Times Advocate, 1989-07-05, Page 1Gaiser-Kneale
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Across "from O.P.P.
Phone
235-2353
Crash kills three - Exeter firemen are shown at the scene -of a fatal accident on the Biddulph-Usborne Townline, Friday afternoon. The
wreckage of the truck driven by Richard Walker is shown at the right. •
Three from area killed in
CENTRALIA - Three area resi-
dents lost their lives as the- result
of a motor vehicle accident, Friday
afternoon.
Richard Walker, 35 years of age
and his three year-old son Evan of
167 Elgin street in Centralia were
pronounced dead at the scene by
Coroner .Dr. Cam Robinson.
Walker was westbound on the
Biddulph-Usborne Townline, about
one kilometre east of Highway 4 at
2.45 p.m., Friday when the pickup
truck he was driving went out of
control on the gravel road. It went
Into the south shoulder, struck a
hydro pole andthen flipped end -
over -end and landed on its roof.
Another passenger in the Walker
vehicle, three year-old Samuel
Thiel of RR 2, Centralia was taken
to Children's Hospital of Western
Ontario where he died , Sunday.
The accident was investigated by
crash
Constable Joe Wilson of the Lucan
detachment of the Ontario Provin-
cial Police.
The Exeter fire department re-
sponded to the call and used their
"jaws of life" to remove the vic-
tims who were trapped in the vehi-
cle.
Super boxes
cause concern
EXETER - The switch from cen-
tralized mail service to boxes at
various location in town has caused
the Exeter PUC both money and
aggravation. Changing the postal
code information on street name
cards, map records, pink master ap-
plication cards for every customer,
water heater rental records, custom-
er deposit slips, metal plates for
the addressograph machine, index
stubs and cards, and the meter
books (seven ledgers) represents
three full weeks of work for one
employee.
"It's been a bit of a nightmare,
and an expensive endeavour" man-
ager Hugh Davis admitted.
Davis noted that the poet office
had asked the utility last winter to
add the postal box numbers to the
street addresses, and now those
numbers have to be taken out.
The confusion resulted because
some large apartment buildings in
town had not installed boxes before
the last utility bills came out, and
boxes in other locations had been
opened and the bills removed.
The higher billing costs will not
be passed on to customers directly.
However, Davis said something
will have to be deleted from the
budget to compensate for the addi-
tional office time:
The regular June meeting of the
Commission began with presenta-
tions to foreman Bob Pooley. In
accepting a letter of commenda-
tion for 27 disability and injury -
free years in the water department,
and acertificate denoting 19 safe
years in the electricity department,
Pooley took credit for only "a
small part" of the effort that made
the awards possible. He passed on
the major share of praise to the
men in the work crews.
Davis reported that he had dis-
cussed with reeve Bill Miekle the
adverse effects a proposed restruc-
turing of county government would
have on public utility commis-
sions. Mickle had returned from a
meeting on the issue in Toronto,
and agreed with Davis' concern
that sewer and water would be con-
trolled
ontrolled by the county, and operated
by the local municipality. The Ex-
eter PUC will act on Mickle's sug-
gestion that a letter outlining thcir
concerns be sent to the local office
of MPP Jack Riddell, and to the
minister of municipal affairs,
"There's a great deal of ignorance
out there. People don't realize the
impact this (restructu-ng) would
have. Everyone in Ontario would
be affected," Mayor Bruce •Shaw
said. "We want the province, utili-
ties and governing 'bodies to say
this is not a good idea."
Davis stated he intends to ap-
proach council about the soon-to-
expircl0-year lease on the land at
the substation on Sanders Street.
Increasing demands mean more ca-
pacity is needed. Davis foresees an
expenditure of over 5130,000 to add
another circuit, and revamp existing
facilities. He wants the assurance
of a long-term lease on the present
property, or the PUC will acquire
propcny in the area and build there.
To ,1emonstrate the ever-
increasing load, Davis said the total
1961 hydro revenue would not pay
one month's power hill in 1989.
Davis passed on a request that
people be allowed to water thcir
lawns for four hours a day one day,
and not at all the next, instead of
the present rule restricting watering
to the hours from 7:00 to 9:00 each
night.
"What are the practical reasons for
doing it this way, and how much
policing do you do", Commissioner
Harry DeVrics wanted to know. Da-
vis replied that patrolling after 9:00
p.m. is impossible because "it's too
dark". He said the PUC is reluctant
to penalize people for breaking the
Please turn to page 2
Busy week for Exeter OPP
schoohits record
EkETER - Officers from the Bacchus, Kitchener, were the driv-
HighExeter OPP detachment invesu- ers of vehicles that collided on
gated 13 motor vehicle accidents Highway 83 in Hay township,
and 86 occurrences during the causing moderate damage to the
week of June 25 to July 2. vehicles and minor injury to Sa-
The- first accident, on Highway bccran Bacchus.
83 on Sunday, involved drivers At 1 p.m., vehicles driven by
Shannon T. Westlake, RR1 Zu- Sabrina Burchert, Brampton and
rich, and Bryan L. Gerber, St. Ja- Denis R. Caan, Kitchener, collid-
cobs. The two vehicles were ed on the same Highway, causing
moderately damaged, but neither light damage to the vehicles, and
driver was injured. minimal injury to Donna Caan.
