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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-07-10, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, July 10, 1991 INTFIF NRW; Lucan paying price Continued from front page it was not possible due to financial limitations. Hotson said in order to buy the dump, an environmental assess- ment would have to be done. "To my knowledge there has not been one new landfill site bought in five years," said Hotson. He criticized the media for not pointing out the fact there were many residents who wanted the dump to remain open. "We've heard the 10 who want it closed. What about the others?, said councillor Bob Taylor. Hotson said there was no incen- tive for Lewis' to keep the dump open since the municipalities con- tinue to pay their bills. Council has contacted Middlesex MPP Irene Mathyssen but she has yet to respond. Does Huron need a bylaw officer? GODERIC,H - Following a rec- ommendation by Stephen Town- ship, Huron County will begin to investigate the possibility of hav- ing its own bylaw enforcement of- ficer. / Thursday morning, Stephen dep- uty -reeve Gary Baker pointed out a problem in Shipka involving what he sees to be illegally parked vehi- cles. Baker said on County Road 4, which goes through Shipka, there is an auto body shop even though it is not zoned for one. "I live next door to this problem and I've taken a lot of heat," said Baker. Baker said vehicles are parked on the county road allowance and it causes a safety problem, He felt the road department should be taking some kind of ac- tion but the county's engineer did not agree. "The best way to solve the prob- lem is to pass a no -parking bylaw in the township and enforce it," said Dennis Merrall. Four accidents reported EXETER - The Exeter OPP re- port four accidents on local roads in the past week, but none were due to poor driving conditions created by the spate of recent storms. Last Sunday, June 30, the OPP report that Richard Weber of Dash- wood was involved in a single mo- tor vehicle accident on Huron County Road 2 in Usborne Town- ship. Weber received minor inju- ries and his vehicle was considered severely damaged. Monday, July 1, a single motor vehicle accident occurred on Side - road 15-16 of Stephen Township, in which the driver Julie Webster of Exeter and passenger Carrie Fink- bcincr of Crediton sustained what police described as "minimal" inju- ries. The vehicle was severely damaged. Also that Monday, Laurie Tomlin of Clinton was involved in a single car accident at the Three Boys Res- taurant in Hensall. The only dam- age was to an outdoor sign. Last Tuesday, vehicles driven by William Finlay and James Brigs, both of Zurich, collided on High- way 4 in Hay Township. Passen- gers in the Briggs vehicle, Joan Briggs of Zurich and Kimberly Bayne of Exeter received minimal injuries. Vehicle damage ranged from moderate to severe. Correction In last week's article concerning summer reading programs at local libraries, the times of Zurich's Cap- tain Book program appeared incor- rectly. The events will not be tak- ing place in the evenings, but instead, the July 12, 19, and 26 programs will run from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. The T -A apologizes for the error. Summer staff - The staff of the Exeter Playground took a little time out last week while preparing for their five-week program which began Monday. Arlene Hoonaard (left), Lisa Hodgins (seated), Rob Mizzi and Andrea Bell have'organized a host of activities to keep the youngsters busy rive days a week, along with at least five special trips as well. The recreation department are hoping the change to a five-day program that runs 9:30-3:30 each day will prove a hit with parents as well. Graduate 'missed EXETER - Missing from the list of graduates in last week's gradua- tion report from South Huron Dis- trict High School was the name of Kim Gaudio, an Ontario Secondary School Diploma recipient. Driving charges rack up fines of $1265.25 in Exeter Justice of the Peace Court • EXETER - William Cassidy of Hensall was fined $353.75 in Justice of the Peace court last Tuesday for driving under a suspended license. Justice of the Peace Doug Wedlake heard that Cassidy was stopped by a RIDE pro- gram check on May. 18 in Ste- phen Township and was unable to produce a license. A com- puter check of records showed his license was under suspension because of unpaid fines. In addition to the fine, JP Wedlake also suspend- ed Cassidy's license for another six months after taking into account his previous driving fines. Scou Merner of RR3 Zurich pleaded not guilty to driving while his license was suspended. Police told the court they stopped Merner's vehi- cle for speeding on Highway 4 on May 2 in the ear- ly hours of the morning and found his license was under suspension for demerit points and unpaid fines. Merner told the court he had sent money in to pay the fines and thought he could