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Times-Advocate, 1978-11-30, Page 1 (2)Damage $7,0001n tire .slrhing, abattoir entry Youths charged in damage spree • • • 1 A l5ayear-old area juvenile and two youths. from Huron Park face several charges following police in- vestigation into the slashing of 40 tires on cars parked at the -Hensall arena early Saturday evening.• The three are also charged. with break, enter and theft at Scholl's Abattoir,_ Hensall. The two youths charged are john Wayne O'Neill, 18, and Benjamin S. Hillman, 16, both of Huron Park. A total 'of $2,000 damage was reported to the abattoir. Windows were broken and two Tofedo weigh scales were extensively damaged. The office was •also ran- sacked. A small amount of petty cash' was stolen, along with four butcher knives. Shortly after .8:00 p.m.,. Saturday, Exeter OPP were advised by a car'owner that his tires had been slashed while he was attending an intermediate hockey • tour- nament at the Hensall arena. OPP Constable Jac$ Straughan arrived onthe' scene and arrested the trio as they were leaving •the parking lot. During his investigation, Straughan found that a total of 40 tires had been slashed at the parking lot, involving . 19 different .owhers. Sotne had all four tires slashed, while others had one, two or three damaged. The car owners were from various 'locations, some as FUN FOR SOME - - This week's first local youngsters, it wos a different st Jackie Sweitzer through the snow. w may not have been welcomed by adults, but; for Above, Darryl Sweitzer and_David Fergusson pull T -A pFioto Could have been higher Say bill was equitable A sugge3tlon that a bill presented to the South Huron rec centre board by .the Exeter works depart- ment was net equitable was quickly refuted by members of town,, council and works superintendent Glenn Kells. Monday. In a letter to.council.-the board suggested the cost was high and noted they had . not been involved in the decision on some of the work that had been undertaken. The bill was for 82.652 04. and while the board ap- parently considered -most of - that as being for grass cut- ting. Kells said it included many other items. such as work on a,storm drain. work around the rodeo grounds. grading of the parking lot PUC trio get pay hike Exeter's three Public Utilities Commissioners will get a 50 percent pay in- crease next year. Following a request from the Commissioner§. Exeter council this week approved - an increase' to 8600 per an- nqm tor, the stipends. They - are currently 8400. Mayor Bruce Shaw. who sat as a member through his office. said the increase in remuneration was his idea and it had been passed at a closed meeting of the Com- mission on November 4, The last adjustment in fees occurred in 1975, when they were increased to the, 8400 from 8300. • PUC manager Hugh Davis suggested in a letter to coun- cil that the Commissioners' stipends were -not keeping pace with those of council. He said that in 1969 when the Commissioners received $30Q per - annum. council' membef's were receiving an average of 858. Council members n w receive 81.600 per year although the Com- missioners .receive only 5400. Before the fees can be ad - Jilted. they mast have conn- • il's approval as well as On- tario Hydro's. There was little debate on the matter this week. 'limy took after thei'r•`owh money."- Councillor Ted ,Vright commented. incoming mayor. Derry Boyle. who will sit on the Commission, declared a conflict of interest in the matter as it was approved by his fellow council members. and the use of the backhoe to take ice out of the arena. "The town crew actually spent many hours they never billed for." commented committee chairman Ted Wright • Kells also noted that on . many occasions. t oard was charged only for the labor involved and ,not the equipment used on several jobs - "There was no bill for plowing snow or sweeping the parking lot." he explain- ed Please 1urrrto page :I far away' ail Sarnia grid Toronto. They- had been attending the\hockey event as well as a dance. A few of the owners managed to get replacements so they could leave Saturday night, but several others.' were still looking for tires in-the.area on Sunday to get their vehicles