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Bill McLaughlin wins award
for Civic Service in Seaforth
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Editor
He's usually the man
behind the scenes, making
contributions that usually
remain anonymous.
But, Bill McLaughlin has
been recognized this year as
the winner of the Seaforth
Citizenship award for Civic
Service.
"I just like doing things
for people. It's kinda nice to
help make life easier for
people at tough times," says
the businessman of 40 years
in Seaforth.
Born in Dublin,
McLaughlin has lived in
Seaforth for 62 years, where
he's run a General Motors
dealership for 25 years and
been a longtime member of
the Seaforth Lions Club.
One of the ways he's done
that for many years is by
cooking up turkeys and
giving them to local shut-in
seniors or to neighbours who
have experienced a recent
loss.
"I like cooking for
people," he says.
Bill McLaughlin
Another way is to open up
McLaughlins' showroom to
local seniors every
Christmas so they have a
warm place to watch the
Santa Claus parade.
"As parades or events in
town are going past his
shop, he cleans out the
showroom and then goes and
picks up the elderly around
town who need a ride or just
the company and brings
them to the dealership for a
warm, dry place to watch
and visit,' says Deb Ward in
an awards presentation
Saturday night at the
Seaforth Business
Improvement Area (BIA)
Christmas dinner.
As a Lions Club member,
he's worked on the group's
Octoberfest and the TV
bingo. He is also a member
of St. James Roman Catholic
Church.
He also likes to give out
gift certificates for dinners at
local restaurants.
"Bill does a lot of work
behind the scenes that most
people would be unaware
of," says the award
presentation speech.
"Bill wishes to remain
anonymous with his
contributions to the
structures and events within
the town that he supports.
He just likes to help out
when and where he can."
Sandra Melady wins annual award
in Seaforth for Service to Sports
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Editor
Because soccer is a
sport that she loves and
because she likes to be
involved in her children's
lives, Sandra Melady has
been a big part in getting
a travel soccer league
started in Seaforth.
And, it's an
accomplishment she's
been honoured for this
year with the Seaforth
Citizenship award for
Service to Sports.
"You might as well
help out when your kids
are involved," she says.
"It's good to be
involved."
But, when Melady saw
that local kids were
needing more
competition than they
were experiencing at the
town's houseleague
soccer on Wednesday
nights, she helped former
recreation director
Graham Nesbitt organize
a number of travel teams
in the North Huron
soccer league.
"It's not a really
serious league but it is
competitive and that's
gotten the numbers to go
up in soccer in town,"
she says.
Melady has spent many
hours during the past
Sandra Melody
several years registering
local kids in the travel
and houseleague soccer,
recruiting coaching staff,
organizing locations and
preparing sower fields.
While she's still
working on forming an
executive to run local
soccer, Melady is hoping
to attract more children
to travel soccer and
increasing the current
four teams.
".I hope it's growing.
We'll see," she says,
Price looking for ideas
for next fundraising project
From Page 1
committee, Price's
recent project
was camping
out at
Egmondville
United
Church
during its
"Fill a Tent
for Lent"
project last
spring.
While the
church
collected food for the
Seaforth food bank, Price
raised $6,000 for the
Canadian Cancer Society
during a weeklong campout
in front of the church in
April.
"It had been in my mind
to do something.like that for
a while and the tent was
going to be there," he says.
Price has been a member
of Egmondville United
most
Church for 25 years, where
he and his wife Gail are
always
Quoted
helping out at
church
functions
such as
church
dinners and
sales.
"Whenever
I see the
movie It's A
Wonderful
Life, 1 think
of Bill, a
quiet man who loves his
family, his church and his
community," says
Carolanne Doig in her
nomination form.
"He constantly does what
he can to make his
community a better place,
just by caring and he's a
generous person who never
hesitates to help those in
need," she says.
Price says he hopes to top
'I lust really like
helping people
and seeing
them smile,' --
11 Price
his weeklong campout with
another project this year but
hasn't determined what
he'll do yet.
"Not the tent thing again -
It has to be something
different because it's so
tough asking people for
money," he says', adding
he's been asked to fundraise
for the Huron Hospice next.
"I'm looking for ideas,"
he smiles.
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provide activities that
keep local children
active.
"Without volunteers
like Sandra, it would be
hard to have the minor
sports programs for our
children to enjoy," spys
the awards presentation
made by Deb Ward at
Saturday's Business
Improvement Area (BIA)
Christmas party.
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