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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1994-03-23, Page 25St. Patrick 's in Hensall No St. Patrick's Day would be complete without leprechauns. Denise Bisback, left, Mindy Bell (standing), Leah Freeman and Gordon Bailey spent part of Thursday aftemoon at the Hen - sail library crafting their own version of St. Patrick's Day leprechauns. 7111: 01.1) METHODIST CEMETERY A Pastoral Charge meeting regarding this cemetery in Kirkton. Sunday, March 27 at 12:30 p.m. in the Kirkton United Church. This meeting will also be of interest to anyone who has relatives buried in this cemetery. 1' L L L L NOTICE The Arthritis Society is seeking volunteers from Exeter to be trained to become Program Leaders in the Society's program on coping with arthritis. The Arthritis Society supplies all the materials. Training takes place early April 9th and 10th in .Stratford. Please call Pam VanEgmond at 1- 800-361-1112 for more information. �.L - - Thursday Night LINE DANCING STARTS AT 8:30 p.m. Saturday Attention 'Queen' Fans BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Tickets '5. and GOING FAST! Next Saturday POOL TOURNEY Saturday, April 9th EUCHRE TOURNEY 482-1234 317 Huron St. (Hwy 8 West) ,\ Exeter LIONS TV BINGO Game 1: $50.,Cathy Arbo Game 2: $50. MaryLou Desjardine.Game 3; $50. Ann Lawrence Game 4: $75.Ken Inch .Game 5 $100 Joyce Chadwick Game 6: Jackpot Game, Janet Maes, $100 consolation Good Times Fri. Mar. 25 IROX $2.00 cover Free Pool on Sundays WOO DANCE HALL 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Line dancers welcome 349-2678 Fri., March 25 Sunrise Sat., March 26 Lee Davidson & Sagebrush Lucan Community Bingo Special Easter Ham Bingo Mar. 23 & 30 Bingo starts 7:30 p.m. $1.000 Jackpot Game 52 calls or less $600. bonus Total prizes $3000 Due to the licence regulations, no one under 18 allowed to play Licence 0537495 Tlmii'a OVla'ple `4'8YrLP `Festival 'Elmira Maple Syrup Festival Saturday, April 9,1994 - 7:30 a.m. Come - Taste the Tradition!!! Pancake Breal ast • Countryside Heritage Tours Craft & Quilts • Antique • Toy • W ufArt Shows Sugar Bush Tours NEW THIS YEAR! SAVE TIME & MONEY! Prepurchased passes for adults & children: call (519) 669-2605 ABCA battles funding cuts EXETER - The Ministry of Natu- ral Resources has continued to withdraw it financial support to conservation authorities by pledg- ing 13 percent less funding for 1994. For the ABCA this amounts to $75,512. In setting the 1994 bud- get, the Authority had anticipated a 10 percent reduction, but will have to dip further into the reserves to come up with the additional fund- ing. A committee of four directors and two staff has been struck to re- view the operations of the ABCA in order to determine what services the Authority should provide with existing funding. The Adhoc Re- view committee held its first meet- ing on March 1 and decided to use the Conservation Strategy as the basis for ranking the programs of the Authority. The Committee has also dis- cussed the need to restructure inter- nally and discuss sharing staff and `possible amalgamation with neigh$ bouring C's. It was agreed that the committee would meet with munic- ipal representatives from the Mait- land Valley and St. Clair Region Conservation Authorities. At the next meeting on March 29 the committee will discuss: levy calculations .for the ARCA, MVCA and SCRCA; 1994 ABCA budget; salary grid; report of the joint CA review of shared services; and a list of fixed program expens- es related to mandated programs. r Precious Blood Cash / Calendar Winners Mar. 6. $50. Peter Jeffrey 00455. Mar. 7 Chris Garrick $50. 00378 Mar. 8 Darryl Glavin $50. 01360, Mar. 9 Gerry Gregus $50. 01264 Mar. 10 Cliff Ersman $50. 00657 Mar. 11 John Towsley $50. 00005 Mar. 12 Bob Edwards $100. 00246 Mar. 13 Janet Clarke $50. 00348 Mar. 14 Jeff Wise $50. 01727 Mar. 15 Jennifer Cook $50. 00842 Mar. 16 David Elliot $50. 11549 Mar. 17 DK Coolman $50. 00637 Mar. 18 Don Oke $50. 01552 Mar. 19 Bill Glesen $100. 00206 Times -Advocate, March 23, 1994 Page 25 Children are special GODERICH - Children Are Spe- cial to us all. They represent the innocenep , love and faith we see in our wor11 today. In this, the International Year of the Family, the Children's Aid So- ciety of Huron County and the Sal- vation Army Goderich Corps are pleased to present an evening con- ference for Huron County's faith communities, on March 28. The evening has been designed for Sunday School Superintendents, teachers, and faith community members working with children, individuals who play an important and meaningful role in the lives of our children. All church and faith community members are welcome to partici- pate in the Children Are Special Conference. The evening is sched- uled from 6:30 to 9 p.m., at the Salvation Army Church, 18 Water- loo Street South in Goderich. Huron -Bruce M.P. Paul Steckle will lead off the Children Are Spe- cial Conference with words of wel- come for participants. Captain Jane Archer, of the Goderich Sal- vation Army will present a talk on Raising Your Children Without Raising Your Blood Pressure. Sheila McCaffery, Family Servic- es Supervisor of the Children's Aid Society of Huron County will describe all the resources and as- sistance the Society can offer through this faith community part- nership. Lawyer George Brophy, will draw upon