back on the road. "Damage to the tires hlis been set at almost 85,000. -'rliitlman and the juvenile have been charged with 18 oounts of mischief, plus one -break, enter and theft • charge. The latter was laid Two . incidents of -van,- by Constable Bill McIntyre. daltam are also under in - O'Neill feces one charge of vestigation by the Exeter break, enter and theft and 19 OPP this week. mischief charges. Friday evening, ap- One of the latter was laid proximately 8100 damage after the holding cell at the was done to the Usborne local OPP office was Central School. Glass panel damaged. Police charge that of a door was kicked in and O'Neilkpulled the bunk out of the lawn torn up and gouged its moorings and used it to by a vehicle. .batter the - walls and toilet Eight mailboxes= were . facilities.. •-ripped off their posts and Hillman and O'Neill are -i -damaged in Usborne on scheduled to appear in Friday night as well. Exeter court on December Constable Straughan is in 16. A court date for the charge of those in -1, juvenile has not been set. vestigations. Ames OIL Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Fifth Year • . • • „< .._ .We _4.4 "+♦ ..:" - t:.aNti'- ..r "AIM TIRES SLASHED.-- On Tuesday mofning only one vehicle out of the 20 that hod their tires slashed Saturday evening remained in the parking lot of the Hensoll and District Community Centre. Two youths from Huron Pork and o juvenile face charges arising out of the incident. dvoc & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 30, 1978 Price Per C .,py 25 Cerits New councillors left with decisions regarding solicitors and dump fees Exeter council left a couple of decisions for their successors when they met for their final meeting, Monda.y. One of those will be Will give Santa boost Exeter council will have an entry in the December 16 Santa Claus parade, but it's not going to cost -the tax- payers anything. Deputy -Reeve Don MacGregor said this week that the matter of enteringa float had been' discussed prior to Montay's meeting by several. memiers ..and Lossy Fuller had been named to chair the project.__ Incoming Mayor Derry_, Boyle said three members had already pledged 810 each out of their own pockets. • "I'm glad I'm getting out," commented Mayor Bruce Shaw. • "We included the present council,:' Boyle quickly replied HONOUR CO-OP MANAGER Joel( Schelt,who completed nearly 10 years os mcinager of the Exeter and District Co-Ope1eie bef- re leaving in September fol a new position in.Ox- ford was honoured of Friday's annual • -eting. Jock and his wife Dorothy ore shown receiving o lamp from Gerald McFolli and Br ce Shapton, representing directors and members. Co -Op sale but profits Despite an increase in sales during. 1978- the net income of the Exeter District Co -Operative dropped considerably. Ar Friday's annual banquet held at the South Huron Ree Centre members were told n • ofits were reduced f • 8105, „ n 1977 to 845,57 for this year. Reaso s given for the decrease. y •resident Jack Blair were no -patronage payment from the United Co - Operatives of Ontario and increased rising costs. District UCO director Bob Down in explaining the failure to pay a patronage said, "due to certain tax deferrments we were able to put our .net savings M 2.9 show gain,: • wn sharply million dollars into a :eneral .reserve." Down continue,, - will enable us to build better facilities to provide "better • services which you' as members demand." The UCO director in- dicated the Ontario. Co - Operative increased sales by t percent to -8369 million w grain sales listed at 19 million bushel. . The Exeter Co -Op sales were up deice to 880,000 to 82.914,909, but, expenses.also rase by 844,000. •' President Jack Blair reported that - a patronage dividend of -one and one half percent would be paid along with one and half cents per• bushel rebate on grain • purchased. These dividends are exactly half of what' they were in 1977. The board , of ` directors report read by Eric Kints indicated major capital expenditures during 1978 were were 860,000 for two new feed trucks and 820,000 as a final payment for the new 50,000 bushel grain lank. During .the banquet new. manager Derwood Braith= waste was introduced