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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2004-05-27, Page 11MEETING NOTICE MUNICIPALITY OF MORRIS-TURNBERRY The Municipality of Morris- Turnberry Council Meetings scheduled for the month of June, 2004 will be held: Tuesday, June 1 at 7:30 pm Thursday, June 10 at 9:00 pm Tuesday, June 22 at 7:30 pm CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF MORRIS-TURNBERRY NOTICE OF MEETING TO CONSIDER 2004 BUDGET Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 291 of the Municipal Act that the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry will be considering the 2004 Budget, with the intention to adopt and/or amend the budget at a Public Meeting to be held on: Thursday, June 10, 2004 at 9:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at 41342 Morris Rd., R.R. 4, Brussels, ON Nancy Michie, Clerk-Treasurer Municipality of Morris-Turnberry Three million Canadians have a hearing loss. I'm one of them. The blearing foundation of Canada funds the only nationally coordinated medical research program to find the cause and cure of hearing loss. To learn more about our programs and how you can help, call 1-866 HEAR YOU, toll free or visit our web site, www.hearingfoundation.ca hearing foundation Don Darren Fandation canadienne de rouie Yummy! The Grade 8 class from East Wawanosh Public School held a fundraising barbecue at the Co-op on Saturday. Enjoying hotdogs were Curtis, left, and Craig Raynard. (Vicky Bremner photo) announcement BERGSMA - HOFMAN Sharon Marie, daughter of Bruce and Marie Bergsma, Londesboro and Heike Hindrik. son of Henk and Annie Hofman, Palmerston, were united in marriage on June 28, 2003 at the Londesboro United Church by Pastor Chris Schievink. Standing up with the bride was maid of honour, Cathy Damen, bridesmaids. Amy Whyte, Joanne Griedanus, Barb Bps, all friends of the bride. Junior bridesmaids were Leanne Ryan, niece of the bride and Anita Hofman, niece of the groom. Flowergirl was Shannon Ryan. niece of the bride. Standing up with the groom was best man Mike Claus. friend of the groom and ushers Jaap Hofman, brother of the groom. Grist Bergsma, brother of the bride and Hans Dekker, friend of the groom. Ringhearer MIS Patrick Bergsma, nephew of the bride. Readers were Hilda Nieland, sister of the groom and Ingrid Hofman. niece of the groom. The organist was Barb Bosman and the pianist was Karen Bergsma, sister of the bride. The soloist was Georgina Johnston. friend of the bride. A reception was held in Belmore. Sharon and Heike now reside near Gorrie. We would like to thank everybody for making our day so special. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2004. PAGE 11. Palliative Care board meets in church FROM BELGRAVE Guests attend Institute Belgrave WI president. Kay Roberts, welcomed members and many guests to the May meeting. It began with the Ode. the Mary Stewart Collect and 0' Canada. with Mary Coultes as pianist. Isabelle Craig introduced Leona Armstrong from Brussels as the guest speaker. She and her husband Jim had gone to Tasmania to attend the conference of the Associated Country Women of the World. There were 600 delegates and guests to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of ACWW. including representatives from 70 countries. Mrs. Armstrong showed many pictures to illustrate the landscape. wild animals, and people of Tasmania. They went on some bus tours into the countryside and to see different industries. The retiring president is from Ireland and the new president installed is from South Africa. Isabelle thanked Leona for a most interesting talk and presented her with a gift. Several lucky women were given geranium plants. During the business meeting the roll call was answered by -stating volunteer hours since the last meeting. The WI will have a bake tale at the Show and Shine event on June 26. The District annual meeting will be held on May 31 at Wingham Salvation Army Hall with registration beginning at 9:15 a.m. The next meeting will be on June 15 with a visit to, Pianovations at Londesborough. The meeting closed with the singing of God Save the Queen. and the WI Grace. Lunch was served by Audrey Fenton, Mary Hallahan and Ada Taylor and a social time followed. The annual meeting of the Wingham and Area Palliative Care board was held in the basement of Knox United Church. Belgrave, on Thursday, May 20. A roast beef dinner was served to the board members, volunteers and guests by the United Church Women Evening Unit. Muriel Coultes, acting chairperson welcomed everyone and conducted the meeting. Harpist. Anita Leschied of Windsor, was the guest speaker. She told Many stories and demonstrated how she uses- her harp in the Windsor hospital. and local nursing homes. She explained how music has varied effects on patients and quite often is the source of great comfort to those suffering terminal illnesses. The business meeting was opened with the acting chairperson's report, and followed by the election of officers. Muriel Coultes, Belgrave was acclaimed as chairperson; Margaret Hogg of Wroxeter was acclaimed as secretary; and Kathy The North Huron Special Transit Corporation (Wheels Away) recently received a cheque from Huron United Way in the amount of $3,200, half of the year's allocated amount of $6,400. Also receiving funds from UW for the year 2003 are member agencies: Big Brother Big Sisters South Huron, $10,000; Big Sisters Association of North Huron, $10.600; Epilepsy Ontario, Huron- Perth-Bruce, $10,000; Family Services. Perth-Huron (Credit Adams, Wingham was acclaimed as treasurer. The 2003-2004 financial report was approved, as well as the budget for 2004-2005. Various fundraising events took place during the past year and over $9,000 was raised. Already this year they have participated in the National Hike for Hospice and held a ladies' night out with Jubal's Daughters entertaining. Kathy Procter, director, reported that there are 20 volunteers providing this much-needed service, and a total of over 2,300 hours were recorded. A total of 78 clients have been served. Services that are offered by palliative care include bereavement support, cancer support as well as palliative care in the local hospital, the nursing homes in the surrounding areas, as well as caring for clients in their own homes. Volunteers have taken part in training workshops in the past year, led by Huron County Palliative Care Committee, of which Ms Procter is the chairperson. Counselling Program), $6,000; Huron County Child Abuse Prevention Committee (Kids on the Block), $5,600; Huron Hospital Volunteer Services, $10,000; Huron Safe Homes for Youth, $20,000; Midwestern Adult Day Service. $10,000; Palliative Care Volunteer Program-Huron. $10,000: Women's Shelter, Second Stage Housing and Counselling Services of Huron. $12,000. The total allocation amount is $110,600. Those workshops included The Face of AIDS in 2003; Dementia 2003. put on by the Alzheimer Society and Boundaries of Caring. The Wingham and Area Palliative Care board is always looking for new members, and would appreciate anyone interested in finding our more about this caring community of volunteers, contacting Ms Procter at 357-2720 or Muriel Coultes, 357- 1908. The volunteers spend their many hours of service in all the surrounding communities of Wingham and representation from those communities would be appreciated. The volunteers and board members were thanked by Ms Procter and given a small token of appreciation by the board. Wheels Away gets IIW allocation