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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1998-04-29, Page 1SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Coming May 3 Pizza Perfection Set vi,i Exeter Anil (1tt'd t since 18i. SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Try the est Store Pizza Inside Playhouse Guild makes donation Page 9 Revington calls it quits See page 14 Home and Garden Show See page' 27 Steeple and ' Cops getting buzz�d for cancer fundraiser Honored being honored. Eileen. Haskett, left, is beaming because her husband Clarence, cen- 'ire; was honored at Lucan council last week with the village's -Citizenship •Award given officially Richardson vote by Reeve Robert Benner at right: with. -government. OTTAWA Although the official vote was schedi,led to take place af- - ter press time Tuesday night. Bob Swartman'of Huron -Bruce MPP . Paul Steckle's staff assured the T-4 ,teckle would vote with the Liberal caucus on the hepatitis C 1' A press release from Perth - Middlesex MP John Richardson' - said he would also vote ivith'the gbvernment.. - Members of the Liberal party were.asked to not only Nein atten„ d'ance for'the vote but to also vote withia united voice1to support their -government's stand against coin- t•'Asating all hepatitis C•victims.- All l 3 federal: provincial and ter- ritorial governments in Canada re - deafly agreed to a $1.11 billion con-. - pensation package fbr victims of , Hepatitis C infected between 1986 and 1990. Compensation is availa- ble to those infected in this time` pe- riod because tests to detect Hepati- tis C were available,but not utilized. Prior to 1986,' no effective test was available to detect Hepatitis C. A motion by the Official Opposi- tion requests compensation for those infected before li)86. , Prime Minister Jean Chretien said the Reform motion' would in effect be a confidence motion and could defeat the government if the motibn passed: Ilderton office to close OTTAWA -' John Richardson, Member of Parliament for Perth - Middlesex, has regretfully decided ' to close his riding office in Ilderton: c ' - "There are very few constituents who use the Ilderton office. As such 1 have a.great deal of trouble justifying to the taxpayers of my riding the expense of keeping the office open," stated Richardson. The Ilderton office war open on Wednesdays and was to serve the people of Middlesex. The Stratford office remains available to help all the constituents of Perth -Middlesex and can be reached toll free at 1- . 800-565-1864. Correction in last week's Times -Advocate, an article appeared about Hay Township's involvement in the Ex- eter and Area Fire Board. The Dashwood and Area Fire De- partment was omitted in the list of area fire departments that cover Hay Township. • The T -A 1 f he apo ogtzes or t error. 'Haskett gets Lucan's highest honor By Craig Bradford T -A Reporter LUCAN - Trying to help .your cdmmunity quietly doesn't last for- ever. Luca'n's Clarence Haskett is proof of that after village council honored him with the 'Citiicnship- Award-at last week's council meet- ing. A reception was held in Has- kett's honot at Lucan Community Memorial ' Centre's Leprechaun 'Hall after the meeting. Haskett's long list 9f volunteer - service includes ,armed forces duty' during the SecottJd World' War, for- mer. Lucan !School -Board trustee, 'former justice of'the -peace,,former Ontario • Funeral Association pres- ident, first and 50th president of the Lucan Lions'Club, long-time Lions Club Christmas Donation chairper- son, former ambulance driver, grig- inal Lucan Businessman's Associa: tion member. long-time Irving Ma- sonic Lodge member and Tong -time Trinity Anglican Church' member. Lucan Citizenship committee • chairperson Rev. 'Bruce Pocock said Haskett continues • to "dd Haskett is the fifth recipient of • the award. Other winners -include Biddulph administrator Larry Hot- son,- local philanthropist Alan Scott of Scott's Elevator and Lucan Co- op Nursery School teacher Bev An- derson. things in quiet ways" for the vil- - Members of the Lucan 'DD' Irish` lage. , - bantam hockey team were also titin- , Reeve .Robert Benner also' had ored with certificates at the meeting• kind words for Haskett while pre; for winning • the Ontario Minor • senting him with Hockey Associa the award: cc r tion champion- As- long as I ve been . "As long as ship earlier in then I''ve been in Lu- in Lucan you've'! month.. . • can you've been been .there...yyou've- "I think, the --there...you've' ' i been kind, caring , • parents deserve a been kind, caringand giving.": lot of credit for and giving," he • their ' - efforts," 'said: - . councillor and, Haskett gave spofcial thanks to his hockey ,dad Glenn Silver said. His wife Eileen. • son Tyler is on the team. - "I'd like to thank my Wife for 'When `you win something like sticking by me .for 54 and a hall this ' you give us all ' bragging years," he said. - 4 rights," Benner said! ' Legion requests tax break By Brenda Burke T -A Reporter ' HENSALL - In a hid for help with its fundraising. the Hensall Legion is 'asking .the Village for a property tax exemption. "We are• trying to, keep our I,tanch open," writes Bea UyI. the Legion's secretary -treasurer in a letter to council. "Relief from our property taxes would be a big -help." The. Ontario Mu- nicipal Act states a mu- nicipality may enact a 'bylaw to grants a maxi- mum 10 -year tax ex- emption' to premises • used by those who have served .in the armca forces or a war. "We've always known ,ahout it," said Uyl. "Most of us don't have access to the municipal acts...There's probably a lot of mu- nicipal acts we don't know exist." At its April 14 meeting; council deferred Uyl's request to budget re- view. ' The legion now pays $1,200 each, year in taxes and believes it can get relief from paying the property por- tion, which Uyl figures would be 'about half the hill. "We're doing these fundraisers to maintain the branch," she ex- ,plained, adding 