Times Advocate, 1989-08-16, Page 2Page 2
Times -Advocate, August 16, 1989
Fair Queen
contest early
this year
Exeter - In an effort to boost interest
and ticket sales for the Exeter Fall
Fair's annual dance, the Agricultural
Society has moved the event ahead
from its traditional place on the
Saturday evening of the Fair. The
dance will be this weekend instead.
"We're hoping it will be successful,"
said Doris Weigand, a member of the
society's board of directors.
In order to make the dance a special
event, it will include the crowning.of
the Fair's Queen, who will be chosen
from among the seven local girls seen
here.
Joelle Lamport
Miss Looking Good is 18, a South Huron grad-
uate and going -to Sheraton College for child
and youth studies.
Andrea Becker
Representing Seip's Valu -Mart, Andrea is 18
and a South Huron student planning a college
education in accounting and business.
Myla Lovell
Miss Don's Shoe Place is 17 and at SHDHS
and wants to major in marketing at college.
Patty O'Toole
Sponsored by The Flower Pedlar, Patty is 19
and an SHDHS graduate going to Waterloo Uni-
versity for applied arts.
Lori Dalrymple
Lori represents Big V, is 18 and is in her last
year at South Huron District High School.
Sheila Dougall
Representing Barb's Country Crafts, Sheila is
going into grade 12 at South Huron, is 17 and
plans a career in public relations.
Tara Caissie
Miss EMA is in going into her last year at
South Huron District High School, is 18 and
plans a career in sooial services.
Precious Blood planning $900, 000 church
EXETER - If all goes as planned,
Exeter could have its first ever .Ro-
man Catholic Church three or four
years from now.
Present plans call for the con-
struction of a 1,300 square metre
building at the intersection of
Sanders and Marlborough Streets
beside Precious Blood Separate
School. Preliminary designs call
for a 500 -seat auditorium in the
single -floor facility.
Zurich council protests
engineer's fees on drain
ZURICH - Council Thursday
night agreed to hold a cheque for
payment of engineering fees on the
Zurich drain when they learned costs
had well exceeded original esti-
mates.
When clerk -treasurer Maureen
Simmons said engineering fees on
.the original estimates were listed at
$37,750 and actual costs had already
reached S47,914.53, councillor Herb
Turkheim quickly replied, " Let's
hold payment until we get a satis-
factory explanation."
Reeve Bob Fisher agreed saying,
"It's a bloody shame. That's
S10,000 more than they said it
would be. Surely, we don't have to
-.pay-f4 -sJ tandy_c1Se'e mistnk('
The accepted tender from the con-
tractor for the actual work was well
below estimates and the engineering
is above."
Council decided to disregard an en-
gineer's recommendation for remedi-
al work on stabilization of the chan-
nel side slopes and have thc work
done by a local contractor when ne-
cessary. •
Estimated cost of the remedial
work was listed at $10,000. Reeve
Bob Fisher said an alternative would
.---- tt neces-
sary and council agreed.
Councillor Dave Gelinas com-
mented, " it would take a long time
to blow S10,000 on a local contrac-
tor with a backhoe."
Fisher added, " A good catch of
grass will solve a great amount of
the prdblcm."
Councillor Turkheim asked who
called -in Golder Associates for these
remedial estimates and when told it
was the engineering firm on the
drain, he added, " We have been tak-
en for a merry ride. Maybe we
should hire an independent engi-
neer."
Hear about Safe Homes
Deb McCann, assistant co-
ordinator of Huron Safe Homes for
Youth attended Thursday's council
meeting to tell about her group's
program which is in operation in
South Huron.
She said the program is a pilot
project and the first of its kind in
Canada. It provides help for youth
between the ages of 16 and 18 and
families in a crisis situation.
The response to the program has
been good with 38 calls and 15
youth in care. ti
Traffic complaints
Council received a letter from
Zurich resident Quimby Hess
which contained complaints about
traffic situations in Zurich and par-
ticularly on Goshen street south.
Hess's letter said, " I have
watched the high rate of speed of
certain jerks on village streets and
can't understand why they are pre-
mitted to get away with such fla-
zr"m sir:... ..
The letter will be turned over to
the police committee.
Councillor Turkhcim in discuss-
ing minutes of the recreation,
parks and community centre board
said he objected to the Lions club
getting the arena facilities free of
charge to host the upcoming Win-
tario draw on August 24. He said
it was setting a precedent.
Reeve Bob Fisher explained that
money raised from the Wintario
event will go to the arena and the
Y3luewater Rest Hone.
Council has set Thursday Sep-
tember 14 at 7 p.m. as the time
foi the official opening of the
Community Oriented Police initia-
tive office in Zurich. It is located
in the council chambers.
