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Airport lands helicopter business
World Day of Prayer service coming to Knox
Morris
bridge
to be
repaired
Catherine Lenover celebrated her
107th birthday on Feb. 18 at
Braemar Retirement Home,
Wingham. She is the mother of
Dianna and Harold Robinson. While
enjoying life in good health, she also
has a good sense of humour.Allan Campbell celebrated his75th birthday on Saturday, Feb. 23 in
the Wroxeter Community Hall. After
Nancy Jardin gave the blessing,
family, relatives and friends enjoyed
a delicious buffet potluck dinner.
Later in the afternoon his
grandchildren entertained by singing
a couple of songs and a video of
Allan and family was shown and a
time of fellowship was enjoyed. The
celebration was brought to a close
with everyone saying their
goodbyes. The community extends
congratulations and birthday
greetings to Allan on his special
day.
Lent 2 was celebrated at KnoxUnited Church on Sunday, Feb. 24.Lent is the Christian response in
which the followers of Christ pray,
repent, give and sacrifice in order
that they may refocus and prepare
their hearts for the cross.
It is through prayer that we
develop a closer, more intimate
relationship with God. This
relationship makes us so grateful for
the blessings he has bestowed upon
us that we eagerly give to those less
fortunate than us.
May the Holy Spirit guide us all
and prepare our hearts even now for
our encounter with Christ on the
cross this Good Friday.
World Day of Prayer will be heldon March 1 at 2 p.m in the lowerchurch hall at Knox United Church.
“I was a stranger and you welcomed
me”, is the theme this year with the
service prepared by the World
Day of Prayer Committee of France.
It will be very inspirational
and educational. Everyone is
welcome.
The UCW is collecting pennies for
Lent. We have two containers in the
sanctuary on the tables at the back.
Let’s try to fill them. We appreciate
your help.
The Women’s Institute potluck on
Feb. 19 was cancelled due to stormy
weather conditions.
The shoot party was held onFriday, Feb. 22 at the BelgraveCommunity Centre. Winners were:
high pink card, Marie Stewart;
second high pink card, Eileen
Miller; most shoots pink card, Mary
McIntosh; high white card, Ross
Peacock; second high white card,
Jim Hunter; most shoots white card,
Ross Taylor.
The next shoot party is Friday,
March 8 at 1:30 p.m. Everyone is
welcome.
Morris-Turnberry Council
received notice that a bridge within
the municipality’s borders was
among three structures scheduled to
be repaired by Huron County in
2013.
The bridges, which all span the
Maitland River or one of its
tributaries, require concrete repairs
to bridge decks and some require
parapet wall repairs or railing
repairs.
Clegg’s Bridge, located in Morris-
Turnberry, on Morris Road is set to
be repaired as well as the Auburn
Bridge in Ashfield-Colborne-
Wawanosh and Dane’s Bridge in
Howick.
The bridges will need to be closed
for repairs or may be limited to a
single lane according to the notice.
During North Huron Council’s
Feb. 19 meeting, Chris
Vankoughnett, the owner and
operator of Apex Helicopters Inc,
briefed council on his business that
had recently located to the Richard
W. LeVan Airport near Wingham.
The company employs seven
individuals, has three helicopters
and has plans to expand for the 2014
season with two heavy lift fire
support helicopters as well as four
ground crew and a full-time office
position.
Councillor Bernie Bailey of
Wingham Ward spoke highly of the
company, saying that their decision
to open at North Huron’s municipal
airport is “great news on all fronts.”
“Apex Helicopters is a young and
growing company that specializes in
crop dusting as well as other
activities such as sight-seeing, heavy
lifting and search and rescue
activities,” he said. “They have
bought one of the hangers [at the
airport], bringing several jobs to
North Huron and our senior staff
have rented out office space to them
as well as [arranging] the sale of
thousands of dollars worth of fuel to
this company that will help show a
move towards financial
sustainability for the airport.”
Bailey also explained that the
company is helping North Huron to
use some of its underutilized
facilities.
“For too long North Huron has
had all the amenities of a small city
but put very little use in them
causing elevated taxes,” Bailey said
in an e-mail to The Citizen. “With
the guidance of senior staff,
[Council realized] we have to cut
operating costs on facilities and
populate financial activity to
continue to have them open so,
again, together we can take another
step forward.”
In a press release issued by North
Huron, Vankoughnett said that the
township had been very welcoming
and said that the reason for locating
the business at the airport was
location.
“The reason we selected Wingham
was the available hangar space as
well as the option for office space,”
he said. “Furthermore the airport is a
perfect location for the service we
provide.”
In that same press release, Reeve
Neil Vincent said that the business
being in North Huron was a blessing
in more ways than one.
“Economic development is a high
priority for council and staff in
North Huron. This is encouraging
news for our community,” he said,
adding that new businesses result in
commercial spin-offs.
After the meeting, Deputy-Reeve
David Riach stated that the
announcement was a good one for
the area.
“I think the fact that there are
going to be 11 jobs and a lot more
fuel sold out of the airport is good
news,” he said, adding the company
claimed it would purchase more
than 60 per cent of its fuel on-site.
“It will all help to make our airport
more viable.”
Riach said that having a full time
business operating out of the airport
will make it more viable.
Immediately after the 2010
municipal election, questions arose
as to the validity of the airport given
that it was outside of North Huron’s
borders and running a deficit.
Council, however, defended funding
the location saying it was important
for economic development.
Riach also said that the company
plans on running charter trips during
the off-season and that they seemed
“open to new business
opportunities.”
Looking for local heroes
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MEETING NOTICE
MUNICIPALITY OF
MORRIS-TURNBERRY
***the Budget meeting previously advertised for March 7, 2013
is rescheduled for
Tuesday March 12 at 7:30 pm Budget Meeting
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Campbell
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