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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1995-04-05, Page 8Page 8 Times -Advocate, April 5, 1995 CoMMIINITy Time and Talent Auction Only a few of the 150 Items are being displayed here by co -chairpersons Dianne Finkbeiner and Donald Finkbeiner for Friday's Time and Talent Auction sale at Stephen Central School. Wide variety of items ready for Crediton church auction sale CREDITON - Do you like the excitement of auc-, tion sales? If you do , here is one you shouldn't miss. Members and friends of Zion United Church in Crediton and the community have donated close to 150 items to be auctioned off at the Stephen Central School this Friday night, April 7 beginning at 7 p.m. Viewing begins at 6.30 p.m. Taking turns in accepting your bids will be auction- eers Bob Heywood and Jack Riddell and veteran auc- tion clerk Delton Finkbeiner will be recording your highest offers. In this Time and Talent Auction , with both live and silent bids accepted, the wants of all persons in attendance will be satisfied. For those with appetites their will be home -.made pickles, delicious baking items once -a -month for a year, a number of gift cer- tificates for area restaurants, food and convenience stores and gas bars , microwave popcorn, gourmet mustard, maple syrup and a five pound chocolate bar. In addition to 50 pounds of fully processed beef and a side of pork, the live auction will be alive and squealing as a live piglet is being offered. In the line of services there will be an oil change and lube for a year, oil undercoating, lawn cutting and trimming, weed'n feed your lawn, karate instruc- tions, baby sitting, gas and oil furnace cleaning, pri- vate home care assistance, two hassle free children's parties, snow removal, driving lessons, gasoline and oil vouchers, painting or carpentry for one day, a hair shampoo, computer training, a hair perm, and a home-made dinner for six. For the holiday minded persons, how about a week at a Lake Huron cottage , a weekend at a Pine Lake trailer, two nights at a local bed and breakfast facility, a six hour fishing trip on Lake Huron, Lake Erie or Maintoulin Island, a season's pass to Pinery Park, theatre tickets, dinner and concert tickets and for a good view from the air there is a one hour airplane flight. For the farmer and home gardener there will be cat and dog food, 100 bales of hay, a load of manure and beef concentrate supplement, Add to this quilts, comforters, afghans, sweaters, blankets, knitted sets, toys, fashion jewelry and a large quantity of wooden carvings, shelves, cutting boards, lamps, security and vanity lights, hanging baskets, etc. If you don't see anything here that interests you, come anyway, between now and Friday what you would want will likely be added. Additional dona- tions are coming in every day. A bake table will be set up along with a food booth. Coffee will be free. Baby sitting services are also available. All proceeds wil go to church and community pro- jects. Any further information may be obtained by contacting Don Finkbeiner at 234-6278 or Dianne Finkbeiner at 238-2670. Winning science projects sent to Goderich competition By Carmel Sweeney ZURICH - Congratulations to those chosen from grade seven and eight at St. Boniface School who are going to compete in the Huron Regional Science Fair being held at the K. of C. Hall in Goderich on April 4. Winning entries were from Natalie Overholt, on bananas; Brian Vermunt and Shaun Du- charme, compost for corn; Vicky Smith, hand lotion comparison; and Kate Gillespie and Emily Miller, on mildew -free tiles. Drama Club The Drama Club of South Huron District High School competed at the Sears Drama Festival held in St. Marys last Friday and Saturday where they performed scenes from their last school play called "What Glorious Times They Had" Nellie McClung". Those in the play from Zurich were Marty Vanderhoek and Renee Sweeney. Personals Glen and Marg Necb returned home on the weekend after a two week vacation in Florida. Also back home from the sunny south are Joe Miller, Dot Hess, Marie Cyr and Paul and Joan Ducharmc. Don and Alice Masse have re- cently moved from Main St. into their new home at Parkside subdivi- sion while the family of Nick and Chris Littlechild are moving back over to East St., across from the ball diamond. Martin and Cheryl