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Alzheimer Society to hold three walk fundraisers
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
The Alzheimer Society of Huron
County will be holding three Walk
for Alzheimer's events on May 13
and Erin Dale hopes all Huron
County councillors will participate.
Dale, the community outreach and
events co-ordinator for the society,
spoke to Huron County Council at
its April 12 committee of the whole
meeting about the society and all it
does for residents of the county.
Dale told council that while the
The crack of dawn
Living Water Christian Fellowship in Blyth held its annual sunrise service on Easter Sunday
just south of the village on Cemetery Line. The outdoor service was brief, but included a
sermon from Pastor Ernest Dow and music from Gayle Poore, left, and Rick Howson. (Vicky
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Closed session used for complaints
Morris-Turnberry Council took
the complaints of a local business
owner behind closed doors after he
wrote a letter to council regarding
complications in expanding his
business.
During council's April 4 meeting,
a letter from Murray Simpson
outlined the problems he had
working with Huron County staff to
expand his roofing business,
including fluctuating prices, site
plan control processes and
inconsistent answers.
Simpson's letter outlines Huron
County staff members being
dismissive of his grasp of technical
documents, problems with receiving
different answers from different
county representatives and his
mounting frustration at trying to
build a commercial structure for his
roofing business.
Simpson said, after nine and a half
weeks without answers, he was
reaching out to the municipality for
any ideas to help.
Councillor Jim Nelemans
questioned whether the letter was
sent only to Morris-Turnberry or if it
was sent to Huron County Council
as well.
Administrator-Clerk/Treasurer
Nancy Michie said the letter
had only been sent to Morris-
Turnberry.
At that time, Mayor Paul Gowing
suggested moving discussion of the
letter to an in -camera session at the
end of the meeting.
"This has to do with identifiable
individuals," he said, referring to the
staff members wrote about in his
letter.
"I'm not trying to be not
transparent, but I wonder if we
should take this into closed,"
Gowing said.
Council concurred with Gowing
and the remainder of the discussion
was closed to the public.
After the closed session, council
announced no future action for the
issue according to Administrator
Clerk -Treasurer Nancy Michie.
society focuses on those with
dementia, there are a number of
support programs and informational
aspects to the society for family
members and loved ones of those
with dementia.
The programs offered, she told
councillors, included a monthly
support group for families of those
with dementia, the Circle of Friends
program for those with dementia, as
well as individual and family
counselling and support.
Dale also discussed the iPods for
Memories program, which has
proven to generate results with those
suffering from dementia. Often, she
told councillors, music can trigger
memories or emotions with which
patients have been out of touch for a
long time.
She said the program has been
known to trigger memories, get often
non-responsive patients talking or
even dancing.
The society also administers a
number of public education
programs, including the memory and
aging program, school programs,
Heads Up for Healthy Brains
presentations, dementia experience
sensitivity training and an array of
dementia presentations for service
clubs, faith communities, seniors
dining programs and businesses.
Dale told councillors about the
society's funding breakdown, which
is 60 per cent provided by the
Southwest Local Health Integration
Network (LHIN) and 40 per cent
from fundraising and donations.
In closing her presentation, Dale
told councillors that one of the
society's biggest fundraisers of the
year was approaching in May with
the Walk for Alzheimer's on
Saturday, May 13. The walk will be
taking place in three locations across
the county, she said, in Clinton,
Exeter and Wingham
She encouraged all councillors to
participate and further suggested
that they bring pledge forms back to
their lower -tier councils in the hopes
that more municipal representatives
may get involved.
For more information on the
society, visit www.alzheimer.ca/
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