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NOM 1S6 a wa air — Mill air uar , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 • Inside Hensall fair `Horse 'n' Around' See page 8 Classifieds pages 18-22 Announcements pages 23-24 Experts page 25 Car crash takes lives o father and son LUCAN - A father and son were killed on Saturday when their car collided with a truck six kilometres northeast of Lucan on Highway 23. The accident occurred at approxi- mately 3:45 pm ona straight stretch of highway just north of a slight grade. According to the Lucan OPP, Paul Truemner, 38, and his son Jer- emy, 18, le driver of the car were headed nffthbound. Jeremy Truemner was a grade 12 student at South Huron District High School in Exeter. Paul Truemner was pronounced dead on arrival at University Hospi- tal in London and Jeremy Truemner was taken by air ambulance to Lon- don's Victoria Hospital where he later died. The driver of the truck, Bruce Gratton, 57, of Thedford suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene. The Truemners are survived by wife and mother Wilma (Vander- laan) Truemner, children and sib • lings Amy and Tera, all at home. The funeral service was held at the Christian Reformed Church in Exeter on Tuesday with internmen- tat the Exeter Cemetery. Donations to the New Building Fund of the Exeter Christian Reformed Church would be appreciated by the family. Damage to sugar shack USBORNE TWP. - A daylight break and enter occurred•on Wednesday on the south-east boun- dary of Usbome Twp. The front door was kicked open. It is not cer- tain what was stolen. Damage to a sugar shack on Lot 25, Con.5 was reported on Monday. The damage is thought to have been done in May. Windows and doors were smashed, and a maple sap tank was damaged. On Sunday, a mailbox was dam- aged overnight on Concession 9 in Usborne. Jen Romphf and Denis McCann take the first dance after being named SHDHS students of the year during the high school formal Friday night. SHDHS grads recap the year with a bang Students spare no luxury making for- mal a night to remember Chris Skalkos T -A staff EXETER - They were dressed in extravagant dresses and sharp tuxedos, and many of them ar- rived in super -stretch white lim- ousines. SHDHS held its graduation for- mal on Friday night and for most students, no luxury was too cost- ly to celebrate their last day as high school students. Matt Godbolt, who hosted one of several pre -formal gatherings, couldn't agree more. t"iodbolt, and his date Jenn Overholt need- ed three limousines to shuttle his party of 22 students to his parents hone were they enjoyed dinner and started to celebrate the eve- ning's festivities early. The day even started earlier for Matt and his friends. "The boys went water skiing a: d relaxed at the cottage while the girls ran around getting their hair done," explained Godbolt about the ritual for the day. "It's the last formal party and our last high school dance and one last time to celebrate so we went all out," he said. All out indeed. The guys fig- ured they spent around $300 each renting their limos and tuxedos while some of the girls spent more on their dresses and other aesthetics. +' Continued on page 2 Trevor Taylor asslsts his date Krista Schllbe out of the back of a limousine Friday. A Blue wave sweeps across Southwestern Ontario Tories won Thursday's provincial election with overwhelming majority Ingrid Nielsen and Heather Mir T -A staff EXETER - With few exceptions, Southwestern Ontario made a hard turn to the right voting in nine To- ries of the 12 candidates in the re- gion. The provincial election on Thursday saw the Mike Harris PCs take 82 of 130 seats, returning the conservatives to power with a large majority. Huron In Huron County, PC Helen Johns, won her riding with 13,344 votes taking more than 100 of the 132 polls re- porting. Johns de- feated NDP in- cumbent Paul Klopp and prevented Kimble Ain- slie the Reform Ontario leader from gaining a following in Huron. Lib- eral candidate John Jewitt, a Hullett Twp. farmer, was a distant second at 7,008 votes and Klopp came in just behind the Jewitt with 6,927 votes. Jewitt said he was not surprised with the results but had hoped the race would be closer with the To- ries. "I have sensed for the last while that we were fighting an uphill bat- tle. I had hoped the number wouldn't have come in this high. We were aware of a very im- pressive campaign by Helen Johns," Jewitt told the T -A on elec- tion night. The Family Coalition Party was represented by candidate, Phil Cor- nish, a Clinton lawyer who claimed only 1,392 votes. Exeter resident Johns, 41, works in home- based fl-, nancial ser- vices. She based her campaign on sound fiscal management and Harris' Common Sense Revolution. Johns held a victory celebration with her sup- porters on Thursday night at the Exeter Golf Club. "One of the biggest keys to my success tonight are the ever 1,000 volunteers working on this cam- paign... I would see the (other par- ties) walking down the street with someone else as I walked with a group of six or eight people and it just proved the strength that you people have demonstrated. When you people want an MPP you sure "One of the biggest keys to my success tonight are the 1,000 volunteers working on this campaign." work to get one," said Johns in her victory speech. The Tory success in Ontario is a reflection that voters cast their bal- lots strategically, not wanting to split the right vote and risk electing t Continued on page 2 APOLOGY The special election report pro- duced by this newspaper and dis- . tributed Friday contained two er- rors regarding the actions of NDP candidate Paul Klopp. The report stated that Klopp had not shown up at his headquarters by press time, nor did he attend the Johns office to offer his