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Hullett school hosting used book exchange on Feb. 16
A less than encouraging weather
forecast on Friday, Feb. 10 kept the
euchre players at home that evening.
Consequently there were just seven
tables of card players at the
Londesborough Happy Gang
Seniors party at the Londesborough
Community Hall.
Taking home first prize were
Gerard and Eric with a score of 79.
George and Gloria Love finished insecond place with 70 pointsfollowed by Jack and Helen Lee forthird with 69. No monies were
awarded for lone hands.
The seniors will host their next
card party on March 9. Please note
change in time. The group has
decided to begin card playing in the
future at 7:30 p.m.
The Happy Gang Seniors will hold
their February meeting on the last
day of this month, leap day. Their
guest speaker will be a
representative from the Huron
County Alzheimer Society.
Interested community folk are
welcome to attend.
A former resident of
Londesborough is having company
in Florida imminently to help him
mark a milestone. Bill Armstrong
mentioned at the post office last timehe was in that family who weregoing south to help dad Kencelebrate his 80th birthday. Some of
you might be interested in
congratulating him as well.
Hullett Central Public School is
holding a used book exchange on
Thursday, Feb. 16. If you and your
family wish to donate books they
should be no more than five years
old, in good condition and suitable
for students. The idea here is to get
more reading material easily into the
hands of our children to make them
realize reading can be fun and
exciting. Children can swap a new
used book for each donated book as
they wish. Suitable leftover books
will be distributed to the school
library and classrooms. Others will
be donated to local
charities/secondhand stores.Londesborough United Churchcongregants need to remember thatthis Sunday, Feb. 19, your morning
service begins at 9:30 a.m. to allow
for Knox Church in Auburn to hold
their annual meeting. And I know for
a fact that the Londesborough
United Church nominating
committee still has an opening for
you.
The Sunday school thanks
everyone for their support of their
soup and sandwich Sunday. Your
generosity will fund their activities
and teaching in the months ahead.
The Londesborough UCW will
meet on Monday, Feb. 20 beginning
at 7:30 p.m.
Recently the news seems to be all
bad. We can’t turn on a radio or
television or pick up a newspaper
without being bombarded withtragedy. Hard on the heels of thesinking of that cruise liner came theaccident at Hampstead last week.
Then there was a nasty accident in
the west and a shooting in Florida
and scary situations in schools in the
U.S. One wonders how best to cope
with this news and still continue to
live life to the fullest.
A bright spot last week in the
midst of all this pondering happened
as I exited the bank. Can things be
all wrong when a teenaged boy can
sport pink laces in his runners?
Perhaps we need to look for more of
these little ‘roses’ as we go through
our days. And Valentine’s Day may
be over but let’s try to keep the love
going. Family is our greatest
treasure. Enjoy your Family Day
together.
By BRENDA
RADFORD
Call
523-4296
PEOPLE AROUND LONDESBORO
Sloman School Car hopes for funds for 30th year
Those involved with Clinton’s
historic Sloman School Car will
have to wait a little longer to find out
if they’ll receive extra funding from
Central Huron this year.
The School Car is celebrating its
30th anniversary this year and is
requesting $17,000 from the
municipality, $7,000 over and above
its normal requested budget of
$10,000.
Mayor Jim Ginn, who called
himself “the Grinch” for bringing it
up, asked if the municipality had a
policy on anniversaries and what
kind of money the municipality was
expected to lay out.
“Do we have a policy on
anniversaries?” Ginn asked. “I
mean, 25 I understand, but 30? Are
we going to do this every five
years?”
Ginn also said that if council was
going to look into structuring a
policy for anniversaries, that it
should apply to all requests
throughout Central Huron.
Councillor Marg Anderson also
expressed concerns, saying that
often with requests for one-time
increased funding the problem is
that the amount of funding the
municipality hands out doesn’t go
back down to its original level the
following year.
“If we put it up to $17,000 this
year, it won’t go back down next
year,” she said.
Councillor Alison Lobb, however,
said the added funding would help
the School Car to market itself in its
anniversary year.
“I think this is going to be their
way of marketing themselves,” Lobb
said. “I think it’s a good way to do
it.”
Councillor Burk Metzger had
concerns not with the quality of the
experience that the School Car
provides, but with how it is
being utilized throughout the
community.
Driving past the School Car one
day, Metzger said, he asked his
children if they had ever visited the
School Car and they said they had
not.
“Every class in a Clinton school
should be through that museum at
least once,” he said.
Councillor Brian Barnim asked
that the motion to approve the
funding be tabled until council could
hear a full presentation on the
School Car and plans for the
anniversary year.
Former councillor Pam Stanley,
who still works very closely with
those involved with the School Car,
will be asked by council to make a
presentation in the near future.
NEWS
FROM LONDESBORO
Valentine’s Day vittles
Lloyd Morley was dishing out some hashbrowns as part of
the Auburn Lions Valentine’s Day breakfast held at the
Auburn Community Hall on Sunday, Feb. 12. Morley, along
with the rest of the kitchen staff, served up all the staples of
breakfast to mark the amorous event. (Denny Scott photo)
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
North Huron Council was advised
that Bell Mobility is considering
building a communications tower
outside of Belgrave.
Huron County Planner Sally
McMullen explained that, since
towers like the one being considered
are controlled by the federal
government the municipality
doesn’t have a chance to affect the
decision.
“We assisted with notices being
posted and sent. We helped to set up
meetings but that’s it,” McMullen
said. “The municipality doesn’t rule
on issues like this.”
McMullen said that there was no
need for North Huron to object to
the project as there have been no
objections received from the public.
She stated that, using a formula
based on the height of the tower,
nearby residents were informed of
the pending build but because the
site is in a rural area, there were only
two neighbours to the site that could
be affected.
NH didn’t comment
on Bell Mobility tower
By Denny Scott
The Citizen