Times Advocate, 1989-04-05, Page 7n
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By Jim Beckett
on Chanyi of Exeter is the winner of the T -A's secorid
annual weight loss contest. Chanyhcombined diet and
exercise to shed an amazing 35 lbs. from a body that
many of us would have wanted in the first place.
The T -A's computer expert Adrian Harte kept careful
statistics on all competitors feeding the information into our power-
ful machines. To ensure there would be no room for disputes the
percentage of loss was taken to the fourth decimal.
Chanyi, who works at Big 0 and runs like he's training for the
Olympics, is missing almost one fifth of his original weight. Offi-
cially he lost 19.61%.
His wallet may gain a larger percentage however as the remaining
nine of us all have to send him $50.
Ron credits his success to diet and exercise and tells me running
has made a significant increase in endurance. (I wonder how long he
can endure going without his wife M.J.'s delicious Hungarian
dishes.)
Even though the rest of us in the contest aren't walking away with
the cash prize, we still had a great deal of fun and combined shed
enough weight to actually build another person.
The following is the official result:
By Percentage % Change
Ron Chanyi 19.61
Gloria McFalls 15.63
Lorne Eedy 9.22
Brian Nakamura 9.18
Linda Nakamura 7.78
Don Smith 6.16
Ed Mittleholtz 5.88
Jim Beckett 5.80
Wayne Proctor 4.73
Ross Haugh 0.78
Total loss was 170.75 lbs. from a beginning gross weight of
2086 lbs.
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The following comes under the "Best overheard conversation of
the week" category. Young Michael Schwindt was bicycling along
the street Easter Monday with a friend. He`was clutching onto a $20
bill and explaining to his buddy what he'd do with the money. "First
you'd buy a GIC and it'll grow..." Guess where his mother works:
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By the time you read this the ice at the Rec Centre will have been
taken out to allow the Optimist Club to hold their popular Home
and Garden Show this weekend.
The ice is gone and apparently so is the chance for hockey sup-
porters to see the Exeter Mohawks play for the Ontario Champion-
ship at home again this year. Once again the Mohawks are going to
Lucan to wind up their season as they take on the Dresden Lumberk-
ings tonight (Wednesday) in the final best of seveh series of the
year.
Although the Home and Garden Show lasts only three days the
loss of ice time is actually much greater because it takes a few days
to remove the old ice and a few more to replace it.
The dates selected by the Optimists have been successful for the
club and under present circumstances both hockey needs and Home
and Garden Show requirements cannot be accommodated.
Perhaps it's time now to seriously consider purchasing the wooden
flooring which would temporarily allow the ice surface to be used
for other purposes and still quickly be converted to a hockey rink.
It's costly, but it is a one-time expense that would soon pay for it-
self by extending the length of time ice is available for rent. After
all, isn't that what the arena is intended for?
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The Exeter Sorority's annual Daffodil day has been postponed a
week until Friday, April 21. Proceeds from the sale of the flowers
are used in the battle against cancer.
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Two Exeter businesses received special recognition from the Exet-
erMinor Hockey Association at their wind-up dinner Sunday for
their contributions in sponsoring tournaments over the past.year.
Plaques were presented to Dave Moore of Dave Moore Fuels and to
Roger Wallis of Frayne Chev-Olds Ltd.
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The Exeter B.I.A. meets tonight (Wednesday) at 7:30 in the Coun-
cil Chambers.
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10 years ago
• Huron -Bruce Liberal candidate Graeme Craig didn't waste any time
preparing to battle Conservative MP Bob McKinley once the May 22
federal election was called by prime minister Pierre Trudeau. .
.Lorna Dale hung up her phone for the last time as the answering
service for dispatching emergency calls in Exeter was replaced by a
system operated out of Goderich. Dale had been on the job for 10 years,
but was going to be working with the new Goderich office.
20 years ago
-Sports editor Ross Haugh speculated home ice could bean important
factor in the final game between the New Hamburg? Hahns and the
Exeter Hawks as they battled for the Ontario westenfJunior C title.
