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Times Advocate, 1997-12-10, Page 1SEIP'S valu-mart 4 & 83 Exeter 235-0262 .VEW Dairy Queen ice Cream Cakes Servin• Exeter :inti area since 1873 SEIP'S valu-mart 4 Sr 83 Exeter 235-0262 Dec. 12 Scout -Guide Food Drive Inside Sales slow at Exeter beer and liquor stores See page 3 Students prepare for 21st century Crossroads See second front Hawks `D' doing it right See page 20 Lucan and Hensall liquor stores open Sundays See page 26 Members of Exeter council appointed - to committees EXETER - Members •of Exeter. awncil serve on several • com- mittees as - part- tit their re- sponsibilities. Community mem- bers also serve on Exeter committees. The following com- mittee appointments were -approved at last Monday • s council meeting. Exeter and Area : Fire Wednesday Decemher 10. 1197 Christmas -Pops Concert Reeve Roy Triehner. Councillors Robert Drummond. Joe Hogan and George Robertson • .Parks and Recreation Committee: Mayor Ben Hoogenboom. Deputy - .Reeve Dave [Jrlin -and i Pete Ann- ..- strong.. Exeter Business Association: • Pete Armstrong • Bluewater Recycling -Associa tion: George. Robertson Employee Relations Committee: Dave. Crlin and Joe Hogan Occupational Health and Safety_ Committee: George Robertson - Police Services Board: Ben Hoo- genboom.-Dan Mcidinger and -Ger- ry Downie Community Policing Committee: Harold Snoddy •• Heritage Foundation: Joe Hogan. Val Gould.. Bob' Heywood. Olga. - Davis and Joanne Bowen Ad' Hoc Committee .for the_ De- . volvcrnent of -Morrison Dam: Pete .Armstrong. f<ioy Triebner and Dave CiYlin• Exeter and Morris Township Landfill Sites Joint Committee: Ben • Hoogenboom. Roy Triebner. Robert Drummond. Joe Hogan and George Roberson Exeter requests Highway 4 paving EXETER - At last Monday's council meeting. Reeve Roy Trieh- nercoinmented County Road 83 will be resurfaced in 1998 in prep- aration for the 1999 International •Plowing Match near Dashwood. Council passed a motion for the Town of Exeter to send a letter to Huron County Council asking the county to approach the Ministry of Transportation to upgrade Highway $4 south of Exeter. The motion stated the actions would benefit all municipalities in Huron and may. be helpful in regards to the [PM. The South Huron District High School Pops Concert filled the large gym on Dec.. 7 with parents. friends and fans of the schools bands .and choir. The school was also filled with music from the In- termediate Concert Band. the Red Jazz Band. the Black Ja2z Band and. the -Senior Concert • Band all conducted by Robert Ro- - billiard. There was also music from the Chamber Choir, the. Triple Trio and the Concert Choir. conducted.by-R. Claessens. Top: Clarinet members of the In- terrrrediate Concert Band. from left. Edward Barty, Ben Hoogen- boom, Kristine:Pryde a Kat y • • Ann Keskinen. Middle; Members of the Chamber Choir are from left Crystalyn Cow- . ell: Laura "Cooper. Sherry Cassell and Matt Verhoog. Bottom: Red Jazz Band saxo-.. phonists Jennie DeBlock and Dan Snell. Child care expense forms now available TORONTO - Application forms are now' available for the special payment to parents and, gpardiafts whose families: were disrupted .h; the two-week teachers' protest of Bill 160: The deadline tor sub- mitting applications is Jan. 16. • A family can receive- a payment of up to S40 per day for each day schools were closed because of the teachers' protest. Parents or guardians ..of. school children 13 years of age Or. young-,. er: children in child care facilities or day nurseries located in schools. that -were closed: or special -needs students in secondary schools can submit an appfication..One pay: ment is -allowed per -family re- gardless of how many children- arc eligible and no receipts are re- quired. .• • The payment is part -of Bill 161. the Fairness for Parents and Em- ployees Art (Teachers'.Withdrawal of Service). /997. • The act contains three parts:• • 1 a payment of up to S40 per day to parents irr guardians .of school- age children who were unable to at- tend a publicly -funded school: ' 2. protection from dismissal or discipline for employees who were unable to work beeauie of child care --'responsibilities during the strike: and - 3. protection from reprisals by teachers' unions against teachers who refused toparticipate 'in kir support the province:wide strike. Application forms for the pay- ment arc available from: school hoards. schools and the Ministry:of Education - and Training Web -site at hup://it;iiiiv.edu.gov.on.iyi/eng/itetvi nerr•.lrtntl. Huron -Perth receives $160,000 for diabetes education -services. EXH.TLR - Hospitals. in Exeter. Si. Marys, Seaforth. Clinton. Wing-. ham. Goderich- and Listowel receive S160.000 in new funding to enhance the education seryices.cur- -rentty-pmvideti. This funding represents Huron- .Perth Diabetes Network's_ 1997-9K share of the • Diabetes Complica- tions Prcventioq Strategy. a• three- year. S5.8,million strategy to com:- hat diabetes. The.funds will he used to conduct diabetes education clinics.. in all hospitals in Huron and Perth counties. • "The expanded progr.