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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-03-05, Page 10rows 10 Ttmvs-Advocate, March 5, 19136 AN OFFICIAL FACEOFF — Zurich Has Beans tournament chairman Doug O'Brien and Zurich reeve Bob Fisher drop the puck between Goderich captain Paul Corriveau and Clinton captain Paul Draper in the official ceremony in the weekend Zurich Has Beans oldtimers tournament. T -A photo New store owners at Varna By Mary Chessell Ken Boyce has purchased the Var- na General Store and Post Office from George Rich and Mary Wood and took over the business on Mon- day. Ken was employed at the Bluewater Centre for a number of years. Assisting him will be his wife Shirley and their children Julie and Rob. Ken has been a lifelong resident of this area and intends to continue the good service people are accustom- ed to. He looks forward to meeting everyone, and we wish Ken and his family much success in their new ven- ture. The convenience of a store and post office in the community cannot be overstated. George and Mary's plans for the future are not yet finalized. Bil and Mary Reid have returned after spending three weeks in Delta, B.C. While there they visited with their new grand -daughter Kelly Amanda, her brother Jason and their parents, Larry and Susan. The weather was bright and sunny most of the time, but some snow fell dur- ing the last week. Don and Deb Rathwell returned on February 22 from a two-week vaca- tion in the West Indies. After a stor- my trip to Toronto, they flew to San- to Domingo, accompanied by friends Tom and Lynn Hall of Kingston, and boarded the M.S. Azur for a cruise. They stopped in at San Juan, St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Kitts, Antigua and Guadeloupe, then docked at Bridgetown in the Barbados where they spent a week at the Heywoods Resort. They rented a jeep -type of vehicle fora couple of days of sightseeing and spent one day on the Jolly Roger, another on a bus. The people were very friendly. In the eleven years since they were there before, things have become much more expensive at the resorts. The economy appears to have im- proved and there are fewer people pressing tourists to buy their wares. Family niglft Residents from all over Stanley Township and some people from neighboring townships celebrated the Sesquicentennial's Family Night at the Complex on Friday night. Clarence Rau, Ronnie Coleman and Mark Taylor in animal costumes (compliments of Topnotch Feeds, Seaforth) helped to get the crowd go- ing, and the kids danced up a storm, pausing just long enough to fuel up at lunch time. The door prize was won by Arnold Taylor, and there were several spot prizes. The committee that planned this event was comprised of Gerald and Sandra Johnson, Bob and Gail Turner and Stuart and Ruthanne Steckle. There is a possibility of this becom- ing an annual event under the spon- )sorship of the Recreation Commis- sion. The next Sesquicentennial celebration is the Kick-off Dance on March 22. the beard -growing contest begins at that time. World Day of Prayer The annual Women's World Day of Prayer will be held in Goshen Church at eight o'clock on Thursday evening, March 6. Business meetings for the two U.C.W.s will follow the service. 4-H club The first 4-H meeting of the Parr Line Club for "Etiquette for the 80's" was held on February 17 at Eleanor Coleman's home. The meeting open- ed by repeating the 4-11 Pledge. Three new girls, . Lisa Heimpel, Cheryl Turner and Jan Talbot, have joined our club. We welcome them and hope they'will enjoy it. The other members are Robyn Norman (Presi- dent), Heather Jackson (vice- president), Colleen Keller, Christa Keller, Julie Consitt (press reporter), Joanne Consitt and Janet Coleman (phone girls), and Julie Healy. For this club we are having a roving 'secretary. We discussed how to use proper eti- quette with a friend, and some of the girls demonstrated the proper way of shaking a person's hand, and what you should say when you are introduc- ed to a person. The next meeting was scheduled for February 24 at Gail Turner's home. Junior Speak -off - On February 13 we had our junior speak -off. The win- ners of this event were Erin O'Rourke, Jenny Robertson, Jenny Weigand and Jodi Desjardine. Everyone thought that all the con- testants did an excellent job. - Rob Kramer, Shane Pfaff. Bake Sale - The grade six students had a bake sale on February 13. We earned $138.00. We' had cupitikes, popcorn and many other. things. Thanks to the whole school for sup- porting this sale. - Chris Schade, Jen- ny Pickering. Shrove Tuesday - On Shrove Tues- day Stephen Central had a pancake Happy Gang group celebrates St. Patrick's By MRS. E. SUMMERS Granton The Happy Gang met at the St. Thomas Anglican Church on Wednes- day, owing to the United Church be- ing unavailable as some work was be- ing done in the basement. Edna Langford presided and open- ed the meeting with some Irish songs in honour of St. Patrick's day. Follow- ing the business session, a very in- teresting program on the history of Ireland was presented by Edna Langford. who had some artifacts on display. A shamrock plant adorned the tea table. The remainder of the afternoon was spent in playing euchre. Ina lfarlton who was also on the program gave everyone a paper shamrock with half a name on it and you had to find the other half of the name to find your partner at cards. The Happy Gang would like to thank the Rev. Peter Derrick for allowing them to use the church. Church news At the United Church the Rev. Bruce Pierce was in charge of the Morning Worship and officiated at the sacrament of infant •haptism, when Brendan David Irwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Irwin was baptized. Sunday school attendance awards were presented 1o: Derek Middleton, 1st pin: Bronwen Hazelwood, 2nd pin; Tracey Mitchell, 1st pin; Brianna {fill, 3rd pin; Fran Harrell, 6 yr. pin. The Rev. Pierce entitled his message "When the Religious are wrong" The World Day of Prayer service will be held at St. Thomas Anglican Church Granton on Friday at 8 p.m. The speaker will be the Rev. Bruce Pierce, whose message will be "Choose Life in it's Fullness". A service of Holy Eucharist was observed at St. Thomas Anglican church, with the Rev. Peter Derrick in charge. Mrs. Joe French was the organist, the two lessons were read by Mrs. Kenneth Hodgins and the rector. The Rev. Derrick preaced his sermon on hunger. "Many countries share their wealth, by giving to nonorganizations. F'ood Aid which is given to Ethcopia, emergent aid is necessary such as a surplus of powdered milk. Next Sunday's service will be at 8:45 a.m. 411 news The 9th meeting of the Granton 411 Club was held on February 27 in the Prince Andrew School. Becky Bryan our president opened the meeting, with the 4H Pledge, then we took up thehome activity on bad table etti- quette. We started off our meeting by learning how to accept an invitation. Kaline Roloson brought a suitcase and showed us how to pack it, then we talked about what to pack for certain places. When you have a house guest you should always make them feel at home, also you should give them a gift. In our home activity we have to plan a trip. We would like to thank our leaders Mavis Harmsworth and Deanna Beatson. Mary Holden secretary and reporter. Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportuni- ty to say a big "Thank you" to the Residents and Business people of the Town of Exeter for the excellent response we had to the "Heart and Stroke Foundation" campaign. A thank you to the Times -Advocate for their great advertising and coverage for the month and the businesses that sponsored these ads: This was great- ly appreciated. To the 40 men and women who did the door-to-door canvass, and did all those call backs - a "Thank you" is really not enough for all your free time given, but you know that your chairperson certainly appreciates your efforts and knows that you are capable of getting the job done or you wouldn't be on the list of old faithfuls. Many thanks for being so prompt and having the returns all in before the due date. The Town of Exeter canvass brought in over $5,000.00 for this wor- thy cause namely the "Heart and Stroke Foundation". Each year through medical research more and more lives are being saved and everyone's chances continue to get better. Look around you, everyone knows of some person who has had a stroke or heart attack and they are still with us. If it was not for these great dona- day. Mr. O'Rourke and Mr. Fink- beiner cooked the pancakes while Mrs. Deelstra and Mrs. Lovie served them. For 75 cents we got three pan- cakes and syrup. They were delicious. - Jodi Desjardine, Molly McClure Tessellations - On January 29, 30, 31 there was a Tessellation Enrichment at South Huron District High School. The people who went were Molly McClure, Chris