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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-09-04, Page 1OAR RENTALS Dour • WEEKLY • MOKTNIY CALL 11* FOR INSURANCE REPLACEMENT NEEDS • Caste Auto awing PAN • c7 SII 23 -3381 or 238-8839 after hours Geiser -Kneads Insurance Service Experience & Value 235-2420 Serving South Huron Robbery suspects arrested HENSALL - A third attempt in as many months to break into the Hensall Liquor Store and remove the safe resulted in the arrest of three men by the Exeter OPP. Police report that they responded to an alarm at the Liquor Store at 1:19 a.m. Tuesday September 3 and found an attempt had been made to break into the store and remove the safe. A van was found near the scene and after a search of the area, two suspects were located and ar- rested in Hensall at 1:45 a.m.— Later Tuesday morning, a third suspect was arrested while sleeping on a farm porch in Usborne Town- ship. Charged with break and enter are' Timothy Magee, 26, Timothy He- menway, 24, and Robert Marshall, 29, all of London. The three are being remanded in custody pending a bail hearing. Impaired driving blamed in accident GRAND BEND - At 11:16 Satur- day evening, a truck driven by Brent Davey of RR2 Paisley was southbound on Highway 21 and travelling at a high rate of speed when it collided with a van driven by JL Rodney Baldwin. Four peo- ple were taken to hospital including a 13 -year-old. Davey is charged with impaired driving causing injury, driving with over the legal limit of alcohol, pro- hibited driving and driving with open alcohol. OPP also laid a total of 206 charges over the Labour Day week- end. "It was busy," said Constable Jets Christink. "But no worse than any other weekend." Police laid 142 liquor charges, six counts of assault, 11 thefts, four narcotics charges and five noise - related charges. North Middlesex & Lambton Since 1873 Wednesday, September 4, 1991 75 cents MPP says first year 'not what 1 expected' Huron's first NDP representative speaks of triumphs and disappointments By Adrian Harte CLINTON - This Friday marks the first anniversary of the rise to power of Ontario's New Democratic Par- ty. September 6, 1990 was also the day that Huron voters elected their fust ever NDP representative to Queen's Park. Paul Klopp, a Zurich area farmer in Hay Township, found himself an MPP after campaigning in his third provincial election. As the numbers came in on that Thursday evening, Klopp realized he was not only Hu- ron's candidate of choice, but also part of a majority government. "It wits a surprise, but it wasn't a shock," said Klopp, who said that with the response to his campaign, he certainly didn't expect to finish third. Voters, said Klopp, were no longer accepting the 4 pveq *text year it'll get better" sentiment. They want- ed a change. Klopp also wanted his chance to change things. He said he always believed many government operations were "screwy" and his first year in office has proved him right in some cases. "But I must admit there were a few things that wer- en't that badly off," said Klopp, pointing that some pro- grams only appear bogged down in red tape, but are ac- tually examples of good democratic process. Much of the NDP campaign reflected the party's in- sistence that Queen's Park needed to be turned inside out to make it more efficient and responsive to the vot- ers' needs. Ls that drastic overhaul going as planned? "No, you don't get things done as quickly as you hoped," said Klopp, but noted that while some new government programs have been put into effect very quickly, others will take a while to materialize. Trying to attract attention to Huron County's needs can also be a challenge. "Because it is a big province, Huron County has to MPP Paul Klopp says that his first year in office as the Huron compete for funds with all the other counties," said riding's representative at Queen's Park has had more surpris- Klopp, who said the government is making a conscien- es than he expected. 1 tious effort to be fair in it allocation of funds for health • Lucan youth returns from World Jamboree in Korea LUCAN - Eric Schatzler has just returned from an experience of a lifetime, an experience he shared with the 20,000 other people who attended the Scouts World Jambor- ee in Korea last month. Schatzler, a 17 -year old member of the First Iiensall Venturers left on July 26 for his Los Angeles con- nection to Tokyo, where he spent a few days immersing himself in Jap- anese cutout fore heading to the Jamboree in Korea. World Jamborees are now held every four years. This year's was the 17th since 1920. Canada has hosted the event twice. Once in Korea, he found the whole area around Seoul complete- ly aware of the arrival of the Scout- ing representatives from all over the world. For example on the road between the airport and Seoul, eve- ry lamp post had a flag welcoming the representatives to the country. Once at the 14 -day Jamboree, the