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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-04-10, Page 3The first - Making the rounds on a rainy Friday morning was Gary Welten, collecting Exeter's first contributions to the Bluewater Recycling Association's Blue Box program. HR BLOCK Property owner wants fence extended GRAND BEND - The deadline for the completion of the walkway at the Beach Place condominiums has been extended. Last Tuesday night, developer Matthew Richards was given until May 17 to complete theproject which was scheduled to be done by April 1. The walkway will be a main ac- cess to the beach and will be used by thousands of people. However, one nearby resident is afraid some of those beachgoers will be cutting across her property. Fences will be erected on both sides of the walkway and Rita Plansky requested the fence be ex- tended long enough down her property line to stop the invasion of Pvac lans by the developer has the fence only extending part way down the hne. Plansky has request- ed the developer, Festival Develop- ments Ltd., to at least build her fence so it is as long as the one on the other side of the walkway which borders the condominums. "They really ignored completely that this is private property, Plan - sky told council. There is no reason why that walkway - which is going to be giv- en to the village, (anyway) if you're going to have a fence, why not put it all the way down?" But councillor Shirley Mitchell said she had a deed to the Plansky property which indicates a fence cannot be built that far down. "If there's something in writing that says there can't be a fence or anything blocking that, there won't be a fence," said councillor Dennis Snider. According to village clerk - treasurer Paul Turnbull, there is no fence restriction for the Plansky propert . The fence along the property will be built by the developer. The walkway will be a minimum of eight feet six inches wide to allow for service vehicles and it will be- come village property as it is a right-of-way. Early bird winner - The winner of the early bird draw for the 1991 Ausable Bayfield -Exeter Lions Conser- vation Dinner was Sandra Funk. She wins a painting of Old Dan by Tammy Laye. Old Dan, owned by Rog er and Belle Ratz of Stephen township, is shown here with Roger Ratz and Sandra Funk. Most local crimes committed by commuting criminals EXETER - Town police chief Jack Harkness said that after re- viewing data on crimes in Exeter over the past year, he can see some alarming trends. Harkness said 70 percent of crimes in the area appear to be committed by people from London - deliberately coming to town to commit crimes and take advantage of smaller police forces. Anglican minister appointed EXETER - The -Reverend Fay M. Patterson, has been appointed as the new rector of Trivitt Memorial An- glican Church, Exeter, and St. - John's -by -the Lake in Grand Bend. Patterson graduated from the Uni- versity of Western Ontario in 1975 with a B.A. degree, and from Huron College in 1978 with a Master of Divinity degree. Since that time, Patterson has acted as Curate at St. Mark's Me- morial Church in Brantford and as Assistant to the Dean of Huron and Rector of St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Her two daughters, Lindsay and Colleen, will also be living at the rectory in Exeter and joining in the community activities. Official du- ties at the churches will begin with an Induction Service at 7 p.m. on Sunday May 5. Ale+. Fay Pattrimon The chief said improved policing efforts in London are driving crimi- nals into other areas and "onto our doorstep". He added that last De- cember's armed robbery was only one instance of this trend, but per- haps the most upsetting. So while traffic accidents in town actually declined in 1990, total of- fenses logged by the police depart- ment were up to 1,092, compared to 976 in 1989. Criminal investigations num- bered 127, again up from the 108 recorded in 1989. Harkness, when delivering his re- port to council, took the chance to make another request for purchas- ing an OMPAC computer system to , track crimes and criminals. Coun- cil has repeatedly denied such re- quests on the basis of cost. Harkness said the lack of a com- puter system is becoming more ob- vious, especially when tracking criminals from the city. "The problem is they [London Police] speak a different language. They talk computer and we talk tel- ephone," said Harkness, noting channels to information are not al- ways clear. He said the OMPAC is not just on the police department's "wish list" but is definite need for the de- partment. Harkness also pointed out that property from commercial break- ins in Exeter might not have been recovered had it not been for an- other municipality's computer sys- tem. When asked by council how overall recovery rates are on stolen goods, Harkness was not optimis- tic. "I'll be honest our recovery rate is not good. And that's dominion - wide, not just the province," said Harkness. G.I. Furniture Dashwood This is your chance to Reap the Benefits of "Old Fashioned Service" Posture Beauty - r� - Bedding Sale Setts only off April P 11,12,13 Reg. llat Posture Supreme 25 yr. war. 39" 599. Posture Supreme 25 yr. war. 54" 699. Posture Supreme 25 yr. war. 60' queen Posture ExceNance 25 yr. war. 39" Posture ExceNence 25 yr. war. 54" Bed frames 799. 699. 899. 39.95 Bridge Seta from Samsonite 199. 15 9. 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