HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2016-02-17, Page 88 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Seaforth Lions gear up for 2016 activities
The Seaforth Lions Club
held their first business
meeting and dinner meet-
ing of the New Year on Jan-
uary 11 and January 25.
Several prospective mem-
bers were in attendance at
these meetings.
The guest speaker at the
dinner meeting was Tracy
Birtch, Director of the
Social Research and Plan-
ning Council and Commu-
nity Impact at the United
Way Perth Huron. She
spoke to us about what the
cost of living in Huron and
Perth Counties is and what
a living wage is. A living
wage is the hourly wage a
worker needs to earn to
cover a family's basic every-
day expenses such as food,
housing, utilities, childcare
and transportation. Their
calculation was based on
the living expenses of a
healthy family of 4 with
both adults working full-
time for 37.5 hours a week
with a 3 year old girl
enrolled in full-time child-
care and a 7 year old boy
enrolled in before/after
school care. The living wage
rate for Huron and Perth is
$16.47 per hour calculated
to include employment
income plus Government
assistance programs such
as CCTB, childcare subsidy,
etc. less employment pay-
roll deductions. Their calcu-
lations showed a family of 4
living in Huron and Perth
would need at least
$60,000.00 per year to make
ends meet. In 2010 about
half of all the households in
Huron and Perth reported
total incomes less than this
amount. These numbers do
not allow for any savings,
debt repayment, entertain-
ment, etc. Childcare and
transportation are two of
their major costs. A living
wage is not to be confused
with the minimum wage,
which is set by the Provin-
cial Government and cur-
rently is $11.25 per hour.
The higher income earners
work in manufacturing and
health care while the lower
income earners work in the
retail, accommodation and
food services and
agriculture in our area. They
are working to educate
businesses in the area
about what a living wage is
and how it can benefit both
the employer (i.e. lower
employee turnover, lower
absenteeism, increased
productivity, savings on
rehiring and retraining,
etc.) and the employee.
There are several pros and
cons addressed by employ-
ers that need to be worked
out to make this program
more meaningful. The
membership found this to
be a very informative
presentation.
Donations of $200 to
Easter Seals Snowarama
and $1000 to the Melady-
Powers Refugee Sponsor-
ship were approved.
The first early -bird draw
for the 2016 Elimination
Draw for $100 was won by
John and Heather Steffler. At
the time of the drawing, 418
of the available 500 tickets
had been sold. Tickets can
be purchased by contacting
Lion Bob Beuttenmiller at
519-527-0282.
Beating the odds: Asher Britton's battle with congenital heart disease
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Asher and his parents
still had to see a cardiolo-
gist every three weeks, as
well as endure frequent
heart echo cardiograms,
but as time passed and
doctors' confidence in
Asher's heart's stability
increased, those visits
became less and less fre-
quent. Today, at five years
old, Asher only has to see
his cardiologist every six
months."He's heart -
healthy. Both repairs are
100 per cent successful.
Even some days the cardi-
ologist will say it doesn't
even look like he had a
valve replacement on the
echo cardiogram," Lisa
said proudly. "He's cleared
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to do pretty much anything
he wants and he went on
his first roller coaster at
Wonderland this
summer."The biggest les-
son that Lisa has taken
away from this whole expe-
rience, and one which she
wants to impart to mothers
and expecting mothers
every -where, is if some-
thing seems wrong, either
before or after birth, don't
be afraid to ask
questions."I think what's
impor-tant is to go with
your gut. If you think
something is off with your
baby, even if you're not an
experienced parent, just
ask those questions - why
does he look like this? Why
are his feet blue? And to
not be afraid to speak up
and ask those questions
and be an advocate for
your child."Lisa has also
become an advocate of
having doc-tors check
pulse -oxygen levels of
newborn babies. She says
that if her doctors had per-
formed that test shortly
after Asher had been born,
they might have been
alerted that something was
wrong sooner.And since
Asher wouldn't be alive
today if it weren't for the
generos-ity of blood
donors across province,
Lisa is also ask-ing those
who can donate blood to
do so as often as possible.
Ideally, Asher won't need
to have another replace-
ment valve installed in
heart until he has reached
his teen years. Until then,
he can run and play with
his friends as much as any
other boy his age.
Usborne & Hibbert
Mutual Fire Insurance Company
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
The 140th Annual Meeting of the Usborne & Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company
will be held at the Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre at 2 p.m. on Monday, March
21, 2016 for the presentation of the Annual Report, to elect Directors and to transact
any business that may rightly come before the meeting.
