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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1994-11-30, Page 1SEIP'S vale -mart Serving Exeter and area since 1873 SEIP'S valu-mart 4 irjr; Exeter 235-0262 V See you at the parade Sat. Dec. 3 r__.____1 If you aren't subscribing to The' 1 Tinea -Advocate, you're missing out. Use the coupon below and 1 subscnbe todayl 1 Name: ' Address City 1 Prov Postal Code 1 1 1 1 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada Within 40 miles - (65 km) addressed to non letter carrier addresses ' $30.00 plus $2.10 G.S.T. Outside 40 miles - (65 km) or any letter t• address $60.00 + $4.20 G.S.T. ' Outsldr Canada -$99.00 C.,u MAO oorao.) 1 NE YOUR CREDIT CARD OODL0000 1 00000000 Card No. 1 ' Expiry Date ❑ Visa ❑ Master Card 1 ' ❑ Cheque enclosed ' Retum to; TIMES ADVOCATE II J24 Main St. -tali= - M 1 tai $2,400 an acre What will the county pay for a landfill site? See page 2 Davis retires Exeter's 37 year PUC manager honoured See page 3 Grand Bend's new council Cam Ivey sworn in as the village's new mayor See page 12 Cemetery Exeter's 'silent city' has 130 years of history. Crossroads, second front Irish quarter century Lucan's hockey team celebrates its anniversary See page 18 Classifieds pages 24-28 Announcements pages 29-30 Experts page 31 T -A Song Book in this edition This week's Times -Advocate has an added bonus...our annual Christmas Song Book brought to you courtesy of many local advertisers. The 1994 edition is our largest • ever. Anyone requiring additional copies Is welcome to pick them up at our office at 424 Main St. S. Exeter. Wednesday. November 30. 1994 Glorious Times South Huron D/strlct High School's drama department took to the stage Thursday and Friday evening to present "What Glorious Times They Had: Nellie McClung", the performance they took to the annual Blyth Drama Fes- tival earlier this month. At left are Jen Campbell (far left) and Jillian Col- lings as Nellie McClung and E. Cora Hind in a musical number with Jeffrey Bowen and Ted Hoffman (far right) as Sir Rodmond Roblin and P.J. Fletcher. The play dealt with serious issues from women's suffrage to prohibition, all with a sense of humour. For a review of the production, see page 16. Huron PC's descend on Exeter The riding's Conservative candidate will be chosen from five nominees tonight EXETER - The South Huron Recreation Centre will be Tory -blue this evening, as five nominees vie for the chance to represent the Huron riding as the Progressive Con- servative candidate in the next provincial election. The five candidates include some,.w 11 -known names in tit-ou/Nern' SectiOft 'OfThe riding. Among them are Tom Tomes, the former reeve of Stephen Township and past warden of Huron County; Brucefield resident Lawrence Beane is the manager of the Clinton Community Credit Union's Exeter Branch; Helen Johns is a fi- nancial advisor and an Exeter resident; and Ho- ward Armstrong is the former reeve of Stanley Township. Rounding out the five -name slate of nominees is Wingham lawyer John Schenk. "They're an excellent group," said riding association pres- ident Syd Thompson, adding that it will be hard to choose between them for a potential candidate. "I'm not sure how it's going to go." In fact, Thompson is predicting that the voting at to- night's meeting will be far from cut-and-dried. "At the moment I don't see a first ballot victory," said Thompson. ple." The riding association has worked fast and hard to put to- gether this nomination meeting since announcing its in- , , tenons on September 26. Still, making the se - "At the lection ptocess quick and decisive didn't deter the candidates. "That brought out the calibre of candidates we have running," said Thompson, noting that the association didn't have to ask people to run, they came to the association. The five have all been campaigning for sup- port in all sections of the large Huron riding. The Progressive Conservatives have three delegates repre- senting each of the 125 polls in the riding's 26 municipal- ities, plus some supplementary voters. In all, there will be 500 voting delegates at the nomination meeting. It's an old system, but Thompson said it works best to make sure the entire riding is represented. The meeting is also open to party supporters and mem- bers of the general public. "I'd be very surprised if there weren't between six and "They're that good....they're all capable peo- moment I don't see a first ballot victory." seven hundred people there," said Thompson. Despite being at the far south end of the riding, Exeter was chosen for the meeting because the South Huron Rec- reation Centre could accommodate the crowds expected. Special guests for the evening include Erie Woltz, the Southwestern legion vice-pregident of the Ontario Pro- gressive Conservatives, and Peter Van Lan, new party pres- ident. Also, first vice-president of the Ontario Young Pro- gressive Conservatives and local resident Terra Ahrens will have a delegation from the YPC present. