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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-06-25, Page 1SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Delicious Hot foods to go l ? ? Hot 'N' Tender Serving Exeter ()rid ,rrc> , ~ince 187.1 SEIP'S valu-mart 4& 83 Exeter 235-0262 New Release *if • Videos rentals ':$1.99 Everyday Three charged and herbicide recovered STEPHEN TOWNSHIP - Three males from London were charged on June 18 as a result of ongoing investigation since May 14 when the Exeter Co-operative .Fertilizer Plant was broken into. -The Ontario Provincial Police un- dercover Criminal investigation Units from Huron and Oxford Counties and a Joint Forces Opera- tion with the OPP's. Emergency Response Team and the Stratford Police Services have charged three males with possession of stolen property exceeding 55,000. Tn date. a total of 58 cases of the 'Pursuit' herbicide. valued at. '577,000, have been recovered. Police are riot releasing the . names of the men charged because of an•angoing investigation that is hoped to lead to further arrests. The herbicide was also. reported stolen in the community of Ayr. Local residents to meet Queen EXETER - Two local residents will he?ravelling to London on Thursday for Queen Elizabeth Ii'i Canadian visit. They are part of a group from the British Auxiliary. Territorial Service. that served dur- ing the SEcond World War. Molly Crockwright and Freda Ponroy are excited ip be a part of the Queen'sOntario tour. • "It will bje quite an experience." said Cronkwright, adding she has. seen-the—Queen-before-but-only-at-a-- distance. •. Cionkwright and Ponroy are both ex -British army personnel and were members of the A.T.S'., as•was the Queen. •Cronkwright remembers her days going through,basic train- - ing and serving inDover where she worked.in tunnels under the castle, plotting enemy aircraft: Both «rumen have retired to Exet-• er and live at Riverview Estates. Police investigate golf club theft BOSANQUET - Police are inves- tigating thetheft of golf clubs that were taken from a campsite at. the Ponderosa campground sometime overnight on June 20-21. The 22 -piece set of ladies golf clubs were valued at 5250. • Cornerstones opened Former town hall demolished for new parkette The Greenway United Church opened two 100 year old . - cornerstones Sunday. • 'Above, Ken Eagleson and . Marion Larmer get some help from the younger members of the congregation as they ex- ' amine -the contents of sealer, jars found in the corner stones. The jars contained newspapers, coins and a message from. the 1897 con- gregation and were placed in the cornerstones on June 22, 1897 to celebrate Diamond Jubilee Day. At that time, the church was part of the Grand - Bend circuit.of the Exeter Dis- trict of the Methodist Church. Left, Ruby Isaac and Eloise -Eagleson display the con- tents of the. Boston Ladies Aid -cornerstone. Greenway- - was formerly known as Boston. Year passes since Exeter flood EXETER - A year ago on June 20 Exeter residents -experienced the worst town flood since 1969. Ap- proximately 3:5 inches of rain fell in an hour according to the Aus= •able Bayfield Conservation Author-_ ity gauges. An estimated 100 homes and businesses in the downtown area. including Dinney Furniture and Canadian Tire, were flooded with water. debris and•in some cases sewage. The flood also caused problems for area farmers who suffered a two -fold loss. Young crops in standing waterhad- the potential to rot unless fields dried up..quickly and the heavy rain washed topsoil off fields leaving roots of plants exposed. The deluge was blamed on the huge amount of rain that fell in a verb+ short time. Town crews and private citizens worked through the night and early morning to clear debris that blocked' some drains. As well, some streets) that were most, affected do not ,have any storm drains. ..For weeks, the town worked . to clean up the flood aftermath. Many people lost furniture and private . belongings in the flood and 'those. affected by sewage were instructed -to thoroughly disinfect the prem- ises. -The Town Works•department worked to collect much of theidatn aged household items that •. were ruined and take them to the landfill