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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-03-01, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012. PAGE 7. The 135th Annual Meeting of the Members of will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion 123 Main Street South,Seaforth, Ontario at 7:30 p.m. McKillop Mutual Insurance Company Wednesday, March 7, 2012 To receive, consider and approve the 2011 financial statement and auditor’s report; To appoint Auditors for 2012; To elect three qualifed Directors for a term of three years; Retiring Directors are Donald McKercher and Ed Van Miltenburg, both of whom are eligible for re-election To approve proposed amendments to the company By-laws; and To transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting. Any qualifying policyholder wishing to seek election must file their intention to stand for election in writing with the Secretary of the Company at least twenty-one days in advance of the Annual Meeting. The Annual Financial Statement will be available on the company’s website and a policyholder may request a copy by contacting the head office in Seaforth, Ontario. By order of the Board of Directors McKillop Mutual Insurance Company Seaforth, Ontario Secretary Bruce Wallis, CGA Acting Corporate SecretaryBelgrave519-357-2711 BELGRAVE CO-OP Auburn 519-526-7262 AUBURN CO-OP Order yours today by calling your local Huron Bay Co-operative Get Your All Natural Vegetable Protein Chick Feed Here! Chick Days Are Here Again! Other Birds Available: Egg Layers • Turkeys • Ducks Continued from page 1 potential walking trail will be looking at the best practices in implementing a trail and what the best route for a trail through the village would be. Hicks says that there are some landmarks the trail would want to include, but a definite route has yet to be planned. As far as the village’s streetscape is concerned, Hicks says it’s essential to complete long-term planning when it comes to heritage structures if a community wants to keep its historical identity around for years to come. “You need to find a way to plan for the future,” she said. “If you don’t take care of these buildings, then their future is uncertain.” Preparing a streetscape plan for the village, Hicks said, will help keep the community rich in heritage, protecting those assets. As far as the actual project goes, Hicks says, the students are expecting to complete their work by the end of April. Where the project goes from there, however, is anyone’s guess. Hicks says that while Saturday will be her first visit to the village, she has received a very warm welcome from everyone in the area in doing her research and organizing the bus trip. “I’m extremely excited about the project. Everyone has been immensely kind,” she said. “This is going to be a wonderful experience.” Hawley says that in addition to the current partnership with the university, there has already been great interest in several different properties in Brussels, although she can’t get into specifics. “When the project started it was right around the time that it was announced that the school would be closing and there was a lot of doom and gloom,” Hawley said. “People were saying that people weren’t going to want to move here and everyone was going to move away and I’m not hearing that anymore.” THE EDITOR, On behalf of the Alzheimer society of Huron County, we would like to thank all of the walkers, donors and volunteers for helping make our 2012 Walk for Memories so successful. A special thank you to Investors Group and Retire-At- Home Services, along with all of our other sponsors for their support. We are pleased to announce that over 200 walkers raised more than $54,000 throughout the county with $12,149 raised at our Wingham walk. This has been our most successful walk to date and we could not have done it without the help, generosity and support of Huron County. Through your support we can offer “Help For Today. Hope for Tomorrow...®” for those persons affected by Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Your support is greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Melissa Campion, BA Events Co-ordinator Cathy Ritsema, Executive Director Alzheimer Society of Huron County. Alzhemier Society thanks activists New branding for Wingham unveiled at NH council Taking a page from Blyth’s strategic development planning, the businesses of Wingham have devised a branding initiative to help identify their town. Connie Goodall, North Huron’s Community Development Co- ordinator presented Wingham’s new branding initiative, specifically the new logo, during North Huron’s Feb. 21 meeting. She stated that if Wingham didn’t develop a brand to sell itself to the outside world, the branding would be done for them. “If we don’t get out there and identify ourselves, other people will, and we’ve seen that with people saying things like ‘No one goes to Wingham, Ontario,’” she said. Branding was identified as the number one step needed in Wingham’s strategic plan according to Goodall. “It won’t replace the community branding that the township does,” she said. “It works for the community and the business section and promotes pride in the business section and the individual community.” The logo features the word Wingham with a tree sprouting from a stylized lower-case ‘h’ and a skyline of Wingham behind it. The tree is green and the skyline is gold. The logo was one of four options created by HCreates, a company in Brussels, and was nearly-universally chosen as the one that would work best by both a focus group and the Wingham Business Alliance which has been heavily involved in the project according to Goodall. The purpose of the rebranding was to put a “progressive, positive face on the community” according to Goodall who said that the design was chosen because of how it reflected that. She stated that the gold line represents the skyline of business and residential buildings while the tree symbolizes both growth and progression and where the roots of the community are. The logo will be looked at being integrated into some perpendicular business signs that will enhance the walkability of the community and could be rolled out as part of a plan to implement an updated property numbering program suggested by Fire Department of North Huron Chief John Black. Students help plan for future MEETING NOTICE MUNICIPALITY OF MORRIS-TURNBERRY The following Council meeting will be held for the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry: Thursday, March 1 at 7:30 pm Budget Meeting New look A branding initiative started by the Wingham Business Alliance and North Huron Council saw the first of many changes to come with a new brand displayed for the town at a North Huron council meeting. (Photo submitted) The 90th annual World Day of Prayer is being held early this month at several local churches. The event was originally organized by women in Canada and the United States in 1920 and focuses on praying alongside all women in the world. The project is continued by the Women’s Inter- Church Council. This year prayers will focus on women in Malaysia.Services will be held at BrusselsMennonite Fellowship in Brussels at2 p.m. on March 2 while Blyth’s service will be held at 7 p.m. on March 9 at Blyth’s United Church. Londesborough United Church will have their service at 7:30 p.m. on March 19. The Belgrave event will be held Friday, March 2 at 2 p.m. in the Belgrave United Church basement. The event is held at different churches each year, and many churches in the area will helpout.The Brussels ceremony is put together through co-operation by St. John’s Anglican Church, Brussels United Church, Duff’s United Church in Walton, Melville Presbyterian Church and the Brussels Mennonite Fellowship. Blyth’s ceremony will be put on by Blyth United Church, Living Water Christian Fellowship, the Blyth Christian Reformed Church and The Blyth Church ofGod.An expected 170 countries and 2,000 communities across Canada will be participating in the event to pray and act in solidarity with other communities around the world and the people of Malaysia. The services will feature educational information about Malaysia and about the theme chosen by Malaysian lay-women: Let Justice Prevail. Malaysia is a diverse nation inmost aspects with many racescoming together in cities with bothtechnology growing and steeped in antiquity. The goal of Malaysia’s long-term efforts is to build a developed nation while balancing growth and a high quality of life. For more information about the World Day of Prayer visit the Women’s Inter-Church Council of Canada’s website at www.wicc.org By Denny ScottThe CitizenWorld Day of Prayer to be celebrated at local churches