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Times Advocate, 1994-02-02, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, February 2, 1994 IN THF tsJFWS ' ion 1. wrap up Doctors extend emergency closure deadline GODERICH - Last Monday, at a meeting of the Alexandra Marine and General Hospital Board of Governors, board chairman Joe Porter said the medical staff has agreed to ex- tend the deadline for closing the emergency departments by "two or three weeks" until informa- tion is received from Med Emerg Inc., a Toronto area firm that sets up contracts to cover emergency wards. Porter said the board hopes to have the necessary information by, at the latest, the February 9 executive committee meeting, it was reported in the Signal -Star. Local doctors told the board in October that no arrangements had been made to staff the emer- gency ward past January 1. The doctors proposed that Med Emerg be called in, which would cost about $170,000. Police agreement in place CLINTON - A new agreement is in place for the three remain- ing municipalities in the Huron County Police Communications System. "We have to have something to operate with," said Lynn Stef- fler, who chairs the Seaforth Po- lice Services Board. "The radio system is just being maintained until we see what's coming down the pike," she said. Representatives from Clinton, Goderich and Seaforth met on January 14, in Clinton to work out the agreement which was passed unanimously. Each member municipality must now pass a bylaw to make the agreement binding Each of the remaining municipalities has also asked for an estimated cost of OPP policing. The new agreement specifies the procedure to be followed if any of the remaining members should wish to leave the system. Bosanquet prepares for floods BOSANQUET - Bosanquet Township will start preparing for the potential of spring flood- ing along the Ausable River cut and Port Franks. Council agreed last Monday to ask the Ausable Bayfield Con- servation Authority for a de- tailed report on the issue for its next council meeting. Tom Prout, general manager of the ABCA said the authority's responsibility in this situation is to inform municipal govern- ments of the potential for flood- ing in their area, it was reported in the Forest Standard. "If there's a major flood then the township uses its staff, its re- sources and its manpower," to help alleviate the problem," he said. Haslam injured in fall MITCHELL - Perth MPP Kar- en Haslam injured her neck in a fall at Queen's Park earlier this month, it was reported in the Mitchell Advocate. Haslam tripped in the Legisla- ture Building in Toronto ancj hit her head on the wall. She was released from a Toronto hospital suffering a bruise to her neck. The fall happened just as she was recovering,.trom back and neck injuries she suffered in a car accident with husband Duncan before Christmas. Town Hall not so bad "...1 am very appreciative of the opportunity of locating my busi- ness in the Old Town Hall." Dear Editor: I appreciate your comments concerning our travel business, and in particular our upcoming move to a new location. Unfortunately the quote, "the Old Town Hall is the worst building in the world to heat", caused me some concern because it may have offended members of the Heritage Society. The remark was made to you in answer to a ques- tion regarding the fate of the Old Town Hall. My re- ply indicated that the building would serve better as an office if the windows were replaced. At this time of year it is difficult to heat because when the wind blows, one side of the office is too warm and the other too cold (extremely so with this year's cold weather). In addition, I commented that possibly the Heritage Society should consider retaining the out- side historical character of the building, as is the custom in many European countries, but allowing the inside to be changed into suitable office space. 1 would like to say publicly that I am very appre- ciative of the opportunity of locating my business in the Old Town Hall. The location is great and the Heritage Society, and Bob Heywood and Joanne Bowen in particular, have treated me very well. Their cooperation and assistance has helped us to expand, but unfortunately the space is now too limit- ed. Thank you again for the free press (no pun intend- ed!) Sincerely, Doug Ellison Vandalism a general. problem "South Huron Board strives to create a warm and friendly atmosphere" Dear Editor: In response to your January 19th article entitled "Rec Centre may have to up rates to erase deficit" the South Huron Recreation Board was concerned about a segment of the article on vandalism. We dis- cussed the perceived problem and took a very low key approach to it with the suggestion to write a let- ter to a particular user group. We were not assigning blame and only intended to make the user group aware of the problem so that they could be on the look out for persons who may be in the arena at the times they are using the facility. The South Huron Recreation Board strives to create a warm and friendly atmosphere within the building and good relationship with user groups. It is not our intention to lay blame or discredit any group. We were open- ly discussing a problem which seems to occur dur- ing a certain period each week and in no way were we attempting to connect the problem of vandalism to the user group in question. In very general terms the question of responsibili- ty for children entertaining themselves in our build- ing was brought forth. Mayor Shaw and myself were both quoted as saying that the facility is not a babysitting service. We strive to make the Centre a family oriented, sports oriented facility where young people are welcome at all times. With this privilege we expect some responsibility by parents for their children and we expect acceptable behaviour. Parental accompaniment is no doubt the very best way for families to visit and use the facililty. Estab- lishing behaviour codes with children in terms of when they will be picked up, what time their sched- uled event occurs and how they should act are pa- rental responsibilities and not those that the staff of the Recreation Centre have time to enforce. I speak with authority when I say that young peo- ple in our area are very good in their manner and de- meanour within our facility and we realize that only a few spoil it for the