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Announcements/Community
QuiltWorkAThon at the Lutheran church hallTues. Mar. 14
By Carmel Sweeney with the theme being 8:30 a.m. Call Jack
ZURICH CORRESPONDENT "Mardi Gras". Julia is the Baker at 236-4845 for
daughter of Ralph and tickets.
Jill Geiger of RR 2, The ladies are meeting
Zurich. The wedding will at Erb's Country Kitchen
take place in April. for breakfast at the same
Peter and Carolyn time on March 11.
Mathonia and two girls Tickets are not needed
have recently moved into but come a little early if
the former home of you are planning to
Dennis Willert in Zurich. attend.
Ben and Karen Geiger St. Boniface and St.
have moved from Zurich Peter's Youth Group held
to the former home of their 24-hour fast in the
Peter Mathonia at RR 2, gym on March 3 and 4
Hensall. for grade
Zurich's 150 seven and
ZURICH - The Zurich
Library will be having a
different activity every
day for children during
the spring break.
Tues., March 14 come
and make a post card to
mail to your friends or
family.
Thurs., March 16 is fin-
ger puppet fun. Join us
in making dinosaurs, ele-
phants, rabbits, queens
and people finger pup-
pets.
Fri., March 17 - Happy
St. Patrick's Day. Wear
green to the library and
make a shamrock neck-
lace.
Sat., March 18 -
Playdough creatures.
What creatures can you
make from playdough.
A buck and doe was
held for Liz McAdams of
Zurich and Ken Fraser
on Fri., March 3 at the
Dashwood Community
Centre. She is the daugh-
ter of Nancy and Marvin
McAdams of Dashwood.
The couple are to be
married in April.
On Sat., March 4 a
bridal shower was held
for McAdams at the Hay
Township Hall in Zurich
with friends and rela-
tives coming from vari-
ous places.
A buck and doe will be
held for Julia Geiger and
Trevor Truemner on
Fri., March 10 in Exeter
Anniversary planning
meeting is Thurs., March
9 at 7 p.m. in the
Lutheran Church Hall.
The Skating Carnival is
on Sun., March 19, 2
p.m. at the Blue Water
Complex in Zurich. The
theme being "Skate and
Shout".
Committee members
will be selling the 150th
anniversary books, raffle
tickets on a quilt, a
stained glass hanging
and a set of porcelain
plates of Zurich at the
Skating Carnival.
The annual meeting of
the Bean Festival com-
mittee is on Wed., March
15, 7:30 p.m. at Erb's
Country Kitchen. People
who have helped and
anyone else who would
like to attend is wel-
come.
The next Men's
Breakfast at Smiley's
Pizza Place in Zurich will
be on Sat., March 11 at
eight students
and leaders. Their next
meeting is at the Parish
Hall and will be a
"Survivor Night" of
games.
Any children 10 years
and under who would
like to play soccer in
Zurich come out to regis-
ter on March 22, from 6
to 9 p.m. Or call Karen
Mathonia at 236-4310 or
Andrea Brand at 236-
3889. Call as soon as
possible if you are inter-
ested in getting a team
going for boys and girls.
March Break starts on
Fri., March 10. Children
are out for holidays until
March 20.
Residents at the Blue
Water Rest Home are
keeping busy with walks,
exercises, massage and
music therapy, Bible
readings, manicures,
teas and toast snacks,
and musical entertain-
ments. The Grand Bend
Seniors Band is enter-
taining on March 10, at
2:30 p.m. The Red Hats
will be there on March
14 for Tea at 1:30 p.m.
March 15 is Harvey and
Friends at 6:30 p.m.
Some Lutheran Church
members will sing on
March 16 at 2 p.m.
Staff members of the C.
G. Farm Supply and their
spouses were treated to
a delicious meal at Erb's
Country Kitchen last
Friday,
followed
by a get-
together at the home of
Cliff and Delores
Gingerich of Zurich.
