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180th celebration
Stooking and
threshing bee
page 2
CIaitvoyante
Psychic Fair
comes to
Grand Bend
page 3
Exeter Villa
Nancy Holland
as
activities director
page 5
125th Birthday
Canada Day
celebrations
in Exeter
page 6
Fastball
Imperials
finish
second
Second front
'm1..Rh lex t'
Tomes
running
for warden
GODERICH - Stephen Township
reeve Tom Tomes announced on
Thursday he is a candidate for the
office of warden of Huron County.
He was the only councillor to an-
nounce his candidacy at. the .final
full session of council until the
summer recess.
Tomes was defeated in last years
election by Zurich's Bob Fisher.
"I tend to get around but not pest-
er," he said of visiting fellow coun-
cillors during the summer to ensure
their vote.
County council meets again in
September and the new warden is
elected iu; arty December.
Traffic Tight
hopes
squashed_
EXETER - A bid to install new
traffic lights at the corner of Victor-
ia and Main Streets in Exeter has
failed.
According to an engineer's report
Fermented to the public works com-
mittee. not enough traffic crosses
Main Street at that intersection to
warrant a traffic light to meet Min-
istry of Transportation require-
ments.
Council had sponsored a traffic
count at both Wellington and Vic-
toria's intersections with Main in
May in the hope that a traffic light
could be of benefit to motorists and
pedestrians that use either of those
corners.
The public works committee,
however, is not giving up. They
have recommended that another
traffic count at Victoria and Main
be conducted in the fall.
No casino for
Bend?
EXETER - Grand Bend investors
will fail to win the province's ap-
proval for a casino, according to
one beater man.
Don Winter. who attended the re-
cent Ontario Association of Com-
mittees of Adjustment conference
in Windsor, heard Minister of Mu-
nicipal Affairs David Cooke say
there will be gambling casinos in
Ontario. Windsor, Cooke's home
riding. will be one to have a casino.
According to Winter, the prov-
ince will not approve more than
one casino for Southwestern Onta-
rio, : so "Grand Bend will not be
successful whetter we feel this is
an advantage or not for this re-
"
North Middlesex & Lamhtnn
Global Vision nominee
Lucan student
By Adrian Harte
T"A Editor
LUCAN - A Lucan teenager has
been selected as one of 20 students
from across Canada to participate in
an international trade program.
MP Terry Clifford announced at
Lucan's Canada Day celebrations
that Loretta Foran, a grade 12 stu-
dent of Medway High School, had
been chosen as one of the partici-
pants in the month-long Global Vi-
sion "Our Competitive Advantage"
program.
Foran will be travelling to Van-
couver this week for training at Si-
mon Fraser University before head-
ing to Singapore to study. trade and
culture in Malaysia with Canada's
Consul General and High Commis-
sioner in the nation state.
Foran is the only representative
from Southwestern Ontario on the
trade delegation. She was selected
according to academic achieve-
ment, languages ability, work expe-
rience and -will -be canonised to do-
ing 100 hours of axsmmunity work
when she returns. Much of that
commitment will be spent at Speak-
ing engagements where she can
share her experiences of Canada's
trade relations with Malaysia.
Farad said she did not apply -for
the program and the phone call tell-
ing her she had been chosen for
Global Vision came "totally out of
the blue".
Her principal at Medway High
School was among her nominees
for the program.
"'Things were starting to get a lit-
tle boring," said Foran of her plans
for the summer. This month-long
excursion has changed all that.
Global Vision, a joint program of
the federal government and Canadi-
an corporations, sent 80 students to
Europe last year, one of whom was
Kevin Clay of London. Clay was
present at the public announcement
of Foran's selection last Wednes-
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n way to Singapore
-day.
Clifford, after the ceremony, Mid
that Foran's selection as one of 20
Canadian teenagers was a signifi-
cant achievement. He said the pro-
gram really does give students a
first-hand view of how trade is eon
ducted in other parts of the world -
knowledge that is vital to Canadian
htdustries seeking to expand its
markets.
