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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2006-04-05, Page 1616 Exeter Times–Advocate Wednesday, April 5, 2006 Students from Precious Blood School enjoyed Wacky Hair Day on Tues., March 28. Many students participated in the event put on by Student's Council. Above back left: Laura Gehan, Rachel Walker and Shawn Kerslake. Middle left: Lindsay Dalrymple, Devon Jones, Paige Keller, Grace Stephens,Tess Atthill and Anna Bilcke. Front left: Aveleigh Keller,Vanessa Boyle, Holly Clausius, Brooke Palsa and Natasha McPhail. (photo/Kaitie Jinks) Ice show at SH Rec Centre EXETER — The Exeter Skating Club is pleased to be hosting the H.O.M.E. Region Bursary Ice Show on April 7 at 7 p.m at the South Huron Rec Centre. This show features club skaters as well as provin- cial, national and international competitors. Representing some of the local clubs are Mackenzie Holtzmann from the Exeter Skating Club, Amanda Kelland from the Bluewater-Zurich Skating Club and Sarah Thompson from the Lucan Skating Club. Also performing at the show will be Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir from the Ilderton Skating Club. Virtue and Moir have had a great year, placing third in Senior Dance at the Canadian Championships, first at the Junior Grand Prix Finals in the Czech Republic and most recently first at the Junior Worlds in Slovenia. Also skating are synchro teams from Ilderton and Port Stanley that placed first and fourth at the Canadian Synchronized Skating Championships. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children and are available at the door. Lucan Biddulph considering new alcohol policy By Nina Van Lieshout TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF LUCAN BIDDULPH — Representatives from the Alcohol & Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) met with Lucan Biddulph council March 30. The AGCO is a Provincial Agency, estab- lished in February 1998 under the Alcohol & Gaming Regulation & Public Protection Act. Det. Sgt. Pat Morrissey and Insp. Daniel Deslippe explained sever- al ideas and options to council that they could offer for Lucan Biddulph, stressing the point that the policy which would be instated would benefit the community, assisting with public safety. Morrissey and Deslippe say all policies are unique to the particular munici- pality, depending on what the particular area's con- cerns and needs are. For example, they say some municipalities have banned bottles at events, using plastic cups instead. They also went into detail of how important it is to develop a policy under the AGCO, explain- ing the benefits in com- parison to a policy which is not a part of the AGCO. Morrissey explained the dangers to the township if someone gets hurt at a public event, involving alcohol. He stressed the fact that it is the people who own the building, Lucan Biddulph in the case of the arena, who are responsible, not the peo- ple hosting the event. One benefit for choosing to partner with the AGCO, according to Morrissey is that it shows residents that Lucan Biddulph is taking every safety mea- sure they can for their community when it comes to this issue. Another benefit for the township is that AGCO has both the knowledge and experience in form- ing successful policies for municipalities. Morrissey and Deslippe stressed the fact that they are not trying to force anything on the township they are just trying to pro- tect the community. They also say policies are flexible and can be changed if there is an area found not suitable at some point. Mayor Tom McLaughlin made several comments, saying he does not under- stand why this is not being promoted at a county level rather then the municipality level. He also believes the AGCO policies are another form of downloading from municipalities. McLaughlin disagrees with the fact that each municipality is able to choose its own policy. He says it creates com- petition among the differ- ent townships. McLaughlin says this needs to be a provincewide decision and not done on a munici- pal level. He used the smoking by- law as an example, saying the same problems could occur with individual alcohol policies. McLaughlin says he plans to bring this issue to county council. Deputy Mayor Perry Caskanette also feels a new policy will not be beneficial. Other council notes: Lobo Animal Control Centre Council spoke with Gertie Dielman of the Lobo Animal Control Centre. Dielman told council her biggest issue is enforcing the law. She also told council she felt Lucan Biddulph was