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Times Advocate, 1997-12-31, Page 11Not everyone slept in Christmas morning Second. Section - December 31, 1997 ;•, 0 By Kate Monk T -A Reporter EXETER-- While the vast majority of Exeter and area resi- dents take a breather from work for, Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year's Day, a contingent of people are hard .at work. For farmers, police officers, firefighters, nurses, doctors and tow truck drivers, these holidays can be like any other day of. - the week. Christmas started early for Dave and Loralee Marshall near Kirkton; dairy Cows don't -recognize -the Christmas season: The holiday routine includes the normal two milking and: five feeding sessions with the first session starting at 5:30 a.m. "The•cows need the care. -We don't cut cotners'on Christmas Day because wehave to produce a good product," Dave said. - He credits everyone including his herdsman Don Wallis who worked "three hours on Christmas Day. - "The kids. are waitingto- open the presents when - 1. get home;" Wallis said. - The entire Marshall family helps with the evening chores. "it's.a.. family operation," Dave said. Dave grew up on this -farm so this routine -is not new to him. He said the main drawback is not being able to get away to .visit Loralee's -family on Christmas Day who live 100 miles away. Fortunately, ;they. made the trek the Sunday before:. Christmas. r The Marshalls enjoyed the Christmas meal with Dave's fam- •ily at noon and then returned home for the second milking of the 33 cows. `Although. -the cattle are on a finely tithed ration; Dave said. they received some "extra nice hay" and the barn cats received a special treat on Christmas. To keep his work day to only six hours during the holidays, Dave :hoped the cattle would be healthy and nothing in the . Top photo: Sergeant Brad Sadler took his 'urn at working on Christmas Day, on duty from 8 a.m: to 4 p.m. Above: Caring for dairy cow Merl Acres Magdalene was part of Dave Marshall's Christmas Day. . August h , •.'lite 1'olice.Villages of Centralia. ('rediti+n and.i)i Ii odd are on the list' tier disudution if and when many 'mall municipalities merge as a result of provincial funding cuts. There are only about ;r) Police tillageremaining in Ontario. in :511. restructuring is expected to wipe 150 Ontario Communities 1-41 the map J.unuary 1.` . • I.ur ate first ono; in 20 .ears Exeter will he.hukling.a rodeo ."1h. rude++_used.Iv,bequrtc. popularduring•.o. 1 i- . i 1 -year run and- kninVi s the •C'alearV Stampede of -the east. -Thr. event at it. leak drew 10.1NN1 people and became one of the hest rodeo this side 4)1 Manitoba: Some of:the events at the rodeo will In .tear wrestling, hareh;ick hronc riding. saddle hronc ndin... barrel racing. calf roping. team toping. hull riding. and other event,. . - • This summer Lake Huron is in the mid'a Of a high waiter level period. With levels approaching the record set in 1986. Environment Canada report that mater'letels on all (treat Lakes. except Ontario. i'uniinued to rise during June. Al the and of June i.akc Huron was SI) centimetres • •.shove average. August 13 _ • • ;Cher complaints from Hens,tII residenls on the nuisance 01 carts. Hens,1ll ('uunLrl 11,1S reviewed by -law from three Ontario municipalities with the goal 01 adopting their own cat by-1aw. -l-he by -haw: examined'sav, a cal can heat Targe as long as it's not interfering+ with the property • rights of -other animals. Council says they .are not looking io round up eveiv fiat iiia is a nuisance. -Council will contact the li.usnn people, Irimt .threc•or tour 'ears ago to see what thea concerns are for :1 by "Laic - `'A local man. Fred Ellis. the rim !ICU of the new taxi sen ice, 1kvond the Bend was humblyheaten by two,+J his passenger... Ellis had picked . up two men Who vs anted. to be taken to (1ikwood Inn. Once there.:the twu_men:grahbed.l'.11rs around.the neck and started punching hiin m the head until two Oakwood inn security guards arrived on the scene,•who.cared the attackers• off. i;Ili. feels that if it weren't for the security guards - he would he dead or blind • • • • The Rodeo returned to Exeter alter a 20 sear absence this weekend. It.was duhhed a succcss.hy rodeo workers. There was a near capacity crowd Saturday -and the stands were full Sunday afternoon- ('ont1etiturs came Iroin.across Canada and the United States to compete for points towards the prox incial.championshrp. Exent organ../er. circ ,,hcady,di.cus.in, ideas flu make next year's r ode.o_esen bigger, and better. . . August• 29 . . • With the loss of general support grant. (totalling $9.953..0001 and the cost of downloading roads in Huron"Count% missing from the province's calculations. taxes in Stephen Township nship w ill increase. 