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Times Advocate, 1989-05-31, Page 1Rick [EXETER TOYOTA 242 Main St. N. Exeter Across from O.P.P. Phone 235-2353 1 Ss rving South Huron, North Middlesex & Lambton sr 1 Gaiser-Kneale Insurance Exeter 235-2420 Grand fiend 2384484 t lensall 262-2119 Clinton 482-9747 Bike Safety - Jackie Wright goes through one of the many events, a pylon obstacle course, during a bike safe- ty rodeo at the South Huron District Secondary School parking lot Saturday rooming. The rodeo was run by the Exeter Optimist Club as part of Bike Safety week. The winners in'each event received medals. Dashwood family escape smoke -filed house in early hours of morning DASHWOOD - A Dashwood family wcrc awakened in the early hours of Friday morning to a smoke-filled house, but wcrc able to get to safety. The fire depart- ment arc calling the escape fortu- nate since the house was not equipped with smoke detectors. The Dashwood fire department were called to the Fried Street home of Cathy Cade at 3:45 a.m. after her son Brandon awoke to the smell of smoke. - "The house was just full of smoke," said fire chief Jim Hoff- man, who said the fire started in the attic directly above the son's bed- room. Hoffman said he dreaded to think what might have happened had the family not awakcncd when they did. "They were very lucky to gel out - with no smoke detectors,' said Hoffman. "Just a few more min- utes..." With the family outside in their pyjamas, the fire department used respirators and found the source Of the fire within minutes. They put out the blaze quickly, but remained on the scene until 7 a.m. to make sure nothing rekindled. "They did a good job keeping the water damage down and getting to the fire," said Hoffman of the vol- unteer department. Even though the fire was confined to the attic and bedrooms, an un- confirmed guess at the damage plac- es it in the neighborhood of $10- 15 ,000. Ontario Hydro inspectors have studied the source of the fire and have ruled out an electrical fault as its cause. Hoffman said the fire .will likely be recorded as having an undetermined causc. "Wc just don't know what to put it down as," he said. Causes undermined - The Dashwood Fire Department got this mysterious house fire unjler control quickly. 1 Since 1873 Wednesday, May 31, 1989 60 cents To name top students at Enchantment night By Michelle Ellison EXETER - South Huron District High School's student of the year nominations were held last week by the grade twelve and thirteen stu- dents. Six females and six males were nominated. They are: Patty O'Toole, Shari Black, Shelly Black, Kim Crawford, Lisa Ellcrington, Maureen Masse, Steve Lingard, Jon O'Connor, Scot Davidson, Larry Miller, Siad Osman, and Brent O'Brien. Voting is being held today (Wednesday) for grades 11-13 and the honours will be announced at South Huron's "Midnight Enchant- ment" formal on Friday. The pub- lic is welcome to sec the crowning at midnight at South Huron Recrea- tion Centre. Brent O'Brien is a grade thirteen student and has attended South Hu- ron for five years. During this time, he has been actively involved with several school sports such as basketball, badminton, volleyball, curling, and football. Brent is also a Student Council rep and was in- volved in this year's SHOWCASE as a dirty dancer. Brent also partici- pated in many other school activi- ties which all together he felt made this school a more enjoyable place. Brent hopes to attend the University of Western Ontario. Maureen Masse is presently in grade 13 and throughout her five years at South Huron she has been very active in the school as well as the community. Maureen has been on the cross- country and track teams for the past four years. She competed at WOS- SA three of the four years in each sport. Maureen has been a peer counsel- lor for the past three years, and last year was on a special assignment from the board office: Maureen was the Special Olym- pic organizer for the past two years, and this year is helping the students • in room 110 prepare for this event. Outside of school, Maureen helps organize and participates in activi- ties for the mentally handicapped. She has also put in many hard hours volunteering in the local hos- pital, and nursing home. Maureen is presently on the Stu- dent Council as the athletic chair- person. Previous to this year she was an Intramural Representative for two years. Maureen is one of this year's re- cipients for the award of "Excel- lence in Education." She was this year's winner of the "Citizenship Award of Merit" from the Soroptism Club and she re- ceived a scholarship for the award. Maureen has been on the honour roll for two years and for the re- maining years has maintained a high "B" average. In the fall Maureen plans to fur- ther her studies in the arca of nurs- ing. Shelly Black is a grade thirteen student and has been on the honour roll for four years. She has been on Owners aeepers EXETER - Officers of the Ex- eter detachment of the Ontario Provincial have a sum of money in their possession. The money was found recently at Huron Park and turned over to the local detachment for safe keeping. The owner of the money may claim same at the Exeter detach- ment by providing a proper de- scription of the money involved. Only one accident was investi- gated by -officers of • the local OPP detachment this week. It occurred Friday when vehi- cles cles drivenby Barbara Jeffrey, RR 2, Zurich and Daniel Du- charme of Zurich collided on the Main street of Zurich. Only mi- nor damages were sustained: wring the week, of�i ders in - v g�aa, tted 62gene i1 Occurrences which incltide4dObil.Aoc situa- tions, 'tamage..theft, lost and founds and assistance servic- es. Two impaired drivers were ap- prehended. 