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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1987-12-09, Page 12Page 12—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1987 SPECIAL THIS WEEKEND! You can wrap up his whole CHRISTMAS at HERMAN'S Be sure to see our quality selection of fashionable MEN'S WEAR Father - Brother Husband - Son •Gloves *Scarves *Hats •Pyjamas •Ties •Shirts *Slacks •Sweaters •Robes Starting Monday, December 15 open evenings for your shopping convenience. i MEN'S WEAR 32 Albert St.. CLINTON 482-9351 JOHN ST., gt d KNITTING & HOBBY SUPPLIES AUBURN 526-7582 CRAFT SUPPLIES IUST ARRIVED! ALL CHRISTMAS CRAFT SUPPLIES ALL KNITTING SUPPLIES 250- /0F 1 0°10 OFF OPEN DAILY 5 P.M. - 9 P.M. SATURDAYS 9 A.M. • 5 P.M. OPEN SUNDAY, DEC. 13187 12 NOON - 5 P.M. A Chance to enter our draw with every purchase DIABETES DAY Wednesday - December 16, 1987 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at BENFORD MEDICAL SURGICAL SUPPLIES Ltd. 291 Huron St. Stratford — 273-5626 =Information on Diabetes —Ames Representative available ---Glucometer 11 Demonstration —Service your Glucometer I —Come in for more information on the 75% funding for meters and strips for Diabetics on Insulin from the Canadian Diabetes Association Special ,. PRODUCT �$ DAY'ONLY • GENERAL (1-P ELECTRIC HENSALL'S BEST MICROWAVE BUY! 5 year Parts and labour Warranty on Magnetron Our Prices are so low they are a steal New stock arriving daily .....We do the service l) • Holds a 9N13- dish • Auto weight Defrost • Auto weight Cook 36995 Under Counter [fealel • Holds a 9-x13" dish • Touch Control • Mounting Kit 32995 8 cu H ALL WHITE MICROWAVE • Auto Roast Holds a " • Auto Defrost g" a 13' I i e • Temperature Dish i . Probe Also walnut 39995 OVER THE RANGE - Exhaust Fan • Lights • Shelf for Whole Meal Cooking 79995 Auto Cook - Auto Roast Auto Defrost FREE COOKING SCHOOL GOOD SELECTION TO CHOOSE FROM FREE COOKBOOK ALSO Specials on automatic washers, dryers, fridges, stoves and gas ranges and dryers FREE LAYAWAY A deposit will hold your gltt 1111 needed. We Service Whale We Sell IlIr EMAJOR APPLIANCE CENTRE LTCB. HENSALL 262-2728 Onta'rt OPEN MONDAYS IN DECEMBER. OPEN FRIDAY TILL 9' p.. 'THE PLACE TO BUY APPLIANCES 1 ACO holds annual meeting and dinner By Paul Rudan BAYFIELD - The Huron County Architec- tural Conservancy Assoctiation (ACO) held its annual dinner and meeting at the Little Inn on December 1. The ACO resolved to help support Bayfield in the restoration of its town hall which is to be condemned. Bayfield Reeve David Johnston who at- tended the event, stated at the conclusion of the dinner, that Hayfield's Town Hall was to be condemned. " We're asking the ACO for its expertise and recommendations to save this beautiful building," said Mr. Johnston. ACO president Christopher Borgal, then accepted a motion, "That we resolve, that the ACO support every effort towards the preservation, restoration and continued use of Hayfield's Town Hall, towards its use as a public building." The motion was unanimously accepted by the ACO members in attendance. Mr. Borgal then went on to state the ACO agenda for 19 One of the primary objec- tives of the ACO for the new year is to have school contests for drawings of buildings in Huron County, The reason is to increase childrens' awarness and learning of ar- chitecture and heritage. "People in Huron County should be expos- ed to heritage at an early age," declared Mr. Borgal. He is currently discussing the feasibility of such a contest with a representative from the Huron County Board of Education. Other projects for the ACO in 1988 in- clude: a fall tour of mills in Huron County and a summer lecture on conservation. Mr. Borgal then introduced the evenings' guest speaker, Tom Lemon, Mainstreet Co- ordinator for the Town of Seaforth. Mr. Lemon described himself as a, "rabble-rouser and someone who stirs the pot." He also adheres to the stategy of, "try- ing to ensure Canada's mainstreets through economic viability." When Mr. Lemon first arrived in Seaforth one year ago there were nine vacant stores... there are now only four. He also ran a window display contest for mainstreet merchants. The result was comments from people that, "Seaforth had the