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The Windsor Star Tuesday, May 12, 1981 seeks to curb high-soeed chases HfmMnRfi' ifi -n WW Smith 'r, wm The view westward, with the E.C. Row Expressway in the background Drivers warned of 'death trap' "And obviously the innocent bystanders in particular must be protected from the tragedies that sometimes occur as a result of these chases," he said. McMurtry also promised MPP Dick Ruston (L Essex North) he will look into a high-speed chase involving two OPP cruisers and a motorcycle near Belle River last week Minor injuries The driver and passenger on the motorcycle, which failed to stop following a radar check, received minor cuts and bruises after the rear tire was struck by one of the pursuing cruisers. Ruston asked McMurtry if two cruisers were warranted for the chase which reached speeds of 1 10 kmh (about 70 mph) on Highway 2. Although he had no figures, Smith said as many people are killed in high-speed police chases in the province as by the discharge of police firearms.

Smith, said the state of Arkansas treats high-speed chases like discharging firearms and says they should be discouraged but not prohibited. Officers are not asked to explain reasons for not nersuine soeeders. Smith said. the design of the E.C. Row terminus before it opened last week.

The east end of the expressway is now only two lanes wide, but there are plans to expand it to four lanes in the future. Robinet said representatives of Sandwich South and Tecumseh met with Ruston at the site during the weekend and said the new intersection is worse than had been feared. "Somebody's going to get hurt there and it's ot going to take long," he said. Local politicians have argued that a bend where the expressway joins the Highway 2 Tecumseh bypass affords only a limited view of the Shawnee Road intersection. Aggravating the situation is a steep grade on Shawnee Road where it meets the expressway, said Robinet.

He said school buses must turn from Shawnee onto the expressway, where they are met by highspeed traffic. He urged motorists to drive cautiously in the area until traffic lights are installed. Robinet said council hasmet with ministry officials, who said the problem will be solved when the expressway is expanded to four lanes there. When expansion takes place, Shawnee Road will be closed and service roads will be built along that portion of the expressway. "That could be in two years," said Robi net, "or itcouldbelOycars." Robert Jobin, a Shawnee Road resident, said in an interview a cluster of cherry trees at the southwest corner of the intersection compounds the problem of limited visibility.

Jobin added he is concerned about the safety of his five children who must ride a school bus which turns through the intersection. Story and photo byRobVanNie Star Staff Reporter Sandwich South Township is urging motorists use the east-end terminus of E.C. Row Expressway with extra caution. The township, along with Tecumseh council, says the intersection at Shawnee Road where the expressway joins the Highway 2 bvpass is a potential "death trap." Township Reeve Ray Robinet said Monday Richard Ruston (L Essex North) will I ask James Snow, transportation and communi-. cations minister, to have traffic lights installed at the Shawnee Road intersection.

Both municipalities had pressed for changes in By John Coleman Star Toronto Bureau TORONTO Ontario Liberal Leader Stuart Smith has called for stringent guidelines to cover high-speed police chases in the wake of several serious accidents. Smith, speaking in the legislature Monday, said the time has come for "very clear guidelines" to discourage police chases unless there is reason to believe the person being pursued "To engage in chases that can endanger the lives of innocent bystanders, and kill a number of people every year, when the party is guilty of a misdemeanor or minor traffic offence, just does not make sense," said Smith outside the legislature. MPP Mike Breaugh (NDP Oshawa) told Solicitor-general Roy McMurtry the police chase is a "maniacal procedure" because officers have no real training in high-speed driving and their vehicles are not designed to maintain high speeds. Hit head-on Smith said he was concerned about a Hamilton-area man who was seriously injured Saturday when his car was hit head-on by.a police cruiser chasing a vehicle without licence plates. A Haldimand-Norfolk regional police officer has been charged with failing to share the roadway.

In March, three Essex County men were killed near Belle River when they crashed after leaving the roadway during a chase involving an OPP cruiser.The persuit began when they sped away from police who had noticed their car's licence plate sticker had expired the previous day. An inquest ordered by McMurtry into that accident expected this June could have a considerable bearing on the province's position on high speed chases. An OnJario Police Commission memorandum says the decision on whether to give chase should rest with the individual officer at the scene. "He is in the best position to assess the situation and to decide on the best course of action in the circumstances," says the police commission memo. "The quality of his decision will be a reflection of his training, experience and ability." McMurtry said police forces in Ontario are concerned about the issue of high-speed chases, but he doesn't think anyone wants a simple bantostopthem.

"We do not know of any force that has better guidelines (than the OPP)," said McMurtry. The solicitor-general added high-speed chases involve a "difficult decision," which must take into account the safety of all 1 Whelan backing battle to save OldcastleP.O. I Smith quoted a passage from the police commission memo which says: "regardless of the circumstances, the police officer would be derelict in his duty if he failed to give pursuit." McMurtry said: "The guidelines may make it very clear that in certain circumstances the police should not engage in high-speed chases. There are no guidelines that simply say in absolute terms that you are in dereliction of your duty if you do not engage in a high-speed chase." Man fined $400 on drug charge A Mill Street man was fined $400 and ordered to hours of community service work after he pleaded guilty Monday to possession of 455 grams (one pound) of marijuana. Robert Craig Sherman, 22.

was arrested April 27 hen Windsor police, acting on a tip, stopped his pickup truck at the corner of Riverside Drive and McKay Ave. He was originally charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking, but was allowed to plead guilty to the less serious offence after he convinced officials the drug was for his ow use. Court was told that the value of the drug would be. depending on its quality, between $400 and $600. In addition to the fine and service order, Sherman was placed on probation for 12 months.

