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McMichael and Bush Whittard;
door prize, Len Archambault and
Mae Ritchie. The next euchre is
Nov. 26 at 1:30 p.m. in the Legion
Hall. Everyone is welcome.
Don’t forget the Swinging Seniors
Christmas dinner on Nov. 28 at
noon. Tickets are $13 and are
available from Joan Watson at 519-
523-4543.
Entertainment to follow.
Tickets available for
senior Christmas meal
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tells of the weed seeds being planted
with the wheat. The master tells the
workers to leave the weeds to grow
with the wheat and separate it when
the wheat is harvested. We find ways
to make miracles happen by
listening to others. We should pray
less about what we want and more
for what we need. At the end of the
movie Bruce prays that his wife will
find someone who will be good to
her and not treat her the way he had.
We should use the gifts God has
given us and to “be the miracle”.
The hymn, “You Call Us Out” was
sung followed by the receiving of
the offering, the offertory response,
“What Can I Do” and the offertory
prayer and the prayers for the
people. The last hymn, “We Praise
You, Oh God” was followed by the
commissioning and benediction.
Everyone was invited for coffee
and treats and to get to know Rev.
Lohnes
Guest minister Lohnes
talks on ‘Bruce Almighty’
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Judy Lee, Linda Bird and Deb Caan.
The Thursday night darts had 11
darters taking aim at the boards.
There was a three-way tie for first
place and after the tie-braker the win
went to Sandra Josling; second
place, John and Sheron Stadelmann;
third, Marlene Rutledge and
Lawrence Machan; high shots,
Sandra, 105 and Sharon Robbins,
103.
The Friday night supper of roast
beef had an unexpected large crowd
of over 45. This week is roast pork.
The month of November is almost
over and members are encouraged to
drop in and pay their dues and get in
on the early-bird draw. Pay the
lower price before Dec. 1 and
maybe you will be the lucky winner
for November.
The Saturday afternoon euchre
had nine tables of players at play.
Winners were: high, John and Iola
Subject, 76; second, tied, Marie
Stewart and Eileen Sellers and Jean
Nethery and Lillian Appleby, 72;
third, Marilyn and Shirley Gilders,
71; lone hand, Joann MacDonald
and Dorothy Carter, six; low,
Russell Smith and Jim Devereaux,
41.
Saturday evening the Branch was
busy with a bon voyage party for the
soon-to-be married couple Ron
Schmidt and Daisy Wong. The
Hawaiian-themed party had nearly
100 family and friends enjoy music
and party games. Daisy’s parents
prepared and provided a wonderful
meal of Chinese dishes during the
evening. The couple will be wed in
early December. Congrats to Ron
and Daisy.
The Sunday night dance crowd of
nearly 80 enjoyed the music of the
John Heaman Band. The kitchen
crew of Mabel, Jo-Ann, Judy and
Mary had a very great evening with
many unusual events to keep them
laughing.
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the gifts and talents of each of the
ministry personnel and seeing the
similarities and differences in
worship is only part of the reason for
the ongoing exchanges. Thanks
Richard for your leadership and
teaching us one of Ron Klusmeier’s
songs – it said it all. Yes it said it all,
our world is changing but God
doesn’t.
I love music in many forms so last
week Grandma Alma, Aunt Mary
Heise, Uncle Ralph and I went to
KW Musical Production Hairspray
to see niece Christine Watson dance
and sing. Of course it was
marvelous. My next hit is next
Sunday afternoon when our church
is hosting John Watson & Co. as
well as Don and Dale Chesher,
Doreen Cardiff and Ron Howatt.
The music will be hopping. The next
Sunday the Blyth Festival Singers
are holding their concert in
Goderich and by the Dec. 9 it’s time
for the community choir concert. So
get the details from the paper and
enjoy the music offered to us.
Enjoy each one of these beautiful
days, our gift for November.
Bye now, Betty G.W.
Musical events spring up
to celebrate the season
Nearly 100 attend send-off party
Governing gone local
Dwight and Janice Hallahan and The Belgrave Kinsmen were recognized as outstanding
donators to the Wingham and District Hospital Foundation for donating $47,000 over the past
two years. The funds were raised through the Logan Hallahan Memorial barbecue. and silent
auction through which the Kinsmen served approximately 350 people. Shown are, back row,
from left: Chad McKee, Andy Van Beek, Chad Cook, Paul Willie, Chris Michie and Dean
Vincent. Front row, from left, are: Darrell Weber, Tim Coultes, Dwight and Janice and their son
Dawson, and Henry Frischknecht. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Doctor Wayne Caldwell of the
University of Guelph has reviewed
North Huron Township’s draft
strategic plan and feels council and
staff did a good job creating the
document.
“The plan captures a lot of good
stuff,” he said. “There is lots of
energy and lots of positive ideas
moving forward.”
Caldwell had several ideas to
refine or add to the document, but on
the whole he said the product was
good.
Among his changes to the
document was an enhanced section
on agriculture, more focus on
attracting immigrants to Canada and
a focus on partnerships with local
organizations, provincial and federal
governments and ministries and
local politicians.
Caldwell’s presentation started
with him explaining the problems
that the world, the country, the
province and rural and agricultural
communities will face in the coming
years.
Growth in a community like North
Huron is going to become a priority
in the future because, due to a likely
increase in fuel cost or a decrease in
availability, commuting from rural
communities will become less and
less feasible.
Within 20 years, according to
Caldwell, population and job growth
will come from immigration alone,
so, to capitalize on this, the
municipality needs to focus on
bringing immigrants to the area.
This isn’t an easy goal, however,
as Caldwell explained that 80 per
cent of immigrants think of the
Greater Toronto Area (GTA) as their
final destination while more than an
additional seven per cent list either
Hamilton or Ottawa as their final
destination.
Even just maintaining the
population could be difficult
according to Caldwell, as Canada
and Huron County population
pyramids are shaped oddly after the
baby boom with the number of 40 to
60 year olds much higher than the
number of newborns. Estimates state
that, by 2041, population pyramids
for the country and the area will be
closer to a rectangle than a pyramid
with fewer births.
Caldwell said that if North Huron
wants to become successful they will
need to address those issues and to
do so he outlined several factors of
success that they should focus on:
leadership, planning and visioning,
community engagement, capital,
localization, partnerships and
adapation to change.
He also took the assembled
stakeholders through a program that
helped them figure out which
projects each individual felt needed
to be done right away and which
could wait.
By plotting the plans based on
how easy they were to accomplish
and how much of an impact they
would have, the program helped
identify what individuals thought
was important.
Caldwell said that a similar
exercise could be done at the ward
meetings set to be held by North
Huron near the end of November to
help determine if different projects
were considered important by
different ratepayer groups.
Guelph professordiscusses NH plansBy Denny Scott
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