Times Advocate, 1989-07-26, Page 3Letters
Dear Editor:
• When wildlife species begin to
diminish or, become endangered, it
.means they are one step closer to
becoming extinct. When a species
becomes extinct it is gone forever.
Extinction is a final word.
A top priority of the Canadian
Wildlife Federation (CWF), is the
protection of rare, threatened or en-
dangered wildlife. By providing ed-
ucational and awareness pro-
grammes for Canadians, the CWF
is able to help Canadians under-
stand the importance of our natural
heritage and the need to conserve
it.
In order to maintain a steady flow
of communication with the public,
the CWF depends on media for
support. In this respect, we have
launched a national public service
awareness campaign which focuses
on the subject of endangered wild-
life.
We have enclosed a sheet of cam-
era-ready PSAs which we hope
your newspaper will use to help
promote our message.
We would also appreciate it if
you could take a minute to send us
some sort of response as to wheth-
er you will be using the PSA in
your newspaper and if so, when it
will appear.
We look forward to your support
of this initiative.
Sincerely,
Julie Gelfand
Director of Communications
Canadian Wildlife Federation
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An Open Letter. to the Community:
This year 35,000 Canadians will
die of cancer. At times the battle
seems as insurmountable as the task
Ten -y Fox faced when he started his
Run across Canada to raise money
for cancer research. His heroism is
well-documented - it has inspired
hundreds of thousands of Canadians
to join in raising money to fight
this dreaded scourge. The results
each year have been very encourag-
ing and truly inspiring to all of us
involved in organizing Run sites -
of which we had 380 in Ontario last
year.
However, we are in need of a Run
Organizer in Exeter.
Our office exists solely to support
the efforts of our Run Organizers. -If
you, or anyone you know, are inter-
ested in setting up a Terry Fox Run
site in your area, call us toll-free at
1-800-387-1200. The 9th Annual
Terry Fox Run is on Sunday, Sep-
tember 17, 1989.
Each step brings us closer to Ter-
ry's dream of finding a cure for can-
cer. Please get involved.
Breeda tyIcClew
Ontario Provincial Coordinator
The Terry Fox Run
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Dear Sir.
.So far, so good in most of Onta-
rio. But you never know. Even as I
write this there are drying winds
blowing out of the northwest. Fire
is always a possibility.
The attached repro -proof may be
useful to you as a.sales item, a fill-
er or part of your own forest fire
prevention education program. We
hope it serves some useful purpose
for you.
We know that in the good years
we tend to sit back and relax where
fire is concerned. That is tod bad for
it's just the time we need more edu-
cational reminders. In bad years the
flits themselves arc reminders.
So we will appreciate any help
you can give the Cooperative For-
est Fire Prevention Program this
summer. As you know the forest
fire season runs until the snow
flies.
We're off to a pretty good start.
Let's maintain the pace. Remember,
only you can prevent forest fires.
Thanks a million.
Jim Coats
Ontario Forestry Association
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Lioness luncheon - The Exeter Lioness treated 19 exchange students from all over the world to
lunch in Riverview Park last week. The students, part of the Lion's International Youth Exchange,
were passing through Exeter on their way to Grand Bend. Co-ordinating the luncheon were Lioness
Judy McLeod, Sally Lou Raymond, Cathy Hugil, Ann Thomson, and Mary Lou Becker.
Homebuilder fined $60
EXETER - James Rolph, Exeter,
was found guilty of acting as ven-
dor of a new home without register-
ing the building under the Ontario
New Home Warranty Plan Act. JP
Doug Wedlake handed down his de-
cision in what he termed "an unusu-
al case" in Exeter court on Tuesday,
July 18.
Persons acting as vendors or
builders are required to register un-
der this act, which controls the
quality of construction. They are to
pay a $350 enrolment fee, plus $2
per $1,000 of purchase price; this
goes into a guarantee fund to fix
any deficiencies.
Rolph was charged after he sold a
home he was building at 511 Mary
St. to James and Barbara Beckett.
Rolph testified he had not registered
the house because he was building
it for himself, and had not intended
to sell it until persuaded to by
Beckett.
Questioning of an investigator by
Rolph's lawyer brought out the fact
authorities had been told of the
building and selling of the house by
Jan Van Haarlem, another builder in
town. -
Wedlake noted that the accused
had not built with the intention of
selling. He said although there was
no c stion c,. shoddy workmanship
in this case, the penalty had to act
as a deterrent. The prosecutor had
asked for a $750 fine, the amount it
would have cost Rolph to register
under ONHWPA, but Wedlake le-
vied a fine of $600.
