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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1999-06-23, Page 21TAKE OUR CAKE! DECADENT ICE C' ' '".�lNf 2�S 1-e11e-e204775 Exeter Times -Advocate rossroa Wadniedily,Ju e2);1999 Canada Day extravaganza planne Time capsule dedication just one of the many even By Kratheline H TIMES=ADVOCATE STAFF we need now is the.weather." Here's a rundown of some of the day.'s events. Check the committee's poster for more information: • 7 a.m. - 11 a.m. Start the day off right with pancakes, sausage, ham, bacon and eggs at the Fireman's Breakfast at the Ag. Building. Last year 600 showed up so this time they've added an extra hour on to the • breakfast to accommodate the crowds. • 9 a.m. A Beach Volleyball tourna- ment will be held in fr %T t of the Ag. Building. Contact JoAnne Fields at 235-2833 for more information. • 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. A com- bined Classic Car Show with Exeter's Canadian Tire is expecting to see 200 cars participate. • 9-11 a.m. Exeter Optimists bike decorating and -rodeo in the north parking lot. Exeter's Canadian Tire is sup- porting the bike rodeo and all entrants will receive a keepsake photo I.D. • 9 a.m. 7 p.in. The Exeter Fair committee and the Agricultural Society is organizing a display of school work, crafts and plants in the arena. They will also be holding a pet show at 11 a.m. • 10 a.m. An open pairs la , ... Ing tournament is being planned. Por more information contact Peter. McFalls at 235-2833. x.11 a.m.. The Exeter Playground and Exeter Lioness are sponsoring a Child Fair which will include face painting, games and scavenger hunt. • 1 p.m. Registration begins for "The Maple Leaf Sensation" Soap Box Derby. Contact the Exeter Lions at 235-1919 for more details. • 2-3:30 p.m. A free swim will be held at the Exeter Public Swimming Pool. • 5-7 . p.m. A roast beef dinner will be held. Tickets can be bought in advance at Seip's valu-mart, Greeting Card World and the Exeter Legion or by calling Wayne Shapton at 263- 2800. • 6 p.m. Hayrides around MacNaughton Park • 6:30 - Dusk. The Eugene Hartr an Family 4101kird and other local enter- tainers will be entertaining the crowds (The Hartmans will also be playing from 2-4 p.m.). The scouts and cubs will . be selling glow stick necklaces. The legion will be donat- ing part of the profits from the glow stick sales back to the cubs and scouts. • 9 p.m. Time Capsule dedication and ceremony at the legion. Local dignitaries, veterans and cadets are expected to attend the event. EXETER - In just a few days Exeter is going to be a buzz with a flurry of Canada Day celebrations. This is the eighth time the R.E. Pooley Branch 167 Exeter Legion has sponsored the popular event and this year's celebration promises to be just as successful. The legion's Canada Day Celebration's com- mittee has proclaimed this year's festivities Exeter's "End of the Century Extravaganza, Canada Day 1999" and has scheduled .a full slate of activities for both young and old. The legion is also planning to com- memorate the monumental event by organizing a time capsule that will be opened on July 1, 2099•ty='7± Crafted by legion member . Norrn Eveland, the wooden Um! capsule measures 24 inches by 18 inches and will include items from various ser- vice .groups and organizations in the area' along with contributions from the library, town, churches and Exeter Times -Advocate. The legion is also planning to include a book by Eric Heywood, detailing their legion's history in the time chest. "I believe this time capsule is a legion first all across Canada," said event co-chairman Tom Burke. "This will live on beyond the average per- son's lifetime." Canada Day organizers have also sponsored an essay writing contest for local school children asking them to predict what Canada will be like in 2099 as a nation. The first prize win- ner of the essay contest will be awarded $25 and their essay will be enclosed in the capsule. Exeter photographer Bart DeVries will be contributing photographs of present day Exeter to be included with the time capsule. He will also be busy taking photos during this year's Canada Day festivities including the Time Capsule Dedication Ceremony at 9 p.m. During New Year's Eve fes- tivities at the legion this year the capsule, which is going to be stored at the legion hall, will be briefly opened to enclose those pictures and then resealed permanently. July 1 at 10 p.m. on the village's main beach. The cost is free, however donations will gladly be accepted. . The committee has also lined up entertainment that will be provided on the beach all day. At 6 p.m. a line- up of bands including Lagrange, a Tribute to ZZ Top, Voodoo Lounge, a Rolling Stones tribute band and Emery Street, a top 40 cover tunes band, will entertain the crowds, Canada Day in Lucan Lucan's Canada Day Committee is Page 21 or Exeter .s >'' +' -11-t --, Vie' planning a parade that will leave at 10 a.m. sharp from Elm St. Park and travel along Main St. to the Lucan Memorial Community Centre. At 11 a.m. behind the arena, games and a trivia contest have been sched- uled along with an official flag rais- ing and cake cutting ceremony. At dusk a fireworks display will conclude the festivities. The event will begin with fireworks donated by local families and will end with a large display sponsored by the Canada Day committee. Exeter's Canada Day co-chairman Tom Burke and Exeter Legion member Norm :; Eveland displaying the time capsule that will be sealed this Canada Day. Eveland built the capsule that will be re -opened again on July 1, 2099. Hoping to attract thousands • • Dusk. The legion is touting this The 24 member Canada Day year's fireworks display as one of the Celebrations committee working with biggest yet. Thanks to a $1,000 dona- a $12,000 budget has been plugging tion from the Lioness, the Canada away since January to organize this Day Celebrations committee will be year's event. Burke hopes their able to spend $5,600 on fireworks. advertising campaign, which includes The event is also being put on by the a full colour poster co-sponsored by Exeter and Area and Stephen the Exeter and District Chamber of Township Fire Departments. Commerce, will help attract the Grand Bend's Canada Day crowds. The event is also advertised on the chamber's Web site: www.huroncap.org/exetown. "We have had great participation with all the groups and organizations in the area. The day wouldn't be pos- sible without them," � _ Vie. ."All celebrations The village's fireworks committee is hoping to mark the last Canada Day of the Twentieth Century with, a big bang. The fireworks display will beg' on Decked out in red and white. Last year (from left), josi De Block, Nicole Van Drunen and Brett Sararas helped to celebrate Canada Day at the South Huron Rec Centre by dressing up for the occasion: i •.^f' 4 �P �...�_�. •