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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-12-20, Page 3Big cheque - South Huron Hospital administrator Don Currell accepts a cheque for $55,000 from Hazel Miller (left) president of the Hospital Auxiliary, and Auxiliary secretary Vera Armstrong. Fines, jail sentences in court EXETER - Judge RGE Hunter handed down fines and jail sentences while presiding over provincial court on December 12. Jeffrey Thomas Bradley, London, pleaded guilty to charges of pos- sessing a Canada Post money order valued at less than $1,000 he knew was obtained illegally, possessing 15 Canada Post money orders val- ued at more than $1,000, and and trying to get David Frayne to cash the money order. Exeter police chief Larry Hardy testified he and Const. Will Chi- sholm were looking for a vehicle on July 26 because of information received from another police agen- cy. They spotted the car at Frayne's General Store. Bradley was arrested and taken to the police station. A search turned up another money order in his un- dershorts. Two more were on the vehicle's dash, and an additional 15 were found in athorough search of the car. The money orders had been stolen about two years ago in a break and enter in Woodstock. The accused. who has a lengthy Bernice Chrysler, RR2 Zurich, Deyla fire board agreement record, was sent to jail for 12 months. Helena E. Benwell, London, was fined $750 and had her licence sus- pended for a year after pleading guilty to driving in Stephen town- ship on November.26 with more than the legal limit of alcohol in her blood. She had been picked up in a RIDE program. Breath sam- ples gave readings of 170. John D. Hamilton, Crediton, will serve 14 days in jail and have his li- cence suspended for two years as a result of an arrest after police were was given a conditional discharge and put on probation for 12 months for stealing items with a total value of $27.37 from Dar- lings IGA on November 22. Cheri Anne Clarke, Huron Park, received a suspended sentence and 12 months' probation for pleading guilty to issuing a false cheque in Stephen township on November 4. A. $100 cheque was cashed at De- von's Corners. The accused and some friends thought a party they were attending would be more fun if they had called to a hit and run accident in some money. Pizza, ligour and Hensall on June 6. Breath samples movies were purchased -with the gave readings of 127 and 126. Ha- cash. milton was convicted of impaired driving in March, 1987. Restitution of $50 has already been made. Carter ordered full re - Charles Terrance Costello, RR2 payment in 60 days. Goderich, was assessed a fine of Michael Smith, Exeter, pleaded $750 and a 12 -month suspension guilty to attempting to possess after pleading guilty to impaired firearms before he had obtained a driving. He had been stopped on firearms acquisition certificate. He May 23 while going south on had another person buy two guns Highway 4 in Stephen township. for him on March 31 while his ap- He had BAC counts of 120 and plication to become a dealer was 110. being processed.He paid his $100 fine before leaving court. Continued from front page with the new assessment under Section 70, this showed one of the reasons why Usborne's share went up. Section 70 market value assess- ment was designed to correct ineq- uities in -the assessments in Huron County - with an equalizing effect over a three year period. Tomes said that he was sure that - if the existing agreement were to continue, Exeter's percentage would rise because of the growth. and new construction that has taken place this past year and hopefully Usborne's rates would begin to de- cline as the relationships in the as- sessment totals changed. Murray Keys of Hay township did not agree with Tomes in respect to Stephen and Hay facing in- creased costs if each municipality were to be responsible for the cost subsidizing fire protection for Exet- of their own fire calls. This would er's commercial businesses. Doro- only happen if either municipality thy Chapman of Exeter pointed out had a year with many fire calls or that each farm unit was also a busi- high man-hours. ncss operation requiring as good a Exeter reeve Bill Mickle had coverage as the Department could worked out the average number of possibly provide. fire calls for each municipality for Two accidents the last two years. He then convert- ed these numbers into percentages of the total average calls responded to. This percentage was compared to the percentage of assessment un- der the agreement. It was learned that the new per- centages were often very close to the ones in the agreement, but Exet- er's fire calls as a percentage of the total fire calls were lower than the percentage paid under the agree- ment. Usbornc reeve Gerald Prout sug- gested that his municipality was EXETER - Town police were called to the scene of two colli- sions last week. By coincidence, all the drivers were women. . The first accident occurred on December 11 on Main St. be- •tween vehicles operated by Shirley Tieman, Dashwood, and Lori Parker, Hensall. One was pulling out of a parking spot, and the other could not stop in time. . The second, four days later, in- volved Brenda Tideswell, Clinton and Kathy Whitefield, Zurich. Three sites for future bridge EXETER - An Exeter developer is asking council to make up its mind as to where it would like a fu- ture bridge spanning the Ausable