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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1998-02-11, Page 17• e MM LJNJ TY Times-Adimcate, February 11, 1998 Page 17 Exeter Rodeo Committee signs contract with A -K for '98 event Parade and chil- • "lite committee makes a rodeo," • dren 's rodeo dames he said. - b �' CAmrttiuce chairman Don Rich - could -be included 1n . ardson agreed the committee is ex- cellent -and -is well on its way to this years event, making this year's rodeo an even By Kate Monk 7-A Reporter •. EXETER - It's official. A -K Ro- greater success. •. With the rodeo being part of the Dodge Series, it will attract the top cowboys who are competing for the right to be part of the season cham- deo Productions will manage this pionship, according .to Miller. Joe year's rodeo in Exeter August 8 Alexander or Orangeville, an eight - and 9 at -the South_Huron Res—time Ontario calf_ roping.charnpion -reation Centre: This year's event and Caroline. Heffernan of Guelph, the 1995 World Congress Break - will' be part of the Dodge Truck Ro- deo Series. prornising an even ha- ter campetilion.than last year. , The opportun;:y for Exeter's ro- deo to move up to the Dodge -Series (lop eight - rodeos in .Ontario) is hased on the success of last year s• event: volvement 'and entry fees fro,►rt the "We didn't know what kind of re- cowboys. . sponse to expect. It was a`re- . ' Miller said Ontario- is a gond sounding success The cowboys feeder System for the larger rodeo .. loved it." -said Ross Miller of. A -K. circuits several `'up and coming" Miller praised the efforts of Eioct-. cowboys: As well, cowboys in their cr's rodeo committee as well as the --30's are coming to their roots ,in support of the town. . Ontario:" They -like good comped away Clainpion arc scheduled to attend. . Cowboys will come from eastern North America. Exeter's purse will be approximately $13,000 and ,is - generated through the Dodge in - A skip, hop and a jump Precious Blood winter cant val. Top. Christina Cpok helps junior kindergardener Arik McQuiggan do his part in • the potato sack relay at the Precious Blood Winter Carni- val on Friday. tion but can -t travel as much be- cause of family responsibilities. "Exeter is becoming a meeting place for guys who used to compete in Exeter." Miller said. An example is Joe -Bun who competed in the original 'run of Exeter rodeos and returned last year to compete with his granddaughter. - Miller said Exeter Chrysler owner Matt -Clarke had a Int. to do" with getting Dodge involved in -spon- soring the series. • The co nmittee would like io take___ the Exeter rodeo to. the next level and get the community even more involved. A parade and children's rodeo games were identified as. two possibilities. Miller would like to see the cowboys discover the down- town area of Exeter. Jo -Anne Fields of the committee said beside the main rodeo, the weekend will include camping at Elliot Park, a Saturday night video dance, community brunch oh Sun= day morning and other events to get people downtown. The main rodeo will be held during the afternoon on Saturday andSunday.. Roped- In. The Exeter. Rodeo Committee met with A -K Rodeo productions on Thursday to sign the contract for -'this year's rodeo. Back -row from left Ross Miller of A -K, Matt -Clarke, Dalton Finkbeiner, Don Richardson, Karen -Foster .(A -K) and Barb Miller nee Parsons (A-K) Kneeling in front are, from -left: Wendy -Laing, Patty Masnica_•and JoAnne Fields. Osborne Central gets virtual Virtual classrooms are a virtual reality at Osborne Centra! Public School By, Chantal! Van Raay TA Reporter - USB ORNE TOWNSHIP - Int= agine a classroom where students interact with a teacher via. touch- tone phone/television screen. • - At,- Usbgrne Central ' Public. ;School. this futuristic idea is a re- • ality. ' - Usborne Central is connected to - Virtual Classroom, a TVOntario •closed circuit television with two way voice •and computer connec- , tions and a one-way video to pro- . vine an interactive, inquiry -based. resource for learning. in:this respect, students from Us- borne- Central 'are not restricted to their classroom when it comes to learning. Rather. they are encour- aged to take fiefd trips- Outside of the classroom on .a 'daily basis. They can travel to Ottawa,'Zamhia. Michigan: for example. They can talk to astronauts or scientists and site on the World they can visit any. Wide Webwhenever their little hearts. desire. •- Virtual classroom is becoming widely'usedand accepted` at a num- ber of schools across the province. But, will virtual classroom ul- timately replace the need for teach- ers? system to teachers..