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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-05-22, Page 3IN TUF 7\TFATL Times -Advocate, May 22, 1991 P.Q. 3 Driving while under influence earns jail tem EXETER - Paul Haynes of RR1 St. Marys entered a guilty plea in provincial court last Tuesday for driving with a blood alcohol count of over 80 mg per litre. Police told the court they stopped his vehicle in Usbome Township on March 1 for a routine check and noticed an alcohol odour. Two breathalyzer samples turned up BACs of 270 and 260. The court considered Haynes' conviction of the same offence in 1988 and sentenced him to 14 days in jail to be served on week- ends. His license was suspended for one year. Narcotic possession Jon Schenk of Exeter pleaded guilty to a breach of probation and to possession of a narcotic. On March 16 police obtained a search warrant for a residence in Huron Park after being alerted that ille3al drugs were on the premises. Police told the court they found a one gram vial of cannabis resin on Schenk's person. Schenk was under a probation order of last November to be of good behavior and to keep the peace. Judge Webster set two fines at $250 each, or to face 10 days in jail for each charge. Stolen property Two women were convicted of four counts of possessing stolen property from Exeter stores. Sharon Carter of Parkhill and Sharon McNicol of RR3 Exeter pleaded guilty to having goods worth a total of $840.35 in their possession on March 15, knowing all were obtained by an indictable offense. The goods included VCR tapes, groceries, cartons of cigar- ettes, and a food processor. Police told the court the proper- ty was recovered through informa- tion from one of the stores, and both women were cooperative with the police. The court took into account McNicol, 38, had no previous record and was undergoing stress- ful medical treatment. She was fined $400. Carter, 29, however, had a record of similar offences back to 1979. She was placed on one year's probabtion with a suspend- ed sentence and ordered to per- form 200 hours of community ser- vice at no less than 20 hours per month. Impersonation James King of London was back in Exeter court last Tuesday on a charge of impersonating someone else to avoid arrest for outstanding fines on his driver's licence and for driving while suspended. The court heard that King gave police a New Brunswick driver's license he had found after he was stopped by police in Exeter. ' His car, however, had Manitoba plates. The 22 year old UWO student was fined $250 with a $50 sur- charge and given three months to pay or face 10 days in jail. BAC over 80 George Bromley of Huron Park entered a guilty plea for driving with a BAC over 80 mg per litre on April 19. Police stopped his vehicle on Canada Avenue in Huron Park for not having its headlights on. They noticed an alcohol odour and found a beer bottle in Bromley's pocket. Breathal zettests showed alcohol courts of 140. The court fined Bromley $450 with 60 days to pay and suspend- ed his licence for one year. Impaired driving Douglas Spittal of Port Col- borne pleaded guilty to impaired driving. Police told the court they pulled his vehicle over on January 29 in Hay Township after noticing it drifting in its own lane. Breatha- lyzer samples showed BACs of 190. Spittal was fined $550 or to face 14 days in jail. His licence was suspended for one year. BAC over 80' While a chane for impaired driving was dismissed, David Schilbe of Zurich was convicted of driving with a BAC over 80 mg per litre. Police told the court they stopped Schilbe's van last October in Stephen Township after notic- ing it made an extremely wide turn and was weaving in its own lane. The officer also found an empty beer bottle on the floor of the van along with a rifle and am- munition. Schilbe told the court he had been hunting the night before and the empty bottle had been in the van for several weeks. He also said his van pulls to the right, es- pecially in certain winds and was causing it to swerve slightly. Schilbe did say he had con- sumed alcohol earlier in the day. Judge Webster set the fine at $500 with a $50 surcharge and suspended Schilbe's licence for one year. Blyth summer program BLYTH - The Blyth Festival bas announced. details for the 1991 youth workshops for chil- dren between the ages of 5 to 12 years. This year's youth work- shops will focus on the envinon- mhnt and our community Regt's- tration for all is Monday, July 1 from 10 a.m. -12 noon and 1 - 3 p.m. in the Blyth Memorial Hall basement. Registration fee: $10. per child for the two week ses- sion. The children will explore, and eventually present to their public for Friday July 12, their collective stories about the envi- ronment. Our youth workshop co-ordinator is Joanne Olsen. Daily sessions are: mornings 9 - 12 noon (ages 5 - 8) and after- noons 1 - 4 p.m. (ages 9-12). From mid-July to mid-August, the Blyth Festival is once again offering its summer program for students aged 13 to 18 years - the Young Company. They will present a new 'green comedy" - The Polar Bear Swim, a collec- tive creation of stores and music under the direction of Jennifer Brewin and Lisa Palmer and musical director Jennifer Iutzi. The Polar Bear Swim is a come- dy about the painful and joyous relationship that human beings have with nature. The Young Company mem- bers will research local environ- mental issues as well as those of national and global concern. Re- 'itearsals for the Young Compa- ny begin July 15 from Monday through Friday (morning and af- ternoon) until the final perfor- mance day of August 17. If this sounds interesting to you, call the Blyth Festival administra- tion office at 523-4345 and make an appointment for a Young Company interview on June 6 at Blyth Memorial Hall between the hours of 7 and 9 p.m. New parents group formed in Exeter Continued from front page of support to the new group said Homuth, who noted there hasn't been such a group at Exeter Public School for about 20 years when the last PTA disappeared. However, unlike a Parent Teacher's Association, this