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Times Advocate, 1999-10-13, Page 1S' valulPmesit 4 & 83 Exeter 23S4262 Agent for Sketchley Dry Cleaners Top pumpkins PAGE 30 svki 4 & 83 Exeter 235-9262 Diadems hot deli foods to go TIMES ADVOCATE Exeter, Ontario, Canada ednesdey.October 13,19!! $1.00 (includes GST) Winter clothing drive begins CLINTON — The Huron United Way wants to make sure everyone in Huron County is warm this winter by co-ordinating a drive for coats, hats, mittens, scarves and boots this month. People can drop off "gently used" coats and boots and new hats, mittens and scarves for adult s and children at the • Exeter Cleaning Centre at the corner of Main , and Sanders: –streets in Exeter, United' Way executive director Kim Bilcke said. Exeter Cleaning Centre is donating the dry cleaning services. Dry cleaners in Goderich, Clinton and Seaforth are also partic- ipating. Because of hygene concerns, donated hats, tuques, mittens and scarves must be new, not used. People are also encouraged to knit mit- tens, tuques and scarves to donate to the campaign. Bilcke would like to receive the items by Nov. 1 so they can be picked up by families Nov. 6 and 13. The United way office will be open on those Saturdays, staffed by members of the Masonic n Lodges in Huron o County. If necessary, appoint- ments can be made for other times by calling 482-7643. Watch out for farrners on roads HURON CTY. — The OPP detachments in the Exeter Times -Advocate cov- erage area are asking motorists to keep a keen, cautious eye out for farm- ers on the roads with their tractors .and other implements. Farmers and their equipment have as much right on the road as any other vehicle. They also have laws that have to be followed such as: •Lights on the rear of the equipment at night; *Giving the right of way to faster traffic on roads; *Turning off work lights while traveling down the road at night; *Vehicles with slow moving vehicle signs are not allowed to drive faster than 40 km/h; •Farm vehicles aren't allowed on 400 series highways. The OPP advises motorists to be patient with farmers on the roads with their tractors and combines. E. :•4 -... --,.y,.,},r{{;:-:�:;�;:�:c•:,fi:;{,::..Y:.u�,.r..,{:;.;::«{<.r:::2.;•:.,rfyvkYr•`:'`:'�"yi:�.{•.t•.u;'. • $.........r. ...... N, ....Y .... ...... ..... .. r.. x}. .... ...n r .. ............:. .. ' ..�� .: 1�:fji ' .}. :•'f.•� /.v.}:�•i: �:4:•: ••,..�.,r v, • :::{.v.!.?•::!:{•:{{. :}moi''}:::•�C,:.. .:........ .••rr atoodittlowtonst }:a w ::`Y:.S�::r:'::?k/�:•its•:c�4:sr.{•:�.�t.-�.L�ti r„ i?'? Ri •'':'':•! :t:_::•::''R"' 'iG•'•: as`•;c- ?r.?,{ ''v�'1 y "' %i •,••'•.? ?fi .:: rT^'.e{ i::. 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If the amalgamation proposal is accepted by the Ministry, Hay Township clerk -treasurer Janisse Zimmerman told the T -A a transition board will be established on Jan. 1, 2000, to begin working on the major issues of amalgamation such as staffing and property. That board will consist of all the members of the five councils. Hay Coun. Fred Campbell, who was a member of the comrn#9`i►orking on the amalgamation .pro- posal, said he was happy the county approved the proposal and said it gaye him a sense of accom- plishment. Campbell said working on the committee was tougher Than he thought it would be and said the process took longer than -it should have. Although he wouldn't be specific, he said there were a lot of minor issues the committee debated for too long. Complicating restructuring matters is the possi- bility the Town of Goderich will call in a commis- sioner from the province to settle its boundary dis- pute with Goderich Township. This is significant because a commissioner called into Chatham -Kent to deal with problems convert- ed the city and county into one municipality and Exeter Reeve Roy Triebner said in the T -A last week he has concerns over a commissioner being called into Huron County. Campbell told the T -A he's not sure what will happen concerning the Goderich issue. He said he'd hate to see a commissioner called in and cre- ate a single-tiergrvernment for the county, which would quash the amalgamation efforts of Bluewater and the South Huron group of Exeter, Stephen and Usborne. I hopea for our sake and (the Exeter group's) ) sake . . he don'tcall a commissioner in and they • throw something into the wheel again," Campbell said. "I'd hate to see something else go wrong now that we've gone this far." If all goes well, the new Municipality of Bluewater will become official on Jan. 1, 2001. CoME IN A CHECK OUT OUR NEW UNIQUE LOOK AND RELAXED ATMOSPHERE 01 11.ITY 1,\1) ) 1 k„1 1 1( )l •\•i . 1