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Second annual wine and cheese night on Thursday
Clinton’s second annual wine and
cheese tasting is set for Feb. 21
featuring plenty of music,
entertainment and, of course, local
wine and cheese.
Central Huron Community
Improvement Co-ordinator Angela
Smith created the event last year to
much acclaim, selling it out in its
first year.
This year’s event will be held in
the upper hall of the Central Huron
municipal office and all proceeds
will benefit the Clinton Public
Hospital Foundation.
Showing off the municipality’s
best producers, the wine will come
from Maelstrom Winery and
the cheese will come from the
Van Dorp family’s Blyth Farm
Cheese.
Music will be provided by the jazz
bands from both Central Huron
Secondary School and St. Anne’s
Catholic Secondary School and
there will also be salsa dancing by
Les Cook and Anne Elliott of Blyth
East Side Dance, as well as other
local dance enthusiasts.
Tickets are $25 per person and
include eight samples.
Smith says she hoped to keep the
tradition of the event this year, but
also wanted to change it up enough
so it was different than the first year,
opting for the dancers this year
instead of the art exhibit.
Her inspiration for the event in
2018, she said, was to provide locals
with a chance to dress up (smart
casual attire is recommended) for an
elegant night out on the town, a little
different from a traditional Huron
County night out. The results, selling
out last year’s event, suggest that
Smith found what she was
looking for with the event/
She says she’s happy to bring jazz
bands from both local high schools
out to the event and showcase local
talent. Last year there was an art
show, in addition to a performance
by one of the high school bands.
Tickets are available at the Central
Huron municipal office or online at
eventbrite.ca. Contact Smith at 519-
476-5922 for more details.
Local producers on display
Paul Van Dorp of Blyth Farm Cheese, shown slicing up some of his own produce, is one of the
Central Huron producers that will be featured at the second annual wine and cheese tasting
set for tonight, Feb. 21, at the Central Huron municipal office. (Courtesy photo)
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
JAMES KITTEL
James Kittel of Wingham, passed
away at Wingham and District
Hospital on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019.
He was 73.
James was the beloved husband of
Irene Kittel and the cherished father
of Corinna and Jody McConnell,
Marie and Sean Routledge, Ron and
Linda Markle, William and Teresa
Markle, the late Scott Markle and
Kelly Markle, Shelley and Mike
Duchaine and Sandy Pace. He was
the special grandpa of 15
grandchildren. James was the dear
brother of Teresa Arrigo. James will
be lovingly remembered by Irene’s
family.
James was predeceased by his
parents Jerome Kittel and Marie
Weber and brother-in-law Salvatore
Arrigo.
Private arrangements have been
entrusted to McBurney Funeral
Home, Wingham.
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McBurney Funeral Home, Wingham.
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Obituaries
Recruitment committee seeks funds
The Wingham and Area Health
Professionals Recruitment
Committee is seeking additional
funding from local councils for
when it eventually recruits a new
physician to the area.
At Morris-Turnberry Council’s
Feb. 5 meeting, Jan McKague-
Weisher, representing the
committee, said that, on top of the
municipality’s $7,717 scheduled
contribution to the organization, the
committee was requesting $2,275 to
put into a reserve maintained by the
municipality to pay an incentive to a
new doctor.
McKague-Weisher said that, while
the committee has attracted new
doctors to the area, the past
three doctors have just maintained
the current patient load for
the area.
“Right now, we’re spending
$25,000 on incentives,” she said,
which she later explained requires a
four-year contract with the
physicians.
McKague-Weisher explained that
the committee works through
various avenues to attract doctors.
Word-of-mouth among medical
students can help, she said, but there
are significant challenges in
convincing doctors to relocate to
Huron County.
“Housing is an issue,” she said.
“We almost lost a new doctor due to
not being able to find a home for his
family.
“Spousal opportunities are also a
problem,” she said, adding that other
centres have claimed doctors from
the committee by being able to offer
jobs to spouses.
Councillor Jim Nelemans asked if
the province was doing anything to
alleviate the shortage of doctors, and
McKague-Weisher said those
decisions are up to the College of
Physicians and Surgeons, and their
lack of action has been frustrating.
“There are internationally-trained
doctors who would be here, but they
can’t get licences,” she said. “It’s
frustrating. It makes me ill to think
about physicians in other countries,
who have practised for years, that
can’t get licences while we’re in
such a need.”
Nelemans said that what frustrated
him was the incentive program.
“If you multiply the incentive by
the number of municipalities, there
are millions going to incentives,” he
said.
Council received McKague-
Weisher’s report, shifting the request
to its budget deliberations.
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
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