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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1993-09-15, Page 1Ir. -- _- .. '-- Terry Fox Runs This Sunday Exeter and Zurich A Gainer-Kneale Insurance Service Experience Value 235.2420 North Middlesex & Lambtr►rt 75 cents rSUBSCRIBE! 1 I you aren't subscribing to The 1 rimes -Advocate, you're missing out. I Use the coupon below and 1 subscnbe today! 1 Name: I Address City IProv ''Postal Code SU88CRfPTION RATES: Canada Within 40 mites - (65 km) addressed to non letter carrier addresses $30.00 plus $2.10 G.S.T. I• Outside 40 miles - (65 km) or any letter carrier address $60.00 + $4.20 G.S.T. Outside Canada - $68.00 USE YOUR CREDITCARD 00000000 1 CIDELICIOCIO Card No. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' Expiry Date ❑ Visa 0 Master Card 1 Cheque enclosed '{return to: TIMES ADVOCATE L424 Main SI. Exeter, Ont. NOM 1S6 —ad.--a.1 1 Inside Election Off and running page 3 Ward Allen Fiddler in Hall of Fame page 13 Reunion Dashwood Stars look back Second front Battle O f t 1: �. signs t,cgi ,, ti Can that be a Reform Party sign on Gibby Gibson's Wellington Street lawn? An ardent Tory all his life, he can't believe his eyes. But the sign is his wife Zella's, who says she'll be voting for the new party on the block this October. Gibby says he den understand his wife's views, but still can't wait to get his own Progressive Conservative sign up beside it. Telephone D� �tors tiir�aten to swindlers at it again withdraw services EXETER - The Exeter OPP are warning local residents once again to be wary of con -artists who oper- ate over the telephone. Police say a local resident was swindled out of $3,200 in July when he was contacted by a compa- ny claiming to be C.F. Novelties Inc. of Montreal. He was told he had won a Ford van and a boat, and to receive them he was told he had only to pay half the freight charges, $1,605. The victim was contacted a second time and another $1,605 was paid. To date, no van or boat has been receive and $3,210 is gone. Police caution residents to be aware that if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Other local residents have con- tacted the Times Advocate about similar schemes, and say the callers become quickly disinterested if you say you have no credit cards through which to make the 'freight charges". Valuable .statue stolen sfrom ikakwood Inn GRAND BEND - A valuable t statue was stolen from Oakwood i Inn last week. The Exeter OPP say a bronze sculpture. which stands in a hall- way of Oakwood Inn near the pool patio was taken from its stand s� etime between 11 a.m. and 9 P•m. on Labour Day Monday. A."Remington" bronze. named "The Mountain Man", the statue is • about 80 cm tall (2 112'), weighs aaout 45 kilos (100 lbs) and is val- ued at -between $10.000 and 515.000. Anyone with information about the crime is asked to contact the Exeter OPP at 235-1300, or Crime Stoppers at 1-880-265-1777. By Fred Groves T -A staff EXETER - Four Exeter doctors who provide emer- gency room services to the South Huron Hospital say they will withdraw those services unless the local hos- pital pays them an average of $65 an hour to,be on call. Following several months of negotiating between the doctors and the hospital's board, the doctors have set today as the deadline for an agreement. The doctors want to be paid for being on call'when it is their turn to be responsible for the emergency room. They have asked for $60 per hour during the day and $70 per at night. Dr. Linda Steele, chief of the medical staff at the hospital has said that if the hospital is not willing to pay the hourly rate, then the doctors will stop providing services on Sep- tember 22. "We feel administration is getting something for nothing," said Dr. Jerry Jadd. Doctors have had the hourly pay } • rate policy in their minutes since • hospital, the doctors had asked for $60 during the day and $80 at night. Steele said that hospital administrator Don Curren agreed to $60 and $70. The doctors are not doing all the negotiating them- selves. A group called Med Emerg Inc. is doing some of it on behalf of the doctors. Med Emerg Inc. is a company which supplies doc- tors in certain situations. Manager John Park has been communicating with the hospital and the Ontario Med- ical Association. No agreement reached: Park along with the media, received a press release Friday at noon before, according to Steele, all the details with the doctors had been ironed out. "This was the straw that broke the camel's back," said Steele. In the press release issued follow- ing the Thursday night hospital board meeting, the hospital says it will cost $200,000 a year for emer- gency room services as dictated by the doctors. Curren said that if the doctors withdraw their services, it would mean the immediate closing of the "Up to this pointe'' we've been volunteers. The Ministry of Health; are funding emergency rooms in` rural hospitals on the 94$9.. ie4O4tors." 1989 bu have only pushed the proposal tkittataev- era! mon s. The doctors say that if the emergency room is closed, they will still see their own patients but those patients will have to call the doctors directly. They also said any patients who are currently at the hospital as in -patients could be transfered to be under the care of Goderich and Clinton doctors who have of- fered their services. Steele said at one time during negotiations with the Vandals roaming streets of Hensall, council told By Catherine O'Brien T -A staff HENSALL - Merchants in the village are tired of taming a blind eye to chronic vandalism that's taking place. They are also concerned by the absence of a police presence in the area. Hensall council agreed the problem is on the rise and police protection is lacking. That was the bottom line response to a letter sent to council Monday night by a local merchant. The merchant said he has been discussing the problem with other busi- ness owners in the village and they agreed vandalism and theft is out of hand, but they are concerned that speaking