A three -vehicle collision oc- Shortly before 2, a four -car pile-
curred the same day on Highway up on Highway 83 resulted in se -
81 just east of Grand Bend. The vere damage to vehicles driven by
vehicles were driven by Allison Edward A. Odbcrt, Kitchener and
A. Cavers, London, Richard C. Allan Sk, Anderson, Waterloo. A
Jefferies, RR I Lucan and Brent A. third drier, Peter Ragbccr, Water-
Ellery, Peterborough. Damage to loo, suffered minimal injury. The
the cars ranged from light to se- fourth driver was Nigel Henriques,
vere, but the drivers escaped inju- Waterloo. Odbert and three of his
ry. passengers were injured, as were
On Saturday, a vehicle driven three passengers in the Anderson
by John P. Maurer, Exctcr, collid- vehicle.
ed with a parked vehicle owned by The same day, three collisions
Fredrick Sheppard, Cambridge, on occurred on Highway 83 east of
the Gorc Road in Stephen town- Highway 21. The first involved
ship. Damage was moderate, and vehicles driven by Michael Grego -
no injuries were sustained. ry, Stratford, and Robin H. lbs,
Later, a vehicle driven by John RR7 Guelph. A passenger in the
Campbell, RR3 Dashwood, left Gr gory vehicles suffered minor
the roadway. The vehicle was injuries.
Moderately damaged. Vehicles driven by Elizabeth
Police were called to the scene Cabral, London and Marijana Les
01 nine acciuenis oil uutr ay. ;F:7 ^mc
Vehicles driven by Franciscus stretch of highway.
Zegveld, Holland, and Elizabeth • A three -car accident involved
A. Shaw, Kitchener, collided on drivers Marie -France De Bruyn,
Highway 83 at 11 a.m. RR1 Exeter, Richard Schuster,
Half an hour later, Linda A. Cy- Kitchener and Ronald J. Studi-
balski, Cambridge, and Fazil R. Please turn to page 25
Inside
Zurich Fair
Changes over
123 years
Barney Bentall
Rock n' roll
pleases
crowd
page 7
New. lab
Research facilities
open at CCAT
page 18
Subway
Restaurant with
new pnnrP.--t.
page 5
A Witness
Huron Country
Playhouse season
opens
page 8
Mailman retires
Harry Smith calls
it quits after 33 years
page 25
with 15 Ontario Scholars
EXETER - South Huron District
High School principal Bruce Shaw
announced Friday that a record
number of students had qualified to
be Ontario Scholars this year.
Shaw said he was pleased with
the record of 15 graduating grade 13
students who had acheivcd an aver-
age mark of 80 percent or more.
The ratio of females and males
hitting the Ontario Scholar level
was fairly even for the 1988-89
school term with eight girls and
seven boys qualifying. A year ago,
the list of 13 Ontario Scholars in-
cluded only three males.
The principal went on to say
"There is now a 'better chance for
students to qualify as Ontario
Scholars because of the new organi-
zation with 30 credits required. The
bulk of our students pick up some
gradcl3 credits in grade 12."
The Moncur Scholarships award -
cd each year since 1973 to the top
female and top male student go this
year to Brenda Balsdon and Said
Osman.
Brenda Balsdon is the daughter of
Dr. Gary and Dorothy Balsdon of
Brenda Balsdon
Paul Becker
431 Albert street in Exeter and
Mahmoud and Obeida Osman, of
19. Kingscourt in Exeter ar the
parents of Said Osman.
Topping the grade 12 graduating
class is Cindy Beaver, daughter of
Ross and Margaret Beaver of RR 1,
Hay and David Thiel, son of Doug-
las and Lois Thiel in Zurich was
best in grade 11.
The grade 10 class this year was
led by Barbara Tiernan, daughter of
Charles and Marie Ticman, 272
Huron street east in Exeter and
heading the first year students in
grade nine was Karen McKay,
daughter of Robert and Susan
McKay of Grand Bend.
Osman and Thiel have the dis-
tinction of leading their respective
classes for the past three years.
The balance of the Ontario Schol-
ars in alphabetical order are Paul
Becker, son of Bob and Bonnie
Becker, Grand Bend; Shari Black,
daughter of Larry and Joyce Black,
Exeter; Trudi Bornath, daughter of
vi��H�o�rst and Glenda Bornath, Exeter;
^ Cim Crawford, daughtr' ;.c
Jean "Crawford, Exeter; Dale Du-
charme, son of Larry and Carol Du-
charme, Exeter.
Karen Miller, daughter of Fred
and June Miller, RR 1 Granton;
Janet Mowat, daughter of Paul and
Inge Mowat, Hcnsall; Rob Russell,
son of Bob and Lorna, Exeter; Mark
Stephan, son of Jack and. Sandra
Stephan, Zurich; Lori Lynn Wag-
ner, daughter of Earl and Glenda
Wagner, Exctcr; and Chris Weer:
nink, son of Albert and Anny Weer-
nink, RR 1 Kirkton.
More results on page 24
Said Osman
Shari Black Trudi Bornath Klm Crawford Beth Desjardlne Dale Duchatme Dave Josephson
Karen Miller
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Janet Mowat
Rob Russell
Mark Stephan Lorl Lynn Wagner Chris Weernink