Nominations will be received for the election of two Directors for a three year term. The
Directors whose term of office expires are Joe Chaffe and Morris Willows. Joe Chaffe
will stand for reelection. Morris Willows is retiring from the Board after serving for
21 years as a Director.
Article 22: Any person wishing to seek election or re-election as a Director must
file his/her intention to stand for election in writing with the President & CEO of the
Corporation in person at least thirty days in advance of the Annual Meeting or Special
General Meeting called for the purpose of electing Directors.
The 2015 Financial Statements for Usborne & Hibbert Mutual will be posted to the
company's website. Copies will be available at the company office, 507 Main Street
South, Exeter, Ontario.
Jack Hodgert Shelagh Cleary BA, FCIP
Chair President & CEO
DIRCTORY
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You are invited to attend these area churches
ST. THOMAS ANGLICAN
21 Jarvis St., Seaforth
Church Office 519-527-1522
holyspirit@tcc.on.ca
The Rev. Lynn Mitchell
Interim Priest
Sunday, February21
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Worship at 9:30am
Coins for Camp Coffee Hour
following worship
Everyone Welcome
EGMONDVILLE UNITED CHURCH
Worship Leader Rev. Nick Vandermey
Worship February 21st
10:30 a.m.
Youth Sunday School 10:30 a.m.
Adult Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Everyone is Welcome
Come and join us
Annual Meeting Feb. 28
For more information view our website
www.egmondvilleunitedchurch.com E%
BETHEL BIBLE CHURCH
AnAssociated Gospel Church
126 Main St. Seaforth
519-527-0982
Interim Pastor:
Rev. Laurie Morris
& Barry Hawkins
Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School for all ages 9:45 a.m.
TUESDAY EVENINGS: Youth Groups
Junior & Senior High 6:30 - 9 p.m.
Boys & Girls Club 7 p.m.
Wednesdays 7 p.m.
Mens & Womens Bible Study
C- EVERYONE WELCOME
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
59 Goderich St. W. Seaforth
519-527-0170
Lorrie Mann - Organist
Sunday Worship
February 21, 11:00 am
Guest Minister:
Rev. Major Dwight Nelson
Feb. 20, 5:30pm
Games Night & Pot Luck
Sunday School
Nursery Provided as Needed
L‘. ALL WELCOME
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to do pretty much anything
he wants and he went on
his first roller coaster at
Wonderland this
summer."The biggest les-
son that Lisa has taken
away from this whole expe-
rience, and one which she
wants to impart to mothers
and expecting mothers
every -where, is if some-
thing seems wrong, either
before or after birth, don't
be afraid to ask
questions."I think what's
impor-tant is to go with
your gut. If you think
something is off with your
baby, even if you're not an
experienced parent, just
ask those questions - why
does he look like this? Why
are his feet blue? And to
not be afraid to speak up
and ask those questions
and be an advocate for
your child."Lisa has also
become an advocate of
having doc-tors check
pulse -oxygen levels of
newborn babies. She says
that if her doctors had per-
formed that test shortly
after Asher had been born,
they might have been
alerted that something was
wrong sooner.And since
Asher wouldn't be alive
today if it weren't for the
generos-ity of blood
donors across province,
Lisa is also ask-ing those
who can donate blood to
do so as often as possible.
Ideally, Asher won't need
to have another replace-
ment valve installed in
heart until he has reached
his teen years. Until then,
he can run and play with
his friends as much as any
other boy his age.
Usborne & Hibbert
Mutual Fire Insurance Company
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
The 140th Annual Meeting of the Usborne & Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company
will be held at the Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre at 2 p.m. on Monday, March
21, 2016 for the presentation of the Annual Report, to elect Directors and to transact
any business that may rightly come before the meeting.
Nominations will be received for the election of two Directors for a three year term. The
Directors whose term of office expires are Joe Chaffe and Morris Willows. Joe Chaffe
will stand for reelection. Morris Willows is retiring from the Board after serving for
21 years as a Director.
Article 22: Any person wishing to seek election or re-election as a Director must
file his/her intention to stand for election in writing with the President & CEO of the
Corporation in person at least thirty days in advance of the Annual Meeting or Special
General Meeting called for the purpose of electing Directors.
The 2015 Financial Statements for Usborne & Hibbert Mutual will be posted to the
company's website. Copies will be available at the company office, 507 Main Street
South, Exeter, Ontario.
Jack Hodgert Shelagh Cleary BA, FCIP
Chair President & CEO