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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1992-04-22, Page 2Heart health program Continued from front page Most people, aV01141IMdlars, are in favour of resaIlllieeleiabbig areas in places lik elliM>MlMtts, said Hoo- • ver. Businesses may be reluctant to voluntarily set aside non-smoking areas, but are usually happy to fol- low municipal bylaw restrictions. Getting more of those bylaws in ef- fect in Huron may become another focus of Hoover's program, she said. Man convicted for pointing weapon EXETER - A guilty plea to a charge of threat- ening bodily harm resutted in a fine and proba- tion for a Huron Park man in Provincial Court in Exeter last Tuesday. -: 4Anvve ice R. •Moore of -Huron Park -was found -.guilty after allegedly pointing a gun at his wife tithing an argument. The court heard the accused had been drinking homemade wine with a friend when his wife came home and enraged, poured out the wine. -1hseemsed grabbed an empty gun and told his wife and son. to :leave. 4-1•t11en-pointed the.gat-achis-wifeaed-ordered-ber.to before someone got shot. Judge R.G.E. Hunter gave Moore the choice of a $300 fine with six months to pay or 15 days in jail. In addition, Moore was placed on 12 -months probation, ordered to seek counselling as recommend- ed, and is unable to possess firearms or ammunition for five years. Assault Peter Uyl of Exeter pleaded guilty to a charge of assault after an incident December 26. • The court -was told police answered a call of a domestic dispute and upon arrival met the victim, her daughter, and a friend running down the steps. -The victim said her ex -common-law had assaulted her in an alcohol related inci4ent which began over the victim's refu- sal to do the dishes. The accused is now going to Alcoholics Anonymous and is also taking counselling as is the victim. The victim, who the court was told is from a violent background, wanted to withdraw the chargeat a later date, bur the Crown had to proceed. Uyl received 12 -months probation along with the choice of a $600 fine with 90 days to pay or 30 days in, jail. - Assault -Phillip Brooks of Exeter received 15 days•in jail to be served on weekends and is to consume no alcohol for 24 hews prior to report- ing to jail after being found guilty of assault. Causing disturbance Scott Wedlake of Exeter pleaded guilty to causing a disturbance after he and a friend entered New Orleans Pizza around 1:30 a.m. February 9. The court heard the accused was belligerent and used obscene lan- guage to staff. After taking a plant outside, the accused threw pizza and pennies and cracked a window of the establishment. Wedlake was given the choice of a $300 fine with 60 days to pay _orl5days injail. BAC over 80 Norman F. Lane of London entered a guilty.plea.to a_rharge,of. Isid■itg-Mood alcohol count over 80 following an incident in Ste- . niers Township on February 14. - An officer told the court that while on patrol he saw the accused skid nearly'into a snow pile. The officer then followed the accused who turned into a private,drive. - . The accused didn't know'who owned the property. hild an alcohol ' odour find was -unsteady. Samples taken indicated BACs of 170 and 170. Lane wag sentenced to 14 days in jail with a two-year drivipg ' BAC over 80 John T..Di+et rich of Dashwood was sentenced to 14 days in jail and a-twro-yeerdriving -suspension after he pleaded guilty to a charge of having a bk odalcoholcennt over 80. The court heard' that on April 4 in Stephen Township. an officer eastbound on County Road 4 saw the accused cross over the centre line into the officer's lane. The officer turned and followed the vehicle which continued to swerve and failed to stop. When the accused finally pulled over, samples indicated BACs of 180 and 170. Driving in daageroua tatamter Christopher Duncan of Stratford entered not guilty pleas to charg- es of driving in a dangerous manner and driving while disqualified following an incident the night of July 2, 1989. An officer told the court he noticed a Mazda pulling into the park- ing lot of Hasty Market without its lights on. When the officer backed up to tell the driver. the vehicle sped off leading the officer on a high speed chase throughout Exeter. The