to the members. -He comes r0 Exeter from the Forest Co - Operative: Jack Schell who was manager in Etxeter for. almost 10 years and left in '$eptember for a new position'' .in Orford was honoured: •Please turn to page 3 naming the towns solicitors. Raymond, McLean & Gray, who have handled those duties for the past 16 years, submitted their resignation in a letter•dated November 16, but left the door open to be re -appointed to the position. - The matter had been discussed privately by council and it was decided Monday night to leave the decision to the new council. -In the letter,' Peter Raymond explained that the 850 monthly retainer fee paid to the firm was set basically to cover any telephone calls concerning advice that the clerk might require, to swear- affidavits' from time to time as are requged on .municipal forms and""Io give advice as to towrrbylaws and • matters of -that nature. -!`The retake.: was never meant --to cover real estate transactions, subdivision work. easements, rights -of - Ways, road closings, ot'items of a larger nature," he said. Earlier in the year, council had discussed appointing another town solicitor because Raymond, McLean & Gray had been unable to serbe in that capacity due to -a conflict of interest in- volving other clients. Raymond explained that when conflicts of interest arose, the firm had been honest with the town and declared their conflict of interest and expl ned Wh. It would be imp ibl __to.. represent the town. z' . In most of those cases, the town had to gq to out-of-town solicitors, often using a firm in Stratford. "I know -that on some occasions this firm has been criticised fpr representing an individual or a company -rather than the town where there is such a conflict," Raymond stated. "I am sure that you can realize that any in -town lawyer is going to run into the same situation. It would be impossible for a lawyer . practising in this Town gives hall grant In adecision that had been considered behind closed doors, -Exeter council this week .approved a .grant of 817,500 for the Exeter and District Heritage Society to be used to pay otthe debt of The charge he faced arose resftlring the toft hall. after three shots were fired The recommendation had from a rifle at a pickup truck come from the executive in which -three youths were committee. The Ontario Htritag• .riding. One of the bullets hit ffie vehicle. Foundation had' earlie . The Crown Attorney noted promised,an additional grant ' • ;. to the restoration of the town • hall If 'Council would approve • a similar amount. Boost rent Mayor Bruce Shaw said -• this week that council had a t town ha earlier discussed . the - - prospect of the grant to The Exeter a,nd District enable the lottal•gToup to get Heritage Society will pay a the full .amoltnt of grants sizeable increalie in rent for available: the town hall over the.next 10 The written motion by years. Deco t•y - Reeve Don At their final meetingsthis MacGregor and Councillor week, Exeter council voted Ted Wright had been- at- to enter into an agreement tached to the Monday -night whereby the rent wilt .be agenda. It was one of the few ' increased from 81.00 per times) written motion had year to 82,000. been 'prepared prior .to a No explanation was given meeting. for the increase, which has The approval was given been approved by the local without discussion. Heritage Society. ;town to refuse to do work for any person that might cause a conflict with the decisions of the town council." The local lawyer said the only. way to avoid this situation entirely is for the town `to hire a full-time solicitor "but of course this« is impossible". . Raymond, McLean & Gray said their services would be available to the new council, but suggested that no retainer be paid"bn a mon- thly basis, but that the work - done for the municipality would be billed based upon the bin • the the work done from time to e. ' This writer has served town as its, solicitor for past 16 years. Usually, -Please turn to page 3 NIMAL T CHNOLOGY ON DISPLAY AT • PEN HOUSE — Animal Health Technology wos .one of several courses which had a working demonstration at the Centralia College•of Agricultural Technology s open -house Wednesday .AsBrian McGill of BQwmanville holds the test animal, Pat Varney of Toronto demonstrates how a blood•somole is cern^vel `•r'* adog. look - _.e Nancy Nicolok of Toronto and Billy-Joe-Rowcliffe of Hensoll. ?