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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-06-12, Page 2T ones -Advocate, June 12, 1985 BALLOONS APLENTY -- Parading amidst balloons at the Henson Fair Tuesday night were Shelly and Cara Gardner. OPEN HOUSE.HELD - Last Friday the Grand Bend Post Office held a get-together from 12 noon until 4:00 p.m. for the public to tour their new facilities. and join the staff for a coffee. Here Mori Roberts, Secretary for the Pinery OPP, chats with Mona Harris6n, postal veteran who displays the Employees Week balloon with the corporate colors. - Huron will battle 'to the bitter end' 1 burns t'minty council will go down 10 the bitter end opposed to any hydro transmission lines running through the predominantly agricultural. county. County- planner. Dr. Gary David- son. told the .lune session of county council That ( Itilario Hydro will be an- nouncing its preferred route for transmission lines from Bruce Nuclear Power Development to.Lon- don on July -a. Davidson said it appears. he stress- ed the word appears. that hydros favored route wiIP beeither MI or M7. both oI which run right 1hi nigh Huron County NI1 has two.lines. one running Iron► Bruce to I,(mdon Through I luron and -AID VICTIMS About a dozen members of the It .E Hanley Exeter brant;l► of the Royal Canadian Legion were in (:rand .Pottery yesterday. 'Tuesday to assist with cleanup operations following the recent tornado which stuck the village the other. (rnrn the .Nanticoke generating station 10 IAndon. M7. a new route. has three lines. one from Bruce to Essa Barrie. one from Bruce to London and the third. from \an- 1icoke to London. The county planner also noted that of the lour alternative plants. only one. 1113 has no lines through Huron Coun- ty. However. he said hydro has said. 113 is "electrically deficient." ? Environmental hearings are ex- pected to be held this November. and Davidson said it will be up to the coun- ty planning department to prove that t.13 is not deficient in any way. The c•ounly planner said that of six potential routes through Huron Coun- ty. hydro has limited tiie choices to two. They are the east and west routes. When asked if Ontario hydro is aware of the county stand against the hydro lines. Davidson said hydro was notified by letter and acknowledged receipt of the letter. "And ►t's been verbally slated several times... he added. - vow re. wrl .."7 - ti • • -s. PARADE CLOWN Donny McClinchey appeared as -o clown in Tues- days Hensall Spring Fair parade. 4 - T -A photo Make provisions for Catholic students Board chairman issues chaflenge The Huron County board of educa- tion has to make special provision for Catholic students within three years or there could be a sixth high school in Huron, said board chairman Eugene Frayne at the June 3 session. Frayne strayed from earlier statements that, as the representative of the Catholic secondary school sup- porters in the north part of the coun- ty, he wouldn't make comments on the issue of full -funding for Catholic high schools. The chairman, prefacing his remarks with the note that they were not meant to condemn the public school system, asked why no one has questioned why there are separate schools. "If they ( the public schools) are do- ing such a good job, why is there such a problem?" asked Fravne. Speeders pay fines Two speeders constituted the only cases heard by Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake when he presided at Exeter court, Tuesday. Dean R. Allen, RR 1 Exeter, plead- ed guilty to driving at a speed of 135 in an 80 km. zone on May 6 and was fined $126.75. An open case of beer was found in his vehicle, but the in- vestigating officer determined the driver had not been drinking and no charge was laid in that regard. Harry R. Vandiepen, 159 Sandr- ingham Cresc., London. pleaded not guilty to a speeding charge laid on March 31 on Highway 4, but he was found guilty of driving at a speed of 100 in an 80 km. zone and fined $33. The accused questioned the ac- curacy of the radar, claiming it must have been faulty because he believ- ed he was driving at a lower speed than indicated. The court was told that the weather was poor at the time as there was freezing rain. Summer class set Summer school '85 is being offered at Central Huron S.S. in Clinton from July 2 to July 26. Improvement courses will be offered for Secondary Students in English and Mathematics. Remedial courses in English and mathematics will also be offered for students in grades seven and eight. English as a second language and driver education will also be available. Previous summer schools have pro- ven that a student can achieve better results through concentrating his/her efforts in one subject area. Ad- ministrators from various Huron County Schools have assured me that they are pleased with the improved work habits and the positive subject attitudes that students have obtained at summer school. Summer School 85's prime objec- tive is to enable a student to maintain a better standing in a subject in which he/she is having difficulty. A highly concentrated. accelerated program of study is offered which will enable the student to gain a better understanding of the subject with which he/she has had difficulty. Students who are interested in Sum- mer School 85 should contact his/her school principal, teacher, or guidance department head. Marathon is planned One of the Sunday features of Burgerfest Days in Grand Bend is the Ausable River marathon. The 1 Ith annual Grand Bend canoe races are sponsored jointly by the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority and the Grand Bend Chamber of Commerce. A total of nine classes are available for any type of canoeist. Registration begins Sunday morning June 16 at 9 a.m. and continues until 10:15 a.m. The fee is $6 per person. Races start at the harbour in Grand Bend and continues out the Ausahle River to the Tri -County bridge and return. Further information may be obtain- ed by contacting Helen Boogcmans at Box 112. Ilenall or by phoning 262-2439. He knows the impact London Conference president, John King of Hickson. a victim of the Woodstock tornado of 1979, has in- vited the membership of the United Church to respond generously to the financial needs of our brothers and sisters in Barrie and surrounding area. A recent visit revealed the magnitude of the disaster. Upon