HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-01-26, Page 15THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012. PAGE 15.
The Alzheimer Society of Huron
County’s annual Walk for Memories
is quickly approaching, but there is
still time to register, collect pledges
or sponsor a walker.
The annual Walk for Memories,
locally presented by Investors Group
and Retire-At-Home Services, will
be held on Sat., Jan. 28 from 10 a.m.
until noon. While there is no
registration fee, walkers are
encouraged to collect pledges.
“The Huron County walks are five
of the over 50 walks being held
around Ontario. We rely on the
funds raised from the Huron County
Walks to help fund our local services
and programs for people living with
Alzheimer’s disease or a related
dementia,” says Executive Director,
Cathy Ritsema. Alzheimer Huron is
hoping to raise $50,000 from this
year’s walk.
Online registration and
fundraising is available at
www.walkformemories.ca You can
walk as an individual or as a team,
with prizes for the top individual
walker and team. Pledge sheets are
available in various locations across
Huron County or by contacting the
Alzheimer Society of Huron County.
Pledge sheets can also be printed
from the website,
www.alzheimerhuron.on.ca
Today, 181,000 Ontarians have
dementia, a number that is expected
to rise by 40 per cent to 255,000 by
2020. In Huron County, roughly
1,100 people already live with the
disease. The Alzheimer Society of
Huron County helps people during
the entire disease process with a
constant lifeline to support and
information.
For more information, to register a
team, or for pledge sheets, please
contact the Society at 519-482-
1482/1-800-561-5012 or by e-mail
at melissa@alzheimerhuron.
on.ca
The Alzheimer Society of Huron
County provides information,
education and support through
individual counselling and support
groups to persons with Alzheimer's
disease and related disorders, their
caregivers, families, health
professionals and the general
public.
Continued from page 1and they had never bought amotorcycle either and I sold them
one of them,” Anderson said.
The majority of Anderson’s
collection does revolve around
service station memorabilia.
The gas pump the Pickers
purchased was from the early 1950s,
Anderson said, and it had been
refurbished at some point. The
motorcycle Scott and Sheldon
purchased was from the 1940s.
Anderson also sold them some old
oil bottles as well.
Anderson said Scott and Sheldon
were “very good guys” and that
having them to his shop was a great
experience.
They were very professional,”
Anderson said. “They knew what
they were doing.”
Anderson said he was surprised at
how much of a production the
filming was. The Pickers brought
four vans worth of television
equipment with them.
Anderson began collecting
approximately 30 years ago. His
main business is auto salvage, which
gave him his start in the collecting
business.
“Thirty years in the auto wrecking
business, so I came across a lot of
old service station stuff,” he said. In
addition to the service station
memorabilia, Anderson said he
came across a lot of his early
collectables as they were simply left
in cars he was asked to demolish.
“A lot of things that 30 years ago
were worth nothing are worth a
good dollar now,” he said.
One of the biggest collectable
items he has come across has been
service station signs. Anderson says
people are always in the market for
old service station signs.
Soon after he began a small
collection he started going to
auctions. At the same time, anyone
with anything collectable who had
been in Anderson’s shop began tocall him if they had something theywanted to get rid of.
Anderson says that anything he
has room to store, he’ll take in.
“Room is the big thing,” he said.
“I’ve got three shops and a barn.”
Because of the nature of his space,
however, the vast majority of
Anderson’s collection is not on
display, it’s simply stored wherever
he has the room for it.
“I’d buy something and wherever
I had a corner to throw it, that’s
where it went,” he said.
Anderson says it isn’t a business
where there is plenty of money to be
made, but that he finds it enjoyable,
almost like a scavenger hunt.
“Usually anybody that has an item
knows what it’s worth, so there isn’t
a lot of money to be made,” he said.
“But I find it interesting. I get
excited to find something and then
once I’ve got it, I just want to get rid
of it.”
Anderson says the fun of the
business comes in tracking an item
down. Once he purchases an item,
however, the concern quickly
becomes where he’s going to store
it.
The experience with the television
show, however, has renewed his
passion for collecting. It has made
him want to get out picking for
items once again, he said.
“It’s something I’ve never done
before, being on T.V., this could be
my 15 minutes of fame,” he laughs,
“and that’s about how much screen
time I got too.”
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planning.
“There is a genuine desire on the
part of both councils to work
together to address issues, improve
services, find common ground,
solidify our working relationship,
and grow the area for everyone’s
benefit, “ said North Huron Reeve
Neil Vincent. “Both municipalities
benefit from any economic
development, so we need to work
together with Morris Turnberry to
showcase the entire area and our
assets.
“For far too long, municipal
boundaries have worked to our
detriment in regards to economic
development. It is time to get
agreements on paper between our
two municipalities to move
forward,” said Morris Turnberry
Mayor Paul Gowing.
There was also a discussion about
water and sewer servicing, the
current agreement between the two
municipalities and different options
to fund future capital upgrades to the
systems. Currently, North Huron
provides services to several
residential, commercial, and
industrial properties in Morris
Turnberry and these property
owners pay a premium on their rates
to help with the significant
operational expenses incurred by
North Huron in owning a water and
sewer system.
Both councils agreed to meet
again to discuss other programs and
services, partnering opportunities
and economic development projects.
Alzheimer Society holds
annual Walk for Memories
Pickers buy several items from Anderson
Morris-Turnberry, North Huron
to solidify working relationship
Picked over
Ken Anderson of Anderson Salvage was featured on the History Channel’s Canadian Pickers
for having the Canadian Pickers, Scott and Sheldon, to his shop on Father’s Day, 2011.
Anderson said he was able to sell them an old gas pump, a motorcycle and several old oil
bottles. Anderson says the whole experience was great and that it even renewed his
enthusiasm for searching out that next collectable find. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
Our new Blyth
Constituency Office is now open.
408 Queen St.
PO Box 426
Blyth, ON N0M 1H0
Email: lisa.thompsonco@pc.ola.org
Phone: 519-523-4251
Fax: 226-523-9296
Lisa Thompson
MPP - Huron-Bruce
Come out and meet the
staff as we celebrate our
grand opening and
officially open the doors
of our new location!
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
2:00 pm
We look forward to
seeing you there!
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