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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1997-06-04, Page 21COMMUNITY Time+ -Advocate, June 4„1997 Page 21. Tee off for charity Oranlzers Dorothy Peat and Harold Turnbull are pictured wt'h VON RPN Jean Bennett to promote the upcoming PCVP go f tournament. - EXETER - The Victorian Order of Nurses Palliative Care Volunteer Program is anticipating many eager golfers. for its 2nd annual Mixed 'Texas Scramble Golf Tournament. This nine -hole tournament includes a barbecue supper. . - Proceeds from this tournament support the VON Palliative Care Pro- gram in South Huron County and the Grand Bend area. •Trained•vol: unteers support people in the community facing'death, dying and be- reavement. Half of the $50 registration fee- goes directly to the community program. - Local businesses have donated many prizes such as'a one -night's de- luxe accomodation courtesy of Carlson-Wagonlit-Ellison Travel The tournament will he held Saturday, June -I4 at Exeter Golf Course and tee -off . times begin at J p.m._ The registration fee includes golf, barbecue, a pull cart and a S25 tax receipt. Participants can register as -a foursome or he teamed with other golfers. To register. please call -Pam at 1 -800 -265 -5176 -or 262-3320.. Walper Street issue settled After weeks of negotiation, it was de- cided a boundary adjustment would be the best solution EXETER - At long__last, Walper Street may get the -face-lift it needs. Hay and Exeter councils have been negotiating for several weeks and are now releasing the following statement to the press: The councils for the Township of Hay and the.Town of Exeter are pleased to -.announce they 'have agreed to a small boundary -adjust- ment that ill bring Walper Street and certain township lands. in- cluding the Hensall Co-op Store. into the Town of Exeter. The public is -aware of the poor condition of. Walper Street which serves properties in both municipalities. Various options for bring- . ing this road up to standard were considered such as cost-sharing and boundary adjustment. Hay and Exeter have agreed that boun- dary adjustment is the best choice. - The paperwork involved in a boundary adjustment will take a number of months to complete. Because of that delay and the ur- -gency associated with improving Walper Street, Exeter and Hay have also reached an agreement that will see this street repaired by Exeter before the boundary change is finalized. Both Exeter and Hay councils appreciate the efforts of the council representatives appointed to negotiate this solution. Though it may appear to be minor, any boundary adjustment is..in fact, a most complicated matter. The solution was achieved because of a coop- erative attitude shown by both municipalities and because of a de-. sire to serve the area's businesses.and residents better.-. • Exeter knows what's going on By Bruce Shaw I conducted a survey by telephone and personal conversation over thelast few days before the election. I talked to exactly 100 people from the Huron -Bruce riding (and two from Middlesex.) The results indicate that the residents of Exeter. or at least the people I talked to. are by -and -large aware of the candidates and the parties they represent (For the people I talked to, this survey is accurate 20 times out of 20. 100 per cent of the time.) • Asfor the number of parties in our riding, four per cent thought there were six parties. 8% 3, 28% four ani 60% had the right answer of five. The following chart reflects the 'awareness' le"vel of those interviewed: - Liberal 100 per cent - candidate Steckle PC -98 per cent - candidate Schenk Reform • 90 per cent - candidate Fines NDP - 76 per cent - candidate Johnstone CHP 1 42 per cent - candidate Joslin 98 per cent 70 per cent 60 per cent 30 per cent 14 per cent Of those• surveyed; only six per cent indicated that they would not be voting, a significantly better percentage than those who actually did not vote. • Crediton social club folds The 28 -year-old club will donate all of its funds to community related causes before it disintegrates at the end of June By Chris Skalkos T -A Reporter CREDITON - A dwindling mem- bership has forced the members of the Crediton and District Social Club to, ptit an end to the organiza- tion afteii 28 years. Club president, Jim Allen and life-long- member, Wilmar Wein visited. the Stephen Township Fire Department recently to ; donate S1.000. It will be one of many com- munity service donations • the club will make before it calls it quits at the end of June. According to Wein and Allen, the club began in 1969 when a group of people. who gathered regularly for a New Year's Eve party, de- cided to organise their .social func- tions and hold. monthly dance and• meetings: • .- Money raised at the.lg:ithcrings. went toward- a number of com- munity related causes including im- provements to the Crediton Mall and park, sports organizations and -senior citizen functions. . Membership • peaked . in the 1970's, which at one -point •nuni- hcred 100. hut, since then attrition has brought that number down too approximately 20 active mcmhers. 'As a result. the club de, iced last November that it couldn t. keep up More amalgamation talks in the. wings? EXETER - Exeter Council re, -ceived a letter. tiorri Mayor Cam Ivey of Grand Bend Monday night inviting -Exeter to participate in an- -- other meeting with other area councils in an attempt to get amal- • gamation talks moving again. Councillor Robert "-Drummond -opposed the renewal of talks as the previous ,discussions proved to he fruitless and council . has now de- terinined-a course of ..ictiOri that it wishes to pursue. . • Deputy Reeve Dave Urlin agreed the previous frustration has left a had taste. in all their mouths. hut said ":.. the Chatham -Kent model is going to - Spread here whether we like it or not" - Councillor Thom Hughes cal the door shouldn't he. Muse,:. hut added. "... • we should attend. stat- ing .up front what. our iiiienuoins are." • Councillor Ruv Triehncr con-. chided the discussion. "We're not against amahaaina- tion: there's just a 'fundamental dif- ficulty to . approach the topic. M. .t rational. h,gic,rl fashion. Ther. arc just too many_ politicians :n.ohcd.- Oulte frankly: the 5khule thing is disgusting." . Council agreed to the Grand Bend request for a mectimg,. hut will discuss the approach it will take at its next Mond sty's Com- mittee of the -Whole session. • to the operating ,oast "It s+as a hustnr., diCV:lon. 11 was "/.ting more mlatey to operate the club. than %%hat +e were hang- ing in. It just wasn't working out ti nancially," said Allen. adding the remaining 54500 -the club has will he donated to chanty. "We didn't cuine to this decision quickly but our .finances were • getting to the putt where we stood to lose every- thing and we wanted to go out with a -smile." Wilmar said they tried a number of different things to spark 'ntorein- terest: in - the club iind - started • to eliminate (unctions that were not working. hut it was only prolonging •the.cluh . Irntise. "We've stumbled heavily over the last three years so we decided to take a serious look at managing the club Netter, but the decision (to foldI was made in the end." ex- plained Allen. Despite the eventual liutconie, Allen and Wein hope the club will he remembered for .the good it ac- complished due to the volunteer work and active participation of its members. - - 'There were a -lot of good Alines and everyone really enjoyed .them- sclves..I know it will be; missed.- said Allen. - • New Orleans Pizza in Exeter recently donated- half of the proceeds from area elementary school • pizza . night's. Pic • tared from left, owner Marg Gibert presented Ben Hewitt of Usborne Central and Cathy 'Musser,- representing the Pre- cious Blood School SAC, with. cheques. -- Exeter Public and McCurdy also . received donations. -Together - the money raised totalled $2.140. 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