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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1993-01-27, Page 3Times -Advocate, January 27, 1993 Picot Nursery school to re -open MITCHELL - On February 1 nursery school students will be reunited with their friends at Grace Lutheran Church after a fire destroyed their original classroom . Last week Judith Cooper, offi- cial of .the Ministry of Commu- nity and Social Social Services, approved the chuich as the new venue for the Mitchell and Dis- trict Co -Operative 'Nursery , School. According to the Mitchell Ad- vocate, the majority of the toys will be in the class by the first day of school. Barb Boyne, Nursery School Board president, expects all the equipment to be in the temporary cla_ .sroom by March 1. Since the board's meeting with parents on January 11, about 35 parents volunteered to help paint the loft and shelves; assemble climber equipment; and photo- copy -papers in the filing cabinet at the school among other tasks. Graveyard vandals sentenced ST., MARYS - A vandalistic rampage through .St. Marys Ce- metery last October :bas netted two youths 120 hours of com- munity.sevice. According to _the Journal Ar-' gas, the two, who cannot be identified 'widerihe Young Of- fenders Act, were among four charged with mischief for top- pling 54 grave stones causing an estimated 52.586 damage. All four involved in the inci- dent pleaded guilty. Citizens cDntrol fate Lir police department ST. MARYS - The citizens of St. Mar/slave-been invited by the provincial government to participate in a :decision about the future of the police depart - mem. According to the Journal Ar- gus, John Mitchell, manager of contract police section of Onta- rio Provincial Police, explained- -at the recent meeting with town council, the police service board and members of the police de- partment, that such input is im- portant to get an idea of what the municipality expects from its police force. Over the next few months an investigation of the cost of trans- ferring serviceswill involve in- terviews with town officials and ,citizens, and a public hearing. According to officials, the St. Marys police department could be history as soon as six months from now, but it could also take up to two years before a change is affected. John Kopinak, the town's po- lice service advisor from the Ministry of the Solictor General, addressed the.issue of the gener- al OPP costing process, and ex- plained • that the meeting was step four in a 10 -step process which began when council offi- cially requested a study. Wallet theft gets slow response SEAFORTH - A Seaforth po- lice officer, who failed to re- spond immediately to a call, is facing disciplinary measures. According to the Huron Ex- positor, a recent letter appearing in the newspaper outlined a complaint that police did not ad- Igrypttely respond to.the theft of a nwMet. This latter led to the of- ficer being reprimanded which entails the loss of one day stand- by time and a two-year notice will be put in his file. 1 Disentanglement Trading welfare for road costs By Fred Groves T -A staff TORONTO - For now, they've agreed to agree. Following over a year of discus- sion, debate and compromising, the Association of Municipalities (AMO) and the provincial govern- ment have decided to share costs. As part of a process which has been dubbed disentanglement, the province will, as of January, 1994, pay for 100 percent of General Welfare Assistance Allowances. In return, counties and regions will become responsible for the upkeep of some 2,200 kilometres of pro- vincial highways. "This is a very important agree- ment for municipalities," said for - :liner AMO president John Harrison • in a press release. "It means we will be able to budget for local pri- orities without having to worry about massive welfare expendi- tures over which we have no con- trol." Harrison and Municipal Affairs Minister Dave Cooke co-chaired the 12 -member Disentanglement Steering Committee which an- nounced the agreement at a news conference Friday morning. Municipalities now pay about 20 ;rpercent of the cost of General Wel- nfare Assistance allowances which :.is estimated over $350 million in `1992. "This thing has been going on for over a year, we set time lines. It had to be serious and not just an- -.other government study," said Hu: ion MPP Paul Klopp, Monday -morning from his Toronto office. Besides, the maintenance of _.highways, the municipalities will :ualso become responsible for prop - 'lefty assessment services. �1ikoth : levels . of _government be- lieve that property. taxes, should not fund an income redistribution program suclr.as general welfare :allowances: To.offset this increased provincialexpendiwte, the steering committee -identified a number of areas which municipalities could .1sspume more program and funding arelponsibilities. Klopp said he is satisfied with the agreement but noted that local mu- nicipalities will have the opportuni- ty to give their opinions. "It still has to goio all the munic- ipalities for review. There might be .a couple of modifications," said Klopp. "I've gone through it and it molds reasonably fair. They'll be . nffisztoad," he added. Exeter reeve Bill Mickle, an ex- •.ecutive member of AMO, said