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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1992-01-01, Page 3HANOVER (A&P MALL) (Beside Laundromat) 224 -7th Ave. South (Across 'rpm Race Trac )1 As it was; 9S:a. in review A look back at the news of '9a week by week from the pages of the Times Advocate Januar/ - Jaiouary 2, 991 Exeter police chief Jack Hark ass re gram. The 2,169 vehicles - • during 12 -hour suspensions given out. css results of RIDE pro- s month resulted in zero leed that the results reflect a larger awareness of sober driving during the season. •McCurd y Public School th ;Huron Park suffered another break-in, following another one just ten days earlier. Although little was stolen, vandalism costs range in the thousands of dollars. • Usborne Sesquicentennial Committee revealed that any profit from the towekhip's anniversary celebrations were to ,be donated to South Huron Hospital. ,January 9,1991 `- •The new Goods and Services Tax hecame knbwn as the confusion -- tax increased by seven percent. The GST Information line set up in Ottawu, received an estimated 15,000 calls. •Ninety-one General Coach employees returned tri work, however, it was not known for how.long. The"lay-offs were claimed to be a re- sult of business which was transferred to the United States. -Exeter council reduce utility charges for residents of the south- west corner of town. The added charge -was for sewage systems, sys- tems that that area did not yet have. •Lambton County officially, took over the landfill site south of Grand Bend. It is exyected that it will cost an extra $100,000 for the village to haul garbage to alternate sites when the landfill site is filled. January 16, 1991 • Grade five and six students from Exeter Public School received re- sponses to letters sentu the HMCS Adiabaskan in October. The Ath- aba was on pant in the Persian Gulf. • Huron Hockey School regretfully stated that due mainly to in- cre. rental costs, they would not be returning teAHuron Park in the sum cr. • ew computer systems installed in town buildings for environmen- tal control saved energy, however, bugs in the systems, which caused multiple headaches for both arena and library staff, still required work. January 23, 1991 • Exeter council rejected plans for the purchase of a 25 kilowatt emergency generator. Although the vote was close, there was no justi- fication in purchase of the $8,370 system said council. _ •Exeter Legion commenced collection of signatures on a 100 -foot long banncr to he sent to the HMCS Protecteur serving in the Persian Gulf. •Grand Bend merchants met under the guidance of Nick Carter to form a "Summerfest"*.dmmittce. The committee was disbanded under the promise of the Chamber of Commerce sponsoring all events this summer. January. 30, 1991 -Yellow ribbons symbolizing safe return for those in the Persian G.iilf began to spring up all over the town of Exeter. •The Exeter Times -Advocate was awarded first place in its class as a community newspaper. This was the third time since 1977 that the newspaper had received the award. •An employees Adjusunent Committee arrived in Hensel' to aid the 139 workers who -were. -laid off from General C -oath. . - - •Huron Tractor experienced a partnership takeover as five of the original partners gave way to John Rudderham, Paul VanOss, Henry, Winter, Peter Hakvoort and Frank Winters. February 6,1991 •Archie Gibbs received a S500,000 out-ot-court setilement,•tiowev- er will be unable to collect for a number of years. • The Crediton post -office closes after the village received new "Su- perMailboxes". •Demolition began on the old Exeter Fire Halt,-lucated on Main St. February 13,1991 •Thirty-seven employees were laid -of[ at General Coach. •Grand end police investigated a total of fourteen break-ins at the Grand Cove Trailer Park, which occurred over a,penod of ten days. -Huron County Social Services released information that assistance funding increased 5990.915, to total $2,032,992. February 20, 1991 •A sixteen unit motel was proposed for the town of Exeter. The planned site was to be 67 and 75 Thames Road West (Highway 83),, which Would change that area from residential to highway commer- cial. - •Grand Bend residents were given cause for concern when a heavy water spill containing radioactive tritium from the Bruce Nuclear fa- ciWty was located ,at the plant. No radioactive traces were ftwnel. however. •Grand Bend hosted another successful Winter Carnival. February 27, 1991 •Huron Park was given S2 million as part of an antiateei wit pro -g*t•-to 4enovaaa •l+utt►c+;- ra-ttw satnal- pack's tesidentialatibdi- sion. •Futalization of the Exeter Blue Box Program ti.0 announced, with the program to be full) underway in April. The original figures indi- cated that the cost per household for the program would be 530.29 af- ter grants were accounted for. • South Huron High School Drama Production, "Waiting For the Pa- rade" received honors at Uric Blytf`.Festival, with Carla -Ann Oud and Christina Sheperd receiving the individual awards. •The Exeter Villa asked community stippon to back a•request to the prov government for more extendicare beds, as it eves currently shortage. Continued on page 5 We convictions in Exeter JP court EXETER - A guilty plea to a charge of driving while suspended and driving with no insurance resulted in 51,507.50 in fines in Justice of the Peace court in Exeter December 17. John F. Towton of Hensen was charged with --both-vivaatioes-following-an-incident-Sept neer 2. Police told the court that 'at 7:56 p.m. they were inft>Rmed by local residents that a driver of - a motorcycle was a suspended driver. The offi- cer observed the accused and knew he was suspended, and further investigation showed a.s uspension beginning February 13, 1991 fo( an indefinite length of time due to unpaid fines. Oueluly 16, 1991, convicted of driving while suspended, justice of the Peace Karen Sturdy gave Towton six months in which to pay the fmc. Suspension Wayne L. Gaiser Of Granton also entered a guilty plea to a charge of driving while suspended. .. e.Court d.poolice..observed:.thc.vehicle of.1he.accuS -4,aL.220 p.m.