prettiest windows." His current project along with the Cor- poration of the Town of Seaforth is to im- prove the business and economic value of Seaforth. One method of accomplishing this task is a $200,000 kitty Seaforth has to uplift the current mainstreet image. The funds are to be spent on street seeping and facade improvements. In order to obtain ideas on what kind of improvements can be made to these two specifics, Mr. Lemon posed a question to the The Huron County Architecture Conservancy (ACO) held its annual dinner and meeting at the Little Inn in Bayfield on December 1. Shown here is ACO President Christopher Borgal (left) with the evening's guest speaker, Tom Lemon, who is the Main Street Co- ordinator for Seaforth. Mr. Lemon is pointing to a drawing of a Seaforth mainstreet building with facade improvements. (Paul Rudan Photo) ACO, "What do you think the global design goals should be for Seaforth's mainstreet?" During a slide show that examined the Seaforth mainstreet of the late 1800s and progressed to modern times, Mr. Lemon of- fered many of his own ideas of what mainstreet should look like. "What we've lost is a lot of the special character of the retail space. Today's retail signs are flat, there's no division and you lose the over-all intensity - it (mainstreet) ends up like a canyon. Mainstreet doesn't create the same visual impact as it did in the 1890s." Mr. Lemon stated. "I'm still kind of a proponent of the over -hanging signs and the long sweeping awnings." Some of the suggestions from ACO members were to take away some of the parking spaces in front of stores and put in more rear parking (there is presently 740 store front parking spaces in Seaforth). A few members agreed with Mr. Lemon's preference for stores to have over -hanging signs. One general consensus was, if stores stocked better products it would draw more customers regardless of what cosmetic im- provements were made. Reeve Johnston offered some counter arguments. He stated that one problem with over -hanging signs is, that it would drive up the cost of liability insurance for businesses. He also added rhetorically, "How many of those nine (business) vacancies would have been filled if their was no store front parking spaces. The store owners depend on those spaces." Grade 8 students at Clinton School are raising money for Ottawa trip Julie Hohnee andNaDml Duddy CLINTON — These past few months, the Grade 8 students at Clinton Public School have been trying to raise money for a trip to Ottawa at the end of the year. To raise money, they were selling a number of dif- ferent items out of a catalogue. The past week or two the Grade 8s have been selling cheese and cheese gift packs. These will be in this week. Both of these fund raisers did well. Thanks to those who sup- ported them and it is hoped you will continue your support in the months to come! Library News The book fair this year was a successful one with about the same amount sold as last year. Another library happening is story hour. There is still room for more pre-schoolers. The next story hour is December 14. The theme for the next couple weeks is Christmas. They will be involved in stories, crafts and films .and maybe even get in to see a dress rehearsal of the Christmas concert. Christmas Concert The classes involved in this year's Christmas concert are kindergarten to Grade 4. This year we will be having two dif- ferent performances, an afternoon perfor- mance at 1:30 and an evening performance at' :30. Tickets are,$1 each. Babysitting ser- vices will be provided for pre-school children. Mrs. Hagan's kindergartens will be spell- ing out the word "Christmas" with a mean- ing for each letter and also they will be decorating a tree like long ago and singing carols. Miss Radley and Mrs. Jones' classes are going to be doing a musical play called The Toy Store. Mrs. Thomas' class is also doing a musical play called Tippy Toum Twoie and the Trouble in Toyland. Mr. Roorda's Grade 3s will be doing the Nativity Story and they will also be singing carols from five different countries. Last but not least are the Grade 4s from Mrs. Haney's class. They will be doing a French medley of Christmas songs. An afternoon and evening performance are being