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NOM 1S6, ttt� ttt� a», me ism low 1 1 1 party. link Steckle announced last week that he will vote against gun control legislation OTTAWA - Last week Huron -Bruce MP Paul Steckle announced that he will vote against the proposed gun control legislation despite popular opinion. This statement comes as no surprise to anyone who has been following the development of Justice Minister Allan Rock's proposed Bill C-68. Steckle has been one of the most vocal op - 111,11„111” 111111„111, . �,,,11,1111' 11 ,II1, 11111' 11 ' 1111,111' 11 1111111 11 Iliiul it posers of the contro- versial issue of gun control. Steckle is a co- chair of the Federal Liberal Ru- ral Caucus which provides a public for- um for issues which concern the rural res- idents. When Steckle spoke to the Times -Advocate, he stressed the impact this legislation will have on fami- lies and people living outside of large centres. "I have a few guns,” said Steckle, "but it's the princi pal of not being able to pass something on to someone that's been in your family." Steckle was referring to the portion of the legislation which would pro- hibit willing firearms from one family member to another. Inheriting a gun or trying to sell it would be impossible under the proposed bill. The firearm would be confiscated by the government. The aim of the bill, according to Rock; is to control crime but the oppo- sition believes that gun registration. will do little to reduce the number of illegal guns in Canada. "Crime control, although part of the bill, isn't the point. I have a real problem with this. The intent of the bill is to reduce the number of guns and the second thing is registration, which I don't agree with," said Steck- le. Steckle indicated that the rural caucus will have to continue with their efforts despite surveys which show a 70 percent backing for tighter gun control. "We're not happy. There are still people living in dreamland. Everyone in the caucus has to put their best face forward," said Steckle; Snowmobile theft a problem in Lucan area There has not been a serious concern in the Exeter area yet LUCAN - Seven snowmobiles valued at $40,000 in total were re- ported stolen in the Lucan area ear- ly last Monday morning. The Lucan detachment of the On- tario Provincial Police reported four of the machines were stolen from near Granton and the re- maining - three from a trailer on Highbury Avenue, approximately three kilometres north of London. The OPP said that in all seven cases, the keys had been left in the ignition and driven from the scene. Officer Leo Weverlink of the Exeter OPP said the Exeter area has not had a serious problem with snowmobile theft this winter. "Right at the moment we don't seem to have much of a problem," said Weverlink. Reported thefts of snowmobiles have been from local dealerships rather than used vehicles from pri- vate homes. To prevent theft, Weverlink sug- gests parking machines out of plain sight in a well -lighted area. Leav- ing the keys in thelignition is also an obvious precaution against theft. "Don't make them readily available to peonle,"said Weverlink. The element that gets into these thefts moves on to different areas once the local residents "get wise" and become suspicious. "They tend to branch out, like with the daylight break and enters. The gangs which are operating start to come up to our area," said We- verlink. If someone sees a very expensive machine and wants to steal it, they will, whether the keys are in it or not. Several people working to- gether could load a machine into a truck. "If they are out to get it they will find a way." Having a lot of fun The South Huron Blg Brothers and Blg Sisters held their annual Bowlathon at the Zurich Town and Country Bowling Lanes on Sunday. Chairman of the event, Jim Chapman said that over $4,100 was raised which is up by about $700 from last year's totals with more coming in. Here, Grand Bend councillor Barbara Wheeldon, left; who donned a special costume for the event, and Big Sister Heather Taylor give Little Sister KJ Snedden a help- ing hand prior to hitting the lanes. Ingersoll accident claims the life of Hensall woman Two others were seriously injured INGERSOLL - Woodstock OPP are continuing to investigate an accident which claimed the life of one local person and seriously in- jured two others. Last Wednesday morning at approximately 6:40 a.m., a car driven by Gordon Hobson of Ingersoll was attempting to pass a transport truck when it collided with a southbound van driven by Robert Reschke of Dashwood. Wendy Campbell, 42, of Hensall, a passenger in the van