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The Times Advocate, 2004-01-07, Page 2626 Exeter Times–Advocate Wednesday, January 7, 2004 Classifieds Drop your Christmas tree off by Fri. Jan. 9 By Carmel Sweeney ZURICH CORRESPONDENT ZURICH - After working in the newspaper business for 15 years Nellie Evans has a new job now work- ing at the Municipality of Blue Water office in Zurich. The regular hours will enable her to spend more time at home with her children. Lynda Hillman- Rapley will be taking over her job as editor. It was nice to see several university students home for the Christmas and new year holidays. Most of them have gone back now to their various schools at different places. Congratulations to Leona and Lloyd Steinberg who are celebrating their 56th wedding anniversary this week. Birthday wishes Special happy birthday wishes go out to our daughter Meagan Sweeney who is 20 years old on Jan. 7. Happy birth- day the same day to Justin and Jacqueline Gelinas and and to Marie Gelinas (mother) at the Maple Woods Apartments on Jan. 11. Also, Karl Regier Senior and Junior on Jan. 11. To our son-in-law Paul Klopp of Zurich and his twin sister, Linda Earle of London on Jan. 14. A very nice memorial service was held at St. Boniface Church Zurich last Friday evening for the late Brother Bob Mittelholtz who recently died in India on Dec. 18. It was well -attended by many relatives and friends `Simple fare lunch' in Varna Jan. 11 By Joan Beierling can see Genelle Reid for them. VARNA CORRESPONDENT Varna's New Year's Eve dinner and VARNA - Church service was in Varna on Sunday with Pastor Elly VanBergen with the Welcome and announcements. Pastor VanBergen read the Syory of Epiphany followed by the Call to Worship. The choir favoured everyone with a gift of music "Along The Road". The pastor's message was on "Shock Value". Next Sun., Jan 11, church will be in Varna with a `Simple Fare Lunch' follow- ing worship. This simple fare luncheon consists of chicken stew and homemade breads. The free will offering goes to 'The Beads of Hope'. Annual meetings are coming up. Varna's is Feb. 8 and Goshen's is on Feb. 15 so annual reports should be done and handed in. The Teens meet Jan. 9 for a New Year's party at Wesley Willis Church. Board games, Bible trivia, etc. will be enjoyed from 7 to 9 p.m. Meet at Brucefield Church at 6:45 p.m. sharp for rides. Permission slips are necessary and you dance was quite successful. Live band by the `Country Connections' was a hit. There were a couple of spot dances and many door prizes donated by Tim Hortons, Bayfield Foodland, Food Basics, Zehrs, J.D's, Hully Gully donated $150 gift certificate and a hat, Deb Rathwell, Marion Coleman, Joan Beierling, Sandra Turner, Blaine Stephenson and Colleen Faulds donated a fire extinguisher on behalf of Hay Mutual Insurance Company and Floyd McAsh. The Early Bird draw of $50 was drawn and Susan VanEgmond of Clinton was the lucky winner. The final draw for the quilt and other prizes will be on the Aug. 1 weekend when the Celebration of the 150th takes place. Mark your calendars and plan to help Varna celebrate. A big thank you to all who donated or helped in any way to make the new years eve Celebration a success. The Crokinole Club meets on Tues. Jan 13 for doubles play at 8 p.m. VARNA NEWS Annual vestry meeting on Sunday By H. Davis SAINTSBURY CORRESPONDENT SAINTSBURY - Bill and Betty Johnson of Owen Sound called on the Davis's on Monday. Several families celebrated the new year together. Ron and Margaret Carroll entertained their family to dinner. The MacGillivrays were guests with their friends, Linda, Wayne and Lucas Durnin of Auburn. Suzanne Davis along with friends Helen Koricina and Leona Fenton enjoyed a day in St. Marys for lunch and visiting. On the weekend the Davis's enjoyed the motorcycle show in Toronto along with friends. On Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m., members of St. Patrick's gathered to cel- ebrate the 2nd Sunday after Christmas along with The Story of the Magi and the drama, `Where to Begin,' observing the Epiphany of the Lord. Old and young donned scarves and mittens as they traced the special, sacred journey following the shining, calling, guiding Star For Jesus --the one who came to be called the light of the world. The church was lit only by candlelight and the small, white lights on the Christmas tree with the light along the ceiling and walls as the guiding star. We were all reminded as we closed in prayer to search for the light of Christ in everyone we meet. Sun., Jan. 11 at 10:30 the Rev. Stanley Jay will be at St. Patrick's to celebrate the Holy Eucharist and to preside over the annual vestry meeting. A time of fel- lowship will follow. A number in the community have been ill with colds and flu this week along with several pets. We wish them all good health soon. SAINTSBURY NEWS Citizen helps catch impaired driver SOUTH HURON — On Dec. 31 at approximately 4 p.m. an officer received a call from a citizen over a suspected impaired driver. The citizen, who was on a cell phone, called the OPP to say they were following a white 1991 Pontiac Sunbird westbound on Dashwood Road west of the Village of Dashwood. The offi- cer entered the Village of Dashwood and was flagged down by the citizen. The citi- zen pointed out the vehicle in question and the driver of the vehicle who was climbing steps into a store. The officer approached the woman and detected an odour of alcohol on her breath and signs of impairment. The officer arrested the driver for impaired driving. She was taken for breath tests that found her over the allowed levels. Ingrid Doek, 38, of Strathroy has been charged with impaired driving, driving a motor vehicle with over 80 mgs and a liquor violation for open alcohol found inside