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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1992-01-29, Page 2e rona. rap up County skaters do. well MONC�i7�T - i�frtis -ole--figure kiting in Huron County should be proud as five natives compet- ed at the Canadian Figure Skat- ing Championships held last week in Moncton, New Bruns- wick. Competing alongside Seaforth -native Lloyd Eisler -were any Township's Peter MacDonald with his partner Susanne Killing in the Junior Dance competition, MacDonald's former partner Kerrie Shepherd from Blyth and -her partner Jeff Cann in Senior Dance. and Shepherd's WADI. Mark and his partner -Debra MacKenzie in Novice Dance. An unfortunate slip by Brus- sels figure skater Kevin Wheeler cost him a trip to the Olympics- as lympicsas Wheeler and partner Michelle Menzies finished fpurth" at the national championship. OMAF office on track L'LINTON - Work on the new Ontario Ministry of Agricnh*re and Food (OMAF) county office in Clinton appears to be right on track according to John Char- bonneau, construction coordina- tor for the project. Construction began in October on the new building -which has a tendered price of $968,000. The concrete floors have been poured and the building has .been shelled in with the outside walls and roof. The structure should near completion by the end of March with an opening date in late spring when land- scaping is complete. Snowmobile .crashes .into qinge - An out -of - control snowmobile caused `some serious damage last Wednesday in the town of Mitchell after a resident attempt- ed to start it during cold weath- er. The throttle stuck open on the individual's 1974 TNT Ski-doo and the machine scooted across the owner's front lawn, over the neighbour's lawn, across • the street and drove through a gar- age door jamming itself behind a 1991 Pontiac. Damage in the incident was ._listed .at $800 for the car, $700 to the snowmobile and S500 for the garage door. Student recovering from Meningitis GODERICH - A student at Goderich District Collegiate In- stitute is recovering from what is presumed to be meningococcal meningitis. Sean O'Brien, aged 19, was taken to the Alexandra and Ma- rine General Hospital on De- cember 30 when a headache unread down his neck and into his back. After being diagnosed, O'Brien was transported to Uni- versity Hospital in London for treatment. O'Brien is now home and is expected to return to school within the next couple of weeks. Employee quits after mayor run-in GOD CH - An employee of the Town of Goderich has quit her job after what she called continued - unreasonable verbal- abuse erbalabuse and direct interference from the town's mayor. )Hien Graf, Tourist Commit- tee secretary resigned effective January 15, after presenting a letter to council that evening. Graf claimed that Mayor Eileen Palmer's continued verbal criti- cism. verbal abuse and generally poor treatment is very degrading and humiliating. Zero for twenty-six Huron shut out of latest agricultural appointments, just a coincidence? By Adrian Harte CLINTON - We are often re- minded that -Huron County -is one of the more important, if not most important agricultural areas in On- tario and Canada. So the question arises as to why, out of a list of 26 appointees by the province to various farm agencies, not One was from Huron County. The -Ontario Ministry of Agricul- -`kiWFdod release a' T HITg Df • the appointees on Thursday. Sever- al were re -appointments to comple- tion of terms, .pointees did the Ontario "Fiuim 1nt t even new ap- represent Huron on Tribunal, the `Stabilization' :Com- -V stable—whirr -u Financial Protection Board, the Livestock Financial Protection Board, the Grain Financial Protec- tion Board, the Livestock Medi- cines Advisory Committee, nor the Ontario Agricultural Museum Ad- visory Board. Upon closer inspection, most ap- -pointees were within commuting distance from Toronto, several were from areas around Algonquin Park, two were from Northern On- tario, .and a few were from the Windsor region. . Those .representing Southwestern Ontario came from Oxford, Perth, and South _Lambton counties. There were also two appointees from Grey County, but there were none .from Hunan County, nor East- ern Ontario. "Huron is ane of the top agricul- anal areas, but I don't know what our weight is on these provincial boards," said Bob Humphries at the Clinton OMAF