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Times-Advocate, 1999-03-24, Page 1• •11 711- 117477 b si:ip'S v u -mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235.0262 Hot roast beef or hicken dinners 9.99 SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Mighty Joe Young 16.99 TIMES ADVOCATE Exeter, Ontario, Canada Wednesday, March 24, 1999 $ 1.00 (includes GST) Budget meeting g set forApril 12 EXETER — Exeter council will have dollar signs in their eyes April 12. Council will hold its first '99 budget meeting on that day starting at 7 p.m. Reeve Roy Triebner pushed the issue at Monday's committee of the whole meeting. Clerk -treasurer Elizabeth Bell has been waiting for the town departments to submit their own draft budgets. She has also been waft- ing for numbers from Huron County and for the auditors to give the fmal surplus tally which is due this week. Chief administrative officer Rick Hundey said his staff have been work- ing on solving the prob- lem of the town dumpnot generating enough rev- enue to offset costs adding to the things delaying budget talks. Service delivery manag- er Dave Moyer said staff are trying to find ways to streamline budget items to make devising the bud- get easier. - • {,fit:�' ^�: 'Q +:��•:ks. •^.t per ' 'f � ' �:':`:�'-� �< { Activities back on at SHDHS • By Scott Nixon TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF EXETER — A three-week suspension of student council activities at South Huron District High School has been lifted because of an improvement in student behaviour. SHDHS principal Deb Homuth originally put a stop to student council activities in February after several incidents. The final straw came at the school's Valentine's Dance on Feb. 10, during which a fight broke out. After activities — including Panther Pride Day — were suspended, Homuth said behaviour improved and students displayed leadership and self discipline. She also reinstated activities because she said it gives students a chance to prove they are trustworthy and they deserve the privilege of having student council activities. Homuth told the students her decision during an assembly Monday morning. She warned that while she hopes activities will continue until the end of the year they could be suspended again if there are more incidents of bad behaviour. Homuth said the majority of students understood her original decision to suspend activities, although there were some who felt they were being unduly punished for the actions of a few. She also said her method of punishment was just. "I don't think I could have made any other decision given the circumstances." Exeter soccer club to get cash for field fights By Craig Bradford By Bradford TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF EXETER — Exeter council's committee of the whole told the Exeter Centennial Soccer Club they'll find $5,000 for the club's Rec Centre lit field project. Council just wants to figure out where the money's com- ing from. Exeter Centennial Soccer Club president George McEwan explained the lit pitch project and what the club wants from council at Monday's meeting. The committee deferred handing the club $5,000 till staff come up with options where the money could come fr om. McEwan explained why Exeter needs a lit soccer field. With minor soccer reg- istration hovering between 400-450 for the last few years, there is t pressure on the system for either more fields or s a lit field to extend the use of existing facilities (two games can be h played during one night on a lit field instead of just one). Secondly, some Exeter b teams will compete in the t more competitive London m District Youth Soccer I League this season bring- e Ing in tougher competi- tion. C The Exeter Centennial fi senior men's team were to promoted to the First Division this season. Western Ontario Soccer League's rules dictate First and Premier Division clubs must pro- vide officials and visiting eams change rooms and showers which can be upplied at the Rec Centre as opposed to where all senior teams ave played in the past Nabisco Field Canners Field). Canners Field is owned y Nabisco who have let earns use the field but ay .at any time sell the and or use it for an xpansion. McEwan added the entennials had to con- rm with the WOSL the am will play the entire '99 season on Canners Field because the lights installation won't take place till late April -early May when the season starts. He added youth teams will largely use the lit field for the first cou- ple of years. So far the club has raised $30,600 of the total project cost. It was pointed out the $45,000 cost doesn't include a hydro transformer and lines that could cost about $10,000. McEwan said the club will raise this additional cost as well. The club will also pay for the monthly hydro bills. McEwan said the idea is for the lit field to be a See SOCCER CLUB pee 3 Future of Dashwood will be discussed at public meeting DASHWOOD — Those concerned about the future of the police Village of Dashwood have the chance to air their concerns at a public meeting Thursday night at the Dashwood Community Centre at 7:30 p.m. Dashwood, split down Highway 83 by Stephen and Hay Townships, has been a topic of discussion at amalgamation talks recently with the South Huron group — consist- ing of Exeter, Stephen and Usborne — seeking to annex all of Dashwood. So far, Hay Township has been unwilling to let Dashwood go south. Dashwood trustee chairperson Bill Becker said Thursday night's meeting will give resi- dents a chance to let their opinions be known and ask questions. In addition to village trustees, representatives from Stephen and Hay councils will appear to present the issues to Dashwood residents. 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