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Terry Fox Run donation
Scott and Ron Bogart from RSD Authentics present a check for $3,200 to Exeter
Terry Fox Run co-chairs Ann Devries and Jane Hundey.The money was raised in
the men's and women's Mulligans golf tournaments organized by Rsd and put the
Exeter Terry Fox Run over the $11,000 mark, making it the best ever run, accord-
ing to Hundey and Devries. (photo/PatBolen)
Windows repaired in
time for Harvest service
By Hazel Davis
SAINTSBURY CORRESPONDENT
SAINTSBURY - Bill and
Betty Johnson of Owen
Sound and Ralph and
Joyce Simpson of London
along with family mem-
bers visited with Hugh
and Hazel
Davis this
week.
Starr Davis was
overnight visitor with
friends near Dashwood.
On Saturday evening
Suzanne and Starr visit-
ed with brother and sis-
ter-in-law Bob and
Dorothy Dietrich of
Zurich. The Dietrichs are
godparents of Travis and
Starr and Dorothy was
celebrating her birthday
and retirement.
The Davises called on
friends Lorne and June
Daer at their home in
New Hamburg; grand-
daughter Abby Daer was
also visiting that day.
On Sept. 19 St.
Patrick's held their
evening prayer at 6 p.m
with Bob MacGillivray
leading the service with
members of the congre-
gation assisting with the
Scriptures. Message and
focus was entitled,
`Managing'. Service
closed with prayers and
evening hymn.
Announcements were
read regarding Perth
Deanery lay retreat,
`Looking at
0 u r
Calling as
Children of God' with
Sister Margaret of the
Community of the Sisters
of the Church, being held
at St. James Anglican
Church in Stratford, Sat.,
Oct. 23 with gathering at
9 to 9:30 a.m. and dos-
ing at 3:30 p.m. Any
parishioners wishing to
attend call Hazel early in
October.
Following the service,
choir practice was held.
Plans were completed
for Harvest
Thanksgiving at St.
Patrick's Sun., Sept. 26
at 10:30 a.m. with Rev.
Stanley Jay, preacher
and officiant for the Holy
Eucharist. A time of fel-
lowship will follow.
Windows repaired
Thanks to all who
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worked so hard cleaning
and repairing the win-
dows after the vandalism
at St. Patrick's, with spe-
cial thanks to David for
the caulking needed for
window repair. Once
again we are happy to
say we are back, as
clergy and visitors refer
to St. Patrick's, as the lit-
tle gem in the most
southern point of Perth
Deanery. Please come
and visit.
Margaret Carroll
attended the bridal
shower held recently at
the home of Ann Holden
in Lucan honouring Lynn
Marie Cowdrey whose
marriage to Ryan Carroll
will take place Oct. 2.
The bride thanked her
hostess and everyone for
the beautiful gifts; she
was assisted by her sis-
ter. Everyone enjoyed
the social time after-
wards.
The Carrolls visited
with aunt and uncle,
Anne and Carfrey Cann
at their home in
Southcott Pines.
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Harpist to play at Granton church
By Muriel Lewis
GRANTON CORRESPONDENT
GRANTON - The annual
Fish Fry sponsored by the
Granton Masonic Hall Ltd.
at the Kirkton Woodham
Community Centre on
Sept. 19 was well attend-
ed.
A huge crowd enjoyed
the Quadro Telephone
customer appreciation
day, celebrating 80 years
of service in the communi-
ty, held in Kirkton Sept.
16.
At the Granton -Wesley
United Church on Sept. 19
lay pastor Val Hodgins
entitled the message
`Shrewd or Dishonest'.
Blake Foran lit the Christ
Candle.
Following
the service the
Sunday School hosted a
hotdog lunch and later
went on a hay ride and
pumpkin hunt.
The refugee family being
sponsored by the area
churches has moved into
their new home in Lucan.
Harpist Edward Klassen
will perform at the
Granton Church at 7:30
p.m., Fri., Sept. 24.
At St. Paul's Anglican
Church in Kirkton on Sept.
19 Rev.
Dalice Sim
celebrated
the Holy Eucharist. Garth
Blackler read the lessons.
Flowers were placed in
the sanctuary in memory
of Steven Blackler who
died two years ago.
GRANTOR NEWS
NEWS RELEASE
On Tuesday, September 14, Huron County
Council agreed to support Zurich's Blue
Water Rest Home with redevelopment of
their Long Term Care (LTC) beds by
acting as guarantor for the mortgage that
the Home for the Aged would have to
undertake to meet its project
requirements.
Blue Water is a charitable, non-profit,
community -operated Long Term Care
facility that opened in 1966. Its 65 -bed
operation was designated by the Ministry
of Health and Long Term Care in 2000 as
a split "D" and "C" facility, one of a very
small number of Homes in Ontario to
receive such a designation. Under
Ministry guidelines the Home is required
to redevelop the "D" beds in order to meet
current standards for LTC facilities.
However, since only 34 of the beds were
designated "D", the Ministry funding
available for the Home was inadequate for
the scale of the project. Although Blue
Water has never operated with a deficit,
the Board and Administration was
challenged to produce a financially viable
capital plan. Much of the existing amenity
and service space dates back to the
original building, and the Home is
challenged with redeveloping much of its
infrastructure with little equity and
inadequate capital funding.
Blue Water presented a number of
redevelopment scenarios to Huron County
Council. They agreed that Blue Water's
continued presence in Zurich is
fundamental to maintain the necessary
number of LTC beds for Huron, and for
the Home to continue to be a strong
employment and economic force in the
southern part of the County. As well, the
County, through downloading of social
housing responsibilities, also oversees the
September 17, 2004
operation of 34 seniors apartments that
are part of the Blue Water corporation,
and already carries a contingent
responsibility for those units.
There are still a number of approvals to
come from the Province before Blue Water
can proceed to redevelop, and the County's
support for the Home is conditional on
those approvals being received along with
other conditions being met. For example,
Blue Water is asking that the provincial
capital funding that would normally flow
after project completion be provided up
front to provide necessary equity for
lenders. Blue Water is also requesting
access to a mortgage at the lowest possible
interest rate.
Huron County Warden, Bill Dowson, said:
"The County's support for the Home
hinges on a number of conditions being
met to our satisfaction, and the County
acknowledges that there are numerous
hurdles yet to come for Blue Water before
the province will allow the project to go
ahead. However, we're confident that they
can successfully meet the challenges, and
Queen's Park will view our support as an
important contribution. It's important
that all residents of Huron have equal
access to quality Long Term Care across
the large area we have to cover."
Blue Water Rest Home Board Chair,
Brian McHugh, said: "One of the
conditions that we will be fulfilling
quickly is to ask our membership to
approve the addition of two County
representatives to our Board. We welcome
their experience and wisdom as we
proceed with the next steps in this large
and complex undertaking, and we are
extremely grateful to County Council and
the County Administrative staff for all
their support."
For further information on this release, please contact:
Bill Dowson, Warden, The County of Huron, 1 Court House Square, Goderich, ON N7A 1M2
Tel: (519) 524-8394
Martha Craig, Administrator, Blue Water Rest Home, RR#3 Zurich, ON NOM 2T0
Tel: (519) 236-4373
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