- students and . parents. - "It is really to help get students'toi placeswhere they can't get to. Milder explained the basics of ed- ucation -will still have -to be taught one -on -One.' Virtual • classroom. is there so students can travel to .plac- es without having to actually -go •there physically..' How does virtual classroom - work? ' • ' -A touch-tone -phone connects the teacher with the students in the - • classroom and those students can be connected with other students in dif- • fcrent: schools: -The phone will al- • low conversation to he passed be twecn the learner and teacher/host.. ' and other students -and users in vari- ous parts of the province- can also cornmunicatc and share work by fax of- modem.. . How do the students like it? - . "The students arc so intrigued: They really wanted to be part of it. The). -wanted to- answer the phones when the phone rang. they wanted' to.askquestions." Miller said. Miller said the students will share the system when,it is integrated into the school .system - hy • March or April. -She said classes will take turns using the resource throughout the day. - • '`,No." said Karen Miller. a part- Professional Development time Usho hie Central teacher who The service is not only `available has, been busy introducing the- new for students but it offers corn- - prehensive training such as -.credit courses to supplementary as- sistance-, with- ssistance-=with- particular lessons. TVO will also host conferences de- signed for informal information ex- change. . , How did Usborne Central' get virtual? - Miller said Usbornc Central made a bid for the pilot virtual classroom project two years- ago. She explained Ushorne was really the only school in the region to- push opush for the system, although now that teachers from other schools have seen what thc. program does they -arc asking how they can hook up with it. - But virtual classroom 'isn't free. in fact. to hook up it costs about $30,X)0. Miller said Usbornc paid $5.18X) over two years for the in- stallation of the pilot project. TVO .partners with various -ed- ucation and training groups to pro vide curriculum content. special events and virtual field trips. Through this the" student can ex- perience. a variety of special events with sounds, action and on -the -spot interviews. Some of these include visits to the parliament buildings in Ottawa. Indy car races and the abil- ity to view natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanoes in ac- tion. . Wellington St. pavement tops Lucan project list By Craig Bradford, T -A Reporter LUCAN The five-year capital. works Iorecast in. Lucan is more like a wish list because of all the uncertainty surrounding provincial downloading. • - That's the feeling of Lucan coun- cil while they discussed the five- year project list at last week's meet- ing. •- Two projects will be completed in '98: the $10.000 repaving of Wellington St. (a carry-over from pavement work that was supposed to be done in '97) and the $35.500 • Kent St. sanitary sewer extension. Village administrator Ron Reymer said the Kent St. project is a Feder' al/provincial infrastructure project; meaning the reds, the province and Lucari split the cost "We'll three ways, Lucan's portion totalling under . save up and $12,001. do them when • All the other projects - possible." on the list now come without a set year -for completion. Council agreed on dropping project goal dates since money will be tighter than ever with provincial downloading. Here's the rest of the wish list, in order of priority (all are street re- cnstruction projects): Beech St. (Duchess Ave. -Whitfield Drain), $230,000 total cost; Elizabeth and Margaret Streets, $156,000; Lewis Sr., $104,000; Chestnut St., $215,000. Council put the Chestnut St. pro - jeer at the bottom of' the list and considered dropping it altogether since the Lobro subdivision there has been in limbo since '95. The deal was that Lohro's Frank Loy- ens would pay for the sidewalk, water main and sewer if the village would pave the street. The past council decided not to pave the street because there was little traf- fic on it. "1 like. spending money where we get some revenue back," , Deputy Reeve Harry Wraith said about the Chestnut project. Wraith wanted George St. paving to be added to the list. It May get more consideration when other pro- jects arc completed. • Reymer suggested scratching tar- get dates off the forecast because the village simply doesn't have the funds to set aside for.them. "We'll just save up and do them when pos- sible," he said. Reeve Robert Ben- ner said council . may have to devise a "dif- ferent approach" when planning fu- ture capital projects. "None of this may be possible," he said. "We simply can't approve any of these projects." Other notes from the meeting: No solution? Council came to a dead-end when it came to a solution for the Main/ Chestnut St. sight line problem. Jean Hodgins wrote a letter to council describing the difficulty she and other motorists have turning at the corner because she can't see through vans and other vehicles .parked near the arena. in her letter Hodgins said turning left at the cor- ner'is dangerous. "You could .take away -two park- ing spots but it won't do a lot for you," public works superintendent. Doug Johnston said; adding five to seven less spots would do the trick. Benner said there -are "no practical al- ternatives" to' solve the problem. Wraith suggested mo- torists to turn onto Main St. ley St. No more copies Groups who have been using the village photocopier for their copy- ing needs will get an unpleasant surprise the next time they visit the village office. Council agreed to stop the practice because it is caus- ing to many disruptions for village staff and because the copier is well past its prime. "1 think we should put a stop to it," Wraith said. Caskanettc jokingly said thc vil- lage should send groups who want .to make copies to the Biddulph Township office once they get- their almost.$9,000-new copier. You can't have them Council is cold to the idea for- warded by the Lucan Area Heritage Committee that they act as the "guardian" of all the village's records, and add them to their ar- chives. Heritage Committee pres- ident Mike Anderson asked for the records in a letter to council. On top of council's reluctance to hand over village records, the move may he prohibited by the Municipal Act. Reymer said. 