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Times-Advocate, 1988-05-04, Page 3• STUDENTS HONOURED - Five SHDHS students received awards at the third annual Excellence in Education banquet held at the Goderich Township Hall, Holmesville. They were Mary Fleming (left), Leigh Soldan, Beth Sweeney, David Josephson and Said Osman AWARD RECIPIENTS - Honoured at the third annual Excellence in Education awards banquet hosted by Dis- trict 45 OSSTF and the Huron County Board of Education were SHDHS teachers Glenda Burrell (lett) and Ric Gra- ham raham and Yvonne Reynolds from the community. Awards banquet honours 'Excellence in Education'. EXETER - Eight people from the Exeter community wcrc honoured at the third annual Excellence in Edu- cation awards banquet, held this year in the Goderich township hall. Receiving awards wcrc SHDHS stu- dents Mary Fleming, David Joseph- son, Said Osman, Leigh Soldan and Beth Sweeney, teachers Glenda Bur- rell and Ric Graham, and Exeter Times -Advocate staff writer Yvonne Reynolds. • In addition to maintaining a very good academic record, Mary Flem- ing is first vice-president of the Students' Council, active in intra- mural sports and on the school vol- leyball team. Outside of school hours, she participates in many church activities, especially as a choir mcmbcr and one of the organ- ists. She has received provincial honours for her .441 work, and holds a part-time job. First-class student David Joseph - son's interest in computers led him to a project commissioned by the Exctcr BIA. ile is going to the Fo- rum for Young Canadians in Ot- tawa, and is a mcmbcr of the "All Canadians Band Hall of Fame". He is a peer tutor and former editor of the school newspaper. He has an after-school job, and is a life guard in the summer. Said Osman represents academic excellence, consistently leading his class in marks and, more important- ly, demonstrating leadership in the classroom. A pccr tutor; he is rec- ognized by his fellow students as sensitive and caring. He has been a member of the "Reach For- The Top" team for four years. • Hard-working Leigh Soldan is busy both inside and outside school. Shc is an honour student, a mcmbcr of the Studcnts'.Council, in charge of intra'inural sports and on the. volleybalt team. She also has a part-time job. Beth Sweeney -has spent four years on Students" Council, last year as secretary. She has been a mcmbcr of both the volleyball and track and field= teams. She is very involved in theatre productions at SHDHS and Theatre London. She plays guitar; modkls, holds a part- time job and„ with all of this, maintains an excellent academic record. Theatre Arts teacher Glenda Bur- rell directs all major school plays as well as children's theatre performed for the elementary schools. She or- ganizes outside theatre groups to perform in thc school drama work- shops at Huron Country Playhouse, and enters her students in drama competitions at Blyth. Glenda in- volves the school and the commu- nity in shows presented at SHDHS. Ric Graham, SHDHS guidance head, also coordinates the Coopera- tive Education program within the school. Hc is involved with Adult Education , other forms of alterna- tive education, the program for safe homes for teenagers, and the com- munity choir. He contributes to the guidance program at Althousc College during his summer holi- days. Letters to the Editor Dear Editor. After serving you, thc farming. community for over 20 years, I feel obligated to say goodhy to all my friends and neighbours. A farewell comment from Harry and staff at Exeter Farm Equipment. it is with deep regret, after some soul searching, that i have decided to call it quits in the equipment in- dustry. Family and personal matters wcrc a large part but irreconcilable differences with Ford, New Holland franchisc was the major stumbling block for us to quit the business. Without this'we wcrc slowly going backwards. 1 could not leave Exctcr without saying "Thank you" to all our cus- tomers. On behalf of my late wife, Anne, who we all fondly remember, her excellent service. Also my four sons, especially, Jcrry, who worked with me as sales manager, well known to our farmers. in further tribute to the communi- ty of Exctcr, 1 must say "Thank you" to the fine public and separate school system that my family grew up with, the fine sports and service clubs and organizations, .church groups, our hospital,- doctors and staff, all the support groups, to all -"Thank you" keep up the good work. it has been a •big part of my life and will always remain a nigger part of my heart. in closing, i like to leave you all with a fond fare- well poem, written by Nancy Paintcr, entitled: These Hands. These hands Ground -in dirt, ingrown grease, Sun and wind in every crease, Shovel -calloused, machinery- . nicked - How carefully God must have picked These farmer's