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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-09-21, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, September 21, 1983 VICKY PFAFF Miss Looking Good - MARY LYNN PRYDE Miss Stedman's Seven seek queen title DALE ARMSTRONG Miss Cheese Please Fair head extends invite Bob Hern, Pres. Once again on behalf of the executive and directors of the Exeter Agricultural Socie- ty I would like to invite everyone to take part in the 129th Exeter Fall Fair. featuring "Focus On Wheat". Many attractions and special classes having to do with this year's theme have been added to our regular list of activities. I would like to remind everyone about the auction sale of sheaves of wheat on Sat. at 4 p.m: with half of the proceeds going to the Huron County Christmas Bureau. On Friday evening Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. our fair will be of- ficially opened by,Ken Knox. Director of Rural Organiza- tions and Services Branch. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. followed by our Queen of the Fair Competition. Crowning of our Baking, Sew- ing, Flower and Arts and Crafts Queen and also the crowning of the Junior Sew- ing and Baking Princesses. The amateur entertainment will consist of winners of last summer's Youth Talent Search who competed at Western Fair.London. One of the main attractions of the evening will be the Wheat Flailing Contest. in which Ex- eter's Mayor Bruce Shaw has challenged the Reeves of Usborne, Stephen and Hay to a competition of threshing wheat by means of the old fashioned flail. Tnis should prove educational as well as entertaining. Everyone should plan to visit the BX93 Roadrunner which will be broadcasting live from the fair Friday evening. Saturday will be a full day of activities right through from the school fair in the morning to the dance in the evening. T -A buys rescue van The Exeter & Area Fire Board met last week to open tenders for the sate of the department's rescue van as well as tenders for some work on the fire hall building. The bid from the Exeter Times -Advocate in the amount of $2.210 was ac- cepted for the rescue van, which has been replaced by a new vehicle. The bid was the highest received. The board also accepted the tender of C. Grasdahl to cover soffits at the rear of the building and to instal a steel door in the amount of $749. Council number sharply reduced Monday's session of Exeter council turned out to be a com- paratively brief session, due in part to a high absenteeism. Among the missing at the outset of the meeting were Reeve Bill Mickle and Coun- cillors Morley Hall, Tom Humphreys and Don MacGregor. MacGregor ar- rived midway through the session after deputy -clerk Laurie Dykstra had phoned to ascertain the reason for his unexpected absence. "1 wasn't watching the time and fell asleep." MacGregor sheepishly admitted to members during the regular councillors' comment session. Mickle is on a trip to Russia. During comments by coun- cil members, Bill Rose noted that local high school students appeared to be "pitching in" in his campaign to keep litter to a minimum in areas fre- quented by students in the business area. Mayor Shaw reported that a spokesman for the group home on Huron St hall advis- ed that recent false alarms to the fire department were caused by faulty equipment arJ not human carelessness as had been suggested in a re- cent discussion on the pro- blem. The equipment pro- blem has apparently been rectified. • f Once again the parade will depart from down town at 12:30. There will be the horse, livestock, poultry and rabbits showing, 4-11 Achievement Days, the Feeder Calf Club show and auction sale, several craft demonstrations in the rec centre as well as entertainment in the auditorium by South Huron District High School Student Council and also a fashion show for the ladies. The South Huron Junior Farmers once again, have many activities planned for people to participate in. This year's midway will be operated by Fairmont Amusements from Paris and will be in operation all three days of the fair. Sunday afternoon there will be a Country and Western Jamboree featuring several top groups from the surroun- ding area. This program will be emceed by Frank Beamish of BX93 radio station. Hoping that everyone has fun at the fair. School organizers expect good show By Mary Dougall Once again there seems to be some confusion over which entries have already been judged in the school section. Only those classes which are sent in by your teachers, art, poetry, creative writing and penmanship, as well as three specials, the Illustrated Poem, the Jerry MacLean and the South Huron Hospital Posters have been judged. Grade 7 and 8 students how about looking over those pic- tures you took on your class trip; at Camp Sylvan or at any other event in your school. Some of them may fit in our new photography categories. This year because we