accused finally skid- ded to a stop in the parking lot at McNaughton Park and fled on foot into the bushes. Judge Hunter wok into account a previous dangerous driving con- viction which resulted in a two-year suspension and $600 fine when sentencing Duncan to four months in jail. Driving while disqualified Brian -Smith of London entered a guilty plea to a charge of driving while disqualified by reason of an order. Police told the court they stopped the accused in Usborne Town- ship on December 31, 1990 for speeding ort Highway 4. The ac- cused could not produce a valid license, and further investigation showed a conviction and one year suspension for impaired driving beginning October 15, 1990. Smith was sentenced to 30 days in jail. Fraud Kenneth P. Weigel of Crediton received a suspended sentence and 12 -months probation after he pleaded guilty io two separate charges of fraud under $1,000. The court heard the accused ptuchased goods from Bumstead Fuels on two occasions whereby he used cheques. The cheques had Pauline Weigel's name printed on them which the accused stroked out and replaced with his own. Reimbursement for the total has already been made. Marijuana charge Shawn Odorizzi of Hensel) entered a not guilty plea to a charge to possession of cannibus marijuana. An officer told the court that while driving west on Highway 83 on November 18 he saw the accused walking along the south shoul- der. The officer turned the vehicle around and came up behind the accused at which point the accused dropped something. The officer found the object to be a clear bag containing a green plant -like material. The accused had cigarette paprs in his pocket but also had a package of cigarettes. When asked if he knew what the substance in the bag was the ac- cused told the officer it was Ontario grass -explaining that home- grown is much greener. ' Odorizzi was given the choice of a $200 fine with 60 days to pay or 10 days in jail. 'I heft Valerie Kyle of Hamill received a 12 -month .sentence after'pleading guilty to 11 counts of theft from Etta Food Market in Hensall in Provincial Court on March 10. IJsborne girl plays ead in Annle Amy Cassell, left, is playing the lea • role in the St. Marys Community Players production of Annie. The show opens April 30 at the St. Marys Town Hall. ST. MARYS . Usborne Central School student, Amy Cassell, 11, will be stamn with the lead role in the St. Marys Communi- ty Players spring produc- tion of Annie when it opens next week. Cassell, of RR1 Wood- ham, has been working hard with other members of the cast and the produc- tion crew over the past few weeks to prepare for the April 30 -May 9 run of the popular Great Depression era musical. Other members of the cast include Dave Robin- son of Exeter who plays a cop in the production. Ke- vin -Robinson, Dave's son, will be working behind the scenes in charge of the sound system. Kent May, publicity di- rector of Annie, describes -Ike show as having the fight -maple, -the right -pro- fi sect at the right time '. "This one is a winner," said May, Annie is the fourteenth production of the St. Mar- ys Community players since they switched to an- nual broadways shows. This year's event -will be directed by Larry Parsons from Stratford and is being produced by Isa Rabbets. May said tickets for the show are going quickly, with some dates afready -sold out. The performance is, as. in past years, in the St. Marys Town Hall audi- torium. Third dinner auction next Thursday By Ross Haugh EXETER - The third annual Aus- able Conservation Foundation and Exeter Lions Club conservation dinner will be a huge success if the quality of prizes in the various auc- tions and raffles is any indication. For the active sportsman, a -kilawkan life and an Italian 20 gauge shotgun will be on the list of . live auction items and a -profession- al type hunting PSE (precision shooting .equipment) cross bow will be available to those bidding on the '. silent auction. Ted Jones. one of the dinner com- mittee members says," The. Hawk - en rifle is a .50 calibre black pow- der muzzleloader and is very eye catching with brass on it" According to Jones, hunting with this type of firearm is becoming a very popular sport with an exclu- sive deer season. he added, "In ad- dition