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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-11-22, Page 3111[i:'.111 Optimists, Rec Centre reach agreement EXETER - Any hockey teams still alive in April playoffs next year will not have to move to Lu - can, or any other arena, to continue their series after the Optimist Home and Garden Show because the ice will be staying in at Exeters South Huron Rec Centre. Last season, the Exeter Mohawks had to play their Senior B provin- cial championship series against. Dresden at the Lucan Arena when the ice at the South Huron Rec Centre was removed for the Home and Garden -how. To avoid the same problems this year, the South Huron Rec Board at its monthly meeting last Wednes- day night, reached a verbal agree- .ment with the Optimists. The local organization agreed in principal to pay two-thirds of the cost of renting an arena .wooden floor covering to put over the ice allowing the show to go on and the ice to stay in. The boards will be rented from. the Ilderton Arena at a total cost of $1,750, $1,155 of which will be paid by the Opti- mists. The Rec Board will pay the • remaining cost. Local hockey groups, the Mo- hawks, the Hawks and Minor Hockey, met with the Board at an earlier date and the board was able to get commitments from all in- volved .to help out with installing the boards, regardless of their status in the playoffs. Gabby Mol, of the Mohawks, has also agreed to transport the floor covering from and to Ilderton and will also supply a fork lift to help with installation. - The board also told the groups if . they would like ice time in Septem- ber at the Rec Centre, they would have to pay 100 per cent of the cost, which includes rental of the floor covering again, because of the Exeter Fall Fair in mid September. In past years, ice has .not been in- stalled at the Rec Centre until the completion of the fair. • However, ice is installed at the I1- derton Arena in early September al- though the Ilderton Fair is held one week after Exeter's. The floor - covering sboards allows access to the arena. The board told Tom Bowen and ROSS Long, who- represented 'the Optimists they must work with the Facilities Colnmittee to help tighten up set-up and take-down times for groups at the Home Show, so- that the ice can be ready Monday morn- ing after the weekend show. Bowen said this would not be a problem as about 90 percent of the participants in the show are packed up and gone within, two hours its completion. The Optimist Home and Garden Show is scheduled for April 6-8 1990, with setting up to begin April 4. No games can be scheduled dur- ing the weekend of the -Optimist's show. If no teams are still playing . at that time, the floor covering will not be needed. Parking fines on increase in Bend GRAND BEND - Parking viola- tors will have to cough up more money if they get ticketed in Grand Bend next summer. Upon the recommendation of the Ad -Hoc Parking Committee, Coun- cil voted to raise the increase in most parking violations by $5 next year. Offenses that will be raised from $10 to $15 include; Parking over or on sidewalk, parking over the limit, parking in front of driveways, park- ing within nine metres of an inter- section, parking on a road less than six metres wide, parking where pro- hibited by posted' sign, parking be- tween the hours of 2-6• a.m., and parking in restricted areas for more than two hours. All set fines . for those violations will be $20 The first of two new violations to be enforced next year are parking in the municipal lots from 2-6 a.m. Violators will be fined $301 Parking in permit zone without permit will cost disobeyers $20. The committee was also to ap- proach the Anglican Church, with a proposal for its vacant land. It also recommended the Eilber Street lot be paved and metered for next year. It was also recommended that the progressive fine concept for repeat parking offenders be delayed . at least one year. Decision soon Sharen also said in his report he was in touch with village solicitor Dan Murphy, who said he expects a decision on the beach case before. the end of the month. The decision will simply be sent to Murphy at his Goderich Office and he will inform council of its contents. New library? Sharer'. also said he spoke at the Grand Bend Lions Club last meet- ing and the possibility of a new li, brary was discussed at great length. The concept was well received ac- cording to Sharen and will be dis- cussed further at the next Lions Club meeting in two weeks. Sharen will have a further report to council at the December 4 meet- ing. Should the Lions decide to under- take the project, council will have to foot the bill out of reserves. Projects Council also discussed what pro- jects they would like to see done under Pride projects next year. This list, seven in all, was to in- clude a launch ramp, which Wood- ley said he would like to swap with the one next to the harbor building, and sloped curbing, which allows ► access to the disabled and other sidewalk projects throughout the village. Under the Pride grants, the vil- lage must pay 50 per cent of all costs and the province will pay the rest. M. M. Dillon Consulting Engi- neers was awarded the contract to prepare all of their Pride projects for next year at a cost of $1;500. Letters to the Editor Dear Times Advocate staff: I'd .like to take this opportunity. to thank everyone at your paper for all the support during the first phase of our lobby . campaign. Without the support of the media in getting our story out to the gen- eral public, we would not have been able to accomplish our goal of making everyone aware of the plight of the homemakers. Thank you Jean Young Executive Director Town and Country Homemakers Jail sentence on fraud charge EXETER - Robert Wayne Park- er, Grand Bend, pleaded guilty' in Provincial Court on November 14 to two charges of fraud. Evidence showed Parker had made two purchases of bull calves with NSF cheques. He obtained four calves valued at $600 from William Regier, Stephen Town- ship, on November 23, 1988, and • another three were acquired on proffering a cheque for $420 from David Marshall, Usborne Town- ship, on January 27. Parker was sentenced to 30 days in jail on the first charge, and a consecutive. 