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Vol. 15 No. 47
Friday, December 4, 2015
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Because the water system has to be self sufficient, the rates for water
will see an increase in St.
Marys in 2016. In a report
to Council at the Committee of the Whole meeting
on Tuesday, Jed Kelly
outlined the increases
that will come into effect
on the first water bill next
year. For Tier 1 customers, which is residential,
the increase will be $4.22
per month. Tier 2, which is
small commercial, the increase will be $63.74 per
month, while large industrial will see an increase
of $223.49 per month.
The increase covers both
water and waste water
rates. Kelly also informed
Council that because of
low water levels in recent
times, the Town will need
a new ‘reservoir” to store
water. The choice was be-
tween a new water tower
or a reservoir, with the
reservoir being the preferred option by staff. The
new reservoir would be
completed in approx. 2-3
years after Government
approvals are finalized.
Earlier this year the
Town had a public survey asking for opinions
on Cadzow Park. 379 responses were received.
With this information, the
Recreation Dept. hired
a consultant to analyze
the results and come up
with different concepts to
improve the park. These
plans were presented to
Council on Tuesday night
by Stephanie Ische. The
consultants came up with
4 different concepts and
the plan was to have a
public meeting in the new
year. However, Council
was split on whether to
show all the plans to the
public or select what they
thought would be the best
ones. Coun. Don Van
Galen lead the opinion
to show them all while
Coun. Pope took the opposing view. In a recorded vote, the result was
to show just two plans to
the public, with both plans
involving the pool being
closed. In its place would
be a splash pad which
would have longer opening hours than the pool.
Voting for the “2 concept
idea” were Couns. Pope,
Craigmile, Hainer and
Mayor Al Strathdee, while
Couns. Van Galen, Winter
and Osborne voting for
showing all the plans. The
public meeting will likely
be held in February and
the pool would probably
stay open for 2016.
By Dan Rankin
Monday morning in St.
Marys Memorial Hospital's emergency department, officials from St.
Marys Cement got the
chance to take a look at
two vital pieces of life-saving equipment that are
now here and operational
thanks to their $50,000 to
the hospital foundation's
Someone I Know capital
campaign.
The two portable machines are a defibrillator,
by medical technology
company Zoll, and an
electrocardiogram (ECG)
machine by Philips.
St. Marys doctor Bob Davis called the new defibrillator "probably the most
beneficial life-saving piec-
es equipment," in the hospital. "It can actually save
a life," he said. "It can actually bring someone back
from the dead, basically."
Hospital foundation chair
John McIntosh said they
try to match up the funds
that someone or some
group would like to donate with a specific piece
St. Marys Cement donation brings
defibrillator and ECG to St. Marys ER
Continued on page 4
21 DAYS TIL XMAS. SHOP LOCAL!
Perth County business
participation in provincial job
fairs not "as good as anticipated"
By Dan Rankin
At the Joint Economic
Development
Committee industry breakfast
back in September, local
employers and council
members heard how the
County was working with
Partners in Employment
to bring Perth County
businesses to job fairs
across the province in cities such as Peterborough
and Toronto. Those communities have high unemployment, they heard, and
local businesses having
trouble filling job openings could gain access to
a wide field of workers,
many of them new Canadians anxious to get out
of the cities where they
had been since landing in
Canada.
Perth County Economic
Development Coordinator
Kristin Sainsbury told the
Perth South Economic
Development Committee
this week that the first few
of those "reverse job fairs"
have begun taking place –
the only thing missing has
been local businesses.
The County has recently
attended job fairs in London, Brantford and several in Toronto, Sainsbury
said. "We have met to
talk about the outcomes
of that and, unfortunately,
it hasn't been as good as
we had anticipated," she
said. "The biggest thing
I found was, despite numerous emails out to people, we had a low uptake
by employers willing to
commit one day to go out
and do on-site interviews
with people."
Several businesses from
Stratford, St. Marys and
the County did attend
the fairs, she said, "but
some of the ones we hear
screaming the loudest,
we'd say, 'Are you willing
to go? It's a day. There's
no cost to you,' and they
weren't. For whatever
reason they didn't take it
up."
Several businesses even
chose to "drop out at the
last minute," she said. "An
employment centre has
gone to the effort of getting space, promoting an
event, bringing people in,
and then three of the companies that are supposed
to come decide the day
before not to show up? It
doesn't look very good."
In other instances, when
local companies attending
the job fairs made offers
Continued on page 4
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Sally Says
God gave us memory so that
we might have roses in December. ~ James M. Barrie
December has arrived and with
it the festive season. Homes
are decked out in bright holiday lights, malls are bursting at
the seams with shoppers and
parking lots can be a nightmare to navigate, however, determined shoppers will eventually find a parking space. My
husband is sometimes of the
mind that if there isn’t a parking space available, that it simply means we were not meant
to shop that day. Of course, I
disagree. I feel if we’ve gone
to all the trouble to travel to
the mall, then is just matter of
waiting it out for a parking spot.
At least that is how I used to
feel. These days I am more inclined to shop locally here in St.
Marys. I even shop online for
certain items like books. There
are great deals to be had if
one knows where to look. Still,
I prefer the mortar and bricks
experience and I certainly like
to support our local merchants.
A long time citizen of St. Marys
once said to me, “If you can’t
find it in St. Marys, then you
aren’t really looking.” There
is certainly some truth to that
statement, but we don’t have
a book store, furniture store,
children’s clothing store, or an
appliance store here in town so
some folks are forced to travel
to Stratford or London for their
purchases. What appeals to
me when shopping in a small
town such as ours is the simple
fact that I am not in a hot stuffy
mall. I love getting a lungful of
fresh air between shops. Nothing will make me vacate a mall
shop faster than if I am overheated while wearing my winter coat. I lose all concentration
and just want to leave. Keepers of the thermostats, are you
listening?
The food bank is now closed
until after Christmas to allow
us the time and space to pack
food for our Christmas hamper
applicants, many of whom are
also food bank clients. In just
two short weeks, we will be
distributing the Christmas food
boxes and toys for those families who have children. There
will be enough food in the boxes to see everyone through
until new year when we will
reopen again. Our offices will
also be closed after December
23 until the new year. Church
services will continue as usual.
We will be packing our toy
bags for children the week of
December 7th so if anyone has
a toy drive going it would help
us tremendously if the toys
were brought in to us as early in that week as possible so
we can include them in our toy
bags. Thank you. It seems to
be all about deadlines this time
of year. We are on a tight timeline to get all of our Christmas
work done as early as possible
so that each child can receive
at least one thing from their
wish list on Christmas morning.
We do the best with what we
are given and I have to commend out entire community for
their generous spirit each time
this year. We can only give it
away if we receive it in the first
place and there is no shortage of kind hearted people in
St. Marys and surrounding areas. Our list of people to thank
each year is getting too long
to manage anymore. We are
fortunate to be able to say that,
but to all the banks, businesses, schools, churches, service
clubs and individuals, who go
out of their way to have fund
raisers and toy and food drives,
we thank you from the bottom
of our hearts. Also, to all the
folks who are responding so
generously to our letter appeal,
a great big thank you to you as
well. Your donations will keep
family services and the food
bank going for another year.
Bless you all.
I must mention the many volunteers who come forward
this time of year. Getting the
job done without all of you
lovely selfless people would
be daunting to say the least.
A big thank you to the special
woman who came forward last
Tuesday and helped me get
our entire toy room/toy packing
area sorted out and organized.
You saved me hours of work.
Thank you Marilyn. And thank
you to my/our right hand, Sue
and to Lorrie her sidekick who
have been doing a fantastic
job getting the food bank organized and ready for our big
hamper packing day on Monday, December 14. The work is
tedious and can sometimes be
painstakingly slow, but it gets
done nevertheless.
To all the folks who have so
far signed up and done shifts
at one of our three kettle locations, thank you, thank you,
thank you. Be assured that the
work you do is very important
and again, keeps our food
bank and family services running for another year. We still
have spots available at our kettles for anyone who can spare
an hour for the outside location
or two hours for an indoor location. Please call our office at
519-284-2760 and we will be
happy to book a time for you.
Our food bank is currently collecting the four sleeve soda
cracker boxes, 750 gram jars
of peanut butter, and small and
medium boxes of cold cereal.
Thank you.
Wishing everyone a splendid
weekend.
Blessings.
Sally Ann
The Week Ahead
Saturday, December 5
Kingsway Vendor Open House – 10:00 am
– 3:00 pm (See ad on page 23)
St. James Anglican Church Annual Tea &
Christmas Sale – 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm (See
ad on page 23)
Sunday, December 6
St. Marys United Church Worship Service –
10:30 am (See ad on page 26)
Lyric Flowers Christmas Home Tour at 77
Parkhaven Crescent, 31 Sparling Crescent
and 17 Oakwood Court – 2:00 pm – 5:00
pm
Living Rock Worship Service at 16 Hillside
Court, St. Marys – 3:00 pm (See ad on
page 26)
Ecumenical Advent Service at Holy Name
of Mary Roman Catholic Church – 7:00 pm
(See ad on page 26)
Monday, December 7
Parkview Creamery Quiz Night – 7:00 pm
(See Quiz on page 20)
Wednesday, December 9
The Annual DCVI Food Drive – 6:00 pm –
8:00 pm (See ad on page 23)
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who will be celebrating her 96th
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was born in Denmark and came to
Canada in 1959, has 6 children and 12
grandchildren. Happy Birthday Inger!
