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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1996-03-13, Page 21Qi Times -Advocate, March 13, 1996 Page 21 YoungstefS into church Muriel Lewis GRANTON - Emerson and Marty Wallis recently returned from two months vacation at Mar- gate, Florida which is near Deer- field Beach where their son Kevin and family resides during the win- ter months. At the Granton United Church on Sunday, March 10 Pastor Nor- malie Voakes entitled her sermon "Under the cover of darkness" based on the lessons from Genesis 12, Romans 4 and John 3. Mik- hayla Marie Louise Cini, daughter of Bonnie (Harloff) and Ice Cini was welcomed_ into the fellowship of the church in a service of bap- tism. Matthew Cini, brother of Mikhayla and cousin Emilee Had - off assisted in preparing the font. Savanagh Chantalath presented the Word of God before the work - ship and Christopher Mills lit the candles representing the light of the World. Flowers in the sanctuary were from the funeral of Frank De - Block, father of Nancy Mills who died on March 1. At St. Pauls Anglican Church in Kirkton on Sunday, the Rev. Tim- othy Connor's message was about the Gift of the Living Water from the Savior Jesus Christ. A time of fellowship followed the service. UCW Unit one met on Monday eve - Welcomed fellowship ning March 4th at Debbie Toll's home when Maureen from Camp Kee -mo -Kee was the guest speaker and showed a promotion- al video tape about the camp. Ideas were shared to advertise it around this area. After a dessert tea break, Debbie read "thank you God". The General Meeting on April 9 was announced during the business and the group decid- ed to remember Nancy Mills in the loss of her father on March 1. Unit 3 had an open meeting at the church on Tuesday evening, March 5 when husbands and oth- er visitors attended to hear the guest speaker Lillian Kluka of Fullarton. She is a pilot with Great Lakes and brings the ships into dock. Lillian also comment- ed on her previous experience in a slide presentation when she worked her way up through the ranks and became a captain. Granton 11 4H dub The Granton 4H club met on Thursday, March 6 at the home of leader Jean McIlhargey for their fifth meeting featuring mi- crowaving. They cooked three recipes, namely garlic bread, chi- li chelli and vanilla rice pudding. Plans were also made for the Achievement Night at the Ma- sonic Hall on March 21st at 7 o'clock. Salary roll* backs may save jobs MIDDLESEX - Although the London and Middlesex County Ro- man Catholic School Board is still awaiting the final financial numbers from the province, trustees ap- proved in principle, at their regular meeting Monday night, a System Response to the reductions that could include wage and salary roll- backs as a means of saving money and jobs. The concept was presented to all employee groups, union and non- union, last week and invited their response to the proposed action if it was required. In a worst case sce- nario the plan indicates that the re- duction in funding from the prov- ince could be as high as $7 million on an annualized basis. The plan suggested that in order to meet this financial shortfall 131 full time equivalent staff would have to be laid off. However, the plan goes on to say that if all employee groups agreed to a salary and wage roll- back of up to 10.3 per cent it would allow the board to save these jobs. The plan also outlines other possi- ble areas where the board might make reductions that would lessen the salary rollback and prevent pay- offs. Zurich skaters to perform at carnival The performance is planned for this Sun- day at the arena. Carmel Sweeney ZURICH - The Zurich and Area Figure Skating Club Carnival will be held at the Arena this Sunday, March 17 at 2 p.m. The theme is "Holidaze on Ice". Club members are selling tickets at $4.00 for adults, children six to anne at 236-4189. Mission festival Several women from the Men- nonite Church spent March 2 in Leamington to attend a Jubilate 100 Mission Festival. Euchre party The next progressive euchre par- ty will be held at the Township Hall on March 25, at 7:30 p.m., sponsored by the Golden Agers. Lions dub The Lions Club will be holding 12 years $1.00 and five years and their Zone District Adversy meet - under are free, or phone president ing at the Dominion Tavern on Brenda Schilbe at 236-4805. Tick- March 13 with members coming ets can be purchased at the door for from of r clubs. the same pri pia __ H�o y' ngse,�tthe Lions elcome to attend. Sup - The Seaforth Harmony Kings per is at 7 p.m. Phone president will be putting on their annual Bar- bcrshop Show on Saturday, March Louis Willert,236-4240. CWL 30 at the Seaforth Community Cen- tre with two performances, 2:00 Any C.W.L. members wishing to .p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Tickets