Times Advocate, 1992-08-05, Page 3i
West
Wawanosh
marks
125th year
BLYTH - West Wawanosh
Township celebrated its 125th
anniversary on the weekend of
July 25-26. The North Huron
Citizen reports that crowds for
all events were excellent, and
the parade included 165 floats.
Golf courses
bemoan
deluge
GODERICH - Unlike the golf
courses in the Exeter area, those
near Goderich are fmding that
the recent wet weather has hurt
their business.
Sand traps are full of water,
the fairways are too wet to use
riding cans, and the grass can't
be trimmed because of the wa-
terlogged growtds.
"People just aren't coming
out," Shirley Baechler, owner of
the Goderich Sunset Golf Club
to told the Signal -Star. "The
weather makes them think
twice."
U.S. cadet
ship to offer
tours
GODERICH - The Pride of
Michigan, a training vessel for
the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps
will be docking in Goderich this
weekend and will be open for
tours.
The 80 -foot ship with a crew
of 24 has been on a summer tour
of the Great Lakes, with one re-
search project to study the zebra
mussel problem.
Drugs
stolen from
hospital
For ST. YS
ST. YS the second
time in less than two months,
drugs have been stolen from St.
Marys Memorial Hospital.
Fifty ampoules of the narcotic
Demerol were stolen from a
drug cabinet in the obstetrical
unit nursing station on July 19.
.Both .the .door to .the cabinet
and the safe holding the drugs
were forced open.
A similar theft occurred on
May 19.
A suspect is being sought, de-
scribed as a white male in his
Late 30s.
200
audition for
TV extras
VANASTRA - About 200
children and adults tuned up to
audition for parts in a CBC tele-
vision film on the Steven Trus -
con case on July 25.
The film will be part of the
Scales of Justice series. Film-
ing will take place in the area
between August 26 and Septem-
ber 5. More auditions are ex-
pected in coming weeks reports
the News -Record, as not enough
auscults auditioned for the 100
men needed for an aerial shot re-
creating the search for Lynne
Harper.
Policing
survey
PARKHILL - A team of eight
wciventity students will be sur-
veying Parkhill residents and
business operators on their atti-
tadcs towards crime, safety and
pollee service in the town re -
porta the Parkhill Gazette.
The Parkhill OPP detachment
in due to close in November, in
fsvour of police coverage
proved through the Strathroy de-
tachment.
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Tractor stolen, car vandalized
EXETER - The Exeter OPP are
investigating the theft of a wants
from a litrm just north of Exeter.
The theft, which occurred last Sun-
day evening, involved a 1970 Mas-
sey 1 guson, Model 135 'tractor,
which was later located in Tucker -
smith Township on Concession 11.
Anyone with information about
this theft is being asked to contact
the OPP or Crime Stoppers.
This Saturday night, a car parked
at the Dashwood Ball Park was
damaged by vandals who scratched
the hood, trunk and sides with a
sharp instrument. The vehicle was
a blue 1984 Camaro. Again, police
are asking for anyone with informa-
tion about this crime to come for-
ward and oonttret them or Crime
Stoppers at 1-800-265-1777.
During the past week, Exeter
OPP detachment members respond-
ed $o 32 general occurrences, laid
what they call "numerous" highway
traffic act charges as well as two
Skydiving a blast
Continued from page 2
through lectures, demonstrations,
videos and practice.
I found the use of video to dem-
onstrate the dismount from the air-
craft, freefall arch technique and
proper canopy inflation was an ex-
tremely useful tool to build confi-
dence among my class.
"The whole idea of using freefall
video has become more popular in
the last few years. It is a worth-
while teaching tool because you
can see what you're doing wrong,"
explains Wright.
Christie Garvey of Toronto felt
the entire course was confidence
building not only because of the
use of video, but also the repetition
throughout the course of important
parts of the jump.
"I thought they certainly took
enough time. There were so many
things drilled into your head," said
Garvey.
Tom Lancaster of London also
found the first jump course ex-
tremely helpful.
"1t was great. My fust jump I
tagged the (landing) circle," he
said.
Out of the nine people in my
course there was only one student
who didn't land within the 20 metre
radius circle. Everyone found the
radio instructions from the ground
easy to follow, making for an al-
most relaxing ride to the ground
and precise, on -target landings.
"I was very comfortable with
Bob's directions coming down and
with the parachute," said Tom Lee
of Toronto. "It was easy coming
down (in the parachute)."
