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Times Advocate, 1989-08-23, Page 1[EXETER TOYOTA, 242 Main St. N. Exeter Across from O.P.P. Phone 235-2353 Serving South Huron, Woman. killed EXETER - A Montreal woman lost her life in an accident Sunday morning on Highway 83, about 2.5 kilometres east of Exeter. Frances Betty Kwan, aged 30 was pronounced dead at the scene by Coroner Dr. Charles Wallace of Zurich. The 1990 Chevrolet she was driving east on Highway 83 left the roadway and struck a tree. She was alone at the time of the accident. The cause of the accident remains under investigation by Constable Ralph Christmas of the Exeter de- tachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. The Exeter fire department was called to the scene and assisted in removing the body from the vehi- cle which was wrapped around a tree. During the week, local detach- ment officers investigated 54 gener- al occurrences which included two other accidents. At 5.10 p.m. on Sunday, August 13, vehicles driven by Christine Cunningham and Devindra Ajudah, both of London collided on High- way 81, near the B Line road in. Stephen township. Damage was light and no injuries were sus- tained. Wednesday at 9 p.m., a vehicle Plea:e turn to page 3 One accident for town police EXETER - Only two accidents were investigated this week by of- ficers of the Exeter town police de- partment. Friday, a parked vehicle owned by Robert Leppoington was in- volved in an accident with a vehi- cle driven by August Grcgus, Exet- er. The mishap occurred on Gidley street. Vehicles operated by Willard Conn, London and Harvey Hod- gins, Crediton were in -collision Sunday on Main street. North Middlesex & Lambton Petition charges conflict 1 Alp "No substance to any of it" Sharen GRAND BEND - A petition from a few village payers was sent to the Minister of Municipal Affairs ask- ing him to conduct an inquiry into the a,:tions reeve Bob Sharen and other members of council. A copy was sent to the Times Advocate by mail last week, 'but contained no signatures.. Th : petition alleges Sharen has beer. in conflict of interest several time., over a road widening issue and r.ever declared the conflict. 1 he petition further alleges that Sharen is trying to fill the cur- rent vacancy on council with a client of his real estate office and "policies implemented previously by the former council are no longer adhered to, and that the reeve decides and convinces a majority of council to go along with him". According to Nigel Bellchamber, a spokesman for the Ministry of Municipal Affairs in London, "as long as council is following guide- lines set forth in the municipal act, their, is not a lot they can do about it. V.'e have no knowledge of any Since 1873 0 GC Gaiser-Kneale Insurance Exeter 233-2420 Grand Bend 238-8484 Bernal! 262-2119 Clinton 482-9747 Wednesday, August 23, 1989 75 cents wrong doing." "Allegations of conflict of interest of a reeve or council are not looked into by the ministry. If a ratepayer thinks a reeve has a conflict, it is up to them to take the council to court," said Bellchamber. "Council makes the decisions, that is why they are elected, and the reeve has only one vote, but if the people don't like the way he is run- ning it the only thing I can tell them is to seek their own legal ad- vice," he continued. Bellchamber also said Sharen can have anybody he wants to fill the vacancy on council as long as that person has the most council votes when it comes time to naming the replacement. There is no restriction as to who he cari or can't appoint. When asked to reply to the allega- tions Sharen said "there is no sub- stance to any of it. How do you re- spond when people take a little bit of fact -and mix in a whole lot of fiction. I think it is a small group of disgruntled people trying to un- dermine the workings of this coun- cil". Vacancy on council GRAND BEND - Village council failed to come up with an agreeable solution for filling the vacancy on council at their regular meeting Monday night. The seat has been vacant since the death of former deputy reeve George Kadlecik Last month. Short- ly after Kadlecik's death, Bruce Woodley was nominated to fill the vacant deputy reeve's chair, which left an another opening on council. Council had three options for filling .the spot. The first was to have an election, the second was to appoint somebody outright and the third was to appoint one of the run- ners up in last November's munic- ipal election. At an earlier meeting, council de- cided to advertise for applicants for the councillor's position with the deadline for applications closing August 11. Council was supposed to then select someone from the two applicants to fill the vacancy at Monday's meeting. Monday night, counc;l ended their regular session and net in a special meeting to .li,.us, the re- placement. Only two people flitted ap- plications council opcning. One was Kyle Harrison, owner of the Barefoot Pedlar on Main Street and the other was former councillor Marsha Lemon, who was defeated by Kadlecik for the deputy reeve's spot in the November election. Councillor Shirley Mitchell opened motions by submitting Lemon's name for council's ap- proval. That was quickly followed by"councillor John McDowell who submitted Harrison's