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Times-Advocate, 1988-11-02, Page 14 imes Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Eighteenth Year dvocate. & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, November 2, 1988 Price Per Copy 60 Cents • BLOOD DONOR CLINIC' - Hallowe'en vampires are not the only ones who want your blood. The London .Red Cross was at South Huron District High'School Thursday taking blood,donationsalong with the, help of the Exeter Ausable River Nomads. Cathy Jacobs, a regular donor, waits for the needle from nurses Micheline ' • Mass and Connie Steward: Coffee, cookies and pop awaited donors after it was all over. Low turnout to give blood EXETER - Another Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic is over, but unfortunately not as successful as clinics in the past according to Marie Brunzlow of the spon- soring Ausable River Nomads. Was the weather too good, was it colds and flu or just that many people don'thave the time to give that gift of life" said Mrs. runzlow. "Blood is so desperately needed these days and many people don't realize how much until a loved one or themselves need it and its not a'ailable. Blood can only be given, it's not manufactured. The total units given at the October 27 clinic were far below our quota. The turnout was very disappointing for the sponsoring group and the Red Cross tcam. Special thanks to the 234 donors who did attend our clinic with 22- deferrals 2deferrals making a total of 212 units of blood being given. We again had many first time donors both High School stu- dents and adults. We hope they continue to attend our future clinics. Thc demand for blood in- creases so we need to increase our donors but this is up to each and everyone in Exeter and sur- rounding arca. A special thank you to SHDHS principal Bruce Shaw and his staff for their co- operation, the Baptist Church 1a dies, the Exeter Girl Guides, Fraync's and other merchants who displayed our posters. Next year's clinic is Thursday April 13, 1989 and the Nomads are the sponsors once again. Let's make it thc best ever. Following is the list of Thurs- day's donors: William Falconer, Burdene Morgan, Gerald Grubbc, Brenda Neill, Sharlene Crawley, Isabel Strochlc, Frank Woodward, Den- nis Bierling, Heidi Soudant, Grcg Hohncr, Christine Taziar, Anne Dclbridge, Camellia Rees, Linda Eisenschink, Karen At- kins, Andrea Rader, Trudi Bor- nath, Ryan Shervill, Lisa Bed- ard, Wendy Boogcmans, iris Quin, Roy E. Hodgson, Ron Ander- son, Tcrry Mcllin, Manfred Locrsel, Janice Ducharmc, Karen Miller, Greg Hoggarth, Grcg Pfaff, Jaki Blair, Rosie Brand, Janet Clarke, Ruth Ann• Haist, Jackie Silverthorne, Chad Mill- er, Christine Rose, Kim Murray, D. Grant Hooper, Cindy Ha- mather, Adrian Rasenbcrg, Stan Johnson, Wayne Hamather, Ma- ric Brunzlow, Bill Johnston, Jane Benseuc, Doug Needs, Paul Copeland, Teresa Knip, James Wilkinson, Lynda Hern, 'Earl E. Evans, Robert- Hcrn, Karcn Foran, Robert Mallett, Scot Davidson, Margaret Tricb- ncr, Sue Wilson, Yvonne Os- trander, D.L. Little, Shannon Please turn to page 2 Fines, jail, for driving offences Fines and jail sentences were met- ed. out at Judge R.E.• D. Hunter's discretion to five men appearing in provincial court in Exeter on Oc- tober 25 for alcohol-related driving charges. Raymond. A. Hutchinson, RR3 Dashwood, was handed a 52,000 fine and a 12 -month driving suspen- sion after pleading guilty to having ' a BAC count over 80 on December 31, 1987. His pick-up truck went off County Rd. 5 in Stephen town- ship, hitting the Mt. Carmel sign, striking a tree and ending up in a back yard. Damage to his vehicle was 518,000. The accused was taken to South Huron hospital for minor injuries. A blood sample gave a reading of 340 mg in 100mlofblood. Robert W. Lortie, RR2 Cliri 'r was fined S600 and had h ,ic suspended for for 12 months. "c 1 pleaded guilty to driving with mor than the legal limit of alcohol in his system when stopped for speed- ing on Highway 21 on July 20. Two breath samples gave readings of 120. He was given 60 days to pay his fine. Thomas J. Bailey, Seaforth, was given a 30 -day jail sentence after he pleaded guilty to the same charge. Ife'had hecn apprehended while driv- ing erratically on Main St. Two breath samples showed BACs of 190 and 180. This was the second conviction for the 21 -year-old Brock University student, who will serve his sentence on weekends in Thorold. The ac- cused also received a two-year dri ing suspension. . Charl,•s Allan Walker, RR i • Bruce(' i . !. also ,.....ctvcd a jail term euitty on two charges suspended, and a stop for a police 'a. 'r had previousCon- r dri while suspended on n. , 6, Aug,,.t 20 and Octo- i her 1 in 1987. 