-�, pfiotc Thirty days for dangerous weapon Two •Two people were sen- tenced to jail terfns when they appeared before Judge W.G. Cochrane in Exeter court, Tuesday. " Ahmed Osman. London, former owner of the Stardust Restaur in Crediton, was sentenced t 30 days on a charge of p session of a dangerous apon. He had been found guilty previously and the sentence had been delayed awaiting a pre -sentence report. Exeter. lawyer K.I. McLean said items in the report suggested that Osman had been the victim of persecution by some of the youth.in the community. • ti given that the police were only: a telephone call away if. Osman required assrstancc+ to deal with the youths in- volved in the situation Judge Cochrane said he felt the sentence had to acf as a deterrent In addition to the jail term, he ordered that the gun be forfeited Osman will be given working privileges during the time he is serving in Jail David Donald [ awrence. Hensall. was sentenced to a total of 60 days in jail after pleading guilty to charges bf break. enter and theft in •Exeter and Hensall He was charged with the October 25 breakin at Exeter United Church. where 810 to change was taken. and also a breakin at the Devon Building when,, 892 -*asstolen. About hlf of - that amount was recovered Lawrence was sentenced to 30 days on the first count and 20 on the second • He then pleaded guilty to break and enter with intent at the Hensall United ('httrch on October 23. Nothing 'was taken. Ile was given 10 days for that offence. - The • court learned • that Lawrence has alreadv .teen in- jail for five weeks. James Martin Rowe. a resident of Vanastra. near Clinton. was fined 8200 of 20 days alter pleading guilty to a charge of -stealing a motor vehicle in Clinton on August 12. He was given 90 days in which to pay the fine. An area man. Ricky Richard Bllckc, R.R. 3 Exeter, was handed fines of jail terms 8250 and 8350 for- a total of 8600 or 60 days on two charges of -driving with in, alcohol content over 80 rigs Ile had been charged on October° 13 and again ne November 24 when police spotted his erratic driving Ile was given two months in which to pay each of the fines. Breathaliter tests on the two occasions gi'e readings of lloand 141. flies in other ,aces heard on Tuesday James . Martin Rowe, 1 an;!stra. was fined 854 or tn,• stays on a charge of. (hi% mea rporot vehicle in huh or was .readily a.arlahlc ' - • 1'r'tc'r. 11an ar,r 1„ (1a�: n:�;< brei lir 1, Har n, i 111,.1 tint: ft.It 2 New u as tined 8100 or r c, ; h.•irge of public v.'„c f, %'as laid on 'up drove his lawn at the 1.1- Park and rr• r' ;ibOut t75. Three peoplehurt . in area collisions Area drivers had their first rnarr test with %%Ante' driving this week and handl ed tlie/ situation corn parativeR- well with rink five accidents brine in vestigated Thri'e of those oc4ltrred on Saturday. -the first involving vehicles driven by Dale Erb RR 2 Zurich. and .lanies (:eoff•rnv. Redford. Michigan They collided on 4,oshen 'St in .-Zurich and damage was set at •83.150 by Constable Jim Rogers Erb sustained cuts And bruises in the collision A vehicle driven by Gor- don Kennet. RR'1 Exeter. was forced off sideroad 20 in Stephen by an unknown vehi- cle and struck a tree Damage was estimated at 8500 by ('onstahle Wally Tomasik and'.Kenney sustained cuts and bruises. in The other Saturday acei- 1rnrn hv Doreen • i'xeter skidded r +teb of roll(' on it ,•i,w,i' 83 west of tl %' w .ird and struck guide t•, on the south side of the r,•,Id Damage was es- trrn,rred at s97l', by Constable R„h iChitefoiif 11u other two accidents cif last Tuesday. the 1i st involving, vehicles ctr1ten by William Anderson grid \tat orie Morgan. both - .'of iluron Park They collid- ed on Algonquin Drive and oantage was listed at 8475 by Constable Bill Osterloo. :1 vehicle driven by Douglas Mason. Huron ,Park. went out of control on fresh gravel on concession 2- 3 of Stephen and strtig<k a hydro pole Mason sustained cuts and tiruis "s and damage was set at 81.800 by Constable Al Quinn ' •