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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-12-13, Page 3Kisses for Santa Julie Genttner and Kim Keller welcomed Santa Claus to the Dashwood Men's Club Christmas party Saturday afternoon. Not present for day in court EXETER - Michael R. Jerom- kin, Exeter, was convicted on three separate charges of contra- vening a town bylaw by causing excessive noise. The accused was not in court when the verdict was handed down on December 5 by JP Doug Wedlake. The first incident occurred at 2:48 on June 18. Police were called to an apartment building on Sanders St. While still in the parking lot, the officer said, he could hear a stereo being played loudly. He went to the apartment where the noise was coming from, and asked the ac- cused to turn the stereo down. He was still writing his notes when he heard the noise louder than ever. The accused was advised he would be charged. The officer was called back to the same address on an unrelated matter.am hour later, and heard the stereo blaring. Jeromkin tried to slam the door in the officers face. A second charge was laid. Police were again called to the apartment building on July 3 be- cause of complaints of a loud and noisy party. The officer testified he spoke privately to Jeromkin, asking that the stereo be turned down. Jeromkin demanded that the officer either charge him or let him go. Jeromkin was charged with a third violation of the noise bylaw. Wedlake fined the accused $145 on the first charge, an additional $145 on the second, and $128.75 on the third. James Morrisey, RR2 Crediton, did not appear, but called the duty counsel to plead guilty to driving while suspended on October 20 on Highway 4 in Hay township. He was fined $250 and given six mouths' suspension in addition to any previous suspensions. Manford, Loerzel, RR1 Exeter, was also absent. He was fined $41.25 after a careless driving charge was amended to speeding 75 in a 50 zone, and $53.75 for op- erating an unsafe vehicle. Loerzel had been observed speeding on Hu- ron St. W. on August 18. On stop- ping in Darling's parking lot, the car he was driving was inspected. Police found three bald tires, a loud muffler, no turn -down pipe on the exhaust, no parking brake, two stone chips on the front window, no catalytic converter and a dirty li- . cence plate. Loerzel had the re- pairs made the following day. Absent, too, with an agent acting for him was Devindra Ajudah, Lon- don. He had pleaded not guilty of driving closer than was. reasonable as the result of a three -car collision on Highway 81 at the intersection of Concession B in Stephen town- ship on August 13. Ajudah was one of two drivers, charged in the accident. He was found guilty and fined $53.75. Richard K. Andrews was fined $47.25 in his absence for doing 89 in a 60 zone on September 30 on Tjiames Road West. Raymond John Birch, Centralia, was found guilty of driving while suspended. He had ben spotted on a motorcycle on Main St. Exeter on August 23. He was fined $250 and had six months added to his previous suspension. David W. Foreman, Zurich, un- successfully defended himself against a charge of speeding 99 k/h in an 80 zone on Highway 21 on October 20. He paid his $22.75 fine before leaving court. Kevin A. Masse, Zurich, pleaded guilty to failing to wear his com- plete seatbelt assembly. He had been stopped on Highway 4 on Oc- tober 14. As the accused was in court all day, and his case was not heard until after 4:30, Wedlake re- duced the usual fine to $23.75. Times -Advocate, December 13, 1989 Page 3 High density zoning opposed ZURICH - A proposal to amend the village's secondary plan and rezone the site of the former Men- nonite church and adjacent old manse on Goshen St. brought a number of ratepayers to a public meeting in the council chambers on December 7. Dick Rau had submitted a pro- posal to convert the manse into two two-bedroom apartments and the church into eight two-bedroom and one three-bedroom. No objections were raised to changing the designation of the property from community facility to residential: However, the ma- jority of neighbouring property owners wanted the zoning to re- main. at Residential 2, rather than changed to R3 allowing higher density. A letter on Michael O'Connor's stationery said the group were re- ceptive to any development of the property that is esthetically pleas- ing, and will enhance and improve the neighbourhood community. The letter, representing about 19 affected property owners, went on to say Rau hada fine reputation for maintaining properties he owns in Zurich and elsewhere. The concern was that "should he choose to sell to outside interests in the future, then our present confidence and av- enue of rapport may be lost if the property is zoned R3". The possibility of another apart- ment building being constructed at the back sometime in the future was also raised. Council made no decision, as the plan amendment must first be ap- proved by County Council before the village council can pass a by- law. Reeve Bob Fisher instructed the parties involved to discuss their problems, including R2 over R3, planting strips and fences versus hedges, and special zoning permit- ting only a specified number of units. Rau was asked to draft a site plan.. The matter will be brought be- fore the Huron County planning and development committee on December 21, and will be dis- cussed again at the regular January meeting of Zurich council. In other business, the announce- ment was made that the Hay - Zurich landfill site will be closed on Wednesdays from January 3 to March 21, 1990. A motion opposing the federal government's proposed GST was supported. A truck to be used in snow re- moval will be leased from Don Re- gier at $14 per hour. Uncollectable taxes amounting to $1,442.06 were wriuen off. Clerk Maureen Simmons report- ed that during 1989 she had sent out supplementary tax bills amounting to $6,005.43 for new homes and businesses. Letters to the Editor Adds insult to injury Exeter Town Council c/o Clerk's Office' Exeter, Ontario_ NOM ISO ATTN: Mayor Bruce Shaw Dear Sir: In regard to your letter of apology extended to the Exeter Mohawks organization, I find your in- formation to be incorrect. I also find it extremely odd that you would not contact an executive mem- ber to prevent all the "confusion". 