•A Clinton jury ruled that the death of a Parkhill mail was accideii.
tal, due to a faulty revolver the man was carrying. 'The gun went off,
shooting him in the heart...
- The Ausable River Conservation Authority began filling„g•ti<�r,
reser.Y-Oitat4War11444fistel was reported to have risen two
feet overnight.
SO years ago
-Believe it or not, Exeter council voted to reduce municipal taxes,
dropping the rate from 34 to 33 mills.
• Although GM and Ford had tried to discredit Chrysler's hydraulic
brakes of the early 1930s, Chevrolet was now advertising its cars with
"perfectekl (Quadro-Action) Hydraulic Brakes".
•Exeter's new cold storage facility was continuing to promote its
service. The locker service kept meat at 10degnees Fahrenheit. In small
print it was noted "We only store food for human consumption".
•The congregation of Mitchell's Anglican church decided to build a
new $15,000 structure to replace their church which burned down two
weeks previous.
70 years ago
."The railways put the clocks on an hour on Sunday and are now
running on what is known as daylight saving time. Government of
Canada decided last week to retain the old time. The result is a jumble.
Many of the cities and towns favor the earlier time and have already
adopted it. The rural sections favor the later time. It is hoped an
agreement can be reached in some way so that the whole country may
have the same time no matter what it is. The result in Exeter is that we
are continuality missing the mails, getting to the post office too late, and
missing the trains."
Times -Advocate, April 5, 1989
Page 7
Your Business �
Retiring - Lillian Campbell, a familiar face behind the counter of business has been sold to Bakelaar Jewellers of Listowel. Derek
Earl Campbell's Jewellers for 23 years, is retiring now that the Bakelaar will be managing the Exeter store beginning this week.
Campbell retires from jewellery business
By Adrian Harte
EXETER - After 23 years in
business, Earl Campbell's 'c ,vel-
lers is taking its last bow,but the
store will be re -opening as another
family-owned jewellers, as it has
been for more than a century.
Lillian Campbell, who has man-
aged the store in the four years
since her husband Earl died, retires
this month and is selling the store
to the Bakelaar family from Lis-
towel.
"I don't feel sad. It was inevita-
ble," said Campbell, insisting that
her retirement was long overdue.
She says she is very pleased the
store will remain a jewellers. The
Campbell's operated the store for
23 years, and the Taylor family in
the preceeding 40 years. She is
sure at least two generations of
jewellers operated the business be-
fore then, stretching its heritage
back at least 125 years, maybe
more.
"There's always been a jewellery
store here," Campbell said. "I'm
happy for the town because I think
the town needs two good jewellery
stores," she added, suggesting that
competition has strengthened the
market.
Lillian also credits her son Jay, a
TV London weatherman, for keep-
ing the store running. In addition
to his Masters in meteorology, Jay
is a certified gemologist and gold-
smith. He has been working
mornings in the Exeter store, doing
repair work.
Jay lives in London. Lillian
moved there two years ago.
"It made sense to be where my
son was," she said, explaining that
the city is where she will be spend-
ing her retirement.
Campbell worked for a jeweller
during the Second World War and
encouraged her husband, an instru-
ment maker, to enter the business
in peacetime. The business world
has changed in the years since, and
small family jewellers are giving
way to chain operations. Camp-
bell says she likes the idea of sell-
ing to the Bakelaars because, while
they do constitute a small chain,
they still represent a family con-
cern.
"The impression I get is that it's
going to run very much the same,"
said Campbell. ' She does expect a
new stock including more modern
merchandise, the lack of which she
freely admits was one of her own
weaknesses.
Derek Bakelaar will not only take
over the store this week, he will be
living directly above in the apart-
ment.
Bakelaar says that while he does
have experience in goldsmithing
and engraving, he is trained in busi-
ness management and will operate
the store from that perspective. He
plans to increase the stock of jewel-
lery and clocks while reducing the
inventory of china. Bakelaar still
wants to keep a good selection of
giftware and to maintain a strong
repair business.
