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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1997-03-05, Page 7_FAMILY Times -Advocate, Mdreh 5, 1997 Page 7 Public speakers Congregational meeting planned at Elimville First place winners of the Legion Public Speaking contest held last Tuesday are pictured at right. From left, (back row) Paul Gregus, senior grades, Julie Hearn, intermediate grades, Alyza Tarmohamed, (front row) Mark Dietrich, junior and Faith -Anne (Nagler, storytelling. Second place winners included Zak Homuth and Kevin Overholt. Third place awards were given to Meghan O'Rourke and Karen Passmore. Items on the agenda include the future of the manse and pasto- ral relations. Rhoda Rohde Thames Road correspondent THAMES ROAD - Rev. Jock • Tolmay was in -charge of Lent 11i Sunday service at Thames Road United Church. He told thc.children an interesting.story. The title 'of his sermon was "Je- sus the janitor." On March 6 -the • Sunbeams will meet at Thames Road at 9:30, a.m. On March 12 a joint congrega- tional meeting of the t iraiT,cs Counterfeit $10 bill passed in Lambton LAMBTON COUNTY - Lamb - ton County police have received numerous calls regarding counter- feit $10 being passed.. - The hills appear either washed out or darker in color and upon -- closer examinatjon. are of ques- tionable quality. OPP have re- ceived reports of Occurrences in Grand Bend, Petrolia and Corunna. Thc serial numbers of the passed hills are: ",TZ5190988. BDG 17 i 8843, ATY4403318, BDD1039752. Police ask anyone who suspects they have received counterfeit hills to contact their nearest detachment 8f the OPP. Figure skaters present `Olympic Dream on Ice' By Carmel Sweeney Zurich correspondent -..... .----.--'ZLZJ3IPH2lmc Town and Counts Lancs will he holding a Big Brothers and Sisters 'Bowl for Millions'friiiii irCh 2 o..T'67Pormnr inftirination• phone 235-3307. There arc sponsor sheets -available at the n i Bowting Lanes. • The 'W'orld Day. of Prayer will be held on March .7 atthe Zurich United Church at 2 15 p.m. ' About 80 children from grades five to nine attended a Youth Rally at St. Boniface last Saturday. The team and musical group (12 in all) came from Montrose, Michigan for the day. - • - A co-ed volleyball tournament- will he held March 14, 15 and 16 at St. Boniface School- gym and the Community Centre' sponsored by the Knights.of Columbus to raise.money.for paving stones. Mate information and forms can be-obtainedfrom Peter and Carolyn Mathonia at 236-43881 Si. - Boniface C.W.L. will he holding. a Day of Reflection in. the Parish Hall during the March Break on -March 13 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m: The. speaker will he Sister Alice -Marie McDonald. Bring a brown bag lunch - and refreshments will he provided. • There were 10 tables in play ata card party hosted -by the Golden Agers at the Township hall recenth . High winners from -the pink cards. was Bern • Denomme and Aldene Wolfe, Dashwood: white card high Elmer Hayter. Varna, Elizabeth Grainer: Lone hands was a tie between Emil Becker. Dashwood and Irene Blackwell. Herisall. The next euchre party will. be held on March 24 at 7:30 p.m. The 'admis- sion is $2. Door prizes were won by Orlen Schwartzentruber. Laird Jacohe,.lrene Hoffman and Alice Thiel. Fr. Wronski will be celebrating 30 years in the priesthood on March 9'..A• special Mass will be said at 10 a.mrat •St. Boniface Church followed by -a parish potluck brunch held at the Zurich Community Centre at 11 a.m. The Zurich and Area Figure Skating Clubs Ice Skating Carnival is scheduled for March 9 at 2 p.m. at the Zurich" Arena. The theme will be "The Olympic Dream on Icc.'