held this year in hopes of avoiding overcrowding. Money raised will -be used to cover costs of props... Upcoming Events French club has started. Some tentative plans are to make videos for next year's junior students to watch in class. Also a trip to Bingemann Park is planned for January to go and learn French and French games. Christmas at Ground Zero The Clinton Public School front doors will be decorated for Christmas: The Students' Council came on with the theme Christmas Yamafest A Sure Sign of Winter Fun 1988 Yanafest is Here! Sunday Dec. 13 Noon til 5 p.m. You've read the review, now YOU be the test rider. Rate the new sleds yourself, and give us your opinion. Free! • fun for the whole family • 25 point check-up (1-4 p.m. only) • Yarnafest hats (while they last) • hot chocolate • coffee Break into Winter Package Deal Yamaha BR 250 M Bravo With a Rainbow 50" trailer Speck One Day Price $2 899 plus P.D.G.& Freight BONUS: 4 L jug of Yamalube, spare belt, and a set of plugs at NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE. at Ground Zero. It is to show their concern about Nuclear War and what may happen in the future. School Sweats The school has ordered sweat shirts with the school logo on them. They are following the footpath of the CHSS Redrrien. Clinton Public School students will now be called Clinton Chiefs. Crew -neck sweat shirts, hooded sweat shirts, sweat pants, t -shirts, and painter's hats will be available. Have some school spirit - wear them proudly. Christmas Activities There will be a door judging contest on December 16. Each class is to decorate the door of their classroom most appropriate for Christmas time. Red and Green Day will be held December 15. It is hoped to see everyone dressed in red and green clothes. Catch the Christmas spirit! A Christmas Dance for Grades 5 to 8 will be on December 17 - starting at 3:30 p.m. Pop and chips available. The last week of school, December 14 to December 18 students will be assembling in the gym every morning. They will be sing- ing many different Christmas carols. The last day of school, every class will be assembling in the gym for some special events. introducing ... unique holiday gift eee Give a custom Gift Basket Ask about our •Gourmet Gift Baskets •Chocolate Lover's Basket •Holiday Gift Giver Basket • Pampered Bath Basket CALL BETWEEN 8.9 P.M. FOR YOUR ORDER 5244035 aII INVENTORY SALE 20% off ALL IN -STOCK GREENWARE FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL SUE 482-5212 There will be room for new students in January '88 Phone 482-5212 for your bookings now! — FINISHED PRODUCTS — now available at Clinton's Color Your World 166 VICTORIA ST. (HWY. 4 SOUTH) 482-3404 NOW 1 off DIABETES DAY Wednesday - December 16, 1987 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at BENFORD MEDICAL SURGICAL SUPPLIES Ltd. 291 Huron St. Stratford — 273-5626 =Information on Diabetes —Ames Representative available ---Glucometer 11 Demonstration —Service your Glucometer I —Come in for more information on the 75% funding for meters and strips for Diabetics on Insulin from the Canadian Diabetes Association Special ,. PRODUCT �$ DAY'ONLY • GENERAL (1-P ELECTRIC HENSALL'S BEST MICROWAVE BUY! 5 year Parts and labour Warranty on Magnetron Our Prices are so low they are a steal New stock arriving daily .....We do the service l) • Holds a 9N13- dish • Auto weight Defrost • Auto weight Cook 36995 Under Counter [fealel • Holds a 9-x13" dish • Touch Control • Mounting Kit 32995 8 cu H ALL WHITE MICROWAVE • Auto Roast Holds a " • Auto Defrost g" a 13' I i e • Temperature Dish i . Probe Also walnut 39995 OVER THE RANGE - Exhaust Fan • Lights • Shelf for Whole Meal Cooking 79995 Auto Cook - Auto Roast Auto Defrost FREE COOKING SCHOOL GOOD SELECTION TO CHOOSE FROM FREE COOKBOOK ALSO Specials on automatic washers, dryers, fridges, stoves and gas ranges and dryers FREE LAYAWAY A deposit will hold your gltt 1111 needed. We Service Whale We Sell IlIr EMAJOR APPLIANCE CENTRE LTCB. HENSALL 262-2728 Onta'rt OPEN MONDAYS IN DECEMBER. OPEN FRIDAY TILL 9' p.. 