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The Times Advocate, 2004-01-07, Page 3Wednesday,January 7, 2004 Exeter Times—Advocate 3 Granton -Wesley annual meeting Feb. 1 By Muriel Lewis GRANTON CORRESPONDENT GRANTON - Regular activities including school attendance will be resuming this week following the glorious Christmas season. No doubt winter will be returning also, as lower temperatures are predicted. At the Granton Wesley United Church on Sun., Jan. 4, Lay Pastor Val Hodgins entitled the message 'What Can I Give.' The lessons were from Isaiah 60 and Matthew 2. Dylan Jones lit the Christ Candle. The Ministry of Music was '0 Beautiful Star of Bethlehem.' Unit one hosted the social time before the service. The annual meeting is scheduled for Feb. 1. At St. Paul's Anglican Church, Kirkton on Sun., Jan. 4, Rev. Dalice Sim celebrated the Holy Eucharist. The message was about the wise men who were guided by a star to worship the baby Jesus, and returned home another way to escape King Herod. The lessons were read by Brent Blackler, and Christine Downey also assisted in leading the service. Horticultural society seeking volunteers By Liz Sangster HENSALL CORRESPONDENT HENSALL - The next regular meeting of the Hensall South Huron Agricultural Society will be held on Mon. Jan. 26 in the auditorium of the Hensall and District Community Centre at 7 p.m. The annual meeting of the Hensall and Community Horticultural Society will be held on Thurs. Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Hensall United Church. The Society is looking for volunteers to fill executive and director positions. If interested please phone 262-2715. At Carmel Presbyterian Church Tracy Whitson- Bahro's message was "New Year's Discovery". Joyce Pepper was the organist with Harry Smith receiving the offering. Whitson-Barhro had a special Children's Story. At Hensall United Church the greeter was Lillian Beer with Judi and Doug Walker looking after the ushering duties. Ross Kercher attended the ele- vator. Lauralee Schnieder was the organist for the Ministry of Song. The Passing of the Peace fol - Child car seat clinics a success POINT EDWARD - Thanks to eight child car seat clinics held between April and October 2003, 216 more children in Sarnia- Lambton are riding a little safer. "The good news is, those parents came to have their seats checked and now those children are safer when travel- ling. But, on the down- side," says Andrea Wessels, County of Lambton Community Health Services (CHSD) Health Promotion Assistant, "81 per cent of the car seats were not installed properly." Wessels says overall results for 2003 were disappointing. "Of the 150 car seats we checked at CHSD, 144 were not installed prop- erly. That's 96 per cent improperly installed." In most cases, the seat belt is not tight enough. Child car seats should- n't move more than one inch side to side or front to back. Is your child's seat properly installed? 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Opening the borders to livestock: continue discussions with America and other coun- tries. 2. Boosting our economy after a year of disasters (BSE, SARS, B.C. forests and floods, hurricane, black -out in Ontario). 3. Healthcare and accountability: the new Canada Health Transfer taking effect April 1'04 and Canada Health Council. 4. Building a better working relationship with the provinces and the United States. 50% of CHRISTMAS BOOKS 25% OFF STOREWIDE INCLUDING ART SUPPLIES & 2004 DATED MATERIAL TIMES ADVOCATE 424 MAIN ST. EXETER 235-1331 lowed the opening wel- come. Fred Darke's ser- mon was "Announcement Story". Janice Alderdice lit the Christ Candle fol- lowing a moment's silence. The service ended in the usual man- ner. The Official Board meets at 7:30pm on Thursday. • The ExeterTimes-Advocate sur- veyed prominent members in our community asking for their forecast of 2004.Will it be a year of development, change or challenges or will it be a year of cutbacks, hard JOHN decisions or hard work? NAME: John Gillespie ORGANIZATION: President of Bluewater Shoreline Residents' Association. 2004 WILL BE A YEAR OF: Action and growth. BSRA expects to see continued growth in year- round residential development and in economic activity related to tourism. We also anticipate increased political awareness, strong leadership and responsiveness to lakeshore issues including water quality. The coming year's challenges and how to meet them: The Bluewater community has to develop a vision that is inclusive of all residents, achieved through effective political leadership. GILLESPIE •OXINc\g ()-,'2a/Y � vid.) %mat MAINING1ON Iltaf FRESH IDEAS IN FLOORING" Vinyl on SALE NOW! 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