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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-12-16, Page 5n the Street By Jim Beckett Music to drive. your mother-in-law home by... that's what I used an old tape of a MainStreet Jug Banctconcert for Sunday. It lasted ovet'an hour during the trip to Grand Valley and sounded just as good now as the band used to at our popular Peanut Stomp of years gone by. The Jug Baird came out of retirement during the Exeter Santa Claus parade and if comments from spectators arc any indication they will be back entertaining us soon. Bob ,jtussell, lead singer and band spokesman, said they are trying to revive theband and this could be ac- complished early in the year. - - "We're not planning on doing dances again.. but we are planning on having a lot of fun," Russell stated. Other band`Jriembers are: Paul Dougherty on the drums; Rajidy Parsons-on.Wt.Dave Holtz - mann' tickling the keyboard; Ed Mittelholti ansim; Rob Rus- sell on sax; Paul Van Gerwen, trumpet and ElWo04gTruemner on trumpet. - ,Listening to the tape brought back a lot of greattmemories. There must be hundreds of us who sweatedrthrough a Bob'Russell version of Alexander's Rag Time Band on the dance floor at the rec centre... or how about those who joined in and showed off their singing talents like Leah Dobbs and Andy DeBoer. Knowing we'll be seeing the group in action something to look forward to. **************** again will definitely be Unless you're inviting them for turkey, -Exeter Fire Fighters do not want to visit you over the holiday season. Fire Prevention Officer Leroy Edwards told me Christmas is a time of year when risks of having a fire in the home increase. Edwards, who would much rather prevent fires than put them out; suggested avoiding purchasing a tree that has dried out. "Test the twigs and needles to sec if they are brittle," he suggested. Trees should be stored outdoors or, if stored indoors, you should re -cut the butt and keep the tree immersed in water. Another thing to consider is never allow the tree to block access to doors or windows in the event of tire: • Other ways to prevent possible fires are: remove thc tree from the house right after Christmas; switch off lights at bedtime or when leav- ing the house; do not allow cotton batting, wrappings or other discarded material under the tree. Metallic trees are conductors of electricity, and should not be decorated with lights, but illuminated with floodlights. Edwards concluded with two important safety suggestions. "Declare the tree a no -smoking area and keep matches but of the hands of chil- dren...never...never_ leave small children unattended," he said. **************** It's not often you can buy a Christmas gift for someone that offers good value to whoever receives it, is partly tax deductible for the buyer, and best of all, proceeds from the sale contribute to helping handicapped chilren; A ticket to the Exeter Lion's Club's annual Sportsmens Dinner slated for Feb. 2 this year meets all of the above requirements. You can be -assured of having an excellent meal and hearing and meeting many sports celebrities. This year's lineup includes Dennis Hull, Jcan Belli- 'veau, Bob Izumi and Matthew Hilton. Many other names will be re- leased as the event draws closer. Adult tickets arc $40 and children's arc S20. They can be purchased from any member orthe Exeter Lions —Club. **************** Chad Dalrymple, son of TQM. and Muriel Dalrymple of Ex- eter, is the envy of his friends these days after winning the ghetto blast- er donated by MacLeans for the recent Skate -A -Than held by Exctcr Mi- nor Hockey. Chad worked hard rounding up the most sponsors for the fund raiser, Word has it he even managed to convince the entire Exeter Hawks team to sponsor him. - When all the sheets were totalled, Chad had raised $140.50 with the total amount collected being around $1:,000. Thc photo above shows Tom McCann, left, and Gary MacLean presenting the ghetto blaster to Chad. Other draw prize winners..were: Danielle Miners, a one-year membership to Star Time Video; Sean McCann, a pizza from New Or- leans Pizza; Caleb Johns, a pizza from the White Squirrel. Kevin Johns, Justin Miners, Kelly Miners, Brian Richardson, Jason Heywood and Kian MacDougall won a free movie rental from Oscars. • Exeter Minor Hockey considers the Skate-A-Thon a very successful fund raising event and extends their appreciation to all the sponsors and participants. *s********s***** There's still time to take any coats, boots, mitts and toys you have no more use for to any Image Cleaners outlet in the arca. They'll clean them and turn them over to the Exeter Lions Club who will see they go to people who can use them. * *************** If you're looking for a good place for tobogganing this winter consid-' cr yourself invited to try Dow's hill. The best way 10 get there is to park behind the rec centre and walk towards the river. Gib Dow says everyone is welcome to enjoy themselves on his hill as long as they