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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2007-10-10, Page 5Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Times—Advocate 5 Opinion Forum News I OYEARS AGO October 8, 1997 - Despite, earlier, optimistic reports, corn borers are present and having a serious impact on local fields this fall. If there is a breakage in the middle of the plant or dropped ears, corn borer is pre- sent. Exeter drag racers kept up with world class competition at the Bracket World finals last weekend at Norwalk, Ohio. Rookie driver Pete Hrudka won three rounds in the modified stock division. He finished third in the pro division this year at the Grand Bend Motorplex. Motorplex super stock champ Steve Roy won one round at the Worlds and Chris Merner also won a round in bike/sled. At the annual Ilderton Fall Fair, Erin Lee's championship steer was purchased by Davis - Moore Fuels Ltd. of Exeter for $2 a pound. 20YEARS AGO October 14, 1987 - The town of Exeter and its mascot, the White Wonder squirrel will be featured on an upcoming CBC television pro- gram. The show will be aired October 29 on CKNX in Wingham. Striking postal employees picketing the Exeter Post Office for the first time Friday, insisted money is not the main issue of the strike, but rather the Post Office's plans to fran- chise its wicket operations. Paul Klopp of R.R.3, Zurich was acclaimed for a second term as president of the Huron Federation of Agriculture when the group held its annual banquet and meeting Friday night at the Hensall Community Centre. 40YEARS AGO October 19, 1967 - Charlie MacNaughton recorded his second straight landslide win in Tuesday's provincial election in the local riding. He failed by only 51 votes to equal the record setting majority he polled back in 1963. The Provincial Treasurer easily maintained his seat with a majority of 4,620 votes as he polled a total of 8,343 votes. The Exeter Kinsmen made a change in elect- ing a Queen for their annual auto show. Instead of teen-age young ladies, the age bracket was down to three and four year-olds. The winner was Brenna, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cal Wein. 55YEARS AGO October 9, 1952 - Sam Fletcher, founder of the Fletcher Institute, gives the second of his lectures on public relations at the Exeter Legion Memorial Hall next Tuesday. A large crowd attended his first lecture a week ago. Doug Smith, 27 of Espanola has been hired as recreational director for Exeter. His main duties will be managing the arena. Pupils of Exeter Public School purchased a radio this week from funds received for a drive on collecting more than 6,000 coat hangers. 65 YEARS AGO October 9, 1942 - With the recent enlistment of Mac Cornish in the RCAF, this is the fourth son of Mrs. John Cornish of Elimville in active service in the war. They are Mac, who leaves this week for Manning Pool, Ewart of the RCOC overseas, Cyril of the RCAF in Quebec and Ralph of the RCOC overseas. Mrs. Gerald Skinner received a telegram Tuesday stating that her husband, Pte. Gerald Skinner who had been training in Ottawa, had arrived safely overseas. Browning's Drug Store, C.L. Robertson and W.C. Cole, druggists in Exeter announce that in keeping with the national economy, store hours will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily and 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturdays. Stores will be closed on Sundays and all holidays. 90YEARS AGO October 7, 1917 - Wellington Hern had $45 stolen from his pockets while being medically examined at the Armouries in London. Mr. Clinton Sweet on Tuesday purchased the farm of Paul Coates in Usborne township for $13,000. Word was received Thursday by Mr. John Norry that his son Pte. Norman Norry had been wounded in the leg while fighting in France. ROSS HAUGH BACK IN TIME Seniors' Perspective By Jim Bearss SENIORSCORRESPONDENT Business conventions are important because they demon- strate how many people a company can operate without. Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than every- one else looks? Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job. Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Huron present WHODUNNIT???'