Times Advocate, 1999-09-29, Page 44
Exeter tjruet Advocato
Wednesday, September 29, 1999
In the News
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Book thrown at teen for
damage to tombstones
EXETER -- Judge R.G. Hunter came down hard on a teen who admitted to
knocking over five gravestones at Exeter Cemetery and throwing a whisky bot-
tle through a window of an Andrew St. home in Exeter.
After pleading guilty to two counts of mischief under $5,000 at Exeter court
last week, Bunter sentenced the 18 -year-old Huron Park teen to five months
in jail for the first count and one month for the second plus 12 months proba-
tion after the teen gets out of jail. The teen will also have to pay $256.80 resti-
tution for the gravestone damage plus the window replacement.
The damage the teen caused happened on Jan. 2, 1999, and he was arrested
.on Jan. 28. The teen was drinking alcohol at the time of the incidents.
Defence lawyer Dave Reid said he was shocked at the tough sentence, espe-
cially since the teen has no prior criminal record. Reid added he plans to ap-
peal.
Other crimes and misdemeanors from Exeter court:
Hensall man gets $1,000 in fines
Daniel Dimich, 28, received a total of $1,000 in fines after pleading guilty to
possessing $2,000 worth of hash, having stolen licence plates, stealing two
bottles of pain relievers from a London Shoppers Drug Mart and for not mak-
ing a London court appearance.
Dimich was caught by the Exeter OPP with the hot
plates in Hay Township on Feb. 5, 1999. Dimich was
driving a four door blue Pontiac 6000. Shortly after,
the officer discovered the hash. Another man, a pas-
senger of the car, is also facing narcotics charges.
Dimich was caught stealing a bottle each of Advil
and Tylenol on May 1. Dimich's lawyer said he stole
the pills to relieve head pains stemming from an inju-
ry, adding Dimich had no money at the time.
Dimich missed a London court date for the theft while he was in Exeter for a
court appearance there.
Hunter sentenced Dimich with a $500 fine for the narcotics, $100 for the fail
to appear and $200 each for the theft and possession of stolen property.
Drunk driver gets $850 fine
Jason Fields, 23, of Crediton received an $850 Gine and a 12 -month driver's
licence suspension after pleading guilty to an impaired driving charge.
Fields was of Hensall when he was arrested in the early morning of Dec. 20,
1998. Fields was driving erratically eastbound on Hwy. 83 in Stephen Town-
ship at about 2: '0 a.m. in his '95 Pontiac when he rear-ended another vehicle.
His car ended up in the south ditch while the other car remained on the north
side of the road.
The driver of the other vehicle received minor injuries while Fields spent
several days in hospital with his injuries.
Assault on girlfriend gets fine, probation
Robert Berends of Huron Park was given a $500 fine and 12 months proba-
tion after he pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend. The incident happened
on June 27, 1999.
Berends hit her in the head and face with his hand. The woman wasn't in-
jured.
The sentence also carries a five-year weapons prohibition.
Breach nets $800 in fines
Troy Cameron, 30, of Mississauga received two $400 fines after pleading
guilty to two counts of failing to comply with probation conditions connected to
a May 15 accident in Stephen Township on 1-lwy. 83 at Black Bush Line.
The OPP responded to a roll-over accident at about 9:40 p.m. The female
driver of the Toyota Corolla was taken to South Huron Hospital for treatment.
Cameron and two children, aged 7 and 5, were passengers in the car.
Cameron's probation conditions called for him to stay away from the woman
and to not drink alcohol. The officers noticed Cameron had been drinking.
Oakwood fraud gets man six months
A former Hensall resident didn't get off easy after using another person's
name to charge a bar tab at Oakwood Inn and then lying to police.
Steven Elliott, 24, now of Waterloo, was sentenced to a total of six months in
jail surrounding his birthday celebrations at Oakwood on Aug. 30-31. Elliott
ran a tab of $83.13 worth of drinks, two cigarette packs and some soup and
signed the bill over to another, man's name and room number.
When questioned by police, Elliott first gave another fake name.