majority. sincerely, Mike Soldan Chairman, South Huron Recreation and Community Centre Board. JK program speeds up CLINTON - Eight more schools in Huron County will be offering Junior Kindergarten this September and parents will have the option of starting their children in the fall or January at all schools. Arnold Mathers, superintendent of progralils, said two daring dates would allow parents greater flexi- bility in determining when the child was ready to begin school. Board members also agreed earli- er in January to continue with their policy of integrated junior and sen- ior kindergarten classes. In September schools in Hensall, Usborne, Blyth, Brussels, East Wawanosh, Holmesville, Howick, and Hullet will be offering the pro- gram in addition to eight in the area that already have Junior Kinder- garten. The only schools that have yet to implement the program arc Huron Centennial, Clinton, Exeter, Rob- ertson, Victoria, Seaforth Vanastra and Wingham, although discus- sions are taking place. Trustees were told proposals were made from members of the community asking that children born after the July 1 cutoff be al- lowed into the program, but the JK ad-hoc committee rejected such proposals with the exception of McCurdy Public School. CASH BACK HIR BLOCK Why wait for your tax refund when you could get Cash Back fast? If you quality you can get a cheque for 85% of the first $300 of your tax refund and 95% of the rest. Plus your tax retum will be accurately prepared at no extra charge. So why wait for the refund cheque to arrive by mail? Ask about Cash Back at H&R Bock. You usually get your refund within two working days. Avaiiable at most NIR Nock offices. 476 Main St. Exeter Ont. 235.1153 Open: Mon. to Fri. 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. "For seven of the eight schools there was an age restriction put in place so they could balance num- bers with capacity," said board di- rector Paul Carroll on Monday. At McCurdy he said the kinder- garten class was small and a teach- ing assistant be available to help since a special needs student left the school. Also at the January meeting trus- tee Joan Van den Broeck said she was concerned at the rate Junior Kindergarten was being implement- ed. "I thought we were phasing it in through 1997?" Mathers said the process has been speeded up because of financial in- centives by the provincial govern- ment. Board Chairman, Graeme Craig said cost estimates show it's possi- ble to implement it throughout the county at this time at no additional cost although not all trustees agreed. "It's impossible that Junior kin- dergarten isn't costing more," trus- tee John Jewitt said. "There's a lot more children in the schools and that has to cost money." 1876 NOTICE OF 1994 ANNUAL MEETING Established 1876 The 118th Annual MEETING of the Members will be held in the OFFICE BUILDING of McKillop Mutual Insurance Company 91 Main Street South, Seaforth, Ontario on Wednesday, February 23, at 1:30 p.m. - to receive and dispose of the 1993 Financial and Auditor's Reports - to appoint Auditors - to transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting The retiring directors .are Alex Townsend, Lavern Godkin, Donald McKercher. All are eligible for re- election. - Any person wishing to seek election or re-election as a Director must file his intention to stand for election in writing with the Secretary of the Company at least seven days in advance of the Annual Meeting. (By-law #21 (d)). JAMES CARDIFF Secretary -Treasurer -Manager Fines levied for impaired driving and theft and forgery EXETER - Two persons were fined 5750 each on drinking and driving charges in Exeter Provincial court last Tuesday morning. The first of the two fines levied by Judge R.E. Hunter was against James Drake of 251 Platts Lane, London. He was charged for driving while his ability was impaired. Drake was stopped by Constable George Finch of the Exeter OPP detach- MA' n court ment at 9:36 p.m. on June 11, 1993 in Stephen town- ship, south of Grand Bend. After the accused appeared unsteady on his feet and the officer smelled liquor on his breath he was taken to the Grand Bend OPP de- tachment where he registered 270 and 260 mg on the alcohol breatha- lizer machine. After being fined, Drake was asked for his driver's li- cence and said it was in the possession of police in London. The second fine of $750 was registered against Glenn Ford, 364 Main street, Exeter. Ford's charge was for driving a vehicle while his alcohol content was above the prescribed limit of 80 mg. The inci- dent occurred on April 3, 1993 when a vehicle driven by the accused was stopped by Constable Chisholm on Highway 4, near Exeter. The breathalizer readings were 160 and 150 mg, respectively. Judge Hunter fined Tyler McCurdy, RR 2, Dashwood $500 on a careless driving charge which occurred on June 24, 1993 in Stephen township. The court was told McCurdy was following another vehi- cle too closely and was clearly driving dangerously. Steve Watson, 31 Simcoe street, Exeter received a discharge on a charge of creating a disturbance on November 25, 1993. The court learned that after Watson was removed by police from the Good Times Restaurant on Main street in Exeter, he began yelling at an- other person and began chasing him around a car. Constable Chis- holm called for backup and the arrest was made. Shelley McLeod, 166 Elgin street in Centralia received a suspend- ed sentence and put on probation after pleading guilty to charges of theft and forgery. The court was told McLeod had permission from a friend to use her bank card to withdraw $20 from the Royal Bank in Exeter. After this was done, she used the card again to get an additional $200 and then a minute later another $100. On September 27 she forged her friend's signature to get $100 from the same bank. Restitution of the first $300 has been made and Judge Hunter ordered the accused to pay the $100 to the Royal Bank within six months. Teaching positions cut LONDON - The London and Middlesex County Roman Catholic School Board will be trimming sev- en teaching positions from its four 5nglish High Schools. The move was made in an effort to avoid a projected $2 million defi- cit in 1994. The Catholic board will save an estimated $432,000. The cuts are to take effect when the second semester begins on Feb- ruary 4. 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