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St. Marys Cement donation brings
defibrillator and ECG to St. Marys ER
Surrounding the St. Marys hospital's new Zoll defibrillator (centre) are, from left, back row, St. Marys
Cement plant manager Jose Soraggi, senior representative for people and management Debbie Munro,
manager of people and development Vanessa Barr, hospital manager Jane Rundle, hospital foundation
chair John McIntosh, Dr. Bob Davis, registered nurse Elaine Manley and registered nurse Janet van
Koot, holding the new ECG. Front row are Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance President and CEO Andrew
Williams and registered nurse Marcy Taylor.
Continued from page 1
of equipment or project.
"This was a perfect fit for
St. Marys Cement," he
said. "It was something
they wanted to do. They
wanted to have a piece of
equipment they could say
that that's theirs."
St. Marys Cement plant
manager Jose Soraggi
said they were aware of
the need for such a piece
of equipment at the hos-
pital and were happy to
make a donation to the
cause. "The hospital found
that this would be the best
machine to acquire, so St.
Marys Cement contributed the funds for that," he
said.
Dr. Davis was excited
about the many applications the new defibrillator
will now be able to serve
in critical situations in
the emergency room. "If
someone comes in with a
heart attack, it will tell us
what rhythm their heart is
beating at, help us revert
that rhythm to normal and
hopefully save the patient," he said. "It can also
be used for someone who
passes out because of
funny rhythm that doesn't
let the heart pump to their
brain. We can put this on
and it makes the heart
pump at the right rate."
Continued from page 1
to potential employees,
the would-be employees
"decided no," Sainsbury
said. "Although they went
through the process with
the companies and job
offers were made, there
is a barrier to having them
relocate," she said, noting
the cost of moving a family for a job paying a comparable wage could be
preventing workers from
making the leap.
"We thought for sure these
reverse job fairs were going to have a much better
outcome than they did,"
she said. "At this point
that's not going to be ended."
They still plan on attending one or two more upcoming fairs in Ottawa
and Peterborough, as well
as hosting several "virtual
job fairs" in the New Year.
Sainsbury also touched
on work that is being done
to attract young people in
the area to the manufacturing industry. "A lot of
youths look right away
to service jobs – restaurants and retail," she said.
"There's a bad rep for
manufacturing – they often site safety problems
as a concern."
To reverse this, groups of
youths through Partners in
Employment and Conestoga College will soon be
taking a pilot test tour of
Cooper Standard in Stratford. "Cooper Standard
is going to take them into
their plant and do a tour
to show them what modern manufacturing is all
about, and try to put some
of those concerns at bay,"
she said. "We're going to
be doing a followup survey with the people that
participate to find out if it
changed their perspective
on manufacturing. We'll
also be looking to have
a conversation with the
school boards. How do
we help dispel some of
the myths around some
of these traditional industries?"
Perth County business participation in
provincial job fairs not "as good as anticipated"
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Editorial
OPP launches comprehensive
integrated mental health strategy
Document Addresses Mental Health of Both OPP
Personnel and Community Members
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Commissioner J.V.N. (Vince)
Hawkes this week
launched the OPP
Mental Health Strategy:
Our People, Our Communities, a comprehensive and integrated approach to improving the
response to the mental
health needs of OPP
members and the individuals they serve.
“How do we encourage
our people to be, and
remain, resilient? How
can we improve outcomes when police interact with people with
mental health issues?
These are just some of
the important questions
addressed in the OPP’s
Mental Health Strategy,”
said Hawkes at a media
conference. “By placing
a high value on supporting the health and
wellness of our own
members, the OPP will
be in the best possible
position to deliver services to people in our
communities with men-
tal health issues.”
The OPP Strategy has
two related but distinct
components -- Supporting Our People: Healthy
Workforce and Supporting Our Communities: Police Interactions
with People with Mental
Health Issues.
Minister of Community
Safety and Correctional Services Yasir Naqvi
expressed his support:
“Our government believes that improving interactions between police and vulnerable individuals is vitally important and a key part of our
Strategy for a Safer Ontario. The OPP’s new
Mental Health Strategy
reflects that focus and I
commend them for their
work to increase opportunities for early intervention and improve
outcomes for both OPP
officers and the public
they serve.”
The 15 priorities for action include the: expansion of mental health
education and training
for officers; increased
capacity in the OPP
Critical Incident Stress
Response Team/Peer
Support Program; improved data collection
and on-going program
evaluation; the development of transfer of
care protocols (from
police to health care
provider); the facilitation of the development
of police/mental health
collaborative response
models; and increased
early referrals from police to mental health
services.
At the news conference,
Hawkes said the Strategy was the result of
extensive work by the
OPP which included
research on best practices and broad stakeholder consultation.
A complete text of the
Strategy, along with
related materials, can
be found on the OPP
website at http://www.
opp.ca/ecms/index.
php?id=584
The
Independent
THOUGHTS
OF THE WEEK
Wise men speak because
they have something to say;
fools because they have to
say something.
A truth that’s told with bad
intent, beats all the lies you
can invent.
It is an ironic habit of human
beings to run faster when
they have lost their way.
The first duty of a man is to
think for himself.
HAVE YOUR
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We have two Bravo submitted this
week The first one “goes to the
Mobility staff people who go far
and beyond in trying to help people.
They are always courteous and are
always helpful to me”. The second
Bravo goes “to all those seniors
live at home and do not burden the
health system. Good for them for
doing this and Bravo to all those
who do this and still drive their car
to get around”.
Boo
We have one Boo submitted this
week. “A Boo to the individual who
last week presented himself as
being insensitive to older drivers.
This person also suggested we
change the slogan for our town.
We live in St.Marys not Toronto
my friend and have many older
drivers who live here. They rely
on this mode of transportation to
maintain independence. If you have
a problem with older drivers you
could consider moving. Please get
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BOO!
Bravos and Boos are submitted by community members and do not
necessarily reflect the opinions of the St. Marys Independent
Quote of the Week
“The one thing we do know is that we have a pattern now of mass shootings
in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world.”
~ President Barack Obama, after the shootings in San Bernardino this
week.
This week’s question:
Would you rather see a
splash pad at Cadzow
instead of the pool?
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next week.
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do most of your
Christmas shopping in
town this year?
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Benefit concert at Town Hall Nov. 28
Movies – Disney and Lucasfilm have begun their search for who will play
a young Han Solo in an upcoming planned Star Wars spinoff prequel (and,
let’s face it, probably one or two more after that). The Hollywood Reporter
reported that sources told them over 2,000 actors have met casting director Jeanne
McCarthy for the part. Most actors being considered are in their early to mid-20s,
as they will be tasked with playing a younger version of Solo than viewers saw in A
New Hope (Ford was 35 when the original film was released). The spinoff film will
be directed by 21 and 22 Jump Street directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller and will
begin shooting in January 2017 for a May 2018 release. In the meantime, Harrison
Ford, 73, will once again portray the part he made famous in Star Wars: The Force
Awakens, which opens Dec. 18. In other news, a new study asking parents how
they feel about film ratings found that American parents are more concerned with
sexual content and nudity than violence and language (except that one grand-daddy of four-letter words). According to the 2015 Parents Ratings Advisory Study, a
majority of parents think most types of sexual content should automatically warrant
an R rating and that even one use of the F-word is inappropriate for PG-13 movies.
Music – This week it was announced that performing at halftime of the
2016 Super Bowl (Super Bowl 50) will be British rock group Coldplay, who
are behind such hits as “Clocks” and “The Scientist.” The Wall Street Journal reports that Beyoncé is also in talks to make a guest appearance. Beyoncé
collaborated with the group on their new album, A Head Full of Dreams, which was
released today, as did past Super Bowl halftime show headliner Bruno Mars. The
Super Bowl will take place Feb. 7, 2016 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The San Francisco 49ers (3-8) are not expected to attend. Also celebrating a
landmark anniversary next year is the music festival Lollapalooza, which will mark
its 25h anniversary next July by expanding to a four-day event at Grant Park in Chicago. Running from July 27 to 31, it’s expected to feature a lineup of over 170 artists.
Four-day general admission tickets will be priced at $335, with one-day tickets available for $120 each. The lineup and on-sale date for tickets are expected next spring.
Tech – This year, the North American Aerospace Defense Command
(NORAD) is celebrating its 60th anniversary tracking Santa’s yuletide
journey. You can visit NoradSanta.org to follow Santa’s journey on Christmas Eve, play games, see a countdown to Christmas, and more. The website is
available in eight languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Chinese. Official “NORAD Tracks Santa” apps
are also available in the Windows, Apple and Google Play stores, so parents
and children can countdown the days until Santa’s launch on their smart phones
and tablets. NORAD’s “Santa Cams” will stream videos on the website as Santa
makes his way over various locations. Beginning at 6:00 am on Christmas Eve,
trackers worldwide can speak with a live phone operator to inquire as to Santa’s
whereabouts by dialing the toll-free number 1-877-Hi-NORAD (1-877-446-6723)
or by sending an email to [email protected].
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The rock band Dress Rehearsal, which is composed of St. Marys natives Kevin and Sean Graham, Josh
Doherty and Ryan Watson, performed at the St. Marys Town Hall Theatre on Nov. 28 along with their
friend and frequent collaborator Luke Michielsen as part of a benefit for the non-profit group Heart for
Africa. Heart for Africa supports a farm and orphanage in the impoverished African nation of Swaziland.