do not have any motorized vehicles. Snowmmobiles and all -terrain vehicles do too much damage and arc definitely taboo. * *************** Jim Darling, Ron Merner or Mike Weal will probably get a chuckle out of this. Sometime ago a friend of mine took my advice and purchased a hind quarter for his freezer. He had just moved to town from the city and had never bought beef in bulk before. When the telephone call came to tell him the order was ready, he rushed out to the yard and hooked up his trailer to the back of the car... ready to haul his purchase home. He over -reacted a little as the hind quarter easily went into his trunk in five little plastic containers. **************** Times -Advocate. December 16 1987 Pg 5 Big demand for co-op students By Adrian Harte Co-operative education is in its third year at South Huron and Dis- trict High School and educators are having little difficulty in finding businesses to accommodate stu- dents. In fact, a problem is in find- ing enough students to fill the de- mand from businesses. Betty Janke at South Huron de- scribes. the present -program as_dif- ferent from the past two years, be- cause the 60 students participating will spend the entire school year with only one employer. Students had previously, divided their time among three 10 -week placements. sampling different work experienc- es. This year, •the students are placed according to their career inter- ests from.four general fields: tech- nical, family, studies, business, and art. "It's a very valuable experience," says Janke about how the program affords students the opportunity of finding out first hand whether or not their current career interests meet their ex 1 ctations. ah ROB ELDER AT CANADIAN'TIRE The grade 12 co-op students are not paid for the 220 hours of work they do every other afternoon; how- ever, several employers offer the students part-time jobs in addition to the co-op work. . Most of the students study under the general -level program at the high-school and will choose be- tween the working world and col- . lege after graduation. A few -arc in the basic or the university -oriented advanced levels. "Co-op is something that's of practical benefit to the kids," says principal. Bruce Shaw, "Most -stu- dents don't go on -to university and co-op is a great experience for them." Linda McKenzie, co-ordinator of co-operative education for the Huron board of education, oversees the 200 students• who participate in co-op programs, whichthis year became available at all county secondary schools. She -believes. tpwns Such as Exeter have ts much to offer co- op students as do,the titles. - "I think thepoint I want to make is that there's just as mu h •opporti - nity in a small town,' s ys •Mclren- zie, adding that Exeter's industrial challenging learning needs class - base produces more technical place- room. They both intend to apply ments than other Huron towns. this experience to possible careers She secs the smaller, family-owned in teaching or counselling. companies in small towns as espe- Teacher Ila Mothers finds the girls cially. helpful and concerned with a lot of help during the afternoons the, success of op -programs.--- =---they-spend_at. the _school. "They_ Ray Gallagher, manager of Cana- really get involved," says Mathcrs. dian Tire in' Exeter, speaks highly about the girls' enthusiasm. of the co-op students he has worked "It takes a lot- of patience," ob- with.in_ past_years.:Some of these__. serves Kim Hoffman. co-op students alumni now work at Because [Fe—children bave little Canadian Tire, and Gallagher misses patience of their own, she says she those who moved on to bigger and must compensate and become the better things. He claims current source of their patience. Hoffman student Rob Elder, who works in will complete grade 13 next year the auto parts department, has be- and go on to college or university. come sofamiliar with his co-op job "I love it. We're tired when we that customers mistake him for a get home." explains Terri Maurer. full-time employee. . "It's a demanding job,"' says Elder, who already knew a fair bit about auto parts before he started in the co-op program. He sees himself going to college after ,graduation, - hut this co-op experience docs not compare to his part-time job. "Up here, I'm part of the store," says Elder, in contrast to his part- time job where he, like all part-time students, docs less challenging tasks. McKenzie said parents. -were ini- tially worried co-op students would be exploited to work without a true learning experience, but she says the program insists employers em- phasize teaching the job's more challenging aspects. ,McKenzie also cites statistics front last year's -Clinton co-op pro- gram when questioned about the possibility_of ca -op education be- coming a substitute for higher edu- cation. She said this was not found to be the case in Clinton at all: "Seventy percent of them had al- ready made a decision to go to col- lege," said McKenzie. At J.A.D McCurdy Public School