Council has agreed to pay
$2,650 as their equal share with
Hay township for the waste site
plan of operations.
Due to a 50 percent decrease in
grants from the Ministry of the
Environment, each municipality
will be paying $2,650 instead of
$1,500.
The Zurich Bean Festival com-
mittee has forwarded a $350 cheque
to be used for the summer play-
ground program.
in his usual recognition of new
businesses in Zurich, reeve Bob
Fisher welcomed Barry Hodgins as
the new owncr of Fisher's Abba-
toir.
"The congregation is expanding
all the time," said fundraising
chairperson Joanne Bengough.
Precious Blood Mission presently
lc es the use of Trivitt Memorial
Anglican Church.
"We've realized that Exeter does
need its own Catholic Church,"
said Bengough.
The fundraising committee hopes
to raise the $900,000 the project is
expected to cost within three or
four years. However, Bcngough is
concerned that the total may rise as
building costs continue to increase.
Fortunately, the land for which the
project is slated has been owned by
thc parish for some years.
There should be enough parking
behind the building for up to 80
cars.
Bengough said one point of con-
troversy so far is the design's lack
of a steeple. While traditional, she
said a steeple might be too expen-
sive to build and maintain.
Plans to raise the funds include a
dance this October and the eventual
Initial concept Joanne B ngough-isplays the concept model
for the Precious Blood Mission Church, planned to be Exeter's
first Catholic Church building.
construction of a $170,000 house
for raffling off in the future. Be-
cause the land was donated by Len
Veri and contractors in the parish
are contributing time and materials,
Bengough expects the whole fund-
raiser to cost about $80,000. Tick-
ets will likely cost $100 each.
A thermometer will soon be go-
ing up to keep the public aware of
how the funds are coming in. The
parish will need to raise S450,000
for the diocese to match the figure
with its own funds.
St. Boniface on hold
ZURICH - When the tenders were opened in late July, the St. Boni-
face building committee found that estimates to build a new Roman
Chtholic church in Zurich were too optimistic.
The cost of demolishing the present St. Boniface church and building
a new 350 -seat structure had risen to over a million dollars, so the par-
ish has had to abandon plans to begin construction this month.
The original goal was to build the facility for around $750,000, but
Father Peter Hayes said Tuesday that the final figure may have to be ad-
justed to around $850-900,000, meaning construction will have to wait
until costs can be cut on the project and funds raised.
"If we can't start in the next little while, thcn we won't start for quite
some time," said Hayes. Starting construction over the winter months
is not being considered.
Hayes called the delay a disappointment and attributed the difference
in the estimated and tendered amounts to a rise in the cost of using steel
construction methods.
"You can estimate something, but you might not always be right,"
he said, calling the revised $900,000 mark a "manageable and realistic"
burden for the congregation. Pushing costs beyond the St -million
mark would be too much, he said. ,
"We're still trying to sort out the pieces and finding ways to cut
costs," said Hayes.
Heuucflight
Continued from front page the games.
In -all, the gzmcr wet Rowe said she hopes her medals
. a two-week period, from July 22- .will boast ow iiitt.t t -tan ng the
August 6, but Rowe said she played students at SHDHS, where she is a
a inial of 21 matches in six days, badminton coach, to help more peo-
including her team matches. ple try out.for the Panthers,badmin-
-"' C iiadians the SIT511"'•
badminton medal take. They took
nine golds, 14 ;il ars �ir�u� iTTd'"
bronze. There were a grand total of
220 badfninton players in the tour-
nament.
The 1993 Masters Games are
scheduled for Minneapolis/St. Paul
Minnesota and Rowe has indicated
that she would like to attend there
as well .
Due to •
the fact there is no govern-
ment funding for Canadians for
these games, Canadians athletes
have to be able to pay their own
way to the games and fit in the age
categories to be eligible to play in
Area death
Continued from front page
Conium was in the box of the
truck driven by Randy Wilson, 22,
of Huron Ppark, who was charged
with driving while prohibited and
public mischief.
Continued from front page
equipped with flexible connec-
rs tg offset any movement affect -
in -the piping or tubing. The exact
location musiikpmeet with the ap-
proval of management and local au-
thorities where applicable."
The board also passed a motion
for Stcwardson to go ahead with the
metal cladding of the Rec Centre.
Discussion indicated that tire ex-
terior insulation to the arena walls,
the walls that open directly to the
ice surface area; should be avoided
with the insulation as a could create
more problems that it is worth.
it was then passed by the board
that R 10 insulation be installed on
all areas of the building that are to
be reclad wit'h the exception of the
arena.
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