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Independent
Shorts
● Yesterday was the International Day of Disabled Persons, as proclaimed by the UN in
1992. To commemorate the day, which aims
to promote an understanding of disability
issues and mobilize support for the dignity,
rights and well-being of persons with disabilities, a group of Grade 11 Leadership students
from St. Marys DCVI used the AXSMap.com
rating system to provide online ratings to a
number of downtown St. Marys businesses
on their accessibility. “This information is for
people with disabilities,” said Perth County
Accessibility Coordinator Julia Opie. “When
they make their plans to do an outing, it lets
them know where they can shop, eat and go
to the bathroom. It’s really basic, but important information for people with disabilities.”
● Tomorrow night, the St. Marys Community
Players host “A Night at the Improv” at the St.
Marys Town Hall Theatre. Tickets are $15,
will 100 percent of proceeds supporting the
St. Marys Refugee Sponsorship Group.
● Queen’s smash hit “Bohemian Rhapsody”
first reached Number One on the UK Singles
chart 40 years ago last week. It resurfaced
on the Canadian charts years later in 1992
because of its use in the film Wayne’s World.
BUSINESS OF THE WEEK
Mark Horner Stable
By Dan Rankin
Our Business of the Week
is St. Marys’ own Standardbred horse racing
and training centre, Mark
Horner Stable, owned by
Mark Horner and located
just north of St. Marys at
2006 Perth Road 130.
Horses have been raised
on the current location of
the stables since at least
the 1950s, but Horner’s
father Wayne purchased
the farm in the early
1980s. The family moved
to St. Marys when Mark
and his brother Mike were
in elementary school, and
they have been raising
horses here ever since.
Mark has been running
the farm for the past 20
years.
“We raise two and threeyear-olds and keep older
horses around if they’re
competitive,” Horner said.
“We race on a weekly basis and try to make a living.”
Prior to the cancellation
of the province’s “Slots
at Racetrack Program
(SARP),” Horner would
raise and train around
40 horses, but since then
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customer service that people received at Harris Garage.
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en to around 25. “We’re
working hard to get that
straightened out,” he said.
“Hopefully it gets better
soon.”
Typically, they buy young
horses in the fall and
train them throughout
the winter, “in hopes that
they’ll race in the bigger
added-money
events
throughout the summer,”
he said. “We also have to
maintain a solid core of
race horses to keep the
cash flowing.”
One of the most consistent race horses for the
past decade for Horner
has been Button Up, a
horse whose career winnings is “closing in on
$900,000,” he said. The
biggest race of Button
Up’s career was in 2005,
when he won the “Battle
of Waterloo” for $300,000.
Over the years as a trainer, Horner’s horses have
earned nearly $7 million
in winnings and recently
surpassed 800 starts.
Tonight at Woodbine
Racetrack in Toronto,
Horner’s brother Mike
will be the driver for
three-year-old filly Pinky
Tuscadero. As a driver,
Mike has 2,268 wins to
his name, totalling over
$13 million in winnings.
Tonight is the autumn series final and the purse is
$38,000, he said. “We’ve
got to compete for every
dollar we make,” Horner
said. “There are no handouts, we have to race for
it. Better horses race for
better money and that’s
what you strive to do.”
That involves early mornings all year long, jogging
horses between three and
five miles per day on their
half-mile track, and then,
twice a week, “running a
little faster the way they
would on the race track,”
Horner said. On the 50acre site they also grow
most of the crops they use
to feed the horses, he said.
“We’re
a
family-run
business,” Horner said.
“We’ve been here a long
time and we’re hoping to
stay for a few more years
anyways.”
Anyone interested in the
Standardbred horse racing business, or having
a horse trained at Mark
Horner Stable is invited
to contact Mark by phone,
at 519-271-8197, or email
at MhornerStable@gmail.
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New provincial municipal funding model not kind to Perth South
By Dan Rankin
The Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF) is the
main transfer payment municipalities receive from the
province. According to Perth
South treasurer Rebecca
Clothier, in 2015, the unconditional OMPF grant allocation Perth South received
was just over $1.5 million,
or "equal to about $987 per
household, and close to 50
percent" of the municipality's tax levy. But things are
changing, as, in 2014, the
program was redesigned,
and, as Clothier presented
to Council on Dec. 1, that's
going to mean less unconditional OMPF funding coming
to Perth South in the next few
years. Based on current estimates, by 2020, the annual
funding received by Perth
South will be about half the
amount received in 2016.
"The redesign or phase
down of the program resulted in an annual reduction in
our allocations," she said.
"Grant amounts were generally increasing from 2004 to
2012, remained unchanged
in 2013, and then have been
reduced annually. Reductions that have been made
are significant and are equal
to about $612 per household.
It's anticipated that continued reductions will continue
into the future."
Clothier's presentation to
Council revolved around a
"Fiscal Indicators Report"
she had been sent by the
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
and Housing that broke
down how much funding
Perth South was due and the
rationale behind it.
The new funding model has
the stated objectives to support municipalities with limited property assessment,
recognize the challenges in
northern and rural municipalities and target those with
challenging financial circumstances, and assist municipalities with the transition
to the redesigned program.
Thus, there are now four
components to the grant:
the assessment equalization grant, the northern
communities grant, the rural
communities grant, and the
northern and rural fiscal circumstances grant – as well
as a temporary transitional
assistance payment.
To qualify for the "assessment equalization" component of funding, Perth South
would need to have a median
per household assessment
below the provincial median
assessment of $263,000.
"The median assessment
per household in our municipality is $380,000, so we're
not close to getting any money in that part," Clothier said.
Northern municipalities receive an extra $228 per
household and, beginning
in 2016, benefit from an
extra $5 million provincial
investment into the OMPF
fund. "Obviously we're not in
Northern Ontario, so we're
not going to get it."
However, as Perth South is
considered 100 percent rural, they qualify for the rural
communities grant, equal
to $134 per household or
$214,000. Additional per
household funding for rural
municipalities was added in
2016, accounting for an additional $30 per household,
or $48,000. "I'm not sure
what we're going to use that
money for," Clothier said.
"It's not a lot."
Finally, there is the northern and rural circumstances
grant, which Perth South
technically qualifies for as
a rural municipality. However, they rank very low on
the grant's "municipal fiscal
circumstance index (MCFI),
which looks at factors such
as median household assessment, household income, employment rate and
population above the low-income threshold. "Municipalities with relatively challenging circumstances have a
MFCI of 10, ones with relatively positive circumstances
will have one of 0," Clothier
said. "We have a 0.9. Some
municipalities will receive increases of more than 30 percent in per household funding allocated through this
grant. That's not us."
For their fiscal circumstances, Perth South receives a
mere $9 per household, for a
grant of $14,400.
Coun. Stewart Arkett ventured that at least that news
means the municipality is in
pretty good shape, to which
Mayor Robert Wilhelm replied, "unless you're trying to
get some grants."
"It's like we're being penalized for being efficient,"
Deputy mayor Jim Aitcheson
said. "They're basically going to take us from $1.6 million, where I think we were
three or four years ago, to
$597,000 by 2020 and we're
still paying for the police and
the social services."
Clothier finished her presentation by noting that funding
was reduced by 15 percent
for 2016, compared to the 20
percent reduction they saw
in 2015. "I should do this presentation first, at the beginning of the meeting, before
we have people asking for
money," she mused.
She expressed some frustration that, while the province
continually asks municipalities to plan long-term, it rarely seems to do so itself when
it comes to municipal funding. "I think they need to be
a little more transparent on
how they're going to fund us
in the future so that we can
make the necessary plans in
our budget as we move forward for both operating and
capital," she said.
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Lincoln of the Week
St. Marys Rock Minor Hockey Report
The FINNBILT Novice BB team got a few
more points in the standings, thanks to a 5-2
win over the Petrolia Oilers, which saw Nate
Schiedel and Griff McGregor score two goals
each. They followed that up with a 2-2 tie with
the Strathroy Jr. Rockets. Schiedel scored
again, with Oliver McHugh also chipping in.
The team currently sits fourth in their division with a 8-2-5 record. Next on the team’s
schedule is a Monday, Dec. 7 home game
against the Belmont Rangers at 7:10 pm.
The Norampac PeeWee Girls team were
held scoreless in their only game this week.
Luckily, so was the other team in a 0-0 tie
against London. Emma Luyten was the goalie who got the shutout for the Rock. The team
has done a good job of getting points in their
games with a 5-2-4 record. They play London at home tonight at 5:45 pm, followed by
a game against Stratford at the Rotary Complex on Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 6:00 pm.
The McDonald’s Independent Atom BB team
faltered somewhat this week as, after a 7-1 win
over Petrolia, they lost their first two games
of the season, with a 4-2 loss to the Strathroy
Rockets and a 1-0 loss to the Ilderton Jets. The
two losses shouldn’t cause any alarms though,
as they are first in the league by nine points, with
a 16-2-0 record. They have a game tomorrow at
the Belmont Arena against the Rangers at 1:15
pm, followed by a home game against Petrolia
on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 6:15 pm.
The ANAF Bantam BB team lost their only regular season game this week in a 6-2 loss to the
Ilderton Jets. They have a 5-7-4 record, which is
sixth in their division. They have only one game
this week, a home game against the Petrolia Oilers on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 7:00 pm.