scouts were divided into sub - camps, which means that the 350 Canadians spent most of their time with European contingents from Switzerland, Italy, and Belgium. Language was a barrier, explains Schatzler, but adds that it wasn't in- surmountable. "The girls we met didn't know much English, but we got along," he said. "It's like charades." The Jamboree even had its own newspaper printed up every day with colour photos of the previous day's activities. Schatzler was able to try his hand ata fair number of activities, including scuba diving, snorkeling, paragliding, flying ul- tralight aircraft, riding off-road bi- cycles and motorcycles, and a super obstacle course dubbed "Challenge Valley." "It was quite difficult," agreed Schatzler. But Schatzler rat only came home with the richness of meeting people of other cultures, but he also carte home with what looks like hundreds of souvenirs. By buying souvenirs at the Jam- boree booths, and by trading Cana- dian insignia and badges, Schatzler has amassed a huge number of pins, badges, neck scarves, t -shirts, and even a complete Japanese Scouting uniform. He also brought home a Japanese tea service for his mother and a col- lectors doll for his sister. But apart from the souven Schatzler also says the C contingent was able to do ihing ,40cCial while in Korea.. When one of the Canadians broke his ankle and was taken to the hos- pital emergency ward, they met a 2 1/2 year-old girl who had lost both legs in a car accident. The contin- gent put together a fund-raising ef- fort at the Jamboree and raised about $15,000 for the girl and her family, with the possibility she may be able to come to Canada to get ar- tificial limbs. Yet even before the fundraiser, Schatzler noticed the Canadians were very well received by the Scouts from other nations. The Americans, however, were not. "Canada is very well noticed in the world. That's what I found out. The Americans were scum, literal- ly; said Schatzler, saying that the other nationalities did not care for them, and the Americans them- selves did little to improve the situ- ation. Schatzler said it surprised him that while Canada and the U.S. arc so close geographically, the inter- national perceptions of their citi- zens are so different: "It's nice knowing Canadians can be treated that way," said Schatzler. Most of the members of the world's Scouting organizations at the Jamboree were between 16 and 20 years old, but while Canada sent only about half a dozen female members out of 350, other coun- tries ince Belgium, Switzerland and France sent just girls. But unlike the Canadian organization where boys and girls are divided into Scouts and Guides, Venturers and Pathfinders, the Schatzler noted the Europeans make no division. "'Trey are not split up like we were. They're all one," he ob- served. care, education, highways, or any of the demands the ridings have. "We try to go through the steps," said Klopp. "It should be just as fair for one member of parliament as another member of parliament." Speaking of Huron County specifically, Klopp said the Huronview project is still going too slowly for his taste. He believes the two nursing homes should have been completed about two years ago instead of being "studied to death". The fault he said .was not the county's involvement, but the Ministry of Community and Social Services. "The whole process was bunged up at the riiipistty level," he said, but added progress has sinoh . heen Made. "At least we've got it from going in reverse•to going in fust gear." Huronview, observed Klopp, may be similar in some ways to the Darlington nuclear power station. Both may go against NDP policy, but too much has been spent on them to stop them now. When asked to list some other achievements of his first year in office, Klopp said he has been instrumental in pushing the Huron County Study towards its goal of finding ways of efficient government, rather than sim- ply amalgamating Municipalities. He also says he has been able to get negotiations between Stephen Town- ship and Grand Bend working on a more level playing field. He was concerned the Ministry of Municipal Af- fairs was interfering too much in the process, to the detriment of Stephen Township's negotiating ability. "I'd like to think I made something of a difference," said Klopp of his role. "I don't think we (the province) should be interfering if Grand Bend wants to talk to Stephen or Stephen wants to talk to Grand Bend." On the financial side of things, Klopp points out that Huron municipalities are currently carrying our public works projects that would have taken years to complete - all due to and -recession funding. The Town of Clin- ton is the big winner in this program and is presently Please turn to page 2 Erle Schatzlsr not only came back from the World Jamboree In Korea with scores of souvenirs, but he came back with a lifetime's worth of experiences. Inside Back to school blues The cost of going