name. Both Stampede city's best Citizen of the year - A former resident of the Exeter area was recently named citizen of the year by the Calgary Lions Club. Love, shown here with his wife Jean wins an a11 -expense fami- ly trip to Jamaica and $5,000 in expense money. Love's many community contributions include the Calgary Stampede kand the Olympics. motions on the floor right away without anyone seconding them. Mitchell quickly responded by ac- cusing McDowell of having a con- flict of interest because McDowell's son works for Harrison at the Bare- foot Pedlar. McDowell didn't think he had a conflict of interest disagreement but reeve Bob Sharen read from the Mu- nicipal Act and the Municipal Con- flict of Interest Act and informed McDowell that he may indeed be in conflict. He issued an ultimatum to "either declare a conflict of interest or vote on the motion and be pre- pared to face the consequences". Sharen then said if McDowell did declare a conflict, he wasn't sure if the three remaining members v( - ing on a replacement had to 1'(. unanimous or if a majority could declare a winner. McDowell officially declared he had a conflict. Sharen then sought advice from the village's solicitor, Dan Murphy, and after considerable conversation by telephone during the meeting, Murphy told Sharen that a majority of votes would carry the issue. That all went for naught when both Sharen anti Woodley failed to sec- ond either motion. McDowell's mo- tion was killed when he declared a conflict. "I not sure what I want right now and I certainly don't want to rush through this so I am not going to second any motion at this point, said Woodley. He added that council never for- mally adopted a atciiuu as to how they were going to fill the vacancy, Plea e turn to page 3 i Homegrown beauties Fair queen - Patty O'Toole, left was crowned queen of the 1989 Exeter Fall Fair during the fair ball at the South Huron Rec Centre Saturday night. She poses here with first runner up Myla Lovell, centre and second runner up Sheila Dougall. Blanshard prepares for 150th birthday bash • BLANSHARD TWP. - Blanshard T'ownship's 150th anniversary cele- bration is "shaping up to be a' great event," says publicity committee member John Harlton. The party, scheduled for this com- ing Saturday and Sunday, Aug, 26- 27, is expected to attract 1,500 to 2,000 people, he says. "The Theme is 'My roots are in Blanshard' and we're hoping every- one connected with the township will be on hand for this gala event." Mr. Harlton says 1,500 tickets have already been sold for Satur- day's barbecue and people from as far away as Vancouver, New Lis- keard and various parts of the U.S. are among former township resi- dents expected toottend. But people are advised to get their barbecue tickets in advance since only about 200 tickets are being held at the door for those travelling long distances to attend. Renovations underway EXETER - The conversion of a courtyard into three new classrooms at South Huron District High School is just the beginning of a• quarter of a million dollar renova- tH1n prnk'l applxxve4.4y4*44i ri ~• Board of Education, atx;uiutng" w the board's superintendent of opera- tions, Paul Carroll. The three rooms which are pres- ently under construction will ac- comodate a new drafting area, an area for automotive classroom work and one room for a special program such as English as a Second Lan- guage (ESL) or adult education. The initial decision for expansion for the 1989/90 school year was made on May 1 to cope with high enrollment levels, but Construction did not begin until July. The board 'says that despite the usual delays, construction is mov- ing alonfc quite quickly. Although completion for the first day of . school, September 5, doesn't look hopeful, the end of that month seems more realistic. "The difficulty is everyone ex- pects us to do all the work in July and August," said Paul Carroll. "But to do a job correctly and well we must take more than incr. a. ioN weeks." Phase two of the project will in- volve work on the old drafting room to provide beuer theatre and visual arts areas but this will not bgirr' orlttt'ITI;tun'l`8r1 f1r1'fCt3tf17i iltbinptettets "It's our intention to finish the area in construction first," said Car- roll. The decision to expand the arts at department tarns vt w, mendations by the school and it's staff which gave the board reason to decide that space for theatre and vis- ual arts was not adequate. The present drafting area of SHDHS will be subdivided into a larger theatre arts classroom, office and storage space for art supplies and a practice area for theatre arts. Phase three of the expansion will renovate other present classrooms to accommodate for better visual arts facilities. This is actually the second year for renovations at SH. Last year, two new science ciassrn"t ; were constructed 1989/90 arrangements are fill not the end .of it. Additional plans for upgrading of the technical studies arca in1990 are alrdy. kg • Saturday's get-together begins with a parade starting at 12:30 p.m. from the township hall. Motorized entries in the parade will be met en route to South Perth Centennial School by walkers who will assem- ble at McLean Taylor Construction Ltd., a• short distance from the school. Two areas