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Times-Advocate, 1987-06-10, Page 10Page 10 Times -Advocate, June 10, 1969 Former Wildlife within the domesticated confines of Hensall village is a Con- cern of some residents, councillors were informed at the regular June meeting. Former reeve Harry Klungel attended the session on behalf of himself and others to bring to council's attention the inordinate number of grackles who have decid- ed to live and grow with Hensel!. Among the charges brought against the prolific birds were their lack of good looks, their aggressiveness in driving other birds such as robins and cardinals out of their nests and tak- ing them over, their fondness for the tender shoots in peop'le's gardens and - last but not least - the fact their drop- pings do not match the new paint on Klungel's house.. Klungel had already discussed the problem with amateur ornithologist Earl Rowe, who said the best way to get rid of the grackles is to destroy the nests they build in evergreen trees. This should be done in mid-May. Klungel said he had poked at one nest with a long pole, and made the grackle owners quite angry. He also pointed out that spruce trees are not the easiest trees in the world to climb.- ' Klungel- offered to do his best to get rid of the birds if given the authority. adding wistfully "I suppose declaring open season on them is absolutely out?" r-eeve- tauerna about wildlife encroachment Reeve Jim Robinson confirmed that no guns may be discharged within Hensall's boundaries without special dispensation, and gave no in- dication he was about to change that bylaw. Residents can expect no respite from the bird invasion until next spring. Their only option, then is to arm themselves with long poles and go on search and destroy missions against the nests. Klungel also mentioned the number of wild rabbits spotted in town. Works superintendent John Baker said not everyone wanted to get rid of these in- 'vaders. He had been warned by a village resident to make sure he didn't harm a rabbit nest containing little ones while moving a water main. Clerk Betty Oke interjected to say that domestic animals were also • bothering some residents. One lady had called the office asking if coun- cil would take action to licence cats. No one volunteered to movea resolu- tion to that effect. Councillors then turned to human matters, which were more easily handled. Baker is concerned about the amount of space taken up at the landfill site by waste from the mills. He said grain screenings at present account for three-quarters of the gar- bage at .the site. He suggested something should be done to compost t - uiis waste, which could then be recycled and spread on the land. Baker, who had recently attended a waste management course, warn- ed that Bill 309 will make many changes in the operation of landfill sites. He suspects that all burning will be prohibited when the bill is passed into law. Baker also pointed out that the cost of opening landfill sites is "mind-boggling". Councillor Cecil Pepper agreed that mill waste is bulky when it first goes., in, but disintegrates. Baker refused to accept that argument, saying he could take Pepper to the dump and show him areas where waste was dumped 10 years ago and no vehicle can drive over it yet. Baker said the Hensall site does not have a big enough area or enough time to allow this waste to rot or dry out by itself. It needs chemical. assistance to speed up the process. The problem was referred to the dump committee. Speaking as council's represen- tative on the Hensall parks board,' Pepper announced .that the 1987 estimated deficit had been whittled down from the original unacceptable figure of $58,197 to $46,346 by cutting some planned capital expenditures and spreading others over a two-year period. Shipko girls at Achievement By MRS. HUGH MORENZ Shipka area girls who comprised the Grand Bend II 4-11 club, and their mothers attended the. 4:11 achieve- ment for the "Sewing Plus" club held Wednesday night at Exeter Public School. - During the evening a fashion show was held and: the girls modelled the shirts they had sewn in the course. Guest speaker was Mary Divok, of • Clinton, who spoke on color co- ordination and clothes. ' -- Area girls inthis club were Patti Desjardine, Connie Russell, Elizabeth Gaudio, Pam Dietrich and Karen McKay. Pam Dietrich received an award for completing six projects. - 4 0 .ti• Congratulations to Gary and Sheona Baker, on becoming first time parents when a baby boy arrived last Monday, June 1. This baby is the eighth grandchild for Ken and Ortha Baker.