was pro- nounced dead at the scene. Heather Eifert, 43, of Huron_ Park was seriously injured and is list- ed in critical condition at,Victoria Hospital in London. Reschke, 37, was also seriously injured and he is listed as being in critical condi- tion at Hamilton General Hospital. Police are looking for witnesses to the accident, especially the driver of the transport truck. Hydro out in Exeter area EXETER - Hydro crews were out patrolling early Tuesday morn- ing to isolate the source of the hy- dro interruption which caused an accident at Elginfield at ap- proximately 3:30 am. Tim Langford of Ontario Hydro said that the power outage was be- lieved to be caused by high winds which result in "galloping con- ductors". This phenomenon is a re- sult of phases that hit each other or power lines bouncing up and down "like a skipping rope," said Lang- ford. The MOE McGillvray Station was the source of the problem which affected the residents from Seaforth to Centralia and in Grand Bend. The Lucan OPP reported that the hydro outage caused the Elginfield accident due to inoperative traffic lights. Two tractor trailers were in- volved in the collision which re- sulted in severe damage to the ve- hicles but no personal injuries. The power Was restored in Exeter by approximately 9:35 am. Phoenix director, wants clarification Bill 120 could effect safety of women living in second -stage housing By Fred Groves T -A staff EXETER - The Phoenix of Huron apartment building on Exeter's Carling Street is a safe haven. The executive di- rector wants to keep it that way. On Thursday, Arlene Timmins joined a large group which made several presentations to Marion Boyd, At- torney -General and Minister Responsible for Women's Is- sues. Timmins is the chairman of the Canadian Alliance of Second Stage Housing which is requesting Boyd designate second stage housing not to be labelled as a residential premise. Bill 120, and in particular sections pertaining to the Land- lord Tenant Act and the Rent Control Act, are causing a great deal of concern for Timmins. The Landlord and Ten- ant Act specifically points out that tenants have certain rights. Although Timmins doesn't want to see the rights of those women living at the Phoenix Home violated, she believes that the home still should be able to have jurisdiction on the behaviour of those women that come to stay at the home. "Our residents are saying this is taking away from our safety," said Timmins after Thursday's meeting in Simcoe. If a resident can not conform to the rules of the Phoenix home they are given counselling to help them realized that such things as safety and confidentiality must be followed. Timmins says if counselling doesn't help, thEn the wom- en are asked to leave. Parts of Bill 120 are quite explicit on how confrontations between,in this case the tenant, a wom- an, and the landlord, Phoenix are handled. "When people come to second stage.., they come for safety and security and that's what they want," said Timmins. For the purpose of avoiding the regulations of the Land- lord and Tenant Act, Timmins says she doesn't want Phoe- nix to be a residential premise. "We've been operating like we're not. We see ourself as a second -stage housing program which also provides afford- able accommodation." When women come to Phoenix they are riot given free accommodation. Timmins said although no one has ever been asked to leave because they couldn't pay, it is based on the ability to pay. Residents welt hanneds Timmins said the residents are informed about what is going on as far as Bill 120 is con- cerned, in fact, the meeting in Simcoe was initiated by a group of former residents at the Quetzal Family Homes in Simcoe which is one of 22 second -stage homes in Ontario. "They don't build second stage housing any more. The government doesn't build them because they are more com- mitted to permanent housing," said Timmins. Phoenix of Huron, which also has apartment buildinga.;,i Clinton and Goderich was built in 1991. Timmins says the average length of stay for a woman trying to find safe haven from an abusive partner is about five months. While Boyd will take the concerns of the Canadian Al- liance of Second Stage Housing back to Queen's Park, Tim- mins says they will have to wait for court cases to sort things out. She explained that it won't be until someone, probably a tenant of a second stage house, trys to get satisfaction by putting the Act to the test in court. "There isn't going to be any clarification uncif there is a court case," said Timmins. "Now we just wait-and-see. We wrote up a resemmendation and she'll (Boyd) take it back."