The Dunny’s Atom AE team suffered a 6-2 loss
to the Petrolia Oilers, with Finn Stewart and Jake
Grant scoring the lone goals for the Rock. They
followed it up with a heartbreaking 1-0 loss to the
Lambeth Lancers, which saw the team pressure
late and score, but the goal was waved off due
to the referee losing sight of the puck. Next week,
they have a home game against the Lucan Irish
on Monday, Nov. 7 at 7:45 pm.
The St. Marys Fire Department PeeWee BB
team played a home and home with the Petrolia Oilers, losing 5-3 on the road, but rebounded
with a 7-4 win at home. Jacob Boyd and Kaleb
Shalk both got two points in the 5-3 loss. They
are currently fourth in their division with a 7-9-1
record. They play just one game next week, a
home game against the Wallaceburg Lakers on
Monday, Dec. 7 game at 8:20 pm.
The Frayne Custom Cabinets Bantam AE
team played one game last week, with the
result being a 2-2 tie. The team is currently
first in the league with a 7-2-3 record. They
only have one game next week, a home game
against the Lambeth Lancer on Sunday, Dec.
6 at 3:45 pm.
The Kinsmen Novice Girls team defeated the
Mooretown Lady Flags 7-0 in their only game
this week. Kiara McGregor contributed with a
hat trick, Charlee Pickering scored her first two
goals of the year, while Skylar Fadelle and Niko
Taylor also got on the scoresheet. Ella Gracey
was in net for the shutout. The team is 3-1-0,
which puts them in third in their division. Next
week, they play a couple of weekend road
games, starting tomorrow at 9:00 am against
the Stratford Aces at the Allman Arena, followed
by a Sunday, Dec. 6 game at 3:35 pm against
Mooretown at the Mooretown Sports Complex.
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St. Marys Curling Report
By Stewart Grant
OPEN COMPETITIVE
LEAGUE
This year, the Open
Competitive
League
adopted a new tier-system in which the 18team league was split
into three groups of
six teams apiece. By
November 19th, the
first round robin was in
the books, with Derek
Shackleton’s and Brian
Douglas’ teams leading
Division “A” with identical records of 3-1-1.
Gary Crowley and Ron
Ferguson were the top
two teams in the initial
Division “B” round robin,
and therefore have advanced into Division “A”
where they join Shackleton, Douglas, Matt
Ignor and Amie Shackleton for a new set of
round robin matches.
MENS
SOCIAL
LEAGUE
Through play on November 30th, the wily
veterans
comprising
Marvin Hartwick’s team
were atop the Men’s Social League standings
with a record of 5-1-0.
However this week, the
Hartwick team suffered
their second loss of the
season, losing on the final shot to the Stewart
Grant rink. Rookie Chris
Connolly, the Grant
team’s 7th alternate,
was called in to play the
lead position and was
surprisingly solid.
#44 Ryan Martin
DOB: June 14, 1999
Age: 16
Hometown: London, ON
Position: D
Favorite Hockey Player: Duncan Keith
Favourite Musician: Luke Bryan
Ryan has scored 3 goals and has 7 assists for
10 points, which leads the Lincolns defense.
The 'Lukes Report
By Scott Maxwell
A quick roundup of all the
action from your St. Marys
DCVI Salukis:
The junior boys basketball team kicked off
the season at home on
Wednesday, with a 53-49
loss to the Stratford Central Rams. The team had
a slow start, but nearly rallied back for the win. Mitch
Watt led the offense with
20 points, while Thomas
Wrigley had eight points.
The senior boys basketball team also failed to get
a win to start their season,
as they lost 77-38 to the
Stratford Central Rams.
The boys found themselves in 21-1 hole early
in the game, and never
recovered. Corey Fulop
had a solid game, getting
10 points, while Sam Thorup had eight points.
Next Week
Fri. Dec. 4 - Girls Volleyball @ Woodstock (7:30
am - 6:00 pm)
Tues. Dec. 8 - Swimming
@ NWSS Meet in St.
Marys (9:30 am - 4:00
pm)
Wed. Dec. 9 - Boys Basketball @ Madill/Exeter
(7:00 am - 6:00 pm)
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At the St. Marys Curling Club last Saturday, 56 curlers participated in the 150th Anniversary Bonspiel.
The winners of the Competitive Draw (pictured) were Amie Shackleton, Wayne Hinsperger, Carrie
Burden and Christine Hinsperger.
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World Sports Roundup
NBA East – After coming back
from a 17-point deficit to upset
the Atlanta Hawks 96-86 in
their league-leading 13th road
game Wednesday, the Raptors
(12-7) began a six-game homestand last night versus Denver
(6-13). In the win Wednesday,
Kyle Lowry scored 31 points,
setting a franchise record by
burying 22 of those in the
fourth quarter alone. Toronto is next in action Saturday
when they will have a chance
to hand the undefeated Golden
State Warriors (20-0) their first
loss of the season. We can
probably pencil that one in for
a loss, although when they last
met in Oakland, the defending
champs only eked out a 115110 victory over the Raptors.
Toronto is well-positioned to
win its third consecutive Atlantic Division title. Fourth in the
East, Toronto is the only Atlantic squad poised to enter the
post season, ahead of ninthplace Boston (10-8), 11th-place
New York (9-10), 15th-place
Brooklyn (5-13), and lowly, lastplace Philadelphia (1-19).
NBA West - Reigning NBA MVP
Steph Curry recently became
the fastest player to sink 100
3-Pointers in a season. It could
be due to the mighty Warriors
knocking down every Western
opponent they face, or perhaps
it’s because teams like the
Rockets (8-11) and Pelicans (415) have been performing well
below expectations, but this
season has seen a slight resurgence among Eastern Conference teams. In each of the
past three seasons, a sub-.500
Eastern team squeaked into the
playoffs as an eight seed, while
winning teams in the Western
conference were left on the outside looking in because of the
unbalanced competition. So far
this season, however, a total of
10 Eastern Conference teams
have already banked 10 wins
and sit above .500. Out west,
only six teams can make that
claim. The Los Angeles Lakers
(3-15) are not one of them. On
Dec. 1, the Lakers became the
first team this season to come
out on the losing side of a contest with the 76ers.
NHL East - The Leafs (8-12-5)
have made plenty of headlines
this week, starting with a lackluster
performance from Jonathan Bernier in a 4-2 loss to the Capitals (175-1). This led to rookie goaltender
Garret Sparks making his NHL
debut in a 3-0 win over the Oilers,
the first time a Leafs goalie had
a shutout in their first NHL game.
With James Reimer returning from
injury, one goalie had to be sent
down to the AHL. It was Bernier
who got the call, for a “conditioning stint” (so he’s not on waivers).
Sparks got lit up in his next game,
although he had no help from the
defense in a 6-1 loss to the Jets.
The Canadiens (19-4-3) have a
six-game point streak right now,
thanks to a 3-2 win and OT loss
with the Devils (12-10-2) in a home
and home, followed by a 2-1 win
over the Blue Jackets (10-16). The
Senators (12-7-5) are currently on
a two-game losing streak, with a
4-3 loss to the Coyotes, as well as
a 4-2 loss to the struggling Flyers
(10-10-5). The Capitals (17-5-1)
are the East’s hottest team right
now, as they are on a five-game
winning streak.
Lincs struggle against London in 4-0 loss
By Scott Maxwell
The St. Marys Lincolns
(5-18-1-2) struggled on
Friday against the London Nationals (15-7-31), and a few costly mistakes led to a 4-0 loss.
The Nationals hit the
Lincolns with depth,
as the game saw 11
different players get
points for London. Nats
goalie Connor Hughes
stopped all 30 shots
that he faced to get his
third career shutout.
The way the first period started, it didn't look
like would end up a 4-0
game. St. Marys kept
up the pace with London for the first half of
the period, including a
couple instances when
London was hemmed
into their own zone.
Unfortunately,
bad
bounces, soft goals,
and atrocious defense
from the Lincolns led
to three goals from the
Nationals in a span of
1:44, and just like that,
the Lincs were down
3-0. St. Marys kept up
the pressure for the remainder of the period,
but they couldn't get
anything past Hughes.
Things went downhill
for St. Marys in the second period, as turnover
after turnover led to
the Lincolns getting no
chance to produce offense, even during four
power plays. London
only produced one goal
in the second period
though, as a rebound
from a Trevor Dulong
point shot led to a wraparound goal from Kevin
Madden after Emanuel
Vella thought he had
the puck covered.
The third period didn't
feature too much action, with both teams
exchanging shots, but
no goals. Things boiled
up late in the third, with
a couple of scrums and
fights in the dying minutes. But, in the end,
the Lincolns were shutout for the fourth time
this season, the third on
home ice. Vella stopped
33 of 37 shots in a los-
ing effort.
The Lincolns are consistently
facing
the
same problem against
the top teams, that being that they can't produce offense. Their 5-3
win over the Chatham
Maroons (16-8-1-1) is
the only time this season that they've scored
more than three goals
against one of the top
five teams in their division. There has been
very little offense from
the team, outside of the
top line of Brent House,
Graham Brulotte, and
Nolan King, and when
that line gets shut down,
you get games like Friday night.
