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Home My WebLink AboutThe Times Advocate, 2007-10-17, Page 1MES ADVOCATE Exeter, Ontario, Canada Wednesday, October 17, 2007 $1.25 (includes GST) HURON TRACTOR EXETER 519-235-1115 0 * f * www.hurontractor.com JOHN DEEREINSIDE $ 10,000 raised Local sisters make bracelets for cancer fundraiser PAGE 13 Annual hike ABCA hosts Bannockburn hike PAGE 17 INDEX Editorial 4 Sports 20 Announcements 26 Classifieds 29 TIMES -ADVOCATE 424 MAIN ST. Box 850 EXETER, ONTARIO NOM 1S6 TEL: 519-235-1331 FAX: 519-235-0766 WWW.SOUTHHURON.COM EXETER HAWKS ir N. MIDDLESEX FRI., OCT. 19 8:30 P.M. SH REC CENTRE HIGH SPEED INTERNET ha communcat q www.hay.nel SERVING EXETER & SURROUNDING AREAS For as low as $19.95/mo. 519-236-4333 Hockeylegendp stops in Exeter By Scott Nixon TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF r .�-'` _ ,x•- s ,' .. EXETER — Hockey legend and York Centre MP Ken Dryden made a stop in Exeter last week. Dryden, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and five -time winner of the National Hockey League's Vezina Trophy for being deemed the league's best goalie, won six Stanley Cups in eight seasons with the Montreal Canadiens in the 1970s. Dryden was in the area last Thursday, touring Huron -Bruce with Greg McClinchey, the Liberal nominee for the next federal election. Dryden told the Times -Advocate that even when there isn't election talk in the air, he likes to travel the country and says you can't truly know Canada unless you travel across it. Travelling through Lucknow, Dryden noted he played baseball there as a youth. IIe also enjoyed going through Mitchell, not- ing it was the home of Canadiens legend Howie Morenz. Dryden says he takes the knowledge he gains during his travels back with him. He said one of his observations travelling in the rural part of Canada is that in small towns it takes everybody — community groups, churches and town councils — to pull together to organize local events. Turning towards talk of an election, Dryden said the Liberals are ready for it if it happens, but, "Are Canadians ready for it?" Dryden said he wonders who would benefit if an election is called now and what the pur- pose of the timing is. He expressed disap- pointment that talk of an election has monopolized public discussion of other Hall of Famer — Former Montreal Canadiens goalie and currentYork Centre MP Ken Dryden, centre, stopped in Exeter last week as part of a visit to Huron-Bruce.With Dryden are Huron -Bruce federal Liberal nominee Greg McClinchey, left, and South Huron Mayor Ken Oke. (photo/Scott Nixon) issues for the last number of months. He said Canadians are concerned about other issues such as climate change and their economic future. "They do think about us and where we stand in the world." Turning towards hockey, Dryden said, "It was really nice" last year when the Montreal Canadiens finally officially retired his num- ber 29. He said the prospect of having his number retired by his former team was something in the back of his mind for many years, but he wasn't sure it would ever hap- pen. He learned of the honour during the Liberal leadership race in 2006. Dryden was sitting on the CBC set of Don Newman's show just before a live interview when Canadiens owner George Gillett called his cell phone to tell him the news. Dryden See HOCKEY page 25 Mitchell retains seat as Huron -Bruce MPP By Nina Van Lieshout TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF CLINTON — Crediting her win to "nine - tenths hard work" and a platform the pub- lic could understand, Liberal Carol Mitchell retained her seat in last week's provincial election as the MPP for Huron -Bruce. "This is a dynamic riding, and it's over- whelming," says Mitchell. Mitchell, who raced against well-known former South Huron Mayor Rob Morley, finished with 20,461 votes (46 per cent of the votes) compared to Morley's 13,566 votes (30.5 per cent of the votes). In third was another well recognized face, former Bluewater deputy mayor and Huron MPP Paul Klopp of the NDP with 5,927 votes (13.3 per cent of the votes). Running for the Green Party was Victoria Serda with 2,910 votes, Family Coalition Party candidate Dave Joslin with 1,044 votes and Independent candidates Dennis Valenta with 394 votes and Ronald Stephens with 201 votes. The alternative electoral system, pro- posed by the Citizens' Assembly (mixed member proportional) failed with only 1,579,684 votes (36. 9 per cent). After tal- lying the votes, 2,704,652 people (63.1 per cent) voted to keep the existing electoral system. Mitchell also opposed the proposed electoral system. Mitchell says besides attributing her win to hard work and a clear platform, another factor was the Progressive Conservative proposal to extend public funding to faith - based schools. "Their platform was not strong," Mitchell says. "It was difficult to get the platform out. They just couldn't explain it to peo- ple." She added, "I believe beyond that (faith -based funding) there were other issues," like private health care, "We just couldn't get to that," says Mitchell. 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