are attend a special dinner at the parish $8.00' for adults and $4.00 for stu- hall on March 19 for the Installs ,ition of Officers of the new execu- dents, available from Don Ginge- rich 236-4852, Zurich or Williams Hairstyling in Hensall at 262-2102 (Bill Gibson). The theme is "West- ward Ho! - oh -oh". Day of Reflection A `Day of Reflection' was held at St. Boniface Parish last Tuesday with 35 C.W.L. members from Mt. Carmel, St. Joseph, Zurich and Del- aware. Father Hurdle from Delaware gave the retreat, with special slides, music and a video to reflect on the Lenten season, ending the service with Mass in the church. Optimist club The Optimist Club are having a Youth Dance on Friday, March 15 at the Zurich Arena from7 to 10 p.m. for ages 11 to 15 years. The cost is $3.00 at the door. Hook's Party Sound will supply the music. The Optimist Club is making plans for a bingo on April 20 at the Community Centre at 7:00 p.m. All proceeds will go to the Children's Hospital, through the Miracle Net- work Telethon in June. W.I. The Women's Institute held an all day quilting bee at the Town Hall recently and completed four baby quilts. They enjoyed a potluck supper and a short meeting. President Bridget Groot an- nounced that the next meeting will be held at the Spruce Villa Com- mon Room at 1:30 in the afternoon on April 1. Speaker Pastor Ross Thomson from St. Peter's Lutheran Church will reflect on Lent. Everyone is welcome. Quilting bee The annual quilting bee and work-a-thon was held at St. Peter's Lutheran Church Hall on March 12 with a good turnout. They enjoyed a potluck supper afterward. Poor boy luncheon A poor boy luncheon and "One Hitch Baking Contest" will take place at St. Peter's Lutheran Church fellowship hall on March 24 after the morning service. Seven men will be judges. Coaches wanted The Ladies ball team are looking for coaches for the upcoming sea - sat. If you can help, phone Rox- tive are to phone Coby VandeBoo- men fortickets as soon as possible, 236-4038. The roast beef meal will cost $10, catered to by Rini Erb. Fr. Wronski will say Mass at 6:00 p.m. with dinner beginning at 7 p.m. The new president will be Joan Regier. Youth Group The Youth Group of St. Boniface and St. Peter's Parish will be bowl- ing on March 19 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Town and Country Lanes. Anyone in Grade five and six planning to attend is to let Sandra Regier know at 236-7599, or Deb- bie Pennings at 236-7750 as soon as possible. The cost is $4.00, with a snack. Girl's Club On March 14 the Girl's Club will tour the Tasty -Nu Bake Shop at 10:00 a.m. followed by a brown bag lunch, games and baking in the afternoon at the Mennonite Church Hall. Hockey teams win Congratulations to both the Mid- get and Bantam hockey teams on winning the WOAA 'E' divisions. They advance to the OMHA semi- finals. The Midgets meet Walpole Island, Saturday, March 16 at 8 p.m. in Zurich and Sunday at Wal- pole Island at 5:00 p.m. The ban- tams play Cayuga on Tuesday in Cayuga and March 16 in Zurich. Game times are posted at the arena. Senior Diners A good attendance of Zurich Senior Diners met March 6 at the Community Centre. Faye Skinner welcomed all diners and visitors. Susan Gyname was the 50/50 win- ner. Elaine Dunn from Huron Ridge Flowers gave a demonstra- tion of a spring flower arrange- ment,. which was won by Gert Du- rand. Progressive euchre followed. Winner were: High Annie Fink- beiner, Second high Sheldon Wein; Lone hands Gertie Flefichauer. Anyone interested in helping out at the Zurich Diners meal at noon on Wednesdays at the community centre is to phone Faye Skinner at 235-0258. Personals A bridal shower was held for Jeanette Kaak last Friday night at St. Boniface Parish hall. She is the. fiancee of Kevin Masse, son of Clare and Lucille, Zurich. The couple ere planning to be married on May 4. Jean Fleming of Mt. Carmel spent a couple days last week visit- ing with her mother Theresa Hart- man and she attended the `Day of Reflection' at St. Boniface on March 5. Victor and Irene Hartman have: returned home after spending the; past five weeks in Florida at Holi day Beach, near Tampa. They en-; joyed visiting with Ralph and; Au- •Xt -ii,6 ,311,yrVcri.sertk.:!! ; Jean Armstrong on March 10; Tin Erb who is 11 years old on March 21; and Melissa Meidinger. A family get-together and 19th birthday supper was held for Renee Sweeney on Sunday at her parents home. Beth Sweeney from Toron- to, Joe Boyle from Grand Bend and !he Klopp family from Zurich at- tended. Get well wishes for a speedy re- covery is extended to Deb Overholt who is home from hospital. Mike and Charlene Overholt and Mark and Deb Regier enjoyed last: weekend at the Wheels Inn, Chat- ham. Also at the Wheel's Inn for a couple of days were the families of Wayne and Denise Meidinger and Jerry