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The Citizen, 2015-01-22, Page 16PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2015. County defers $60,000/year Food Bank request LOIS MAY GOVIER Lois May (nee Hesselwood) Govier of Seaforth passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. She was in her 84th year. Lois was the beloved wife of the late Robert H. Govier (2003) and the loving mom and mother-in-law of June O’Connell (Nick Pappert), Tillsonburg; Peggy Colclough (Larry), Ardrossan, Alberta; Ruth Boniface (Robert McClure), Vanastra; Ross Govier, Seaforth; Larry O’Connell, Mitchell; Dan Boniface, Hensall and Marilyn Govier, Seaforth. She was the cherished grandmother of 12, great- grandmother of 33 and great-great- grandmother of 14 and the dear sister-in-law of Betty Hesselwood, Fay McClinchey and Dorothy Linden. Lois is also survived by many nieces, nephews and friends. Lois was predeceased by her parents John and Vera Hesselwood and her brothers Reginald, Lorne and Arthur. Cremation has taken place and memorial visitation was held at the McGlynn Family Funeral Home, Seaforth on Sunday, Jan. 18. A Legion Ladies Auxiliary Service was held after visitation. A memorial service was held in the funeral home on Monday, Jan. 19. Pastor Stephen Hildebrand officiated. A reception followed at the Seaforth Legion, Branch 156. Lois’s urn will be interred in Maitland Bank Cemetery in the spring. As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations to Egmondville United Church or the charity of one’s choice would be appreciated and can still be made through the funeral home or by visiting Lois’s online memorial at www.mcglynnfamilyfuneral home.com DAVID KEITH JOHNSTON Dave Johnston of RR 2, Bluevale passed away at his residence on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. He was 41. Dave was the beloved husband of Kimberly (Bridge) Johnston and loving father of Myles, Lola and Kipp. He was the dear son of Keith and Bonnie (MacKenzie) Johnston of RR 2, Bluevale and the son-in-law of Wayne and Barb Bridge, RR 1, Bluevale. Dave will be lovingly remembered by his sisters Donna and Gord Stute and Carla Layton and Rob Moorehead. He was the brother-in-law of Lori and Mark Lewis and Mark Bridge and uncle of Cody, Ryan and Megan Stute, Tyler and Jacob Layton and Lyla and Spencer Lewis. Visitation was held at McBurney Funeral Home, Wingham on Thursday. The funeral service was held at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre on Friday. Rev. Jeff Hawkins officiated. Interment will be in Wingham Cemetery, Wingham. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to an education fund for David’s children would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Please make cheques payable to Kimberly Johnston. Online condolences may be left at www.mcburneyfuneralhome.com GLEN ALLEN CARTER Glen Allen Carter passed away peacefully on Jan. 13, 2015 at Seaforth Manor Nursing Home, just five days short of his 91st birthday. Glen is survived by his wife of 62 years, Doreen (nee Armstrong) Carter of Seaforth. He was the loving father of Cathy (Kevan), Larry (Colleen) and Colleen. He was the grandfather of Wade (Domenica), Tonya (Brendan), Adam (Lindsey) and Nicole (Mat) and the great-grandfather of Zackary, Mia, Alexander, Carter, Brooklyn, Luca and Liam. Glen is also survived by his brother-in-law Ken Armstrong (Marlene) and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister Beryl Reid (Watson). Visitation was held at the McGlynn Family Funeral Home, Seaforth on Friday, Jan. 16 from noon until the time of Glen’s funeral service. Pastor Stephen Hildebrand officiated. A reception followed at the Seaforth Legion, Branch 156. The pallbearers were Wade and Adam Broome, David and Bill Armstrong and David and Dan Reid. Spring interment will take place at Egmondville Cemetery. If desired, memorial donations to Egmondville United Church or a charity of one’s choice would be appreciated and can still be made through the funeral home or by visiting Glen’s online memorial at www.mcglynnfamilyfuneral home.com VIOLA MAE TRAVISS Viola Mae (nee Marks) Traviss of Seaforth, formerly of Walton, passed away peacefully at Seaforth Community Hospital on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015. She was in her 92nd year. Viola was the beloved wife of the late Ralph Traviss and the loving mom of Linda Gingerich, London. She was the cherished grandma of Andrea Gingerich (Jason Lee) of Prince George, British Columbia; Lisa Gingerich (Denis Potvin), London; the late Nicole Gingerich and great-grandma of Jocelyne and Aubree Gingerich-Potvin. Viola was the dear sister of Lawrence ‘Jake’ Marks, Exeter. Viola is also survived by her nieces, nephews and friends. She was predeceased by her parents Russell and Josephine (nee Mann) Marks, brother Nelson ‘Dick’ Marks (Maxine), sister-in-law Dorothy Marks, niece Cheryl Marks, and siblings-in-law Herb (Mildred), Harvey (Olive), Ken (Gertie), Hessie (Norman) and Leon. Visitation was held at McGlynn Family Funeral Home, Seaforth on Tuesday, Jan. 20 until the time of the funeral service. Pastor Stephen Hildebrand officiated. A reception followed at Egmondville United Church. Interment will take place at Brussels Cemetery in the spring. As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations to the Seaforth Community Hospital or the Canadian Diabetes Association are appreciated and can still be made through the funeral home or by visiting Viola’s online memorial at www.mcglynnfamilyfuneral home.com DAVID WILLIAM McDOWELL Mr. David McDowell of Wingham passed away at Braemar Nursing Home, Wingham on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. He was 67. David was the beloved son of the late Harvey and Ferne McDowell and the dear brother of John and Norma McDowell, Belgrave; Don and Elizabeth McDowell and Judy