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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2006-10-12, Page 12Announcement Huron-Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell was in Wingham last week during the announcement that Wingham and Area Palliative Care has been taken over by Huron Hospice, and that the latter has received a $25,600 Trillium grant. (Wingham Advance Last weekend, Bob invited his friends over to help lacquer his floors. It WM a blast. The vapours from flammabl solvents can easily ignite if they come \-1.!lis with sparks or into contact open flame. They should onlybe used in well ventilated areas that are free from all ignition sources - including pilot lights. Susan Samworth of Goderich sits beside her new patio set. Samworth was first-prize winner in the Illuminator raffle sponsored by the Blyth Lions Club, Royal Canadian Legion Auxiliary to Branch 420 Blyth and Blyth Festival to raise funds to make lighting improvements to the hall. To date $2,000 has been raised of the $5,000 goal. All Candidates Meeting MUNICIPALITY OF MORRIS-TURNBERRY Meeting Dates: Locations: Monday October 16, 2006 7:30 pm Wednesday October 18, 2006 7:30 pm Bluevale Hall 32 Clyde Street, Bluevale, ON Belgrave WI Hall 20 Brandon Street, Belgrave, ON You are cordially invited to attend an All Candidates Meeting to meet the candidates in the 2006 Municipal Election which will be held on Monday, November 13, 2006 for the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry. EVERYONE IS WELCOME NOTICE OF VOTE for the Municipality of Morris -Turnberry 2006 ELECTION On November 13, 2006 Municipal Elections will.be held in the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry by 'VOTE BY MAIL' Offices for which the vote is to be held: • Mayor - On6 ,(1) to be elected • Councillor for Ward M - Three (3) to be elected Education Trustee for the: • French Language Public District School Board # 58 - One (1) to be elected • French Language Separate School Board Area # 1 - One (1) to be elected WHO MAY VOTE? . Any person who on Voting Day meets the following qualifications is eligible to vote: 1. Is a Canadian citizen. 2. Is at least 18 years old on voting Day. 3. Resides in the municipality or is the owner, tenant, or spouse, or same sex partner of the owner or tenant of land. 4. Any person not prohibited by law from voting. VOTE BY MAIL For the 2006 Election the 'Vote by Mail' method will be used: • There will be no election polls or Proxy Voting • Your Ballot will be mailed to you If you do not receive a ballot, you can apply for one at the Municipal Office • Ballots should be mailed to the Municipal Office by November 3, 2006 to ensure delivery to the Municipal office by November 13, 2006, however if you are unable to do so... • There will be drop off locations for ballots at the Municipality of Morris- Turnberry Municipal Office - 41342 Morris Road from October 16, 2006 regular office hours until November 13, 2006 at 8 pm; • and at the Turnberry Works Garage - Election Day - November 13, 2006 2 pm until 6 pm. • Drop Boxes at Nursing and Retirement Homes - Election Day - November 13, 2006 2 pm- 4 pm A Voting Kit will be mailed directly to each person who meets the above qualifications as an elector In the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry on or about October 16, 2006. If you are an eligible voter and do not receive a Voter's Kit, you can apply for one at the Municipal Office. A Voting Kit consists of the following: a) A postage paid return envelope. b) A declaration form with the name, roll # and qualifying address of the individual to whom the ballot is assigned. c) A secrecy envelope. d) A ballot e) Instructions to electors. For further information contact the Municipal Office at 519-887-6137 Nancy Michie, Clerk RE-ELECT DOROTHY KELLY FOR MAYOR MORRIS-TURNBERRY PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2006. Palliative Care under new management By Duane Rollins Wingham Advance-Times Wingham and Area Palliative Care is under new management - and a little richer for it. - On Oct. 6, the Wingham hospice announced that Huron Hospice would be taking over the operation of what it is calling a "mutually 'agreed process." At the same time, it was announced that Huron Hospice, would receive a $25,600 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. According to past-chair of Huron Hospice Volunteer Service Janis Bisback, the changes will benefit everyone. "These two recent developments will strengthen Huron Hospice Volunteer Service," she said. "We will be able to provide more services and enhance programs across much of Huron County and ensure that our volunteers have the best resources:' Huron-Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell was at the announcement, which took place at, the Wingham and District Hospital. She stressed the importance of providing good hospice care. Times photo) "I believe it is very important to provide people with the dignity they deserve at the end of their life," she said. "Huron Hospice and its volunteers do a wonderful job and (the hospice) is a worthwhile "It is important that those living in Huron-Bruce can get the services they need at home," she said. The takeover of Wingham and Area Palliative Care by Huron Hospice has been in the works for some time. However, those involved in the Wingham hospice say that the service will remain the same. AccorUing to Huron Hospice, about 160,000 people require hospice care each year. That number is expected to grow as the babyboomers enter old age. Currently in Ontario more than 13,000 palliative care volunteers dedicate more than 600,000 hours of service each year in more than 450 communities. recipient of the Trillium grant." Mitchell said that, although hospice care is important throughout the province, it is especially needed in rural areas where the population is older. County supports Huron East complaints about Hwy. 8 By Keith Roulson Citizen publisher Huron County councillors voted, at their Oct. 5 meeting, to send a letter of support for Huron East's complaints about the condition of Hwy. 8 between Seaforth and Mitchell to the Ministry of Transportation. "It's probably as bad as any road in the province," said Huron East councillor Bernie MacLellan in asking for council's support. "When the province doesn't keep up its own road, others get more traffic." This was causing additional abuse to county and municipal roads, he said. Warden Rob Morley agreed that much of the salt that is trucked out of Goderich each winter goes over county roads because Hwy. 8 is in such poor condition. The only other provincial highway in the county, Hwy. 21, is also in bad shape, said Bill Dowson, councillor for Bluewater and he wondered if that highway could be included in the letter. But MacLellan said he worried that if there were too many demands for action in the letter it might be rejected before it was even read. Goderich councillor Ellen Connelly said the road is in such bad shape that winter conditions made it very unsafe. "It's a real liability," she said.