Times Advocate, 1992-03-04, Page 3Has the stirs Box made you more conscious of
what
do
you
thlnk?
The 3;Ae1bs*Ili
the street end out
your opinion
on various bsues.
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Teresa Van Raay
RR3 Dashwood
"Yes. It's nice to know ou'r
family is doing our part. It has
certainly made our family
more aware. "
"Yes. It is something you feel
you should do to help
the environment"
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Heber Hacclus
Shipka
"Yes. It's more work but being
a farmer who lives off the land
the blue box makes you more
conscious of protecting
the environment"
recrakvil
"Yes. The blue box
reminds you all the time to
use it"
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Local rail lines go
private in April
TORONTO - Now that the Onta-
rio Municipal Board hearing
cleared the final hurdle -out of the
way for the transfer of ownership
of CN rail lines between Goderich
and Centralia, a date has been set
for the U.S. company to take them
over.
One minute before midnight on
Friday April 3, the rail lines will
become the property of the Gode-
rich-xeter Railway Company, a
subsidiary of RailTex Inc. The
U.S. parent is a specialist in owning
and operating short -track railway
systems that are no longer profita-
ble for large railway companies.
Canadian National announced
two years ago it was interested in
selling the rail lines to a private en-
terprise, and of the bidders RailTex
eventually emerged as the success-
ful candidate.
"Representatives of both compa-
nies are working closely together to
facilitate an orderly transition,"
reads a letter from CN Great Lakes'
Region manager Michael Matthews
to local public officials.
"I ani confident that customers
and communities along these lines
will be well served this innovative
agreement, which calls for a contin-
ued partnership between CN and
the short -line operator in meeting
customer' transportation and distri-
bution needs in the future."
Government gives
another reprieve for
newspaper postage
rate increase
OTTAWA - After many months
of fighting a huge proposed postal
rate increase that was to have taken
effect March 1, the weekly newspa-
per industry has won a partial victo-
ry.
The increase will be only 50 per-
cent of the original amount for the
first year, Canada's communica-
tions minister Perrin Beauy an-
nounced last week. The other half
of the. rate hike will kick in March
1, 1993.
Publisher Jim Beckett said the
Times Advocate had calculated the
new postal rates to be $30 per year
for subscribers outside a 60 kilo-
metre radius of Exeter or to any
area where there is door-to-door
mail delivery. In order to reim-
burse subscribers who have already
purchased subscriptions at the high-
er rate, the Times Advocate will
give them an appropriate refund at
the time of their next renewal.
Man fined for
driving stolen van
EXETER - A guilty plea to a charge of stolen
Na property lead to a $500 fine for a London man in
�� Provincial Court in Exeter last Tuesday.
Terrance Fletcher of London pleaded guilty to
possession of stolen property valued at over
$1,000.
The court heard the accused made use of a
1988 Safari van on January 28, 1992 which he
knew to be stolen. The accused picked up a
friend in London, used the van to pick up an en-
gine which was subsequently unloaded at his friend's parents home
in Centralia, and then parked the van behind the Dufferin Hotel.
The wallet of the friend was found inside the van.
Judge R.G.E. Hunter gave Fletcher the choice of a $500 fine with
six months to pay or 25 months in jail and 12 months probation.
Causing a disturbance
Michael Webb of RR2 Zurich entered a guilty plea to a charge of
causing a disturbance in connection with an incident September 9,
1991 in the parking lot of an Exeter convenience store.
While officers were arresting another individual, a car with four
occupants pulled up and the individuals then proceeded to interfere
with the arrest.
The accused was intoxicated and shouting and swearing at the of-
ficers.
Webb was given the choice of a $100 with 90 days to pay or five
days in jail.
BAC over W
Albert Matthew Tuckey of Grand Bend pleaded guilty to'tlriving
with a blood alcohol count Over the legal limit.
The accused was stopped for driving left of the centre line by po-
lice on Highway 83. October 12. Breath samples indicated BACs of
120 and 110.
Tuckey was fined S750 with 60 days to pay or 35 days in jail and
was given a 12 -month license suspension.
Bradt sad ester
Tiwnthy Hemenway of London was sentenced to a 12 -month re-
formatory tern in connection with the bresk,and enter at the Hamill
liquor store on September 3.
Two others were convicted on charges of break and enter with in-
tent inlaeter court on November 26.
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