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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
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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.
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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.
The ribbons are given out as a reminder not to drink
and. drive and are tied to aerials on vehicles.. ,
RIDE rewards will be given out throughout the holi-
day season.
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