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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1995-07-26, Page 5Times -Advocate, July 26, 1995 Page 5 Career camp Students with the Ca- reer Experience Camp program volunteer paint- ing the wrought iron fence at Exeter Cemetery and helping with resident activities at the Exeter Villa retirement home. Pictured at top Larry Becker of Zurich Public School is helped by Brenda Elford of Usborne Central and Les Vincent of Exeter. At left, Robin Harvey of McCurdy Public gives elderly hands some special attention. By Ross Haugh from the archives of the Exeter Times Advocate 10 YEARS AGO July 24, 1985 - The sun was shining brightly in Kirkton Wednes- day afternoon. but for the first time in 41 years it really didn't matter if it rained or not. For the first time since 1944, the annual garden party was not scheduled. . It is unlikely that a district health council will be formed in Huron County, despite a resurgence of interest in the neighboring county of Perth. 25 YEARS AGO July 23, 1970 - More than 50 ratepayers from the westerly portion of Stephen township attended an Ontario Municipal Board hearing in Crediton Wednesday afternoon to deal with a proposed water sys- tem for the municipality. While 59 written objections were received, only a half dozen ob- jectors actually gave evidence. They are objecting to the rates that will be charged property owners. Industries looking to locate in an area under the Ontario Industrial Opportunity Program won't find Exeter's name on the list. It's not that the government won't put Exeter on the list, but , ither there's been a local mixup and no application was made to ' ave the municipality qualify. Grand Bend council will be enforcing a new two hour parking limit from nine in the morning until seven at night each day between June 15 and September 15. 50 YEARS AGO July 26, 1945 - Plymouth binder twine is available at Traquair's Hardware for $4.20 per 100 pounds. The Lakeview Casino has nightly dancing to the music of Stan Patton and his orchestra and a special concert will be presented on July 26 by Canada's finest orchestra led by Mart Kenney. Admis- sion is one dollar. Expenses for the C.C.F. candidate J.E. Huckins in the recent pro- vincial election are listed at $326.38 while Liberal candidate Jas. Ballantyne spent $667.59 Members of the Grand Bend lifesaving team with their new inhal- tor had two emergency calls during the past week. The team of Eric Mcllroy, Harold Whyte and Constable Harold Kendrick responded to calls from Ipperwash and Parkhill. Both trips turned out to be fu- tile as in both instances a person had already drowned. Hard surfacing of the St. Marys road in Usborne township from the highway to Winchelsea is now in progress. 75 YEARS AGO July 22, 1920 - The Departtnent of the Inland Revenue and Cus- toms has announced a new luxury and excise tax. The town of Exeter has passed a bylaw to borrow $8,000 to pay for the construction of a concrete pavement on Wellington Street. The village now has debentures totalling $59,184.11. A Dominion Express money order for S5 will now cost three cents. 100 YEARS AGO July 25, 1895 - Mr. Hamilton of Grand Bend is getting his logs pretty well cornered. On Saturday they cut over 130 logs. Mr. Crowe of Wallaceburg is here after his logs, the wind has been against him a little lately. but will get off today with a raft for Mt. Clemens, Michigan. The contract for seating and other furnishings for Main Street Methodist Church was awarded yesterday to Globe Manufacturing of Walkerville. Everything is to be of the most modern make. The other day Mr. John Frayne of Usborne township set a trap to catch a groundhog. When he returned he found to his surprise four skunks in custody, one caught by the foot and three by their tails. It is needless to say he released them with extreme caution. At the harness races at Exeter Agricultural Par,, Dan Hicks, owned by Daniel Hicks of Usborne won the green trot in a time of 1.36 for a half mile. At the Kirkton Post Office store eggs are 10 cents a pound and eggs 12 cents a dozen. Hurondale will no longer be written on mail matter, but will be stamped by a brand new stamp which has just arrived. The golden scales have also turned up and everything is okay. Hire a student Although the summer is al- most half over, many students continue to look for work. Ra- chel Sheridan, this week's "Stu- dent of the Week" at the Canada Employment Centre for Stu- dents, is no exception. Rachel lives in Huron Park and will be entering Grade 11 this fall at South Huron District High School. Phys. Ed and Art are among her favourite courses of study, both of which reflect her wide range of interests. Creativity is one of Rachel's strengths. In fact, her artistic skills were recently displayed in the Art Show at South Huron D.H.S. While involved in the WOW Program, Rachel com- bined her creative talents with technology, working in comput- er drafting at MVR Designs. From this job she learned re- sponsibility and the importance of punctuality, as well as valu- able computer skills. She is fa- miliar with WordPerfect and some Windows applications, and would like an opportunity to put these skills to work. Because she enjoys working with people. she is currently volunteering her time at the Career Experience Camp Program. Rachel is an outgoing and ac- tive person who enjoys spending her spare time playing basket- ball and volleyball. In the future, she hopes to find a career which helps to further develop her ar- tistic skills, but for the time be- ing, she would gladly go to work in a restaurant or in retail. She is available to start work immedi- ately, and is willing to continue working part-time during the school year. f f you think you have a job for Rachel or for, any other stu- dents, please contact the Cana- da Employment Centre for Stu- dents at 235-1711. if you are a student looking for work, stop by the Student Employment Centre, located at South Huron District High School. Remem- ber: we're here to help! Jenny Wareham Ls the Stu- dent Employment Officer, 235- 1711. rDEBT PROBLEMS? — Tore ars alternatives to Bankruptcy For FREE Initial consultation Contact: D. Brace McLennan Trustee at MCLENNAii 8 COMPANY LTD. Trustee In Bankruptcy 484 Richmond Street, London Tel: 4334728 Students get early start learning