Times Advocate, 1989-07-26, Page 2Page 2
Times -Advocate, July 26,1989
Bible school - Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church in Exeter finished off their 1989 summer vacation
bible school with a special program on Friday. The bible school, entitled "Joy Trek" featured a space
age theme.
Detects
detectors
TORONTO - If you're a speeder
who has been using a radar detector
to avoid being caught, your false
sense of security could becoming
to an end.
The Ontario Provincial Police
will be the first police force in
North America to operate radar de-
tector detectors in an effort to deter
speeding - one of the major causes
of fatal motor vehicle accidents.
A number of the devices have
been purchased for the Force's pilot
project and will be distributed to de-
tachments throughout the province.
Tested in the Sudbury area last
year, the device identified 107 detec-
tors during 61 hours of operation.
In the Oak Ridges area, 183 detec-
tors were pinpointed during a 62 -
hour period..
The media is invited to a demon-
stration Thursday, July 20, 1989
at 10 a.m. at the Downsview de-
tachment, at Keele Street and
Highway 401. Details on the de-
vice -will be available at that time
and the manufacturers will be on
hand to provide technical informa-
tion. •
In 1987 and 1988, officers seized
more than 10,000 radar warning
devices without the aid of the de-
vice.
Area teacher
awarded
$7,500
scholarship
TORONTO - Mary -Ellen Walsh
is to be awarded a $7,500 doctoral
scholarship by the Federation of
Women Teachers' Associations of
Ontario at a presentation on Tues-
day, August 15 at the Federation's
annual meeting in Toronto.
The Federation represents Onta-
rio's 36,000 women public elemen-
tary school teachers.
The Florence I. Henderson Doc-
toral Scholarship, named after the
executive director of the Federation
from 1972-1985, will enable Mary -
Ellen to continue doctoral studies in
education at the Ontario Institute for
Studies in Education. Her study in-
volves assessing the effects of ro-
- tary time -tabling on intermediate
students and relating it to the OSIS
guidelines.
Mary -Ellen Walsh teaches at Va-
nastra Public School in Clinton.
t Letter to
the Editor
Dear Sir.
London airport will never be the
same pis carry Saturday niurnirrg;
July 15 approximately 250 boy
scouts and their leaders, from
South Western Ontario, checked in
and boarded for Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island and then to
Fort Amherst, to join 10,000 plus
fellow scouts from across Canada
and ciscwhere for the Vllth Canadi-
an Jamboree, .
Eleven Exeter and.area.hoy.s.,..bt-
fortttnatc i - . 'his tremendous
opporiut . ; r 1 a half of
,
p1.1 1, , :, l .t. mizi.,yy an., id rais-
ing, by the tx r 'ieil . '.iders,
have made it pos. ib., for them to
attend this event.
, Our purpose for writing this let-
ter is to publicly thank Scout Mas-
ter Dennis Hockey and Scouter Bill
Dinney for their outstanding dedica-
tion to the project, and the many
volunteer hours they have spent on
it. The boys will be forever grate -
"totally , awesomg", experience„..,, .....,
An enthusiastic Scout salute and
sincere thank you to Scouter Den-
nis and Scouter Bill for a fantastic
week on behalf of: 'f'ony Arm-
strong, Jeff Bowen, Colin Bowers,
Brad Chambers, Darryl Chappel,
Siinon Dinncy, Fraser Gatt, John
Hodgins, David Morlock, I?ana
Wright, and Mark Wei and.
Sincerely,
Bill and ris Weigand
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Traffic
volume increasing
TORONTO - Warm summer
weather and the holiday season re-
sult in a dramatic increase in traffic
volume every year. Unfortunately,
the increased volume also leads to
an increase in fatal motor vehicle
accidents.
Last summer, 363 people died in
motor vehicle accidents in areas of
the province patrolled by the Onta-
rio Provincial Police. the major
contributing factors in those acci-
dents were excessive speed, alcohol
and failure to wear seat belts. Ap-
proximately 25 percent of motor-
ists killed were ejected from vehi-
cles.
"Without a doubt, seat belts save
lives. It is our duty to protect the
driving public by ensuring proper
use of seat belts and child re-
straints," said Insp. Bill Wicklund,
OPP traffic and marine section.
This Civic Day weekend - Au-
gust 5,6,7, - OPP R.I.D.E. teams
will be out in full force. The sum-
mer R-.I.D.E. program, a coopera-
tive effort involving police forces
throughout the province, has al-
ready proven effective. This past
Victoria Day weekend, OPP
R.I.D.E. units charged 147 people
Clarification
ZURICH - Figures on the cost of
the Zurich drain clean-out contained
in last week's report on Zurich
council were incomplete.
As Zurich was the initiating mu-
nicipality, clerk Maureen Sim-
mons, was authorized to borrow an
amount equal to the total cost of
the work, $167,000.
Approximately $73,000 will be
recovered from Hay township,
$22,000 from MTC. and $2,000
from the county.
Half of Zurich's share, $70,500,
will be paid through a PRIDE
grant. The rest of the PRIDE grant
will be used for other projects in
Zurich.
with alcohol-related driving offens-
es. In addition, 269 12 -hour sus-
pensions.
"People tend to consume more
alcohol and driver longer distances
in the summer. The cooperation of
police forces in the summer
R.I.D.E. program is intended to
send a clear message to the public:
Drinking and driving will not be
tolerated," said Wicklund.
The OPP will be enforcing
speeding, drinking/driving and seat
belt laws this holidayyweekend.
"The OPP urges motorists to
buckle up and drive safely," said
Wicklund.
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