back in style page 2 Good summer Forget what you read elsewhere, these retailers think positive page 3 New club Fitness gets a lift in Exeter page 5 ,.;.. ` Young Company A Zurich youth's--- summer at Blyth page 6 Queens return ilderton welcomes back 20 years of Queens page 11 • Jr. B player Heywood makes the Lincolns Second front ,. t} .hf. Two wins Dashwood Midgets host OBA page 16 Robbery suspects arrested HENSALL - A third attempt in as many months to break into the Hensall Liquor Store and remove the safe resulted in the arrest of three men by the Exeter OPP. Police report that they responded to an alarm at the Liquor Store at 1:19 a.m. Tuesday September 3 and found an attempt had been made to break into the store and remove the safe. A van was found near the scene and after a search of the area, two suspects were located and ar- rested in Hensall at 1:45 a.m.— Later Tuesday morning, a third suspect was arrested while sleeping on a farm porch in Usborne Town- ship. Charged with break and enter are' Timothy Magee, 26, Timothy He- menway, 24, and Robert Marshall, 29, all of London. The three are being remanded in custody pending a bail hearing. Impaired driving blamed in accident GRAND BEND - At 11:16 Satur- day evening, a truck driven by Brent Davey of RR2 Paisley was southbound on Highway 21 and travelling at a high rate of speed when it collided with a van driven by JL Rodney Baldwin. Four peo- ple were taken to hospital including a 13 -year-old. Davey is charged with impaired driving causing injury, driving with over the legal limit of alcohol, pro- hibited driving and driving with open alcohol. OPP also laid a total of 206 charges over the Labour Day week- end. "It was busy," said Constable Jets Christink. "But no worse than any other weekend." Police laid 142 liquor charges, six counts of assault, 11 thefts, four narcotics charges and five noise - related charges. North Middlesex & Lambton Since 1873 Wednesday, September 4, 1991 75 cents MPP says first year 'not what 1 expected' Huron's first NDP representative speaks of triumphs and disappointments By Adrian Harte CLINTON - This Friday marks the first anniversary of the rise to power of Ontario's New Democratic Par- ty. September 6, 1990 was also the day that Huron voters elected their fust ever NDP representative to Queen's Park. Paul Klopp, a Zurich area farmer in Hay Township, found himself an MPP after campaigning in his third provincial election. As the numbers came in on that Thursday evening, Klopp realized he was not only Hu- ron's candidate of choice, but also part of a majority government. "It wits a surprise, but it wasn't a shock," said Klopp, who said that with the response to his campaign, he certainly didn't expect to finish third. Voters, said Klopp, were no longer accepting the 4 pveq *text year it'll get better" sentiment. They want- ed a change. Klopp also wanted his chance to change things. He said he always believed many government operations were "screwy" and his first year in office has proved him right in some cases. "But I must admit there were a few things that wer- en't that badly off," said Klopp, pointing that some pro- grams only appear bogged down in red tape, but are ac- tually examples of good democratic process. Much of the NDP campaign reflected the party's in- sistence that Queen's Park needed to be turned inside out to make it more efficient and responsive to the vot- ers' needs. Ls that drastic overhaul going as planned? "No, you don't get things done as quickly as you hoped," said Klopp, but noted that while some new government programs have been put into effect very quickly, others will take a while to materialize. Trying to attract attention to Huron County's needs can also be a challenge. "Because it is a big province, Huron County has to MPP Paul Klopp says that his first year in office as the Huron compete for funds with all the other counties," said riding's representative at Queen's Park has had more surpris- Klopp, who said the government is making a conscien- es than he expected. 1 tious effort to be fair in it allocation of funds for health • Lucan youth returns from World Jamboree in Korea LUCAN - Eric Schatzler has just returned from an experience of a lifetime, an experience he shared with the 20,000 other people who attended the Scouts World Jambor- ee in Korea last month. Schatzler, a 17 -year old member of the First Iiensall Venturers left on July 26 for his Los Angeles con- nection to Tokyo, where he spent a few days immersing himself in Jap- anese cutout fore heading to the Jamboree in Korea. World Jamborees are now held every four years. This year's was the 17th since 1920. Canada has hosted the event twice. Once in Korea, he found the whole area around Seoul complete- ly aware of the arrival of the Scout- ing representatives from all over the world. For example on the road between the airport and Seoul, eve- ry lamp post had a flag welcoming the representatives