felt there was a need we added a class QQ for pre-school children. Prove us tight. We'd like to see lots of entries. • Hit and run investigated Alit and run driver was in- volved in .one of the two colli- sions investigated this week by the Exeter police department. " It occurred on the parking lot at South Huron District High School on Friday morn- ing. The parked vehicle own- ed by Harvey Pfaff, Exeter was damaged to the extent of $500. The other crash occurred on Friday also on Gidley Street. West near Main. Drivers involved were Clifton Moore and Eleanor Clark, both of Exeter. Damage was set at $430 by Constable Brad Sadler, who investigated both collisions. During the past week, two females were charged with shoplifting at Zehr's Food Store in the north end shopp- ing centre. In their weekly press release, the police remind area motorists to buckle up as enforcement of the seat belt regulations is continuing. The year-long birth date grace period to child restraints expires November 1. After that date, all infants under nine kgs. must be in a rear -facing restraint and those over 18 kgs. must be belted in similar to adults. Children between 18 and 23 kgs. may wear the shoulder portion of the front restraints behind them if it is found that it cuts into their necks. Backgammon is underway There was a good turnout for backgammon at "Good Times" Thursday evening as eight players diced the even- ing away at some exciting backgammon. Two veterans of the London Backgammon Club drove north to help boost the open- ing night of the Exeter Backgammon Club. Other players came out from Ex- eter, Clinton and Seaforth. ' So all you backgammon players and those of you who wish to learn dust off you board and bring it to "Good Times" Centre Mall, Exeter every Thursday evening at 7:45 p.m. for an exciting and drama filled night of backgammon. For more information call Paul at 235-2502 evenings or 482-3533 days. The prize money in several of our categories has been in- creased this year thanks to the Junior Farmers so get your entries ready. Even if you don't win a prize it is still fun to be able to walk through ' the displays and say, "There is something I made." Since there is a P.D. Day on Friday we have made ar- rangements with the schools to get the exhibits to the Rec Centre Thursday afternoon. If you have no way of getting your entries in by 11:30 on Friday morning, please take them to school on Thui sday and make sure they are pro- perly tagged, both your first and last names, your grade and the name of your school. It is impossible to get en- tries into the right classes, and maybe even more impor- tant to you, prize money can- not be awarded without this information. . There is an error on the front of the prize list. Pets will be judged at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday instead of 2:00 p.m. Horse judging begins at 9:30, and all other livestock should be in place by 10 o'clock. Don't forget to clip the coupon in the back of your prize list and drop it in the box in the Rec Centre lobby for the draw Saturday afternoon. See you at the fair! SUSAN BIRMINGHAM Miss Ironwood STARR JESNEY Miss RSD Sports ALICE DIETRICH Miss Ellison Travel it JULIE MORRISON Miss Derby Dip SS board's grant request Continued from front page of capital funds to school systems both provincially and locally. The Board is no longer convinced of this. in- deed a somewhat fundamen- tal trust has been shaken. Trustees cannot now help but believe that Catholic educa- tion in Huron -Perth has not been provided with approvals for capital projects or the allocation of capital funds to the degree and in the amounts to which we are entitled." On June 21, the minister responded, "While I acknowledge the seriousness of your capital situation over the last five years, I assure you that the projects put for- ward by your Board have received careful analysis by staff at the Regional Office level and by senior personnel at the central office. If this has not resulted in what' the Board• perceives to be a "fair" distribution of funds, it is not because of lack of sym- pathetic consideration but because, on a province -wide basis, your board's capital needs must receive„ in general, a lower priority than those of other boards within the strict system of priorities we are forced to adopt." A ministry of education spokesman from the regional office in London said "major structural problems" receive a high priority in the distribu- tion of capital grants. Any ad - Fair features Continued from.front page Loungewear will present a fashion show at 2 and 3:30 p.m. The Exeter Girl Guides and Brownies will have cookies and tea available in a rest area. Outdoor attractions Satur- day afternoon include a heavy horse show, 441 calves and horses, an amateur owner horse show, a pancake eating contest • and many concessions. Country Unlimited will pro- vide music for the fair dance at the South Huron Rec