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Lakeshore Advance, 2012-11-14, Page 186 Lakeshore a latlng mark: Stephanie Donaldson creates a Family Fund at the Grand Bend Community Foundation Lakeshore Advance "I've loved it all my life:" 'That's Stephanie Donaldson talking about her adopted community of (rand Bend. Recently she established a Family Fund with the (;rand Bend Community Foundation to honour that special connection. Stephanie grew up in Grosse Pointe, Mich- igan, i ler father and uncle bought land in Oakwood in the late 1930s. "Everyone else was going to northern Michigan," she says, "but (;rand Bend was closer and they liked the idea that they were in a foreign country!" lir cottage where Donaldson lives note was built after the post -War real estate boom in 1949. Stephanie met her husband Ted at a party in Grosse Pointe and was immediately drawn to "his smile and his blue eyes." They were married a year and a half later. Ted spent his entire career with Chrysler, includ- ing an eight-year stint in England. "We left the 11,S, with two boys," Stephanie says, "and carne back with four boys, a nanny, a Great Dane, two gerbils and a cat!" Although her two oldest sons were teen- agers by the time they returned from Eng- land, and didn't spend as much time in Grand Bend, the two youngest, Peter and Geoffrey, spent every summer here. They made many friends by playing in the local soccer league. Today her sons range in age from 36 to 52 and she has seven grandchildren. In his early 60s, Ted developed Alzheimer Disease. Ile and Stephanie lived full-time in (rand Bend for several years. She remem- bers with gratitude the excellent health care he received, and the kindness of the com- munity in the face of his occasional eccen- tricities. Eventually the family decided Ted would be more comfortable in his own home in Grosse Pointe. Meien1vhile, Stephanie was becoI ning more involved in the (rand Bend coinnnu nity, It started when she was President of the Oakwood Park Residents Association, and continued to grow. "When I started out, we were simply cottagers, corning Memorial Day and leaving Labour Day," she says. "We enjoyed the best of the community but gave little. As 1 stayed longer and longer, 'I began to think, l'nM here, 1 have time and 1 want to give back to a community that has given so much to us!" And give back she did, helping save the public school, supporting the development of the Community Ilealth Centre, chairing the health Services Foundation, and much The Mal i Ipality of Lambton Shores LIVING IN LAMBTON SNORES... 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Comments are to be submitted in writing prior to December 13, 2011 to Municipality of Lamblon Shone 7663 Amistscom Parkway Forest Ontallo NON IJO Atte Maya Weber and Council Committee of Adjustment ... The l•mblon Shores Comm le. of A4usl mens .All be considering the toxo'o ng manors a, the Th mdiy, Dseembsr lea, 2011, meeting 1:M p.m, - Malay C. OW, Alen 0 Frank 1 Nancy Moore - A• 14/2e11 Miner Names 71 Wier Road. Grand Band T00 pm. - Heim • Renta Pampa - A•1111011 Mala Variance 51 Os Road, Orland Bend 1:N p.m. - Roger hewed, Aee+t Her Rico DayWopme t Company fns. - 1.911011 - Censer 77 Mon Street Ent, Grand Bend Full copies of 1M n000ea for toss applications are availed* on the Municipal Wsbsee ot an be obtained by caking the Forest onlee et 7N 2338 or 1477.7162336 The meetings we held el The Thsdto d Vwog. Complex, cane of Men and Peed Skeels. Thedfad Ontario Winter whew Clearance i Removal Wit tenter minim please remember tet to penile or vslyrW on Mururoa roads w pmhM.d between ear hors of 300 a m and 600 a m and 4151, at be nand b otenders COMM n5y 5erww DepanmeM woe** operabrs app+sdee yoke cnmperMm r a queMkvM Of Moron* *ON CM M» Sy caw f Mammon Men M Ginn 61&1- 610.394600 a Keith Crawford - 510.1364401 Holiday schedule for Garbage & Recycling Pickup Men vell bel no drapes lo tie pedlar and recycling pickup ettedule mei the Watley Season For t rpw h4nnsson *base coned MS Ccnvnnay Savoie Dep a 510 2411403a1.1106643-1400 CHRISTMAS TRIM ReCYCUNG The Municipally of larnbron Shoes will once again provide Christmas tree drop-otT depots from January 3rd • 15th Depots ars boated N the following Community Swims Yards 0610 Port Franks Road •Thediord 10 Mn N • Forest For further information plies contact Me Community Service Department al 519-243-1400 or 1.666613.1100 Christmas Holiday Business Hours During the Cfyuenms 1 New Years Holiday Season, the Lambkin Shores' Munblpel offb.. In Forest and Grand Bend wa be closed December 240 N January 2'4and *0 be back in tux service Tuesday. January 3". 