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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2016-08-11, Page 6t PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2016. Chapel's men's breakfast feeds more than just mouths PEOPLE AROUND AUBURN By Mark Royal! Call 519-441-2223 This week, I would like to talk about three needs dear to my heart which are wonderfully met on the first Saturday of each month in Auburn. The first of these three needs is `Cuisine'. Now, if you know me, or if you just look at me, then it is obvious, I like food. However, better than food itself...is food with friends. Relationships are of great value and worth to us. We are healthier emotionally and even physically when we are part of a community where we are known and cared about. So the second need dear to my heart is `Community'. The final need is the thirst to add value to my life in some way or fashion. More than just wanting to survive and exist, I have a desire to thrive and aspire to reach for and realize great things for my life and you do too. I am going to call this third need `Credit' because it is crediting my life with value. All three of these needs, cuisine, community and credit, are served up at 7 a.m. in Auburn on the first Saturday of each month at Huron Chapel. What is this event you wonder? It is something simply called, `Men's Breakfast'. It is for all men ages 18 and up. These Auburn breakfasts are not a fundraiser. In fact, there is no charge but you can give a small donation discreetly in a bowl at the far side of the room. However, there is no pressure to contribute because this is not the purpose for these breakfasts. Huron Chapel has been hosting these breakfasts simply to promote community among men and to add credit to their lives with a very practical and helpful Bible lesson which is always accompanied by lots of discussion. The lesson become more is aimed to help us in life, not to belittle us trying to make us feel like less. Because we are men, we have some good breakfast cuisine to go along with the community and the credit of a lesson. In fact, this month I had lamb chops along with sausage and eggs for breakfast. One month we even had steak. But as good as the cuisine is, this isn't the priority. The best part is being with the other guys. We spend time talking and laughing and then after we eat, together we share and learn something of great value for our lives. Heading up these men's breakfasts is a great guy named Timothy McCue. Timothy has a great heart for people and he leads the lessons for us men. He has a crew who each month work vigorously to bring it all together. Meet and greet The annual Central Huron Mayor's Mingle was held on Aug. 3 and saw local businesses providing food and drink for ratepayers to enjoy while they rubbed elbows with municipal representatives from Central Huron and their own neighbours. (Denny Scott photo) CH discusses paramedic issue By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen At their meeting last week, Central Huron councillors had questions for their Huron County representatives in the wake of the controversial decision to discontinue the advanced -care paramedic (ACP) program. The decision, which was made last month by Huron County Council, axed the program immediately, as opposed to one proposal which suggested eliminating the program through attrition. Councillor Alex Westerhout said he had been questioned by ratepayers about the decision. In addition, one ratepayer sent a letter to council regarding the decision. Mayor Jim Ginn explained the financial implications of the program to councillors, also adding that he felt it was a union challenge that "doomed" the program from its inception. When the program was introduced in Huron County, Ginn told councillors, the idea was that ACPs would ride in rapid response vehicles (converted pick-up trucks without the full complement of an ambulance) and be stationed in the more rural and remote corners of the county — where they would be most needed and would be able to do the most work. However, Ginn said, the union blocked that decision and as a result, the county "couldn't put them where they were designed to go." As a result, the county then put two more ambulances on the road and hired between 10 and 12 more primary-care paramedics (PCP), feeling that was a better way to serve Huron County residents. Because the program never worked the way the county had designed it to work because of the union grievance, Ginn said, he felt the program was doomed from inception. He used Brussels as an example, saying that it was the county's decision that the best work is being done on patients at a hospital, rather than in an ambulance, so the idea is to get the patient to a hospital faster. In communities like Brussels, that are over 20 minutes away from the nearest hospital, having an ACP there would make sense, but the county wasn't able to dictate those placements as council had hoped they would. Ginn told councillors it has proven to be a controversial issue that was debated hotly at the meeting. However, in the end, he said, council made the decision councillors felt best suited the county and its current position. The next day, as Huron County councillors filed into their Aug. 3 meeting in Goderich, a small protest was held in front of the building. Those in attendance held signs in favour of the ACP program, and questioned councillors upon entry. Child care costs increase An increase in child care fees for Huron is the median. North Huron services was "Of the three municipal daycares implemented during North Huron in the county, we are in the middle," Council's Aug. 2. she said. The prices, which are reviewed Campbell said that was good and annually, will see nominal increases the increase was approved. of 50 cents per day for the infant and pre-school programs as well as the As part of the shared services before- and after-school programs agreement between North Huron and a $1 increase for toddler and Morris-Turnberry, the programs. municipalities have named a The fee schedule, which takes new joint Chief Building Official effect Sept. 1, dictates the costs of (CBO). programs at the North Huron Both councils passed bylaws Children's Centre and the before- appointing Kirk Livingston as the and after-school programs at new CBO for the two municipalities Maitland River Elementary School and naming the existing CBOs, and Sacred Heart Catholic Tim Lewis of North Huron and Elementary School. Steve Fortier of Morris-Turnberry, to Deputy -Reeve James Campbell Building-Inspector/Bylaw Enforce - asked what the increases would ment Officer positions. mean as far as keeping costs in line Livingston has previously served with other municipal childcare as CBO for several local services, to which Deputy -Clerk municipalities including Ashfield - Kathy Adams explained North Colborne-Wawanosh. *** FROM AUBURN For me, the monthly men's breakfast is one of the great values being offered for men in Auburn these days. You are welcome to join in for some good cuisine, the warmth of community and the challenge of crediting your life with value that really makes difference in your life. See you at 7 a.m. on the first Saturday of the month at Huron Chapel in Auburn. See histories and historic photographs on the Huron History section of our website www.northhuron.on.ca ReLook Nook Ladies Wear Consignment Shop Get Your Look On! 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