The Citizen, 2004-12-16, Page 6New warden
North Huron reeve Doug Layton, left, became the new
warden for Huron County. Past warden Bill Dowson
extended his congratulations. (Advance Time photo)
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FAMILY MEMBER'S 1ST NEW YEAR
PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2004.
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By Pauline Kerr
Wingham Advance-Times
The first order of county business
for 2005 at the Dec. 7 meeting, was
the selection of committees. The
committee chair will be selected at
the first committee meeting.
The agriculture, public works and
seniors committee will consist of
warden Doug Layton, and county
councillors Dorothy Kelly, Ellen
Connelly, John Bezaire, Murray
Scott, Ben Van Diepenbeek and
David Urlin.
The health and planning
committee will consist of Layton,
and county councillors Jim
Fergusson, Bert Dykstra, Neil
Rintoul, Ken Oke, Paul Klopp and
Joseph Seili.
The social and cultural services
`Men don't
consider
monetary
value'
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"They seem very optimistic. The
wallets are definitely open."
"I don't think the consumer is
strapped," notes Snell. I think
there's lot of money out there. We
just have to work harder and harder
to keep those dollars here."
Who's doing the spending is
generally the women. However,
while men shop for fewer people
traditionally, they seem to think less
about the dollar value. "Men don't
consider the monetary factor. I don't
know if it's the nature of the breed
or the fact that they've left things to
the last minute so don't have the
same choices."
The retailers themselves prove
this theory. McDonald said he falls
in with the typical male, leaving his
shopping to the end of the season.
"There's not as much to choose
from because the selection's been
picked over so it's easier to make up
my mind."
Oldfield said she likes to get the
shopping out of the way early
before she faces the Christmas rush
in the store. "I tend to be quite early.
I want to get done before it gets
busy here."
Youngblut said she's usually an
early shopper, but for some reason
has put things off. "I have no idea
why. I just seem to he a
procrastinator this year."
THE EDITOR,
All of us connected with the
Wingham and Area Palliative Care
Services want to acknowledge the
wonderful people who have
responded so generously to our
-Wings of Dave campaign. We have
received over $8,000 and each day's
mail brings in a few more donations.
Our goal of $10,000 may yet be
Asking Santa for a happy family
holiday season'? Then start with
tradition, says a Purdue University
cultural anthropologist.
"Tradition is very important
because we rely on it to define
ourselves and our values," says
Andrew Buckser, associate professor
of anthropology, who researches the
relationship of ritual, culture and
religion, and specializing on
Judaism in Europe.
"It's how we tell our story.
Holiday rituals are really a kind of
play, and everyone is always
rewriting the script. Each of us is our
own character, and we each have
something we want to say."
Many people think rituals are only
associated with so-called primitive
societies or religious activities, but
everyone, even non-religious people
in the Western world, participates in
rituals, he says.
Holiday rituals are especially
important for us because they
represent the few times we really
connect our personal pasts to our
lives today.
"Holidays, such as Christmas and
Hanukkah, include large family
gatherings, and these reunions are
how we create symbolism about
what we are as a family," Buckser
says.
People are not always aware of
what that symbolism means. Why,
for example, do most Americans eat
cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving,
when they do not really like it and
would not eat it any other time of the
year?
Foods like that often say things
about who we are as a nation and a
culture, Buckser says.
If tradition must be broken, find
reached:
It is most encouraging for our
volunteers, executive director and
board members to realize that we
have the support of the community.
Our volunteers have the satisfaction
of %flowing they have spent quality
time with some very ill and dying
people. Their presence has also been
helpful to the families and
ways for people to engage in
something new, Buckser
recommends. For example, grandma
is not able to prepare latkes for
Hanukkah this season, so find
something for her to do or ask her to
share her recipes with the new
cooks.
"Hosts make the mistake of not
including relatives in the holiday
meal preparatiOns, but preparing
food is one of the most important
ways that people participate in
traditions," Buckser says.
For many families, decorating the
Christmas tree is the most symbolic
ritual they participate in.
caregivers.
Contributions to this worthwhile
service are welcome all year round.
However, donations for 2004
income tax receipts must be in by
Dec. 3 I.
Our blessings to, each of you for
the coming year.
Bev Brown,
Campaign Chair.
"Decorating a tree is like
assembling your past," Buckser
says.
SoMe families decorate with
homemade ornaments, and others
use ornaments that have been
received as gifts or inherited from
family members.
"Remember that there's a
difference between history and
tradition," Buckser says. "History is
ideally about an accurate record, but
tradition is what we think of the past.
It's our own folklore, a way we can
say what we want about ourselves."
"This also is why traditions are
always changing."
Alex John Smith
May 18
son of
Mike & Laura
Smith
Letter to the editor
Campaign raises $8,000
committee will consist of Layton,
and county councillors Rosemary
Rognvaldson, Rob Morley, Bill
Dowson, Bernie MacLellan, Deb
Shewfelt, and non-council members
Ron Anderson. Paul Elgie, Norman
Fairies, Cheryl Heath, and Carol
McDonnell.
Council appointees to the board of
the Bruce•Grey Huron Perth District
Health Council are Dowson and
Morley; board of the Huron-Perth
County Children's Aid Society -
Connelly; Maitland Watershed
Partnerships Water Action Team -
Layton; Maitland Watershed
Partnerships Terrestrial Team ,and
Forest Management Plan - Scott:
Huron Farm Environmental
Mediation committee - Dowson and
Van Diepenbeek; Huron County
Accessibility advisory committee -
voting members are Glen
McLachlan, Bob Fisher, Joe Austin,
Lori Falconer,. Andrea Gingrich,
Phil Glandon, Rosemary
Armstrong, and county councillor
Seili, and non-voting members are
Bob Pattison, Claire Dodds-Weir,
Janice Dunbar, Sandy McLean and
Barb Leamen; Huron Business
Development Corporation board of
directors - Urlin.
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