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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1995-03-15, Page 1SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 M.A.RT.Y. has. Valuable coupons For'Youl r------, SUBSCRIBEt If you aren't subscribing to The I Times -Advocate, you're missing out. Use the coupon below and subscribe today! 1 Name: 1 Address City 1 Prov. ■ Postal Code ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada Within 40 miles - (65 km) addressed to non letter carrier addresses $33.00 plus $2.31 G.S.T. Outside 40 miles - (65 km) or any letter carrier address $63.00 + $4.31 G.S.T. ' Outside Canada 499.00 (nu sae 40 pc.tp.) USE YOUR CREDIT CARD 1 00000000 00000000 Card No. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I Expiry Date 1 I 0 Visa 0 Master Card 0 Cheque enclosed Retum to. TIMES ADVOCATE 4 24 Main St. Exeter, Ont. NOM 1S6� NM— 11—MI Mickley Klopp disagree Conflict about municipal versus provincial politicians See page 2 Dinner theatre Lucan United Church has sold out performances See page 8 Volunteers at ?4.R.C. Literacy program for clients Crossroads Second front Junior `D' playoffs Both series tied up See page 15 Classifieds pages 17-20 Announcements pages 21-22 Experts page 23 Snakes are fun Val Williams, right; and her snakes and various pets entertained both children and adults on Sunday at the Sunshine Fun Day. Presented by the Sunshine Kids Co-op preschool the aftemoon of fun, held at the South Huron Recreation Centre also featured music, face painting and puppets. Stolen items total $12,000 EXETER - OPP are still looking for suspects after $12,000 in mer- chandise was stolen from Becker Power and Leisure in Exeter on Monday, March 6. Thieves entered the building by breaking a window. Among the items stolen are: a lawnmower, two snow blowers, chain saws, snow- mobile clothing and power tools. On the same day a woman who attends SHDHS had her car keys stolen from her coat pocket. It was later discovered that a bag contain- ing personal items and clothing was stolen from the trunk of her vehi- cle. Police have no suspects. A Grand Bend man who drove his vehicle into a snow bank at the end of Pryde Boulevard Sunday is facing numerous charges including: impaired driving, breach of proba- tion, other liquor offences and pos- session of a narcotic. Police are also investigatring four separate assault complaints, two as a result of domestic disturbances. SHDHS will compete in Sears Drama Festival EXETER - A group of students from Exeter's South Huron District High School will be competing in the "District Festivals" of the Sears Drama Festival on March 31. Under the direction of drama stu- dent, Michael Schwindt, the group will perform scenes from What Glorious Times They Had: Nellie McClung. Winners of this division will go on to compete in the "Regional Fes- tivals," where 15 groups will be chosen to go on to the "All -Ontario Showcase" in May at Brock Uni- versity. The festival was started in Toron- to in 1946 and now involves over 6,500 student and teachers from secondary schools throughout On- tario. In its 49th season, the festival boasts such participants as Margot Kiddcr, Dora Mayor Moore and Urjo Kareda. Mann gets upset over casino's new request Lakeview has come to Grand Bend council asking for a new committee By Fred Groves T -A staff GRAND BEND - Now what do you want? That was the tone Grand Bend councillor Bob Mann took last Monday night with organizers of the local charity casino. Back in mid-February, Lloyd Guillet and Irwin Schottroff, representing Lakeview Casino, came to council seeking approval, in principle, for their ca- sino which would be established at the Pinedale Ho- tel. During their most recent trip to council it was asked that the municipal council be the driving force behind setting up a committee to get the ca- sino going. Specifically, the organizers want a new council committee to be the liaison between the charity casino and the provincial government. Mann's words were far from pleasant and they had a bit of a bite to them. "You're asking us to take over what you're trying to do. It's up to us to decide if we're going to set up a committee and include you people," said Mann. The last time organizers came to council, they made little mention of council having to be the driv- ing force behind any application for a charity ca- sino. "It should be an important committee because it deals with economic development," said Guillet. Since 1992 when Grand Bend council gave its ap- proval in principle, organizers have been off -on - and -on with their attempt to start a casino in Grand Bend. While Windsor has the only full-time casino in . the province, Guilett, Schottroff and Keith Hoggard have tried to approach their project through a differ- ent route, a charity casino. "If we can set up a committee, with two council members on it, we don't have to keep running to you (council)," said Schottroff. "This is the biggest step we have to overcome. We have to have coun- cil's approval or they (province) won't even look at us." A charity casino would be run by local organiza- tions such as service clubs and the last time they came to council, organizers said it would benefit the entire community. "All these other communities that have applica- tions in have, support from their councils," said Guillet. "You've