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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1992-02-19, Page 3• Regional wrap up Liquor charges at teen dance ST. MARYS - St. Marys PQ - lice laid several liquor -related charges during a teen dance at the St. Marys arena last week. According to the St. Marys Journal Argus, tour youths be- tween 14 and 15 years of age were.,charged with dunking un- der age, and one 15 -year-old was taken to 'hospital by ambu- lance as a result of excess alco- hol consumption. The boy had been found unconscious. Generating plant proposed for Goderich GODERICH - Sifto Canada Incorporated, a subsidiary of North American Salt Company (NASC), and a U.S.-based wholesale electric power gener- ating'company are considering a S40 million project for the Goderich area. The Goderich Signal Star re- ports that preliminary plans were recently unveiled for Con- stellation Energy Incorporated (CEI) of Baltimore to negotiate with Sifto for non-utility genera- tion (MUG) at the evaporator plant. NUG refers to generation of electricity with equipment not owned or operated by Ontario Hydro. The proposed cogeneration plant would use gas to produce steam and electricity. Steam would be used in the evaporator plant white generated electricity is proposed for sale to Ontario -Hydro. The plant has the capacity 'to ,produce 50 megawatts of elec- tricity, which is more than dou- ble Goderich's industrial and res- idential needs during peak times. Coast guard office sought GODERICH - In hopes of bringing 120 jobs to town, a del- egation from the Town of Gode- rich flew to Ottawa last week to petition both Minister of Trans- port Jean Corbeil and Minister of State Shirley Martin to con- sider Goderich in its plans .for relocating the regional coast guard office. The Goderich Signal Star re- ported a group of five recently put the finishing touches on a brief, hoping to attract serious consideration for the town's port. OPP officer to run marathon GODERICH - This year's Boston Marathon will have some Huron County flavour to it as one of the participants will be Constable Steve Beasley, the newest meatber to the Goderich OPP detachment. The Clinton News -Record re- ports that Beasley, who joined the detachment January 20, has been running marathons for the past eight years. His training in- cludes running everyday averag- ing about 75 miles per week. Building permits hit $7 million in St. Marys ST. MARYS cording to town building inspector Pargat Sehra, construction permit is- sued in the town of St. Marys in 1991 reached $6,949.000. The St. Marys Journal Argus report- ed 113 permits were issued last year compared to 124 in 1990. Based on 15 to 20 residential units and renovations to struc- tures, Sehra said about $5 mil- lion worth of construction each year is expected. • .. Another variety store in works EXETER - A rezoning and an amendment to the town's official plan was given the go-ahead at council's meeting Monday evening with the passage of two bylaws which may pave the way for a new variety store at the town's northern intersection. The gas bar at 210 Main St. North, the Esso Station, may be re- ceiving a variety store in addition to its present gasoline sales busi- ness. While no word is available on whether a chain store franchise or private operation is slated for the corner, renovations will be needed to the building which currently houses the Thruway Muffler Shop. 1991 Insall Council Renumeration Per Anum Special & Per Diem Committee Convention & Seminar Total Robinson, Jim $1,200.00 Al S120.00 $45.00 $1,365.00 Groot, Peter $1,000.00 $570.00 . $0.00 a $1,570.00 Hoffman, Leonard i $1,000.00 a- $540.00 $180.00 - $1,720.00 1 %1 Packham, Richard tt $0.00 . 1 $60.00 $0.00 a - \ $60.00 Pepper, Cecil 11,000.00 $360.00 $450.00 $1,810,00 Reaburn, ,teff $1,000.00 $600.00 $0.(X) $1,600.00 Liquor stolen in break -In HURON PARK - On Saturday in the early morning hours, a break, enter and theft occurred at Club Albatross in Huron Park. Stolen from the premises was a variety of liquor including whisky, rum, vodka and southern comfon. If you have any information that could help, please call either the Ex- eter O.P.P. at 235-1300 or Crime Singers at 1-800-265-1777. By call- ing Crime Stoppers you may be eligible for a cash reward of up to 51,000. In either case your identity will remain anonymous. 1 RCAF Centralia reunion bringing memories from far and near HURON PARK - There are 660 people registered for the June reunion of RCAF Centralia. And many more people can be expected be joining the party, according to organizer Jack Malone. Malone, the commanding officer of the rear party which oversaw the closing of the base on August 31, 1967, the day before it was taken over by the Ontario Development Corporation as an industrial park, said ',halts many as 15,000 people served on the base during its 25 -year history. He only has 1,500 on his mailing list, but expects that as word of the reunion spreads, many will be adding their name to the list of registrants before March 31. Malone says he knows of at least a dozen who arc coming from outside Canada to meet with those who served at the air• base, coming from as far as Australia, Norway, England and Chile. "At one time it was the most active air base in Canada," said Malone of the airstrip that by 1950 saw up to 400 hours of flying time and 1,000 take- offs and landings each day for its training pilots. Ansons were mainly flown at the base during the war years, with Harvards used after the war. Other aircraft seen at Centralia included Dakotas for radar training, the C-45 Expeditor, and the Chipmunk trainers used by the late 1960s. Many of these