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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1998-02-18, Page 25CQMMIJN[TY Sweetheart lunch Nothing says I love you like food. The Exeter Villa held a- Sweetheart Lunch on -Friday to celebrate Valentines Day. Pictured here are sweethearts Lee "and Bob Feggans of Exeter, Panther Profile By Sarah Ver»tunt MPP encouraging input into new municipal act TORONTO - Bruce Smith. MPP The enure school was motivated by a visitor last week by the name of Gord Pas rater of Brantford. Ontario -who has been a comic for 13 scars. He tours North -America with a show called. "Leave 'Em Laughing". This -motnahonarsPeakcr has one characteristic more unique than zithers. he is blind. He spoke of chasing dreams. reaching higher. and never giving up. •Blindness set rnanv`obstacles before him and 11 Would haze been easy to give up .on his-dreaiits. hut he didn't. He used his owri experiences to teach the school that chasing dreams. Isn't easy. There are -detours, sidetracks. and challenges: blindness he- ing "his higgc.t challenge. -.Hc sent out a message that if you feel use- less. cheated .ind defeated you need to look at the positive side of )our situation thowcvcr small it may her and pick up right where you Icft off pursuing your dreams. -Ibis inspirational figure left an impact on 'the school that no. matter w hat -life throws -at -you, you can over - c 'Inc and prevail! • Some students will be attending a draina competition called 'Sears Despoil" on Friday. Ms. Janu'i. director: and the cast and crew have. beenworking hard organizing and rehearsing, fora play called -.Blood Relations." The group will -perform the first act -of the play for compe tition and will perform the entire play for -the school and heal corn- mumty later in the spring. • ' • Upcoming events Wednesday. Fchruury 18 - Peer mentor student co-ordinators attend conference in Stratford. science trip to Jnrax theatre: • Friday. te'hruary 20 , Students in the play "Blood Relations" attend Sears Festival drama competition. basketball Huron semi-finals (teams to be announced): - Tuesday. February 24 - Jazz hand attends competition in Clinton: tt'ednesday. February 25 - Basketball Huron finals (teams to be an- nounced). Wide spread. of influenza -A in area schools - HURON COUNTY - If you have a high fever. headache: a .nag- ging cough -and arc • experience typical flu svmptortis, you're- not -alone. A breakout of intlucnza-A in Huron County is causing about 11-25 percent• ahsentees at local schools. said public health nurse Shirley. Chalmers. - "The hest thing to slo if you contact influenza -A is to Stan home." Chalmers warned: . "If people are good and they stay at home: the virus isn't as likely • to spread." she said: anticipating the virus to he a problem in schools . tar the next couple weeks. - She said a number of schools in the area have reported high ah- sentee rates. adding the virus_ should move slowly from the south to- wards the north. Chalmers said youth can spread the virus for up to seven days whereas adults can spread it within 3-5 days. The symptoms usually only last for about four days. she said. Chalmers explained influenza -A is more serious than the.common cold and that is yshv she cautions peoplc`with-the virus to refrain from going into public places and to seek rncdical attention if any.of the symptoms persist. , for Middlesex. is encouraging local - residents to provide input inti the new Municipal Act. he purpose of the new A,ct is to -allow municipal go\ ernrncnts to better serve their residents by cutting red tape. Conirnents should he received at Queen's Park by .March K. I998. e- "This legislation will give municipalities `what they've. -been asking for over the last several - years - flcxihility in/daily opera- tirins and autonomy in making • decisions:" South _Said. • The pew Act. to: he introduced to the Legislative Assembly for First: Reading in the spring. is based on previous consultations. andt addresses -the concerns hrought for- - wafd by municipal stakeholders.