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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1986-10-29, Page 1INCORPORATING -THE BLY'rH STANDARD -THE 13AYFIELD B JGLE N0. 44 12fYEARS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1986 Former Blyth clerk pleads guilty to theft WINGHAM - Larry Walsh, former clerk for title Village of Blyth, pleaded guilty to the theft of $94,905.27 during provincial court here on October 22. The charge of fraud was withdrawn. The two charges were laid in late May of this year after village auditors found ir- regularities in the 1985 financial records. After further investigation, it was discovered that these irregularities dated back to January 1, 1980 and continued until May, 1986. In presenting the facts, the crown at- torney told the court that Mr. Walsh started having problems in 1980 and found himself drinking heavily and gambling: "He soon found that his salary was not sufficient to cover this so he started taking the cash which was paid to him (at the of- fice) from the Hydro accounts and the tax payments," the crown said. He went on to say that, "On some occa- sions Mr. Walsh could put the money back." In an attempt to cover-up the theft, Mr. Walsh would mark the accounts paid and balance with an outstanding deposit. Then he would pay the account the following month. Mr. Walsh soon needed more money which he took from the grants. He has since been bonded and all the money will be recovered by Adjusters Canada. "Mr. Walsh has been very co-operative with both the police and the adjusters, poin- ting out accounts which money was taken from and making a statement on June 9 ad- mitting to the theft," said the crown. Judge Gary Hunter remanded sentencing, with Mr. Walsh out of custody, until January 28 as Mr. Walsh's lawyer, David Smith of Guelph, requested time to gather witnesses. Lobb and Cox receive official appointments CLINTON - Council here passed two bylaws at their October 20 meeting, appoin- ting the town's fire chief, Fred Lobb, as the building inspector and officially making Craig Cox deputy chief. • Mr. Lobb will be responsible for inspec- ting buildings within the municipality and enforcing the Building Code. .. Mr. Cox has been acting:the"Cllnton` Fire Area Department far- oinetimebut a bylaw was needed to give him official authority. Township declares itself disaster area STANLEY TWP. - Stanley council declared their township a disaster area at the first regular October meeting after an address by Ted Soudant representing the Huron County Disaster Committee. The for- mal resolution will be sent to, the Prime Minister, treasurer, agricultural minister, MP Murray Cardiff and opposition leaders in Ottawa, and to the provincial Premier, oppositon leaders, treasurer, the minister of agriculture, and to the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. The motion states, "Whereas there has been extreme damage to vegetable crops, while beans, soy beans, kidney beans, corn and other cash crops, caused by the abun- dance of rainfall in the month of September and into October. "Now therefore we request that the Township of Stanley be classified as a disaster area. The amount of rainfall has caused serious damage to the above- mentioned crops, not only in this township but throughout the County of Huron. This has resulted in untold millions of dollars lost by the growers and farmers. With the inade- quacy of the provincial government _crop in- surance program, many vegetable and cash crop growers did not purchase the insurance. "The loss of the crops will not only mean financial hardship to the growers and farmers, but will also mean financial hard- ship to the townships involved. It is our ex: pressed opinion that if financial aid does not come from some level of government, this disaster will result in long-term disability to growers, farmers and the rural community." Turn to page 5 • Schools face responsibility. Piayground equipment is Ey Anne Narejko consumers Association of Canada, the CLINTON - After an extensive evaluation, neighboring school boards and the Huron the cable cars at three local public schools County Board of Education insurers were have been modified and put back up. contacted. The recommendations brought "The modifications played a critical part back to the Board concerned modifications the evaluation. These modifications have and guidelines. een made and recommendations from the At the time the cable cars was taken report carried out," said Paul Carroll, down, the handle was a T -bar, allowing Superintendent of Operations with the more than one child to use it at a time. Huron County Board of Education. Because of the study's findings, the handle The cable. cars were ordered down in mid- has been changed to a closed triangular September after a petition was circulated shape. and numerous injuries occurred while the "With this, there is no end to poke, cut or children were using the creative playground injure the atudent.4: lit-alsr-only allows one . p�iinmuntt Clintnn Pnhlic School. An ex- student to use it," commented Mr.Carroll. f •t 11.l�Iv.,.4s tensive study was started on Septem er �7 `s °�� �" r t.... —F 0 and the Board received and started to im- Public, Hohnesville Public and Brussels, plement the recommendations on October 7. have been asked to make specific observe - Last week the rides was reinstalled. tions regarding the use of the equipment Study Recommendations both during school hours as well as after To carry out the study, manufacturers, school hours. the Canadian Standard Association, the At Clinton Public School teachers have reinstalled been asked to take all students outside for safety lessons as part of their physical education classes. The reason