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Teacher rekindles
love of music
Retired teacher giving
guitar lessons
Heather Mir T -A staff
HURON PARK - A retired, 83 -
year -old instructor has rekindled a
love for music by giving McCur-
dy students guitar lessons.
Hank Pulsifer retired from
teaching in the 1970's but when he
found a need for his talent in Hu-
ron he decided to offer his musical
talents. He currently has 10 stu-
dents at McCurdy and a waiting
list of five. He charges $5 for
each lesson and loans students
guitars he had purchased in-
expensively and rebuilt to be
"playable."
"I enjoy teaching anyone who
wants to learn. There is nothing
that makes me happier than when
the student works on it at home,"
he said. Pulsifer is now teaching a
second generation of students as
well as parents and seniors. He
hopes to move back from his cur-
rent home in London to Huron
County were he plans to open a
small studio in Lucan.
Students range in age from six
to 13 but Pulsifer said the ideal
age for starting the guitar is 11
years, when a child has developed
enough strength. The guitar can
be hard on the fingers, Pulsifer
explained, because the ball of the
finger is used to get a soupd.
McCurdy Vice Principal Niall
Straw said Pulsifer is tilling a
void in the Huron Park com-
munity.
"This community has lacked
this for a long time," said Straw.
McCurdy has also implemented
a piano program at the school
which has six students enrolled.
The cost of these lessons is mini-
mal and the instructors get satis-
faction from teaching.
The board of education permits
students a half day each week out
of class for music lessons, but by
the time students travel out of Hu-
ron Park for lessons and back, too
much time is spent. Brin-
gingteachers to the students al-
lows many more children to take
advantage of the pleasure creating
music can bring.
Hank Pulsifer, an 83 -year-old instructor, teaches guitar les-
sons to children at McCurdy Public School in Huron Park.
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Snowmobile business
will improve security
Brian's Service Centre hit with largest theft it's known
he said.
Brenda Burke T=A staff
DASHWOOD - Brian Kipfer of
Brian's Service Centre in Dash-
wood is making major business se-
curity changes after being hit with
theft two days in a row this month.
On Dec. 11 four snowmobiles
were stolen from his shop. Wit-
nesses apparently spotted the
thieves heading north of Dashwood
at 5 a.m. that morning.
The following day an ATV was
also stolen from the premises. Dur-
ing this burglary the thieves nearly
got away with another snowmobile
but decided to leave it behind and
neighbors found it the next morn-
ing half a block away from the ser
vice centre. Kipfer figures the
thieves had been towing the snow-
mobile with the ATV.
Most of the stolen sleds as well
as the ATV, valued at a total of
$26,000, were neWer models in-
cluding a 1995, 1994 and 1983 Ya-
maha as well as a 1991 Skidoo. The
ATV was a grey 1995 Suzuki King
Quad. The recovered sled was a
1991 Yamaha.
"(The thieves) know what they
want. They're only interested in
newer stuff," said Kipfer, who ad-
mitted he was "shocked" when he
arrived at work to find the gate of
his outdoor locked compound
smashed, a section of fence re-
moved and four of his customers'
sleds gone.
"It was a big inconvenience for
everybody," he said. "What's up-
setting a lot of (customers) is the
30 -day waiting period (for in-
surance.)"
According to Kipfer,, this recent
snodvmobile theft problem is not
just isolated to Dashwood.
"I talked to five or six dealers.
They've all had the same problem,"
The same day the sleds were sto-
len from his service centre, an Arc-
tic Cat snowmobile was taken from
Becker Power and Leisure in Exet-
er.
Goderich and Wyoming dealers
have also had theft problems re-
cently, with a Wyoming dealer
claiming thieves backed a truck
through his shop and made away
with snowmobiles.
Dealers have also told Kipfer of
cases where snowmobilers in the
Party Sound and Gravenhurst areas
are having their sleds stolen while
they stop along trails for food
breaks.
"You used to hear about this in
Detroit but now it's here," said
Kipfer.
Last February seven snow-
mobiles were stolen from the Lu -
can area and in all cases they were
driven from the premises. The
Dashwood snowmobiles were sto-
len the same way.
Last winter reported thefts of this
kind had been from local deal-
erships rather than from private
homes. Exeter OPP officer Leo
Weverlink had then advised people
not to leave keys in the machines
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Committee drafts
terms of reference
Exeter-Stephen-Usborne
Amalgamation Com-
mittee rnet for dis-
cussion
STEPHEN TOWNSHIP - A draft
terms of reference was presented to
the Exeter-Stephen-Usborne Amal-
gamation Committee at the Dec. 20
meeting for discussion.
"Deal Breakers" discussed at the
meeting include governance struc-
ture. consequences of hydro rates
to agricultural areas, the boundary
north of Dashwood as well as Ex-
eter with Hay Township and police
service areas and rates. The com-
mittee agreed it must consider
wards, committees, commissions,
chief administrator officer, town
manager and systems.
