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Joanne Young's hunger strike ends as she's carried from court
'Jane Doe' in
A mathematics teacher at
South Huron District High
School captured national at-
tention this week after being
identified as the "Jane Doe"
who has been on a three-week
hunger strike in a jail in
Syracuse, New York.
Joanne Young, RR 2
Zurich, had refused to iden-
tify herself or cooperate in
any way with the U.S. federal
authorities since being ar-
rested July 27 in a demonstra-
tion against cruise missiles
and other nuclear weapons at
Griffiss Air Force Base at
Rome, N.Y.
The 56 -year-old teacher was
released from jail on Monday.
but had to be wheeled out of
an Auburn, N.Y., courtroom
in a secretary's chair, after
DECORATED BIKE — Jayson Schultz was one of many
Lucon and area youngsters appearing in Sunday's Lucan
Fair parade. T -A photo.
Five people hurt
in area collisions
A two-year-old lluron Park
girl was among the five peo-
ple injured in arca accidents
this week.
Laura Sheppard was taken
to South Huron Hospital and
then transferred to St.
Joseph's in London after be-
ing invoked in a collision with
a vehicle driven by Harry To-
wle on Friday.
Towle was backing out of
his laneway at 193 Algonquin
Drive when his vehicle struck
the youngster. She suffered
an injury to her hip.
• The youngster was taken to
South Huron Ilospital by her
mother.
The first of the six ac-
cidents investigated by the
Exeter O1'P occurred last
Monday when a motorcyclist,
David West holm, London.
suffered minor injuries and
was treated at South Huron
Hospital.
The motors 'ole he was
riding was struck by a
plywood loading ramp that
blew off a vehicle being
driven by Morris Webb, RR 2
Zurich. The mishap occurred
on Highway 21 just nortl. of
Highway 83 and damage to
the motorcycle was listed at
$300. •
On Tuesday. vehicles
'driven by William
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she squatted on the floor and
refused to leave. •
She was ordered to appear
for trial on a tiespa.sing
charge on September 8, but
told court officials she
wouldn't come back.
Young, who has been im-
p. :soned before during anti-
nuclear demonstrations and
has penned several articles on
her beliefs, actions and prison
experjences in the Times -
Advocate, finally admitted
her identify to a Syracuse
reporter in an interview on
Friday. The story appeared in
newswire ser+ices across the
U.S. and Canada.
While her family, some
neighbours and friends knew
the teacher was in prison, it
took U.S. officials 17 days to
get a positive identification
after she appeared before
Judge Howard Munson on a
charge of trespassing.
Young was arraigned
before Munson following her
arrest, but refused to identify
herself and was given the
standard identity of Jane Doe.
Ed Dunn, a reporter with
the Syracuse Post Standard
newspaper, said Young at-
tentpted to engage Munson in
a philosophical debate at her
initial court appearance "and
refused to cooperate in any
way. They had to wheel her
into the courtroom to get her
there."
Dunn interviewed Young in
the Onondaga County Jail in
Syracuse late Friday after-
noon, where she was taking
"only water" during her fast.
He said she was weighed last
week and "had lost 15 pounds,
although she feels she has lost
substantially more since then.
May invite
Sportsfest
Exeter could play host to
the 1985 Lake Huron Zone
Sportsfest.
The South Huron rec centre
board' of management ex-
pressed interest in the event
following a report from - rec
director Lynne Farquhar,.
who said Thursday she has
already advised zone recrea-
tion association officials Ex-
eter may be interested in
hosting the event.
Seaforth played host to the
annual Sportsfest this past
weekend and next year's is
slated for Kincardine.
A report from the 1982 event
held in Hanover was
available for members and it
showed the event attracted
over 2,000 participants in a
wide range of sports and.
resulted in a profit of $3,200
for the rec board there from
a dance and local organiza-
tions which operated food
booths showed net profits of
$4,600.