authorization of the Con- ference in Leamington congregations have been asked to collect donations between now and July 1. to forward the money to the Conference Office. who will then send the money to the disaster arca fund. In this way it is hoped that funds will receive mat- ching government grants. The goal is to raise over $100,000 for this fund. Going away ?.. . Don't forget to be a 0 Blood Donor before you go ! His comments followed his atten- dance at two public school trustees' conference where the Catholic school funding question dominated the agen- da. Frayne said the speakers at these conferences tended to pat themselves on the back saying what a good job the public schools are doing. He praised his own board's liaison committee that has met regularity with members of the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic separate school board. "I think this committee did an ex- cellent job." commented Frayne ad- ding that. the committee came to an amiable conclusion. The chairman said the school board has to give serious consideration to of- fering Catholic education credits in its five secondary schools. - The Huron -Perth separate scti(ioI board has stated firmly that there will be no Catholic high school in Iluron. until at least 1988. Thotieparate school board also intends to pursue the idea of Catholic education credits. Speaking as a Catholic in Iluron County. Frayne said the people he represents "do not, want to disrupt the Huron County board'-. The chairman said his supporters have strong ties in their communities and with their neighbours and they don't want disruption or diversifica- tion in the community. "But they do want special con- -sideration," he added, "The board has to take a look at resolving the pro- blem, it we don't. we've only got three years." The chairman of the hoard's liaison committee. John Jewitt, applauded Frayne's words. He reported that at the last meeting with the separate school hoard, a tour of Central Huron Secondary School was held. The separate school board's planning committee 118(1 earlier suggested that a part of Central Iluron be used as a Catholic high school. Jewitt said if any other decisions are made in the future. referring to the separate school board's decision to delay a Catholic high school in Huron until 1988, it can be worked out between the two boards. He said the board will be taking a look at offer- ing credits. "In my own opinion. i offering . credits ) will open up some avenue in our own system for other religious credits." said Jewitt adding that the board could only gain from such a move. The Huron -Perth separate school board plans to put a Catholic high school in Stratford to serve the Perth _ County, students. The systems only Grade 7 and 8 school. SI. Michael's will be used to phase-in a Catholic high school. • Lucanfamfly gets more exciting ride A Lucas family and their friends form Kitchener found "white water rafting" al .('anada's 11'onderlan(1 more exciting -- and dangerous -- than they expected, when their'raft capsiz- ed and they were thrown into the rushing torrents ol- the ride. OILERS PARADING - - Representing the Edmonton Oilers in Tues- day's Hensall Fair parade were Blair Moir and Bradley Hartman. 1 lok HEADS NURSERY IN PARADE Hillary Beard was on with the Hensall Nursery School in Tuesday's Fair parade. a tricycle Robert Brady, his wife Phyllis. and their sons Michael 7. and ('raig 4, were in the raft with Sharon Purvis and her son Robbie of Kitchener. when their raft collided with another raft. and overturned. "The boat ahead of us didn't leave the exit shute quite right, and we caught up with them at a 90 degree corner. The two boats got jammed together in the concrete flume, and something had togive,so our boat flip- ped over," Rob Brady said. After the boat overturned, each member of the party fared different- ly. Rob Brady found himself under- water. and when he got up for air. he .saw his four-year-old son bobbing underneath the raft. Ile managed to grab him somehow before the boy could drown. and put him on his chest. Now Rob and Craig were rushing through the water without Rob being able to see where they were going. Eventually they turned over and mov- ed towards the side of the channel. where a man gave Rob first his hand and then his leg to grab onto. and the father and son were hauled out. Rob still doesn't know who the man who saved him is, because Wonderland officials won't tell him. but he would like to thank him for saV- ing his life. • Phyllis Brady was thrown to one side near some rocks when the raft turned over. and she was able to grab the rocks and climb up. Her son Mike grabbed the other raft. the one that had collided with them. and yelled to the three men inside. who helped him in. Robbie Purvis grabbed the over- turned boat and lel it carry him to some rocks he could climb up. Sharon Purvis fared the worst, being dragg- ed through the entire ride. She dislocated her shoulder and broke her arm. The Lucan family. perhaps surpris- ingly. is not turned off. Wonderland. "We've been on that ride before and enjoyed it. The boys still want to go back. I've been on most of the rides or another without one time incident . However in the short term. the family is still recovering. Phyllis, Mike and ('raig received some cuts and bruises. and of course were ter- rified by their experience. Rob has a strained ligament in his right knee, was on crutches for a couple of days. and still has trouble ‘t-alking. The "White Water Canyon" ride will be closed for a %ehole. A park spokesperson. Suzanne Chic•oine, said "it won't open again until we are perfectly. comfortable we've found a solution and implemenit•d il.-. She said investigators have not yet found a reason why the two rafts collided, adding it was the first incident of its kind since the park opened in 1981 STUDENT PROJECT These four students wdlits judged to hove the best projects in the grade 12 ar- chitectural drafting class at SHDHS this year. The students drafted plans for homes and then prepared' models of their creations. From the left are Darcy Martin. Jock Fitzgerald, Murray Rundle and Carmen Mathonia. POSY OFFICE OPEN HOUSE Coffee and cookies were on the menu for Employees Doy at the Exeter Post Office, Thursday. From the left ore assistant Postmaster Doug Sweet. Esther Wilson, Ethel Cushman and Postmoster Ken Dobney. T -A pilot()