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Exeter, Ontario, Canada
Stray cats
euthanized
By Scott Nixon
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
ZURICH -- For 17
stray cats in Zurich, nide
lives weren't enough last
week.
Responding to com-
plaints of as many as 30
stray cats living in the
village's west end, the
village collected 17
strays last week and sent
them to the veterinary
clinic where they were
euthanized.
Village clerk -treasurer
Charlene Overholt told
the T -A on Monday the
village collected the cats
by placing cat cages in
back yards.
The strays were caught
between Oct. 25-29.
Overholt said she hopes
the stray cat problem in
the village has been
solved.
The issue became
known in September
when a pregnant Zurich
woman asked the Huron
County Health Unit if the
stray cats in her garden
posed a health risk. The
health unit confirmed
the cats were a risk.
In other Zurich news,
the village will be updat-
ing its dog bylaw in
response to complaints
last month about Hay
Township resident Phil
Knight's three dogs
frightening villagers.
Overholt said the vil-
lage has sent Knight a
registered letter explain-
ing he will be fined if he
doesn't comply to the
updated bylaw.
She said the village has
received no complaints
about Knight's dogs
since council received a
petition at its October
meeting.
The bylaw will be
updated at council's next
meeting on Nov. 11.
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Exeter OPP has
new tool to stop
area speedsters
By Craig Bradford
flMEES-ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER — People who
feel drivers are speeding
through their neighbour-
hoods will soon get a
chance to prove it.
Exeter OPP Const. Liam
Brennan has brought a
portable speed sign to the
area on loan from a
Belmont company. The
speed sign, consisting of a
radar gun, foot -high LED
displays speed limit sign
with seven numbers to
chan8e limit's, tripod and
a power pack, will he
used to make motorists
more aware - of just how
fast they _are driving
through areAs ideptj#Ued
either as speeding zones
or high risk areas like
near schools and play-
grounds.
The speed sign costs
about .$5,200 and
Brennan said the hope is
local car ,dealerships will
help pay for the sign as a
service to the community.
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soiig the ecar
After
dealers, Brennan will go
to other businesses before
hitting the service clubs
Exeter judgedY2K compliant, n
word yet on Exeter Hydr • sale
By Craig Bradford
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER — Exeterites
can jump into the millen-
nium confident their town
is Y2K compliant. At least
with their fingers crossed
for luck.
Exeter council found out
all its critical service
departments are Y2K
compliant at Monday
night's meeting.
Contingency plans such as
having extra fuel on hand
for vehicles have been
completed as well.
"You can't guarantee
any of it but we think we
are," town chief adminis-
trative officer Rick
Hundey said after the
meeting on Exeter's Y2K
compliance.
Council also supported
the town's updated corn-
munity emergency plan
by reading the bylaw the
first and second times
holding off the third and
final reading till after a
"table top test" of the plan
set for Nov. 22, 7 p.m., at
Exeter Town Hall.
That night town staff,
councillors and emer-
gency personnel will sit
down for a planning ses-
sion to practice the deci-
sion making process if a
disaster happened in
Exeter.
The table top test is
done rather than a hard
to organize mock disas-
ter.
Reeve Roy Triebner
pointed out no contin-
gency has been men-
tioned in the emergency
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that already do a lot for
the community. Fund-
raisers like barbecues
could also be held, he
said.
Brennan came up with
the idea after attending a
community policing con-
ference. The idea was
reinforced when Zurich
clerk -treasurer Charlene
Overholt asked about the
sign recently, to help curb
speeding through the vil-
lage.
Streets in Exeter the
sign could appear include
Sanders, Marlborough,
Huron and Gidley/Senior
near South Huron District
High School. Brennan
said the sign could also be
used in nearby villages
like Hensall and
Dashwood.
The sign seemed to be
working when Brennan
set it up for a photo
opportunity in front of the
Exeter OPP detachment
on Oct. 28 just after 4
p.m. — not one car was
travelling faster than the
50 km/hi
lim t.
"It will make quite a
dramatic difference,"
Brennan said.
The focus of using -the
sign is to heighten aware-
ness of speeding, not nec-
essarily identifying areas
•to set up speed traps, he
said.
"A lot of times it's the
people living in those
neighbourhoods (that are
speeding)," Brennan said,
adding familiarity some-
times breeds unconscious
speeding. "It's a great
educational tool."
Speed signs are used in
Kitchener -Waterloo,
Petrolia's Chemical Valley
and Ottawa -Carlton.
A volunteer will monitor
the sign and take down
See SPEED SIGN page 2
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