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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-07-24, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, July 24, 1991 Three drivers given additional license suspensions in court EXETER - Darryl Workman of London plead- ed guilty in Justice of the Peace Court in Exeter last Tuesday to driving while his license was un- der suspension. The court heard that Workman was stopped for speeding in Hay Township on June 14 and was unable to provide a license to the police of- ficer. Workman's license had been suspended for not paying a previous fine. Jusuce of the Peace Doug Wedlake fined Workman $253.75 and added another six months to his driving suspension. John Towson of Hensall entered guilty pleas to charges of driving while under a license suspension and to driving without insurance. Police told the court that Towton was stopped on Queen Street in Hensall on March 31 while he was riding his motorcycle. A check of records showed his license was under suspension for unpaid fines. JP Wedlake fined Towton $253.75 on the first charge and added six months to his license suspension, and then fined him $500 for driving without insurance. Walter Pavao of Cambridge pleaded not guilty to driving while under suspension after police stopped him for speeding in Usbome Township in May. However, the court heard that Pavao's license had been under sus- pension since September 1980 for unpaid fines, and was to be under suspension indefinitely. JP Wedlake fined Pavao $253.75 and added another six months to his license suspension. Pavao was given 30 days to pay the fine. Unauthorized plates Ernest Lehmann of Toronto pleaded guilty to switching a set of li- cense plates'onto a car for which they were not registered. Police stopped Lehmann on June 23 on Highway 83 in Usbome Township for speeding. A computer check showed that the license plates-didnot match-the- number atch-thenumber on Lehmann's registration. Lehmann admitted to the court that he shad switched the plates be- cause the correct plates had expired. Wedlake fined Lehmann $78.75 and gave him 15 days to pay. Speed ing James Montag of London pleaded guilty to speeding 100 km/h in an 80 km zone, but offered the explanation that he accelerated to pass a slower vehicle that was weaving in its lane. Police testimony said that Montag was clocked at a peak of 115 km/h, but was charged for a lower speed because of his passing ma- neuver. Wedlake fined Montag $78.75 and gave him 30 days to pay. There was a break enter and theft at the Seylers Food Market on the 24th of June, 1991 when a thief pried the door open and once inside the thief stole 40 packages of Players filter cigarettes. - The Hay Municipal telephone office was broken into overnight of June 2A, 1991. The perpetrator gained entry by prying a door open on the south side of the building and then went through all the offices, opening desk drawers and cabinets. Stolen was a Panasonic portable laptop data terminal, Ser# 001297. A break and enter was reported at the Beach hut on the South beach in Goderich on May 24, 1991. A grill was forced out and a window broken. A small amount of candy and chips were stolen and $70.00 damage was caused during the offence. There was a theft of a boat from the Bayfield South Shore Marina sometime over a two week period prior to July 2, 1991. The boat was a 15' Doral, blue and white, Lic# 56E1929 witha 70 hp Evinrude. 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. REMEMBER CRiME DOESNT PAY CRIME STOPPERS DOES t all the Times 24 hours a day • Midway a flop Exeter Sidewalk Sale wilts in heat EXETER - Town merchants are beginning to believe that in Exeter it doesn't rain but it pours, and the sun doesn't shine but it scorches. The annual sidewalk sale saw Main Street businesses trundle out racks and tables of marked -down goodies on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Unfortunately, tempera- tures in the mid-30s kept more than a few. people at home seeking shelter in front of the air condition- er, fan, or even in the pool. "Mornings were definitely busier than afternoons," said Business Im- provement Area manager Dolly Atthill after she had surveyed a few merchants responses to the an- nual sidewalk sale. "Merchants I talked to said it was comparable to last year - last year we got rained out," she ob- served. A new attraction ;t the sidewalk sale was a midway for the children set up on John Street. However, it caused more headaches than it was worth. Businesses complained that the midway blocked access to their delivery doors, downtown apart- ment dwellers lost access to their parking and driveways, and Syfilco was cut off from the street. While the B1A had asked midway operators to set up only a few small rides beside Main Street, they in- sisted on using two larger rides to attract business, 'taking up most of the sidestreet block. Nevertheless, interest in the rides was virtually nonexistent, again possibly due 10 the insufferably hot weather. Atthill said the chances of bring- ing a midway back for next year's sale were slim, even though it came at no cost to the BIA. "1 don't know if we have to go the extent of a midway because people are here to shop," said Atthill. The BIA were able to postpone a street -repaving project to keep Main Street clear for the sidewalk sale, but once again found them- selves with weekend weather not conducive to the outdoor shopping experience. "We haven't had a really pleasant year in a number of years," slid Atthill. Other observers have suggested that the sidewalk sale has run its course for generating shopper en- thusiasm and has been overshad- owed by other retail events. Sidewalk sale - While some may have thought Exeter sidewalks were better for frying eggs than shopping, retailers still called the annual event a success. Nevertheless, weather has been less than__ ideal during the Sidewalk Sale for the past few years Budget drained, but\parks stay open EXETER - A plan to cut the maintenance of the Ausable Bay- field Conservation Authority's parks in half has not proved entire- ly successful, but despite the fact that allotted funds have already run out this season, the board of direc- tors voted to bite the bullet and keep the facilities open to the pub- lic. In an effort to keep the general levy to member municipalities within the bounds of inflation, the board slashed the budgets of the conservation areas in half. Howev- er, the Bannockburn area near Var- na, and the Clinton area have al- ready consumed their portions of the $11,250 allotted to them out of the budget for free -access areas. 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Call us at 235-1331 for details THE ONLY FAX TO REMEMBER iS 519-235-0766 "They knew what they spent last year, and cut it in half anyway," ex- plained ABCA manager Tom Prout. Revenue from the Parkhill, Rock Glen and Port Franks Conservation areas is helping to support the ex- pense of grass -cutting, litter collec- tion, and repairs. Prout described the attempt at cutting the maintenance budgets in half as "optimistic". Cutbacks in garbage collection and Tess frequent grass cuttings have helped reach that goal, but he pointed out that there is only so far the Authority can reduce the level of service to meet public expectations. "The good news is that revenue is j up over last year," said Prout. The board of directors discussed' at their July 19 meeting whether or not to actually close down the con- servation areas, but instead elected to keep them open in the hope that funds could be found in other parts of the overall ABCA budget. In the next few months, the board will be re-examining the parks maintenance budget and whether or not all the conservation areas will be re -opening next season. There are no grants available from upper levels of government for park maintenance; all funds come from the municipal levy, the rising cost of which caused a stiff outcry from local councils in 1990. Prout explained that cuuing back the frequency of maintenance is not always a prudent measure. 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