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Times-Advocate, 1988-03-16, Page 1• Ames - Serving South Huron, North Middlesex dvocate & North lambton Since 1873 One Hundred and Seventeenth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, March 16, 1988 60 Cents Per Copy • 'a f' obi. rinfltrer H'�'_"L Cell U +Sr tNft ilia •— errNut, -If di tray.,r: pr r •; -AL ,m,,., BIG JOB - More than 30 men were hired temporarily to fulfill a contact won uy the Hensaii Co -Op to oag and load mu' e elan $3,000,000 of corn being supplied by the Canadian International Development Agency to Mo- zambique and Angola. This cr.'w comprised of Kelly O'Leary Butson. ferry L,orssers, Derrick Cireynanus and Ron Finlayson one of the 267 freight cars used to contain the shipment. (left), Jim is loading Hensall Co -Op wins large corn contracts The Hensall District Co -Op re- cently won eight federal contracts totalling more than S3 million to supply corn for the Canadian In- ternational Development Agency Bagging the 1 Onn metric, tonnes began on February 1. More than 30 extra people were hired to handle the 333,(X)0 50 -kg bags and lard them onto 275 rail cars for rail shipment to Halifax, then on by sea to Moiambiquc and Ango a. Work continued 24 hours a day six days a week, and the final bags were loaded on March 9. Hensall Co -Op manager Earl Whgner said this contract was the largest the local co-op has ever )0WWWW•liraiMlUM handled. During this time, the Hensall company also filled another CIDA contract by bagging 11,000 bags of white beans destined for Mozam- bique. Rec Board gives go-ahead for Enershare Technologies of arena The South Huron Rcc Board unanimously moved to go ahead with an Encrsharc "fcchnologics feasibility study for the Rec ('entre Wednesday night .tt their 'regular meeting. "I move that all ncccssary, steps be taken immediately to get in- volved with Encrsharc," Bruce Shaw said after the hoard heard a presentation by Brian Cappe, vice president of Ole company. The study, a ncccssary step in the process, will be undertaken by Encrsharc. Cappe told the board that should they accept the Enershare proposi- tion, both sides would profit. "It has to he a win-win situa- tion," Cappe said. 'Both sides have to win on this." Encrsharc is a Toronto-based company which installs, energy- saving equipment at their own cost, taking full responsibility for the building's utility hills. The building owners; in this case the Rcc Board, continue to pay their past energy costs at the same rate, less a guaranteed percentage, over a specified period of time -- usually ten years. At thc end of that time, the Rcc ('entre would own the energy effi- cient equipment. Encrsharc makes their profit by taking a percentage of the savings created by the energy saving devices they install. "We only get paid out of the ener- gy we save after the town gets its guaranteed. savings," Cappe told the Board Wcdnesd ay night. Because of that, Encrsharc guaran- tees a monthly reduction in energy costs. They will maintain the equipment they install, train staff to use it, and monitor it throughout the contract. When asked for a guarantee that Encrsharc will remain in business - for the ten year period, Cappe ex- plained that there was a clause in the contract which gives the client three separate options to take in such a case, but he noted the Rcc Centre had virtually nothing to lose because they wcrc investing no cap- ital. "The town will be in a position that, no matter what happens to Encrsharc. nobody is going to come and take. your equipment away," Capps said. "We're not here to push at all in any way, shape or form," Cappe told the board members. When the Board agreed to go ahead with the feasibility, study (Encrsharc must find enough areas in need of improvement to make it a worth while project) Cappc requested that they provide the following informa- tion: 25 months of previous utility bills, thc square footage of the com- plex and the number of months it stays open. Gas de -regulation As an added incentive, the Rcc' Centre will be allowed to take part in a natural gas pool organized by Encrsharc. The pool has been devcl- Present 1988 police budget The Exeter police budget for 1988 which was presented to coun- cil at the March 7 meeting calls for. only a slight increase over last year. The proposed budget of 5398,650 for the current year is only S7,752 more than what was actually spent in 1987. A letter has been received from the Ontario Fire Marshal's office commending the Exeter police de- partment for their fine work con- cerning the last August school ar- son case. The Police Association has asked permission to set up a weight- lifting cquipmcnt room in the base- ment of the municipal office. There ABCA INFORMATION Outline goals, roles and objectives page 2 is not enough room tor this cquip- mcnt in the police station. A recommendation from the po- lice committee asks that the salary of police chief Larry Hardy