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Times Advocate, 1997-11-26, Page 8Page 8 Times -Advocate, November 26, 1997 CDMMIThJIT Y Reaping the harvest Lions Club delivers phone books A harvest bee on Saturday ensured that 20 acres of corn was harvested and taken to the elevator for the Varna, Goshen and Stratford Centennial United Churches Canadian -Food Grains Bank growing project. It is estimated that the project will have raised approximately $3,000- in cash from donations and the sale of corn, which will be matched 4-1 by. the Canadian International Developmental Agency. Corn harvest benefits hungry By Joan Beierling - Varna correspondent V,ARN A •- The Stan Lee Club will he .holding their _ annual Christmas party December .3 at 6 -p.m. at the Blue. Fountain in Clinton. Call Charles Reid or Bob - Stirling it you are interested or for more information. Varna U C.W. will he having, • their annual Christmas potluck Sup- per December 4 at 6 p.m. A .comhtned church Service. was held• in ,Goshen last Sunday and- - will he in Goshen on Novemher 30.. On Decemher 7 the church ser- . vice will he in Varna and White Gift will be celebrated. As..a result of the Five Alive's "Look Who's Coming to' Dinner". $250 was sent to the Huron County Children`s Aid. Society Christmas- Bureatr-The-etmimittec lannittg. the next Five Alive event already. The Operation Christmas Child . was a -great success.with Many dec-• orated shoe poxes full of useful. items fix needv.children. • Bill Taylor is selling amaryllis • hulks for the Huntington -Society. - The Trends will meet Novemher 28 at Brucefield Church. The Teens will meet at the BrucctieldChurch on November 30 at 1:45 p.m. to play Laserquest in London. The cost will he $7. Foodgrains harvest • Many • people driving between Varna and Bayfield Saturday after- noon stopped to have a look at the old fashioned harvest."hee". There were seven combines, two hig grain buggies, -three trucks. a 'tractor and two grain-huggies in actiim in a 20 -acre field of corn. • it Was a community effort to harvest and move to the elevator corn from .the Varna. Goshen and Stratford -Centennial United Churches Canadian Food Grains Bank grow- ing project.. Earlier in the -year cash donations from members of the three.ehurch- es paid for seed, fertilizer. herbi- cides and erop insurance..Farmers- trom the Varna Goshen churches prepared the field -for planting, planted the corn. applied the weed control and pasted an attractive sign.• Hensafl Co-op supplied -the fertilizer at minimal cost. - Co-ordinator of the proje& vet- eran farmer and Federation of Agriculture leader Gordon Hill esti- - mates there will be approximately S8.000 in cash from donations and the sale of corn to send to the Canadian Food Grains -Bank l'CFGB i in Winnipeg. .This cash donation. when matched- four to. one .hy CIDA • • • • 1Canadir n International.- Developn ental Agency) will give the Bank 540.000 to provide food .assistance in needy countries -around.the world. • The CFGB is•an agency of 13 Canadian churches that work with. overseas.partners assure that as many people as possible have suffi- cicnt tout to enjoy•healthy andpro- duttivelives. , The CFGB•S priority this •year is the North Korean famine..Through. the Bank the -United Church sent a shipment of barley seed late -last . year to Korea and arranged for the purchase of -a shipment of rice tin Asial.to he sent as well. -Again last June. another shipment was sent. this time 13.300 metric tonnes of Canadian wheat worth $4.5 million. A third boat load of grain is also in route now. . In the past year. the United. Churc1Tas- alio conirihu(ed filzld fir. • other needy parts cif the world: to - hungry and sick:children in Iraq;: to Haiti: to Nicaragua: participated in a primary health care project is Jankakiel. India: .supported a women's deVeloPmental project 'in Kenya.. -- . •-T eVan);rGoshessand-Stratford Centennial growing- project is one., of 125 projects in Ontario this year. SANTA SAY • S Ot "Shopping locally gets you #� 'more than just products 11'0 and services"4.: With a long Christmas gift list to fill and not very much time left to fill it, you may be a bit too busy to think about the many "extras" you receive when you shop locally. BONUS #1 Lural businesses depend upon you for their livelihood and they really value your patronage. For this reason, they stuck the kind of quality products that build cus- tomer satisfaction. if you are happy with the things you buy, they.krww you'll shop in their stores again. BONUS 12 - BONUS #i3 Your hometown businesses are small enough to know you personally and that is what makes them "big enough" to serve you properly. You receive cour- tiuus, personal attention and you are never treated as.'just another face to the crowd." Part of every dollar you spend benefits you and your community in the form of taxes paid to your town by these local businesses. Local firms also support lo- cal chanties, service dubs, and minor sports. When you shop out of town. you ate supporting someone else's cvm, munity.... not your own. So,before you go to fill out your gift list, think aboutthese and the many other bonuses that are yours when you shop locally. Give your local businesses what they deserve ... ... AN OPPORTUNITY This message brought to you by ... Main St. Exeter 235-1331 ... your community newspaper. By Carmel sweeney . Zurich correspondent ZURICH - Members of the Zurich Lions Club