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Huron Expositor, 2003-12-24, Page 1212 -THE HURON =PONTOON osmium 24„ 2003 46 11 •. BETTL S: In loving memory of my wife Barbara (Roney) who passed away five years ago, December 27, 1998. Never more than a thought away, Quietly. remembered every day, No need for words except to say, Still loved, still missed in every way. - Lovingly remembered by your husband Cub 46-52-1 RYAN: In loving memory of Paul Raphael Ryan, July 1, 1970 - December 29, 1989. If God loves each one of us, As if there were only one of us, Then, we really are all in His Hands. You are never far from us, Paul, And we know we will see you again someday. Pray for us as we pray for you, In the meantime, we are connected, Through our Loving Father, Who knows all and sees all, And lives within us and sustains us. - Dad, Mom, Brothers, Sisters and their Families 46-52x1 WILBEE: In loving --memory. of Helen, a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmoth- er who left us 2 years ago, December 26, 2001. May the wind of love blow gently, And whisper so you can hear, We will always love and miss you, And wish that you were here. We hold you close within our hearts, And there you shall remain, To walk with us throughout our lives Until we meet again. - Love Tom, Peter and Peg, Bruce and Sharon, Anne and Larry and families 46-52-1 BETTLES: In loving memory of Barb Betties (nee Roney) who passed away five years ago, December 27, 1998. As time unfolds another year, Thoughts of you are ever near, Thoughts of happy times together, Hold memories that last forever. - Lovingly remembered and forever in our hearts, Mom, Dad, George, Ann, Bob, Nancy, Ruth, Ken, Kathy, Marg, Bill, Joanne, Kevin, Susan, Brent, Bev, Jim and Families 46- 52x1 LANG: In precious memory of my husband, Dave who passed away • on December 26, 2002. ' Dear Dave: My heart is full of memories, I treasure them with care, The way you had to leave me, Will always seem unfair. Sad is the heart that loves you, Silent the tears that fall, Living my life without you, Is the hardest part of all. In all that life has given me, And all that is left to do, I will never ever have a greater gift, Than the time I spent with you. I love you Dave. -Always and forever, your wife Maureen. 46-52x 1 cc 47. Cards of Thanks MCCLURE Many thanks to my family who planned a birthday party for me along with a few wonderful surpris- es. Thanks to my friends for all the beautiful cards and gifts. It was all so greatly appreciated. - Mary 47-52x1 McGRATH I wish to express my thanks to my family, friends and neighbours who attended my 75th birthday get- together. The gifts, cards, flowers and best wishes were very much appreciated. Special thanks to my family for arranging this memorable occasion. - Ina 47-52x1 MITCHELL I would like to say a great big thank you to my family and all my super friends for all their kindness in sending food, flowers and cards. All was greatly appreciated. Thank you to Dr. Gonser and nurses. Also to Pastor Steve and the Egmondville Church family for their prayers and concem. - Sincerely, Nancy Mitchell 47-52x1 TURNBULL Words cannot express our deep appreciation to relatives, neigh- bours and friends for your kindness since the toss of our wife, mother and grandmother. Thank you to our friends in the Lions Club for your support and compassion on Monday night and for the very spe- cial service at the funeral home. Thank you to the ambulance atten- dants for your professional and fast response and to the medical staff of Seaforth and Stratford hospitals ler the excellent care. We are very grateful tor the many generous memorial donations to the various charities, for the flowers, for sympa- thy cards and other expressions of sympathy, for the delicious food brought lo aur homes and for the excstent meal prepared between the family visitations. Thank you to those who p0vdded the beautiful music, to Deva WIierrls for assist - log Jarmo with 1M funeral sante, to the United Church Woman for the lovely Itmcfneort and to the person- nel of its Whilney-Abay FurN/al Home. Our Wore applcYUOn and thinks ler al he conwturMy support dudno limo Moult ens. - John, Janet Chits, Martino and Pantiles 49.611 •' 7 Curds of Thanks MILLER Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate our 50th Wedding Anniversary. A special thank you to our family for their planning and organizing of an Open House and an Old Tyme Dance. We enjoyed seeing the many relatives and friends. The number of cards we received was overwhelming. - Alex and Hannah 47-52x1 mos Cr eeting. s MURRAY Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the former Mayor of Dublin, Ontario. - Jerry Murray HAPPY $OTE(*° 0. Birthdays • Anniversaries o °' Div Buck & Does Parties from 820 + GST 1,g/71, t �. Drop by The Huron Expositor today! r' D ie *•/ v, *D v v* te Daycare committee will determine ways to balance centre's budget By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor A new committee, consisting of two Huron East councillors, two parents and Tuckersmith Day Nursery manager Cheryl Nuhn, will report on the daycare's operational budget by the end of January. The committee, which includes Seaforth Coun. Joe Steffler and Tuckersmith Coun. Hill De Jong, was formed at Huron East council's Dec. 16 meeting. Forming the committee was a suggestion of Steffler, who said he wanted to determine if there are ways to balance the budget at the municipal daycare. Steftler suggested looking at discontinuing the rental fees of $34,000 a year at the Vanastra Recreation Centre as a way to reduce the centre's deficit. "Rather than throw the baby out with the bathwater, let's lower the rent and take a look at it," he said. And, when De Jong suggested that lowering the daycare centre's rent will not Community Calendar WED. DEC. 24 MON., DEC. 29 8:00-12:00 p.m. - Christmas Fun Hockey School THURS., DEC. 25 ARENA CLOSED MERRY CHRISTMAS FRI. , DEC. 26 ARENA CLOSED BOXING DAY booked for family rentals SUN., DEC. 28 2:30-4:00 p.m. - Public Skating sponsored by Archie's Service Centre No Public Skating Tournament until 5:00 pm 10:00-12:00 Noon - Walking for the Health of it Program - arena hall side 7:00-8:00 p.m. - Ruth's Fitness at the Arena (upstairs) TUES., DEC. 30 2:30-4:00 p.m. - Public Skating Sponsored by Seaforth Golf & Country Club WED. DEC. 31 1:00-2:30 p.m. - Public Skating Sponsored by Seaforth Arena If you're organizing a non-profit event of interest to other Seaforth area residents, phone the recreation office 527-1272 or the Expositor at 527-0240. or mail