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Times-Advocate, 1983-11-23, Page 1QV FU --�r 1 Whitings Phone 235-1964 Teacber aaswns rebel's name; awaits action by court and board The Clinton board room of the Huron board of education and the Toronto College Park courthouse are separated by a considerable distance, but officials in both .are facing similar decisions. The decision is what to do with SHDHS math teacher Joanne Young. The 56 -year-old anti- nuclear proponent got her wish on Friday' when she was arrested with about 80 other demonstrators at the Litton Industries plant in Rexdale. She was absent without per- mission from her math classes at the time and the Huron board will meet Mon- day to discuss her status. ON THE BARS - Instructress Lauren Love helps Julie McLeod through a bars routine during a gymnastics class at SHDHS Saturday morning. T -A photo Can thank, cure her car seat belts An Auburn area woman has a :.ore neck due to being pinn- ed in her car by her seat belt, but may also have those seat belts to thank for saving her life following a single car crash on highway 4, Friday. Ellen Errington, RR 2 Auburn, ,lost control of her vehicle on an icy patch of highway near Hensall and the vehicle careened into the • ditch and ended up wrapped around a tree. rite tree and the seat belt pinned the wuman in the vehi cle and she was hauled out by passersby who had to cut the belt which was lashed tightly across her neck. • She was taken to South Huron ilospital for treatment. Damage to the crash was listed at $11.000 as the vehicle was dcrnolished It was one of four collisions investigated by the Exeter OPP this week and the other three occurred on Saturday and also involved only one driver . A %chicle driven b% Kham- mank Ounsamone, Exeter, went out of control on conces sion 2 south of sideroad 20 in Stephen and struck a hydro pole Damage was $1.500. Later. a vehicle driven by Edward Case. RR 2 Grand Bend, skidded off Highway 4 south of Herrsall and struck a sign post with resulting damage of $430 Police are still searching for the driver involved in the final crash on Saturday. It oc- curred in Hensall when a parked car owned by Grace Sararas, Ilensall, was struck by an unknown vehicle in front of her residence. Damage to the Sararas vehicle was estimated at $600. Open house set for today Visitors accepting S„uth Huron Hospital's invitation to an open house today from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. may think they are seeing things when they poke their heads into some of the rooms. Wallpaper? In an institution? Yes. The walls facing semi- private and obstetrical pa- tients are now being covered in wallpaper chosen to blend in with the existing drapes. A feminine pastel floral design has been chosen for the obstetrics patients' rooms, and conservative uni-sex striped patterns for the semi- private rooms. Hospital adminstrator • Roger Sheeler explained that the intent is to alleviate the in- stitutional look, and give the Exeter hospital a more homey atmosphere. The seasonal Christmas decora- tions in evidence everywhere .have added a further humanizing touch. Meanwhile, Toronto cour- thouse officials will be deciding her status as she has refused to give them her cor- rect name and has embarked on a hunger strike. She has insisted on using the name of Louis Riel and is the only demonstrator pick- ed up on Friday who remains in custody - at least at press time yesterday. Even if she is released and returns to classes, Huron education director Robert Allan reports that the special board meeting will continue Motorcyclist fined over cycle crash A motorcyclist whose machine struck and injured two bicyclists in Hensall was fined $28 when he appeared before Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake in Exeter court, Tuesday. Stephen Hounsell, Dutton, was charged with failing to turn out to the left to avoid a collision as a result of the in- cident which occurred on Oc- tober 1 on Highway 4. Evidence revealed that Hounsellwas in a group of six motorcyclists as they ap- proached Hensall around 5:00 p.m. His machine collided with a bicycle ridden by Ronald Sanqua, London, and then struck another bicycle ridden by Sybil Schaufler, Hensall. Sanqua sustained a severed tendon and compound frac- ture in addition to scrapes and bruises, while the Hensall woman had two broken ribs, a punctured heel and bruises. In his defence, the accused said he was riding in the fourth position in the stag- gered pattern of the motorcy- cle group and that he had moved towards the centre lane when he saw the cyclists ahead of him, but that one of them moved into his path. ) However, Mr. Wedlake said he was satisfied the accused had failed to turn out