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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1997-02-05, Page 18Page 18 Times -Advocate, February 5, 1997 Cruise winners Lucan residents Jean and Jim Ellis, at left, receive a Caribbean Cruise for Two prize from a Lucan donut shop. Area manager lan Anderson and manager Barb Moore_ congratulate the couple.. Potluck supper planned Rhoda Rohde Thames Road correspondent THAMES ROAD - Rev. Jock, Tol- may -was in charge of the reular service on the 4th Sunday after .-Epiphany. ,The title of the sermon was "The Burden of Knowing -God".The organist, Jean Hodgert; accompanied the choir 'singing . Speak Thro' Me". . Everyone is welcome to the Zion '• Congregation Family Night Potluck 'Sapper at 7 p.m. February 7. Har- old and Elaine Burgin of Kitkton will be guest speakers: They- were part of the Canadian Foodgrain Study Tour to Africa last year and will share their story. Barbara. Miller of Toronto spent the weekend at her home here. Gerry and Elda Riehl attended church for the first time since his recent operation. Bill and Rhoda -Rohde were 'Satur- day evening supper •guests with Phil. and Marjorie Johns of Elim- ville. On Sunday night the Rohde's visited with Clarence and Isabel Thomson of, Woodham: W.M. annual business meeting and report EXETER - The• Womens Minis- tries from the Exeter Pentecostal Tabernacle, and the annual busi- ness meeting was held At the home of Ruth McLarcn January 30 at 2' p.m. Jenny Kipfer presided and asked Shirley Prouty to pray over the ser- vice. . Pastor Dean player) the piano and we sang "We arc Able To Go and . Take The Country" followed by the hymn "Where He Leads i'll Fol- low". Rev. bean gave a message taken from the Book of Joshua in the Bible. Joshua chapter 1: the theme being "The Good Report Brings the Blessing and Victory". The election of officers' was held by secret ballot. Phyllis Rennick prayed over the election. The elec- tion was as follows: Honorary Pres- ident Jean Triebner, President Jenny Kipfer, Vice President - Ada Triebner, `Secretary • - Shirley Prouty, Treasurer - Helen Ken- drick. The roll call was taken and an- swered by a Bible verse on 'Be gin". There were 12 present. There were donations made to the India Boy's Home to the Needy Child Fund, the Brazil Orphanage, the Argentina Orphanage. The la- dies prayed, after prayer requests. Lunch was provided by the host- ess Ruth McLaren and Phyllis Ren - nick. Play time Tammy Noyes -Christie explores an activity centre with her son, Levi, while taking part in a Chldreach: Feeling Good About Parenting session at McCurdy Public School last Tuesday aftemoon. Zurich Fall Fair poster win- ner Pam' Love, .a student at Zurich Public School, cele- brates the fact her rural af- fairs artwork will go to a con- .vention• at the Royal Ybrk in Toronto • from Feb. 18 to 20. The poster also clinched first place at the District 8 .annual meeting in Milverton. Three jail terms in Exeter court EXETER - Three persons were sent to jail by Judge R.G.E. Hunter in Provincial Court in Exeter on January 28 and a number -of others were fined or received sus- pended sentences on a variety of charges. Fined for mischief Jason Jordan of Logan Township was fined $300 when he pleaded guilty to a charge of public mischief. The incident occurred on November 3, 1996 at the Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre when Constable Finch of the Exeter OPP was called to investigate a minor acci- dent. • Jordan told the officer he was the driver, but witnesses said that was not true. It was later learned that the accused was covering for a 13 year-old who had taken the vehicle without permission. - Suspended sentences Gregory Fisher of.Carling Street in Exeter was given . a suspended sentence and placed on probation for 12 months and to take counselling as ordered by a proba- tion officer. •- Fisher was charged for assaulting a female victim on December 13, 1996 by pulling her hair and holding her down following