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Times Advocate, 1999-09-15, Page 13Wednesday, September 15, 1999 Exeter Times–Advocate 13 Family Beaver le By Carmel Sweeney ZURICH CORRESPONDENT ZURICH - Registration for the Scouting groups will be held on September 16 from 7 to 8 p.m. at St. Peter's Lutheran Church fellowship hall. If you can't attend that evening, phone ahead to Sandra Desjardine at 236-4634 for the boys' groups; or to Nicole VerOude at 236- 7631 for the girls' groups. ers needed for Zurich club Beaver leaders are needed. The next Chamber of Commerce dinner meeting will be held on September 28 at 7 p.m. President Sybille Schaufler of Hensall will preside. The plans for the Home , & Garden Show in September have been cancelled due to the Plowing Match. Registration for Youth Bowling, ages five to 12, is being held at Town and Country Lanes. Phone Skating in the dark Derek Kelly, left, and Curtis Masse spent Friday night practising their skateboarding skills: beside Exeter Public School. Marlene at 236-4923. This group bowls on Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon. It's time to get your sponsors for the annual Terry Fox Run on September 19. It will take place rain or shine, at the Zurich Park. Registration is at 1:30 p.m. with the run beginning at 2 p.m. Refreshments will be available afterwards.. For more information phone Wendy Rowan at 236- 4882. Help is also needed that day. The Golden Agers held their first meeting :after the summer -months on September 13 at the Hay Township Hall, beginning with a potluck supper at 5:30 p.m. President of the club is Lottie Grenier. St. Boniface Youth Group will be having a meeting for high school students on Friday, September 17 at 7:30 p.m. There will be a pizza party afterwards. All stu- dents are welcome. Fr. Mario is holding a meeting for all the altar servers at the parish hall on September 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will include some time for crafts and lunch. An interdenominational church service is planned at the Zurich Arena on September 19 at 7 p.m. Paul Henderson will be the guest speaker. There will also be a 200 voice mass choir. The Seaforth Fiarmony Kings will present a' "Harvest of Harmony" on September 18 at the Seaforth District High School at 8 p.m. Advance tickets are $10 by calling 519-522-1301 or Bill in Hensall at 262-3217. Tickets at the door are $12.50 and students cost $7 in advance or $10 at the door. The Middle Cross Concert group enter- tained at St. Peter's Lutheran Church on Sunday at the morning service. The Zurich Figure Skating Club are holding registration on September 18 at the arena from 10 a.m. to 12:30 pan. For more information phone Carol Prang, 236-4661. - Members of the United Church from Zurich and Dashwood held a joint outdoor service at the park in Zurich followed by a potluck lunch. A volunteer apprecia- tion dinner and bowling was held' at the Town and Country Lanes in Zurich on Sunday afternoon. They enjoyed a delicious meal prepared by the Bedards. The Auxiliary met at the Rest Home on September 7, beginning with a musi- cal program. President Gladys Gingerich chaired the meeting. The bazaar was set for November 6. The convention will be held October. 24 to 26 in Hamilton. Personals Jerome and Carmel Sweeney attended a potluck supper on September 11 at the ,home of Mike and Kate Moriarty, RR #2 Bayfield. It was a reunion of the retired psychiatric unit staff. A family get-together was held at the home of Joe and Rose Regier on Sunday. All of their chil- dren attended in honour of their parents' 45th anniversary on September 4. Farewell wishes go to Harry and Wilma POLICE BRIEFS • POLICE BRIEFS Man nabbed for sex assaults EXETER -- An Exeter man was arrested and charged by London OPP Aug. 30 for two sexual assaults on an 18 -year-old female neighbour. London OPP Const. Doug Graham said Matthew Lockart of Sanders St. allegedly visited a female neighbour on Aug. 27 and Aug. 30 and sexually touched her. Graham underlined the incidents were not rapes and the woman was not injured. Police give up on fleeing vehicle VANASTRA — A Huron OPP officer gave up pursu- ing a pickup truck that drove through Vanastra Public School's yard and playground equipment in the early hours of Sept. 3. Huron OPP Const. Don Shropshall said the officer came across a red pickup that was eastbound on Hwy. 8 in Tuckersmith Township at about 2 a,m. The .truck, turned onto Vanastra Rd. towards Vanastra . when the officer decided to . do a routine stop. Thi driver of the pickup didn't pull over when the officer activated the cruiser lights, acceler- ated over the next two kilometres and went off the road at a curve next to Vanastra School. - The truck continued across the school lawn and jumped over the curb into the school parking lot and then through the play- ground equipment on the other side coming out onto Regina Rd. The officer then called the communi- cations centre. The officer was told to stop his chase. tib=IPM 1999 BOTFLED kk4V4 * Limited Collector Labeled Bottle * Proceeds to Scouts Canada, Huron District Courtesy of ONTARIO CLEAN WATER AGENCY Available only at Seip's The truck wasn't seen again that night. There was no damage to the school property except for the grass. The officer obtained the plate number and contacted the truck owner who lives in Hanmor (near Sudbury). The truck had been loaned to a friend. The incident is still under investigation. 004 OW49 va1umart and. Seip's valu-mart Trailer Park Store at the IPM Pennings, RR #1 Zurich, who have recently moved to Egmondville. Melody Colleen Cyr, daughter of Mike and Colleen, was baptized on Sunday at St. Boniface Church ,by Fr. Mario Cassar. Darryl Regier. of Calgary recently spent two weeks visiting with his parents Barb and Larry Regier, RR #2 Zurich and friends in the area. They also camped at Tobermory. Lee and Rose Regier spent the weekend in Windsor with her brother Stance and Vera Bedard. Sisters Therese Star and Bernadette Denomme travelled to Pittsburgh to visit with another sister, Marie Pierre Bedard, along with Michael and Jane Denomme from Windsor. Sympatty is expressed to the families of the late Roy Gingerich and Harry McAdams who passed away recently. A family get-together was held at the home of Gerald and Ursula Regier, RR #1 Dashwood, on Saturday. A family birthday sup- per was held last week at the home of Jerome and Carmel Sweeney to cele- brate birthdays for grand- children Tiffany Eybergen on September 7 and Tim Klopp on September 12. Theresa . Hartman spent the weekend with sons Larry and family in London. Some members of the Klopp family spent the holiday weekend at the cottage of Bill Schade and family in Stokes Bay. Ruth -Ann Flaxbard of London- spent the week- end with her parents Earl and Ann hlaxba.rd and enjoyed going to .the steam show in Blyth on Saturday. Darren and Aimee Rau spent the weekend camp- ing at Pine Lake. . A family and Christmas barbecue was held September 11 at . the home of Gerald and Ursula Regier, with 57 family members attend- ing from: Howell, Michigan, Woodslee, Delaware, Zurich and Dashwood. `^ Business Directo AUCTIONEER • Filson & Robson FUtly UCENSED & BONDED, CALL OR FAX (519) 666-0833 Fick up and sales of complete or partial estates. Specializing In Farm, Real Estate, and General Sales. 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The top three pieces were Vivaldi's "Four Seasons", Beethoven's "Violin Concerto Opus 61" and Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto" in that order. Bob Dylan's "Knocking on Heaven's Door" camd in at'number 9. In B.C. last March, 83 pharmacies took part in a public study of unused medications. Those pharmacies collected $45,000 worth of drugs in 8 weeks. Extrapolated to the rest of the province, it means that more than $2.5 million of drugs are wasted each year in the province. If you are unsure whether a new drug will work for you, ask for a smaller quantity first. Phone 235-1982 440 Main St., Exeter "Your Health Care Pharmacy" irc 1