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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2006-11-15, Page 11News The Huron Expositor • November 15, 2006 Pugs 11 Christmas bag offered for ninth year to support Huron Christmas Bureau Susan H u n d e r t m a r k The Huron County Christmas Bureau will get a boost next week as community newspapersacross the county take part in the Christmas bag program for the ninth year. In next week's Huron Expositor, subscribers will find a brown paper bag sponsored by the newspaper and several businesses and indus- tries. Printed on the bag, along with sponsor information, are details of where each of the county bureaus are located and times, gifts and food can be dropped off. It also provides information for people who may need help this Christmas on how to reach the bureau and register. Each year, the bureau collects food and gifts that assist more than 1,000 children and their families across the county. Spearheaded by the Seaforth Huron Expositor, the Seaforth Lions Club and the Seaforth Agricultural Society, newspapers across the county joined forces to promote the use of the bags. The Christmas Bureau served 977 children and their families in 2005, 110 fewer children but before last year, numbers had been rising since 2000. Poverty statistics in Huron County, according to 2001 statistics show that 645 families in Huron County earn less than $10,000 a year with another 1,420 families with annual incomesof less than $20,000. They also show 2,665 children under age 18 living in low income households, 1,580 of them being raised by single parents. In Seaforth, the numbers of .chil- dren using the service dropped last year by 32 children down to 109 in total with. 49 families, Earlier, Seaforth numbers rose from 92 in 2001, 108 in 2002, 120 ST PR* CFS ELTh41NA1}D The Ontario Power Authority takes away your opportunity to renewable energy. On November 8th, 2006 the OPA announced total restrictions to the Standard Offer Program eliminating every Wind, solar, biomass and hydro project in the counties of Bruce, Grey,_ Huron, Perth, Middlesex, Wellington, Lambton as well as parts of Chatham Kent. The OPA proposes that: ➢ Nuclear power in the future is more important than green energy today even though only a fraction of Ontario's population supports the expansion of nuclear plants ➢ You can no longer choose your electricity future as you can no longer be part of community-based generation projects or even operate your own projects This would signify that: Farmers, landowners and stakeholders, as well as the municipalities themselves stand to lose millions of dollars in investments and revenue ➢ By limiting the expansion of renewable projects today, the government is continuing to add to our pollution levels Dwight Duncan, the Minister of Energy, and your MPP need to hear from you. They need to know that you are not happy with these restrictions and tell the Minister or your MPP that the OPA does not have the right to determine your electricity future. Their commitment to you has been broken. Take Action lbday! List of all MPPs for each area Huron --Bruce — Carol Mitchell Tel : 519-482-5630 Fax : 519-482-31.49 email : cmitchell.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound — Bill Murdoch Tel : 519-371-2421 Fax : 519-371-0953 email : hill.murdochco@pc.ola.org Perth --Middlesex — John Wilkinson Tel : 519-272-0660 Fax : 519-272-1064 email : jwilkinson.mpp.co@liberal.ola.cxg Chatham -Kent --Essex — Pat Hoy Tel : 519-351-0510 Fax : 519-351-7714 email : phoy.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org Lambton--Kent--Middlesex — Maria Van Bommel Tel : 519-627-1015 Fax : 519-627-7174 email : mvanbommel.mpp.co@Jiberal.ola.org Dufferin--Peel--Wellington--Grey — John Tory Tel : 519-941-7751 Fax : 519-941-3246 email : john.toryco@pc.ola.org DWIGHT DUNCAN. Minister of Energy Tel: 1-888-668-4636 email: write2us@energy.gov.on.ca http://www.energy.gov.on.ca/ DALTON McGUINf Y. Premier of Ontario Tel: 416-326-1234 Fax: 416-325-3745 http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/ children in 2003 and 141 in 2004. The number of Seaforth families increased from 48 in 2002 to 51 in 2003 and to 59 in 2004. In Goderich, the number of children using the service rose by four up to 259 in total with 134 families. In Clinton, the number of. chil- dren using the service dropped by 26 down to 194 in total with 101 families. In Exeter, the number of children using the service dropped by 17 down to 258 in total with 131 fami- lies. In Wingham, the number of chil- dren dropped by 39 down to a total of 157 with 72 families. This year, Christmas bureaus are located- at First Presbyterian Church in Seaforth, St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Clinton, Exeter United Church in. Exeter, St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Goderich and Wingham United Church in Wingham. Home tour to raise funds for Tinker Tots Four heritage homes and a bungalow will be open for the public to tour during the fifth annual "Christmas at our House" tour, held by the Tinker Tots Nursery School. One of the ,nursery school's major fundraisers each year, the tour will be held Friday, Nov 17 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, Nov 18 from noon to 4 p.m. Jennifer McClinchey, head of the fundraising committee, says the nursery school is hoping to raise $1,500 with the home tour to fund craft materials, new books, toys and field trips. - The homes include the 1895 Baehnisch home on three acres north of Hensall, the 100 -year- old Queen Anne yellow brick home of Mary Lynn MacDonald and Marty Krebs, the antique - filled Pine Sampler furniture store and the Queen Street bun- galow of Jo -Anne Fields and Derek Hippern. d INN OR. WINTER WORK WINTER STORAG WHICH DO YOU NEED?? CALL US TODAY FOR SERVICE ON YOUR SNOWBLOWERS AND MOWERS. CALL. BRIAN OR PAUL FOR SERVICE INFO. 519-347-2251 IJ HURONTRACTORL R.R.#5 MITCHELL, ON NOK 1NO