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NOM 1S6 ■ ma sista ss• ar• — — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Happy birthday Canada Graduates Public school grads of 1995 See page 8 Canada Day celebrations Exeter's big party See page 12 Classifieds pages 18-21 Announcements pages 22-23 Experts page 24 Car wash and ice cream salve EXETER- The Exeter Play- ground will hold a car wash at the South Huron Recreation Centre and an ice-cream sale next td the P.U.C. building July 7. Funds raised will help cover costs of the playground's summer events including a trip to the Pineridge Zoo and Beach Golf in Grand Bend July 6. It's a small world for two former residents TORONTO -Two former area res- idents who have moved on to very successful careers discovered first hand last Wednesday how true the term its a small world really is. Leslie Swartman who is currently the press secretary for Prime Minis- ter Jean Chretien was part of the prime ministers entourage during his first meeting with Premier Mike Harris. Swartman had just boarded the Challenger jet for a flight back to Ottawa when she was was paged to report to the flight cabin. She did so and discovered that one of the pilots was Tony Jones. Jones, originally from Huron Park and Swartman who is an Exeter na- tive are both graduates of SHDHS. Angela Van Der Ley clutches a Canadian flag while watching the opening Canada Day cer- emonies on Friday. Dobbs' Hummel Bird will reach the skies this summer Brenda Burke T -A staff EXETER- This summer George Dobbs will sail high above Central- ia Airport in his 350 pound, alu- minum, home -built airplane. Dobbs has spent the past two years building his Hummel Bird, named after Maurey Hummel. the US pilot and metal worker who de- signed the plane about 10 years ago by combining the best of three oth- er planes, the Teenie Two, the Wind Wagon and the Hummel. The result, the Hummel Bird, is one of the smallest one -seater planes now available. "Because it's a one -seater you have to play with it," explained Dobbs who has spent the winter putting finishing touches on his bright yellow and black, two cyl- inder plane which has a wing span of about 20 feet. Dobbs has also added 30 per cent more horsepower to the plane's engine to make it safer to fly. The Hummel Bird could not safely carry anyone weighing over 200 pounds. "We've been trying and trying to get it right because when you're up there that's the wrong time to get it wrong," said Dobbs of the plane which cost him $4,000 to build. Dobbs has always had an inter- est in planes but couldn't afford to make flying and building a hobby until he was 45. Twenty years later he now has a pilot's licence that al- lows him to fly planes weighing up to 12,000 pounds, belongs to the Exeter and Area Recreational Air- craft Association and builds planes in his used vehicle garage. Dobbs also built a 1200 pound Coot and a 700 pound KR2, each taking five years to complete. Although he says his Hummel Bird is simple to control Dobbs is "more of a builder than a flyer." °songs Dobbs plans to fly his home-bulit, 350 pound Hummel Bird this summer. • New Rekase • Video H-''235 3535 Preventing food poisoning Lambton health inspectors prefer to educate than enforce Chris Skalkos T -A staff GRAND BEND - Every summer thousands of people become sick from eating contaminated food. Food borne illnesses, commonly known as "food poisoning" seem to inflict more people over the sum- mer months and public health in- spectors will be out trying to ed- ucate people on safe food handling practices. There are , over 540 restaurants and food venues in Lambton County and all of them will be in- spected by the Lambton Health Unit over the aext few months to prevent people from getting sick over something they ate. "We're inspecting any place that sells food, whether it's a restaurant, a pizza place or one of those beach side barbecue cards," said Paul Me- deiros a public health .inspector with the Lambton Health Unit. Medeiros said health inspectors will be very active in the Grand Bend area educating operators on safer food handling practices and inspecting all food venues in- cluding corner stores and super- markets. 'We try to educate because we recognize that a vast majority of cases in which we're dealing with operators of food establishments, all it takes is for them to know about handling food safely and they usually comply so we go in to ed- ucate. If they don't want to comply then we rely on enforcement," said Medeiros. "There is so much involved in handling food safely. Sometimes people assume because they cook at home they won't have a problem at work, but there is a big differ- ence between making food at home and preparing food for 200 people," he said. According to Medeiros, a food operator will be warned twice to comply with health regulations be- fore they lay charges. A maximum fine for a corporation is $25,000 and $5,000 for an individual. So far Lambton health inspectors have is- sued three tickets and have closed down five food establishments this year. "One of our inspectors closed down a restaurant in Lambton County for having cockroaches. It was so bad they were literally crawling over his feet," said Me- deiros adding that the cockroach case was an extreme example of a closure. The other places they closed down were due to unclean conditions, lack of running water and improper refrigeration. "75% percent of all food borne illnesses are caused by temperature abuse, foods (especially meats) that are not refrigerated properly or cooked adequately. That's the great- est source of illness," he said. When it comes to inspecting tem- peratures of stored foods, Medeiros said inspectors are very strict. If an establishment is keeping food at an improper temperature inspectors Continued on page 2 Support for Steckle's decision to vote with his conscience is overwhelming Readers of the Times -Advocate and the Advance- Times which serves Wingham and area have lined up solidly behind Huron -Bruce MP Paul Steckle's decision to vote as he believes even though his ac- tions have gone against party wishes. Last week both newspapers conducted an informal and certainly un- scientific poll to find out where Steckle stands with the people he rep- resents in Ottawa. After voting twice against gun control legislation and once agains. the government's new bill which would increase sen- tences for those convicted of committing hate crimes Steckle is at risk of being punisf d for his actions. A worst case scenario could be that Prime Minister Jean Chretien would refuse to sign nomination papers allowing Steckle to run as a Liberal in the next election. So far only three things have happened: . He was dropped from any committees he was serving on after his first vote against the gun control legislation. . He has been working under the veiled threat of additional punish- ment that may be handed out at some point in the future. . He has had his actions reinforced locally in a poll conducted last week by the Times -Advocate and the Advance -Times. Out of the 224 responses from readers who were asked if they agreed with Steckle's decision to vote the way he believes or if, as a member of the government, he should have voted with the Liberals,183 sup- ported his stand and 41 were opposed. About 82% of those who responded supported Steckle's decision to vote as he felt he should. When responding to the question of whether or not they were in fa- vor of gun control legislation 143 sided with Steckle while 50 said they did support gun control legislation. About 34% replying to our poll want gun control legislation while 66% were not in favor of gun control. The final question asking readers whether or not they were in favor of stronger sentences for hate crimes showed 50 voting yes while 78 voted no. By voting no to this legislation Steckle appears to be at odds with the survey results. Sixty percent of those who responded want stronger sentences while 40% voted no. Eleven who responded stated they did not like the wording of one or more of the questions. 133 41 YES I agree with Paul Steckle's decision to vote the way he believes even though he was elected as a member of the Liberal team. NO I believe he is a member of the government and should have voted to pass the two pieces of legis- lation. WE ALSO WANT TO KNOW YOUR PERSONAL OPINIONS Are you in favor of gun control legislation? SO YES 143 NO Are you In favor of stronger sentences for hate cruses? 114 YES 78 No