to the country. Once at the 14 -day Jamboree, the scouts were divided into sub - camps, which means that the 350 Canadians spent most of their time with European contingents from Switzerland, Italy, and Belgium. Language was a barrier, explains Schatzler, but adds that it wasn't in- surmountable. "The girls we met didn't know much English, but we got along," he said. "It's like charades." The Jamboree even had its own newspaper printed up every day with colour photos of the previous day's activities. Schatzler was able to try his hand ata fair number of activities, including scuba diving, snorkeling, paragliding, flying ul- tralight aircraft, riding off-road bi- cycles and motorcycles, and a super obstacle course dubbed "Challenge Valley." "It was quite difficult," agreed Schatzler. But Schatzler rat only came home with the richness of meeting people of other cultures, but he also carte home with what looks like hundreds of souvenirs. By buying souvenirs at the Jam- boree booths, and by trading Cana- dian insignia and badges, Schatzler has amassed a huge number of pins, badges, neck scarves, t -shirts, and even a complete Japanese Scouting uniform. He also brought home a Japanese tea service for his mother and a col- lectors doll for his sister. But apart from the souven Schatzler also says the C contingent was able to do ihing ,40cCial while in Korea.. When one of the Canadians broke his ankle and was taken to the hos- pital emergency ward, they met a 2 1/2 year-old girl who had lost both legs in a car accident. The contin- gent put together a fund-raising ef- fort at the Jamboree and raised about $15,000 for the girl and her family, with the possibility she may be able to come to Canada to get ar- tificial limbs. Yet even before the fundraiser, Schatzler noticed the Canadians were very well received by the Scouts from other nations. The Americans, however, were not. "Canada is very well noticed in the world. That's what I found out. The Americans were scum, literal- ly; said Schatzler, saying that the other nationalities did not care for them, and the Americans them- selves did little to improve the situ- ation. Schatzler said it surprised him that while Canada and the U.S. arc so close geographically, the inter- national perceptions of their citi- zens are so different: "It's nice knowing Canadians can be treated that way," said Schatzler. Most of the members of the world's Scouting organizations at the Jamboree were between 16 and 20 years old, but while Canada sent only about half a dozen female members out of 350, other coun- tries ince Belgium, Switzerland and France sent just girls. But unlike the Canadian organization where boys and girls are divided into Scouts and Guides, Venturers and Pathfinders, the Schatzler noted the Europeans make no division. "'Trey are not split up like we were. They're all one," he ob- served. care, education, highways, or any of the demands the ridings have. "We try to go through the steps," said Klopp. "It should be just as fair for one member of parliament as another member of parliament." Speaking of Huron County specifically, Klopp said the Huronview project is still going too slowly for his taste. He believes the two nursing homes should have been completed about two years ago instead of being "studied to death". The fault he said .was not the county's involvement, but the Ministry of Community and Social Services. "The whole process was bunged up at the riiipistty level," he said, but added progress has sinoh . heen Made. "At least we've got it from going in reverse•to going in fust gear." Huronview, observed Klopp, may be similar in some ways to the Darlington nuclear power station. Both may go against NDP policy, but too much has been spent on them to stop them now. When asked to list some other achievements of his first year in office, Klopp said he has been instrumental in pushing the Huron County Study towards its goal of finding ways of efficient government, rather than sim- ply amalgamating Municipalities. He also says he has been able to get negotiations between Stephen Town- ship and Grand Bend working on a more level playing field. He was concerned the Ministry of Municipal Af- fairs was interfering too much in the process, to the detriment of Stephen Township's negotiating ability. "I'd like to think I made something of a difference," said Klopp of his role. "I don't think we (the province) should be interfering if Grand Bend wants to talk to Stephen or Stephen wants to talk to Grand Bend." On the financial side of things, Klopp points out that Huron municipalities are currently carrying our public works projects that would have taken years to complete - all due to and -recession funding. The Town of Clin- ton is the big winner in this program and is presently Please turn to page 2 Erle Schatzlsr not only came back from the World Jamboree In Korea with scores of souvenirs, but he came back with a lifetime's worth of experiences.