175 people arc ex- pected at both an elimination draw July. Although those 'numbers are 'con-, sidcred large cotnpared to previous legion fundraisers: 'the legion held its February family dinner at the arena where there was space for 201 people. With 122 members. the Hensall Legion is a small branch compared to the average 400 to 500 members. The branch has 16 veterans/. plus an adopted vet at- Park- wood,Hospital in Londn. "We don't have any World War I veterans Icti." U y I - added. "i don't think we have any left in the zone." The average age of a First World War veteran is 97 years old. When the branch was formed in 1947, there were 14 First World 'War and 16 Second World War vet- erans. UyI claims other -legion branches within the same zone (from Mitch- ell to Kincardine) are looking into the sante' tax exec iption. • One branch, she noted, had its exemp- tion expire two years ago. ' "Before we ran into major prop- Ients,ifwc had to look into making stoney and fast." said Uyl. "it's not like we're just silting around wait- ing for the roof to fall in...lt's clot that we're broke." Besides fundraising challenges. in June and chicken harbeque in Uyl said the legion has been Trying "The majority of the public feels the legion is off limits to it but that's not true." to improve its' image during .the past 20 years. • "We want the community -(0 .. know we're not a drinking hole anymore." she said. adding the le- gion often receives negative media coverage. . She noted the success of the S'IP:. (Server intervcnti'on Program). "The majority of the 'public feels the legion is off, limits to it .hut that's -not true." she said. 'men- tioning- its involvement with pro- grams such as an annual speaking - contest. . Hcnsall Minor Hockey. Child Find, bursary programs and donations to a charitable founda— tion for hospital equipment Give us a break. Bea left, and Lillian Beer display the Hensall Legion's tax ex- emption request EXETER - Some Exeter'OPP detachment .officers .are losing their locks for the Canadian Cancer So- ciety. . Constables George Finch, Rob Kern, Dianne .Mc(;- -,r, BernieMiedema, My ra Rusk and Dino . "I'sitol ;-is wi1l get the traditional severe hal• cut as ►rt • ,,isFor Cancer on May- 19,,3 p.m., at The , Corner in Exeter. - t he officers arc collecting pledges up to• the fateful - day that they'll donate.to the Cancer Society. - Thc Cops For -Cancer idea originated in June '94. when -Edmonton Po- lice Sgt. Gary Goulet-decided to comfort a a ri)7e-year-old boy who had lost his hair due to cancer chemotherapy. Goulet's head was already shaved. so heasked the boy if he would like a picture of the two of thein in. a police_ cruiser. Several other officers shaved their heads for the photo and the story received national media at- - tention. • - - There's a closer -to -home connection to the story as well. After the me- dia attention,diminished, Goulet received a letter from a woman in Mitch-- cll who wanted Goulet to tell the boy, that, his hair would grow back just • like her daughter's hair did after her chemotherapy treatments ended. The woman gave Goulet the idea to challenge other police departments .as a fundraiser for the Cancer Society. . The campaign has blossomed to include Cops, For Cancer. drives, throughout,Canada. . - Last year more than $600,000 was raised across the country -for cancer.. research and community programs. - ank opens for Dashwood area By Brenda Burke' T -A Reporter DASHWOOD' '- Amidst ail the hubbub about big hank mer- ge -s,- the Clinton Community- .Crcdit, Union is - focusing on • bringing its services to the small community of ' Dashwood. It will open a new '- • branch there on May 5. The village has been with-• out a bank since the Bank of' Montreal closed its Dashwood • branch last October. • • The Credit. Union's vision is to he residents' "community fi- nancial institution of choice." "You'll ,never get another big hank to ' come in." said Ron Merner. a credit union director. following an inlinntation open Nouse held in Dashwood on April 21. The hank, which originated in (Tinton, has 11.50) members and $108 million in assess. "This could become a win- win situation," said treasurer/' manager Steve Tyndall at the ec jt, Dashwo • the pe the Com to Supp 'meeting. . "It's up to Dashwood and the peoplein 'the community to sup - poo it," .e . Stephn • Dietrith, a retired farm- er in Stephen Township, feels the .. • hank opening is great news for the entire community. • "1'm happy," .echoed Nancy McAdams, who deals with the Eli eter branch. Mike Cregan, branch - manager in both Exeter and Dash- wood., Was "really ec- static" about .the open house, turnout of hear-. Iy 120 people. "Approximately 50 per cent 'of the audience were non- . members. " he said. . • It wasn't just a business Bath cring fright but a chance for those in the community to mingle and check out the hank's services. Gerd Lavis. chair, of the bank's board of directors, told the audi- ence they were''`a fine example" ofa "sense of community." which the hank highly believes in. The new Dashwood branch will be open Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Fridays from -2 to 7 p.m. s up to od and - ople in munity ort it." Former student charged with arson in SHDHS blaze EXETER - Many, town folk are thanking their lucky stars for vig- ilant custodians and professional development 'days after a fire' was discovered al South Huron District High School on Friday, at about 8:20 a. in. SHDHS principal Deb' Homuth said the fire was discovered in a tech room locket by custodian Bob, Crawford who immediately pulled ihe fire alarm and then called the. Exeter Fire Department. 'Crawford put the tire Out before any emer- gency scrvicds arrived. Dainage was confined to the de- struction of locker contents, the ceiling and some smoke damage. ' Homuth said while damage to the school is listed al minimal,. the con- sequences could have been much worse. 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