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Alzheimer Society of Huron County says thank you
Dear Editor,
Sometimes people will
ask whether it's disheart-
ening working with Alz-
heimer's disease and its
repercussions day in and
day out. It's a terrible dis-
ease, there's no getting
around it. But there are
days when there is also
hope just brimming on
the horizon. A hope for a
cure - yes, but also one
that's just as powerful; a
hope for a better today,
and a better tomorrow, for
people living with Alzhei-
mer's disease and other
dementias. That is what
keeps our doors open
here at the Alzheimer
Society of Huron County.
It's miraculous really, to
think that for 20 years, the
Walk for Memories has
taken place in Huron
County, helping thou-
sands of people living
with dementia. Over
$583,000 has been raised
over the past 20 years at
Walk for Memories. These
funds go right back into
the community, support-
ing those affected by
dementia and their care
partners.
We recognize the
importance of funds for
research, and while that's
a vital part of our efforts,
we also offer support for
those who need help
today. The Society pro-
vides help to people strug-
gling with a new dementia
diagnosis. We provide
volunteer matches for
social connection for
those with a diagnosis, but
also to give caregivers a
short break. We realize it's
about the people we
serve; helping them is the
most important thing we
do. Each and every per-
son that supports that goal
helps to keep that in per-
spective each day here at
the Alzheimer Society of
Huron County. So thank
you. Thank you to every
walker, donor, sponsor,
volunteer, whoever you
are who supports what we
do and why we Walk for
Memories.
The incredible support
Walk for Memories has
received will always be
honoured and appreci-
ated. It's an end to an era
as we prepare to align our
Walk with the brand-new
Canada wide "Walk for
Alzheimer's" coming Sat-
urday, May 2nd, 2015.
The necessity is not going
anywhere for the support
we offer, but as Alzhei-
mer's disease becomes
more prevalent in our
communities, the need for
more awareness and sup-
port will rise as well.
Thank you for supporting
our goal to make the
future better for those liv-
ing with Alzheimer's dis-
ease, and making our
community one to be
envied.
Sincerely and with great
regard,
Brittany Williams
Events Coordinator Alzheimer
Society of Huron County
EARLY FILES
February 6, 1969
At least 20 Central Huron Secondary
School students were among western
Ontario high scholars who walked out
of classes Monday to protest Education
Minister Davis' decision to extend the
school year to June 13th. The walkout
here, coinciding with similar protests
in Goderich, Wingham, Owen Sound
and as far away as Sault Ste. Marie, was
not sanctioned by the Students' Coun-
cil and took administrators by surprise.
The calendar change means that CHSS
students not writing exams will finish
school June 13th. Last year, classes
ended June 3rd. the student demon-
strators complained the decision
would reduce summer job opportuni-
ties and cut vacation time.
February 10, 1977
The University of Guelph Rural
Development Outreach Project
(RDOP) has announced the selection
of Huron County as its first pilot area.
RDOP director Tony Fuller states that
Project representatives will begin
working in Huron County this year. The
RDOP staff describes Huron as being
the most balanced county to represent
a traditional rural area. A second pilot
area will be announced this spring to
represent rural areas on the urban
fringe and undergoing rapid change.
The regional municipalities of Halton
and Haldimand-Norfolk among others
are being considered for this pilot area.
February 10, 1982
There was an excellent response
from township residents to the recrea-
tion skating party in Varna on Saturday
night. Krista McAsh won first and sec-
ond prize for the best girl's costume
and Jodi Horton while Shawn Chip -
chase won first for boy's costume, Paul
Hill second. Kim Taylor, Do and Lor-
raine's little girl, was the youngest
skater, and 78 -year-old Wat Webester
the oldest. Bob and Pat Madsen had
the largest family on skates, while
Chris McGregor ad the most original
costume. The true identify of the
hosers, Bob and Doug Mckenzie of the
great White North, wasn't established
until Arnold Taylor noticed Howrad
and Joyce Armstrong arriving rather
late.
February 12, 1997
With a federal election in the not -to -
distant future, the Reform Party's
'Fresh Start' campaign, which swept
through Clinton Friday was centered
around changes they would make to
the current government and its poli-
cies. Reform Justice Critic Jack Ramsay
spent the afternoon with about 330
local high school students at St. Anne's
Catholic High Secondary School, out-
lining changes his party would make to
the current Young Offenders Act. Ram-
say said after nine years of meeting
with adults and students across Can-
ada, the Reform Party has "great con-
cerns" that children under the age of
12 can't currently be charged. He said
dropping that age to 10 is one of the
first things their report recommends.
February 9, 2000
While wild turkeys were once
native to this area, it is only through
the cooperation of a number of
organizations that they are once
again in Huron County's forests and
fields. In the past week, 16 wild tur-
keys - four males and 12 females -
have been released in Goderich
Township as a part of a program to
return the fowl to their natural habi-
tat. Mike Maliot, a biologist at the
Clinton office of the Ministry of Nat-
ural Resources (MNR), coordinates
the provincial trap and transfer pro-
gram which sees the birds released at
a number of sites in the province.
While the turkeys ere once native to
this area, he explained, "They were
whipped out due to habitat loss and
unregulated hunting" at the end of
the 1800s. With settlers clearing land
at that time, he said, thre was much
less forest cover for the turkeys by the
end of that century, and many birds
were taken as food.
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