air- craft will be on display during the three-day reunion on Junc 5, 6, and 7. The registrants will be rolling into Huron Park on the fourth to be ready for the registration and golf tournament at the Exeter Golf Course on the Friday. Saturday will include a display of memorabilia, an aerial demonstration by the Canadian Harvard Association, and a dinner and dance with the big band sound. Guest speaker at the dinner will be Air Vice Mar- shall Gordon Ockenden, the former Centralia air base commander and past -president of the national RCAF association. Sunday morning, before the celebrations wind up with a brunch and farewell, there wilj be a dedica- tion of a plaque to the air base and those who served there. Malone said the final choice of a location for the plaque is not yet decided, but many favour plac- ing it by the flagpole at the entrance to the industrial park. "It's going to be quite a big affair, a lot bigger than we thought when we started," said Malone of the reunion plans. "In fact, we've got some people coming who came from Stnemerside who remember it [Huron Park) as a mud hole," said Malone, referring to the Summer - side PEI air base that was relocated to Ontario's in- terior in 1942 to train airforce pilots. Five convictions in Exeter court • EXETER - An 18 -year-old Hensall resident was given a conditional discharge and 12 months probation by judge R.G.E. Hunter in Ex- eter court last Tuesday, after pleading guilty to a charge of interfering with traffic by throwing snowballs. Timothy Packham of Hensall entered a guilty plea in connection with the incident which took place in the village on December 7. The court heard police were called to an acci- dent involving injuries on Highway 4. Three vehicles had been northbound when the first vehicle was hit with snowballs. Noticing youths on the left side, the driver pulled over to the right side allow- ing the second vehicle to pass and then started a U-turn into the path of the third vehicle. The driver of the first vehicle was injured, but has since recovered. The accused visited with the victim and apologized before police were involved, and two other youths involved were dealt with in senior Young Offenders Court. BAC over SO Wayne Milam of Grand Bend pleaded guilty to driving with a blood alcohol count over the legal limit. Police told the court that while conducting a spot check on Octo- ber 19 on County Road 4 in Stephen Township, the accused drove around the officer and sped up. The officer followed and the ac- cused then turned into a private.drive and turned the vehicles lights off. Breath samples indicated BACs of 160 and 150, and the accused said he thought the spot check was closing. Milam was fined $750 or 35 days with 90 days to pay and given a 12 -month driving suspension. Impaired driving Harold S. Dietrich of Zurich pleaded guilty to a charge of im- paired driving following an4incident December 27 in Zurich. }1n officer told the court he followed a vehicle which was veering on the road. Breath samples taken indicated BACs of 240 and 230. Dietrich was given a 12 -month driving suspension and the choice of a $750 fine or 35 days. Theft under $1,000 • Violet J. M 00e of Kippen entered a guilty plea to a charge of theft under $1,00 llowing an incident December 20. The cowl heard thenecused was seen by security at Big V in Exet- er placing a roll of Kodak film in her jacket pocket and a package of disposable razors in leer purse. McQuarrie was given a conditional discharge and 12 months pro- bation. $ Causing a disturbance Julie Tiernan of Exeter pleaded guilty to a charge of causing a dis- turbance. • Police told the court that on September 12 in Exeter they had formed an opinion of im fJairment about another driver when* car pulled up from which four occupants,exited. Three were then in- volved in harassment of the officer trying to arrest Ibe first diver. The accused kept pushing betWeco.d e.offtser and 'unpaired per- son, impeding the officer, from► getting the first driver into the cruis- er. The accused then got into the back of the et'uiaer and began yell- iugand screaming. Tiernan was given the choice'of a 5250 fine with 90 days to pay or 10 days in jail. Correction In last week's issue of the Times - Advocate, due to a typographical error, the Huron County Board of Education budget for 1.991 was given as $60.8 billion. 1t should have read $60.8 million. The Times -Advocate regrets any confusion or misunderstanding that might have arisen from this error. Cash stolen EXETER - Last Monday, police say four youths in their late teens entered an Exeter business, and while three youths kept the lone store clerk occupies, the fourth si- lently opened the till and removed a quantity of cash. All four then left and were at- tempting to do this at another busi- ness but were unsuccessful. Police caution retailers to he aware of -two-three persons -asking -many and varied 9uestions trying to draw clerks away from view 61' the till and moving about the store quickly in an attempt to confuse. Small increase in Zurich council pay ZURICH - Village council at last Thursday's meeting passed a bylaw to set its own wages for attending council meetings. Councillors will now be paid $70 for attending each regular council meeting and special meeting, up one dollar from 1991. The reeve will be paid $82 per full meeting, the same as last year. As for committee, and board meetings other than the full coun- cil, the rate is half 01 the per diem rate, unless the meeting exceeds two hour and thirty minute, in length. Non council members appointed to boards will be paid S30 for each meeting. 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