and John Gibb, all of Kitchener; Janice and Larry Robinson, Belgrave and Carol and John Spadoni, Sault Ste. Marie. He was the special uncle of Craig (Lisa), Jill (Andrew), Ryan (Sarah), Steven (Christine), Andrew (Cora), Brad (Krista), Brent (Tracy) and Sherri (Stu). He will be lovingly remembered by eight great-nieces and three great-nephews. Visitation was held at McBurney Funeral Home Ltd., Wingham on Jan. 19 from noon until the time of the funeral service. Rev. Gary Clark officiated. Interment is in Blyth Union Cemetery. Memorial donations to Epilepsy Ontario or Community Living Wingham and District would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Online condolences may be left at www.mcburneynfuneralhome.com RUTH MARIE LAWLESS Ruth Marie Lawless passed away quietly at Upper Canada Lodge in Niagara-on-the-Lake on January 7, 2015. Born on Sept. 11, 1926, Ruth was in her 89th year. The beloved wife of the late Ross, Ruth and her late husband grew up in Ethel and Brussels. She was the loving mother of Jan (Ralph), Jeff (Susie) and Don (Lynn), the cherished grandmother of Ryan (Lindsay), Krista, Greg (Leah), Danielle, Sarah, Rosie and the late Bradford and great-grandmother of Liam. Ruth is survived by her brother, Murray McDonald (Ruth) and their children, Anne, Duncan and Elizabeth. She will be lovingly remembered by her brother-in-law Keith Lawless, sister-in-law Dorothy Lawless as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Ruth was predeceased by her sister Jean (McDonald) Humphreys and her parents Tena (Yuill) McDonald and T.L. McDonald. A celebration of Ruth’s life was held on Monday, Jan. 12 at First Grantham United Church in St. Catharines. Memorial donations made to Canuk Place Children’s Hospital, 1690 Matthews Ave., Vancouver, B.C. V6J 2T2 would be appreciated by the family. Huron County Council has deferred a decision on a grant request for $60,000 per year, for four years, from the Huron County Food Bank Distribution Centre. The request was made at council’s Dec. 17 committee of the whole meeting. Representatives from the centre used a donation made in 2014 by the county as a foundation for the request that suggested one dollar per Huron County resident, per year, be donated. At that time, the request was received and staff was directed to prepare a report for council to consider at a future meeting. Treasurer Michael Blumhagen presented council with his report on the grant request at council’s Jan. 14 committee of the whole meeting, outlining a number of concerns he has with the proposed donation. Blumhagen outlined the proposed spending model for the grant, which would be: $27,700 for salaries, $18,700 for food purchasing, $10,000 for leveraging partner opportunities and $3,600 for advertising. If council was to approve the grant, Blumhagen said, it would account for 22 per cent of the organization’s total estimated revenue for 2015, which includes in- kind donations. If donated food was excluded, Blumhagen said, the $60,000 grant would then be 55 per cent of the organization’s cash revenue. For council’s benefit, Blumhagen then scrutinized the application against the statement of intent and eligibility criteria of the Huron County grants policy, saying there were a number of areas that should concern council. Blumhagen’s first concern, he said, was that when issuing a grant, the county wanted to ensure it would not create a dependence. With nearly half of the requested money going towards salary, he suggested that a dependency may be created. Furthermore, another factor that could lead to dependency would be that the proposed grant would represent such a high percentage of the organization’s annual revenue. He also stated that the request would not comply with one section of the county’s grants policy in that, as a result of the grant, Huron County would become the Food Bank’s primary source of funding. Several councillors immediately took issue with the breakdown of the grant, saying that they felt if money was donated by the county, it should go directly to buying food, not salaries or costs related to the centre’s administration. Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Reeve Ben Van Diepenbeek said he felt the county should certainly donate to the Food Bank, but that the money should go directly to buying food and that it shouldn’t be as high as $60,000. “I think we should focus on just food – not wages and administration,” Van Diepenbeek said, adding that he felt the donation should be somewhere between zero dollars and $60,000, he just wasn’t sure exactly where. North Huron Reeve Neil Vincent also said that the county’s borders should be recognized. He said that if the money of county ratepayers was to go towards the Food Bank, then it should all go towards helping county residents, not those in neighbouring counties. Huron East Mayor Bernie MacLellan said he felt Blumhagen’s commentary was valid, but that he didn’t see a grant to the Food Bank as fitting in with a normal grant request. MacLellan said he saw the Food Bank as a social service that is serving people in the county who simply don’t have enough food to eat. “This isn’t a normal grant application,” MacLellan said. “This is providing a service for the community that needs to be out there.” Huron East Deputy-Mayor Joe Steffler said he is very familiar with the work of the Food Bank and felt council should approve the grant and that he would be completely willing to take $60,000 a year from elsewhere in the budget to cover for the grant allocation. The motion to defer the request was passed. It will be re-raised once council begins considering the 2015 budget. North St. West, Wingham Mac & Donna Anderson 519-357-1910 A cemetery is a history of people, a perpetual record of yesterday and a sanctuary of peace and quiet today. 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