Times-Advocate, 1986-12-10, Page 1Stepken seek fir. change
Stephen township council will be
asking the h5'xeter and area fire board
for a realignment of the current boun-
daries on which they are assessed for
fire protection.
Only one person attended a recent
meeting to discuss the proposed
changes in area from the Exeter fire
department to the Huron Park
brigade. About 20 were invited.
Reeve Tom Tomes said at the latest
meeting of council that he would be
asking for a change for properties
along Highway 4 up to Lot 16, conces-
sion 1 from Dashwood Industries and
for some redistribution on Concession
2 and 3.
Tomes said the change was thought
of a couple of years ago and added,
"We waited until there was a new fire
truck at Huron Park and the second
concession was reconstructed. Now
that those plans have been completed
I feel we can provide protection just
as well. We have good equipment.
Currently Stephen is paying nine
percent of the costs of the Exeter fire
• area. On this Tomes commented, "I
think we can cut this by two or three
percentage points giving a saving to
the taxpayer".
Stephen and Hay now owners of the
Dashwood fire department will also
- be asking for some boundary changes
along Highway 83, west of Exeter.
Two land severance applications
were received and both were approv-
ed with slight conditions.
They are for Tom and Mary Ryan
at part lot 21 South Boundary Conces-
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AT CHRISTMAS PARTY.— Checking over the agenda for Thursday's
Christmas party of the South Huron Association for the Mentally Han-
dicapped are executive director John Gray, Myrna Lovell and party
co-ordinator Alma Godbolt. T -A photo
Crediton man dies
two days after fine
A Crediton man has been fined a
total of $1,000 after being convicted
for driving while under suspension
twice on the same day.
Gordon Kenneth Kuhn, Victoria St.,
who died Thursday was tried in
absentia after a not guilty plea to both
charges was presented on his behalf
before Justice.aL,the Peace Douglas„
Wedlake in Exeter court, Tuesday.
Evidence revealed that Kuhn was
stopped at 10:02 a.m. on the Crediton
Road after being recognized by a
policeman as being under suspension.
The court was told the accused was
abusive and was warned by the of-
ficer to find another way home and
not to drive.
Shortly after, the accused was
observed coming out of a bank and
was driving away when stopped again
and charged for the second time.
His licence had been under suspen-
sion for unpaid fines and he had been
convicted of driving while under
suspension on Oct'ober 21.
Kuhn was fined $500 on each count
and was given a further six month
suspension on each. He was given six
months in which to pay the fines.
The court docket indicated that
Kuhn was scheduled to appear in
court again on January 6 on a further
charge of driving while under
suspension.
A fin9 of $350 was levied against
Thieves hit
area home
One break, enter and theft is under
investigation by the Exeter OPP this
week.
Larry Selves, Usborne Township,
reported that his residence had been
entered on Tuesday.
Tbieves made off with $2,741 worth
of items including a color TV, two
chainsaws, a circular saw and a com-
puter with disc drive and printer.
Wilfred Michael Mostrey, formerly of
RR 2 Zurich and now 11 Sherwood
Crescent, Exeter, who pleaded guil-
ty to driving while under suspension
on October 3.
The 23 -year-old was under suspen-
sion until May 10, 1988 for failing to
pay fines.
•• lie- too vas, ,given a -further Asia -
month suspension and two months in
which to pay the fine.
Two Exeter men appeared on Tues-
day to face charges arising from the
season's first charges laid under Ex-
eter's snow vehicle bylaw.
Robert D. Lammie, 52 Gidley St.
F., and Steven Anderson, 118 Mill St.,
pleaded guilty to operating snow
vehicles on the sidewalk , on
November 21 around 11:00 p.m.
Each was fined $53.75 and Mr.
Wedlake gave them 45 days in which
to pay, noting that it was close to
Christmas.
Julie A. Morrison, 74 Main St..
Kirkton, was fined $53.75 after
pleading guilty to a charge of failing
to yield the right-of-way from a
private drive on November 19. She
was fined a further $128.75 for having
no driver's licence.
- A fine of $53.75 was levied against
Wolfgang Hablizel, RR 3 Denfield, on
whose behalf an agent entered a guil-
ty plea to a charge of failing to stop
at a stop sign on October 23 at the
junction of County Roads 4 and 21.
