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Drinking drivers, assaults
pock Exeter court docket
A fine of $500 or 50 days was
levied against one of three
people who pleadedlullty to
driving with a blood-alcohol
content:over the legal limit
when they appeared before
Judge W.G. Cochrane in Ex-
eter court, Tuesday.
The fine of $500 was levied
against George Leroy Bieber;
RR 3 Exeter, it Ileing his se-
cond offence. He was given
three months in which to pay
the fine.
Bieber was charged on May
11 when an OPP officer stop-
ped his vehicle after noting it
had no tail light. A
breathalizer test gave a
reading of 210 mgs.
Paying fines of $300 or 30
days each were Donald G.
BIG HELP -- The Grand Bend Lioness recently provid-
ed a gift of $401 to the South Huron Big Brothers and
Big Sisters organization. Chairman of fund raising for
the group, Jim Chapman, accepts the gift from Sandra
Norris, immediate past president of the Grand Bend
Lioness.
Ottawa again vetoes
tax loss assistance
Another appeal by Exeter
council to receive some com-
pensation from the lost
assessment and tax revenue
from homes with urea for-
maldehyde foam insulation
(UFFI) has been turned
down.
The most recent attempt
was a direct appeal to Prime
Minister Trudeau, and in
answering on his behalf, Con-
sumer and Corporate Affairs
Minister Andre Ouellet said
there is no provision under the
Assistance Program to com-
pensate municipalities for
revenue lost due to reduced
tax assessment. Exeter's lost
tax revenue amounts to about
$5,000 this year.
"Ironically," he said, "the
reduced tax assessments of
UFFI homes may have con-
tributed to the decrease in the
value of these homes.
However, the federal govern-
ment will continue to work
towards establishing a stable
market for UFFI homes."
He noted that with new
research data, it is expected
that the stigma now attached
to UFFI homes will dissipate.
"Once remedial work in
homes is successfully com-
pleted and statements of test
results are issued attesting to
low levels of formaldehyde it
is expected that prospective
purchasers will be reassured
and that the market for UF -
FI homes will stabilize,"
Ouellet predicted.
The'Minister said that UF -
FI was listed as an eligible in-
sulating material under the
Canadian home Insulation
Program (CHIP) and this ac-
ceptance was based on a sten-
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Town looks
little junky
Councillor taylan
Josephson reported this week
that while Exeter remains "a
pretty, little town", its ap-
pearance is shabbier than it
has been in the past.
He said the increasing
number of stores displaying
newspaper • advertisements
and sale posters in their win-
dows "tends to detract" from ,
the appearance of the Main
Street.
Josephson said he realized
the assorted banners and win-
dow stickers constituted a
method of advertisement for
merchants, but said it looks
rather junky.
"It doesn't look as nice as it
has in the past." he conclud-
ed, while at the same time
noting he continues to be im-
pressed with the general ap-
pearance of the community.
McCallum, RR 1 Hensel, and
Gary A. Mullin; Huron Park.
McCallum was charged -on
June 12 in Usborne and a
breathalizer test gave a
reading of 170 mgs. He was
given 15 days in which to pay
the fine.
The Huron Park man was
charged on June 15 in Exeter
when police signalled him to
stop after noticing his vehicle
weaving. The accused went
over a curb and hit a utility
pole. A breathalizer test gave
a reading of 170 mgs. He was
given 30 days in which to pay
the fine.
The convictions also carry
a licence suspension of three
months.
A fine of $350 was levied
against Clayton James
Morley, RR 3, Ailsa Craig
who pleaded guilty to an
assault charge laid on April 10
at Huron Park when he struck
a •corrunissionaire.
The latter was supervising
a dance for students and the
accused punched him in an
altercation over being admit-
ted to the event. Morley was
given 90 days in which to pay.
Seventeen -year-old Michael
Talbot, Exeter, was fined $100
or 10 days after pleading guil-
ty to an assault against
another Exeter youth on May
23 in Exeter.
The court was told that at
2:00 a.m., Talbot confronted
the 15 -year-old and asked if he
wanted his hair cut with the
knife the accused had with
him. When the other youth
took the knife and threw it
across the street, the victim
was pushed around and shook
up.
