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Times-Advocate, 1985-02-13, Page 1Irnes'• dv�cate Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Twelfth Year & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, February 13, 1985 Price Per Copy 50 Cents _oaring considers Stephen zoning . changes. there full time if they wanted to, but pass unaltered, because "it allows for they shouldn't expect urban level additional service to happen, but services." Several objections to proposed Stephen Township zoning by-law changes were resolved Wednesday at a hearing in Crediton. Don W. Middleton, a member of the Ontario Municipal Board, presided over the meeting. Dan Murphy of Goderich appeared as solicitor for the township. Objections by John Skinner of Stratford, Bill Moore, an Oakwood Park cottage owner, and David Gib- son of Crediton were discussed. Ap- pearances were also made by E.A. Baker and Mrs. Donald R. Gratton on zoning changes they would like. Baker and Gratton were represented by Nicholas Hill, a Lon- don lawyer, and got a six monthdelay in which taprepare a presentation for the township. Both would like the zon- ing of their properties changed to highway commercial- to change the wording of the by-law Baker is operating a used car so that a natural environment area business, and the Grattons are ren- "shall not include formal equestrian ting cottages. The six-month delay trails." was granted on the condition that Skinner and the Oakwood group neither Baker nor Gratton change were also concerned.- about public their non -conforming uses in any way, parks changing the nature of the nor apply for a building permit, in the beach. The wording of the by-law was next six months. changed to allow public parks in a Skinner was representing the natural environment zone only on Oakwood Park Association. He was public land. concerned about two uses of the Bill • Moore's case concet•ned the beach, which is designated a natural designation of Oakwood Park as environmentzone. Under the natural recreational residential: Wayne J. environment designation, passive Caldwell, a professional planner, ap- recreation uses including equestrian peared as a witness. Moore felt the trails and public parks are allowed. definition of recreational -residential Skinner was worried about- the was confusing, and that "we should possiblility of horse manure on the have a proper definition." Caldwell beach. The compromise solution that said that the purpose of the designa- Middleton and Skinner agreed on was tion was "to clarify for residents, and especially for those considering mov- ing into the area, that they could live KEEPING SCORE — Pete McFalls checks his bowling score with Nancy Damage high in area crashes Damage ran high in two collisions investigated (his week by the Exeter police department. On Monday, vehicles driven by Dwayne LaPorte, Zurich, and Mary Lou Tait, Exeter, collided at the cor- ner of Huron and Edward St. Damage was set at $4,000. That was also the damage total in a crash on Friday involving vehicles operated by Paul Berendsen, RR 1 Kirkton, and Darlene Smitjes, RR 4 Seaforth. They collided on Highway 83 East. Act/Chief Kevin Short investigated both collisions. On Thursday, police received a report of a lost child in the Carling St. area. The child was safely located playing with a friend at a nearby apartment. Wednesday, the police responded to a fight between two males"at the it r • -• • • . • 1 ' . 1 Constable George Robertson is cur- rently attending a three-week crime prevention course at the Aylmer Police College. The course is design- ed to assist police forces in structur- ing community programs and pro- active policing. In the past, police forces have primarily been responding to crimes that have already occurred and the course encourages the initiating of programs to reduce crime before it occurs. Programs conducted elsewhere have generally been .suc- cessful in accomplishing that and will. be implemented in Exeter. bowlathon at the Town and Country Lanes, Zurich. McFalls has par- ticipated in each of the five years the event has been held, and has raised over $1,000 for the organization. Losses extensive in area thefts Thieves were busy in the area over the week, striking in Zurich, Hensall and Exeter. Friday night, Schilbe's Pro Hard - Check pressure all next week The Huron Chapter of the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation, in co- operation with the Huron County Health Unit, is sponsoring a series of blood pressure clinics in the five coun- ty towns next week. The one for Exeter is set for Friday at the local library and will operate during regular library hours. The Huron chapter. will also be holding a third stress workshop sometime in March in conjunction with the Huron Health Unit. The two previous stress