- - Last Saturday, Annie Zielman ac- companied by other members of Zurich Mennonite Church enjoyed a bus trip to Kitchener and St. Jacobs. In Kitchener they visited the head of- fice of the Mennonite Central Com- mittee I. and' St. Jacobs did some shopping. Donna (Baker) Yarrow, left here ,on an air flight for her home in Win- nipeg after a week's holiday with her parents and family,. Thursday. - Last week I attended a miscellaneous, bridal shower for Marian Eusepi of Dublin, fianceeof my nephew; Jim Finlayson, of Seaforth, held at the home of Jim's mother, Mary Finlayson in Seaforth. Assisting hostesses, Mary and Teresa Finlayson were three of my nieces, Gail Uhler, Diane Gilliland and Bren- da Empey. - Presenting gifts to Marian were Melissa Eusepi, relative of the bride, and Jessica Finlayson, nies of the groom. The young couple will be married later this month. Recent visitors with Hugh and I were. Lorne and Loreen Devine of Zurich. Former Cromarty man celebrates By MRS. ROBERT LAING Congratulations to. a former resi- dent of Cromarty area, Jack Hog- garth, Egmondville, who celebrated his 90th birthday last week. Sunday visitors with the Gordon Scotts were their five daughters, Ina Finlayson, Staffa, .Dorothy Eyre, Shedden, Anna Scott, Agnes Splane and Frances Melville, London.. On May 24 relatives.of Frances and Jim Melville, who were recently .mar- ried, gathered at the home of Frances' parents. Gordon and Hazel Saintsbury By MRS. HLBER DAVIS Rev. F. Braby was in charge of morning prayer at St. Patrick's Church. Rose Cunningham was reader and Sheryl Carroll provided music. Nadine Bedell, lay delegate to Synod gave a full and interesting ac- count of the Synod meeting and also of the "53" weekend at Huron College. Service next Sunday, June 14, is at 10:3Q a.m. at St. Pauls, Kirkton. June 21 the service is at 10:00 a.m. at St. Thomas' Church, Granton. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Bob MacGillivray, Courtney and Katie Scarlett spent the weekend with Bob's parents, Mr. and Mrs: John MacGillivray. Lions Head. Mrs. Greta Gibson, Mrs. Mabe!. Needham, Mrs. Muriel Cobleigh and Mrs. Myrna O'Neil were dinner guests Tuesday evening with me, at the "Lucan Inn'. The ladies were observing Greta's birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Greenlee and I were Sunday dinner guests with Mr. and Mrs. Larry Greenlee, Derek, ' Debra and Chad, they were observing Earl's, Derek's, Chad's, Joan's and my, June birthdays. Chad Greenlee returned home Sun- day from a weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Greenlee at Bayfield. • r, ^ CUT ANNIVERSARY CAKE — Cutting the 25t -anniversary cake at Precious Blood Separate School are PTA president Darlene Geoffrey, director of education Bill Eckert and principal Margaret Medve. Approve transactions Exeter council recessed for half an hour last week awaiting the arrival of Mayor Bruce Shaw and Councillor Dorothy Chapman who were delayed by a board of education event. Upon their arrival, council approv- ed land transactions. They agreed to purchase the former Ontario Hydro property on Thames Road E. from Jack and Susan Mauer and then approved the sale of a 99 foot by 132 foot lot•fu'om the town's recently acquired in- dustrial property immediately west of Danbrie to Jack and Susan Mauer. As part of the same transaction, council agreed to sell the former On- tario Hydro lot bought from the Mauer couple to Big "0" Inc. As part of the one-hour session after the recess, which it had been stated