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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-04-03, Page 1Daffodil Day Friday. April 5 et Gaiser-Kneaie Insurance Call us for Comprehensive Com atltNV* HOMEOWNERS 295-2420 Serving South Huron North Middlesex : Carleton Since 1873 Wednesday, April 3, 1991 75 cents Inside Efficiency Recyciers show profit page 4 Schoolhouses When one room was enough pages 12 and 13 Protest won Game to be replayed Second front r " .Blue Box pick-up starts Friday EXETER - If you're an Exeter resident, you may have now sitting in the foot of the basement stairs or in the corner of the garage, a shiny new Blue Box. Like many, you may already have it full and are wondering when it is due to go out on the curb. The boxes were delivered over the past two weeks by volunteers from five organizations: The Li- ons Club, the Oddfellows Lodge, the Rebekah Lodge, the Canadi- an Legion, and the Exeter Waste Management Committee. For some town residents, Blue Box collection does not necessari- ly coincide with regular garbage pick-up. For those on the east side of town, the Bluewater Reading Association truck will make its first collection this Friday. Those on the west side will see collection on Mondays. However, the idea with Blue Boxes is to not put them out on the curb until they are full. The col- lection system does not have the time or manpower available to stop and sort the recyclable items in half -full boxes. If it's not full, homeowners are advised to wait until next week's collection. The Blue Box pffogram will be taking the same items as the depot program operated earlier by the town, but with the addition of soft - plastic container items, such as shampoo and detergent bottles and margarine tubs. Windows damaged at McCurdy er bra • of the ancer octet), or'f annus �'" ��; . e lin:: `= s of daffodils on the streets of Exeter, at the Post Office, and from the store front beside Some-' trig Special. Last year, the one -day event raised over $3,(XlO for the fight against cancer and e organizations hope to do at least as well this year. From left are sorority representative Elsie`. ermann, Ervin Sillery and Leone Brock both representing the Cancer Society, and Donna Jones, issin, c� ._ern EXETER - if you're missing a coffee maker, the police may have it. The Exeter OPP are reporting, believe it or not, that they found t coffee maker in new condition on Highway 84 on Friday. What it was doing there, the police won't say, but one can assume it wasn't doing much other than dodging traffic. The OPP say if the owner can give police a description of their wayward appliance, they will re- turn it. The police have not said if they expect an explanation of how it got there. On a more serious note, police are `iia stigating a complaint of vandalisth to the ball diamond in Centralia. Apparently persons un- known drove a truck onto the play- ing surface in the early hours of Friday, between one and six a.m., and caused damage to the field. At present, police do not yet have a de- scription of the truck. General Homes sold, but future still uncertain HENSALL - There is a spark of hope on the horizon for General Manufactured Housing of Hensall and its 139 em- ployees. Bill Stuart at receivers Ernst and Young's London office confirmed GMH has been purchased, but he would not re- lease the name or location of the buyer until the receivers are given permission to do so. Rumours about the plant's future ran rampant last week when a liquidation auction was advertised to take place at GMH on April 11. Stuart said a "last-minute agreement" halted the auction When a deal was closed Thursday. ' A. GMH spokesperson has stated United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Union of America local 3054 workers will vote on an offer to purchase the collective agreement on Aprils. TThhee spokesperson said the offer is contingent on a number ,of concessions including an extension of the collective agree- ment's one-year wage freeze. The majority of the effected workers have been out of work since the plant went into receivership November 22. MInistiy calls for boundary negotiations to continue GODERICH - The Ministry of Municipal Affairs wants boundary negotiations involving Stephen Township and the village of Grand Bend to get back to the bargaining table. • Thursday morning at Huron County Council, a letter was re- ceived from David Cooke, Minis- ter of Municipal Affairs requesting that local discussion continues. What this means, according to Stephen reeve Tom Tories, is that his municipality will nowbe able to hive a voice in the negotiations. "I think he (Cooke) is trying to get more local input before the de- cision is made," said Tomes. The Lambton County Boundary Negotiations Committee recently released a report which indicated Grand Bend may be annexing 450 acres of Stephen. Tomes and his council were not in agreeance to this recommenda- tion and sent a reply to the ministry of Municipal Affairs. "We had written in our reply that we were still willing to negotiate. Maybe he (Cooke) didn't like Grand Bend's reply or Lambton County's report," said Tomes. Tomes said Stephen never had a say and he feels his municipality will now be heard. He has notified the committee chairman he wants to meet with both Grand Bend and the commit- tee. • "I've been in contact with Larry O'Neil and we've tentatively set up a meeting and Grand Bend will be involved, that's what we want," said Tomes. "We don't fed- the Lambton Boundary Committee can speak for Grand Bend. We want them at the table." United Church minister to follow his call By Adrian Harte EXETER - This coming Sunday will mark the last ser- vice at Exeter Unit- ed Church for Rev- erend Rick Hawley before his deparuire to a smaller congregation in Lon- don. Hawley, originally from Cam- e and grew up m London, has worked with congregations in Au- burn and Sault Ste. Marie and was familiar with Exeter long before he considered coming here six years ago. "We'd always liked