in Iluron Park Kim Hoffman and Terri Maurer spend their co-op edu- cation time helping students in the man learn office skills to comple- ment their -business education at SHDHS. • "It's good for the kids to get ex- perience in what goes on in an of- fice," says Banbrough. fun. It's good_ experience." Miller remarks as she searches through inventory lists on micro- fiche and checks prices. "It's a new experience for me," says Chapman` of his work on MacLean's Amdek computer sys- tem. He has chosen computer edu- cation as his chosen field and ex- pects that knowledge of a number of different computers can be nothing but beneficial to his future plans. "You never really know what ou'll KIM HOFFMAN HELPS MATTHEW BAKER AT McCURDY She was worried about the first few days, but now feels comfortable as a teacher every other afternoonand a student the rest of the time. Both Hoffman and Maurer intend to spend next. summer at a camp for blind children. .David Banbrough at MacLean's. Home Hardware oversees1two of the three co-op students in the. store. Christine Miller and Chris Chap - It's Your Business TRACYFIELDS AT THE TIMES -ADVOCATE Thumbs down for Sundays The results of the Times -Advocate Sunday ,shopping poll are in, and the consensus docs not bode well for retailers seeking to expand their business hours into seven days of the week. The Times -Advocate office has re- ceived a flood of coupons clipped from last week's paper, and out tele- phones have been ringing frequently with calls from concerned citizen$ who wish to presecvc the last day of rcst in the week. Of all the ballots returned or phoned in, only one consumer sup- ported the idea of shopping on Sun- day. The remaining ballots all re- jected keeping thc stores open every day. Some respondents even went so far as to completely obliterate the "yes" responses from the ballot while checking the "no" boxes in heavy ink., All those who did not support Sunday shopping claimed they , would not shop elsewhere even if other communities had their stores open. _ Other respondents included expla- nations of why Sunday shopping is unacceptable to them, and others felt the entire question should be de- cided by the province and not left on thc shoulders of the municipalities. "Sundays are for rest and wor- ship," read one little remark penned on the bottom of a ballot. Five responses with the "retailers" part filled out were received by our office. All of them favored staying closed on Sunday. The question of whether the prov- ince should control Sunday open- ings was met with three positive re- sponses, one no, and one undecided. Two retailers were undecided about whether or not Sunday open- ings would hurt their business; two thought it would. - One arca church even used its Sunday bulletin to encourage par- ishioners to respond to our poll. If the results arc an accurate meas ure of public sentiment, then local and provincial politicians clearly have their work cut out for them. Of course, it is possible all shop- pers who like the idea of shopping on Sunday did not feel strongly enough about their position to fili out the ballot form, and only strong. opponents of the idea went to thc trouble of responding. Thc final test of the problem would occur if Sunday shopping were to come to London, but Exeter and arca were to remain, closed. Would those who opposed Sunday openings put their money where their mouths arc, so to speak, and stay home and refuse to shop on Sunday. be using when you go someplace," says Chapman. Tracy Fields, in conjunction with her art studies at school, spends her • co-op time at the Times -Advocate in thc advertising department. The work she does can be added to her portfolio as an aid to her application to the Ontario College of Art. Fields finds the world of commer- cial art much different from what, she studies at school, but she en- joys her work anyway. She views the co-op program as an invaluable asset to students who need experi- ence to get a foot in the door of the working world. "It should help you get other jobs later on," says Fields. Times -Advocate publisher Jim Beckett believes that even if a co-op program docs not turn out to be what the student expects from his or her career goals, it may not be an entirely wasted experience. "It's just as important to find out you don't like a career as that you do," Beckett points out.. • McMaster Sienton INSURANCE BROKERS INC. AUTO • BUSINESS FARM HOME OWNERS ' (Example) 70,000 Home Owners Includes: • Replacement Cost Contents of 335,000 * Additional IJving Expenses 314.000 •Out Buildings 87,000 *Liability 8200,000 •850.00 Deductible UNDER 25 YR. OLD HOME (Annual) In Town 8167.00; In County 8209.00 OVER 25 YR. OLD HOME (Annual) in Town 8181.00; In Country $227.00 For more Information call BUS.: 348.9150 or RES.: 345.2050 Out Of Town Call Collect 68 Ontario Road. Mitchell Merry Christmas from 00 the O co-operators Insurance Sarvicq EXETER: 429 Main Street, 235-1109 11►T'. 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