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B a b i e s o f t h e
Y ear 2015
Chapel fills 1,400
boxes for charity
This past Sunday marked the first
Sunday of Advent, which means we
are officially in the Christmas
season.
Another sign that Christmas has
come to Auburn is the collection of
the Operation Christmas Child
shoeboxes, which are sent to happy
children in third world countries.
This year 1,420 shoeboxes came to
Auburn from various churches and
organizations in the area.
Some Christmas cheer will be
hitting the Auburn streets this
Wednesday evening when the kids
from Huron Chapel’s midweek
program called Heirborn will be out
Christmas carolling. Every year a
hay wagonful of children and
parents make their way through the
streets singing Christmas songs for
their Auburn neighbours.
Be on the lookout for the children.
They love it when you come out and
wave.
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PEOPLE AROUND
AUBURN
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En route
Huron Chapel in Auburn has been collecting for its annual Operation Christmas Child mission
and this year the congregation collected over 1,400 boxes. Project Director Annette Davison
is seen here with a bird’s eye view of the church’s progress. The boxes are now on their way
to various third world countries. (Mark Royall photo)
Going the extra mile
Lions Club Zone Chairperson Mary Lou Stewart, centre, who is also the president of the Blyth
Lions Club, was in Auburn late last month to honour two Auburn Lions Club members for going
above and beyond the call of duty in the community’s Manchester Riverside Park. Steve
Campbell, left, and Jim Schneider, right, were both honoured with a certificate of appreciation
on behalf of the rest of the Auburn club. (Photo submitted)
NH review highlights challenges
Several departments reported on
their activities to North Huron
Township Council as part of a
Service Delivery Review for the
township on Nov. 26.
North Huron Chief Administrative
Officer Sharon Chambers explained
to The Citizen that the township
would have preferred the meeting
had been better attended by the
public, but said that several different
issues were covered by the council.
The evening started with a review
of the process behind the service
delivery review.
“We had the brainstorming session
where council identified top
priorities and reports were provided
to council,” Chambers explained.
CROSS-BORDER SERVICING
“I gave a presentation for cross-
border servicing and how we
implemented the new policy
surrounding that,” she said.
The cross-border servicing issue
came to a head prior to Chambers’
arrival as CAO earlier this year
when Morris-Turnberry and North
Huron councils couldn’t see eye to
eye on what North Huron could
expect from Morris-Turnberry and
its ratepayers in exchange for using
North Huron’s services and
infrastructure. After working on a
new document, those troubles seem
to have been dealt with.
“The report outlined how we
implemented the new policy and
how we have created this working
group that concentrated on not only
revamping the cross-border policy
butalso on it being in place to
address opportunities for cross-
border servicing in the future,”
Chambers explained. “That
concludes that service review. The
final report for that group was
adopted by council.”
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Economic development was also
reviewed, through Chambers said
that much of it was a snapshot of
where economic development is
now because plans for the future
relied on forthcoming information.
“Council had asked for a review of
economic development,” Chambers
explained. It wasn’t a top priority,
but it did come up.”
Chambers said that while a report
will be prepared regarding the
economic development department,
it would be more of a benchmark
than providing any kind of future
plans since economic development
at the Huron County level was being
assessed.
“[North Huron’s] strategic
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