and Debbie Pennings. Karl and Mary Regier and Butch and Helen Regier returned home after a two week holiday in Florida. They visited with relatives who were down south on holidays too. Andrew and Alida Rau returned home recently from a month at Daytona Beach, Florida. They vis- ited with Marinus and Maria Ver- munt while there. The school children are now on a two-week March break. Paul and Dorothy Ducharme re- cently returned home after spend- ing six weeks in Florida at Clear- water, St. Petersburg. Darryl and Tilly Rau, RR 2 Zu- rich, returned home over the week- end after spending the past couple months in the sunny south. Best wishes for a speedy recov- ery are extended to Doily Jeffrey, who is a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital.Congratulations to There- sa and Steve Finkbeiner on the re- cent arrival of their fourth child, Ashley Jean, born February 27. Proud grandparents are Harold and Doreen Dietrich, Zurich. Laura Simpson attended the fu- neral of her father on March 1 in Stratford. Recent weekend visitors with Clarence and Beattie Geoffrey were their children, Gary and Anna Geoffrey from Windsor and their son Brian from Detroit; and daugh- ter Mary -Anne and Jim Vanos and family from Brampton. The occa- sion was their Dad's birthday. Barb O'Connor from Lake Bltit% Chicago, is spending a couple weeks vacation with her mother Jerry Kane. Members of the 'novice hockejr team spent the weekend near Barrie to take par in , s tournament at Creams* ca htfonday. Moving on to next phase of training "We are happy to report that ALL Exeter, Grand Bend and Bayfield businesses allowed Delta into • their establishment..." Dear Editor: The dog with the florescent green "bib" that Exet- er residents may have seen over the past year along the Town's streets has now moved on to the next phase of her training. Delta, a Black Labrador Re- triever is now at the Canine Vi- sion Centre (CVC), in Oakville to learn more about her new ca- tcer guiding blind clients. For the next month, Delta will be busy sharpening her skills with professional trainers along the streets near the Centre in Oakville. The outcome of her training will be known in a couple of months. We are hop- ing she will graduate as a Guide Dog later this year. We would like to take this op- portunity to thank all our friends and local businesses who permitted us to bring Delta into their homes and buildings and to various events to expose her to a wide variety of experi- ences. This exposure is critical to her training to assist her when she meets various obsta- cles and challenges in her career ahead. In our travels over the past year, we were only refused entry into 2 of 12 restaurants we tried taking Delta to. We are happy to report that ALL Exet- er, Grand Bend, and Bayfield businesses allowed Delta into their establishment after we ex- plained the process of socializ- ing and training a CVC dog. Special thanks to her caring veterinarian, Dr. Ellen Shapiro and staff, and to the owners (Tom and Cathy) and staff of Seip's valu-mart where she fre- quently went on shopping sprees. We suspect that some of the more frequent shoppers to the grocery store thought she was in charge of quality control of the dog food aisle! Delta also benefitted from being able to spend time during the day at the Conservation Authority office. Thanks to Tom Prout and staff for their understand- ing in allowing Delta to experience an office setting. We'll attempt to keep you updated on her progress. Patrick and Patti Donnelly ' oncrns about ..If,we don't fight for our rights, what rights will be have?... Dear Editor: I am a member of OPSEU and would like to ex- press some of my concerns related to this strike. First of all, I wish I wasn't on the picket line! I would much rather be working,• doing my job and helping others, but our government has forced us to take this stance. The two sides do appear far apart, but I put a lot of that blame on the news media. Ever since the talks started, the news media has por- trayed us as "Greedy Civil Servants" wanting more than the average Ontarian has. No! We want to maintain what the "average" Ontarian has and en-, sure our Greedy Politicians don't keep taking away from the hard working people in the province. When I listen to people discussing the issues, they do not have any idea on the real issues - nor do they seem to care. Most people do not realize that the government does not have to force massive lay-offs as planned, that most of the 13,000 jobs would he dealt with by attrition and retirements within three to four years. The •government is not taking away any of their (the governments) benefits - even if they only have five years of service, but want to take away from a person who has worked hard for 25+ years. Ask your MPP what benefits he/she will sacrifice - his/her