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Times-Advocate, 1978-10-12, Page 1Children should be taught decision making Honour foster parents at banquet The honouring of foster parents highlighted the annual banquet of the Family and Children’s Services of Huron County at the Pineridge Chalet near Hensall Thursday night. The top honours for 15 years of service as foster parents went to Marie and Wallace Gingerich, RR 2, Zurich and Muriel and John Wrav, RR 1, Wingham. Completing io years were Ruth and Garth McClinchey, RR 1, Auburn; Velma and Robert Peel, RR 1, Bluevale; Mary Lou and Norm Tait, Exeter; Mary and Tony Van Dorp, RR 2, Seaforth and is beingWRESTLING CLASS — Instruction in wrestling offered each Tuesday night at South Huron District High School and more students are welcome. Shown in action this week are Tim Martens and Mike Reid. T-A photo Reta and Gerald Van Engen, RR 1, Wroxeter. Five year awards went to Gerta and Horst Bornath, RR 3, Clinton; Sharon and Robert Boyland, RR 1, Ethel; Linda and Harvey Craig, Wingham; Helen and Bob Denomme, Exeter; Connie and Charles Kernick, RR 3, Exeter, a nd Mrs. Betty Gauthier, Egmondville. In a half yearly r'eport, Huron Director John V. Penn said “prevention works”. He added, “We have propor­ tionately less children in our care than during 1977. Counselling families before problems become too critical is far less costly in both human and economic ms.” Penn said the change in 1977 ter- Hensall man gets 60 days for assault A Hensall area man was sentenced to 60 days in jail when he appeared before Judge W. G. Cochrane in Exeter court, Tuesday. Darcy Daniel Fundytus, RR 2 Hensall, who had pleaded guilty to an assault charge two weeks ago was making an appearance for sentencing only. He had been charged with an assault against Michael Dobbs, Exeter, early in September. Several drivers appeared in Tuesday’s court on charges of impaired driving Area aided by Wintario Grants totalling $38,196 Have been approved for 13 projects in Huron County from the proceeds of the Ontario lottery. Culture and Recreation Minister Reuben C. Baetz said these grants are part of the Share tario program for the port of recreational activities. To date ministry has allotted $52.2 million to more than 6,254 groups and -projects throughout the province. A grant of $23, 158 is to go to the Township of Tuckersmith to share in the costs of constructing a community centre complete with a community hall, a gymnasium and an indoor pool. A grant made to Dashwood Band to assist with the purchase of winter uniforms. The Exeter tennis club is to receive $423 to help in the purchase of equipment, A grant of $226 will go to the Exeter Figure Skating Club to aid in the purchase of equipment and records. cultural facilities in 1978, Win- sup- and and of $671 will be the Seaforth- Community Let contract in Usborne At the October meeting of Usborne township council final approval was given to the Dunn municipal drain. The contract to construct the Dunn drain was awarded to L. H. Turnbull and Son, GrandBend for $4,835. It was the lowest of six tenders received. The Buswell drain report was read and provisionally adopted. Presenting the report was Rudy Engel representing C. P. Corbett engineering firm. At the same time the Biair drain report from Biddulph was accepted and adopted provisionally. Tile drainage inspector Bill Routly reported the completion of three loan works for total loans of $32,400. Three other loan applications totalling $19,800 wore approved. Council discussed the engineering reports on the Allen, Taylor and Allen requisition drains. or driving with an alcohol content over 80 mgs. Cody E. Brown, Exeter, was fined $250 or 25 days after pleading guilty to a charge of impaired driving laid after police noticed his erratic driving on August 1. He also had his licence suspended for three months. Ralph Michael Wells, Huron Park, was fined $250 or 25 days on a charge of driving with an alcohol content of over 80 mgs. A breathalizer test gave a reading of 120. The charge was laid on September 22. He was given 90 days in which to pay the fine. A London man, Donald Allen Miller, also was fined $250 or 25 days for driving with an alcohol content over 80 mgs. A breathalizer test gave a reading of 190 mgs after he was stopped by police on June 9. He was given a licence suspension of three months and 30 days in which to pay the fine. A fine of $100 or 10 days was levied against Scott C. McNair, a former Huron Park man, now residing in Tilbury. His licence had been suspended for failure to pay fines levied in other driving charges. Keith L. Price, Seaforth, was fined $400 or 40 days on a charge of driving while disqualified. He pleaded guilty to the charge, which had been laid on July 25. The court was advised that his Please turn to page 3 name from Children’s Aid to Family and Children’s Services signalled the agency’s committment to strengthening family life in Huron County and prevent family breakdown. About foster parents he said, “Foster parents working with FACS social workers continue to provide excellent care to children. We continue to look for those very special families who can share their home with a child for a while.” “We particularly need families willing to care for older children - ages 11 to 15 years. Perhaps you could consider this project for your family or suggest it to a friend. If interested call our Home-finding department”, continued the Huron director. The awards to