Times Advocate, 1998-03-04, Page 3IN THENEWS
Tintes.-Adaocate,:Marclt 4, 1998
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Drinking and driving.
charges contended
EXETER - Judge R.G. Hunter presided over the Fch. 26 session Of •
provincial coup in Exeter. • • • - . •
• Stanley•F. Partridge. 22. 4411 Main Street. Exeter pleaded guilty to
a charge of break, enter and committing a theft pursuant io an incident
on Dec. 27. 1997 in -Exeter. Partridgc.had been visiting an apartment in
Exelcr where he consumed one beer. When he went to help -himself to -
a second beer. the tenant asked him to leave. Partridge returned later in
the evening and kicked tote apartment door '
• off its hinges to gain_entrv. He then hit the
tenant with a wooden stick causing at Targe
abrasion and weft. •
Partridge also pleaded guilty to lalling to
comply with the _conditions ofbail: he had
been ordered not to consume alcohol.
Partridge. is already serving time in Stray
hint -jail. Hunter sentenced hint to an elrht-moth sentence on the .
break and cnt4.: charge as well as a one-rnonth sentence for failing to...
comply with the conditions of hail. •
The remainder'of his sentence is to he served at the Rideau correc-
tional centre where he is'to enter an alcohol rehabilitation program. •
Over the limit
John J.P. Hartman. 19:111.26 John St. N.. -Zurich pleaded guilty to
having a blood alcohol content exceeding 80 milligrams of alcohol in
1(10 milliliters -of blood.
At 4:40 a.m. t Jan. 24 in Stephen Township. an OPP officer found •
Hartman -asleep in a vehicle in a road side ditch. The tirc.•marks indicat-
ed Hartman's vehicle had drifted tifl:the side of the road.
The officer ohserved.Hartntan had a strong odor of aleohol.-hlood-
shot eyes. slurred speech and swayed when he walked.
Breathaly/erreadings were 140 and 130 mg -of alcohol per 100 nil o1
blond. Hunter,lined Hartman S755 and issued a 12 -month driving pro-
hihitiun.
Robert K. Kram'. 30: of RR #2 Dashwood pleaded not guilty to op -
crating .1 motor vehicle with more than 80 mg of alcohol -in 100.,m1 of
blond..•.
On Aug. 31..1997. analli--(lust' RiDE pulgraril officer was travelling
,casthoind on -Huron Cty. Rd. 4 in Stephen Twp. when he Observed
Kraini riding ai mitii-hike, weaving erratically across hath lanes of the
rt ad. The mini -hike had no lights and Kraini was not wearing a hel-
mei. Kranz pulled over to the shoulder of the road When. the police of-
ficcr activated the emergency and alley lights on the police cruiser. -
Constahfe VanEssen said Kraini had an odor of,alcohol. bloodshot -
•,eyes, poor coordination: VanEssen placed hini under arrest and took -
him`to.thc Exeter office of the ()PP where blood alcohol readings were
.160 m_* of alcohol in 101) ml of blood. • `
Kriinz's lawyer questioned the otiiccr's notes' and had concern's with
'the -certificate indicating the results of they hrcatha1,ier tests. He also
attributed sonic of the.signs of iinpainiient to exhaustion rather than al-
cohol,.
Judge Hunter was satisfied .with the evidence and fined Krai)v $855
and prohibited him Friuli driving 'for 12:months. - • - ••
Michael Bird. 25. of 103 Sinipson Ave., Toronto and formerly of
Huron Park pleaded 'not guilty 10 an over 8O charge.
On June 15,-1997 in Stanley township, Bird wits stopped during an
OPP RIDE prograni'on Huron Cty. Rd. 3. The officer ohserSfed an odor
of alcohol ;ind Bird,adniitted he had consutiicd alcohol. -
AIteF l tling'the on-site alcohol test. Bird was taken to the Seaforth
-OPP office tor,hreathalyzer,tests. Readings were 130 mg alcohol in
101) ml of blood. •
Bird's lawyer questioned the procedures used by the officer agdthc •
-
.qualiticd breath'tcchhician.
Judge Hunter was sini Jicd the arrestin' officer used the -approved '
equipment and the blood alcohol tests were administered correctly. He
fined Bird $855 and issued the mandatory. 12 -month driving prohiht-
tion. ..