workshops with Dr. Richard Karl. president of the Stress Institute of Toronto, were quite successful. February is Hart Month. so take part in a preventative maintenance program and have your blood pressure checked. ware store in Zurich was entered and approximately $2,890 worth of mer- 'chandise was stolen. Included in the total was $200 in cash. The thieves made off with several radios, knives, watches, tools and other items after smashing the lock on the front door to gain entry. Thieves who attempted to steal gas from the Hensall District Co -Op were unsuccessful, but did leave a huge , repair bill behind. They smashed the computer - operated card system and repair or replacements costs could be several thousand dollars. Those two incidents are being in- vestigated by the Exeter OPP. The Exeter police department members are investigating a theft from the Cango Gas Bar located at Exeter Plymouth -Chrysler. On Tues- day, $622 was taken from the premises. A similar gas bar theft occurred in Wingham and area police are looking for a grey Mercedes with two male occupants. Gary Levier also reported the theft of $500 worth of hockey equipment from his car while it was parked at the rec centre. Water and fire protection are the only ;services now provided to Oakwood residents by the township, but more services may be provided in the future, especially sewage when necessary. Middleton felt the by-law should doesn't say it necessarily will. Gibson had been operating an auto repair garage in an area zoned residential. He wanted the zoning of his property changed, because he felt it would help him in his mechanic's licence application. Currently Gib - son's business is considered a non- conforming use. It was decided to leave the zoning unchanged, but Mur- phy will write a letter to the Ministry of Transportation and Communica- tions to facilitate Gibson's licence ap- plication, explaining to them that his is a legal non -conforming use. Middleton will be issuing his final and complete decisions in about three weeks. BIG V OPENS — The Exeter store of Big V Drugs officially opened Thursday morning. Shown cutting the ribbon during a snowfall are chairman of the board Tony Crucich, Exeter manager Esmail Merani, Exeter mayor Bruce Shaw, president Norm Puhl, London area director Gary Cruickshank and director • of finance Bernard Borschke. T -A photo Area couple back home safely after enduring Fiji hurriccines Two hurricanes and two fires, all within one week — the Canns sure _knout how to travel. ,,,,Arnold and Marion Cann, RR 3 Ex- attd NewiZealand after their son's December 15 wedding. On January 14, two days before they left for a romantic little sidetrip to Fiji on their way home, there were 75 fires in the Victoria area where the couple where staying. The Canns left Auckland, Australia on January 16, and arrived in Fiji that night. The next evening Hurricane Eric struck Nandi, Fiji, and damaged the hotel where they were staying. ;'We toured Fiji for five hours after the first hurricane, and it was just devastated. It had been a tropical paradise when we arrived, but we were right in its path, and it was ter- rifying. The sky was all dark, and the wind was so loud, and you could hear people screaming... I stood in the closet for a while. Then with the trees and roofs flying by, and the water and dirt coming into our room, i just couldn't take it. They had to take me downstairs to a restaurant that was the quietest place," Marion Cann explained. The Canns couldn't telephone home, because the telephone lines were all down, and they couldn't leave the island, because the airport across the street from their hotel had a million dollars worth of damages. On January 19, long before the island residents were able to make repairs and pull things together, Hur- riwwcane Nigel struck, on exactly the same path. "it was something I never want to experience again. The island residents took it a lot better than the tourists did. They've had 29 hur- ricanes in the last 15 years. But it was terrible for .the tourists. We ate whatever they gave us, and felt luciSy Principals are changed Six elementary school prinicipals and one secondary school vice- principal will be shuffled around this summer. The Huron County Board of Educa- tion announced the transfers at its February 4 meeting. -. The transfers are, necessary because Ralph Smith, principal at Robertson Memorial in Goderich and Gordon Philips, vice-principal at South Huron District High Scho61, are retiring. Replacing Phillips at SHDHS is Sherwood Eddy of F.E. Madill secon- dary school in Wingham. Eddy was formerly on the SHDHS staff. Angus MacLennan. principal at Hullet Central, will replace Smith at Please turn to page 3 I14 wr drrraila e i K -W CARNIVAL QUEEN CONTESTANTS - Kirkton-Woodham Winter Carnival Queen Cheri Spence