to being an attractive wall hanger, it has a practical use." As of the dinner committee meet- ing of April 7. a wide variety of items totalling 100 had been donat- ed for the general raffle: This years special raffle includes lawn furniture supplied at cost by Casual Industries Inc.. a gas barbe- cue donated by Maclean's Auto- motive. a portable telephone from Bell Canada, a hind quarter of beef from Veal's Meat Market, acrylic patio ware from Nip and Tuck Va- riety in Bayfield and nursery stock from Red Leaf Nurseries in Horn- by. Second prize in this raffle will be a picnic table, a side of pork pro- cessed, a picnic basket, nursery stock and two dwarf Alberta Spruce trees. Third prize consists of an Adiron- dack chair donated by Fred Eider and a commemorative tree from the ABCA Foundation. Thd canoe raffle which was a huge success a year ago is being re- peated. In addition to the canoe courtesy of Audry and Gloria De- boer and Ted and Donna Jones, the winner will receive a picnic table, life jackets, paddles, fishing rod and reel. cooler bag, coveralls, fish- ing sweatshirt, hat and lures, a Frosty Morning photo print, chil- dren's T-shirts, ceramic northern loon and nursery stock. Prize number two in this raffle will include a custom built deluxe graphite fishing rod and reel through the courtesy of Terry Romphf, Wray Ramsey. the Clay - bird Gun Club and Geomatica Inter. national. Along with the rods and reels go a life jacket, two canoe paddles, a pair of coveralls, a fisherman's gift kit and nursery stock. The dinner along with the various auctions and raffles will be held on Thursday. April 30 at the South Hu- ron Rec Centre in Exeter. All 400 tickets have been sold in advance. For the second straight year, the dinner is sponsored jointly by the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Au- thority Foundation and the Exeter Lions Club. . The Foundation's share of the pro- ceeds will go to a variety of projects including the White Pine Woods Outdoor Education Centre at Park- OPP looking for clues yin cash theft EXETER - The Exeter OPP are investigating a theft of money, ap- proximately $1000. from the Oak- wood Inn this past weekend. A young offender is in custody in 1 Elgin -Middlesex Detention Centre, as a result of a disturbance and sub- sequent assaelt complalet -which occurred at the Hensall arena on Thursday night. He was scheduled to appear for a bail hearing, Tues- day, April 21. Two damage complaints and two assaults were also investigated this past weekend. hill and updating of handicapped ac- cessibility at Morrison Dam and Rock Glen. the Lions will use their portion to further work on -the Exet- er -Morrison Corridor. The co-chairman of the dinner are Tom Hartai and Mac MacDougall, both from the Lions•Club. Let H&R Block prepare your GST return: If you're requirtid to file a Goods and .Services tax return, let the experts pre- pare it. We'll find you the biggest input tax credit you have coming. 11184%w Canada's Tax Team. Standing up for you! 476 Main St. (Devon Building) Exeter, Ont. 235-1153 Mon. to Fri. 9 to 5:30 Sat. 10 to 2 p.m. Optimise Oiur: Home (Sr. Garden Show Winners Optimist Club members Ross Long (Left) and Mark Neknnloh Present Ramon Pache with the Grand Prize of a 26" Dolour TV. Grand Prize winner: 26" colour TV, Ramon Pache; Friday draw, $100 food vouch- er, Nancy Denomme, Saturday Draw winner, $100 food voucher, Rick DeBraban- dere, Sunday draw winner, $100 food voucher, Glen McElrea The Exeter Optimist Club wishes to thank all the ex- hibitors and people who attended our 7th annual Home and Garden Show. A special thank you to the following groups and people who made our work much easier and enjoyable. South Huron Rec Centre Staff Exeter Scouts Exeter Minor Baseball Reaburn Electronics MacLeans Home Hardware Hodge Electric Stephen Printing Scott Finlayson and Steve Farquhar (S. H. District High School) Grade 5 & 6 class of Usborne Central Public School and the area Restaurants and businesses' for advertising our show Proceeds from the Home and Garden .Show are donated to various youth groups in the Exeter Area. The Optimists 'Friend of Youth' always wel- come new members. If you we interested in being part of a great organization contact an Optimist member.