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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1995-10-04, Page 3Times -Advocate, October 4, 1995 Page 3 Fines for damage to area mail boxes EXETER - Two area men were fined $600 each after pleading guilty to damaging mail boxes in Tuckersmith and Usborne town- ships earlier this year. In Exeter Provincial court on September 26, Judge J.G.E. Hunter levied fines of $75 on each of eight counts against Martin Attenber- ger of the Kippen area and Michael Hamon of Ailsa Craig. The incidents occurred in the early morning hours of July 29. OPP Constable Penn of the Exeter detachment found a damaged baseball bat in a vehicle operated by one of the accused. They took the officer around to show where the damage had been done. The court was told total restitution of $365 for damages had been made along with apologies to the property owners involved. Fined for theft Francis Ouimette and Jonathon Stover, both of London were fined $450 each by Judge Hunter on charges of theft of brass pins from the Exeter Machinery plant at Huron Park. Ouimette, an employee of the area firm and Stover were accused of taking 167 pounds of rejected brass pins and putting them into five gal- lon pails and selling the lot to a salvage dealer for $167. Constable Kern of the Exeter OPP detachment was the investi- gating officer. Fined for over .80 charge Judge Hunter fined Jason McNichol of Walton $750 and suspended his driving privileges for 12 months after pleading guilty to operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol content over the ;egal limit. At 1:50 a.m. on June 5 of this year, Constable Finch of the Exeter OPP pulled a vehicle over on the northbound portion of Highway 21 in Hay township when it was travelling at a high speed. The officer's report said the accused had alcoholic beverages on the floor of the back seat of his vehicle and had a strong odor of alco- hol on his breath. At the OPP detachment the breathalizer machine revealed a reading of 1.60 mg. Jailed on two charges Norman McCabe of Biddulph township was issued a jail sentence of four months for break and enter and two months on breaking a probation order. The break and enter occurred at 1:50 a.m. on September 13, 1994 when the accused entered a residence in Huron Park through a bed- room window. In Exeter court only a month ago, McCabe was sentenced to an in- termittent jail term for assault and placed on probation, thus causing the latest charge of breach of a probation order. Two fined on drinking charges Brent Robinson of London was fined $850 after pleading guilty to operating a vehicle while his blood alcohol content was over the limit of .80.mg. Robinson was charged by Exeter OPP officers after investigation of a motor vehicle accident in Exeter at 11:15 p.m. on July 19, 1995. At the OPP detachment breathalizer readings of 1.50 and 1.40 were re- corded. His driving licence was suspended for 12 months. A similar charge and a $750 fine along with a 12 months driving suspension was assessed against Oune Luangkam of Exeter. The accused's vehicle was followed by OPP Constable Penn on Main street in Exeter on May 6 of this year when it appeared to be weaving all over the road. The off duty officer found Luangkam to have a heavy odor of alco- hol on his breath and bloodshot eyes. At the OPP detachment a brea- thalizer reading of .90 was recorded. Drinking and narcotics charges Stanley Whitney of Grand Bend was sent to jail for 14 days on a charge of operating a vehicle while his blood alcohol content was over the legal limit and fined $100 on a charge of possession of a nar- cotic. The incidents occurred in Exeter on March 12 of this year when OPP Constable Brennan found the accused's vehicle 12 feet into a field off Pryde Boulevard. Whitney requested that his jail term be served intermittently in Sar- nia and Judge Hunter agreed. Suspended sentence Jeremy Stone was given a suspended sentence, placed on probation for 12 months and ordered to do 100 hours of community service with a minimum of eight hours a month. He was charged with posses- sion of stolen property. Fined for theft Kristan Schenk of no fixed address was fined $200 by Judge Hunt- er on a charge of ,heft under $1,000. Schenk is alleged to have received $3.80 worth of small auto parts at the rear coui :r of the Exeter Canadian Tire store on May 16, 1995 and walked past the cashier's desk without paying. He was appre- hended by store employees. Another theft fine Judge Hunter fined Chris Britton of Forest $500 and placed him on probation for 12 months 1 a charge of theft of $550 worth of items from a house trailer on concession 13 of Hay township between No- vember 1, 1992 and January 7, 1993. A door was also damaged to the extent of $400 and Judge Hunter ordered the accused to make complete restitution. Jailed for sexual assault After hearing a pre -sentence report, Judge Hunter sentenced Charles McMillan to three months in jail on a sexual assault charge which occurred in the District of Kenora in 1972. The London man pleaded guilty to this charge and three more re- cent ones in this area when he appeared in Provincial court on June 23. Similar jail sentences on the other charges will run concurrently. At the June court date, Judge Hunter issued a ban on publication of the names of the victims. Reducing number of health councils under consideration Huron -Perth District Health Council met in Exeter on Thursday Heather Mir T -A staff EXETER - According to sources from within the provincial govern- ment, cuts to health care under con- sideration include reducing the number of district health councils and funding to public health units. Premier Mike Harris warned during a news conference last Monday that "health care, and how we deliver health care, (will) have to dra- matically change." The Huron -Perth Dis- trict Health Council (DHC) met in Exeter on Thursday night at South Huron Hospital for their monthly meeting. Council acknowledged that Harris' Tories are taking a hard "Yo eyes of the and com line on reducing costs in health care. They hope the government will allow councils to recommend ways to find savings within the or- ganizations they represent. "Let us be a pilot area. We know better what the needs of the community are, " said Bill Clifford, chair of the Huron County Board of Health. The