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Grass Roots
meeting draws
crowd
See page 2
Cemetery
Decoration Day
See page 7
Area residents
host Chernobyl
children
See Crossroads
Second front
Merchandise
stolen from
Sound Advice
EXETER - Sound Advice, a store
scheduled to open later this month
on Main Street, was broken into be-
tween July 31 and August 4.
According to police, $6,500 in
merchandise was reported stolen
including two camcorder tripods,
one pair of bookshelf speakers,
two CD players, 10 walkmans, two
tapedecks, two portable stereos
and six camcorders. All are Sony
equipment.
Gerry Smith and daughter Lin-
da Maldonado
Bart Devrfes photo
Gerry Smith wins
Fiddle championship
SHELBURNE-Exeter fiddler
Gerry Smith, accompanied on the
piano by his daughter Linda Mal-
donado, captured a fourth Canadian
Fiddle Championship in Shelburne
Saturday night.
In 1973 they won the novelty
class and in 1984, 1992 and again
this year they have won the 45 to
64 age class for fiddlers nouns
Canada.]
This is the 46th year the National
Contest has been held in Shelburne.
Gerry has recently released his
fourth cassette tape and CD called
Fiddle Favorites "just for you."
They are available locally at Ma-
cLeans and Exeter Photo.
Gerry and Linda will be playing
for stepdancers in Drayton Aug.
23-24. They will also be on the
CFPL stage at the Western Fair this
Saturday.
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Great way to...
beat
the
heat
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Give us water! Above, Theresa and Andrew Carey soak up the waves near Grand Bend to beat the heat wave last week.
Below, from left, Miranda Rempel, Al Rempel and Jordan Reid spash it up at their pool party in Hensall.
,Conc'�111'
`for corn
crops
HURON COUNTY - Area
farmers are hoping for a tate
frost thls year as they keep
an eye on com that is two to
three weeks late.
"There's no way we can
take a frost in September,"
said Dale Good, manager
at W.G. Thompson &
Limited in Hen
Corn needs 60 days
good weather from the tt
it tassels until it can handle
a frost. Tasseling, which
would normally happen in
mid-July, has occurred In
early August - that means
many corn growers are pro-
jecting harvest times In ear-
ly October.
Good Is also concerned
about "some awful, uneven
crops" across the county.
Due to a cool, wet spring,
planting got off to a late
start and In some areas
such as Zurich, entire corn
crops were wiped out by a
flood earlier this summer. As
a result, some were forced
to reptant, making the sea-
son even shorter.
"What com needs Is real
hot, humid weather," said
Good,
Although recent sunshine
and warm temperatures
ave provided ideal grow -
conditions, now that the
early August heat wave Is
past, "the trend seems to be
toward the cooler nights,"
said Good.
"Our concern is we don't
want another '92," he add -
referring to a year that
as horrendous for com
growing due to an early
• frost.
Farmers are also con-
cerned abouta mold called
fusarium, which has rav-
aged local wheat crops and
may threaten corn as well.*
Grand fiend Prksand Recreation
Committee mombers resign
All but two members of the Pones and Recreation Advisory Committee re-
sign, chairperson cites tensi`ts between them and Grand Bend council
GRAND BEND - The sudden resignation of six members Tuesday'sicfcil meeting to work out details of allocating
of the Grand Bend Parks and Recreation Advisory Com- the proceeds taised frpm the Kids of Steel Triathlon held in
mittee has put the committee and their projects on hold and Orand Bend recently, However, neither spoke about the
may have created an irreversible rift between those who re- Mason fop to, resignations nor was the issue fully ad -
signed and Grand Bend Council. dressed by"cooy�ncII.
Committee members Bi11 Uniac, Doreen McHarg, rid Whennnicted by the T -A Thursday, Richman read
Brown, Steve Reid, John Merkies and Chairperson Barry {tom a c y.Of his letter of resignation revealing tensions
Richman officially resigned from the committee during a among rilittee members and a declining relationship
meeting on July 24 leaving councilors Bob Mann and Bar- with couneiI.
bara Wheetdon as the only two remaining members. "We to hold this committee together but there
Richman and Uniac made a brief appearance during last have ;jmoblems and misunderstandings," said
Richman.
He said problems began when council added the word
"advisory" to the name of the Parks and Recreation Com-
mittee at the beginning of their term in November. No long-
er a full committee of council, it can't make motions, pass
resolutions or take minutes at meetings. Without minutes
being recorded, or rules to enforce Richman said meetings
were becoming hostile and difficult to control.
He added council never gave the advisory committee a
new mandate and the group was unsure of its new role.
* Continued on page 2
Lucan C tes to
begin Ilbrary negotlatlons
After six months of deliberation, council will discuss
the idea of moving the village library to a larger facility
By Brenda Burke
T -A Reporter
Mert and Muriel Culbe VS ;may pi t. building owned by the Culberts on Main
For others, it means the begfaiking of s deal Street. Muriel feels council's decision is "a
they have disagreed with all along. big beginning."
LUCAN - For some, a long-awaited de- If approved, the proposal would mean the Mary Lynn Hetherington, chair of the seven-
cision took place at Lucan's August 6 council village's inadegiate library facilities would be member Friends of the library Committee,
meeting - the go-ahead to begin dealing with replaced by a , new 2,766 .quare foot library . Continued on page 2
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