The ease with which most people
land from the 4,000 foot parachute
descent is often surprising. It is
made possible by the use of the
modern "ramair" or rectangular
wing parachutes, which GBSPC
was the first to offer, in replace of
the old military -style round cano-
pies.
Because the round canopies de-
scend at a much higher vertical
speed and are not very maneuvera-
ble, the jumper is forced to roll
upon landing.
Rectangular chutes enable a
much gentler "stand-up" landing
because they create lift like a glid-
er giving greater horizontal speed
and are easily maneuvered left or
right.
Despite the fact we had 'even
hours of instructions before going
up in the plane, no one could deny
being apprehensive when it came
down to the actual jump. No mat-
ter how many practice jumps off
the mock airplane we made or vid-
eos we watched, nothing could
compare to what we would experi-
ence in the air.
Wright's experience with stu-
dents has taught him how to recog-
nize and deal with nervousness in
students.
"The . average person's -appear-
ance changes during the airplane
ride. On the ground they look
mare relaxed. If people are obvi-
ously getting over nervous there
are little tricks. ... The usual sports
psychology," says Wright. "We
usually have people mentally re-
hearse their reactions to the jump
off the plane," to keep them calm.
While many say they would nev-
er take the plunge because of their
fear of heights, Wright rationalizes
this thought by joking, "People
who say they're afraid of heights,
aren't. They're afraid of the
ground."
Is that supposed to make me feel
better? Somehow it did.
Quiet
weekend
in the
Bend
GRAND BEND - Over 20,000
visitors to Grand Bend for the Civic
Holiday weekend were fairly well
behaved according to the local OPP
detachment
Officials numbers on the long
weekend report only 150 Liquor Li-
cese Act charges were laid which is
down considerably from other long
weekends.
The OPP also laid 10 Highway
Traffic Act charges, nine other pro-
vincial charges (including enviro-
mental act charges) and issued two
12 -hour driving suspensions. There
were also nine Criminal Code
charges.
Correction
In the July 29 issue of the Times
Advocate, a phrase was omiucd
from a sentence in a letter to the ed-
itor during typesetting.
The letter, "In favour of Swim-
mer Report", should have quoted
from the report as "given the essen-
tiality of emergency ambulance ser-
vices, an unlimited right to strike
would not be appropriate. All par-
ties prefer a limited strike where
sufficient employees would be
available to answer emergency
calls...
The Times Advocate regrets the
omission.
Probation ordered
after assault on boy
EXETER - A 39 year-old Huron Park man was put on 12 months
of probation for a conviction he received on an assault charge in
Provincial cant in Exeter last Tuesday.
Khamphouk Phongsa of 296 Algonquin Dr. pleaded guilty to the
charge. for an incident which occurred on June 29. The court heard
that at 2:30 p.m. at the
Phongaa's residence, the
accused received a com-
plaint from his son that a
neighbourhood friend,
Tony Wood, would not re-
turn his con's soccer ball
they were playing with.
When Phongsa asked the
boy to return the ball to his son, he deliberately threw it as far away
as be could.
The court heard the accused kicked Wood in the behind and once
in the leg. He received a bruise.
Judge Debra Livingstone took into consideration that the accused
had cooperated with the police and apologised to the boy's fancily
when patting him on 12 months probation. The judge also told him
to keep the peace. and not communicate in. anyway with the neigh-
bour unless through the police or lawyer.
BAC over 80
Derrick Martin of Lot 22, Zurich pleaded guilty to laving a Blood
alcohol count over 80 mg.
'tire court heard that on June 12 at 11:14 p,m., Martin was seen by
polite driving went on Highway 84 in Zurich .and his vehicle had
driven off the rad. Breathalyser reading at the Baster OAP. of-
froe.ware 170 and 150.
Judge Deina Livingstone sentenced Martin in.a $700 foe with six
month. to:pay and his licence was suspended fur ass year.
12 -hour driver license suspensions
and Ong charge of impaired driving.
,a pickup Duck
driven by Steven Johns of RR1
Woodham and a car driven by Car-
man Cann of RR3 Exeter, collided
on Highway 4 north of Exeter. No
injuries resulted, say police, despite
severe damage to the Cavin vehicle
and light damage to the Johus
truck.
Mar(%uana seized, police
charge Exeter man with
narcotics possession
EXETER - An Exeter rnan is to appear in coup on August 11 on
charges of possession of a narootic.
The Exeter OPP executed a search wtrant of 411 Main St. Exeter
with the assistance of the town police. Seized was a small quantity
of marijuana, say police.
Charged with possession of a narcotic is Frank Ducharme of 411
Main Street._
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