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Times Advocate, 1992-04-29, Page 2largerartenspsstl frices.openintuit midnight:to:allow-tax retmns=to Cue :nailed up to' the very.Jasumhiute-of the April 30dsadltae.:Severai-post- al franchises 4n'4he ,area will be - open tornorrawuight.unt :midnight to acoeprandimnd cancel lax return envelopes .Uwith -the all :important -date stamp to prove to Revenue Canada. you were not -late. Irayne's General.Store in Exeter, Jem Variety in Crediton, Cheers .Convcrrire.=in --l.ucan and Bran- don's Hardware.in Bayfield are four. .of the onnets:that will be:open:until midnight for T A readers, Tom .Creech •of .Caatada'Post ex- .plainedithat :the .franehises.are able :to . offer :the extended -hours, while regularpost oiEces will be closed at their mealtime. Police -toilet. paper a "bum . "? EXETER -• Widino police budget to mull .over.,at .last Wednesday's0, council ,alerting, council turned their attention Lathe police services -invoiced port •:in detail. Councillor -Tom Humphreys was the :first•toquestion why the police • paid a .paper products supplier 529.18for acme of toilet tissue. "I .undentsmd you .could buy a ease ; at :the -Co Op for $7 or so," - -said Humphreys, !after which .the conversation went downhill from there. 'Council then went .on :to debate what properties • constituted police - issue toilet paper -:whether. it was iargeriban normal paper, stronger, or.even bullet proof. "I.Ihink-you're.giving them a bum trap,";mused councillor Dave Orlin. TfAttee4411401811te, *OW, lift e l) wrap . Li . .Tabs eliminated List Winghem's • t;KNX Pride going Md[ Into 'Bead WINOHAM - New .cable ,and limedsasP eetiioes t in +ephe : urea, couple lludth gallop istad rave- - - ureAbaiftgAtamed..ior=she etinernmion of 4l6 jobs at Wing- hwn'sGK#NIX-Y'V. As i0ported in She .Loudoun FreePlass, 56. ttdl.aime ;and 10 .pats Wne • vwrleers zeceived the ennou ncement • Wednesday :that • -►shell. y. ,laid, off. Wingham, with a population of only 31000, is .the smallest market in,the country to have us own iadioanidTV stations. Bob TEisden, :president of CFPL. Broadcasting -which oper- ates the -TV station, said that it's very difficult to provide services throughahe licenses of TV, AM and -FM zadio in a market that's been in a noipowth or declining state for same time. In '1988, :CFPL"-'TV- made . the . decision to ate independent- lyfrom-CBC;TV, a move some are snow:questioning. CFPL-TV and CKNX-TV are both owned .by she Blackburn -Group Inc., which •also . owns TheLondontree Press. as,well as"CFPL-AM and.CFPJ)FM. -Staff will . continue. ta,wark .at the station :Amid August - 31, . at -which.sime.-only a :small news. crew will -remain sending .saw material through a -microwave link to CFPL-TV's FYI Miner -don. Students will lobby to protect ',their teachers ST. MARYS - Students at Ar- thur Meighen Public School in St. Marys are willing to walk out in order to protect their teachers' ;jdbs. • According to a story in the St. Marys Journal Argus, a group of grade :eight: students .conducting a survey of 222 fellow students have found that a whopping 81.5 percent are willing to do -without school bus price in springand fall: to help save money, !after they learned that boards .cut- backs.could result in their leach- ers being laid off. The students came .up with the idea on their own initiative. after hearing tumours about potential layoffs. The board plans to lay off 13 full and part-time elementary school teachers by Mound of the 1992 :school year in ceder . to minimize.00sts. .P-ARQ -hiring ;policy in question ST. , MARYS - -The hiring practices of. St. Marys' RARQ board.have. erne-under,j" maker .14 14111i0tds4stere; tgiyten Arm - Awarding to aaStory. is Abe, St. • Marys, Alumni A[gus,: ars of. town ;council criticised Abp .boards' ,!practices during Lit week's council meeting. 7 he board recently hired 15 lifeguards for this season, 14 of which were not interviewed be- cause they are returning from Jot year. Councillors called into ques- tion the procedure, stating that because of the difficulty in find- ing jobs these days, everyone should be interviewed. It was explained that life- guards ,are knired based upon a rating system tet which each ap- plicant receives jnoints in several categories such ,as experience, qualifications, leadership and in- itiative. Recreation director Len Love defended the hiring committee, arguing that if the ,person has done a good job in the past. his or her previous euperie should count for something. 