•. . • • • . • Tickets at the door will cost $4 for adults and $I for children six to 12 years old. • Capsule Comments with Ernie Miatello March is Kidney Month. Diabetes. high blood pressure., genetic factors and infection are some Of the conditions which can lead t0 kid- ney failure. Each day. en average of eight Ca- nadians learn that their kidneys will fail.! And there are never enough kidneys available for transplant. It takes about six months for a finger nail to grow from cuticle to the tip of the finger. The middle three finger nails grow faster than the thumb and pinky. Fast-growing nails are a sign of good nourishment. However no one food or substance can promote nail growth and that includes gelatin. In a few years the flu 'shot' should become a flu 'nose spray': Work is being done in Texas on this new form of flu vaccine which could last two years instead of the current one year with the shots. • Zinc is a mineral that is -important to our immune - system and to our senses of taste and smell. The normal daily requirements are 12-15 mg. which we get from our water and from meat. There is some evi- dence that sucking on zinc -containing lozenges car shorten the du1e- tion of a cold. However, taking megadoses of zinc- (over 50 mg) for long periods of time is not recommended. HURON APOTHECARY Ltd. Phone 235-1982 440 Main St., Exeter "Your Health Care Pharmacy" There is a Community Centre Fundraising: Dance at•the Arena on April 11 from8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Music will be provided by Night Wind.. Advance -tickets cost $7.50 each. available from Carol Prang. or Barh.Jef-- frev. Tickets will cost $8 at the door. • Personals A Kuck and doe will he -held at the Zurich Community Centre on March 8 for Marc Crane and Shannon Mungar. .!Kevin and Joanne Oke recently enjoyed four days in Las Veas:.•L- A speedy recovery is wished to Betty Oke who broke her ankle- recently. . Birthday wishes go to Clarence, Geoffrey. February 28:' Shelley. Hay. Hensall. on February. 25: Josie Denomme on February.26: Todd Stephan• Match 3; Charlie Rau Jr. who was 16' on March 4; Renee Sweeney who was 20 on March 7; Katie Mathonia on February 28; and Berit Wallace on February 27.. A'speedy recosen• is wished to.Donna Meurer and Adeline Denomme who are -in hospital. • • • -• • - . Lisa and Marty Merner hada baby-bciy, Cody *Robert born February 25. He is the first grandchild for Bob and Toiitie Merner, Zurich. • Ivan and Rose Mary Bedard enjoyed a Caribbean cruise last week. Victor and Irene -Hartman spent two weeks in Costa Rico. John and Diane Wilds spent the -weekend in Kitchener. Josephine Denomme and Sharon Rau .returned home •recently from a 'two-week vacation in Florida where they visited with Sharon's parents Ge- rald and Ursuta Regier and did some sightseeing. - Great fun and many surprises greeted Bent Wallace this past weekend "on her 70th .birthday. Secret. arrangements were. made with the- help of long-throe•friend. Jeanne Hay. for Bent to arrive at Erb's Country Kitchen for a birthday dinner on Thursday where Berit was served by a "new wait- ress" who turned out to her daughter Shelley from Calgary: She was then taken on an unplanned trip to Benmiller, ;where a family reunion was held on friday evening. To round out the weekend, she -was again surprised on Saturday evening when family and manyfriends from the area held a din- ner in her honor at the Benmiller Inn. - • - Berit's daughter Shelley and granddaughter Lani are extending their vis- it to Zurich until the end of the week and will be returning to Calgary on Sunday. ffista A cozy fire in seconds and no payments 'tiI Jan '98t Call•today for details on a natural gas fireplace TOWN 6c COUNTRY HOME COMFORT 359 Main St. Exitar • 23S-2032 v Road-Elimville 'Pastoral • Charge will be held in Elimville United Church at 7:30 p.m. . The Ibllowing itetns will be.dis- cussed: •• • • possible. sale of the manse: • • pastoral relations concerns re-. garding - ministry, and a request to Presbytery: for vacancy status on . the Thames Road-Elimville Pasto- ral Charge. These matters will be voted on at this meeting. . A series of'Lenten Bible studies will be held Thursday evenings at the manse at 7:30 p.m.. Personals! Bill. and , Rhoda . Rohde were Tuesday evening 'supper .guests. with Arnold and Marion Cann. Arnold. and Marion Cann entcr- •tained an Thursday .evening for supper, Rick and Judith Parker. Tim. Erin. Ryan and Megan; Brad and Jane Cann. Nathan. Justin and .Hayden: and Brian Parsons in hon- - or of Ryan Parker's fifteenth birth- day. 0 Quite a number of people from this arca • called at . the Hopper • Hockey Funeral Home. Exeter to pay their respect to the late Nor- man Johns on Thursday and also attended • his funeral on Friday. Sympathy is extended 10 his wife Jean. John. 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