The Citizen, 2010-03-04, Page 29Business Directory
PAUL COOK
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TRUCK & TRAILER SERVICE
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 7-5; Sat. 8-1
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• All Heavy Truck & Trailer Repairs
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P.O. Box 38
Listowel, Ontario N4W 3H2
Claude Robin
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519-887-6205
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519-236-7874
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198 Josephine St., Wingham, Ont.
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SUNSHINE COUNTRY
CONSULTING
ACCOUNTING
& INCOME TAX
SERVICES
Ralph Watson
810 Turnberry St.,
Brussels, ON N0G 1H0
Bus.: 519-887-6011
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Auburn is usually a quiet littlevillage, but even in Auburn youcould hear the cheers from devoted
Canadians who remain loyal
to the sport and their Canadian
roots, that include the love of
hockey.
The men and women’s Canadian
Olympic hockey teams proved once
again why we are so famous for our
national sport.
The women played hard and and I
was proud of the true north strong
and free, winning the Gold medal,
scoring with a 2-0 win against the
United States.
On Sunday, the men’s Olympic
hockey team made our country just
as proud with a 3-2 win against the
United States, Sidney Crosby
scoring the winning goal in
overtime.
This leaves Canada with a record
number of gold medals as we finishoff the 2010 Olympic games.Everyone around was in the moodfor the sport while players from theAuburn A’s put on their best pokerfaces at the Auburn Memorial
Community Centre with 61 players
and 10 tables.
This event was to raise money for
the Auburn Flaming A’s.
The Knox United Church is
celebrating the World Day of Prayer
Friday, March 5 at 1 p.m. in the
church basement with lunch to
follow.
The Huron Chapel Evangelical
Missionary Church welcomes
everyone to indoor soccer. This
is every Monday night at at 7 p.m.
for Grades 7 and up.
Also, there is a March Break party
on March 17. This year they are
going on a safari.
This is open to all children from
JK to Grade 6. This will run from 1
p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Come in your best
safari or jungle animal costume.As well as that even the youth aregoing to an Article One concert inExeter Saturday, March 6. They will be leaving the church at6 p.m. If you are interested in any of
the mentioned events for
Huron Chapel EMC you can get
more information by calling 519-526-1131 and ask to be directed to Steve Campbell, youthleader.Remember if there are any eventstaking place in the community
please notify me by e-mail:
hopturn@hotmail.com
NEWS
FROM AUBURN
By Kerri HerouxAuburn CorespondentQuiet Auburn lets loose for Olympic GoldTHE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010. PAGE 29.
Gold medal figure skaters have roots with local e-learning
The Ilderton figure skating club
may have been the epicentre of the
celebration for last week’s Gold
Medal-winning ice dance
performance by Tessa Virtue and
Scott Moir, but a part of the
jubilation also stretched north into
Seaforth – headquarters of the
Avon Maitland District School
Board.
That’s because both Virtue, of
London, and Moir, of Ilderton,
received significant portions of
their educations through a virtual
secondary school known as the
Avon Maitland Distance e-
Learning Centre (AMDEC).
Board superintendent Mike Ash,
a former in-school administrator
who served for a time as AMDEC
principal, revealed the news during
a regular meeting of trustees
Tuesday, Feb. 23.
“I remember working with Tessa
when I was . . . at AMDEC,” Ash
told trustees. “It was only because
of our e-learning program that
Tessa was able to continue with her
schooling and also continue with
her (figure skating) training as
well.”
The duo has skated together
since they were young children,
and began building a strong
international reputation during
their teen years – when most kids
their age attend high school. So
they needed remote access to
Ontario curriculum and teacher
instruction.
Almost a decade ago, the Avon
Maitland board began building a
pioneering reputation for
delivering just that type of service.
Funded initially as a pilot
project by the provincial
government, then subsequently by
the transfer of enrolment fees from
the boards where the students
would normally attend, AMDEC
has maintained that reputation.
As was the case with Virtue and
Moir – who would normally have
attended in the Thames Valley
District School Board – the virtual
high school now accepts students
from both within the Avon
Maitland board and beyond.
Virtue took several courses with
AMDEC in the 2004-05 school
year, and Moir was registered with
AMDEC during the 2006-07
school year.
According to Ash, the figure
skaters “still send e-mails to a few
of our staff that they worked with
when they were with AMDEC.”
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen
At its Feb. 16 meeting, Morris-
Turnberry council accepted a
tender for renovations of a wash-
room at the municipal building.
The tender of Joe Reinhardt
Construction for $25,405.02, the
lowest of two received, was
accepted for renovations needed
to meet provincial accessi-
bility standards. The changes
include enlarging a washroom
to accommodate wheelchairs,
lowering a portion of the front
counter and putting an automatic
opener on the council chambers
door. The estimate had been a cost
of $20,000.
The work is expected to be
undertaken in May and will
probably require the municipal
office to be closed for up to a week.
A plan adopted by council
would see staff members take
turns working, one at a time, in the
pubic works office to answer the
phone with others working from
home for the week or taking
holidays.
M-T approves renovation cost