In a contested case, J. Martin
Krebs, 176 Oxford St., Hensall, was
convicted on a charge of failing to
yield to traffic and was fined $53.75.
He was in collision with another
vehicle on October 21 at the junction
of Highway 83 and concession 2.3 of
Hay Township.
in his defence, Krebs explained that
there was construction at the in-
tersection and his vision was
obstructed by a parked truck and
some other obstacles.
However, Mr. Wedlake ruled that
the accused didn't use all due
diligence.
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siolvand for John and Maria Govers
at.Lot 7, Concession 6. ,
tatW the drab, loan application in
tlfe amount of $e,000 was approved.
' Reeve Tom Tomes and clerk
Wilmer Wein were authorized to sign
a i wocel insurance exchange
agrllemeftt wttl? the ROMA insurance
program. This will come about if
enough municipalities in the province
. M. It would facilitate lower
premiums through a self insurance
system.
Three' readings were given to a
bylaw controlling the removal of top
soil from township farms. Application
must be made and approval receiv-
ed before atly top soil may be sold.
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Exeter woman still critical
after being hit by vehicle
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A 73 -year-old Exeter woman re-
mains in critical condition in Univer-
sity Hospital, London, after being hit
by a vehicle on Huron St. on Wednes-
day night.
Mary Blanchard, 283 Mill St., was
walking near the Mary SL intersec-
tion when struck by a vehicle driven
by 21 -year-old Rodney Dobson,
Exeter.
The Dobson vehicle was westbound
on Huron when it went out of control
and struck the pedestrian.
The victim sustained multiple
fractures. , A
Dobson has been charged with
criminal negligence causing bodily
harm, impaired driving causing bodi-
ly harm and exceeding 80 mgs. of
alcohol in his blood.
• He is scheduled to appear in Exeter
court on January 13 to face the
chtrges.
The accident was one of seven in-
vestigated by the Exeter police
department during the past week.
The rash of crashes started on
Tuesday when vehicles driven by
Bruce Tuckey, Exeter, and John
Knowles, Stratford, collided at the in-
•-tersectiorrnfeftlarlborough.e 'I f
toria. The Tuckey vehicle was north-
bound on Marlborough and Knowles
was proceeding east on Victoria St.
Damage was listed at $5,500.
There were two collisions on
Wednesday, the first involving
vehicles driven by Wilhelmdams
and Velma Huff, both of Exet. The
Huff vehicle was eastbound on Huron
and Adams was exiting from a
private driveway when She collision
REPORTS SUBMITTED
Eric Runacres, the fact finder ap-
pointed by the Education Relations
Commission in the negotiations bet-
ween the secondary teachers and the
trustees of the Huron County Board
of Education, has submitted a report
to the Commission.
As required under the School
Boards and Teachers Collective
Negotiations Act, the teachers and
trustees now have aperiod of 15 days
for further negotiations on the basis
of this report. There is a provision for
an additional five days under the Act
if both the trustees and the teachers
agree and the Commission approves.
If at the end of this time the parties
have not made or renewed an agree-
ment, then the Education Relations
Commission will make the fact
finder's report public. That will be on
December 15, unless an extension is
approved.
Runacres has also been the fact
finder in the negotiations between the
elementary teachers and the trustees
and has submitted a report to the
Commission. The 15 -day period for
that report ends on December 18.
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took place. Damage in that one was
set at $450.
Drivers in the other crash were
Randy Mathers, Exeter, and Larry
Lange, Ayton. Mathers was east-
bound on Church and Lange was
"southbound on Main at the time. Total
damage was $4,500. -
The first of two crashes on Thurs-
day occurred at the parking lot at
SHDHS When a vehicle operated by
Terry McAdams, Dashwood, slid on
the snow and struck two parked
vehicles. The parked vehicles belong-
ed to Julia O'Rourke, Dashwood, and
Sandra Carty, Exeter. Total damage
to the three was estimated at $1,440.
The other Thursday crash was hit
and run. An unknown vehicle hit a
water hydrant on Main St. near Mac -
Naughton Drive around midnight.
Damage to the hydrant was $1,200.
Anyone with information pertaining
to this accident is asked to contact the
police department.
The final collision of the week took
place on Edward St. south of Sanders
on Friday when a vehicle operated by
Michael Dykstra, Exeter, skidded on
the slippery road and struck a pole.
