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Lucknow Legends' player Gina Murray drives to the net during SOWHL semi-final action against the Stratford Aces on Feb. 27. The Legends would come back from a 2-0 deficit only to lose 3-2 with the
winning goal coming with less than four minutes left in regulation. For more on the game, turn to page 5.
Alzheimer Society of Grey -
Bruce faces $30,000 deficit
Scott Dunn
Sun Times
The Alzheimer Society of
Grey -Bruce is asking the
community to help elimi-
nate a one-time deficit as its
financial year-end
approaches.
"We are facing the first sig-
nificant deficit in our 29 -year
history," said executive
director Deborah Barker in a
plea for help Thursday.
The more than $30,000
deficit - which the Alzhei-
mer's Society reduced from
$70,000 by holding a masked
ball in the fall and a fashion
show last spring - was
caused by the decision to
shift its annual Walk for
Memories fundraiser in Jan-
uary to a new, National Walk
for Alzheimer's in May.
The new walk will take
place May 7, after the
charitable group's March 31
year-end. Budgeted revenue
for the January walk was
$70,000, Barker said in an
interview Thursday.
Other Alzheimer Society
branches made the shift to
the national walk last year
and the local board decided
make the switch this year.
The National Walk for Alz-
heimer's should have a
higher profile due to
increased provincial and
federal walk advertising and
revenues could increase by
15 to 60 per cent, based on
other branches' experience,
Barker said.
The new walk will be held
outdoors in Hanover's Sul-
phur Spring Conservation
Area and along the harbour
walkway in Owen Sound.
Corporate team participa-
tion will be encouraged and
a better website should also
make it easier for everyone
to participate, she said.
The Alzheimer Society of
Grey -Bruce will celebrate its
30th anniversary in July and in
all those years the organiza-
tion has run two small deficits,
under $5,000 each time. The
annual budget for the organi-
zation is about $750,000.
"We are a responsible
organization with a long his-
tory of financially sound
management," Barker said.
"The move to the new
National Walk for Alzhei-
mer's was a conscious deci-
sion in the long-term best
interests of the local Society,
but it has meant a short-
term financial challenge.
"The new National Walk
for Alzheimer's will create
more awareness and support
going forward."
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Union Gas holds info sessions
despite mayors' concerns
Darryl Coote
Reporter
Union Gas held public infor-
mation sessions in Chelsey,
Lucknow and Kincardine over
the past week advertising its
plan to bring natural gas to
South Bruce despite concemed
mayors saying the meetings are
irresponsible since the munici-
palities have been moving for-
ward with a planpresented by a
competing utility.
The municipalities of Kin-
cardine, Anna-Elderslie and
Huron -Kinloss have been
working with EPCOR Utilities
Inc. since the Edmonton -
based company was
announced as their prefered
natural gas supplier in Sep-
tember 2015.
Moving the relationship
further the municipalities
issued a press release on Feb.
22 stating they had entered a
franchise agreement with
EPCOR giving it the right to
distribute natural gas to all
three municipalities.
Despite this, Ontario -based
Union Gas announced mid-
February that it was to hold
three open houses on its plan
to bring natural gas to the
region, and on Feb. 26 it sent a
letter of invitation to the
municipalities' councilors
and public to attend the infor-
mation sessions.
"I realize that your munici-
pality is working with EPCOR
to investigate the potential of
providing service and we are
simply using our open houses
as an opportunity to inform
residents that there are
options available in terms of
providing service," wrote
Union Gas District Manager
for Waterloo/Brantford Mur-
ray Costello in the letter.
In response the
municipalities thanked Union
Gas in a letter of their own for
acknowledging the relation-
ship they have with EPCOR,
but yet they are "puzzled" why
the utility would continue
with their proposed informa-
tion sessions given the recent
franchise agreement.
"We are very concerned
that our citizens will be con-
fused by Union's activities. We
do not view Union's approach
to its public information ses-
sions as responsible or appro-
priate in the circumstances,"
the letter reads.
During Union Gas' infor-
mation session in Kincar-
dine's Davidson Centre on
March 3, Costello said he
understands the session
might confuse some, but they
are trying to show the public
there is another utility option.
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