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JANUARY 4
• Kraft Canada is selling five
Canadian plants including its facility
in Exeter.
The sale sees Kraft selling the five
Canadian plants and a big portion of
its Canadian grocery assets, includ-
ing Aylmer vegetables and Primo
pasta, to two U.S. companies, Sun
Capital Partners Inc., and EG
Capital Group. The new company,
which will include the Exeter can-
ning plant, will be called CanGro
Foods.
• South Huron council opposes a
provincial plan to revise the munici-
pal employees retirement fund out
of fear it could cause increases to
property taxes and reduce services.
Bill 206, a provincial act which
seeks to revise the Ontario
Municipal Employees Retirement
System (OMERS), has passed second
reading in the Ontario Legislature.
• A local doctor recruitment com-
mittee is planning to design a web-
site to help promote the area to doc-
tors.
The South Huron Medical
Recruitment Committee received a
boost as South Huron council
agreed to kick in $2,000 for the site,
which will provide information on
medical opportunities in the area
and include links to various other
municipal sites.
JANUARY! 1
• The province is putting the resi-
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sale, but residents won't be given
the option of buying their homes.
Ontario Realty Corporation (ORC)
community liaison officer Charlene
Deyarmond confirmed to the Times -
Advocate, the residential side of the
park will be listed nationally by the
end of this week. She said the ORC,
which manages land for the
province, is seeking one buyer for
the entire residential portion, which
consists of 355 homes.
Deyarmond said current Huron
Park residents will not have the
option of buying their homes.
JANUARY 18
• Dave Burrell is upset the
province has decided not to allow
Huron Park residents to buy their
homes.
Burrell, originally from London,
has lived in Huron Park for three
years.
He said his reaction to the news
was "disappointment. I was very
disappointed and angry. I was angry
because I was told we'd be able to
buy our places ... I had to actually
leave the meeting because I was
that angry."
JANUARY 25
• Last Monday was a long, highly
anticipated night for the candidates
running in the 2006 federal election.
But for one candidate it was worth
the wait to find out he'd still hold his
spot in office.
Paul Steckle, Liberal incumbent
for the riding of Huron -Bruce will
add another term to his already
mounting 12 -year tender. His victo-
ry though, was bitter sweet.
• "Pretty close," was how Huron -
Bruce Conservative Party candidate
Ben Lobb described his narrow
election defeat at the hands of
incumbent Liberal MP Paul Steckle
in the federal election campaign.
In his first federal election, Lobb
finished with 20,289 votes with
Steckle winning a total of 21,178
votes and 39.7 per cent. Lobb had
38.1 per cent.
• Conservative Bev Shipley, mayor
of Middlesex Centre sailed to victory
in his Lambton-Kent-Middlesex rid-
ing during Monday night's 2006
election.
Shipley will have to give up his
position as mayor when he officially
becomes MP.
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Hensall Public School
students recently donat-
ed canned goods and
toys to the Huron
County Christmas
Bureau.Also,the Grade
2/3 class raised $240 in
Canadian Tire Money to
buy toys they donated
to the Christmas
Bureau. In front from
left are Jacob Foxton
and Tyler Cooper; in the
middle from left are
Landon Kenney, Brittany
Parker,Amber Reid,
Taylor Marriage, Emma
Smallman and Kristina
Troyer, while in back are
Bureau volunteers Peter
McFalls, left, and Walt
Tiedeman. (photo/submit-
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Lucky winner — John Moir
(middle) was the first winner
of the Exeter Lions `Redneck
NASCAR' lottery draw
recently and was awarded his
tickets to a NASCAR race
by Bruce Hodge from the
Exeter Lions and Sherri
Coleman from CWT Ellison
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held Jan. 15 with tickets still
available. Five hundred are
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