Damage was $1,000.
During the week, the department
officers laid two charges under the
Highway Traffic Act, two under the
Liquor Licence Act and three under
the Criminal Code. There was one
charge of trespassing and 10 parking
tickets igsued.
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SANTA WAS BUSY — Following Saturday's parade Santa Clous talks to Becky, Emily and Sarah Dixon.
Santa's helpers are Jennifer McGee, Kristi Sargeant, Joyann Heywood and Katie Short. T -A photo.
Mayors prepare topics
for session with county
While noting emphatically he is op-
posed to a .current suggestion that
mayors should represent their towns
on county councils, Exeter Mayor
Bruce Shaw indicated this week he
was looking forward to an upcoming
session of Huron County council when
the five mayors will make presenta-
tions on subjects of county-widal
concern.
The county executive committee
approved a request from the five
mayors to address the full council and
they have been invited to the
February session.
The mayors of Exeter, Seaforth,
Clinton, Vllingham and Goderich
started to meet on an inTormal basis
in June at Shaw's suggestion and he
explained this week he was very
pleased with the work the five have
undertaken.
He said the group has held three
meetings to date and each resulted in
full attendance and considerable
enthusiasm.
The mayors will meet this week in
Goderich to finalize their presentation
to county council which will deal with
five main issues: landfill, composition
of county council's executive commit-
tee, library, economic development
and improvements to Highway 8.
Each of the mayors will take one of
the subjects. Shaw will handle the
topic of the executive committee's
makeup.
He said the mayors feel there
should be a more formalized and
balanced basis for representation on
the powerful executive committee to
give the urban centres a more
representative voice.
Noting that the five towns represent
20,000 people, or about 40 per cent of
•the Huron population, Shaw said the
urban centres generally fail to have
a comparable voice on the
committee.
Shaw said the towns feel they
should have at least two members on
the seven -member executive.
On the controversial library mat-
ter, Shaw said the mayors were op-
posed to the move from a board
system to a committee of county
council.
The mayors feel that the public
Growski told of squirrels
Listeners of Peter f:zowski's CBC
Morningside radio show were given
an introduction to Exeter's unique
white squirrel population this week.
Growski included an interview with
BI president Karen Pfaff as well as
getting comments from ministry of
natural resources spokesman Mike
Malhiot, biologist at the., Wingham
office.
Terming the number of local white
squirrels "fascinating" Growski was
advised by the BiA chairman that the
town boasts between 20 to 40 of the
animals, although she advised that
some local residents have "noticed
fewer this fall than ever before
She also explained that attempts to
get the squirrels protected under pro-
vincial or federal laws had been
fruitless, adding that Exeter has the
only non -albino white squirrels in
North America.
Mrs. Pfaff advised that someone
from the ministry had visited Exeter
and taken one of the squirrels to
Toronto for examination. When
ed if that squirrel had been
she responded "Not that i
of".
Malhiot, whvg had seen one
white Exeter area, ad -
putting the squirrels under
the eyed species legislation
was WI considered apipropriate,
althothe suggested the town could
pass its dlibylaws in an effort to pro-
tect the aril
Growski,
with a picture
described them to his
ing whiter than the s
representation is important and they
would like to see the system remain
as it is. •
They would also like to see a for-
malized plan involving the towns and
the county in an effort to attract more
industry to Huron.
Goderich mayor Eileen Palmer will
address the concern over Highway 8,
Please turn to page 3
Parker given
Usborne post
Usborne Township council have
named Kenneth G. Parker. RR 1 Hen -
sail. as the new road superintendent.
Parker, who will replace John Bat-
ten who is retiring after working 35
years with the township, assumes his
new duties on January 1. Parker's sti-
pend has been set at $26,000 for 1987.
Council will proceed with plans to
have the superintendent's office
located in the administration centre
the township shares with the Ausable
Bayfield Conservation Authority.
Members of the township history
book committee were present at th`�
latest meeting of council to die:
preparation of the project far 1902
sesquicentennial.
Members of • - public on the co•
mittee i Fern Dougall.
Oke Hicks, Gwen r
gert and liowar%
in other business, co.
Decided to write
uron asking the,
Road 6 from "fir
order to con'
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