Clinton Public was singled out in this case was, "They are a new installa- tion. The others have done this earlier," ac- cording to Mr. Carroll. Another portion of the study was an analysis of the injuries which occurred to the students. "We wanted an analysis of the students' injuries to determine the injury history. We felt some injuries were exaggerated and -found they were," said Mr_ Carroll ._- -._ To help encourage safe use of the equip - a tl vA ti' ty rretitees, Tcsft...,(ACE). group in Clinton has also agreedto paint and erect a sign explaining the guidelines con- cerning the use of the equipMejnt. "We will continue to monitor the situation on an ongoing basis. We have gotten no reports to date," said Mr. Carroll. .Riddell says there is a future in agriculture • EXETER - Agriculture minister Jack Riddell was a noon hour guest at the Huron County elementary school teachers' profes- sional development day in Exeter, Friday. Earlier in the program, one speaker had suggested that he would soon be known as the minister of agricultural bankruptcies and food banks. "I don't share that view," Riddell said, !noting that he would not be a purveyor of doom and gloom. "We've gone through this before," the Huron -Middlesex MPP commented in reference to some of the problems being ex- perienced in agriculture. "Sometimes we should count our bless- ings," he told the teachers and went on to say that the last thing they should do is CLINTON - For the second time in two discourage young people from considering weeks a tractor -trailer driver over careers in agriculture. estimated the height of the Or overpass on "There is a future • in this business," be quayRoad 13 fast outside of Clinton and. said,b tit quickly noted he did not have time . collided with the bridge. issan a was west to explain his. basis for that opinion. Void Matt, 33, of:lV�rfis a g (students) some encouragement bound on County Road 1S at appropriately, Give (stud ) qqty ,�y c� ,; .�, ��g t: " he 1'2.8 0'4. Id:o '.ct ! �' ,v0 ed: '. . . ,. doom .... and. � tern+' , t+ i � d� l0 �... ♦�- �a(n�d�/�ny�ojt Spread doomgloom," 1 advised. ,' w lth the 1 +! 4 L `: The teachers were told that whoever eats food is a part of the food chain and in On- tario there is a bountiful supply of the most nutritious and safe food in the world and at the lowest price, as Canadians pay only lfi percent of their income for food while in some countries it is, as much as 40 to 50 percent. Riddell described Ontario farmers as the most efficient in the world and they earn $5 billion for their products and another $15 billion is generated in other aspects of • • s agriculture. He said he was glad to see teachers taking a day to discuss ways of instructing students on agriculture, noting that there is a pro- blem in communicating the story. He concluded by noting the day could help instil a new sense of the importance of agriculture in the province. "I look forward to the results." Another truck gets stuck Mr. Huta was driving a 1984 Freight Liner truck for Record Vehicles of Mississauga, and he was hauling a milk pro- duct for animal feed. The first accident over the two week -.period occurred ott October id when Trueman Dela tey, 33, f landiton itiadethe eatter CAM** y � .. CLINTON - It's not easy to be a teenager. in the 1980s. The world today is encountering unprecedented ,it hnological advances, changes in tiler moral structure of society dpheavals he fainly Unit: '' "The world that children are living in tio= day is a very different one than we lived in 20 years ago," says Anne Telford. Ms. Telford, family violence co-ordinator of the Ministry of Community and Social Services in London led a seminar called Redefinitions of Adolescence at the Profes-. sional Development Day held for Huron County secondary school teachers in Clinton on October 24. The workshop looked at The Young Of- fenders' Act (YOA) and how this govern- ment legislation has placed a new demand on teachers to respond to the needs of teenagers. The seminar also focussed on the whether the needs of young people are essentially different from those of years ago. Ms. Telford believes that the needs of youth have changed significantly over the past 20 years. Today's youth face pressures and con- cerns that were never considered by previous generations of teenagers. Today young people face increased pressure to be an individual, to seek information, to ex- plore. They are bombarded with a continual flow of information from advanced media services. With that comes an increased awareness of social problems and political unrest on a global scale. "The kids today are living with an awareness of problems that we -were very :.much .protected from," MS. Telford suggested. - Today's teenagers know about nuclear holocaust, about sexual abuse, about violence and these issues among others are in integral part of their lives. "Very young children have opinions and thoughts on.these subjects and they tend to be quite outraged about them," Ms. Telford said. In contrast, the youth of the previous generations were protected from things that were unpleasant or frightening. The Baby Boom years, from 1951-1966 saw more than 6.5 million births. Today the largest part of that generation has reached middle age. The generation of teenagers who were born in the following decade now look back on the 1960s youth movement as part of their learning experience. Ms. Telford noted, "Today you're dealing with a generation of kids that have watched the previous generation and the self - expectations that those teenagers could not meet. Today kids realize the limitations and they have an awareness of the future and where their generation is going. 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