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Home My WebLink AboutThe Times Advocate, 2008-02-13, Page 1MES ADVOCATE Exeter, Ontario, Canada Wednesday, February 13, 2008 $ x.25 (includes GST) HURON TRACTOR EXETER 519-235-1115 0 * f * www.hurontractor.com JOHN DEEREINSIDE 1 A Winter fun Braving the cold at the Grand Bend Winter Carnival PAGE 11 "Pathways to Success" Exeter skaters put their skills on display PAGE 17 INDEX Editorial 4 Sports 16 Announcements 19 Classifieds 21 TIMES -ADVOCATE 424 MAIN ST. Box 850 EXETER, ONTARIO NOM 1S6 TEL: 519-235-1331 FAX: 519-235-0766 WWW.SOUTHHURON.COM EXETER HAWKS vs MT BRYDGES IN MT. BRYDGES SAT. FEB. 16 8c SUN. FEB. 17 "Lights, Cadaver,Action" — The Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre presented a Murder Mystery Saturday night,"Lights, Cadaver,Action," written by Chris Clark.Above front from left are the actors Flo Van Meer (Joan Withers), Neil Damm (Ivan "Iron" Ball), Sharon McMann (Spitney Image) and Andy Clark (Stank Finatra); back row are Kate Lembke (Palmela Handsarfun),Anthony Schuett (Flint Westwood), Chris Newman (Meryl Burnett), Marg Rapp (Liz Naylor) and Wayne Pfeffer (Arnold Hassenpfeffer).The play takes place in Follywood, like a Hollywood North, in Idaho.After Phone Home Film Studio boss Steven Steelturd is found dead, the audience figures out who the killer is. (photo/Nina Van Lieshout) Imp MULTI -COMPANY %M QUOTES Gaiser Kneale 519-235-2420 Insurance 1-888-235-2420 Brokers Serving Exeter, Grand Bend, Won Concerns from Albert Street By Scott Nixon TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF SOUTH HURON — Albert Street residents in Exeter have some concerns about certain aspects of a pro- posed reconstruction of the street, including the widening of the east side, which would also include the removal of the trees, boulevard and sidewalk on the east side. An open house was held Jan. 24 and residents attended the Feb. 4 South Huron council meeting to present their concerns to council. Resident Jim O'Toole read a report on behalf of Albert Street landowners. Residents are in favour of plans for a new road sur- face, updated services and improved drains and grad- ing for the street, O'Toole read, but 83 per cent of resi- dents disagree with widening the road, saying the street is already wide enough. Another issue is why only the east side is proposed for widening. The reason for that is that the hydro poles are on the west side, and South Huron roads manager Ken Betties later said a rough estimate on burying the lines would be $230,000 for the municipal- ity, plus most of the homes would have to pay for underground hydro services, something that would cost $1,500 to $2,000 per household. See EXETER page 2 Warden brings change to county By Pat Bolen TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF GODERICH — "It's what I always wanted to do, it's what I love to do. Next to my family, it's been probably the greatest thing that ever happened to me," says Huron County Warden John Bezaire, who has been in the posi- tion for only a couple of months. One of the first tasks Bezaire said the county has undertaken is looking at what services it provides and how it provides them. "Mainly from a standpoint that our staffing has ballooned, our budget has ballooned and I personally believe that if we haven't already reached the breaking point, we're getting very very close. "People can simply not afford much more in the way of taxation. So I really believe we need to get it under con- trol." Bezaire said the county wouldn't be able to get its spending under control without a comprehensive review and John Bezaire that is what it's doing with its service deliv- ery review. "It's going to be a lengthy process," Bezaire said. "We didn't get here in a day and we're not going to get out of here in a day." Bezaire said all he is asking of council and all that he expects, for the services it wants to pro- vide, "is to fund them. Properly budget for and fund them. Right now, I really believe we're trying to do too much with too little." Bezaire said the decision will have to be made to either cut services or to fund them properly but it is premature to make the decision yet because coun- cil doesn't have the information to get a proper picture. "We've always done everything piece- meal," said Bezaire. "Something comes See WARDEN page 2 RCMP Musical Ride confirmed for Exeter EXETER — It's official — the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride is coming to Exeter in September. The committee received official word last Wednesday that the Musical Ride will arrive in Exeter Sept. 10, before performing two shows Sept. 11 and leaving Sept. 12. George Finch of the steering committee said, "This is a historical event to host the RCMP Musical RIDE. As part of the steering committee team we are ecstatic and honoured about being selected to host this world class event and look forward to working with the community of South Huron to make it hap- pen." As reported in last week's Times -Advocate, the Musical Ride performance is scheduled to run Sept. 11 with a youth show for students and teachers at 1:45 p.m. and a night show for everybody at 7:30 p.m. (times are still approximate). 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