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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1999-02-10, Page 3Wednesday, February 10, 1999 Exeter Timor -,A►dvoc to Generous indeed :3 Y • 0 • Phone scam warning HENSALL -- A feeling of somethingnot in right" probably saved an elderly Henslt woman from being bilked out of a considerable sum of money. The woman toi the T-A,last week she was contacted twice by two different men who were seeking informa- tion about her bank account and Mastercard details. Both claimed. to be bank officials. , She said she has a friend in Clinton who was not quite as cautious who handed over $30,000 to a "good look- ing" bank official. London OPP Const. Myra Rusk said you should never give out banking or credit card information to someone claiming to be a bank official. Rusk added you should always go to the. bank to do your banking business unless you have made prior arrangements with known banking officials. Nabisco's about 750 employees not only met their $10,000 fund=raising target for Huron United Way, they smashed it by raising $20,798.71 through payroll deduction, special events and corporate funds. pk- tured are, from left, fund-raising team member Ron Hartman, plant manager Terry Bourne, team member Mildred Northcott, United Food and Commercial Workers' union chairperson John Bierling, team mem- ber Brian Wedlake, Huron United Way general campaign chairperson Bruce Shaw, Huron United Way ex- ecutive director Kim Bilcke and team member Bobbie Cosman. Nabisco's payroll deduction marks the first time that fund-raising technique has been used in Exeter. Nabisco's contribution marks the second largest the Huron United Way has received this year towards its $200,000 goal. So far the Huron United way has raised $185,000 and Bilcke anticipates they'll reach the goal before the campaign wraps up at the end of the month. 40-75'" Selected Toys 20-50% off New Lucan public library delayed • LUCAN BIDDULPH — their phone calls), but drawings, Caskanette Where's the library? things seemed back on said. • Despite an original track late last year. Caskanette met with' plan for the new Lucan Arena board chairper- Herglotz last. Fridayto library to be complete by son and Lucan Biddulph find out where the pro - the •end of last• month, ` councillor Perry Caskan- : ject stands. - ground has not been ette said Herglotz . ten- Caskanette said the broken at the site beside dered out the construe meeting went .well and a the Lucan Community tion contract recently' by trim tentative copstrUc Memorial Centre.- contacting eight contrac- tion time line has been The $300,000 project, tors without the arena drafted. the baby of the Lucan board's knowledge. Final drawings were .District Lions Club. was He said Herglotz considered by the arena to start construction last thought he had the go board at a • special meet - September and be fin- ahead and the matter is ing on Monday night.- ished by the end of last . a simple case of mis- Caskanette said after month. - communication. looking at the drawings But the project has "I can't see how we and discussing them with hung in limbo with final can accept a tender we . Herglotz, the board de - plans yet to be approved. didn't put out," Caskan- cided to consider them London architect Glen ette said. for a week. Herglotz was blamed by One of those contrac- The board will meet the project organizers tors sent a list of his con- again this Monday with a for putting the project on cerns to Herglotz and decision on • whether to hold (organizers Vaim council about the spec- put out tenders. Herglotz didn't return ifications of the project The board will then Hydro merger group wants to know if Exeter's in on next study phase By Craig Bradford . hydro customer works out Councillor George TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF to about $10,000 for Robertson said Acres Exeter out of the second International isonly look - EXETER — Well, are phase's about $175,000 ing at the one Huron you in or are you out? cost. Perth merger- -option, That's what the Huron Acres International offi- adding Exeter would have Perth Hydro cials want to have word to pay between $50,000 - Restructuring Committee from the hydro restruc- $80,000 for their own wants to know from its tuning committee by April study to look at other members before its next so it can start work on the options like Goderich is meeting on Tuesday when next study phase to coin- doing. it comes to the next stage cide with the restructured It was noted that in its study. electricity .market that Goderich has indicated it The committee wants to opens up Ontario Hydro's is in favour of Acres know if its members, one-time monopoly to International going ahead including Exeter, is will- competition. with the next phase of the ing to spend up to $4.90 The hydro restructuring study. per customer for the sec- committee,. Wobbled of The contmittee of the o n d phase of Acres two separate committees, whole supported a motion International Ltd.'s one each for Huron and to give Acres (Toronto) and Smith Perth, is now focussing on International the go Lyons legal firm's study creating a single Huron ahead for phase two as on hydro commission Perth hydro utility since long as fixeter isn't on the amalgamation in Huron the bugger . utility: is. hook for additional costs. Perth. deemed a better choice; The motion also notes Exeter's committee of Reeve Roy Triebner said. Exeter is pursuing an the whole discussed the . .Councillor Robert Exeter -only hydro utility issue at Monday's meet- Drur niond said he is option. ing. "leery" -of, paying for The up to $4.90 per atiothbr study. discuss the, tenders at its next .regular meeting on Feb. 22. A winning ten- der will be chosen only if it comes in under bud- get. ; ; ' If none of the tenders comes • in under budget.. .4i30have: to: be reviewed again delaying the project even further. If a winning tender is chosen Feb. 22, it would go to Lucan Biddulph council forapproval at its Feb. 23 meeting. If all goes according to the tentative time line, construction on the li- brary could start in late March or early April. Caskanette said. Despite the problems surrounding the project, Caskanette anticipates there will be a new li- brary. "A library is still a pri- ority of the arena board and the Lions Club and we'll do everything to expedite that process," Caskanette said. Capsule Comments with Ernie Miatello February is Heart and Stroke Month. High blood pressure is a definite risk of heart attack' and stroke. If you take • your own blood pressure and find it is consistently above 140/90, . you have high blood.:pressurr. tt's } time for a - medical checkup. Some people say their blood pressure is higher in. the. doctor's office than at home. This could be due to some' anxiety about having a medical exam. Why not buy your own blood pressure machine and do your testing at home? Record the results for your next doctor visit. Does glucosamine work for arthritis? It does give some improvement of the pain and stiffness of osteoarthritis. (OA). It may take 5-8 weeks to act but if you plan to try this product, be sure you have a firm diagnosis of OA. There's no evidence it helps, any other form of the dis- ease. Health quackery abounds in the world today. How do you decide what is quackery and what isn't? If you have an In- ternet connection, have a look at Quackwatch at www.quackwatch.com. 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