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Valerie Gillies Clinton News Record
Puck Merkies was a guest speaker at the Magic of Art & Music Auction Gala held February 5 in Clinton by the
Alzheimer Society Huron County. Merkies' husband was diagnosed with the disease and Puck has used art to
help her through the journey with him. She donated over 30 of her paintings to the Society for the Gala.
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Usborne & Hibbert
Mutual Fire Insurance Company
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
The 140th Annual Meeting of the Usborne & Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company
will be held at the Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre at 2 p.m. on Monday, March
21, 2016 for the presentation of the Annual Report, to elect Directors and to transact
any business that may rightly come before the meeting.
Nominations will be received for the election of two Directors for a three year term. The
Directors whose term of office expires are Joe Chaffe and Morris Willows. Joe Chaffe
will stand for reelection. Morris Willows is retiring from the Board after serving for
21 years as a Director.
Article 22: Any person wishing to seek election or re-election as a Director must
file his/her intention to stand for election in writing with the President & CEO of the
Corporation in person at least thirty days in advance of the Annual Meeting or Special
General Meeting called for the purpose of electing Directors.
The 2015 Financial Statements for Usborne & Hibbert Mutual will be posted to the
company's website. Copies will be available at the company office, 507 Main Street
South, Exeter, Ontario.
Jack Hodgert Shelagh Cleary BA, FCIP
Chair President & CEO
The Magic of Art & Music Auction Gala
Valerie Gillies
Clinton News Record
The Alzheimer Society of Huron
County (ASHC) held their Magic of Art
& Music Auction Gala at the Central
Huron Community Complex in Clinton
on February 5. This is the first time this
event has been held in February, rather
than in May.
Brittany Williams, Events Coordina-
tor for ASHC, reported that the evening
went really well. "There are 90 people
here. A few didn't make it due to the
weather, but this is great for a February
turnout."
The silent auction began at 6:30 p.m.
while refreshments were made availa-
ble. Williams explains that there were a
lot of great community donations with
over 100 items being donated. With that
large number, some of the items were
grouped together into packages to cre-
ate experiences to bid on. There was
also a sealed bid auction with items for
both auctions lining the walls of the
hall. More donations were displayed in
the entrance for a raffle draw.
Following the dinner, the feature art-
ist and guest speaker for the evening,
Puck Merkies of Grand Bend, was intro-
duced. Merkies donated her collection
of her own watercolours and canvases
to ASHC and had over 30 of her pieces
on offer at the gala. She began her talk
with "When we first got the diagnosis,
the artist in me reacted and I went
home and threw things against the
wall." Merkies has used her art as a way
to cope with the stresses and frustra-
tions of being informed that her hus-
band received the diagnosis of Alzhei-
mer's Disease and in dealing with the
progression of the illness. She extended
the invitation that, "Anyone who goes
home with one of my children, being
my paintings, can contact me to get the
story behind it. Every one of them has a
story."
The evening's entertainment also
included Studio C, featuring Scott
Chow as well as Jeanette Sears and
Michael Crocker.
Williams was appreciative that the
sponsors for the evening had come
out. "They have been really support-
ive of the Society." She made note that
the main local sponsors are Vanden
Heuvel Structures Ltd. and Excalibur
Insurance with Progressive Results
Group (PRG) providing design work
with Dylan Bartlett acting as the Mas-
ter of Ceremonies for the evening, as
well as VIA Rail Canada sponsoring
the always popular train travel dona-
tion for the auction.
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MC KJLLOP
SkLWANCE
Notice of Annual General Meeting
The 139`h Annual Meeting of the Members of
MCKILLOP MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
will be held at the office of McKillop Mutual
91 Main Street South, Seaforth, Ontario
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016
at 2:00 p.m.
To receive, consider and approve the 2015 financial statement and
auditor's report. The statement will be available on the Company's website
at www.mckillopmutual.com and a member may request a copy by
contacting the head office in Seaforth, Ontario at least 14 (fourteen) days
before the Meeting.
To consider and if thought fit, to adopt, with such amendments as may be
made at the Meeting, those amendments to the Company's By-law 1 as
were passed by the Board of Directors on December 16`h, 2015. The By-law
amendment consisting of the deletion of General By-law 21(f) requiring a
person to be a member of the Corporation and insured therein for a
continuous period of at least one year prior to the date of election.
To appoint Auditors for 2016.
To elect two qualified Directors for a term of three years. Any qualified
member wishing to seek election must file his or her intention to stand for
election in writing with the Secretary of the Company at least 21 (twenty-
one) days in advance of the Annual Meeting.
By order of the Board of Directors
McKillop Mutual Insurance Company
Seaforth, Ontario
Rob Moorehead, CIP
Corporate Secretary