fire
on July 13 with $50,000
being placed on the toss.
•.'The building which had
been a pizzeria was pur-
chased by the town in 1977
for $24,000.
Recently, there has been
considerable controversy
over the fact that the present
location has only one exit
and entrance. The board of
directors of South Huron
Hospital have turned thumbs
down to a request from the
town for a new entrance and
exit to be located adjacent to
the former nurses residence
and present location of the
Huron Dental Centre.
A LUCAN FAIR PARADE WINNER The float entered by the Lucan branch of the Toronto Dominion Bank won third
prize in the commercial division of the Lucan Fair parade Posed on the top of the vehicle is Emma Fleming Others from the
left are manager Erle Andersen. Linda Roberts. Joan Brodenck, Jackie Martens and Carlene Goos T -A photo
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Seniors survey shows need
for nursing home
A preliminary report of
summer seniorprogram
indicates that there is a need
for a' nursing home in
Exeter.
This was one of the fin-
dings of the interim report
which was presented at the
community conference
Tuesday at the South Huron
Rec. Centre.
Over 200 people attended
the half day affair which
featured displays from 'I1
agencies and nine guest
in Exeter
speakers.
In the report 43 percent of
the 71 persons surveyed
indicated that there was
need for a nursing home
within Exeter.
The reported stated "A
total of 43 percent of the
people interviewed brought
up the need for a nursing
home without a direct
question pertaining to it.
Reasons for this seem to be
that i:.ast of :te• people we
talked to had lived in Exeter,
or the area for most of their
lives. They don't want to
leave the town or their
friends. Transportation for
visiters then becomes a
problem, and isolation from
friends and relatives oc-
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The report which was
preparedursby Darlene Davis,
Mary Easton and Margaret
Parkinson said the some 01
the people surveyed said
there should be more of an
emphasis on keeping the
seniors in their own homes.
In conjunction with the
Councillors blast,emphasis on homecare, only
29 there should be some form of
a drop-in centre while 54
applaud . ...editor- percent said a definite no to
the proposal.
The report qualified the
lack of support for a drop-in
centre by saying the
majority. of the people who
While municipal councils Campbell said be was "ve
are used to taking criticism impressed" with Batten`
from the press, Exeter article on a night on the bea
council turned the tables with Constable Kevin Short. were against the centre were
Monday with two councillors "That sort of investigative "in good health, active.
venting their ire. reporting does a lot of good living in .their own homes
First to blast the press was for the , community," and a. large percentage were
Ted Wright who criticized T- Campbell remarked. still married."
Aeditor Bill Batten't column Coming in for criticism There seems to exist a
in last week's paper. from councillor Don need for home care and
Batten who was not in Cameron was an article in transportation services for
attendance made several Monday's London Free the seniors in the com-
comments about the con- Press. - munity, the report said.
dition of sidewalks in- the - + Cameron said the article According, to Easton. a
town and the paving of lots which was headlined more detailed report on the
behind -the downtown "Exeter seeks, approval for senior service program and
businesses. sports field; plan" contained activities will be presented
The editor said it seemed a nuniher of errors and may to Exeter council at a later
that the priority of looking have hindered the progress date.
after the cars before the which had tSeen made in Others taking part in the
pedestrians -was not right. the acquistion of new conference were lawyer
Referring to the column facilities at the, community Peter Raymond, Exeter
Wright said BaUen t'should park. Police Constable Kevin
print facts and not fiction."
After the meeting Wright
said that the allocations for
the paving of the backlots
and for the sidewalks are two
separate allocations and that
paving behind the municipal
offices wa's being funded
from funds which had been
set aside for the paving of the
lots on the west side of •the
town. A decision had been
made not to go ahead with
the paving on the west side
this year, he said.
Wright said the column
made it appear that the
*ouch• $tin44 -and;
corhmittee which Wright
chairs had trensferred the
funds from sidewalks to the
paving.
•\,Wright said he had
received a lot of flak as a
re$ult of• Batten's column.
