HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times-Advocate, 2002-11-27, Page 1NORTH POLE - A press
release delivered to the T-
A this morning is a
reminder that Santa Claus
will make his annual visit
to Exeter this Saturday.
As usual, he will be the
featured guest at the
parade in his honour
sponsored by the Lions
Club and the Exeter
Business Association.
Lions Club member Jon
Dinney said the parade
will begin at 12 noon.
Floats are asked to line up
at 11 a.m. on Andrew St.
behind the former
Canadian Tire and Huron
St.
Members of Exeter
Pentecostal Church will
be collecting food items
for the Christmas Bureau
along the parade route.
The parade route will
begin along Huron St. E.,
along Main St., to Victoria
St. and conclude at the
South Huron Rec Centre.
Dinney has issued an
invitation to all local busi-
nesses and organizations
to participate. No regis-
tration is required. Prizes
will be awarded. He can
be contacted at 235-0173.
Some extra special
events to celebrate the
Christmas season begin
on Friday. The sixth
annual Exeter Lioness
lighting of MacNaughton
Park, Exeter will be held
at 7 p.m. Everyone is wel-
come to enjoy the free
refreshments and the car-
olling.
Another special
Christmas event takes
place after the Santa
Claus parade. On
Saturday, at the South
Huron Rec Centre, the
Lions are again hosting
their Children’s Christmas
Party.
The party begins at 1:30
p.m., when children have
a change to meet with
Santa Claus. Combined
with this attraction is free
skating from 1:45 to 3:45
p.m.
By Scott Nixon
TIMES-ADVOCATE STAFF
SOUTH HURON — Concerns have
arisen over traffic on Victoria Street in
front of Exeter Public School because of
the proposed new day-care centre.
A letter from the Exeter Public School
council appeared in South Huron’s com-
mittee of the whole agenda at Monday
night’s meeting. Chairperson Ron
Anderson wrote that the school has
expressed concerns about traffic for sev-
eral years and the proposed day-care
centre has renewed those concerns.
Anderson said in the past the school
has tried several different ways to
improve traffic in the area but find the
area continues to be congested.
“We believe that the addition of a day-
care centre, while an asset to our com-
munity, will result in a dramatic increase
to existing traffic problems.”
The letter suggested council initiate a
traffic flow study of the area to make rec-
ommendations for safe and efficient traf-
fic flow in the area.
Coun. Pete Armstrong, a member of the
day-care centre committee, said a recent-
ly-done consultant’s report states the
area is safe.
“We are not negligent,” he said.
The report, by London consultant Norm
Kelly, states the traffic in front of Exeter
Public School “is universal to almost all
schools on public thoroughfares.” He
added there have been no accidents or
incidents in the area, providing “testimo-
ny to the high degree of attention that
road users give this type of situation.”
Also, Victoria Street is not a through
road, which increases its safety, the
report states.
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Santa’s coming to Exeter
Stephen Clarke,(left) Evan Winbow, Micheal Clarke, and Evan’s mother Kim
show off some of what they collected in the Food Bank drive Nov. 23.With
the help of the Exeter fire department, the 1st Exeter Scouts and Guides
restocked the shelves of Noah’s Ark foodbank.(photo/Pat Bolen)
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‘Double Cohort’meeting Thursday
EXETER — Those interested in the
‘Double Cohort’ facing graduating high
school students this year can attend a
meeting at South Huron District High
School Thursday.
The school council and guidance
department have organized the informa-
tion night Thursday in the school’s small
gym at 7:30 p.m.
The ‘Double Cohort’ is the name given
to a situation at the end of this school
year which will see OAC students gradu-
ate at the same time as Grade 12 stu-
dents under the province’s new curricu-
lum. There is some concern over
whether universities and colleges will
have enough space for the expected
increase in students.
There will be guest speakers at
Thursday’s meeting including Ministry
of Education ambassador Sandy
Birthelmer, Ruth Rodgers of Fanshawe
College and Natalie Poulie of the
University of Western Ontario.
School board trustee Randy Wagler
and South Huron principal Jeff Reaburn
will moderate the discussion.
Consultant addresses
SH’s traffic concerns