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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1996-06-05, Page 3A Tines -Advocate, lune 5, 1996 Page 3 FiOWer barrels enhance downtown •' Continued from front page stores: with existing window level flower boxes will follow suite and coordinate their window box flowers with a similar type of flor- ak arrangement to further enhance the streetscape. . The project is also tied in with the initiative to purchase the vacant municipal building at 4b6 Main Street. Last Jan - try the EBA and Town Council entered into a 5/50 partnership to buy the prop- erty and eventually turn it into a.parking lot and multi -function green space. Tentative plans allow for a small parkette to protrude onto Main Street and Wuerth hopes it will act as,a springboard for other projects spurred on by local merchants and aimed at beautifing the downtown streetscape. Wuerth said the committee was able to stay within the $5,000 budgeted for the barrels and bas- kets, and emphasized funds for this project came from the EBA levy, paid by association mem- bers not from taxpayers. Maintenance will also be the re- sponsibility of the EBA which has hired an experienced gardner, Fred Mommersteeg of Exeter, to care for the flowers. Mommersteeg task of watering and clipping dead foliage at 5 a.m. before cars begin to park along the sidewalk. Pulling two 45 gal- lon drums of water on a trailer begins the with a pump, it takes almost three hours to make his way up and down Main Street to water them. Vandalism is one of Mom- mersteeg's biggest concern and already some of the flowers have been pulled out of the barrels and thrown about the sidewalk. "You have to expect some of that. Some people don't like flowers," he said. "It's going to happen sometimes. We'll just have to put up with it." Mommersteeg likes the color the flowers added and it will be even more noticeable when the flowers bloom in a few weeks. "I've noticed people looking at them as they walk down Main Street. It brings a lot of color to the downtown area and people seem to enjoy that." he said. • One -day workshop prepares students fENSALL - Cindy Reaburn held a workshop at her hotne on Saturday to prepare a group of southwestem Ontario students for exchange trips overseas through American Field Services Interculture Canada. Reaburn, a newly appointed sending coordinator for the region, said the purpose of the workshop was to discuss issues such as fear, homesickness, food toler- ance, custom acceptance, money matters and potential problems with families and host siblings. "You're talking a lot of fear, a lot of anticipation," she said of the 16 to 18-year-olds. "Some of them have never been away from home....It takes a year of prep- aration before they go." The students are assessed she said, for their suit- ability for exchange trips. "These are very strong kids...Not everybody is righ' to leave for a year...Homebodies aren't going to do very well." Eight of the students, most of whom are from the Windsor and Toronto areas, will lose a year of school while on their 11 -month exchanges, with the exception of one student who will travel to New Zealand for a six-week trip. According to Reaburn, AFS prepares them for their time away from home. Each student is appointed a counsellor and departure camps such as Reabum's wgrkshop are organized. Part of her preparation work in liid'ed'liti4iing'the" students write a letter to them- selves expressing their trip expectations. "It's in preparation of departing," she explained. Orientation camps are also included as part of AFS exchange preparation. Reaburn, who admits she's never been on an ex- change herself and that she'd be "terrified," in such cir- rrti*..: cumstances, claims the students change incredibly while visiting other countries. They're on trips during years they are maturing most, she said, noting changes in exchange students she has hosted from Costa Rica and Japan. Due to re - tum home to Costa Rica in July, exchange student Ampa has extended her visit with the Reabums by a month. "The majority of them don't want to go back," said Rebum, who is one of the few AFS hosts in south- western Ontario. In total there are 33 students from other countries on exchanges this year through AFS, which was initiated by ambulance drivers in the second world war who aimed to send children away from dangerous, im- poverished areas. "There's always kids at my house," said Reaburn, who will host another exchange student, Chiato, from Japan. Although it was hoped a family exchange could be arranged, Chiato plans to visit Hensall for a month and her family will be included during the first week of the stay. Rachel Jenkins, an AFS