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Times-Advocate, 1987-07-29, Page 9Clifford outlines win in riding battle Middlesex MP 'ferry Clifford was instrumental in keeping Lucan, and • Biddulph in his riding in a presenta- tion to the standing committee on election.% privileges and procedures to object to the boundaries commis- sion's recommendations to move the two to the Lambton-Middlesex riding. His comments were as follows: It is .my view that the boundaries for the proposed electoral district of London -Middlesex, though satisfac- tory with respect to the communities that lie within those boundaries, could be improved on by one minor modification. This change would be to add the Township of Biddulph and the Village of Lucan, which are present- ly in the riding of London -Middlesex. !think it is appropriate that I continue to serve this area. These communities have far stronger ties with the -city of London than with the communities in the pro- posed electoral district of Lambton- Middlesex, which is basically to the east of my riding. Many residents and the county and municipal government leaders of these communities have expressed their concern about the proposed changes that would remove the Village of Lucan and the Township of Biddulph from London- Middlesex, and have requested that 1 stress to you their desire to remain in the electoral district of London - Middlesex. It is interesting to note, Mr. Chair- man, that a previous electoral com- mission finally recognized that the Township of Biddulph and the Village of Lucan should eetlheir long -lost dream of being a part of the electoral district of London in 1976. The historical bonding between London - the city and its immediate townships to the north, which were opened,up with the stage coaches when Highway 4 was opened, has finally manifested itself in that community's being part of the electoral district of London - Middlesex. These people feel that they have justifiably proven their orientation in their community of in- terest's being tied ih with the other townships and the city of London and it should remain that way. For your information, the Member of parliament from Lambton- Middlesex is in full support of this recommendation. His riding is already physically very Targe. The communities of interest in his riding are already sufficiently large and diverse in number that the addition of another community with a very dit- ferent community of interest, which has I think been quite well portrayed to the commission itself... The sub -missions-to-the-tont-Mission really made the point of the residents of Lucan and•Iliddulph Township. They feel that their community of interest is best served by being tied in with the city of London and the townships im- mediately around the city of London: • The Member from Lambton- Middlesex agrees with this, that his riding is already very large. The area immediately to the east, designed number :39, is Lambton.-Middlesex. You can see, by the sheer size of that predominantly rural riding ... and if you know anything about it at all, the centres of activity of Petrolia, Sarnia and Strathroy have quite different focuses and communities of interest than we have over in London. The people of Biddulph and the little village of Lucan very much have their. ties and roots and their daily business activities tied int() London -Middlesex and would like to remain there. What do these changes mean? The proposed electoral district of London - Middlesex with a population of 85,756 would not beadversely affected by the additional population of 3,876 peo- ple,.the figure represented by the pink area here: This would make the riding of London -Middlesex only slightly above the Ontario average. Mr. Chairman. The impact on Lambton- Middlesex. should my suggestion he accepted. would be minimal. The resulting population of 76,223 is quite acceptable for a rural riding, a riding difficult to serve because of its large geographic area: and it is certainly - above the minimums in Ontario. Mr. Chairman, in conclusion, I think what I have recommended here is intended to keep the constituents I presently have and am serving in Bid- dulph and Lucan, to keep their com- munities of interest alive. thin direc tions and roots. It is to pay afrebtiol�� to those and to let them maintain this in the federal riding of London - Middlesex, and not to be disturbed that numbers in rural ridings are the most important thing. When a riding is large and sprawling and has many communities of interest in it now. why Arno the adversity and add physical dimension to it when it is already too large? - I think my recommendation is very minimal. but very. significant for the people in Biddulph Township and Lucan. Thank you. Deer hit in accident A deer was killed in one of the three accidents investigated this week by officers of the Ontario Provincial Police detachment at Lucan. The deer crossed into the path of a vehicle driven by Diana Cepecauer, RR 1, Dundalk while travelling on Highway 23, Friday. Constable Craig listed damages at $1.000. Wednesday, Constable Wilcox set damages at $8,000 when vehicles driven by Ronald Oglan, Windsor and Andrew McRae, RR 1 Denfield collid- ed on Middlesex road 16. No injuries were reported. Thursday. a vehicle driven .by Robert Stalker, Embro northbound on Highway 4 struck a trailer being pulled by a vehicle which turned left in front of him. Damages were set at $1,800 by Constable Osterloo. Detachment officers investigated 35 general occurrences this week which included three instances of break, enter and theft; two instances each of . impaired driving and theft under $1.000 and one assault. Centralia residents on trip to Quebec By Mrs. TOM KOOY A pretty wedding was held;Satur- • day at the United Church when Karen Snell. Centralia and Paul Dougherty. Exeter exchanged wedding vows: At- tendants were Maid of Honour Lyn Snell, Flower girl Heather Snell. Best Man David Bennendyk and ring bearer Brendan Buchanan. Soloist was Vickie Miller with Darren Tinney at the organ. Rev. Deborah Carter of- ficiated. A reception was held at the Exeter Legion. Suzzanne Ryan, Mount Brydges is visiting this week with her Cousins Mark and Melissa Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Morgan and family spent the past week holiday- ing at various places and Saturday. Terry and Judy were guests at the Vanderhoek - Burns wedding at the Church of the Hosanna, Hyde Park