full pension, his/her $7000 train- ing allowance, the many other perks MPPs get, the salaries they get? What about management in the Civil Service? Are they affected? Let me assure you, they (management) do make more than OP- SEU members in many ways! Throughout this strike no one has called the gov- ernment to task for not negotiating with OPSEU. During the past few months when our teams were at the tables, the government wasn't concerned about negotiating our contract, they were worried about essential services, and still that's their only concern. Let's talk about our contract - maybe if they were willing to bargain properly in the first place, this strike could have been avoided and all services maintained on the levels Ontarians deserve! Now we get blamed for not predicting freak snow squalls and slippery road conditions and allowing adults to drive on roads with white outs and icy sections at regular speeds! Did anyone not stop to think that bad weather and driver error might have played a part in these major accidents or that manager did not call OPSEU members off the line in time? We are also part of Ontario. We have family members that do not belong to OPSEU and worry for their health and safety too. We still travel on the roads. We still require some of the services that have been slowed down, yet we are fighting right now to save them, so for example, next winter the amount of sanders and salters aren't reduced because our gov- ernment has laid -off too many people. Do we want these same conditions we see during this strike to be resumed next winter? It could happen! Who will be to blame then? OPSEU members for working too much overtime because the government laid -off people to save money and finance a 30 per cent tax OP strife. reduction? When 13,000+ people are laid -off what effect will that have on the economy? My dollars will be spent where I can get the most for my mon- ey. I now try to keep most of my money in town to support small business, but if local businesses can't compete, what will happen to them? We are entering tough times and not one OPSEU member will deny that, nor will they tell you cuts are not required, but if we would be consulted, there are many ways to cut other than cutting jobs. If I am working, I help to stimulate the economy. My mon- ey is just as good as any other Ontarians. If I were to drive a Cadillac, I would be an "overpaid Civil Ser- vant", but if a business person drives the same car they would be considered to be wise even if they were over inflating price and /or practicing bad busi- ness habits. There really seems to be different rules for different folks and I can't believe how people re- fuse to look at the whole picture. Our strike is just the beginning. The cuts, if allowed to continue, will be felt by all. I just hope we don't see reemergence of monopolies (lots of large businesses buying smaller ones to keep all the wealth). I think we will! Most people want to work and live comfortably. Our politicians want to take•that away from us. How many of our politicians want to cut education like Jr. Kindergarten and college and university pro- grams? Would our MPP's support these cuts if it di- rectly affected their children? If programs such as Jr. Kindergarten are so bad than why was and is our local MPP's children in the program? Our teachers educate our children, guide our children, help our children become adults and valuable citizens. Our government wants them to do more with Icss - the same that is expected from OPSEU. Think about your job. Do you do more for less? If we don't fight for our rights, then what rights will we have? My hope is that jobs can be maintained so jobs can be created. I want my children to grow up to have the same opportunities as others and with this government I don't see that happening. We see large corporations and banks making record profits - yct laying off staff. I guess it is true that some is not enough, it is all or nothing! I don't expect everyone to share my point of view and I respect that. I also expect that respect in return for my opinions. I be- lieve in my Union and I will support my Union, not only for me, but for all OPSEU members and all others affected by the government cutbacks. My fu- ture is as uncertain as others as I have very little sen- iority in my job, but I do believe hard work, no mat- ter who you are or who you work for deserves to be rewarded. Our government does not. My Union would be very happy to discuss their position with you. Call them at 1-800-268-7376. If you support us, call your MPP or give us a honk as you drive by. It does wonders to help our spirits. In closing I would like to thank the Good Samaritan the "school teacher" who gave us the coffee money. It warmed us in more ways than one! Yours truly, Karen Mattucci Exeter, Ontario • ,