Times Advocate, 1991-03-27, Page 3Waiting for the Parade - Parents and friends got a chance Friday evening to see the South Huron Drama
class' 50 -minute production they presented at Blyth recently. The show highlighted the experiences of
five women in Calgary during the Second World War. The cast were Jacqueline Westelaken, Jody Beck-
er, Heather Consitt, Christina Shepherd, and Carla -Ann Oud.
Spicer Commission gets an earful
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how many taken the time to visit every province.
"I'll tell you where you have been. You've been to
Florida," she said.
Doerr said any talk of letting Quebec leave was just
"apathy" from not knowing enough about the country
itself.
"Does anybody know what you're talking about
when you talk about giving it away?" she demanded.
Wooden suggested that English Canada sure had
"enough tolerance and understanding" to find a way to
accommodate Quebec's needs to protect its language
and culture.
"It doesn't bother me to see the [French only) signs
in Quebec . I feel it's my fault for not understanding,"
he said.
Brown -John then asked if anyone felt bilingualism
was being "shoved down our throats;.
No one answered the question directly, but DeBoer
said he arrived in Canada not knowing one word of
English, but learned the language.
Morley Hall noted immigrants to the U.S. become
staunch, pro-american citizens within one generation.
He wondered why it is not this way in Canada?
Brown -John countered by saying he has spoken with
ethnic groups across Canada, and has found them
"fiercely Canadian" even though they speak different
languages.
"Canadians tend to view themselves as living on dif-
ferent islands and we bitch and complain and blame
the people on the other islands," said Brown -John, add-
ing those complaints disappear when they visit those
"islands" and find things much the same there.
DeBoer asked that if RCMP officers can now wear
turbans, were wooden shoes or lederhosen possible fu-
ture ethnic considerations.
Brown -John said the relatively new Charter of
Rights, would be bringing such questions to the fore-
front'in future years.
"Individual rights are going to challenge what we
consider collective rights," said Brown -John.
He also a perspective from his stay in Austria, where
students there found it hard to believe that it was com-
mon for small Canadian towns to have several church-
es of different denominations, wondering how the
community kept its identity.
"Yet that's something we take for granted," said
Brown -John.
On the subject of national government, Marion Dar-
ling said she did not approve of offering more power to
the provinces, as Meech Lake promised.
"The issue is whether or not we want a less federal-
ized country and have the provinces more powerful.
Personally, I feel we need a stronger federal govern-
ment." said Darling.
Janet Mason described Canada as a "strange mixture
of tolerance and intolerance" and called for a strong
federal state to help resolve those differences.
Brown -John told the gathering the concept of feder-
alism is often misunderstood and that ideal federal
states are not highly -centralized.
Wooden was asked how he would "accommodate"
the needs of Quebec in a unified Canada. He replied
that, with his experience in education, he saw it as a
key. He noted French language education in province
is better than it has ever been, but said a stronger cur-
riculum in history and geography would be benefit to
the better understanding of future students and Canadi-
ans.
"The Sikh thing [RCMP turbans] angers a lot of peo-
ple, but when you ask 'how does it diminish me?' - it
doesn't," said Wooden, who said Canada has always
taken a different view of ethnic rights than the United
States.
With time on the clock running out for the two-hour
meeting, Brown -John asked those present how they
would settle native land claims. DeBoer simply said
"settle", saying that a goal should be set to settle all
claims by the year 2000, and not leave them to haunt
future generations, a suggestion that seemed to gain ap-
proval from most of the audience.
Brown -John thanked those who attended and prom-
ised the comments he heard would find a place in his
report to the Commission. That afternoon he held a
similar session in St. Marys.
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Gibbs may lease his beach
By Fred Groves
GRAND BEND - Archie Gibbs'
beach may have a new tenant this
summer.
According to his lawyer, Gibbs
is in the process of seeking out a
group or groups, to lease his sec-
tion of the Grand Bend beach.
"It's on the market. We're going
to see what's out there," said Rus-
sell Raikes.
He said they would be having
several meetings this week to dis-
cuss the possibility of leasing it to
private groups.