already dealt with the min- istry, do you know the size of the com- mittee?," questioned deputy -mayor Phil Maguire who chaired last Monday's meet- ing. Not exactly sure whether or not to take Schottroff and Guil- let's words as fact, Mann suggested that a letter be sent to the Bob Mann provincial government clarifying the municipal council as the one which has to be on any application. Both mayor Cam Ivey and administrator Paul Turnbull were absent from the meeting but Maguire felt council could make no decision until the two were contacted. "I would certainly like to see it discussed with the mayor and the administration," said Maguire. Back in 1992, Grand Bend council gave its ap- proval, in principle for a casino, but once the loca- tion was granted to Windsor thc organizers of thc local Lakeview Casino kind of fell out of the pic- ture. In mid-February, Turnbull, speaking on behalf of council said,"council supports the concept of a per- manent charity casino but they didn't specify where." Klopp says things to get worse GODERICH - Tighten up On- tario, it's going to get worse. Belts will have to pulled in an- other notch, maybe not right now but definitely in 1996. Huron MP Paul Klopp recently told the Huron County Council that things are going to get worse before they get better, especially following news of the recent federal budget. Klonn said that there will be as much as a $3 Killion in transfer payments from the federal govern- ment to Ontario next year. "This is going to be a very inter- esting process...we need to push ourselves to the grindstone a little harder and continue to work togeth- er," said Klopp. Klopp thanked the people of Hu- ron county, especially those who arc union members for laking the Rae days and pay cuts. He added that people arc more ready to ex- cept the challenge and make some tough decisions. "Avast majority of the cuts arc in next year's hudget and that's con- fusing enough for most of us hut it is coming." He said that Ontario is a province which has been hit very hard by the recession. SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Eat SMART with Gun drops during class A pellet pistol fell out of a grade 9 student's clothing last Monday By Heather Vincent T -A staff EXETER - A South Huron Dis- trict High School student who can- not be named under the Young Of- fenders Act, has been given the maximum 10 day suspension from school. During English class, the grade 9 student involved dropped what has been described by the Exeter OPP as a crossman pellet pistol. The po- lice press release states, "The pellet pistol looks like a semi-automatic 9 -mm handgun and can only be dis- tinguished as a pellet pistol on close examination." Further discipline will be based on the Safe Schools Policy's state- ments of action as well as the school's code of behaviour. If the offense is deemed serious enough, expulsion may be advised by the Action Committee which reports to the Huron County Board of Educa- tion. The committee is comprised of board and administrative mem- bers of the HCBE as well as mem- bers of a variety of agencies as- sociated with young people. SHDHS Principal Herb Murphy explained the procedure for dealing with this situation. "The school board does have a Safe Schools Policy which is vari- ous statements of action and within that policy there is a committee of the board, called an Action Com- mittee, which will be doing some investigation. They will make a rec- ommendation back to the board," said Murphy. A suspension was initiated after the student was apprehended by OPP and charged with possession of a concealed weapon. The issue will be dealt with at the administrative board level. There is a whole range of alternatives, the most serious being expulsion. This action would prevent the student from attending SHDHS for the rest of the school year or longer. Ac- tion could also be taken to prevent the Young Offender from attending any school in the Huron board. The student suspension, with the upcoming two week March break, will be in effect until April 3. The committee involved has scheduled a second meeting March 30. Murphy said that this is a very unusual situation, one which he has never had to deal with. "We have never utilized this par- ticular committee before, we are treading on new ground here. I have been a school administrator for 23 or 24 ycars and I have never run into anything like this. It's new for all of us and we're just working our way through it. My under- standing is that the person involved is going into court Thursday. It is being dealt with rather quickly at that level as well." SHDHS Vice -Principal Keith Al- len commented that although he has never had to deal with a student in possession of a weapon, he has had to confiscate weapons found on school property more dangerous than the pistol involved in this case. "I've run into situations in- volving, I guess you could say, more lethal weapons than this but they weren't guns. If you take a look at what they are describing as the weapon involved, it's not a to- tally lethal weapon, I've confiscated knives that are far more lethal," said Allen. Chuck Rowland of the HCBE said the committee involved with the issue met on Thursday to dis- cuss procedure but until in- formation fmm the parents and agencies involved, thc disposition "r Continued on page 2