Times Advocate, 1995-12-28, Page 10Page 10
Times -Advocate, December 28, 1995
July
July 5
■ Steckle receives support from constituents. An
informal survey conducted by the T A showed local
residents agree with Huron Bruce MPP Paul Steckle's
decision to vote with his conscience. About 82 per
cent of those who responded supported his decision.
■ Health inspectors preventing food poisoning.
Lambton inspectors were very active in the Grand
Bend arca educatir.o operators on safer food handling
practices. They also inspected all food venues
including corner stores and supermarkets.
■ Former area residents meet on Challenger jet.
Leslie Swartman, originally from Exeter, is the press
secretary for Prime Minister Jean Chretien and was
part of the entourage during Chretien's first meeting
Prettier Mike Harris.
Swartman was returning to Ottawa when she was
paged to report to the flight cabin where she found
one of the pilots of the jet was Tony Jones, fellow --
graduate of SHDHS.
July 12
■ Faster water testing for Grand Bend. A new
mobile water testing unit allowed Lambton County
Health Unit to test water for bacteria. within six to
eight hours compared with methods that formerly
took up to 48 hours.
The faster response time eliminated unnecessary
"unsafe for swimming" signs posted after a heavy
rainfall.
■ Stephen delays portion of Dashwood drain. Due to
a request from the Ontario Ministry of
Transportation, Stephen township delayed
construction of a portion of the proposed Dashwood
municipal drainage works until 1996, to coincide
with the proposed Highway 83 construction.
■ Optimists sell Nevada tickets. A request by the
Exeter Optimist Club to sell Nevada tickets was
approved by Town Council. The service club sold the
tickets at Exeter Self Serve with monies going toward
local fundraising projects.
July 19
• Severe storm lashes Huron County. Near -record
high temperatures culminated in a severe •
thunderstorm. Hitting Southwestern Ontario, it
toppled trees and downed power lines. Exeter sent a
crew of three from Public Works to help Goderich,
which declared a state of emergency after its hydro
infrastructure was almost wiped.
IN Johns becomes assistant to health minister. Premier
Mike Harris appointed Huron MPP Helen Johns as
parliamentary assistant to the minister of health. The
role requires Johns to provide legislation and bring it
before the House of Commons.
■ Community bats for burn victim. Neighbors,
friends and family organize a fundraising slow -pitch
game for Harvey Kennedy of Huron Park who
sustained severe burns in a house fire. Over 200
people attended the event that had Kennedy's
neighbors play ball with local media celebrities
raising over $1,000 for Kennedy who lost everything
in the fire.
July 26
• Centralia International College goes belly -up.
International students attending the college were
abruptly forced to transfer to Shaw College in Toronto
after the school declared bankruptcy. Vice-president
of the receiver, B.D.O. Dunwoody Lid said the
college entered into bankruptcy voluntarily shutting
the door on 17 students.
■ Exeter gets new town reservoir. A pipeline from
Lake Huron to fill the town's new water reservoir and
give it twice the capacity of the current water storage
facility. The reservoir will cost $973,000 and is being
constructed'aeside the Exeter swimming pool.
■ Lucan pays for garbage disposal. A user pay
garbage collection system for the village of Lucan
was approved by council. Over 28 people attended a
public meeting to voice their approval for the system.
Residents currently pay $109 a year for garbage
collection and $22 a year for recycling on their tax
bill.
August 2
■ Supplemental funding cut by half. Transportation cuts choped
$6.00( from one road construction on Mary Street. Cuts from the
mini -budget released by Mike Harris were beginning to be felt by
municipalities. The Mary Street surfacing project received a total
supplemental funding of $12,000.
■ Emergency rooms close. A decreased interest in rural areas forcing
emergency rooms to close. Due to a decreased availability of doctors,
the South Huron Emergency Department experienced what the chief
of staff calls a 'crisis situation'.
• New mobility bus. Blue Water Rest Home residents like their
spacious, air conditioned vehicle. On July 12 the home purchased a
555,000 mobility bus to replace its 12 -year-old touring van. The new
mobility bus was needed because the Ministry of Transportation will
not allow the van to carry wheel chair residents any longer. At least
one third of the homes 65 residents use wheel chairs and that number
is increasing.
August 9
■ Grand Bend hosts biggest reception. A one -day collection record of
$20,(X)0 was raised for Jesse's Journey. Jesse Davidson and his father
John arrived in Grand Bend welcomed by hundreds of people who
lined the streets with red balloons and flowers cheering them on as
they made their way to the village.
• I3usy month for Food Bank. The Exeter Community Food Bank
serviced 22 families in July. In June that number nearly doubled when
43 different families used its service, making it the busiest month for
the Exeter Food Bank to date.
• Career Camp helps to nurture organic garden. A group of Grade 8
Huron Puhlic School students pitched in to help weed the Ecology
Garden on John Street. Students from Career Experience Camp
volunteered in order to gain valuable job skills and experience.
