Times Advocate, 1997-11-05, Page 36Page .3b Times -Advocate, November 5; 1997
Poppy campaign
In remembrance. Poppy campaign chairman Ted Wales
of Crediton was handing out poppies at the South Huron
Recreation Centre in Exeter last Wednesday night with
Cadet David Overholt of Exeter.
A number of
services being
offered on
Remembrance Day
By Chantal Van Raay
T A Reporter
HURON
.COUNTY - The Riiyal
Canadian Legion wants people to
remember, That's why every year
they organize services by the cen-
otaph. and organize parades and
dinners till lit-Ople man -come togeth= .
er and remember those who fought
• wars for their country.
This year in Exeter, the services
begin on Nov:. 9 at 9:30 a.m.. in the
Legion. where everyone is wet-
- -come to join' as the .congregation
marches. io the cenotaph in between
old town hall and the library. After
. this, the group will meet at Exeter -
United Church where a mass will
commence at 10:30 a.m. Following
the service. people -are invited to
congregate at the Legion for lunch.
On Remembrance Day. Nov. I.I.
the Legion will visit schools. de-
pending on the outcome of. the
teachers strike.
At 9 a.m. they will visit South
Huron. District High School. at 9:45 •
a.m. they will go to Exeter Public
School and at 10:45 Members ofthe
Legion will split into two groups.
One of the groups will visit Pre-
.cious Blood and the other.will -make
its way td3 Usborne Central. At 1:30
•p.m.. the Legion will visit McCurdy
Public School. at 2:30 p:m. one half
of the group will visit Mt. Carmel.
and they other half will go to Ste-
phen Central .
At 4 p.m. there 'Will .be a banquet
at the Exeter Villa. after which they
will congregate at the Legion at
5:30. There will be a dinner served
.at 6:30p.m. •
The -guest speaker for the evening
will be Huron County Museum cu-
rator Claus- Breede.
Grand Bend Remembrance Day
services will commence •on Nov. 8
with a Remembrance Day dinner at
6':30 p.m. -
At 9 a.m. on Sunday there 'will be
a .church service at _the Anglican
Church. Weather permitting there
will be a service at the cenotaph,
otherwise the service: will be held
in the ic_rion hall.
• Lucan's services begin on Nov. 9 '
with a church parade at the Lucan
United Church at 10:30 a.m. • '
• On Nov: 11. there will be a Re-
membrance Day service in the Lu -
can Arena at 10 a.m. and at 12 p.m.
there will be a cenotaph service in
Granton. At .2 p.m. the cenotaph.
service will be held in Lucan. • ..
- A Remembrance Day dinner.will .
be held at the Legion on Nov. I I
commencing at 7 p.m. .
The Hensall Remembrance Day
services begin at 9:30 a.m. on
Nov. 9 at the Hensall Legion. From
there everyone will parade to the
Presbyterian Church, and mass will
commence at 9:45 a.m. The wreath
laying ceremony commences at I I
a.m. There will be a banquet at the
Hensall. Community Centre on
Nov. 11 at 7 p.m.
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QMMLJNITY
Grand Bend woman on trial for $150,000 theft
By Craig Bradford
T -A Reporter
SARNIA - The trial of turner
Grand Bend United Church treasur-
er Cheryl Sue Pearensiarted at pro'
vincial court in Sarnia ..last week
and is expected to last the -re-
mainder of this
re-Enainderofthis week. _ .. .
Pearen. 52, is -charged with theft
Ewer • $1,000 in- connection • with
over $150,000 in thefts from Grand,
Bend United. Assistant Crown at-
torney .Mary Nethery alleges . Pear
en stole the money between 1987•
and 1992 and deposited the money
from cheques from the church's ac-
count to her•account.
Opening testimony came from
Rev. Colin Stover last Monday.
