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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1984-08-01, Page 27VONAT [D TO TNf: TOWN OF IX! 11 R i)Ul' I O't IN MEMORY orSEkVIC [: 10 BY LEGIOI ';}q16, i'l'ty Roger Dougall 'wins' staff Times -Advocate, August 1, 1984 Page 15A Odd Job Squad for work ready With one month of student hoe beans, bale hay, babysit, with his hoe, pail, shovel, employment activity left, the pass out promotional flyers broom and paint brush by his Exeter Employment Centre and do a variety of domestic side. Jack was an outstanding for Students is gearing up for work. Students can and will ambasador for the 'Odd Jobs a busy August. This month, do an endless variety of tasks. Squad' by greeting passersby emphasis will be placed on A representative of the with his smiling face. securing 'Odd Jobs' for local 'Odd Job Squad', those Jack has now returned to students. 'Odd Jobs', meaning students who are really keen his love in the Goderich office, work on a temporary basis for to do odd jobs, was in Exeter but local students are eager to an hour or a few days, will recently for Sidewalk Sale pick up the slack in Jack's help students earn cash for days.His name was 'Odd Job absence and fill all those odd the start of school and gain Jack' and he was a stuffed job orders. To hire a member some of that all important friend created by the of the '(hid Job Squad' just \1 work experience. It will help Goderich Student Employ- give Donna Prout a call at 't area residents by completing ment Centre staff Michele 235-1711 or drop into see her work that they may not have Gaynor and Helen Muller. at the Student Employment time to complete themselves. 'Odd Job Jack' sat at the Office at 305 Main Street 'Odd Jobs' are just as im- Employment Centre beside Stedmans. portant as `regular' summer Sidewalk Sale display, ready Donna will also be a jobs. They fill in a gap for willing and able to do odd jobs member of the Odd Job Squad students who have not foundsx full time employment. ` Students in this area have helped residents move fur- niture, paint fences and picnic .x tables, cut grass, move dirt, PRESENT NEW BALL DIAMOND — The R.E. Pooley Exeter Legion Branch 167 dedicated a new ball diamond Sunday in honour of the late Ted Pooley and other veterans. Branch president Jim Barnetson is shown in the centre with members of the Pooley family, Dorothy Cowen, Ethel Cushman, Mrs. R.E. Pooley and Bob Pooley. Visit US in the Exeter Area EVERY WEDNESDAY Your Respresntative: BRUCE GAGNIER An FBDB representative will be in your area soon. Come and meet him or her. There is no obligation and no costs and your business can gain a lot from it. If you're looking for financial aid in the form of loans, loan guarantees or even selling an equity position in your business, come and discuss it with us. We have experienced counsellors who can help you plot a course for growth and success for your business. And we can provide you with direction to get government assistance, both federal and provin- cial, as well as other vital information. Foran advance appointment, call: (519)271-5650 (Collect) Or Write: 1036 Ontario Street P.O. Box 878 Stratford, Ontario N5A 6W3 La Banque oflre ses services dans les deux langues officielles. BACKING INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ea Federal Business Banque federate Development Bank de developpement CanadN Inspect wildlife pond and log building site The Richard Ivey Founda- tion of London will inspect a wildlife pond and log building at Parkhill Conservation Area on August 1. The Foundation had earlier contributed $5,000.00 to the Ausable- Bayfield Conservation Foun- dation to enable the wildlife pond's construction. Frank McFadden, chair- man of the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Foundation ex- plains that "the wildlife pond and log building were adopted as a project of the Conserva- tion Foundation in 1982. The Conservation Foundation than made application to the Richard Ivey Foundation for financial support. The Richard Ivey Foundation pro- vided this support early in 1983 and, after the Conserva- tion Foundation passed the 'money on to the Ausable- Bayfield Conservation Authority, construction began later that same year." The wildlife pond and log building will likely prove to be an extremely beneficial addi- tion to Parkhill Conservation Area's varied attractions. The project will enhance the natural attributes of the Con- servation Area for conserva- tion education and is a very timely addition since the Con- servation Authority is developing a new education program at the Conservation Area. The wildlife pond will also serve as a demonstration pro- ject for local residents show- ing them how they can im- prove their land for wildlife. Recreation at the