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ITS YO I R R 1 I tS T N ES S Times -Advocate, August 23, 1995 Page 5
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By Ross Haugh from the
archives of the
Exeter Times Advocate
10 YEARS AGO
August 21, 1985 - While
two members of the Exeter
OPP detachment searched in
vain for a storm funnel cloud
reported in the Exeter area
Sunday afternoon, they didn't
have to go far to get verifica-
tion that such a cloud did ex-
ist.
Joan Fisher, secretary at the
detachment office reported on
Monday morning that she and
her family watched the cloud
pass near Usborne Central
School shortly before 3 p.m.
The population of the town
of Exeter almost doubled on
the weekend as close to 2,000
athletes took part in Sportsfest
sponsored by the Lake Huron
Zone Rec Association.
25 YEARS AGO
August 20, 1970 - The first
fine under provisions of
Grand Bend's new building
bylaw was levied Monday
night. Gerald Eagleson was
fined five dollars for failing
to obtain a building permit to
construct a garage.
Exeter reeve Derry Boyle
gets "ticked off' when coun-
cil starts talking about clocks
and Monday night he had the
occasion 1 views be
1,
- l . die silly
clock v, hen coun-
cillor Ihien Jci.hyn suggested
having the former Bank of
Montreal clock erected at the
PUC office.
40 YEARS AGO
August 24, 1955 - A Lon-
don postal official said
Wednesday there is a very
strong possibility that a truck
mail service will be estab-
lished from London to Wing -
ham within six weeks.
, Crickets held a convention
on the Main street of Exeter
Tuesday night and Wednes-
day morning. Thousands of
the jumping chirpers black-
ened the sidewalks.
R.D. Jermyn, Jack Del -
bridge, Graham Arthur of Ex-
• eter; Bob Dalrymple of
Brucefield and Lloyd Lovell
of Kippen attended the $20
million exposition of farm
machinery at East Lansing.
Michigan on Wednesday.
50 YEARS AGO
August 21, 1945 - Four re-
turned veterans were honoured
at a reception with members of
their immediate families at the
Central Hotel Friday evening.
They were Sgmn. Chester Cor-
nish, Tpr. Leeland Jory, LAC
Eldred Simmons and LAC
Harry Hennon.
Mr. and Mrs. Reg Beavers
and family have moved to Ex-
eter from Sarnia into the resi-
dence on John street recently
purchased from Mrs. Venner.
Mr. Beavers is entering into
partnership with his father, Mr.
B.W.F. Beavers in the hard-
ware business
75 YEARS AGO
August 22, 1920 - A German
trench mortar arrived at the Ex-
eter station on Thursday last,
addressed to "The Reeve". It
was sent by the Canadian au-
thorities and was captured in
the battle in France. It will be
set up on the library grounds.
The waterworks department
of Exeter are installing an auto-
matic water supply at the
pumping station that will en-
sure a continuous water supply
for the town system.
Mr. Henry Eilber of Crediton
has purchased several lots of
land at Grand Bend in the
neighborhood of his present
cottage. He intends to erect
three up-to-date summer cot-
tages.
On Friday afternoon last the
contractor finished the paving
of Main street.
Sylvanus Cann recently pur-
chased the turning and cider
factory from A. Cottle and has
taken possession.
The musical recital given by
Lila Sanders and her pupils in
the Opera House on Monday
evening was a decided success.
Mr. J.G. Stanbury was the
chairman and introduced the
players.
100 YEARS AGO
August 21, 1895 - The Zu-
rich Agricultural Society direc-
tors have decided to build a
grandstand on the fairgrounds.
It will be 40 feet longand 10
scats high and will ve re-
freshment booths underneath.
McDonnel Bros. have put a
new delivery wagon on the
road, artistically painted and
bedecked with all manner of
signs indicating the wares they
handle. While not overly gaw-
dy it is attractive and well cal-
culated to serve as advertised.
New video rating system
designed for outlets
Family of bears illustrate age group videos suitable for
Heather Mir T -A staff
EXETER - Video rental outlets in
Exeter are making use of a new rat-
ing system from Canadian Home
Video. The system rates videos for
sale and rental at five different lev-
els.
The categories
range from general
which is suitable for
viewing by all ages,
to restricted videos
suitable only for peo-
ple 18 years of age or,
older.
The ratings are illustrated by a
family of bears. At the general rat-
ing family members are sitting on
the a sofa. When parental guidance
is advised, the baby of the family
disappears.
For those videos suitable for peo-
ple 14 years of age or older, parents
are cautioned those underaged
should only view the video with an
adult. The videos rated fourteen
adult accompaniment may contain
violence, coarse language and sex-
ually suggestive scenes.