67 charges laid wilder ttte Highway Traffic Act, 11 Liquor Literice Act charges were laid and three drivers were issued with 12 hour driving licence • the basketball team for five years as well as helping out with the grade school clinic for two years. Shelly was a chairperson on the formal committee last year as well as being on the student council as a representative for two years.. Shc is also this years second vice-president and is co-head of the prefects. Shelly was in this years theatre production SHOWCASE '89, and was also a recipient of the Excel- lence in Education award. Shelly is hoping to attend the University of Toronto or Western for pharmacy. . Kim Crawford is a grade thirteen student who has been on the honour roll each of her five years at South Huron. During her time here she has been actively involved in school athletics participating on the volleyball, field hockey, soccer and badminton teams each year. She has been nominated each year and twice won South Huron's Female Athlete of the Year. This ycar Kim was a prefect as well as a peer tutor. Kim has been a member of the Athletic Council for four years, two as a homeroom rep, and two as Athletic Council executive. Outside of the school walls Kim has been involved in 4-1-1. She has taught Sunday school and has been a camp counsellor. Next year, Kim plans to attend McMaster University in Hamilton and eventually study medicine. - Scot Davidson has managed to become very involved in his one year at South Huron. He played on the volleyball team and also soccer this year and also achieved honour roll standings. Scot played a major role in this years production of SHOWCASE '89 and plans to at- tend University next year. Larry Miller is 19 years old and in his last year at South Huron. He has enjoyed being a prefect and also participating' in the school fashion show: He was on the honour roll in grade 9 and 10 and received hon- ours in grade 10 building construc- tion. In grade 11, he joined the cross country and track and field teams. Larry won overall senior H- P boys track. He also. broke the Please turn to page 2 Kim Crawford Scot Davidson Jon O'Connor Siad Osman Patty O'Toole Shelly Black Shari Black Steve Lingard Brent O'Brien Lisa Elterington Larry Miller Maureen Masse Inside Loeb IGA New facility , opens at Grand Bend page 5 Steam Fest Pioneer Days recalled at Lambton Museum page 6 Gems and Junque Hensall's annual _yard sale draws thousands page 12 Ranger talks Shaw gives thoughts on -NHL page 17 . Huron Museum Getting ready for September 30 opening - page 22, 23 Principal retires Dori O'Brien closes books page 24 Bike Safety - Jackie Wright goes through one of the many events, a pylon obstacle course, during a bike safe- ty rodeo at the South Huron District Secondary School parking lot Saturday rooming. The rodeo was run by the Exeter Optimist Club as part of Bike Safety week. The winners in'each event received medals. Dashwood family escape smoke -filed house in early hours of morning DASHWOOD - A Dashwood family wcrc awakened in the early hours of Friday morning to a smoke-filled house, but wcrc able to get to safety. The fire depart- ment arc calling the escape fortu- nate since the house was not equipped with smoke detectors. The Dashwood fire department were called to the Fried Street home of Cathy Cade at 3:45 a.m. after her son Brandon awoke to the smell of smoke. - "The house was just full of smoke," said fire chief Jim Hoff- man, who said the fire started in the attic directly above the son's bed- room. Hoffman said he dreaded to think what might have happened had the family not awakcncd when they did. "They were very lucky to gel out - with no smoke detectors,' said Hoffman. "Just a few more min- utes..." With the family outside in their pyjamas, the fire department used respirators and found the source Of the fire within minutes. They put out the blaze quickly, but remained on the scene until 7 a.m. to make sure nothing rekindled. "They did a good job keeping the water damage down and getting to the fire," said Hoffman of the vol- unteer department. Even though the fire was confined to the attic and bedrooms, an un- confirmed guess at the damage plac- es it in the neighborhood of $10- 15 ,000. Ontario Hydro inspectors have studied the source of the fire and have ruled out an electrical fault as its cause. Hoffman said the fire .will likely be recorded as having an undetermined causc. "Wc just don't know what to put it down as," he said. Causes undermined - The Dashwood Fire Department got this mysterious house fire unjler control quickly. 