valuable job skills Partnership provides career training for grade 8 students Heather Mir T -A stat EXETER - A partnership be- tween the Huron County Board of Education and Human Resources Development Canada is providing grade 8 students in Huron with val- uable career experience. This is the first year for Career Experience Camp, a series of three three-week camps. The goal of the pro- gram is to provide students with job training skills through several work- shops and community projects. "The goal is to pro- vide the kids with some job training skills, " said Cyn- thia Gingerich, coordinator for the Exeter camp. There are four camps currently running in the county including Goderich, South Huron, Clinton and Seaforth high schools that each "The provide with trainin identical programs. There are eight children in each camp and six different public schools feed the program. Gingerich said the objective of the camp is to teach kids money management skills and help them apply for a social insurance number and birth certificate. Through a variety of guest speakers and workshops, the students are taught team building ex- ercises, self esteem and job search skills. The children come out of the program with a good idea of what an employer is looking tor. One of the community projects the students are involved with is painting the wrought iron fence around the Exeter Cemetery. The other half of the group is working as volunteers with the Exeter Villa goal is to the kids some job ng skills." retirement home. The groups are all involved in brainstorming for project ideas and helping to plan how money is to be spent for the program. Other ideas for com- munity projects include weeding public gardens and assisting the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Au- thority. Students are selected for the pro- gram through an interview process. Gingerich received a list from prin- cipals of public school students they felt might be considered for the camp. After conducting per- sonal interviews, she was able to choose eight children for the local program. The camp is not all work; stu- dents have fun days as well. Last week during the heat, the group travelled to Grand Bend for a day of summer fun. To wrap up the three-week camp, a trip to Binge - man Park in Kitchener is planned. Beware of spending money to claim any prize you might have won TORONTO - Have you really won an all -expenses -paid trip to Hawaii? Will you actually receive a brand new car if you just pay the taxes and delivery charges up- front? What about that terrific in- vestment deal on gems, "guaran- teed" to make you a fortune? If a telephone promoter promises to make you wealthy, take a tip from Ontario's consumer ministry. Any time you're asked to send money before you receive a prize a warning bell should ring in your head. The offer could be a scam. There are so many telemarketing scam artists hatching plots to take inoney from Ontario consumers that a special police task force called "Phonebusters" has been set up to deal With the problem . Staff Sgt. Barry Elliott, who is a member of the project Phonebust- ers team says: "Anyone who re- ceives a phone call from a person who says they've won a prize then asks for money upfront should sus- pect a scam. Hang up as soon as possible, and don't worry about be- ing rude. Don't give out a credit card number or your address. If you think you might have been a victim of a telephone scam, call us at 705-195-8501. " Project Phonebusters can tell you about the kinds of scams that are taking money out of consumers pockets every day. A few of them include the following. o A promoter calls and says: "Con- gratulations. I'm calling from XYZ company. You've just won your choice of a new car cash or an ex- pensive vacation. All you have to do to claim your prize is send a cheque or authorize your credit card for a payment to cover the cost of shipping and handling." What the consumer doesn't know is that there is no car and the only cash involved is the money the promoter wants from the victim. o The phone rings again. This time you're offered a job at home. that will earn you thousands of dollars but only takes a few hours per day. Often the positions are de- scribed as telephone work at home or stuffing envelopes. But you have to pay for the "kit" to set yourself up in business. Often the only thing . that will end up stuffed is your money in the scam artist's pocket. o You receive a card in the mail. It says you have won a prize of up to SI 000 000. To claim your prize call this number: 1-900•---. Any time ypu call a "900" number you are paying forithc call. The mini- mum charge for a call may be in • the $35 range. Your long-distance telephone company bills your ac- count and the person or company that has installed the 900 line prof- its. The "huge cash- prize" doesn't materialize. o A caller says you'll win a new truck if you will only buy 300 pens with your company or service club logo on them. The person doesn't say 1 000 will be delivered and that you will never receive the vehicle. These are just a few of the many telephone scams used against Onta- rio consumers. Modern telephone systems that allow call forwarding to other phones.that may be a con- tinent away make it difficult for po- lice to catch up with the scarn art- ists. To add insult to injury lists of the names and telephone numbers of people who've lost money arc often sold from one crooked promoter to another for a fee of about $5 each. "These people are highly organized so selling lists of Triple A' names -- of ten consumers who are elderly or middle-aged and have money in the bank --can sometimes result in the same consumer being taken by several con artists " says Elliott. One of the main problems in try- ing to stop scam artists is that the victims are frequently too etnbar- rassed to come forward. Elliott says "People who get taken aren't just those who are unsophis- ticated. Many professional people fall for scams. But it makes the job of catching criminals much- tough - ter if few victims will tell their sto- res." For general information on a va- riety of consumer issues call the Ministry of Consumer and Com- mercial Relations at (416) 326- 8555 in the Toronto arca or at toll- free 1-880-268-1142 from other parts of the province. 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