HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2006-01-11, Page 13Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Exeter Times -Advocate
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Exeter girl donates hair to cause
GB Chamber
hires new
staffers
GRAND BEND — The Grand Bend
and Area Chamber of Commerce
announced recently the hiring of
Eva Miller as the new Chamber
office manager, and Jo Tucker as
the marketing/sales co-ordinator.
"The board of directors is very
excited at the hiring of Eva and Jo.
They are dynamic individuals who
will be great assets to the organiza-
tion," said president John Dehondt.
Miller is now responsible for the
day-to-day operations of the
Chamber Tourism office in Grand
Bend (the office is open from noon to
4 p.m., Tuesday – Saturday). Miller
and her volunteer staff's duties
include handling tourism inquiries,
compiling and distributing tourism
information and serving the mem-
bership of the Chamber.
Having worked as the manager of
the Huntsville Business
Improvement Area for five years,
Miller brings experience to her new
role.
Originally from London, Miller
recently relocated to Grand Bend
from Huntsville.
"I am excited to return to the area
I grew up in, love and feel passion-
ate about," she said.
As the marketing/sales co-ordina-
tor, Tucker will primarily work with
the Chamber executive and the mar-
keting committee to develop and
execute a marketing plan for the
Chamber. She will also work with
the office manager on various pro-
jects and events.
A Grand Bend resident, Tucker
has experience in sales and market-
ing with a wide variety of marketing
firms. She has served as a business
and marketing consultant to a num-
ber of local companies and been the
general manager of a local custom
home building business.
"I am a strong ambassador for
Grand Bend and the surrounding
area. I am ... in a town I truly love
and will work diligently to raise the
profile and awareness of Grand
Bend area," Tucker said.
Miller and Tucker will be intro-
duced officially to the membership
of the Chamber at the next general
meeting Feb. 8 at the Oakwood Inn.
For more information please con-
tact the Chamber office at 238-2001.
On Jan. 5 nine-year-old Stephanie Miller of Exeter got her hair cut at Studio
21 in Grand Bend for a great cause. Miller is donating her hair to Locks for
Love, an organization that makes wigs for people with cancer. At left, Miller
sits patiently while the first cut is made by hairstylist Paula Taylor. Miller was
a little nervous about getting a foot cut off her hair but has been planning
to donate to Locks for Love for a long time. Above, from left are hair and
nail technician Lindsay Grahame, Miller and Taylor.This is Miller's first time
donating to Locks for Love and Taylor's first client donating to the cause.
(photos/Nina Van Lieshout)
Buy your church a coffee day Jan. 29
By Joan
Beierling
VARNA
CORRESPONDENT
VARNA - The
Stan Lee Club
met Jan 5 at
the complex
with 16 mem-
bers in atten-
dance.
Shuffling is to
start Jan 12 at
2 p.m. Anyone
wanting to go
to Bayfield
Diners before
shuffling must
make their
own arrange-
ments by
Tuesday.
There will not
be a lunch fol-
lowing shuf-
fling and any-
one is welcome
if interested.
Fraud calen-
dars were
handed out to
each family.
The next
meeting is to
be Feb. 2 at 2
p.m. at the
complex. Four
tables of
euchre were
enjoyed.
Winners were
Marjorie
Stirling, Bill
Taylor, Elmer
Hayter and
Gordon
Johnston.
Lunch and fel-
lowship fol-
lowed.
Church ser-
vice was in
Varna on
Sunday. Pastor
Elly congratu-
lated Kate and
Jim Keys on
the birth of two
great-grand-
daughters born
on the same
day. She also
announced
that Grace
Evans (mother
of Pat Taylor
and Barb
Consitt) was
celebrating her
90th birthday
and happy
birthday to
Stacey Consitt
and Robyn
Taylor also cel-
ebrating birth-
days. A thank
you card was
read Doris and
George Wilson,
Floyd McAsh
and Terri
Louch.
Congratulatio
ns were also
extended to
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Graham Keys
on his engage-
ment.
Jacob Govier
lit the Christ
candle and call
to worship was
read by the
choir.
Children's time
was on "That's
What It Is All
About" and
Pastor Elly's
message was
on "My
Children - My
Greatest
Blessing"
involving the
congregation.
The choirs gift
of music was
"All My Heart
Today
Rejoices".
Sun., Jan. 15,
church will be
in Goshen and
Jan. 22 there
will be a bap-
tism in Goshen
church.
Annual meet-
ing for Goshen
church will be
Jan. 29 and
Varna's annual
meeting will be
Feb. 5. Please
get your annu-
al reports to
Elly as soon as
possible.
The Annual
Buy your
Church a
Coffee Day at
the Varna
Store will be
Sat., Feb. 11.
Cara
Stephenson
(daughter of
Blaine and
Leisa) is per-
forming in the
cast in a
Production
called "Greece"
at the Isabel
Bader Theatre
at the
University of
Toronto. Show
dates are Feb.
22, Feb. 23,
Feb. 24 and
two shows on
Feb. 25. All
proceeds go to
POGO (sup-
porting fami-
lies with chil-
dren suffering
from cancer).
Tickets will be
open to the
public anytime
after Jan. 28.
Please contact
Deb Rathwell
for tickets at
233-9153 or
for any other
information.
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