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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1999-01-13, Page 1Employment Program PAGE 25 V 4A 83 lrawenr 2364262 us dellfood toga TIMES ADVOCATE Exeter, Ontario, Canada Wednesday, jancery 13, 1999 $1.00 (includes GST) Y2K workshop this Saturday Exeter's NewYear's baby! EXETER — Sat., Jan. 16, Matt Seabrook and two other CAP students will be holding a seminar on the Y2K computer bug at the Exeter Town Hall at 11 a.m. Seabrook said the semi- nar is applicable to any- one, especially businesses and is open to the public. The seminar is expected to last an hour and will include, general informa- tion and a video produced by the federal govern- ment. There will also be a question and answer peri- od. For more information, call Seabrook at 228- 6768. `Original Six' meeting set for tonight BAYFIELD — The steer- ing committee for the group of municipalities calling themselves the `Original Six' gets back to work tonight with a meet- ing at the Hayfield village office at 7 p.m. The group — consisting of Hensall, Zurich, Hay, Bayfield, Stanley and Tuckersmith — will con- tinue reviewing its draft proposal for amalgama- tion as it began doing at its first meeting on Dec. 16. As decided at that meet- ing, the group hopes to have its restructuring proposal finished by Jan. 1, 2000, with an imple- mentation date of Jan. 1, 2001. Tonight's meeting is open to the public. Happy parents Mary Jo and Kevin Drager sit with Connor, their first child and Exeter's first baby of 1999. Connor was born on Jan. 6 at 1:31 a.m. at St. Joseph's in London, weighing a healthy 10 lbs, 5 ounces. For having the first baby of the New,Year, the Dragers won a one -,ear subscription to the T -A and a variety of prizeslrorn area business _. ., . o-' Zurich council still interested in amalgamation with Exeter By Scott Nixon for amalgamation. That Clausius added that Tues -ADVOCATE STAFF review continues at the Zurich needs at least one group's next meeting of the other `Original Six' tonight at the Bayfield vil- municipalities to want to lage office at 7 p.m. amalgamate with Exeter Zurich council's discus- or Zurich will be "an sion last Thursday was island". whether or not to attend Reeve Dwayne LaPorte last night's Exeter- saki Zurich is already an Stephen-Usborne meet- island hem* it is Wsur- ing, held after the. T -A rounded Sty Hay went to press. Township. Coon. Brad Clausius But Clausius.-repeated said he didn't think he wants to see an six of attending the Exeter the municipalities go meeting would be p roduc- south. • tive, adding the Exeter "I Can't see just Zurich group will have its work going"Exeter. done in the next few CoundUdecided it will months. He suggested continue attending the Zurich council wait and Exeter-Stephen-Usborno see how things develop meetings because, with its group of six according to LaPorte, it before deciding to pursue doesn't to close the amalgamation with door ea awr of Ills a - Exeter. .. - - atatk a :- LeBeau back GODERICH —Sarah LeBeau was back in court Monday but won't be back till May 3. Defence lawyer Glen Carey asked b the adjournment since new evi- dence has been made available. Judge Thomas Granger asked the lawyers to book five more weeks for the trial. LeBeau, 21, of RR1 Brucefleld, faces 11 charges stemming from a crash on Huron County Rd. 31 just north of Varna on Nov. 24. 1996, that took the lives of four people and seriously injured LeBeau and another passenger. ZURICH — While coun- cil still isn't sure with which group of munici- palities it will amalga- mate, it agreed at its meeting last Thursday to keep attending the Exeter-Stephen-Usborne m : etings as well as its o n meetings with the Six' Zurich has been with five other munici- palities — Hay, Hensall, Bayfield, Tuckersmith and Stanley --- but has said it wants to amalga- mate with Exeter, now in amalgamation talks with Stephen and Usborne. Zurich's group of six mitt on Dec. 16, where it reviewed a draft proposal Grand Bend council won't change 'no snowmobiles' bylaw GRAND BEND — The village is holding firm to its bylaw which states there can be no snowmo- biles within village limits. Mayor Cam Ivey asked council at its Monday night meeting if it wanted to change the bylaw. Council said no. Although snowmobiles aren't allowed in the vil- lage, deputy mayor Bob Mann said many snow- mobilers don't know it because the village hasn't posted any signs indicat- ing snowmobiles aren't allowed. Ivey said a person had approached him recently explaining since Grand Bend is a tourist attrac- tion snowmobile ,should be anolVed.- "aye tt be is symptetic to that viewpoint, but added he has seen snowmobilers driving on village side- walks, a danger to pedes- trians. "Where are you when one of these guys decides to be a speed jockey?" he asked. Coun. Brian Knights said he was concerned about the safety of the vil- lage's citizens, particular- ly youngsters and pedes- trians. He added not all snowmobilers break the village's bylaw, but some do. "A few spoil it for every- body else," he said before suggesting council keep its existing bylaw. Coun. Phil Maguire agreed the bylaw should remain, but he explained it is hard to find a solution for the snowmobiling problem. Ivey said the village can't_eree the bylaw 7n't erected any s�' . !eating no snowmobiles are allowed in the village. Village administrator Paul Turnbull said even with signs it would be hard for the village to enforce the bylaw. OPP seek volunteers GODERICH - The Huron Ontario Provincial Police Detachment is now accepting applications for Auxiliary Officers. The application forms can be picked up at any O.P.P. offices. This is a volunteer position. To qualify you must be prepared to commit the time and effort required of the program which includes a minimum of ten hours per month of patrol time and four hours a month of train- ing time. The position requires the officers to work with full time members in a structured environment and to maintain a high standard in the policing profession. The role of an Auxiliary member is to assist full time officers in a variety of functions. The minimum qualifi- cations for an O.P.P. Auxiliary member include at least See OPP page 2 1J