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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1994-01-26, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, January 28, 1994 Regional. wrap up Bluewater staff discuss pool tables GODERICH - An adjudica- tion meeting held two weeks ago to decide the fate of pool tables and equipment at Bluewater Youth Centre ended withbut a decision when Bluewater staff and management agreed to make another attempt to work issues out themselves. The dispute was sparked in October after a corrections offi- cer refused to supervise youths playing pool because of con- cerns that the balls and cues could be used as weapons. A lawyer representing Blue - water management argued that pool tables and equipment are "tools of therapy," it was report- ed in the Goderich Signal -Star. However Toronto lawyer Lar- ry Steinberg, representing Blue - water staff, said pool cues and balls are potential weapons in the hands of residents whom he characterized as "the nastiest of the nasty, as far as young of- fenders are concerned." Since 1986 there have been '210 or 11 incidents involving pool balls or cues" used as weapons or to threaten staff or other residents, he said. Student smoking may be banned CLINTON-- Central Huron Secondary School students may be banned froth' smoking on school premises in September, it was reported in the Clinton News -Record. At a parents' council meeting, held January 12, the issue was discussed by parents, students and teachers. Students disagreed with the -motion to recommend CHSS ad ministration ban -smoking on all school property_ Before the proposal can be made—into policy, principal Jim Moore will have to take the is- sue to the Huron County Board of Education. He has not made decision on whether he will. Teen caught with fake licence MITCHELL - An 18 -year-old Mitchell teen was charged with uttering a forged document last Thursday night after police act- ed on a Crime Stoppers tip. Mitchell police chief Chuck Zehr told the Mitchell Advocate a female was charged with pass - mg a fake driver's licence, trying to prove she was of legal drink- ing age. Library's - future unknown MITCHELL - The future of the 86 -year-old Mitchell Public Library was the topic of heavy debate during Mitchell Tow_ Council's regular meeting last Monday night. A recommendation by library board chairman Ruth Fiebig, also a town councillor, and li- brarian Judy Thorup for Council to study the present site of the li- brary was met with resistance by a majority of councillors, it was reported in the Mitchell Advo- cate. Mayor Hugh McCaughey was the most vocal opponent of spending money for a study say- ing, "The community has to de- cide amongst -themselves," he said. "We study ourselves to death." Burglar flees scene DASHWOOD - A Tate -night burglar was foiled in his attempt to, steal cigarettes from a Dashwood variety store when confronted by\ police. The Exeter OPP report that it was about 3:18 a.m. Thursday morn- ing when an .unknown male broke into Doug and Nancy's General Store in Dashwood by breaking the window in the inner front door. The owners living above heard the intruder and contacted police. A cruiser in the area arrived on the scene quickly, in time to surprise the suspect exiting the front door. A foot chase ensued, but the suspect escaped in the darkness. The cigarettes he had ready to remove from the premises were left be- hind. The suspect, described as about six -feet tall, 180 lbs was wearing a black balaclava, grey insulated overalls, and black gloves. A GMC van stolen earlier from Goderich was found in the parking lot of the Dashwood Medical Centre, behind the store. Police be- lieve the suspect made his getaway complete by stealing a car from a Dashwood residence. The car, a brown 1985 Pontiac station wagon, license 587 -HAV, has not been recovered as yet. Anyone with information about the vehicles or the crime can con- tact the OPP at 235-1300, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-265-1777. School bus sideswiped, blowing snow blamed EXETER - Poor visibility is be- ing blamed for an incident in which a school bus was sideswiped on Concession 9-10 of Hay Township. Last Tuesday at 8:40 a.m. Jo- hannes Jacobs of RR 1 Zurich was driving a school bus along the con- cession, when it and a pickup truck driven by William Finlay of RR2 Zurich sideswiped each other. Neither of the drivers was in- jured, but a nine year old student on the bus had a minimal injury, say police. Because the accident was attributed to poor visibility in blow- ing snow, no charges were laid. Also last Tuesday evening police investigated a single vehicle acci- dent in which a car driven by Theresa Bezaire of Exeter struck a fence on Wellington Street in Exet- er. There were no injuries. Last Wednesday at 1:50 a.m. there was a collision on Algonquin Drive in Huron Park involving Donald Leitch of Lucan and Paul Mathers of Huron Park. Again there wow no injuries. Friday morning at9:40 a.m. there was a collision on Victoria Streetin Exeter involving Catherine Har- wood of Exeter and Jeffrey Bowen of Exeter. Neither were injured. Saturday afternoon