'Walker was spotted driving in Clinton on January 18, 1988. He led police on. a -high-speed chase to Brucefield. He was again recog- nized as a suspended driver in Clin- ton on April 18. Walker was given 1 S days on the first charge, 60 days consecutive on the second,, and an additional 15 consecutive days on the third charge for a total sentence of ' ' ' • to be served on weekend, James W. k I u . t. was fined S750 .gnu give, I m,rut' !riving suspension deet., hui' r1c., to failing to provide a hrcath s after being stopped on County Road 21 in Stephen township on June 16, 1987 for a burned -out rear light. The accused had a pan and a full bottle of beer on the front scat. Four tries with the breathalyzer failed to activate the machine enough to give proper readings. automatically sus ended until a Gregus; PUC clash over costs of water EXETER - Developer Gus Gre- gus has taken issue with the Exeter PUC over the cost he will be charged for extending a water main to two lots he intends to build on. The PUC, however, refuses to use tax -dollars to subsidize what they see as a cost -to be borne by the de- veloper for the profit he will later reap from that property, Manager Hugh Davis told Gregus the estimated cost of extending the Waterloo Street main onto .Mary - Street past a property already devel- oped by Gregus to the two new lots. would cost less than 59,200..- Gregus' representative Elmer Bell said there was no way Gregus would pay that much. "1 don't know how you can justi- fy it,", 'said Bell; pointing out that while Gregus does not disagree with the usual 'frontage costs, he sees no need to pay for flankage on the cor- ner lot when future lots down the street will be able to benefitfrom the main's construction. - Bruce Shaw noted that Gregus had already benefitted from a reduced cost of tapping into the existing Waterloo main while developing the other lots, but the new lots fall under the policy. of letting the, de- veloper bear the costs of extending services to his properties. Bell again asked for a reduction in the construction rate on the flank- age section because of its future benefit to other lots., but Shaw pointed out Gregus was already benefitting from tapping into water lines paid for by earlier taxes and development. "Why should we ask.thc rest of the town to bear the costs of an ex- tension that is going to be recouped y the ckvcloper,". said Shaw, sug- .�gesting the extra cost of installing the .line would. be tacked onto the - price of the houses anyway Bell sought •a compromise, other- - wise "we could be - into a nice bloody lawsuit for a judge to de- cide." - "Ican tell you we're not going to - pay for a watermain other people are going to use," Bell continued. He suggested a rebate should be -given to Gregus when other proper- ties further south on Mary Street were developed., Davis said Gregus would not get the rebate anyway. • - "If you add the cost to (lots) 6 and 7, then any rebate should go to the (future) owners of 6 and 7," said Davis. . The board agreed to discuss -the matter privately at a Tater date. In other business, Davis revealed the current account of thc water works budget stands at only about S1,000. He cited increases in oper- ating expenses of up to S22,000 as Please turn to page 2 Capacity .cr candidates CLINTON - Voters packed a pub- lic school auditorium to hear the - four federal candidates for Huron. - Bruce square off for two and -a -half hours on isv" of local and federal importance . - tr' The cram' ..card the rcprescnta- - tives of tfie three major parties prove themselves capable and in: .formed speakers, and got their first glimpse of the new Christian Heri- tage Party's candidate. - - NDP candidate Tony McQuail -drew the ' lot to speak first and wanted the audience of the large cfo- nations the Conservative and Liber- al parties receive from big business- es and banks. He said they were evidence of why such parties toter- - ate high interest rates and ignore policies that. might .help ordinary working people. - McQuail also termed. the Conser- vative's approach .to the free trade deal as "devious" and suggested the :Liberals would behave no different- owd hears debate . ly. • - - Incumbent •Murray Cardiff defend- ed his government's track record: ' have we forgotten how critical - our situation was -four years ago?" asked Cardiff, pointing to cuts in spending; an annual. deficit reduc- tion, low -inflation, job creation as evidence of a- sound Conservative government. . - Cardiff spoke of recent programs that have specifically- benefited - farmers.. - -- "We believe in the preservation of the family_farmand finding a way to reduce the S22 billion deficit," said Cardiff. - Tom Clark is .representing the • year-old Christian Heritage Party, .and he called on voters to demand a return to the Christian values which made Canada strong. - Clark said his party respects the traditional family unit and is op- posed to abortion, pornography, ho-.