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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1998-12-02, Page 31Wndnet:din Iarciimbei 2, 1491i Exeter Times -Advocate Family 31 New Giri Guides Exeter Girl Guide leaders Cindy Vander Burgt, back left and Laurie Russell wel- come new members Alissa Evans, front left and Samantha Dayman last Tuesday. night. Children choose angels from tree .GRAND BEAD.- The reign of Christ Sunda) and the Sacrament of Holy Communion was held November 22, at Grand Bend t nite'd 'Church. Rev. R. Putman spoke ui the children about inhcri= tame and showed them a wau:h and chain that Pam Putman inherited from tier grandmother and told them the chair was mads-.: from Grandma's hair. The angel tree was 'up and the children ipicked 'Off 'angels iridic-ating age and child gender to pro- ' vide n; to) • it clothing for Huron Count). `:hildren's Aid To the adult congre- • gation Rev. Putman spoke . of -remembering and said t:hrist understood the feelings of his e,nernies- The choir anthem vias - "Eat this Bread and Never Hunger." (b) .D:C. Damon) and accompanied on the organ by Elva McIntyre RIDEro - m rewards sober drivers this year p � HURON CTV - Sober drivers •will be rt•wa• led this In Ontario. 34 percent of tine. population has.been in a year when they're stopped b) OPP. in Huron and Peril) car with an impaired •driver and 5.7 percent have been Counties. .• - _ in. a crash because of svtneone else's drinking. • R1I)f: reward cards oiler discounts to drivers from • In .Huron Count) : 2.1.6 percent of drivers involved in Canadian Tire, McDuuaIds and Ne>h Orleans Pizza turd traffic crashes were' impaired in 1994. 47.3 percent 715,000 uf• them will be_ given out. during the festive had been drinking. RIDE season whiff h is -about ti, begin 'across the. two - .Again -in Huron,.Count� .. in 19b5.: 167 drivers in Counties - - crashes. had been drinking and 33 of those were • R1DE:. Reduced ltitpaired Driving Everywhere, is a impaired in 1994. (0.4had been drinking and 31 were T t t •k for drinking drivers During the hull- impaired. ,. pu Ice spa c Ila da) season, when instances of drinking and driving RIDE programs take drunk drivers utl the roads and tend in increase because of the ` nuuibeir of events and also seri e as a deterrent to drinking and drip ing -parties whine alcohol is serveed .. additional RIDE pro because people don't know -when or inhere OPP .K il! grains are held acrpss the counties. hold checks: particularh during the; • holiday season, The traria' sate) subcommittee of the Huron -Perth when more landing ib available for police to specific:al- lnjur) Prevention commuter has •put together tete pro - by operate- tile spot checks. _ gram as a waJ K of thanking drivers for, not drinking.. • At Tright. unt''uut of live drivers. on Canadian roads In Canada, 4.5 people die ever) .✓4 hours because of - has been drinking and _ uric in 45 is :legally unpaired ' drinking drivers and more than. 300 Canadians are, Dour times more fatal acc:idents_oe.cur at might u•lure. d RIDE checks, however, are held at any time 1,529 people were 't e lu 199rI, kill d When stopping vehicles, police will hand ,uut,the Bomb threat. at Medway AMA — Medwa) High. School students may be getting used to frequent hour -lung or longer dis- ruptions- in their school da} - - London OPP Const. Myra .Husk said the school has received three bomb threats in the last two weeks. one on Nov. 19 at 2:40 p.n►... another the next da) at 927 a.m. and .the last vii r Friday at 9:40 a.ni. I.acti time the schou) . was evacuated. and searched by stun]' and the OPP. the first two tines . including a •canine unit; Each time the threat was proved to be fake and stu- dents..were.aluwed back to class after an hour or two.. - The OPP. are following leads hoping .to catch someone who has been phoning in the threats to the school. Rusk said there is no confirmed link between the threats though a stale has called theta in each tune. • Anyone who has infor- mation about the threats are asked. to call the London OPP 'at•(519) 681 - 0300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) A►nnette's Cakery Decor specializing in Birthday. Anni versary and Character Cakes Annette Uenontntr (519) 235-4452 RIDE Reward cards supported Canadian Tire, The sunda) School con- cert will held December 13 The First. Advent Sunday was November 29 at Grand Rend t• nited Church. The first candle of hope was. ht by one of the children, assisted by Rev,R. Putman. He- told the children that the can- dle symbolizes how we see light and demonstiat- ed light with a flashlight. In Rei. Putman's sermon to the congregation he spoke of t:hnstmas adver- tisements and sht.pping'. • and said we should wor- ship God at Christmas instead of.the malls. The musical presenta- tion- by the choir was • `Christ will come to bring us news." The scriptures were read b Ken Lawton. Prayers of the people was given by Ann Lawton. Larry Lovie and Howard Maier collected the offer- ing Capsule Comments with Ernie Miatello Un sunny wrier days. wearing suasses s Mit 'important Winter sun has the same amount ultraviolet radiation as summer sun and can irc rase the nsk of devetoprng cataracts tt s pod bine to rein rrc parents -about Reyes Syndrome. a con- dition that ctn strike children with the .flu ., It can be tn9gered by ASA products Use only Acetarnrnophen to reduce lgver and discxrnion of the tlu i children tt yc►.i aren't sure whether a prod. ter! i ns ASA or not crack with your pharmacist There is some evidence that Vitamin E can deduce the nsk of prostate cancer 11 doesn't take much. about 50 units a day tc reduce the nsk by one thrid People are taking 400 unts to help tiler prostate and redtx:e the risk of heart attacks as. well. As we enter 11-1 writer holiday bine of year, it's a good tore t remind everycxne that .'t*ealthy tan' is an oxymoron With sire, canine on tine its . remember to protect yen,ir ski if ycw are visit - rig tropical Wines . 4HURON APOTHEARY UM Pirrone 235-1982 440 Main St., Exeter "Your Health Care Pharmacy" . McDonalds and tie% Jr'leans Pizza which offer dis- counts until March 31, 1999. • Members of the traffic saint) subcommittee that have developed the program inc=lude OPP officers, con- cerned citizens, Mothers Against ,Drunk Driving. IMPACT (a hospital -bused progratn that illustrates the dangers of drinking and. driving). USAID (Ontario Students Against Impaired uriviugt, health units in both comities 'and the Ministry of Transportation. . All live polite services in the two 'counties wiU' be dis- tributing the cards vyith MADD roil ribbons. 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