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Exeter Times–Advocate
Wednesday, November 3, 2004
New Cubs were welcomed into the group Oct. 21 at the Lucan Scout and Guide
Hall. Back row, left to right, Logan Cotton, David Vandenberg, Craig Avery, Adam
Paton and Billy Ellison. Front row, left to right, new members GregoryVandenberg,
Owen Sloetjes, Ryan Acs and Alec Barstow. (photo/Mary Simmons)
In the weeks leading up to Halloween several houses in Exeter and
surrounding area were Booed. Residents found a sign with treats and instructions
to put the sign on the front door or in a visible window.They were also told to
secretly pass on the Boo to one or two neighbours or friends within two days.
Kassie,Abbie, Lindsay and Owen Chandler, Emily Van Mierlo, Madi Lawrence and
Sherry Wedlake were some of the children on Snider Crescent in Exeter who
participated in the Booing. (photo/Mary Simmons)
some in the
Kause For Kids parade
planned for this Saturday
By Scott Nixon
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
GRAND BEND —
Ontario's West Coast
Riders will once again
be helping kids this
weekend.
The riders are holding
their 3rd annual motor-
cycle parade in Grand
Bend Saturday at noon.
The parade is an effort
to raise stuffed toys and
money for local chari-
ties helping children
with special needs.
Parade watchers are
encouraged to bring
along a toy to donate to
the cause. The parade
will go ahead rain or
shine.
Last year's Kause For
Kids parade raised
$21,000, which stayed
in Huron, Lambton and
Middlesex counties. The
money is distributed
through the Grand
Bend Optimists.
The parade starts at
noon sharp at the West
Coast Riders' clubhouse
on Hwy. 21 (across
from Denny's Drive-in).
The route will go north
on Hwy. 21, arriving at
the Gables for enter-
tainment by The
Decades. One of the
parade's organizers,
John Relouw, said the
Gables event has been
sold out but another
party will also be held
at the Colonial.
Entrance into the
parade and the party
(which includes a
lunch) is $15. The first
100 bikers will also get
T-shirts.
Relouw encourages
the public to watch the
parade. Bikes will be
decorated and Relouw
said 200 riders took
part in last year's
parade.
In the last year, the
West Coast Riders have
donated to: the Thames
Valley Children's
Centre; Sunshine -
Dreams for Kids; the
Spinabifida and
Hydrocephalus
Association of Ontario;
War Amps - Champ
Program; Make a Wish
Foundation of
Southwestern Ontario;
Camp Trillium; Huron
United Way; Juvenile
Diabetes Research
Foundation; Sari
Therapeutic Riding; the
Children's Hospital of
Southwestern Ontario
Pediatric Cancer Wing;
Stepping Stones;
Lambton Kids, Hearing
Impaired, Deaf and
Hard of Hearing - for
their Strobe Light
Smoke Detector
Program; Alexander
MacKenzie Secondary
School (Sarnia) trip to
Niagara Falls for
Special Needs Students;
Community Living
Sarnia - Lambton
Summer Respite
Program
After last year's
parade, 1,200 toys were
distributed to: Phoenix
House, Exeter;
Women's Interval Home
of Sarnia; Women's
Crisis Centre of
Goderich; Blessings,
Zurich; OPP of Exeter
and Petrolia (including
four surrounding
detachments; South
Huron Hospital; individ-
ual families in the
Grand Bend, Dashwood,
Exeter and Port Franks
area; Contact House,
Forest; Children's Aid
Sarnia; area Christmas
Bureaus; local fire
departments; and the
Grand Bend Lioness for
the Christmas Basket
Program.
Tickets are available
at the Colonial Hotel,
238-2371 and the
Grand Bend Chamber of
Commerce, 238-2001
and Ontario's West
Coast Riders.
Additional information
on this Saturday's
parade can be found at
www.grandbend.com/ka
useforkids/
Police respond to several vandalism
reports over Halloween weekend
EXETER — Huron OPP
investigated several
reports of vandalism
over the past weekend.
The first report was
received Oct. 29 at
10:45 p.m. from a resi-
dence on Pryde
Boulevard in Exeter.
Someone had cut sever-
al branches out of a
hedge at the rear of the
victim's property that
night. The rear of the
property is next to the
The Exeter Bunny ringette team had some different equipment on at their practice in Hensall Oct.28 in honour
of Halloween. (photo/PatBolen)
high school soccer field
and OPP said it will take
several years before the
damage repairs itself
with new growth.
Two more reports
were received in Exeter
when damage was done
at South Huron District
High School Oct. 31. In
the first case someone
damaged the door at
the west entry and
wrote symbols on the
wall, windows and
walkways with wash-
able paint. Police say
some of the symbols
were a star, 666, three
joined circles and many
swastikas.
Later that night offi-
cers returned to the
school after someone
smashed a second
storey window. The
damage is estimated at
$300.
Another report was
received that night in
Exeter around 8 p.m.
Police say two teenaged
males were crossing
Main Street near
Becker's when four
older male youths ran
up, tripped the two
males to the ground and
ran off with their candy.
Officers are following
up on information.
Police also received
reports of people
smashing pumpkins and
soaping windows, but
say in general it was a
better Halloween than
past years since there
were no cases of fires or
other major damage
reported.
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