•uns will provide funding for -each hospital to provide quicker. and. Netter access." - said - Dawn McGutfin-Town. the dietician at South Huron Hospital. . "With no ,cure for diabetes. al- ucation is essential to .controlling it." Helen Johns'. Member of Pro- vincial .Parliament firr 1-turon County said when_ she announced the funding. • This money will go: to. hospitals and health agencies to deliver im- proved education programs in their. communities and surrounding -.ar- eas-" she said. In Ontario. - it- is estimated di - 4+ Continued on page 2 Shoplifting hurting Exeter businesses and consumers By Kate Monk T -A Reporter EXETER - "If i could. f would close the store from . 1 1:30 to 1 p.m. each week day." .Stedman's owner Bob Gehan said last Thurs-• day. Shoplifting • IS costing Gehan considerable money — . enough for- him to include shoplifting as a line item in his store's' balance sheet. 'There's heat..there's lights and there's shoplifting." he said. It's difficult to catch people and they know' the rules." he ex- plained. "The high school kids are a major problem at lunch time. That's my biggest headache:" He estimates eight out of every 10 shoplifters he catches are be- tween 9 and 13 years old: "These kids know the raw. They know if they get caught nothing's going to happen to thein." he said. adding, "If it's a lirst-bine offence they only get probation. ' Gehan said he -phones the police every time hu catches someone stealing merchandise from the store and will presscharges. School supplies are the most frequently stolen items .followed by lingerie. beauty aids and toys. These items are srnall but have a relatively high value. - "As an owner of a store. I can •han them from the store and 1 do that on occasion but i have to he damn -sure.- he said., At the • Exeter Canadian Tire Store: -manager Ruth. Miller said shoplifting is on the - decrease. mostly because of diligent staff. security cameras and changes; to the - way • items are dis- played on the Shelves. ..We've had ever - thing stolen from pnwcr tools to huh- hlegurn." - Millcr.said. adding the more easi- ly an item can he resold on the street. the more frequently it is stolen from a store. According to Miller. two t,, three years ago. the Exeter Ca- nadian Tire had a rash of power tool thefts. Some were recovered in a police raid in London but more than '85 per cent of the tools had their cords cut. making. thein . unsuitable for re -sale. Miller said there has been .a lot of expensive hockey tape .stolen recently. "At one point it was SO had. we had floor walkers who would catch an average of one shoplifter a day." she said. • • The most common way Ca - radian Tirc employees 'discover an item has peen stolen is that an emp- ty. package will he tucked behind Other items. "We now have a security system including carneras which deters quite a hit. Miller said. . Miller- said shoplifting is a hazard Of doing business, which is .ultimately reflected in the • cost of • items con-, . _ sumers pay. • • • Gehan. and Miller said they know the • .the, revel of- shoplifting- rules."•stays consistent through- out the year and doesn't increase at Christmas: . "It's Mit like stealing a loaf of bread_ to iced your family." she explained.. . if" a•husiness. catches a shoplifter. a call to the police is the next step. "it's up to husinesses whether they want charges laid or not. i know personally. we lay charges in most cases. They would he charged with theft if they're caught." Con- stable • Bob Gilmore of the Exeter-- Detachment xeterDetachment of the Ontario Pro- vincial Police said. - Although businesses find it dif- ficult to catch .shoplifters. Gilmore said there are consequences for thieves found guilty. The first of- fence usually results in fines and an order to make pay restitution to the store. Repeat offenders usually serve time in jail "Its difficult to. catch people and Walking power tools. Exeter Canadian Tire store manager Ruth Miller holds two power tools that were popular items for thieves a few years ago. Miller said the store has in- creased set:urity and put tools behind lock and key to dis- courage shoplifting. :.r., "!.��`N. aJ«�•n- ,. 'zrr7 r s.� s?i at":' „V"' `11704"*WV`°Grt'' 1 `1rgevt'lir';7 't"E "?tFJ. EA '"/!I'a!;` '•x'`47"1 tn ' Tien t TKA This Christmas... Look for more details on page 5 I'm designing my own world... need the proper equipment" Systems starting at $1299.99 From office use to gaming the AT1 system meets your needs. 200 MMX, 24X quiet CD-ROM, 3.2 Gig Ultra DMA HD, 32 Meg SDram, 15" Digital Monitor. includes Microsoft Homevack. Internet Explorer 4 and 30 Free days surfi • Two locations to serve you better of 370 Malin Street. 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