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Times -Advocate, October 7, 1992
Page 3
Mason
uncovers
time cap-
sule
ST. MARYS - A stone mason
at Holy Name Church in St.
Marys uncovered the past re-
cently while removing the
church cornerstone.
According to the St. Marys
Journal Argus, Carlos Boscarato
was removing the stone to see if
a ume capsule could be placed
inside when he discovered a cap-
sule already there. Once
opened, the capsule divulged
four coins, a letter written in
Latin and tour newspapers, m -
eluding a Journal Argus dated
September 8, 1892.
The only record of the corner-
stone being laid came from a
copy of the Catholic Record,
tound inside the capsule. It gave
a brief story of it being laid dur-
ing the opening of the church.
Other papers included the
Catholic News and Catholic
Weekly Review. Coins included
an 1874 quarter, a large penny
from 1882, an 1891 nickel and a
dime tram 1892.
Man falls
from grain
bin
AILSA CRAIG! - A Parkhill
area man underwent rune and a
half hours of surgery at Hamil-
ton General Hospital after he fell
from a grain bin last Thursday at
The Great Canadian Bean Com-
pany southeast of Ailsa Craig.
As reported in the Parkhill Ga-
zelle, John Vander Kant, 20,
was helping take measurements
in preparation for installation of
a new elevating device when he
slipped while jumping from one
bin to an adjacent bin which was
slightly higher Vander Kant
fell 25-30 feet onto concrete.
Ailsa Craig and Area firefight-
ers were called in with ropes and
ladders to assist North Middles-
ex Ambulance attendants in re-
moving the man from the space
between bins.
Vander Kant suffered a frac-
tured pelvis, broken ankle, brok-
en wnst and bruises to his head.
At last word, he was reported in
intensive care under heavy seda-
tion following pelvic restoration.
Traffic
accident
.claims
youngster
GODERI - A traffic acci-
dent has claimed the life of a
nine-year-old Goderich boy.
According to the Goderich
Signal -Star, Jonathan Wraith
died Friday in Victoria Hospital
in London after an accident
Thursday. Wraith was riding his
bicycle around 5:35 p.m. when
he failed to stop for a slop sigq
at the intersection of Raglan an
McDonald Streets. He was
struck by a northbound vehicle
on McDonald SL
No charges will be laid against
the driver, a 33 -year-old Dun-
gannon man.
Mitchell
hunter
found alive
GODERICH - A 68 -year-old
Mitchell man is safe after being
lost for four days in the Pickle
Lake arca. about 240 km north
of Thunder Bay.
As reported in the Goderich
Signal -Star, Ernest Bayer trav-
elled to the area to do some
moose hunting. He became lost
September 18 when he went to
search for moose tracks.
Police were called out to
search for the man using track-
ing dogs and helicopters, and
several volunteers also look part.
Bayer managed to make his
way to a road on September 22
where he was picked up by res-
cuers.
In Grand Bend
Bag and tag collection underway
By Fred Groves
T -A staff
GRAND BEND - So far so good.
Monday' morning at 7 a.m. the
garbage trucks rolled through
Grand Bend but MacDonald Sani-
tation which was picking up the
trash were making certain residents
were using the new tag and bag
method.
Last month, village council an-
nounced a user pay system in
which residents bought a tag for $2
and put it on their .garbage bags;
Those not tagged were not picked
up. .
There were still some signs of
residents not disposing of their gar-
bage properly, but on a brief tour
of the village, the Times -Advocate
saw no signs of trash being
dumped where it's not supposed to.
"Our concept is to work with
people but Grand Bend people are
responsible," said mayor Tom
Lawson.
Grand Bend continues to have a
large budget for waste manage-
ment, especially with the closure of
its landfill and believe the revenue
raised from the tags will help offset
the costs to transport garbage to
Watford.
There are an estimated 700 hun-
dred residences in Grand Bend, but
many of those are seasonal couages
and at Monday night's council
meeting it was announced there
were well over 600 tags sold.