to the .left to avoid the collision and handed down the conviction. Robert J. Pavkeje, RR 2 Centralia, who pleaded guilty to careless driving, was fined $128 and was given 60 days in which to, pay. He was charged on August 13 after his v.hicle left the roadway and struck a house at 456 Andrew St. in Exeter. Total damage to the vehicle and house was listed at $1,700. Pavkeje said he either fell asleep or blacked out at the time of the collision which was around 2:00 a.m. A fine of $28 was levied against John Twynstra, Grand Bend, who pleaded guilty to failing to turn out to the left to avoid a collision. Ile was charged on August 13 when he struck the rear of a mobile home which was in the process of making a left turn in front of him on Highway 21. Damage in the accident was $2,200. in the only other case on Tuesday's docket, George Larrett Milic, Willowdale, was fined $46.50 on a charge of travelling at a speed of 109 in an 80 km. zone on October 9 in flay Township. as planned to determine her future as a teacher at the local high school. Board administration back- ed principal Bruce Shaw win uenying Young permission take time from classes to at- tend Friday's demonstration, but she followed through on her threat to disregard the denial of permission. She had been warned that such an action would be a breach of her contract with the board. A "well qualified math teacher" has replaced her temporarily in the classroom, the local principal reported. Shaw indicated that no punishment will be meted out to a group of about 35 students who staged a peace demonstration in Exeter on Friday afternoon. About 100 students had met with the principal on Friday morning to discuss the pro- - Aribkkg priety of a planned peace demonstration. Many of those accepted Shaw s counsel against taking time from classes to participate, but shortly after lunch, the small group started parading through the downtown and in the high school area with a - variety of placards. Some of the participants had been scheduled for school tests and they ended up with a zero. That was about the same mark they appeared to be getting from most of those witnessing the demonstration. Shaw had offered them the use of the school on their own time to stage a peace rally, but that offer was spurned in favor of the downtown march. A further report on the stu- dent demonstration provided by our school correspondent is printed elsewhere in this issue. PICKETING FOR PEACE --- About 50 South Huron District High School students paraded down Main Street Fri- day afternoon demonstrating for peace and supporting SHDHS teacher Joanne Young in her crusade in Toronto. Ames Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Eleventh Year fi dvocate & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, November 23, 1983 Price Per Copy 50 Cents Show adamant Exeter won't pay disproportionate cost any longer Delay, but no reprieve for user fees Exeter council met with members of the South Huron rec centre board of manage- ment and staff this week in their first discussion on im plementing user fees. ,When all was said and done, the proposal to move to user fees was temporarily shelved until cost studies are com- pleted to show' the areas where the deficit is piling up. However, Mayor Bruce Shaw was adamant.in stating council's position'tifttt Exeter ratepayers would not con- tinue to assume a dispropor- tionate share of that deficit and the cost studies would have to be completed by the Okay agreement for store project A final reading was given to a bylaw at Exeter council ses- sion this week to enter into a development agreement in respect to the planned changes at Darling's IGA store at the corner of Main and Sanders St. The first phase of the pro- ject entails building a new wing to be located on the pre- sent parking lot between the iGA and McKerlie-Millen auto supply. The old two-storey section of the store will be removed. That area would then become available for parking or for future expansion of the facili- ty of another phase of the pro- ject planned by the A.J. Carl- ing Co. Ltd. CHURCH MORTGAGE GOES UP IN FLAMES — Members of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Exeter celebrated the burning of their mortgage Sunday night. Watching the burning of the church debt since it was built in 1967 from the left were guest speaker Rev. Gerry Berm and church officials Ron Heywood, Hugh Rundle, pastor Mark Lowrie, char ter ;•ostor lycir Bodenham and Verne Montmorency. T -A photo Only take five percent Trustees roll back stipends Separate school trustee,: rolled back their 1984 honorarium to reflect the five percent provincial guidelines As of December 1. the trustees bonny arium• was antotth ytica1Iy sel try increase to $21:; pet month. bill at the Huron 1'er th Separate School Board < November 14 meeting tic honorarium was reduc • '1 to $ i . per month. The $198 repre,i•nls a five percent increase over the pre sent stipend of $189 per month Trustee Louis Maloney of Dublin said he had made the motion because the board's employees had to abide by the Inflation Restraint Act. "I feel trustees should abide by it," commented Maloney. The previous board, a3 allowed under Ministry of F:ducation guidelines, set the trustees' stipend For three years covering the term of of- fice for the present board. Originally the honorarium was to increase to $200 per month effective December 1. 