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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1998-06-03, Page 3Exeter man gets six months for forgery and credit card fraud • EXETPR - Judge K.E. Hunter presided over a brisk Provincial court session at the Exeter Legion on Thursday and handed down sentences • including jail time to one Exeter roan. • Steven Harold Elliott, 22, of 130 William Si, Apt. 5, was sentenced to a total of six months in jail and 12 months probation after he pleaded guilty to a variety of charges including. using a forged document, failing to attend court, possession of stolen credit cards, fraud and possession of stolen property. . On July 10, 1997, Elliott applied for wel- fare in Exeter using another person's narne. He used the same name when he signed an agreement to rent an apartment in the town. When contacted by welfare officials about the welfare application, the land- lord replied he hadn't received a cheque from the renter. On March 26, Elliott failed to appear in Exeter court. Elliott then used a stolen CIBC Visa credit card to pay for around of golf and use off a cart at Iri►nwotd Golf Club. An Ironwood staff mem- ber was alerted to the possibility Elliott was using a stolen credit card alter he signed for the golf" round. The cardholder's name was a worn- • an's. Upon checking with the hank it was discovered $700 had been charged to the card since it was reported stolen. Results ()Other trials: $750 fine for gun pointing and threats Wilhelmus P. Klessens, 44, of RRI Kirkton was sentenced to a total of $750 in lines, 12 months of probation and is prohibited from owning a firearm for live years after pleading guilty to uttering threats and the careless use of" a fircarnt m connection with an incident that happened on Feb. 12. " .. Klessens threatened Usborne Township drainage superintendent Robert Traut when he visited Klessens' farm to warn him about a ma- nure pile located too close to a drain. Klessens pointed a firearm at Traut and threatened to shoot him and throw him in the manure pit. • Judge Hunter also sentenced Klessens to not have contact with Traut. Man gets fine for HensallArena assault • Ryan Kyle. 21, of 154 King St., Hensall, received a $500 line; 12 months probation and is prohibited from owning a firearm for five years after he pleaded guilty to assault connected to an incident at Hen - sail Arena on Oct. 26. 1997. • • Kyle pushed another man down, tried to trip him, punched hint knocking out a tooth and finally smashed his face on the pavement at a year-end baseball dance. The sictim was treated and released for his • - injuries at South Huron hospital. • Dundas woman guilty of impaired . Loretta Bowes. 23. of Dundas received a $750 fine and a 12 -month driver's licence suspension after her lawyer pleaded guilty kir her on a blowing over 80 mg. intpaircd driving charge. Bowes was driving northbound on Main St. in Exeter at 2:37 a.rn. on Sept. 20, 1997. when an Exeter OPP ofliccr.noticed she was driving without the vehicle's lights. on. Boives failed a roadside breathalyzer test and was arrested. She also failed -two blood alcohol breath test readings at the Exctcr • OPP detachment. • ' Tcrry Alexander, 30, of 67 John Si E. in Exeter received the sante sentence from Judge Hunter for the exact charge as Bowes after plead- ing guilty. Alexander was driving a snowntohile westbound on John St. when an OPP officer stopped him at about 2:53 a.m. on Feb. 15.. 1998. Alexander failed both his blood alcohol breath tests at the OPP detachentcnt and blew .more than double the legal limit. Man gets $400 fine for stealing groceries • Jamie D. Lunn. 20, of 586 Main St. in Exeter received a $490 fine af- ter pleading guilty of theft in connection with a shoplifting incident at Darlings Foodland on Oct. 26. 1997. • . A- Foodland worker saw Lunn slip a pepperette into his pants before heading for the checkout to pay for a food item. When accused of stealing. Lunn tried to run away from the store but was caught and held by store staff till the OPP arrived. Several food items including a steak . were later found to have•been hidden in Lunn's pants. Man gets probation and community service for domestic Lawrance Power. 44. of Usbornc Township was sentenced to 12- months probation, 100 hours of community service and is prohibited from owning a firerarm for five years after pleading guilty to assault and uttering threats against his common law partner. . Power repeatedly slapped the woman in the head causing reddening and swelling on April 18. Alcohol was a factor in the incident. • Defence council said Power co-operated with.the OPP and is pre- " pared to take anger management counselling upon his return to the Ex- eter area. He is currently living in Waterloo and he and his partner are working towards a reconciliation. . "If you lay a finger on her in the next 12 months you know where .you're going." Judge Hunter told Power while sentencing him. Harassment and threats nets man two years probation Giuseppe Pilato, 49, of Exeter received two years of probation, time served and must seek counselling after pleading guilty to two counts of criminal harassment and uttering threats against his former wife. An assault charge laid by the OPP on Feb. 3 was dropped. The woman started documenting Pilato's actions against her both in person and through phone conversations starting on Sept. 21, 1997 till April 8 when Pilato was charged with the harassment and threat charg- es. Over that time, the woman noted 17 separate threats of death and injury. 