Exeter," said Hawley of when he and his family used to pass through the common'. HURON PARK - Vandalism has again struck McCurdyPublic School in Huron Park. "line Exeter OPP report that on Friday, probably sometime between four and six p.m. unknown persons entered the school property and caused about $250 damage to window screens on the school building. Police have said that youths are the likely suspects. Youths were found responsible for two break-ins at the school in December, the second of which caused thousands of dollars damage to computer equipment and materi- als when fire extinguishers were discharged in the building. Clocks go ahe Sun There will be one Last thing . to do before going to bed Sat- urday night. Don't forget to set your clocks ahead one hour because Daylight Savings Time officially begins Sunday morning at 2 a.m. Ray. Richard Hawity - End of a six-year term In Exeter. ty while travelling Highway 4. Nevertheless, sixpp quickly, and Hawley looks fcxdly on his stay with one of the town's more active churches. "The church has a very strong sense of outreach - both in our lo- cal community and wider than. that," said Hawley. In just this past year, Hawley points out the church raised $45,000 for missions. The Safe Homes for Youth hot- line program for troubled teenagers that still operates out of the church basement under the Ministry of Community and Social Services, was born out of a joint 'program be- tween Exeter United and Trivia Memorial Anglican Church. Al- though Hawley downplays his role in the program's inception, he holds it up as an example of the church's role in the community. "It's still very active, and has be- come a modelprogram for other communities," said Hawley. The minister noted Exeter United also supports Meals on Wheels and a support group for families with members who have debilitating dis- eases such as Alzheimers. All such programs, he explained, are open to the community, not just for church parishioners. Physically, the church itself has undergone some changes during Hawley's six-year term as minister. "We've done a lot of renovating," said Hawley, citing the new eleva- tor for the handicapped, a new heat- ing system, and a completely reno- vated basement area with more room for the church's extra pro- grams. All this would not have been pos- sible without the extraordinary fundraising events like the Tie Quilt and an auction of items donat- ed by conation members. Exeter United is also one of the largest in the area, boasting up to 690 families with members of all ages, who keep the minister busy with an average of 35 funerals, 15 weddings, and "a lot of baptisms" each year. "It's a busy church," noted Haw- ley, but agreed it has remained that way even through the divisive issue that the rocked the United Church two years ago - the ordaining of ho- mosexual ministers. That, he said speaks well for the congregation. "We've come through it without any noticeable problems...We've held together really well," said Hawley. Other local churches did ndt es- cape untouched during the contro- versy and are still repairing the damage done by the debate. For now, said Hawley, the dis- pute has died down somewhat. "There are still a few who try to stir it up every now and again, he said. "Most people have taken the idea there is a lotto be done and to get on with those things." The pariah Hawley will be going to is Siloam United on Highway 22 near Highbury Avenue. It's a 130 -year old congregation with a two-year old church, explained Hawley. "It has about a $1 million debt to be paid off," he said, adding that the expense of building the new church can only be recouped if the congregation begins to grow be- yond its present size. "It has to grow," said Hawley. New churches are expensive propositions, and debt loads can seem difficult to overcome, but Hawkey points out that the church- es built by our forefathers must have been even even more expen- sive in comparison to the times. "In those days people really sac- rificed a lot to build those build- ings," he saki. A $2 million church like Siloam is not really as expensive in comparison. "When you realize some people have quay -million dollar houses, $2 million doesn't seem like a lot," said Hawley. When asked why he decided to leave his secure position in Exeter, Hawley said he simply felt called to the challenge. "I believe very strongly in the sense of call," said Hawley. "I feel God has called me to Siloam." He agreed it would be very diffi- cult for he and his family to pull up their roots in Exeter, but otherwise theyfeel up to the challenge. His wifLinda,.however, will be com- muting from London to continue working at Exeter Villa. "Sometimes God calls; some- times omatimes God pushes: and I think there may be a Gale of each here," said Hawley. "'There's a lot of really great peo- ple in this church who offer a lot of support and leadership and it's so - k* to be hard to leave them." The best part of Exeter United is its sense of family, said Hawley, adding that their support of his de- cision to move on was evident at the March 2a evening held in his honour at the church. While the was over at 10:10 p.m., whey said he was still shaking hands with well-wishers at 11 p.m. "We had lots of fun and laughed - cried a little. It was good," he said. "I think the kind of celebration we had here was an indication of the kind of support for him," agreed staff associate Bev Robinson. "We'll really miss him here as pan of the team," said Robinson, adding that Hawley's experience with larger congregations than Ex- eter's has really benefitted the church and its organizations. "He always speaks of Exeter [United] with a sense of prick; said Robinson. Robinson will be taking on some of the pastoral care when Hawley leaves. Reverend Charles Header - son, a retired minister will also be helping out and leading one service a month. A pulpit supply arrange- ment has been made with the church until the board selects a new minister for Exeter United by Sep- tember.