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Times Advocate, 1997-12-10, Page 26Page 26 Times -Advocate, December 10, 1997 Christmas Bureau collection week There's only one week left. ._ Christmas is fast approaching and the Huron .County Ct"istmas Bureau..is almost finished for another year. Gifts of food.. new clothing, new. toys or monetary donations can be dropped off at -the Caven Presbyterian Church on Main Street between Dec. 8-12. On Dec, 14, the bureau begins handingout collected donations- to -needy families. If you want. what's hot, you better hurry Christmas gift crazes like Sleepytime Ernie and Magogo the Gorilla are going faster than` ever By Chantal! Van Raay But perhaps even more popular T -A Reporter • than .Ernie. Elmo. Cookie Monster - or any other Sesame Street talker is EXETER, What's hot this. Magogo Gorilla who due.. the Fifa- Christmas? Magogo' the' •gorilla cerena:*Gehan said Mogogo is proh- who dens the niacerena. Arthur the. 'ably selling more than Ernie or .Elmo because of the "Every kid in price 'difference. While Sesame Street dolls usu- Exeter's going to ally -retail for about S45. have one. They 've Mogogo can . he pur- really taken off." chased for around S_20. • Sann's "assistant man- ager Fay Brg tel said they are selling a lot of -body pil- loges this year: as wdl as small pal- hots shaped as animals. Brottei predicted.-'E>ery kid. in. Exeter's going - to - have one. • ' Thc e really -taken off." . Maclean: Horne Hard "I ast year Ware manager BiltW-.ucrs it was almost m as season andEl many carry the said mo is almost solei impossible 10 toY. kids are :asking ours The' "out. but it's out as hard to card'. ark. . Slee- pytime- 'Ernie. -or good old t:ishitined Lego.'.• Actually. it's all of the above • But noit only that. children body pd- • Iows are going- like wild tiro as well as children: blankets:: Ba- nanlas and Pajamas. Barbi. Her - cults. Nike. and Thomas the Tank: While each of these toys are hot. :many items have caused a big hype in some area stores. Esery-.tore of- -,ers deals and steals for the Christ, said the latest and greatest item at their store seems tO he Thomas the Tank Engine. bur Plavniobil. Lego. Duplo and 'Klux the Click'n Fidget Widget are also big sellers. - Taylor said other items which seem to he going quickly are an sets` with paint: paint brushes. sketch hooks. crayons. etc: - Also popular at*most :tures is Ar-. thur the aard'.ark. His friends Fran- cine and D W. are also hi_ sellers. Canadian Tire is selling Nana ba- bies and - Tamagotchi pets. These • are toys which children look atter • including feeding and caring for .. Doodle .Bears -are also popular. Doodle Bears can be . written on and washed off again in a washing machine • Still. like many .tures. Ertin i what most kids want this Christmas. And like many stores. he has beat out Elmo to become the•numher-one hest sell- I, 'Gimes-Adytxate Interytewed a few. Yet Elim as it was last get -Elmo.' stores to the• communiti. on what year ' they saws as hype. this Christmas. • - • L a.t year a was almost im- era • Remember the Barbie .raie..•thc , possible to get Elmo. said Waters. . But shoppers are sell atter the ha - Cabbage Patch Kid crate* and- the- This •y ear. •Bananas and Pajamas. sies: Lego. remote control cars. Elmo craAc• Just last scar:''Well. a little •yellow- banana wearing pa games and pudics and coloring thts.year's crave is Sesame Street's jamas. is a hog seller at Macicans. hooks. . 'Sleepytonic Ernie.• But the old fjithfuls.'such as Bar- • So what:ever one decides to get Ernie sings-?Wikle;twinkle Lit- 'hie. Hy—cutes and Batman and Rob-.. for children for Christmas this tie Star. talf.'asleep and snore.. in are Asti gifts un many wish tists..,.year. a shouldn't be toil difficult. But. •I'1,3,1e. \le E'Irii,o -and Fickle • admitted -Laurie Stanlake. who • But - if it's Ernie. E ltiiu or Masugi+. Me ('ookre Monster are still big on - works in the sales department. hurry to' a local .tore • they're sell- people's- Christmas 11.1. said Bob Purple hurtle owner Jackie Taylor . ing very fast. Gahan ow ner of Stedman.. Ha, ha, that ticklaa. Tickle Me Elmo, Tickle Me Cookie Monster. Sleepytime Ernie, Magogo the Gorilla and Doodle Bears are big sellers this Christmas in area stores. Lucan Liquor Store free to open Sundays In a 3-2 vote, village council defeated a motion to tell the province they're not in favor of Sunday liquor sales By Craig Bradford T-.4 Reporter LUC:AN It'll be a wet Christmas season 1tu Lu - can Liquor Store shoppers. in a 3-2 vote during last week's council meeting. - councillor: voted down a mottain to write to the province with their concerns about having the vil- lage's Liquor Store open on Sundays :Lining last wee1C. Deputy Reeve Harry Wraith first broached the subject when a letter from the I.CBO retail div i- ston vice president Gary. Sher- wood. on- Liquor Store Sunday . openings was discussed. • - Councillot Perry ' Caskenettc shared Wraith's concerns that some people in the CommunitySundays?" ,ast the tie -breaking nay •.•tie p• p � store on would he against liquor sales on Administrator -Run Rey mer the Sabbath. - said council•can likely designate which months the "I don't see any more benefits comings ut than :tore can•open on Sundays such a. -during the sum-• . -detriments." Caskenette-said. - mer and during the Christmas season.