"We are looking at some propo-
sals that have been put to us. Some
for just a day, some for longer pe-
riods of time by various groups.'
Raikes said one group was inter-
ested in leasing the beach for the
entire summer.
Last summer, Gibbs operated a
300 -car parking lot but Grand
Bend maintained the beach and
the bathhouse; not this year.
Negotiations between Gibbs and
the village have broken off and
reeve Bruce Woodley feels strong-
ly that Gibbs will lease the beach.
"I imagine he'll lease it to some-
one. We're pretty certain he
doesn't want to do it himself," said
Woodley.
He said there seems to be mixed
feelings on this from council.
"There is some feeling by a
couple of members of council that
he may bring back another offer to
the village. I'm not expecting
that."
A public meeting was held in
Grand Bend recently and the gener-
al opinion was to let Gibbs do what
he wants with his section of the
beach, and to discontinue any fur-
ther negotiations.
It was also strongly felt the vil-
lage should begin to develop their
own portions of the beach, south on
the other side of the Ausable River
and north towards Oakwood Inn.
Woodley said the village is await-
ing the approval of a PRIDE grant
to help beautify the north beach.
"We are looking at improving
that arca," he confirmed.
The village won't know for a
couple of months whether or not
the grant application will be accept-
ed and Woodley said it's already
too late to have those projects done
in 1991.
"We're looking at board -walking
at the end of the main street around
the condom inum s."
He said the village plans to put
benches, picnic tables and play-
ground equipment on the north
beach and develop it to suit the
needs of families.
There is always the outside possi-
bility that Gibbs could decide to
built condos on the beach property
but that's unlikely since the 1989
decision in which he was awarded
the beach is currently under appeal
and could last for several years.
"I personally wouldn't like to see
development there. I think we've
got one of the finest beaches in On-
tario and we certainly should pro-
tect that," said Woodley.
Last summer Gibbs operated the
parking lot and kept it clean and or-
derly, but reaching an agreement
with the village was not an easy de-
cision.
Woodley said it separated his
council.
"There was a lot of controversy
among council. There were three of
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fer together. We ended up reaching
an agreement but there was a lot of
turmoil amongst our own council
members. Once we did it, we were
happy," said Woodley.
But some villagers are not overly
pleased with what has been, and is
being done in regards to the beach.
Norm Johnston, president of the
Grand Bend Chamber of Com-
mence, says it's time the talking
stopped.
"1 think this controversy between
Archie and the town has gone on
long enough," said Johnston. "It's
bad we're in this situation."
He said there has been a lot of
bad publicity about the beach and
it's time to bring that to an end.
"The only way we can stop the
bad publicity is let Archie do what
he wants."
However, what Archie Gibbs, the
new owner of the popular Grand
Bend beach wants, and the needs
and wishes of the village merchants
and its council still seem to be far
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Zurich man given three-year licence suspension
EXETER - Willful-
� • ly avoiding vi polth-
anddriving
riving wih-
t
out insurance re-
Hsuited in two
ofines of $253.75
and $503.75 re-
spectively with
90 days to pay
and a three-year
licence suspension
for Peter Jacobs of R.R.1, Zurich,
in Justice of the Peace court last
Tuesday.
The court heard police were on
patrol on September 19 in Us -
borne Township when Jacobs' ve-
hicle passed the cruiser at a high
speed.
c
Police said visibility was low
because of fog and Jacobs' was
clocked at 162 km/h.
Police activated the roof and
cruiser lights and and accelerated
to 200 km/h. Jacobs stopped after
a five km pursuit.
Jacobs identified himself to po-
lice and produced a valid driver's
licence.
On the insurance charge, police
were caged -to a minor collision in
Hensall on January 3, and investi-
gation showed Jacobs had no in-
surance.
Speeding
Doing 29 km/h over the posted
speed limit netted a $243.75 fine
for Randall D. Doan of R.R.1,
Aylmer.
Police told the court Doan was
spotted on County Road 6 in Us -
borne Township when he was
clocked at excessive speeds.