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ORAND BEND - In order to have the village ship-shape by the Victoria Day weekend, Orund Send groups are getting together for a week-long cleanup beginning tilsy 2 Dubbed 'Arend Bend Pride 192", the cleanup crews will scour the village's river banks, roads and parks to get rid of unsightly litter, Postal outlets open late for Vic- return deaditrte Continued from -frontline B'XB'ER--Aor:these-who like to Middleton aid iha ttsrtt•was ib1e 10 thtu tze:ftotn potdY�g teavateeii;tax rearms tEil iheaast _.taltt�Cct-DP !t - — wtterattbou 3.73 AOUof ast,ctswere saved. e ` The boys did a hell of a job clown at An' VW, - aaMi Teton, adding" -r g that although some people questioned. the -wisdom: of-tsavtg .firelighters For :abourthe'past :ought (years entering the bumming mill, hesaid that is.the only ,way such fires can be Carmda`T4tst:bas Aept some :of Cts "You can't fight it by standing outside. A lot ofpeople-thought we were crazy," he said. Middleton said he could remember at least two other:major fires at the mill in past decades, not counting minor grain dryer flare ups. fought. rn still seen as boost to Huron County economy EXETER - Once again, Exeter council is interested:in seeing the federal government locate a new penitentiary in Huron County. Council had previously expressed interest in bringing a women's peni- tentiary to Huron some months ago. Now, she announcement from the C3ommissioner of Corrections -.that :the government is looking for a.site for a:medlum security- prison :has 'Wednesday'smeeting. •council hoping that the -county .CSouncilagceed,to send a letter to could be in then n ni ng for theeco- . the county, . snantraging :them to noetic stimulus - of a large federal • • pursue the: possibility with'munici- institution. palities :that aright be: able to .ac - However, a letter from county mmmodate aprison. clerk :administrator • Nigel •:$e11- harnber,spggests Huron might not have any .land:in.the countyGhat meets all- governtnenr criteria. The letter does ask muisicaipal councils to discuss -the -issue to see if -any - such land is available. "Certainly :the county -would :be very remiss if:they.did not-take_tbe .pcelmntnary'staps,"..:Ex- etcr •aounnillor -Bob :Spears : at last Canoe stolen *DM ;tone EXETER - Town police etre in- vestigating two : thefts which oc- curred Mistiest week. A 16 -foot .canoe ,went - missing from a .Sanders Street address, -say police, who are. asking .anyone with information:. about the theft. to .call the :station: at 235-1235 or Crime Stoppers al 1=800235=1777. Police also . say a cellular tele- phone was ..taken from a vehicle as rah" Street on •M � was :thrown:through :the .windowof a Main .Streeehome on .Sunday, say: police. While: no. one was hurt, a.4 foot :square pane : of glass.was broken end consequences could have been more serious, say --police --who are -still investagelitfg theincident. - Police Chief Jack J arneas, (left), stands with Lois Godbolt, the recipient of the Solicitor Generals' Crime -Prevention Award for her work with Block Parents. Lois Godb�ft receives crime prevention toward CHATHAM - Lois Godbolt, of the Exeter, & Area Block Parents, recently received the prestigious Ontario Splicitor General's' Crunc Prevention` Award, at a ceremony held in Chatham. Chief of Police Jack Harkness nominated her for lieu cunu»uUnent and dedication to inspire others in becoming involved in maintaining the safety of ow children. Godbolt bas been invol$„witlh > ich „41ctivities as at -ecologies; 0$10w4 rcc iiig hpC4(egip- vassing new members;poste/.,And colouring contests in her active in- yolvenient over the past 13 years. In her position as thelocal Block Parent Chairperson she oversees approximately 300 hones that are involved in Exeter; Osborne and Stephen Townships; Crediton and Dashwood; and- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School Districts. "Lois is an excellent example of sonnconc who supports Crime Prc- vcn+tion year round in our corntrhu- nity,"•said kg s. brush and other garltliee. There will be a lunth at the vil- lege office afterwards on Saturday May 9 forthe cleanup crews. "It's going to take it l week . 1 think it's something we can do eve- ry year," said Harold Andrea, one of the project's organizers. "The idea is to clean up the green more arrest blt 10 `ate," commented councillor Ps1 Councillor Phil Maguire pointed out all council members will be in- volved in the project. Appropriately, there will be a ribber boot dance ori the Saturday evening. Police board says two flour parking $nomgh, BIA disagrees BitEIfR - Street perking will remain at a two-hour limit for die Omni! Thad asked the Police Services "Board to reconsider die 'pttdrlpg limit in Bxeter's commercial haeas after a usher of complaint vnassteuelvved'by council from aesidetttwho'argned two hears is not enough for -some shoppers. The Imerd report, presented at tgst Wednesday's -council meeting, concluded two hours is adecpnite in -'tees. - Atitxarded ow as "ant an op- _ 'don." 'Chebosrdilso recommended members of theBIA (Business im- provement Area) -be encouraged to ore off -sweet panting. However, councillor Ben Hoogenboom appeared unhappy with Me 'report's conclusions and told the :board the BIA had• asked for longer parking limits in order to encourage shopping. "After looking at all the options and the time it takes to enforce "parkhig:..over a long period of time we have only received one complaint," :said police board chairman Sharon Wunn, who said while -there may •always be extenuating cinannstartces, two hours should-be.adequate. 