office. He said he was surprised that out of 26 ap- pointments, Huron did not get one. -`Huron always holds itself uP as the geographic agficultural reserve for the country," he said. Humphries did say that political considerations are largely gone from the appointment process, and mucitishapdledihrtatipif appllc*= •Former agriculture minister Jack Riddell from Dashwood, was ap- pointed to the Stockyards Commis- sion a few weeks ago, and Hum- phries said he knew that Ken DeBoer of Lucknow was appointed to the Agricultural Research Insti- tute of Ontario last fall, but he could not say if Huron is well rep- resented at the provincial level overall. "You would have thought by per- centages we would have had at least one from Huron on there," agreed Brenda Macintosh, presi- dent of the' Huron Federation -of Agriculture. "1 don't know how they pick them really." Macintosh said she knows some 'people will turn down offers of ap- pointments, "but it would have been nice to see a fairer representa- tion across the province". She said that since most boards meet' in Toronto, others from far- ther regions are discouraged from applying for appointments, espe- cially -from inn ilio. =but. why Httpon, an easy day's round trip to Toronto, did not get at least ane appointment out of 26 puzzled Macintosh. Macintosh said she knew of Bill Jongejan from the Ooderich area -vita on-the-43rop-btsuranee Cotnmis-- sion, and Harry Dougall of Exeter is on the Farm Product Marketing Board. - "We do have some people, just not on this list," she said. MPP Paul Klopp was not availa- ble for comment, but Jocelyn De - Boer in his office explained that ap- plication is the key to representation. "If farmers are interested in that coat of thing they should apply," said Deboer. "We would love to have more people come in and say 'hey, I'm in- terested in that." Further -cutbacks at Dashwood Industries preparing company for economic turnaround " Fifteen salaried staff were laid off at the Centralia plant last week and company officials- say the end of the recession is not yet in sight CENTRALIA - Dashwood Industries manager Tom Duffy says that an upswing in the economy is still some ways away, but when it comes, he wants to make sure thecompany wiltbenefit from it tight away. With no -sign of tun upturn yet in sight, 15 salaried employees were permanently laid off at the windows and cloore plant. This move followed the announoe- ment in pastiveeks that salaried workers would receive a five percent cut in pay. Duffy said the moves are pan of an overall "restruc- turing" of the company in response to the economy and slow sales. Despite low interest rates the province's building in- dustry is still in the doldrums and orders for windows and doors are slow. Duffy said job security is the key to new construction and many people are still unsure of their jobs after the latest rash of plant closings across the province. But once things.do turn around, Duffy said his com- pany *ill be there. • "That's the haw that we'll be ready for it when it comes," he said.' - Ken Fenwick, business representative for the Union of Carpehtars- and Joiners confirmed that the cutbacks at Dashwood Industries have not affected union mem- bers since they went on a reduced -hours job -sharing plan late last year. Fenwick also remains hopeful an upswing in the economy will bring a return of full-time hours, and that low interest rates will be the key. "Surely somebody's got to start building or renovat- ing - that's when they need windows and doors," he said. ' N1�:GiI1 'ra it S11()UU)S11()C111,' McGillivray Central School's grade 7-8 class were out snowshoeing last Wednesday after- noon near the school. From left are Jay Truemn- er, Brian Wiersma, Mari- anne Scott, Walter Par- kinson, Jason Jones, Jacqueline Comelissen, Jenny Woodburn, Julie McLlnchey, and Shannon Morley. Below at left is • Joyce Elson ho discov- ers the furl of taking a tumble. - 4 1 Suspended Ilcense nets driver hefty flqe EXETER - A guilty plea to driving was sus- pended license netted an Exeter man over 31,000 in fines in Justice of the Peace court in Exeter last Tuesday. Mark McNuu of Exeter pleaded guilty to the charge after an incident September 14 in Ste- phen Township. The court heard the vehicle McNuu was oper- ating was stopped by police during , a routine check in Heron Putin in4iliten asked to display his driver's license McNuu