Liquor possession
Being under 19 years of age and
possessingliquor resulted in a
$103.75 fne with 60 days to pay
for Steven Glavin of R.R.1, Cen-
tralia.
The court heard Glavin's vehi-
cle was inspected at 12:02 a.m. on
March 2 in Stephen Township,
and liquor was found on the pas-
senger's side of the vehicle.
Licence suspension
Driving while under suspension
netted a $253.75 fine with 60 days
to pay for Wayne Deicing of 251
Platts Lane, London.
Police said DeJong was ih an
accident on February 21 in Exeter,
and records showed he was under
suspension for unpaid fines since
August 19, 1988.
Underage liquor purchase
Purchasing and possessing liq-
uor while under the age of 19
years resulted in two fines of
$102.75 respectively for Ronald
Mosurinjohn of 139 St. Lawrence
Ave., Huron Park.
Police said Mosurinjohn was
observed exiting a liquor store
with two bottles of liquor on New
Year's Eve.
Police said they approached
Mosurinjohn and found the two
unopened liquor bottles. The de-
fence told the court it was approx-
imately 16 days before his 19th
birthday.
Speeding
Driving 102 km/h in an 80 km/h
zone resulted in a $86.25 fine with
30 days to pay for Sandra L. Colli-
son of R.R.1, Formosa.
The court heard police were op-
erating radar on Highway 4 when
Collison's vehicle was seen speed-
ing. Radar locked in Collison's ve-
hicle at 104 km/h,
Suspended licence
Driving while under suspension
resulted in a S253.75 fine with 30
days to pay for Scott G. Kennedy
of 690 Wonderland Road, Lon-
don.
Exeter O.P.P. said they were pa-
trolling south boundary road on
January 26 when Kennedy was
stopped.
The court heard Kennedy could
not produce a licence and the car
• was registered to the female pas-
senger.
Police records show Kennedy's
licence was under suspension for
unpaid fines dating back to De-
cember 12, 1989.
Speeding
Driving 39 km/h over the posted
speed limit netted a $237.75 fine
with 30 days to pay for Gary M.
Grant of 18 Elgin Street, Norwich.
Police said they were operating
radar on December 29 in Hay
Township, when they spotted
Grant's speeding vehicle. Grant
was clocked at speeds of up to
121 km/h.
Radar locked in Grant's vehicle
at 115 km/h.
Not in safety
Changing lanes while not in
safety resulted in a $78.75 fine
with 30 days to pay fpr Raymond
Boileau of 997 Saugeen Street,
Kincardine.
Police were called to a minor
collision in Hensall on January 4..
The court heard two vehicles
were in the collision and skid
marks were apparent in the south-
bound curb lane for 23.6 metres.
Police said the marks belonged
to the other vehicle involved and
the marks ended on impact.
A witness said she heard brakes
squeal and saw Boileau vehicle in
the centre lane while attempting to
enter the curb lane when the other
vehicle stopped.
The witness said she did not no-
tice any tum signals.
The defence told the court Boi-
leau was driving at speeds lower
than the posted speed limit and
that Boileau did signal to turn
when he spotted the oncoming ve-
hicle in his rearview mirror.
Pedestrian hit
EXETER - Max Windsor of
Sanders St. W in Exeter suffered
minor injuries on Wednesday
when he was struck while walking
eastbound on Sanders St.
Gladys Hem, of Market St. was
northbound when her car collided
with Windsor.
Exeter Police arrested a motor-
ists for intoxication on Wednes-
day. The male had over 80 mgms
of blood/alcohol level.
On Saturday, police investigated
an attempted break-in at Huron
Collision on Rosemount Ave.
There was damage to a door and
lock, however, no entry was
gained.
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28. Currently, DI's unionized em-
ployees are on a three-day work
sharing program which expires in
April.
United Brotherhood of Carpen-
ters and Joiners Union of America
local 3054 representative Adam
Salvona would not release any de-
tails on the proposed contract.
Salvona says he is "quite optimis-
tic" about DI's future and the union
is hoping the economy's gradual up-
swing will result in about 54 work-
ers being called back.
DI's unionized workers have been
without a contract since November
15.
DI general manager Tom Duffy
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