Clifford noted that the many agri-
cultural businesses of Middlesex
and Huron Counties will likely we
the Pacific Rim become a vital trad-
ing partner in the years to come.
After her tour, Foran should be able
to offer help to those companies on
the cultural and business expecta-
tions of that region.
'It isn't just to help her, it's to af-
fect hundreds of other Canadians,"
said -Clifford. "To realize Canada is
a world player".
Continued on page 2
Cool weather rules out ;bumper
crops for local farmers
By Adrian Harte
T -A Editor
CLINTON - This time last year, Huron fawners
could see corn standing shoulder high in their fields.
With the recent turbulent and cold weather, corn stands
only about knee-high, leading agricultural experts at
the Ministry of Agriculture to effectively rule out
bumper crops for 1992.
Brian Hall at Clinton's OMAF office said that county
fields are about 125 heat units behind normal for this
time of year. Contrasted with the seamy and hot spring
weather of the past two years, that difference is all the
more dramatic.
"We won't get bumper yields at this point," said Hall,
but added that if the weather does turn around the
crops could catch up. "It's too early to say we won't
get normaiiields. "
Otherwise, -wheat, barley and pea crops look good in
Huron. Some vegetable crops near Grand Bend and in
the Hay Swamp area were "devastated" by the frost
two weeks ago.
The first cut of hay did look good, but if left in the
field for the past two weeks, its quality has likely been
hurt by the rains.
"Anyone still trying to do hay is having a hard time
getting dry days," said Hall.
The soybean crop so far shows good emergence. but
"that's all we know at this point," explained Hall.
While farmers are likely holding out hopes for sunny
warm days in the next two months, the weather fore-
casters still predict the upset "backwards" weather may
continue.
"If the weather continues like this through the sum-
mer then we'll certainly have reduced yields," said
Hall, .who also pointed out that the cold weather gave
the upper hand to weeds because the crops were slow
to grow and force them our
- - "it's mere difficult, for weed ameretothlryter7satd
Hall, who expects -many producers may be investing
some more time with scuffling and cultivating between
the rows this summer.
Legion donation keeps police
-bicycle patrols on the street
EXETER - The Exeter Police's
bicycle patrols -will be -back on
the meets this summer. and now
with a bicycle of their own.
Last year's pilot project to put
officers on the beat with pedal
power was such a,es .theft
the police decided the force
needed its own bicycle. Unfor-
tunately, that item was one of
those trimmed from the 1992
budget, so chief Jack Hadcness
applied to the local Legion for
help.
Thanks to a $ l.000 donation, a
new Cycle Tech mountain bike
hits the streets this week. The
Calgary company bas been ag-
gressively promoting its bicycles
for police use. Lightweight. but
rugged enough to stand daily
use. the Cycle Tech was esiected
as a best buy for the police's
needs. With accessories (iaclud- -
ing . the obligatory lights and
bell) there is still a little money
left over fix the police to pur-
chase bicycle safety material.
If an officer mots a cyclist
obeying the rules of the road,
they can lc rewarded with a re-
flective "happy face" sticker.
Harkness said he is also consid-
ering a bicycle helmet draw at
the end of the season for all
those cyclists awarded with
stickers.
However. there is also a more
serious side to policing. by bicy-
cle. While it cannot replace a
cruiser, one of which must re-
main on the nada at all times,
the bicycler has shown to have its
own advantages.
Constable Liam Braman, who
used his own bicycle for the pi-
lot patrols Jost year, found ,be
was able. to. awe argily -aadlch
Owe ,with liquor in . *Aides.
-He even sande a dug seizure:
approecbirtg aver art bieye1e.
.cryiser would bave.biew too vis-
ible.
"A lot of .jssibelt .wassjimpt
.err rc,iitteueutilaalal r, WO*
AAA ot,,ptttrpiabyjwtatiae," �d
Brannan.
