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Times-Advocate, 1986-07-02, Page 1e DIES IN CRASH — Ed Hunter- Duvar, St. Marys, a native of Ex- eter, was killed early Saturday morning after his car•failed to negotiate a curve on the Kirkton Road. The 24 -year-old is shown here in a photo taken in November, 1980, after he helped the SHDHS Panthers win the Huron -Perth football championship. lxof�r nativo dies in Klrkton area crash A41-yee-oad native of Exeter was killed early Saturday morning when his car Went out of control on a curve on the Kirkton Road. Edward Hunter-Duvar, now of 119 Water St., St. Marys, was eastbound when his vehicle left County Road 6 west of Kirkton, struck a road sign and rolled over several times. The accident occurred somewhere between 2:00 a.m. and S:00 a.m. and wasn't discovered until 6:30 a.m. Hunter-Duvar, a graduate of SHDHS, was pronounced dead at the scene by coroner Dr. William O'Con- nor, Grand Bend. Damage to the 1906 Ford being driven by the deceased was estimated at *18,000. The victim was alone in the vehicle at the time. Usbrme nanie on two committees Deputy -reeve Margaret Hern has volunteered to represent Usborne Township council on a special com- mittee set up to consider long-range plans for Exeter's MacNaughton Park and the area east to the Mor- rison dam. Exeter Lions member Jon Dinney attended the June meeting of council to ditcuss the project and to ask for a township representative. The Lions and the Town of Exeter also have representatives on the planning committee. • Councillors Pat Down and Ross Ballantyne volunteered to form a committee to prepare job descrip- tions for township staff positions. Road tenders were opened at the meeting and council accepted the tender of Dave Siddall Trucking for the loading and hauling of "A" gravel at a price of $3,690 and sand at a price of $13,440 for reconstruction of conces- sion 2-3. Road superintendent John Batten was given approval to acquire a mower on a trial basis with the option of purchasing the machine if it operates to his satisfaction. Herman VanWieren, chief building official, advised that four permits valued at $83,000 were issued during May and 26 inspections were made. In other business, council: Learned from a telephone call from Blanshard Reeve Ron Denham that the chimney on the Willis farm house will be replaced at an approximate May order inquest into assistance dela An inquest may be called because of a delay in getting medical help to a Dutton area man who died last Sun- day after being pulled from Lake Huron, a London coroner said Wednesday. Dr. Robin Shearer said there were "problems with the location" of the accident. Malcolm.Gordon,-ti 6, of RR 2 Dut- ton, was pulled from the water off Pinery Provincial Park and died later Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital in London. Shearer said there was a delay in ambulance attendants reaching the site. He said part of the problem was that all communication had to be done by radio. "It was a very difficult situation." OPP Constable Bernard Miedema of the Pinery detachment said the delay was caused by a mistake in the location that was relayed in a distress call. Miedema said that call, placed to the coast guard at Sarnia, said the in- cident was off Port Franks, about 16 kilometres south of the park. A Forest OPP detachment boat on the lake in- tercepted the distress call and head- ed for Port Franks. In the interim. the OPP received a second call, clarifying the location. Miedema said• there was a delay of about 30 minutes before officers from the Pinery detachment reached the scene. London veterinarian Tony Celerin said Wednesday that, after Gordon was pulled from the lake, it took more than 11/2 hours for medical help to ar- rive. In that time, Celerin said he and; others on the beach succeeded in reviving Gordon, who was conscious, sitting up and talking when medical help arrived. Celerin said Gordon was part of a group of people on board a pleasure craft and it appeared Gordon had jumped into the water. When the ambulance arrived, Gor- don was taken to South Huron Hospital in Exeter, then transferred to the London hospital where he died Sunday night. The coroner said Gordon was transferred to London because St. Joseph's has experts in the "critical care" the man required. Shearer has asked Miedema, the in- vestigating police officer, to talk to the provincial parks department about what happened and about the communication problem. Depending on the outcome of those talks, an in- quest may be called. Staffs area resident fined over incidents A 27 -year-old Staffa man was fined $150 or five days on each of two counts of causing a disturbance when he ap- peared in Exeter court, Tuesday. Judge Gary Hunter