The Huron Expositor, 1996-07-10, Page 7MME MOON EXPOE1TO11, July 10, 1 •Ss -7
THE 10 -FOOT WINGSPAN - May force Harry Mero to buy a new truck for transporting it to miniature airshows
bi-plane is being put together in Egmondville by Harry Mero and his next door neighbour Bill Leppington
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in the area. The model of a Stearman
"Monstrous" model in the works at Egmondville
BY GREGOR CAMPBELL
Expositor Staff
•Harry Mcro and his young
next door neighbour, seven-
year-old Bill Leppington arc
plotting to soar ag:lin - from a
Kase in thc Mcro's interesting
Egmondville garage.
They arc building a model
plane - a hig oho - with a 10 -
foot wingspan that is radio -
controlled and powered by
controlled powered by a
95cc, 7 1 /2 -horsepower
engine.
It is a 1/3 scale, P17
Stcarman, a model of the ver-
satile Nigger hi -plane famous
for crop dusting and often
seen doing stunt work in air
shows. It is a common trainer
built by' Boeing, introduced
in the ,1930s.
The model will weigh about
50 pounds when finished.
port makes waves
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B"Y MICHELE GREENE
SSP News Staff
A suspensions report led to
disagreement among trustees
at the June 24 meeting of the
Huron -Perth Roman Catholic
Separate School Board.
Trustees were given details
on thc rtumber and reason for
suspensions from March 29
to June 19.
Some were concerned with •
seven suspensions from St.
Anne's Catholic Secondary
School in -Clinton and 13 by
Stratford's St. Amhrosc
School.
The Board says the St.
Anne's suspensions were for
"conduct injurious to the
moral tone of the school or to
thc physical or mental well-
being of others,and
Superintendent actan
Blanchette says they were
related to one incident.
He adds the figures for St.
Amhrosc arc also not an
accurate reflection.
Thcrc were no suspensions
at Seaforth St. James: Dublin
St. Patrick's, St. Columhan,
or Kinkora school's in the
recent two -and -a -half months
reported.
There were a total of four
suspensions during the same
period at Stratford St.
Michael secondary, two at
Goderich St. Mary's elemen-
tary, and one suspension each
handed out at Precious
Blood. St. Aloysius,
Kingsbridge St. Joseph's and
Clinton St. Joseph's.
Police warn
of fake bills
Provincial police at
Godcrich say some fun/ty
money is circulating in this
area.
Last week's press release
from the community service
officer of the Goderich OPP
says they arc sawbucks, "dur-
ing this past week, numerous
counterfeit $10 hills have
been. found by local mer-
chants and financial institu-
tions."
Police advise "this $10 hill
appears to he faded, has a dif-
ferent texture and looks
smaller. Front plate of Bill is
numbered 63.
"The serial numbers of
counterfeit hills arc
BDF8620332, BDE6892235,
and BDF1332962."
Harry says he and his part-
ner have already put in about
100 hours on the balsa,
spruce and plywood model.
but the work is only about
one-third done.
It will have a range of about
four miles - the same as
another smaller model of a
Citabria they built before -
then crashed earlier this year
in a field by the Bruccficld
school.
• "BUYS THE FARM"
A four -mile range may,
sound dandy, Harry explains,
the problem is you can't see a
miniature plane so far away,
and with all the loops and
rolls last March. it simply ran
out of fuel.
Oops!
So it was hack to the draw-
ing board.
The pieces of this model
that "bought thc farm" now
hang on Iht' wall of the shop.
They also built an identical
1/5 scale Citahria which
remains operational, com-
plete with floats. they have
-flown in several events this
year.
Harry says he has a soft
spot for this amphibious
craft. It was the last kind of
real plane he owned. He has
had his pilot license since the
early 1980s but now he just
rents a plane when he wants
to visit the skies, up close
and personal. •
He saps there are several
clubs in the arca (Godcrich,
Stratford and London) that
cater to model plane enthusi-
asts. and stage their own
mini- air shows.
When the new Stcarman
gets finished this aeronautical
pair hopes to attract some
other enthusiasts by flying
somewhere in Seaforth.
'The problem is finding A
big enough field, sufficiently
free or wires. Mcro says.
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Harry says by Ehe time this
hig model is finished it will
have cost somewhere in the'
vicinity of $4,000. The
engine alone cost about
$1,200. I
It is so hig he says he may
need a bigger truck to trans-
port it hither and yon.
Long-term care
initials change
with government
Governments have changed
so Community Care Access
Centres (CCACs) are replac-
ing Multi -Service Agencies
(MSAs) in long-term care
and the Ontario Ministry of
Health has named a county
board of directors for an as -
yet -to be formed Huron
CCAC.
This volunteer board
includes Yvonne Kitchen,
Ralph Smith, Jack Lane,
Allan Hall, Janis Bray,
Charles Baxter, : Gayle
Sargeant, Valarie Hopkins,
Joyce Scotchmer, Brock
Vodden, Brian Baker and
Glen Phillips. They first
responded to newspaper
advertisements and calls for
applicants at public meetings.
MSAs were established by
the NDP but were scrapped
by the PCs in favour of
CCACs.
The health ministry now
says the former Multi -Service
Agencies "were bureaucrat-
ic, eliminated choice and
favoured organized labour at
the expense of volunteers,"
according to its recent press
release.
CORRECTION
The last big fire on Main
Street in Seaforth, prior to the
most recent on the Canada
Day weekend, was in
February 1985, making it 11
years ago, around what is
now Tucker's Meat Shop, not
two years previous as report-
ed in last week's The Huron
Expositor.
OMMISSION
' Seaforth District High
School honour students
whose names were inadver-
tently omitted from the recent
report op the annqal banquet,
were: Michael Beuerman apd
Rachel Hennipman (Grade
9), Tara Preszcator (Grade
10) and Bruce Griffin (Grade,
11).
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A special thanks to the captains and over 250
canvassers for your dedication andhard work.
Canvassers go door-to-door in both urban
and rural areas of South Huron to raise funds
so that we may continue support to people we
serve.
The support for your Association as
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an encouragement as we endeavour to
support others in living useful and satisfying
lives.
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like to share in this effort, please address your
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