Times-Advocate, 1988-08-24, Page 1Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
One Hundred and Seventeenth Year
vocate
& North Lambton Sirice 1873
EXETER, ONTARIO, August 24, 1988
Price Per Copy 60 Cents
Lose furniture, clothes. in Lucan fire
LUCAN - A Sunday evening fire
at 193 Frank St., Lucan, has forced
Bill Rinn and family to move from
their rented quarters a few weeks
earlier than intended.
Rinn, whose wife Karen was at a
ballgame, had just walked past the
bedroom when the room seemed to
burst into flames. He grabbed his
daughter, one -year-old -Melissa,,
and ran from the house.
Deputy fire chief John Riddell
said 18 of the 25 members of the
Lucan volunteer fire department re-
sponded to the 9:30 p.m. alarm
within 10 minutes. The fire was
contained in a bedroom, with other
areas of the house heavily damaged
by heat and smoke. Faulty electri-
cal wiring is suspected as the cause
of the blaze.
The Rinns, who planned to
move to Clandeboye in about two
weeks, lost all their clothing,and
the bedroom furniture was de-
stroyed. Gone too are Melissa's
crib, clothes, and birthday presents
fr&nn a week ago..
The contents of the house. were
not insured. Riddell estimated the -
loss of the bedroom contents at be-
twecil S5,000 and S6,000.
Pcojile 'arc responding to the
Police looking for car
in hit and run .incident
EXETER - Officers of the Exeter
detachment of the Ontario Provin-
cial Police are looking for a white
Corvette which was involved in an
accident on Sunday; August 14 ar
the intersection of Alberta.Avcnue
and Canada Avenue- in Huron Park.
Lisa Parsons, 17 years of age of
Huron Park was riding a bicycle
whenstruck by an unknown vehi-
cle which left the scene of the acci-
dent.
If anyone has any information re-
garding this incident,' please call
the Exeter OPP at 235-1300.
Thursday at 9.15 a.m., a vehicle
drvien by Joanne Kints, RR 3, Ex-
eter went out of control on High-
way 83 and ended up in the ditch.
Damage -was listed as moderate and
the driver suffered minor injuries.• .
The next day at 3.30 p.m., dam-
-age was listed as minimal in an ac-
cident involving a vehicle driven by
Barbara Ford, Kippen and an unat
tended vehicleon the Dashwood In-
dustries parking lot, near Centralia.
During the weck, officers -investi-
gated 50 general occurences, laid 57
Highway Traffic Act charges, three
Liquor Licence Act charges, five un-
der the Criminal Code and one for
trespass to property.
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JACKPOT - Pat Ryan and his sons Sean,
merit building, which they will be vacating
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Adam and Robert celebrate their recent luck in front of their apart -
as soon as possible. Ryan won $207,643.70 in a recent Lottario
Ryan finds his pot of gold
By Mark Bisset
CLANDEBOYE - 3-7-16-21-
36-38. It's a combination that's
likely to stick in Pat Ryan's
mind for the rest of his life. That
series of numbers came up in the
Lottario August ,13 and gave
Ryan a winning lottery ticket
worth 5207,643.70. , •
His life, and the lives of his
sons Sean, Adam and Robert
changed instantly.
"My first reaction was that the
boys and I were moving. We're
out of here," Ryan said Saturday
at the Clandeboye Apartments
where the foursome lives. "That's
our number one goal -- to get a
house and to get started over
again in life."
Ryan, a truck driver for Dash-
wood Industries, has had no diffi-
culties looking for their dream--
home.
"I've been looking all this
week and I've had real estate peo-
ple just banging on the door," he
explained.
I'm taking everything in
stride. I hope the novelty will wcar
off soon. We just want to lead a
normal life. I didn't realize there
were so many real estate people in
Lucan."
Asked if he plans to quit his job,
Ryan is in no hurry.
I would like to eventually spend
more time with my kids -- work out
something that suits their needs,"
Ryan said. 1 still want to keep
working, but I'd eventually like to
get something that works around
their school hours."
The single father also plans to use
a portion of the money to set uP
trust funds for his children's educa-
tion.
Ryan had just returned from work
when the lottery was being telecast.
Busy, he asked Scan, the oldest of
the three boys, to write down the
numbers as thcy came up. Minutes
tater there was a wild series of h'
fives and hugs in the R van
mcnt.
This is not the first w c t'v,,
has cashed in at the Ibttcry game.