registered the fines against Fraser Wayne Ander- son, who pleaded guilty to the two charges. The first was laid in Exeter on Oc- tober.l, 1985 after the accused was in- volved in an altercation with another man at a local restaurant. Police were called and found the ac- cused with a - tluh in his hand threatening to take on anyone. A crowd of 30 to 40 people were watching. The second offence occurred in Ex- eter on February I when Anderson became belligerent and swore and yelled at a police officer who aas call- ed to a disturbance at a local restaurant. • The accused was given 90 days in which to pay the fines. Richard W. Blatchford, Centralia, who pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving, was fined $350 and ordered to enter into 12 -month $500 peace bond and not have any contact with a Huron Park woman with whom he previously lived. Evidence revealed that the accus- ed encountered the woman on March 27 while both were driving vehicles on County Road 21. The two engaged in a type of leap -frog driving as the ac- cused kept passing the other vehicle until she eventually entered a private driveway where they engaged in a heated argument. Norman Frederick Peters, 429 Main St., Exeter, and Merle Wood, 181 King St., Hensall, were also ordered to enter into peace bonds and to have no association with an Exeter man whose residence they had allegedly damaged on February 15. cost of *500. Requested drainage superintendent Tony DeVos to prepare a letter of con- cern with repect to the Beaver municipal drain which is under con- sideration for improvement by the Town of Exeter. Agreed to apply to the ministry of housing for a grant to continue to pro- vide funds for residents under the pro- visions of the Ontario Home Renewal Program. The collision was one of three in- vestigated by the Exeter OPP this week. On Sunday at 4:40 p.m., three vehicles collided on Highway 21 near Grand Bend. Drivers involved were Jennifer McDonald, RR 5 Parkhill; Maryann Dekoker, Exeter; and Mark Johnston, RR 2 Kincardine. Damage to the three vehicles was listed at 63,800 and Jennifer McDonald sustained minor injuries. The other crash was last Sunday when a vehicle operated by John Crowe, London, struck five guideposts on Highway 21. Damage to the vehicle was $5,000 . During the week, the local detach- ment officers laid a total of 66 charges, most of them being for in- fractions under the Highway Traffic Act. There was one person charged with impaired driving and another five were charged under the Liquor Licence Act. ANNIVERSARY 'Rev. Ken Knight, minister of the Presbyterian churches in Exeter, Hensalkind Cromar- ty, was romar•ty,was presented with a limited edition print "Winter Sun on Black Creek" to mark the 25th onniversry of his entry into the ministry. Shown with Knight and wife Aileen are Jim Glasgow Exeter clerk of ses- sion, (left), Jeon Carey, Cromarty clerk of session and Bob Bell, Hensall clerk of session. The surprise p : ntation and. ' :social time after the service took place at Cromarty. One Hundred and Fourteenth Year VOC & North'Lambton Since 1873 „„yy fi�ty, ,$, . ����$9 •.a> ?::,;�;.. �.. �:. �} :; otT'<�?3�<'%tk ' $$,$ma�yy �. ::'.?4.SJ .CMF�'�+:i.M/:Y .nt`vAlt�'..�f/"v::•ictwi''':�:YI.YIF,.l::_�!i.AO: EXETER, ONTARIO, July 2, 1186 Price Per Copy 60 cents A different approach to handling the large number of campers for Vic- toria Day weekend for 1987 was an- nounced by Pinery park superinten- dent Ray Bonenberg this week. "There will be a reduction in the number of campsites sold at Pinery as well as an increase in the enforce- ment effort" he said. "Burley cam- pground, which consists of 300 camp- sites, will be closed as it is the most difficult to manage and is the most sensitive environmentally." "The 1986 Victoria Day weekend brought huge numbers of campers which caused large amounts of.van- dalism, litter and rowdyism. Although .extra enforcement stiff were brol tip, the situation wag not and N nt'it'should have been;" explained Bonenberg. PUC wi l I alter policy A long-standing policy requiring those who have tendered two NSF 'cheques to thereafter pay with cer- tified cheques or cash was amended at the request of Exeter PUC manager Hugh Davis at the Commis- sion's regular June meeting. Davis urged that financial situa- tions do change, and the present policy was akin to "being in purgatoryforever". From now on, the record will be wiped clean fora fresh start after two years. - The PUC's $11,000 cost to provide hydro service for 18 lots in the Veri mobile home subdivision will come from money budgeted for the Taylor apartments and the Darling subdivi- sion, projects which have been popstponed until next year. A sum of $37,000 has been allocated for a transformer al the Sanders