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(continued from page l)like he wanted to scrap with one of 'your friends. you get
get lost by Mr. Hills," said me"• ' pretty mad'. You'll say
Jeffrey Fisher. Mr. Misener asked .the anthing if you're riled-,'',
Se-Vera1 of the witnesses witnesses if they had seen •-,titl Keith McLean, •
testified they heard ob- Constable Fortner poked McLean said he did not
scenities shouted at the several times. by ' a three t• t ti \V'. who Fisher was
policemen during thea in- pronged spear. carried by rtie rrit.pg .to• but figured he
eiclent.' 'They told defence one member of the group ..w ,i,-, talking about Hill's,
counsel •Chester Misener, dressed like the devil: Ih< trial', now' three `"days
Stratford, that they .wer'e No one clainel to ,have ' old• will continue throughout
angered by the lack 'of un- seen the poking but recalled
.derstand pg by Ow One of_ the group was dressed
'policemen, like the devil wearing red
Mr. Misener asked the if leotards: They claimed :the
they ,had .seen . Constable spear was a two foot plastic
Hills forced into his cruiser 'toy with a soft rubber' end
br about 20 people; if they and that, it was part of the
heard him ask the crowd to costume.
qu=iet down; if they-. saw . When asked why the group
people 'punching; kicking, descended '. on the police
4ickling and "`poking Coh- station after th(shooting one
stable Fortner, Hills' partner' witness, Jeffrey Fisher, told
that night. • the court "all I want to see
Carl Henderson admitted is that Hills can't carry a
to tickling. Fortner under the gun again'.'.
chin: He said he thought that Accused of being one of
would be' better than, the leaders of the march on
_"hitting him in the head the station Fish-er said, "I
•Others ,, admitted to . wanted to see Hills charged
• knocking-'Fortner's hat off for shooting at a kid. I didn't
" and said that they ,had seen .want to get shot next."
'the officer pushed and Fisher denied telling
shoved around.' • ' another witness tat if •T-lifls
. When asked if there was a: is acq-> fitted •-he- 'dead"; Tut..
choice of action with Con- another witness testified that
stable Fortner, one witness, he 'heard Fisher make the
Carl Henderson, replied that -comment.- , -
"Fortner got out of the car -,"After a person shoots at
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Council won't pay ...
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.....Ha..d n.'s,le ah:knowledge _af- ,.
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contracts aridasked her if'
.rafter caref4,1 study of the
contract 'this was • her
suggestion. 0
Councillor: Leroy Harrison
suggested that perhaps, •
.- .n , .-M. cOTxn`ctfi -Was - 11abl w aficr-dila..,,
' not know it. •He said *at too
Many times they have taken
a stand on matters without
legal 'advice and been wrong
and suggested that council* •
consult the town solicitor
before taking the action. a •
A letter council ' received
'from .the 'Village. of Watford
sparked some discussion. µ
Thi, letter from that council
was.,., a . circular type :con-
cerning
on-cerning _ the Ontario
provincial criminal court. It
contained a resolutionby
that?, council and was for-
warded to ..all municipalities
in 'the province, the premier
and the attorney general,
with an enclosed° suggestion
the matter be`brought to the
attention of local MPPs.
The letter suggested that -
the attorney general review
judges of the province's
criminal courts with. .respect
to procedure, ,policies and
attitudes in• relation to
handing down fines; that
persons convicted of Offences
be . given time to pay fines in
a very- restricted manner'
where . there is a clear
inability to pay them when
they are imposed; that• a
review of fines for offences
most often incurred be
reviewed ..with" a view of
"matching fine to offences;
and that police investigate
previous offences and where
available charge as 'sec'ond
and third offences to curb
repeated unlawful, activities. •
Councillor Frank Walkom
suggested forwarding the
letter t o . the police" .corn-.
mission for them to make
• observation and, comment in
light Of ,recent criticism of
the courts. '
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pIINGANNON 001 N'C S
�,•�a,ti +i�•rti4�b
Church.. membership
classes \began on Sunda
evening at 7 p.m. at
•Dungannon U'n'ited Church, ,
Mr, i us.sell Johnston has
Pedestrian Safety ...
been in Wingham hospital from London visited Mr.
for over three weeks now Johnston in the hospital 'on
and their son Ken of Toronto ,Sunday.
iso, staying with Mrs. John- �, Larry Pentland returned
swn, Some ' of . the family " home on Tuesday after a
week in •. St. Joseph's
Hospital; `London where ire
` underwent surgery
Weekend visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil McNa11 were
Mr. and Mirs°, Clarence
Wadel and Sandra of, Hen -
salt; Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
Edwards, Clinton; Ken
Dowling ' and Norman
Stewart, Winghatm; Miss
Nancy Swan, Goderich; and
Mr. Tom Willis of Goderich.
Dungannon Youth Group
held their discussion meeting
(continued from page 1). placed at several points on the -sane period of time and
lights at the corner of the road could control traffic that summer traffic would
Bayfield Rd. and. Britannia for, the children during the be added to that.
Rd. The lights could he hand , peak periods before and', °He warned the committee
operated so the children after school and during the that the final decision on the'
vzould, not hunch up at the ' lunch hour, „ ' „. matter would have to be
intersection , and would he Stan Profit replied that the made with this possibility in
allowed to cross with , little —i.4dea had been attemptednind and . that the increase
restriction. once and that an ad- of Vehicles , would, increase
Ross Jackson told the verti.sement for crossing the danger to the pupils. ._
committee that although the . guards . had received no
traffic count of 4,700. carsin replies at all. ry . i
a 24 hour period was suf. . The amount of traffic
ficient for widening the road, using the Bayfield Road is
:it was not enough for sub the reasoning behind. the
sidrzed traffic lights. " He'-' widening project. A vehicle '
_added that the lights were .• count completed in the fall of (continued from page 1)
not. needed' in the opinion of ,the year showed that .4:700 g
the MTC but that the future
(arse of the road indicated
that traffic lights would have
to' be installed in the future. '�'
Burps Ross pointed out to
I, , the;,committee'that the,li,ghts
would not control' the flow o c
cars moving west on
• Britannia and then south on
Bayfield but that the large
traffic island planned could
Mrs Miry Bere..