the foster parents were presented by the president of the FCSA board of directors Charlie Thomas of Brussels assisted by social worker Marion Hindmarsh. The guest speaker clincial psychologist David Link stressed the importance of the home in determining the overall behaviour children. He continued, “Outside influences are important and can be a real help, but we must remember that they are not a substitute for adequate parents.” He suggested children should be taught to make simple decisions for themselves at the age of three years. They should be rewarded for doing something right instead of trying to catch them doing something, wrong. They should become responsible at an early age and learn to accept the consequences of their own actions. Link said, “All child behaviour is learned from day to day in a natural way without anyone being aware of it. Remember, habits that start early die hard. Nothing fails like failure.” FamilyFOSTER PARENTS HONOURED — At Thursday's annual banquet of the Children Services of Huron County a number of foster parents were honoured. Above, presen­ ting certificates to Mary Lou and Norm Tait and Connie and Charles Kernick, Exeter is Huron president Charlie Thomas. T-A photo One Hundred and Fifth Year 11 The firm of Omega Con­ tractors has been awarded the contract for the con­ struction of Hensall’s storm sewers. Tenders for the project were opened last week with the Omega bid of $383,353.47 being the lowest of the ten tenders submitted. Reeve Harold Knight says he does not know when construction will begin as the approval of the engineers for the project, B. M. Ross and Associates Limited, the ministry of transportation and communications and the Ontario Municipal Board must be gained. Knight said it had been hoped construction could begin some time in the fall. The work will see the in­ stallation of storm sewers for the portion of the village east of the Canadian Hensall sewer contract okayed National Railway tracker With construction on the new fire hall completed, council agreed Tuesday night to release the holdback owed to Van Boxmeer Construction of Lucan. A total of $13,446 or 15 percent of the building’s cost will be released when a hydro in­ spection certificate and verification of no lien on the building are received. Hensall is a growing community, council learned, with the assessment office reporting the village has grown from 984 people in 1977 to 1,005 this year. Councillor suggested Betty Oke ministry of and communications request the population be changed on the signs leading to the village. Harry Klungel clerk-treasurer contact the transportation to imes - Advocate Serving South Huron, North Middlesex & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1978 Price Per Copy 25 Cents Still could be an election Only five for nine in Exeter BLIND CANVASS Members of the Exeter Lions will conduct a door-to- door canvass in Exeter tonight (Thursday) for the Canadian Institute for the Blind. The Lions will be assisted by their wives and other volunteers. Bendix plants change hands Bendix Home Systems, a division of the Bendix Cor­ poration has been sold to the Commodore Corporation of Syracuse,Indiana. Affected by the sale which was announced Friday are the manufactured homes plant and the recreational vehicle plant located in Hen­ sall. General Manager of the manufactured housing divi­ sion Jim Balmer said he received word on Thursday that the 20 plants which Ben­ dix operated in North America had been sold to the Indiana company. He emphasized there will be no personnel changes at the two Hensall plants. “On­ ly the name will change” said Balmer. Balmer said Bendix has owned the two plants for six years which have a com­ bined labour force of about 300. Balmer stated that the sale was completely unex­ pected and few details of the . actual transaction were known. He said the president of Canadian operations for Bendix was scheduled to meet with Commodore of­ ficials yesterday to organize the changeover. Balmer said he will meet with Bendix Canada officials today or tomorrow to dis­ cuss the sale. - WE ARE THANKFUL — Primary students at Exeter Public School were in a thankful mood Fri­ day as they celebrated Thanksgiving with a dinner. From the left are B.J. Batten, Tracy Gilfillan, Brenda Balsdon, Darren Simpson and teacher Trudy Chaffe. In the background are mothers Gloria McFalls and Mary Cudmore. T-A photo Hail plagues driver Small touch of winter? There was some good news and some bad in the weekly accident report from Exeter OPP this week. The good news was there were only two cidents over Thanksgiving weekend. The bad was that one of those two was caused in part by winter driving conditions. On Saturday, a vehicle driven by Harvey Andrews, the that ac- RR 1 Exeter, went out of control in a heavy hail storm and struck a telephone pole. The accident happened on Highway 4, just south of Exeter. Damage was listed at $500 by Constable Wally Tomasik. The other accident oc­ curred on Monday, resulting in major injuries to Mount Brydges men. two COURSE IN WEAVING —- One of the current night classes at South Huron District High School features weaving. From the left are Debbie Etherington, Loes Etherington, instructress Ena De Haan and Margaret Horne/. T-A photo A vehicle driven by Lawrence Buren went out of control and struck a tree on Highway 83, west of Exeter. The driver and a passenger, Brian Smith, were both seriously injured. Constable Tomasik in­ vestigated and