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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 THE NEW TANNER 11 ( WEELINGTON OPP _) IMPAIRED DRIVER A 55 year old Eden Mills resident faces charges of Im- paired Driving and Driving With ore than 80 mgs. When his 2000 Pontiac Sunfire was topped by police on Welling- ton County Rd. 44 in Eramosa Twp. on Saturday, Noy. 8 at 12:20 a.m. Police said the driver is to appear in Guelph Court on Noy. 28 to answer to the charges. SPEEDER OF WEEK An 18-year-old Guelph woman faces a charge of speeding at 183 km/h in a posted 80-km/h zone on Fri- day, Oct. 31. Police said Constable Andy Houston of the traffic management unit observed a Nissan travelling at a high rate of speed southbound on Highway 6 at 12:58 p.m. His laser speed measuring device clocked the vehicle at 183 km/h. The woman will appear in Guelph POA Court Dec. 8. BREAK AND ENTER Sometime between 4 and 4:20 pan. on Wednesday, Nov. 5 a residence on the Third Line, Erin Twp. was burglarized. Thieves gained entry through the front door and removed a quantity of electronic equipment and DVDs. Police report an older model 2-door maroon or bur- gundy vehicle similar to a K-car was seen in the area and may have been involved in the break-in. Anyone with information that might assist police in solving this crime is asked to contact Guelph detachment of Wellington OPP at 822- 7250 or Wellington Crimestoppers at 1-800-222- TIPS. FLYING THE FLAG: The Col. John McCrae Legion col- our party from Guelph lead the parade to Rockmosa for the interdenominational service which followed the service at the cenotaph Saturday morning. - Maggie Petrushevsky photo The Rockwood AL Adsett, Breen both lose seats in Guelph/Eramosa BY MAGGIE PETRUSHEVSKY The New Tanner Once again the voters of Guelph/Eramosa_ have turfed every available member of council. Only incumbents Les Foote and David McCrae remain to continue the projects begun over the past term and they hold their seats by acclamation. They are the councillors representing Wards 1 and 2, the portion of the amal- gamated municipality that used to be Guelph Town- ship. They have not been opposed. in, at.least three elections. Newly elected mayor Clint Martin admitted the results were nothing to cel- ebrate. "I think (defeated mayor) David (Adsett) lost it more than I won it," he said. "It's no slight on David. When you' re there nine years you become a CLINT MARTIN Martin new mayor Gibson- Smye and White on Council target." The voters must have agreed since they cast TERESSA _ GIBSON-SMYE CHRIS WHITE 1,463 ballots for Martin, a retired construction worker and political neo- phyte, and only 1,201 for Adsett the current warden of Wellington County and the candidate who topped the polls when he was first-elected nine years ago. In Ward 3, the lower half of former Eramosa Township including Rockwood and Eden Mills, incumbent Doug Breen lost to Teressa Gibson-Smye, the candi- date who lost her bid to be mayor in 2000. Breen received 424 votes as LANDING Rockwood FISHERMAN'S compared with 444 for Gibson-Smye. In Ward 4, the northern portion of old Eramosa Township, inexperience again ruled the day as Chris White picked up 419 votes as compared with 210 for returning councillor David Hindley and 137 for newcomer Larry Stafford, an avowed GETA (Guelph Eramosa Taxpayers' As- sociation) supporter. Martin and Adsett both said the people had spo- ken. Looking at voter turnout of 29.5 per cent however, it is obvious only a fraction of the 9,017 eligible to do so voiced their opinion. Lack of candidate par- ticipation seems to have been an unusual facet of this election as three can- didates ignored opportunities to sell themselves to the voters. An all candidates meet- ing was held in Eden > Mills last week specifi- cally to let voters hear their candidates for Ward 3. Martin and Gibson- Smye both failed to attend. Separate School Trustee candidate Alan McDonald did not attend any of the all candidates meetings yet still man- aged to receive a respectable show of sup- port although Nick Chiarelli defeated him. places a wreath in remembrance of fallen township serv- icemen during Saturday's Remembrance Day services. Veteran Jim Milne announced the names of the repre- sentatives laying the wreathes at the Rockwood Cenotaph. -- Maggie Petrushevsky photo What's Your Beef? > Put it in a letter to the Editor! Deadline is Tuesday at noon. REMEMBERING: Guelph/Eramosa mayor David Adsett 185 Main Street Rockwood Monday - Tuesday: Closed Wednesday - Friday: 10am - 7pm Saturday: 10am - 6pm Phone: 856-4950 "The BEST Fish & Chips" in Rockwood and all surrounding areas. Eat-in or Take-out HOURS: Wed, Thurs. & Sat. 11:00 - 7:30 Fri. 11:00 - 8:30 Phone-in orders accepted