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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1984-11-14, Page 5CERTIFICATES OF MERIT — During the annual Remembrance Day banquet at the Exeter Legion Soturday night, R.E. Pooley Exeter branch 167 president Jim Barnet - son presented certificates of merit to Percy Noels, Harvey Pfaff and Doug Wgdlake. LEGION LIFE MEMBERSHIPS -- At Saturday's Exeter Legion Remembrance Day ban- quet, past president Norm Ferguson at the right presented life memberships to Bert Borland and Reg McDonald. T -A photo Lights out in accident The traffic lights at the in- tersection of Highways 4 and 83 were knocked out late Thursday night, after being struck by a vehicle driven by Michael M. Stewart, RR 1 Kirkt on. Stewart had been pro- ceeding north on Main St. and lost control of the vehicle and it ran onto the island at the in- tersection and knocked the BEST RATES Guaranteed to '60,000 1134% 121/4% 1 Year 3 Year ABCANNUITIES 53 WEST ST. 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During the week the of- ficers of the department in- vestigated four wilful damage occurrences, one report of a suspicious person, one false pretence incident, one theft and two disturbances. Named by ABCA TY weatherman gets conservatlon award The Ausable Bayfield Con- Exeter where he was a servation Authority has an- member of cannea trounced that it will present its The Bayfield Anglers 1984 Conservation Awards to Association havealso won the Jay Campbell of Exeter in the group Award following a individual category, and the nomination last year. The Bayfield Anglers Association Association's selection for the in the group category. Award was based on the con - Campbell, well known in tinning efforts of the group to the area as the weatherman improve aportfishing in the on CFPL-TV's evening news, Bayfield River. These efforts won the award because of his have included successful fish assistance with the Camp egg incubation, the planting Sylvan Conservation pro- of trees along water -courses, gram. The Conservation Pro- and participation on an ad - gram involves school groups visory group working on the in a 21 day outdoor learning development of a long-range experience with an. ecology plan for the Conservation theme. Campbell's nomina- Authority. tion noted that for several John Tinnney, Chairman of years he has been volunteer- the ABCA, says "the Conser- ing his time and expertise as vation Awards were a meteorologist in teaching established to enable the Con - students at Camp Sylvan servation Authority to show about the impact of weather its appreciation to groups and on climate and ecology. individuals who have helped Campbell wins the award further the work of conserve - after being nominated for it tion. The winners in 1984 are last year. He served on the very deserving of their Authority while representing Awards and they were French classes in two H -P schools French Immersion classes will start in Stratford and Goderich in September 1985. The Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board approved establishing the two Kindergarten to Grade 2 classes at a special meeting. "I believe that philosophically the board believes a French education program as being set up by this resolution will meet the long term societal expecta- tions as well as the educa- tional needs of a significant number of people in the area," said director of educa- tion Bill Eckert. Eckert said it will be "no small thing" to set up the two French Immersion classes. Staff will have to be hired, text books and materials will have to be ordered. This, said the director will all have to be organized by the ad- ministrative staff. There has been a group of parents from Goderich who have regularily attended separate school board meetings and lobbyed for French Immersion program. A group made up of almost the same people has made a request for a French Immer- sion program to the Huron County Board of Education. That school board is current- ly investigating French education. Nicki Sully of Goderich, one of the parents, said she is "very pleased" with the an- nouncement from the board. She said about 18 concerned parents from the Goderich area attended the special meeting. The meeting was in - camera , until about 11 p.m. Mrs. Sully said the parents were called in to the meeting when it opened and watched the board vote. Although it was not recorded, board representatives said the vote was "almsot unanimous". The recent French survey conducted by the school board shows that parents of 58 children in the Stratford area are interested in French Immersion. A voluntary program, the board has set up some condi- tions for the establishment of French Immersion. The conditions are: - a preliminary registration will be held. - Transportation will be by ex- isting bus routes. - In order to start up or keep .a French Immersion class there must be a minimum of 18 pupils. - This minimum can be achieved by lumping several grade levels together. - If the cost of the program is more than what is provided in regular per pupil grants, French Instruction grants and transportation grants, the program will be disbanded. BULBS FOR SALE -- Town and Country Homemakers board members Eileen Ron- nie, (left), Lauretto Siegner and Betty McGregor hold some of the amaryllis bulbs for sole by the organization. The large bulbs, in orange, pink, rose, crimson and striped may be purchased for $7 from any member. 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Tom Hum- phreys wondered how registration was this year and he was advised that it was down somewhat He said this may be due to high registration fees and rec director Lynne Farquhar ad- vised that fees had gone up this year primarily because the club's fund-raising ac- tivities in the past had not been supported to the extent required and the executive decided to charge more for skating to compensate for the lack of response from parents in helping with fund-raising events. Fees this year range from $55 to $150 and in addition, many skaters contract for private lessons with the pros. South Huron rec centre staff could get more of the skate sharpening business from local figure skaters. Board member Jim Workman wondered if there were courses the staff could attend on skate sharpening to show the figure skaters they had the necessary expertise to handle the job for which some skaters now travel to shops in London and 1 ambeth. However, facilities manager (-am Stewardson had another solution. "t'ut the rate up to $10 and then they'd think you know everything." he suggested_ Stewardson went on to ex- plain that the rec centre has the same machine as the shops in London and Lambeth to which skaters travel and indicated the local staff have as much expertise as well. They just don't charge as much. "flow do you convince them?" Workman wondered. selected from among some excellent nominations." Other nominations, which were recommended by Con- servation Authority staff and members, included Ross Haugh and Frank Wight in the individual category and the Claybird Gun Club and Huron Soil and Crop Improve- ment Association in the group category. Haugh, assistant -editor with the Exeter Times - Advocate, was nominated for his efforts in providing newspaper coverage of Ausable Bayfield Conserva- tion Authority activities. Wight's nomination acknowledged his assistance in doing presentations on In- dian Artifacts at the Camp Sylvan Conservation Program. The Claybird Gun Club was nominated because of their participation in a province - wide clean-up day and for helping to plant trees on AB - CA property. The Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association, last year's win- ners of the group Award, were nominated again in recognition of their efforts to control soil erosion. The Conservation Awards will be presented at the se- cond annual conservation din- ner on November 21. The con- servation dinner will be held in Exeter at the Old Town Hall. The dinner will start at 7:00 p.m. with the meal serv- ed at 7:30 p.m. Following the meal, Steven Price, Coordinator of "Caroli- nian Canada", a land preser- vation program of the World Wildlife Fund Canada, will talk about the program and areas for potential preserva- tion in the Conservation Authority's jurisdiction. Presentation of the Conserva- tion Awards and a conservation -related film, will round out the evening. Tickets for the conservation dinner are available from the ABCA Administration Centre at Morrison Dam Conserva- tion Area (phone, 235-2610). The tickets will cost $8.00/person. Times -Advocate, November 14, 1984 Page 5 i Don't Be left out in the cold Come into the warmth of Jim Nixon Motors and get a 15 point winter checkup for 1 99s parts extra "We care aboutY ou" Jim Nixon Motors Main St. South 235-2758 Exeter Sale Starts Wed. First Come First Save SWARTMAN'S OF EXETER 386 Main Street, Exeter Phone 235-0991 1•