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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1993-09-01, Page 6Welcome home David Craig of RR 2 Blyth is glad to see the return of his best friend. Laddie had disappeared for almost three weeks before being found through the Humane Society. The news, from elgrave 'Compiled by Helen Stonehouse Phone 887-9487 Coultes's summer crew off to winter learning Alicia Makas of London is holidaying this week with her grandmother, Mrs. Mabel Wheeler. Visitors on Sunday at the home of Mrs. Hilda Vincent were Mr. and Mrs. Jim Taff, Doug and Dianne Taff, Jason and Amanda of London, Mrs. Sharon Mitchell and friend of Hanover, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Vincent and Carrie of Milton. The community welcomes the new minister, Rev. Paul Boughton, for the Knox United Belgrave and Calvin-Brick pastoral charge. His telephone number is 357- 4561 and he is residing at 20 McCrea Street, Belgrave. Mrs, Florence Coultes has been moved to Fordwich Nursing Home. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Shaw have recently returned home from a three-week trip to the East Coast and Newfoundland. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wattam on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary on Aug. 30. You can lose a lot more than your licence drinking and dnving. A Reminder Provincial government operations are closed Friday, September 3 As part of its plan to control government spending, the provincial government will close most of its offices and operations for three Fridays this summer. These closures will save $36 million, and are being scheduled during summer to reduce inconvenience to the public. Some regular services will remain open. These include: the courts, provincial parks and tourist attractions, GO Transit, liquor stores and land registry offices. As always, emergency services — forest fire protection, health and safety inspectors, police, environmental services, and public health laboratories are available. Other services such as licences for lotteries, birth certificates, marriage licences and ministry head offices will be closed. For more information, please call 1-800-361-2608 or consult the list below. Here's what's open. Tourism and Attractions All provincial attractions such as museums, art galleries, Ontario Place, Science North, Ontario Science Centre All provincial parks and commissions All tourist information centres Emergency Services Environmental emergency and spills centre Health and Safety services for emergencies OPP operations Fire Marshall and forest fire protection Ambulances Justice, Legal and Financial Services All courts All jails, correctional facilities, treatment centres and youth centres Land registry offices Ontario Securities Commission Office of the Public Trustee Some Tribunal Services Hearings already scheduled at the following tribunals will proceed Assessment Review Board, Criminal Injuries and Compensation Board, OHRC Boards of Inquiry, Ontario Municipal Board, Commercial Registration Appeal Tribunal, some court and tribunal hearings and mediation/conciliation meetings in the Ministry of Labour Facilities Psychiatric Hospitals Residential facilities directly operated by Community and Social Services Transportation GO Transit Ferry services MTO-Info 1-800-268-4686 Emergency highway patrols CI Ontario PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1993. David Craig's Laddie comes home The summer work crew on the Coultes' farm is gradually leaving for the winter fields of higher learning. Mark Coultes left Sunday for Sault Ste. Marie where he begins a two-year heavy machinery diesel course at Sault College. Tom Cull leaves this week to begin work on an arts degree at University of Waterloo. Tim Coultes leaves Sept. 16 for Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology. Although Steve Coultes hasn't spent much time in the Belgrave area recently, he is now living in California as an assistant supervisor on a construction project in Tracy. He expects to be there until February. Our mistake In the report of the 50th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Black on the Bel- grave page of last week's Citi- zen the names of family members Debbie and John Smuck of Morris Township were omitted. We apologize for the error, By Janice Becker It's a sad story that had a happy ending, this time. These are the sentiments of Har- riet Shillinglaw of Londesboro. She is a director for the Huron branch of the Humane Society. On the Aug. 1 weekend, Mrs. Shillinglaw says she was contacted by a neighbour concerning a stray border collie. The dog appeared to be a family pet because it was very friendly and in good condition but, it had no tags, she says. She informed the neighbour to contact the township about the stray and to have them pick it up and delivered to the Humane Soci- ety and a vet's care. Mrs. Shillinglaw says all dogs taken in by the Society are checked by a vet to determine its health and suitability for adoption. The collie was picked up on Tuesday of that week. Mrs. Shillinglaw says few people realize the Humane Society will only hold an animal for three work- ing days. At that point, it is destroyed unless a foster home can be found for it. There are several animal foster homes in the area and those with available space are contacted con- cerning a new arrival. Mrs. Shillinglaw agreed to take the collie in because "it was such a beautiful little dog and it was very obedient." While at the foster home, the search for a permanent family begins, she says. If a suitable placement can not be found, the animal may still be put down. Mrs. Shillinglaw's little collie was an easy placement, she says. It was being prepared for the new home when a chance visit changed everything. Joe, Sheila and Michele Hallahan of Blyth stopped in at Mrs. Shillinglaw's in search of a pup, she says. Michele sometimes babysat for a family north of Blyth and she was sure the collie looked like theirs. Mrs. Shillinglaw says she spoke to the family, Don and Marilyn Craig of Conc. 8-9 in Morris. The Craig's told her they were missing a collie but, it "couldn't be him because he never wanders." Mrs. Shillinglaw says after some discussion it was decided the Craig's would come to look at the dog she had named Laddie. By this time, the Craig's dog had been gone for approximately three weeks. Mr. Craig says they had lit- tle hope of finding him alive. Don, Marilyn and their son David arrived at the Shillinglaw's. Laddie immediately ran to his best friend David, says Mr. Craig. It was then Mrs. Shillinglaw says she discovered the collie's name really was Laddie. David says he is very glad to have his two and a half-year-old collie home. He has had the animal since it was a pup. The Craig family never thought to inquire about Laddie as far away as Londesboro. He had never left the property before, says David. Mr. Craig says they had inquired at neighbours' homes as well as at the Blyth vet but, no one had seen him. Mr. Craig was told by Mrs. Shillinglaw that Laddie had proba- bly followed the female hound he had been found with. David says Laddie had lost his collar in a wrestling match with another dog, a few days earlier and it had not yet been replaced. Mrs. Shillinglaw says the identi- fication tags are vital in the return of animals to their owners. For further information about fostering or adopting animals, call 523-4376.