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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-06-18, Page 3_Transportation service funding. On Friday at Chateau Gardens in Parkhill, Barb Breston (right) of the Community Transportation Action Program presented a grant of $42,100 to Nancy Glendenning (left) and Jackie Wells of the Middlesex County Transportation Commit- tee. The one-year pilot project will provide wheelchair accessible door-to-door service for dis- abled adults in Middlesex County. - - Transit: service comes to Middlesex By Kate Monk T -A Reporter 1 . /PARKHILL - By November h Middlesex County will have regular, of lordahlc and accessible ,ranspbrtation between local /towns• and London. The one-year.pilot project will provide wheelchair accessible door-to-door service for disabled adults. { . On Friday. at :Chateau Gardens' in Parkhill; Barb Breston of the Com- •• munityTransportation Action Program presentecfa grant oES42,100 to the Middlesex County Transportation Cn mmittec. A program supported by • r five provincial ministries;.CTAP is a new initiative which offers transi- tional support to communities for restructuring and e;oordinating local ' transportation services. 1• , • - A'weeJdy bus route:will be established between Parkhill. Ailsa Craig, 11 Lucian! M,a sony ille iMall; Si. JosePlt's Health Cade London [icalth Scipnys Centre. Another youte scheduled for lwilrc ar week, will run hc- twtcn Strathroy and London. 1 -I, J 1 Nancy Glendenning`of Parkhill.a member of the committett says Ma- i, onvillc Mall ).vasrchdsyri heyause it is'at the north end of j.ondon. "Front Masonville. we' can hook •up with Para -Transit," slid Glen ginning. Accofding to Jackie Wells. tlic chair of tyICTC, the Victorian Order .of Nurses will administer the project andthe service 4,1.11be subcontracted to. - a private operator. •" IC is'mort cosi-ytfectivc and do -a14 if hrokcred.rath6r than owned." said Welly. adding the committee's goal is to have"ruhher on thc road"• by • Ndl•cmher I. 4o consultant w•jll Ite hired to Von oat the details of the ser- vice and establish a schedule, ' ' Aithough the committee docs not .know the..Ixact fatres. pat will he cit urged. mcnthcrs want n- to he comparable to what it costs •a volunteer IN dm)cr: proh,thly in tfie S21► to O range -1 his will lee a considerable say.-- ' ings over .1 taxi ride which according to Carol Tanton of- Parkhill. costs .• about•S141) for a round trip no Parkhill to London. 1 • 4 Securing the provincial landing is just the tip of the iceberg fiorthe com-• mince. "Our job has just begun. We Will he spending a lot of time and el- ,' fort our iai the community: telling the community lhat this is actually a pro- ject in' reality that will depend on them using it:" said Wells. "In other . words, if they dOn't use it. they will lose it.r. After the fir-st year is completed. the committee hopes tr.-hie 'a self- ' sustaining program which v 111 not require. goyen mcnt funding. 'i he coot ' prince has estimated th n six people per trap are required to pay for the ser vice. Although the transit service is targeted towards handicapped adults, everyone is welcome to use the" serviee.:"'1'he More people use it, the more affordableit will le for all.'Wells concluded. Fireworks to highlight Canada Day celebration.. GRANT) Bial) - Thousands of. tourists will pori local residents and their -friends from Surrounding com- munities on Grand Bend's Main Beach July 1 in celebration of Can: ado's" 1301h. birthday. 'llie Grand Bt;nd Canada Day committee has a day -long• program planned that is sure to please every member of the family. Musical cn- tertainers. seven in•total,•will first take.to the stage at the main teach at 2 p.m.. entertaining crowds throughout the afternoon and into thc .evening right up until. Grand Bend's signature summer event takes to the .sky over the Lake Hu- ron :shoreline. A magnificent and awe-inspiring fireworks display commencing at approximately 10 p.m. -will culminate the day -long celebration. The organizing committee and all. 'their local supporiers.wish to invite. everyone to join thein in celebrat- ing Canada Day 1997. Local volun- teers will he soliciting: donations throughout the day and ask the pub- lic's support in making this and fu- ture Canada Day celebrations a suc- cess. Hensall Spring Fair "Thank You" The Fair hoard wishes to thank the many donors of prizes. financial support. products and services so necessary to make the fair a , success. Many thanks:to the volunteers and members who set the wheels in motion over the past year. Thanks to those who helped .with set up. the gates. in the food booth and all thc new volunteers , who assisted -with the events the day.of the fair. Thanks to those 4 who donated•prizcs for the Fair Board Raffle and to those who sold I. the tickets. It was nice to have the Ambassador Competition return. , Thanks, to Barb Caldwell, Kinetics and assistants for a job well 4 done. Congratulations to the five contestants and Thanks for participating. Ambassador - Christine Bengough, 1st Runner-up Lisa Campbell,.Miss Congeniality Marria Waring. Prince of the fair. 4 Kcnny Allen. Princess of the fair- Ashley Bruxcr. 4. Thank you Melissa Timmerntans. Ambassador for the past 2 years. . A hcany Thanks to Tom Dickens. Rob Volland and Ryan Denommc 4 of the Hensall parks Board for your assistance above thc call of -duty! Special Thanks to the local merchants and businesses for your , continued support. 4 Thank you to those who provided cars for dignitaries in the .parade. * The Fair Board invites all volunteers to a VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION NIGHT. Thursday, June 26, at the Community 4 Centre Pavilion at 6:30 p.m. For more -information cull Harold Parsons 263-6129. ► ► 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 , 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ftParts) Times -Advocate, lune 18, 1997 Page 3 Your Views Letters to the editor Another solution "I do not find Exeter people. very interested in their past history..." Dear Editor: - Your article "Council Receives Petition to Hang. Portraits" did not list all the solutions given on those sheets. My solution - written beside my own signature - was to place the entire collection in the Huron • County Pioneer Museum at Goderich, Ontario. where it could be viewed by those who would ap- . preciate its value. We don't seem to; otherwise it would be proudly displayed in a building built -by. - those whose -pictures arc relegated to its basement. I donor find Exeter people very interested in their Oast history nor the people who built nor the people who died for it in two world wars. Mr. Burke spent many hours researching and painting these pioneers.Ind the Heritage-Societyi spent a lot of money framing th6se dame paintings. Was it all for nothing? . I also find it quite ironic that complaints would be made about flowers being picked from around this same building - which I totally agree with, they should not have been picked, but on the other hand orders were issued from this same building. to turn off the heat at the Exeter Cemetery in mid -winter, freezing those flowers already planted by Harry ' Knip for this season's flower beds at this same ce- metery. I would like to know the cost of the flowers, - which in turn had to be purchased, for those beds - which have perpetual care, anti who got paid to search out these plants? • i would appreciate answers to my questions in this same publication The Exeter Times Advocate, also . a pioneer project in its beginnings, so the entire readership also gets the answers. Hopefully we will understand the reasoning of it all. Grace Adkins, Member of Huron County Branch of • The Ontario Genealogical Society 1111 11 11111111111111 11111 1111 1111 1111 We Welcome you to come and help us celebrate our FINAL 4 DAYS TOShiba )) EVERYTHING Storewide ISOfl sale 1 1 r DV/tsar. • t Sale ends Sat. PLUS Reductions on all in stock TVs, VCRs, & Stereos 6 months no interest on all purchases*** ***oac., purchases over $500. APPLIANCE CENTRE J 390 Main St. S., Exeter 235-0705 , Service ✓ "Your Choice for Value"