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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-02-20, Page 22Times -Advocate, February 20, 1991 Page 22 Machete wielding -landlord receives fine and probation term • EXETER Car- rytng a 27 inch machete in a pub- lic place resulted in a $300 fine with 15 days to pay, and a 12 - month probation term for Leslie Desjardine of 285 William SL, Exeter, m Provincial Court, last Tuesday. Thejudge also prohibited Desjar- dine from owning or handling a gun for three years. The court heard on October 27, Desjardine approached a tenant about money owing resulting in a scuffle in which the tenant was knocked to the ground. The tenant said a small fight en- sued, and Desjardine left and came back with a machete knife . The tenant was in his car when Desjar- dine threatened to kill him, and took a swipe at his car as he tried to drive away. Desjardine and the tenant both approached police concerning the mauer, and a large quantity of guns was subsequently seized at the Des- jardine residence. The tenant told the court that he is not concerned about restitution for his damaged vehicle Desjardine told the court that he did not threaten the tenant's life, and was emotionally distraught at the time of the incident. Jail -term An impaired charge resulted in a 14 -day jail term to be served inter- mittently, and a two-year licence suspension for James Nichol of 224 Riverside Dr., London. The court heard on July 18, po- lice spotted a vehicle south on Main Street in Exeter, which was weaving in its own lane and entered the north lane once almost hitting the curb. Police said when they pulled over Nichol he appeared to be almost sleeping and an alcohol odour on his breath. Police also found one partially filled and two full beer bottles. Nichol told the court he had not consumed any alcohol since the in- cident. Theft over $1,000 "(You're) within a hair's breath of going to jail," stated Provincial Court judge .... to Edward J. Bezzo of 400 Matilda St., Clinton, upon his conviction for theft over $1,000. The court heard B( .co and three other young offends who cannot be named, took tires, stereos and audio equipment from a lot in Hay Township on June 12. Police say a vehicle was spotted on Highway 83 with two tires on rims beside the vehicle. Police said noises were heard from a business lot, and the sound of people run- ning into the woods. Police found two more tires, and other stereo and audio equipment in the car. The car was registered to Bezzo. At 2 a.m., two youths were ob- served looking in cars at an Exeter gas station. The youths later admit- ted they were part of the earlier in- cident, and conceded there had been four incidents altogether. Total damage to the vehicles equalled to $2,63234 which was paid by one of the father's of the ac- cused, and the court heard since that time the four have repaid him. The court heard all goods in- volved with the thefts have been re- covered. Fraud Collecting money from Commu- nity and Social Services as a single parent, when actually living with someone resulted in a two-year pro- bation term and 250 hours of com- munity service to be performed within 23 months for Deborah A. Hunt of 207 Columbia Dr., Huron Park. The court heard Hunt collected $11,244.40 in mother's allowance over a 15 -month time span when she was cohabiting with a man. Hunt told the court she was re- morseful, and said she could not get by on her spouse's salary. Hunt told the court all the money went for food and clothing for her and her two children. The judge did not make a restitu- tion order because he did not be- lieve the young family could afford to pay it back. Fine Wilful knowledge of being in possession of stolen goods resulted in a $200 fine with 60 days to pay for Donna Dunlop of 199 Columbia Dr., Huron Park. Police said they were investigat- ing the theft of Christmas tree lights on December 9, and when they approached Dunlop she admit- ted storing the goods for two young offenders. Having a BAC over 80 resulted in a $750 fine with 60 days to pay, and a 12 -month licence suspension for Rickey R. Amhold of38 ames St., Forest. The court heard on June 10, Arn- hold stopped an off-duty police of- ficer to ask for directions. The offi- cer spotted