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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2006-08-23, Page 18_rflAvon LW Maitland Fairness Honesty Empathy Respect Integrity Courage Optimism Compassion Perseverance Responsibility Cultivating Character Citizen's Advisory Committee on Honoraria The Avon Maitland District School Board is seeking the assistance of school council members. Regulation 357/06 requires district school boards to determine the annual honoraria paid to board members retroactively to September 1, 2005, and for the next term commencing December 1, 2006. Honoraria amounts are limited by the Education Act and Regulation 307/06. To assist in this determination the board is looking for six interested members of school councils to participate on the Citizenship Advisory Committee on Honoraria. 3 parent members on school councils, and three community members on school councils are required. Meeting(s) will be held in the first week of September, and the committee will provide advice to the Board on the honoraria to be paid. If you would like to participate please call 1-800-592-5437 ext 106 by 4:30 PM, Monday, August 28, 2006 Rev. Judith. Sept. 3 Joint Service with Kirkton, Woodham, Centralia and Zion United Churches at the Kirkton- Woodham Community Centre at 10 a.m. Special music by "Summit." Free will offering lunch to follow. Please bring your regular church enve- lope for offering. Loose collection to M & S. Nursery provided. Bring your ball glove and bathing suit. Sept. 10 Please bring your items for the Food Bank for this service due to the fact the first Sunday of the month service is a joint service at the K -W Community Centre. Please phone Sandra Rowe 519-229-6284 if you are going to attend the Annual Golf Tournament and Supper on Sat., Sept. 9 at the Exeter Golf Course. There will be activities for those who do not golf. 30th Anniversary celebrations The Exeter Claybird. Gun Club held its annual Russ Beaver Memorial Shoot in conjunction with the clubs 30th Anniversary on July 22/23. The club was founded in the winter of 1976 and began shoot- ing skeet on the Stanlake farm just north of the Exeter Cemetery. In the spring of 1977 the club was moved to its present 15 acre site 1/2 mile north of 83 highway on Ausable Line. The property had been used as pasture and was devoid of trees, but with the help of Ausable Conservation, 500 trees were planted and now are 30 feet high. A new club house was built in 1987. Trap, Skeet, Handgun and Rifle are shot at the club and members compete here and at other clubs. Membership has always been open to the public and have 50 members. A wildlife pond was added in 2001 and now boasts excellent catch and release fishing of Bass, Crappie, Pike and Carp. Shooters from as far away as Owen Sound, Kitchener and Windsor attend major shoots here and overnight camping is available on site. We wish to thank everyone who has helped make us a successful organization within this commu- nity. Membership information can be accessed at www. claybird. on. ca. Results from 30th Anniversary Shoot were based on 100 Trap and 50 Skeet Targets combined. Gun Club 30TH ANNIVERSARY SHOOT High Over AU Jody Mosurinjohn A-lst Jamie Caldwell A -2nd Kevin Campbell A -3rd Brad Mann B -1st Mike Smith Shoot Off B -2nd Paul Ritchie B -3rd Doug Dalrymple C -1st Barry Comeau C -2nd Doug Moore C -3rd Edwin VanDriel Veteran 1st Chuck Krieger 2nd Walter Bell 3rd John Moore Junior 1st Jordan Ritchie 2nd Kyle Mann 3rd Jason Darling Lady 1st Brittany Caldwell 2nd Deb Venner 146 144 143 142 139 138 138 114 106 79 140 125 118 139 135 131 135 70 Katie Becker, age 10 from Dashwood, shows off the donation she is making to the Canadian Cancer Society hair program after getting it cut Aug. 19 by Kim Scott at Cuts Plus in Exeter. (photo/Pat Bolen) GEOFF WILLIAMS Director of Education www.yourschools.ca MEG WESTLEY Chair Wednesday, August 23, 2006 Exeter Times—Advocate 17 Dock built at Morrison Dam An environmentally friendly, wheelchair accessible, anti -slip dock was built Aug. 16 at the Morrison Dam, constructed by EZ Dock Ontario of Brigden.The dock, an attachment of the already existing wood dock was funded by the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority, its conservation foundation and EZ Dock which gave a discount to the ABCA since the dock is open to the public.The dock is made out of linear low density polyethylene and has a 40 to 65 year life expectancy.Above, cousins and owners of EZ Dock David, left and Dan Daily attach one of two benches on the dock. (photo/Nina Van Lieshout) Good attendance at Blyth Festival by the United Church Ladies By Rhoda Rohde THAMES ROAD CORRESPONDENT THAMES ROAD - Congratulations to Dave Vandenbussche and Stephanie Elliott who were married on Saturday at Zurich Mennonite Church. Quite a number of people attended their wedding and also their reception at Hensall Community Centre. Belated congratulations are extended to Andrew Weston who graduated from Fanshawe College as an Industrial Mechanic Millwright. He has appren- ticed recently. Glenn and Dorothy Jeffery visited with friends and rela- tives in the Midland area a few days last week. Doris Elford, Bill & Rhoda Rohde attended the Flower and Garden Show, The Festival of Flowers of the Kirkton Horticulture Society on Tues. evening at the K.W. Community Centre. The guest speaker was Tony Manders of Regency Flowers, London who spoke and made many Designs from our gardens. Congratulations to all the winners. Lorne & Pat Ballantyne hosted the line picnic on Sat. afternoon and evening. A good time and delicious meal was had by all. Some 30 ladies of the U.C.W. went to Blyth for sup- per and attended the show at Blyth Festival last Tues. evening. Announcements During the month of August, Rev. Judith will be on holidays. During this time in case of emergency please call one of the follow- ing from the M & P Committee; Larry Lynn 519- 229-8276, Janis Richardson 519-229-6782, Murray Dawson 519-238-6378. They will have contact with THAMES ROAD NEWS Church service in Hensall By Liz Sangster HENSALL CORRESPONDENT HENSALL — At I-Iensall United Church the service began with an organ prelude, wel- come and the passing of the peace. Les HENSA Hills lit the Christ Candle. Ken Elder was the greeter with Bill Gibson play- ing the organ. Jan Collings was on hand to look after the nurs- ery. Betty Simmons and Lillian Beer received the offering. Proverbs 9:1-6, Psalm 111 and Ephesians 5:15-20 were read. "Hurry Sickness" was the title of the sermon. The Lord's LL NEWS Prayer was repeated in unison. The offering was received and dedicat- ed. The service ended with commissioning and benediction. �� ELECTION MUNICIPALITY OF INFORMATION FOR BLUEWATER THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAYFIELD - HAV - HENSALL - STANLEY - ZURICH 2001 BLUEWATER PRELIMINARY LIST OF ELECTORS NOTICE is hereby given that the List of Electors will be available for inspection from Tuesday, September 5, 2006 at the Municipal Office during normal working hours 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The list will also be at the Public Libraries in Bayfield, Hensall and Zurich. PLEASE EXAMINE the List to ensure that your name and relevant information is correctly shown. Applications for additions, deletions or corrections to the list are available at the Municipal Office during normal working hours. Revisions to the List will be accepted from September 5, 2006 until November 13, 2006 (Election Day). Janisse Zimmerman, Returning Officer