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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1994-05-18, Page 3Bakery and ¶asty?'4u Cheese House Cafe 444 Main St. S. Exeter 'Thank You Exeter! For making our grand Opening a success! Winner of our draw is Barb Consitt, Congratulations! Fresh Baked Specials - Bavarian Rye Bread $1.29 $2.99 6/$1.99 12/$1.29 Delicious Cherry Pie Butter Tarts Crusty Rolls Try our delicious Danish, Kaiser buns and hamburg and hot dog Rolls! Cheese! Fresh off the block Onion and Parsley $3.99 Ib. Marble Cheese ....$3.99 Ib. Try our fresh brie, curds an' e rom (P.S. Don't forget to stock up on fresh bread and rolls as we will be closed Mon., May 23!!) Fresh hot coffee and donuts, soups and sandwiches, cold salads, and more in our ("Smoke free") Cafe G IN THE .NEWS Times -Advocate, May 18, 1994 Page 3 Regional wrap up Murder suspect caught ST. MARYS - Two Sebring- ville OPP officers left for Wyo- ming last Tuesday to bring hack the man suspected in the murder of St. Marys resident Shirley Lickers. Claude Lefler, was picked up by Wyoming Highway Patrol last Monday night after he was spotted hitch hiking. Lefler, of RR3 St. Thomas was charged with first degree murder in the death of Lickers less than 24 hours after the March 14 stabbing, it was re- ported in the Journal Argus. Since then, there was an inten- sive search throughout Canada and the United States. Police in- tensified their search of Lefler in the U.S., after his car was found abandoned in Alabama on March 31. Howick suspends clerk - treasurer HOWICK - Tom Miller, clerk -treasurer with Howick Township Council has been sus- pended with pay. Last Friday, reeve Norman Fairies, told the Listowel Banner of Miller's suspension which took place two weeks ago. The reeve said he was told by the township's solicitor not to com- ment any further. Last Monday council met in camera with Miller at his re- quest. . The Banner could not reach Miller for comment. He was clerk -treasurer for the town- ship since 1986. Vacationing Goderich resident shot GODERICH - Sharon Little of Goderich is recovering in a North Carolina hospital after be- ing shot three times by an assai- lant who took $100 from her. Little underwent surgery at a hospital in Greenville, N.C., af- ter being shot in the chest and arm. Greenville police chief Charles Hinman said in an interview with the Goderich Signal -Star that Lit- tle had gone to an automatic tell- er machine with her nine-year- old son when the incident oc- curred. "He snatched the money out of her hand, took a couple of steps backward and shot her three times," the police chief said. A man has been arrested in the incident. Waste sites spark concerns COLBORNE - It was a classic clase of 'not in my back yard' as a standing room only crowd gathered at the Colborne Town- ship Hall last Monday night to discuss the site selections for a new county landfill site. Four of the 11 sites picked by the consulting firm working for the county are clustered in Col- borne Township along Conces- sions 4, 6 and 8. Concerned landowners and neighbours of the sites ex- pressed thier concerns. Several residents questioned Craig Metzger, project co- ordinator for the Huron County Waste Managment Plan, about the possibity of expanding the existing Holmesville site. Metzger said that option was the first looked at when the need for a new landfill became appar- ant. But the Holmesville site is not suitable for expansion. Many Iandowners were con- cerned about odours from the landfill as well as possible leach- ing. Fines and jail term ordered in provincial court EXETER - In Exeter provincial court on May 10, Judge R.G.E. Hunter handed out fines and a jail term on a variety of charges in- cluding unpaired driving, assault and illegal firearm possession. BAC over 80 Brian Jones, RR I, Woodhatirwas fined $750 on a charge of operating a vehicle while having a blood alcohol level over the acceptable limit of .80 mg. The vehicle being driv- en by Jones at 12.23 a.m. on February 5, 1994 was stopped by OPP Constable Penn when it was noticed travelling easterly on Huron street in Usborne township from 80 to 90 kilometres in a 50 kilometres per hour zone. The vehicle was reported to have been swaying back and forth and the driver was found to have an alcoholic odour on his breath. Brea- thalizer tests at the OPP detachment were registered at 1.30 and 1.40. Three other charges were withdrawn by the Crown. Possession of narcotic Fines of $750 and $100, were levied against Michael Moffatt of Huron Park. The charges to which he pleaded guilty were having care and control 9.f..a, vehicle while his ability to drive was impaired and having possession of a narcotic. On March 13, 1994, Moffatt was found behind the wheel of his ve- hicle parked at the Zurich Community Centre with the motor running by OPP Constables Finch and Herbert. A part vial of canabis was found in the vehicle. BAC over 80 Matthew Hartman of Hay township was fined $750 for operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol content over the limit of .80 mg. The in- cident occurred on April 9 of this year when Hartman's vehicle was stopped by police when it was travelling westerly on Huron street in Exeter. Two minutes after the vehicle was stopped the accused was arrest- ed and taken to the Exeter OPP detachment where readings of 2.00 and 1.90 were registered. A charge of impaired driving was dropped. A fine of $850 was levied against Ian Thiel of R.R. 3, Zurich for operating a vehicle while his blood alcohol content was tested at over .80 mg. Thiel pleaded not guilty and his lawyer argued that the fact the officer stopping the vehicle