... Enjoy a three course dinner, from 'Catering by Barbara' as actors play out a "mystery" for you to solve, full bar, 'mystery dinner' silent auction, and musical entertainment by 'Stone Angels'. Join us for an evening of mystery mixed with food and fun. It's the height of the gold rush in the Klondike as a cast of characters arrive at the Gold Rush Saloon with one thing on their minds ... GOLD! Calamity ensues and eventually one of the characters "bites the dust!" — Jim Bearss can you figure out WHODUNNIT? This spectacular event takes place on Fri., Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. at the South Huron Recreation Centre, Exeter. Reserve your tickets by calling 519-235-3307 — Visa/Mastercard accepted. Attire is Wild West. October will see the beginning of Toddler -time on Fri.,Oct. 5 from 10:30-11 a.m. This is a fun time for toddlers 18 months to three years and their caregivers. Call 519-235-1890 for information on any of these programs. Jen Denys, B.A., CHRP, CPC. The Right Path Consulting Group is hosting three interesting workshops; Phone - 519.294.6345 Fax - 519.294.0061, Web; www.rightpathconsulting.com "Helping People Find the Right Path." Best Practices in Mentoring — October 25, 2007 Co -facilitator: Wendy Robertson, in a Day Workshop — Fanshawe College. Mentoring is a helping relationship where someone with more experience lends advice, guidance and sup- port to someone with less experience. In addition to individual benefits, organizations see measurable returns in the areas of recruitment and on -boarding, retention and engagement, talent management and succession planning, organizational learning and development and internal and external company brand- ing. The objective of this workshop is to share best practices related to implementing a mentoring system in an organization. Health Awareness Information Sessions: To be held at the North Street United Church, 56 North Street, Goderich Ontario 7 p.m — 8:30 p.m. Learn how to stay healthy in your commu- nity! On Nov. 26 plan to attend Fitness and Food for the Festive Season. This segment features Susan Crawford, Registered Dietician and Nancy Payne, Healthy Sugars, YMCA. Gas PumpingTips from someone in the Petroleum pipeline business!! I've been in petroleum pipeline business for about 31 years, currently working for the Kinder -Morgan Pipeline here in San Jose, CA. We deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period from the pipe line; one day it's diesel, the next day it's jet fuel and gasoline. We have 34 storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons. Here are some tricks to help you get your money's worth. 1. Fill up your car or truck in the morning when the tempera- ture is still cool. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground; and the colder the ground, the denser the gasoline. When it gets warmer gaso- line expands, so if you're filling up in the afternoon or in the evening, what should be a gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and temperature of the fuel (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products) are significant. Every truckload that we load is tem- perature -compensated so that the indicated gallonage is actu- ally the amount pumped. A one -degree rise in temperature is a big deal for businesses, but service stations don't have tem- perature compensation at their pumps. 2. If a tanker truck is filling the station's tank at the time you want to buy gas, do not fill up; most likely dirt and sludge in the tank is being stirred up when gas is being delivered, and you might be transferring that dirt from the bottom of their tank into your car's tank. 3. Fill up when your gas tank is half -full (or half -empty), because the more gas you have in your tank the less air there is and gasoline evaporates rapidly, especially when it's warm. (Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating 'roof mem- brane to act as a barrier between the gas and the atmosphere, thereby minimizing evaporation). 4. If you look at the trigger you'll see that it has three delivery settings: slow, medium and high. When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to the high setting. You should be pumping at the slow setting, thereby minimizing vapors created while you are pumping. Hoses at the pump are corrugated; the corrugations act as a return path for vapor recovery from gas that already has been metered. If you are pumping at the high setting, the agitated gasoline contains more vapors which are being sucked back into the under- ground tank so you're getting less gas for your money. Hope this will help ease your 'pain at the pump'!!! Contributed by Doug Babcock Yuletide Euchreama: Mark your day -timer for the annual Lucan Seniors Sunshine Club Yuletide Euchreama on Thurs., Nov. 15 at the Lucan Community Centre. Lunch is provided, `Share the Wealth' `Pot of Gold' prizes. Riverview Estates