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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1998-06-24, Page 33Page 32 Times -Advocate, June 24, 1998 CQMM 1 ThJITY High speed chase ends in Exeter EXETER - Three young offenders are charged with possession of stolen property after they were caught in Exeter after a high speed • chase and a footchase. London OPP Const. Donna Shulist said officers responded •to call about a suspicious vehicle on Columbia Dr. in Huron Park at about 6:05 a.m. on Sunday. The officers found the vehicle but it sped away when they tried to • stop it. - A highspeed chase ensued for about 10 km from Huron Park to Exeter at speeds up to 160 km/h. The vehicle stopped on William St..in Exeter and the four occupants fled on foot. The officers caught three youths after a footchase.'The vehicle, an '88 Pontiac Grand Am, had been hot-wired and stolen from London: The driver is a 16 -year-old Huron Park male. The other two youths caught are males aged 12 and 13 from London. The OPP are still seeking the last suspect. The investigation continues. - Exeter woman dead after crash HARRINGTON.- Exeter's Margaret Dover, 65, was killed on June 16 in a two car collision in Harrington. Oxford OPP said Dover was travelling east on County Rd. 28 when • she failed to stop at an intersection. Her car was struck by another heading -south on County Rd. 6 driven by Joanne Lupton, 31.of Zorra Twp. Lupton, her two children and a family friend suffered non -life threatening injuries, the OPP said. - Stolen car found at Lucan arena LUCAN - A car parked for a few days at Lucan Community Memorial Centre last week turned out to be stolen from Exeter. A white Buick at the Lucan arena was first noticed by an employee there on June 13. When it was still parked there three days later, the employee reported it to the OPP, Shulist said. . The car was not damaged. CD player stolen from Stephen car STEPHEN TWP. - A Sony CD player was stolen from a car parked in an Algonquin Dr. driveway in Stephen Twp. overnight Saturday. Shulist said the car was left unlocked at the time. Pot plants found in Usborne USBORNE TWP. - Twelve marijuana plants were found by a farmer while he was cultivating his corn field along 'Osborne Twp. Conc. 6 last week. - The OPP removed the plants and destroyed them. Bike found at Parker pit USBORNE TWP. - A mountain bike was found at Parker Gravel Pit in Usborne Twp. on June 20. Shulist said if you're missing your bike, call the Exeter OPP detachment at 235-1300, ask for occurrence *7809-3 and provide a description of the bike to claim it. Woman's watch found in Lucan LUCAN - A woman's watch was found on the sidewalk by B&B Auto Supply on Alice St. in Lucan on June 20. Contact the London OPP detachment at 681-0300 and provide a description to claim it if your watch is missing. Loot stolen from Thirsty Fox GRAND BEND - A bag containing an undisclosed amount of money and receipts was stolen sometime between June 1416 from the Thirsty Fox restaurant on Ontario St. in Grand Bend. The North Lambon OPP request anyone with information on this theft to call them at (519) 786-2349 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-265- 7500. Blyth Festival introduces 'Pay What You Can' BLYTH - The Blyth Festival magic may be just a little rougher. but the price is certainly right! The Festival is introducing Pay What You Can Nights' for the first time in its 24 -year history., This year, the Festival has added one ex- tra preview performance to each show's production schedule. The first of these previews will be open to members of the public who en- joy the fun of being the first audi- ence to watch a production while it is still being fine-tuned prior to its opening night. The Blyth Festival hopes this new policy will encourage those who've never been to the theatre to give it a try. Patrons who feel they can only afford one or two admis- sions at regular prices now have the added opportunity to see all the Main Stage comedies this season. Pay What You Can performances have no reserved seating and gener- al admission tickets may only be purchased in person a half hour be- fore the performance. The Pay What You Can Nights at the Blyth Festival are: Tuesday, June 23 for Yesteryear; Tuesday. June 30. for Wilbur County Blues; Tuesday, July 28 for Thirteen Hands; and Tuesday, August 4 for Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!. Please note that these performances are not includ- ed on the calendar in the Blyth Fes- tival's season brochure. Curtain is 8 p.m. for all performances. The Blyth Festival offers the best in live theatre Monday through Sat- urday until September 5. For infor- mation on how you can explore the Canadian imagination this summer, call the Blyth Festival box office at (519) 523-9300. M. Play Da Students at Grand Bend Public School took part in Play Day activities last Tuesday. At top, Gr. 1 student Cody Wright participates in a paper plane activity. Below, Tory Gr. 2 student Tory Thompson shoots a hoop. - 3 Crimes of the Week Theft of tractors Two Agco Allis garden tractors were stolen from Hackett Farm Equipment -Ltd. on County Road #1 south of Lucknow. The tractors were stolen sometime overnight on May 22-23. Both tractors were. orange in color. model *161611 and ZTI6HP and the serial numbers were 0277/51147 and 50245/50403. If you have information about these or any other crimes call CRIMESTOPPERS OF HURON COUNTY. 1-800-222-8477 and you could receive a reward of up to $1.000.00. Remember crime doesn't pay, Crime Stoppers does. Building passes $1 million mark EXETER - Healthy construction continued in Exeter during . May with 12 building permits for a con- struction value of $380.900. . While 1 I permits were for under $10.000. a permit issued for the first five -unit Brookside townhouse - development ' was valued at $350,000. This continues the trend. of in - 1, M THE EXETER TIMES -ADVOCATE HAS WEDDING INVITATIONS Our Gi t To For ordering your invitations, your engagement or wedding photo will be printed in our paper at NO CHARGE - Value $27.29 - PLUS - Take 10% OFF YOUR WEDDING INVITATION ORDER WHEN YOU BRING IN THIS AD Ti fen 424 MAIN ST. EXETER millagibligLim(519) 235-1331 • FAX (519) 235-0766 creased huildin$ activity over 1997. To the end of .May. building con- struction was valued at $1,004,.1/200, an increase of nearly S200.000 over . last year. • Chief Building Official Dave Moyer noted. it is unususal there - haven't been - any single family dwellings started in Exeter for a few months. . 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