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Times Advocate, 1995-03-01, Page 25COMM1IN[TY Serve lunch to students Members of the Exeter public school Parent's Association serve lunch to students once a month. Ready to hand out the goodies for the February event are from the left Cheryl Kelly, Jane Hefley and Bev Martin. To start town beautification EXETER - One of the.recommcndations made by the executive committee to town council Monday night was to set up a committee as soon as possible to organize the "Canada In Bloom" town beautifica- tion program. The initial committee could be four members, but they would have the right to add more. In addition to representation from the Business Improvement Asso- ciaton, the Lions Club abd the Seniors group, the names of Jo-anne Dinney and Tim Clark were sug- gested. The committee also recommended that the Exeter Public Cemetery be included in this beautification program. At Monday night'scouncil meeting, administrator Rick Hundey explained that Canada Bloom is a coun- try wide competition to highlight the most attractive town. Hundey added, "We have to put our minds together quickly to a master plan. There have been sugges- tions to have different businesses, i.e. car dealers compete against each other along with schools, churches and residential neighbourhoods. According to town policy for service awards for town employees with 25 years of service, public works manager Glenn Kennswill receive a gift of up to $250 (or cash). Kells completed 25 years of ser- vice to the town on February 23 of this year. After meeting with South Huron Rec Centre offi- cials concerning proposed repairs to the Rec Centre roof, the executive committee recommended that a roofing engineer take a look at the arena roof to de- termine how best it should be repaired. Facilities manager Cam Stewardson explained that the deterioration of the roof is very much unknown. It is now 20 years old. The roof was sandblasted and painted three years ago. Monday night, Rick Hundey said the engineering firm of B.M. Ross Ltd. will inspect the arena roof, but at the moment there is too much snow on it. Deputy reeve Dave Urlin said he has since found out from Stewardson that there are leaky spots near the top of the roof. The committee has asked recreation director Lynne Farquhar to look at the programs offered to determine whether enough revenue was generated to warrant keeping some of the programs running. She reminded the committee that there is an eco- nomic spinoff to the town that no one thinks of when a ball or hockey tournament or figure skating compe- tition is held at the rec centre. Exeter Public Cemetery manager Harry Knip was in attendance to explain the capital and operating needs of the cemetery. He told the committee that he had re -thought the five-year capital forecast and de- termined that the sale of new perpetual flower beds had slowed down in the last two years and the need was not there for another greenhouse. If extra plants are needed they can be purchased locally. The cemetery board is asking council for a grant of $40,000 for operating purposes and $10,000 for capi- tal purchases. Public works manager Glen Kells has been author- ized to purchase a new snow blower for the sidewalk plow. Times -Advocate, March 1,1995 Page 25 $10,000 prize drawn at Zurich karaoke night The Blessed Andrie K. of C. Council in Sea - forth had the winning ticket. By Carmel Sweeney ZURICH - The St. Boniface Elimination Draw and Karaoke Night held last Friday at the arena was a big success. Various people entertained the crowd by singing between the draws of lucky and unlucky win- ners that were announced by Don Beauchamp throughout the eve- ning. At midnight the K. of C., along with their wives, set out a smorgas- bord lunch. The winner of the first ticket drawn worth $1,000 was Rick De- nomme, Zurich. Several people won $150.00, some being Dr. Wal- lace and staff, Brenda Grenier, Ke- vin McKinnon and Murray Arm- strong (split), Joe Rau Bros. Construction, Ralph Mathonia, Louis Farwell, Tim Martins, Dave Long and friends from Hensall and $500 went to the Clinton K. of C. Council. Then as 1 p.m. approached, the anxiety mounted to see who were the last two winners left in the drum. Clem Regier, Zurich won $1,000 and the big jackpot worth $10,000 went to the Blessed Andrie K. of C. Council in Seaforth (sold by Mo- zart Gelinas Sr.). Pancake supper St. Peter's Lutheran Church held their annual Shrove Tuesday pan- cake supper in their parish hall on February 28. Today, Wednesday, is the beginning of Lent. World Day of Prayer The World Day of Prayer will be held on Friday, March 3 at St. Bon- iface Church beginning at 2 p.m. All women are welcome to attend this yearly ecumenical service. Jean Bennett of the Bayfield area, who is involved with the Canadian Food Grains Bank, will speak and show some slides on this topic. The theme is "The Earth is a House for all People." Positions available The Zurich Minor Athletic Asso- ciation are looking for people inter- ested in taking on a position con- nected with the Association and sports. If you want more informa- tion phone Marilyn Fenwick at 236-4971 or John Geiger 236-4592 as soon as possible. 