'THE PLACE TO BUY APPLIANCES 1 ACO holds annual meeting and dinner By Paul Rudan BAYFIELD - The Huron County Architec- tural Conservancy Assoctiation (ACO) held its annual dinner and meeting at the Little Inn on December 1. The ACO resolved to help support Bayfield in the restoration of its town hall which is to be condemned. Bayfield Reeve David Johnston who at- tended the event, stated at the conclusion of the dinner, that Hayfield's Town Hall was to be condemned. " We're asking the ACO for its expertise and recommendations to save this beautiful building," said Mr. Johnston. ACO president Christopher Borgal, then accepted a motion, "That we resolve, that the ACO support every effort towards the preservation, restoration and continued use of Hayfield's Town Hall, towards its use as a public building." The motion was unanimously accepted by the ACO members in attendance. Mr. Borgal then went on to state the ACO agenda for 19 One of the primary objec- tives of the ACO for the new year is to have school contests for drawings of buildings in Huron County, The reason is to increase childrens' awarness and learning of ar- chitecture and heritage. "People in Huron County should be expos- ed to heritage at an early age," declared Mr. Borgal. He is currently discussing the feasibility of such a contest with a representative from the Huron County Board of Education. Other projects for the ACO in 1988 in- clude: a fall tour of mills in Huron County and a summer lecture on conservation. Mr. Borgal then introduced the evenings' guest speaker, Tom Lemon, Mainstreet Co- ordinator for the Town of Seaforth. Mr. Lemon described himself as a, "rabble-rouser and someone who stirs the pot." He also adheres to the stategy of, "try- ing to ensure Canada's mainstreets through economic viability." When Mr. Lemon first arrived in Seaforth one year ago there were nine vacant stores... there are now only four. He also ran a window display contest for mainstreet merchants. The result was comments from people that, "Seaforth had the prettiest windows." His current project along with the Cor- poration of the Town of Seaforth is to im- prove the business and economic value of Seaforth. One method of accomplishing this task is a $200,000 kitty Seaforth has to uplift the current mainstreet image. The funds are to be spent on street seeping and facade improvements. In order to obtain ideas on what kind of improvements can be made to these two specifics, Mr. Lemon posed a question to the The Huron County Architecture Conservancy (ACO) held its annual dinner and meeting at the Little Inn in Bayfield on December 1. Shown here is ACO President Christopher Borgal (left) with the evening's guest speaker, Tom Lemon, who is the Main Street Co- ordinator for Seaforth. Mr. Lemon is pointing to a drawing of a Seaforth mainstreet building with facade improvements. (Paul Rudan Photo) ACO, "What do you think the global design goals should be for Seaforth's mainstreet?" During a slide show that examined the Seaforth mainstreet of the late 1800s and progressed to modern times, Mr. Lemon of- fered many of his own ideas of what mainstreet should look like. "What we've lost is a lot of the special character of the retail space. Today's retail signs are flat, there's no division and you lose the over-all intensity - it (mainstreet) ends up like a canyon. Mainstreet doesn't create the same visual impact as it did in the 1890s." Mr. Lemon stated. "I'm still kind of a proponent of the over -hanging signs and the long sweeping awnings." Some of the suggestions from ACO members were to take away some of the parking spaces in front of stores and put in more rear parking (there is presently 740 store front parking spaces in Seaforth). A few members agreed with Mr. Lemon's preference for stores to have over -hanging signs. One general consensus was, if stores stocked better products it would draw more customers regardless of what cosmetic im- provements were made. Reeve Johnston offered some counter arguments. He stated that one problem with over -hanging signs is, that it would drive up the cost of liability insurance for businesses. He also added rhetorically, "How many of those nine (business) vacancies would have been filled if their was no store front parking spaces. The store owners depend on those spaces." Grade 8 students at Clinton School are raising money for Ottawa trip Julie Hohnee andNaDml