at 3:55 p.m. on County Road 11 in Usborne Township vehicles driven by Rob- ert Edwards 9f RR Kirkton and Beverly Nicoll of Chesley collided. Edwards suffered a minimal injury, say police. On Friday an OPP constable found a man's gold ring with an in- scription on it, and on Saturday a women's gold bracelet was turned into the detachment. The owners can claim their jewellery by visit- ing the Exeter detachment. Dispatch program pursued 'Continued from front page. what is happening with the Huron County system. There are currently 10 fire phones in Grand Bend and accord- ing" g1; e des if those were taken/ out -and replaced by .the dispatch' system, it would be a savings of about $1,200 per year. As pointed out by Hebden, there are some problems with having fire phones. "We have 10 fire phones in the area. This oast year we had a phone off the hook for four days and it tied up the lines." Boyd explained that there are 21 Lambton county fire departments and many of them are in favour of the new system and have already got the necessary equipment. Hebden said he already had a phone and the cable in the Grand Bend fire station. "It came because there was a complete breakdown in Mutual Hay refuses to pay up for ABCA's Shoreline Plan. ZURICH - Hay Township council has refused to pay an invoice to the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Au- thority. The invoice for $384.68 repre- sents the township's share of the zosts of Phase IV of the ABCA's Shoreline Management Plan (SMP). The plan would regulate land uses along the Lake Huron shore and, give certain planning authorities to the ABCA. Several townships have argued that any shoreline land use regula- tions beadministered by the munici- palities. Hay Township Council, said clerk -treasurer Janisse Zimmerman, indicated in late 1992 they would not be supporting the continuation of the SMP, and thus rejected the invoice for Hay's share in the costs of the project. Hay is also protesting the fact that only the ABCA's lakeshore munici- palities are being affected by the SMP and are being billed for it, but all watershed municipalities are be- ing allowed to vote, and approve, the SMP. "All the water flows toward the lake...in effect everybody's water af- fects the shoreline," said Zimmer- man, summing up council's views on the issue. Aid," said Boyd of the reason the departments are switching over to a central dispatch system. He said in the past, there have been difficulty in communication and at times, departments were be- ing sent to the wrong location. "Last week we had two depart= ments Wino car fire on Highway 401 and it was neither's area." Hay Construction drops $2 HI ZURICH - Construction took a sharp downturn in Hay Township in 1993. Chief building official Milton is- sued a summary of the year's con- struction to township council on January 17, pointing out that the to- tal value of building permits issued in 1993 was $1,342,820. This was more than S2 million less than I992's totals of $3,378,110. Only 72 permits were issued in the township in 1993, compared to 118 in 1992. The slump in con- struction was linked to an overall downturn in property development in seasonal recreational areas - the cottage country along Lake Huron's shoreline. Cottage subdivision development has driven Hay Township's con- struction industry in past years, with the farm sector fairly stable. r5 Vicious cold makes fighting fire unforgettable CREDITON - As fires go, it wasn't a catastrophe, but last Tuesday's battle with a blaze in Crediton will be one Stephen Township's volunteer firefight- ers will be talking about for a long time. A small fire in a trailer owned by Dean Allen on King Street N. in Crediton didn't cause too much damage, said fire chief Robert Pertschy. The biggest obstacle in fighting the fire was the extreme cold. "The cold, that was terrible," said Pertschy. "That was the coldest fire I'd been at." Even the batteries on the head -mounted flashlights of the firefighters were losing powek in the cold. Fire hoses had to be kept running for fear the couplings would freeze solid. Pertschy said a weather report he heard said the wind chill that evening rated at about -50°C, and he can believe it. While trying to warm up in the emergency van, they had a supply of hot coffee. "Any time we spilled any cof- fee, as soon as it hit the floor, it froze," he said. Pertschy said he hopes he doesn't have to fight another fire under conditions like that again. "Something you've just got to live through to ap- preciate it," he said. The fire was caused by an open flame from an at- tempt to thaw out frozen pipes. Stephen Township firefighters had a double battle on their hands last Tueaday evening in Crediton. Not only did they have to fight a fire burning under this trailer, but they had to contend with an extreme cold that affected equipment, threatened to freeze hoses and any exposed flesh. 11 [REYOIJI BURNING L M I NEY? EVEN COMPARED TO NATURAL GAS... Oil really is "THE MOST EFFECTIVE" heating alternative. COST Prices halite stayed constant N continue to year 2000 • Prian tool approx. 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