a verbal argument that escalated. Shelley Coward of R.R. 2, St. Marys received a simi- lar suspended and probation sentence on a false pretenc- es charge. . A month earlier Coward had pleaded guilty•to obtain- ing shoes and clothing from the SAAN store in Exeter on May 10, 1996 and appeared at this court date for sen- tencing. Judge Hunter on hearing that some of the mon- ey had been repaid, ordered the balance of restitution be made within four months. •- -Disqualified driver gets 30 days Judge Hunter ordered Clinton.Underhill of Main Street in Exeter to 30 days in jail when he pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle•while his driving privileges were suspended. ' Underhill was observed driving on Concession 12-13. of Hay Township on May 21, 1996 at 4:24 p.m. by an officer who knew he was aprohibited driver as there- sult of adrinking and driving conviction on October -24, 1995.. • Through defence counsel David Reid, the accused said he was remorseful and would not drive again. • ' Lose -licences for over .80 Terry Keddy of Wingham was fined $750 for.operat ing a vehicle while his blood alcohol content was over the legal limit. • The accused was observed driving in an erratic fash- ion on Main Street in Exeter at 1 :55.a.m. on October 19, 1996, When stopped by police he was found to have the usual signs of impairment and had some open beer in the back seat. - At the Exeter OPP detachment breathalizer.rcadings of 1.70 and 1.50 were recorded. While he lost his driving -licence for 12 months, but as he works on a farm, Keddy will be allowed to operate off-road farm machinery after a three month's suspen- sion.' . The same sentence of a $750 fine, a 12 month suspen- sion of highway driving and a three month's suspension for off the road farm 'machinery operation. was dealt to Robert Johns of Edward Street in Exeter. • A vehicle operated by Johns was stopped by police on Exeter's Main Street after it had travelled two blocks from a local tavern. He admitted he had drunk a number of beers and at the Exeter OPP detachment, breathalizer tests recorded readings of 1.74 and 1.76. This incident occurred at 10:32 p.m. on August 30, 1996. ' Drinking, driving gets 30 days Judge Hunter sent Mac Lacey of • Thedford to jail for 30 days and sus- pended his driving privileges for two years following a guilty plea fo oper- ating a motor vehicle -with an over the limit amount of blood alcohol in his system. At 9:50 p.m. on June 27, 1996 police found Lacey behind the wheel of a pickup. truck at an Exeter Main Street eating facility. Officers found him to have a red face and slurred speech. Breathalizer readings of 1.60 and 1.60 were record- ed shortly afterwards at the Exeter OPP detachment. The accused had previous convictions on similar charges in Guelph in 1987 and Sarnia in -1992. Jailed 21 days Robert Jones of no fixed address was sentenced to 14 days in jail by Judge Hunter for a breach of proba- tion and another seven days .to run consecutively for mischief causing damage. - • He wasarrested on December 11, 1996 by Exeter OPP officers for failing -to comply with a -previous probation order and while spending that night in a holding cell at the police station scratched his name on the bed and a door and damaged a heat- vent. On - the charge of damaging the police cell, Jones said he was drunk at the time. He has a previous record on similar charges. • ' Drinking, driving fines Steven MacDougall of London will pay a fine of ' $1,000 and have his driver's licence suspended for 12• months following a guilty plea of operating a vehicle while his blood alcohol content was over the legal limit of .80. mgs. The vehicle driven by the accused was seen to -have swerved over the centre line of Highway 83, near Ex- eter at 11:40 p.m. on July 25, 1996; forcinga couple of vehicles to try and avoid an accident. At the Exeter OPP detachment, breathalizer tests were taken and readings of 1.74 and 1.68 were record- ed. •- Mary T. O'Brien of Stephen Township