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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1997-02-26, Page 1SEIP'S vale -mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 dfeliuut Foil 1 / Ikons 71,.;.$2.99 hotline 235.3535 — • 74 r : •• 4' ar. -s r.4 11,11,!' 1 WIC; I • 1 SEIP'S valu=mart 4 & 3 Exeter 235-0262 New Release Video Rentals $1.99 r SUBSCRIBE, II t you aren't subscribing to The' I Times -Advocate, you're missing out. Use the coupon below and subscribe today! 1 Name: ' Address City 1 Prov. — I Postal Code SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ONTARIO 1 year S35 + 2"45 GST•2 year 563 + a 41 GST ' OUTSIDE ONTARIO 1 year $63 + 4.41 GST•2 year 8119 + 8 33.GST QUTSIDE CANADA 5 102 00 ' USE YOUR CREDIT CARD ' 00000000 .00.000000 Card No. Expiry Date • 0 Visa 0 Master Card 0 Cheque enclosed Return to: TIMES ADVOCATE 11_424 Main St. Exeter. Ont. NOM 1S6� um um. — now aa■ — — 1 1 1 1 1 1 Inside Chinese medicine clinic to open See page 2 .,c Scout and Guide Week See Second front Walkerton acquisition 1: .W. Eedy Publications Ltd.. publisher of the Times -Advocate: has added the Walkerton Herald: 'Times to its family of community newspapers: - An agreement was reached Fri- day resulting in -the purchase of the 137 -year-old newspaper from Bowes Publishers Ltd:. of Hyde Park. - • • Other J. W. Eedy Publications Ltd. newspapers.arc: . • Saugecn City News • Wingham Advance -Times • Mount Forest Confederate • Listowel Banner • Fergus/Elora News -Express • • St. Marys Journal -Argus • Independent PLUS SHDHS wins music awards LONDON -South Huron District High. School won five awards la the Musicfest Canada Regional Com- petition at.Lucas Secondary School in London on Friday. ' The Concert Band received a sil- ver award with Marcy Swance be- ing named as the Honorary Award Nominee. The -Wind Ensemble re- ceived a bronze award with Melissa Seabrook being named as the Hon- orary Award Nominee. On Thursday thc SHDHS cham- ber and concert choirs also per- formed with both choirs winning -'silver standing awards. Brad Hart- man and Becky Roushornc were acknowledged as choir members who have made an outstanding con- tribution to the choir groups. On Saturday the Black Jazz Band performed at Aquinas in St. Thom- . as and received a strong silver award along with an invitation to the Nationals. Darryl Romphf was the Honor Award Nominee. Liberal leader in Huron SEAFORTH-Ontario Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty will bk. :a Seaforth Monday evening, March 3 to meet with local Liberals. McGuinty is interested in hearing the -concerns of the people of Huron with regard to such topics as health • cato education; municipal govern- ment and the economy Wednesday, February 26, 1997 (93C + 7C G.5 T. ONE DOLLAR 1~ .69:•••44 • • • • • •• 60 • • •• • • • • Si • 41, s ''....•1• • .•.•• • •••• •... • • •.•• �• i� • '� •. •. •••;. I.r.� alt • • • .. a have Some Exeter residents. over the i EXETER Water supply was fouled ver that stirred up ',` wound their rain catirred e D • weekend as aa result ofice over. Mild and flip 44 well residue. well to break up Utilities Commis• ice in the Public problem is not • 4 According to Exeter Puoth, the o h residents • cion Manager :Sherman on ern although health 'quality problems 1 considered a discovered q ravel pit • may have near a g - uestion is located rnpcal re The well in d odor is caused by a c by ice roll The taste and material stirred up water. action between them to treat the in the chlorine used thing up over and it stirs everything said "t flips the pita andand it into the aqua-fire,"ai bottom "ofI the pit health eeal h problem but pts very. not a h taste :and odor" Roth. "It' s the flushed well a as b shut and_watcr Wa- ter a - The well has been • the probit. Toronto h the system to alleviate London and • through have been sent to L by tefor-furthertestingand results were expected Tuesday morning. well un- til the affected Exeter PUC lies shut do and tests have been comrnision warns residents there • til the effect settles down water in the completed. a mall.pockets of fouaffected, may stillyst our water is • system. If y - 4 contact the AUC..4 • •, • ti; 4•••• .•08 • �.. • .-. • 1 • • A • 40 Unique donation. Dan Lachance from Dan's Taxidermy and Natasha Haggitt admire the mounted Great Blue Heron they donated to be permanently displayed in Zurich Public School's library. The Haggitt family found the Heron after it was struck by a vehicle and gave it to Lachance who spent more than 50 hours mounting the.bird and building a display case for it. Great Blue Herons are not endangered but. they are protected by Canadian Wildlife Services. - Exeter man aides Colombian children in acquiring beds By Brenda Burke - T -A Reporter EXETER - A warm bed to sleep in. Many -of us take this comfort for - granted while children around the world go v.Ithout. Twenty -three-year-old. Jim Ah - fens recently travelled to Colombia North Middlesex proposal voted down at County council By Chris Skalkos T -A Reporter MIDDLESEX COUNTY - 'The Warden's Advisory Committee proposal to restructure Middlesex County was defeated by a 17-12 re- corded vote at a county council meeting last Tuesday. The proposed plan, called for the county's 21 municipalities to merge into a four -municipality model in a two-tier structure which would en- compass the entire Township of Biddulph and the Village of Lucan as well as McGillivray Township, Parkhill Ailsa Craig, East West William Township and three quar- ters of Lobo Township. Ron Reymer, Lucan Clerk, said he thought the proposal would pass at the county level and was slightly surprised by the outcome. "I thought it would squeak through but a few people surprised me." he said adding