site. The fire. department pumped water and hosed mud away from lo- cal businesses. Firefighters also pumped.. water out of the South Hu- rpn District Hosptial boiler room, and aided in the Exeter Villa clean-up. EXETER - A plan to- turn the property on 406 Main Street into a parkette was set into motion as the vacant municipal building was' de- molished on Saturday. However, the third element of a three-way partnership was still missing from the project. . The Town of Exeter and the EBA (Exeter Business Association) pur- chased the property from the feder- al goverrAnent in February, split-• ting the •$45;000 -price tag.. to construct a multi -functional green space that could accommodate con- certs and act as as focal point for outdoor activities. • However, the two groups are still . waiting for a third party to come . forthand help fund the park. The Lions Club has maintained an interest in the project since its Start, hut it :has nut been able to make a. financial commitment. • Next week a group of students from •`Fanshawc ' College will present a design proposal to EBA and council members. John Wuerth, an. EBAr member' who sits on the property develop- ment committee, said the long-term plan will include a hand shell where local talent can -perform. • "We want to create a•place.where .• there's something happening on regular basis.' he said, adding the Bodacious Jazz Band has .already •volunteered to play. The hand, fea- turing the local talent of Bob Fletcher, banjo, Ed Mittelholt. saxophone, • Elwood . Truemner. trumpet .and George-Godbolt. key- . boards -will hold a free performance 7 p.m: on Friday at the.Cenotaph. ',Thomsen page 2 Stephen Township Arena Board k�9ps school skating program By Chris Skalkos T -A Reporter • STEPHEN TOWNSHIP - The Stephen Township Arena Board win -offer free skating to area shool students next winter even though it has no financial support from Stephen Township Council. uhe_pastshildren from McCurdy Mount -Carmel. and Stephen Central.School enjoyed.free skating at the Stephen Township Arena. but the program was placed in jeopardy recently after council cut the program funding.• - Last year the Arena Board received 550.00) in tax support plus a. $2,550 grant which paid for the ice time used by the schools, -how- ever. council reduced the ,board's budget this year cutting the:extra 52.550. from the 1998 budget. - Jack Glavin Arena Board chairperson, said council left it up to the board to decide whether it still offer the ice -time to the schools. but . the board would have to absorb expenses like staff hours and hydro. Glavin said all board members wanted to continue providing ices- time ce-time for the schools, but it would be difficult without council -fund- ing. Most cif the money in reserves was used. to replace a de- -teriorating•"chiller," a vital component in.the arena's cooling system • and fundraising was not an option. ._ Despite the financial challepge the Arena Board'held a meeting on Monday night and decided to keep the program. "There is virtually no change. All the. schools will have the same time -allotment they had last year.". said Glavin, adding the board. will look at cutting costs elsewhere to compensate. .However. he said the future of the program will ultimately depend on the hoard's budget. "We're going to try to help this year and welt take it from there.' said Glavin. How do youplan1 to spendIlair Your summer holicka. • Bradley Rob- lnson, grade : 3, age 9 "We 're going somewhere near Tobermo- " W P ' .1,- t. , . Stacey Crerar, grade 5, age 10 "I'm going to a horse ^ ar • t l Lisa Hom, grade 1, age 6 "I'm going ti Marshall Jeffrey, grade 5, age 11 "' y I „ Jenna Easton,_ kindergarten, • age 5 "I'm going to h cabin with t in.lp- We � . -,, Nathan Elford, grade 8, age 13 "Ill be farm ing this sum- mer, working where my Dad works. 171 i Drew Miller, - grade 5, age 11 "1 will go camping and 1 will swim." - 1 ,. ki Ashley Harburn, kindergarten, age 5 "1 think I'll go camping on the weekend of my birthday (July 1). �, ..,.... :to Jessica Gingerlch, grade 8, age 14 "um going to For-. est Cliff Christian. Camp for one week, eingaman Park for Abundant Life camping and Chester Lake for a week. My grand.