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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-10-22, Page 1SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Batman & Robin 05.99 SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 Inside Lucan Arena gets boost See Second front Panther Power Walk a success See page 14 Don't forget to fall back Daylight savings time ends this Saturday Election for council in Hensall HENSALL - The Village of Hen- sall went from too few to too many candidates for council in one short day last week. As of the deadline for filing, only incumbent councillor Steve Towles had submitted nomination papers for the position of councillor. How- ever, when the call for candidates was re -opened to fill the three va- cant positions, four people came forward: Dave Annen, Greg Day - man, -Bob Erb and Rod Parker. - incumbent reeve Cecil Pepper • has been acclaimed as reeve. As of press time, Hensall Clerk - Treasurer Luanne Phair did not know if an all candidates meetii g would be held. Keys withdraws, candidate's name missed ZURICH - The list of candidates for area municipal elections pub- lished in last week's T -A did not include Brad Mousseau who is run- ning for council in Hay Township. The Times -Advocate regrets this ommission. Murray Keys. current Hay Town- ship reeve has withdrawn his nomi- nation papers for the position of councillor. This leaves the council race between Fred Campbell, An- thony Denomme, John Gillespie and Brad Mousseau for the three openings. Paul Klopp and James Love are competing for the reeve's chair while Gerald Shantz has been ac- claimed as deputy reeve. An All Candidates Meeting will be held on October 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hay Township Hall in Zu- rich. village is community development. Wednesday. Octolo r 22. 1997 Trash patrol Busting litter. Frank Woodward, left, Shelley Plunkett, John Ducharme and Steve Dettmer were some of the South Huron District High School adult and environmental science stu- dents that picked up trash in Exeter parks and streets fast week, here shown at Nabisco Park. Litter pick-up organizer Dettmer said he and other students decided to repeat last year's event "because we care." Rummage sale a win-win situation The two-day sale is the main fundraiser for the South Huron Hospital Auxiliary • By Kate Monk T -A Reporter EXETER - The long-standing tradition of the South Huron Hospital Auxiliary rummage sale con- tinues today and tomorrow at the South Huron Rec- reation Centre in Exeter. • Vera Armstrong, a member of the Auxiliary says the sale is the largest moneyraiser for the Auxiliary. Last year, the spring and fall sale each raised +-.48,,000, according to Armstrong. The money is used for patient care including equipment such as a heart monitor, which the hospital could not afford in its budget. Armstrong didn't know the number of people who attend the sale but said it is "packed" and there is usually a line-up at opening time. There arc some very good articles to he purchased including furniture, kitchen items, clothes and hooks. This year, a piano has been donated. Occa- sionally; -people come across a real gem that may have -some -sentimental value:-- - - The auction at noon on Thursday includes larger items.to give everyone an opportunity to bid. "This is a really good community thing. People from all over come out.' You may only see these iv' Continued on page 2 Hetherington says change needed on Lucan council By Craig Bradford T -A Reporter LUCAN - Mary Lynn Hethering- ton feels she's part of the wind of change needed on Lucan council. Hetherington, a registered nurse at Exeter's South Huron Hospital. is run- ning for a coun- cil seat in Lu - can. A Lucanite for over 10 years, Hether- ington said Lucan is one of Lon - Mary Lynn Hetherington don's bedroom communities and what's needed for the future of the - "i've attended council meetings for quite a while," she said. "I just think it's time for a change." She pointed to • Exeter and its beautiful downtown as a model for Lucan. "None of the committees in town Dare backed by council," Hethering- ton said. "Exeter is a good example of a community that works togeth- er. I think Lucan could have the same things. We're going into the 21 st century' and we've got to get with it:" Hetherington's involvements: Ontario Registered Nurses Associa- tion Region 2 legislative committee representative: Registered Nurses Association Huron Chapter past president: Ontario Nurses Associa- tion Local 112 (Exeter) past pres- ident: South Huron Hospital fiscal advisory committee member and nurse management committee member: Canadian Nurses Associa- tion member: Lucan Friends of the Library president: Lucan Area Her- itage Committee member. She said the ballot has a "fan- tastic" line-up of candidates and she is looking forward for a chance to make what is already a good community even better. "(We need to) make this a place where families want to raise their families," Hetherington said. "Make this a place where seniors want to retire to: make this a place that's friendly to business." Hetherington is married to Or- land and the couple has one child. Bnanne, 22 months. Mini Dessert Pizza $3.99 Teens hurt after stolen car crashes USBORNE TOWNSHIP - Four teens were taken to hospital after the stolen car they were travelling in flipped onto its roof into a ditch . on the Usborne-Hibbert Town Line just east -of the Usborne- Tuckersmith Towri Line at about 10:45 a.m.