Harkness -said -the bicycle pa-
trols should be an effective
weapon against mischief, thefts,
and vandalism in and around Ex-
eter's parks. public buildings and
Jbsk.Al►eYs
"They often look out for a
cruiser - so if they don't see a
cruiser the element of surprise is
ours," said Harkness.
The bicycle is also seen as
having further advantages. It
can cult through congested Main
Street treble, can quickly tra-
verse parks and river areas in
emergencies. and brings the offi-
cer outside his "hunk of metal
with four tires underneath" to be
closer to the public.
Harkness said he was grateful
to the Legion for seeing fit to
sponsor the bicycle purchase to
keep the program alive.
"1 was diseppointcd when the
budget wouldn't accommodate
it. I couldn't see letting it he as
a done issue," said Harkness.
"The pilot run last year proved it
was worthwhile."
The new bicycle will be avail-
able to all officers who can de-
cide if the weather warrants.
they can supplement the cruiser
patrol with a little old-fashioned
pedal power.
$1,000 cheque was presented to chief Jack Harkness
(left) Monday afternoon by Exeter Legion president Jim Mer-
ryJees. In the foreground is the new bicycle to be used by
the officers on bicycle patrols outfitted like constable Liam
Brennan at right.
London Middlesex MP Terry Clifford congratulates Lucan's
Loretta Fontan, one of 20 nominees chosen from across Cana-
da to participate in an international trade program.
'own asked to
consider smoking
restriction bylaw
EXETER - As reeve Bill Mickle pointed out Monday evening, Exeter al-
ready las a bylaw regulating smoking in is_municipal buildings, but Dr.
Maarten Bokhout, medical officer of the Huron County Health Unit, was
asking couecil to go the full course. Bokhout said it is time for Huron mu-
..nicipalities-toadopt bylaws to restrict smoking in all public places.
Bokhout read from a prepared statement at Monday evening's council
session. He patted out tobacco is the only product sold in Canada which
causes death when used exactly as intended by the manufacturer. He also
Mid smoking related deaths in Canada are equivalent to a crash of a jumbo
jet e four days.
Bokhout said an "overwhelming majority'' over 80 percent of Huron's
population supports smoke free areas in public places, including restau-
rants, workplaces, retail stores, banks, doctors offices, theatres, and at
large indoor gatherings.
He also said it was a misconception that smoking restrictions hurt busi-
ness. An utcreeasing number of restaurant customers ask for non-smoking
areas and he said no business that has made non-smoking a policy has ever
reported a drop in business.
Bokhout insisted that smoking be banned in all public places except
those with separate designated smoking areas. Sectioning off areas of the
same room "is like designating chlorinated and non -chlorinated ends of
swimming pools". he argued.
While smoking bylaws usually include fuses of several thousand dollars
they are rarely laid. Bokhout said the bylaw is mostly for compliance, not
enforcement.
Deputy -reeve Lousy Fuller said she had spoken to a lot of people about
such a bylaw. agrees with it herself and thinks it will eventually be ap-
proved. Bart she said the Recreation Centre board should be consulted,
Conti ued on page 2
Huron County doesn't
want responsibility
of provincial highways
GODERICH - Huron County
is taking a farm stood wawa tate
province's attempt to taw* the
msinumpaa of three .highways
from tit ptuvinoe,to.the. county.
As part .of tie. distawaggle
went process. the costly could
be told they will becamerespon-
sible for the upkeep of High-
ways 83,84 and 87.
During Thattaflay's county
council meeting in Gtoderich,
Exeter reeve Bill Mickle joked
the NDP government should
post signs saying they have
*Widmer! she highways.
"Wc don't want these high-
ways,".said Mick c.
The county's enguteet has
been authorised to approach the
Ministry of Transportation con -
caning the future of the high -
We may end up goring thorn
by virtue of wallies with thorn
(province). but cwt having Any
lunacy ;to kook *slier it."
Oldie added the county tax-
payers elol►ild not have to fano -
cWY stlipoll the 4iphways.
"I dura t believe the proviape
basright io.dowrtpeade than
to a "
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�may Act do it.
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