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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1998-11-11, Page 2In the News Noah 's Ait practicing ERDO.nonijcs Accident involves ByCraig Bradford TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF EXETER — Picture 5 garbage bags full of clo ing. Now picture tho sands of poverty -stride children and adults need the clothing.' The first picture can seen at Exeter's Noah Ark at 293 Main •St. • glimpse the second pi ture you'll have to tray •tu Third World countries throughout the world. Noah's Ark, the chart thrift store associate -.. with Exeter Pentecosta • Tabernacle, sends a those clothes °nee 1710,11.11 to a .Guelph war house -that .sorts Aliclothes and. then ear .marks them to be flown • t • impoverished countries, it Central America an Arica. ' • The Penterosta ••Assemblieti of Canada's(PACK) htnergen4. Relief & Dev6lopment Overseas (ENDO) cu -ordinates the collection of •clothes; loud and other corIlnl(diti(, destined fur:23 or more countries at its Guelph warehouse that's staffed ntostly by senior volun titers from. PAOC church - In a' time! item, EItlO , clothes have already been sent to Central American countries trying _to pick • up the pieces after Hurricane Mitch devastated the. urea.. , The local clothes are hems Noah's Ark ship-. pers: didn't pick up..during the mupth.. Exeter Pentecostal Tabernacle Pastor Vernon Dean said the people of the Exeter area show their generous spirit each dal at Noah's Ark. • .. , . 46 '1'hei volume of clothes 00 th- u- en who be. To.• c-. el • ty d • 11 a t•. 0 d Tending the Ark. Noah'S Ark volunteer Mary Lou Tait, left, and staff Martha 1 vi Webster, Nancy Stahle and Anita Purdom show offsc►rne of the clothes for; sale at . 'Noah's Ark, the charitable thrift store on Exeter's Main St. Each month the store m ships out up -to 500.bags of u...,.,.....d clothes .. . _ _ - orld Countries. two bicyclists Coatfromod from front pogo Roberts will return to the accident scene on Wednesday with the 'Total Station' Investigative tools which helps determine the vehicle speed, force of impact and distances. Graham said the driver, from Seaforth, immediate- ly called the OPP on his cellular phone after the acci- dent. The driver's name is not being released by the ' OPP. Exeter OPP Constables Tom Richber and Karen Prickett arrived at the -accident scene about a minute m after -the call came in, Grahasaid. They adhunis- tered first aid and CPR till the ambulances arrived. The OPP were also assisted by area firefighters. Aimee and Scott's parents, Ken and Lori. recently moved to Simcoe St: in Exeter from Crediton along with their other children, Brandon, 5. 'and Trevor. 6. Aimee and Scott were returning.home from a birth- day party in Crediton held by: their grandfather Bill Payne for five of his grandchildren. Aimee and Scott decided to ride their :bikes home at about_ 5 p.m. Sunday while their grandfather I drove three other grandchildren home to Strathro . 1Scott. a Gr. 7_student at Exeter Public School, turns 13 tomorrow..- t" All the Payne children had started classes at Exeter . '. Public- School a week ago. Exeter Public• School prin- i deal flit Graham said a'Menlo-TAW senic•c• will likelc a hula we get= through Noah's - Ark is. staggering," Dean said, adding there •are • hay's over 30 bags of clothing find- their way into the Noah's Ark deposit containers in front of the` store. -and at valu- mart. Noah's Ark manager Nancy. Stable said clothes are coming from people rum f rand Bend and. Lucan. "1 think people are find- ing the drop off boxes really convenient when they come here, to -shop," Stable said. Noah's Ark 'also benefits local people, from those looking to find a really . inexpensive used chitties or household item -to the less fortunate among us.' it's a _fabulous story for the community to -know." know," Statile said.. . - Don .,Moss, an' EHUQ worker, spoke to a cap- tive audience. at Exeter Pentecostal Tabernacle 'Sunday night. He brought - along slides of his travels in the Third. World and 'highlighted many facets of ERDO - including its partnership - N inti the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (the Canadian International Development Agency gives PAOC and the Bank $4 for every a$1 PAOC - Regional wrap up Five for -St. - - � J . t v cal ll it JeQt voted to proceed with repairs to its church which has • been closed because of liability concerns in Septem- ^ Sri MAHYS –.Five citizens u1' the town ul'1St. Marys her, 1997. :have decided - they'd like to tie mend, s -oft The parish has. learned it has been piv . at the- school in co-operation with the famil hen Scott is well enough to ate nd "We are all- pulling for him." he said. `N a hope he tikes it." Graham said theAvon .. 7'aitland School . families raise to meet the ak a.m.