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Times Advocate, 1997-09-10, Page 5On the Street • by Jim Beckett *issues heating up The most recent meeting of Ex- eter Town Council seemed to be a little more heated than usual. Read the stories on the front page and judge for yourself. The present term is almost over, sev- eral council members' are not • coming hack • and . an election is slated for November. • This. is a great time for anyone with something to offer to step forward and play a pan in the op- eration of their community. :The next term will be extremely chat- lenging as every town or town -M ship will he facing difficult deci- sions, • particularly with downsizing and amalgamation. in Exeter. council is being reduced •and to- seven members who will be elected for the next term. •Royal tragedy The life and death of Diana, the People's Princess; has been cov- ered -by all segments of the media more thoroughly. than any story 1' remember. - in Exeter Dr. Linda Steele was'. campaigning for the :removal of the trashy tabloid newspapers from store shelves. Her actions appeared to he•successful- for, now. but my guess is they'll be hack -on the news racks soon. The public appetite for sleazy mu. rn ism has created a fortune. f many . publishers and as long the readership is there the to !olds and the paparazzi. will he happy to supply the words and pictures • Toe tapping time • Friday cvcniny and • Saturda afternoon. Oct 17 and 1.B arc di dates for "406 Musicfest." This - a Business Association 'prom tion at 406 Main St. South. _• slims dies amigo Congratulations to Lois God - holt, winner of the first trip of the month draw :sponsored by the Ex eter Lions Club-. Lois has choice of taking a trip to Cuba o - several other destinations. • Love those weddings Getting invited to an Out-of- town wedding was pretty excited for a couple of area women. The got to the _church early and had good • seats for one of .the mos ,beautiful weddings they had eve seen...the only trouble was 'they didn't seem to know anybody "We're early". one lady .said tc her friend. "The wedding we want must he the, next one.' Again, they. saw another great wedding but still didn't see any- hody they knew. Suddenly they realized they were at .the right church hut ahead of schedule by me week. •Fair parade . A reminder for area businesse . thinking about entering a float 11. the annual fall fair parade. The • big day. is Saturday. Sept: 20 Floats will form up at the Exeter United.Church parking lex Judg- ing is at 10:30 a.m. with the pa- rade starting at I 1 a.m. Float cat- egories include: ; club.' or • organization: business: family: comic: -antique motor, vehicle: classic motor vehicle and antique • tractor. There are also categories 1 .for' l 4 and under: decorated wag- on or bicycle. costumed character or comical costume. For more info call Ruthannc Negriln at 235-2122 •Hall damage Being in the wrong _place at the • wrong time is the only".way to de- scribe a sudden hail -storm and the damage it can cause in just a few minutes. We were part of the action when hail stones the size of golf balls pelted buildings and vehicles on Miple Lake (near Haliburton) recently., It's times like this when you really appre- ciate your insurance company: Local State Farm agent George Marr said he had a client that re- . ported he "broke even" during a tornado. He lost one driving shed • but gained a hen house. •Pet peeve 1 had a chance 'to listen to a group of hard core shoppers voice their pet peeve recently. They all agreed it is being inter- upted by the telephone when. they're in the middle of making a transaction. One person said she waited 10 minutes while the clerk checked on delivery of merchan- dise to the caller . Retailing ex- perts emphatically suggest the customer who is actually in the store should always get priority over someone who calls on the phone. _IT'S YOUR R1LSINF�SLS Times -Advocate, September 10, 1997 Page 5 Exeter resident Al Harvey, a recent graduate of the Microsoft Systems Engineering pro- gram, has started a home-based business building, repairing and networkingcomputers. Boa will happen gradually rd of Ed merger Local women graduate from first ever ENTRY program al •CLINTON - Nothing will happen or -immediately after Jan. ! predicts as . • Huron Board of -Education Direr Lor Paul Carroll regarding the amal- gamatton ill the Huron and Perth public school hoard •Ina orrespondcnc c sent al the. - end of August to-prmctpaI.. Carroll encouraged staff to acccpi the e - evitahlc,cultural change' which is will he a result of restructuring. o- ' He congratulated Huron teachers andtrtees for providing good service to its students as well as the a --- "We have done a grand rob." he _ • . said at the September hoard meet . ing. adding. "We care about the • kids. Dcin't be anxrnn ..s: h tnl will go •-Carroll al§o stated thc• transition to a new merged hoard will be Igradual. and although there will he 1 difficult decisions to be madc.•thcy • Will. he.edcinc in the interest of 'the - kids. He Said in.thc past the hoard has been able to achieve necessary accomplishments without hurting -anyone and he hopes this attitude will continue - By focusing on,strengths and communicatrng.wcll. Carroll said system leadcrs.should he able to - reduce anxiety among teachers parents and students Doors wide open for Hensall Council HENSALL.= After a four-hour meeting Monday night. mirmbers of Hensall Council.were quick to in- dicate their intentions for this. fall's Municipal election. • • Councillors Richard Peckham. Butch Hoffman and Jeff Reahurn are definitely not running again-. Only Councillor Steve Towle. the newest member of council said he still thinking about running. • "1 initially wanted to come and learn and 1 have dope that.'