close by will be set aside for parking so that people can witness the parade and then join the crowd at the school for the other events. At the school, there'll be dis- plays of township memorabilia, a talent show and dressage demonstra- tion, all of which starts at 2 p.m. Also scheduled is a tug -o -war competition 'which, says Mr. Hari - ton, is expected to be something of a "grudge match" between former school sections of the township. Anyone still wanting to become involved in the tug -o -war games is asked to call Cliff Thomson at 225- 2778 or Norm Bilyea at 225-2173: Among the entertainers lined up for the, talent show are the notori- ous Paul Brothers and Shirley as well as the Stonetown Entertainers. The day winds up with a ladies ball game starting at 7 p.m. Although planning for the 150th anniversary party began only in January this Fear, the schedule has been brought together admirably. "The way the committees have pulled together has been tremendous and there has been great interest shown at each of the organizational meetings: says Mr. Harlton. credit- ing the sub -committees for their contributions. History books The book committee has had two township history books reprinted and is publishing a new one which includes recent history of the town- ship. An 1899 publication, Pioneers of Blanshard by William Johnston, has been reprinted as well as a 1951 publication, Blanshard's History in Review. Unfortunately "a glitch with the printer" has delayed publication of the new book, which is entitled My Roots are in Blanshard, and it won't be available for another two weeks, Mr. Harlton says. The three -book package is being offered for $35. In addition to those items, the publicity committee has come up with a novel T-shirt design. It's a take -off on the 19th century British explorer Stanley who, in his search for the source of the Nile in Please turn to page 3 1 EXETER - Two young offend- ers have been charged with a se- ries of incidents at Huron Park during the early hours of Thurs- day morning, August 17. Officers of the Exeter detach - Park ment of the Ontario Provincial Police report tires were slashed on 24 vehicles. Damage has been listed at $3,050 and investigation is con- tinuing. Youth faces charges in Crediton bank incident 1.n .TER - A Stephen township youth fete been charged with break and cute, ;vitt' intent and mischief under $1,uti0 after an August 13 its at the murk of Montreal I* ion. ' grate?'*"_"'= Rodney Woods, 18 years of sge will appear in Exeter Provincial Court on September 12. A window in the bank building was broken at ', a.m. on-Auguxt 13. Inside Many Blessings At used clothing store in Zurich page 5 Crops Update Centralia College day successful page 12, 13 Hall of Famer Earl Heywood makes western music hall page 18 Beans, Beans Zurich Festival goes Saturday pages 27 to 31 Woman. killed EXETER - A Montreal woman lost her life in an accident Sunday morning on Highway 83, about 2.5 kilometres east of Exeter. Frances Betty Kwan, aged 30 was pronounced dead at the scene by Coroner Dr. Charles Wallace of Zurich. The 1990 Chevrolet she was driving east on Highway 83 left the roadway and struck a tree. She was alone at the time of the accident. The cause of the accident remains under investigation by Constable Ralph Christmas of the Exeter de- tachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. The Exeter fire department was called to the scene and assisted in removing the body from the vehi- cle which was wrapped around a tree. During the week, local detach- ment officers investigated 54 gener- al occurrences which included two other accidents. At 5.10 p.m. on Sunday, August 13, vehicles driven by Christine Cunningham and Devindra Ajudah, both of London collided on High- way 81, near the B Line road in. Stephen township. Damage was light and no injuries were sus- tained. Wednesday at 9 p.m., a vehicle Plea:e turn to page 3 One accident for town police EXETER - Only two accidents were investigated this week by of- ficers of the Exeter town police de- partment. Friday, a parked vehicle owned by Robert Leppoington was in- volved in an accident with a vehi- cle driven by August Grcgus, Exet- er. The mishap occurred on Gidley street. Vehicles operated by Willard Conn, London and Harvey Hod- gins, Crediton were in -collision Sunday on Main street. North Middlesex & Lambton Petition charges conflict 1 Alp "No substance to any of it" Sharen GRAND BEND - A petition from a few village payers was sent to the Minister of Municipal Affairs ask- ing him to conduct an inquiry into the a,:tions reeve Bob Sharen and other members of council. A copy was sent to the Times Advocate by mail last week, 'but contained no signatures.. Th : petition alleges Sharen has beer. in conflict of interest several time., over a road widening issue and r.ever declared the conflict. 1 he petition further alleges that Sharen is trying to fill the cur- rent vacancy on council with a client of his real estate office and "policies implemented previously by the former council are no longer adhered to, and that the reeve decides and convinces a majority of council to go along with him". According to Nigel Bellchamber, a spokesman for the Ministry of Municipal Affairs in London, "as long as council is following guide- lines set forth in the municipal act, their, is not a lot they can do about it. V.'e have no knowledge of any Since 1873 0 GC Gaiser-Kneale Insurance Exeter 233-2420 Grand Bend 238-8484 Bernal! 