Neil, David Morlock, Robert Rammeloo and Karen McKay. We learned about pin- tominone, Tscher, a famous artist, regular tessellations and irregular tessellations. There was a lot to learn in three days. Our teachers were Mrs. Hesslinga, Mrs. Norris and Mr. Webster. We had a lot of fun. - Karen McKay Farm Show - On January 3 we took the bus to the Huron tractor farm show. Students from grades 5 through Shad a chance to go. We had to fill out a questionaire. We left at 9:30 and ar- rived at 10 o'clock. Then we went to see some films. After the first film we had a draw for a John Deere hat. Robert Kramer, Derek Dinney and Christine Rumball were the winners. After the second film we had popcorn. We had a good time and evervoneen- joyed themselves. Kristy Dobson, Jennifer Weigand Novel Study - Mr. Negrijn is runn- ing an enrichment class for a novel study. You read from a book and then answer questions. Kurt Hoogenboom, Scott Eagleson, Karen McKay, Alex Russell, and Stacey Rader are in this program. - Stacey Rader Skating Program - Our skating pro- gram is over for this year. Some of the things the primary students played were Red Light Green Light, Racing. - Natasha Allen, Michelle Desjardine The Final Speak -off - The speak -off took place in the gym on Tuesday, February 18. The 12 speakers were Shannan Bird, Julie Schade, Wanda Turnbull, Dania Thurman, Richard Desjardine, Raquel Thompson, Jeremy Mason, Karen McKay, Jen- ny Weigand, Jenny Robertson, Jodi Desjardine, and Erin O'Rourke. The winners were Jenny Weigand 4th, Jodi Desjardine 3rd, Jenny Robertson 2nd, and Erin O'Rourke 1st. - Stacey Thurman, Rachael Nutt. Snow Enrichment - A group of peo- ple from grade 4 and 5 participated in a snow enrichment. One of the ac- tivities was designing a new type of snow removal machine. There were two groups of people. At the end of the enrichment the two groups got together and made snow sculptures in front of the school We had a very good time at the enrichment. David Morlock, Matthew Miller. tions that are received in the month of February through this canvass, direct or personal donations made, or donations to the memorial fund through the year, this research could not go on. Again many thanks to all involved and remember when we call again next February we sincerely hope that you wilt be as faithful and generous. Sincerely Lois Armstrong, Chairperson, for the Town of Exeter, Heart and Stroke Foundation jack 3 dofiinta Time to catch up The bill to ban extra, -billing in On- tario has been referred to the Stan- . ding Committee on Social Develop- ment. Health Minister Murray Elston told members of the !legislature that "in Ontario we have brought in legislation which will put us in a place to join our colleagues in Quebec, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, British Columbia, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories." As Mr. Elston said, "It is about time Ontario caught up." The Health Care Accessibility Act, introduced last year, will completely ban extra billing for physicians' ser- vice, dentistry services performed in hospitals and all insured optometry services in Ontario. Under the legisla- tion, which will be examined in com- mittee, physicians may continue to opt in or out of OHIP. Those who opt out and bill their patients directly will not be permitted to charge more than OHIP rates. Their patients will, in turn, be reimbursed by OHIP. Those who opt in will bill the plan directly, as is now.the normal prac- tice for most Ontario physicians. As well, Ontario is losing $4.4 million a month in a federal holdback of provin- cial transfer payments. To date the province is owed $84 million. Health Minister Elston stated that the new legislation is designed to pro- vide a benefit which we all ought to have: access to medical care, without reflection on financial ability. "We have progressed a long way in this province. Now the Liberal Govern- ment is coming to grips with the desire of all of us in this House; the desire to have universal accessibili- ty. We have a vision we will pursue with full knowledge that we have co- operation from health care profes- sionals, from the people who really make this system work. We will con- tinue to come up with ideas developed by the health care professionals in this province so we can make our system one of the best in the world. "On the part of the Liberal Govern- ment of this province and that of our