-4 p.m., Friday from at raga_ accident fallout at the school. Graham, a Tragic vents Team member, said counselling will -be made 'tillable to anyone who needs it. - `It's a very, very difficult part of school life," sham said about the tragedy. e said :im Aee and Scott were getting along well at eir new school and were quickly making friends. °nations for funeral expenses are being accepted 10 a -:m.-$ p.m.. and Cu Armee s funeral will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. t Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m, a untryRest.aurant and Huron Park h=ood Town: Clothes donations can be dropped Grand Bend fore rs art -otitic at the containers located in Grand Dashwood's"1iofman Funeral Home. front of -Noah's Ark and valu-mart. - For more information un ENDO programs, call the PAUL at (905) 542- 7400 or e-mail erduCapaoc:ury. -- council, according to the Journal Argus.- eruwtl Only one- person is needed to replace Dave'Cuning- Ilarn who resigned recently because he is ,moving to- J'ergus to start a new job. The five applicants_ are.. Penny Krasner. Margaret- Luna,.Bruce Symons. Sandy'lays and Man Van benlie,rge. • Council .was expected to Choose the municipality's newest councillor at its regular meeting- scheduled ir last night. - Counc;il decided to choose tn the candidate the - selves rather than held an election. Parishioners unsure of status ST. COLUMBAN - Parishioners of the Si. Coluun- ban Church . are confused about the status of' their church., , A letter from'the diucesc• was read during the ser- vice un Nov. 1 at St. Patrick's in Dublin by the paster of the cluster, Er. Tony DelCiancio, that left parish n 'liers with the impression St. Columban had been "removed" from the cluster, reports The Huron pix= pesitor. Ad hoc committee members say they are also con- fused about where the parish now stands. The com- • mittee Was established , in April after parishioners en permis- sion by the Diocese of Lender" to Jireceed with repairs to its church.to make it suitable for worship. The ad .hoc -committee and The Huron Exposit° were unable to obtain. a copy of the letter from the di •ucese prior to last week's paper going, to press. Groups join to improve water r .equipment. He said the first couple of meetings will. probably .be an adjustment period in which various members of the board. learn how the other municipalities oper- . ate. - l urnbull said the transi- tion - board will have "broad, sweeping powers"' including the ability to move, fire and offer sever- ance packages to employ- ees of the various munici-. palities. Turnbull added, though, that he doesn't think that will happen, although he said person- nel will be a major issue with the board: • - CLINTON Many area environmental groups and municipalities are joining together to fight to improve surface water qualit), reports The Huron Expositor. - Save Our lake Value Environineat, Huron n Farm Environmental • Coalition, Protect, Huron County. Health Unit, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, St. Joseph's watershed group,_ to cal municipal governments and more have joined to form the Huron County Environmental Coalition -.By joining together, the partners hope. to have onevoice when approaching municipalities with their ar- guments. But before the groups pool their resources, they want to make sure the coalition also meets the needs of the different groups. In the Expositor; Senior Public Health Inspector Claus Seeger said the umbrella groups will not re- place the other,groups but they will be joining on the water quality issue. Subcommittees will deal with public education, -..re- s earch and water management planning. • to amalgamate. Continued from front pate work with the oth municipalities: 1 don't think we have choice ..:.I hope we ha enough class to get the jo done," he said of amalg matin. • lie did say, howeve that the concerns of Gran 'Bend residents — such a taxes and community ser Vices -- will go on an politicians have to star listening to the wishes o the people. • Ivey said the transition board will begin looking a taxation, government ser- vices, personnel and Ivey expressed concern er for the future of Grand - Bend employees and a described_ them as highly ve. • skilled. b • Turnbull said while his job as administrator ham n't yet been effected by r• .the amalgamation agree- d mens his workload and s the workloads of other vil- - lage employees will d increase as the, transition t board begins to meet and f request information from • . the various rnunicipalitie,s. - • Turnbull estimated 400 t letters from Grand Bend residents oppos'ing the awalgaination. - have been • faxed -to the, offices "91' Premier Mike Harris. and, -Leach at Queen's Park - since the Oct. 14 public • - rn(e,ting. Ivey said the vil= lage received no response from :Queen's Park about they letters. . - WHERE DO YOU TURN to monitor the school board? COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS We re a the beer, of tbt.,e