YV V'; A. request, Councillor Terry Priddle questioned the value ofthe building itself. "Has he (Whelan) seen the building?" asked Priddle. "If that's the heart of Oldcastle, it's ready for a coronary any day." Council was told the township also received a letter April 30 from the ministry saying the monthly lease on the post office building will be increased to $250 from $175, effective May 1. Council will pass on the rent increase to and her husband, Barry, who operate the post office and live in an apartment in thebuilding.

TIM McKENNA in sports STAN ANDREWS portrait Star staffers snap two 1980 photography awards COULTER SALE MAMDOWNS and NO 7 SALES TAX ing photography at Sheridan College in Oakville. He also attended the University of Waterloo and worked briefly for the Woodstock Sentinel-Review. The entries were judged by a panel of photographers and photo editors at a semi-narin London last weekend. Besides sports and portraitpersonality, the second annual competition included feature, spot news and pictorial categories. Andrews, a nine-year veteran of The Star's photo department, placed second for his illustration of Ukranian Christmas at a Windsor home in January, 1 980.

In the foreground was four-year-old David Momotiuk holdinga sheaf of wheat, while behind him his family prepared to eat a Ch ristmas Eve feast. Andrews said he took several shots, "but as usual the last frames worked out." He used two flashes on the young boy and oneon thebackground. A blurringeffect in the background was achieved by using a wide lens setting. Andrews, a 54-year-old native of Birmingham, England, began his career with the Birmingham Dispatch and Mail. He moved to a British tade magazine before coming to Canada in 1953.

He joined The Star's stereo department in 1954 before transferring to photo in 1972. Windsor Star photographers captured first and second prizes in two different categories in the Ontario News Photographers Association picture-of-the-year competition for 1980. Tim McKenna was first in the sports category, while Stan Andrews placed second in portraitpersonality. McKenna's winning shot captured former World Boxing Association lightweight champion Hilmer Kenty falling through the ropes during a bout last November. Leg cramps had bothered Kenty from the earlyrounds; in the lost his balance and fell to the canvas after a push by challenger Vilomar Fernandez.

"I knew something was wrong ith Ken-ty's legs because he wasn't moving around," said McKenna, who described his shot as a "reflex action" when the champion began to fall. The picture captured Kenty 's stunned expression as his arms stretched for the ropes. He later recovered to win the fight. McKenna said he had already used about 1 1 rolls of film when Kenty fell, just three metres (10 feet) from where he was shooting. McKenna, a 28-year-old Hamilton native, joined The Star last May after study Essex-Windsor MP Eugene Whelan and Sandwich South council have stepped into the battle to save the Oldcastle post office.

Council Monday threw its support behind a letter from Whelan urging Ontario Transport Minister James Snow to transfer the post office land to the township for a nominal fee. The tiny post office is housed in a 55-year-old building on Highway 3. The ministry, which expropriated it for an overpass project that fell through, leases the building to Sandwich South, which in turn rents it to the local postmaster, Marilyn Martin. However, the ministry has indicated it may sell the building. If it does, there are few, if any, places in the hamlet ofOldcastle wherethe post office could locate.

Whelan's letter called on the ministry to save the post office to maintain the "integrity and the heart of Oldcastle." Although council unanimously agreed with Whelan's Sandwich South tax may soar Sandwich South Township ratepayers may have to pay about 25 per cent more in taxes for municipal government this year. Reeve Ray Robinet said Monday the average ratepayer could face an increase of $33 to S36 for the municipal portion ofthe tax bill. Although the township has not yet set its portion of the budget, and school taxes have not been computed, Robinet estimated the total tax increase, including education, could reach about $65 to $75 for the owner of an average home. Last year, property taxes for a typical home assessed at $2,600 in the township's hamlet area south of Tecumseh were about $630. Robinet said a deficit in the township roads budget, due to unanticipated cleaning of drains, and the purchase of a new truck will contribute to thetax increase.

Await report Approval of portions of the township budget was stalled Monday when council decided to wait until it receives a report on long-range capital works projects and estimates of expenditures and revenues. Councillor Terry Priddle said it may be necessary to reduce some areas of this year's budget in order to accommodate long-range spending plans. Teacher consultant urges renewed faith in children uiwv ll'J ''J I If children are to succeed they have to be inspired by adults, Dr. Nancy Murray told a lunchtime meeting of Rotarians Monday. "As adults we have to let children know how valuable they are," the head consultant for Windsor Separate School Board's curriculum materials said.

"We have to have faith in our young people." Borrowing a slogan used in Philadelphia, Murray said, "Kids are the fuel for the future." "How we cae for our children today profoundly affects the manner in which they will care for our world tomorrow," she emphasized. Solutions to complex and often insoluble issues that face us today will be solved by the children of today, she said. And for children to succeed, adults have to impart a sense of 'I made to them. "Make no mistake about it if we want our children to be happy and successful (they have) to believe they can make it," she said. "Research proves that children progress in accordance with teachers' expectations.

Our job is to help children say 'I'm terrific'," she said. Children have to be encouraged to undertake independent research and tap what knowledge they have.she said. She suggested: "Ask him, 'I see you know a lot about lasers. Tell me about and then add: 'I was wondering about how you use and the youngster goes off searching again, and each time the adult keeps up the of work." To get this message across, Murray says grandparents in the school system play a vital role. For them, she said, "a child can do no wrong.

His grandparents celebrate his every word." While many adults believe school and childhood is a preparation for life, childhood "is life," Dr. Murray stressed. "It is how they succeed or fail now that determines how they will succeed tomorrow," she said. "If we want a child to learn and remember, then we have to ensure happy joyful experiences." Adults have to think positively about young people, she said, instead of criticizing them in the tradition that is as old as man himself. "All those children changed into all those adults who worried about all those children over and over again down through the centuries, with each lamenting the new generation's explained.

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