the car. She will attend court in Exeter March 25. from the area and fol- lowed by fellowship and refreshments in the parish hall. All the pre -scheduled Christmas activities that were planned by various groups outside of the Blue Water Rest Home in Zurich had to be cancelled due to the flu going around and the doors were locked to visitors. Welcome to Herb Turkheim from Grand Bend who is now a resi- dent at the Maple Woods Apartments in Zurich. Best wishes for a speedy recovery goes out to Cathy Smith who is a patient in Hamilton Hospital. The family of Lottie Grenier celebrated their Christmas get-together last Saturday at the McCann Chalet in Mount Carmel. Be sure to attend the meeting at the Zurich Mennonite Church on Tues., Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. We need you to come out and give support to keep the Bank of Montreal open in our village. Let's show that we care. May we offer our sincere sympathy to the family of the late Amos Gingerich who died last week --espe- cially to his wife Della. The annual LaPorte fam- ily New Years get-together was held on Sat., Jan. 3 at St. Boniface Parish Hall, to visit, have fun, eat and play cards. Bob and Betty Kirk and Nancy and Bob Brown recently enjoyed a week's holiday in Cuba and returned home in time to spend Christmas with their families. We all miss doing our weekly Senior's exercis- es with Betty Kirk every Wednesday morning at the Lutheran Church hall from 10 - 11 a.m. New- comers are welcome to join up at any time. It is lots of fun and not hard to do. Wed., Jan 14 is our first time back in the new year. The family of Isidore and Paula LaPorte held their pre -Christmas get together at their home on Dec. 20. The nice, warm, sunny weather allowed several people to travel around to various places during the holidays. Elsie and John Uscherwood of Toronto spent the new year's holi- day weekend at their cot- tage north of St. Joseph. The next Parent Council meeting at the Zurich Public School will be on Tues., Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. in the library. Who took the sign? Who took the sign? If anyone has or knows about the large wooden sign that says `Village Shopping' that was taken recently from the corner of Hay Mutual Insurance ZURICH NEWS are asked to call Lynn Alderdice 236-4797, Village Collectables or just bring it back! Keep saving your empty pop cans for the St. Boniface Parish Knights of Columbus Building Fund. Leave them by the door at the home of Doug Debus in Zurich. Leigha and Jon Corbett and two girls of Zurich along with Mary Blois of Exeter spent 10 days over the Christmas holidays in Lakeland Florida visiting with relatives. The new arena Have you been out to see how fast the new arena is coming along lately? I can't believe how big and nice it's starting to look. It is worth a drive out to East Street behind the liquor store to take pic- tures of the progress. Congratulations to all the lucky winners of the Cash Calendar draws from the Zurich Minor Athletic Association's daily draws which are $50 each. Sunday draws are $100 and special events are $500. The annual meeting at the United Church in Zurich will be held on Sun., Jan. 25. The reports for this are to be handed in by Jan. 10. Your Christmas tree can be dropped off behind the old Zurich arena before Fri., Jan. 9 to be recycled. Form 6 Municipal Act, 2001 S.O. 2001, C. 25 o. REG. 181/03 SALE OF LAND BY PUBLIC TENDER THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LUCAN BIDDULPH Take Notice that tenders are invited for the purchase of the land(s) described below and will be received until 3:00 p.m. local time on 11 February 2004, at the Municipal Office, Box 190, 33351 Richmond St., R.R.#3, Lucan, Ontario NOM 2J0 The tenders will then be opened in public on the same day at the Municipal Office, 33351 Richmond St., R.R.#3, Lucan, Ontario NOM 1S2 Description of Land(s) Minimum Tender Amount Roll No. 39 58 000 041 06300 PIN 09707-0036(LT) Part Lot 24 Concession 12, geographic Township of Biddulph, now Township of Lucan Biddulph, County of Middlesex (No. 33) designated Part 1 on Reference Plan 33R-15510. File No. 02-02 $40,170.99 Roll No. 39 58 000 041 06301 PIN 09707-0035(LT) Part Lot 24 Concession 12, geographic Township of Biddulph, now Township of Lucan Biddulph, County of Middlesex (No.33) designated Part 1 on Reference Plan 33R-15511. File No. 02-03 $8,218.25 Tenders must be submitted in the prescribed form and must be accompanied by a deposit in the form of a money order or of a bank draft or cheque certified by a bank or trust corporation payable to the municipality (or board) and representing at least 20 per cent of the tender amount. Except as follows, the municipalitiy makes no representation regarding the title to or any other matters relating to the land to be sold. Responsibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potential purchasers. This sale is governed by the Municipal Act, 2001 and the Municipal Tax Sales Rules made under that Act. The successful purchaser will be required to pay the amount tendered plus accumulated taxes and the relevant land transfer tax. The municipality has no obligation to provide vacant possession to the successful purchaser. For further information regarding this sale and a copy of the prescribed form of tender contact: Cherie Mahoney, Treasurer The Corporation of the Township of Lucan Biddulph Box 190, 33351 Richmond St. R.R.#3, Lucan, Ontario, NOM 2J0 (519) 227-4491 Personal information contained on this form, collected pursuant to the Municipal Act, 2001 and Regulations thereunder, will be used for the purposes of that Act. Questions should be directed to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Coordinator at the institution responsible for the procedures under that Act.