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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1995-11-15, Page 12• Page 12 Times -Advocate, November 15, 1995 COMM1JNITY Soccer champs The boys' soccer team at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School won first place in a zone tourna- ment in Exeter on Oct. 24. Back row, from left to right, coach George Haid, Henny Pfaff, Adam McCann, Adam Glavin, Mike Skinner, Mat Foran, Jim Boland and Rob Sandwith. Middle row, from left to right, J.R. Davies, Michael Blois, Jason Hardy, Chris Glavin, Brian Harrigan and Adrian Roelands. Front row, from left to right, Jeff Arnold, Shawn Becker and Brendan Farr - Gaynor. The girls' soccer team at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School beat three teams in a zone tour- nament in Exeter on Oct. 24. Back row, from left to right, Bridgette Roelands, Kendra Masse, Jillian McCann, coach Miss Biers, Samantha Hunt, Michelle Somerville, Kaitlin VanOsch, Kris- tine Regier and Annette Roelands. Second back row, from left to right, Heidi Muller, Susan McCann, Brittany Revington, Ashley McKinnon and Jennifer Hardy. Third back row, from left to right, Katelyn Lachance, Aimee McCann, Lindsay Muller, Nikki Cyr and Margaret Geurts. Front row, from left to right, Adrienne Kester, Katie Hoffman and Colleen Glavin. Joint Fire Board implement cost sharing assessment GRAND BEND - The joint Fire Board for the municipalities of Grand Bend Stephen. Bosanquet, and Nay will implement a cost shar- ing based assessment beginning January 1. 1996. Figures show under the cost shar- ing system, Grand Bend will pay $15.260 approximately the same arnount.it currently pays. Stephen will pay $12,126 and Bosanquet $18,494. Nay Township will pay an agreed upon price set by the fire board. current rate is $5,000 per year. Previously, the annual cost of fire coverage was divided equally arnong Grand Bend, Stephen and Bosanquet at 33 per cent. The new assessment was designed to reflect the actual cost incurred. A fire chief report from the board shows from July to October 1995, Grand Bend had eight fire calls at a cost of $2,374, Stephen had five costing $1,512, Bosanquet had four at $1,056 and Hay reported one call costing $288. Stationed in Grand Bend, the fire hall and volunteer firefighters serve defined areas within the four town- ships with mutual help from neigh- boring fire departments. Man disrupts nursing home LUCAN - On Nov. 7 police and ambulance staff removed a 34 -year- old disruptive man from the Lucan Retirement Home. He was transported to the Lon- don Psychiatric Hospital for a 72 - hour observation. Amalgamation being evaluated LUCAN - The Report on the Feasibility of Amalgamation of the Village of Lucan and the Township of Biddulph. the first of five studies to examine the possibilities of municipal amalgamation and service restructuring in Middlesex County, was received by Lucan and Biddulph this fall. When the county's- five local area studies are completed, a res- idents' focus group session will be held in each area and their. work may be completed by late this year or early 1996. To evaluate the focal area study, on Sept. 13 six Lucan and six Biddulph residents had a focus group session to discuss questions from a resident's perspective including their awareness of re- structuring initiatives and issues. This represented the first step by the municipalities in beginning a public consultation program on the Feasibility Study and possible re- structuring of the village and township. The municipal restructuring initiative is a county -wide project created from last year's County of Middlesex Local Government Structure Study. Request to enlarge parking lot approved Expansion will alleviate traffic congestion and improve flow of traffic ZURICH - A request from Ken Seyler for permission to enlarge the present parking lot at 37 Main St. East (Seyler's Foodland), was ap- proved by council Thursday night. Seyler provided council with a sketch of the proposal which in- cludes extending the existing park- ing lot on village property to add six more parking spaces. He also requested permission to cut the curb to accommodate a separate exit to Hwy. 84 in order to alleviate traffic congestion. Council agreed to the request by Seyler providing he absorb any cost for cutting the curb or replacing the asphalt if repairs to sewers under the parking lot are required. The parking lot proposal sub- mitted by Seyler also includes a provision to move the existing ad- vertising sign to the west side of the property, set back the same dis- tance from Hwy. 84 as the present sign. in further council business Ge- rald Shantz submitted his resigna- tion from the position of Chief Building Official effective Dec. 31, 1995. Shantz explained he has tak- en over a gravel trucking business. The combined workload of an ex- isting construction business and a new venture has made time a big factor. "Also the increased chances of conflict between the business and the position of C.B.O have helped make my decision," stated a letter dated Nov.3, 1995. Council agreed a potential can- didate will be contacted before the position is advertised. Your Views Letters to the editor Employees bear the brunt of cutbacks "With the banks making disgust- ingly huge profits, there is no rea- son for them to put their employ- ees mployees on the unemployment rolls." Dear Editor: It seems to me that various companies are using the economic situation as an excuse to fire or layoff full time employees and replace them with part tim- ers to avoid paying benefits, or just getting rid of them to increase profits. In some cakes in highly competitive situations such as supermarkets (where [ think there are too many anyway) this might be justified. But in one instance at least, I think it is just sheer greed. That