- t The draft legislation can .be seen .at municipal office~, public'.; libraries.. or the Ministry of:: Municipal Affairs land Housing, website' • ' - •at{ 7r http://www/mmah.gov.on.ca Comments can he. addressed to _Ministry cif. Municipal Affairs and Housing. Local Government Policy Branch: lath Floor..777 Bay Street., Toronto. Ontario. M5G 2E5. They. can also he faxed to 416-585-7638' or sent by e-mail' rn o diascle(a mmah.grn+.on.ca - Johns appointed TORONTO -, Energy. Science and Technology. Minister Jlni Wil- -son established the Electricity Tran- sition•Comnnitcl made up of sen- ior industry, representatives, as a forum for discussing changes pro- posed for the Ontario's electricity sector. Helen Johns. MPP for Hu- ron will be the government repre- sentative on the committee. Thc Transition Committee will, provide a formal structure :through which the government can hear from industry and consumer stake- holders affected by changes made • to Ontario's electricity sector. It will also provide a vchiele for the government to update the industry .on the 'work in progress to design the new competitive market. Top counters , ..•w'4 f�..Yrs'�toA',iis`ev.+fe. Recognlzing their efforts. Exeter OPP Const. Liam Brennan, left, hands a certificate to Nick Haberer (accepting on behalf of all his classmates) that recognizes Zurich Public School Gr. 7-8 students' efforts during the seatbelt count in October. Brennan said the. students checked vehicles for seatbelt compliance and proper use of child restraints during the blitz and their efforts are appreciated. Police Briefs Mor. ckarj.s laid • LONDON - Jeffery William Averill, 21, of Exeter is charged by the London Police with assault. aggravated assault and possession of a dangerous weaponin congection with a fight at a party on Briarhill Ave. in London on the night of Feb. 6. An 18 -year-old man was stabbed several times with a knife at the party and several people were assaulted -when an argument escalated into a fight, London Police said. Forged cheques found HURON COUNTY - Several GST rebate cheques stolen from the Toronit and Hamilton areas have been cashed in the region. Huron County OPP Const. John Marshall said. The cheques have surfaced in Seaforth, Goderich, Mount Forest. Listowel, Stratford, Walkerton. Drayton. Harriston and Owen Sound. The suspects' fast effort to pass a forged cheque was discovered by a cashier at the Seaforth Grocery Store. Marshall said the "alert" cashier told the man trying to {pass the cheque altered to read $976 tri go across the street and cash it at the bank. The cashier •said they had.heard about about the crimes on television/radio broadcasts -and read -about them in the local newspaper. The suspect was not seen again. The OPP are asking merchants, gas bar operators and grocery store clerks to pay attention to the description of any person and any vehicle they may be driving to help the OPP in their investigation. Marshall said the cheques arc hong altered by posting an ' additional number in front of the amount of the cheque. For example. a cheque for $76 could be changed to $676 or $976, Zurich man hurt TUCKERSMITH TWP. - Tim Burke, 32, of RR2 Zurich was taken to Seaforth Hospital by ambulance for treatment of minor injuries after an bus/van accident at about 4:05 p.m. on Feb. 12 on.Huron Rd. 12 at Tile Rd (Tuckerstnith Cone. 4/5).: Huro9 County OPP Const. John Marshal( said a '91 international school bus driven by Alexander Townsend. 58, of Tuckersmith Twp.. collided with an '87 Dodge Caravan driven by Claude J. Rcaume, 38. of RR 1 Bayfield. Both Reaume and his passenger, Burke. were taken to hospital. Marshall said Townsend is .harged with fail to yield at a stop sign and Rcaume with fail to use a seatbelt. both charges under the Highway Traffic Act. Reaume was thrown from. his vehicle because he wasn't wearing his seatbelt. Marshall said. Pickup found torched BIDDULPH TWP. - A '94 - Ford Ranger pickup stolen from a Mitchell Line home on Feb. 9 was found a -short time later destroyed by fire on Fallon Line. London OPP Const. Shawn McGladdery said. . The thieves set the pickup on fire. Fake $20 found EXETER - Staff at a bank in Exeter discovered a fake $20 bill on Feb. 9. The bill's serial number is AS 17621979. Car -deer accidents HURON COUNTY - There were three car -deer accidents in the Times -Advocate readership area during the last two weeks of January, Huron County OPP Const. John Marshall said. The first accident occurred on Jan. 17 at about 2:30 p.m. on Babylon Line (Hay Conc. 8/9) just north of Rogerville Rd. (Hay Sideroad 15/16). Moderate damage was done to the vehicle. The second accident happened the same day at about 7:05 p.m. on Huron Rd. 4, 1 km west of Airport Line (Stephen Conc. 2/3). 