Conserva- tion Area will benefit since the pond will increase oppor- tunities for bird watching, nature appreciation and ice skating. The log building will, in addition, be acting as a warm-up shelter, increase the 'Announcement" R ENTALS AND SALES Tools and Efelpm.nI hr Nonni - Farm - CeANrelw Nwr S West, across from Ms Elm NOVO MAY Noh✓ "OPENINO" starting TUfSDAY, A UGUST 7th We specialize In: Pointing Efalpmenl Augers :AuM Tools Competition Equipment Concrete end Masonry Equipment Nols#s end Jocks Loddrs lawn end Cordes iNsndWry end Haig Equipment Seelfildlq 1 NNhn ifostenI'g reale lSows iWs** Pimps jetnetiMnr jOrl,Mr end Relay Naermer Orths f 1 Maim snd Sander iMiscellsmors ;Pewee, Equipment W.fth for out Opan Nousa in Sep/ember!! attractiveness of the Conser- vation Area for cross-country skiing and snowmobiling. Finally the wildlife pond will provide a secondary, but important, fire protection function. Pentecostal minister at conference Rev. Bob Donnan, minister of Exeter Pentecostal Taber- nacle, and his wife Connie will be attending the 36th Biennial General Conference of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada to be held in Saint John, N.B. August 23 to 28. (Donnan was last in New Brunswick 10 years ago when he was pastor of Evangel Pentecostal Tabernacle in Bathurst.) The conference's keynote speaker will be PAOC general superintendent Rev. James McKnight. His opening message will be "Canada's dilemma, the responsibility of the church, and God's response". McKnight says 75 new chur- ches will be established in Canada in the next two year, and the long-term objective is 400 in the next decade. Abortion on demand, por- nography, prostitution, lot- teries, divorce, abuse of the Lord's Day, and a wave of social problems indicate Canada is hurting and needs a spiritual awakening, McKnight believes. The dynamic expansion of church planting is designed to meet that need. "The old-time Methodists planted churches every few miles in urban and rural Canada. That is what made our nation great. Canada has been a God-fearing country with high moral standards and a sense of spiritual revival. Canada is now in a moral and spiritual crisis. We must have a spiritual awakening once again", McKnight said recently. More than 1,000 delegates and visitors are expected al the conference, and over 1.5 million dollars is expected to be raised at a giant offerama on Sunday, August 26. The money will be used to start new churches in major cities in Canada and around the world. Youth group at Parkhill The Ausable-Bayfield Con- servation Authority an- nounces the return of the lambton Youth Theatre to the Parkhill Conservation Area on August 11 and 12. This troupe has many followers in Southwestern On- tario eager to catch their live- ly and unpredictable performances. Saturday's show at 4:00 p m., called "Let's Make A Circus", is a colourful produc- tion especially for children. Sunday's performance at 2:30 p -m., "Laugh A Little", is a comedy revue that is sure to entertain the adult audience. The shows are free with the $2.50 vehicle charge to the Conservation Area, located near the junction of highways 7 and 81. Whether you're camping at the Parkhill Conservation Area of just enjoying a day of nature trails and swimming, the i,ambton Youth Theatre is sure to add an extra chuckle to your weekend. Will mark anniversary Seventy years ago in the winter of 1914 the graduates of the Department of Agriculture short course in Strathroy formed the first Junior Farmer Improvement Assocation in Middlesex County. The young men in- volved in'the course felt that informal meeting after the conclusion of the course would be advantageous to their continued education and friendship. Thus I.B. Whale, the District Respresentative, chaired the meeting that set up the first Junior Farmer club in the county. Through the years the role of the Junior Farmer organization changed from being strictly agricultural to more community minded organization following the motto of "Self Help and Com- munity Betterment". To celebrate 70 years of Junior Farmer involvement in Middlesex County a reu- nion dinner and dance for all members and friends, both past and present, will be held on the evening of August 17 at Wonderland Gardens. The evening starts with reception from 6 to 7 p.m., dinner from 7 to 9 and the dance to "Traces" from 9 to 1. Reserve your tickets nbtw at $15 per person for an evening of recollection and enjoyment from Chris Gooyers (451-59371 Karen Hill (461-0906) or Nick Stokman (245-0250) or any other Junior Farmer member. All proceeds will be going to community betterment pro- jects throughout Middlesex County. BRIDGE AT GB On Wednesday evening there were three tables out to play the duplicate bridge. Helen James and Nancy Clarke tied for first with Tiny