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Times-Advocate, 1978-10-12, Page 1 (2)Children 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 tierVICe'S 01 Huron County at - 1I a I'ua ridge Chalet near Hensall Thyl•sday night. The top' Honours for 15 years of service as foster parents went to Marie and Wallace .Gingerrch, RR 2. Zurich and Muriel and John Wray. RR 1, Wingham. Completing 10 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 WRESTLING CLASS = Instruction in wrestling is being " offered each Tuesday night at South Huron District High School and more students are weicome. Shown in action this week ore Tim Martens and Mike Reid. • -T-A photo • 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 14aniel. Fundytus, RR 2 Hensall, who had pleaded guilty to an assault charge- two weeks ago was making •an appearance for serrterwing only. -He had been charged -with an assault against Michael Dobbs. Exeter. early in September. Several drivers appeared . in. 'i'uetsday's court on charges of impaired driving Area aided by Wintario Grants totalling $38.196 have been appro'Yed for 13. .prnjects in Huron ('ouhty 11001 the proceeds of the ()warm lottery. Culture and itecr4'ation Minister Reuben c" ltactz said these grants are part of the Shan --e Win - rano program for the sup- port oI• cultural and•• recreational facilities and activities - 'I'o date in 1978. the ministry has allotted $52.2 Million to more than 6,254 groups and projects , throughout the province. :\ grant of $23. 158 is to go to the Township of Tuc•kersnuth to share in the costs .01 constructing a community centre complete with a community hall. a gy rnnaslum --and an indoor led. . A grant tit' $671- will be made to I he Sealer th- I)ashwood Community Band 10 assist with the purchase 01 winter uniforms The Exeter tennis club is lo receive $423 to help in the purchase of equipment. grant of 5226 will go to the Exeter Figure Skating- ('I,ib to aid in the purchase of equipment and records. ' Let Contract in Usborne At the October meeting M l'sborne township council linal approval was given to the Dunn municipal drain. The c+tmlract to construct the Dunn drain was awarded 16 L.-41. -Turnbull and Son. Gra ndliend frir,$4.835. It was i him Ierivesl of six tetidet`s received. - The Buswell drain report was read and provisionally adopted Presenting the report was Rudy Engel , representing' (', P. Corbett 'engineering firm. At the same lime the Blair drain report from. Biddulph was accepted and adopted provisionally. Tile drainage inspector .'hill Routly reported the completion of three loan works for total loans of $32,400 Three other loan applications tc)lalling 819.800 were' approved. Council discussed the engineering reports on the Allen, Taylor and Allen requisition drains. 4 • 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 5250 or 25 days on a charge of driving with ari 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 jvhich to pay the fine, ' • _A _Lohtloa man. -Donald Allen Miller. also -was fined S250. or 25 days for driving wijh 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 resitting in Tilbury. His licence had been suspended for failure to pay fines levied in other driving charges. Keith L. Price. Seaforth, wag fined 5400or40 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 Iteta and Gerald Van Engen, I(%4 I, Froxeter. Five "'ear awards went to Gert,a and Horst Bornath, lift 3, Clinton; Sharon and Hobert Boyland,' RR 1, Ethel; Linda and Harvey Craig. Wingham; Helen and Bob Denomme,, Exeter;` Connie and Charles Kernick, RR 3. Exeter,and Mrs. Betty Gauthier, Egmondville. In a half yearly report, Huron Director John V. Penn said ..'prevelition 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 ter- ms." Penn said the name change. in 1977 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 faster 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 theirhome with a child for a while." "We particularly need. families willing to care for ' older children - ages 11 l0 15 years. Perhaps you; could consider this project for your family or suggest it to --a friend 11 interested call our Home -finding department", continued the Huron director. The awards to the foster pare_ is yesei presented by the 0.,ofiderir of the FCSA board of directors- Charlie Thomas of- Brussels -assisted ' by social worker Marion `LIindmarsh. . , The guest -speaker clincial psychologist David Link Stressed the importance of the home in determining the • BLIND CANVASS • • McMbers 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 r.cuse, ndi•na. Affected by •e sa e w was announced ' •i ' ay are.. the manufactured homes plant and. the recreational vehicle plant located in Hen- sall. General Manager ofthe manufactured housing divi- sion Jim Balmer said -he received word on Thursday that the 2Q 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 na he will change"' said Rainier. ,. Balmer said, Bendix has owned the•two lants for six years which.. have- a com- bined labour foree of about 300. tt. Balmer stated that the sale was completely unex- pected.and few details.of the actual transaction .were known; • - He said thy' president of Canadian open tions 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. overall ,behaviour of chi Id ren . He cont inued, ".'Outside influences are important and can be a real help. but we must remerWber that they are not a substitute for adeg0ate parents." Ile suggested. children should be taught to make simple . decisions • for themselves at the age of three years. TheV -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 behavi1bur is learned 'from day to day in a natural' way without" anyone being aware of 0. Remember, habits that start early die hard. Nothing tails like failure." FOSTER PARENTS HONOURED — At Thursday's annual banquet of the Family and Children Services of Huron County a number of foster porents 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 K„, Y Serving South Huron, North Middlesex .One Hundred and Fifth Year Hensall sewer contract okayed The tom 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 8383,353.47 being the lowest of the ten tenders submitted. • RgeVe. 