Talbot was given 30 days in
which to pay the fine.
Kevin Bruce Wildfong,
Zurich, was convicted of
assault causing bodily harm
and fined $250 or 25 days when
Judge Cochrane ruled that he
used more force than
necessary in acting as a
bouncer at the Club Albatross
in Huron Park on November
6 when he struck a patron.
The patron had complained
that Wildfong had mistreated
a female patron whom he had
removed because she was
drunk.
Wildfong pushed the patron
who complained about the
woman's eviction and subse-
quently punched him in the
face, causing his nose to
bleed. Two teeth were also
chipped.
In his defence, Wildfong
said he struck the patron
because he thought he was go-
ing to strike him during the
verbal exchange.
His lawyer contended that
the bouncer was doing what
he thought necessary in self
defence, but Judge Cochrane
ruled such action was ex-
cessive force and was
unjustified.
Wildfong was given 90days
in which to pay.
Kenneth J. Wigglesworth,
London, pleaded not guilty to
an assault charge arising
from an incident in Exeter on
March 4, but was found guil-
ty and given a conditional
discharge and placed on pro-
bation for six months. He was
told to keep out of trouble and
keep the peace.
The court learned that Wig-
glesworth parked his cm+ in
such a way to block an exit at
Mac's Milk Store arid when a
local man was blocked in,
found the accused in the Piz -
MODEL PLANES FLY - More than 150 aircraft were in operation on the weekend
at Huron Park in the second annual Experimentaland Mammoth Scale Aircrcift of
Canada show.. Shown in ihe centre of the above picture with his prized croft is Bob
Nelitz of Creemore. At the left is club president Colin Wilson of Paris and at the
right is Klaus Nowack of Huron Park. T -A photo.
Crediton water ready
Residents of the police
village of Crediton have
received the go-ahead to hook
up to the new Lake Iluron
waterworks system. The
water system has now .been
completed to each property
line.
A letter mailed to village
property owners Monday
afternoon indicates that the
water works project has been
tested and completed ,to the
satisfaction of engineer Burns
Ross and the Ministry of the
Rnvironment.
Prior to construction, the
property owner or the con, -
tractor are required to mate
application for the water ser-
vice at the township office ac-
companied by a $25 fee.
Each owner is responsible
for obtaiping his or her own
contracter. The inspector for
the water service will be a
member of the Huron Colinty
Health Unit and water service
will not be turned on until the
inspector has given final
approval.
za Train and asked :hat the
vehicle be moved.
The accused ended up strik-
ing the man, who required
stitches for a cut caused iiirbeiN
his glasses penetrated his
eye -brow.
A lawyer for the London
man termed it an uninten-
tional assault, but Judge
Cochrane ruled it was
deliberate, although adding
that the accused was ag-
gravated with the victim.
Rupert H. Foley, RR 1
Kirkton, paid- a total fine of
1150 on two charges of taking
a motor vehicle without the
owner's consent. He pleased
guilty but said he didn't think
he was stealing.
Evidence revealed that he
took a truck from Exeter Pro-
duce on September 2$ to move
furniture from Ztirich to his
home. The gears on that vehi-
cle stuck and he returned to
get another truck. That truck
subsequently became stuck in
the ditch and hjreturned to
get a third vehielle.
He said he hadpermission
to take the first Iructs.1+The
charge for the initial ineident
was withdrawn apd Foley
was fined $100 for the second
charge and $50 on the' third
one. He was given 60 days in
which to pay.
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Date set 'for hearing
A preliminary hearing of a
second degree murder charge
against Nick Nester Hoswan,
55, of Exeter, in the death of
his wife is scheduled for
Goderich on September 2i.
Koswan was charged May
1, a day after Lucille Francis
Koswan, 38, was found dead
in their mobile home in
Buckline Acres Trailer Park,
RR 1, Exeter. An autopsy
showed she died from an.ab-
dominal hemorrhage believ-
ed caused by a severe blow.
Koswan was remanded out
of custody Tuesday when he
appeared in provincial court
in Exeter.
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A QUIET LLAMA — Evelyn and Gary Edwards_ enjoy petting a llama prior to Fri-
day's circus performances at Exeter Community Park provided by Martin and Downs.