` said Towle. adding }ic is considerinf entering the election race. Reeve Cecil Pepper is "not a deft - We" saving it depends on the :length of the. temt•in light of posse' ble•tnunicipal restructuring. Usborne & Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company Exeter, Ontario NOM 1 S 1 (Established in 18761 Provides Full Insurance Coverage for Farm Properties New Applications are Welcomed DIRECTORS & ADJUSTERS Joe Cnefte, RR5 macho Ron Feeney. RR 2 Dublin....... Larry Gardener, F*12. Stella Jade Hodpett. RR1. Khkton Michael O'Shea RR3 Granton Morn Wwows, RR2 St Paulo AGENTS Wayne Maven Exeter Joon Moore. Dublin Jolla* UMac, M110h911 Hemet Moe. Exeter .348-0705 345-2380 .345.2678 229.8152 225-2800 393.6548 .236-1915 345-2512 3484012 236-0360 .A refund from surplus was de- pleted for all policy holders who qualify, are on recons and M rood standing as at Decem- ber 'i, 1996. MITCHELL. - .'Mitchell was -the - their cxpericn, c, in business. Onc site for the first ENTRY (Entrcpre- participant c\plaincd.-"ENTRi,and neurial Training for. Rural -Youth) other classmates gave me the sou program. Thursday. September .4. rage -and • the support to helie' a in 10 nd d f 41- week cour.c Systems engineer grad opens home- based business-. By Heather Mir TA Reporter EXETER - Only a few months after completing a 10 -month sys- tems engineer training course with Microsoft at the Sterling Business • Academy, Al Harvey is now oper- aling a home-based business' that's already "paying the hills." ' Haney credits the, South Huron Distract High School PACE pro- gram' with ..giving him a much- needed boost last year after he was a victim of the- dreaded '90s down- sizing: ' He had grown up in a time"' when jobs were easy to get as well - as keep and being laid off came a quite a shock, one he found - dif- ficult, to swallow with- a family to - support. Now, more than a year later. Hat - .Vey secs losing his job as the first step oh the. path to a much- more fulfilling career. He has finished` high,scho of credits and will par- ticipate to commencement this fall at SHIMS. HarvcS .describes the 'Microsoft course •as 'tough' and said it dwarfed his previous computer training. 1n addition to hecoimn gra uate rom the myself and my dream... now 1 have:. literatc_in Windows 95. and Win- uo. my own business and the skills to TRY. al( 10 women arc currently survive !n tough economic timee 7 Operating their own businesses in ENTRI' is an initiative of WIZED Perth and Huron Counties. (Women' and- Rural Economic ENTRIis ahoui learning new skills -sharing resources: network- ing. and being competitive in cur- . rent economic times, 11 is hands -on - experience Many local business people spoke to the group about Ii vclopment i and is • funded by Hu- man Resources Development Cana da. -For, more information about ENTRY and other Self Employ- mens programs, contact Charlene Gordon. 273-5017. down- NT. ,Harvey is also trained in networking computers' He was also able -to "test drive" Windows 98 :and will be. ready when 111i1'ro- soft releases the new system. His: business. named- LRV Coni- puring eznul Consulting; is- already beginning to thrive with a number of clients in Exeter and surrounding area. He is able .to custom -build a' -Computer system. and offer much- needed-support--.--He-claims • he is • . able to build and have a computer system up and running within twa days. • As a small sideline. Harvey has alsctbeen asked to create a well. site . for one client and hopes to he in= volved with a fibre -optics priijcct later this fall. . Although Harvey is starting out small in his Anne Street home. he . would like to see the 'business.. grow into a retail operation sNiih the potential to hire sales • staff. He N•ould 'continue._ to work, hands-on •with the computers and the cus- tomers. . Harvey can he contacted at 235- 2136 or by e-mail , at al- . har Q hay.net. . Check out his homepage at www.hay.net/-akar / index.html. BERNARD ( O M P U I f R training centre e►Zit \it1m i. St. 1 . 2 z;-1Stgi 1 -Mail htrnard htpii le 1,111ei.r Int711lef: Itltl+: 0-0.1v7rn.►rtti 1111171 , I7711 I?. 'Lill. 1 1, t, Ihrhtr,- ONE DAY WORKSHOPS DOS IN A DAY %Ned. Sept. 10 a a.m.-3 p.nt Buying your First PC Fri., Sept. 12, . 9 a.m - 3 p.m. introduction To The Internet Sat., ;Sept. 13 , 9a.m.-3pm A Firs(Look At Windows 95 Sat., Sept. 20, 9 a.ni. - 3 }1:m. t,1i 1.111 111111• e• 11111.1y1 NOTICE OF THE PASSING OF A - ZONING BY-LAW BY THE CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF LUCAN TAKE NOTICE that the council of the Corporation of the Village of Lucan passed Bylaw 1897 on the 2nd day of -September, 1997 under•Section 34 of the PLANNING ACT R.S.O. 1990.. ' AND TAKE NOTICE that any person or -agency may appeal.to-the,Ontario Municipal Board in respect of the by-law by filing with the. Clerk of the VILLAGE OF LUCAN not later than 30th day of September. 1997-a notice of appeal setting out the objection(s) to the by- taw and the reasons in support of the objection(s)..Only individuals, co Ontario Municipal Board. A notice of appeal may not be filed byan unincorporate andated public 'association or g may Hopeal a zoning by of a tp the may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of t e.associat onror he grouor group. However, a notice of appeal BY-LAW 18-97.is a general. by-law amendment which.will apply to -the Park (P) designations .within the Village of Lucan. THE PURPOSE of this General Zoning By-law Amendment is to provide for home occupation uses:within the Park (P) zones. THE COMPLETE by-law is available for inspection in the Office of.the Clerk :during regular business hours. DATED AT THE VILLAGE OF LUCAN THIS 10TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1997 N1LLAGE OF LUCAN \• • • • ,(Mt &Angel R.J. Reymer, AMCT Administrator & Clerk Village of Lucan 161 Main Street P.O. Box 449 LUCAN. Ontario NOM 2J0 ,s • \dAN tN MEI