out will only make them tar- gets for more vandalism. He went on to list the amount of damage to his store over the past year and a half which amounted to $3,400. The end result has been skyrocket- ing insurance rates. But it's not just broken windows, there is also a problem of chronic theft in the village. • "There was another break-in on the weekend," said councillor Butch Hoffman. - Council agreed with the merchants' request to contact the OPP com- mander in Mount Forest and explain the urgent need for increased OPP patrol in and around Hensall. The merchant said the village is quickly getting a reputation of being an unsafe place for property owners and community members. "I think everyone realizes they're under budget constraints, but we need more protection," said councillor Jeff Reaburn. Zurich and Exeter Cancer fighters take to streets Sunday in Terry Fox Runs EXETER - Raising money for the fight against cancer takes centre stage this Sunday as peo- ple across Ontario and Canada join in hundreds of local Terry Fox Runs. in linter, the Tony Fox Run l Paris at noon: onparticipants can join in until 3 p.m. The 10- kilometre route goes along Exet- er's streets and sidewalks. Sponsors sheets are available to interested participants at Ma- cLeans Home Hardware, Oscar's Video, The Bank of Nova Scotia (also a corporate sponsor of the Terry Fox Foundation), the Ca- nadian Imperial Bank of Com- merce, the South Hu- Recrea- tion Centre, and a' Times Advocate (sponsor o. Exeter Run). In Zurich, the Run will start from the community centre park at 2 p.m. Participants wishing to join in the run, but not wanting to col- lect sponsored donations are in- vited to attend. Donations by R.chcgye- l.ps.act peed Ibpsh un sites. The routes do not have to be run, participants can walk, cy- cle, roller blade, or even skate- board their 10 kilometres to complete the course. Every dollar raised on Sep- tember 19 will go directly to cancer research. The Terry Fox Foundation is supported by oth- er funds from corporate spon- son T -s .urs and buttons celebrat- .ng the Run will also be on sale at both events. emergency room. "1f we don't have doctors we just have to say it's (emergency room) closed and go somewhere else." He also said that due to financial restraints, if the $200,000 was paid, it would result in services being delayed and even staff layoffs. On Monday at the South Huron Hospital Medical Advisory Committee meeting there was little negotia- tion done but rather a barrage of words and accuse - Continued on page three. yVhy not every three years? asks Drummond Annual appreciation banquet defended by councillors EXETER - Attacked by some as the "mayor's private party" in the past, the annual town appreciation banquet will continue. When town council was told last Tuesday evening that the banquet is scheduled for October 27 at the Li- ons Youth Centre, councillor Rob- ert Drummond raised the question of whether the annual dinner was necessary. Drummond argued that perhaps the banquet might be held only once each three-year council term, not annually. Councillor Ben Hoogenboom in- terjected, stating that many munici- palities pay board members, such as those on due planning advisory committee. which Exeter does not. "I think the appreciation dinner is only a small token for the service they provide; said Hoogenboom. "It's the least we can do." Mayor Bruce Shaw said he agreed. "We can't say thank -you enough times to them," he said, and added that if the town could no longer af- ford .lea wool banquets. then the loads lbouldcome out of the coun- cillors' stipends rather than see the event cancelled. The anpreciaaion dinner is attend- ed by all municipal employees. board members, volunteers, their guests, and the annual Citizen .of the Year nominee. Education Student suspensions increasing, board told CLINTON - Although school board officials don't have accurate figures they are sure the number of students suspended has increased, especially for elementary students. "We suspect the number is lower than originally stated, but elemen- tary suspensions are becoming more frequent," said Paul Carroll, director of the Huron County Board of Education in an interview Mon- day. The issue came to light at the board meeting last Tuesday when Carroll reported 80 students were suspended from the 24 elementary schools in the county during the 1992-93 school year. At the five secondary schools there were 127 suspensions during the same peri- od. Carroll said he was concerned thc number seemed quite high and after a bit of digging found that a differ- ent formula had been used than in previous years. "These figures include bus sus- pensions. in -school suspensions as well as out-of-school suspensions." Having access to bus pickup is a privilege not a right, said Carroll. So students who abuse the privilege are not allowed to use it. An in -school suspension means the student is not allowed in a class and does the work in an alternate area, usually the principal's office. An out of school suspension, on the other hand, meanethe student is not permitted at ac I for one day and upwards of 20 days. In the past, only out-of-school suspensions have been recorded, so schools that appeared to have eight of such suspensions in the report in fact had none. Regardless of the change in fig- ures, Carroll said, trustees are con- cerned. The issue will be discussed further by thc board and the num- bers will be reviewed. ls: That's a big bill! GRAND BEND - Archie Gibbs, owner of a large stretch of the beach in Grand Bend has sent a bill to the municipal office. Monday night during its regular council meeting, M- ministrator Paul Turnbull said he has received an in- voice from Gibbs asking for payment of up to 5100,000. Gibbs is claiming he owns the turnaround at the bottom of Main Street and is charg- ing the village 510,000, for the past 10 years for its use. Turnbull told council he has sought legal advice. "He (the lawyer) suggests we send it back saying there ,' '' is no contract agree -me