DHC is a planning body for health services for the counties of Huron and Perth. The council reports to the Minister of Health with regards to their plans. It is made up of 20 vol- unteer members including service u are the and ears ministry the voice of the munity." providers, consumers and local government representatives. These members are appointed by the province and through orders of council. Many committees, sub- committees and working groups contribute to the health planning processes of the DHC. The Huron -Perth DHC was creat- ed approximately a year ago and is still in the process of setting its statement of values, planning prin- ciples and finding a permanent of- fice. Cathy Chapman of the Ministry of Health was on hand at the coun- cil meeting and offered an op- timistic view of the support and commitment government has to ex- cellence in health care. She also advised council to maintain their momentum in finding windows of opportunity in terms of funding. "Keep it going, and keep it going as quickly as you can," said Chap- man. She added the ministry does not have any approved budgets at this time but councils clearly will have to come up with some creative ide- as for reducing costs. "You are the eyes and ears of the ministry and the voice of the com- munity," said Chapman. Chapman said Huron is very well represented by MPP Helen Johns who is a "champion of rural health issues" and has the ear of the Min- ister. Council gives property owner 10 days to install driveway culvert HAY TOWNSHIP - At its Sept. 18 meeting, Council instructed that a letter be sent giving a property owner 10 days from the date of mailing, to install a culvert on a driveway or to contact the Roads Department to make the necessary arrangernents. In a separate issue, because council felt a man did not conform to the definition of 'farmer' in the Township Secondary Plan, his application for severance was rejected. Because the man is not actively engaged in the farming operation, the Surplus Housing severance policy does not apply in his case. In construction matters, since the Ministry of Transportation has post- Lucan allocates funds LUCAN - Council's budget items discussed during the Sept. 20 meeting included funding for a tourist brochure and distribution of funds for the village's Heritage Museum/Library. A motion was moved by Councillor Rob Brady and seconded by Coun- cillor Rosemary Gahlinger-Beaune to allot $1000 to the Lucan and Area Business Association for the creation of tl Lucan tourist brochure. ii think it's something we'd bedoing anyway," said Brady. "We don't have anything like that," said Gahlinger-Beaune. "Obviously I'm going to support it." Councillor Harry Wraith was opposed, suggesting council wait to pay the brochure bill when it arrives. It's not a donation," explained BA Chair, Pat Van Geleuken. "It's a con- tribution to economic development." Council also allocated $1,900 towards the Heritage Museum/Library, including a building fund reserve of $1,000 and $900 towards the heritage committee for operation of the museum/library. "Every dollar that we can obtain right now...for operating is of utmost importance," said Mike An- derson, chair of the heritage committee, who added the committee's funds are down to $1,500. Reeve Tom McLaughlin said he wants the heritage committee to be- come self-sufficient as soon as possible. "We haven't got any major fundraisers but we have small fundraisers in mind," said Anderson. Power tools stolen from Rec Centre EXETER - A shoe print may be the only clue left for the OPP investigating a break and enter at the South Huron Recreation Centre on Wednesday night. Between Midnight and 6 a.m. person(s) unknown gained ac- cess to the building by prying open a refrigerated overhead door. A number of power tools valued at approximately $800 were stolen. This is the Rec Centre's fourth break and enter in 15 years. Harris taking food from Ontario's children You won't need to look elsewhere to find grinding poverty, despair... Dear Editor: Social assistance benefits to sole -support parents (and many others) will be drastically reduced as of October 1, 1995. Over 40% of all social assistance beneficiaries are children. A sole -support parent with two children under the age of 12 will receive a maximum of $554.29 per month to pay: rent/mortgage, fire insurance premi- ums, heat, hydro and property taxes. Many families will lose their current housing, some will be left homeless. The basic needs allowance for the same family of three falls to a maximum of 5397.63. The family has a total of $13.07 per day to provide all further neces- sities, including food. A joint study by the Middlesex/London Health Unit Life•Spin and the City of London Department of Social Services found that a family of three re- quires a bare minimum of 594. per week for a basic nutritious diet. Mike Harris is literallytaking food from the mouths of Ontario's poorest citizens to carry out his Common Sense Revolution. You won't need to look elsewhere to find grinding poverty, despair, depravation, and hunger. This is Mike Harris's Ontario. Sincerely Joan van der Meer Boy attacked after safety presentation LUCAN - A 13 -year old student from Leesboro School has been charged with assault after tripping and kicking an 11 -year-old boy in the ribs during recess. The attack took place after a pres- entation on 'A Safe, Positive Learn- ing Environment' class, prepared by school staff and Lucan OPP. t d Irl ad hi MJ r 1 1 1 1 s 1 poned the Hwy. 83 reconstruction project, the drainage engineer is in- structed to provide only one report for this year's entire Dashwood -Hay Municipal Drain Improvement project. During the meeting, one By-law was passed - the By-law levying the cost of construction of this year's Cann Municipal Drain Extension. In other matters, a motion was passed that the Township pay for the Sesquicentennial hats given as part of the presentation to the Ontario Plowmen's Association. Also, council discussed details of the new municipal office, such as in- terior colors and the location of the crest on the outside of the building. 1 A k FOUR SEASONS JEWELLERY DESIGN SEC? NOW AND SAV1 Guaranteed Best Prices In Town • NEW MERCHANDISE HAS ARRIVED • CUSTOM DESIGN • REPAIRS DONE ON PREMISE TH15 1,1/1:1-:/<",(-; tip:(,I/11. 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