would be closed to the public, includ- ed approval of the following motion: "That development charges in- cluding pay backs for oversizing be cancelled for entire area north- of Thames road and east of Highway 4; that the town include the cost per acre for outfall sewer (west of Highway 4) and portion installed between Ilawleaf and Danbrie by the town for the newly -acquired industrial land ; and that no refunds will be issued under existing agreements." Scott, for a shower in their honour. As well as the Scott family guests includ- ed Jim's sister, Sue and husband Emiel Langelaam and family, Wallacetown; his brother, Bob Melville and wife Judy and their four children, London; also Jim and Allene Scott and Tom and Hazel Colquhoun, all of Mitchell and some of their families. Bob and Ruth Laing attended Judy Waymouth's Stepdancing Festival in Stratford Northwestern School on Sunday. afternoon. Among the many dancers taking -part in the recital was their granddaughter, Erin Zimmer, of Stratford. Nelson Howe was also in at- tendance at the festival. Congratulations from the com- munity to Jack and Betty Anne Christie on the birth of their daughter - To those of you who read this col- umn last week and smiled to yourself - we did get our living room rug sham- pooed and yes, our sales resistance is good. Mark Cronin has arrived home after spending a few days at the In- dian reserve at Weagamow Lake, in northwester Ontrio along with a few students from Mitchell District High School. Alice and Larry Gardiner, John and Carol Ann Scott, Margaret Jean and Ivan McClymont attended the retire- ment party for Jim Chapman in Ex- eter on Saturday. Mr. Chapman was a former teacher at S.S. six Hibbert. Few mosquitoes at Craig picnic Doug McNair The Ailsa Craig United Church Sun- day School had its picnic and hay ride Friday night at McAlpine Log Cabin. Perfect weather kept the mosquito at a minimum this year. The kids en- joyed the many fun games and later joined in with the rest around the camp fire for marshmallows, hot dogs, and sing songs. Saturday afternnon it was wedding bells in the south lounge of Craigweil Senior citizens apartment where neighbouring residents tied the knot. Edna Morley and Pilip Johansen were married by Pastor. Schiemann of London followed by a reception mc'd by Mr. Smith, a friend .of the groom. Craigholme Board of Directors held their annual awards night Friday June 5 in the Ailsa Craig Legion Hall. Receiving five pins were Vicky Crawford, Darlene Drury, Ann Walker, Terri Robinson, Ellen Conlin. 10 year pins, Linda Turner, Thelma Marshall and Rose Austin. Cheques of $700 for 50 hours of education credit went to John Hender- son, AlicePaff, Donna Stokkermans, and Wilma,Steeper. The Mennonite Youth Group catered the meal, Congratulations to Alma and Lloyd *loth on their 45th wedding anniver- sary. They celebrated May 31. This time the budget was accepted by council. Engineer Burns Ross will be asked to prepare tender documents for Quotes on digging out and filling in to MTC standards the section of Mill Street between Nelson and Albert. The water main is already in. As the supply of label pins purchas- ed for Centennial year is almost depleted. 2S0 new pins without any date will be ordered. Council went into committee of the whole to discuss development in the western section of the village. 1-1RST BOWLING EVENT — The Exeter Oddtellows sponsored the first men's pairs bowling tournament of the season, Wednesday. Shown measuring a "close one" are Bill Lamport, Marshall Dearing, Ernie Chi. chase, Peter McFalls and Sam Bower. T -A .hoto BABYSITTERS GRADUATE --Two groups of prospecti• 3abysitt€ -s have passed a recent course of- fered by the Alpha Pi Sorority. The early group is show. dere. BaLk, left, Linda Hardeman, Lisa Ker - nick, Michelle Moore, Anne Wainer, Rita Bilcke, Stephanie Cook, Tiffany Tryon, Sarah Kerslake, Laura Hardeman and Jeanette .Alblas. Centre, Tara Edwards, Angela Chipchase, Lisa Wareham, Shonyn Baynham, Jenny Wareham, Michelle McDonald, Carolyn Paquette, Tracy Johns, Jodi