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Exeter Times–Advocate
Wednesday,July 13, 2005
Thiel family is traced back 13 generations
A family reunion in Zurich Sunday afternoon brought together more than 200 members of the Thiel and
Lindenschmidt families. The patriarch of the family, Johann Adam Thiel, was born in 1796 and died sometime
between 1863 and 1870. He had five children and one stepson. The family has been able to trace its roots
back to Solms, Hessen, Germany. Below left: Two of the oldest members to attend the reunion were Stewart
Thiel (88) and his sister Helen Haberer (91). Both are residents of Blue Water Rest Home. Below right: The
youngest member of the extended family is five -week-old Aiden Paul Alexander Fenton. Aiden was born on
the anniversary of D -Day, June 6, 2005. His mother Wendy is the great-grandaughter of Freida Thiel. Aiden's
father is Cory Fenton. (photos/Stephanie Mandziuk)
Above: Jared Hillman (9) and his sister Jessica (1 1) of
Stoney Creek, take time out for bubble fun in the sun.
Below: Steven Thiel of London sings for an apprecia-
tive audience.
Left: Terry and Beth
Kreutzkamp of
Kitchener enjoy audi-
ence interaction when
they perform. Right:
Jordan Jeffrey (left) and
Ken Thiel control the
reigns for wagon rides.
The horses pulling the
wagon are Haflingers and
belong to Ken Thiel.
Charlie is on the left and
that's Sid on the right.
The reunion committee
is looking ahead to its
next big bash, five years
from now.
Dean family returning to United States
(Note: the following arti-
cle was submitted by the
Dean family)
EXETER — After 14
years in Exeter, the Dean
family is moving back to
the States.
Vernon, accompanied by
Ruth Ann, Joshua and
Stephanie arrived in the
early summer of 1991 to
begin pastoring Exeter
Pentecostal Tabernacle.
Having always lived in a
metropolitan area near
downtown Boston and
New York, Exeter was a
wonderful change for the
Deans.
Joshua and Stephanie
attended Exeter Public
School briefly before
becoming enrolled in
Clinton and District
Christian School and later
London and District
Christian Secondary
School. Ruth Ann was
busy teaching babysitting
and calligraphy and enjoy-
ing entering her crafts in
the fall fair.
Later on, she worked as
an EA at South Huron
District High and Exeter
Public School and also
worked part time at
Curves for Women.
Vernon has enjoyed
the many challenges of
pastoring Exeter
Pentecostal and getting to
know many of the fine
people of this community.
On July 3, Vernon began
pastoring Christian
Assembly in Vienna,
Virginia.
Pictured at left is the Dean family, who are returning to
the U.S. after spending 14 years in Exeter. Clockwise from
top left are Joshua, Stephanie, Ruth Ann and Vernon.
Beef restrictions lifted
By Stephanie Mandziuk
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
OTTAWA — New
Zealand has lifted its
remaining BSE -related
restrictions on Canadian
beef.
The New Zealand Food
Safety Authority (NZFSA)
is satisfied consumer
safeguards implemented
in Canada to manage the
human health risks asso-
ciated with bovine
spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE)
are equivalent to New
Zealand's standards.
This means the agency
acknowledges the safety
of Canadian beef with
respect to BSE.
Canada's Agri -Food
Minister, Andy Mitchell,
says, "The normalization
of beef trade with New
Zealand, a BSE -free
country, is a solid
acknowledgement of the
effectiveness of our BSE
measures in assuring the
safety of Canadian beef."
New Zealand will
remove the case-by-case
assessment of Canadian
bovine products current-
ly in place and arrange
for immediate imple-
mentation of our equiva-
lence decision and the
agreed certification for
bovine products export-
ed from Canada.
New Zealand officials
have indicated they hold
Canada in high regard
with respect to its agri-
cultural practices and
food safety risk manage-
ment systems.
This is the 15th coun-
try Canada has resumed
full or partial trade with
since borders were
closed in May 2003.