Elliott was sentenced to three months in jail for the fraud, two months for ly-
ing to. the police and another month for breach of probation. The breach stems
from convictions in Kitchener.
Elliott was also sentenced to 12 months of probation once out of jail.
Centralia man gets two years probation for assault
Richard William, 33, of Centralia received a $750 fine and two years proba-
tion after pleading guilty to assault on a woman on Jan. 30, 1999.
Evidence given had William grab the woman's ponytail and drag her.
The sentence also carries a five-year weapons prohibition.
Breaches gets man $450 in fines
Samphone Ounsamone, 41, re ived $450 in fines and 12 months probation
after pleading guilty to three breaches of his bail conditions connected to his
April 18, 1999, arrest for criminal harassment.
Ounsamone, now of RR1 Mount Carmel after moving from RR2 Exeter, con-
tacted the Huron Park woman, the mother of his children, several times by
phone and eventually in person on May 9 with further incidents on May 16.
Conditions of his bail included not to come within 100 metres of the woman's
home and to have no contact with her or the children.
Ounsamone was given a $150 fine for each breach and 12 months probation.
He is not to contact the woman but will have access to the children through a
third party.
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Unique challenges faced
by separate school board
By Stew Slater
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES ADVOCATE
HURON -PERTH - Because of a com-
mitment to religious education, Catholic
school boards face unique challenges in
implementing the provincial govern-
ments new four-year secondary school
curriculum, trustees learned at a meet-
ing of the Huron -Perth Catholic District
School Board.
With a continuation of compulsory reli-
gious education classes in each of the
four years of high school, some students
may be forced to take other fourth-year
courses in their third year of high
school, explained superintendent of
education Ray Contois. At a regular
board meeting Monday, Sept. 27,
Contois expanded on a policy statement
of the Institute for Catholic Education,
entitled 'The Status of Religious
Education ,Courses. in Catholic High
Schools'. •
The students with the greatest difficul-
ty in fulfilling the goal for religious edu-
cation courses are those who intend to
pursue university programs in mathe-
matics and the sciences, the report
states. To complete a full schedule of
the secondary' school courses available
and necessary in those fields will seem-
ingly make it impossible for those stu-
, , dents to take religious education among
the six credits in their fourth year.
An additional complication is the fact
the board offers French immersion pro-
grams. Those students must complete a
certain number of French courses, as
well as a certain number of courses
delivered in the French language. This
makes it more difficult to include all
compulsory courses in four years.
• "It makes for a tight program for the
students to get all of these things ln,"
Contois told the board.
In an interview following the meeting,
Contois said he has yet to see any indi-
cation from the provincial government
that it recognizes this unique challenge.
Still, the report notes that "Catholic edu-
cation was represented on the writing
teams ... in all subject areas of the
r curriculum, and Contois added hes
ci,n dent the board will find solutions to
the problems.
One solution would be reducing the
number of compulsory religion courses,
an option which is mentioned briefly in
the report. But Contois said the Huron -
Perth board has a strong commitment to
the full religious program. He added the
board has shown it can come up with
creative solutions, pointing to courses it
already offers which meet requirements
in both the social sciences (geography,
history, etc) and religious education
fields of study.
"It just means that we need to take the
time to help our students choose the
courses that they need for university
entrance," he concluded.
POLICE BRIEFS
Door atTopps Bar
smashed
VANASTRA -- Several young men had
so much of a good time at Topps Bar in
Vanastra its criminal.
On Sept. 24 just before 7:45 p.m., the
Huron OPP were called to the bar over a
disturbance involving five men described
to be in their '20s. When officers arrived
they were met by the bar owner and
shown damage done to the front door
window that was smashed out.
The owner told the 'officers that the five
males had come into the bar and then
started to grab a dancer, Huron OPP
Const. Don Shropshall said. The men
were told to leave but became upset. The
owner was assaulted in the process. As
the men were leaving, the front door was
kicked out.
They were last seen leaving the bar
parking lot in a two tone green Dodge
pickup.
The investigation continues and officers
are following up on a suspect.
Anyone with information that could
help the OPP investigation is asked to call
the Huron OPP at (519) 524-8314 or
Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477
(TIPS).
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