Ile won S 1,266 last November and
in 1986 he won S5,000 in thc
Provincial.
"i've used my own set of num-
bers for about four years now, but
these (winning combination) were
numbers I'd used for about a year
and a half," Ryan noted, adding
the combination is made up of
special numbers, such as the ages
of his sons and the dates of their
birthdays. Scan had a hand in
picking the winners this time.
"I spent roughly $25-S30 a
week on lottery tickets and- I have
a motto -- stick: withour num-
bers. Never give in. Eventually
something has -to come up." '
Ryan has consist6ntly played all
the major lotteries, concentrating
mainly on Lottario and the poru-
lar 649 draw.
Will he continuo to try. his 1u•,
now t= - t hes 1 ;t the jackpot?
r- to keep playing the
„ot with quite as
. Ryan said. "i don't
t).• t .eedy, but i enjoy
the games -- and you nev-
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ONE DAY AT . A TIME
Disease leads to
new career
• page 2
BEAN QUEENS
• Six girls vie for
Zurich Festival crown
page 10
Rinns' plight. By mid-morning on
Monday, a man who had worked
with Rinn -previously in London
had collected and delivered $55
from Rinn's former co-workers.
• Rinn's fellow employees at-Locb's,
London, are also taking up a col-
lection. .
"1 don't know .where I'd be with-
out my friends", Rinn said, adding
that his first concern when he dis-
covered the fire had been his daugh-
ter. "Luckily we weren't sleep-
ing", he remarked.
RAE TO VISIT
HURON' COUNTY - Bob Rae,
leader of the Ontario New Demo-
cratic Party willopen the new head-
giiarters of the Huron -Bruce Riding'
Association. He will open the new-
. ly renovated, office in Dungannon at
3 p.m. -on Saturday August 27..
Following the ceremony a family
potluck picnic will be held at the
McQuail farm which is south cast
of Lucknow in West Wawanosh
Township, Everyone is welcome to
attend and meet Bob Rac.
The nomination of the candidate
for Huron -Bruce will be held after
the opening if the. federal election is
called before August 27.
Bob Rae who is Leader of the Of-.
ficial Opposition in Ontario is vi-
siting Huron County with his wife
Arlene and their three children. He
will attend "Fires in the Night" at
the Blyth Theatre.
Earlier in the day, Rae will pay a
visit. to the Zurich Bcan Festival.
Smoking banned in chamber
GRAND BEND Responding
to a -letter from the Ontario Public
Health Association regarding the
dangers of second-hand . smoke,'
council passed a motion to ban
smoking in the council chamber
Tuesday night. •
Councillor Dennis Snider made
the motion and was supported by
Shirley Mitchell and Reeve Har
old Green. -
Councillor Bruce Woodley im-
rricdiately lit a cigarette before the
motion was passed and smoked .i
lingeringly with the knowlere.
that it would be his last w i1c-
council was-insession..
"I'm still smoking this ne," •
Woodtcy joked as the mots was
carried. He then leaned over to a
sympathetic Marsha Lemon and
said: "I think we've been had."
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Council turned down a request
for a language referendum to be --
held in conjunction with the ap-
proaching fall municipal elec-
tions. Green strongly supported
the cause of the Alliance for the
Preservation of English in Cana-
da, the group which made, the re-.
quest, but he had reservations
about the details of the -plan.
Council decided against the refe-
rendum, citing the administrative-
difficultics of such a project. The
viltage office -is currently bogged •
down with clerical work due to a
boom in development and legal
battles currently under way.
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The village received only one
tender to remove 671 square feet
of.old sidewalks andreplacc them
on Gill Road. The offer of
S21,221 was turned down howev-
er, oil the•grounds that it exceeded
the budgeted amount. Council
closed the bidding and Green ex-
plained that the job would have
to be re -assessed along with an.
ONIP -grant before the project
will be re -tendered.
j Public Works Foreman Bud
Markham tater told council there
were alternative procedures that
should be looked into which use
the olil sidewalks.
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Council drew attention to a
traffic problem at the corner of
1lighway 81 and Ontario St. after
a letter was sent to the village
complaining that police were giv-
ing out too many. tickets. Lemon
explained that when traffic gets
backed up at the lights on the
highway, drivers'wishingto turn
right are driving down the shoul-
der to bypass the blockage. Driv-
ing on the shoulder is illegal.
