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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2006-12-27, Page 1718 TIMES -ADVOCATE Wednesday, December 27, 2006 St. Boniface Christmas Zurich concert — From left, St. Boniface students Andre Regier,Annette Hartman, Olivia McCarter and Emily Corbett were performing in the school Christmas concert Dec. 19. Below are Veronica Rau, Nigel Van Aaken, Elliot Paulger, Natalie Bedard and Hannah Crane. (photos/Pat Bolen) Mount Carmel Concert Christmas concert — On Dec. 18 Mount Carmel held its annual Christmas concert.Above from left Bryanna Haist, Jada Palen and Isabelle Vanhie play doves in "The Friendly Beast." Below from left Dillon Haist, Ellen Glavin, Sara Dietrich, Rachel Bosley, Paige Kinsey and Travis Harsen entertain the crowd in "The Donkeys Dream." (photos/Nina Van Lieshout) POLICE BRIEFS Mischief to Legion HENSALL — During the early morning hours of Dec. 16 unknown parties removed the Christmas lights from the front of the Hensall Legion and Library. Beer bottles were smashed at both places and approximately $100 worth of damage was done. Lucan motor theft LUCAN — On Dec. 19 on Station Street and Queen Street in Lucan, an Outboard motor was noticed missing. The Outboard motor was stolen from the boat during the last six months. R.I.D.E. finds no charges LUCAN — The OPP conducted a R.I.D.E. on Main Street at Saintsbury Line in Lucan Dec. 21. They checked 63 vehicles. There were no charges laid. Student stars — Nicole Brideau,Will Earle, Mark Anthony Miller were some of the other performers in the show. (photo/Pat Bolen) OCTOBER 4 • The board of directors for the Grand Bend Area Community Health Centre (GBACHC) has called in a mediator to deal with a conflict between the cen- tre's executive director, the board and staff. Details are few — at the GBACHC's annual gener- al meeting Saturday, chairman of the board David Bannister wouldn't say what the conflict was and said a mediator from London is preparing a report. Bannister told the Times -Advocate he expects to receive the report this week. OCTOBER 11 • A meeting last week provided the public with more information on an upcoming study of South Huron's business community. The `Business Retention and Expansion Program,' a year-long program, has been done in communities across the province and is designed to identify the needs and problems of local businesses and help them expand and thrive. In South Huron, the pro- ject has been labelled the `South Huron Affiance for Retention and Expansion' (SHARE). Nearby commu- nities such as Seaforth and Goderich are also undertaking such projects. • Students at area schools heard a powerful mes- sage last week on respecting themselves and each other. The speaker was Mike Neuts, whose son Myles died Feb. 6, 1998, after being hanged from a coat hook at a school in Chatham. Since the death of their son, Mike and his wife Brenda have spoken to thousands of students, par- ents, teachers and other groups about the well being of youth. OCTOBER 18 • The Crediton/Centralia sewer project took anoth- er step forward Monday night with council award- ing three contracts for the job totalling $6,384,563 plus GST. In a recorded vote, South Huron councillors voted unanimously to award the three tenders to the low bidding companies and move forward with the pro- ject, a project that has been controversial among Crediton and Centralia residents due to costs prop- erty owners will face. The contracts awarded are as follows: $2.9 million to Elgin Construction for the Crediton sewer project; $1.9 million to Omega Contractors for the Centralia portion; and $1.5 million to K&L Construction for a new pumping station in Crediton and modifications to the existing station in Huron Park. OCTOBER 25 • A number of concerns were raised at a public meeting last week to discuss a proposal to erect a wind turbine generator at the Lake Huron Water Treatment Plant. The electricity generated by the wind turbine would be used by the water treatment plant. The 80 metre tall wind generator tower would supply 16 per cent of the plant's electricity needs. • With some South Huron residents already voting in this fall's municipal election, some ballots are being rejected because voters are returning their ballots incorrectly. South Huron clerk and election returning officer Sandra Strang gave an update on the election at council's Monday night meeting. • NOVEMBER 1 • Ground was officially broken Monday during a ceremonial dig, commemorating GreenField Ethanol's newest facility to be constructed at the Hensall District Co-op, costing $150 million. "Today is a historic day for the Hensall Co-op," said Hensall District Co-op CEO Earl Wagner. The plant will be GreenField Ethanol's fourth facility. It will also be the largest to date. NOVEMBER 8 • The municipality has made an amendment to its vote by mail procedures to allow some of the improperly completed ballots to count — as long as the signed declaration form is included in the package. As previously reported, there has been concern over the number of improperly completed ballots in South Huron. As of Monday night, 527 (or 17.7 per cent) of 2,961 ballots processed have been rejected because they were improperly completed. • "It's the most dangerous drug I've seen at the street level." That's how Huron OPP Det. Const. Mike McCabe described methamphetamine at a Community Forum meeting at South Huron District High School last week. Crystal meth, part of the methamphetamine family of drugs, was the main focus of the meet- ing, with McCabe and Shona Gray of Huron Addiction Services filling in parents, teachers and youth on the effects crystal meth can have on a person's life and the risks involved. NOVEMBER 15 • South Huron voters chose experience in the mayoral race Monday night as Usborne's Ken Oke enjoyed a big win over Exeter's Dean Ducharme to become the municipality's new mayor. Oke, a current South Huron councillor with over 15 years of council experience, defeated political newcomer Ducharme with 2,842 votes compared to Ducharme's 1,095. NOVEMBER 22 • Three veteran members of South Huron coun- cil said goodbye to municipal politics Monday night at the outgoing council's final regular meet- ing. Mayor Rob Morley and Coun. Harvey Ratz decid- ed to retire from municipal politics, while Deputy Mayor Dave Urlin ran for mayor in Northern Bruce Peninsula, but was defeated by longtime incumbent Milton McIver. NOVEMBER 29 • Local businesses had a successful night last week at the first annual Huron Manufacturing Excellence Awards at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex in Wingham. Awards were handed out in six different cate- gories, with businesses in the Times -Advocate's readership area having a strong showing. Winning the Innovative Manufacturing Award, given to three companies who achieved best results by applying innovative manufacturing techniques, were Dashwood Industries of Centralia, Exi-Plast Custom Moulding of Huron Park and Syfilco Ltd. of Exeter.