admitted to being suspended. Further in- vestigation showed he was serving two suspensions, one beginning January 17, 1990 for unpaid fines and the second for accumulated demerit points beginning October 6, 1989. Justice of the Peace Karen Sturdy fmed McNutt 31,003:75 and gave him six months in which -to pay. Driving without license Louilp S. Lavigne of RR6 St. Marys entered &guilty plea to driv- ing without a valid Ontario drivers' license. The court heard Lavigne was stopped on November 18, 1991 on Highway 83 in Usborne Township for speeding. The accused identi- fied herself verbally but could produce no insurance, ownership or drivers' license. -further investigation showed no record of license for Lavigne in , +QMrio or Quekirc and the license pimp had expirocias of February 10,1991. Lavigne was given three months to pay the $253.75 fine. Driving without insurance Albert Rooseboom of Hensall pleaded guilty to charges of driving without insurance and using a plate not authorized for his vehicle. Police told the court they stopped the accused on September 16, 1991 oHighway 84 in Hay Township because no license plate was displayed. Rooseboom said he had recently purchased the vehicle and thought insurance was covered while using a dealer plate, but it had fallen off. Rooseboom was fined 3503.75 with four months to pay for driv- ing without insurance and fined an additional 3128.75 with 15 days to pay for using an unauthorized plate. Failure to remain -at accident Lisa Ann Tari of Windsor pleaded guilty to a charge of owning a vehicle involved in an accident which failed to remain or return to the scene. The court heard the charge followed a single car accident on High- way 4 in Hay Township on October 17, 1991. The vehicle did dam- age to a corn field and a witness took the license number. The accused was contacted but would not release the name and ad- dress of the operator of the vehicle. Tari was fineciS103.75 and given 30 days to pay. Driving Without insurance Michael A. Brown of Rodney pleaded guilty to a charge of driving without insurance. Brown was given 30 days to pay the fine of 3503.75. Driving while suspended Scot Merner of RR3 Zurich entered a not guilty plea to driving with a suspended lice* following an incident July 2. The accused was found guilty and fined $1,003.75 and given 180 days to pay. Two snowmobile thefts, OPP lay charges: EXETER - During this past week members of the Exeter Detachment responded to 47 general occurrenc- es including two stolen snow vehi- cles. One incident occurred in Zu- rich, in which one person has been charged and the snow vehicle re- covered. The other snow vehicle stolen from a residence in Stephen Township has not been recovered. Police are also investigating the theft of a car frau 302 Algonquin Dr., Huron Park. This vehicle was recovered by Perth OPP detach - mem officers in a damaged condi- tion. Investigation is continuing and charges are pending. . Two attempted thefts from vehi- cles in Huron Park are currently un- der investigation. Other thefts re- ported include a VCR valued at 5400 from a residence in Hensall and a theft of tools valued at 3700 stolen from a shed on Concession 2 of Hay township. One 12 hour licence suspension was issued. This past week members investi- gated eight motor vehicle accidents in which three persons were in- jured, most of these accidents were weather related. The Exeter OPP.detachment is asking for help in.the following un- solved mysteries: Some time during the month of January a house on Concession 16 of Hay Township was broken into and the following items were sto- len: one 12 -inch black and white TV and portable stand, and one AM FM portable silver soog ghetto blaster. Between January 18-20, a VCR was stolen from 111 Queen St., Hensall. It is described as a black RCA model VR330, bearing serial 1029430095. Overnight on January 18, a snow- mobile was stolen from the rear of a pickup at Lot 33 on the south boundary of Stephen township. The snowmobile is described as a 1977 skidoo yellow and black bearing registration 633218 and has a serial number of 344100992. If you can- help on this care or any other, please call the Exeter OPP or Crime Stoppers at 1-800- 265-1777. Your efforts belp us a11. CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE Exeter & Hensall RRSP 41 -RIF MUTUAL FUNDS SEMINAR February 4/92 Lions Youth Centre 7:00 - 9:00