- Saturday, Huron County OPP Const. John Marshall said. • The four males had crawled out of the extensively damaged '92 Pontiac Sunbird stolen from outside an Albert St., Exeter. residence earlier that night by the time the Hensall Volunteer Fire Dept.. am- bulance and.OPP arrived. The •13 -year -Old Exeter male that was behind the wheel at the time of the accident suffered minor injuries. He was captured by an OPP - canine unit after he was spotted going through the hush near the ac- cident scene. A 15 -year-old Exeter male was found in a nearby ce- metery with serious injuries including a broken hip. Two Huron Park males, aged 15 and 14, were found lying on the ground near the road with minor injuries. All were taken to South Huron Hospital for treatment. • One of the 15 -year-old males •is charged with theft over 55,0(X), possession of stolen property and various other charges. The OPP continues its investigation. Raises for Biddulph council BIDDULPH TOWNSHIP - Bid- dulph Township councillors have given their replacement council an early Christmas present. Biddulph council approved a three per cent raise to councillors on the stipend only for -the next council (to be elected on Nov. 10) at the recent council meeting. Councillors now make S1,8001 year, the deputy reeve makes 51,900/year and the reeve rakes in S3.000/year. Each councillor also makes S71 for each special meet- ing (non -regular council meeting) they attend. Biddulph administrator. Larry Hotson said councillors have not had a raise in over five years. Other Biddulph council news: . Show us the money Council has asked the province to count Biddulph in when it comes to the new Provincial Water Pro- tection Fund for the proposed S1.5 million Granton sewage plant. The Water Protection Fund is a grant program for municipalities to im- prove their water system infra- structure. Celebration 75 years young. Centralia United Church clerk of session Sam Skinner, left, student minister Heather Scott and guest speaker James Guest cut the ceremonial cake at the church's 75th anniversary celebration on Sunday. Guest's dad, Rev. Duncan M. Guest, was the church's minister from 1959-67. - - Six hopefuls are competing for council in Exeter Five new -comers to Exeter politics are competing against incumbent Robert Drummond for four positions By Kate Monk T -A Reporter EXE 1 hR - Five new -comers to Exeter politics are competing against incumbent councillor Rob- ert Drummond for the four posi- tions on Exeter Council. Peter Armstrong has been a vo- cal member of the community when it comes to the decisions of the current council. He has publicly voiced his opinions on the issues of garbage tags, snowmobiles, fire pits and Morrison Dam. "Anything the town tried to sneak past, I likely got in on," he said. Armstrong, 42, grew up in Exeter and returned to the town eight years ago. He is married to Eleanor and has two children aged 22 and 18. He currently works for Andes but also worked at MacLeans years. He was a fire- fighter in Exeter for nearly five years and Goderich for five years and was a mem- ber of the Kinsmen in Goderieb as well. To prepare himself for the position of councillor, he has been for six council and committee of the whole meetings for the last two months. He was a member and chair- man of Exeter's plan- ning board and com- mittee of adjustment for the past three years until it was dis- banded earlier this year. He has been in retail sales for "Anything the town tried to sneak past, 1 likely got in on." Armstrong attending 18 years which has given him "total capability of dealing with the pub- lic, both friendly and foe." Public speaking at Kinsmen con- ventions has also prepared him for public office. "One of my very first concerns was the sewage treatment issue and whether it was going to happen or not. The treatment plant is a def- inite interest which I feel is very positive. Sitting on the planning board, we had to refuse applica- tions because we don't have the ca- pacity so the town was going to be dead." He would like to sec Exeter grow in a "controlled" way. He sees some good points in the town's internal restructuring but "there are definite points that could * Continued on page 2 SI M PLY THE BEST_ _ _ . 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