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Scouts Canada looking to raise $150,000 for
community development project in Madagascar
To the Editor,
Scouts Canada is hoping a few
good men and women will step for-
ward to help fund their goodwill
mission to Madagascar.
In July gOp9, 28 youth and
adults from Scouts Canada's Tri -
Shores Council will travel to the
village of Ambato Boeni to com-
plete a hwnanitarian community-
development project, which are
designedto challenge some of .the
sub -Sahara's greatest threats.
Asking the people of Ambato
Boeni themselves what they need-
ed most, their answer_ was simple:
fresh water, classroom, and elec-
tricity. This may seem dike a tall
order: life, learning and light, but
if there's one thing the members
of MAD Project have learned, it's
that human dignity carries no
price tag.
lb tackle the fresh -water con-
cern, the team has already_ sent
$2,000 to the village in order for
the residents to install a well,
which will provide them with
fresh water throughout the sum-
mer. For the claksroom, they will
construct a building that will also
serve as a cyclone shelter and
Scout hall. In Ambato Boeni, only
45 per cent of youth will ever see
the inside of a classroom, not -be-
cause they can't afford an educa-
tion, as that is free, but because
they can't afford a classroom. The
most difficult of the development
priorities will likely be electricity
and various forms r of renewable :.
alternative -energy sources are be-
ing investigated. = s.
Using
a combination_ of funding
from the Canadian Scout Broth-
erhood Fund, personal contribu-
tions, fundraisers and numerous.
personal donations, the MAD
Project aims to. raise $150,000 and
the awareness of the people in
Canada to the many issues facing
the world.
After the 35 -hour commute
to Madagascar and another 12
hours to the village, the team will
face the realities of global . warm-
ing, minimal electricity and zebu
meat. They will also learn they can
change the world, not through :p01-
itics or economy but through their
thoughts, words and actions.
Corning together in . June 2007,
these 28 members have sent out
donation letters, collected silent-,
auction prizes and planned fund-
raisers much bigger than anythir
they've ever done before. While
working a team can have its chat=
lenges, it doesn't begin to compare
to the joys of accomplishing some-
thing so significant
This opportunity is a chance to
help those in need and to teach
Scouts about what a `group of kids
can accomplish with the right
mindset and determination to
succeed. We are not only building
wells, but also leaders and innova-
tive thinkers.
For ' further information about
our project, please contact Creigh-
ton Avery, marketing -and -pub-
licizing youth member, at (519)
666-2484 or via e-mail at careighto-
navery@hotmail.com.
For more info about he project,
visit www.canadianrovers.com
Donations to support this project
can be sent to: Scouts Canada
Project, . '531 Windermere
London, Ont., N5X 2T1 A
charitable tax receipt will be pro-
vided for any donation upon re-
quest.
It goes to show that together, we
can indeed make a difference.
gLton A,verq:
'Merton
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anuary 11, 18
hur Latham, teamster for
omas Govenlock of McKillop
had a narrow escape from serious
injury a few days ago. He was seat
ed' on a load of wood and when de-
scending- the hill at Grieve's bridge
the horsesgot- frightened, and be-
fore he could get proper control of
them part of the load was upset
over the railing near the bridge
and he came near going with it,
but by coolness escaped injury.
Rev. H. Cameron preached his-
farewell
isfarewell sermon at both Kippen
and Hills Green on the Sabbath to
a very large congregation. On New
Year's eve about 40 friends of Rev.
Cameron gathered at the manse
and presented Mr. and Mrs. Cam-
eron with a money purse and two
very nice napkin rings. Y},,
January 8,1909
On Friday dight the home of Mrs.
George Habkirk of Winthrop was
destroyed by fire together with
all the contents. The loss will be
a heavy one to Mrs. Habkrik. She
had an insurance of $200, on the
contents and there was $800, on
the house which belonged to Mr.
Campbell
Stewart Bros. who have been con-
duces a large clothing and gents
_fi rnishing business in Seaforth
have decided to .branch out into
other lines, and with this object
in view. are putting in a complete
line of dry goods, ladies, coats, etc.
They propose altering and enlarg-
ing their present premises, and
will use the south store for the
men's goods, while the north store
will be us,eck for the ladies depart-
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ment.
January 12, 1934
The Expositor is indebted to Mr..
Jos. Corbert, a former Seaforth boy,
now in Detroit for a recent copy of
the Detroit Evening Times show-
ing piciures of Cooney Weiland
well known Detroit hockey player,
and son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry •
Weiland, Egmondville. In addition
to pictures the paper gives Cooney
credit for playing excellent : hock-
ey.044
On January 9, 1884, William
Clark and Harriet E. Coates of
Constance, were united in mar-
riage by Rev. John Fisher of Blyth
and on Tuesday of this week they
celebrated the half a century of
married life. Mr. and Mrs. Clark
settled on the farm where they
now reside and have lived there
since that happy event took place.
For ,the first time in -30- years,
Clerk John A. Wilson of Seaforth,
was : forced to be absent from a
council meeting through illness.
He has been ill at his home for the
past two weeks.
January 9, 1959
General Coach Works of Canada,
Hensall are playing a leading role
in an exciting episode in the mo-
bile home industry which involved
the air lifting of nine tons of mo-
bile homes thousands of miles to
Canada's northland.
At a special meeting of Hensall
Village council Reeve Norman
Jones resigned, , on Wednseday
evening.
James A. Paterson, clerk treasur-
er and tax collector for the village
of Hensall for the past 30 years
resigned 'Monday night at the re-
quest of the municipal council.
Loss in a fire which destroyed a
large L-shaped barn on the farm
of Robert Burchill of concession 3,
Hibbert township with all its con-
tents, was estimated at $50,000.
The blaze killed 175 pigs and 45
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January 11,1983
Although they agree that the
town's employees and merchants
usually do a good job at clearing
snow off Seaforth's sidewalks,
some senior citizens surveyed say
it's been' difficult getting down
Main St. recently.
. He's oFen to change if it will
mean improvements for Seaforth
Public School, but Gary Jewitt,'
the school's new principal, is in no
hurry to make changes. The school
is alreadyenjoying a good rela-
tionship with the community and
that's the way he likes it.
After Cathy and Leslie Glanville
read abot the Van Ess barn,roof
collapsing in Ethel i)n last week's
Huron Expositor, they took a look
at their shed's roof but decided it
didn't need to be cleaned off. But,
last Friday around noon, one wall
buckled and the roof of the 30'. by
90' shed fell in.
The shed and its contents ' etre
insured but the Glanvilles are not
sure of the value of the damages.
Some machinery and four tractors
were damaged, . but not serio usly,
says Mrs. Glanville. 4f