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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1993-12-29, Page 1rins -- lit you spont to The Tintes-Advocate, you're cwt. 1 Use lho coupon below subscribe mow! 1 Name: 1 I Address City 1 Prov. II ▪ SUBSCRIPTION Code SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada Whin 40 nibs - (65 km) addressed to non beer carrier addresses $30.00 plus $2.10 GS.T. 1 Oussids 40 miles - (65 km) w any ktter oarrisr address $80.00 + 3420 G.S.T. Owl& c nedniup.00twa. 84uoe1.01e0 1 OD 1 DDDDODDD Card No. 1 1 Expuy Date 0 Visa 0 Master Card 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Cheque enclosed 'Return to; TIMES ADVOCATE ▪ 424Main St. Exeter Ont. NOM 1S6 an amp am an am am GO Inside Saddle Club Will it return to Exeter? page 2 New business Entrepreneurs head out on own page 5 Hockey Hawks top Mitchell Second front With .hlncs O'Shea doing well Second front 0:7 • c 1 s , J Wednesd t*. December 29. 1993 ;,.t, +:t c S i + 90 cents Ringing in the \ car's} d Sarah McClure, back in Crediton for the holidays, had a cl is oe Thursday to test her strength ringing the bells at Trivitt Memorial Church the old fashioned way - by pulling or what is properly called "pealing" the bells. This technique hadn't been used at the Exeter Anglican church since 1918. Giving instruction is Betsy Rowcliffe (right) of Hensall, one of the bell ringers at the church leaming the technique. '235' phone number mandatory New hiring policy for Exeter firefighters will stress closeness to station EXETER - So you want to be an lixetcr firelighter, huh? Well, be - bre you can join the ranks of the volunteer force, you will likely have to meet a few new require- ments. For instance, you must have the right kind of phone number. The phone number requirement is only one of eight on a hiring policy document being circulated by the Exeter and Area Fire Board. In fu- ture, all Exeter firefighters must ei- ther live within the boundaries of the Town of Exeter, or in the town- ships of Stephen, Hay or Usbome, provided they live or work within a 10 minute response time to the sta- tion. All must be within the 235 telephone exchange for Exeter. Firefighters must have a class D drivers license, and be prepared to upgrade it to a Z class license with- in two years to drive the air -brake equipped vehicles. New firefighters will be on a six- month probationary period, and twice a year alt firefighters are re- quired to be on a "group call" for statutory holiday weekends. Town councillor Robert Drum- mond said those and other require- ments of the hiring policy were ap- proved by the fire board at their December 15 meeting. The policy will be circulated to all member councils. Drummond also said a 1994 bud- get for the fire department has been approved, with an identical $210,100 "bottom line" as 1993's budget. With only a few minor ad- justments, most 1994 expenditures and revenues are projected to be identical to 1993's. Bureau gets grant EXETER - Although Exeter council has been exercising the same tightening of the purse strings this year as have other local munic- ipalities, it opened them up last week for one gesture of generosity. Reeve Bill Mickle, chairing last week's council in the absence of mayor Bruce Shaw, said he noticed there was some money left in the town's grants budget - a budget item mu 'h reAlu c 1 from previous years. Mickle asked if a council mem- ber would like make a motion to donate some of it to the Huron County Christmas Bureau. "We haven't supported the Christ- mas Bureau for a few years," noted clerk -treasurer Liz Bell. Councillor Ben Hoogenboom voted to make a $300 donation, and council unanimously agreed. Looking hack over 1993: a review of the news and issues This last issue of the year gives us a chance to take a look troversial. back at the news of 1993. We have collected from our ar- We begin the review with January's events below. chives a month by month, week by week summary of the top Throughout this paper the reviews continue in order. On news stories, the most important issues as they developed, page 12 you will find a more visual account of 1993: a col - and those events that may have proved entertaining or con- lection'of some of the more graphic images captured by Times Advocate photographers during the year. For sports fans, page 10 we have a separate review of the year's top sports stories. Have a happy New Year. 1 1('.` 111 t'('1'l1'1! January -6 ' •Exeter's smoking bylaw came into effect New Years Day. •Hensall's cat bylaw also came into effect January 1 with continued de- bate frorn village residents. •It is announced•that the 120 -year-old St. Peters Church, just north of Exeter will be demolished. •Tax arrears in Exeter are at the highest level in memory, according to Exeter clerk Liz Bell. •A fault in the ice -cleaning machine was sited as cause of the Stephen Township Arena being evacuated. January 13 • The police services board confrontation with town police chief Jack Harkness continues as the solicitor general's office pressures the entire board to resign. •The Heritage Foundation holds an open meeting hoping to find a way to save the old Exeter Railway Station. • On January 9, the South Huron District Women's Institute marked its 90th year. January 20 •South Huron Recreation Centre rates go up five percent as Exeter Town Council tries to bring in a zero percent budget. •The Village of Hensall is ,honoured for its dedication to the ideals of conservation by the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority. • The ABCA announces it ended the year with a surplus of $82,259 de- spite grant cuts. January 27 •The town of Exeter's waste management committee announces plans to introduce $2 -a -bag garbage collection. •It is announced that 30 people at the Poulan Weed Eater -Canada plant in Huron Park will be out of work March 31. •Grade 8 students at Exeter Public School are visited by Dave Cox, head of the guidance department at SHDHS, to get more information on de - streaming. • Comments made by Ontario's education minister Tony Silipo are inter- preted by some Huron County Board of Education officials as saying that eliminating local school boards could save money. What do you think? If you were a politician, what would be your New Year's rtsolufion? Dada* lin, trees In an ring population she says she would find a way to bring together the youth and senior citizens "so that they have more involvement, so they have better understanding." tits. iNtasv rlt ban, Gvaltto ► "1'd resolve to reduoe the deficit," she says if she were an MP. If a school board trustee she would eliminate school violence. "If they're not serious about school they should not be able to go." Cheryl Wein, Crediton If an MPP, she says she would aim to "create more jobs...get more factories in Huron Park for sure." She would also seek to lower taxes and "get rid of the GST". 4 As a high school student herself, she says if she were a politician in 1994 she would take a look at the schools. "I'd do something about the problems, try to change them." Rob Bllake, l If a politician, he says he would "cut my wage". "They've got to cut their wages. It doesn't seem fair they give everyone else • a pay cut and give themself a raise." Kers, Ottawa Visiting Exeter for Christmas, Kells said he would "stop this spending and then give (the politicians] wages back...for all us Social Contract people."