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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-02-14, Page 5'F'riends` ask for help in saving Morris Tract Dear editor: The Mods Tract, a 14.4 acre forest ou the banks of the. Maitland River, is, one of Huron Countys most, exquisite, most pristine and treasure front the logger's . most ben i 1 forests.' saw. A natural treasure _ uttfii fore The Motes Tract is home which rrerninds me of }end w Thoreau 4 to many 'rare and endow u and his life Bred birds and -plants, With - Walden:. "We can never a • trail s stem have enough nature. We established system. � 'must must be refreshed the this forest has been -enjoyed � , by many bikers, naturalists sight. of inexhaustible and- snowinobi1ers for vigour, The wilderness with decades: its :living and its decrying, The future integrity of trees, thethundercloud, and this iagnicent forest now the' rain whieh lasts throe depends on usw weeks and . produces The Name Conservancy . freshets, We need to.witness of Canada, supported orted by , our own limits, transgressed, , The,,Friends of the Morris and some of life pasturing Tract, negotiated ,to "buy this: freely, where we never wan special forest from the der." County of Duron, in order Please help us to save the to protect it in perpetuity, as :; Morris Tract and give a pre - a natural, ever evolving for- sena to, the future. Make est, _ `your tax` deductible contri' The Nature Conservancy bution payable to the Native and Friends of the Morris Conservancy of Canada're: Tract haveto raise the Morris Tract. Donations $285,000.00 by the end of . may be sent to The Friends February: - the closing date of the Morris Tract, Box of the sale. This sounds like . ' 443 Goderich, N'7A 4C7 a lot of money, but we are For further information call off to a great start! - our local campaign office at An anonymous benefac-; (51'9) 524-4363 or the tor has already .pledged Nature Conservancy at 1- $ 100,000.00 to match pH- • 800-465-0029. vate sector donations. On the behalf of the tres Thanks to this ;generous . and all theother species contribution, every dollar which fmd their home in the donated brio s us $200 Morris Tract, I thank-yor closer to our goal for your consideration. it t is very, likely :that. this'.; ,k Jux4 Hollingworth, wi11 be ouronly chance to. _ Member, protect this unique, natural Friends ofthe Morris Tract, A7[efltiJ1E.,' s stork -*from page 4 and handed him to his father and sister to, be' hugged acid wished good night. She whisked hin,taway to his nest and returned -to hug her daughter and husband ;and vanished into the hallway. "Who was that`" "'Daddy! That was your wife!" „Oh. ,Yeah. I thought Fd seen her before." He stood ashis daughter,scrambled onto -her bed and he tucked the blankets under. her chin. "We still haven't decid- ed:what :to get herfor a Valentine." "Daddy,= she whispered as he bent close, rer'ou'te her Bestest Valentine:" IJGa r�GlG�'i©�'I�i1GiJOGIGlir7�'C� al Hu ran"County's Cor iptete E 0 El , 11E1 E Ell Headquarters .� ai "Small & Mid-sized Cars. in d O Passenger & Cargo Q Vans,. Pickup Trucks E, Daily, Weekly, Month1y�:" 0 d"insurance Rentals & [i -More �.. j. CJ Freee Delivery . 0 Oll Ask about our fu transportation service 0 CAR &TRUCK RENTALS [t El lin ofaurnoast.Ford E : 0 5b0 Huron Rd:, (oderich.113 ul BALL' GOLLE TAsk for Mitt 11 .l0 524-8347ti D New pr�gramoffce``� enhances palliativ care in GreymiBruce Residents of theGrey-Druce region will :havee, more options when dealing ' with a life-threatening illness with the recentopening of the Regional Pain and Symptom Management Program office here. Program director Marie Palmer says she will be working withPeal health care providers. ,to establish a system to .. enhance the provision of palliative are in their own cow- nunity-.