Local fund
for disaster
Cameron said he "had no Short. Audrey Pooley. head
idea" where the $10,000 nurse of South Huron
figure mentioned as cost for Hospital. Dee 3euerman of
the sports field came from the Huron cbunty homecare
and that no fund raising . program, _Jean Voting of
committee had been Towne and • .Country
established homemakers. Anne St. John
Cameron said a meeting of Huron county day care.
between the various groups and local Bank of Montreal
is set for Thursday. manager Allan Johnston.
In the new year the Master of ceremonies was
colnmunity and social CFPL radio personality and
services will review its member of the board of
policy of denying requests directors of University
from groups who have been a Hospital. London. Bill
victim of a disaster. Brady.
Cameron said .the town
*ntflH-be set tif5gitself-inffor:..,:_,.w.e�.�a:i.•._ -. , .:r�;;s,... .:�� �,-.Y ,:,r�T•
some emharassment if a
disaster struck a local
community
Mayor Derry Boyle said in
such case the towns' "Good
Neighbour Policy" would
apply. -
Continuing the discussion.
Campbell said a disfinction
of what constitutes near and
far communities should be
made.
Following some discussion
Wright seconded Cameron's
Through the co-operation .motion that the community
of the Exeter Lions club.'all and social services • com-
Enanciat
xeter wilt- be eeptih " r r O Muton
donations to . the Oxford, Rec Centre }an. Smith the
Brant and 'aldimand- local sporting complex is iii
Norfolk- -Diaps r Relief good shape financially. - •
Fund. Smith Said while spending
Donations may be left at is up S0r the same
the Bank of Montreal, Bank period in 1978 revenues are
of Nova Scotia, Royal .Bank LIP $3.600.
of Canada, Canadian Accounting for the
imperial Bank of Commerce majority of the increased " ..
and Victoria and Grey Trust. exp nditures are energy w 4i
Receipts for fgx purposes requiremet;ts while the pool •MARIJUANA SEIZURES --- Officers of the two Exeter police departments with help from outside forces made arrests
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will eventually be issued to and jolter skating have. the seized marijuana plants from locations in Stephen and Hay township end Crediton during the past week yihown with some
contributors of $10 or more. Please turn topage 3 of the plants are Exeter police chief Ted Day and OPP corporal Bill Freeth. t A o
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A LOCAL CHUCKWAGON --- Larry Baynham and Carl. Tyler are at the controls of the
Mobile Express rturnng the Lucan Fair parade Friday night. Robbie Haines is in front -and Ken
Masse ,s standing The ponies are named Scout and Bill . - T•A photo
Marijuana charges laid
against area residents
in a series of police raids
this week. six area men have
been charged with
possession and trafficking of
marijuana and four others
face charges of cultivation of
marijuana •
Thursday at 6 a m - to
simultaneous rails at six.
different locations,
Lawrence ,James Gloor 24
and 1Vallace Knee 19, both of
Centralia . Raymond
Thomas Whittington. 30 of
Russeldale. David Stilson,
20. RR 2 Lucan and Douglas
Warren Mason. 19 and
Edward Harold House 20.
both of Huron Park were
arrested and a quantity of
marijuana seized.
At about noon the same
day. 61 plants of marijuana
were seized from the
property. otr•-,John William
Fahner. Crediton. •
Brian Mark Hemming and
Matthew Epp Postill were
)gintly charged with
possession and cultivation as
the result of a raid at Lot 13.
Concession 14 in Hay
township
Also. Thursday. officers
searched a downtown Exeter
apartment and as a result
Stellman George Harris. 21
has been charged - with
possession
Concession 22 of Stephen
township Monday night
produced another lot ' of
marijuana plants Arrested
was :t5 -tear old Willia,rn
Mark Irvin of London Street
value of the 2oQ plants seized
was estimated at $18.000
All persons arrested were
released and will appear i'N'""10,
Provincial Court in Exeter
on September 11
The raids were carried out
b}' members of the Exeter
OPP and town police forces
with assistance front un -
dere •er agents and officers
fro detachments in Kit-
che er. ' Listowel and
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