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Bank's grand finale
HENSALL - The final phase of
Huron County's 14 inter-
denominational churches fundrais-
ing campaign for the Canadian
Foodgrains' Bank came to a close
last Wednesday at the Hensall Co-
op.
Reverend Doug Wright of the
Hensall United Church, said over
300 metric tonnes worth of corn
was purchased for Nicaraguan
flood .victims along Atlantic coastal
plains.
Egmondville church minister
Cheryl -Ann Stadelbauer-Sampa
said the churches group effort re-
Foodgrains donation - Choirfest
'91 director Donna St. John is
seen here presenting Don
McKercher, treasurer of the local
grain drive, with a cheque for
$1,000 raised at February's con-
cert. At right is Rev. Cheryl -Ann
Stadelbauer Sampa with her
son.
Times -Advocate, March 13, 1991 Page 3
,Icy weather
OPP investigate five accidents
EXETER - The Exeter OPP re-
port five traffic accidents last week,
four of which occurred during
Thursday's icy weather conditions.
On Thursay, a pickup driven by
Callum Kinphorn of RR1 Mossley
and a car driven by Norman Eckle
of RR 1 Varna, collided on High-
way 83 at concession 2-3 of Hay
Township. Damage to both vehi-
cles was light and no injuries were
reported.
A van driven by Ctasina Debont
of RR3 Zurich went out of control
on concession 2-3 of Stephen
Township due to the icy road con-
ditions and struck a tree, causing
moderate damage to the van. No
injuries were reported, however.
Also on Thursday, a car driven
by Deeny Rodney of Seaford', went
out of control on County Road 11,
again due to the icy road surface,
and rolled over in the ditch. The
vehicle was severely damaged. Re-
ceiving minor injuries were the
driver, aged 50, and a passenger,
Janice Rodney, 15.
On Wellington Street of Hensall
on Thursday, a pickup driven by
Bruce Thompson of RR2 Hensall
collided with a car driven by Carol
Johnston of Zurich. Damage to the
Thompson vehicle was light and
Johnston received minor injuries.
On Saturday, a vehicle driven by
Tamara Topa of St. Catharines
wept out on control on Highway 83
due to road conditions and entered
the ditch, causing minor damage.
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sulted in enough money to pur-
chase two-thirds of the shipment.
Foodgrains bank director Bev
Slater commended Huron County
churches for doing an "excellent"
job to help the needy. Slater said
partial credit for this year's out-
standing success must go to church-
es who became involved with the
drive for the first time.
The Hensall District Co-operative
Inc. has traditionally donated the
corn bagging charge back to the
foodgrarns bank which in tum is
matched four times over by a feder-
al government grant.
Optimist president
to visit Kirkton
KIRKTON - Tate Thigpen, M.D.,
1990-91 president of Optimist In-
ternational, one of the world's larg-
est and most active service organi-
zations, will visit London on March
22, 1991.
Governor Tom Dean will wel-
come Dr. Thigpen and escort him
to a meeting of Optimist Club
members from throughout the or-
ganizration's•• Midwestern Ontario •
Distract at the Kirkton Community
Centre.
Optimist International has more
than 171,000 members in more
than 4, 100 Optimist Clubs in the
United States, Canada and the Car-
ibbean. Optimist service programs
directly reach nearly five million
young people each year. The Opti-
mist motto is "Friend of Youth".
During the meeting, Dr. Thigpen
will discuss his goals for continued
growth and expansion of Optimist
service to youth and community.
His theme for the year is "Light the
Way," which emphasizes the lead-
ership role that Optimist Club
members provide for young people.
Dr. Thigpen has been a member
of the Breakfast Optimist Club of
Jackson, Mississippi since 1972.
He served as governor of the Opti-
mist International Alabama -
Mississippi District in 1979-80, for
which he earned the Distinguished
and Outstanding Governor awards.
Dr. Thigpen is professor of medi-
cine and director of the Division of
Medical Oncology at the University
of Mississippi Medical Center in
Jackson. He and his wife, Louisa,
reside in Jackson, Mississippi and
have five children.
Over $1,000 in
fines for. Forest man
,ot .akEXETER - Two
counts of driving
�% while under sus -
Ipension resulted
in two fines of
$603.75 each for
Ronald Mitchell
of R.R.1, Forest,
last Tuesday in
Justice of the Peace
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Police said Mitchell was served
the initial summons on November
21, for the first charge of driving
while under suspension. Police
told the court Mitchell proceeded
to get into his vehicle and drive
away after being served the sen-
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James Desjardine of R.R.3, Park-
hill.
The court heard Desjardine was
pulled over in Stephen Township
on November 23. CPIC showed
the plate was registered to another
vehicle owned by Desjardine.
Desjardine did not possess insu-
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TORONTO - Clinton author
Alice Munro's latest novel, Friend
of my Youth, was selected as one of
the 10 finalists for the Ministry of
Culture and Communications Trilli-
um Book Award.
The winning title, to be an-
nounced at a gala reception on
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The Trillium Book Award was
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award for a work of literary excel-
lence by an Ontario author.
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