be in- creased to S43,500 for 1988. This is an increase of $2,000 per annum from last year. Chief Hardy in attendance at the meeting said 73 applications had been received to fill a vacancy on the town police force created by the recent resignation of Constable Scan Armstrong. }lardy said the applicants had been reduced to four and a decision would be made in the very near future. Two men and two women are in the final four. The person hired will be- gin as a Fourth Class Constable. BIG CAFETERIA SHDHS largest eating spot in town page 7 opcd to take adva ttagc of the natural gas deregulation rrently under way in Canada. Cappe noted a long-term agree- ment was in the best interest of the client because it discouraged the use of band-aid cures. In order to protect their interests, Encrsharc installs Tong -term cures with the best cquip- ment, utilizing cost-saving tech- niques. Members asked Cappc if his com- pany would consider steps being taken by the Rcc Board to cut down on energy costs such as thc new ice resurfaccr, thc caulking and insulat- ing of doors and the cladding and in- sulating of the entire building. The Encrsharc executive made it clear that those measures would be taken into consideration whcn his company evaluates thc building, stressing the fact that there is no pressure to act immediately. In the past, natural gas was pur- chased from the gas fields by thc Trans -Canada Pipeline. The Trans- Canada shipped the gas and sold it to buyers such as Union Gas. The buyer would thcn sell the gas to the consumer. With deregulation, if the buyers arc financially big enough, they can buy directly from the fields thereby eliminating Trans -Canada Pipeline as the middle -man. Encrsharc organizes pools of cus- torr rs whose accumulated accounts tally one million dollars or more. Members of a pool arc recipients of a ten percent saving. "That's not an amount to sneeze at for just moving papers," Cappe told the Board. ZURICH COUNCILLOR Keith Semple is new village of Zurich councillor page 11 Majority of local clergy opposed to UC report on homosexual ordination A report issued earlier this month recommending that sexual orientation in and of itself not be a barrier to par- ticipation in all aspects of the life and ministry of the United Church of Canada, including the ordered ministry, has stirred up a storm of controversy among both clergy and laity. The document, titled "Toward A Christian. Understand- ing Of Sexual Orientations, Lifestyles and Ministry", also advocates that the church "warmly and openly wel- come morally responsible, sexually active, single adults, lesbian, gay and bisexual people into all aspects of the life and ministry of the church", and suggests the need for liturgies celebrating "covenantal relationships" out- side heterosexual marriage also be discussed when the 32nd General Council of the United Church meets in Vic- toria, B.C. this August. The recent report, commissioned by the 1984 General Council which rejected similar recommendations at the time, was drafted by a 13 -member National Coordinating Group, and approved by the joint . meeting of the division of mission in Canada and the dicision of ministry person- nel and education. Two of the 13 members of the task force which drafted the initial report issued dissenting statements. Of the nine area UC ministers surveyed by the T -A, four are vehemently opposed, two qualified their answers, and three did not want to give an opinion at this time. Darryl Shaule, minister of Lucan United Church, be- lieves that all attending a United Church have the right to know where their minister stands on this issue, "no hums or haws". He leaves no doubt as to his own posi- tion. "I would have to be one of those people going on record as not being able to continue to serve in the UC after August 18 if this report and its recommendations arc accepted", Shaule stated emphatically. Shaule disagrees with UC moderator Anne Squires' contention that people shouldn't consider leaving the UC over this one little issue. Shaule terms it one of the most important the UC has discussed in the last several years. "It's not just a question of ordaining homosexuals and welcoming into our church gays and lesbians, but a question of the authority of scripture. What do we do with those people, myself included, who have used scripture to speak to the whole subject of homosexuality as a sin? No greater, and no lesser than any other sin, but a sin. I don't condemn homosexuals, but cannot condone their sin. God forgives those who ask Him. God's healing, God's wholeness, are open to all of us." Shaulc sees the present situation as a David and Goliath conflict, with "the UC, particularly the National Coordinating Group, being a Goliath taunting many people during the last several years, and defying the grass roots of the UC who have said right from the very beginning they do not want to have anything to do with that (ordination of prac- ticing