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Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
Cancer drive
should go
over the top
Receipts from the Cancer
canvass in the Exeter branch
area are expected to run
about 11,000 over this year's
goal of 119,000 according to
campaign chairman Bill
Mickle. •
"In view of the economic
Conditions, people were yery
responsive to the Cancer can-
vass," Mickle said. "It was a
good campaign."
To date, about 417,200 has
been turned in and organizers
are still working on receipt of
the final few pledges from the
Ladies' Great Ridb for
Cancer which is expected t�
reach about $3,2Q0.
The sale of daffodils,
organized by the Beta Sigma
Phi, Sorority, was again one of
the more successful ventures
with receipts up about $400
over last year at 12,700-
Mickle also indicated that
the door-to-door can' 'ass for
the re'dential and industrial
sectors showed good
increases.
This year's total should be
about 11,500 over last year's
canvass, he said, in commen-
ding the people who worked
on the canvass and those who
gave so generously.
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& North Lambton Since 1873
One Hundred and Tenth Year
EXETER, ONTARIO, July 6, 1983
Price Per Copy 50 Cents
Serve as advisors to council under new plan act
Amalgamate three committees
CANDY STRIPER AWARDS — Candy Stripers Linda Roberts and Janet Simmons were
recognized ricently for completing 500 hours of volunteer work at South Huron
Hospital. At the left is Ruth Skinner whp made the presentation of photos prepared
by Jack Doerr. T -A photo.
Exeter won't back plan
for education tax change
Members of Exeter council
are as concerned as most peo-
ple about the steady increase
in education taxes, but they
decided this week not to join
a movement to have. the pro-
vincial government assume
all responsibility for the fun-
ding of education.
• That suggestion came in the
form of a resolution from the
County of Northumberland,
which asked that if the pro-
vince refused to take over
funding, that at least school
boards arrange for the collec-
tion of their own taxes "as it
has become more appareht
that school boards have no in-
tention of living within any
guidelines." •
Mayor Bruce Shaw noted
that if the province did take
over education funding. it
would result in increased in-
come taxes or sales taxes.
Councillor Bill Rose agreed
with that contention, adding
that in the long run it could be
more expensive as the
government would have to
add to its payroll to set up
methods of collecting taxes
from other sources.
"It would duplicate the cost
of collecting taxes," Reeve
Bill Mickle said in reference
to the suggestion that school
boards be required to collect
their own taxes if the province
vetoed the suggestion to take
over all funding.
He said he was also con-
cerned over the tact proper-
ty tax was going to be drop-
ped from agricultural land
and noted this would increase
the burden on residential,
commercial and industrial
properties.."It (money) has
to come from somewhere,"
he commented.
Council agreed to file the
resolution, but at the sugges-
tion of Councillor Gaylan
Josephson, did ask that the
communication back to Nor-
thumberland note Exeter
council's concern over educa-
tion taxes and the fact that the -
local" council does withhold
the education portion of un-
collected taxes until such
time as they are received.
Mickle had said during the
discussion that school boards
should be part of the collec-
tion process and not get their
'Ware- df Tags until they are
collected.
Exeter council adopted a
policy last year of withholding
the education portion of un-
paid taxes and have attemp-
ted to gain support from other
municipalities in that stand.
Also filed this week was a
resolution from the Township
of Dummer ( Warsaw, On-
tario) that snowmobilers be
required to have some sort of
flotation deVice incorporated
into their snowmobile suits if.
they. intend to be travelling
across or on any frozen water
courses.
The resolution noted the
concern about the use of
snowmobiles on frozen lakes
and rivers and the feasibility
of rescuing someone unfor-
tunate enough to go through
the ice.
Josephson.sa id the sugges-
tion for flotation devices was
good, but any new restrictions
add to the complexities of
overpowering big
government
Place to beat heat
not for patriots
Riverview Park is a great
place to go to escape the heat,
but not if you're particularly
patriotic.
That was the sum and
substance of two comments
made by members of council
this week at the conclusion of
their brief session.
Councillor Tom Humphreys
complained about the stale of
the flag at the park. noting it
was badly in need of replace- .
ment. Ile lamented the fact
the tattered flag had been
flown there over the Canada
Day holiday.
