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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1994-06-22, Page 3IN THE !VFWS Times -Advocate, /une 22, 1994 Page 3 Library donation Donated to the Exeter Public Library, in memory of the late Elizabeth Schroeder, was a new atlas stand. Built by Don McCafferty the stand was presented to the library on behalf of the Schroeder family by Bob Schroeder of London. Helen Hodgins, library branch supervisor ac- cepted the donation. The late Elizabeth Schroeder was a library supervisor for 18 years. Jail term and fines levied by Judge Hunter EXETER - In Provincial court in Exeter on June 14, Judge R.G.E. Hunter handed out jail terms and fines on charges of impaired driv- ing , having care and control of a vehicle while impaired, fraud, as- sault, breach of probation, failing to appear in court and attempted theft Impaired driving Jerome Hartman of Hensall was fined $800 after pleading guilty to a charge of impaired driv- ing. His vehicle was stopped by police on No- vember 8, 1993 on Huron street ,west of Exeter. Of- ficers found a strong odour of alcohol in the vehicle and the accused had trouble walking and missed his nose in the sobriety test. At the Exeter OPP station, breathalizer tests taken at 1.48 a.m. and 2.14 a.m. registered readings of 2.10 and 2.00. Breach of probation A fine of $100 was levied against James Hawke of Hensall for breach of probation on a previous attendance in court. Two other Charges relating to an incident on December 6, 1993 were dropped. Ability impaired Robert Lott of Stratford will pay a fine of $1,000 for operating a vehicle while his ability to do so was impaired. The charge followed an accident on Concession 8-9 of Stephen township at 10.59 p.m. on April 14, 1994 when a vehicle Lott was operating rolled over. The accused with three passengers in the vehicle at first denied be- ing the driver and said a dog caused the mishap. He was taken to the Exeter OPP station where he registered readings of 2.40 and 2.20 on the breathalizer machine at 12.51 a.m. and 1.2 0 a.m. , respectively. Alcohol content over .80 limit Graham Tait of Kippen was fined $750 for operating a vehicle while having a blood alcohol content over the .80 limit. He was stopped by police at 1.55 a.m. on November 20, 1993 on Huron street west in Stephen township for an overcorrected turn. Breathaliz- er tests at the Exeter OPP station registered readings of 1.60 and 1.50. Care and control while impaired Joel Speake of Port Franks was fined $800 for having care and con- trol of a vehicle while his ability was impaired and Brian Koch of Dashwood will pay $750 on a similar charge Speake was found by police at 3.22 a.m. on December 3, 1993 sleeping behind the wheel of his vehicle on Highway 4 in Usborne township. The officer reported a strong odour of alcohol and breatha- lizer tests revealed readings of 1.20 and 1.20. Koch was slumped over the wheel of his vehicle when found by police at 1.15 a.m. on Highway 84, west of Zurich. His breathalizer readings were both 1.80 at the Exeter OPP detachment. While sus- pending his licence for one year by statute Judge Hunter commented, " If you drive within 12 months 1 can guarantee a jail sentence." Jail term for fraud Dianne S. Todd of Grand Bend was sentenced to 60 days in jail on a charge of fraud. She was found guilty at a previous court appear- ance of defrauding Gerry MacLean and Son Home Hardware store of more than $8,000 while an employee at the Exeter north store. In asking for leniency her lawyer said due mainly to family prob- lems, Todd got farther and farther behind financially and all monies were cycled back to the family. He continued, " She has totally co- operated with police and the entire loss has been paid back to the em- ployer." The jail term will he served intermittently from 9 a.m. Saturdays until 6 p.m. on Sundays. Assault, failing to comply, attempted theft Gregory Lovie of Hay township will spend a total of 90 days in jail after being found guilty on g number of charges. The assault charges arose from an incident at a New Year's Eve party in Crediton. At the time of the assault charges being laid, Lovie was under pro- bation for obstructing police. The attempted theft occurred when he was apprehended while trying to steal gasoline from a Huron Board of Education bus. Lovie's lawyer said there was a lot of drinking going on and his client sincerely regrets his actions. The attempted gasoline theft came when a friend of his ran out of fuel. The jail term will be served on an intermittent basis from 9 a.m. on Saturdays to 6 p.m. on Sundays. Former Grand Bend woman charged GRAND BEND - Cheryl Sue Pearen of London, formerly of Grand Bend, was charged with theft over $1,000. Pearen allegedly stole $151,700 from the Grand Bend United Church in Novemb:r 1992 where she had been treasurer for five years. The preliminary hearing, sched- uled to be held June 15 and 16 at Sarnia provincial court, was ad- journed until October. Big Brothers, Big Sisters charity barbecue set EXETER - If you're going to be in Exeter, Hensall or Grand Bend at luir:,htime this coming Saturday you might want to drop by the the Big Brother, Big Sister charity bar- becue. Holtzmann's IGA in Exeter, McTaggart's Food Market in Hen- sall, Theo's Food Town in Huron Park and Wright's IGA in Grand Bend will be putting on the barbe- cue which will feature 'Our Com- pliments' foods. The charity event will be running from 11-3 p.m. at all four locations. OPP report many thefts in Exeter area EXETER - Numerous thefts occurred over the week ac- cording to the Exeter detachment O.P.P. A theft was reported from two pop machines located in front of Holtzmann's IGA last Tuesday. An investigation into a shop- lifting incident at theRSD Sports Den on Exeter's Main Street on Friday resulted in a female young offender arrested and charged. The stolen item was a shirt valued at $40.00. A patio umbrella was stolen from a picnic table outside of McDonald's restaurant Saturday. 'The same day a wallet was stolen from a car parked on County Road 6 in Usbourne Township. There was a small amount of money in the wallet. A stereo equalizer/amplifier unit was stolen from a car parked at Glanville Towing in Huron Park on Sunday. Grand Bend ratepayers see a small tax increase The village's portion of the budget is down .13 percent GRAND BEND - Ratepayers in Grand Bend received a mini- mal tax increase Monday night as council passed its 1994 budget. The mill rate increased .7 per- cent which means that locals will be spending $1.58 more for every $1,000 of assessed property. A property assessed at $100,000 will therefore cost an additional $158.00. "We are showing essentially the same as last year," said coun- cillor Cam Ivey who, along with administrator Paul Turnbull did most of the work on the budget. . The municipality's portion of the overall budget is down .13 percent. "We came very close to our hud- get of 1993. We showed a loss of $5,000 compared to $23,000 the year before," said Ivey. Grand Bend has two major sources of revenue, the renting of dockage and parking. Ivey said he hopes the new mu- nicipal parking lots will generate up to $40,000 in revenue. The vil- lage is also looking to collect up to $30,000 in parking and noise fines. Grand Bend will donate a total of $12,450 this year, $8,000 to the local Chamber of Commerce and $2,000 to the Huron Country Play- house. As far as the breakdown of the hudget goes, Grand Bend has al- located $284,866 for trans- portation which include salaries and paying $20,000 for the con- necting link. Protection to Persons and Prop- erty is set at $103,6(X) this year while Recreation is $7,535, how- ever that docs not include any cap- ital projects. Planning and Development for 1994 is $13,300 while the parking lot hudget is $50,6(X). For the Parks and Beach, the figure is $50,885 while Environ- mental Services is $64,000. The Grand Bend Harbour plans on collecting $250,000 in revenue while it will cost them $23,630. We've lowered the cost of living in Southwestern Ontario. Thanks to GM Value Pricing our best-selling cars and trucks are equipped with the features you want at prices you can afford. 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