Euchre: Plan to go to the Riverview Estates on Sat., Oct. 13 at 1 p.m. Prizes, lunch and share the wealth and cost is only a Toone'. Turn east at the Beer Store. Ladies Euchre Night: Oct. 24 at the Exeter Legion 7:30 p.m. start, $6 per person. Everyone is welcome. Bring a team. To register call Sharon at 235-1299 (deadline Oct. 22) McCully's, St Mary's: Set to "Launch" Fall Season with Flying Pumpkins. Pumpkins will fly for charity every 15 minutes. From 10 to 4 each week- end until Oct. 28 guests to the farm will enjoy tractor rides to the barn, horse-drawn rides to the pumpkin patch and much more. Local musicians will perform and the "Pumpkin Catapult" will fire repeatedly — bring your toonies for this and win prizes while supporting local groups. Lunch is also avail- able from 11 to 2 to raise funds for local service clubs. Oct. 13/14 Vintage Car and Tractor Show, Plowing Oct. 20 London Middlesex Agility Dogs Performance, Oct. 21 Optimism Place Scarecrow Auction, Oct. 27 Kids Halloween Party and Costume Parade Oct. 28, Pumpkin Carving with local experts. For more information, visit www.mccullys.ca or phone 284- 2564. Hello Partners in Learning: Our Fall Open House was another fun and successful event! It was well attended and everyone enjoyed participating in the creation of an abstract painting. Thanks to Prof. Jack Winn for his expert guidance! The moderators outlined the upcom- ing exciting fall courses which start this Wed., Sept. 26 at the Southcott Pines Clubhouse. By signing up for the Partners in Learning "Green Energy Course" you could possibly play a part in saving our planet! "Green energy and its effect on our planet" may develop to be a controversial and therefore an interesting course, to say the least. Plenty of rumblings are around indicating that renew- able energy such as BIOMASS is inefficient and destructive to nature. According to F. I. Jesse Ausubel of the Rockefeller University of New York, renewable may be renewable but they definitely are NOT GREEN. Interesting debates, the odd field -trip and historical recalls of our own experiences should provide a better insight and understanding of things to come. We are not even considering the $1,000. government grant available to each participant on buying a Corolla. There's still space left - so if you'd like to discuss the advan- tages, disadvantages, consumption, utilization and application of solar energy, wind power, tidal waves and biomass, and geothermal forms of energy, register now! For further info, contact Suzanne (238-6927), John (238-8759) or Ian (238- 5335). Exeter Public Library September has been a busy month at Exeter Branch library. Four book clubs are now in full swing. Two teen clubs are now reading regular and graphic novels. Both teen book clubs are now full. The adult book clubs also met this month. The Evening Book Club met to discuss "The Piano Man's Daughter", "The Book of Eve" and "The Poisonwood Bible." All books got mixed reviews from the members but the overall feeling was that they were not average "summer" reads. This book club will meet again on Tues., Oct 23 at 6:30 p.m. to chat about "The Russlander" by Sandra Birdsell. The Friday Book Club met and discussed the book choices that members read throughout the summer. They will meet again Fri., Oct 12 at 1 p.m. to mull over "Cape Breton Road"by D.R. MacDonald. New members are welcome at both adult groups. A new feature at the library is the arrival of the new literacy kits. These kits are in back packs and are a selection of age appropriate items to encourage reading. Check out these items as well as our other new books that arrive each week. My Five New Boyfriends: I am seeing five gentlemen every day. As soon as I wake up, Will Power helps me get out of bed. Then I go to see John. Then Charlie Horse comes along, and when he is here he takes a lot of my time and attention. When he leaves, Art Ritis shows up and stays the rest of the day. He doesn't like to stay in one place very long, so he takes me from joint to joint. After such a busy day, I'm really tired and glad to go to bed with Ben Gay. What a life! Oh yes, I'm also flirting with Al Zhymer I knew I was going bald when it was taking longer and longer to wash my face! I knew the romance was dead when I drank champagne out of the old girls slipper and choked on a Dr Scholl's foot pad. One day you look in the mirror and realize the face you are shaving is your father's. The local paper sent a reporter out for my 90th birthday. He asked the secret to my longevity. "Simple," say's I to him... "Keep Breathing!"