•- Wraith said he talked to two staff memher.at the . The Lucan- Liquor -Store .was. open on Sundays Lucan Liquor Store. He said one person was not in during the '96 Christmas season and in August favor of working on Sunday and the other was for it. .. . Councillor Reg Crawford said it isn't council', role to decide if the store will open on Sundays and the- decision is ultimately up to the Liquor Store" manager. - • Reeve Robert Benner said he didn't see a problem •with Sunday liquor sales. - . ."Is there an essentialdif.ference between selling Twinkies and milk at the•grocery store and Neer and . wine at the liquor store .on -Sun-. days '"-Benner asked- • Wraith moved council send .o letter to the-LCBO saying -council is 'against the store opening Sundays..Wratth and Caskenette supported the -motion in the vote hut councillors Craw-tiird and •Glenn Silver voted nay: Benner "Is there an essential difference between selling Twinkies and milk at the grocery store and beer and - • wine at the liquor Hensall liquor store open on Sundays By Chantal! Van Raay T -A Reporter . HENSALL - Hensall council passed a motion on Monday. to allow liquor stores to open on Sundaes. -"If they close down. there will he a loss of revenue to Hensall:' said Councillor Rod Parker_ - Because .areas surrounding Hensall. allow their liq- uor stores to open on Sundays. it could•effect business in Hensall. he said. • - • [f you shut down on Sunday people are going to go -to Exeter. and while they're in Exeter they -will prod= ably do their grocery shopping. it might not just effect the liquor store. but it could hurt other business as well." - . Bluewater newsletter The monthly Bluewaier newsletter to the- village of Hensall states there is a new rechargable. battery re- les in homes. businesses -and public' agencies. Thep- -., eration will start in the Yew, Year School bus loading zone- : Council designate a school bus it,ading lone in front of Hensall-Public School to eliminate the use tit' al- ternating lights and the str:n arm. The concern .as. that cars were parking where the bus should he parked when receiving and .hschar ing• - students. • . Parker was concerned that without the lights or the stop arnt.. ac. idents could occur. -What happens -if a kindergarten student comes o,ut and his craft tlics.out othts hands and he run; after it." . he said. adding the ;held may run directly into the tlow • of traffic: He said without flashing lights. cars.might • ' not he as tempted -to stop. .S The bylaw states a school .bus :loading zone will he designated on York Streejin. front of •Hensall Public - cycling program in Canada. The program recruits Ca- Schott. nadians to recycle nickle-cadmium.rechargahle hatter - Student Employment Guide just released • TORONTO. - The Student Em- ployment Network is pleased to an- nounce the release of the 1998 edi- tion of The Canada Student Employment Guide. The new book has more,, than 670 pages .and- con- tains. over 800 company profiles: It is the number one- Canadian reter- ence .for -students looking for per- manent or part-time employment. - The Student Employment Net- work is a Canadian company that was started in 1994 by Kevin Mak- ra. a graduate of the University of • Toronto.. His own job 'search led him to conclude that there were few 'hands-on' resources to help Cana- dians find work atter graduation or for the surnmer months. Now. sill in his twenties. Makra has 'commit- ted himself to helping individuals secure meaningful employment. His practical guide has gone' on to • sell over 15.000 copies. By compiling information direct- ly -from companies themselves. Makra's aim is to give students a better understanding of employ- ment opportunities and the skills re- g6ired in to day s ever-changing la- bour market. "While the Outlook on youth employment is encourag- ing. there remains a s'undanientaf gap hetween. what companies and students expect of each other. Thc information .in this guide .is intend- ed to bridge that Kap and ultimately save students time and money in theirr job • search efforts". Makra says: . In addition to publishing his Own book. the Student Employment • Network also distributes 10 . other important job search tools. as well as the book and CD-ROM version of the WurW's best selling job hunt- ing guide - What. Colour is Y our Parachute? The New Year • will mark the release of Makra's second bunk. The Canadian Job Directory. which, will. focus on other 'vital em- ployment information such as re- cruiters. trade associations. Internet resources and • government centres across Cana • - da. • These essential career resources can be ordered directly from Stu- dent•Empluyment Network at 416- 971-5090, or at our Internet site. The 1998 Canada Student Employ- ment Guide is also available at ma- jor bookstores including Licht - man's. • .Coles, Smithbooks, and Chapters locations across the coun- try. To order, or obtain more infor- mation, please visit our Internet site at www.studentjobs.com.. Playful donation Just in time for the holidays. Exeter Lions Club president Paul Anstett. left. hands a cheque for $1.000 to Hensall Public School playground committee chairperson Denise Troyer fast week to . go towards purchasing playground equipment.' Troyer said ??the committee has raised $5.54; of the $10.587 cost of the equipment so far. Holiday giving I Providing Christmas joy. Exeter Lions Club president Paul Anstett, left, hands Caven Presbyterian Church Rev. Dan Roushome two cheques worth $1,000 each (one from the Lions lottery account, the other from the Crediton Nevada account) to towards the Huron County Christmas Bureau. The Bureau provides needy children food and gifts at Christ- mas through referrals from the Huron Children's Aid.