The Lincolns get some
lighter competition this
weekend, as they play
their Friday night home
game against the Sarnia Legionnaires (1110-1-3) tonight at 7:30
pm. They follow up that
with a road game tomorrow night in Strathroy against the Rockets
(6-14-2-4) at 7:30 pm.
NHL West - After a rough month
of November, which saw them
go 4-9-1, the Jets (12-12-2)
started off December on the
right foot, with a 6-1 win over
the Maple Leafs. Since Michael
Hutchinson has continued to
struggle with the starting the role,
coach Paul Maurice has turned
to Connor Hellebuyck, who has
been solid in his two starts. The
Canucks (9-9-8) are riding a
three-game winless streak, after
a 3-2 shootout loss to the Stars
(19-5-1), a 4-0 loss to the Ducks
(9-12-5), and a 2-1 OT loss to
the Kings (15-8-1). The Battle of
Alberta has seen its best action
in recent years, but instead of a
battle for the top of the Pacific
standings, it’s been a battle for
last place. Despite both teams’
poor performances, they both
won their previous game, with
the Flames (9-14-2) beating the
Stars 4-3 in the shootout after
being down 3-0, while the Oilers
(9-15-2) beat the Bruins 3-2 in a
shootout. The hottest team in the
West is the Stars who, despite
falling to the Flames, are in the
middle of a 7-1-1 stretch.
NFL - Week 12 kicked off with
three Thanksgiving matchups.
The Eagles (4-7) thought they
had an easy win against the
Lions (4-7), but the Lions blew
them out in a 45-14 win. The
Panthers (11-0) will continue
their perfect season, thanks to
a 33-14 win over the Cowboys
(3-8), while the Bears (5-6) upset their rival in Green Bay (7-4)
with a 17-13 victory. The Giants
(5-6) surrendered their division
lead to the Redskins (5-6), after Washington beat him 20-14.
The Bills (5-6) playoff hopes are
beginning to fade away, after
losing 30-22 to the Chiefs (6-5),
while the Jets (6-5) regained
some confidence after a 38-20
win over the Dolphins (4-7). The
Patriots (10-1) suffered their first
loss of the season, falling 3024 to the Peyton Manning-less
Broncos (9-2). The Ravens (4-7)
and Browns (2-9) duked it out on
Monday night, with the Ravens
scoring on the last play of the
game to win. It was a blocked
field goal attempt that they returned the other way for a touchdown.
CFL - The CFL’s 2015 season
concluded Sunday with it’s last
and biggest week of the season.
The 103rd Grey Cup was held in
Winnipeg, and saw the Edmonton
Eskimos take on the Ottawa Redblacks, who were playing in their
first Grey Cup as a franchise. The
Redblacks started off the game
well, as two touchdowns in the first
6:09 gave them a 13-0 lead to start,
but Edmonton got on the board
with a field goal and a touchdown
before the end of the first quarter.
The Eskimos built on that with a
strong second to give them a 17-16
lead at halftime. Ottawa rebounded
in the third, as a field goal helped
them regain the lead, and it was 1918 heading into the last quarter. An
early punt single gave Ottawa a 2018 lead, but a late touchdown and
two-point conversion from Edmonton gave them a 26-20 lead, which
they would hang onto for the rest of
the game to win the Grey Cup. It
was their 14th, but first since 2005.
Mike Reilly was awarded the most
valuable player in the game, while
Shamawd Chambers won the most
outstanding Canadian award.
By Scott Maxwell
Our team of the week is the St. Marys Novice Girls hockey team. This year
they are one of the top teams in the WOGHL with a record of 5-2-1. The team’s
coaching/managerial staff is comprised of Dan Gracey (head coach),
Steven Chateauvert, Jeff Richardson, Sophie Fadelle and Stacey McGregor.
Front row: Rowan Aitken, Marin Chateauvert, Ella Carter, Skylar Fadelle, Valentina
Linares. Middle: Bronwyn Hawkins, Kylie Fifield. On the bench: Rory Brockman,
Niko Taylor, Rylee Nethercott, Kiara Mcgregor, Ella Gracey, Keirsyn Wood.
Missing: Sophie Richardson, Charlee Puckering, Clara Brandt.
Send nominations for “Team of the Week” to us at
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THE CHOIR OF ST. MARYS
UNITED CHURCH
What is something about yourself that you did not know
until someone pointed it out?
P1: I quietly say “achoo” to myself after I sneeze.
P2: I do the reverse. I say “achoo” then I sneeze.
P3: I do the reverse. I say “oocha” and then suck in a cloud of
snot-mist at very high velocity.
Three Dog Night...
Three handsome male dogs are walking down the street
when they see a beautiful, enticing, female poodle. The three
male dogs fall all over themselves in an effort to be the one to
reach her first, but end up arriving in front of her at the same
time. The males are speechless before her beauty, slobbering on themselves and hoping for just a glance from her in
return.
Aware of her charms and her obvious effect on the three suitors, she decides to be kind and tells them the first one who
can use the words liver and cheese together in an imaginative, intelligent sentence can go out with me.
The sturdy, muscular black Lab speaks up quickly and says I
love liver and cheese.
Oh, how childish, said the Poodle. That shows no imagination
or intelligence whatsoever.
She turned to the tall, shiny Golden Retriever and said How
well can you do? Ummmm...I HATE liver and cheese, blurts
the Golden Retriever.
My, my, said the Poodle. I guess its hopeless. That’s just as
dumb as the Labs sentence.
She then turns to the last of the three dogs and says, How
about you, little guy?
The last of the three, tiny in stature but big in fame and fi-
nesse, is the Taco Bell Chihuahua. He gives her a smile, a sly
wink, turns to the Golden Retriever and the Lab and says...
Liver alone. Cheese mine.
Thoughts from Steven Wright.
A lot of people are afraid of heights. not me, I’m afraid of
widths.
Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.
Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while i was a suspect.
Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.
For my birthday i got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... i put
them in the same room and let them fight it out.
George is a radio announcer, and when he walks under a
bridge... you can’t hear him talk.
How young can you die of old age?
I had to stop driving my car for a while... the tires got dizzy.
I have an answering machine in my car. it says, I’m home
now. But leave a message and I’ll call when I’m out.
I have an existential map. it has ‘you are here’ written all over
it.
I have the world’s largest collection of seashells. i keep it on
all the beaches of the world... perhaps you’ve seen it.
I installed a skylight in my apartment... the people who live
above me are furious!
I intend to live forever. So far, so good.
I like to reminisce with people i don’t know.
I live on a one-way street that’s also a dead end. I’m not sure
how I got there.
Thank You
Everyone from Kingsway Lodge and Fairhill Residence wish to express their sincere appreciation to the
Residents, Volunteers, Staff, Families, and Friends, who so generously donated to our bazaar. Also, a
big thank you to the following St. Marys and area merchants, who kindly donated to our Penny Sale.
~ Action Health Care
~ All Roads Ltd.
~ Arjo
~ Avon – Gail McCauley
~ Bailey’s Metal Works
~ Bonnie’s Beauty Bar
~ Bank of Montreal
~ C.R. Plastics Jamie Bailey
~ Canadian Tire
~ Carpe Vinum
~ Cascade Dry Cleaners
~ Charles Warner Woodworking
~ Coffee Culture
~ Chris & Kelly Drake
~ Damen’s Restaurant
~ Darren Micallef Photography
~ Dowler-Karn
~ Downtown Pontiac
~ Dunny’s Source For Sports
~ Fadelle Marine
~ Famme & Co.
~ Floor Source
~ Geri-Fashions
~ Godfathers Pizza
~ Goris Electric
~ Graham Energy GO-CO
~ Heel A Peel
~ Hollis Wealth Advisory Service
~ Hubbard Pharmacy
~ Jackson’s Pharmacy
~ Katy’s Jewellery
~ Keller Roofing
~ Kingsway Hair Salon
~ Kingsway Lodge
~ Little Falls Artisan Crafters
~ Lyric Flower / Mollet’s Designer Desserts
~ MacPherson Arts & Crafts
~ McDonald’s Independent
~ McLean Taylor Construction Ltd.
~ McPhails Pet & Animal Needs Ltd.
~ Medical Mart
~ Melanie Feeney Massage
~ Meridian Credit Union
~ Mike’s Barber Shop
~ Mr. C’s Woodworking
~ Nail Effects
~ Nika’s Nook
~ O’Grady’s
~ Parkview Creamery
~ Partners Paint & Paper
~ Phalens Place
~ Rianna’s Family Restaurant
~ RBC Bank
~ Sam’s Home Hardware
~ Scotiabank
~ Shalimar Beauty Salon
~ Shoppers Drug Mart
~ Stacey’s Pizza
~ Stonetown Foodland
~ Stonetown Physio
~ Stonetown Styles & Summer Dreams Tanning
~ Stonetown Supply Services Ltd.
~ Stonewillow Inn - Wildstone
~ St. Marys Golf & Country Club
~ St. Marys Journal Argus
~ St. Marys Vet Clinic
~ Staples
~ Subway
~ Summit Foods
~ TD Bank
~ The Flower Shop & More
~ The Chocolate Factory
~ The Source
~ Tim Hortons
~ Veterinary Purchasing
~ Village Craft & Candle
~ Wildstone
~ YMCA
And To All Our Anonymous Donors! Thank You!
St. Marys - What a Generous Supportive Community!
Very Much Appreciated!
