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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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..
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HOUSE DAMAGE . - The home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Tuckey on Main Street in Exeter was in the way of this
fir tree when it was Lown over by Tuesday morning's high winds. Damage la the Tuckey's home of 28 years was ,
rnnfined to the roof, chimney and windows. "It could have been worse,' said Mrs. Tuckey.
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