262-2119 Clinton 482-9747 Wednesday, August 23, 1989 75 cents wrong doing." "Allegations of conflict of interest of a reeve or council are not looked into by the ministry. If a ratepayer thinks a reeve has a conflict, it is up to them to take the council to court," said Bellchamber. "Council makes the decisions, that is why they are elected, and the reeve has only one vote, but if the people don't like the way he is run- ning it the only thing I can tell them is to seek their own legal ad- vice," he continued. Bellchamber also said Sharen can have anybody he wants to fill the vacancy on council as long as that person has the most council votes when it comes time to naming the replacement. There is no restriction as to who he cari or can't appoint. When asked to reply to the allega- tions Sharen said "there is no sub- stance to any of it. How do you re- spond when people take a little bit of fact -and mix in a whole lot of fiction. I think it is a small group of disgruntled people trying to un- dermine the workings of this coun- cil". Vacancy on council GRAND BEND - Village council failed to come up with an agreeable solution for filling the vacancy on council at their regular meeting Monday night. The seat has been vacant since the death of former deputy reeve George Kadlecik Last month. Short- ly after Kadlecik's death, Bruce Woodley was nominated to fill the vacant deputy reeve's chair, which left an another opening on council. Council had three options for filling .the spot. The first was to have an election, the second was to appoint somebody outright and the third was to appoint one of the run- ners up in last November's munic- ipal election. At an earlier meeting, council de- cided to advertise for applicants for the councillor's position with the deadline for applications closing August 11. Council was supposed to then select someone from the two applicants to fill the vacancy at Monday's meeting. Monday night, counc;l ended their regular session and net in a special meeting to .li,.us, the re- placement. Only two people flitted ap- plications council opcning. One was Kyle Harrison, owner of the Barefoot Pedlar on Main Street and the other was former councillor Marsha Lemon, who was defeated by Kadlecik for the deputy reeve's spot in the November election. Councillor Shirley Mitchell opened motions by submitting Lemon's name for council's ap- proval. That was quickly followed by"councillor John McDowell who submitted Harrison's name. Both Stampede city's best Citizen of the year - A former resident of the Exeter area was recently named citizen of the year by the Calgary Lions Club. Love, shown here with his wife Jean wins an a11 -expense fami- ly trip to Jamaica and $5,000 in expense money. Love's many community contributions include the Calgary Stampede kand the Olympics. motions on the floor right away without anyone seconding them. Mitchell quickly responded by ac- cusing McDowell of having a con- flict of interest because McDowell's son works for Harrison at the Bare- foot Pedlar. McDowell didn't think he had a conflict of interest disagreement but reeve Bob Sharen read from the Mu- nicipal Act and the Municipal Con- flict of Interest Act and informed McDowell that he may indeed be in conflict. He issued an ultimatum to "either declare a conflict of interest or vote on the motion and be pre- pared to face the consequences". Sharen then said if McDowell did declare a conflict, he wasn't sure if the three remaining members v( - ing on a replacement had to 1'(. unanimous or if a majority could declare a winner. McDowell officially declared he had a conflict. Sharen then sought advice from the village's solicitor, Dan Murphy, and after considerable conversation by telephone during the meeting, Murphy told Sharen that a majority of votes would carry the issue. That all went for naught when both Sharen anti Woodley failed to sec- ond either motion. McDowell's mo- tion was killed when he declared a conflict. "I not sure what I want right now and I certainly don't want to rush through this so I am not going to second any motion at this point, said Woodley. He added that council never for- mally adopted a atciiuu as to how they were going to fill the vacancy, Plea e turn to page 3 i Homegrown beauties Fair queen - Patty O'Toole, left was crowned queen of the 1989 Exeter Fall Fair during the fair ball at the South Huron Rec Centre Saturday night. She poses here with first runner up Myla Lovell, centre and second runner up Sheila Dougall. Blanshard prepares for 150th birthday bash • BLANSHARD TWP. - Blanshard T'ownship's 150th anniversary cele- bration is "shaping up to be a' great event," says publicity committee member John Harlton. The party, scheduled for this com- ing Saturday and Sunday, Aug, 26- 27, is expected to attract 1,500 to 2,000 people, he says. "The Theme is 'My roots are in Blanshard' and we're hoping every- one connected with the township will be on hand for this gala event." Mr. Harlton says 1,500 tickets have already been sold for Satur- day's barbecue and people from as far away as