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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."