Soldan and Yvonne Benoit. Front, Cheryl Ballantyne, -Karen Rohde, Teri Kerr, Tracey Urlin, Diane Currell, Kerry Manders, Elaine Heywood, Tina Lindenfield and Linda Wallis. Missing: Robin Poole, Viengirlay Inthovong and Tracy Snell'. Cowgirls The Crediton Cowgirls ladies fastball team have split their six star- ting games for the 1987 season. The ladies play last year's winners from London on Monday, June 15 at the Crediton park. In the first game of the year, Crediton ended ug -on the losing side to Parkhill by a score of 13-5. Mental errors and well earned hits by the op- position were Crediton's problems. Leading Crediton at the plate was Tammy Regier and Teresa VanRaay with three hits apiece. Lori Devlaeminck and Janet Hemming had two hits apiece. Adding single hits were Deb Lord, Margie Austin, Judy Steeper, Kelly Phillips and Fay Schenk. Deb Lord was the pitcher for Crediton. In their second game of the season, the Cowgirls were on the winning side. In their last inning with the game tied 4-4, Bernie Bates pounded out a grand slam to finish the game at 8-4. Tammy Regier was also hot at bat with a home run and three singles. Teresa Van Raay helped the cause with three hits. Margie Austin, Janet Hemming, Lori Devlaeminck and Judy Steeper had one hit apiece. Bernie Bates' was the winning pitcher. Later that week, Crediton trounced Poplar Hill by a score of 23-5. Good defensive and offensive ball was the key. Leading Crediton at the plate were Kelly Phillips and Sue Muller with a double and three singles apiece. Deb Lord pounded out a home run and added two singles: Judy Steeper helped the cause with four singles while Tammy Regier had one double and two singles. Adding two hits apiece were Pam Johnson, Brenda Wilds and Janet Hemming. Debbie Lord was the. winning pitcher. In the first game of their two game losing streak, the Crediton squad lost to Parkhill 16-5 and to Denfield 14-13. In their game against Parkhill, Crediton had problems hitting the pit- ches of Teresa McGee who had an ex- cellent game. Leading Crediton at the plate was Margie Austin with three singles. Tammy Regier had a triple and a single and Bernie Bates, Kelly Phillips end Brenda Wilds had two singles apiece, Adding single hits were Teresa Van Raay and Lori. Devlaeminck. Bernie Bates was the pitcher for Crediton. In their game against Denfield the ladies had good bats but the errors were certainly their problem. Routine Don't forget Saturday's Exeter firemen's breakfast split first games plays were missed which helped Den- field take the win. Leading Crediton at the plate was Tammy Regier with a single, double and triple. Deb Lord added one triple and Iwo singles. Bernie Bates pound- ed out .two doubles and one single while Brenda Wilds had three singles. Sue Muller had two successful trips to bat. Adding single hits were Kelly Phillips, Lori Devlaeminck, Pam Johnson and Judy Steeper. Bernie Bates was the pitcher for Crediton. In their sixth game, the Cowgirls again beat Poplar Hill with a fifth in- ning mercy by a score of 17-2. Leading Crediton at the plate was Deb Lord with a home run and three singles. Pam Johnson and Janet Hemming had threehits apiece. Lori Devlaeminck pounded out a triple and a double and adding two hits apiece were Tammy Regier and Kelly Phillips. Brenda Wilds, Margie Austin and Marilyn Young helped the win with single hits each. Debbie Lord was the winning pit- cher for Crediton. The Crediton ladies have good potential this year but need to get us- ed to new positions and playing beside each other. Newcomers who are all good ball players are Margie Austin, Bernie Bates and Janet Hemming from Ailsa Craig and Pam Johnson and Marilyn Young from London. Brenda Wilds is back from a year off and other regulars back are Tammy Regier, Debbie Lord, Judy Steeper, Pauline Brannon. Teresa Van Raay, Kelly Phillips, Lori Devlaeminck, Sue Muller, Fay Schenk and Brenda Morgan who we hope will be back later this season after the arrival of their new addition. 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