"Some people will take their gar-
bage back home with them if it's
ties because of the many anal com-
munities which, like Zurich have
their own methods of garbage col-
lection.
"At the present time, they'll
(Lambton municipalities] sit back,
watch Grand Bend and see how it
works," said Bilton.
Grand Bend recently sent out an
information brochure to residences,
stating' the waste management prob-
lems in village and introducing the
new bag and tag system.
In that, there was not only some
helpful hints about recycling but
also, alternate disposal contractors
for those who want to get rid 01
their trash on their own.
Smoking
bylaw on way
EXETER - A bylaw "to protect
the residents of Exeter from sec-
' and -hand smoke" is in the works
and tray be passed sometime this
month.
Town council have been working
on the bylaw that would define no -
smoking areas of public places in
Exeter for several months. Council
gave first and second reading to thc
bylaw Monday evening, but reeve
Bill Mickle said since a copy of thc
bylaw was not available to council,
the final vote should be tabled until
the next meeting.
Council agreed to the delay and
mayor Bruce Shaw promised a
"vigorous discussion" once the by-
law is presented.
"You'd better not schedule much
else for that night," commented
Grand Bend's garbage police on duty?
convienent," said Lawson.
Among those who were on hand
to witness the new program Mon-
day was Zurich reeve and Huron
County warden Bob Fisher who
said his municipality is also think-
ing about a user pay situation simi-
lar to bag and tag.
"We talked about it two years ago
but when you share a landfill with
Youth receives fine
after auto mishap
EXETER - A Hensall youth pleaded guilty to an amended charge
last Tuesday in the only case heard in Exeter Court.
Kevin W. Bender of Hensall entered a guilty plea to a charge of
leaving the road not in safety in connection with an incident July 18.
The court heard Bender was driving under a beginners permit with
a licensed driver m the
car. After coming to a
stop at a stop sign, Bender
attempted to turn west
onto Thames Road in Ex-
eter. The accused acceler-
ated too fast, lost control
and drove onto a lawn
where the vehicle struck a
hedge.
Jusuce of the Peace Karen Sturdy fined Bender $78.75 giving him
three months to pay.
Two assault cases
result in charges
EXETER - Two men have been
charged by the Exeter Police in the
past week in unrelated _assault cas-
es.
Police say on Thursday an Exeter
woman had just entered her garage
on her way to work when she was
grabbed from behind by a man who
used to be a friend of hers. When
the woman screamed, the man fled.
The man was arrested a short
time later by the police and has
been charged with break, enter, and
assault_
On Friday, the director of the
WOTCH Community' Club on
Thames Road W. reported to police
a physical assault onhim by one of
the workplace's employees. Police
arrested the man a short time later
and say charges are pending.
On Friday morning, police inves
ligated a complaint from an Exeter
man who found his vehicle erten
sively vandalized. The vehicle hail
been damaged with a pipc and a
brick, say police. The investigation
in ongoing, but police say charge',
are pending against several per
sons.
HOLIDAY
ADVERTISING
DEADLINE
for next week's newspaper
Because of the holiday
Monday, all advertising
must be in our office by
Friday afternoon in order
for us to maintainfour
publishing schedule.
someone (Hay Township], it's diffi-
cult." said Fisher.
Zurich has a somewhat unique
situation where residents of that vil-
lage arc responsible for their own
garbage pickup.
"In Zurich we don't charge tor
pickup. It's a private contractor who
charges the individuals. The chap
driving the truck doesn't care what
[amount] goes in the landfill."
Fisher said that the village and
Hay Township are going to be
meeting again to discuss their
waste management situation and
noted a user pay system, initiated
by the municipality could help pay
tor the upkeep of the landfill.
He said that in 10 or 12 years the
landfill they share will have no re-
maining capacity.
Bill Bilton, warden of Lambton
County was on hand to see how the
new program in Grand Bend works
and he said although it is a good
idea for the village it could be
tough to have m other municipali-
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