drive. Merner was fined $253.75 and had his license suspended for an additional six months. Amended charges Wayne O'Brien of RR2 Centralia pleaded not guilty to careless driving, but entered a guilty plea to an amended charge of "starting from a stopped position not in safety". The charge resulted from an incident in Stephen Township on May 19 when O'Brien's pickup struck a tractor trailer parked across a roadway. O'Brien was fined $78.75 and given 60 days to pay. lames Cable of Huron Park pleaded not guilty to a charge of careless driving, but admitted to an amended charge of "starting from a stopped posi- tion not in safety". Cable was charged after his vehicle struck a parked ruck on Algonquin Drive on May 31, caus- ing about $400 damage. Cable was fined $78.75 and given 30 days to pay. More than one license John Cassidy of Dashwood was fined $40 for having two valid drivers licenses. Police stopped Cassidy's vehicle on May 16 in Hay Township, whereupon he identified himself to the officer with two licenses, both valid until 1993. Cassidy told the court he received a second li- cense after a suspension had expired. Speeding Walter Rotor of Kitchener pleaded not guilty to speeding at 129 km/h in an 80 km/h zone on High- way 83 in Usborne Township on May 16. Howev- er, Rehor did plead guilty to an amended charge of 109 km/h, but paid a fine of $297.75. James Armstrong of Mississauga pleaded not guilty to speeding at 109 km/h in an 80 km zone. Police told the court that Armstrong's vehicle was one of three seen speeding on Highway 83 in Us - borne Township on the afternoon of May 18. The officer said radar locked in on Armstrong's vehicle at 1 l4 km/h. In his defense, Armstrong insisted he had taken his car off cruise control at 90 km/h because the cars in front had slowed. He said he was going 80 km/h when he was pulled over. He also said he has never had his speedometer checked because his car is only three months old. However, the court found him guilty and fined him $112.50, which Armstrong paid that day. Unauthorized plates Hilmi Lala of Kitchener pleaded not guilty to us- ing license plates for a vehicle to which they were not registered. Police told the court they stopped Lala for speed- ing in Usbome Township on June 23. While he produced valid license, he had a permit for an orange Toyota, but was driving a silver Audi. Both cars were rrgisteret to his brother-in-law. Police seized r' •s. Ho told the court he had just bought the Audi showed the Toyota ownership to prove the plates were his. He said he told his broth- er-in-law to change the insurance and the plate reg- istration. Justice of the Peace Wedlake told Lala that ignor- ance of the law was no excuse for not following car registration procedure correctly and fined him $50. Council wants to bring .bus service back EXETER - Town council members appeared upset at how Exeter had lost its bus service. without yyany warning from the Cha -Co Trails re-routed its northern bus routes three weeks ago, meaning the morning and evening service to and from London now misses Exeter. After town administrator Rick Hundey called Cha -Co Trails, he learned that company represen- tatives are planning to visit Exet- er this week and may consider bringing service back to the town. "Over the years I've seen liter- ally hundreds of people get on that bus," said councillor Ben Hoogenboom, adding that those customers were given no warn- ing as to the re-routing. Hoogenboom said he saw peo- ple standing on the curb waiting for the bus as long as a week af- ter the route charge. Many have criticized the loss of service, saying that it was the only form of public transporta- tion still available for those without cars to get do London. Students and seniors frequently used the bus line to get to doctor and hospital appointments in London. "A lot of people just don't have cars," said councillor Mor- ley Hall. "We've cut ourselves off," said councillor Dorothy Chapman. "There's no other way to get here except by personal car." Councillor Harry Klungel, however, pointed out that even when running, the bus service was not as practical as many would have liked. A morning trip to London meant a passen- ger had to wait until evening for a return trip. Break Enter and Theft A white or light coloured 4x4.pickup with raised body, lights on top of cab and possibly a sign or lettering on the side was seen in the area of the Knechtel's Food Store, County road 21 -(Huron Park) at approxi- mately 2:00 a.m. during the morning of June 17, 1991. At the time two persons were seen getting in to the truck. Crime stoppers and the Exeter OPP are looking for this pickup and occupants in relations to a break enter and theft at the Knechtel's store. A rock was thrown through a plate glass window in the front door, and a 300 kg. safe 1 metre by .7x.7 metre in size, grey in colour with a lighter coloured door was then rolled through the front window and dropped into the truck