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The Times Advocate, 2005-03-23, Page 13Wednesday, March 23, 2005 Exeter Times -Advocate 13 `Guess who's coming to dinner' in Varna By Joan Beierling VARNA CORRESPONDENT VARNA — Church ser- vice was in Goshen on Palm Sunday with Pastor Elly Van Bergen with the Call to Worship. Cameron Laurie played the drums with Shirley Hill on the piano and Anna Keys on the organ for the palm parade processional. There were no palms but green helium balloons instead. Scripture readers were Art Bennett and Willi Laurie. There was special music by John Robinson with his daughter Loralei on the piano. Congregational best wishes to Gordon and Ruby Hill on the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary. March 24 Maundy Thursday communion ser- vice in Goshen Church at 8 p.m. Easter Sunday March 27 will be in Goshen Church. The Five Alive Committee and Varna United Church invite you to `Guess who's coming to dinner' Sat., April 9. You have the choice of being a host/hostess or being a guest. Dinner will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Everyone will meet at the Varna Church for coffee, dessert and some home grown enter- tainment to finish the evening. Please put your name on the sign up sheet posted in your church. Everyone, families, cou- ples, and singles are wel- come to participate. Approximately 60 Varna community residents attended the second annu- al St. Patrick's Day potluck dinner last Thursday evening. Pastor Van Bergen gave the blessing. Following dinner Miranda Postill sang. Shauna and Stephanie Faulds entertained with their clogging. Bill Linfield, Ken DeVreis on the banjos and Mary Moffat on the keyboard entertained with several songs. Varna resident Wayne Miners shared his gift of music and sang along too. Shamrock plants were awarded as prizes. Lucky chair winners were Kevin Wynja and Willi Laurie. Floyd McAsh wearing the most green and Daryl Postill with a birthday on Paper, plastic or cloth? Bluewater Recycling Association HURON PARK — Shoppers in San Francisco will be charged 17 cents for every plastic bag and paper gro- cery bag they use. The city's Commission on the Environment unani- mously voted for the change in January. It would be the first such fee on grocery bags in the United States. One side in the debate argues most people reuse their plastic grocery bags at least once, and some reuse them several times over. What will dog owners use to pick up their pooches' poopies if everyone starts using reusable cloth bags to tote their groceries? On the other hand, it's hard to argue with the results of Ireland's experience with its grocery bag tax. Grocers on the Emerald Isle charge 15 cents a bag, and the use of plastic bags there has dropped 90 percent. Happy Easter OPEN GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER SUNDAY Visit us and enjoy browsing through our buoyant and charming collection of fashions for spring, lots of colour, lots of fun, lots of spirit. 11/4 miles south of Grand Bend Open 7 days a week 238-2818 St. Patrick's Day. `Happy Birthday' was also sung to Daryl. Van Bergen's son Ben and fiancee Danijela Juric were also home from Halifax and were there to join everyone. Good fellowship, food and fun was had by all and hopefully our third annual will be next year. The top 4 shufflers for last Thurs., March 17 were Eleanor McAsh 267, Norene Hayter 247, Sheila Davis 225, Barb Novak and Wes McBride tied with 202. Shuffling will resume this Thurs., March 24. POLICE BRIEFS • POLICE BRIEFS Snack bar theft HENSALL — Someone entered the concession booth at Hensall Arena on Oxford Street and stole $320.00 from the cash box. According to police, the theft occurred between March 13-18. The arena manager told police the building was entered during daylight hours when nothing was locked. Police tip leads to driver's arrest EXETER — An alert citizen tipped off police about a driver who may have had too much to drink. On March 18 an officer investigat- ed the call at a grocery store park- ing lot on Thames Road in Exeter. The officer observed a red Toyota Tercel moving. It missed the exit and struck a curb. The vehicle then entered the wrong side of the road- way, forcing a transport to stop. The car continued through an inter- section, failing to stop for traffic lights. By this point, the officer forced the vehicle over and noticed the driver exhibited signs of intoxication. A 30 -year-old London is charged with impaired driving and danger- ous driving He'll appear in court in Exeter June 23. Get a mortgage as unique as you are. 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