The Citizen, 1990-10-10, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1990.
Volunteers provide
service to area seniors
BY BONNIE GROPP
It was six years ago when Miriam
Zehr, wife of Brussels Mennonite
Fellowship Pastor Doug Zehr, saw
a need for a service to provide
seniors and shut-ins in the village
with at least one hot meal a week.
Today approximately 20 volunteers
take turns preparing and delivering
40-50 Meals-on-Wheels to area
residents every Tuesday.
While considered as an aid
primarily for the elderly and home
bound, many who get the meals
now are not unable to cook on their
own, according to co-ordinator
Anne Hemingway, who has been
with the group for four years. “For
some it’s a social event,” she said.
“At Maple Villa (the seniors’
residence in the village) everyone
gathers in the common room to
enjoy the meal together.” Others,
she says will invite friends to have
dinner with them. “It’s a change
from the daily routine,” she added.
Also for seniors living alone, it’s
nice for someone to prepare a meal
for them.
The supplies are brought in from
Listowel Memorial Hospital by a
volunteer “delivery boy”, said
Mrs. Hemingway. They are then
taken to the BMG Community
Centre kitchen where they are
prepared by any of the volunteers
available that day. Once the meals
are ready, drivers take them to the
some who are over 80 years old.”
The cost for Meals-on-Wheels
hasn’t changed in six years. “We
have managed to keep it at $3,”
said Mrs. Hemingway, “though
that may have to change in the
future.
While the service is not available
through the summer customers are
treated annually in the spring and
at Christmas, to banquets held at
the Community Centre. Drivers
travel to the homes to pick up
individuals and transport them to
the arena where they are treated to
a hot meal. Special entertainment
is provided as well.
For seniors, shut-ins, and those
living alone, Meals-on-Wheels is a
service met with great apprecia
tion. “I like it very much,” said
Laura Lucas, who has been getting
the meals since the program start
ed. MissEucas also says that she is
often amazed at how much food
they get and how little they are
expected to pay for the meal. “I
really wonder how they can do it,”
she said, adding that she frequent
ly has enough left over to have at
another meal. “The food is even
still warm when it gets to me. It’s
just perfect.”
She notes that people who have
meals delivered are usually called
on the Monday to see if they want a
meal that week. “No one calls me
anymore. They know I want it.”
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names on the list. The tasty pies
and angel cakes are baked regular
ly by volunteers who prefer to work
at home and on their own time.
Most of the volunteers, Mrs.
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people, some of them seniors
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LITERACY
Family huddles in cellar
Continued from page 1
but several articles are no where in
sight.
Next the destruction stood stalks
of com, still upright, and several
baskets of vegetables also untouch
ed.
On the other side of the road,
from the Deitners, further east
Elizabeth Dewit noticed the sky
darkening and the leaves swirling.
She gathered her children together
and rushed them to the basement
where they huddled under the
stairs. “I sent the children down,
while I gbt a flashlight,” she said.
“When I got there they were
already under the steps. They knew
what to do.” Her husband Dick was
at work.
In addition to trees falling, the
Dewits sustained some damage to
outdoor buildings.
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NOTICE TO BRUSSELS
RESIDENTS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT WEEK
IS OCTOBER 15 - 20
PLAN TO ATTEND A RATEPAYERS
MEETING WEDNESDAY OCT. 17,1990.
AT THE B.M.&G. COMMUNITY CENTRE
AT 7:30 P.M.
BRUSSELS SANTA CLAUS PARADE
UNAUDITED 1989 STATEMENT
Man charged with
not wearing seat belt
A former Brussels resident has
been charged with not wearing a
seatbelt after an accident that
occurred in Morris Township on
Saturday, October 6 at 3:20 a.m.
A spokesperson from the Wing
ham O.P.P. detachment said that
Wayne McCutcheon, 24, of London
was travelling south on Concession
6-7 at a stated speed of 100
kilometres an hour, when he brak
ed to avoid an unknown animal that
ran into the path of the car. Mr.
McCutcheon lost control and his
1978 Old Cutlass skidded into the
north ditch where it struck a hydro
pole.
Mr. McCutcheon was taken to
Wingham and District Hospital by
private vehicle where he was
treated for minor injuries. O.P.P.
say that the vehicle sustained
severe damage.
A Blyth man has been charged
following an accident during the
afternoon of October 1 in Blyth.
O.P.P. say that 48-year-old Gra
ham Jackson of King St. was
driving north on Queen St. at 15
kilometres an hour when he turned
left in front of a 1980 Toyota Turcel,
driven by Jamie Workman, 24, of
Mitchell.
Neither driver was injured. Mr.
Jackson’s 1985 GMC Pick-up sus
tained moderate damage in the
accident while the Workman vehi
cle was listed as demolished,
according to police.
Brussels
People
Visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Mel Jacklin of Brussels for
Thanksgiving were Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold Jacklin of Stroud; Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Elliott and Tammy of
Mitchell; Mrs. Nancy Coyne and
Suzanne, Jennifer and Lisa, Mrs.
Marlene Glanville and Ken of
London; Gary Glanville of Rostock
and Barbara Elliott.
Balance Oct. 1,1989 ................... 914.45
Revenues
[Donations from Clubs, Townships, Village & Business].................. 2,065.18
EXPENSES:
Poster Contest Prizes....................................................................156.00
Parade Prizes............................................................................210.00
Candy and Apples........................................................................609.30
Supplies......................................................................................................15.40 q?
Advertising.................................................................................293.08
Children’s Game Prizes................................................................164.61
Gift Baskets..................................................................................60.00
Bands & Starlettes.......................................................................300.00
$1,808.39
Balance Oct. 1,1990 ................................................................$1,171.24
H0! H0! H0! NO SANTA CLAUS
PARADE THIS YEAR
A meeting for the 1990 Santa Claus Parade was held October 3,1990. Nobody
showed up. The parade can be rescued if any organization, business group or
service club is willing to come forward and run the parade.
Please Contact....
Ron Clarkson 887-9226 or 887-6058