'Day of Reflection' A day of reflection will be held at St. Boniface Church, downstairs, on Tuesday, March 7 from 10:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. C.W.L. women from neighbouring parishes are invited to join the group. Bring a brown bag lunch and tea and coffee will be available. Nine strikes in a row There sure was a lot of excite- ment at the bowling lanes last Monday night at the Ladies League. Marilyn Bengough of the Hensall team bowled a single game of 386 (five pin). She had nine strikes in a row. A get well card was also passed around for signatures to go to Bob Reschke of Dashwood, in a Hamil- ton hospital due to a serious car ac- cident. Ladies Auxiliary The next Auxiliary meeting is to be held at the rest home on Tues- day, March 7, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Bus service The daily bus service to London has resumed. It is a "flag stop" on highway #4 (78 London Rd. at Kyle's Shell gas station) at 9:50 a.m. from Monday to Saturday and at 3:20 p.m. on Sundays. The bus leaves London each day at 5:45 and arrives in Hensall at 6:50 p.m. Chamber of Commerce Fourteen members of the Zurich Chamber of Commerce attended their February dinner meeting at the Dominion Tavern on Tuesday, February 21 at 7 p.m. President Cam Steckle chaired the business. Their next meeting in March will be held at Erb's Country Kitchen. Skating carnival The Zurich and Area Figure Skating Carnival will be held at the arena this Sunday, March 5 at 2 p.m. The theme will be "A Trip Down Memory Lane". Tickets can be purchased ahead from club members or at the door. The cost is $4.00 for adults, chil- dren six to 12 $1,00 and under five are free. 4-H The 4-H Homemaking club will be starting this Monday, March 6 from 7-9 p.m. at the home of leader Sylvia Neeb. The six-week project is entitled 'Sew Easy'. Anyone be- tween the ages of 10 and 21 may join by calling 236-4042 as soon as possible. Quilting bee The Women's Institute are hav- ing a quilting bee at the Hay Town- ship Hall on Monday, March 6 be- ginning at noon. All women are invited to come and quilt in the af- ternoon or evening. Supper will be served to those staying for the day. Girls Club The Girls Club will be learning to tie comforters at their meeting at the Mennonite Church on Thurs- day, March 2. Senior Diners A pork dinner was served to 40 Zurich Senior Diners February 15 at the community centre. Ila O'Rourke was the 50/50 winner. A poem 'Winter Evenings' was read by Elizabeth Granger. A sing -song was enjoyed with Phylis Deichert as pianist. Solo and euchre was en- joyed. A ham dinner was served to 54 senior Diners Wednesday, Febru- ary 22 at the Community Centre. Nora Corriveau was the 50/50 win- ner. Happy Birthday was sung for Harold Horner and Happy Anniver- sary for Lee and Rose Regier. The Seniors enjoyed public speaking by students form the Zurich Public School. Stephanie Erb, Ashley Erb and Katie Fox came first in their categories. Bingo was enjoyed by all. Personals Congratulations to Lee and Rose Regier who recently celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary. Happy birthday to Clarence Ge- offrey at the end of February (born on a leap year); Liz Masse on Feb- ruary 22; Pat Groot on February 20; and son Jeremy who was four years old on February 26. A family dinner and birthday cel- ebration was held at the home of Pat and Bonnie Groot on Sunday, February 26 in honour of Pat and son Jeremy. Dennis and Geraldine Charrette recently enjoyed spending three days visiting with their daughter Monica ; and Peter Kuzmich in Langton. They all travelled .to Brantford where they saw their great-granddaughter. Laurene Corriveau spent last week in Goderich looking after her grandchildren Craig and Colin while parents Ron and June Corri- veau were away oh holidays. Jim and Mary -Ann Vanos and three girls from Brampton spent the weekend with her parents Clar- ence and Beattie Geoffrey and helped her Dad celebrate his Febru- ary 28 birthday. Got a news tip? Call 235-1331 R D E C L C L E R IT PAYS! IN YOUR HOMETOWN „YOU CAN MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN... ( Local retailer pays wages for 2 employees EMPLOYEES deposit their wages in local Trust Company WITH EARNINGS employees arrange for car loan CAR PURCHASED from Exeter dealership. Salesperson paid wages When you spend your money in the community of Exeter It never goes to waste. It's recycled over and over and over again to the benefit of everyone. Let's explain; spending gets the economy moving. It increases employment. k provides more donations for churches. servive clubs and more. k bolsters selection with expanded inventories while it lowers the cost of public services through a greater tax base. Spending improves our comforts through home improvements and recreational courses.Your money spent in your community can work for you again and again. On the average your dollar spent will change hands seven times before leaving Exeter.What a friendly good buy for your dollars. ENOUGH MONEY has been saved to purchase extra home furnishings PLUMBER decides upgrade his home with purchase of ' house in subdivisions WITH WAGES salesperson has plumber install new bathroom HOME FURNISHINGS i STORE feels business up turn and hires new employee NEW EMPLOYEE rewards his positive future withpet purchase from pec sore RECYCLE YOUR DOLLARS... IT PAYS • STORE OWNER makes donation to youth sports; Exeter Figure Skating 4,111140 Get the pkwre! Be a ',cyder or your dolor by making them work and work and work and work... Srowwolw: to yew eourtosy of 1 keear *-• nom ;44 .311P-Agorifr-