30 days on the second. He was put on probation for 12 months, and ordered to make resti- tution of the full 1,020 within 11 mouths. The accused had been in court in Palmerston recently on similar charges, given a suspended sen- • tence and ordered to make restitu- tion of $1,700 within two years. Frank G. Clark, Sarnia and Rob - en Earl Haist, Crediton, each pleaded guilty to impaired driving. Clark had BAC readings of 120 and 110 when stopped in Crediton on September 2, and Haist's breath samples gave readings of 170 and 152 when found asleep behind the wheel of his truck in the west lane of Highway 83 on May 6. Each was given three months to pay a fine of •$750, and lost their driving privileges for a year. Failing to provido a breath sam- plc on 'April 1 in Hensall after a scuffle with.police as he was%being .. `arrested will cost Barry 'Gerald Bcgcman, London, 90 -days in jail and a three-ycalr,.driving su§pen-. sion. • Dale J. Vincent, Cambridge, was found guilt of driving with a BAC over the legal limit despite his not guilty -plea. • The accused had been stopped on. May 23 after a police officer had followed his convertible from Leon's Buy and Sell on Highway 83 to the cast end of Exeter. The vehicle had first come under scruti- ny because of the antics of the pas- senger, first standing up, then pull- ing the wheel to send the car to the centre line on three occasions. Vincent was found guilty as. charged, fined $750 and given a 12 -month suspension. • ' Kenneth Ralph Wonnacott, RR 1 Arva, pleaded guilty to impersonat- ing his brother to escape prosecu- tion for impaired driving on August 2, 1987 in Stephen township, and failing to appear in Exeter court lat- er that month. He was fined $300 on the first offence, and sentenced to 30 days in jail on the second. Judge Hunter recommended the temporary absence program. William Snell, London, was found guilty of assaulting Irvin Amoraal while both were employed . . at General Coach on November 29, 1988. Amoraal had pushed the ac- cused's hand away as he poured, some pop into a parts box, and Snell hit him on the nose with his. right fist. Snell also pleaded guilty to mischief by kicking and damag- ing a co-worker's car on April;6. Snell was fined $300 on each count, and given nine months to pay. He was placed on probation for 12 months and ordered to make restitution of the $140 damage to the car at a rate of $24 a month. He lost his job because of the inci- dents. Store Location Hwy. .83, just west of Dashwood 237-3561 Hours Monday - Friday 9:00 - 5:30 Saturday 9:00 = 5:00 HAYTER'S TURKEYS Featuring. • Wings • Drumsticks • Smoked Turkey • Breast Roast •, Cutlets. • Sausage Filets • Turkey. Burgers SPECIAL THIS WEEK - GROUND TURKEY 1.79cLB. (While quantities last) Fresh turkeys available Nov. 23 Phone book delivery - Clients of Exeter's WOTCH program were out in the cold weather last week delivering the new tele- phone directory to Exeter cus- tomers. The program, in its second year, is always on the lookout for such contracts to keep its workers busy. Times -Advocate, November 22, 1989 Page 3 Club Huron marks second anniversary EXETER - The local WOTCH program is celebrating its second anniversary in Exeter, yet its low' profile leaves much of the popula- tion unaware of the many services they provide to the community. WOTCH (Western Ontario Therapeutic Community Hostel) is a ministryof health -funded organi-, zation that has 45-50 ckents with psychiatric disabilities in the Exet- r area. With medication and uidance, these people attend the oluntary program to work, either in the Thames Road centre, or in the community. WOTCH clients, for example, were hired by the Exeter BIA for watering and maintaining the flower baskets on the town's lamp standards. They were so well cared for, they lasted until earlier this month, said Doug Ruhl, direc- tor of "Club Huron". Other community contracts in- clude tree planting, window clean- ing, yard work, and building main- tenance. The delivery of Bell Canada phone books to Exeter homes, this- week and last, t.s being handled by the WOTCH program. In-house work for those who do not wish to work outside Club Hu- ron includes the rolling of newspa- per for packing material, or other contracts like making name tags or packaging small items. • "You've got to give credit to the people who save the newspapers for us so they can give these people jobs," said Ruhl, adding that WOTCH is always on the look -out for new contracts. The clients en- joy the work, as well as the extra income it provides. The WOTCH staff also provide "life skill" assistance to their clients who live in the community. This could mean help wiih cleaning their apartments to offering advice on budgeting. Clients who aro unable to work get the benefit of a social and recre- ational program. "You've got to have fun around here," said Ruhl. 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