congratula- tions. In fact, Klopp was among the first people to arrive at the Exeter Golf Club to offer congratulations to Helen Johns on her victory. It was also reported that Klopp was interviewed by telephone from his residence when he had actually returned to his campaign headquar- ters in Goderich to be with his fam- ily and supporters. The Times Advocate apologizes for this error and any misunder- standing that the report may have caused. Huron Air Show challenges young and old to dream Huron Park int'i. Air Show attracts over 10,000 people Ingrid Nielsen T -A Staff HURON PARK - "I challenge you to put wings on your dreams," said Major Deanna Brasseur, a CF- 18 Pilot, to the hundreds of students who piled into Huron Air Park on Thursday for the Huron Park International Air Show. "I was very pleased with the show," said Tom Law- son, Airshow Chairperson. "I was really thrilled with the education component." The show attracted over 10,000 people to Huron Park, including school children, flight enthusiasts, and curious spectators. Everyone, young and old, was running from plane to plane asking for autographs to the delight of all the pilots. They showed off their aircrafts and explained their roles with pride. People were able to climb into some of the planes and ask the pilots and per- sonnel questions about their operation. In the Hercules C- 130, Staff Sargent John Becker and Captain Fred Winn, both with 191 Medical Squadron out of Self- ridge, Michigan, explained th; role of their aircraft. "This aircraft can fly in anywhere, and to land, only requires the length of a football field in a combat arca. it is a tactical airlift, which can take up to 74 patients out of a combat arca," said Winn. Winn also explained that in an emergency situation, military medical procedure is quite different from ci- vilian medical procedure. For instance, in the military, the least injured are first priority and will be removed first from the battlefield. The most severely injured ire left for last. This is to ensure the maximum number of soldiers will be returned to the field. It is the job of the personnel on the C-130 to ensure this. Becker also mentioned the welcome he has received while at the Huron Air Show. "Everyone is extremely friendly. It caught me off "The thing really im the s was that g not an guard how nice everyone is here. I feel a little bad. It is nothing like this when we go to airshows at home (in the U.S.) People have been asking for our autographs all morning. No one ever asks for our autographs at home like they do here," said Becker. This was the third airshow in four years, and the sec- ond time that it played host to the Canadian Snow- birds, an immensely popular air demonstration squad- ron. In the past, the show has been split between Huron Air Park and Grand Bend. Anyone who waited along the beaches of Grand Bend this year, was disappointed as the show was kept solely in Huron Park. The one location was chosen to keep things sim- ple and centralised, said Lawson. Another difference this year was the education segment. Thursday morning was dedicated to students, who had a chance to meet and listen to the pilots and military crews one on one. Marilyn Bruinsma, a teacher at Victoria Public School in Goderich, was extremely pleased with the education segment of the airshow. "There have been a lot of positive comments from the students. They saw everything from the planes used in the Vietnam war to current fighter planes, and could see how technology has progressed," said Bruin- sma. Brasseur also offered a very positive and necessary message, said Bruinsma. "The thing that was really impressed upon the stu- dents was that gender is not an issue. Instead, everyone should stay in school and do well." The students in Goderich also completed aviation projects for class that consisted of choosing one of die planes displayed at the air show and researching it. "The projccts were just excellent," said Bruinsma. Planes on exhibit included a United States F-14 Tom Cat, CF -18's, a C-130 Hercules, and many more. that was mpressed tudents ender is issue." Lucan holds local taxes for third straight year LUCAN - For the third consecu- tive year, Lucan council has been able to hold taxes to be used for lo- cal purposes to a zero percent in- crease. Despite this good news, the total taxes for the village for 1995 will rise by 2.721 percent. This is be- cause of an increase of 4.91 percent for elementary school purposes and a rise of 4.91 percent to raise mon- ey for secondary school operations. While the county of Middlesex held their overall mill rate to the same level as last year, reeve Tom McLaughlin said Lucan's county rate drops by .345 percent due to market value reassessment. The increase in taxes for an aver- age residential property assessment will be about $40 according to clerk Ron Reymer. Reymer added, "Growth is start- ing to kick in and that allows us to keep the tax rate down." The total mill rate for residential owners for 1995 is 346.797 mills compared to 337.651 mills a year ago. The village ended 1994 with a surplus for the year's operation of $51,269 as opposed to 540,741 the previous year. This surplus is deemed as income for 1995 and an- other reason the local tax rate could be kept constant. Thei995 budget which has been approved by council, includes a re- duction in the cost of recycling from 518,217 to 511,750. Expendi- tures for advertising and promotion will be increased from 51,071 to 53,600 to allow for a museum fea- sibility study and 125th anniver- sary celebrations. Salaries and ex- penses for councillors are expected to be reduced by $1,290, due main- ly to a five percent decrease being taken by councillors. Change date The next meeting of Lucan vil- lage council will be held on Thurs- day June 22 at 7.30 p.m.