No insurance
Mark McNutt, Hay township,
pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle
with no insurance. He had been
stopped by police on July 2 doing a
"power turn" onto Concession 4-5
on Highway 83. The vehicle had
no licence plates. He was fined
$500. -
Immortalized
Continued from front page
(Scott and his wife moved on to
Exeter a few years after his daughter
and husband retired to Grand Cove
Estates. Mrs. Scott died three years
ago.)
Mrs. Poli had left England with-
out seeing the memorial either. She
returned with her family in the 60s
for a holiday, and made a point of
dropping by Winchester Cathedral.
Her father was instantly recogniza-
ble. His stance, the way he held his
left hand, everything about the me-
morial was true to life.
She still laughs as she recalls her
children looking up at the statue,
and announcing to other tourists_
"That's my granddad!"
She knows, too, why her father
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men's memorial. .
"He was the best -looking man in
the regiment," she said proudly.
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Ross Kercher, Hensall, was found
guilty of failing to yield from a pri-
vate driveway. William Hay, also
of Hensall, was hit on the left rear
panel of his vehicle as he backed
out of a driveway in the process of
turning around to park his car in the
shade on Richmond Street. Wed -
lake ruled that Hay was on the
highway first and Kercher failed to
notice him. Kercher paid his
$53.75 before leaving court.
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Too cool - Jaimie and Lisa McDonald were only two of many partici-
pants in the "Cool Dude Day" at the Exeter pool last week.
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Times -Advocate, July 26, 1989 Page 3
Quits public works
GRAND BEND - At the regular
meeting of village council last
Monday, councillor Shirley Mitch-
ell handed in a letter of resignation
for a position on the public works
committee. •
Mitchell had been appointed to
the public works committee after
the last municipal election last year
and has been at odds with reeve
Bob Sharen since over how she has
been handling her. duties as a com-
mittee member.
The Ministry of the Environment
recently ticketed the village for
some violations at the waste site
and Mitchell felt Sharen and the
rest of council were blaming her
for the problem.
"Nothing I do will ever please
you or other members of council,"
Mitchell said in her letter.
"It is totally unfair to blame staff
for council problems and council's
lack of action or direction. Mem-
bers of this council need to define
their role and stop interfering in the
day-to-day functions of staff,"
Mitchell continued.
w
In his report, .Sharen informed
council that new clerk Wayne Tin-
gle will start work Tuesday, Au-
gust 8 and said one of the tasks he
would like to see assigned to Tin-
gle is the setting up of operation
manuals, over a number of
months, for the various depart-
ments in the village, like harbor,
public works, recreation.
Sharen also said that traffic exit-
ing River Road tuming northbound
on highway 21 and then eastbound
on 81 is becoming a problem be-
cause there have to cross over two
lanes of southbound traffic and it is
becoming a more hazardous prob-
lem. To help alleviate the problem.
Sharen suggested council look at
making River Road a one way
street.
He went on further to say that if
council does make River Road a
one way street they seriously con-
sider traffic lights at Lake Road be-
cause of the increased traffic there.
Sharen also thinks council
should advertise for the position of
secretary, to replace Barb Dalrym-
ple, who resigned in April.
* * *
Dave Sheppard, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, attended
the meeting as a delegation to re-
quest the use of the beach on behalf
of the Sandlecastle Days, which
runs August 12 and 13.
The requests included places for
the major sponsors, including Yo-
plait van, CKTY radio, Kentucky
Fried Chicken, NEC Video Van,
Wind and Water Sports, with the
understanding that none of the
sponsors can sell anything on the
beach.
Sheppard also wanted a places for
the Junior Miss Sandcastle Days
competition, access to a water hose
outlet at the bath house for the
sandcastle competition, sandcastle
building area, assistance from
works crew to mark off building,
and the closure of the streets for the
parade August 12. The parade is to
form on Crescent Street go down
Main Street back, up main street,
left at lights and -ending up at Carter
show Kids Carnival on Municipal
Drive.
Administrator
Continued from front page
lors, municipal administrative
staff, including people he will now
work with in Huron, and other pro-
vincial ministry staff.
"This (Huron) council has some
very interesting challenges ahead,
including waste management, eco-
nomic development, Huronview re-
development..." There's a lot to
learn, and I'm looking forward to
it," Bellchamber said.
Most of Huron councit met the
new administrator briefly for the
first time July 5, when he was one
of several ministry stall to accom-
pany Municipal Affairs Minister
John Eakins to Goderich to meet
with council about proposed county
government restructuring in Onta-
rio.
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