2012 The Lambkin Shores Community Services Department will be open for business December 20" 1 2f Dump this Holiday Ss *on ons Conynurvty Services Department wnl be on duty to ensure amt wkNw road meneneno• and snowplowing and other ..sent*( 'winos are dasvred during MN Mme period Attention Community Oroupst 2012 Grants Th• l ambton Shores Community Oran, Apple bon form is now available on Ohs Municipal webene el lKelalrCWnllNres App0ason forms an also IYWbie n Med onpy a1 any I ammmnn Shona Municipal office Comp,•Md sppaa(en fans must be eubrMMd by Deventer 31, 2011 and can dropped of M any t ambkn Shores Mining* office or mailed to She MusdpMfy cd lamdon Snores. Cmyrnryty Sentloipt 0.pa►msnt Ann FaoaWor ot R.a..o yin and l • ate OS73 Port Franks Rad. RR 1, Thedfomd. ON NOM2N0 it you have any questions or concerns about MS grant application bum a Me gram app0caon process, please anmd Fe Community Senores Department 01 1466.913 1400 more. She is a strong supporter of St. John's by the bake Anglican Church, and currently serves as a Warden. She is also a Director of the Lake Huron (;entre for Coastal Couser vation, a member of the (;rand Bend Environ- ment Committee, and past Board Member of the Alzheimer Society of I luron County, where she serves as a Community Ambassador. Recently she was recognized as one of (rand Bend's "Community Leaders of the Decade," Now Stephanie has found another wily to give back. She has created the Stephanie and 'l'ed Donaldson Family Fund at the (rand Bend Community Foundation, Family Funds are created with a gift of $5,00( or more over five years. A Family Fund is a way to make a differ- ence forever. They are permanently invested and each year a portion of the income is used to support valuable projects in the community. Over the past 10 years, the (rand Bend Com- munity Foundation has granted more than $500,000 to community projects, including the library, the Community health Centre, the Huron Country Playhouse, sports fields, schools, the beach enhancement project and more, Stephanie is delighted to make a permanent contribution to a commu- nity that means so much to her, and hopes to add to her fund on a regular basis. "i atm blessed," she says simply. "If i can make a difference, I want to do it" Stephanie and Ted Donaldson Submitted Photo McNaughton Supports Local Municipality Democracy Act, 2011 79 municipalities throughout Ontario have passed 100 resolutions demanding that the McGuinty government restore local decision making powers. OW Agency Throughout the recent election campaign one of the most impor- tant issues discussed was that of restoring local decision making powers related to the Green Energy Act and industrial wind turbines. New MPP Monte McNaughton has wasted no time in getting to work for the residents of Lambton-Kent- Middlesex and today announced his support for MPP Todd Smith's Local Municipality Democracy Act that was introduced in the house today. "The greatest Injustice of the Dal- ton McGulnty government is that his bureaucrats are sitting in down- town Toronto making decisions about where to locate wind turbines in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex," said McNaughton. "It's an absolute disgrace that Dalton McGuinty continues to ignore the will of local rest{ dents and the 79 elected municipal councils who have demanded local decision making powers be restored." The Local Municipality Democracy Act, 2011 is aimed at restoring the municipal power to draft and enforce by-laws to protect their interests with regard to green energy projects. When the Green energy Act was introduced in 2009, it ran rough- shod over the traditional rights and responsibilities of municipalities to pass by-laws by stating that municipal by-law restrictions did not apply to renewable energy projects, sources or test projects. "I have been pleased to work with MPP Todd Smith to help draft and prepare this important piece of legislation. I look forward to reaching out to all MPPs, regardless of political stripe to encour- age them to support a return to our traditional local planning processes," said McNaughton.