"As long as it's a dry
weekend, you should do well,"
Miss Farquhar told board
members.
Caroline Merner expressed
concern over the lack of ac-
commoda lion for par-
ticipants, but she was told
that many of them camp out.
It was also noted that par-
ticipants did not have to
reside in the Lake Huron zone
and so some teams and in-
dividuals could be expected to
enter from the areas south of
Exeter.
Miss Farquhar told board
members she would get a
financial statement from the
Seaforth Sportsfest
organizers before a final deci-
sion was made on seeking the
event for 1985.
N.Y. jail adds up to loyal math teacher
She said she feels quite weak.
She appeared to be weak and
somewhat tired. But she
seemed to have her wits about
her. She seems quite an in-
telligent person, quite
perceptive."
He said Young told him she
has not decided yet whether
she would continue her fast
until death if necessary. He
said Young told him she.
wants to take the case to trial,
but is not sure what she will
do if authorities set her free.
Young is a widow with
three daughters and a son. An
her children live in the Toron-
to area. Daughter Gayle said
her mother has become an
anti-nuclear activist largely
because of the death of her
husband in 1956.
Gayle said her father,
William Lorne Young, was
working at an Eldorado
Nuclear Ltd. plant in Port
Hope in 1954 when he was
supervising work in the ven-
tilation system and "he was
exposed to a very dense cloud
of radioactive dust." He later
contracted "a very unusual
form of cancer" that was
prevalent in Hiroshima area
after the atomic bomb was
dropped in the Second -World
War. Gayle said that par-
ticular form of cancer
developed from two to six
years after exposure fallout.
She said the firm deniedtany
connection between her
MINIM
father's exposure to radioac-
tivity and his death about two
years later.
Because of those events,
Gayle said, her mother "is
aware from personal ex-
perience of the negative ef-
fects of nuclear energy" and
has participated in many anti-
nuclear activities over the
years.
Young, in reports printed in
the Syracuse Post Standard
when she was called - Jane
Permit value dips
The value of building per-
mits approved in Exeter in
July continued to suffer from
the summer doldrums,
Building inspector Brian
Johnston advised council this
week the value of permits
during the past month was
852,782.75.
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There were 14 permits for
residential renovations and
additions at $36,682, two car-
ports for $3,000, two commer-
cial renovations at $6,300 and
one institutional renovation at
84,000.
There were no permanent
sign permits approved and
only three temporary signs. .
Imes
Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
One Hundred and Tenth Year
Doe, explained her refusal to
co-operate with the U.S.
authorities: "I just don't want
to co-operate with a system
that protects the nuclear in-
dustry. I'm doing this in hopes
of furthering the peace move-
ment. There are a' lot of .peo-
ple out there who sympathize
with us but, for one reason or
another, they are afraid to
speak out. If enough of us
made a stand, pe.rhapa the
others will come forward."
She was among about 48
protesters arrested in late Ju-
ly at the air base where there
are B52 bombers and cruise
missiles. She is, however, the
only one still in jail. The other
protesters were released
when they signed promises to
appear in court again and
personal bail bonds valued at
$500, without having to post
any cash. Several hundred
protesters were involved in a
series of demonstrations
spanning several days in the
base area.
Also among those arrested
was Christina Petronis, in her
late 20s, of London. She has
JOANNE YOUNG
been released and is to return
for trial in September. Jen-
nifer Moore, 21, of London,
said earlier she was taken in-
to custody at the air base,
handcuffed, fingerprinted,
photographed and warned
about trespassing, but she
was not charged. She said she
and other protesters were for-
ming a blockade at one of the
gates of the base when taken
into custody.
Gayle said she believes her
mother "felt she was trying to
protest in a democratic
fashion, which is not against
the law, so she should not be
in jail. If she co-operates, I
believe she feels that would be
conceding she has done
something wrong."
South Huron principal
Bruce Shaw" confirmed that
Young is slated to continue as
a mathematics teacher at the
school in September. He said
she is "very sincere" about
her anti-r►aclear activities.
