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Times-Advocate, 1987-10-14, Page 1i i. ADAPT program at SHDHS 2 * F of A annual 5 * Homemakers Week 7 * Laotian family reunion 12 New CCAT Dean of Students 7A E Five fined for infractions of Traffic Act Justice of the Peace Doug Wedlake handed out fines to five persons charged with offences under the Highway Traffic Act in Exeter court Tuesday, October 6. James Montgomery McCleave, 95 Fiddlers Green in London was fined $250 for driving while his licence was suspended for not paying a fine in the city of London. McCleave was apprehended August 9 after police followed his motorcy- cle to South Huron Hospital. He was bringing a passenger to be treated for• burns. His female passenger had gone to police in Grand Bend -and was told they couldn't help. The accused was the only person with a vetricle that she knew so they headed for Exeter. According to McCleave he was • stopped outside of Grand Bend for rlo reason which he feels infringed his civil rights. When the girl showed the officer her burns they were let go. When asked by the Crown why an ambulance wasn't called the accused said he didn't know. McCleave admitted he knew it was possible his licence was suspended because of unpaid fines. Frayne Leasing was fined $53 for a parking bylaw infraction in Exeter on January 10. A vehicle owned by the firm operated by an unknown person was ticketed while parked on an Ex- eter street at 5.08 a.m. A fine of $116.25 was levied against Robert Darren Armstrong of Clinton for travelling at a speed of 130 kilometres per hour in an 8 kilometres per hour zone. The accused was travelling north • on Highway 4 south of Exeter when he was checked by police radar. After being follwed the Armstrong vehicle pulled into a private driveway. Ile had no licence with himand was ar- rested and taken in for breath tests. In a second speeding incident Kevin D. Langs of London was fined $48.75 for going 110 kilometres per hour in an 80 zone. Police told the accused he had been seen going in the other direction earlier at 104 kilometres. At that time the officer was called to a car fire just up the road and told Langs to go with him and after assisting at the fire finished with the accused. White Wonder on TV The town of Exeter and its mascot, the White Wonder squirrel will be featured on an upcoming CBC televi- sion program. The Out Our Way program hosted by Wayne Hosted will be shown on the national network at 7:30 p.m. on Oc- tober 29, but will not be carried by the local London and Wingham stations. It will be rebroadcast and carried on Channel 8 Wingham at 1:30 p.m.. Saturday, October 31. Langs said he was moving to Lon- don and was rushing to get back to work in Grand Bend. He added that he didn't think the ticket properly identified him and he was detained for an unreasonable length of time. Wedlake said the accused gave -no evidence of his speed. Dale Gibbon of 1274 Commissioners Road in London will be paying a fine of $128.75 for failing to stop for police. The incident occurred in Dashwood on August 12 when the accused was spotted by a police officer going west on Highway g3. At the time the officer was holding a flashlight for a motorist who was changing a tire. The officer went to the road centre and waved for the vehicle to stop and it didn't. Please turn to page 2 Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Seventeenth Year & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, October 14, 1987 Price Per Copy 60 Cents xeter involved Striking postal employees, - picketing the Exeter Post Office for the first time Friday, insisted money is not the main issue of the strike, but rather the Post Office's plans to fran- chise its wicket operations have the picketers fighting for their -jobs. "There's a chance that a lot of these smaller offices will be closed down," said Exeter postal worker Ilarry Young, "The writing's on the wall." Young described situations in which many offices in smaller towns like Exeter have already closed down. He says he cannot understand why this occurs because he believes most of the small operations continue to be profitable. "In Exeter I think they grossed something around $400,000 last year and our expenditures, non -salary and salary, were around $225,000. So Ex- eter makes a good buck." Young hopes that the public will come to support the union's cause and realize that all attempts to provoke violence come from the management and not the strikers. "We don't want anything violent, we just hope we can get the support," said Young, adding the suggestion that if the corporation had invested as much money in the contract negotia- tions as they have in the helicopters and armored buses for crossing the picket lines, they might have had a settlement by now. Young was the only one of the four Friday picketers who works in Ex- eter. The other three were brought up from London by the union for the picket. "We have mercenary picketers within the union," joked Young. Workers on duty inside the post of- fice were visibly embarrassed by the situation and refused to offer any comment other than that they had "no problem" with the pickets. Circulate police quesVonnaire The Exeter police committee is cir- culating a questionnaire throughout the town this week in order . to generate reliable information and data from local citizens. The survey is being circulated by the Exeter Ruthless Improvement Association and students from South Huron District High School. Police committee chairman Dorothy Chapman said Monday, "The purpose of the questionnaire is to get feedback from our population on our force and crime prevention and give their perceptions of policing needs. Persons filling out the question- naire need not identify themselves. They are asked to check their age range, whether male or female, marital status and area they repre- sent, i.e. general public, commercial, business, industrial or social service. The 17 questions range from "Do you think your police force does a good job of enforcing the law? to "Do you feel $78.70 per person per year is too much to pay for police protection?" The actual cost of police protection Stephen water At the latest meeting of Stephen township council, rates for those receiving water from the township system were increased. It was the first increase in 18 months. With a number of areas receiving municipal water, the Increases range from eight to 12 percent and will be effective January 1, 1988. As an example the rates in the police village of Crediton will rise 10.7 percent to$19.41 for each three month period. The increase for all flat rate users throughout the township will be 10.7 percent while large commercial users will pay 12 percent more and 4104" in Exeter is $99.04 with a provincial grant bringing that figure back to $78.70. The total annual cost for the town is $337,000 before a grant of $77,000 is applied. Chapman continued, "This is a wi y to get the public to participate and we may find some areas of concerns in any of the age ranges from teenagers to seniors." On the subject of municipal polic- ing, Chapman said the Municipal Police Authority was asking the Solicitor General to look at the ine- quitable cost of policing and come up with a formula that is fair. rates rising planning delegation remain with the provincial government. Councillor Bill Weber and chief building official Milton Dietrich will attend a Southwestern Ontario plan- ning conference in London, November 5. The report of the Hayter -Hodgins municipal drain as presented by W.E. Kelly and Associates was accepted. A meeting will be held November 3 at 7:30 p.m. to consider the report. An amending bylaw on the Chambers municipal drain was pass- ed.to allow billing. Business Computer Systems will be engaged to Prepare the 1988 tax rolls. small meter users will pay eight per- cent more. A zoning application change presented by Walter Fydenchuk Jr. for property owned by Walter Weston at part of lot 22, Concession 16 was ap- proved. The change from general agriculture will allow construction of a residence and small barn. A similar request from Frank Palen at part of Lot 10, Concession 8 was granted changing from wrecking yard category to agriculture small residence. Council opposed a resolution from the town of Exeter which asked the • •1 AN AUTHENTIC DUTCH WINDMILL -- Father William Uyen of Holland mill he built at home and brought to the home of Fred Mommersteeg shown in the centre and Bertus Merkx, also from Holland at the rlgh is shown at the left of the wind - to assemble. Mommersteeg is t. T -A photo in postal strike Immediately after their interview with the press, two of the four picketers left. Apparently, with Fri- day's cold and wet weather, 45 minutes of picketing was more than enough. CUPW. ON ISTRIKE RROTECT RURAL SERVICE ON STR KE — Picketers brave t e`weather to protest the franchising of smaller post offices to private business. The postal workers set up their picket line Friday at 12:30 p.m. Questi,n Usborne news release Councillor Pat Down expressed her concern about the delay in news reporting of council proceedings at a special meeting of Usborne township council on September 15. Motions are not drafted until after a council meeting, and the press does not get a report until after the minutes of that meeting have been approved. Press reports are usually one Meeting behind. After a brief discussion, coun- cillors decided to continue with cur- rent procedure for the present. Two tenders for snow plowing were opened. The contract was awarded to C.E. Reid and Sons, Hensall, for $50 per hour actual working time and $50 per day stand-by. PUC manager Hugh Davis attend- ed the meeting to discuss the feasibili- ty of installing a fire hydrant at Usborne Central Public. School. Ac- cording to clerk Sandy Strang; Davis was not very encouraging, pointing out that one of the problems at that site would be fluctuating water pressure. The matter was discussed further with Exeter Fire Chief Gary Middleton before being dropped at this time. Council approved payment of 821,308 to Hanna and Hamilton Con- struction Company for construction on the Anderson drain, and $315 for maintenance repairs on the Gardiner - Stewart drain. Payment of 82,322 to Spriet