Vancouver, New Lis- keard and various parts of the U.S. are among former township resi- dents expected toottend. But people are advised to get their barbecue tickets in advance since only about 200 tickets are being held at the door for those travelling long distances to attend. Renovations underway EXETER - The conversion of a courtyard into three new classrooms at South Huron District High School is just the beginning of a• quarter of a million dollar renova- tH1n prnk'l applxxve4.4y4*44i ri ~• Board of Education, atx;uiutng" w the board's superintendent of opera- tions, Paul Carroll. The three rooms which are pres- ently under construction will ac- comodate a new drafting area, an area for automotive classroom work and one room for a special program such as English as a Second Lan- guage (ESL) or adult education. The initial decision for expansion for the 1989/90 school year was made on May 1 to cope with high enrollment levels, but Construction did not begin until July. The board 'says that despite the usual delays, construction is mov- ing alonfc quite quickly. Although completion for the first day of . school, September 5, doesn't look hopeful, the end of that month seems more realistic. "The difficulty is everyone ex- pects us to do all the work in July and August," said Paul Carroll. "But to do a job correctly and well we must take more than incr. a. ioN weeks." Phase two of the project will in- volve work on the old drafting room to provide beuer theatre and visual arts areas but this will not bgirr' orlttt'ITI;tun'l`8r1 f1r1'fCt3tf17i iltbinptettets "It's our intention to finish the area in construction first," said Car- roll. The decision to expand the arts at department tarns vt w, mendations by the school and it's staff which gave the board reason to decide that space for theatre and vis- ual arts was not adequate. The present drafting area of SHDHS will be subdivided into a larger theatre arts classroom, office and storage space for art supplies and a practice area for theatre arts. Phase three of the expansion will renovate other present classrooms to accommodate for better visual arts facilities. This is actually the second year for renovations at SH. Last year, two new science ciassrn"t ; were constructed 1989/90 arrangements are fill not the end .of it. Additional plans for upgrading of the technical studies arca in1990 are alrdy. kg • Saturday's get-together begins with a parade starting at 12:30 p.m. from the township hall. Motorized entries in the parade will be met en route to South Perth Centennial School by walkers who will assem- ble at McLean Taylor Construction Ltd., a• short distance from the school. Two areas close by will be set aside for parking so that people can witness the parade and then join the crowd at the school for the other events. At the school, there'll be dis- plays of township memorabilia, a talent show and dressage demonstra- tion, all of which starts at 2 p.m. Also scheduled is a tug -o -war competition 'which, says Mr. Hari - ton, is expected to be something of a "grudge match" between former school sections of the township. Anyone still wanting to become involved in the tug -o -war games is asked to call Cliff Thomson at 225- 2778 or Norm Bilyea at 225-2173: Among the entertainers lined up for the, talent show are the notori- ous Paul Brothers and Shirley as well as the Stonetown Entertainers. The day winds up with a ladies ball game starting at 7 p.m. Although planning for the 150th anniversary party began only in January this Fear, the schedule has been brought together admirably. "The way the committees have pulled together has been tremendous and there has been great interest shown at each of the organizational meetings: says Mr. Harlton. credit- ing the sub -committees for their contributions. History books The book committee has had two township history books reprinted and is publishing a new one which includes recent history of the town- ship. An 1899 publication, Pioneers of Blanshard by William Johnston, has been reprinted as well as a 1951 publication, Blanshard's History in Review. Unfortunately "a glitch with the printer" has delayed publication of the new book, which is entitled My Roots are in Blanshard, and it won't be available for another two weeks, Mr. Harlton says. The three -book package is being offered for $35. In addition to those items, the publicity committee has come up with a novel T-shirt design. It's a take -off on the 19th century British explorer Stanley who, in his search for the source of the Nile in Please turn to page 3 1 EXETER - Two young offend- ers have been charged with a se- ries of incidents at Huron Park during the early hours of Thurs- day morning, August 17. Officers of the Exeter detach - Park ment of the Ontario Provincial Police report tires were slashed on 24 vehicles. Damage has been listed at $3,050 and investigation is con- tinuing. Youth faces charges in Crediton bank incident 1.n .TER - A Stephen township youth fete been charged with break and cute, ;vitt' intent and mischief under $1,uti0 after an August 13 its at the murk of Montreal I* ion. ' grate?'*"_"'= Rodney Woods, 18 years of sge will appear in Exeter Provincial Court on September 12. A window in the bank building was broken at ', a.m. on-Auguxt 13.