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The Times Advocate, 2004-03-17, Page 27Wednesday,March 17, 2004 Exeter Times -Advocate 27 CIBC donates $12,500 to Bluewater CDF Dianne De Wys (left) and Barbara Caldwell (right) of CIBC Exeter present a cheque for $12,500 to Coun. John Becker and board of director Brian Brooke of the Bluewater Community Development Foundation March 13. The bank branch was also celebrating its 25th anniversary. (photo/Mary Simmons) Kids Care Day Students from Samantha Richards Grade 5/6 class raised 136 per cent of the amount required to take part in Kids Care Day at Grand Bend public school March 12. Students were asked to each bring $2 for the Children's Hospital of Western Ontario. Participants were treated to a movie in the gym. (photo/Mary Simmons) Children's entertainer Ronno was at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel school March 9 to perform an interactive concert promoting self-respect, as well as respect for oth- ers and the environment. (photo/Mary Simmons) POLICE BRIEFS Nursery forced open, tools stolen EXETER — On March 9 at 1:30 p.m. OPP were contacted about a break-in at the Greenway Nursery & Landscaping business on Pickard Street in Exeter. Sometime between March 6 and March 9 someone forced open the doors to the office and the work shed. A Poulan cement saw, Karcher gas pow- ered pressure washer and a water pump were stolen. OPP officers out of the Exeter office are investigating. If you have information about this break-in or the whereabouts of the stolen property call the OPP or Crime Stoppers at 1-800- 222-8477 (TIPS). Skating carnival at Hensall arena Sun.Apr. 4 By Carmel Sweeney ZURICH CORRESPONDENT ZURICH - There will be a `Cor' weekend retreat for teenagers from age 16-21 from March 26-28 in Dublin, for more information call Dianne Miller at 236-4479. May we offer our sincere sympathy to the family and relatives of the late Doreen Denomme who died on March 8, especially to her husband Joe. A surprise 50th birthday party was held recently for Mary Becker of Dashwood at ZURIC the Hay Township Hall in Zurich with sev- eral friends and relatives attending. Her birthday was on Feb. 28. Congratulations to Bill and Maddy Smith who cele- brated their 50th wedding anniversary on Feb. 27. They went on a trip to Arizona and British Columbia with their daughter Diane and John Wilds. Marie Tieman of Exeter is happy to announce the arrival of her first grandchild. A little boy, Charlie Glenn Walter, was born on March 2 to proud parents Julia and Mike Burton of Zurich. Also congratulations to Charlie and Tammy Ducharme on the arrival of their baby girl, Emma Marie who was born on March 8. Dick and Betty Bedard of RR 2 Zurich recently enjoyed a nice month's vacation in the Dominican Republic. Come out to the ham bingo at the Township Hall in Zurich on Thurs., March 25. It is sponsored by the Blue Water Skating Club. Doors open at 6 p.m. with bingo starting at 7 p.m. Josephine Denomme returned home Sun., March 7 after a nice three-week holiday visiting with her chil- dren in Calgary. Her daughter Debbie of Sarnia, trav- elled with Josie to the home of son, Fred and Toni Denomme and two children in Calgary. Another son Stephen of Abbotsford, B.C. helped Josie celebrate her birthday which was on Feb. 26. The Zurich Bean Festival annual meeting will be on Wed., March 17 at the Zurich Fire Hall at 7:30 p.m. All service groups who worked at the 2003 Bean Festival are asked to attend this meeting to collect their dona- tion. For more information Call Rose Erb at 236-7733. Wendy and Chantell Rowan of Hensall recently spent the weekend in Waterloo with daughter, Dana and Mike Bernhardt. They had fun spoiling new little granddaughter, Tegan Dawn who was born on Feb. 8. They also visited with Melissa. The Catholic Women's League Fun Night will be held in Goderich on Mon., April 19 which begins with Mass at St. Peter's Church at 6 p.m. Followed by dinner at Knights of Columbus Hall. Cost is $16 a person. The convention will be held in Woodstock this year from April 26 to 27. The Blue Water -Zurich Skating Club will be holding their carnival at the Hensall Arena on Sun., April 4 at 2 p.m. `Wheels On Ice' is their theme. Please plan to attend and support the club and see some good skat- ing. Get your ticket for the first big event being held at the Blue Water Community Centre in Zurich on Sat., April 17 at 9 p.m. It is an Elimination Draw and Video Dance (BX93) Tickets are available at J & L Variety or from any Minor Athletic Association members for $20 a per- son. Plan to come out and see the new building and have fun at the same time. It was very exciting to attend the 2004 Ontario Winter Games Opening Ceremonies held in London Thurs., March 11 at the John Labatt Centre along with Heather, Rene and Tootie. I couldn't believe how big H NEWS the centre was. It was packed. We had really good seats near the stage. It was really nice to see the Exeter Novice Classics Synchronized Skating Team in the Parade of Athletes, among several other team sports that were taking place all weekend at various places. The skaters on the Exeter team that I knew were Heidi Klopp, and Alyssa Becker along with coach Kathy McLlwain. It was also great to see Brian Orser skating in person. Tickets are now on sale for the Canadian Championships Skating being held at the J. L. Centre in London from Jan. 17-23, 2005, by calling 519-488- 1012. The Zurich Beavers along with their leaders recently enjoyed going on an outing to Tim Hortons in Grand Bend. On March 24 they will be visiting the Zurich Veterinary Clinic. The Zurich cubs have been busy. They went bowling in Goderich recently. After the March break on March 23, they will be going swimming at the new YMCA building in Goderich. It is Sap Night on March 30 at the bush. Some members of the Blue Water Zurich Skating Club took part hi the WOSWIC Competition this past weekend held in Sarnia. Hubert and Vesta Miller of Dashwood recently returned from a two-week vacation in Houston, Texas. While there they enjoyed a five-day cruise from Galvinston to Cozamal, Mexico. Also on the cruise were Vickie and Bob Hutchinson and Bob's parents from Sarnia. Bob and Dianne (Miller) Biggam from Toronto also flew to Texas and had the privilege of babysitting Vickie and Bob's three girls. Carmel's Zurich column will not appear on March 24. She will return from holidays to write her column in time for the March 31 edition.