exchange student from Clin- ton who attended Reabum's workshop, has returned from a Sweden exchange in July. She is helping to co- ordinate a campaign to find host families for 14 Italian , exchange students in the Clinton area for four weeks August as part of a larger exchange throughout' Can- ada. Jenkins said three or four host families may have been found so fat. She is also in search of an English - as -a -second -language teacher. Reaburn encourages all types of families with chil- dren of various ages to host exchange students. Hensell resident Cindy Resbum, front row at left, held a workshop to help exchange stu- dents prepare for their trips through American Field Services Interculture Canada. Beside her are exchange coordinators Ken Giffen, of Strathroy and Rachel Jenkins, of Clinton. "WE HAVE IT ALL FOR GREAT CASUAL LIVING" • For outdoors • Pools Garden Areas • Sunrooms Casual Industries inc. PI'c nitwit, Penn femur a -Mt dnmarr /n rkyanr Airier l irnpq . . • HAMMOCKS • ARTIFICIAL PLANt'S, TREES 6t FLOWERS • SHADE HOUSES • ACCESSORIES ME ALTO MAMUTACTVRE' UWRELLAS, RERACtMEMT CMIRMOMs. TIMONTIMI COMM `MA , C` VO + Or, r.Rreufbllt$ G ' MID - Miry, I "MKT 10 YOU" tt rf �1117 a "t' 238-2110 4 Injured B.C. officer has area relatives le Continued from front page atnount of cash was taken from the video store and a number of shots were fired. No one was injured in that first incident. The pair left Cranbrook in a car taken from the video store owner and were able to get away at the time. At about 1.30 p.m. on Wednes- day, Melissa Schoenhalz knocked on the Campbell door and said she wanted to make a phone call as her car had broken down. Mrs. Camp- bell became suspicious and refused entry. She immediately called po- lice in Kimberley. By the time the three RCMP of- ficers arrived, the female and her male partner had forced their way in and took Mrs. Campbell, who was expecting a baby any day, as a hostage. Constable Lambie pulled up be- hind the house and was going to ap- proach the back door when Con- stable Ross hollered, "Get back, there's a window broken in front." At that time a shot was fired through a back window of the house and struck Constable Lambie in the right shoulder. His bullet proof vest stopped the bullet, but pressure created a hole in his shoul- der. Constable Johnston was able to get Lambie into her police cruiser Samplers pose problem GRAND BEND - Grand Bend Council discussed implementing a policy to keep companies that sam- ple products from contributing to the beach's litter problem. At a public services/parking and law enforcement meeting on May 28, Administrator Paul Turnbull in- formed the committee he had pre- pared a draft sampling policy to present to council for approval. Before council considers such a policy, which includes litter, prior approval and `no glass' regulations along with a $300 seasonal fee per company with half of it refundable if the sampling area is left tidy, it must seek the views of the beach ti- tle holders flrst " `'hat' a''8fvptlh the liticket'for these' companies," said Councillor Barb Wheeldon, referring to the fee, which had been suggested at $100 in Turnbull's report. "At least it's something,' said Turnbull. "Right now we're getting nothing." Duc to debris left by sampling companies and the increased amount of glass on the beach, clean up procedures following the May 24th weekend was time-consuming. Beer and ice tea bottles as well as sample cups were the root of the problem. One charge of glass on the Beach was laid by police that weekend. "We have the right to regulate it," said Mayor Cam Ivey. A and get him to hospital without fur- ther incidence. At the hospital he underwent 45 minutes of surgery to repair a muscle in his shoulder. He expects to be on sick leave for about two weeks. The bullet was fired from about 35 feet and is be- lieved to have been of nine milli- metre calibre. The two fugitives held Mrs. Campbell hostage from Wednesday afternoon until late Friday when she was exchanged for another hos- tage , Melody Verhaeghe who said she knew the suspects well. Saturday morning, Verhaege was able to escape and shortly af- terwards the suspects surrendered to police. Lindsay and Schoenhalz will face a total of 12 charges including at- tempted murder, unlawful contain- ment and armed robbery. Constable Lambie said it was the "scariest" incident during his 16 years with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A few weeks ago he received a transfer to Vancouver where he will work in the com- mercial and white collar crime de- partment, beginning July 1... He is the son of Robert and Dor- othy Lambie of Saskatoon. 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