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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2010-07-29, Page 21THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010. PAGE 21. Business Directory Affordable CAR AND TRUCK RENTALS Large & Small Trucks fridge carts - piano dollys- moving blankets Complete Selection of Cars Our rates qualify for insurance replacement Passenger Vans full size or mini STRICKLANDS 344 Huron Rd. 519-524-9381 GODERICH 1-800-338-1134 P.O. B OX 127 145 MAIN STREET EAST LISTOWEL, ONTARIO N4W 3H2 PHONE: 519-291-3040 Fax: 519-291-1850 Email: wuca@w-u.on.ca Visit our website www.wardanduptigrove.com TRUCK & TRAILER SERVICE Hours: Mon. - Fri. 7-5; Sat. 8-1 • Light Truck, Automotive Repairs & Certifications • Truck, Trailer & Bus Safety Certifications • All Heavy Truck & Trailer Repairs BLYTH 519-523-9681 1-800-276-4163 24 hours 519-524-0599 Truck & Trailer Repair Facility Supplier of quality parts for trucks, trailers & equipment ~ Light truck & automotive parts ▼▼▼▼▼▼ NEW CONSTRUCTION AGRICULTURAL RENOVATIONS RESIDENTIAL C a l l 519-527-1538 Tarion Home Warranty Builders ZAHND REAL ESTATE LTD. BROKERAGE P.O. Box 38 Listowel, Ontario N4W 3H2 Claude Robin Broker 519-887-6205 Kurt Keller Sales Representative 519-236-7874 www.zahnd.on.ca JAMES BROWN PHARMACY 198 Josephine St., Wingham, Ont. 519-357-1629 Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9 - 6 Sat. 9 - 4 Rear Parking Available Delivery available TREE SERVICE • Tree Trimming & Removal • Aerial Buckets • Snow Removal • Stump Grinding & Removal Free Estimate 24 Hour Emergency Response Cell 519-525-1601 ON $6.00 THURSDAYS Drop into either of our offices any Thursday with your word classified (maximum 20 words) and pay only $6.00 + GST (paid in advance). That’s $1.00 off regular rates. The Citizen Here Comes the Guide! Getting married? In a wedding? Mother of the bride? Visit our website for all things bridal! www.northhuron.on.ca (click on Brides In Huron) NEWS FROM LONDESBORO Too much advertising too often, too early My pet peeve for this week has to do with advertising. Once school resumes in September, advertisingwill intensify as we head towardChristmas. Companies will bebombarding us, and mostly ourchildren, with ‘must haves’ for thatSanta list. Thanksgiving and Halloween will get a small share of the advertising space. But the real source of my angst is the fact that as soon as Halloween is over, the Christmas advertisements begin in earnest. Could advertisers not hold off until after Remembrance Day? It seems to methat would show respect to ourveterans and the armed forcespersonnel still in action around theworld. ‘Lest We Forget’ is theLegion motto. Veterans are concerned that future generations will not understand the sacrifices made. It’s only two weeks, after all, between Halloween and Remembrance Day. For those two weeks perhaps more advertising should be directed toward remembering. Maybe we all need to take an example from Don Cherry of Coach’s Corner who never misses an opportunity to thank our veterans and offer condolences to the familiesof the personnel lost in battle. Theman actually has a jacket made fromfabric of red poppies. Let’s all bemore public with our thanks.Sunday services will resume at Londesborough United Church at 11 a.m. on August 4. Congregants will be curious about how the renovations are proceeding in the basement. The August event to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the congregation is the afternoon of golf and supper happening on Saturday, August 14. For more details call Lynda Horbanuik or Bev Riley. This is a family affair. By BRENDARADFORD Call 523-4296 PEOPLE AROUND LONDESBORO OLG gives $161,000 to C. Huron The Municipality of Central Huron received $161,060 July 20 for hosting OLG Slots at Clinton Raceway. The payment was for the municipality’s first-quarter share of slots revenue (April to June). To date, Central Huron has received more than $5.7 million in non-tax gaming revenue. Payments are made on a quarterly basis according to the government fiscal year, which runs April to March. OLG Slots at Clinton Raceway opened on August 24, 2000. Since opening, the facility has attracted more than 1.8 million visitors. “The strong partnership between the Municipality of Central Huron and OLG Slots at Clinton Raceway continues to benefit our community,” says Huron-Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell. “In addition to the jobs created, the sharing of gaming revenue allows us to continually invest in our community and support important local initiatives.” In total, OLG issued more than $18.3 million in first-quarter non- tax gaming revenue payments to 23 municipalities that host OLG Casinos and OLG Slots-at-racetrack facilities. To date, OLG has distributed $705.9 million to these host municipalities. Each municipality hosting an OLG Slots-at-racetrack facility receives five per cent of the gaming facility’s gross slot machine revenue from the first 450 slot machines and two per cent from any additional machines over that number. Funds are used at the discretion of the municipality. Tracks and their horse people also share the revenue generated by the slots program, with 20 per cent of gross slot machine revenue split evenly between the two groups. Since the launch of the program in 1998, more than $3.16 billion has been shared between racetrack owners and their horse people. In 2010/2011, the province will allocate $120 million in gaming revenue to support charities through the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). Every year, the Government of Ontario allocates two per cent of gross revenue from slot machines at OLG Casinos and OLG Slots-at- racetrack facilities to the province’s problem gambling program for research, treatment and prevention programs. The amount for fiscal 2010/2011 is estimated at $39 million. Congrats Two young men, originally from the Blyth area, were awarded with the Duke of Edinburgh Award late last month. The two boys, Ryan Bearss, left, and Brock Bearss, right, received the award for competing in the Duke’s challenge series, which tests all aspects of a young person’s life and community involvement. (Photo submitted)