hands to do so • much. Plough deep furrow, plant straight row, Clasp to pray for rain crops need to grow. • Caress rich soil, kernels of grain, Ease a suffering creature's pain. Lift children high to apple trees, Dispense bandaids, love to fix scraped knees. Reach low to check on growing things, Pause a moment when meadowlark sings. These farmer's hands cavi db so much, With rough exterior, gentle touch. Make tender love, wipe tears away, Hold me close, keep world at bay. Shovel -calloused, machinery- nicked - How carefully God rpust have picked These farmer's hands that do so much. Sincerely • Harry VanGerwen T -A reporter Yvonne Reynolds was credited with handling several contentiousissues with keen in- sight and unusual sensitivity. She has attended sessions on the gifted and other special activities and con- ferences, and always provides a pos- itive perspective in reporting events and issues at SHDHS. Guest speaker Rev. Roger McCombe, an Anglican priest and high school teacher in Ingersoll, en- tertained and illumined his audience with a recipe for living embodying the wisdom and truth- of a Solo- mon, delivered with the skill of a' stand-up comedian. Attends forum. EXETER - David Josephson, son of Mr. and Mrs: Gaylan Josephson of Exeter, is spending this week in Ottawa as a. participant in -the 1988 Forum program. Forum for Young Canadians is an organization which brings students from all parts of Canada together to experience how our government works. Students selected for the Forum programme take part in a number of interesting activities in the Nation's Capital - including actually sitting in the Commons and Senate cham- bers, talking to parliamentarians and senior public servants, and vis- its to Government House and thc Supreme Court of Canada. They will also participate in a mock Cab- inet discussion of immigration pol- icy, and take part in a staged debate on federal -provincial relations. By the end of the week-long pro- gram, the students will have learned a great deal about the challenges and complexities in the way their gov- ernment operates. As well, and equally important, they will have acquired a better understanding of their fellow Canadians from across the land. Students rely on the support of local organizations to assist in pay- ing their fees for the program, and to help with travel costs not cov- ered by a grant from the Secretary of State. David wishes to thank the Exctcr Legion, the Students' Council, the South Huron District High School and his parents for the generous fi- nancial help and support in making his attendance at Forum possible. Times -Advocate, May 4, 1988 Page 3 Briefs from Exeter Council A verbal request made through mayor Bruce Shaw to have a park area in town named after a pioneer family was referred for more back- ground information at•Exeter coun- cil, Monday night. - Several months ago, councillor Ben Hoogenboom suggested that the campgrounds arca on the west side of Highway 4 at the bridge be named in honour of the Elliott fam- ily. am- il Hoogenboom said Monday night, "They were the first settlers on that property. 1 think the family request is honest and we should consider it" Decision is being deferred until a written request is received. * * * At .a public works meeting, prior to Monday's regular meeting of Ex- eter council, a rate for disposal of waste from demolished buildings taken to the town's•wastefill site was set. Later in council session, these rates were approved for all residents of the town. They are as follows: Pickup truck - S5; Single axle a 0 m: ?. tea': dump truck - $10: Tandem axle dump truck- $20; large truck trailer $30 and garbage packer $30. Each resident of Exeter will con- tinue to be able to use two free passes to the grounds each year. No permit shall be issued for the demolition ofany buildings until all services and utilities have been properly disconnected by the. re- sponsible authority. All councillors joined in con- gratulating South Huron District High School students for an excel- lent effort last week in picking up garbage throughout the streets of Exeter. Close to three-quarters of a ton of refuse was picked up. In this same vein, Councillor Morley Hall added, " When our town residents go for morning and evening walks 1 would suggest they take agarabage bag along. This - would help keep our town cleaner." Councillor Ben Hoogenboom commented, " We must have a lot .of littcrers by the amount of gar- bage the students collected. I wish we had a bylaw for this- type of in- fraction. " He was quickly told by Mayor Bruce Shaw, " We do have a bylaw and the fine is $10." To this Reeve Bill Mickle added, " Enforcement is the problem." Mickle, just back from a trip to China said, " The streets of Peking were very clean. Anyone caught lit- tering is fined immediately. The fine amounts to about 65 cents in our