group does not make any demands on teachers to attend or be members, Homuth pointed out. While. about 40 parents attended, last week's meeting, Homuth is hoping a lot more,Wilk:'becaome i,pterested, especially considering the nullifier of families represented at the school: Topics that will be on the discussion list during the summer months includes the use of portable classrooms, and even the tendency of the playground to become a mudbath. "I think we want to fmd out how far down on the list of expenditures these things are," said Homuth. The restructuring of the transition years, grades 7-8-9, which is a board of education discussion paper, will also receive some input from the Par - Zurich wants change in recycling cart charges ZURICH - Village council will be asking the Bluewater Recy- cling Association for a possible solution to their commercial re- cycling problems. Council last month came to the realization that asking retailers to pay 10 times as much for a user -pay recycling program was too expensive. Under the Blu- water guidelines, however, depot carts are considered to be as- sessed at 10 times the Use of blue boxes. Councillor Keith Semple told council last Thursday evening that the problem appears to arise out of the fact that while depot carts in rural townships are used to serve many households, each business in Zurich would require three of them - costing as Much as $750 a year. "Probably there should be a separate category for urban de- pot carts and rural depot carts," said Semple, who said he would approach Bluewater to see if a new category could be created. Clerk -treasurer Maureen Sim- mons also told council there may be a change coming in the $25 per household blue box share as well, depending on how Bluewater reviewed the village's recycling reserve funding. Semple later told council that while Bosanquet Township and the village of Forest are consid- ering dropping out of the Blue - water Recycling Association, they are only doing so because of a waste management program by Lambton County that penal- izes municipally -funded recy- cling programs. Semple explained that while Forest has officially voted to drop out of Bluewater, it is only a means of protesting Bill 35. ent's Association. As a teacher herself, Homuth says her understanding of the education system is an advantage, but she doesn't want the other parents to think she has any less. concerns about the quality of education than they do. But be- ing elected president_ means they didn't. "I was worried at first that people would see me as a teacher and not as a parent," she said. Overall, said Homuth, the association is noetting too ambitious an agenda to keep disappointments few aid interest for years to come. Nevertheless, said Homuth, parents' associations are respected throughout the province by various levels of government and she wants the Exeter group to enjoy that respect. Anyone interested in the Exeter Public School Parents' Association are invited to call her at 235-0704, says Homuth; or to contact the vice presi- dent Lisa Taylor. ABCA searching out focal dams and ponds EXETER - Do you have a dam on your property? If so, the Ausa- ble Bayfield Conservation Author- ity would like to hear from you. The ABCA, in co-operation with the Ministry of Natural Resources, is conductin - a complete dam in- ventory and head pond assessment of all . the waterways in the Ausa- ble and Bayfield Rivers watershed area. The survey, which is being du- plicated in most other Ontario con- servation authorities this summer, was inspired by a problem on the Rocky Saugeen River which saw extensive sedimentation of the riv- er caused by the draw down of a dam. Mike Richardson and Mark Bouw are two summer students hired by the ABCA to conduct the survey under the Environmental Youth Corps program, funded by the provincial government. They are currently locating dams through aerial photography, topographic maps, and MNR and local munici- pal information. Landowners will be contacted if Good Mean fun - White everyone else was at the beach last Saturday, the Zurich St. SW>lfac. youth group was busy washing cars as a fundraising activity. Father Peter Hayes, left, observes Matt Hort- man's unusual fender cleaning techniques. Busy washing the fmnt wh .l I. Ann Unties Richardson and Bouw plan to visit any sites. However, if landowners have a dam on their property, they are in- vited to call the ABCA at 235- 2610. There is no fee to have the dams and reservoirs inventoried. Copies of the complete inventory will be available to landowners on request by October. 1 Lower speed IImIts sought for dam EXETER - Concern for the safety of the number of pedestrians who frequent the Morrison Dam bridge area has led Usborne Townslup Council toea bylaw to rre;' duce the speed limit in that area. Council is considering towering the speed limit on that section of Concession 2-3 from 80 km/h to 60 km/h. The bridge and dam aro popular spots for children fishing in the • summer months aid sobogpaigg and skiing in the wittier. The draft *law has been Circu- lated to the ( 'P and the iiihtlSOY of Transportation for their com- ments. This summer, Usborne TowwW1 will be making rcpaiin tlo the side berms also along the same eon - Cession, and have rented a berating machine for $3,000 to complete the work. Break enter and theft Sometime d the period of April 28 and May 4, 1991 numerous cottages were broken into in the area of the Lake Huron shoreline be- low Menestung Camp. In each of the six break ins a window or door was broken to gain entry. It would appear that four persons were in- volved in these crimes. Theft from vehicles Between April 14-15, 1991 a battery was stolen from a lawn mower' at C.G. Farm Supply in Zurich. During the penod of April 18-19, 1991, numerous vehicles at the Hensall and District Coop yard in Stephen Twp were entered and a large amount of pumps, tools and radios were taken. School damaged Overnight of April 14, 1991, unknown persons damaged the win- dows and screens at the Zurich Public School. 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