many years of experi- ence practising specialized law as it relates to children to describe and discuss the legal responsibili- ties of individuals working with children. Participants will be encouraged to share experiences and knowl- edge with others during the ques- tion and answer and informatio exchange portion of the eveninj . A display of educational materials and accessories will be available for perusal and ordering purposes. Registration forms are available by contacting members of the Hu- ron County Ministerial Associa- tion, the Children's Aid Society and the Salvation Army. For addi- tional details please call Sheila McCaffery at 524-7356 or 1-800- 265-5198. Telephone answering machines at OPP detachments EXETER - No. 6 District of the Ontario Provincial Police has an- nounced an addition to the tele- phone service at local detach- ments. Starting March 21, telephone answering machines will be put into use, after normal busi- ness hours only, at the Cambridge detachment and at all detachments in Grey, Bruce, Huron, Perth and Wellington counties. Telephone access during normal business hours will remain unchanged. The answering machines will as- sist callers by offering them the choice of leaving a message re- garding a non -emergency matter or, if they require police service, contacting the Telecommunica- tions Centre at 1-800-265-2525. Messages for specific officers will be redirected to them. Requests for information or other administrative calls will be answered at the earli- est opportunity. This addition to the telephone system will assist the officers in handling routine inquires, while re- taining the 1-800-265-2525 tele- phone lines for calls of an urgent nature, says sergeant R.M. Brown, community services coordinator. Caven Presbyterian Women meet EXETER - The March meeting of Caven Presbyterian Church women was held on Monday March 14. The president, Donna Webster opened the meeting with an Irish poem. A video was enjoyed on the Study of the year, "The Many fac- es of the Caribbean". African Book sale ARVA - The annual sale of books At Middlesex County Li- brary will be held this year on Thursday, April 28 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the library's head- quarters in Arva (on Highway 4, 2 km north of London). The library is selling books which are no longer needed as well as donated books. Many types of books are for sale: mysteries, history, science fic- tion, biography, travel, west- erns, references. There are also many children's books and thousands of paperbacks. Pric- es start at 50Q so it will be a bargain hunter's paradise, say library officials. With the funds raised from this sale, the library will buy new books to be used in its branch libraries throughout Middlesex County. based religions have influenced the regions popular culture, espe- cially in music and dance. The people in the Caribbean came from India, China and Africa as labour- ers against their will. The Spanish killed many of the original popula- tion. A reading by Edna Simmons on Irish superstitions and symbols as harbingers of good fortune called "Lucky leaves and all that Malar- key" was appreciated by the Irish folks as well as the non -Irish. After a business session Rev. Charles Henderson closed with prayer. A delicious St. Patrick's lunch was served by the lunch commit- tee. Free -roaming dogs in Huron -Perth a danger to deer WINGHAM - The Ministry of Natural Resources is encouraging dog owners in Huron and Perth counties to keep their dogs under control. Current snow conditions make deer vulnerable to attacks from dogs. "Deep snow covered with an icy crust allows dogs to run on top of the crust, while deer flounder to the snow," said Bob Pegg, Conservation Officer in MNR's Wingham Area office. "Under these conditions, dogs will catch and kill the deer. We encourage anyone who sees dogs running deer to contact a Conservation Officer at an MNR office," he said. It is an offence under the Game and Fish Act for anyone to allow a dog to run at large during the closed season for deer. If a dog is found running deer, it, may be shot by a Conservation Officer. Pegg says that Conservation Officers are investigating a number of incidents of dogs chasing deer. In some areas, packs of wild dogs are attacking deer. Wild dogs, which are likely domestic pets that have been abandoned in the cuunt,yside, are a threat to livestock as well as to wildlife. "The deep snow we've had this year is making it difficult for deer to access their feeding areas, Pegg said. "Does are also getting heavy with fawn at this time of year, and their fat reserves are getting depleted. There is enough natural food for the deer, but the stress of being harassed by dogs may cause some does to abort their fawns." z • S z • S essenlas Country Inn SPRING 15 HERE Easter Celebration Come and enjoy our famous SMORGASBORD With wholesome foods Sat. 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. Sun. 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. • Coffee included • with these specials 12 years and under half price Reservations appreciated s2367707 Hwy. 21 just• north of -�+• St. Joeeplu< Z•N•e3 • Lucan Community Cents hosted its Second Annual Antique Sale and Show on the weekend and there were dozens of dealers displaying not only antiques but several interesting and unique items. Here, dealers and customers have a chat.