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BOARD MISSION STATEMENT
We are a Catholic School Board. We serve our
students, working with the home, parish and school
community to:
Nurture a Christ-centred environment;
Provide student-focused learning opportunities;
Support the growth of the whole person.
Huron Chapel’s annual meeting
highlights a year of successes
This past week Huron Chapel in
Auburn held its Annual Meeting.
This event is much more than just
business meeting, it is a celebration.
We set up tables, we serve coffee and
dessert and cheer on what God has
done in the past year through the
church.
We bring each committee and
ministry team to the front of the
room and say, Thank you. Thank
you for your passion. Thank you for
going the extra mile. It makes a
difference and we just want you to
know that. This is my favourite part
of our annual meeting.
Some of the highlights from this
past year included our Vacation
Bible School weekend where we all
went down to the Riverside Retreat
in Auburn. We brought in author and
humourist Phil Callaway as our
speaker. We had a talent show one
night, we went tubing on the
Maitland River, had a huge pork
barbecue and the kids loved all the
daytime activities and lessons. And
to top it all off…it didn’t cost people
anything to participate. Many
brought their trailers and RVs down
where they camped out all weekend
long and got to know one another
better.
Another highlight was being able
to send two mission teams out; one
to Papua, New Guinea and another
to El Salvador. In both cases these
teams help to build houses. The
youth in the church, under the
guidance of Rob Campbell, were
always busy learning and having
fun. Attendance was up this past
year where on Wednesdays there
could be over 30 teenage youth out.
The children’s midweek program
called, Heirborn also saw an
increase having about 55 kids out on
Wednesday nights.
We enjoyed many babies being
born into our church family again
this year. Since I have been here, we
have averaged a new baby being
born every four months. Keep those
babies coming. We also held our
first-ever marriage retreat. Twenty
of us spent the weekend at the
Elmhurst Inn where we laughed our
way to a better marriage. There
were so many other ministry events
that took place that when I made a
photo montage highlighting them all
for the annual meeting it took about
13 minutes to scroll through them.
God is good.
Huron Chapel loved being part of
the community this past year. Last
Easter, the church hosted the
community Easter egg hunt where
about 250 adults and children came
out for a morning of Easter fun.
This past Christmas we also enjoyed
going Christmas carolling out in the
village of Auburn. We were very
glad to host the Lions concert called,
“Christmas in the Country” this year.
We hope we can do this again. Once
again we were so grateful to be part
of the Operation Christmas Child
where over 1,300 boxes were
gathered and sent out to children
worldwide to help them celebrate
Christmas.
If you have never visited us at
Huron Chapel, we hope you stop by
and say, “Hi”.
NEWS
FROM AUBURN
By Mark
Royall
Call
519-441-2223
PEOPLE AROUND
AUBURN
BUY? SELL?
TRY CLASSIFIED
Jammin’
Two-year-old Laila Matheson refused help and insisted on
applying jam to her own toast on Sunday as the Auburn
Lions Club held its monthly breakfast. Plenty flocked to the
meal as a welcome haven from the cold in the form of a
warm breakfast. (Vicky Bremner photo)
East Wawanosh drainage
project proceeds despite
ratepayers’ concerns
An East Wawanosh drainage
project has divided the watershed it
services and found both those for it
and against stating their case at a
recent North Huron Council
meeting.
At the meeting, Engineer Jeff
Dixon for, RJ Burnside and
Associates, presented a report
regarding the drain after explaining
that misinformation was to blame
for some concerns with the way the
project was proceeding.
Several people, according to
Burnside, had reported that there
was no petition circulated for
suggested upgrades to the drainage
system, however Dixon explained
that such a petition was only
necessary under Section 4 of the
Drainage Act, which deals with new
drains. Since the Snell Municipal
one is an existing drain, it was dealt
with under Section 78.
The drain, which was created in
1928 and adopted as a municipal
one with bylaw 3-1929, will be
significantly increased by the
proposed work, however not
everyone involved feels the work is
necessary.
Dave Workman said that he felt
the size of the tile drain was
unnecessary, however Dixon
reported that it is standard practice
to apply for the largest that can be
funded through provincial grants.
Workman also had problems with
the way the project was assessed.
Those concerns, however can be
addressed at the court of revision, to
be held at a future meeting.
Norman McClinchey said he was
completely against the project
regardless of the size of the drain
because there was no problem with
his land at all.
“I don’t feel I should pay for any
of it,” he said.
Dixon asked McClinchey if he felt
it would add value to the property if
he sold it or passed it on to a family
member, but McClinchey said he
had no plans for the latter and that
the land was well serviced.
McClinchey also said there was still
going to be overland flow, which he
felt was what caused flooding in
some of his neighbours’ properties.
Dixon explained that through the
construction of low-land berms,
water would be held back to
maximize the capacity of the tile
drain to prevent overland flow.
McClinchey still didn’t see a need
for the drain, and Workman said that
he felt that the project and costing
was too much as it is.
“The assessment is huge,” he said.
“The cost is crippling to landowners.
I ask council to take this into
consideration and tweak it to bring
down the cost to make it more
financially viable.”
Council approved a bylaw that
will see the drainage plan enacted
and set March 2 as the date for the
court of revision. At that meeting, if
no assessment appeals are lodged,
tenders for the project will be
opened and a winning bidder
chosen. If an appeal is received,
however, the court must determine if
the complaint is valid and can adjust
the assessments accordingly.
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
See histories and historic
photographs on the
Huron History section
of our website
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