Cen- tre Saturday night. During the dance the lucky tickets in the two draws sponsored by the fair board and the ladies division will be drawn. The 1983 fair concludes with a Sunday afternoon country and western,,,*mboree with BX93 persatiality Frank Beamish as the master of ceremonies. Providing the music will be Lightand Easy, Free Wheelin', Country Con= nection, Mystery Train, Habermehls, Beechwood, Sid - don Brothers. and many more groups. Bob Hern is president of the Exeter Agricultural Society, Gwen Coward' is .the secretary, Shirley Cooper is the .ladies division president and Mary Dougall is in charge of the school section of the fair. READY TO RUN -- Melissa Blue, Carrie Lovie and Jenny Wareham ore shown ready to participate in Sunday's Terry Fox Run in Exeter. • T -A photo NAVE YOU QUESTIONED THE QUALITY OF YOUR DRINKING WATER? You Should! C60 Organics °)ic4i S Mer o's 1F O`ci Pesticides There is a convenient and economical way to remove the polution from your drink- ing water. FOR YOUR FREE LITERATURE, FREE BOOKLET, FREE WATER ANALYSIS See us at the f x('1('r F,tir Elgin Pure Water Supply Jim Wilkinson RR 3 Exeter, Ontario NOM 1SO Phone (519)229-6401 dition or new school capital grant money is handed out on the basis of "new pupil places". The regional superinten- dent of business and finance, Ken Carter, said new housing developments in the Peel region and other areas where there has been an influx of people are high on the list of priorities for capital grants for construction. Carter added that the availability of capital is limited particularity with the province's restraint program. In its COED application the board "after careful ex- amination of the system needs," projects were developed to improve physical facilities, including school additions at the follow- ing locations: - Precious Blood, Exeter for a general purpose room with change rooms and a library resource room; - St. Joseph's in Clinton for a general purpose room with change rooms. - St. Boniface, Zurich for a library resource, change rooms with additional washrooms to complement the existing general purpose room. - Sacred Heart in Wingham Dump, trucks Continued from front page It was explained that one local trucker had caused damage to one local street this summer when he drove his truck loaded with over 40 tons onto it. The final matter presented to council from the committee was regarding the storm drain located under the former Frayne Chev-Olds building on Main St. The building was recently remov- ed from the site with the in- tention of using the -)ace for parking at the new Canadian Tire Store. However, the floor of the building also -served as the top concrete slab over the Anne St. drain which runs under the former garage and there were some holes broken through. Engineer B.M. Ross and Associates advised that the floor slab over the drain is not safe to allow the lot to be us- ed 'for parking vehicles and could even create a hazard for pedestrians until repairs are made. Council decided to write to the property owners advising them that no vehicle parking would be permitted on the former garage site. They will also be informed that if they clean the remain- ing concrete from the floor, the town would put a new top on the culvert next year. for one permanent classroom and a library resource room. - St. Ambrose in Stratford for a general purpose room with change rooms and library resource room. A general purpose room is similar to a gymnasium but smaller in size. Overall the proposal would cost $1.5 million with the re- maining $800,000 to be paid by the board through debentures over a 10 -year period. "We are prepared to go to the taxpayer for over 50 per- cent of the cost," said direc- tor of education William Eckert pointing out that if the work had been financed through the board's regular financial channels, the is denied Ministry of Education, tax- payers would have to pay on- ly 10 to 20 percent of the cost. The board expresed outrage at the allocation of COED money when they learned an accepted applica- tion was for a swimming pool and sauna at a golf club in southwestern Ontario. "The question to be asked is, 'How are priorities established for the use of funds intended for the express purpose of creating jobs local- ly?" "states the board's press release. "The fact that the board made its application for per- manent facilities in areas of severe deficiency resulted from the continual inability of the Ministry of Education, and reluctance of the provin- cial goverment to provide the necessary financial assistance to go forward with the work in the usual manner. It is now evident that the COED program of job crea tion has also failed to help the Board meet needsin the area of improved education facilities. No reasons have been given for the rejection of all five projects outlined in the ap- plication," states the press release. 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