a partially filled bottle of beer in the vehicle and suspected Amhold had been drinking, The officer held Amhold until police arrived. Two BACs revealed counts of 230 m.g. and 210 m.g. • Possession of stolen goods Having possession of stolen goods with wilful knowledge netted '$750 fines for Vincent Lloyd Cos- by of 1175 Southdale Rd., London. The court heard between July 1 and 2, an air conditioner was stolen from a Hensall business, a tip led police to 122 King St., Hensel!. Cosby came to the King Street home and admitted ownership of the stolen property. . On June 14, 1989, a building at 120 King St., was entered and the culprit took aprons. Cosby was asked by the culprit to sell the aprons. He claimed he -+id not know they were stolen. BAC over 80 Having a BAC over 80 netted a $750 fine with three months to pay, and a 12 -month licence sus- pension for Robert W. Dunbar of 209 Columbia Dr., Huron Park. Igslice said they spoued a vehicle of highway 83 which was exceed- ing the speed limit by about 20 km/ h. Police said Dunbar was unsteady and had an alcohol odour on his breath. He concurrently failed the ALERT test, and two BAC sam- ples revealed counts of 100 m.g. and 100 m.g. Dunbar told the court he had no prior driving offences.and had tried some brew not knowing its poten- tial. Cannabis possession Possession of cannabis marijua- na netted a $100 fine with 30 days to pay for Darrell Coleman of King St., Hensall. The court heard on December 29, police received a tip about peo- ple frequenting a vehicle. At 2:10 a.m., an officer approached the ve- hicle, and the occupants were pass- ing a cigarette around. The officer stated the cigarette had a cannabis odour, and found $50 worth of marijuana on Cole- man. Coleman did not have a prior po- lice record. Assault Joint guilty pleas on an assault charge resulted in a suspended sen- tence and 18 -month probation term as well as a restraint order, for Phil Brooks and Jesse Kirk of 176 Sanders St., Exeter. The court heard the men entered an apartment on December 30, and asked the occupant to return a cheque which Brooks had given to him. When the man refused, the men proceeded to punch and kick him, and then pushed him into the bathroom. The victim escaped and went to Officers lead parade Legion news By Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - There was lots of activity at Grand Bend Legion Branch. #498 during Winter Carni- val Weekend. Several officers of #498 carried banners to lead the pa- rade on Saturday morning. Over 200 people enjoyed the steak barbe- cue on Saturday from 5-8 p.m., in fact, they only had 200 steaks to be- gin with, and had to run out and buy 25 more. Chefs Bea and Alec - Leatherland and Remi VanPraet did 4 an outstanding job. Over r 175 stayed for the Sweet- .ltegrt Dance which followed; as couplta`siwayed to rrju*ic frormthe 2 ,194Qs to 1990s current sounds.' Bob riFindbky and his band The Caledoni- ans, payed "A String of Pearls" and Glen Miller, to Elvis Presley ,p classics, 50s rock, Country Western u and punk rock, something for eve- /Frryyone. Comrade PRO Shirley and Stu Pole won the first spot dance. '( Bob Findlay put on a 40 -minute special skit of songs and dance in a tribute to Irish, Scottish and New- foundland music, clad in a colour- ful kilt. He finished with a musical tribute "To Soldiers Then and Undefeated - Going undefeated, the Biddulph Public School boys' basketball team won the Middlesex Area 5 tournament on Wednesday. They have also won the Medway Invitational and Strathroy Collegiate 1 Invitational tournaments. While Daryl Boshart steadies Ryan Carroll on his shoulders, looking on are, , Local back, left; coach Larry DeMay, Rob Hills, Bryce Dayman, Chris Haskett. Front, left; Dan Maguire, Dylan England, Denver England and Josh Appleman. busihesses , enter contest Dross up - Celebrating Valentine's Day on Thursday, students at Biddulph Public School had a 50's and 60's dressup clay. Here are left; Erin Haskett, Wendy Hickson, Lisa Stephenson, Steve Millar and Billy Heckman. They also held a fundraiser in which they sold carnations and raised $40 for the diabetes foundation. his teacher's house, and was taken to the hospital. The victim received two black eyes, cuts and scrapes in the inci- dent. The