The Choir of St. Marys
United Church will present
A Festival of Nine Lessons
and Carols on Sunday,
Dec. 20 at 3:00 pm at St.
Marys United Church, 85
Church Street South.
Timothy Gilbert, Director
of Music at the church will
conduct the choir, and Ian
Sadler, virtuoso organist
and Conductor of the Stratford Concert Choir, will be
the guest organist for the
service.
The Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols, introduced
at the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, England
in 1918, tells the story of
the birth of Christ through
traditional scripture readings, carols and the great
hymns of Christmas.
The service begins very
simply, with a single voice
singing Once in Royal David's city in the same manner that great stories commence with the famous
opening of "Once upon a
time...". The Christmas story is traced from Adam and
Eve and the original sin,
through the Old Testament
prophecies of the coming
of the Messiah, and finally
reaches its climax with the
New Testament revelations
of the birth of Christ.
Woven around the lessons
are carols and hymns to
be sung by the choir and
congregation. In addition
to the congregational singing, the choir will perform
carols such as In the Bleak
Mid-Winter,
Ding-dong!
Merrily on High, Silent
Night, and Tomorrow Shall
be My Dancing Day.
Ten years after A Festival of Nine Lessons and
Carols was introduced in
King’s College, the BBC
decided to broadcast it live,
a Christmas Eve tradition
that continues today with
a radio signal broadcast to
millions around the world.
With the fame of the service spreading because of
the broadcasts, more and
more people began coming to King's to witness the
service for themselves,
to the point that today the
line-up for the service begins many hours before the
service actually begins.
This year we will honour
Sir David Willcocks, who
died in September at the
age of 95. Sir David was
Director of Music at King's
from 1957-1974. He revolutionized the singing of
Christmas carols with his
arrangements and descants for O come, all ye
faithful, Hark, the herald
angels sing, Once in royal David's city, and many
others. Choirs around the
world have now been singing his arrangements for
nearly 60 years. We will
sing his setting of The Infant King at this year's carol service in his memory.
All are invited to attend this
traditional English candlelit
carol service. It is guaranteed to put you in the
“Christmas Spirit”!
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St. Marys Eagles Taken saturday morning at the boat launch.
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Manicures and Pedicures
Gift Certificates and
Stocking Stuffers
Available just in time
for Christmas!
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This Christmas Season, you can…
With a gift to the St. Marys Memorial Hospital Foundation
Three Ways to Donate:
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM ST. MARYS
INSURANCE GROUP INC.
● Deliver a cheque to the hospital payable to: St. Marys Memorial Hospital Foundation
● Mail us a cheque at: 267 Queen Street West, Box 940, St. Marys, ON N4X 1B6
● Donate online at: www.SomeoneIKnow.ca
All proceeds to the Someone I Know campaign will remain in
our community
We wish you and your loved ones a
healthy & happy holiday season!
St.
Marys
Insurance
Group Inc. would like your
help in deciding who in
our office has the ugliest
holiday sweater this year.
To vote, “Like” the St.
Marys Insurance Group
Inc. Facebook page and
leave the comment “ugliest” on the photo of the
sweater that you want to
vote for. For every new
“Like” that the St. Marys
Insurance Group Inc.
Facebook page receives,
St.
Marys
Insurance
Group Inc. will donate $1
to the St. Marys Salvation
Army, up to a maximum
of $500. If you don’t have
Facebook, please stop by
the office to place your
vote. Votes for the winning sweater will be entered into a draw to win
a prize. The contest runs
from Dec. 4 to Dec. 21.
The Rotary Club of St. Marys 24th annual Christmas Draw tickets are available from any Rotarian and
are being sold for a limited time at Ron McDonalds Independent store. Tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10
with 18 chances to win vouchers of $500 of groceries at the Independent , $250 vouchers for gas at
Goco, dinner for 4 at Westover. You also receive the 2016 Rotary calendar with Historic photos. In the
photo selling tickets are Rotarian Gerry Teahen and Nelda Oliver.
Riddles
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How many balls of string
would it take to reach the
moon?
Just one if it’s long enough
What kind of hair do
oceans have?
He wanted a higher
education
What has forty feet and
sings?
The school choir
Wavy
Why did the child study in
the airplane?
What happens when you
throw a green stone in the
red sea?
It gets wet
Word
Search
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Why do birds fly south in
the winter?
Because it’s too far to walk
What followed the
dinosaur?
COUNTRIES OF ASIA
Its tail
How did the telephones get
married?
In a double ring ceremony
What is a polygon?
A dead parrot
WORD SCRAMBLE
All that kids (12 & under) have to do is unscramble the word
correctly and bring this form with their name and phone number
to The St. Marys Independent by Wednesday at noon, and are
then automatically in a draw with a chance to win a
MYSTERY PRIZE!
THIS WEEK’S WORD CLUE: IT IS THE 64TH-LARGEST
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
H E I P P N I S L P I
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Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Burma
Cambodia
India
Indonesia
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
TONS OF FUN FOR KIDS
EVERY WEEK!
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Hey Kids... Every Riddle Kid that appears
in the paper gets a FREE MILKSHAKE
at the Sunset Diner!
Our pet of the week is
“Tia” who is a six-year old
Rottweiler and her proud
owner is Gerry Boyd.
To nominate a Pet of the Week call
The St. Marys Independent at 284-0041.
CONGRATUL ATIONS
“PET OF THE WEEK”
OWNER YOU HAVE WON
A GIFT CARD FROM MCPHAIL’S
See store for details
127 Queen Street East
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A.N.A.F. Unit 265
23 Wellington St. N.
226-289-4574
and
Open Mic
December 19st
8:00 – 12:00
We are collecting toys and food for a
food/toy drive for the Salvation Army
Meat Draw Friday December 18th 6:00 pm
All Turkey’s
All Welcome
Meat Draw Wednesday December 30th 6:00 pm
All Ham’s
All Welcome
Max Boonstra
Born: Stratford Age: 14
School: DCVI Grade: 10
Favourite subject: Phys Ed
Favourite pastime: Sports
Favourite teacher: Mr. Farmer
Favourite artist: Brett Kissel
Ambition: To be an electrician
Upcoming Events:
Friday Dec. 4th 6:00 pm: Magic the Gathering
Come out and play for fun or learn how!
Wednesday Dec. 9th 6:00 pm: Board Game Night
This week's game: Boss Monster
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO ALL!
McCully’s Spiced Braised
Beef With Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
● 1 1/2pounds McCully’s
stewing beef
● 1 lb McCully’s sweet
potatoes,
cut
into
1/2-inch-thick half-moons
● 1 L McCully’s canned
tomatoes and juice
● 1 large red onion, cut into
wedges
● ½ cup dried apricots
● 2 tsp ground cumin
● 2 tsp ground ginger
● ½ tsp ground cinnamon
● ½ tsp cayenne
● kosher salt
● 1 10-ounce box couscous
(1 1/2 cups)
● 1 15-ounce can chickpeas,
rinsed
● 2 cups baby spinach (1 1/2
ounces)
● ¼ cup roasted almonds,
chopped
Preparation
● In a 4- to 6-quart slow cooker, combine the beef, potatoes,
tomatoes, onion, apricots, cumin, ginger, cinnamon,
cayenne, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 cup water.
● Cook, covered, until the meat is tender, on high for 4 to 5
hours, or on low for 7 to 8 hours.
● Ten minutes before serving, prepare the couscous
according to the package directions.
● Add the chickpeas to the slow cooker and cook until heated
through, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the spinach. Serve with the
couscous and sprinkle with the almonds.
Photos with Santa - December 5, 6, 12 & 13
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Check McCully’s Website for details.
Preserve of the month
Spirited Jams & Jellies
10% off
Shop Locally this Christmas
McCully’s offers a wide variety of gift ideas.
Gift Baskets full of McCully’s favourites - great for
hostess gifts, teachers & workplace gift exchange
Gift Certificates - Thoughtful and appreciated
Christmas Trees have arrived.
McCully’s has freshly cut Spruce and
Balsam and Fraser Fir
It’s time to order your Christmas Turkey or
Honey Glazed Spiral Ham.
Call the store today to place your order.
Let McCully’s prepare your favourite
Christmas treats this year. Call today to order
specialty squares, cookies, pies and tarts.
All varieties of Fall Squash are now .55/lb.
December Hours
Open Tuesday - Sunday - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturdays - 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
● www.mccullys.ca ● 519-284-2564 ●
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Real Estate
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150 Queen St. E., Box 699 St. Marys, ON N4X 1B4.
HOMEFIELD REALTY ST.MARYS BROKERAGE 519-284-2381
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Meet Our Fern.....
Old McDonald Had A Farm....
I established my Real Estate career in 1994, 21 years ago. My local rural roots and love
for country properties began as a dairy farmer's daughter and years riding the bus to
school including DCVI. St. Marys is a beautiful town.
I am blessed with a great family. My three kids, Kailey, Jarrod and Mason were all raised in
St. Marys. Community has always been important to me. I was a Kinette for 10 years and am
now a major contributor to the St. Marys Community Players serving my 3rd year as president.
I am considered a specialist in all types of real estate including residential, multi-family
and investment properties. I have years of experience trading in town and rural properties creating an extensive knowledge in Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial properties. I am a one-stop shop!
I enjoy meeting and working with people and helping them achieve their goals. Our Coldwell
Banker office is a true team. We are supportive of each other's success and above all, the accomplishments of our clients.