Gelinas, and Rose -Marie Rothenburg and two • children, Zurich attended a birthday party for Joey Overholt in London on Saturday night, given by his mother Sharon Silverstein and Keva. Joe's birthday was on March 30. Happy birthday wishes go out to Chantel Gelinas on March 31; Lau- ra Shanks (12 years old); happy 50th to Isidore LaPorte on April 4; and on April 5 Brittany Eybergen in Georgia. Shawn Paul Regier, son of Bren- da and Kevin Regier was baptized at St. Boniface Church oh Sunday, April 2 by Fr. Wronski. Bill and Carol Butler, Sarnia were dinner guests on Sunday at the home of her sister Carmel and Jerome Sweeney, along with daughter Heather and Paul Klopp and two children. Robert and Alma Westlake and Jayne spent the the March break holidays in Florida. Greta Kerswill from Akron, Ohio spent last week visiting with her sister Annie Finkbeiner while her granddaughter Micky and husband Jim Burns and three children stayed at the home of Donna and Herb Klopp. They also visited with other relatives in the area. Happy 93rd birthday wishes are extended to Juliette Denomme on April 3. A family get-together and cele- bration was held at the farm house of daughter Yvonne and Michael Hartman near Bayfield on Sunday following Mass for her intentions which was attended by all her chil- dren and their spouses with grand- children. A delicious dinner was prepared by Richard Erb's Catering. Luella Willert is back home after spending the past four months in Alberta where she visited with family members. She attended the funeral of her son Carl Willert in Olds, Alberta on March 22. Her daughter-in-law Ruth Willert from Innisfail, Alberta returned home with Luella to spend a week visiting with her sisters and rela- tives in the area. Barbershop show The Seaforth Harmony Kings Barbershop show will be held this Saturday, April 8 at the Seaforth Community Centre at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. The theme will be "The Homecoming". Tickets are $8.00 in advance or at the door. Retiree After 20 years of cleaning the municipal office and library, custo- dian Gertie Fleischauer put in her last day on Friday, March 31 and even did the spring cleaning before leaving. Bonnie Groot, RR 1 Zu- rich has taken over her job. Best wishes to Genie on her re- tirement. Vic and Irene Hartman returned home Saturday night after a two- week vacation on St. Martin's Is- land. Euchre Six tables of euchre players at- tended a card party of the Golden Agers held at the Hay township hall. Their next one is being planned for Monday, April 24 beginning at 7:30 p.m. It costs 52.00 at the door which includes lunch. Hay Days '96 The Sesquicentennial tickets for Hay Days '96 are now on sale from various committee members. Diane Thiel, 236-4606, Heather Klopp 4291. Shirley Mousseau 236-4610 or Don Weigand at 237-3418. The $20 tickets draws will be held for six weeks beginning on Wednesday, May 10 at the Zurich Co=op. • you're finding your g expenses too much to handle. Here's help The need for prescription drugs shouldn't make anyone have to choose between health and financial hardship. Starting on April 1, people with unmanageable drug expenses can get help through the new Trillium Drug Program. The chart below shows the annual out-of-pocket amount an individual or family will have to pay for prescription drugs before they can apply. Once people are eligible, the Ministry of Health will pay for approved prescription drugs. The new Trillium Drug Program will mean a healthier, more secure future for thousands of people struggling to pay for the prescription drugs they need. If you think you qualify, start saving your receipts for prescription drugs on April 1. More information and an application kit are available from the Ministry of Health at 1-800-268-1154, Toronto 314-5518, TTY 1-800-387-5559, or from your local pharmacy. If your annual net family income is: Each year you pay the first: NET INCOME SINGLE FAMILY OF TWO FAMILY OFTHREE FAMILY OVER THREE $20,000 or kss $ 500 $ 400 $ 350 $ 300 25,000 - 725 625 575 525 30,000 950 850 - 800 750 40,000 1,400 1,300 1,250 1,200 50,000 1,850 1,750 1,700 1,650 60,000 2,300 2,200 2,150 • 2,100 70,000 2,750 2,650 2,600 2350 80,000 3,200 3,100 3.050 . 3.000 90,000 3,650 3,550 3,500 3,450 . 100,000 4,100 4,000 3,950 - _ 3,900 L\J 't -� TRILLIUM DRUG PROGRAM For people with unmanageable drug expenses 4