River so he can begin work on his new subdivision plans. Len Veri's proposed - Riverside Estates are slated for land north and cast of the Exeter Curling Club, an arca where .town council had al- - lowed for a future crossing of the river. - Hans Groh, a consultingengineer with Gamsby-Manncrow, said he had drawn up plans for Vcri based on the town's official plan which calls for a bridge to connect with Riverside Drive beside the Curling Club, but told council the Planning Advisory Committee, after a pres- entation by administrator Rick Hundcy, is more interested in a fu- ture bridge. between Pryde Boule- vard and Rosemount Avenue, ex- tended into the middle of Veri's development. Groh • said a bridge there would not be in keeping with the planned, large -lot, upscale neighbourhood. He argued the bridge should be connected to Riverside because it would be better screened visually by the Curling Club and would not affect traffic levels in the new resi- dential area. "We thought it would be very detrimental to the kinds of lots we would be proposing in here." said Groh. The Planning Advisory Commit- tee had countered by suggesting the bridge location could be moved fur- ther cast as an extension of Eastern Ave. Groh said he was unprepared to comment on whether or not that could be incorporated into the sub- division plan. "Every attempt has been made to make this plan conform to the Offi- cial Plan, and I guess the last thing on our minds was that we would have to make allowance for some kind of major roadway in this arca," said Groh. Councillor Dorothy Chapman argued the bridge might have to be furthcr cast than the Official Plan suggests. "I think that when the bridge was originally planned, in all fairness, we didn't think this arca was going to develop as quickly as it did," said Chapman. Veri said he has heard plans of a Riverside Bridge for 32 years and hadn't seen one yet, adding that his plans were for large homes and a bridge in the Rosemount area was not in the best interests of the de- velopment. Reeve Bill Mickle agreed with Vcri's concerns and asked the mo- tion be tabled until late January, when council could be given better information regarding all three op- tions. Veri advised he was seeking an early spring start to his project - mainly foran expansion to the mo- bile home park. A larger mobile home subdivision further to the north had been rejected by planning because of a lack of servicing ca- pacity. Ven said he is prepared to set aside land for a future bridge allow- ance, but wanted council's final de- cision on where it would be. Mayor Bruce Shaw assured Veri town staff would be working with Veri's consulting engineers to get a beuer idea which option would be best for all parties. Wins in two-way contest Times -Advocate, December 20, 1989 Nage .s Wilder 1990 Huron Warden GODERICH - Lionel Wilder, Huron County's new warden, said he is determined to get the best value for the taxpayer's dollar while he serves his one-year term chairing County council. Wilder, reeve of,Hay Township, was elected warden last Tuesday by his fellow county councillors on a margin of 18 votes to 14, de- feating McKillop Township reeve Marie Hicknell in her second bid for the seat. Bayfield reeve Dave Johnston steps down as 1989's county war- den. Jim Robinson, Hensall's reeve, was nominated as a candidate for warden, but declined to enter the race. He did, however, suggest he would consider the warden's posi- tion again next year. Wilder has not only been Hay's reeve for seven years, but has been a cash -crop farmer for much long- er. Now that the warden's respon- sibilities take up much of his time, Wilder is hiring someone to take care of his farm. "I have made all the arrange- ments to give full commitment to the position of warden as well as full commitment to the Township of Hay," said Wilder in a tele—. phone interview with the Times Advocate. "Every warden is different," he continued. "I'm not going to say I'm going to fill the shoes of this one or that one." Wilder suggested council was going to have to take a closer look at some of the expensive projects currently in the county's future.. He specifically cited the study on county government, the waste management study and the divi- sion of Huronview. The northern location of the rest home has been set for Brussels, but Wilder stated it should not be taken for granted that Clinton is an ideal location for the southern campus. • The new warden said he was de- lighted to see his fellow council- lors choose him as warden in the verbal vote. "It was a feeling of accomplish- ment - a feeling of deep emotion," he said, adding that he plans to run council fairly and without hint of a "dictatorship". "My gosh, here I am at the top. I have no intention of letting it go to my head." Lionel Wilder • season to all our fine friends Best wishes for a wonderful holiday or doing business with us. We enjoyed o much serving you and k and patrons. Thanks sfo wardito seeing you soon. e All the best for Christmas and 3990 Anne Mace MMorgan, toliz. Marilyn Waldeck, Dianne Clarke and • Absent when photo was taken was Jane MacLean.- Decorators Touch Plus • Giftware • Toys • Small Appliances • Paint & Wallpaper Open nights - 9 - 9 Sat. 9 - 5:30 412 Main St. S., Exeter 235.2511 • r r Thank you for .giving us the opportunity to serve you tr r lo . From the Exeter Business Improvement Association Most stores- open Wednesday Dec.. 27th -