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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1995-10-18, Page 1SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 NEW RELEASE VIDEO Hotline 235-3535 11111111111111111111111r r Itt� iBSCRIBEI.1 11 you aren't subscribing to The 'Times -Advocate, you're missing out.' Use the coupon below and subscribe today! 1 Name: I Address City 1 Prov Postal Code 1 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada Within 40 miles - (65 km) addressed to non letter carrier addresses $33.00 plus $2.31 G.S.T. 111 carrier 40 mites - (65 km) or any letter Canter address $$33.00 + $4.41 G.S.T. Outside Canada -$99.001• a see a vo.«wa 1 USE YOUR CREDIT CARD • 00000000 1 00000000 Card No. I Expiry Date 0 Visa 0 Master Card 0 Cheque enclosed Retum to; TIMES ADVOCATE 424 Main St. Exeter, Ont. NOM 1S6, 1t� a>• Noe — ars NM 1 Body of missing man found in car 1 The Zurich man missing since last 1 May was discovered in his car in a 1 pond in Hay Township 1 1 1 1 1 1 Inside Dashwood Wood Products See Crossroads Soybean update See page 25 Experts page 18 1 - Classifieds pages 19-22 Announcements pages 23-24 $4,000 worth of Marijuana seized in Grand Bend GRAND BEND - Marijuana worth $4,000, along with a small quantity of magic mushrooms was seized by police, Sunday, at 70 Green Acres, after a search warrant was executed. Attempted robbery leads to foot chase LUCAN - Two males attempted to rob the Lucan Liquor Store, Thursday, by putting 10 bottles of rum into a knapsack, then approach ing the cashier to pay for one bottle of the liquor. When the cashier confronted the males, a brief foot chase followed and charges were laid. A third party involved fled in a vehicle. Search on for grey and white cat EXETER - The Public Health In- spection Department of the Huron County Health Unit is asking for the public's assistance in locating a cat which bit a young man on An- drew Street in Exeter, Thursday, October 12, 1995. The cat is grey and white with a white face and is rather thin. It ap- peared to walk in a strange manner so it is important to locate the cat as quickly as possible. The incident occurred on Andrew Street between Sanders and Gidley Streets. If you have any information in this regard, please call Laura Farrell, Huron County Health Unit at 1-800-265- 5184 or Exeter OPP at 1-800-265-• 2525 and leave any pertinent infor- mation. EXETER - The body found in a car in Hay Township has been con- firmed as Patrick Harold Smith, 74, of Zurich who has been the subject of a missing person investigation since May 2, 1994. Smith was identified through dental records as the deceased after Fo- rensic Pathology Laboratory examiners in Toronto located a single body found inside a car last Wednesday. Ontario Provincial Police recovered the .car from a pond on the Hay/ Stanley Townline west of Kippen last Tuesday and police have not ruled out foul play in the death of Smith which has now been determined to have been caused by probable drowning. Smith had been missing since April 14, 1994 and was last seen by a neighbor driving his 1990, red Plymouth Acclaim from his Centre Street residence. For the past year a helicopter search of Huron County continued for signs of Smith or his vehicle. Exeter OPP Constable Rick Borden is in charge of the investigation which will continue looking into the circumstances surrounding Smith's death. If you have any information regarding Smith's death, contact the Exeter OPP at 235-1300. Local churches harvest corn for Foodgrains Bank Chris Skalkos T -A staff EXETER - The combined efforts of four rural churches in the Exeter area harvested 101 metric tonnes of field corn last Wednesday for the South Huron Foodgrains Bank. The local growing project was or- ganized by the congregations of -Thames Road and Elimville churches along with Centralia and Zion West who formed a partner- ship with St. John United Church in Hamilton and Calvary United in London. The South Huron Foodgrains Bank is affiliated with the national organization dedicated to relieving hunger world wide by collecting grain and corn donations from Ca- nadian farmers and shipping them to those needing food. Last year 42,047 metric tonnes of foodgrains handled by the Ca- nadian Foodgrains Bank was shipped to 25 countries in need of food because of conflict or pov- erty. Most of last year's crops were sent to Africa and to hurricane flooding victims on the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua. The South Huron chapter is among the 65 community growing projects across southern Ontario. Project Chairperson, Margaret Hern, said the local congregations supplied 30 acres of land and pro- vided the volunteer labor for the project which yielded 127 bushels per acre. Harvest day was organized by Murray Dawson of Thames Road Church, Allen Powe of Centralia, Larry Lynn of Elimville and Fred Miller of Zion. The coordinated ef- fort of 24 volunteers, eight com- bines and nine sets of wagons har- vested and delivered the corn to the Hensall Co-op facility for un- loading and storage with the Ca- nadian Foodgrains Bank. Continued on page 2 Murray Dawson, kneeling, and Donald Bray unload com at the Hensel! Co-op Wednesday afternoon. The two farmers volun- teered their efforts and helped organlre the Foodgralns pro- ject. • Pumpkin patch kid "1 want this one mom!" Two year-old Lauren Tordoff picks out a pumpkin to take home for Halloween. She was out picking pumpkins with her family from Bob Reynolds' pump- kin patch on RR 1 Hensall. Reynolds calls his small growing operation "Pumpkin Achers" because he says his back aches after he's rinnP picking pumpkins from his field Grand Bend PUC reports a substantial drop in vandalism and littering The Public Works De- partment in Grand Bend re- ports 80 per cent improve- ment in vandalism and litter Chris Skalkos T -A staff GRAND BEND - A recent report from the Grand Bend Public Services Advisory Committee indicated an 80 per cent improvement in vandalism and litter in the village over the summer. Bud Markham, superintendent of the Public Works Department noted it was the most litter free summer in the eight years since he's been with the department and he expects the trend will continue in the future. "I've noticed an improvement over the last couple of years but this year it was surprising because the weather was so nice," said Markham adding the sun- ny and hot weather Grand Bend en- joyed over the summer usually attracts more people and consequently, more problems. But this wasn't the case this year as the department recorded a decrease in both vandalism and littering. However, glass bottles on the beach is still a problem because people who drink illegally tend to hide their bottles under the sand and leave them behind. Markham pre- diets this will be an ongoing problem as long as the cost of beer in bottles remains .cheaper than cans. Bylaw officers and lifeguards have been monitoring the glass on the beach and will continue to do so next summer. Long weekends are also a challenge as the amount of litter on public property more than triples. "On long weekends you can barely see the street through the garbage," said Markham adding he and his staff of five begin work at 5:30 a.m. to have the beach, roads and parks clean by 10 a.m. The early start allows them to get their job done before the vil- lage becomes congested. It also prevents further lit- tering to a certain degree. "The timing makes a big difference. If people are walking down a littered street they won't think twice about littering themselves," he said. Unfortunately, because of the hours of operation the public works Department doesn't enjoy the ben- efits of community volunteers many of the other pub- lic groups in Grand Bend have. "There's not a lot of community roam- ing around at 5:30 in the morning," he added. Markham credits this year's improve- ment to a shift in the type of people who 'visit Grand Bend. "The idiots have gone away and the trouble -makers have moved somewhere else," he said. In the past. Grand Bend has spent an average of $6,000 to 58,000 in vandalism repairs every year, how- ever, this year's expense is under $1,000. During 1988-89, Markham said the vil- lage had a lot of problems with teenagers camping in their vehicles but the strict enforcement of parking bylaws and an increase of police presence has de- terred the activity. "I've noticed an improvement over the last couple of years but this year it was surprising because the weather was so nice," 1