'i'hc Heritage Connnittce already has unlimited access to all village records during regular business hours. "I think we should put a stop t0 it." at Stan - Anderson requested the records to make it easier to "confirm dates and lo- cations of different people' who have lived in our community from time 10 • titre." Council hopes to hear tnorc on why the Heritage Committee wants the records at the March 17 meet- ing set up to gain input from the various groups that want village ' funding. Hensall, Crediton now local Lucan Bell Canada customers will he able to call Hensall and Cre- diton toll-free in '99. Thc changes in service were outlined in a letter to council from Bell Canada ec- onomic development regional di- rector Greg Borduas. The service improvement is part of Bell's $200 million program to improve service for 6.8 million cus- tomers in Ontario and Quebec. Lucan Bell customers who have multi-party lines will also have the choice to switch to single line ser- vice in '99. Single line service will make it possible for those custom- ers to access the Internet, use fax machines and have call forwarding. The improvements in service means a $2.57 monthly bill in- crease average across the province. Exeter man charged with assault - LONDON - Jeffery William Averill. 21. of Exeter, is charged with assault after a woman complained she was punched and choked during an argument shortly after midnight Friday at a Briarhill Ave. house party. in London. . An 18 -year-old male is still in St. Joseph's Health Centre after being stabbed with a knife at the same party. His friends took him too' hospital at about .1 a.m. Saturday. Police have recovered the.knitc.and the ' investigation continues. - Two injured after accident near Varna VARNA ;An accident north of Varna at about 2:30 a.rn. on Saturday -has Icft Donald and Tabatha Carey of Stanley Township. aged 25 and 29 respectively; in hospital. . Huron County OPP Const. John•Marshall said Donald•Carcy was driving a '92 Chev. pickup northbound on Huron Rd. 31 just over 2 kni north of Huron .Rd. 3 when_thetruck lett the -road, rolled into the west ditch and stopped in a creek. Both Donald and Tabatha were taken to Clinton Public Hospital and Tabatha waslater Uansferred to London's -Victoria Hospital with serious injuries. The local fire departinent also assisted at the scene. - Donald Carey is charged -with careless driving under the Highway Traffic Act. - -Youths arrested in B&Es EXETER - Three 17 -year-old males,,two from Markdalc and -_ from Scaforth, were arrested by Exeter OPP on Jan.27 in connection with break-ins in Exeter,. Scaforth,Mirchell, Harriston and Markdale. Thc three youths wcrc picked up by the Exeter OPP outside Exeter • without incident: Marshall said all -three arc charged with possession of stolen property, break and enters, theft and possession 01; break-in tools. One. youth was released on an undertaking for Godcrich youth court on April 9. one was released on a justice oldie—peace undertaking and is to appear in Goderich youth•court on Feb; 12. 1'hc other youth was held in custoxly.'fhe investigation continues. Day -time B&E in Biddulph BiDDULi'H "I'WP. - Thieve~ stole Iwo TVs, electrical tools, a fax machine, coins, two shotguns. a rills and a skeet shotgun from a home on Denfield Rd. during_ the day on Feb. 8. . London OPP Cons'. Dorn a Shulist said the thieves gained entry through an unlocked garage and then useda sledgehammer to get through a door to the house. Thieves foiled in Ailsa Craig AILSA CRAIG = A pair o f thieves just couldn't get. it together in Ailsa Craig on Saturday morning. - Shulist said at about 5 a.m. a -Queen St. homeowner heard.rtoises Outside her residence and looked out to see two Males trying to steal her pick-up parked in the driveway. The duo fled when they found out they had been spotted. 'I'he truck doors had been unlocked and the ignition was smashed. • At about the same time an•aucmpt was made to steal a van and truck • from James Walsh Sales on Main Si., Shulist said.- - A Nicoline St. resident who noticed an OPP cruiser at his neighbor's • hone on Saturday checked his own house and found his basement screen had been ripped and the wooden window had fresh prymarks. S.hulisl said the thieves didn't gel in and no More damage was found. The investigation continues. B&E done over dinner LUCAN - A Nicoline Ave. home was broken into on Friday between 5:30 p.m. -7 p.nr. while the family was out for dinner, Shulist said. Thieves gained entry through the basement window and a CD player and live silver dollars wcrc stolen. Teens suspected in Harold Ct. theft LUCAN - A number of items were stolen from a Harold Ct. home during the day on Feb. 4 though there wcrc no signs of forced entry. A Nintendo 64 system and two games, a Game Gear system and seven games, assorted jewelry, money and liquor were stolen, Shulist said. A neighbor told the OPP a group of teens were seen at the house at about 1 p.m. that day. Thc investigation continues. Dashwood truck theft unsuccessful DASHWOOD - A thief was unsuccessful after trying to steal an unlocked pick-up parked in the owners driveway on Centre St. Shulist said the ignition was damaged and the driver's door was dented.