1 Since 1873 Wednesday, May 31, 1989 60 cents To name top students at Enchantment night By Michelle Ellison EXETER - South Huron District High School's student of the year nominations were held last week by the grade twelve and thirteen stu- dents. Six females and six males were nominated. They are: Patty O'Toole, Shari Black, Shelly Black, Kim Crawford, Lisa Ellcrington, Maureen Masse, Steve Lingard, Jon O'Connor, Scot Davidson, Larry Miller, Siad Osman, and Brent O'Brien. Voting is being held today (Wednesday) for grades 11-13 and the honours will be announced at South Huron's "Midnight Enchant- ment" formal on Friday. The pub- lic is welcome to sec the crowning at midnight at South Huron Recrea- tion Centre. Brent O'Brien is a grade thirteen student and has attended South Hu- ron for five years. During this time, he has been actively involved with several school sports such as basketball, badminton, volleyball, curling, and football. Brent is also a Student Council rep and was in- volved in this year's SHOWCASE as a dirty dancer. Brent also partici- pated in many other school activi- ties which all together he felt made this school a more enjoyable place. Brent hopes to attend the University of Western Ontario. Maureen Masse is presently in grade 13 and throughout her five years at South Huron she has been very active in the school as well as the community. Maureen has been on the cross- country and track teams for the past four years. She competed at WOS- SA three of the four years in each sport. Maureen has been a peer counsel- lor for the past three years, and last year was on a special assignment from the board office: Maureen was the Special Olym- pic organizer for the past two years, and this year is helping the students • in room 110 prepare for this event. Outside of school, Maureen helps organize and participates in activi- ties for the mentally handicapped. She has also put in many hard hours volunteering in the local hos- pital, and nursing home. Maureen is presently on the Stu- dent Council as the athletic chair- person. Previous to this year she was an Intramural Representative for two years. Maureen is one of this year's re- cipients for the award of "Excel- lence in Education." She was this year's winner of the "Citizenship Award of Merit" from the Soroptism Club and she re- ceived a scholarship for the award. Maureen has been on the honour roll for two years and for the re- maining years has maintained a high "B" average. In the fall Maureen plans to fur- ther her studies in the arca of nurs- ing. Shelly Black is a grade thirteen student and has been on the honour roll for four years. She has been on Owners aeepers EXETER - Officers of the Ex- eter detachment of the Ontario Provincial have a sum of money in their possession. The money was found recently at Huron Park and turned over to the local detachment for safe keeping. The owner of the money may claim same at the Exeter detach- ment by providing a proper de- scription of the money involved. Only one accident was investi- gated by -officers of • the local OPP detachment this week. It occurred Friday when vehi- cles cles drivenby Barbara Jeffrey, RR 2, Zurich and Daniel Du- charme of Zurich collided on the Main street of Zurich. Only mi- nor damages were sustained: wring the week, of�i ders in - v g�aa, tted 62gene i1 Occurrences which incltide4dObil.Aoc situa- tions, 'tamage..theft, lost and founds and assistance servic- es. Two impaired drivers were ap- prehended. 67 charges laid wilder ttte Highway Traffic Act, 11 Liquor Literice Act charges were laid and three drivers were issued with 12 hour driving licence • the basketball team for five years as well as helping out with the grade school clinic for two years. Shelly was a chairperson on the formal committee last year as well as being on the student council as a representative for two years.. Shc is also this years second vice-president and is co-head of the prefects. Shelly was in this years theatre production SHOWCASE '89, and was also a recipient of the Excel- lence in Education award. Shelly is hoping to attend the University of Toronto or Western for pharmacy. . Kim Crawford is a grade thirteen student who has been on the honour roll each of her five years at South Huron. During her time here she has been actively involved in school athletics participating on the volleyball, field hockey, soccer and badminton teams each year. She has been nominated each year and twice won South Huron's Female Athlete of the Year. This ycar Kim was a prefect as well as a peer tutor. Kim has been a member of the Athletic Council for four years, two as a homeroom rep, and two as Athletic Council executive. Outside of the school walls Kim has been involved in 4-1-1. She has taught Sunday school and has been a camp counsellor. Next year, Kim plans to attend McMaster University in Hamilton and eventually study medicine. - Scot Davidson has managed to become very involved in his one year at South Huron. He played on the volleyball team and also soccer this year and also achieved honour roll standings. Scot played a major role in this years production of SHOWCASE '89 and plans to at- tend University next year. Larry Miller is 19 years old and in his last year at South Huron. He has enjoyed being a prefect and also participating' in the school fashion show: He was on the honour roll in grade 9 and 10 and received hon- ours in grade 10 building construc- tion. In grade 11, he joined the cross country and track and field teams. Larry won overall senior H- P boys track. He also. broke the Please turn to page 2 Kim Crawford Scot Davidson Jon O'Connor Siad Osman Patty O'Toole Shelly Black Shari Black Steve Lingard Brent O'Brien Lisa Elterington Larry Miller Maureen Masse