court was told both men are alcoholics and have limited mental capacities. Fine and suspension A BAC over 80 charge resulted in a $750 fine with 60 days to pay, and a 12 -month licence suspension for Andrew Kuchta of Petrolia. Police said they received a tip on a suspected impaired driver headed north on Highway 21. The police investigated and spot- ted a vehicle weaving across the centre line. Police said Kuchta was smoking, but an alcohol odour was detected on his breath and his speech was slurred. Upon his arrest Kuchta informed an officer he needed medication which was in his truck. The officer complied and got the medicine for him. Two BACs revealed counts of 110 m.g. and 110 m.g. Kuchta informed the court he is a diabetic and at the time he was pulled over he had been lighting a cigarette which he said could ex- plain why his vehicle weaved. Kuchta said he had had domestic problems on the night of the inci- dent, and was on route for a vaca- tion. Now", remembering our comrades presently serving in the Persian Gulf. Findlay will be returning to the Legion in mid-June to host their summer gong shows. Door prizes were won by Cheryl Hargreaves, Jean Ellison and Shir- ley Pole. Sunday afternoon Legion mem- bers were back in the kitchen, serv- ing up hot dogs and sauerkraut to the crowd as people drifted in and out to warm up, or hear winners an- nounced. One enthusiastic group Stayed in- side to enjoy more songs from ;,Findlay and `lYill gel*.;,, strong, till festivities tapered off around 6 p.m. Earlier in the week, the Friday meat raffle was cancelled, due to the snowstorm. Condolences to Comrade Bob Chapdelaine, whose mother passed away in Edmonton this past week. Winners of the Tuesday night Darts Games were Sheila Tiedeman and Gerry Karnes, and Theresa Puklicz and Hans Sigmund came in second. Marg Hedley won the 50-/ 50 draw. Local snow scupitures By Roberta Walker GRAND BEND - Several area businesses entered the "Internation- al Harmony" contest, aid all entries are to be commended for good ef- fort and imagination. Winner for "Best Dramatic Impact" was the Colonial Hotel for "Peace on Earth" with a coloured globe, our planet Earth, atop a giant Peace symbol. For "Best Colour", the LOEB- 1GA entry won with "Man and the Moon" in blue and yellow. Pine- dale Hotel won second for 'It's a Small World After AW' with chil- dren dancing around a globe, our Earth. For Best Detail, Bender's Restaurant won with "Heart and Harmony". Family Heirlooms have a lovely pair of peaceful doves out in front too. Tinney, Smith will represent local bowlers By Ron Dann ZURICH - Helen Tinney Hensall, and Zurich's Deb Smith, from the Monday night ladies league at Town and Country Lanes, will be representing the Zurich Town and Country 5 Pin Bowlers Association its, the Hiram Walker Special Old Regional High -Low Double Cham- QonA i s Saturday at Hamilton's Mi Sherwood t. Under the Ontario Five Pin Bowl- ers' Alsocladon (O.F.P.B.A.) and Canadian Five Pin Bowlers' Associ- atiotd•(C.F.P.B,A.) format, a high awi*(e bowke is attached with a low average bowler as a team of two. The team then must beat thcir combined averages for six consecu- tive weeks in their Tinney and Smith nbt only fin- ished first in their league but on January 13, Tiingnreliey, with a 154 Rav- 245 and 2(», , ed her avr- f pe by 194 pins and Sm added 92 its over her average as the team of twd scored 286 * above their combined averagesto win the Spe- cial Old zone rolloff Now they have a chance to job ' win a one week eotpettse paid• hot. day for two in Florida by finishing first in the Special Old regional championships. Also. dieting the Special Oki Re- gional, finals the scores of all the teams competing shall be compet- ing a declare the Special Old Pro- vittciW High -Low Doubles Champ- ions who will then advance to the Special Old National Champion - A01 27 in a igtatedd Centre. The des - The .Youth Bowling Council Four Stege To Stardom sone iamb were wormed batt last Sunday lad Shipka by Anni Morenz .By Annie Morenz SHIPKA - There will be another euchre at Shipka Community Cen- tre, Wednesday, February 20 at 8 p.m. Jake and Pat Schroeder recently spent a weekend in Kincardine, with Norma and Art Ball. Three Seaforth ladies, Mary Fin- layson, Eva McCartney