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SEEING A SAW Ben Cottrell (left) helps his friend Eric
Groot saw up a tree limb brought down by last week's
hail storm in Hensall.
Charge two women
with shoplifting count
Two shoplifting incidents
and two motor vehicle colli-
sions were among the in-
vestigations conducted by the
Exeter police department this
week.
Two females were charged
with shoplifting at Zehrs on
Saturday and will appear in
Exeter court in Septemt.er. A
number of shoplifting in-
cidents have been reported at
the store recently and in all
cases, the persons caught
have been charged.
A house was involved in one
of the two collisjons in-
vestigated. Thal occurred on
Saturday when a car driven
by Robert l'avkeje, RR 2 Cen-
tralia, left the road and struck
the steps of the front porch on
a house owned by Ilarold
Broderick, 456 Andrew St.
Damage was set at $1,700 by
Constable Brad Sadler.
The other crash occurred
on Wednesday in the parking
lot al the Canadian Tire Store.
Drivers involved were Nancy
Chambers, 143 Victoria St.,
and Timothy DeVries, 75
Thames Road West. ('on -
stable Sadler investigated
that one as well and set
damage at 8410.
The police request that
anyone having lost money
during the past week come to
the office and identify it.
Veto drug store in shopping centre
Busy inaugural for planners
The members of Exeter's
.newly appointed planning ad-
visory committee held their
inaugural session last week
when they faced a lengthy
agenda and those in the future
could be the sane as council
members have now urged
them to undertake a complete
review of the official plan.
The call for the review ac-
tually stemmed from one -of
the decisions made by the
committee: that being not to
comply with a request from
Landawn Shopping Centre to
allow a drug store uke in the
north -end shopping centre
After learning the reasons
for the decision over the drug
store were based on the
criteria from the official plan.
Reeve Bill Mickle said it was
perhaps time for a review of
the plan.
He said there were citizens
in the north end who wotdd be
served by a drug store and
also noted that some restruc-
turing of the industrial land
designations should perhaps
he considered to give extend-
ed uses to some properties.
Under the new Ontario
Planning Act. municipalities
are required to review their
official plans every five
years, and Mickle said the
review should perhaps be con
"sidered in the immediate
future as Exeter's plan has
not been reviewed for Live .
years.
Ile suggested the review he
undertaken in 1984. rather
than waiting until 1988.
After further discussion.
planning board represen-
tative Dorothy Chapman said
she would take councij's
direction to the planning ad-
visory committee members.
in another comment on the
drug store matter. Deputy -
Reeve I;ossy Fuller said it ap-
peared "automatic" that
most of the requests for new to operate from an industrial
uses at the shopping centre t zone at- 168 Thames Road
would be turned down if the
official plan criteria was
followed.
She hinted at that being in-
consistent with council's pro-
mise to Landawn officials
that any use they wished
would be considered.
- The planning advisory com-
mittee had listed three
criteria from the official plan
in denying the request for the
drug store use. Those criteria
basically attempt to protect
the core area and allow ex- -
panded highvr-ay commercial
development for uses that are
not compatible with the core
location for -reasons of space
requirements or type of
operation.
1Councillor Bill Rose also
charged the town with being
inconsistent in actions to "tie
the hands" of the shopping
center owner. while at the
same time making less
stringent demands on other
people.
His comment came in
reference to the discussion
surrounding Star -Time Video.
which was given permission
West and given one year in
which to comply with the type
of operation consistent with
-that zoning.
Councillor Gaylan
Josephson defended council's
action, noting that the deci-
sion had been made because
owner Pat Knight had in-
dicated his intention to
establish a distribution centre
al the location and not strict-
ly a commercial outlet.
Reeve Mickle also argued it
was a "proper step" in an at-
tempt not to shut out a person
who was attempting to start
a businessin the community.