°Tho program's aim is, to provide 4-hour-a-duy, seven -day -a -week access to expertise .iii palliative care. including pain and symptom management. . "Our concern is the quality of life and comfort for per- sons living with a life-threatening illness," reports Palmer. "We offer information on pain and symptom management and palliative servicesavailable throughout the region, as weft as educational and resource material:" The .program~~, which operates 'from an office provided courtesy of the Chesley & District Memorial Hospital, . is funded through the tvlinistry of Heath's Long -Term Care Office, and sponsored by ,Parkwood Hospital; London. by. Pat Halpin Suggestions on how to keep the tax rate down are wel- come but the .Bruce board of education says a terse letter, from Elderslie Twp, council goes too far Elderslie sent the board a four -sentence letter saying the council "will not accept any increase in education tax." That stand has prompted protest from the finance aim- mittee." don't tided recornendations" but thisletter is heavy- handed and entirely ' out of jurisdiction," Barry Schmidt, finance chairman, said. He added the letter indicates the township is trying to take control of issues beyond its man- date. Trustee Ruth'Hirtenfeld suggested responding to Elde,rslie Twp. Council with a reply 'explaining the province's grant cuts "It's a courtesy," she said. .• But another board memberppo°sed the suggestion;' . "it deserves no reply. It's an out of order letter," Frank' Eagleson said, `Did you know?~► In 1992, stroke accounted for 69,790 Canadian hospi- tal discharges.Total annual hospital days t�rom stroke is 3.5 'hilltop. Shoot winner. Euphemia .,Cameroi and. Ross.Errington were high shoot: players at the Drop in Centre last week, followed . by " Caroline M'enary- and Joe Courtney. Muriel Moffat had the most shoots. A total of seven tableswere in play. Notice of TH ;ANNUAL IIEETING WEST :WAWANOSH` . MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPAI Y Notice is.hereby given, that the Annual Meeting of the. above said .Company. wilt; be held at the Dungannon Agricultural Hall on Februat 23;.1996 at 2:00 P.M. • . . Toreceive, and dispose of the Financial and. Auditors'Report • ' 2.• To appoint'an ~Auditor 3, To elect two '(2) Directors, ort To transact any outer business that may properly e*me befoJre the meeting 5z 110 retiring .Directors ere Gordon Stewart'.ot the KKinc;ardine area, and Glenn Coulteis of the Brussels area .who is eligible for re election for a three (31,, year term.. Persons wishing =to seek', etection for .the Kincardine and Brussets'area are aske4,to cOntact the. Manager at West Wawai osh Mut+uai for detain;° A policyholder wishing to seek' el ection or re-election a ,e Director must fife his or her; nomination in writing, WO the Secretary of the 'Corporation by February ~6th, 1990: The Company Bylaws are_ available for.inspectton at the.Head, Off*Cep of the'Corporation. , Sy order of the Board of Directors., Nigras 'Plover West Wawanash Secretary/Manager/Treasurer• Mutual :insurance Company Dungannon, ON. NOM 1R1 • �a v Seutiuell, Wednesday, February 111,1990 Page'5 OPTIMIST HOCKEY POOL JANUARY STANDINGS The winner of the $20 prize for the highest rnorithly gain for January is Jon Chilton who .picked' up an incredible 93.4 points. For detailed standings of the top 100 see the bulletin board at the lckiow Arena. For information on your team's position you can call 3574359. Here are the top 20 entries; 1. Tony Wartnaby 240.8 10. Rod McDonagh 217,3 +a Kevin; Hickey 3444,3 1 a Dan McDoriaggh 217.0 Jon$,'Chilton, 233.3 1'2. John Hamilton 216.8 ' 4. Steve Chainney '229.8 13. Annette Ritchie < 215.3' 5. Randy Alton .227.8' 14. Robert Hamilton 213,4. 8..Bryan yLaehance' . 2283 15. Eno Taylor 209.8. 7. Steve Hackett ': 222.3 16. Allan Andrew. 2088 8 Home Hardware. B 221 17. Mike Mall 207,6. 9,: Urad Pette lace 217.8 18. Jim Surridge 206.0 p �, 10. Floss Moffat • 217.3 18. Brian MacDonald 206.8, r P YINC HIGI-I PRICES... FOR OUR SUPER, SAVINGS Non -Fiction Clothing has arrived at Hours:MAon. 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