the ,;only concern he has is about the [connecting link of Highway 4 of .wiich the Town of Exeter has al- stepdy resumed some respo>tsibility of the highway. He said the Huron County Roads department is capable of taking on all the highways. "We have the manpower and the equipment. Budget wise, we'll be getting credit against the welfare," said Mickle. Also as part of the agreement, the annual unconditional grunts to mu- nicipalities would be reduced by 5165 million, effective January 1, 1994. The grants will be adjusted municipality by municipality to en- sure that none will have to 4i w its taxes because of disentanglentent. Ani point in the agreement is police ice budgets which, in the past, has been an area of confroata- tion between Exciter and its local board. A voluntary local mediation pro- cess will be established for 'Midget hews on which the board and the municipal council cannot agree, but council will make the final decision on the budget. 'Council is now responsible and they have a say on how much is spent on policing," said Mickle. Tho disentanglement process was necessary because the province and the municipalities share responsi- bility of more than 100 services leading to overlap, duplication and confusion. Disentanglement also addresses the questions of which level of gov- ernment should set policies for a particular program or service, which is best suited to deliver it and which should fund it and how. January's cruel temperatures made for dangerous driving conditions Monday morning as drivers attempted to negotiate the slick roadways and avoid ditches. Mary Elliott of Clinton was not very successful. According to Constable Graham of the Lucan OPP, she was driving south on Highway 4 at about 7:45 a.m. when the school bus ahead of her slowed down to stop. As she braked, Elliott lost control of her vehicle. Her Corsica flipped over and landed upside down In the ditch at Biddulph Road 10. Elliot was wearing her seat belt and police report that she was not Injured. Damage to her vehicle is esti- mated at $1,000. According to Lucan police, several cars ended up in ditches on Mon- day moming because of the icy conditions, though little damage was sustained. No vehicle insurance nets costly fine EXETER - A Tiensallimuipleaded guilty in Justice of the Peace Court last Tuesday to a charge of permitting the operation of a vehi- cle with no insurance. The court heard chat on October 17 William Towton was a passen- ger in his own car which was driven by a friend. The car was found to have no insurance. Towson faces, a fine of $505 with 30 days to pay. Under Suspension :David Reintjes of Sal- ford entered a not guilty plea to a charge of driving - while under suspension. The court heard that Ex- eter OPP stopped Reintjes on Highway -4 in Hensall owAugust 5 when he cut off a car driven by a police officer. Police, henndiccovered that his licence was under suspension. Reintjes was not in court and a trial was held by ex -parte. He was fined $503.75 with four months to pay. Not sharing roadway A fine of 590, including cost, with 30 days to pay was levied against Mark Wallace of Nanstra for pleading guilty to a charge of not sharing the roadway. Police testimony said that they were called on November 20 to iJ ighway 21 where a car became wedged.beneath a tractor trailer tndriven by Wallace. The tractor trailer was backing into a driveway and began taking up more of the road when the the north -bound car became.wedged. Disobeying stop sign Robert Rowcliffe of Zurich pleaded guilty to a charge of disobey- ing a stop sign. The court heard that an OPP officer on routine patrol on July 18, observed a vehicle going through a stop sign on concession 2-3 trav- elling 60 km/h. Rowcliffe was fined 578.75, including costs, with 60 to pay. Failing to sign permit A Hensall-man entered a plea of guilty to a charge of failing ton his vehicle ownership permit. The court heard that OPP on patmi on November 18 stopped Leslie Bene for speeding north on Highway 4 in Osborne Township. Offi- cer noticed that ownership to Bene's vehicle was not signed. He was warned about excessive speeding. Bene was fined 578.75 with 4 months to pay. Speeding Brendan Dineen of St. Agatha entered a guilty plea to a charge of speeding that occurred December 20. Police told the court that Dineen was travelling east on Highway 83, Usbome Township, at 142 km/h in a 80 km/h zone. A fine of 5550, plus $5 cost was levied against Dineen with 30 days to pay. Liquor underage Stanley Partridge of Exeter pleaded guilty to a charge of being un- der 19 and having liquor. The incident took place October 21. Partridge was fined 5103.75 with 60 days to pay. Correction In last week's court report the amount of a fine levied against I glas Ducharme was omitted. ' Ducharme was fined 5750 plus two $ 5 aurcharges for one count of assault and two counts of mischief, or 30,daysin jail. The Tinos Advocate regrets this error. In court 'i$'0 �r PISIE* ONS BIT ONLY!!! SATURDAY, JANUARY 30th, 1993 'CERTAIN CONDITIONS APPLY DON' -i MISS OUT ON THIS UNBELIEVABLE ONE DAY SALE ON THE MOTOROLA TOTE PHONi DROP IN OR CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION AND RESERVE YOUR PHONE TODAY. 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