Associates was also approved for engineering fees on the Anderson drain. Acting on a complaint from Jim Lynn, the drainage superintendent was authorized to do an inspection of the McElrea drain and make the necessary repairs. Ray McCurdy ad- vised council he would not be re- questing repairs on the Fish Creek drain after the drainage superinten- dent had inspected the site and ascer- tained that a written maintenance re - Dutch windmill . set up in Exeter A built -to -scale authentic Dutch windmill has found a prominent spot on the lawn of Fred and Shirley Mom- mersteeg on Gidley street. On a trip to Holland a few years. Mommersteeg decided he would like ' to bring a windmill to his Exeter home. He got in touch with Father William Uyen who agreed to build a scale model of windmills used in Holland 200 years ago to pump water. After 500 hours of work, Father Uyen completed the project and this week travelled to Exeter to put the windmill together. He was accom- panied to Canada by Bertus Merkx, who was making his third trip to this country. quest would be necessary. Deputy clerk Mary Ellen Greb told council her last day on the job before beginning maternity leave Was to be September 18. Council approved Greb's enrollment in the Municipal Tax Administration Program cor- respondence course. She' will receive a $500 incentive bonus for successful completion of each of the two units in- volved. Council's next regular meeting was on October 6. Dashwood woman in train accident Late Friday afternoon, a vehicle driven by a Dashwood woman struck the side of a CNH train at the cross- ing on Highway 83 at the west end of Exeter. Caroline Foreman who was travell- ing in a westerly direction struck the northbound train. After impact. the vehicle flipped over. The driver suf- fered only minor injuries. Exeter town police estimated damages to the car, train and cross- ing lights at $6,100. Thursday, vehicles ooerated by" Valerie Parsons, Exeter and Barbara Schottroff, Grand Bend eel lided al the intersection of Main and Gidley streets. The Parsons vehicle was south- bound on Main and the Schottroff vehicle was pulling out from a park- ing spot. Damage was listed at $3.700. Damages were set at $600 when vehicles driven by Anne Eveleigh, Kirkton and Paul Schwartzentruber, Exeter were in collision on Huron street west• Saturday. Sunday, vehicles driven by Andreas Lerikos. Exeter.and Jennifer Thomp- son, Hensall collided on Main street at Alexander. Damage was listed at S3.000. A number of unclaimed bicycles re- main at the Exeter town police station and may be claimed with proper identification. Bannockburn hiking Sunday, October 18 is the date for the annual autumn hike at the Ban- nockburn Wildlife Area. Don't miss this chance to enjoy nature in its autumn finery of coloured leaves and crisp, fresh air. "Bannockburn is a jewel of nature Two accidents in OPP coverage Officers of the Exeter detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police in- vestigated two motor vehicle ac- cidents during the week. Damages were set at $4,500 at 3:35 p.m.. Tuesday when vehicles driven by Patrick Lane, Grand Bend and William Hendricks, RR 7, Lucknow collided at the intersection of Huron road 4 and Concession 2-3 in Stephen township. Little more than an hour later the same day, vehicles operated by Debra McCann. RR 3 Dashwood and Dennis Lamport, RR 2, Crediton were in collision at the junction of Huron road 4 and Concession 8-9 in Stephen township. Damages were set at $9,000. Sunday at 2:15 a.m., a vehicle driven by David Kints, RR 3 Exeter went out of control on Highway 4 and entered the ditch. Kints sustained minor injuries. Charges laid included 48 under the Highway Traffic Act, five Liquor Licence Act, one Criminal Code and one impaired driving. right in Stanley Township and available to the public year-round," says Gregory Pulham of the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority. "The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority hosts the hike so that more people come to know Bannockburn and appreciate the work that we do," adds Pulham. According 16 Pulham, Ban- nockburn Wildlife Area has a great variety of vegetation and topography. There are uplands of mixed hard- woods, river valleys and wetlands. The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority has planted evergreens and shrubs to improve the habitat for wildlife. To make the hiking trails more ac- cessible the Ausable Bayfield Conser- vation Authority added a new foot- bridge over the Bannockburn River in 1986. This year work is underway to extend the boardwalk. The hot apple cider which is serv- ed by the Ausable Hayfield Conserva- tion Authority is a tradition at the Bannockburn hike. The nature trail is' about 2.4 km. long and the hike takes about one hour. You are advised to dress for the outdoors and to wear sturdy, water- resistent footwear. The hike will occur from 2:0013.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Bannockburn, Wildlife Area is located 4 kilometers west of Brucefield, north off Iluron County Road 3. Look for the hike signs between Varna and Brucefield. 1