1982, to $225 effective December 1, 1984. While the present trustees are not allowed to increase the honorarium for the pre- sent term they are allowed to roll back the fee. Earlier this year the trustees rolled back their 1983 stipend to $189 which represented a five percent in- crease over the $180 per month they had been receiving. Next year, it will be up to the trustees to roll back the automatic increase to $250 per month. board and staff prior to budget deliberations by area municipalities in February. While facilities manager Cam Stewardson and rec director Lynne Farquhar were backed by board members in their contention that it would be an onerous task to complete by the deadline, Shaw told them that it was "high priority" and somehow they would have to find a way to come up with the figures required. Shaw said that Exeter would not pay 90 percent of the deficit for recreation and facilities next year without being shown good cause why they should. "People have to understand it is not fair that Exeter is burdened with a dispropor- tionate share of the deficit," he said. "User fees may be a nightmare, but damnit if it's the only way we have to go, DISCUSSING CO-OP BUSINESS — Shown at Friday's annual meeting of the Exeter and District Co-operative are from the left United Co-operatives of Ontario president Bob Down, district supervisor Bill Deyell, Exeter manager Ed Rodenberg and local board of directors president John Oke. T -A photo Co -Op experiences deficit for first time in many years Current economic condi- tions over the past year reflected in the financial report given Friday at the an- nual meeting of the Exeter District Co -Operative. Total sales for the year en- ding September 30 were down more than 8100,000 from 1982 to $5,646,380 and a deficit was realized for the first time in many years. The loss in net income was $5,706. A year earlier there was a net profit of 840,263. The decrease in total sales was due to the extremely mild winter as petroleum sales were down more than $179,000. Manager Ed Rodenberg said While petroleum and fer- tilizer sales were down, receipts from the lumber divi- sion under new salesman Chuck Mallette were up by $144,000. Rodenberg continued, "As farm cash receipts decline the farm community has had to spread its spending dollars further. Agricultural sup- pliers in competition for that reduced supply of dollars have lowered margins significantly in the past year. Fewer margin dollars from lower sales have had to cover ever rising expenses resulting in a decline in net income for the year." in giving the directors report, Jim Morlock also touched on the subject of lower margins saying, "The competition in our area is great. in areas 40 miles from here farmers don't get bargains like we get." Manager Rodenberg went on to say, "We have establish- ed two goals for the coming year. Your Co -Op is commit- ted to supplying you with goods and services at com- petitive prices as in the past and secondly our aim is to im- prove our level of'service to our patrons. We have extended our hours of operation in the store on Saturdays. We are placing more emphasis on bringing our sales programs out to your farm. We are upgrading our fertilizer facilities for even better service. We want the Co -Op to be responsive to your needs." Rodenberg told the large crowd that the Exeter Co -Op has the assets and staff to generate an additional million dollars in sales and an in- crease of that amount would mean a net income of 8140,000 Heritage activities now in jeopardy If more interest and help is not forthcoming Exeter's Heritage Days may be a thing of the past. This was the decision reached by the Heritage Days Committee at the windup meeting for this year's event at the Scout Hall Wednesday. Most committee members echoed chairman Mike Williamson's feeling this would be a real disappoint- ment and loss to the com- munity. He said the commit- tee now has over $4,000 in the bank which has yet to be ear- marked for any specific cause. When Heritage Days began two years ago it was decided to