The Citizen, 2018-04-12, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2018.
Radford suggests checking mail information
PEOPLE AROUND
LONDESBORO
By BRENDA
RADFORD
Call
523-4296
This past Thursday evening, the
Londesborough Lions Club hosted a
Zone 8 meeting. Approximately 50
people enjoyed the gathering at the
Londesborough Community Hall
catered by Londesborough United's
UCW.
I believe April 19 is the date the
club set for the final collection of
beverage containers in their effort to
help Lexi Merner finance her
mission trip to Africa. If you wish to
drop yours off between now and
then, leave your contribution in the
blue can marked "trash" at the side
door of the hall.
On April 22 the club will cook up
its country breakfast from 8-11 a.m.
for the community. Proceeds this
time will support youth sports in the
community.
Susan Barnett led the Sunday
worship service at Londesborough
United Church this past Sunday,
April 8. Her message was titled "Are
You a Doubting Thomas?"
Supporting scripture passages were
John 20:19-31 and Psalm 133.
Bonnie Jewitt of Clinton played the
music that morning. This coming
Sunday Paul and Nancy Buttar will
lead the service.
Londesborough UCW will meet
on April 16 beginning with coffee at
7 p.m.
The area 4-H Club will again have
a trailer on the Londesborough feed
mill parking lot on April 21 to
collect your e -recycle donations.
Watch for notices on Facebook or
posters on community notice boards
for more details and a list of what
they accept.
In last week's space I mentioned
seeing snowdrops making their
appearance this spring. Since then I
happened on some facts about this
hardy early flower you might find
interesting. Scientific stuff.
How does this delicate little
flower stand up to the frost and
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New experiences
Students from Clinton Public School and Huron Centennial Public School received a glimpse
into technology classes at Central Huron Public School last week as part of a special tech
program. Above, Ms. Kessel teaches Abby Gemmell, centre, and Russell Anderson about the
safe use of equipment in the high school's automotive technology classroom. (Dennyscottphoto)
CH council supports severance
Central Huron Council has
supported a severance application
for the west ward of the township
that had been flagged for denial by
the Huron County Planning
Department.
Planner Monica Walker -Bolton
presented the application to council
at its April 3 meeting, saying that the
construction of a new house by Fred
and Arlene Van Maar would be 54
per cent deficient from a neighbour's
barn according to the Minimum
Distance Separation (MDS) formula
and 64 per cent deficient from the
existing property's own barns.
Neighbours, however, have
indicated that they have no
objections to the new construction
and wrote in support of the Van
Maars' application.
In her report, Walker -Bolton said
that the long-term effect of a house
in the proposed deficient location
would need to be considered.
Council, however, went against
Walker -Bolton's recommendation of
denial and approved the
application. It will next be
considered by Huron County
Council for final approval.
***
Council has directed Roads
Superintendent Tom Sinclair to
investigate the placement of a stop
sign at the intersection of Sawmill
Road and Harlock Line.
The direction came as a result of a
letter written to council by resident
Kittie MacGregor, who was
concerned about the safety of the
intersection.
Sinclair said another possibility
would be to install larger stop signs
to increase visibility and to even go
a step further and place a flashing
red light on the top of the sign. This
measure, he said, has recently been
implemented at the intersection of
Blyth and London Roads in Blyth
and at Londesboro Road and Base
Line south of Auburn.
***
Council decided to hand out some
money at its April 3 meeting.
After hearing from the Maitland
Conservation Foundation about its
annual dinner in Brussels on Friday,
March 20, council decided to
sponsor a table at the dinner on
behalf of the municipality.
In addition, council donated $250
to the St. Anne's Catholic
Secondary School's silver medal -
winning girls hockey team and
$2,500 to the Clinton Minor
Baseball camp that will be held in
Clinton this summer for the sixth
straight year.
And they're off!
Mrs. Middleton's class at Hullett Central Public School has
been researching alternative power sources for cars.
Showing off their wind -powered wonders are, from left,
Kyrah Haak, Ty Hoggart and Tyson Finch. (Denny scot( photo)
snow? Mother Nature had a hand in
its design. In the evening the
snowdrop's head droops and the
petals close. This way it retains the
day's heat even through the cold
night, kind of like its own central -
heating. Kind of like life - when we
experience hard times we need to
hold tight to our memories and
blessings for warmth.
These first two weeks in April
there is a temporary driver
delivering mail to RR 1,
Londesborough. She is,
understandably, having some minor
issues with identifying customers as
she has no connection to the area.
One day last week as I sorted mail to
the village boxes I realized a new
person will have trouble in the
village as well. And as a change is
coming I have a suggestion.
Mail gets in village boxes
sometimes just because I've known
most of you for dozens of years.
Consequently if mail comes for
children that have left home their
name is recognized and you get that
mail. Some homes have more than
one surname. The next sorter will
have some difficulty with these
things. Much mail may be sent back
to its sender.
In the coming weeks it would
make sense for every house/family
to check all their incoming mail and
see that persons sending them mail
have the address correct/complete.
That means the correct box number
and also the street address/911
number included as well on all
incoming mail. We all are aware
things change and we have to adjust.
So give thought to being proactive in
this matter rather than have to be
reactive months down the road.
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