The planning advisory com-
mittee had discussed the Star-
Tinie Video situation at their
inaugural session and advis-
ed Knight that while his . oll
shutter business is permitted
in the industrial zoning, the
rental and sales business of
the video and computer
machines was not. •
They advised Knight that
he would have -to apply for a
zoning change in order for his
rental and sales business to be'
considered as a permitted use
Another one coming
The way things are going,
there ,way
be a good oppor-
tunity for someone wishing to
get into the translating
business in Exeter. par-
ticularly if that person has a
knowledge of German.
Reeve Bill Mickleannounc-
ed (his week that the town
would play host to its second
German industrialist next
month and there is a good
possibility that a third one -will
be arriving in November.
Arriving on September 7
will be Ludwig Schupp of
Pfister & Langhanss, a firm
with facilities in Munich and
Frankfurt.
Similar to the itinerary set
up last month for ('hristuph
La ngenhorst. 1 he town will
host a reception and local of -
ficials will assist Schupp in
meeting local industry
leaders.
The firm which next
month's visitor • represents
produces ram pumps that
operate without the use of ex-
ternal energy •
on the properly.
Knight has been granted
until the end of the -year by
council lo meet the zoning re-
quirements and Rose termed
the whole - situation
"incongruous". •
Mayor Bruce Shaw agreed
there did appear to be a cer- .
tain degree of inconsistency
and said that "has to be
resolved and it will be".
In other business at the
planning - advisory
committee:
Robert Spears was elected
chairperson and Dorothy •
Chapman was named as vice -
chairperson.
Bethel Reformedchurch and
Laidlaw Transport were ad-
yised that no .development
agreements are required for
additions planned to their
facilities. The church plans a
1.00(1 square foot addition to
provide for Improved entry
and exit facilities. while
Laidlaw plans a 352 square
loot addition to be used as a
stock room for truck parts.
The committee - recom-
mended that zoning for. a
38 -lot subdivision for
Stoneyridge Developments
Int. on Huron St. East be
changed from developmental
to medium density residential
and that proceedingsbeginfor
this rezoning.
The committee also decid-
ed that a plan of survey sign-
ed by an Ontario land
surveyor be the . required
drawing submitted with each
application for a minor
variance. Mrs. Chapman, in
response to a concern of
Morley Hall that such a
survey could cost at least
S400. said that most proper-
ties have such surveys
already available and it
would be a matter of obtain-
ing copies of that survey from
Goderich.
Closing of GB beach is disaster; recent tests show improvement
Too much poop in river says councillor
it happened! One of the
cleanest lakes in Canada and
one of the cleanest beadle,: on
Ontario were hit by pollution!
Grand Bend received the
had news tate Thursday after-
noon. when a phone call came
to the village offices from
Lambton Medical Officer of
Health, Dr. Lucy Duncan.
saying that fecal bacterial
levels in lake water were at
the point where warnings
must be posted on the Grand
13end Beach for the protection
of the health of swimmers.
It was less than an hour
before it hit the media fan.
Western Ontario media per-
sons swarmed around Grand
Bend for two days. Local
stalwarts were stunned.
Village and Chamber of Com-
merce offices were besieged
by calls.
Village officials began to
sort things out by the
weekend in the calm of the
wake of the news. it was calm
only because. on Saturday
and Suhday, tourists stayed
away from the Bend.
Warning posters went up on •
six public beaches in the
vicinity of Grand Bend. A
Goderich beach had been
posted by the Huron Health
Unit a week earlier and it was
reported that public beaches
on Lake Ontario have been
plagued with similar
problems.
Grand Bend Councillor
Murry DesJardine's im-
mediate reaction was that
there wasn't much one could
do about Lake Huron, "but if
they've singled out Grand
Bend. they've got a lot of ex-
plaining to do."
Deputy Reeve Ilarold
Green just shook his head and
said. "impossible". Most
agreed that the lake•was dir-
ty last weekend but felt that,
with Tuesday's high winds
Mid storm, the lake would he
cleared.