1) the Exeter Mohawks did indeed win a provin- cial championship for the 1988 season, which has been recognized by the province of Ontario (each member of the organization has received a Provin- cial Championship Certificate stating they were Senior "AA" hockey ,champions, with the seal and signature of the Premier of Ontario) 2) how their 1989 victory could possibly be "ob- scured" by the previous year's "confusion" is utterly ridiculous, specialty in light of the coverage the Mo- hawks receive seasonally in the Exeter Times Advo- cate, most importantly being the issue dated April 12, 1989 depicting the teams Sr. "B" championship. Your letter of apology could have been accepted graciously if it had been presented in that manner. You have only added insult to injury by'prescnting derogatory information and excuses for (he total dis- regard of probably the finest Senior hockey team in the province. Sincerely, Lynn Rowe Council not convinced Lucan traffic incurable LUCAN - Village council are not giving up on their efforts to slow down traffic on Main Street. OPP staff sergeant Bob Erskine had suggested last month little - could be done and parking spaces painted on the street or caution signs would be largely ignored by inconsiderate motorists. "I don't see why we don't paint the lines," - said councillor Tom McLaughlin. "I don't think people will drive on them." "I think we should give it a try next spring," agreed reeve Larry • Hotson. Parking spaces -painted on the street, as in Exeter, have been rec- ommended for preventing incau- Lucan interested in recycIih; LUCAN - Sanitation contractor Larry Lewis told Lucan council last Tuesday that the village and Biddulph Township have been in- vited to join a recycling group run by London, Lobo, ,and West Nis- sourri Townships. The program has been in opera- tion for a month, using a rented barn as a temporary depot until a more permanent location can be found. Instead of using $90,000 trucks specially built for blue. box collection, Lewis is using com- partmented trailers towed behind pickup trucks. They have less ca- pacity but are cheaper to purchase and maintain. Lewis, who handles the blue box collection contract for the group, said "It is going really well as far as collection and storage of mate- rials." Lewis has attended village coun- cil in the past and has often ex- pressed pessimism about the col- lection of recyclables, but he admitted Tuesday the initial suc- cess of the program is encourag- ing. The hardest part of the opera- tion, explained Lewis, is to find markets "where the product is worth something". Snider steps up to fill vacant Grand Bend seat Finally filled - Former deputy reeve Dennis Snider will finally fill the empty Grand Bend council seat, which has been vacant since July, at the next regular meeting of council Monday night. Snider was nominated by two of the three council members present at the last meeting and it was enough to end the six-month stalemate and avoid a possible election. Snider was expected to take his oath of office this week. The group has been giving away newspaper because of its storage bulk and because there is presently a glut of it. Markets for glass, steel and alu- minum have been found. Lewis said 12 1/2 tonnes of clear glass had already been sold without a problem. "Do you feel a little better about this, Larry, after a month?" asked councillor Bryan Smith. "Yes", said Lewis, adding that 90 percent of residents put their boxes out at first and that number has not slackened off as expected. "Have you noticed a difference in volume in the regular garbage?" asked Taylor and Lewis replied he has noticed some reduction, but it is too early to get exact statistics. "In faimess to Peter McBirnie (reeve of West Nissourri), he has spent hours, hours, and hours find- ing markets for this stuff," said reeve Larry Hotson. Councillor Tom McLaughlin sug- gested a coordinator might have to be hired by the group in the future to keep track of the system. "Once you get your good markets established, it'll take care of itself," said Hotson. McLaughlin disagreed, speculat- ing that a coordinator would be needed to constantly search out the best price for the recycled material. "I think it's a moving target, Lar- ry," said McLaughlin. Lewis said the group are not yet collecting.plastics, but if a baler is found, it might be in the works. He also said if the group were to sep- arate its steel and aluminum cans, the metal would be worth twice as much on the market. Hotson told council he under- stood the group was looking for a couple more municipalities to make the small system viable. Lu - can and Biddulph were the obvious choices. Council appeared receptive to the suggestion and will discuss the matter with Biddulph on December 28. Lewis said if Lucan wishes to join, blue boxes should be ordered soon, and suggested the village and Biddulph share the cost of their own trailer. Hotson said the worries of Lon- don and St. Thomas about securing markets for collected materials are likely temporary. "Several people are nervous, there's no doubt about that," Hot - son observed, but said he has seen encouraging prospects for recy- cling markets. "There's no money in it. It's just costs, but you have to be optimistic about it. We're not doing it to make money." "There may be money in it even- tually," said McLaughlin. "The bottom line is to save the landfill site," noted councillor Bob. Taylor. Stephen's 150th Continued from front page ,pinny by the Crediton Social Club and the Knights of Columbus of the area on March 14. A 25th reunion of the closing of R.C.A.F. station Centralia is being held on June 5,6 and 7 and Sesqui- centennial events will be included. A homecoming weekend sched- uled for the weekend of June 27 and 28 will conclude Sesquicenten- nial celebrations. included will be a parade, pancake breakfasts and a church service. Bob Down, chairman of the Us-/ borne township Sesquicentennial committee has challenged Ste- phen's chairman Ailan Walper to a d growing contest. Other members of the Stephen Sesquicentennial committee in adduon to co-chairmen Allan Walper and Karen Tieman are Don O'Rourke, Evelyn Pickering, Reg Finkbeiner, Wilmar Wein, Stefan Pcrtschy, Jack Malone and Ross Haugh. tious drivers from passing slower traffic on the right. McLaughlin also said flashing caution lights are not as useless as Erskine suggested. "When I drive into Arkona or Watford and I see that caution 'light, that slows me down, and I think that slows a lot of people down," said McLaughlin. . "I know Erskine said that night they don't work, but I want to ask (the ministry of transportation) why they don't work and why we have them all over the province." insist- ed McLaughlin. A 227 -name petition has been re- ceived by the village and Hotson said council had a responsibility to seek some helpful solution. He said the lines would at least help the situation, even though it might not be a complete cure. "We've got to do something," said McLaughlin. 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