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in the church on Wednesday
evening with Mrs. Bonnie
Graham, principal of Queen
Elizabeth . School, Goderich,
as guest speaker. She
showed slides and told of her
c work Kith retarded children
which the -W young people
found 'very interesting,
The Youth Group held ,a
toboggan pally, on Saturday
evening on hills east of the
9th corner, the Badlands.
Mrs. Cecil Blake .returned
home on.' Thursday after
spending the past two weeks
with her son, Mr. and .Mrs.
Bill Blake and ��fan-lily,
Cambridge.
• Mr, and Mrs. .19ick
own's cost x250,000
•••
to be returned by the town. budgeted along with "the
large portion of „the recon- , Mr. Jackson explained other road projects, planned
cars anti truck passed over
struction costs will be met that several items necessary for the town and paid for by
the road. in one 24 hour by the province but if it is for the plan are not -eligible . . one large debenture.
period. old and due for replacement for subsidy. •He listed the. He said that if the -council
Mayor Shewfelt said tthat then the major portion of the paperwork of such projects voted to f proceed with the
the figure was accurate 'hut 'expense- will he handled by as costs that roust be .borne project then construction
that when the summer the town. by the town. Bank interest, would begin when;;the frost
t'affic was included with the All boulevards affected by Ontario Municipal Board left the gr®,und this spring.
regular flow ''of cars the the project will cost the town fees, debenture expenses, He is hopeful that the
figure would be higher. ten percent 'of the amount legal expenses and . ad- majority of the, Work will be
He suggested that with -the P'nceded.for their replacement vertising for O. M; B. done, this summer and that
growth of Industrial Park or construction. . • ' hearings, are among the all that will'be remaining •for
Reeve Stan 'Profit warned
council that the letter_should
.-not -be: taker too lightly.. e
said that if any' change was
.needed or :wanted in the
legal system, then this was'
theway to do it. He pointed
out that no.. one should be.
-bey°nd-_reproar.kr-an rf-_rthey
are, then a very., bad
situation exist.
Councillor Elsa Haydon
reminded the council that
the letter was a circular and
that no reply from Goderich
was asked for or necessary.,
Councillor Bob Allem
pointed out that poor com-
munications between dif-
ferent muni°Gipal bodies and
legalrons ter
common and that th this was
was perhaps a good way to
solve the problem.
Councillor • Dave Gow• er
suggested that the police
commission had a good cross
section _ of police • and
civilians and that they
should have•.some input into
the matte"r. The letter 'was
:referred to the commission.
•• In other , business Coun
cillor Jim Peters questioned
the legality -'of the by-law
changing the council
meeting ,nights to Monday:
He said that without the by-
law council could not legally
meet on Monday without the
by-law. and without the
meeting could not pass the
by-law,
He referred to the 1.972
procedural, by-law "that set
'hursday night as meeting
night 4 and argued that a
resolution' should not rescind
a by-law. •
Mayor ,Shewfelt advised
him that "council was free to•
act by both by-law and a
resolution' .passed by a two
thirds majority. He pointed
out that the vote • on the
resolution, was. 6-3 •in favor
making it' ate° legal decision.
Councillor Peters was•one of
_the three to vote .against the
change.
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hold ,--quite a few children M . Half of the cost of property items. 1976 is, a second coat of, ash-
holdand the construction of the . , ,.. ,. , . ,
.
o "be ur _. • s.. -for- - - Chairman-• of - 'he - wor'ks halt an sc�rrre landseapzxrg
- w-artm�. ....fo.r. _-the., �llght .�..t�:"sho . .._.., i-azo-�'h•e��lo�w•-of• _-..needed. t,.,._._ ..p__ __� .... .... _....M... .......___.
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than ein their favor. "traffic in the' town would he ' the widening will be paid for committee Dave Gower' said The total cost -of the actual`,
changed significantly. He by the province." If after the that he is not certain construction will be itn the
estimated that in the,, near project is complete • the whether the widening costs neighborhood of $250,000
future possibly 8,000 vehicles property becomes resalable, will be handled separately or. aecording to Mr. Gower. He
would pass ,over the road in- . then thc,ubs d.y .would. have whet
her they' will be said that this cost will return
yl es' official Ross Jackson.
said that the logical solution °
may„ be 'traffic crossing
guards... -He said that guards
Kilpatrick and Mrs. • A,Na
Atkinson of Wingham visited
on Sunday with Dick's sister,
Mrs'. Cecil Blake.
Chickenpox continues to be
the cause' of .§oine ab-
senteeism. at Brookside
School' ,. Pupils from Kin-
dergarten to Grade 4 went
skating in Lucknow Arena on
Friday afternoon. Grades 5-8
will go -on January' 24.
The whiteness of the fields
and waod,s,
The°snow upon the hill,
Proc'l?aim the handiwork` of
God,
The working of His will,
.When nature takes her
annual rest,
To gain the strength again,
To give us fruits and harvest
fields, - ..
The precious4food of man.
H. Thomas.
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the highway into a normal,
landscaped four lane road.
He added that he had
arranged for county planner,
Nick Hill to sketch the
proposed final product to
offer taxpayers attending the
public meeting on the issue
an idea of What the Bayfield
Road will look' like.
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