'Councilor -Bob Spears said the BIA met last Tuesday and dis- cussed the Police Services Board letter. While they agree parking meters:are not needed, they also -recognize there:ate inconsistencies -in ticketing-aars over the two hour limit. "If we -are -going to be=inconsistent, we.should beinconsistent at theihree or four hour level, and not at the two hour level," comment- ed Spears, who saidthe BIA agreed two hours is often not enough. Shoppers should not, like in London, be fearing tickets like QAP towing. "We're not asking for more manpower or more police to enforce it," said Spears. "We just want more time before ticketing..it's a public relations thing." Wumi agreed to review the matter at the next board meeting. Paving planned for Exeter's Carling qtr -sit EXETER - Homeowners on Car- ling ,Street, between Gilley ,and N4e1a0nAlnn.eapect a;liUIC iunstruc- Aiiu dkinicuoLof.theirigiuses in the -nextfew weeks as crews ,pre- pare the street for a fresh coat of as- phalt. Council has awarded a $173,866.17 tender to Bimam Ex- cavating of RR6 Forest td recon- struct that section of Curling Street. All seven bidders on the contract - carne in below the S217,800 works superintendent Glen Kells estimat- ed on tie project. , Unfortunately the savings on the tender are not all good news for tic town. Because tie Minisiry'of Transportation pro- vides grants to assist such road work, if Exeter does not spend all allotted grants, then less grant mon- ey may be available to Exeter in fu- wrc years. Reeve Bill Micklc told council that extra grant money may be ap- plied to improve drainage on Fran- cis Street. -Correcti9n A photo option ,in . jytst wick's paper incorrectly attributed the ef- forts of a nursery school to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy with a hop -a -icon. The nursery school which raised $1,894.$0 was the Toddler's .Inn, not the Tinker Tots. The Times Advocate regrets tic ;ggor. 40, Woman fined driving With suspended license 'EXEThR - A Zurich woman' faces fines of rover 5700 Mier pleading -guilty to two images of driving -while suspended in Justice of the Peace Court in Eoroter.iast Tuesday. Maryjane Totten of Zurich pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while suspended. 'Tine court was told by police -that on March 1 they saw the ..accused • travelling north along Goshen St. around 1:45 arn. The• driver was -known-.to the officer who also -knew -her -license had .been suspended for unpaid fines. The accused also admitted to knowing of her suspension. further investigation -showed the driver -had her license suspended beginning October 1, 1991 fordemerit points with an expiry date of March 31, 1992. ,A second suspension began December 24, 1991 for an indefinite -length due to unpaid fines which have -shire been paid. Justice of.the Peace Karen Sturdy handed Totten a fine of $253.75 with 60 days ILO pay. 'Touen,also.enteredd a guilty plea to asecond charge of dr:ling un- der autpanaaon, resulting in her third conviction for driving under suspension. Totten was fined $503.75 and given 60 days to pay - Seatbelt violation Dennis MacDonald of Huron Park entered a not guilty plea to a cbarge,of.failing to -wear a complete seatbelt assembly, after an acci- dent February 28 which left one person in critical condition. MacDonald testified that on that night he and his wife were to- .gether.with Wayne Denemme and his girlfriend, playing dans at the A lbaiross Tavern. The foursome then Wok two vehicles to Lester's Rogdhouseatqund 10 p.m. where they remained until last call. The two -vehicles-then followed each other along Highway 4 in Stephen) To esbip„And all three individuals testified the MacDonald vehicle was in the lead when the Denomme vehicle pulled out to pass. The nomme-vehicle iben pulled back in just before the turn lane at the:inlecaection of Highway 4 and County.Road 4 with no signal on. The driver's ,wheels went out over the centre line and ten Aimed ,in front of the MacDonald .vehicle 40 go right onto County Road 4. The, MacDonald ,vehicle bad oo c,hance to avoid an acci- dent. Both the accused and his wife said MacDonald was wearing his aielthelt, but the MacDonald vehicle had a hole in Jbe windshield the =Awe and size of his head, the steering wheel was crumpled and he haired 25 stitches to his knee. MacDonald was fined $78.75 with 60 days to pay. No insurance William Pole of Zurich entered a guilty pleats a charge of driving .with no insurance folluwipg an jn4dent February 4 on Highway 84 ifHay Township. The court was told that on February 15 an officer was,slpproached by Richard Webber of Hensel! who claimed that around 4:30 p.m. on February 4, the accused had coin to hint and informsd him that he had struck Webber's vehicle in a parking lot. 'ihe,aoekatndprom- ised to make restitution but has since failed to do so. Further investigation slowed the accused drove,..4om Barter to 1lensali.without insurance. Total damage tolwth t 6i satpns$7c0• Pole was fined $503.75 and givice�Lh 14140. ay Lloyd R. Morden of Dashwood ed,,a„ppt ,guilty plya 10 a cht ugc of speeding 110 km in an 80 km . An officer told the court he set up radar March 8 un Highway 83 in Stcphcn Township west of Exeter and recorded an oncoming ve- hicle ravelling 114 km/h. The .weather was wet and foggy with l00 -150m visibility. The officer followed the vehicle which diem slowed to 95 km. The accused informed the court that be had his crwse conUol locked in at 84 km/h. Morden was issued a suspended sentence on the cousktipn he have bis Car odometer and cruise wafrol4ififijkad. tett the gviction and demerit points Would, stand.