The Citizen, 1996-06-12, Page 14Stopping by for a chat
Cheryl Long enjoys a hot cup of coffee, poured by
Jacquie Carroll who is helping run the new Jen's Variety
and Corner Café in Ethel with her mother, Jen Subject.
Ethel business gets
new owners, name
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Great Days coming to Grey
items, increased the number of
videos available for rent and
installed more table and chairs,
bringing the seating to approxi-
mately 25.
Open seven days a week, includ-
ing holidays, The Corner Café fea-
tures a breakfast special for $2.75
which is available all day. Also on
the menu is such favourite foods as
hamburgers, hotdogs, sandwiches,
subs and homemade fries.
"If it's not on the menu, ask,"
says Carroll. "We will try to pro-
vide it."
Hours of operation are 5:30 a.m.
until 8: p.m., Monday to Friday, 7
a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday and 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m., Sunday.
"This is the place to stop for
friendly conversation or helpful
directions," smiles Carroll.
Anyone who is interested in taking
part can contact Keith Roulston at
523-4792 (days) or 523-9636
(evenings).
Taste of Country
needs exhibitors
By Janice Becker
With the aim of catering to the
people of Ethel and the surrounding
area, Jen Subject and her daughter,
Jacquie Carroll, have taking over
the operation of the restaurant and
variety store in the community,
renaming it Jen's Variety and Cor-
ner Café.
Since assuming ownership at the
end of April, Subject and Carroll
have completed some remodeling
of the store, with plans for more.
"We are increasing the grocery
items and are trying to be competi-
tive with stores in Listowel," says
Carroll. "Our prices are very rea-
sonable."
As well as increasing the selec-
tion of grocery items, the pair have
brought in more confectionary
A Taste of Country Food Fair, a
popular fundraising event for Blyth
Festival for the past two years,
offers the opportunity for food
producers to promote their products
directly to the public.
The third annual Food Fair will
be held July 20 at the Blyth and
District Community Centre from
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Hundreds of
people visit the Fair to taste
samples of everything from eggs to
emu, pork to pheasant. They can
also pick up recipes and buy
products directly from growers that
they couldn't get in an ordinary
supermarket. The event is topped
off with a gourmet picnic barbecue
featuring appetizers that include
such rarities as emu pate and quail
eggs, and four different meats, a
variety of salads, and dessert.
The Festival is looking for new
exhibitors to add even more variety
to the 1996 Food Fair. It's an
opportunity for food producers to
promote their products to hundreds
of people attending the Fair.
The "Great Days in Grey" are
returning for the 140th anniversary
of Grey Twp. this year. June 28 to
30 are promising to be exciting for
all those who plan to attend.
The weekend will start with the
dedication of the new pavilion and
snack booth located at the Ethel
Ball Park. After some words from
Reeve Leona Armstrong and MP
Paul Steckle, everyone can cheer
on their favourite ball team from
the 1970 Tri-County teams. Four
teams are playing on Friday night
and it will be interesting to see if
they all have the same spunk as
they did back then. Ethel, Mon-
crieff, Jamestown and Walton will
be showing their everlasting spirit.
A registration book will be
available to sign in and be part of
celebration.
Saturday starts with ball games
against the concessions or different
groups from within the township.
Eight teams will be competing for
the prize money.
After seven years of negotiations,
the Huron County Health and
Seniors Committee finally reached
a pay equity settlement with the
employees represented by the
Canadian Union of Public Employ-
ees last month, county councillors
were told at their June 6 meeting.
The settlement means retroactive
pay of $41,520 will be split among
affected employees. The county's
share of the total should be 25 per
cent, which has already been set
aside in county funding.
* * *
Dr. Mark Woldnick has been
appointed medical director of
Huronlea Home for the Aged in
Brussels. A graduate of Queen's
University with previous experi-
ence in family medicine in Saska-
toon, he has recently taken a
specialty in geriatric medicine. He
has four years experience as medi-
cal director of a home in Seaforth
and is also medical director at
Huronview. He is chief of staff at
Seaforth Community Hospital and
has privileges at Clinton, Wingham
and Stratford hospitals.
* * *
Several county employees were
recognized for long service to the
county with the presentation of pins
at county council, many of them
familiar faces in north Huron. For-
mer Brussels resident Joe Steffler
of the county highways department
and Shirley Dale of Blyth of the
The teams will take a break at
1 p.m. to enjoy the parade and then
return to the games. Throughout the
afternoon there will be bus tours
departing from the ball park, to
view different points of interest
throughout the township. As well,
there will be a hospitality centre set
up in the downstairs of the Presby-
terian Church where people can
register or sit and visit. There will
also be a "Message Centre" set up
in the park where names and the
place where friends may locate you
during the course of the weekend
can be left.
The evening will wrap up with a
dance in the Ethel Community
Centre to "Classic Rock''. The
dance will start at 9 p.m. Advance
tickets only $5 per person.
For those who would rather
gather and swap stories the school
will be home to the hospitality
centre for the evening.
Sunday morning will find the
Grey Township Firemen showing
their "Skills at the Grill" as they
homes for the aged, received 25
year pins (Steffler was absent at the
meeting). Also receiving 25-year
pins were Planning Director Gary
Davidson and Social Services
Administrator John MacKinnon.
Among those receiving 15-year
pins were James Schneider, of
Auburn, custodian at the court-
house, and Stephen Cook of Blyth,
with the homes for the aged. Cook
was present to receive his award.
* * *
Huron has applied to be one of
15_municipalities to test the work-
fare concept in Ontario. The coun-
ty's Social and Cultural Service
Committee felt it would be advan-
tageous to be in at the start of the
program and help develop a model
for local needs rather than accept a
system developed in other commu-
nities.
***
Councillors were assured that
details of the sale price for the old
library headquarters would be dis-
closed once the final condition in
host an all you can eat breakfast at
the fire hall beginning at 8 a.m.
The activities for the remainder
of the day will centre around the
Grey Central Public School where
there will be children's programs
and games, bus tours, a car rally,
guided tours of the environmental
project on the school grounds and a
reunion of former students and
faculty of the rural schools.
The children will enjoy pony
rides, a pedal tractor pull, soccer
games and other activities. What
everyone is finished playing, all
can sit down and enjoy the Town-
ship Hall Board's beef barbecue by
Cardiff Catering. Tickets will be
sold in advance.
Following dinner is the outdoor
community worship service, with
music by the Grey Central School
Choir. Guest speaker is Bob
Heywood.
To finish off the weekend with a
BANG, there will be a fireworks
display starting at 10.
the tender, approval of a rezoning
of the property, has ben received in
August. The negotiations have been
carried on in closed session of the
Administration, Finance and Per-
sonnel committee since the March
7 meeting of council approved the
sale, causing concerned questions
from some members of council.
* * *
An all-council Strategic Planning
meeting will be held Thursday,
June 20 at Central Huron Sec-
ondary School in Clinton from 7-10
p.m. Representatives of all munici-
pal councils will be invited to
attend.
***
Agreement has apparently been
reached between McKillop and
Hullett townships in the renaming
of roads that are common to the
two townships. It's part of the
changes necessary to implement the
9-1-1 emergency calling system.
The process of naming of the roads
in all townships is being undertak-
en as part of the program.
County council briefs
Committee resolves pay equity