St. substation. It will replace six existing. lines, and double their combined capacity. Davis said all quotes but one are in, and the spread in price is $30,000. He was given permission to order from the lowest -priced supplier as soon as he has received all the quotes. Davis reported a busy year in the water department, with installation of 12 services, connection of seven previously installed, and more to come. Water restriction notices are now • out. Canadian Canners began their 1986 pea pack on Saturday. The waterworks department will purchase an internal telephone system for the PUC office. This ar- rangement will be much cheaper than leasing a phone system. Davis reported minimal damage from the severe storms that have swept through this are recently. REST HOME ARRIVALS Residents of the Exeter Villa nursing and rest home began moving in over the weekend. Above, local nursing home committee chairman Iry Armstrong and administrator Erwin Johnston welcome Valeria Armstrong and Elizabeth Doupe. T -A photo r ill takeation use rowdy crowd Pinery.'s 1000 campsites make the en- forcenlent of park rules difficult. "In 1987", Bonenberg continued, "we will again reserve 90, percent of the remaining campsites in the park and send a letter to each camper ex- plaining the rules and what will hap- pen if those rules are broken." The staff at the park feel that with the rules being explained Well in advance, there should be no excuse for break- ing them. "We could not deliver the enforcement effort that we wanted to because of a shortage in staff and the large number of sites occupied," the. superintendent continued, "that is why the reduction of sites and the in- crease in staff." Bob Wells, natural resources regional enforcement specialist out of London added that "a commitmefit is being made to send extra enforce- ment officers to Pinery next Victoria Day weekend to assist park wardens in the job of park enforcement." A similar enforcement effort is be- ing planned for all the holiday weekends during the summer in the park. "Less tolerance for noise and abusive language with charges laid and evictions carried out is the a message we are trying to get across", Bonenberg stated. Pinery Provincial Park is located on the shores of Lake Huron, eight kilometres south of Grand Bend on Highway 21. It has 1000 operating campsites and endless picnicing . opportunities. ROCKETS— Angela Chipchose (left), Brenyn Baynham and Exeter Public School teacher Steve Fa- ,ngton (right) look at some of the rockets brought to the school by Scott Taylor, who teaches physics at Trinity College in Port Hope. She's living proof You reap what yousew Anne'1'riehner is proof you do reap what you sew. She was one of 14 young entrepreneurs, chosen from among the 1985 list of 1,120 students representing 932 businesses financed through the Student Venture Capital program, to receive recognition for outstanding achievement at a lun- cheon and presentation in the Sutton Place lintel, Toronto, on June 23. Three years ago Anne started up The Cotton Collection with money provided through the program, which is administered by ttie Ontario Ministry of skills development and co- sponsored by the Ontario Chamber of ('ommerce and the Royal Bank to of- fer interest-free loans to students 15 and older wishing to set up their own summer business. Anne, of RR 1 Exeter had com- pleted her first year at Western (after winning both an Ontario scholarship and the Moncur scholarship for best female student at SIIDIIS 1 when she became a successful applicant of the Student Venture Capital program through the London ('hamber of Com- merce and that city's Royal Bank of- fice in 1983. The loan enabled her to buy material and sew a line of shorts, tops and one-piece shortalls she had designed. A friend who owned a clothing store in Grand Bend took some of the sport- swear on consignment. The following summer she sold her products in a number of other stores. Anne's company netted 8900 that - first summer, over 81,000 the second, and profi0 last year climbed to $2,800. The Cotton Collection has grown to include floral and plain jumpsuits, pig shirts;• cropped pants and shorts with elastic waists and patch pockets, shorty tom with criss-cross hacks, and mesh beach cover-ups The short - all and skorts have been dropped. All are made of either preshrunk crinkle cotton or a high-quality cotton - polyester blend in pink, yellow, white, red or turquoise from textile mills in Quebec. The cotton content keeps the wearer cool, and the elastic waists guarantee a good fit. "I should change the name to The Please turn to page 3 ACHIEVEMENT - - Anne Triebner, RR 1 Exeter, is presented with an achievement award by Ontario minister, of skills development Gregory Sorbaro.