Duddy CLINTON — These past few months, the Grade 8 students at Clinton Public School have been trying to raise money for a trip to Ottawa at the end of the year. To raise money, they were selling a number of dif- ferent items out of a catalogue. The past week or two the Grade 8s have been selling cheese and cheese gift packs. These will be in this week. Both of these fund raisers did well. Thanks to those who sup- ported them and it is hoped you will continue your support in the months to come! Library News The book fair this year was a successful one with about the same amount sold as last year. Another library happening is story hour. There is still room for more pre-schoolers. The next story hour is December 14. The theme for the next couple weeks is Christmas. They will be involved in stories, crafts and films .and maybe even get in to see a dress rehearsal of the Christmas concert. Christmas Concert The classes involved in this year's Christmas concert are kindergarten to Grade 4. This year we will be having two dif- ferent performances, an afternoon perfor- mance at 1:30 and an evening performance at' :30. Tickets are,$1 each. Babysitting ser- vices will be provided for pre-school children. Mrs. Hagan's kindergartens will be spell- ing out the word "Christmas" with a mean- ing for each letter and also they will be decorating a tree like long ago and singing carols. Miss Radley and Mrs. Jones' classes are going to be doing a musical play called The Toy Store. Mrs. Thomas' class is also doing a musical play called Tippy Toum Twoie and the Trouble in Toyland. Mr. Roorda's Grade 3s will be doing the Nativity Story and they will also be singing carols from five different countries. Last but not least are the Grade 4s from Mrs. Haney's class. They will be doing a French medley of Christmas songs. An afternoon and evening performance are being held this year in hopes of avoiding overcrowding. Money raised will -be used to cover costs of props... Upcoming Events French club has started. Some tentative plans are to make videos for next year's junior students to watch in class. Also a trip to Bingemann Park is planned for January to go and learn French and French games. Christmas at Ground Zero The Clinton Public School front doors will be decorated for Christmas: The Students' Council came on with the theme Christmas Yamafest A Sure Sign of Winter Fun 1988 Yanafest is Here! Sunday Dec. 13 Noon til 5 p.m. You've read the review, now YOU be the test rider. Rate the new sleds yourself, and give us your opinion. Free! • fun for the whole family • 25 point check-up (1-4 p.m. only) • Yarnafest hats (while they last) • hot chocolate • coffee Break into Winter Package Deal Yamaha BR 250 M Bravo With a Rainbow 50" trailer Speck One Day Price $2 899 plus P.D.G.& Freight BONUS: 4 L jug of Yamalube, spare belt, and a set of plugs at NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE. at Ground Zero. It is to show their concern about Nuclear War and what may happen in the future. School Sweats The school has ordered sweat shirts with the school logo on them. They are following the footpath of the CHSS Redrrien. Clinton Public School students will now be called Clinton Chiefs. Crew -neck sweat shirts, hooded sweat shirts, sweat pants, t -shirts, and painter's hats will be available. Have some school spirit - wear them proudly. Christmas Activities There will be a door judging contest on December 16. Each class is to decorate the door of their classroom most appropriate for Christmas time. Red and Green Day will be held December 15. It is hoped to see everyone dressed in red and green clothes. Catch the Christmas spirit! A Christmas Dance for Grades 5 to 8 will be on December 17 - starting at 3:30 p.m. Pop and chips available. The last week of school, December 14 to December 18 students will be assembling in the gym every morning. They will be sing- ing many different Christmas carols. The last day of school, every class will be assembling in the gym for some special events. introducing ... unique holiday gift eee Give a custom Gift Basket Ask about our •Gourmet Gift Baskets •Chocolate Lover's Basket •Holiday Gift Giver Basket • Pampered Bath Basket CALL BETWEEN 8.9 P.M. FOR YOUR ORDER 5244035