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The Times Advocate, 2006-07-26, Page 66 Exeter Times–Advocate Wednesday, July 26, 2006 Opinion Forum News Seniors' perspective Continued from page 5 Ethnic foods (including sauces and soups), e.g., chili, curries, egg rolls, satays, Szechwan sauce, Thai food, fried foods, gravy, Hydrolyzed plant protein/vegetable protein (source may be peanut) Peanut oil Snack foods, e.g., candy, chocolate, dried fruits, ener- gy/granola bars, mixed nuts, popcorn, potato chips, trail mixes, vegetarian meat substitutes. Non-food sources of peanuts Ant baits, bird feed, mouse traps, pet food, cosmetics, sun screens, craft materials, medications, vitamins, mushroom growing medium, stuffing in toys. Note: These lists are not complete and may change. Food and food products purchased from other countries, through mail-order or the Internet, are not always pro- duced using the same manufacturing and labeling stan- dards as in Canada. Before eating: Allergists recommend that if you do not have your epi- nephrine auto -injector device with you that you do not eat. If an ingredient list says a product "may contain" or "does contain" wheat or wheat derivatives, do not eat it. If you do not recognize an ingredient or there is no ingredient list available, avoid the product. Interesting thought: Put your car keys beside your bed at night. If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies. This tip came from a neighbourhood watch coordina- tor. Makes sense to me... Once upon a time the federal government owned a vast scrap yard in the middle of Southern Ontario. Parliament said, "Someone may steal from it at night." So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job. When Parliament said, "How does the watchman do his job without instruction?" So they hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do the studies. Then Parliament said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?" So they created African Lion Safari trip EXETER — It's hard to believe, but the South Huron Playground Program is almost half over. Thanks to everyone who joined us on our trip to Bingeman's last Friday. We had a blast in the water! Also, we hope the youngsters had a good time last Thursday when they got to `cream' the leader of their choice. What a mess! Next time we will have to switch it to `cream the kids!' Next week's theme is "Wild Side of Nature." Our crafts and events will be based around this theme and will include exciting activities such as animal charades, cupcake decorating and a trip to the African Lion Safari Aug. 3. There are still spots left on this trip so please call us at 235-2361 to reserve a spot. Just a reminder that the Playground Program will not be run- ning at the Ag Building for children not attending the trip. We appreciate the children who have been coming this sum- mer and we love to see new faces so keep coming out for the summer fun! MAGGIE MILLER EXETER PLAYGROUND LEADER a Quality Control department and hired two people, one to do the studies and one to write reports. Then Parliament said, "How are these people going to get paid?" So they created the following positions, a pay- roll officer and an auditor then hired two people. Then Parliament said, "Who will be accountable for all these people?" So they created an administrative sec- tion and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary. Then Parliament said, "We have had this operation for one year and we are $18,000 over budget. We must cut back overall cost." So they lay off the night watch- man. Subject: Living Will: Last night, my wife and I were sitting in the living room talking about many things. The idea of a Living Will came up and I said to her, "I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle. If I ever come to that just pull the plug." She got up, unplugged the TV, and then threw out my beer. Improvements of Hensall Union Cemetery The Memorial and Decoration Day Service will be held at the Hensall Union Cemetery at 2 ' p.m. on Sun., July 30. I encour- age you to attend this service and then take a stroll through the cemetery to see what changes have been made. In the last few months the Hensall Union Cemetery has seen a number of improvements to their property thanks in large part to the generosity of the Municipalities of Huron East, Bluewater and South Huron which financially supported our monument repair and restoration project. We are also grateful for the generosity of a number of individuals and service organizations that have supported our endeavors to maintain the monu- ments in this cemetery. Since last September there have been a total of 27 monuments which have either had new foun- dations laid and/or have been resealed for a cost of more than $7,000. Each of the monuments in the cemetery is unique and beautiful in their own way and each has a story to tell about the people that lived here. The board of directors for the Hensall Union Cemetery recognizes the importance or repairing and restoring these monuments as a historical record for this and future generations but we need the support of this gen- eration to ensure that these monuments are preserved. We look forward to seeing you at our Memorial and Decoration Day Service on July 30. On behalf of the board of directors, JOANNE ROWCLIFFE, Secretary -Treasurer, Hensall Union Cemetery. Letters to the Editor ltor Keller Roofing receives award EXETER — Keller Roofing & Sheet Metal Inc. has received the 2006 Partner in Quality Award from Firestone Building Products Company. President of Firestone Building Products and CEO of BFS Diversified Products, LLC Michael Gorey says, "Firestone Building Products is proud to honour roofing contractors who contin- ue to display installation excellence. "Keller Roofmg & Sheet Metal Inc. has received the Partner in Quality Award for demonstrating a commitment to long-term roofing system performance," adds Gorey. The Firestone Partner in Quality Award recognizes contractors who installed a minimum of four Firestone roofs in each of the past five years, maintained at least one million square feet of Firestone roofs under warranty and achieved an annual Quality Incidence Rating (QIR) of 2.0 or less. Firestone's recently created QIR mea- sures for each contractor's quality per- formance based on repair incidences per million square feet under warranty. Many people came out for great deals week at the Exeter Library book sale. and Dolores Serle of London load up on both soft and hard covered books last Above from left, Sharlene Davis of Lucan on books July 19. (photo/Nina Van Lieshout) Suntastic invests in $4 million system Suntastic Hothouses Inc. in Exeter just bought two boilers from Belgium, a heating system that will burn wood chips from Try Recycling of London.The heating system is a $4 million investment.Above from left owners Jeff Kints, Burkhard Metzger and Eric Kints stand in front of one of the Vyncke Biomass Boilers which weighs 143,000 pounds. (photo/Nina Van Lieshout) By Nina Van Lieshout TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF EXETER — Suntastic Hothouses Inc. in Exeter will soon begin using wood chips to heat their greenhouses. The heating system which was being installed last week costs $4 million dol- lars and includes two Vyncke Biomass Boilers from Belgium, weighing 143,000 pounds each. Co-owner Burkhard Metzger says energy costs is the main reason why Suntastic has installed the system. He says changes had to be made to keep Suntastic open. "From 1996 to what we paid last year (expenses) tripled in gas. Last year we paid $2.4 million," says Metzger. "It's a $4 million investment, but we'll have that back in four years," Metzger adds. The heating system works like a large wood stove. Water is heated in a two - million litre storage tank, heating the 36 acres of greenhouses at Suntastic, which grow peppers and tomatoes. The system can also burn other biofu- els like corn. Metzger says "eventually they would like to grow their own fuel," but right now the wood chips are being supplied by Try Recycling in London. The heating system is expected to be operational in September.