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Bookmark sales raise $842 for Wes for Youth
What started out as a grade
10 religion summative, turned
into something much larger
for Avery Cleminson, a stu-
dent at Sacred Heart High
School. She began her final
project with a mission to cre-
ate awareness and donate
some proceeds to Wes for
Youth. With a personal goal of
selling 12 hand -drawn book
marks, Avery turned her
summative into a full time
job, creating over 500 book
marks and raising over $842.
Avery will be at the Wes for
Youth Hockey Tournament on
Jan, 11-12 to sell her
remaining bookmarks for $2
each, to bring awareness to
teen mental health. Pictured:
Avery and Yolanda Cameron
show off her fundraising
bookmarks.
Purple Grove WI meeting celebrates the spirit of the holidays
The Christmas meeting of the
Purple Grove Women's Institute
was held at the home of Marilyn
Reid.
President Janet Rhody wel-
comed all the members and
guests to the meeting. Joyce Far-
rell read the Scripture. Acting
secretary Cheryl Bridge read the
minutes of the last meeting. She
also reported that we raised $51
for the Education Fund at the
silent auction at the last
meeting.
The roll call was answered by
providing gifts for the Ripley
and District Christmas Ham-
per. In the spirit of Christmas
the members decided to
donate money to the WES for
Youth agency, to the Women's
House of Bruce County and to
Sleeping Children Around the
World. The ladies had brought
a gift each and a fun exchange
took place. We were all so
thankful that Largaret McInnes
was able to be with us for the
meeting.
Marilyn and Donna Swann
demonstrated a craft, a nifty little
snowman. Everyone enjoyed
being crafty and all the visiting
that went along with it.
Maureen Collins and Deanna
Scott provided a tasty lunch and
the meeting closed with a good
old-fashioned carol sing.
On Saturday evening the
community gathered at the
Purple Grove Community Cen-
tre for our annual concert. Our
faithful M C Heather Finnie
kept the program rolling along.
We were pleased to have num-
bers by the David and Irene
Collings family, the JP and Col-
leen Greenwood family and we
even had imported talent from
Walkerton when Mandy and
Don Zuk's twins helped out.
Fran Farrell brought out her
guitar and led us in a sing -a-
long. One of the mandatory
songs was Fran's composition
of Here Comes Santa's Cows.
We then went into a rousing
rendition of Jingle Bells and
wouldn't you know it Santa
came all the way from the
North to hand out gifts to the
assembled children. It was a
good evening of visiting and
enjoying our neighbours.
After the concert and the
Centre was tidied up, Chairman
Rob Thompson called the Cen-
tre Annual Meeting to order.
Secretary Heather Finnie
reported that we are half way in
our fundraising efforts to get a
new well drilled. Various fund
raising thoughts were brought
forward. One way that we will
fund raise will be our monthly
games/card parties starting in
February. After considerable
discussion it was decided to
raise the rent for a day to $75.
Our spring clean-up will be held
in April.
Rob thanked everyone for
their participation in the Com-
munity Centre.
LUCKNOW NEWS
All the best in 2017 - Canada's Sesquicentennial - from Lucknow News
Ruth Dobrensky
Happy New Year and wel-
come to Canada's
Sesquicentennial.
To everyone out there who
will be celebrating at parties
this New Year's Eve, have fun,
but, please don't drink and
drive.
Royal Canadian Legion
Branch 309 will be holding
their annual levee on New
Year's Day which gives every-
one the opportunity to thank
the Legion for all they do for
our community and for them to
thank all of Lucknow and area
for the support given to the
Legion.
The new year gives us all the
opportunity to turn the page on
the past year, so to speak, and
to start afresh.
Perhaps there's something
we can change about the way
we've done things in the past,
perhaps a new way to look at
life and take on a new
challenge.
Hanging up a new calendar
or opening a new day timer, all
nice and clean with nothing
written in it as yet, the
possibilities of what we can do
are endless.
Thanks to all the churches
who held special Christmas
Eve and Christmas Day ser-
vices for everyone who
wanted to share in the true
meaning of Christmas with-
out all the commercialism
that we had thrown at us by
TV, Radio and the retail
world. It was lovely to sit and
quietly reflect on what began
as a simple birth, in a little
place called Bethlehem, on
the other side of the world,
and what it has come to
mean to so many people the
world over.
For those of us who are still
eating left -overs from Christ-
mas and cleaning up after
endless visitors have finally
gone home, take a break, sit
down, put up your feet, have
a cuppa of something,
(maybe with a little some-
thing extra in the cuppa
besides tea or coffee), and
take a deep breath. It will still
be there tomorrow.
Smokey, George V and I wish
you all a happy, healthy and
prosperous new year.
Health Unit reports that rabid skunk has been found in Huron County
The Huron County Health Unit
has been notified that a dead
skunk from the Blyth area has
tested positive for the rabies virus.
A skunk from the Blyth area that
was destroyed and submitted for
testing on December 14, 2016, was
found to be infected with the
virus. The Health Unit would like
to take this opportunity to remind
the public to avoid contact with
wild animals and ensure their pets
are immunized against rabies.
Dogs and cats often get into
fights with wild animals. If you
witness a fight, or ifyour dog or cat
comes home with injuries from a
fight and you believe it may have
been bitten or scratched by a rabid
animal:
Do not handle your pet as there
may be fresh saliva from a rabid
animal on its coat;
Isolate your pet; and,
Contact your local veterinarian
Help control the spread of the
rabies virus by being a responsi-
ble pet owner. Make sure that all
dogs and cats, including those in
the barn, are vaccinated against
rabies. Pet owners are required
by law (Regulation 567/90) to
have all cats and dogs three
months of age or over immu-
nized against rabies.
To reduce the risk of being bit-
ten by a rabid animal avoid han-
dling any wild, unknown or stray
animals. Parents are encouraged
to teach their children to stay away
from any animal they do not
know. If you see a baby animal
that appears to be orphaned, leave
it alone. Chances are its mother is
nearby. The possible danger to
you outweighs the good you might
do for the animal. Notify the near-
est animal control agency or
humane society branch instead. If
you or someone in your family
makes direct contact with an ani-
mal that may have rabies, seek
medical attention immediately.
For more information, contact
the Huron County Health Unit at
519-482-3416. If calling long dis-
tance, dial 1-877-837-6143.
For more information, check out
our website atwww.huronhealthu-
nitca