deliv- ered the 1998 telephone books over the weekend: if you were missed. call president Louis Willett for more information. The old phone hooks can he put in your blue box. The Goderich Little Theatre is presenting "A Christmas Carol" at the Livery Theatre on 35 South Street, running from November 26 -to 29. All perfor- mances begin at 8- p.m. For tickets phone 519-524- 6262. •. . The. Village of Zurich will he,having a Christmas dinner anti dance at the Community Centre on Decemher 6, catered by Jerry Rader with.music hy Red House. Tickets are .available now .at $20 per person at the Munic:ipal.Off ice. The annual family Christmas dinner for the residents of Blue Water Rest Home will he held November 30. Music will hegin at 3 p.m. in the lobby and the first sit- ting will begin at 3:30 p:m. Members of the Auxiliary put up the Christmas decorations and trimmed the trees; ready tis the holiday season. - The Youth Group of•St. Boniface .School will he going to London by -bus inn Novemher 29 to shop at - MasonvilleMail: The snow date is December 6. They will each purchase a small gift for the needy and place it on the angel tree. - ' The .older group held ivhahysitting day in the school gym on Novemher 15 to help out parents who wanted time -to go shopping. • ' The Zurich Optimist Cluh will •he holding a food drive in the village on December 6 from 10 a.m. tri -12 - p.m.. along with helpers from St. Peter's Lutheran Church Youth Group and the Zurich Scouts. All items collected will go to the.Women's Shelter in.Goderich. If you won't he home. you can leave your canned goods at the Lutheran Church Hall that morning. . The-- W.omen'S Institute Will he _having their Christmas meeting at the Township Hall on Decerither 1 at 12 noon: The meal will he catered .by Rini...Erb. - Guests are welcome to attend. Phone president Bridget • Groot. 4743 as soon as possible. - A potluck supper and annual meeting was.held at the Township Hall last Thursday for the Agricultural . Society_ Secretary treasurer Margaret Deichert gave ' the annual report. along with president John Becker. . . A lot of ideas were discussed about- improving next year's Zurich fair in July. -TIle Convention will he held at the. Royal York in Toronto from February 11 to 191 . If you want to go. phone Margaret. - - • Dues are now owed for the coming year. at $4 each. New members -are needed and most. welcome to attend rhe next meeting .0 the town hall on Januar .1"171=4XNEI 125.2t45 RR #3 Gunton Harold Vander Hyder, • v 1,I&* • r-viriton. • vnrr • tilt; • • , neck. Puan • )rots • i leers • Ryrhet • Timms • n^mrint • '•es ip,mcs • f-rrrua 0111141 Home Improvement Specialists advertise here 235-1331 at 8 p.m. • Cash calendar winners for November 23 to 29 were: Rick Gingerich.($100). Jurgen Herrmann, Bill Graham, Jeff McKinnon. Marie Brunzlow, Whitney. • Kramers, Robert Knox ($50each). . Personals . On. Saturday. a surprise 50th hinhday party was held at the Dominion .Tavern for Ron Overholt of RR 2' Zurich. It. was arranged by his wife Marge. His actual hirthdate is on November 25. - Also on Saturday at the Dominion Hotel. a 30th `birthday party was held'for John I;egier, son of Clarence and Joan. His birthday is on November 28. Twenty-two relatives and some friends got together at Erh's Country Restaurant to celebrate three birth- days of•the Klopp family on November 23. Celebrants were: Martha Klopp (30th birthday). of Toronto: her nephew Andrew. Earle. London and a niece. Heidi Klopp. Zurich. Afterwards they 'enjoyed birthday cake and a social- time at the home of Herb and Donna Klopp. . Fourteen members cif the Steckle-Love families had brunch at Erh's to celebrate the ._hirthday of .Brent Steckle on November -22 and Cam Steckle on Novemher 25. Not able to he present,wasAndrea Hampton of Mississauga who was seven years old on November 25. •- - - Happy birthday .wishes to go Marge Srhilbe 170; years). on November 23: to Jeanne•Hay-on November. 29: and Kacey Rothenberg on.November.30. • • A. dedication service was held for Hannah Gingench with parents Rick and Monica at the Mennonite• Church on Novemher 23. This was.followed by a din- •- ner in the fellowship hall with family memberson.both sides attending. - Meagan Sweeney enjoyed seeing the live musical_ "Guys & Dolls". at- Centre on the Square in Kitchener on Friday evening along with her sister BethSweeney . of Grand Bend and Joe Boyle. - - . ' • - . Elizabeth and Pastor John Tremhulak of the Zion Lutheran Church in Dashwood have a second- daugh- ter. horn•on Novemher) 1. named Jennifer Elisabeth. • MacKenzie Lee Consul, daughter of Steve and Deb. was-haptized at:St. Boniface Church on November 22 -hy Fr. Wronskt..The Godparents are Darlene rT_Riturke. Jeff Consttt-and Kim LaPorte. A,get-togeth- - . !owe at the parents' borne.. • - A prise birthday party was held for Bridget. Groot -on Sunday at St. -Boniface Parish hall. Arrangements were made by her-tamily and.hushand John. The actual date of herbirthday was November 20. . • - Three sisters and -two brothers Of Arnold Van. De Boomen returned to _Holland -last week. They had spent eight days here helping. Arnold and C-oby celebrate : !heir 40th anniversary on November 16. • %AM/ s 299. t., rt..ii E ....... .re- carry Echo Stan. Sony. RCA. ;{aches. Hitachi & Linden For a free home demonstration 1 Call A-1 ENTERPRISES 4-804293-2378 Grand Bend/ THC HOME OF THE WEEK... 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