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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2006-10-04, Page 10Page 10 October 4, 2006 • The Huron Expositor News Friends and family selling bracelets to help fund memorial bench at graveside of Greg Van Loon Susan. Hundertmark Rubber bracelets remembering Greg Van Loon, ,of Dublin - enscribed with his nickname Looner - are being sold to help fund a memorial bench at his graveside. The 23 -year-old man was killed a month ago in a tragic two -vehicle crash which also claimed the lives of Alfred Chappel, of Hibbert, and his eight-year-old son William. The Dublin Dukes, a men's slo- pitch team that plays in a league including teams from Winthrop, Seaforth and Walton, are selling the bracelets, coloured green and yellow to recognize Greg'slove of John Deere tractors. "We got the idea from a friend from Newfoundland who'd sold bracelets for a family there and we thought it was a good idea," says organizer Jen Rolph, whose hus- band Mike plays on the Dublin Dukes with Greg's dad Mike Van Loon. The sale of the bracelets at the league's recent year-end tournament created an emotional weekend for players who remembered Greg, a mem- ber of the McKillop Louts, as the avid ball player he was. "Greg always The Ketchup BouIe Hemma he great squeezable plastic containers that are being used for ketchup, among other products, are being packaged in containers typically made from #1 PET or #5 PP plastic. However, they often need to protect the contents from UV rays which means a special coating or additive is added to the bottle making It a #7 Other. Without the UV barrier, regular light would quickly'turn the ketchup brown and while some companies have experimented with green and purple ketchup, brown is not a colour consumers want their ketchup to be. So while the bottle might say #1 PET or #5 PP, it is really a multi layered product that should be labeled as #7 Other. As an environmentally friendly alternative purchase ketchup and other products in metal, glass or #2 HDPE plastic container which are recyclable through your local bluebox program. Space provided through a partnership between industry and Ontario municipalities to support waste diversion programs. had his ball glove on the seat of his truck just in case he needed it. He lived for the Duke's co-ed tourna- ment and he tried really hard last year to win it. Baseball was really important in his life," says Rolph. Because Mike .Van Loon has played on the Duke's team for 30 years, the team wanted to do some- thing omething to remember Greg and by the end of the tournament, everyone was sporting "Looner" bracelets on their wrists. "No one will ever forget Greg. He was the nicest guy," says Rolph. Jim Vulders, who's played with the Dukes for 20 years, says there was a friendly rivalry between Dublin and Winthrop and father and son through baseball. "Greg was an awesome ball play- er," he says, adding it was logical to remember Greg at a baseball tour- nament. While $900 has been raised so far, Rolph says bracelets are still for sale for a minimum of $3 each. Bracelets are available by calling Rolph at 348-0160, Vulders at 527- 0746 and Derek Hunt at 345-0513. Money raised will also go to the Van Loon family towards a charity of their choice. Susan Hundertmark photo Jen Rolph shows the bracelet that they are selling to pay for a memorial bench at the graveside of Greg Van Loon, who passed away last month. Catholic school trustees approve raise Stew Slater MIME Trustees of the Huron - Perth Catholic District School Board approved more than a 50 per cent raise from their existing annual remunera- tion, in keeping with amounts suggested by a new provincial formula. They'll now earn $7,591 per year as trustees, with the chair earning $13,091 and the vice chair earning $10,341. Other Ontario school boards are in various stages the same process, with some already approving similar changes and most expected to follow suit. At their regular meeting Monday, Sept. 25, Huron - Perth trustees voted unani- mously in favour of five recommendations brought forward from a six -member "Citizens' Advisory Committee," comprising representa- tives from across the two counties. The committee met once to consider a for- mula for maximum trustee remuneration, set out for each board in a newly -introduced clause of Ontario's Education Act. Under the Conseryative govern- ment of Mike Harris, annual remuneration for all Ontario school board trustees was set Municipality of Huron East Requires ELECTION PERSONNEL for the 2006 Municipal Election to be held on November 13th, 2006 If interested in a position contact by phone: Jack McLachlan or Janice Andrews at 519052700160 or 1.888.868.7313 at $5,000. The new formula retains $5,000 as a base amount, but also includes factors for the enrolment and the distance travelled to meetings in each board, and these are used to determine a maximum over- all remuneration. The Huron -Perth board's citizens' committee - which is also required under the new regulation - recommended the maximum amount for . the period following November's municipal election, as well as the maximum retroactive payment for the final year of the current trustees' man- date. Stratford trustee Ron Marcy cautioned there has been no indication, as yet, about provincial funding for the retroactive payment, so he suggested . an amendment stating the 2005-06 payment would be "contingent on fund- ing." Commitment has. already been announced by the Education Ministry for fund- ing for the increased remu- neration in future years.