211 percent. • - • The Pinery Provincial Park has over lour times ,is many deer that !Ivan suslaut ('hough :i deer cull'is-nut planned for the next year plans will start for a reduction in the deer population sometime in the next scar, A cull would.mean a,reduuuon n1 3J)•percenr or about 2011 deer being shol • by the:Ministry of Natural Resources with the meat going to 'area food hanks_ • . SHUNS has only 211 Pentium computers: 'Wall the renrundcr ut uteri loo' ,uldatcd to run today's softw are program.. A group of South Huron businessmen and the School Advisory Council have decided w do Num. -elbow lhr-.shout the shortage `They •have started a "Lease a PC' for the Future campaign. The goal of this program is to pro.ide hinds fur 3t) new computers. h+ vett ng husmesses or groups to pledge $Six► towards the cora-, puters. August 27 • Vandals have caused more than S4500 damage to Stephen Central Public School. The OPP sirs the vandals got unto the flat roof that was, under repair and caused a number of ceiling tiles to fall into rooms. Heavy runs after the incidcnt.soaked furniture and equipment: and flooded two classrooms. The vandals also tried to put three to lour inch screws in the tire: of a lift truck. • Sharon Amus from Ailsa Craig a member of the Ontario under 21 Field Hockey Team brought home the silver medal from the Canada Summer Games in Manitoba: Ontario lost in the gold medal game to British Columbia 1.0.'Ontario heat New•Brunswick. Manitoba. P.E.I., and , • Quebec to make it to the finals. Amos is a student at the University Of Western Ontario. • I() scar old Knsty Cameron from Clinton, has just returned from a very successful trip to the Canada Summer Games in Manitoba. Shc won a gold in the 200 metre breast stroke, silvei in the 4x100 relay leant and hronce in the 2(X) metre individual medley and a bronre.in the UM metre Ine,i.i. stroke Slfe has never competed in that level and just went to have fun. • barn would require repairs.' Sergeant Brad Sadler of the Exeter Ontario Provincial Police office has worked,on-Christmas and New Years several times. • This year he.was scheduled to work from 8 a.m. to..4 p. -m. on Christmas Day but would have New Year's Day off. "It's just part. of the•job," he said, adding it was tougher when his children were.small and he was unable to spend all of Christmas Day with them. According to Sadler, not much changes from a normal day. Depending on the weather, traffic accidents can take up' a chunk of the day. . "Domestics are more prevalent on Christmas," Sadler said. He .explained families who may not get,along during the vear gather for Christmas and disputes start which could require a visit from the OPP. A regular contin}ent of three. officers are on duty .at the. Exeter OPP office On Christmas, Boxing and New Year's days with.eight officers on duty in the -district. • Sadler said if.there were no calls to attend to, the Exeter offi- cers visited, their families for a few minutes to open present, or ehjoy a bite of turkey dinner. • r •; pmt 'moi F7/lr; The Exeter Times -Advocate surveyed prominent members m our community asking for their forecast of 1998. Will. it be a year of development, change or ctiallenges? Or will it be a year of cutbacks. hard decisions or hard. work? ORGANIZATION: I,,hn Richardson. M.P. for Perth -Middlesex '98 WILL BE A YEAR OF: 1998 will he a year of continued econnnuc prosperity ui1(1 social x ell •hein,k. WHY?: The Government in Ottawa has Canada's fiscal affairs in order. In 1993 this country faced a crushing S42 billion dollar deficit. By 1998-99 Canada will have no budget deficit for the iirst time in 30,years and will be in a surplus posi- tion. the hest fiscal record of any G-7 country. The government will begin to pay down the country's debt, as well as injecting some of this budget surplus into those social programs vital to the well being of Canadians. THE COMING YEAR'S CHALLENGES AND HOW TO MEET THEM: Over one million jobs have been created in Canada since 1993. Economic prosperity has infused Canadians with new hope for 1998 and beyond. Thousands upon thousands of Canadians who lost hope of finding jobs are again searching and finding work as new businesses arecreated and existing ones expand their John Richardson. MP for Perth - Middlesex operations. 'The main challenges for 1998 are to improve Canada's fiscal health and continue to create a healthy environment for eco- nomic prosperity. The federal Government will continue to tackle these challenges in a caring and compassionate manner that will ensure that all Canadians benefit from the renewed eco- nomic prosperity.