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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-02-19, Page 3WATCHING THE RACE — Taking part in an area Christian Service Brigade rally held in South Huron District High School were (left) Dave Robinson, keynote speaker Dave Tigani and Don Jolly. More than 100 boys from Exeter, Sarnia, London and St. Thomas spent the day participating in car racing, Bible quizzing and Sword (of the Lord) drills. Planning celebrations for hall's centennial The week of February 17-23 has been designated as Heritage Week in the province of Ontario. During this week, the Ministry of Culture and Citizenship hopes that communities across the province will involve themselves in heritage -related projects. In keeping with this theme, the Ex- eter and District Heritage Foundation would like to announce that prepara- tions for a gala celebration to com- memorate the. 100th anniversary of the Exeter Town Hall are now in the initial planning stages. Nineteen eighty-seven will mark the centennial .1Secure voureEttture 1, t�: through tFinailcialc•Fllandinw AC. INSURAIIC.1 AGENCYTS 1 -$IO $0iarllies 41.11! .l On location or Studio Bart DeVrie PHOTOGRAPHY - COMMEROAL - WEDDINGS - PORTRAITS • GROUPS PUItIOTY • Telephone 235-1298 X37 Thames Rd., fast, Exeter, Ont. of this familiar landmark and the celebrations of this event will culminate sometime in the summer of next year. It was in 1886 that village coun- cillors approved the construction of a town hall and the following year, a handsome, two-storey brick struc- ture, adorned by a clock tower was erected at a cost of $8,000. The new Town Hall consisted of council chambers, a firehall and an auditorium. Over the years the stately building fell into disrepair and was slated for demolition in the mid -seventies. A group of citizens, concerned with preserving the town's heritage, cam- paigned to save the building: • The Exeter and .District Heritage Foundation •was established and through the many fund raising events sponsored by this group, along with grants from other sources, the Town Hall was "rescued". Upon completion of its restoration the hall officially re- opened on November 5, 1980. Although present day councillors meet in a different locale to conduct the town's official business, the original Town Hall is occupied on its lower level by a travel agency and the second floor auditorium is available to the public on a rental basis. The Exeter Town Hall is just one structure within the community which reflects this town's great 638`, IN Insurance Agents... before you renew your client's employee -group health and dental benefits plan, ask me for information on a Blue Cross program. Your client will be glad you did. For details contact: Brian Dalton 371 Dutferin Avenue London. Ontario N6B 1Z5 .• 1519)439.0136 IIONTARIO I BLUE CROSS history. The Exeter and District Heritage Foundation looks forward to planning activities which will involve the community as a whole when we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Exeter Town Hall in 1987. Plan to share in the fun? The Exeter and District Heritage Foundation welcomes new members, as well as suggestions and ideas from the community for the 1987 celebra- tion. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 26, 8:00 at the Town Hall. David McClure of the Huron Historical Society will be the guei. speaker and will be showing slides on heritage buildings throughout the county and from England: 'I li lti(t' •.it`3•1 •••3'. 3 Police continue highway patrols The Exeter OPP continued their strict enforcement of the Highway . Traffic Act this week, resulting in 60 charges being laid against area drivers. There were also six charges laid under the Motorized Snow Vehicle Act and five under the Liq.ior License Act. Four accidents were investigated, none of which resulted in any injuries. On Thursday, vehicles driven by Adeline Burke, RR 2 Staffa, and Ar- nold Westelaken, RR 1 Hensall, col- lided on County Road 11 at the Hib- bert township line. Damage was $2,000. There were two collisions on Fri- day, the first occurring on the TML parking lot at Huron Park. Involved were vehicles driven by Barbara Overall, Huron Park, and Terri Baker, Clinton. Damage was $1,000. The other occurred on the Kirkton Road when a vehicle operated by Janet Lansdell, RR 3 Thamesford, struck a sign post. Damage was only $100. The other crash was on Sunday, when vehicles driven by Kenneth Schroeder and Michael Lebold, both of Hensall, collided on King St. Hen- sall. Total damage was $1,500. Cook's Producers `Meeting and Crop Planning Seminar February 24 - Brussels Community Centre (Brussels) February 25 - South Huron Recreation Centre (Exeter) ** Combined Meeting for Exeter and and Kirkton Area Producers ALL MEETINGS START AT 11:00 A.M. EVERYONE WELCOME CONTACT YOUR NEAREST COOK'S BRANCH FOR MORE DETAILS C.ntrolla 228-6661 Hensel I 262-2410 Walton 527-1540 887-9261 Klrkton 229-8986 Alr • SS board will hire co-ordinator The Nural-Perth Roman Catholic separate school board will hire a half- time computer consultant to provide in , : ice training to its teachers. school board approved the posi- ts at its February 10 meeting after ng an update on its computer committee's activities over the past few years. The board learned it has an inven- tory of 60 ICON computers which have been divided into four labs which travel around the system's 19 schools. Each lab stays at a school for eight wteks. $owever, it's not only the children th$ need to learn how to operate the computers. The teachers also have to learn.. "I feel we're leading the way in in- service training in the midwestern region and we're near the top in the province," said computer committtee chairman Larry Cook of Dublin. Four and half years ago there were three PET computers in the Huron - Perth Catholic school system. Com- puter committee member Don Farwell, of Stratford, said by the fall of 1962 there was only one PET in each of the 19 schools. A year later, the teachers had their first system professional development day on computers. There; the teachers were told that the computer was not an extra sub- ject, but a part of the curriculum, said Farwell, principal of Immaculate Conception school. "We began looking at ICONs in September 1984," said Farwell Now, with the four ICON labs, every teacher has access to a com- puter during the school year. In fact, four three-hour sessions for teachers are currently taking place., `We've had close to 100 per cent at- tendance," said Cook. And in the administration report asking for the co-ordinator it is noted that the computer committee has voluntarily provided in-service training. "In order to implement our com- puter education program during the 1986-86 school year, it required 147 teacher. supply days," states the report. The report also comments on the leading role the board has taken in in- service training, but notes there has been some drawbacks. "Our trainers have required time away from their classrooms to be trained by Burroughs Corporation and the regional (ministry) computer advisory council. We have also ex- pected them to plan program materials and teach evening sessions on their own personal time. They have done so generously, but not without weariness and the toll it plays on individuals and their families," states the report. It is this teacher teaching that will be the mai& role of the computer co- ordinator. Superintendent of business and finance, Jack Lane, said no co- ordinator's fee or responsibility allowance has been attached to the co- ordinator's position. The person hired will be placed on the teachers' grid depending on their own personal ex- perience, he said. The co-ordinator's two year term is from September 1986 to June 1988. By 1990, the committee hopes that students will receive 100 minutes per week on the computer. Exeter court Continued from front page also ordered to complete the course for his alcohol problem and to have no association with the wife of the car's owner during his probation. In the only other case heard on Tuesday's docket, Warren Kellestine, Ailsa Craig, was fined $100 each on two counts of false pretences arising from giving worthless cheques for gas and oil received from a Centralia business on December 6 and again on December 7. 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