Strathroy; which had two .votes, voted in fa- vour and against effectively- can- celling each- other out. A similar thing happened to the two repre- sentatives eligible to vote on the proposal from West Nissouri. Lucan Reeve Rob Brady and Bid- dulph. Reeve. Earl French attended the meeting and voted against. Clerk -Treasurer for Biddulph council Larry Hotson said he felt the proposal was rushed .since it was drafted in a three-week time . span. "This study meant well and .the committee worked very hard to come up with a proposal in the length of time they had, un- fortunately their mandate wasn't broad enough and there was no .consideration given to the monetary effectiveness.' said .Hotson. "The scheme they came up with may be doable if they studied the reserves and showed how the assets would be split. You have to do the fi- nancial studies." Hotson said Lucan and Biddulph Man rescued by uncle and neighbor By Chris Skalkos T -A Reporter ST. JOSEPH - A 21 -year-old man was rescued by his uncle and a neighbor after his truck overturned submerging him in a pool of water about two kilometers north of St. Joseph on Friday. A 1991 GMC pick-up truck, driv- en by Adam Durand of Stanley Township. left Highway 21 and landed upside down in a low-lying area containing run-off water. Du- rand was trapped inside the cab • with his head barely above the wa- ter line. His vehicle was discovered by Dennis Rau. who drove by at ap- proximately 7 a.m. Rau turned around and went to the house of Dave Durand to inform him about the accident on his property. After discovering there was someone inside they tried to ex- tricate the occupant but couldn't ac- cess the partially submerged ve- hicle because the doors were jammed and the windshield was in- tact. A neighbor, Charles Ducharme, used his front-end loader to hoist the truck above the water so the others could pry open the doors: Dave Durand said at first he didn't know the person they were trying to rescuewas his .nephew Adam even though he recognized the vehicle. "I wasn't sure at the the time, my mind was going wild," said Durand adding they couldn't get a response from inside to confirm his sus- picion. "When it's your own kin its different...I never want to go through a situation like that again," he said. ar Continued on page 2 spent many months studying their amalgamation proposal which has already been sent to the Minister•of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Both municipalities have been patiently waiting for the minister to sign the proposal, but thc province has not done so claiming minor changes need to be made. However, with the North Mid- dlesex proposal out of the way, Hotson suspects Lucan and Bid- dulph's amalgamation plans will go through. "I wish they would sign it so we can get on with the further planning it's going to require," said Hotson explaining a transition committee will need to be established to melt the salary grids, insurance pro- • grams and resolve other things that need to be settled. "I don't want to have to do this under the gun. I hope the minister would get the order signed so we can get down to the nitty gritties': to help with a Sleeping Children Around the World mission, an or- ganization that raises funds to pro- vide bedkits for children in under- developed countries. Each • kit typically contains bed equipment, bedding, pyjamas, clothing and per- sonal care items. Since. its founding, in 1970, SCAW has raised .more than $7 million to provide bedkits for at (cast 320,000 children in 27 countries such as Panama, India and the Philippines. Ahrens discovered SCAW through an un- cle who has been in- volved with the or- ganization for the past seven or eight years. As a travelling volunteer, Ahrens' responsibilities during his December trip included supervising the distribution of bed - kits and, as proof for donors, photo- graphing children with their donat- ed gifts. Overseas volunteers ' in de- veloping countries determine which children need the donations, man- age the manufacture of bedkits and help travelling volunteers distrib- ute them. Administration vol- unteers in.Toronto process mail"dd- nations, produce kit labels and. mail dontirphotogrAphs. According to Ahrens, a $30 dona- • tion- buys one bedkit. "There (are) so Kits arc made in conn - man people tries where they are dis- (who) aren't tributed, in an effort to decrease costs of trans - getting portation, materials and beds...It's labor while " providing something they employment and - ec- Could never at- onomic benefits for fam- ilies in need. ford to buy. Ahrens and his group stopped at 10 • dis- tribution sites to .give out 3,520 beds. One destination required eight hours of travel in a taxi. As or Continued on page 2 Usborne teens injured in gun powder explosion USBORNE TOWNSHIP - Two Usborne Township teens were hospitalized Sunday afternoon after setting off an explosion at the farm of one of the teens. Nathan Thomas Ilford and Lee Holdsworth, both 13=years-old, were at a residence on North Thames Road working on a school project when they came into possession of gun powder. According to police, the youths apparently lit the powder with a match after placing it in a pipe, which resulted in an explosion. Media reports indicate they suf- fered burns and •shrapnel wounds but the injuries were not life- threatening. The two were taken to South Huron Hospital in Exet- er before being - transferred to Children's Hospital in London. The Cred/ton Women's Institute celebrated the 100th birthday of the national group on Febru- ary 19. From the left are Dave McClure as Erland Lee, secretary Jane Dearing in period cos- tume, • president Cheryl MacLeod as Adelaide Hunter Hoodless and Grace Yearley as Janet Lee. to 4