the information to Community Calendar. The Huron Expositor, Box 69. Seaforth. Ontario. NOK 1W0 well in advance of the scheduled date. Free Listing includes date, time, name of event and location only. Space for the Community Calendar is donated by The Huron Expositor. make a difference to the taxpayers since it will only "rob Peter to pay Paul" by creating a deficit for the rec centre, Steffler responded, "Maybe we'll rob Paul now to pay Peter." Deputy -Mayor Bernie MacLellan agreed saying that the daycare centre and the recreation centre have to be looked at separately and every facility has to "survive on its own merit." MacLellan asked Nuhn, who was in attendance at the meeting, whether or not Tuckersmith Day Nursery could have a balanced budget if it had no rent to pay. he responded that since the daycare had to increase wages under pay equity this year that a balanced budget, even without rent, wouldn't be possible this year. "If you can't balance the budget with free rent, I'd say close the daycare," said MacLellan. When Steffler pointed out that other municipalities, like North Huron are offering municipal daycare and paying a deficit, MacLellan responded that North Huron's $100,000 deficit for its daycare is "getting out of control and they're not sure they're going to continue." "When you look at what we pay for the number of families using the facility, we're subsidizing each family that walks through the door by $2,000," said MacLellan of the Tuckersmith Day Nursery. Nuhn asked MacLellan if councillors are willing to fundraise to help the daycare but MacLellan answered that the municipality already fundraises with the tax levy. "And, I'm not in favour of raising that anymore," he added. Grey Coun. Mark Beaven said he heard from taxpayers in his area during the municipal election that the municipality should not be in the business of running a daycare centre. MacLellan said he'll be interested to see if the committee can answer the question of whether the Vanastra daycare is "a viable service that we want to continue." Brussels Coun. David Blaney said he'd also like to see the municipality's economic development officer provide figures about the economic benefits of daycare to a region. "We said we'd look at daycare and we're looking at it," added Mayor Joe Seili. Seaforth Foodgrains Project planning i2th local crop By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor The Seaforth and area Foodgrains 'Project is planning its 12th crop for the spring after raising $23,275.86 from the 2003 crop of winter wheat. With the Canadian government's pledge to match local donations four to one, Seaforth's contribution will end up totalling $116,379.30, says local spokesperson Janneke Murray. "Area farmers took time out of their busy schedules to plant, spray and harvest this year's winter wheat crop. 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Murray says that while the local project has been making significant donations over the past decade, donations will help pay for the costs involved . "We never get enough donations to put thb crop in. Our outstanding bills are paid by the crop before we send in the rest as donation," she says. A higher level of donation from the community would allow more of the profit from the crop to go towards the donation. Murray says she was recently inspired by a conversation with Goderich's Knox Presbyterian minister David Clements, who visited Africa on behalf of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank close to five years ago. "He told me a story over coffee a week ago that an elderly Ethiopian man cried as he told him his entire village would have starved if it weren't for Canada and the Foodgrains Bank," she says. Clements says the village was in grave danger of starving while its members were building a dam in order to provide water to irrigate their crop§. "The Foodgrains Bank was able to provide the village with food until the dam was built and it still supplements them with food," he says. Murray says the next crop planted by the Seaforth project will be soybeans on a 90 -acre plot east of Seaforth on Highway 8. Anyone who wants to make a donation can call Murray at 345-2407 or Gerry Vanden Hengel at 527-0845. Festival Hydro customers in need can apply for help paying hydro bills By Sara Campbell Expositor Staff The worry of whether or not hydro consumers in need of financial assistance will be able to pay their bill this winter, has been lifted. Festival Hydro recently announced that they have joined Share the Warmth, which offers needy families, the seniors, the disabled and terminally ill eligibility for emergency funding to keep their heat and hydro running. "We're pleased to have them on board. We continue to grow each year which allows us to help more and more people in need," said Edward de Gale, executive director of the not-fbr-profit agency. The charitable energy - assistance program is a partnership between participating hydro utilities and the Canadian Mental Health Association, which will help provide referrals for the program. Bill Zehr, president of Festival Hydro, said thi the first time Festival Hy has taken part in the program. "This is a brand new program launched by Festival Hydro. We thought that we should join this excellent, province -wide organization and their initiative of helping others in need," said Zehr. The program has helped more than 20.000 people with emergency energy aid in the last three years of operation, said de Gale. He added that statistics show more than 50,000 households each year have their power cut in Ontario. Zehr said for the past several years Festival Hydro has offered a financial assistance program which users can apply for but the Share the Warmth program gives the customers another option. "This is a another mechanism for our users to have when they are in need of financial assistance," said Zehr. Festival Hydro consumers will have the chance to support the charity when donation leaflets arrive in their next billing. Donations will aid those in need in , Festival Hydro's coverage area including Stratford, St. Marys, Seaforth, Hensall, Dashwood, Brussels and Zurich. "Our distribution area covers those towns and anyone in those areas. Ite,is Therefore our consumers t c3Tf-ba�ome involved by making a donation or applying for assistance and they will receive more , information on the program with their bill within the next month." said Zehr. Contributions can also be directed to an automated donation line at 1 -900 -563 - WARM (9276) or the web e i t o www.sharethewarmth.org.