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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1998-12-23, Page 1SEW IS I 4 g $3 Ewan M4162 Happy ,1kolida.vs front all of us Pillow heads PAGE 13 Early presents PAGE 40 SLIP's v u -mart 4 & 83 Fader 235-0262 tt„ Reserve your videos now TIMES -ADVOCATE aeus IiDear Santa: All we.want for Christmas s for our Grandpa' Hartman to come home from the hospital. No toy is as Fun as our Grandpa. Lore Justin and -Jason. Kobarda age 4 and 2-1/Z )'ears Sons of Andrew and Sandy Wednesday, December 23, 1998 $1.00 (includes CST) Stephanie Weber Huron Centennial My.favourite part about Christmas. would be _when my family comes horse. You see, my brothers, all live on their own and go to school and when summer comes around they go'off and find jobs and don't come home. So the year can become lonesome with only my mom, my dad and me at home. When Christmas roils around my •. •brothers start to call more often to make plans and . that means I get to see them. Since they all work they only stay for two or three `days which is never enough. but I'm happy to see. them. When they come home I get antzy for Christmas day so I can .deliver my presents 1 bought`'and made for them. 1' also love to get my family gifts. I usually buy their ' gifts at the Seaforth Arts and Crafts Show.at the high school. If I didn't buy it there I make it for ther'n. Each year -there comes a new idea, once I _made my dad a golf towel and my mom a book This year I'm not- quite sure of what I'm making but 1 wouldn't tell you because it wouldn't be a surprise,for them. 1 ECC ft Y TOUCH FREE CAR WASH 156 Main St. N. Exeter 235-4116 Mayor Ben's Christmas wish list for Exeter M CraigBradford STAFF EXETER -- All Exeter Mayor' Ben •Hoogenboom wants for Christmas is continued strides in the right . The second term mayor did get more spe- cific when the Times - Advocate asked him for his town wish list. Here's Hoogenboom's list in descending order: !Good health and pros- perity for everyone. •"No tax increases, •A good working rela- tionship with neighbour- . . ing municipalities and good results with' aural gamation talks. "We would like to be in the driver's seat with choosing partners," he saki. While he acknuwiedges municipal mergers have their critics in the Exeter area, some Perth County officials he has spoken to said they didn't like the idea but realize now there are savings. •"The bottom line is. whether we like it or not, it's going to happen," Hoogenboom said. The province wants to deal with less municipal- ities, boards of education and utilities and contin- ues to push toward that (Exeter's latest round of merger talk partners. Usborne and Stephen townships. provide a dif- ferent ifferent and possibly bet- ter situation for success than prior ones that involved Grand Bend since Lambton County. would never relinquish their tax base jewel. He said eliminating those municipal boundaries around Exeter will get - rid of many nagging problems such as the controversy -over %%hick municipality was respon- sible for Walper St. Looking back on the past year, Hoogenboom credited his entire coun- cil and staff for the strides made. "There's more growth here than in other areas in Huron County," he said. "We must be doing something right here." The accomplishment he's most proud of is "the fact we're back on track with amalgama- tion." He quickly added - he's proud of spending tax dollars on eliminat- ing the sewer back-up problems on Pryde Blvd. at the time council did. The third accomplish- ment lloogen,boom named was the ongoing expansion of the sewage lagoons, something he said paves the way for agenda, he said. growth. Hoogenboom said All 1 want for Christmas is...Exeter Mayor Ben Hoogenboom shows his Christmas wish list for the town. Christmas Bureau brightens the season By Kate Monk TIMESADV(X:ATE REPORTER EXETER — The spirit of Christmas was alive and well in South Huron last week when the local branch of the Huron Christmas Bureau dis- tributed fond, clothing and toys to 263 children and 1.'26 fantilies. , Co-ordinator Audrey MacGregor said • the atmosphere was excel- lent. 1 had 37 volunteers in total. they all seemed so enthused about what they were doing," MacGregor said: "The people /who came in Were so grateful. Some volun- teers even received hugs." - fhe voluntd•ers argil-• sized and helped .distrib- ute the donations from -local residents, service clubs, churches and busi- nesses. More than, $7,000 -in cash was donated to pay for gro- cery vouchers. Erich child received toys, and clothing and the family received a gener- . ous hamper of food and a vopeher for Christmas dinner ,ingredients, according to MacGregor. She said -one volunteer was so wral►ped the in his work he forgot to go curling. That 'focus was indicative of' all the vol unteet's, Ma(•Gregor said. See Bureau page 2 ' s MC OM •s,* Si.4p I N. Exeter 235-4227 44 ' ` wti .. �, 4(;400 iiiditdiuttdiliNE4blain Witr 41''>sr`dalt (lath d#l4 4, 4: , Christmas Stocking Stuffier Special Touchfree Car Wash Specials I rr Exeter Cleaning Center's New Automatic Touchless Car VVash • 261 Main ahc get •