colleagues who support us, the prin- ciple is one of being able to receive, without question, medical attention from every source in this province. This is not a hard concept to grasp. For the people of Ontario it is about time." Pay Equity As part of the Liberal Govern- ment's commitment to pay for work of equal value, Labour Minister Bill Wrye has introduced legislation to establish pay equity in the Ontario Public Service. Mr. Wrye told members of the legislature that all Ontarians can support the principle that the value of work is not measured by whether it, is _performed bXa ma 9fbr a woman: ."Pay equity is -not hi- ', tended i'tended to penalize anyone," the Labour Minister stated. "It is intend- ed to redress the past injustice." Ontario is fortunate to be able to benefit from the experience of other jurisdictions that already have pay • equity legislatiifn. The Public Service Pay Equity Act shares with the green ,paper the six principles that form the basis of pay equity policy in Ontario. -the purpose of pay equity is to ad- dress gender-based pay discrimina- tion only and not general Issues of wage levels. -only employers In predominantly female occupations will be eligible for pay equity adjustments. -pay equity will not require jobs to be of identical value for comparison to be .made..It contemplates com- parisons between jobs of equal or comparable value. -equal value comparisons will be limited to a given employer's establishment. -the legislation will not be retroactive prior to proclamation. -wage reductions will not be permitted. Labour Minister Bill Wrye stated the bill he has tabled is fair, balanc- ed and workable. "It is a reflection of our determination to make changes and our commitment to lead the way towards those changes. There is never an end-point to justice; there is only a beginning. For the women of Ontario, the introduction of pay equi- ty in the public service is their •y Jack Rldd•II MHP beginning." Maitland Valley Marina Lirbited of Goderich, who were awarded'a total of $277,800 last June are rete" ing a second stage payment of $37, from the Ministry of Natural ces, the Honourable Vince Kerri has announced. Two birthdays in Shipka area By MRS. HUGH MORENZ The third meeting of Grand Bend two, 411 club was held February 24 at the home of Brendas Love. We open- ed with the 4H pledge and Elizabeth Gaudio read the minutes of the last meeting. We decided on our club name "Eight for Etiquette". We divided into groups making one minute speeches - introducing and thanking a guest speaker. Members were each given a knife and fork to learn how to cut North American and English style. Karen Dietrich showed how to eat problem food - i.e. banana or apple, at a ban- quet. Brenda Showed us a banquet program, and we discussed achieve- ment night before adjourning. Press reported by Connie Russell Personals Annie Zielman, accompanied by daughters Deb and Angie, visited on the weekend with Susie and Wayne Robson, Colin and Sheina, at Essex, also stopping to visit Annie's brother, Bill and Ellen Janzen and sons. Ferman and Leota Snyder, spent Friday evening at their daughter's home, Suzanne and Otto Plein, Christopher and Melissa, at Elmira. On Saturday they attended a church business meeting at Pioneer Church of God, in Kitchener. Visitors over the weekend with Don, Elizabeth and Clark Adams, were Brock and Dianne Adams and baby Andrew, and Mark Adams all of Lin- don. Joining the family for supper Saturday night were Les and Mar- jorie Adams, of Exeter, when they celebrated Clark's birthday. A group of friends and neighbours gathered at the home of Melvin and Gertie Stade, Wednesday evening: Those attending included Les and Marjorie Adams, Exeter, Ed Turn, bull, Zurich, Tony and Shirley Martene, Oscar and Laura Millet, Emil and Katherine Becker and Earl Stebbins all of Dashwood and area. and Hugh and Annie Morenz, Shipka area. In the social time games of solo and • euchre were played. The occasion was to celebrate Melvin and Ed's birthdays, with lunch refreshments and birthday cake. The heart fund canvass is now com- ' leted in this area. Captain Brenda Love thanks her canvassers Shirley Woodburn, Ann Russell, Shirley Adair and Norma Walper. Total collected was $225.50. Well done ladies! WIN BEAN FESTIVAL — Gera d Festival trophy to Clinton Fowlups team's winning the "A" champio Beans oldtimers tournament. 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