and Grace Broadfoot, visited Hugh and I Tuesday afternoon. Mary, Grace and I all attended the same public school at S.S. No. 10, Hay many years ago. So we enjoyed reminisc- ing, looking at pictures and having a tea The old Shipka General store which has been standing empty this past few years was bought last fail by Gordon and Nancy McCurdy of. London, who are presently doing inside renovations. It is so nice to think it will be in use again and re- paired. Many years ago there used to be a store and post office combined, on the premises where Lorne and Dorothy Fenner now live. Our nephew, Howard Dell, the sports star, actor -singer, who was up from Los Angeles to help Hugh and I celebrate our 50 wedding an- niversary a few weeks ago - ap- peared on the T.V. comedy show A Different World, Thursday night. have been re -scheduled for this Sun- day in Bluewater 5 Pin Association Centres. Dates have not yet been set for the reonal round of the Labau's Blue Light National Classified Tournament but will be set in The Blue Light Sun Bowl region- al finals will be held March 10 at St. Thomas Lanes. Two Ztaich 5 Pin Association teams will be com- Pp���ddnngg to advance to the Blue Light rovitncial Championships April 13 in a O.F.P.B.A. dssIpated loca- tion. Huron County Family Planning Services invites you to attend Lucan bowling scores LUCAN - Results of the Lu - can Bowling Lanes February 11 to February 17. MONDAY LADIES DO Thompson 265-743, Lynn Smith 297-709, Mary Jefferies 238-660, Pot llodgins272-659, DebPearce 254-652, Merna Scott 272-649, Pal MacDonald 241-639, Joyce Sovereign 250-624, Mar jGteen 264-623, Janet Ankers210- 616, Lynne Farquhar 240-615, Shirleeyy Noyes237-611,HeatherSmith240.604, JoanFinkbeiner241-601. TUESDAY YBC Greg Langendyk 247, Tanvny Gra-, ham 200, Warren Leyes 196, Mali Dow 188, Mike Yeo 170, Larry Smith 159, Lori Wood 145, Tyler Graham 141, Norma Culbert 135. COLLEENS Shirley Rees 290-683, Judi Wells 269-636, Edith Yeo 234-622, Judy Jaques 235, Diana Leddy 232, Debbie Taylor 229, Anita Maguire 228, Pat Hodgins 221, Jean Hickson 220, Dianne Faubert2 4. SEMI CTI* "Snaith 3 J' 'r 621, Pat Davis 243-600, Harry Notts 213, Mac MacCormick 202, Gord Clubb 197, Howard Currie 195. WEDNESDAY YBC Kathryn Wilson 144, Craig Leyes 139, Chris Morgan 134, Jamie Tsanti- lus 132, Nathan Rollings 122, Glen Kelly 121, Sonja Densmore 113. C.A.W. Gary Melvin 400-804, Linda Web- ber 280-736, Larry Smith 2S2-472, Glena Tripp 233-669, Garry Gibson 220-601, Lu Keelan 262, Ron Hol- combe X40, Clint Kennedy 229, Butch Riley 223. WEDNESDAY MIXED Larry Hewitt 293-797, Bill Corne- lissen 301-707, Bob Cornish 238-666, Doug Smith 271-638, Ken MacGregor 242.6M, Ted Hall 275, Bill Garrett 241, Tom Dobinson 228, Joyce Beemer 216. THURSDAY MEN Jim Gould 376-795, Jim Smith 288-780, Earl Allison 303.768, Fred Wells 307-766, Jamie Ransley 358- 761, Carlyle Thorson 362-754, Paul Smith 279-753, Murray Yeo 273-734, Brian Sanders 286-733, Kevin Light- foot 258-727, Orval Rinn 269.722, Bob Taylor 311-719, Vic Neil 352- 713, Bob Pipe 256-713, Brian Noyes 253-709, Don Wait 284-695. LADIES INTER -TOWN Lucan 25 - Godcrich 5; Joan Fink- beiner 293-847, Deb Pearce 297-721, Marg Elson 245-697, Heather Smith 244-626, Lorna Ellywt 259-620. MENS INTER -TOWN Lucas #1 - 27; Lucan x2 -21; Bob Smith 379-1437, Jeff Drinkwater 323- 1331, Janus Ransley 315-1257, Orval Rinn 280-1216. SUNDAY YBC Chris South 246-723, Len Carter 270, Melcha Mason 242, Mark Hick- son 213, Steven Smith 190, John Glo- wer 188, Shelley Snider 176. SUNDAY MIXED Barb Mass 305.804, Pete Smith 295-800, Fred Wells 268-733, Linda Webber 240-714, GeoffMoss 266- 676, Jim Swsitur 2661, Noreen Hill 276.656, Dianne Revington 253- 652, Jud Smith 258.646, Eugene Web- ber 246-640. MEDWAY Dave Smith 289-722, Shirley Bosley 278-681, Pea DenOtter 243.611, Wil- lard Smibert 238, Myrt Hastings 226, Grace Rush 222, Marion .Jars 220, Pat Pattison 211. cry BARN ' DANCE FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC Clinic Open 9 p.m. to 7 p.m. Every Tuesday HURON COUNTY HEALTH UNIT ANNE ST„ EXETER For information Cog 235-1014 Weekdays or Tuesday Evenlnos. Everyonowrelcome 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. • Fri. 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