hold a family fun event with all the proceeds to go for community benefit. No deci- sion has been made as to which organization or project will be beneficiary of ileritage Days dollars although three possibilities were expressed at Wednes- day's meeting: Funds could go to South Huron Hospital which is always in need of money for the purchase of equipment. U a senior citizens home is to be started in Ex- eter the money would be a tremendous help. Williamson told the committee his per- sonal choice would be to see the money go toward the con- struction of an indoor swim- ming pool. The committee agreed these are only three possibilities where Heritage Days funds could go and public input will be helpful in making the final choice. A public meeting is slated for Wednesday, January 11 in the Old Town Hall. Any per- son who s ideas or the will - to contribute to the success of Heritage Days will be welcomed Williamson stated. Other popular events stag- ed by area communities were cited by Williamson as an ex- ample of what can be accomplished. r resultingin substantial patronage returns to members. The directors report in- dicated the board had pur- chased a new Terragator li- quid fertilizer applicator at a cost of $100,000 which allowed increased acreage covered this spring by 40 percent. Capital was also used on im- provements to the elevator in the form of bin temperature monitoring cables. The decision was also made to install a Co -Op gas bar dur- ing 1984. United Co -Operatives of On- tario president Bob Down told the annual meeting, "Your Co -Op is only what you make it. Your continued support in membership and patronage is needed." Down in revealing another tougtr economic year for UCO with a large deficit said he was optimistic about the future. He added, "The last four months of UCO business have been the beat since 1978 and we hope this trend will continue. We made a lot of changes in 1983 and we should reap the benefits this coming year." In the annual nominations. three new directors were elected. They were Ross Ballantyne, Wayne Ratz and Harvey Hodgins, replacing Eric Hints, Stan Francis and Jim Dougall who had com- pleted their terms and were not eligible for re-election. John Oke is president of the board of directors and other members are Jim Morlock, Edwin Miller, Wayne Rowe, Cliff Hicks and Gerald McBride. we'll go." At the outset of the meeting, Shaw had suggested that a public meeting be called for all residents of the area who are serviced by the rec centre "to see what comes out of such a meeting ana go from there". He said if area residents and their council 'members could be convinced of the in- equity of the current situation at such a meeting, user fees may be able to be avoided by a voluntary increase from the municipalities involved. A lengthy discussion then followed on the pros and cons of user fees, but the Mayor re- mained steadfast in his claim that while user fees appeared to be the last alternative.they would have to come. Even suggestions that some programs or facilities could be adversely affected failed to daunt him as he repeated council's stand that Exeter ratepayers would no longer pay 90 percent of the deficit while records show that only 60 percent of the use of facilities and programs is by town residents. Stephen council represen- tative Tom Tomes cited the need for a study to determine in what areas the budget is showing the largest deficits, noting that Stephen and lrsborne couldn't be expected to pay for losses incurred in such areas as ball diamonds when they in fact provide their own for their residents. Ile also noted one error in tht user study and said that may indicate here are other errors as well. As others joined in express- ing the need to determine the basis for the deficit, it was finally agreed that the rec staff should compile an analysis and have it ready for February. Please turn to page 3 HP workers approve pact Sixty-nine unionized workers at Trail Manufactur- ing at Huron Park have sign- ed a new two-year agreement which increases their wages by 65 cents an hour by next November 1. The workers, members of United Auto Workers Local 1620, receive a 30 -cent -an - hour pay increase retroactive to November 1 and an addi- tional 35 -cent -an -hour raise next November, UAW inter- national representative Bert Rovers said Monday. The increases raise average hourly wages at the chain saw manufacturing plant to $7.10 immediately and $7.45 next year. The workers - assemblers, maintenance employees, machine operators, tool and die makers and shippers and receivers - also gained a drug plan in the first year of the pact and a vision care package in the second year, Rovers said. The previous contract ex- pired November 1.