We live in an excellent area with a high standard of living surrounded by a thriving agricultural base and well-established business. I love to introduce our town to newcomers and see their reaction. We have a gem here with so much
potential and we are so lucky to enjoy this community together.
We are actively looking for farms of all types, from hobby farms to active farm
operations, in the area to market.
We at Coldwell Banker Homefield Realty would be happy to discuss marketing
your farm property and providing you with a complementary market analysis
as well as our recommendations as to the best method to market your farm....
Full Listing on the MLS system, Exclusive Listing, or Sale by Tender
depending on the type of property and the area the property is located in.
Please call any of our full time experienced agents to arrange a confidential
appointment to discuss your real estate needs and questions in this regard.
Old McDonald No Longer Has A Farm!
549 JONES ST. E.
NEWg
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287 WELLINGTON ST. S.
Cute 1 ½ storey home with 2 bedrooms up and
a possible 3rd on the main level, or it could be a
den or dining room. Hardwood floors throughout.
Furnace new in 2013. Large yard and storage shed.
MLS 724130
$
179,900
9 SPARLING CRES.
NEW
PRICE!
RON MORRISON
Broker of Record 519-272-7666
FERN PRIDHAM
Broker 519-274-2885
$
287,500
SHIRLEY NEAR
Broker 519-274-4879
MARTY THOMSON
Sales Rep. 519-318-7584
MLS 842395
$
Perfect mix of original limestone cottage and newer addition.
2 bedrooms and 2 baths upstairs. Optional 3rd bedroom with
full bath on main floor. Beautiful kitchen with S.S. appliances
included. Den with separate entry. ( office potential?) 2 gas
fireplaces and a balcony overlooking the family room. Lovely
landscaped lot. A must see home!
$
192,000
MLS 769805
41 MAXWELL ST.
MLS 567177
STAN FRASER
Sales Rep. 519-272-7836
JULIEN POLIDORO
Sales Rep. 519-949-2264
359,900
262 QUEEN ST. W.
Open concept 3 bedroom, 2 bath semi.
Large rec room, office room and plenty
of storage. Fenced yard with patio.
Concrete drive. Close to schools and
rec centre.
Well kept raised bungalow with many updates
including roof, kitchen, windows, bathrooms,
furnace, and much more. Dream kitchen with island.
Lg. family room with fireplace. Walkout to fenced
backyard and 18’ x 36’ inground pool. Lg. patio area.
MLS 625909
317 WELLINGTON ST. S.
Two bedroom, one bath bungalow as neat
as a pin and all ready for you. Very large
fenced backyard. Good single car garage.
Deck and patio. Great starter or downsize
home. Quick closing!
$
Open concept 2 bedroom, 2 bath bungalow near the
hospital. Lots of renovations have been completed in
the past few years and mechanicals have also been
updated. Modern kitchen, updated baths, and lg. rear
yard with concrete patio are just a few of the features
of this great home.
189,500
DAVID FORSTER
Sales Rep. 519-949-0501
BONNIE INNES
Administrator
MLS 236626
2014
$
184,900
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Head Instructor: Eric Thomson
Address: 1
59 King St South Unit
#2 St.Marys, On
Phone: 226-236-7354
Web: www.stmarysmartialarts.com
We Offer
Youth Karate
Adult Karate
Adult Fitness Classes
Personal Training
Private Martial Arts Lessons
Come in today for a free trial class!
Office Location: 36 Water St., P.O. Box 2310, St. Marys, ON, N4X 1A2
Phone: 519.284.0041 FAX: 519.284.0042
The St. Marys Independent Newspaper is a weekly publication printed every Friday and
is distributed free of charge. This newspaper is owned and published by Stewart Grant.
The views of our columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of the newspaper. Copyright 2014 St. Marys
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2015 Royal Canadian Legion Branch 236 St Marys Poster & Literary Contest Winners
On the morning of Saturday, Nov. 28, executive members of the
Royal Canadian Legion
Branch 236 St Marys
presented awards to
some very talented
local students. First,
519.801.5513
second and third place
finishers in the various categories were
acknowledged with a
certificate and a cash
award. Friends and
family were present to
witness the presentations and to assist in
congratulating them for
a job well done.
The list of the award
winners is as follows:
Junior Poetry – 1st
Ashley Simpson, 2nd
Roserita Verwer, 3rd
Sarah McCurdy
Junior Essay – 1st Niamh Brennan, 2nd Lauren Gracey, 3rd Faith
Brinke
Junior Black & White
Poster – 1st Sarah
Lynch, 2nd Avery Aarts,
3rd Thalina Tucker
Junior Colour Poster –
1st Brady Medd, 2nd
Paige Barr, 3rd Atticus
Carlyle Dewys
Intermediate Poetry –
1st Tatem Edwards,
2nd Kelsey Garner, 3rd
Holly Graham
Intermediate Essay –
1st Evelyn Quast, 2nd
Tatem Edwards
Intermediate
Black
& White Poster - 1st
Grayson Good
Senior Colour Poster 1st Avery Armstrong
Following the presentations, Youth Education
Chair Dave Graham
informed those present
that all first place finishers will be sent to Stratford for consideration at
the Zone level. Winners
there will carry on to the
District, then Provincial,
and finally the National
level.
“We received in excess
of 100 entries this year,
which was great”, said
Graham. “We believe
the quality of the work
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to be very high, and are
hoping some of these
talented folks will do
well as they are judged
at the higher levels.”
The photo shows the
following personnel:
Standing: Dave Graham (Youth Education
Chair), Grayson Good,
Evelyn Quast, Tatem
Edwards, Holly Graham, Avery Armstrong,
Roserita Verwer, Sarah McCurdy, and Peter
Bushfield (Branch 236
President)
Seated: Paige Barr,
Brady Medd, Sarah
Lynch, Thalina Tucker,
Avery Aarts, and Lauren Gracey
Weekend Quiz
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1. Which team has won the most Grey Cups?
2. What is the only planet not named after a
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3. Who was the first US President to resign
while in office?
4. Which German airship crashed in New Jersey in 1937?
5. In which country was the Titanic launched?
6. In Sesame Street, for many years Big Bird’s
best friend was whom?
7. Under which name did American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens write?
8. What was Long John Silver’s parrot’s name?
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9. Which lady socked it to the Harper Valley
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World News Briefs
Cameroon – On Wednes- USA - In San Bernardino, Calday, the national army of the ifornia Wednesday, two heaviWestern African nation of ly-armed shooters opened fire at
Cameroon announced that a social services center, killing 14
they had killed 100 members people and wounding at least 17.
of the militant group Boko Ha- Two suspects, the married couram and freed roughly 900 of ple Syed Farook and Tashfeen
their hostages after a three- Malik, were later killed by police.
day raid last week. A spokes- The shooting took place at the
person from the government Inland Regional Center, which
said the raid had been con- provides services to people
ducted by joint forces from with disabilities. It was the worst
Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad and mass shooting in the US since
Benin in the Sambisa Forest the massacre at Sandy Hook
in remote northeastern Cam- Elementary in Newtown, Coneroon and bordering Nigeria. necticut just over three years ago,
Besides kidnapping people, when a gunman killed 27 people,
Boko Haram had also recently including 20 children, and himbeen training teenage suicide self. According to San Bernardibombers and planting land no’s Police Chief, Farook had atmines. Two suicide attacks in tended a Christmas party at the
northern Cameroon this week Center earlier in the day before
left at least six people dead. leaving after a dispute of some
A third suicide bomber was kind. He later returned with his
neutralized before they could wife and opened fire. The investidetonate their explosives. Af- gation is ongoing. Responding to
ter the raid, the joint military the news, President Obama said,
forces were able to seize large “we should come together in a
amounts of munitions and fire- bipartisan basis at every level of
arms, as well as black-and- government to make these rare
white Islamic State flags. Boko as opposed to normal.” Over 460
Haram pledged allegiance to people have died in mass shootIS in March this year.
ings in the United States in 2015.
India – As world leaders meet
at the COP21 climate conference in Paris this week, a negotiator from India has said his
country will dial back its coal industry if they can receive funds
to invest in renewable energy.
India is currently planning to expand its coal production to meet
the needs of the aprox. 300
million Indians without electricty. Meanwhile, the southern
city of Chennai is experiencing
catastrophic flooding that has
killed at least 269 people and
cut off basic services for more
than three million people. The
flooding has been described as
the worst in more than a century. On Wednesday, one of
India’s oldest newspapers, The
Hindu, was not printed for the
first time in 137 years because
the printing presses were inaccessible due to flooding. In the
neighbouring state of Andhra
Pradesh, over 50 people have
died due to the flooding. Data
from the UN refugee agency shows that an average of
one person every second is
displaced by climate-related
weather events every second.
Canada – In January, Prime Minister Trudeau will appoint five new
senators as he begins reforms to
make the upper chamber less partisan. The new senators will hail
from Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec and serve as Independents in
the Senate. They will be chosen
from a list of appointees as suggested by a new advisory body being established this month. There
are 22 current vacancies expected
to be filled by the end of 2016. As
there is no longer a government
house leader in the Senate, one of
the five senaators appointed next
month will be denoted as the Liberal government’s “representative”
in the Senate. Trudeau has also
appointed current Newfoundland
Liberal senator George Furey to
be speaker of the Senate, replacing Conservative senator Leo Housakos, who was appointed speaker in May by then-prime minister
Stephen Harper. Furey has been a
senator since 1999, when he was
appointed to the chamber by former prime minister Jean Chrétien.