was fined $600 on a similar charge of operating a vehicle with an over the limit blood alcohol content in her system and had her licence suspended for 12 months. The accused was involved in a minor accident in Crediton on September 14, 1996 and when inter- viewed by police showed signs of impairment, At the Exeter OPP detachment breathalizer readings were 1.50 and 1.42. . - Preliminary hearing. After a preliminary hearing, Douglas Sheets of R.R. I, Exeter was ordered to stand trial with a judge and - jury in Goderich on a charge of sexual touching. . • Firefighters will hit the ice...literally EXETER - A.comic event of untold proportions will take place in Hen- sall on Saturday night. Something funnier than a Yuk Yuk's stand up com- edy act and more comical than a Harlem Globetrotter's show. • Members of the Exeier and .Stephen' Township Volunteer Fire De- partments will face-off in a hockey game at the Hensall arena. Scheduled to start at 10 p.m.. firefighters will hit the ice, literally, in a friendly exhibition game.of shinny, but those involved say it will he more like a slap -stick spectacle than a show of skill. - "Some of ourguys have never skated before," said Don Clark, deputy chief for Stephen Township Fire Department. • . Exeter Fire Chief John Morgan said many of his personnel arc in the same boat. "We can fight fires better than we can play hockey...and if it gets too rough, l won't he there," he joked, adding both benches will have a tank of oxygen on standby. . Game rules and a referee won't he confirmed until the last minute. but Morgan is, hoping the format will include three 10 -minute periods with two 20 -minute intermissions. •. No one is willing to take the blame for initiating this game, but Stephen Township Chief Rob Pertschy's name did come up in conversation during the pre -arranged photo shoot where he was noticeably absent. . "Some of the guys started talking about it and all of a sudden it came to-. gether," explained Clarke. "I didn't even know about it until a reporter called me," countered Mor- gan. "And 1 don't think this is going to be an annual event:" Both departments meet periodically to practice such things as farm ex- trications exercises, but rarely have the opportunity to socialize. Clarke said the hockey game was organized to get the different members together but he isn't willing to admit.it was a good idea. "Ask me after the game," he said. TO INCLUDE ALL AREAS LISTED BELOW. TELEPOWER FLAT FEE LONG DISTANCE FOR AS LOW AS $8.99* PER MONTH. NO PER MINUTE CHARGES! LIMITED TIME OFFER "2 for 1" CALL FOR DETAILS! AiLSA CRAIG (293)* BELMONTE(644)' CENTRALiA(228)' CREDiTON(234) DORCHESTER(268)' DUi TON(762)' EMBRO(474)' EXETER(235)• FiNGAL(769) GLENCOE(287)' HARRIETSViLLE(269)• ILDERTON(666)* INGERSOL(423,483) KERWOOD(247)' KIM'ORE(283)* LAMBETH(652)' LUCAN(227)' MELBOURNE(289) MT. 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The following schools offer Kindergarten classes: • St. Joseph's (Kingsbridge) 529-7646 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Mt. Carmel) 237=3337 . St. Joseph's (Clinton) 482-7035 Precious Blood (Exeter) 235-1691 St. Mary's (Goderich) 524-9901 St. James (Seaforth) 527-0321 St. Boniface (Zurich) 236-4335 Sacred Heart (Wingham) 357-1090 St. Patrick's (Dublin) 345-2033 St. Patrick's (Kinkora) 393-5580 • Holy Name of Mary (St. Marys) 284-2170 St. Mary's (Hesson) 595-8929 St. Ambrose (Stratford) 271-7544 St. Joseph's (Stratford) 271-3574 St. Aloysius (Stratford) 271-3636 Jeanne Sauve (Stratford) 273-3396 Parents who expect that their child will enrol in the optional French Immersion,Prpgram in Grade 1, in future years, have the option of enrolment for Junior/Senior Kindergarten at - either their local Catholic School or the French Immersion Centre (St. Mary's School, Goderich or Jeanne Sauve School, Stratford)- at which they expect to enrol their child for a French Immersion program. M. Miller J.S. Brown, M.A., Ed.D. .1 Chairperson of the Board Director of Education 0