Problems with the church's • fi-
nances surfaced -M.1992 when Sin-.
yet was summoned to the hank and
told outstanding cheques would
create an overdraft in the church's
• account and there wouldn't he
enough money to over his salary.
Nethery said:
Stover said he couldn't figure out
why. the church's _finances' were
-sagging. after he -watched at-
tendance grow since. his' arrival
`from Saskatchewan in 1989.
"Basically she said hills. were not
getting paid. the congregation was
01)1 giving enough to cover the..
hills." he said Pearen told him:
leaving him with the impression he .
•
• had a parish of "poor givers:" That
received some chuckles. from court
spectators. including some Grand
Bend United Church'members.
• In January 1990 Stover asked
Pearen why there was no auditor's
signature on the'church's annual ft-
nancial •statement. He said Pearen
told him' the auditor didn't sign the
statement because he did the work
for 'free. and didn't want his name
used. •
Stover -.said Pearen repeatedly
told him in .1990 and 1991 the au-..
•ditor's name had to be kept secret
to protect the nun from others who
would want :he same free service.
Pearen 'also told him he was not
meeting enough people in the com-
munity and his semtons weren't.
hitting the mark: -
Stover said he shelved asking for
a housing allowance for his family
to Lind quieter accommodation ilub
side the church manse located•.a
block from Grand Bend's down-
town. He asked for the allowance
during his first. summer in Grande
Bend because of the noise and beer
bottles and used condoms he con-
stantly found on -his front -yard.
He said he broke down and•cried
when evidence came to light that
Pearen might • -be taking money
'froth the church. :Up to that point
Stover considered Pearen _to he a -
trusted friend who even helped him •
plan a, surprise birthday_ party lir
his wife.
1 thought of all the things we
had -dome together." Stover said. "It
was just devastating.'
Stover first considered there we're
holes in Pearen's explanations for
the church's poor- financial situa-
tion when he saw a computer print-
out that showed' the church • hadn't
sent any money to• the United
Church of Canada's
Toronto-based Mis-
sions In Services
Fund during 1990.
He said Pearen told
•him it was a "book-
keeping error."
When the -same is-
sue come up • the
next ' year. Stover
said he started to
doubt Pearen's
word.: •
On March 3. 1992 Stover re-
ceived a fetter from Missions In
-Services officials that said his
:church had not contnliuted to the
fund in 1990. or 1991. Stover said
he thought .56.755 had been sent
front .his ehurch to the fund in
1991. Stover made the decision to
suspend _Pearen's• treasurer signing
privileges the next day.
On March 5, 1992 Stover said'he
went to the thg'Grand Bend Bank
of Montreal where he. was shown
10 cheque~ totalling 5(.668 drawn
on the church's chequing account
and signed by Pearen.
Stove
broke
cri
light that
might
money
Grand Bend.United was the.only
church in the•' Huron -Perth ares-
, hytery not to contribute to the Mis-.
sions fund during the three-year pe-
riod. ,ending in • 1991, former
presbytery member Rev. George..
Phillips said •during his testimony '
on Wednesday. Philips was one of
two church officials who signed the •
letter sent to Stover •
about not receiving
any money for the •
Missions fund. • •
• United Church of
Canada accounting
manager Harry -Kel-
ly confirmed 'Grand
Bend -United hadn't
sent any funds- to
the Missions fund •
from 1989-91 and
the•church had sent
$9.665 and 513.554 in 1992 and
1993 respectively.
Defence lawyer Dawson Fletcher
asked Kelly during cross examina-
tion
xamina
tion if a search was made for any
post-dated . cheques in the metal
cash box where they are kept at the..
head office in, March 1992. Kelly
said he wasn't aware of such a
search being carried out. .
- Non -publishable evidence ad-
missibility hearings were carried
out on Thursday and Friday and the
trial continues this week.
- With files from Dan McCaffery
of the Sarnia Observer.
r said'he
diown and
ed when
.came to
Pearen
be taking,
from the
church.
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