had to radio for another officer to bring a breathalizer alert tester was illegal.. Thiel was stopped by OPP Constable Monck at 11.21 p.m. on De- cember 11, 1993 while on regular patrol on Highway 4, about three miles north of Exeter and a large mug of a mixed drink was found. Evidence indicated Monck radioed Constable Kern who arrived three minutes later with the alert tester. Thiel's lawyer said if an officer doesn't have a tester with him, any delay is illegal detention. Judge Hunter disagreed saying, " I feel the test was taken forthwith and was proper." When the lawyer asked for a moderate fine, Hunter replied, " I start at $750 on a guilty plea and on a not guilty plea I begin at $850." Impaired driving Douglas Regier of London was fined $1,000 on a charge of im- paired driving. The incident o;curred in the early morning hours of November 26, 1993 when his vehicle was stopped by OPP Constable Weverink after it was noticed to be drifting hack and forth while trav- elling just north of Exeter on Highway 4. Weverink testified the accused was slouched in the driver's scat when approached and a part bottle of whiskey was found in the vehi- cle. Taken to the OPP station at nearly 2 a.m., Regier refused to blow into the hreathalizer machine until officers did first Following a call to Legal Aid and two calls to a lawyer in Clinton, the accused regis- tered 1.40 mg. at 3.09 and 1.40 mg. again at 3.25 a.m. Regier said he consumed two small bottles of vodka while in a sep- arate room making the calls to his lawyer, but this was disputed by officers who said he was searched and nothing was found. The ac- cused said he was not searched. He said notes provided by the offi- cers were "inaccurate and inconclusive." Judge Hunter's final remarks were, "There is no doubt in my mind that. you were impaired." Assault Dennis McDonald of Huron Park was put on probation for 12 months and ordered to do 75 hours of community service after plead- ing guilty to a charge of assault. A 90 day jail sentence was levied against Steven Kirk of RR 3, Ex- eter on a charge of assault for kicking his 14 year-old son with steel toed boots. The boy and his mother were on the witness stand to de- scribe the attack, but Kirk denied ever touching the boy. In sentencing the accused, Judge Hunter said, " I don't believe you for a minute." No FAC Neil Lockhart of Hensall was fined $200 for having a firearm in his possession without a Fire Arm Certificate. Lockhart was originally stopped by Conservation Office Glenn Sturgeon in the Hay Swamp arca on October 28, 1993, but said he was preparing to go for a dirt bike ride. Sturgeon testified that a 12 gauge shot gun was found behind the seat of his truck and did have a lock on the trigger. Sturgeon said it is unlawful to have a firearm in an arca where small game can be found and an FAC must be produced. In his de- fence, Lockhart said he didn't know he needed an FAC certificate as he bought the gun four years ago at a camp at Donnybrook. Judge Hunter's final determination was a fine of $200 and added, "You will try to acquire an FAC and the gun will be held by police until that happens." Hunter ordered a ban on publication of evidence given in a prelimi- nary hearing on an assualt charge against Wayne Gaiser of Dash- wood. • A Concrete Driveways , Concrete Foundations A Ready -mixed Concrete Delivered A Excavation A Lane Gravel A Crushed Stone A Free Estimates pI ) McCann Redi-Mix Inc. Dashwood 237-3647 Exeter 235-0338 .1 Steckle favours punishment *'Continued from front page system. Corporal punishment must he introduced for those who choose not to be governed by more conven- tional methods," he told the House. Reaction to his statement was quick. Steckle said within two - hours his Ottawa office was receiv- ing calls from people supporting his statement. In the House, he said, reaction was simply moderate applause. "I didn't do thisto be a popular guy. There will be some who like would 1 say, those who don't and -- those how will be afraid to say how (� they feel," Steckle said. His next step will depend on pub- lic reaction. "I'm prepared to see this through to law, but.it can't happen if people don't speak out in numbers," Steck- le said. "If someone has a better way of dealing with it [repeat crimes], one that works on limited dollars, I want to hear about it," he said. "I'm not doing it for the party's sake, I'm not doing it for my sake, J'm doing it for the country's sake," he said. e User -pay fire calls not allowed ZURICH - A proposal to make fighting a house fire a user -pay sce- nario won't fly, Zurich council was told. The Zurich Fire Board suggested in March that local property owners he killed for the cost of fighting a fire. The main question at the time was whether or not fire insurance would cover those costs. However, a letter of opinion from Hay Township's solicitor indicates that a municipality has no authority on which to make firefighting ser- vices a user -pay opportunity. Hay Township council had passed a resolution supporting billing for tire calls, but rescinded their motion after receiving the legal opinion. At the time of the proposal, it was believed some municipalities in the province were using a user -pay pro- gram for fire protection. Winner of a 1964 Chevy Impala convertible from the recent Lucan Lions draw was Doug Brousseau of Guelph, left. Here he receives the keys from Lions Club president Dave Barr. I3X93 COUNTRY 92.7 FM 2PM Sunday, June 5 SOUTH HURON REC. CENTRE, EXETER HONUE,POWNE WHITE OAKS MLL Tickets $2 &AvailableAtd South Huron Rec. Centre Art's Auto Repair, Exeter & Blythe Exeter Insurance & at the door Proceeds to Exeter Optimist Club