Bakelaar says he is glad to be
back in a town atmosphere after
working in Hamilton. Exeter re-
minds him of his home town Lis-
towel.
"It's what I miss," he said, adding
that his wife,_a registered nurse, is
hoping to work in one of the arca
hospitals.
"I'm really competitive," said
Bakelaar. "I'd like to think I can
beat anybody on a price." Howev-
er, he insists that good service will
remain a priority:
"I'm young. I'm ambitious," he
says without apology, adding that
he has been around the jewellery
business since he could walk.
"There's lots of possibilities in
Exeter. To me this place is like a
gold mine."
Good Times closes as
mall changes hands.
EXETER - One of the town's re-
staurants has closed its doors as a
result of the recent sale of the Cen-
tre Mall on Main Street.
Good Times offered customers
food at half price on Friday, their
last day of business. '
No details on the future plans for
the property or other mall tenants
have yet been announced.
• Exeter developer Len Veri, who
originally built the mall, has ap-
parently sold both the mall and its
restaurant operations.
Veri was not available for com-
ment on the sale.
Coping with pressure, Grand Prix style
I made a special effort to watch
the first grand prix of the 1989
season. The Brazilian Grand
Prix, televised in French only,
was worth watching because it
marked the la(,',g n^ ing..ijL rte ai�n »nit
era.
fresh air into the cylinders under
pressure. This means you can
burn more fuel in a smaller
space: more power, that's all.
I have an interest in all this be-
er the hood of my car
The races I saw last year were
borin affairs, completely domi-
nated y the Honda -powered
McLaren cars. Everyone yawned
as Prost and Senna led nearly
every lap.
The deliberate abuse of fossil
fuels should never be dull.
Formula One clamped down
this year in the interests of com-
petition and safety and banned
turbocharged engines from the
circuits entirely.
The first Grand Prix of 1989
was won by a Ferrari.
Since the introduction of the
turbo to Formula One, v►we've
never had so many turbos on our
own roads. This isrff unusual.
A successful Formula One sea-
..-a.i r t, g-o7R iiiat-
keting tool, especially in Europe.
The only question is, if the turbo
leaves the high profile racing
scene, will it disappear from
"real" cars too?
A ,turbo is a simple thing.
While a normal engine sucks air
in for combustion, otle with a
turbo uses exhaust gases to blow
IMINIOW— -
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Hold that
thought...
by
Adrian Harte
there lurks a turbo. No decals or
nameplates declare its presence,
but I know it's there. More im-
portantly, my insurance agent
knows it's there.
He nearly went into connip-
tions when I told him what I was
planning to buy some months
ago (on second thought, he
nies' point of view. Turbos arc
easy pickings in a world where
sports cars bring in a much high-
er than average number of
claims.
The upshot of this is that while
there all kinds of new develop- •
ments in turbocharging just wait-
ing to come to market, some car
builders are already building
sporting automobiles for which
no turbos are ever planned.
Why? Rising insurance costs,
naturally.
And that is a shame, because
the turbo is proven as a good
way of boosting power in small,
lightweight engin. If we're go-
ing to stretch our resources, we'll
be needing those engines in our
small, lightweight cars. The V -
8s just won't make it.
We all gopc about what auto
insurance costs us these days,
but perhalr5 atrr•rr4rre.wltat
it might also be costing us in the
long run: automotive technology
we really need.
While the industry figures out
where the turbo fits in the real
world, I'll be trying to catch all
the Formula One action I can.
Pressurized engines may be gone
for good, but it should be one of
the most exciting seasons in re-
cent years.
NORMAN B. PICKELL
Barrister & Solicitor
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1 like to thinkTt a good"friv-
er, but the insurance people
know better. Anyone in my age
group is trouble. And a turbo
mcanssrtajor trouble. At least
that's the way they sec it.
Personally, if I were in the in-
surance business I'd be penaliz-
ing those who wear hats while
driving, but I can see the compa-
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