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Times -Advocate, July 28,1993
Lucan Retirement Home owners Isabel Brezinski and Bob Urosevic are putting last minute
touches on the newly opened facility. They expect to have a grand o^ening in just over a month
when renovating is completed. Visitors are welcomed to tour the facility which is already up
and running. The new retirement home takes in clients on a longterm basis as well as short
term.
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By Erin Lobb
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EXETER - "It's been a bad year
for earwigs," said Duff Bullock,
Store Supervisor at the Exeter Co-
op. He can say that again, many
Exeter and surrounding area resi-
dents -may have found -they have
been invaded -by the six -legged nui-
sances more so than in past years.
However, rest assured that a nui-
sance is all they are, according to
Alan Tomlin, research scientist with
Canadian Agriculture and Agri -
Food, the worst they can do is
pinch someone, however they do
feed on plants and could do some
-damage to your annuals.
The influx of earwigs is largely to
•,.do with the wet summer of last year
says Tomlin, more earwig eggs
would have survived to become
adult earwigs. Tomlin also says
that the activity rises with the
amount of humidity, with humid
evenings being the worst time for
earwig infestation.
The European variety of earwig is
the most prevalent, and can be
found in any dark moist place such
as basements or gardens. They do
however feed mainly at night, and
hide when the sun comes out, often
times in your home.
Bill Harvie, diagnostician with he
Pest Diagnostic and Advisory Clinic
in Guelph says the easiest ways to
get earwigs out of your home is too
make sure they don't get in. Loose
basement screens or unsealed cracks
-can bean open invitation for the
-lam.
-Because matey -tend to wander
Ihroughoutrthe.home they can often
.be difficult to.kill. Though you can
relax becauseantearwig's iifespan is
rnnly one year, and they won't breed
:indoors.
Tomlin says these things tend to
--run in cycles. Until 10 to 15 years
-ago insecticides were widely used
;so the residues were controlling the
earwigs. ,Now- that the residue has
..tiropped She insect populations are
on the rise.
Are several ways to kill ear-
ASrxne,unn-chemical „means
Exeter OPP officer Beth Pimm surveys the damage done to
this Ford minivan Monday evening on Highway 83. While inju-
ries were involved in the accident, police say none were life-
threatening.
Driver charged in accident
EXETER - The Exeter OPP are investigating a two -vehicle collision on
Highway 83 east of Exeter Monday evening. Police say John Trotter of
London was travelling north on Usborne Concession 11 when he struck a
van driven by Joseph Beecroft of Tilsonburg on the highway.
Beecroft's van rolled several times before coming to a stop. Three peo-
ple were taken to hospital for minor injuries.
Trotter has been charged with failing to stop.
On Saturday the OPP investigated a single car accident on Concession
22 of Stephen Township. A car driven by Jacqui Wiersma of RR3Park-
hill lost control on the gravel road, slid into a ditch and rolled over on its
roof. The car was severely damaged but both the driver and passenger
were wearing their"seat belts and serious injuries were prevented.
Thursday, the OPP were called to a collision on Highway 83 at Conces-
sion 4-5 of StepherrTowhship in which a car driven by Chadwick Pauli of
Stratford lost control anti struck a hydro pole in the ditch. The car demol-
ished and both driver and passenger were treated for minor injuries at
South Huron Hospital.
are to,
• Cut a 30 centimetre piece of old
garden hose and place it in areas
where earwigs are likely to be. Eve-
ry morning mix a pail with water
and detergent in a bucket and strike
the hose sections against the sides
of the bucket the earwigs will fall
out and drown.
• Spread diatomaceous earth in
places where there are lots of ear-
wigs. The earth looks like talcum
powder but has small sharp particles
in it that will pierce the insects shell,
and they will die of dehydration.
Various chemical controls include
spraying a chemical substance along
building foundations, shutters,
eavestroughs, verandahs, fences,
and garages.
Bullock has sold a large amount
of- insecticide already this year.
Some of the household bug killers
come in aerosol and bait, though
Bullock says that most people buy
the pellet variety to put in their gar-
den, If you -put than in the garden it
can keep them from getting into
your house.
Wilson Earwig Destroyer is a
popular brand at the Co-op, howev-
er all the major insecticide compa-
nies produce good bug sprays.
If your home is under siege by the
crawlers don't despair their peak
season is late July to early August
so they will soon be dwindling as
the weather cools.
Social contract deadline
looms for Exeter
EXETER - A sectoral agreement
was reached late last Monday be-
tween the provincial government
and the municipalities.
It is now up to municipalities to
set in place local agreements before
the August 1 deadline.
"That is what we are striving for
now," said Bill Mickle, Exeter
Reeve and -vice president of the As-
sociation of Municipalities of Onta-
rio.
•He said the town of Exeter is
waiting for an information package
from the province before it can be-
gin putting the local agreement in
place.
"It's sort of a whirlwind right
now," he said. "The package was
suppose to arrive last week, but
was just mailed on Friday."
With a local agreement in place,
Exeter should be able to shave 20
per cent off the $67,676 the prov-
ince asked for.
Trust fond for park
AILSA CRAIG - McGillivray
Township =mail agreed to a pro-
posal to establish a trust fund.
"The trust fund will be used to fi-
nance future improvements to facil-
ities at Lieury Park, it was an-
nounced at the council meeting last
Monday night.
The McGillivray Athletic Com-
mittee proposed establishing the
trust fund from profits made at the
Sprieg -Dance and past Eun Days
activities.
Reeve Charles Corbett said other
groups are also interested in donat-
,ing to the fund.
"Unfortunately council doesn't
have a lot of money that can be di-
rected towards park improvements,
so the combined efforts will be a
great help," said Corbett.
The fund will be jointly adminis-
tered by the committee and the
Township which will also contrib-
ute funds.
Two businesses
hit with break-ins
EXETER - The Exeter OPP arc
investigating a ,pair of thefts and
break-ins in the altrea.
Police say on Sunday there was
an overnight break-in at the Iron-
wood Golf Course. A quantity of
liquor and beer was stolen, along
with cigarellos, chocolate bars and
golf balls.
In addition to those items, an-
other theft of 25 yellow rake han-
dles occurred at the golf course.
Last Wednesday, police were in-
vestigating an overnight break-in at
Bluewater Roofing at RR1 Central-
ia. Stolen were a Panasonic fax
machine and a typewriter from the
office.
The OPP were also called to in-
stances of vandalism at an 9rthard
St. hofnc in Exeter in whit*h both
side windows of a parked truck
were smashed with a rock. An-
other case of wilful damage is be-
ing investigated at the Pro Hard-
ware in Zurich, in which motor oil
was sprayed on the front window.
• Police say they have seized tithe
prohibited knives from youths in
the past week, and have caught one
motorist with a radar detector.
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