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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1999-11-03, Page 2Regional wrap pp, Seaforth mu may b SEAFORTH — A mural painted for the International Plowing Match is up for bids and Seaforth council is debating whether it should try to get the mural for Seaforth, reports the Huron Expositor. Mural artist Allen Hilgendorf is painting murals for the Business Improvement Area's mural project, including one already on a Main Street building depicting the S,eaforth All -Girls Marching Band. The IPM mural depicts all four matches that have taken place in Huron County including one on the property owned by Mayor Dave Scott's family. The 40 -foot mural is open for bids frpn municipalities who may want to give the paint- ing a permanent home. Breakfast program fills tummies MITCHELL — A Canadian Red Cross Children's Breakfast. program is helping chil- dren concentrate on learning, reports the Mitchell Advocate. The program is oper- ated at Upper Thames Elementary School and principal Dale Robinson says if students_are hungry, they're not con- centrating on what they're doing in the classroom. All students are eligi- ble to take part in the program. In some homes it's hard to have a sit-down breakfast when both parents are working. Other students find it difficult to eat breakfast when they first get up' but are ready to eat when they get to school. The Red Cross sup- plies the food and a school supervisor and volunteers, including senior studentsrun the program. Disney parade costs town $21,000 GODERICH — After all the bills were totaled, except for additional police time charged to the OPP contract costs and a few late bills, the expense of bringing Disney's magic to Goderich for a day was $21,000, reports the Signal -Star. Major expenses included advertisingand site preparation. Wednesday, Novo Nem sign Precious dress up may reduce Coodnued,rom front pogo the speed. and time of readings to give the OPP a better idea of what times of day speeding takes place on certain streets. Having a volunteer moni- tor the sign also saves an OPP officer having to do the task so they can do other tasks. Anyone interested in donating towards the pur- chase of the sign should call Brennan at 235-1300 (the. Exeter • OPP detach- ment). Town judged Y2K compliant Continued from front page plan for heat at public shelters if natural gas ser- vice is knocked out. THundey was to look into the issue, start plans for buying generators for South Huron Rec Centre and Exeter Christian United Church (possible shelters) and start negoti- ations with the Avon Maitland School Board to identify South Huron District High School as a shelter. Selling hydro? A closed door meeting on Oct. 25 between coun- cil and Exeter Hydro Electric Commission (HEC) with DBO Dunwoody's Clark McLeod on the possibility of the town selling Exeter Hydro generated much discussion (the meeting went from 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.) but no deci- sions on whether or not to sell. McLeod gave a report outlining the appraised value of the utility and fielded questions till 9:15 p.m. Exeter Hydro's price tag would not become, public knowledge till after a deal is signed, sealed and delivered. The committee of the whole and the HEC directed town and HEC staff to do some more work on the sale option and on keeping the utility and creating a local utility company. Staff are expected to report back at the Nov. 8 committee of the whole meeting at Exeter council chambers at 7:30 p.m. $9,000 raised at rummage. sale EXETER — The Oct. 20- 21 South Huron Hospital Auxiliary Rummage Sale raised more than $9,000. The ttiinds will be used for equipment at the hos- pital. • Precious Blood Gr. 1-2 teacher Sylvia Beierling's class along with the rest of the school celebrated Halloween by getting dressed up as their favourite ghouls and goblins last Friday At top is educational assistant Karen Vandenhengel. (photo/Craig Bradford) Cops catth up with Devil's Night goblins EXETER — The OPP caught up with a pair of Devil's Night revelers after what's being called a mini "crime spree." London OPP Const. Doug Grahln said two people are charged in connection with a rash of spray paint van- dalism on Carling, Senior and Mill streets in Exeter and a break-in at a Mill St. home overnight Oct. 30-31. Usborne Township's Ryan Cheyne, 18, is charged with break, enter and theft, possession of a controled substance (marijuana) and breach of probation. A 15 -year-old Exeter female is charged with break, POLICE BRIEFS . Six hurt in Stanley crash STANLEY TWP. — A two car crash at the intersec- tion of Stanley Conc. 2-3 and Sideroad 10-11 on Oct. 30 at about 4:15 p.m. resulted in six people including four children being sent to hospital. Huron OPP Const. Don Shropshall said Le Thi Yung, 30, of Huron Park was driving a blue '89 Ford van northbound on Conc. 2-3 when he entered the intersection. Paul O'Rourke, 32, of Dublin was eastbound on Sideroad 10-11 when he failed to stop for a yield sign. The two vehicles collided and were forced off the road into a farmer's field. Le Thi Yung along with four children passengers received minor injuries and were taken to Clinton Public Hospital by ambulance where they were treated and released for minor injuries. Those chil- dren included Le Tuongvi, 12, Ha Thu, 13, Le Allison, 1, and Le Jackelyn, 2, all female passen- gers. O'Rourke was also taken to Clinton hospital with major injuries to his neck and was later transferred to London's Victoria Hospital. Shropshall said O'Rourke was found to have con- sumed alcohol at the time of the crash and was given an alcotest that registered a warn. Open alco- hol was also found beside the vehicle. O'Rourke had his driver's licence suspended for 12 hours and has been charged with fail to yield under the Highway Traffic Act and a liquor infraction under the Liquor Licence Act. Andrea's break-in HURON PARK — A CD player was taken from Andrea's Dance Studio in Huron Park overnight Oct. -27-28. enter and theft and mischief under $5,000. Graham said a vehicle, a front bay window and another property were spray painted with orange paint while several cars parked in the Senior St. seniors apartments were sprayed as well as a Mill St. home. The break-in occurred at a home directly across from the spray painted one on Mill St. Graham said the investigation continues and more charges are pending. Past tax evasion nets man another fine EXETER — Two guilty verdicts were the high- lights of •a light docket at Exeter court last week. Vong Vannavong, 33, formerly of Exeter but now of RR1 Centralia, pleaded guilty to a tax evasion charge stemming —from him not submitting paperwork gen- erated by his bait business to Revenue Canada from the_ time period between May 1, 1997, and Dec. 31, 1997. Originally, Vannavong pleaded guilty to a tax evasion charge in Exeter court on Sept. 24, 1998, and was fined $1,000 and demanded to turn over the business records by Dec. 30, 1908. Vannavong again failed to turn over the records and has yet to pay .the fine. Judge R.G. Hunter sen- tenced Vannavong to another $1,000 fine with the condition that if Vannavong doesn't pay at least one of the outatand- ing fines within six months Vannavong would "know where you are going" —jail. Ronald Johnson, 38, of London was handed a $1,200 fine and a one year driver's licence sus- pension by Hunter after Johnson pleaded guilty to an impaired driving charge. An Exeter OPP officer found Johnson passed out behind the wheel of a pickup parked at Murphy's Bar & Grill at about 3:44 p.m. on April 2, 1999. The keys were in the ignition but the vehi- cle wasn't started. When the officer awak- ened Johnson he showed signs of being under the influence of alcohol. Johnson was previously convicted of impaired dri- ving in 1985 and 1987 for which he received jail terms of 14 days and 30 days respectively.