- . Please turn -to page 2 Shaw awaits decision after striking Lemieux EXETER -Exeter native Davc Shaw was involved in a stick swinging incident at Madison Square Gardens, Sunday night and awaits a suspension decision from National Hockey League headquar- ters. - Shaw of the Ncw York Rangers who slashed thc NHL's scoring •deader Mario Lemieux of the Pitts- burg Penguins late in the third peri - DAVE SHAW od was. given a 10 minute match penalty for thc swing at Lemieux and a five minute major for a fol- • lowing fight withDan Quinn of the Penguins. The Rangers defcnceman and gen- eral manager Phil Esposito wcrc in Montreal yesterday, Tuesday to meet with NHL vice-president Brian who is in charge of infrac=•• Ito, of this kind. Also in attendance was referee Andy -Van Hellemond. Tapes of the incident were reviewed by league of- ficials. -Although a league decision is not expected until at least Thursday, Shaw will miss a game tonight, Wednesday when the Rangers travel to Buffalo to meet the Sabres. After a match penalty is called a player is DOUBLE TAKE Column by Fxeter Mayor Bruce Shaw page 2 P hearing is hcld.The Rangers next game is Sunday night against New Jersey. - With the Rangers lead. g. the Penguins 8-2, play was in• the New York end of the ice when the string of incidents began. Shaw checked Lcmicux along the right boards and when play swung hack to near the net the Penguin star hit Shaw with a cross check and the Exctcr native retaliated with a. slash high in the chest arca. Lemieux lay on the ice for about Personal view By Ross ll:iugh I was fortunate to turn to ibe Madison Garden Network satel- lite station a few minutes be- fore thc Dave Shaw incident and had a live look at it and then a number of replays. The score at the time was 8-2 for the Rangers and play was getting rather chippy. Lcmicux was trying to play thc puck along the boards to the right of the Ranger goal near the blue - line when he was hit with a clean check by Shaw.. Lemieux ducked hik head and it appeared as if he almost dropped to the ice then. He de- cided to continue to follow the play hack toward the Ncw York goal where Shaw had backed up to defend -his goalie. The Penguin hit Shaw with a fairly high - crosscheck and that's when Davc struck hack on a quick reflex action. The end of the blade of the stick caught Lcmicux high in the chest arca. The Pittsburgh player fell to the ice and stayed there for about five minutes before leav- ing under his own steam. The only person going to Le- mieux's aid and appearing to he concerned for his welfare was the trainer. The balance of the Pittsburgh Please tum to page 2 five minutes while game officials. and. Gardens security officers were trying to keep the Penguin players on the bench. Immediately after Lcmicux fell to the ice. Pittsburg centre Dan Quinn moved in and speared Shaw in the_ stomachand then the two got into a fist fight. Lemieux was was able to Icavc the rink under his own power.. His jury was later diagnosed as a bruised chest and he was expected to he in... the Penguins jincup when they met the Vancouver Canucks in Pitts burgh last night. Exeter mayor Bruce Shaw, father • of. the Ranger dcfenccman said - 'Monday, " It wasn't a good scent. i don't like to sec things like this happen in hockey."1 certainly don't condone it. It's not like Dave to do .a thing like ,this and 1 am sure- it was more of a reaction and reflex to being .crosschecked than anything deliberate." ;- After the game Ncw York goalie John Vanhicshrouck said, "The Penguins drew first hlOol..They wcrc frustrated with the score 8-2 against them". On the telecast of the game, Ranger announcers Sam Rosen and John Davidson wcrc really critical of Shaw's actions. • Thc senior Shaw said Monday, "Davidson apologized to Rangers general manager Phil Esposito after the game saying thc incident was not as serious as he had first indi- cated." - Rosen and Davidson arc announc- ers for the Ranger games televised on the Madison Square Garden net- work cable stations and can he seen in this arca on satclitc dishes. Rangers coach Michel Bergeron defended Shaw by saying, "He is not the kind of player to try to in- jure any player in the league. And remember, we didn't start it. They jumped our best player first." The Penguins apparent frustration from thc big deficit late in the game started when Kachowski jumped Steve Patrick and continued when Lemieux crosschecked Shaw. 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