Tribe and Ev Horton. Anyone who would like to join us some Wednesday evening at the Parish Hall to play bridge, please come out or phone 238-2526. I had barely finished last week's column and sent it off to the newspaper when two things happened. It would be very nice to think that the awesome power of the press could bring about such pro- gress, but unfortunately, such was not the case. My scathing account of the potholes which appeared in highway 21 less than a year after new pave- ment was laid had not yet been printed! Still action was being taken and progress was being made, so who am I to argue? The two things that hap - pend were these: the road was re -paved in long sections, and I received a letter from the Deputy Minister of Transportation and Com- munications via MPP Lorne Henderson. First the good news -- this time they seem to be doing an adequate job of patching. In- stead of just filling in the holes and sprinkling loose gravel over the top, as they have countless times in the past year, they brought in paving equipment and repaved sec- tions where the holes were very bad. Of course, this meant more delays waiting for flagmen, but I guess we can put up with that if it means a better road. In waiting for flagmen I have observed another Mur- phy's Law. Flagmen will on- ly stop your lane of traffic when you are late for work, or hurrying to get to the playhouse on time. You will always get waved on through when you are out for a leisure- ly drive or on your way home. This law holds true in every case; I know because I have tested it repeatedly. And now the bad news, you and I are paying for the repairs to the highway. And this, may I remind you, is a highway that was just paved last summer. Last summer's paving was an experiment that has, apparently, failed. Here's how Harold Gilbert, the deputy minister of Transportation and Com- munication describes the operation: "This project was com- pleted in July, 1983 and con - Mary's musings By Mary Alderson sisted basically of a 40 mm partial depth rethoval of the existing asphalt surface, remixing this material with virgin aggregates and asphalt cement at a ratio of 70/30 and relaying with 40 mm of this recycled asphalt. This pro- cedure is relatively new to Ontario and is intended as an economic measure to save some of our natural resources, i.e. aggregates and the oil required to produce asphalt cement." The deputy minister goes on to say that they, too, have some serious concerns. "The work is showing signs of premature deterioration and there has been some patching of potholes carried out by our maintenance forces, some 26 in number," he says. Now, I don't mean to be sar- castic, but I'm not sure what is meant here. Does that mean we are paying 26 men to patch holes? Or are there 26 holes? Or have they patched the holes 26 times. Mr. Gilbert admits that it is "extremely unusual that pavement laid in 1983 re- quired patching so soon." He also points out that the "longitudinal centreline joint is generally cracked throughout the job." Then Mr. Gilbert goes on to explain that "as far as the contractor is concerned, they constructed this project within the specifications and standards which were in the contract and we put no blame on the contractor for our pre- sent problein. Our contracts do not include any guarantees or warranty period and, as mentioned above, even if we did have, the contractor would not be at fault." However, Mr. Gilbert does have some good news in his letter. he says that the pave- ment was widened in the pro- ject last summer and we now have a half metre "partial paved shoulder to reduce the pavement edge drop off condition." All in all, a very enlighten- ing letter. I do hope the ministry learned something from this experiment and they aren't using the same method elsewhere. Have A Barrel of Fun This Long Weekend * Delicious Chicken - that's finger lickin' good * Fresh salads %(,TWINS I%ntuckyFried Chicken 337 Main St. N.. Exeter "Now open at 10:00 a.m. Mon. to Sun. for the summer" this month when she corn- dent Employment Centre pletes her day of labour as staff and students are very part of the Win A Worker grateful to everyone who draw at the Employment hires a student, whether for a Centre. Roger Dougall was two month regular job or a the winner of the draw for the two hour odd job. services of the Student Place- The draw was a way to say ment Officer for a day. thank you to employers who Roger qualified to enter the have used the services of Stu - draw by hiring students to dent Employment Centre this pick strawberries. The Stu - summer. )ftnormgoso DME31@ REPAIRS /Sewing Machine Repairs to all makes Free Estimates 90 Day Warranty Experienced since 1952 Sew and Save Centre Ltd. 149DownieSt.,Stratford ! 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