instance is banking. With the banks making disgustingly huge profits, there is no reason for them to put their employees on the unem- ployment rolls. To give an example, have you con- { Letters to the editor sidered the difference in interest rates between you loaning the bank money to invest and them loaning you money to invest? I think you'll Lind it's about ten to one in the hank's favour of course. At the same time, they are reducing services and trying to encourage people to use those horrid little robots at the entrance to their hallowed halls. I will not use these until I have no alternative and that in- cludes changing banks. Unless it's an emergency, I wonit even talk to a telephone answering machine, in fact I prefer the personal touch of interfacing with people rather than machines. It's far more pleasant facing a teller at the bank, getting a friendly smile and exchanging a few words, than shoving a card in a slot and pushing some buttons. Not only that, but there is some satisfaction in knowing that they are gainfully employed in these times. Yours sincerely, John Sanderson, Exeter Your .Views Operation Christmas Child Children in the world will be recip- ients of these boxes full of love and compassion... Dear Editor: All around South Huron, churches, schools, or- ganizations and individuals are busy tilling their shoe boxes with small toys. school supplies, hy- giene items and other gifts. They are participating in "Operation Christmas Child", a project initiated by Samaritan's Purse, a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta and is being locally co- ordinated by the South Huron Ministerial Associa- tion composed of Ministers from different Christian denominations in the area. Children in crisis areas of the world. especially in Croatia, Bosnia, Romania, Russia, Kenya and Rwanda, will be the recipients .of these boxes full of love and compassion. In 1994, over 110,000 indi- viduals and families across Canada and the United States, saved their empty shoe boxes and filled them with small toys, school supplies and other gifts to send to hurting children in Bosnia and Rwanda. This year, the goal is to collect and distribute 300,000 shoe boxes along with food, medicine and other re- lief aid to children who otherwise might be forgot- ten. The Ministerial Association hopes to encourage more people, even those who do not have church af- filiation, to be part of this project. Suggested gifts: small toys like stuffed animals, dolls; balls .cars (no war -related toys, please), flashlights with extra hat- teries, school supplies like pens, pencils and sharp- eners, crayons, coloring books, writing pads and paper, hygiene items like toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo. soap. comb or brush. You may also give Bible story picture books, English readers, hard can- dy, t -shirts, socks, mitts, hats and others. Those who wish to participate. but are not affiliat- ed with any church or organization are advised to take their shoe boxes to Exeter United Church locat- ed at 42 James Street, Exeter on or before December 1. For more information, please call 235-2991. Rev. Lazaro Sundaes served after Centralia service The Sunday School provided sundaes at the United Church on Sunday, Mary Peterson CENTRALIA - At the euchre party at Larry's Town and Country in Crediton, Bessie Caldwell and George Adams won the Low hands. High hand winners were Esther Hudgins and Percy Noels, while Ja- ney McDowell and Howard Dolan were Lone hand winners. Worship services The stormy weather on Saturday night provided some interesting ad- aptations when the hydro failed. At the worship service the next day, Heather Smith told the children that she had lit several candles, and studied in their light. It was a re- minder of pre -electricity days, and a reminder to be thankful for things we take for granted, such as elec- tricity. Gladys Buswell read the scrip- ture from II Thessalonians 2:1-5 and 13-17 and Luke 20: 27-38. Heather's sermon gave everyone food for thought. In one of her uni- versity courses, the class is study- ing the beliefs of Christians within the United Church of Canada and the beliefs and practices of other denominations. The course has pro- vided an opportunity for the stu- dents to discuss other religions with followers of these faiths such as Buddhists, Muslims, and Jewish people. It's very interesting to note common values and beliefs and dif- ferences, and as a result, Smith has stated that her own values and be- liefs within the United Church have become stronger. Smith encouraged everyone to examine his or her own beliefs. She distributed handouts with in- formation on the United Church Creed, London Conference, and The Basis of Union for reference. Following worship, everyone shared in food and fellowship orga- nized by the Sunday School. The sundaes with choices of toppings were a hit with everyone young and old. Church activities Tickets are going fast for the Tur- key Supper on Friday, November 17 at Centralia United Church. Dinner will be served at 5:00 p.m. and at 6:30 p.m. The Stewards have a few tickets still available for $8.50 for adults and $4.25 for chil- dren aged six to 12. If you're planning to participate in Operation Christmas Child to supply gifts for children in coun- tries at war, please bring your tilled shoebox to the church by Sunday, November 19. On the outside of the box, indicate whether the gift is for a boy or a girl and the age of the child (0-2, 3-6, or 7-13). On November 23, the Session will meet at 7:30 p.m. and the Offi- cial Board at 8:00 p.tn. at Zion. Malde Roblnaon displays her antiques at the Grand Bend Rotary Fourth Annual Antique Show and Sale at the Oakwood Inn on Nov. 4 and 5. "I collected so much I had to start selling them," she said, referring to her 20 years of collecting antiques.