When asked if t ere as
replacement fla slab e,
works superin Glenn
Kells replied in the affir-
mative, but added it was just
a matter of finding time to
replace it.
In another comment on the
park, 'councillor Dorothy
Chapman -said she couldn't
believe that . so few -of the
town's 3,800 residents would
take advantage of it in an ef-
fort topeat the heat wave.
She agreed with Mayor
Bruce Shaw's comment that
the park provided natural air
conditioning.
"We're not all fortunate
enough to live on the lake,"
replied Councillor Bill Rose in
reference to Mrs. Chapman's
lose proximity to the facility.
Three of Exeter's current
committees will be
amalgamated into . a single
body when the new Planning
Act comes into effect on
August 1 of this year.
Under the terms of the new
Act, all planning boards are
autoniatically dissolve5 and
the responsibility for all plan-
ning matters is placed
squarely with the municipal
council, although provision is
granted to appoint a planning
advisory committee.
On the recommendation of
the executive committee,
council decided to
amalgamate the current
planning board, committee of
adjustment and the property
standards committee into a
nine -member advisory board.
Two members of the new
committee will be members
of council, one will be a staff
person and the other six will
be residents of the
community.
The new committee's chief
functions would be to consider
and make recommendations
to council for:
• Development proposals
and zoning applications;
• Applications for Official
plan amendments:
• Investigation of specific
planning issues;
• The development of long
term planning policies;
• Processing severance and
minor variance applications;
• Complaintsunderthe Pro-
perty Standards bylaw.
Council also approved the
recommendation that no
remuneration be given to the
nine people. with the excep-
tion the secretary-treasur0
stipend would continue until
the end of 1983 at which time
it would be evaluated with
Consideration of job descrip-
tion and salary adjustment.
At the present time,
members of the committee of
adjustment receiveo stipend
for their hearings..
Council also approved a
tariff of rates calling for a fee
of 8100 for severances and
minor variances, although the
committee or council would
have the power to adjust the
latter fee if circumstances
w -arrant.
The fee foi•zoning and Of-
ficial Plan amendments
would be $200 plus the ad-
ministrative cost incurred
over the applications.
• The fee for development
agreements wo6ld include the
legal, engineering and ad-
ministrative costs involved
and would be set out in the
development agreements.
The 12 local citizens who
now sit on the three commit-
tees will be advised that their
positions will terminate on
August 1,, but all will be in-
vited to make application to
fill the six seats on the new
group. An advertisement in
this week's issue also invites
application from other local
citizens.
Council accepted the com-
mittee's recommendations,
Monday, with little debate,
although some of the wording
to be used ul the bylaw was
polished up.
Mayor Shaw told members
that if they wanted to make
alternative suggestions they
would have to do so quickly as
the new bylaw must be ready
to take effect by August 1.
Driver sustains
bad neck injury
A 19 -year-old Usborne
Township youth suffered
severe neck injuries in one of
four collisions investigated
this week by the Exeter OPP.
Michael Stewart. RR
Kirkton. was proceeding
along Highway 83 near
Thames Road early Friday
morning when his vehicle
went out of control and struck
a tree.
The youth was taken to
South Iluron Hospital by Hoff-
man's Ambulance and then
transferred to University
Hospital in London.
Damage in the accident
was listed at 81.500.
There were two collisions
on Saturday, the first involv-
ing a vehicle operated by
Ronald Houwert, Seaforth.
He lost control of his vehicle
on Highway 83 just east of
.Highway 21 and went into the
ditch, striking a telephone
pole.
Houwert escaped injury
and damage was set at 81,800.
The other crash involved
vehicles driven by Raymond
Denomme and Dennis Jet:
fres% both of RA 1 Zurich.
They collided on fitgbway e4
at St. Joseph's and damage
was estimated at $825.
The other crash of the week
was reported on Sunday at
Oakwood Park. A vehicle
driven by Brett Dewbury,
London, skidded into the ditch
on Summit Ave. and struck a
pump house. Damage was
$1,900.
KRAZY OP ANL Stove Wells and Michelle King look over o Krazy Police vehi-
• cle prior fo Friday's Martin and Downs Circus at Exewr Community Park.T-A photo.
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