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Home My WebLink AboutThe Times Advocate, 2007-07-18, Page 1616 Exeter Times -Advocate Wednesday, July 18, 2007 Hand -carving hobby — Exeter resident Lloyd Otterbein finished his most recent wood- working creation last month, a hand carved 20 -mule team. Mules are used to move borax out of the dessert. Otterbein has mastered the hand carvings over the years, making several other projects featuring a 50 -team horse hitch in 1995, which took a year to create and now sits in the Mayan General Store. Otterbein also created five "Last Suppers," which can be found in various churches and living rooms in the area. Otterbein's dad Edmond began this generational hobby, starting in the 1 800s. Otterbein has done wood hand carvings since about 1946. His son Wayne, above, who is a proprietor of Otterbein's Barbershop in Exeter also does carvings, but instead focuses on leather carvings. (photo/Nina Van Lieshout) Zurich community yard sale Aug. 11 By Carmel Sweeney ZURICH CORRESPONDENT ZURICH - Congratulations to bride and groom, Angela Denomme and Dave Clarke who were married in Strafford on July 14. Angela is the daughter of Mary -Lou Denomme (Zurich). Several relatives from our area attended the wedding. The couple will be liv- ing in Stratford. On Sat., July 14 the annual "YA YA Sister's" get-together was held at the home of Paula LaPorte with their husbands this year who enjoyed a lovely summer BBQ meal with those coming from Chatham, London and the Zurich area. John and Mary Jacobs from Hensall recently travelled to Halifax and several other places on a two week vacation. John's brother was also here recently visiting from Holland. Be sure and get your Elimination Draw and Dance tickets for the Zurich Fair Board Event on Fri., July 27. Following the talent show and entertainment the dance will take place with the band Shivers providing music. Cost is $10 person. There will not be any bed races this year after the parade at the Zurich Fair on July 28. St. Boniface Little Ethan George Harburn was Baptized recently at St. Boniface Church by Fr. Peter. He is the son of Anne and Steve from Zurich. St. Boniface Parish Annual Chicken BBQ sup- per will be held on Sun., Aug. 12 at 5 p.m. For tickets call K. of C. member John Jacobs at 262-2013 in Hensall or call Lori at the office 236-4191. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for kids six to 12 years old. Congratulations to Catherine Masse who celebrated their 45th Anniversary on the weekend. What a great time we all had at the Dinner and Tribute Act Show last Saturday at the Zurich Complex. About 300 people were on hand for the fun evening and delicious meal catered by Jerry Rader's staff. Bluewater Rest Home Bill Gibson of Hensall will be at the Rest Home in Zurich to entertain the residents by playing the piano on Mon., July 20 at 2:30 p.m. Lakeview Conservative Choir will be at the Rest Home Tues., July 24 at 6:30 p.m. July 26 -Corky Bedard and his group will play music and sing for the residents at 2:30 p.m. July 31 -Community Living will help them play Bingo on the 31 in the auditorium at 2 p.m. Volunteering in Haiti Jen Wagler and Emily Zielman were in Haiti from July 17 - 24 where they were volunteer helpers at an orphanage for children. The descendants of the late Avilla and Blanche Ducharme held their annual family reunion on Sun., July 15 at the home of Vicky and Gerard Ducharme in Wyoming with relatives from the Zurich and area attending. The Smith Family Reunion was held at the township hall this year on July 14. Zurich Playground News The summer program began at the complex from July 9-13 and started off with a welcome day for the kids. They had a sport -fun day and a contest day, plus saw movies and every Friday will be "wet and wild day!" There are no swimming lessons but the children will be using the new equipment at our park. Any children still wanting to join up can still do so by calling Courtney Overholt at 236- 4351 for either half or full days. This week was creative art day on Monday and nature day on Tuesday. Thurs., July 19 -Bus trip to London to Story Book Gardens. If more kids want to go call as soon as possible. Mon., July 23 -camping for the day; Tues., July 24 -Magical mystery day; Thurs., July 26-Bluewater Fun Park trip. A reminder to those wanting to clean out articles no longer needed in their home -Village Yard Sale will be coming up on Sat., Aug. 11 in Zurich and begins with the Fireman's Breakfast at the station early in the morning. Everyone is welcome to attend. 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If successful, the existing blue tourism signs along Huron County highways might be replaced by modern signage that promotes attractions in Huron County as well as the county itself. The existing signs are called `TODS' signs and is short for Tourism Oriented Directional Signage. This is a private company set up to pro- vide tourism signage along provincial high- ways. Some counties also have contracts with this company to provide tourism signs on their roads. Huron County is one of the counties that has a contract with this company. People who wish to buy advertis- ing on these roads must use this company for promotional sig- nage. These signs will have a standard design and will be kept in good condition. Great idea. While I have noticed these signs meet the specifications with regard to being maintained around the cities and the Highway 401 corridor, some of the signs in South Huron are sadly lacking attention. I under- stand complaints have been reg- istered with the company and lit- tle seems to be done. These signs have a large Ontario name with a symbol on the top portion of the sign. On a lot of the signs in our area, this top part with the name of Ontario is peeling or faded so bad it is hard to read. A sign east of Exeter on County Road 83 is so rotten that there are parts of it missing and holes in what is left. Farther east I am told a sign is lying in the ditch. For a county that pro- motes tourism, it's about time some action is taken about the tourism signage on the county roads. What does a tourist think when they are driving through South Huron and they see some of these tourism signs that are lacking attention? Not only does it look bad for the county, it is not giving a fair break to the lower -tiered municipalities. Let's hope Huron County will assess this situation and come up with a solution we can all be proud of. Ken O ke marvs summer t Min M. at the St. Marys Fair Grounds • behind the Kinsmen Million Ven and Watt Veoel tot 8:30pm - 1:OOam NO cover charge >4* Eueoza9, 4 ReieCe "Mtko eeatu7 9 Zec'c buQlee Opening Band: Blair Smythe 8:30pm - 1:OOam cover charge $10.00 r Vrectacetaeoft Rade 'u Veccea coif! WHALING 8:30pm - 1:OOam cover charge $5.00 July VIP Bracelet for all 3 Days/nights $15 Available only to be purchased Thursday night. Age of Majority after 7pm. Celebrating 50 Years • 1957 - 2007