and Princess Barb McCormick ore shown with the other contestants after Saturday's competition. From the left are Melissa Wilhelm, Tommy Richordson, Mary Lou Pornhom, Bonnie Sutherland, Lisa Milos and Sonya Fletcher. • T -A photo 4 to have food. There was no power, so night -there was a fire in their hotel. of course no refrigeration, and it was "I was in my nightgown, I'd just summer and warm and humid. We had a bath. and I really wanted a good couldn't get a cold drink. But we were ni : ht's sl L _ - '- man noc ing at out door and saying to get out. We opened the door and all the smoke rushed in. Somehow I managed to get dressed quickly and we rushed downstairs with all seven pieces of luggage", Mrs. Cann said. They finally got back to Exeter on January 22, safe and sound, but after a trip that proved the old adage, "Truth is stranger than fiction." Crediton man gets stiff fine A Crediton man received a fine of $275 and a stiff warning when he ap- peared before Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake in Exeter court, Tuesday, to face a charge of having liquor readily available in the vehicle he was driving. It was the fourth such offence for Russell G. Hayter. 61 King St. S., who pleaded guilty to the charge which was laid on January 11 of this year. The accused was slopped for a traf- fic violation on Highway 83 in Usborne Township and a part bottle of Neer was found on the front seat of his vehi- cle. There were five other bottles of beer and a bottle of rye in the vehicle as well. Hayter had been convicted of the same offence on January 2 of this year and twice in 1983. Mr. Wedlake warned him That the next offence would carry a $400 fine and a fifth offence would result in a jail term. The Justice of the Peace said 75 to 80 percent of all accidents are alcohol related. Saying there was too much drinking and driving. he added that it must be stopped. room wasn't damaged, and we had a place to sleep, and all our luggage. Across the street at the airport there were tourists camped out for as much as three days, without even proper food," Mrs. Cann said. The Canns finally managed to get on a plane leaving for Los Angeles, and arrived there on January 21. That READY TO SPEAK -- Allan Bullock who represented area crippled children at•Tuesday's Exeter Lions Sportsmen's Dinner is lifted to the podium for his speech by dinner chairman Jim Bornetson and master of ceremonies Floss Maxwell. T -A photo OPP busy checking 10 accidents in area Damage amounted to about $25,000 in the 10 collisions investigated this week by the Exeter OPP. There were two minor injuries reported. The rash of crashes started on Mon- day when a vehicle driven by Kelly Johns, RR 3 Exeter, dropped off the travelled portion of her driveway and struck a hydro pole. Damage was $2,800. There were two collisions on Tues- day, the first occurring on Quebec Ave., just east of Saskatchewan St. in Huron Park, involving vehicles operated by Robert Reschke, Dashwood, and Alexander Gibson, St. Marys. Damage in that one was set at *2.400. in the other Tuesday accident, a vehicle driven by Carolyn Hoffman, Exeter, went out of control on the Crediton Road west of concession 4-5 in Stephen and struck a tree. Damage was $1,000. in the first of two collisions on Wednesday. damage was $3,500. it happened at the intersection of Highway 23 and Huron Road 6 in Kirkton and involved vehicles driven by Randy Lang, RR 1 Woodham, and Gordon Baird, London. Amanda Denys, RR 3 Kippen, sus- tained minor injuries in a Wednesday accident in Hensall at the intersection of Highway 4 and Mill St. She was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Nan- cy Denys. which was in collision with one driven by Gregory Hargreaves. Hensall. Damage was $5.0000. Damage was estimated at $3,000 on Friday, when vehicles driven by Raye Jacobe, Exeter, and Marlin Larkin. RR 8 Parkhill. collided on Ilighway 83 about three km. west of Ausable River bridge. Also on Friday. a vehicle operated by Jerry Shaw. RR 2 Grand Bend. went out of control on the Crediton Road east of concession 8-9 of Stephen and rolled over onto its roof. Laura Shaw sustained a minor injury in that ,mishap and damage was listed at *1,000. The final three accidents of the week occurred on Saturday. the first involving vehicles driven by William Smith. Exeter, and David Fisher. Huron Park. They collided on Algon- quin Drive in Huron Park and damage was *1,000. A vehicle driven by Stephen Allen. RR 1 Crediton. went nut of control and rolled over in the south ditch on sideroad 4-5 of Usborne Townhsip, east of concession 4-5. Damage was • set at $2.200. The final crash resulted in damage of$2,300 when a vehicle driven by Henny Morrissey, RR 2 Crediton, struck the front doors of the Huron Park IGA store when the driver's foot slipped off the brake.