set total damage at $4,000. During the week, the local detachment officers charged 23 people under the Highway Traffic Act, nine under the Liquor Licence Act, and two under the Narcotic Control Act. There were 13 charges laid under the Criminal Code, most of them against area juveniles involved in recent breakins in the Hensall area. Only five definite can­ didates have surfaced as yet for the nine positions on Exeter council, although it appears that there could be an election for one of the seats. That unusual situation could come about if Coun­ cillor Ted Wright challenges for the deputy-reeve or reeve’s post, a move that he indicated this week he was still considering. Reeve Si Simmons reported he planned to stand again and Deputy-Reeve Don MacGregor indicated he too would be a candidate. That could set up an elec­ tion battle between either Wright and MacGregor, or between Simmons and MacGregor if the latter decided to move up one step. Or, it could even be between Wright and Simmons. At any rate, neither of the three have present in­ clinations to go after the mayor’s chair, which will be vacated by Bruce Shaw. Wright, who appears to hold the key to the battle between the three men for the county representation, said Tuesday he was still not decided, although he had hopes of some day “going up”. He said his work would be difficult to arrange for the Friday county council sessions, as that is one of his busiest days as an employee at A&H Food Market. He also explained that he would hesitate to force an election and eliminate one of the present council members when there may well be vacancies for the six council seats. Both Simmons and MacGregor indicated they would like to stay in their respective positions as they enjoy the county work. However, MacGregor said he would possibly take a chance at winning the reeve’s post if Wright went after the deputy-reeve position, Simmons indicated he had no inclinations to move back into the mayor’s chair, a position he held previously. Local firemen called out twice The Exeter fire depart­ ment members were called out twice this week, but damage was minimal in both calls. They were called to the town hall on Tuesday night, after the upstairs portion of the renovated building filled with smoke. Fire Chief Gary Middleton said that the furnace had been turned on around 6:00 p.m. but the accompanying fan motor hadn’t been turned on and the heat was building up in the furnace. He said there didn’t ap­ pear to be any damage from the smoke. Monday night, a car owned by Wes Neil had some wiring burned off while it was in the laneway at the home of Mahlon Ryckman. There was some damage to the dashboard. Greene will run again Exeter PUC chairman Murray Greene announced this week he would be seek­ ing re-election. Greene, who is completing his 16th year as a Com­ missioner, is the current president of the Ontario Municipal Electrical Association. His term of. office in that capacity runs through until March. Vice-chairman Chan Livingstone said he hasn’t really decided as yet, but said that ‘’in all probability” he would seek another two-year term. He is completing his first term on the PUC. The third member of the Commission is the mayor of Exeter and Bruce Shaw has already stated he will not be seeking re-election. all Two ready The only two other con­ firmed candidates for the six council seats to date are incumbent Lossy Fuller and newcomer Jay Campbell, who announced his can­ didacy this week. Mrs. Fuller, who is completing her second two- year, said last week she would seek re-election. Campbell, who is a partner in a local jewellery business with his father, Earl, said he decided to run after being encouraged by a number of people, and not exclusively businessmen. “I hope my business ex­ perience will be a help,” he noted. A former meteorologist with Environment Canada, Campbell came to Exeter about four years ago and is active on the Downtown Business Improvement Area board of directors. The 35-year-old candidate said he sees the next two years being important as Exeter comes to grips with its new plan and zoning bylaw and said there was a need for someone with Please turn to page 3 WEAVING STARTS — A course in weaving is one being offered as a night class at South Huron District High School. Shown above in an opening session are Shirley MacDonald, Carol Rideout and MJ Chanyi. T-A photo Developer objects Threatens lawsuit The status of the northend shopping centre is expected to be one of the major items on Exeter council’s agenda, Monday. Developer Jerry Sprack- man has objected strenuously to the zoning of the centre, which would prohibit two of the three prospective tenants, a bank and a toy store. Neither use is permitted under the C5 (highway commercial) zoning ap­ proved last week by council. In a telephone con­ versation with Mayor Bruce Shaw, Friday, Sprackman said council had sanctioned a bank in the shopping centre and threatened the town with a lawsuit if it was not ap­ proved. Interior construction had already started on the proposed toy store, but a “stop work" order was placed on it by building in- spector Doug Triebner because no permit had been secured for the work. Triebner said he could not issue a permit even if it was requested, because the use was in contravention of the zoning by-law. Shaw said council would probably discuss the matter this Monday, suggesting they had the alternative to propose an amendment or let the courts or 0MB decide the issue.