August 16
■ Joint effort by OPP and RCMP to eradicate marijuana. The
operation utilized a RCMP helicopter, van, and a truck. The team was
able to remove many mature plants with a minimum street value of
$1,000.
IN Rash of vehicle break-ia. Reports of car phones and stereos being
stolen from unlocked vehicles in Exeter and Hensall, kept Exeter OPP
busy investigating several thefts.
• Expansion plans. Co-op site plan approved by council pending
meeting of drainage requirements outlined in clerk's report. Council
approved the report of the clerk which recommended approval of the
site plan for the expansion of the Hensall District Co-operative Inc.
August 23
■ Tnick charges. Fifty-three per cent of trucks inspected were
declared unsafe. The Ministry of Transportation laid 52 charges in
Huron County's first organized commercial truck inspection.
■ Bikers raise money. Bikers held a poker run for the Muscular
Dystrophy Association. Approximately 138 motorcycles roared into
Exeter in the final stop of the Cure in Motion.
•Terry Fox Run. Exeter, Lucan and Zurich were among 225
communities across Ontario participating in the 15th annual Tcrry Fox
Run for Cancer Research Association.
August 30
■ Missing child found unhurt. An 18 month-old was found asleep in a
cornfield by a volunteer searcher, after being missing for over five
hours. Approximately 22 ()PP officers and firefighters as well as over
200 volunteers assisted in the search.
• fillers raise money for mobility hike. The Huron -Perth chapter of
A B.A.T.E (Association of Bikers for Awareness, Training and
Education) raised $1,310 for the purchase and maintenance of a
mobility hike for five-year-old Brandon Steele, of Stratford, who has
Cerebral Palsy.
■ I3ig hcan fest. At least 20.000 people took part in the Bean Festival.
Bean president called the 1995 festivities "the biggest ever".
A new look at cooperation
EXETER - The Exeter Puhlic
School Parents' Association has
committed to raise $15,000 over
the next two or three years to help
pay the cost of finishing a new
classroom al the school. The class-
room shell was built during the re-
cent JK renovations at the school
hut it was not completed due to tltt;
lack of funds. The Parents' Associ-
ation approached the Board to see
if it could help. An agreement was
reached that if the Association
would help raise the money for the
room the Board would match the
contribution and the room could be
completed. Estimates are that the
cost of the interior finishing will be
approximately $30,000. The com-
mitted parents at Exeter Public
School who have already contribut-
ed tens of thousands of dollars to
the school to buy computers, repair
the playground, build a play struc-
ture and much more.
How the
Grinch
stole
Christmas
EXETER - On the morning of
Dec. 16 Chris Iwanowski dis-
covered the Christmas season
doesn't always consist of good
cheer and holiday warmth.
At about 11:30 a.m. he crossed
north from the south-east corner of
Main and Sanders on foot. The
light had turned green for a car
headed west so he thought he'd
cross behind the car - while the
hand signal was displayed
on the light post.
An Exeter OPP
police cruiser �� �. '► F
with its lights on ti
approached him
along Main Street.
When he noticed the
car ahead of the cruiser
pull over, Iwanowski didn't think
he was the one in trouble.
But the officer pulled his cruiser
between the Old Town Hall and a
restaurant and approached Iwanow-
ski, who when asked for his I.D.,
thought he was being asked if he
had been a witness to something.
But it was Iwanowski that was
charged - $90 for ignoring a hand
signal.
"i was pretty surprised," said the
Exeter resident, adding,"lt took him
a while to figure out what to charge
me with...I was guilty. 1 did ignore
the hand signal...it's close to
Christmas. i though he would have
given me a warning."
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Oddfellows installation
ore
The Exeter Oddfellows installation of officers included the following from left back row:
Percy Noles, Bill Parsons, Steve Corbett, Bruce Delbridge and Fred Delbridge. In front are
Don Stewart, Danny Smith, Roy Pepper, Herb Steffen and Bi1l Burge.
Aisle Craig UCW
enjoy Christmas dinners
AiLSA CRAIG - The Ailsa -
Craig United Church Women and
friends began their Christmas
meeting with a Christmas dinner
of turkey, carrot pudding and all
the trimmings. While the cleanup
crew were at work Donna Cox,
Betty Sutherland and Marylou
Dixon conducted a sing song of
Christmas carols accompanied on
the piano by Sylvia Thirlwall.
Some of the young people of the
church provided the entertainment.
Ashley McAlpine sang two songs
and Andrew and Megan Daigle
each played two piano solos. Rob-
bie Yeo, Rhonda Yeo, Amanda
Redmond and Ly adsay Redmond
entertained with several line danc-
es.
During a short business meeting
the quilting group made an appeal
for moro quitters to help quilt
some quilts in the new year. Mary
Sutherland reported that 500 carrot
puddings were made.
Margaret Wilson was in charge
of an Advent Worship Service.
She was assisted by Margaret
Tweddle, Mary Scale and Jean
Macguire. The offering was given
to the area food bank.
There was a time of fellowship
while everyone enjoyed a drink of
hot cider.
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