followed by a reception at the llder- ton curling club. Several visitors from Holland attended the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Brent Caslick and family have been on holidays this past week. Brent and Jean spent a few days in Quebec while the boys stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Caslick: Even though the heat outside was hot, a good crowd turned out to Keegan:: Inn July 20 where the air conditioner kept us cool. • Prizes went to Jessie Lewis. Kay Armstrong, Mary Meikle, Murray Carter, Maty Kooy, Jean Millar and -Joe Carter. The next get together will be August 3 at 2:30. Everybody welcome. John and Jackie Overholt and fami- ly, London visited Sunday with his aunt, Von Overholt. Also present were Ron and Marlene Moore. Exeter and Glen and Laura Overholt. Zurich. At the United Church Sunday Rev. Deborah Carter chose as her topic 'Bathed Into God' with special music by the choir. There will be no services in this church during the month of August while Rev. Carter is on holidays. Ser- vices will resume September 6 at the usual time. Sunday school will resume September 13 at 10 o'clock at. Centralia. HONOUR REPORTER — Reeve Norm Steeper presents a Village of Lucan memento to T -A assistant editor Ross Haugh for many years in reporting Lucan council activities. T -A photo Lucan and district news • sown Cook 497.4911 Plenty of action in minor soccer a . In Lucan and District Minor Soccer League play. Coldstream visited Lucan 1 Atoms and were defeated 8-1. Scoring three goals each for Lucan were Sean'Ryan and Brent Bellamy. Single goals were scored by Jeremy rown and Brett Galt. Chris Haskett played a strong defensive game. Lucan II Atoms travelled to St. Col- umban where they were met.by much stronger opponents: - Goal -keepers Adam Duskocy in the - first half and Dillon England in the se- cond half were continuously challeng- ed. making many good saves. Doug MacGregor played well defensively. • - Despite good individual and team efforts, Lucan Il was defeated 9-1 by St. Columban. Jesse Waters scored the only Lucan goal. In Mosquito play, Lucan played at home against Nairn II. Solid team play resulted in goals_ by Brian Heckman, Nathan Brown and two goals by Jason Wyatt which gave Lucan a 4-1 win over Nairn. Squirt action in Lucanthis.week saw Lucan III defeat Grand Bend by. a score of 2-0. Lucan's goal -keeping duties were shared by Tyler Graham and Robbie Silver. A good team -effort created goals by - Adam Ryan and Ryan Carroll. Scott Thompson played a strong defensive game. Lucan II Squirts had a bye in their schedule. - In the West London girls soccer league Atom division, a hard effort by the entire Lucan Cadet team resulted in a 0-0 stalemate with Northwest Hurricanes currently the league's first place atom team. - Mosquito girls teams Lucan Irish and Lucan Lancers also played to a scoreless tie. Melissa Zapanic and Debbie Greenlee played exceptionly well for the Irish as did Jenny Needham and Amy Damen for the Lancers. Lucan Bantam girls, with only nine players provided strong competition against South-west Kicks but were defeated by a score of 3-2. Lucan's goals were scored by Rhonda Roberts and Carrie Lane. Times -Advocate, July 29, 1987 Page 9 Vacation Bible School planned for August 10.14 ed on his face. Depression can lead to sin. Unresolved anger can lead to bit- terness and sin. Unresolved jealousy can resolve- in murder. These emo-. tions must he resolved in Biblical - - - methods. Reading Psalm 91:11-16 Mr. Schinkleshoek substituted his name for the Psalmist, encouraging other Christians to do the same to claim these promises. He asked all to spend time in prayer for the needs of others at the end of the service. Upcoming events - Summer Sunday evening film services - August 9. 16. 23 and 30. August 9 - A. House Divid- ed. August 16 - Peace Child. August 23 - Honest to God and August 30 - Brother's Keeper. Time 7 p.m. All — welcome. • August 10 to 14 - Lucan Communi- ty Vacation Bible School. Pieter Schinkleshoek led the song service Sunday morning. He taught a new song, Jesus, We Enthrone You. Rev.- Roger Mason read Genesis 4.1=8. the first murder in history, caused by emotional bondage. Anger can be a 'healthy emotion as Ephesians says. Sometimes the root of wrong emo- tions are physical, which needs to be dealt with medically. Another emo- tional bondage is caused by the occult that needs to be addressed in prayer to be freed from. Some emotional bon- dages come when an experience in life upsets one and he reacts wrongfully. When a person does not deal with this emotional problem ac- cording to the Bible a cycle of bon- dage comes. ..This emotional bondage starts with a problem or temptation. With Cain he brought an unacceptable offering to God, which God rejected. This caused a problem of jealousy of Abel. as God had accepted Abel's offering. Abel's offering was given m faith. God will not accept any offering given in the wrong spirit. A sinful response to rejection of the wrong offering brought disobedience. in Cain. Cain was angry with no repentance. He refused to make it right with God. as God asked. Then rebellion set in Cain, as he went on. doing his own thing. Cain's emotional reaction perpetuated his emotional bondage. Cain was angry that God had refus- ed his offering. 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A committee was formed to ar- range the Women's Institute progratn Jet creat Grass from THE ViCaQdisican; 524-2424 OR, CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-265-5593 convention and display for the 1988 Farm Show Mrs. Irene Richardson, chairper- son for the London area brought greetings and announced the Area Convention to be held in St: Marys Community Centre. from noon on Oc- tober 15 to the 16 at 3:30 p.m. when the theme will be "Caring and Sharing". Helga Strenzke. Rural Organization Specialist. announced the scholarship winner, Mary -Jo Mawdsley and runner-up Brenda Iadell, and the Provincial Board Director, Mrs. Win- nifred Wilson. made the presenta- tions. Ilelga also gave a "run down of 4-11 programs to be offered during the next year. as well as several adult courses. Branches will receive fur- ther notification. . Mossley Branch Was responsible. for the program and invited Anne Vyse of Putnam to give hints on The Preparation and Arranging of Fresh Flowers which proved most informational. 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