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. to start the cre- dentialling process, with the meeting to be called to order at 7:30 p.m. The first ballot is expected to be called by 9 p.m. Despite the debate over the riding leadership, one thing is to be taken for granted at the meeting this evening: all will be convinced Mike Harris will be leading a front -running party into the next election. Thompson said PC meetings across the province are continually drawing more interested supporters than organizers expect. "There's momentum out there," said Thompson. "I look forward to it. I can see the excitement growing." Mob assault a `cowardly act' Police say five are being charged for their assault on a fellow student EXETER - Five young offenders, all stu- dents of South Huron District High School, face charges ranging from assault to breach of probation as the result of a "swarming" -style attack earlier this month. Police say at lunch time Tuesday, November 8 the five teens followed a fellow student, a 17 -year old male, along Exeter's Main Street, "pushing, shoving and calling him names". When the victim went to cross Main Street at the Victoria Street crosswalk, the abuse drew the attention of other students who joined the group. "The more people tag along, the more brave these [five] people get," said OPP officer George Robertson, who investigated the in- cident. When the victim started running towards the school along Andrew Street, he was chased, pushed :o the ground, punched and kicked. If it wasn't for the intervention of an Andrew Street resident who came out of his home and "yelled at these kids to leave the guy alone", Robertson doesn't know what would have been the outcome. The group, numbering between 20 and 30 students by this time, did disperse and leave. The victim was shaken up, but mostly unhurt, said Robertson. The victim, whose name is not being re- leased by police, was selected by the group "for a reason", said Robertson. There was possibly a dispute the day before or earlier that week. However, the only reason he can find for the other students to join the "mob" is "cu- riosity" over what was happening. "It bothers you when you see that hap- pening. The mob, instead of stepping in to help, ended up encouraging these guys," he said. "Moral support for the had guys, that's not what we need." From the victim's point of view, being chased down the street by such a large group must have made him "fear for his life". "It's a cowardly act. That's what it is," said Robertson. "Anything that involves mobs is a cowardly act." OPP staff sergeant Don McInnes said the hope is that this is an "isolated incident" and is not likely to lead to any kind of frequent "swarmings" as seen in some larger urban cen- tres. McInnes said there is no reason to be- lieve that Exeter's streets are any less safe, or that any resident needs to fear any group of young people. The five students being charged cannot be named under the Young Offenders Act. OPP report single -vehicle accidents EXETER - Three accidents were investigated by the Exeter OPP de- tachment last week, all of which in- volved minor injuries to the drivers. Last Wedne,sday morning, a vehi- cle driven by Linda Watt left High- way 83 and struck a tree after she lost control on the icy road. Watt sustained minor injuries, and her car was described by police as severely damaged. Last Sunday, a vehicle operated by Betty MacGregor struck an em- bankment on Stephen Township Side Road 21-22 after she lost con- trol. Again, injuries were minor, and vehicle damage severe. The same afternoon Matthea Gla- vin lost control of her vehicle on Huron County Road 5. The vehicle was demolished, and Glavin sus- tained minor injuries. Education trustees reject 5600 pay hike Basing remuneration on other boards was rejected, but a four percent increase went through By Heather Vincent T -A Start CLINTON - The Huron County Board of Education defeated a motion to recalculate the trustee remuneration to reflect the aver- age of the surrounding area effective Jan- uary 1, 1997. After some debate at the special board meeting held Monday, the motion to re- calculate the remuneration of the trustees was defeated in a vote of seven to nine. The motion underwent several suggested amendments including removing the high- est paid board from the calculation. The result would have been approximately a $600 change in compensation. This re- flects a 10.7 percent difference from the current trustee remuneration of S5,600. The motion that the chairs of the standing committees receive an additional 12.5 per- cent of the base honorarium, effective De- cember 1, 1994 was carried in a vote of nine to seven. The trustees will receive a standard in- crease of four percent as in past years. The motion which invites trustees to return five percent of the honorarium on a voluntary basis was renewed. In 1994, approximately 60 percent of the trustees did so. The basis of the motion to recalculate was that Huron is somewhat lower in re- muneration than surrounding boards. The number of meetings and the functions re- quired of the trustees is perceived by some to have increased without compensation. The Huron board has approximately 10,000 students, however, this does not al- ways have a direct bearing on the workload of the trustees. Regardless of the number of students, trustees are still required to attend meetings and deal with public functions. "This number is comparable with sur- rounding hoards", said board chair Graeme Craig. 4 i