In fact, by Wednesday,
when Natural Resources per-
sons tested the water at
Pinery Park. the level of
pollution was not alarming.
Councillor Bruce Woodley
and a friend were forced to
swim his small sail boat
several miles back to Grand
Bend a week ago and felt that
the lake was "definitely not
clean." A homeowner on the
north beach. Woodley swims
in the lake as soon as it is free
of ice in the spring.
()n Saturday he said "I'm
not afraid to swim in it today"
so he and neighbour Marjie
Thebodeau swam out to the
sand bar and back in the
evening.
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It was cold. hut clear. Mar-
jie said she could see her
toenail polish ten feet from
shore. She drives with her two
children from Denver Col.
every summer. "i've been on
Lake Huron every summer,
all my whole life. It's a fami-
ly tradition...the shores of
Lake Huron are very special
to all of us"
Woodley, who is the village
man in charge of beach
business, said that the
lifeguards would be warning
potential swimmers. There
were about a dozen cars in
both beach parking lots. On a
busy day 'the lots hold 400.
Parking lot attendants were
missing from the F raleigh lot.
Bath house chief, Jim
Ward, was gently passing the
message to persons
enquiring.
On the river, Councillor
Dennis Snider. who operates
a marina, occupying 600 feel
of river front theorized that "I
suspect we're seeing the
result of poor farming prac-
tice. This river is full of poop
• horse. cow. pig, chicken -
you name it! There's all kinds
of silt around in a nice stew
close to shore. in looking at it,
the river really drains only
farm land. if 1 leave my
slings out (on the. big boat
moving machine) they come
up with an inch of silt. Maybe
we had a flushing action with
the heavy rain • but that's on-
ly my theory. Did anyone
think of testing the river?"
Reeve Bob Sharen, was
philosophical about the whole
thing. "Lucy (Dr. Duncan)
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114141WARNING - Bath House chief Jim Ward spent most of
main bench in Grand Bend explaining to swimmers the
posted on the outside of the building ofter pollutions levels
ton County Health Unit made it necessary for officials to p
health hazards in the swimming areas along the Grand
r
Friday of his post on the
meaning of the warning
from testing by the Lamb-
ast warnings of potential
Bend beaches.
Improvement reported
At Monday night's council
meeting in Grand Bend,
Reeve Bob ,Sharen told con-
cerned citizens assembled
that extra tests done of the
lake water on Sunday showed
some improvement but that
the bacteria count was not yet
satisfactory enough to lift the
warning signs from the
beach.
Lambuon County Officer of
Health. 1)r. Lucy Duncan.
re iorted that four of the five
tests were "good and one was.
had. Five more tests ►fere
taken Monday morning and
sent to laboratories in London
and Sarnia for comparison
testing. Results are expected
to be available by late after-
noon Tuesday.
Sharen had praise for the
work V. Dr. Duncan and her
staff and for John Bray.
district representative of the
Ministry of the Environment.
who opened offices on Sunday
to look after the concerns of
the village. Dr. Duncan And
Bray met with village of-
ficials yesterday to look al the
•
problem and to try to deter-
mine how to isolate areas of
pollution in the district
Sharen said he felt this would
be a very difficult task. A
press conference has been set
for 4 p.m. Tuesday to make
public the morning
discussions.
Sharen stressed the need
for awareness of arca citizens
of the problem. Ile suggested
that where problems were
• known to exist it was impor-
tant for the good of ,he whole
community to bring the pro-
blems to the attention of the
village so that the village.
with the cooperation of the.
ministry of the environment
could work at preventing such
pollution in the future
There was extensive discus-
sion about the adverse
publicity by area modia.
Clerk -treasurer, .:'►,.inne
Mallard. said she received the
news al 4:45 Thursday after-
noon last week and informed
councillors that the beach
would be posted with warning
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