One hundred tickets have been
handed out by OPP officers for
the violation in the same spot
sincc..the tourist season 1-egan,
but their actions arc justified ac-
cording to Council.
Green noted that cars driving on
the shoulder beside a line of traf-
-fic create a dwrgcrous situation.
"Because of the potential for a
traffic hazard, the OPP arc hand-
ing out these tickets," Green
said.
Crops Update at CCAT today
CENTRALIA - Market forecasts
will feature the noon hour program
at today, Wednesday's Crops Up-
date at the Centralia College re-
search farm.
Speaking on this topic will he
market analyst Brian Doidge and
Sheila Anderson of thc Ontario
Bean Producers Marketing Board.
Continuous wagon tours' from
9:30 to 11.45 a,m. and 1.30 to
3.30 p.m. allow the viewing of ex -
Driving offence
draws $428 fine
EXETER - Kevin W. Hardy, 3.1
Carling St. Exctcr, pleaded guilty
to charges of driving without insu-
rance and careless driving when he
appeared before J.P. Doug Wedlakc
in Exeter court on August 19.
Hardy had been warned about his
driving habits at 7:30 p.m. on June
11 after squealing his arcs on Sand-
ers St. Half an hour later, another
officer investigating a report of
squealing tires found marks on
Marlborough St. -on the curb and up
on the f,rass. Children playing
nearby helped with the identifica-
tion of the car.
Hardy had pulled into a Sanders
St. driveway. The car, registered in
the accused's name, had no plates
and no insurance coverage.
Hardy was fined $300 on thc first
charge, and assessed S128.75 and
the loss of. six .points on thc sec-
ond.. Ile was given 30 days to pay
his fines.
Paying more attention to his hair
than his driving cost Bradley Bor-
land, RRI Woodham, S53.75. He
was found guilty of failing to drive
in the marked lane after an off-duty
officer going east on Highway 83
on July 19 observed the driver of
the car ahead taking both hands off
the wheel just before cresting a hill
to fix his hair while gaz'!ng into his
rear view mirror. The vehicle
veered three feet over into the west
lane, was pulled back, and drifted
over the centre Zinc again as the
driver continued his hair styling.
The officer observed t 1 r
sionaily goirr fh-rr,.-----t'
on the other side vet,
Vedfakc told the accused
'.k ha] r looked. wouldn't matt, r
t e ended to a hospital ora funer-
al parlor;..
Gary J. Lingren, Burlington, sent
a letter saying because of an incor-
rect address he had jttst received no-
tice of the court date, couldn't at-
tend, and would pay his fine.
Speeding on Highway 21 in Hay
township on July 3'will cost him
S47.25.
PROVINCIAL GAMES
Josh Watson brings
home four ribbons
page 1A
perrrncntal study plots to be com-
bined with presentations from re-
search and plant industry branch
special isis.
The tours will highlight Weed
Control Strategics with Jim
O'Toole; Which Bean Variety with
John Heard; Earth Shattering Tools
with Peter Johnson; Bacterial
Blight with Bob Forrest; -Winter
Wheat Planting_ by- Rick Upfold;
Insects in Corti by Tom -Hartman;
Wintcr rapeseed production with
Joan McKinlay; Crops- On- Farm
Weather Recording by Brad
Schuller; Fall Management of Al-
falfa liy Ilarvcy Wright and Ruta-
bagas by Bruce Brollcy. .
Self -guided walking tours can be
taken through the commercial ex-
hibit arca to learn more about con-
servation tillage and new machin-
ery alternatives.
This one day program of tours
and speakers continually proves to
• be an event not to be missed.
. The CCAT resc-trch farm is lo-
cated on Concession 3 of Stephen
township,. north of the Crediton
roast.
Rau retires
STANLEY TWP - After
many _years of involvement
with municipal council here,
_Reeve Clarence Rau announced
his retirement fast weck.
During council's August 9
meeting-, Reeve Rau said he is
'-retiring for personal reasons.
Ile has been reeve for the past
three years. Altogether, Reeve
Rau has been a member of
council- for the past 12 or 13
gars.
Ile was unavailable for com-
ment this week.
DRAINING WORK - Gerald Shantz drains the cooked white beans from
the Bean Festival cooker. Teams of workers are busy every night this
week making sure enough beans will be on hand for Saturday's Festival..
GREYS -DEVILS
Perfect weekend
for tournament
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YEARLING . PREVIEW
Young standardbreds
on display at Seelster Farms
page 5A