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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-01-22, Page 5Times -Advocate, January 22, 1997 Back in Time.. By Ross Haugh from the archives of • the _Exeter Times_Advocate J 10 YEARS AGO January 21, 198.7 - Huron Centennial School. near Brucefield won (he 1986 Ausable Bayfield Conservation authority group award. •Earl Rees. of. the Authority made the presentation to teachers Bud • Walker and Morley Desjgrdine. The school has participated in.trec. planting, Camp Sylvan and conservation education programs. Jack McGregor of Stanley Township and• Bruce Shillinglaw 'of Londesboro were joint winner, in.the individual category. McGre- gor's project -included ridge tilling, no tillage, mulch tillage, crop ro-. talion. woodlot management and cover crops. . Centralia College of Agric-irltural. Technology principal Doug Ja- mieson has keen_appointed.firsteducation .programs general tnanag- cr for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fond. With over three-quarters of a million dollars,w.orih of building permits -being issued in December, Exeter has set a record for the second consecutive year in the value of local building., Vicar Tarry Stojkovic has been inducted 'as the "new:minister.ar' Zion Lutheran Church inDashwood. 20 YEARS A..(O . •. January 20. 1977 :Exeter -Council came up with their first major decision of the new term when the \ dissolved the Recreation -Arena - Parks (RAP). committee. therch\ eliminating one of the .biggest . headaches which have plagued their predecessors for the past tWo years: • Plans• call for the'estahJishment of a .South Huron Recreation Cen- tre hoard comprised of tour Exeter representatives and one each from Usbornc. Stephen. and Hav townships. .. :. Hensall •council approved. a building permit for an addition" to al- low Bendix Home- Systems to move thein head office from London to Hensall.- • 40 YEARS , I A+t 0 January 20. 1957.- Fred Dobbs was re-elected president of the Ex- eter and District Cancer 'Society, Monday'night. - • - Les Parker and Jud Dykeman of lakcview.hatchery of Exeter and Neil Cantrhell.attended a -tour clay short cziursc in. turkey disease and management at Dr. Salisbury's Laboratories in Charles City. Iowa. last week:- - . A- wind -s hipped blaze razed the restaurant and garage owned by - Norman C'own' at Sarepta, just east. of Dashwood Frida\ evening: Fire is behoved to have -started troni leaking as -w an old retrigera . -191 . . - 50YE4RS,t(i0 January 23. 194- - B.W. Tuckey of lixetcr: Hugh Berry. Lishorne: Roy Rat/ and Arthur Amy: Stephen and George Armstrong. Hay .are • attending Huron County courted' in Goderich the, week. • . - W.E. Middleton .has been named chairman of :the Exeter Public School Board: - - Eight large windows. two. verandah pillars andd-a gasoline pump `were smashed at the Emmerson Kyle store at Kippen :Wednesday' when an R:C.A.F, anihulancc Hent out of control and crashed into the building. • - ..75YEf1RSAG0 January 22.-1921. - The pAeter council for. 1922 is Reeve W.F.H. Beay'ers and Councillors Joseph Davis. Frcderick.Elleringtou, Birtle - M. Francis and Chas. F,'Hooper. - Mr. Wm. Leavitt: is_ improving the accornmodation tor stfectators at the skating -rink by erecting three tiers of scats along the sides. Mr. Harokl Hunter of Ushornc has -been awarded• the Huron County prize in the baby heel competition with Ins Polled Angus. - He gets a two week course at the Agricultural College m Guelph: 90 YEARS AGO . January .19' 1907. -At the local market prices this week are. butter %8 -cents a pouhd. eggs 22 cents a_dozen.-turkeys 14 cents.a pound. hbgs 32 cents a pound. beans S1.40. potatoes 75 cents a hag and ap- pies twti dollars a bushel. The Belt Telephone Company. will .put in about 20 phones in Hensall with a few. at Kippen,to be connected with Hensall Central. They. \vitt he installed in about a month. . Renew your subscription-to,thc.Times now and get a handsome calendar. . Messt.. 