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Huron Expositor, 2016-10-19, Page 22 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, October 19, 2016 Submitted photo Multi-million dollar retirement complex waiting on Huron County for approval Shaun Gregory Huron Expositor One stage nearer to being built is the JL Retirement Living complex as the $21 million project has submit- ted their site plans to Huron County council. The location is set to be in Seaforth at the end of Centen- nial Dr. and a future extension at Centennial Dr. and Duke St. As well expand to the west and backs on Seaforth Public School's land. In terms of the site plan, Jessica Lunshof, CEO and president of JL Retirement Living mentioned that this has is a rather "detailed" proposal accumulated by all levels involving full engineer draw- ings, architects including land- scape and design and developers. "We've been working on this for four years now, we've been working a pretty specific zone change," stated Lunshof October 13. "Our plan has not deviated from what it was many years ago." A condo application has been started also for the 40 multi -attached townhouses, for couples to stay with their significant others who have dementia or other health con- cerns. These are being built so they can live in their own home and be taken care of by the facility's staff, which will be directly across the street. "In conjunction with those 40 units, in November we have building permits for a show house that's going up offsite across from the Sea - forth Hospital," said Lunshof. This year's FCC Drive Away Hunger was a success Shaun Gregory Huron Expositor The FCC Drive Away Hun- ger travelled to Seaforth Public School by tractor on October 13 to collect food and other items for the local food bank. Several partners helped from the Seaforth area including, Delta Power Equipment, who loaned a tractor and trailer for the event. Some 850,000 Canadians relay on food banks, this being the 13th year of the FCC Drive Away, this chari- table undertaking has put a substantial dent on those in need of food. All across the nation from October 11-14 business and schools join to help the cause. According to Lisa Lamont, relationship man- agement associate for the Farm Credit Canada in Clinton said they have col- lected 27 million meals in the past 12 years. "The kids at Seaforth Pub- lic School are really into helping others when they can. There was a good amount of food collected and the local Seaforth Food bank was happy to receive it;' stated Lamont. The FCC's national goal this year is four million meals. ATIENTIONa DEADLINES Our Weekly Deadlines ADVERTISING & EDITORIAL Friday @ 2:00 pm OFFICE HOURS: Mon. - Thurs. 9am - 5pm • Fri. 8am - 4pm CLOSED TUESDAYS *on Expositor 8 Main St., Seaforth PH: 519-527-0240 www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com IJ ea orthhuronex s ositor.co This will be between Janu- ary and February; essentially it will showcase any and every- thing that can be purchased in these specific condominiums. Huron County received the site plan about two weeks Lunshof said, her organization is currently waiting on the approval. Submitted photo All the food collected from Seaforth Public School. Liberals making appearance in Seaforth SEAFORTH— The Huron - Bruce Federal Liberal Asso- ciation is once again opening its doors to the public and inviting people to attend the next monthly meeting of its executive, being held on Wednesday, October 19 in the Seaforth Agriplex at 140 Duke St., in Seaforth. There will be refreshments at 7:30 followed by the meeting. Huron -Bruce federal Lib- erals will also use the occa- sion to mark the first anniver- sary of the Oct. 19, 2015 federal election victory by Justin Trudeau's Liberals. The theme of the evening is "Real Change - The Way Forward:' Those who gather for the event will hear directly from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau through a video message marking the first anniversary of the election. The guest speaker for the evening is Allan Thompson, who is the communications chair for the Liberal riding association and was the party's candidate in last year's election, finishing a close second to the Con- servative incumbent. Thompson is also the chair of the ProjectRURAL task force set up by the Lib- eral party to explore how to better connect with rural communities across Ontario. Thompson will use part of his remarks to talk about the research con- ducted through ProjectRU- RAL and the report and rec- ommendations submitted by the task force. "The one-year anniversary of the Liberal party's national election victory is a good time to take stock of the real change that has been accomplished, but also to look to the future and the way forward," Thomp- son said. "I think we have to pay very close attention to how we move forward and connect better in rural communities" At its last biennial meeting in Winnipeg, the federal Lib- eral party voted overwhelm- inglyto update the party's con- stitution to do away with the $10 paid membership in the Liberal Party of Canada. Now people can simply register as members of the federal Liberal movement atwww.liberal.ca. The parry is also working to bolster the local riding associ- ations, so that they can build the Liberal movement in the months and years leading up to the 2019 election.