• on Fhghwey 83 in $,tept4en Township pn N ember 25. The vehicle was •-eastbound and after turning into Visscher Farms switched positions with a female passenger. Further investigation sgpwed Geiser to have two suspensions in effect, one beginning June 5, 1991 for an indefinite Length due to un- paid fines and a second beginning June 17, 1991 for demerit points with an expiry date of June 16, 1993. The accused said his girlfriend had been driving but she started having labour pains so he -was, driving her to her sister's. Gaiser told the court he switched poli with her again when he saw the offi- cer because he knew he was `t to be driving. • Geiser was fined $503.75 given six months to pay. Speeding Matthew Zilinskas of Waterloo pleaded guilty to a charge of trav- elling 100 kph in.an-0 km zone after an incident on Highway 83 at .1216 p.m. September 1. Zilinskas was iven 90 days to pay a fine of $78.75. Suspension Fred H. Powe of RR2 Seaforth entered a guilty plea to drift- while ry while suspended after an officer observed Powell's vehicle fail to stop at a stop sig on May 18 at the corner of County Road 6 and Concession 14-15 n Usbome Township. Police told the court they pursued the vehicle, stopping it in Kirk - ton, but the driver failed to produce a license. Investigation showed a suspension for unpaid fines with a start date of September 4, 1982, and the driver had not been licensed since. Powell was fined $153.75 and given six months to pay. • No valid insurance Timothy VanDam of Exeter entered guilty pleas to charges us- ing a plate other than the one authorized for use on his vehicle -AK.' well as failing to carry proof of a valid contract .of insurance for a vehicle. The court heard an officer observed the accused driving a vehicle on Wellington St. on July 10. The accused identified himself with a valid license and ownership was produced with the vehicle regis- tered to another party, but the vehicle was unsafe. Plates on the vehicle.also belonged to another party and were reg- istered as unattached, but still no insurance card has been produced. VenDam was fined $128:75 and$78:754vith 60 days to pay. i HAPPYNEW YEAR 1 t E JOHN A.M. NRR Chartered Accountant $ . experiencesonly ere amu.: • d ry all the e loyal clients we r I've had in serving .THANK YOU. As we enter - , 1992 one Word. • • •. h and happi- nessof r sincere wish that health ness it foremost a st in your tile, er, Denise Troyer rises is fe u. Wendy Randy • Joan m Lenore Mattucci, McDo- nald, John Norris 11111 i Conservation dinner Continued from front page As has'been the case in ilte pitst,'a number of lhnked edition pints and worts- of art will be auctioned off after the dinner and a large number of other items, many of which will be donated by mer- chants dwottghout the Ausable- - N tied will tie- sold by auction and silent auction. In addition to chairpersons Tom Harlin. and Mac MacDougall and viae -chairman Carolyn Bradford the dinner committee includes: Pi- ance - Sharon Romphf,'Lloyd Robi- son, Ken Agnew; Secretary - Judith Parker, AmingeJpews - Jon C:aicrx, Fred Dobbs, Una Amos, John Schwidt, Mac MacDougall; Tickets Ron Godkin, Don Thompson, Bob Gehan, Bob Sargent; Publicity - Peter Darbishire, Ross Haugh, -Jack-Buller.. . Raffle . Peter Raymond, Ke• lly Prousc, Alan Walper, Glen Kells; Cathy Pfaff, Andy Deboer, Joe Gibson, Jack Harkness, Auction - Jon Dinney, Ted throes, Carolyn1 Bradford, Tom Prout, George God- bolt. o - bolt- Joe Gibson of Hullett township is currently chairman of the Ausa- ble Bayfield Conservation Founda- tion and Peter Darbishirc of Exeter is vice chairman. Most of the donations for the var- Correction In the December 18 issue of the Times Advocate, a contributor to the South Huron District ugh 'School Enviro Fair was i orf fly identified. Plants loaned to the rainforest ex- - hibit were provided by the Flower Pedlar of Exeter. The Times Advocate regrets any confusion or inconvenience caused by the error. —J ious draws wilt be -eligible to re ceive income tax dedaotiens. It is hoped the iamb ansetioneers will be available so %artdle tthe'vari- ous auctions at the April Sb dhrner. They would laelude luoeMtrty, Jack Riddell, Bob Heywood, Nem Whiting and Rishetd Lobb. Ttckete -are for sale by January 10,'but MOM in- formation can be obtained by call- ing the ARCA office at 235-2610. _ Not -guiles r -� plea in insurance fraud: - TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Chargcs against an Exeter business man were officially filed in open court last Thursday. Lome Keller, a Grand Bend resi- dent and E-xcter burnnessman, has pleaded, through a written plea with his lawyer, not guilty to charg- es of first degree grand theft and for making a false and fraudulent insurance claim. The filing of charges had been delayed past the normal 21 -day pe- riod in order for the State Attor- ney's office to review evidence col- lected by the Insurance Fraud Division of the Star Treasurer. The first court date has been set for late February. Keller has been accused of attempting to defraud his Canadian'insurance company of 5750,000 by arranging to have his boat stolen. 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