13. and J.M. Ifonnell\ have recently purchased the south half:of Lot 18. Concession 0 of Biddulph Township trom'Mr. John - Coyne. for 52.550 This giyes the Dontiell\'s :darn of 100.acres Ai ,Exeter merchants Poplestone and .Gardiner von can purchase , men's overcoats valued at S 12.5f) tor S -I0 and with a 10 percent oft II for cash makes them S9. 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Best RSP Rate .70% Page 5 3M Science In Your World Gallery opens at Children's Centre LONDON. - For the first time in seven Years, the London Regional Children's Museum will 'celebrate the grand opening of 8 major new gallery. . Together with 3M, the Children's Museum will- officially open the 3M Science In Your World Gallery at a celebration set for Tuesday. January 14. Following the official celebration, the gallery will open to the ,general' public • during regular • museum hours beginning Wednes- - day, January 15. "Our visitors have been eagerly anticipating the opening of this gal- lery, and we think. they will he very happy with the results," says Leigh- Anne Stradeski the Children's Mu- seum ' executive 'director. "It's a bright: colorful, active gallery -and there arc so many things that chil- dren can -learn about science b‘ ex- ploring x-ploring .the backyard arid kitchen • exhibits.". • • The new -gallery einphasized edu- cational .tun. it includes a backyard . exhibit featuring a replica of 'a ver maple tree, a treehouse, a ,gar= dept and a .pond. As. well, the gal - Spry. features, a - kitchen exhibit complete with .food,_ ene'rgy and plumbing displays.'Within the next veae.a tiealth exhibit will also he added: • .' . ' Development of the $3(0.000 gallery- was -led by volunteers and lunded by corporate sponsors. Rep- resentatives tram the. education and corporate -Communities. took an ac- tive role in designing the gallery and the related education programs. "Attracting young people. to. ca- reers in scient:c and technology is critical. to Canada's economic fu Lure. says Bob Harms, .presiden: of 3M•Canada. the project's major sponsor. 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'turn on'- the curiosity of our youth and' encourage their future involvement in science and technology" he says. The 1M Science in Your. World Gallery' is. also supported by Bell Canada, Canada Trust= Friends •n1 the Environment Foundation. The Richard , Ivey Foundation. . the Richard and lean Ivey. Fund. Th, London Fred Press. and the Waco' .J. Blackburn Foundation:. C,dina' Kitchens. the Areangelo Rea foun- dation and contributions from sev- eral local husinesses and individu- als. The grand opening of the 3M Science In Your World' Gallen at the London Regional Children's - Museum _was' hildren'sMuseum_was held Tuesday. Janu- ary.. 14. Trucking industry out ahead on driver fatigue issues TORONTO - The Ontario Truck- ing Association (OTA), says it and the nfhei Canadian trucking associ- ,ations. are 'already well Underway in developing regulatory proposals and programs to enhance- truck driver alcrtncs's behind the wheel and'to alleviate driver fatigue. A. year ago. the country's truck= itrg associations commenced an in- dustry effort called: Project Alert, ww 1101 encompasses numerous ac- nrn1. aimed at. addressing these is- <ue: The 'industry has known for scrim. time what the likely results M the Canada -US driverfatigue stud- ies wnutd he. Having participated in Me research:" says OTA- president David Bradley. • .. Bradley says, that' the trucking as:. sociations. have engaged profes- sional medical .expertise .to help them develop proposals andl pro- grams that work. The OTA was part of a Canadian delegation that visited_Australia this past fall in or- . der to look at that country's joint industry -government fatigue nrrn- agemetit • programs. Gaiser Kneale 2$5-2420, 2369484 * (i1C' rotes sa:IJiset to change. Shop, tens rates "available. Segregated nods rater reflaet actual pot perJ6nnan-e. Ratan returns loft vary. 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