homosexuals) and now we arc faced with yet another report". Continuing the analogy, Shaule says "We need to stand up fearlessly as David did, and make known God's power and victory". Shaulc said some churches are considering putting all mission offer- ings into a special trust fund until after August 18. He encourages eve- ry UC person who is deeply concerned to write letters to the moderator as well as presbytery and conference officials, and take up petitions against the report's recommendations. Bob Peebles at Grand Bend is opposed do the entire re- port. "What we sec happening is a group of people in the up- per echelon who are bound and bent come hell or high water they arc going to get this ordination of homosexu- als and lesbians through; they arc putting it in with other things as well so if the report is adopted we ... are adopting inclusive language as well', Peebles asserted. Peebles is against the ordination of gays and lesbians . "The church should not be run and operated by secular humanism. The Christian church is based on teaching of scripture. I realize that opens up a whole can of worms, because rightly or wrongly there are many interpretations", Peebles said, mentioning that in most argu- ments on this contentious issue "people never mention the teaching of scripture at all". Sam Parkcr, who is responsible for the Varna- and Goshen churches, summed up his views in a brief state- ment. I do not agree with the report's recommendations. I af- firm that God's intended purpose for his people consti- tutes chastity before marriage, and faithfulness within a heterosexual marriage which is to be family-oriented and scripturally based. Homosexuality and other aberrations in conflict with the revealed will of God arc sin, yet are to be responded to in love by a caring and feeling Christ -centred community. "The real issue in this report is that of thc authority of scripture, and the ability of the Spirit of God to transform lives." Bob Sinasac, who pastors the Dashwood and Zurich Charges, was equally vocal in his opposition. Speaking as a general council commissioner in 1984, he said the National Coordinating Group has not fulfilled its mandate. He described the 1988 report as a man-made document with man's thoughts being placed above God's thoughts, an action condemned in Romans 1:22 to 28. "The Bible says homosexuality is the result of such mental gymnas- tics. Homosexuality is condemned in ]Timothy 1:9 and 10. Also, 1 Corinthians 6:9 and 10 tells us the homosexual shall not inhcrit and will have no sharc in the kingdom of God. We should not be ordaining or setting them up as examples of leaders of God's flock. They, like others who have unconquered sin, need Christian compassion and heal- ing, and may our church be one of the ones able to give it", Sinasac said. Sinasac described thc report as a further development of a set of false theological suppositions that liberal theology has birthed; it fails to take into account the evancelical philosophical perspective. and does not deal with the healed homosexuals and the changed sexual orienta- tions that a miracle of God has accomplished in ex -gays, nor with or- dained people who backslide from time to time. "We still need a non -manipulative study with thorough and well- developed biblical, ethical and theological components reflecting in a balanced way the theological diversity of the UC of Canada. This re- port is a humanistic and liberal whitewash which sidesteps the intent of the 30th General Council", Sinasac said. Sinasac went on to say he had agreed to the action of the 1984 Gener- al Council because he felt "we had gotten the point across that the church factions needed healing". He regrets that "our trust and good- will wcrc used and abused in such a manner by the executive and the di- visions. The lack of evangelical perspective on the committee has been carried into the report." "People arc tired of this hypocrisy and one-sided attitude", Sinasac re- marked, adding his certainty that "if the people in the pew ever get a chance to vote in a national rcmit, 1 am sure they will vote 'no' to the ordination of homosexuals", Sinasac doubts the UC leadership will allow such a vote Sir=.e.. s ud the UC has been deceitful and dishonest to ordain horn .c•,. ,hen that is not official policy at this time. If the 1988 Gen( d Council votes fdr ordination of homosex''.ils, h ' predicts a split in the church and a reformation of the nr, '•,servative evangelical wing of the UC if such actions ,r • foreseeing the loss of tens of thousands of i •tem ` r One Zoos i t , e < c reit 1 , al out the report was the obser- vation "it does ..a adcqu, a aking those with homosexual orien- tation feel that someone h,i it ,st lista •cl to them". However, his general reaction was "grave uisappointmcnt"• Please turn to page 2 NO N 0 NO NO TO WORLD CUP Jim Pfaff and Scott Burton to Can -Am page 1A EXOTIC DANCER Hensall Hotel stripper attracts crowds page 5A