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"If you can mourn well, you can love well and go on and live well," he advised the audience. To Wolfelt, grief and mourning are two different things. Grief is the internal thoughts and feelings ex- perienced" when someone dies while mourning is expressing grief externally and -"sharing one's grief outside of oneself." In North American culture, many people grieve but they don't mourn tteeausc they arc discouraged from showing their - emotions external- ly • and • arc con- sidered to be weak if they cry in pub- lic. People end up grieving within themselves in iso- lation instead of mourning. "Find•a safe place where you can .- mourn and just not grieve," Wolfelt said. According to •Wolfelt, the griev- ing process is a like a roller coaster ride.. • - Grief seminar. More than 200 people attended a presentation at South Huron District High School on grieving. Dan Houle, left, of Hopper Hockey Funeral Home, talked with presenter Dr. Alan Wolfelt, Bill Haskett and Colin Haskett of C. Haskell and Son Funeral Home prior to the seminar. • self," Wolfelt explained. He spoke of a young • girl who asked if she was still a big sister af- ter her little brother died —.being a "Time has nothing 10 do with healing wounds," he said. ' Mourn- ing never comes to a complete end point." - • While the North American cul- ture expects people to get hack to work and function normally, griev- ing takes much longer — three to lour years is more appropriate, ac- cording to Wolfelt. - Peoplc mourn in differ- ent ways depending on how a person died, thc re- lationship with that per- son, personality, cultural back- ground and gender. This effects the time it takes to deal with a. death. and the intensity of the grief. Death also affects a person's identity. "When someone dies, you're also mourning the death of part of your - "Time has nothing to do with healing wounds." Granton woman killed in Sylvan Bridge accident BOSANQUET - A Granton woman is dead after a two vehicle collision on Lampton County Rd. 6 at the Sylvan Bridge that happened on Saturday at about 3 p.m. North Lambton OPP said Patricia Latta. 47. died after the '94 Toyota station wagon she was driving col- lided head on with an eastbound '96 Crown Victoria driven by Lon- don's Frank Trothen, 78. Latta's wagon had just exited the west end of the Sylvan Bridge. The Parkhill Fire Department were on the scent and used the jaws of life to free the victims from the wreckage. The road was closed till about 10 p.m. on Saturday. Lana and the passengers in thc wagon. her husband Michael (Dave) Latta, 48. and their grand- son, Steven Turcotte, 6, of London and Trothen were taken by am- bulance to Strathroy-Middlesex General Hospital. Michael Latta was later trans- ferred to London's Victoria Hos- pital where he is in serious but stable condition. Turcotte was transferred to London's Children's Hospital where he is in critical con- dition. Trothen is at Victoria Hos- pital in critical condition. • The North Lambton OPP are looking for a dog believed to be in- . volved in the accident. The dog is described as deaf, black and white in color and is a collie type breed Funding for Avon Maitland Board $251,000 short STRATFORD - The Avon Maitland District School Board is sure about one thing and that is its transportation funding from the Ministry of Education and Training. It also knows it will be S251,000 short. Marilyn Marklevitz, superinten- dent of business and finance, said the board will receive $7.8 million to cover the costs of bussing students to school. h is three per cent Tess than the 1997 grant. But Marklevitz said many factors contribute to shortfall. For one, the school year is five days longer in 1998/1999 but the funding doesn't take in account those added days of transportation. Also, once junior kindergarten and the early learning opportunities program arc added to Perth schools, there will be more stu- dents travelling to school and possi- bly, more buses on the road. Marklevitz said adding one bus to the route costs about $25,000 per year. She said the bus operators haven't had a raise in about four years although their costs have gone up over that period of time. She said she doesn't know how much longer they will watt, and was last sect) "running cast - wards -on •Lamhton County Rd. 6 into McGillivray 'i'ownship. If you have any information about this dog, call the North Latnbton OPP at (519) 786-2349. The North Latnhton.OPP continues its investigation. • .big sister was part of her Identity. Adults feel the same way if their parents or spouses die. • Wolfelt .also had advice for peo- pie who are goring for grieving friends and family. it's natural to want to make .people you're closest to feel hetterright away but it's im- portant to he available for people to express their grief. • "They're already sad. Your role is to provide a safe place for therm to mourn." he explained. "Some people do gel stuck and -then need support to get moving again (in the grieving process")." This help can be physical, emo• - tional, social or spiritual and needs to continue over !iinc". -Sometimes N's"hardest to mourn with the people you're •closeit to -because your pain touches thctr's," he said, adding • this is where friends can play.an-important role in providing a .safe . place . for mourning. l.� _,•:=s‘ '16-1111 :I •,i)) r, • Would you like the comfort of central air conditioning added to your present furnace? Consider the convenience of a gas fireplace. 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