In the rating illustration for vid-
eos suitable for people I 8 -years -old
and up, the young teen -aged bear
has gone to bed. The family dog in
this illustration has a
shocked expression.
No rental or purchase
is permitted for those
under 18 and they
should watch with an
adult.
Restricted videos are
limited to people 18 years and over.
In this final illustration, only the
bear parents remain and the dog is
hiding under the couch.
Parents are strongly cautioned in
the fourth category that the videos
will likely contain explicit vi-
olence, frequent coarse language
and sexual activity or horror.
Graphic violence and other dis-
"I've seen a
few come in
without it."
Video rating system
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The new Canadian Home Video rating system uses a
bear family to rate movies from general to restricted with
three level in between. As the number of family mem-
bers decrease, the level of violence, coarse language
and sexually suggestive scenes increases.
Stephen deals with
variances, zoning
CREDITON - At the August 15
meeting, Stephen Township Coun-
cil dealt with two applications for
minor variances and one for a zon-
ing amendment.
In the first instance, a zoning
amendment was approved for Ge-
rald Zielman on his property at part
of Lots 13 and 14, Concession 15.
Letters of non -objection were read
from the Ausable Bayfield Conser-
vation Authority and the Huron
County Planning and Development
Department.
An application for a minor vari-
ance at 181 Pebble Beach Parkway
at Grand Cove Estates was also
granted. Grand Cove agent Mrs.
Hewetson was present.
A public meeting will be held on
September 5 to consul, a minor
variance application f Kevin
and Sharon Parker for their proper-
ty at part of Lot 10, Concession 16.
Council voiced no objection to
LCBO approval for a Grand Bend
curbing content is frequently used
in videos rated as restricted.
Videos which contains material
not subject to classification include
documentaries, nature, travel, mu-
sic, arts, culture, sports, leisure, ed-
ucational and instructional in-
formation. This "E" classification
makes up the fifth category.
One of the responsibilities of the
producers of home videos to ensure
all material is rated before it is re-
leased to a distributor. A staff
member of Oscar's Video in Exeter
said they still receive videos which
have not been rated.
"I've seen a few come in without
it."
Merchants who rent and sell
home videos must check age iden-
tification before releasing a video
to a minor. It is also up to parents
to make sure they watch movies
with their children when cautioned
to do so by the rating system.
Got a
complaint?
TORONTO - The Ontario Press
Council. was established 23 years
ago to defend the public's right to
freedom of expression, uphold the
independence of the press and deal
with complaints from newspaper
readers.
Through the Council, of which
this newspaper is a member, you
can call the press of Ontario to ac-
count for unfair conduct such as
invading privacy without justifica-
tion, condemning people by in-
nuendo or hearsay, ignoring com-
monly -accepted ethical standards,
reporting conjecture as fact, dis-
torting accounts of events or fail-
ing to acknowledge error.
If you have a complaint, the
Council urges you to give the
newspaper an opportunity to re-
. spond to it. Then if you are not sat-
isfied, write to the Council outlin-
ing the complaint and enclosing
copies of material you are com-
plaining about.
The Council will give the news-
paper a further opportunity to re-
spond and possibly redress the
complaint. After that, if you're still
not satisfied the Council will con-
sider whether to adjudicate the is-
sues and will pay your expenses
for attending a hearing in Toronto.
There are only a few restrictions.
The Council does not deal with
complaints that involve only a dif-
ference of opinion. It does not han-
dle a complaint where litigation is
involved. And it requires that com-
plaints be specific. Its address: On-
tario Press Council, 80 Gould St.
Suite 206, Toronto, Ontario M5B
2M7. .
Rotary Club application. The spe-
cia' licence will be for a hole -in -one
competition at the Oakwood inn
driving range on August 23 to 27.
Similar approval was given to the
North Middlesex Junior "D" Hock-
ey Association for their drag races
and rodeo at the Grand Bend Motor-
plex on the Labor Day weekend.
Council will declare both events a
community festival of municipal
significance.
Councillor Wilmar Wein has re-
signed as a township representative
on the Stephen Township Arena
Board and will be replaced by coun-
cillor Harvey Ratz.
Following a recommendation
from the Township Arena Board,
council has approved the hiring of
Mark Sutherland as arena assistant
and the administrator will prepare a
job description for this position if
not already done.
The property at 15 John
Street, listed by GK Real-
ty has sold. The yellow
brick building is the for-
mer site of Syfilco Ltd.,
now located on Thames
Road. At press time, the
T -A could not confirm any
further information re-
garding the future use of
the property or the buyer.
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