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Obituaries
MARIE GERTRUDE ANN
(HEFFRON) GLOUSHER
Marie Gertrude Ann (Heffron)
Glousher (née Cronin) of Blyth
passed away peacefully, surrounded
by her family at Clinton Public
Hospital on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015.
She was in her 92nd year.
Marie was the beloved wife of the
late Wilmer Glousher (2013) and the
late Gerald Heffron (1991) and the
loving mother and mother-in-law of
Bill and Donna Heffron, London;
Joe Heffron and Margaret Broome,
Blyth; Tom Heffron (and the late
Peggy), London; Marg and Jim
Anderson, Londesborough and Mary
Witherspoon, Benmiller.
She was the loving stepmother
of Stewart and Sharon Glousher,
Goderich and Barb Hodgins (and
the late Kim), Clinton. Marie
was the cherished grandmother of
Kerri, Darlene, Deanna, Mike,
Lindsay, Brad, Amanda, Matt,
Jessie, Nathan, Chelsey, Luke, 13
step-grandchildren and a multitude
of great-grandchildren. She was
the dear sister of Jim Cronin, Tom
and Cheryl Cronin, Marg LeSouder
and sister-in-law of Jo Landon.
Marie will also be missed by many
nieces and nephews. She was
predeceased by her two sons Ted and
Art Heffron and siblings Madeline,
Lorne and Hank.
Friends were invited to a visitation
held at the Falconer Funeral
Homes, Blyth Chapel on Thursday.
The funeral service was held at
the Blyth Community Centre on
Friday, Dec. 18. Interment was
in St. Michael’s Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
donations to the Make a Wish
Foundation or the Ronald McDonald
House would be appreciated as
expressions of sympathy.
Condolences for the family
may be placed through
www.falconerfuneralhomes.com
County OMPF group created
Huron County has struck an
Ontario Municipal Partnership
Fund (OMPF) working group
to address continued pressures
created by funding cuts to both
the county and to its lower-tier
municipalities.
In his report, Huron County
Treasurer Michael Blumhagen said
at council’s Dec. 16 committee of
the whole meeting that the working
group will attempt to assess the
overall financial impact that OMPF
cuts in recent years have created in
the area. The hope in creating a
snapshot of the effect funding cuts
are having to a community like
Huron County is to eventually lobby
the provincial government for
change.
Blumhagen indicated that
budget impacts as a result of the
working group would be about
$10,000 for a municipal tax
consultant – saying that the level of
analysis necessary for such a study
would not be manageable at a local
level.
The group held its first meeting on
Dec. 17 and Blumhagen told
councillors that he should be able to
present some figures to them by the
end of January.
***
Since 2009, Huron County has
spent nearly $180,000 on its
viticulture program – examining the
potential of turning Huron County
into a wine-producing region.
In a report requested by Huron
East Mayor Bernie MacLellan,
Huron County Treasurer Michael
Blumhagen laid out the numbers for
councillors, saying that $173,568
had been spent to date in
comparison to $148,750 in total
funding.
The report was provided for
councillors’ information.
***
Huron County Council has
authorized the formation of a
Finance Policy Committee that will
review and develop policies on
multi-year budgetting and budget
approval authority.
The committee will consist of
Treasurer Michael Blumhagen,
Chief Administrative Officer Brenda
Orchard, Warden Paul Gowing and
four councillors. The councillors
volunteered for their roles at the
Dec. 16 meeting: Central Huron
Mayor Jim Ginn, Huron East Mayor
Bernie MacLellan, North Huron
Reeve Neil Vincent and
Goderich Deputy-Mayor Jim
Donnelly.
***
South Huron Mayor Maureen
Cole will serve as chair of Huron
County Council’s committee of the
whole day two meetings, after being
nominated by her fellow councillors.
Bluewater Deputy-Mayor Jim
Ferguson will serve as vice-chair of
committee of the whole day two
meetings.
***
After one year of work throughout
the county, the Huron County
Economic Development Board
presented its first-ever annual report
to council at its Dec. 16 committee
of the whole meeting.
The report states that in 2016, the
board envisions many of its concepts
being put into play, including some
fundamental changes on how the
county relates to the province, the
country and the world as a relative
marketplace.
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