The Citizen, 2006-10-19, Page 11By BRENDA
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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2006. PAGE 11.
Londesborough United Church
will hold its anniversary service at
11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 22. Rev.
Paul Ross will return to the
Londesborough pulpit as guest
speaker. Fiddlers Marshall and
Ethan Durnin will offer special
music.
If you missed these two young
boys at the Ball's service you will
want to attend this coming Sunday.
Refreshments will follow the
service.
Rumour has it that Ed Salverda is
mending well and will soon be back
making the rounds of his old haunts.
However you might want to keep
Hank Reinink and his family in your
prayers. Hank is struggling again
with that demon, cancer.
This past weekend, Oct. 14 and
15, 14 enthusiastic "traditional" rug
hookers participated in a workshop
at the Londesborough Community
Hall. The weekend was full of
shared knowledge and tips about the
art and fellowship. Local rug
hookers were joined by "hookers"
from Port Dover, London, Barrie
and Simcoe.
Iris Simpson of Toronto taught a
class in hooking fruit. Each
participant worked on a canvas
stamped with a variety of fruit.
When completed the piece can be
used as a chair seat cover. Iris is an
Ontario Hooking Craft Guild
accredited teacher as well as a
McGown teacher in the United
States.
This was the third year she has
come to Londesborough to share her
talent with area hobbyists.
Many of us recognize how
fortunate we are to live in this great
little community/village. However
it's becoming apparent that good
fortune comes to those who call
Londesborough home. First we
learned of the lottery winnings of
Lorne and Geraldine Dale. Now it
seems Brent and Janet Scrimgeour
are off on an all-expenses-paid trip
to Scotland.
On Oct. 7 the couple, along with
Gerry and Heidi (Scrimgeour)
Bontaine joined a fun golf
tournament sponsored by the Blyth
Inn. Their good luck happened on
the 15th hole. Brent's shot bounced
on the green at least twice and rolled
into the cup for a hole in one. That
shot won Brent a seven-night golfing
holiday for two in Scotland valued at
$9,000.
This all-inclusive trip prize was
offered by P.A. Roy Insurance. of
Clinton.
Apparently neither the nasty
weather nor the date, Friday the
13th, kept the euchre players from
their passion as the Londesborough
Happy Gang Seniors hosted 18 and
1/2 tables of players at their card
party at the Londesborough
Community Hall.
Joanne MacDonald and Dorothy
Carter finished in first place at the
end of card playing with a score of
72 points.
Close behind were two couples
FROM LONDESBORO
tied at 71 points to share the
remaining winnings, Rita and Alma
and Stu and Alex. Six couples,
Delores Ho.watt and Dorothy
Dalton, Don Bragg and Roy
Krauter, Thelma and Bernice, John
and Kathy, Gord and Yvonne
Dougherty and Carmen and Ila
Pollock shared the prize for most
lone hands, all of them having
successfully played five.
The seniors will sponsor another
card party on Nov. 10.
Behind the scenes
Blyth Festival artistic director, Eric Coates, led the Huron County Historical Society on a
behind the scenes tour of Memorial Hall, the epicentre of the Blyth Festival. The group had
dinner, were led through speeches and a dramatic history of the Blyth Festival by Coates
himself, before the tour. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
18 1/2 tables in play
at Gang's euchre
Municipality of Morris-Turnberry
Vote
Ken Warwick
for Councillor
Ward M
on November 13, 2006
Coalition explores possibility
of generating its own ener,
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen
In a case of dreaming very big
dreams, a coalition seeking to
decrease the amount paid for energy
by Ontario's school boards has
begun exploring the possibility of
generating its own.
"It's a dream to make boards
energy self-sufficient," explained
Ontario Public School Boards
Association (OPSBA) regional vice-
president Colleen Schenk, who's
also the North Huron representative
on the Avon Maitland District
School Board.
Schenk briefly described the
initiative during an Avon Maitland
meeting Tuesday, Oct. 10. Part of
the OPSBA report provided to Avon
Maitland trustees explained "the
School Energy Coalition . . has met
with the Ministry of Finance,
realizing they will need strong
political support, as well as intensive
conservation to make any scheme
work."
According to Schenk, the
established mandate of the School
Energy Coalition is to seek out the
best deal possible for member
school boards, from existing energy
suppliers. But as a recent sideline,
the coalition began discussing the
possibility of constructing a series of
small-scale energy generating
facilities, selling that energy into the
provincial power grid, and
essentially (according to the OPSBA
report) "decreasing the cost of
energy to school boards by 100 per
cent."
"Theoretically, at least, they could
do it," Schenk said. She added the
three methods being proposed so far
are river-based hydroelectricity,
solar power, and wind turbines.
HuronAgnh,otholk Dikrin Adm.! Ingn,
Welcome to Kindergarten
The Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board, its Catholic elementary
schools and its community partners are pleased to offer a quality learning
opportunity for our young children entering school for the first time. Junior and
Senior Kindergarten offer a place where your child can grow and learn in a
positive Christ-centered environment.
Kindergarten Registration 2007-2008
Thursday, November 2, 2006 - Thursday, November 30, 2006
at Catholic elementary schools throughout Huron and Perth Counties.
For Senior Kindergarten
Students must be 5 years of age on or before December 31, 2007.
For Junior Kindergarten
Students must be 4 years of age on or before December 31, 2007.
Registration will take place for each school
on the following dates:
Huron County Schools
Precious Blood, Exeter (519-235-1691) - November 3, 2006
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (519-237-3337) - November 17, 2006
St. Boniface, Zurich (519-236-4335) - November 8, 2006
St. Mary's, Goderich (519-524-9901) - November 23, 2006
Sacred Heart, Wingham (519-357-1090) - November 14, 2006
St. Joseph's, Clinton (519-482-7035) - November 28, 2006
St. James, Seaforth (519-527-0321) - November 21, 2006
St. Patrick's, Dublin [Huron Sr. Perth students] - (519-345-2033) - November 21, 2006
Call your local school for details of registration.
For further information visit our website at:
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Director of Education 519-345-2441) I -800-265-8505 Chair of Board
RE-ELECT
DOROTHY
KELLY
FOR
MAYOR
MORRIS-TURNBERRY