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 roust t e 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 VOC &North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, THURSDAY, OCTO: 12, 1978 • National _Railway tracks' With constrltction on the new fire hall completed, council ' agreed -Tuesday night to release the. holdback owed to Van Boxmeer . Const?hction 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 eonmuu1lt , council learned, with the assessment office reporting the village has • grown from 984 people in,. 1977 to 1.005 this year. Councillor Harry Klungel suggested clerk -treasurer Betty Oke contact the ministry of transportation and. communications to. request the population be changed on the signs leading to the village. - Price Per Copy 25 Cents` - Still could be an election r Only fiv.1.�r nine in E eters • WE RE THANKFUL — Primary students at Exeter.Public School were in o thankful mood Fri- day os they celebrated Thanksgiving with a dinner. From the left are B.J. -Batten, Tracy . Gilfillan, Brenda Balsdon, Darren Simpson and teacher Tardy Choffe In the background are mothers Gloiia McFalls and Mary Cudmore. T -A photo Hail plagues driver Small touch of winter? There was some good news and sortie had in the weekly 'accident report from the •Exeter OPP this' week. The gond news was .that there- Were only 'tw'o ac- .cidenls over Thanksgiving we<'kend. The bad was That onQ of those Iwo was caused •in part by ,winter driving conditions On Saturday. a vehicle driven My Harvey Andrews. Klt -1 Exeter. went .Out of cofll.&ol.in a heavy hail.storrn and struck a telephone pole The accident Happened on Highway 4. .lust south of Exeter - Damage 'c :is listed at 85114) tr Constable •V'.a1ly 'I'oni;isik The other 'accident oc- curred 011 Monday. resulting n1 • major injuries , 10 two \limn! Brydges men. 1 t,. • COURSE IN WEAVING -- One of the current-nlght classes left are Debbie Etherington, Loes Etherington, instructress Ena at South Huron District High School features weaving. From the De Haan and Margaret Horner. T -A photo \ %elncle driven' by Lawrence Buren went out of". control and struck a tree en Highway 83. west of Exeter. 'I'he.driver and a passenger. Brian Simi h. were both seriously injured constable Tonlas,k in• cstigated and set total damage al 84.INlll . During the week, the local detachment ofhcers charged 2'1 people under the Highway Trallic Act. nine under the Liquor Licence Act. and two under tfie Narcotic Control Att - The re were 13 charges laid under the Criminal •C'ode, most of them against area juveniles involved in recent hreakrns in the Hensall area Local firemen called out twice The Exeter fire depart- ment members were called out twice this week, but damage was minimal id both -,tails.: 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 Lurnace. ' 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. 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 seals. That unusual situation could come about if Coun 'chlor 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 hplanned to stand again and Deputy -Reeve Don MacGregdr indicated he too would be a candidate. That could tet up an elec- tion battle' between either ii t -ani- rifaeGregor, or between Simmons a MacGregor . if , the • latter d, t decideo 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 far the Friday county council sessions, as that is one of his busiest days as an employee at A&H Food Market. He also exp ained that her chance ,- winning -the would hesitate . r for" an -y reeve's post 'if Wright went election and elimin: • one of ._af terthe/ deputy -reeve , the present council members position. • when there may well be - Simrnans indicated. he had - no inclinations to move back into' the mayor's chair, a••- position he held prleviously. 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 Greene will run again - Exeter PUC chairman ndrray reeve nced ttiis week he woo announced ing re-election. • Greene. who is completing his 16th year as. a Com- mis§loner. is the current president of. the Ontario i:unicipal Electrical A_ssociatibTr- -- His term of office in that capacity runs through until March. - Vice-chairman" Chan Livingstone said he hasp'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 - • Two ready The only two. other con- firmed candidates for the`six council seats to date are incumbent Logsy 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 . wit is a het; Eark-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 A former � s1eteoro`logtat with Envirdfiment 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 imr.ortant 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 os a night class of South Huron District High School. Shown obove.in on opening session ore Shirley MacDonald, Carol -Rideout and MJ Chonyi • 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 strenuouly to thh zoning of the centre, which would prohibit twa"of, the three prospective tedants, 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 thetown with . a lawsuit if it was not ap- proved. Interior construction had .already started on the proposed- toy " store, but a "stgp work" order was placed on it by building in - 4 spector Doug Triebner because no permit had been secured fix the work. Triebner Said he could not issue a permit even if it was requested, because the use was in contravention of the Vining 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 OMB decide the issue.