money. They recycle almost all of their garbage. What's left goes • for compost." Mickle continued, " One billion new trees are planted in China each year and they appear to be trying to drive back the Gobi desert." * On the suggestion of Councillor Ben Hoogenboom, council will be asking the provincial government if any action is being taken to shorten thc present 35 days waiting period in connection with land severances. Hoogcnboom continued, " Some developers feel the present 35 days is too long. I'm not asking for a change now, just inforntation." PUC installation now PCB -free The transformer and the contami- nated rccloscr at the Wellington St. substation arc now free of PCBs. (Perhaps "free" is the wrong word to use, as the PUC is now $29,000 poorer.) The equipment to remove the PCBs was set up Monday, and the process of filter- ing the 530 gallons of oil contain- ing the unwanted substance began at 6:30 Tuesday morning. It was completed later that day. . Everything went smoothly. PUC manager Hugh Davis had pre- viously worked out the -logistics of transferring electricity loads while the transfoimerwas shut down. Davis informed commissioners at the regular April meeting that he has ordered 525,000 worth of trans- formers to be ready when needed for the flurry of development oc- curring in Exctcr. Delivery takes from 16 to 18 weeks. Tucked in with thelnext hydro bills will be a recommendation to those with electricwater heaters to consider adding water softeners. Ex- eter water is hard. Davis. saidthat whenever the bottom element in one of the utility's rental watcr heat- ers is replaced, the heater is "delimcd"; as much as five gallons of limc have been removed. - Acting_in concert with the town, . the PUC will ask for a six-month AT THE CONTROLS - PUC manager Hugh Davis (right) is given a look at the control panel on the equipment used by Rondar Inc. for on-site PCB decontamination of transformer oil. renewal of their insurance with Frank Cowan and Company, to ex- tend the coverage period to the end of the year. Both the municipality of Exctcr and the PUC will then tender for the best price on a three- year policy. Threc people have been hired for the summer. They are Matthew Connon, Derck DcHaan and Steve McIntyre. Four tries were needed to push a water line across Highwcy. 83 West to hook up the Chocolate :a lry. Davis noted that,the PUC won't make too much money off that ser- vice for some time, as the customer will pay a flat rate, and the cost ex- cecded S 1,300. Davis -reported that the overhaul on the Morgan well has been .com- pleted. He also came up with a so- lution for the. problem of draining away the test water containing chlo- rine and carbon dioxide at die recent- ly .chlorinated ecent- ly.chlorinated Hicks well. •As the dry well designed by the engineers is not working, Davis suggested seeking MOE approval to tap into a test well hole 25 feet from the. Hicks well. = A reply to Image Cleaners will assure the company of the availabil- , I ity of four million gallons of water annually. A possible future require- ment for seven million can not be Supplied until the PUC increases its treated water storage capacity. The water deparuncnt has received a cheque for 57,753. It is the first advance on a provincial grant to par- tially finance the cost of a water dis- tribution system rehabilitation needs study, which will include more storage capacity. Feature of the Week 1111. 10318% 2 Yrs. fvtnimum 525,000 • yw••e. •oo.e•..o Goderich 1.800-265.5503 4' PCB REMOVAL - PUC manager Hugh Davis (right) was at the scene when a crew and equipment from Rondar Inc. filtered the PCBs from the 490 galbns of contaminated oil in the Wellington St. transformer and the additional 40 gallons in one of the reclosers. ••• Crime Stoppers During the week of March 21, 1988 an unknown person or per- sons entered MacLean's Hard- ware Store at 110 Main S ,. N in Exctcr and Stole four fishing reels. The four reels were con- tained in a glass showcase. By removing a steel bar from the case the thievcgwere able to lift up the glass and remove the reels. The reels arc described as Daiwa's with two Procastor Magforcc reels model numbers PRISG and PMFS3H and Whisker Tourna- ment reels model numbers SS700 and SS 1600. The total value of the stolen items exceeds 5600. If you have any information about this or any other serious clime, call Crime Stoppers of Huron County toll-free at 1-800- 265-1717. You could carr a cash reward ofupto$1,000ifthe infor- mation leads to an Oreg. Callers will not be required to identify themselves nor testify in court. Specials for Motet From Teddy Beajis•'4 to Crystal 20°/° to 35% off Sho%v you /ore her 11'11h U Rift from The Birch Tree Hensall li "..,•:1111 Make your choice... for Springy :wrollIVI ()Ltd UV (71' €Hfl[(311E9 383 Main Street, Exeter, Ontario Phone: (S19) 235-2590