1t also caused moderate damage to the vehicle. Thc third accident occurred on Jan. 24 at about 2:45 am. on Huron Rd. 4, 1 km west of Shipka Line (Stephen Conc. 16/17). Times -Advocate; February 18, 1998 Page 25 Don't close schools to make way for new office By Michele Greene help the board move to the amalga- • Special to the, bawl -Arm. mated municipality of the former DUBLIN - Mitchell and Mitchell, Fullarton, Hibbert and Seaforth parents and students Logan, West Perth Councilor Barb want their schools spared as the Avon Maitland District School Board searches for a new location. Over 200 people attended a public information meeting at the Dublin Community Centre in Dublin. on Monday night, to dis- cuss options for a headquarters for the amalgamated-board-of-the-for—and -Training---sdeadiine -ust mer Perth - County Board .of Education and the former- Huron County Board of Eduction. Trustee Leslie Wood :and Trustee Colleen Schenk, members of the •hoard's _headquarters site review work group. will compile the issues discussed and present their findings . to. the. hoard on Tuesday. • Feb. 24 in Clinton: Written submissions will - he accepted until Feb. 20. , Although a decision may not be made at the Feb. 24 meeting. Trustee Wood said the hoard plans - on choosing .a ne-w site by Tuesday. March 10. - - Suggested "options to close Seaforth District High School or Mitchell District High School to create one center- to house - all . administrative functions brought out the concerned parents and stu- dents some Seaforth and Mitchell Maureen Agar, Seaforth District High School Council chairperson; gave the work group a petition; with 700 names opposed to -the closure of the town's secondary school to make room for the hoard , , , office. McLean said it won't be at the cost of the secondary school. "We didn't know about schools closing. We're happy- to help you come to. West 'Perth in finding office space, not in closing our school," she said. • To meet Ministry of Education Seaforth District .High .Schipol Principal Bruce Eccles presented the school's plan to provide qual- ity education and remain viable. The school's Iow enrolment at 318 students puts it at risk of closure, said Paul .Carroll. director of eduction. - Harold Ledermueller, chairper- son of the Mitchell District High • School parent council, said Mitchell is growing and will need the space for the increasing stu- dent enrolment. • , There is "a feeling bf family at "MDHS. You can only get this at a smaller school." he said. "The local school is .a big part of a rural town." he added. Although West Perth offered to Do You Need Help With Your . Computer & Internet Problems? Jeff Mc Cann 237-3531 Schenk said the board must reach -a decision by August and submit the . decision. by mid-September. To cat- culate staffing levels, she_ said the. board has to decide on a location by • March 10 if the new.headquarters requires the closing of a'school. • "So what if -we're late. The prov- ince has_ been late lots of times. - Let's do what's. right for our kids first and. deal with Mike Harris then:" said Carol Ann Doig of Seaforth. - Several different .ways of creat-. ing one administrative Office were put forth at the meeting by the work group. Those included: enlarging the (firmer Huron hoard's offices at Central Huron Secondary School in - Clinton: relocating to Seaforth District High School, where the slu- dent population is 66 per cent of iis total capacity: relocating the hoard and Mitchell Public School In the Mitchell District High -School building and sending secondary stu- dents to Stratford Northwestern. Stratford 'Central -and St. Marys - District Collegiate 'and Vocational Institute: relocating in Mitchell - Puhlic $cool: add locating in the education center on Water Street in Stratford. Thc ork group also suggested. - locating various departments across the district.- including Central Huron Secondary•Schocil, Seaforth District `High. School. Mitchell District High'School, the hoard's . operations building .on Britannia St.. Stratford. the board's:headquar- ters on Water St. in Stratford. t �7y�7�7�7�i4' �7�7�1�7�7�7�1�i�1�i4�7y�1N�7�lNy� G.K., Realty kL rW temente I_ inLE (519) 235-2420 284 Main St. Exeter Ontario c . i �.•s.- . ..4114r. _44 • NEW LISTING - Well kept: 60,x 12 cr1 ander :moble home w:addit,ons I '� and carport Central air. 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