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"AREA OF EXCELLENCE"
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EXETtft - The popular.
Times -Advocate phone
book will be delivered this
weekend to over 8,000
area households.
The "Home Phone
Book" supported by local
advertisers, will arrive in
the Focus Super Saver
package.
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99 in 99
reaches goal
EXETER — The Exeter
library has reached its •
goal of having 99 children
enrol in the 99 in 99
reading program.
In the program, children
aged six to 14 doctunent
they have read 99 botoks
this year. When finished,
their names are mitered
into a draw to win CD-
ItOM encyclopedias and
other prizes.
Once they have read
their first 99 books, chil-
• dren can enter with their
second set of 99.
"It gives you a good feel-
ing about how many kids
use the library," Jane
Hundey of the Exeter
library said.
To enrol, call or visit the
Exeter library.
Child dies
suddenly at.
Pinery
GRAND BEND —
Tragedy struck a Sarnia
family when they were
camping at the Pinery
Provincial Park over the
weekend.
On Saturday, the Smink
family was canoeing
when their three-year-old
son Arron, who was sit-
ting on the dock, suddenly
collapsed.
The parents rushed the
child to a nearby office
rental building where an
off-duty nurse started
CPR.
An ambulance was
called and took the child
to Exeter's South Huron
Hospital, where efforts to
revive him failed.
A post-mortem exami-
nation was conducted
Sunday but foul play has
already been ruled out by
county coroner Dr.
O'Connor.
Results of the post-
mortem were not avail-
able at press time.
MORE
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FARMING
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By Kate Monk
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
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do; The committee has
'Made several improve-
ments to handle the
crowds. Th.ishaded area
for seniors has been
increased and the regular
eating spaces have more
picnic tables. An extra
meal serving line will
speed up the serving
process.
Last year's successful
Zurich Bean Festival bean
meal with a smoked pork
chop and all -you -can -eat
beans will be back. With
the children's meal of a
hot dog and beans, a fam-
ily of four can eat for less
than $25. Dinners will be
served from 11 a.m. - 7
p.m. Saturday.
The entertainment line-
up will include children's
entertainment, an Elvis
impersonator and an
array of bands.
Events get underway
Friday night with a Cruise
Night leaving the
Community entre
grounds at p.m.
ZURICH . — Bean
Festival organizers have
found the recipe for suc-
cess — excellent food at a
reasonable price, lots of
activities and community-
wide support.
This year's event will be
the 34th annual and
focuses on the Save the
Babe campaign to raise
funds for a new ice sur-
face, boards and dressing
rooms for the Babe
Siebert Memorial Arena.
The bean festival com-
mittee has already raised
$4,500 for the campaign
and will be supporting the
cause with future dona-
tions, said festival chair-
man Jody Durand.
Last year, 20,000 people
attended the Zurich Bean
Festival and Durand esti-
mates 25,000 men,
women and children will
visit the village Friday
night and Saturday.
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Fireworks will light up
the sky at the Community
Centre at dusk.
A midway will be in the
downtown area Friday
night and Saturday.
The activities get under-
way early Saturday with a
Zurich Minor Athletic
Association pancake and
sausage breakfast at the
arena from 7-10 a.m.
The Custom Rod and
Antique Car Show is at
the Community Centre
grounds starting at 10:30
a.m. and Has Beans Bingo
starts at 11 a.m. at the
auditorium. The street
market will have high
quality crafts and excel-
lent food. .
Dr. Wallace's Frog
Jumping Contest takes
place at the C.G. Farm
Supply lot beginning at 3
p.m.
Check the schedule on
page 10 in today's Times -
Advocate for a complete
listing of events.
By Katherine Harding
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
GRAND BEND
Council has approved a
concept that could effec-
tively ban building more
factory pig barns in an
area from Bayfield to
Kettle Point.
At Monday's meeting,
council passed a motion
to designate Grand Bend
an "area of
excellence"
and will be
•apa1g Ing
nearby
rnuniciRalities
and counties
to join them.
They are also
inviting those
governments
to sent a rep-
resentative to
form an "area of excel-
lence" conunittee.
• While logistics of what
exactly an "area of excel-
lence" is wasn't spelled
out clearly in the motion,
council would like the
designation to create a
moratorium on the
approval of pig barns
near established shore-
line communities.
The concept' was
brought to council by
David Cody, a Toronto
resident who owns a cot-
tage in the Highlands
Three subdivision.
Cody wrote a letter to
council on Aug. 10 about
his concerns regarding
factory pig.barns in the
area and over the meek -
end he attended a confer-
ence in Goderich regard-
ing the issue. Coun.
Shirley Andraza was also
present at the conference.
"Intensive pig farms are
threatening to our air and
water," he told council.
"Imagine if the beach was
closed the opening day of
the 2001 Summer Games.
It could happen."
"However, I'm not say-
ing don't have farming
anymore."
He used the Soer's farm
on Hwy. 83 in Stephen
Twp. as an example of
"dangerous factory farm"
in the area.
"It's a right in your face
farm," he said.. "You get
smells from there every
other day."
Cody said these farms r'
not only negatively affect
area property values and
tourism but alsoair ,an
water
"The London water sup–
ply is directly in front of
this farm," he told coun-
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"This'is no
longer family
farming," he
said. "We
have to treat
them like,
factories.;
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He recott-
mended
.council look
at several
ways to con-
trol the farms including .f4
limiting the size, imple-
menting the building 1,
moratorium, investigating,
odor reduction methods
and as a last resort "relo-
cating them."
Coyle told council they
could enlist the help of a
land use county planner
to establish a no build
zone.
• He also gave council the
idea to establish a com-
mittee of ratepayers from
different municipalities to
tackle the problem.
"Local stewardship is
very important," he said.
Coun. Phil Maguire
asked Coyle why these
large pig farms aren't
required to have a
sewage treatment plant.
"These farms are like
small subdivisions and
the ministry would never
approve a subdivision
without a sewage plant,"
Maguire said.
Coyle told them the
Right to Farm Act pro-
tects farmers from. fulfill-
ing environmental obliga-
dons.
Coun. Shirley Andraza
interjected with a statistic
she read that a 4,000
head pig farm produces
the same amount of
sewage as a town of
25,000 people. The Soer's
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