providing good service for the township. Dielman explained her plans to expand her barn at the Lobo Animal Control Centre in the fall of 2007. Lucan doctor shortage Lucan Biddulph is hop- ing to bring another doc- tor to town. The township, which is underserviced, is consid- ered a good candidate for getting a doctor since it is close to London. Caskanette says he is already looking into a few leads for the area. Arena Update Arena manager Ken Needham discussed a few items with council. He explained vandalism is really becoming a prob- lem in and around the arena. An instance recently saw a beer bottle go through the Lucan Library window, costing $920 to fix. Needham also told council that Lucan Biddulph was denied a grant by Farm Credit Canada which would help support a handicapped washroom for the Leprechaun Hall. cooking with memories BY DEBBY WAGLER THERE IS AN OLD, DISCOLOURED RECIPE CARD THAT HOLDS A FAVORITE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE RECIPE. MY BROTHER INSISTED THAT THIS SPECIAL RECIPE IS THE ONLY ONE FOR GREAT COOKIES! I HAVE FOUND LOTS OF OTHER ONES BUT I DO ADMIT THAT THIS RECIPE TURNS OUT A COOKIE THAT GETS RAVES FROM YOUNG AND OLD. IT IS CRISP AND SOFT AT THE SAME TIME! IT FREEZES WONDERFUL AND TASTES GREAT RIGHT OUT OF THE FREEZER, AS MY YOUNGEST SON, JOSH, WILL ATTEST TO. THE ONLY SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION I HAVE IS DON'T BE SKIMPY ON THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS - THE MORE THE BETTER!! MARK'S CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES 3/4 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup white sugar I cup shortening (reg. or golden works) 2 eggs 1 tsp soda 1 tsp vanilla 1 tsp salt 2 cups flour 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (or substitute milk or do 1/2 and 1/2 Preheat oven to 375. Blend together sugars, shortening and eggs. Add all other ingredients and mix well. Bake 8- 12 minutes. Cool slightly and then remove to a rack. Freeze any extras - ha, ha! Junior 'D' teams apply to become 'C' league By Pat Bolen TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF EXETER — The Exeter Hawks may be playing in a new league next year along with the North Middlesex Stars, Belmont Bombers, Mt. Brydges Bulldogs, Thamesford Trojans, West Lorne Lakers, Mitchell Hawks and Lucan Irish, if the wishes of the teams come true. Exeter Hawk president Tom Seip said the teams have sent a letter to the OHA requesting they be redesignated as junior 'C'. Seip said the teams individually don't want to become Junior 'C', "we got together as a group and made a decision that we would like to have our junior D league changed to junior C." Seip said teams in the 'D' level have the most problems recruiting players. "We understand what they were trying to do with the Canadian model but it has affected our area the most, because with 'D' we have the fewest amount of possibilites to draw from...we really have no farm team or anyone to affiliate with to pull up to help you out." Seip said the teams would like to keep everything the same as it is now, "except at the end of our name it wouldn't be junior 'D', it would be junior 'C' He added the teams are not talking individually because the OHA would like to split the league geo- graphically. "They would like to have Parkhill, Lucan and Exeter join with Goderich and maybe Wingham...you'd be doing a lot more busing so the expenses would be greater." According to Seip, if the redesignation goes ahead, the nine teams will play among themselves with the winner emerging to compete against other 'C' levels teams in the playoffs. One change that would be necessary would be that the new league would have to end its regular season earlier in order to fit with the junior 'C' playoffs. He added the teams were looking to be progres- sive and make their own decisions before the OHA made the decision for them. "When they put you in, they're going to put you in where they want you." According to Seip, there is no timeframe for the decision to be made after the teams sent a letter as a group to the OHA which was replied to by the league. "It looks like what we feared,"said Seip. "They would like to pick and choose and go that way, rather than take a whole group." He added it is unknown whether a decision will be made in time for next season. "We're trying to protect the league because it is harder in smaller communities with the effects with the new Canadian model to keep players in. If we can't bring 15 year olds out of our younger groups to develop we're in big trouble."