waiting in front of the store. Window broken On March 2, 1991 at 2:30 a.m. the plate glass window on the north side of the New Orleans Pizza store at 277 Main Street Exeter Ontario was reported as having been smashed in. If you have information about these or any other crimes call CRIME STOPPERS OF HURON COUNTY 1-800-265-1777 OR 524-6851 and you could receive a reward of up to $1000. YOU WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO GIVE YOUR NAME NOR WILL YOU HAVE TO APPEAR IN COURT. More atom damage - Thursday evening's storm caused substantial damage to two cars parked In front of 69 Sanders St. West In Exeter. A tree fell atop a 1988 Plymouth owned by Robert McDonald of the sante address, and a 1985 Grand Prix owned by William McDonald, of 310 Carling St. in Exeter. Both cars were unoccupied at the time. Council turns blind eye to encroachment GRAND BEND - The barricades are going up in Grand Bend. While the village still continues to have some problems with their control on parking, one resident has come up with a way to stop people parking in front of his house. Last Tuesday night, Wilson Thompson said he was going to do what he says a lot of other resi- dents have already done. That is, put up some form of barricade in front of their properties, even though it is really the village's property they are encroaching upon. Thompson said some people in Grand Bend have put up chains, boulders and flower pots to stop the parking near their property. "If you'd take these illegal things away, you'd have 75 more places to park," said Thompson. Reeve Bruce Woodley said the village has allowed the use of "moveable obstacles" to help pre- vent illegal parking. "We don't allow them (the barri- cades) but we turn a blind eye to them," said Woodley. Councillor Bill Uniac said he was given permission by the village to put a removable steel post near the walkway at his house because of the problems caused by boaters us- ing the walkway. Thompson said he was going to go out immediately and put some sort of obstruction in front of his property. I will put out cement blocks be- cause if they have the right, so do I," argued Thompson. Policing costs on the rise in the Bend GRAND BEND - Enforcing the laws in Grand Bend could cost the village more money. While there were suggestions last Tuesday . of hiring security guards to patrol the beach during the early morning hours on the long weekend, it was also pointed out that the cost of keeping the lid on the village will cost more. Reeve Bruce Woodley estimated it cost 5400,000 to have the Onta- rio Provincial Police in Grand Bend last summer. "We've been told we may have to pay for some police costs. In two or three years no one is going to be able to live here," said coun- cillor Dennis Snider. He said however, the village resi- dents would be taken care of but it would cost them. "We'll do anything you want as long as you're willing to pay for it," said Snider. His comments met with write op- position from the residents in atten- dance. Snider responded to them by saying he was not running in the next municipal election anyway so it didn't matter how he felt. Ip regards to havin? security guirds on the beach, Snider said it would cause additional problems. "If you do that, the first place they'll (late night partiers) go is on your property. You could drive them out of town which is what a lot of people would like to do." He said it would cost the village a lot to have the beach patrolled at night. 1 don't see it costing us thou- sands of dollars. As a taxpayer in this town, that's the best money you can spend," said councillor Bill Uniac. As resident Marlene Siren said, "we're not talking about the cost of our lives, we're talking about the quality." Shirley Andraza who lives on 81 Crescent didn't feel the OPP were doing their job. She said she called them about parked cars on her street and nothing was done. Andraza, who said her street is becoming a place for late night par- tyers, felt the OPP who are in the village this summer are too young and too inexperienced. Two councillors also voiced their dispicasurc with the OPP. "They've got a lot of excuses, the OPP in my experience with them," said John McDowell. Uniac said, "I know there are some who are here just to watch the scenery". Exeter holiday too quiet? EXETER - Town council were musing over Exeter's empty streets on the Canada Day weekend, aware that other communities had a full slate of activities planned. Mayor Bruce Shaw commented on how Goderich had organized a parade and other events to com- memorate Canada Day. Councillor Harry Klungel asked why Exeter no longer held a fireworks display. "Because we have better things to do than burn our money?" coi}t- mented councillor Dorothy Chap- man. "There is a grant if it is held on Canada Day," said councillor Ervin Sillery. Council also 'noted that many town residents rely on Grand Bend to provide local Canada Day festiv- ities. 1