Sylvain G epereux. 24. of 368 Bel+:**rave Ave.. London pleaded guilty
to stealing gas from a vehicle in Kirkton'hcloneing to the Owner of the
Kirktiin Country Market,on July 19. 1997. During the early morning
hours. Genercux and a friend were traveling on Hwy. 23 and.their car
was low on fuel..They were concerned they would not he able to reach
their destination without running out of gas: About $50 damage was
done to a vehicle as they stole the gasoline._
Genercux was. fined 5405 and placed on prohatit>n lor.12 months. He
was ordered to pay $50 restitution to the owner of the vehicle via the
court.. - . -
Suspended sentences
Jon Schenk. 26. of 310 Carling St.. Apt: 606•.Exeter pleaded guilty
Loan assault charge from a September 28. 1997 incident. Hunter sus-
pended the passing.of the sentence and placed him on probation for 12
months. ordering hint to takc.eounsclling as recoinnicnded by the tiro- •
-kation officer •
John Steuer, 26. of 129 John,St., Clinton pleaded guilty to a July 22
assault. He received a suspended sentence and was placed on probation
for 12 month:. Stetter has also"agrced to take counselling.
Charges withdrawn
Jeremy :;Ione. 22. of 375) P'nnd Mills Road. Unit 64. London was
found guiltv.ol two counts of failing to comply with the conditions of
hail and two counts of failing to comply. with probation. The charges
stemmed from incidents in August and November. 19971 He was fined
$250 for each count plus one S5,surchargc for a total of 51.005.
• Charges of sexual assault: criminal harassment., forcible confine-
ment. theft as well as break, enter and committing theft were with-
drawn. '
Exeter Court
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Pancake supper
Audrey Bentley of Exeter
was serving up pancakes
at the Shrove Tuesday pan-
cake supper at Trivitt Me -
moria! Church in Exeter.
Bentley said the event is
the first church supper of
the year and always a pop-
ular event with area res-
idents.
Honorable judges, ladies and gentlemen
and fellow competitors...
By Chantal' Van Raay
T -A Reporter.
' EXETER - -There was talk on
the events of '97. there was talk
- about nothing and there was talk
about time at the hxetcr Legion
. last Tuesday night. .
-- The final round of ,public
speaking took place at the J-.c-
-gion in the categories of story-
telling. Grades 4-5.6. ,ra es
8. Grades. 9--I0 and Grades 1 1-
•.12 -OAC. - • , - - .
The. winners' from hack row.
-left arc Jonathan Thornton, of
Exeter Public who placed 3rd in
•the :4-5-6 category: Anne (Ire-
gus. nt Precious,: Blood who
. placed 2nd in the 4-5-6 cat-
. egory; Jtalic-Anne Hearn: Of
South _ -Huron District High
.,School" who placid 2nd - in the
1.1 -12 -OAC category and Me-
ghan O'Rourke of Stephen Cen-
oral who placed 1st in the 4-Sr6
-category.-- • -
Pictured lit- the .middle row
• from left arc story-tel-er'winners
• - Kaitlyn Krah) frinn Exeter Pub=
lic. 1st: Emily 'Forrest of Ste-
phen.Cenlral, 2nd and Samantha
Hearn of McCurdy Public. 3rd.
13ottont row from felt are. win
Hers Mary Cu -egos- of Precious
Blond, 3rd in the 7-8 category;
Elizabeth LutgendorlI of SHDHS.
1st iii• the 1.1 -1.2 -OAC category
Kristen . Tompkins 'of U.hornc
-Central. 2nd in the 7-8 category::
Shawn 'Talbot of .SHDHS, 1st in
the 9-10 category and Alyza
Tannohamcd of Exctcr Public
School. 1st in the 7-8 category:
Short year funding stabilized
STRATFORD - -Preliminary
199.7 operating results for .the. for:
'trier Huron and ' Pertli :Comity
hoards of Education were presented;
to the Avon Maitland - District
School Board last Tuesday. Al-
though:all items have not yet been
finall/ed. it appears that thc.fornicr
Huron County Board of Education
will he .in- a break even position.
However. the former Perth County
Board of Edeicafion is anticipating
a surplus of, 'approximately $1:6
million. •,
Sortie of this can he attributed to .
the net - Savings frons the teachers' •
withdrawal of •services in 'the fall -
($200.0Q0). -In addition:rein-vinous
were Icwer than .expected resulting
in an excess of $200.0 M)_saving. in -
gratuity payments. Lower salaui
cxperiditures and non" rcplat emem
of staff saved $3(8).0(101.
The balance can he attributed to a
concentrated. and continued elute( '
to reduce expenses. in the early
fall, the farmer `Perth Board was
aware of the possibility of a short-
fall in funding for the 1998 short T
year 'period and every attempt was
made to mitigate the loss.
The positive financial news virtu-
ally eliminates the need to reduce
operating expenditures •further,. than
the previously announced 52.4 mul-
lion reduction to the capital plan tier
the short year period from January
1 to August 31. This will alleviate
concerns Tor the maintenance --and
preservation of existing programs
Bud's Driving
School
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April 8, 1998
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