Larry Brown was appointed as
the committee coordinator in a mo-
tion by Ben Hoogenboom, Exeter
mayor and seconded by Pat Down,
Usborne reeve. Brown was in-
structed to arrange for committee
representatives to attend the next
meeting of Hay, Hensall and Zurich
Councils. The main purpose would
be to advise of the committee's in-
tentions and to answer questions.
A letter from Al Leach, minister
of municipal affairs and housing,
presented at the meeting indicated
the minister wishes to proceed un-
der the newly proposed legislation
regarding restructuring and min-
istry assistance is forthcoming. Ex-
eter's suggestion to pursue the min-
ister's offer of assistance as soon as
possible was carried. A proposal to
the ministry as to how they may be
invorV .'Ip asgisr-the ventufe will
be'TIhE responsibility of Rick Hun-
dey, Exeter administrator.
Exeter also suggested municipal-
ities exchange 1994 audited state.
ments and 1995 budgets.
Looking back at an eventful year
Each year at this time when all the Christmas
concerts are over, the community media starts
taking a look at the
year in review.
The year has brought
many changes to the
South Huron region. Along with issues such as
amalgamation and provincial cutbacks, the area
has witnessed many developments at Centralia
College and along the Huron Lake Shore. Native
occupation at the Pinery
Provincial Park concerned
residents while weather both
damaged crops and produced
above-average harvests. Exeter celebrated sports
championships and suffered job losses, grieved and
completed civic projects. As always the year has
brought its share of success and failure, tragedy
and triumph.
During the past 12 months the Times -Advocate
has carried hundreds of items of interest to our
subscribers. Our reporters have highlighted
many events as they take a look back on 1995.
jr.
an-uary
January 4
• Town crier replaces White Squirrel. Many people and organizations
were involved in the creation of a new entrance sign at the north end of
Exeter.
■ Singers wanted. A new community choir was horn, following the
success of the Exeter Legion Community Band. Rehearsals began
immediately in the music room at South Huron District High School.
• Return from Down Under. Usborne Central School teacher Betty
Jean Talbot and her son Shawn returned from Perth, Australia where
they spent a year as part of a teacher exchange.
■ No impaired drivers caught. After checking at least 3,500 cars at
local RIDE checkpoints during the holiday season, local police did not
lay any impaired charges.
January 11
■ User pay beginnings. Lucan, which will adopt a user pay garbage
system Jan.!, began to seriously look into the prospect a year ago. Then,
directions were given to the town administrator to prepare a report on
the costs and. implementation of such a system.
■ First wee one. Jeffrey McNutt was the first baby born in Exeter for
1995 and also one of the first born in the Southwestern Ontario region
this year. Jeffrey had been due on January 5 but doctors decided to
induce labor early, which gave the father just enough time to fly home
from Vancouver.
• New BIA boss. Tom Seip was nominated as chair of the Exeter
Business Improvement Association for the next three years after Don
Romphf had served as chair for nearly six years.
• Parking problems. Because a number of SHDHS students were
parking in the lot at the South Huron Recreation Centre, town council
members and recreation staff were concerned the overflow would affect
the nearby public school.
January 18
IN Historic building burns. Seven were left homeless as a result of the
Grand Central Hotel blaze that required the efforts of more than 35
firefighters from two departments. At this point the building is still
standing vacant and exposed to the elements, its future uncertain.
• Return of the bus. After Cha -Co Trails had announced in December it
would be dropping five of its six regular routes, including the London -
Owen Sound route, it brought bus service back to Huron County on
Fridays, which were typically the busiest days for the former daily
route.
• Police assaulted. OPP Sgt. Terry Devine and another officer were
called to a Dashwood apartment building after responding to noise and
damage complaints. Three youths were arrested with assaulting the
officers.
• Court house gets face lift. Huron County decided to go ahead with a
$1.7 million renovation project on the 40 -year-old building.
January 25
IN Skaters galore. About 580 skaters from Huron, Oxford,
Middlesex and Elgin Counties were gearing up to perform at the
South Huron Recreation Centre that weekend. It ended up being the
largest competition event held in Exeter to date.
■ Motorcycles to replace dog sleds. For the first time, the Grand
Bend Winter Carnival omitted its dog sled races, which were
traditionally held at Pinery Provincial Park. The four -legged
creatures were to be replaced by two -wheeled machines -
motorcycles - on ice. However, due to severe winter weather, the
event was cancelled.
IN Town hall ahead of its time. With plans for the renovations and
expansion of Exeter's Old Town Hall still to be finalized, council
was already looking ahead to the next phase of the project - the
upgrading of the public library.
■ Big dreams. Centralia International College was set to open at the
end of January with 50 students enrolled. Vice Chairman and Chief
Operating Officer Juergen Wiliamson-Persh expected between 250
and 300 students to attend the facility over the next several years.
Since the company that owned the college went bankrupt last
summer, the few remaining students were forced to carry on their
studies in Toronto.
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