Grade five, six, seven
and eight students of St.
Boniface School enjoyed
a ski trip to Chicopee on
Tuesday. There will be a
Knights of Columbus
Hockey tournament for
junior students in
Seaforth on Saturday
and for the senior teams
on Sunday.
Congratulations to Lois
Thiel on her new job as
Director of Care at
Queensway Nursing
Home in Hensall. Lois
has been working in
London.
The Zurich Minor
Athletic Association is
ZURICH NEWS
Nine-year-old Britt Robinson of Crediton recently made a donation to a good
cause when she had I I inches of her hair cut off for `Locks of Love,' an agency
that provides hairpieces to children suffering from hair Ioss.With Britt is hairstylist
Brandi Shaw of Brandi's Hair in Crediton. (photo/submitted)
having a BX -93
Elimination Draw and
Video Dance Party at the
Blue Water Complex on
Sat., April 22, at 9 p.m.
Tickets are now avail-
able from members or at
Erb's Country Kitchen
and Rader's Variety
Store. There will be sev-
eral cash prices to win
with the final ticket
drawn worth $2,000.
There will be a Quilt
Work-A-Thon at the
Lutheran Church Hall on
Tues., March 14. The
quilts will be donated to
the local Women's and
Children's Shelter and to
the World Relief.
A Fair Board meeting
was held on March 2 at
the Hay Township Hall
with new president being
Hilda Lansbergen, secre-
tary/treasurer Margaret
Deichert gave her
reports, along with one
from the recent conven-
tion she attended in
Toronto.
Committee reports
were given and plans
made for the Fair on July
21, 22 and 23. The
theme being,
"Remember When".
Empty kleenex boxes
(with the plastic still on)
are needed for some
children's games.
Members are asked to
please get their collect-
ing done as soon as pos-
sible. The next Fair
Board meeting is Thurs.,
April 6, at 7:30 p.m.
The next free bus ride
to the Bank of Montreal
in Hensall will be on Fri.,
March 17 (St. Patrick's
Day) which leaves from
Maple Woods Apartment
by 9:15 a.m. and 9:30
a.m. from the main cor-
ner in Zurich by the
blinking light.
Town and Country
Bowling Lanes hosted
the Zone Finals for the
Ladies National
Classified Tournament
on Saturday. Teams
competing were from
Clinton, St. Marys,
Zurich and two from
Mount Forest. Zurich
ladies won the tourna-
ment and will compete in
Regional Finals in
Molesworth.
Two Zurich men's
teams competed in
Clinton and placed first
and third out of seven
teams. They will bowl in
Mount Forest on April 1.
Congratulations and
good luck to both teams.
Steckle will use tractor rally
as leverage to promote RMP
EXETER — A face-to-
face meeting with the
Minister of Agriculture
has again been request-
ed by Paul Steckle, the
Member of Parliament
for Huron -Bruce and the
Liberal Party of Canada's
Associate Critic for
Agriculture. The meet-
ing has been requested
in an effort to affect the
expedint implementation
of the producer proposed
Risk Management
Programme (RMP).
Agriculture is in dire
need of the RMP, and
Steckle intends to cite
the Huron County
Tractor Rally as support-
ing evidence.
"Farmers, most partic-
ularly grains and oilseed
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farmers, are victims of
massive US subsidies
and declining commodity
prices. The tractor rally
yesterday is a tangible
manifestation of the des-
peration that exists out
there. In response, and
in an effort to provide
real assistance to farm-
ers, I have again restat-
ed my February 6th
request to the Minister of
Sat., March 11, 2006
9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Kirkton Community
Centre
Tickets $12 available
at Kirkton Market
or call 229-8237
A s e o McCorit re r uired
Agriculture for a face-to-
face meeting to discuss
the implementation of
the Risk Management
Programme without
delay."
Steckle's initial letter to
the Minister can be
accessed at www.psteck-
le.com
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