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Londesborough Lions celebration set for Saturday
Don't forget to stop by the
Londesborough Community Hall
this Saturday to help the
Londesborough Lions celebrate 40
years of service and activity in the
community. The club will be
barbecuing a free lunch for attendees
and have arranged many activities
from 1-4 p.m. The Dave Mounsey
Memorial Fund will be donating an
automatic external defibrillator to
the hall that day. The defibrillator
will be presented in honour of fallen
WWI soldier Private Charles
Edward Bromley. Pt. Bromley is an
ancestor of William [Bill] Charles
Bromley who was a charter member
of the group. Dave Mounsey was a
Londesborough Lion before his
untimely death.
There will be activities for all ages
to enjoy so plan to attend. That
would be a good time to order your
duck for the annual race on May 28.
Rev. David Kai has been
conducting the Sunday services
these past two Sundays while Rev.
Fletcher attended a retreat/study
leave. However, Terry will be back
in the pulpit this coming Sunday.
A great time was had by all
Hullett Central Public School's annual carnival fundraiser was held at the Blyth and District
Community Centre on Friday evening featuring silent auctions, face painting, food, fun and
games. The event supports student events at the school. Above, three-year-old Jarret Fleet
unleashes his inner -comic book character by slipping on some oversized mitts and smashing
ice cream cones. Below, at the face painting station, Kayla Cowan, left, keeps her friend
Brooke Ohm company while face painting artist extraodinaire Hailey Wain practices her
creative talents on Ohm. (Vicky Bremner photos)
4-H Sheep Club starts new year
The first meeting of the South
Huron 4-H Sheep Club was held at 6
p.m. on April 30 at the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and
Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) building
in Clinton. There was a great
attendance, with both old and new
members joining, as well as a lot of
pre -4-H members.
After getting to know each other
with a game of "Questions Ball" the
members all found a spot at the
table. They said grace before lining
up to fill their plates with various
items in the potluck, including a
turkey donated by Don and Les
Coleman for the top haylage sample
at the Seaforth Fall Fair last
September.
After eating, the members filled
out all of their membership forms
before leaving their parents to vote
for their new friends for office. The
role of treasurer was pre -selected
and will be Florence Pullen, a long-
time leader and mentor in 4-H. The
press reporter is Evy Verschaeve,
nominated into office by Graham
Falconer and seconded by Jacob
Flood. The South Huron Sheep Club
secretary for 2017 is Ward
Verschaeve, nominated by Evy
Verschaeve and seconded by Kyley
McGregor. After a very close vote
between Grace Hallahan and Kyle
Bakelaar, Kyle won the spot of
president, therefore making grace
vice-president by default.
The club and its new executive
then discussed which topics they
would like to cover over the year,
featuring a variety of great
suggestions from taking a tour of
Green's Meat Market in Wingham to
pasture management and nutrition.
The leaders then answered a few
questions regarding wool and
showing. As a club, members then
decided to sort out the next meeting,
which will be held on May 14 at the
Falconer residence on 40987 Front
Road, outside of Clinton at 7 p.m.
The Hallahan family will be
bringing the snacks and the DeJong
family offered to bring drinks.
The president then closed the
meeting by saying the 4-H pledge.
So far, this year looks like a great
one for the south Huron 4-H Sheep
Club.
The Official Board of
Londesborough United will hold a
Swiss Chalet take-out meal on
Wednesday, June 7. Tickets are $15
and must be purchased in advance.
Contact Ken Hunking or drop by the
post office for tickets.
Bob Reid is now back home after
a short stay in Seaforth Hospital for
some some physical therapy. The
family could use your prayers and
support as Edna recently lost a
sister.
Sympathy from the community is
also extended to the Bosman family
who recently lost a brother-in-law,
Ross Jewitt of Clinton. Ross was a
brother of John and Barb Jewitt.
April 22 was Earth Day and that
Saturday the Toronto Star carried a
most interesting article titled "Urban
Mining Turns Gadgets Into Gold".
The article, sponsored by the
Ontario Electronic Stewardship
group, gave a new reason for
recycling old electronics. Did you
know that 80 per cent of the
materials in a smartphone can be
recycled? One million mobile
phones can yield 25 kilograms of
gold, 50 kilograms of silver, nine
kilograms of palladium and nine
tons of copper.
The story pointed out that it takes
less energy to extract these materials
from gadgets than from the ground.
Garden
celebrated
by group
Central Huron's Communities in
Bloom organization is hosting a
special ceremony next week that
local residents and gardeners may
find interesting.
Vivienne Roy, co-chair of the
organization, says the celebration
will mark the second year of
blooming at the 70th anniversary
Dutch -Canadian friendship tulip
garden, which is located at Library
Park, by the cenotaph in Clinton.
The ceremony is set for Thursday,
May 11 at 11 a.m.
The gardens were first awarded
for the 70th anniversary of the
Dutch liberation in 2015 and were
planted and then bloomed for the
first time in the spring of 2016.
Although the primary production is
an important practice, parallel
processes to `mine' materials are
faster and responsible for the
protection of our planet. Almost
nothing from our old electronics
goes to waste and is transformed into
new products. Alan Nursall from the
Discovery Channel states, "Once
they have come out of the ground,
we have a responsibility to
repurpose these durable and useful
materials."
Here are a few more facts that
support e -recycling: recovering 10
kilograms of aluminum uses 90 per
cent less energy than mining it from
the ground; recycling one million
laptops saves enough energy to
power 3,657 homes for a year; one
ton of recycled smartphones yields
324 times more gold than the same
weight in raw ore.
Technology continues to amaze all
of us but let's use/reuse it wisely.
FROV LONDESBORO
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