Trudeau said the new advisory
body for appointments will help the
government “begin restoring the
trust of Canadian” in the Senate.
Canada – Yesterday the provincial government announced an
updated agreement with Bruce
Power that will see the Lake Huron nuclear power operator refurbish six of its eight nuclear reactors. The multi-billion dollar project will keep the site operational
until the 2060s and secure thousands of jobs. According to Bruce
Power, the agreement could
account for as many as 23,000
jobs, and is expected to generate
$6.3 billion in annual economic
benefits – not to mention 6,300
megawatts of clean, reliable electricity from the world’s largest operating nuclear facility. This could
reduce household electricity bills
by “about $66 each year over the
next decade,” they said in a statement. Bruce Power president and
CEO Duncan Hawthorne said it
was a “major milestone in the history of Bruce Power as we build
on our existing agreement with
the province and extensive experience to enter the next phase
of our site development.” Refurbishing the Bruce site was part of
the province’s Long-Term Energy
Plan. Negotiations had been taking place for the past two years.
UK – The British Ministry of
Defence has confirmed that
RAF Tornado jets have carried
out their first air strikes against
the so-called Islamic State in
Syria. Four Tornados from a
British air force base in Cyprus
took part in the operation soon
after MPs voted to approve
bombing. After a 10-hour debate in the House of Commons
Wednesday, MPs voted 397
to 223 in favour of UK military
action against IS (also known
as Daesh) in Syria. The initial
strikes on the IS-controlled
Omar oil fields in eastern Syria have been classified a success. The objective, according
to defence secretary Michael
Fallon was to strike a “very real
blow on the oil and revenue on
which Daesh depends.” Prime
Minister David Cameron said
the British people would “need
to be patient and persistent,”
and that the campaign would
take time. The Prime Minister of Iraq reportedly does not
want Western troops on the
ground fighting IS. Fallon said
that the UK could still achieve
much from the air, however.
This Day in History – December 4th
1909 – The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the
oldest surviving professional
hockey franchise in the world,
is founded – Amateur hockey
teams in Eastern Canada competed for the Stanley Cup, then
sometimes described as a decorative punch bowl, as early as
1893. As the game became more
popular, some leagues, such as
the Eastern Canadian Hockey
Association, went all-professional. On Nov. 25, 1909, The ECHA,
which was the holder of the Stanley Cup at the time, dissolved
after a series of ownership disputes. At a meeting in a Montreal
hotel, some teams that had been
a part of that league formed the
Canadian Hockey Association,
but they rejected the application
of the Montreal Wanderers (who
had been league champions for
three consecutive seasons from
1906-1908). The Wanderers’
representative Jimmy Gardner
and rich Ontario businessman
Ambrose O’Brien (whose application for a team in Renfrew,
Ontario was also rejected) got
to talking after the meeting at
that hotel and, a few days later,
formed the National Hockey Association on Dec. 2, 1909. The
Anglophone founders wanted to
attract French fans to their new
league, so two days later, on this
date, the Montreal Canadiens
were founded as a charter member of the NHA, with O’Brien the
founding owner. The following
year, O’Brien was forced to sell
the Canadiens to Montreal entrepreneur George W. Kendall, owner of a wrestling school called “Le
Club Athlétique Canadien,” who
threatened to sue the league
over copyright infringement.
Kendall became the new owner
of the team for the bargain price
of $7,500. The Habs competed
in a Stanley Cup playoff for the
first time in 1914, losing to the Toronto Hockey Club. They would
win the Cup for the first time two
years later, beating the Portland
Rosebuds in a best-of-five series. They’ve gone on to win it a
league-leading total of 24 times,
most recently in 1993.
1921 – The first manslaughter
trial against silent film star
Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle ends
in a hung jury – Throughout
the 1910s, one of the biggest
stars in Hollywood was the rotund comedic writer, actor and
director Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle.
During these years, he worked
with all the big names of the
silent era comedies, including
Harold Lloyd, Charlie Chaplin
and Buster Keaton. By 1920, he
became one of the richest actors
in Hollywood when he signed a
contract with Paramount Pictures
for $1 million. Then, on Sept. 5,
1921, at a party in his hotel room
in San Francisco, Arbuckle’s life
changed. A film actress named
Virginia Caroline Rappe was
found seriously ill in his room, later hospitalized and died several
days later of peritonitis caused
by a ruptured bladder. A woman
who had also attended the party accused Arbuckle of violently
sexually assaulting Rappe, and
it became one of Hollywood’s
first major scandals. The media
latched onto the story, portraying
Arbuckle as a gross, lecherous
man who preyed on young women. His first trial for manslaughter in the death of Rappe began
Sept. 17, 1921 and lasted until
this date in 1921, when the jury
returned after five days of deliberation deadlocked 10-2 and a
mistrial was declared. By February 1922, Arbuckle’s second
trial had resulted in another hung
jury and another mistrial. In April
1922, following a third trial, Arbuckle was finally acquitted and
presented an apology by the jury
who felt there was no evidence
against him. By this time, however, many of his films were banned
from theatres and the public had
turned against him. It was later
discovered that Rappe suffered
from chronic urinary tract infections, a condition worsened by
drinking alcohol, which could explain her ruptured bladder. Newspaper magnate William Randolph
Hearst later said the Arbuckle
scandal “sold more newspapers
than any event since the sinking
of the RMS Lucitania.”
1956 – “The Million Dollar Quarter,” Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee
Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash, record several songs
together at Sun Studio in Memphis – By pure chance, on this
date in 1956, four pioneers in
modern country and rock’n’roll
music all happened to be present at the famous Sun Studio in
Memphis, Tennessee and, lucky
us, somebody hit record. The
story goes that on the morning of
Dec. 4, then 24-year-old rockabilly guitarist Carl Perkins arrived at
the studio to record with his band.
He had already established
himself with the hit “Blue Suede
Shoes,” which he wrote. Studio
owner Sam Phillips wanted to
have some piano on the tracks,
so he invited the still-relatively unknown 21-year-old piano
player Jerry Lee Lewis to come
play with them. Johnny Cash,
who was just a couple months
older than Perkins, had heard
their band would be recording
that day and showed up to watch
them play. By then, Cash had
recorded some mildly popular
country songs at Sun but was not
yet the superstar he would become. Sometime that afternoon,
21-year-old Elvis Presley, who
had pressed his first hit singles
at Sun but had since become a
national sensation and signed
with RCA, stopped by to visit his
old pals. Soon, all four of them
were jamming together, with Perkins on guitar and Elvis playing
piano, singing some of the traditional gospel songs they had
grown up playing. Engineer Jack
Clement wisely decided to record
the songs and the entertainment
editor for the local newspaper
was called over to report on the
event. It would be the last time
all four musicians collaborated
on a recording. Sun Studio is still
open in Memphis, where visitors
can tour the sound stage, learn
about rock’n’roll history, and buy
the record by “The Million Dollar
Quartet.” Lewis, 80, is the quartet’s only surviving member.
1971 – The Montreux Casino
By Dan Rankin
in Switzerland burns down
after a fire starts at a Frank
Zappa concert – In late 1971,
the members of the English rock
band Deep Purple, then known
for their hits “Hush” and “Speed
King,” were preparing to record a
new album. They rented a mobile
recording studio from the Rolling
Stones and secured a casino
theatre in Montreux, Switzerland
as the venue where they would
set up camp to record. It was
ideal as, since the casino had
to close for some winter renovations, Deep Purple would have a
big empty theatre space to lay
down their tracks. The casino
just had one last event booked
before they closed for the winter:
a Frank Zappa and The Mothers
of Invention concert. In the middle of that concert, on this date
in 1971, a fan shot a flare gun
into the ceiling. The entire casino, and all of Zappa’s band’s
equipment, were destroyed in
the resulting fire. From their
nearby hotel rooms, Deep Purple
watched the massive blaze grow
as smoke billowed out over Lake
Geneva. Luckily, there were no
fatalities. After some searching,
Deep Purple found another hotel
hall where they could record their
new album. The product was
1972’s “Machine Head,” which
became their most commercially successful album, in large
part due to the hit song “Smoke
on the Water,” which details the
fateful night.
By Dan Rankin
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Oh Deer...
Stephanie Martin
Well it has been over five
years, but it is always too
soon to have a run in with
a deer on the highway. The
last time I had a run in with a
deer I was close to Fullarton,
just coming out of the curves,
by the ballpark, and BAM, a
deer leaped out in front of me
and I knocked him (or her)
somersaulting into the opposite ditch. The first thought
that came to me is ‘What Do
I Do?’ My insurance agent
lived just up the road, maybe
I should just drive there (small
town thought!)? Did I need to
call the police? Should I pull
over? But as the smoke (or
steam) began pouring out of
the hood of my car, I knew I
needed to pull over immediately. Fortunately, I was right
at the farm of a family I knew.
I quickly pulled in and they
helped me from there.
Flash forward to this past
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week when a deer, out of the
dark, slammed into the front
side of my friend’s car as
we were driving to Listowel
with two of our kids, one km
from our destination. It was
a dark rainy evening and
the car that had just passed
us going the opposite way
must have blocked our view
so we couldn't see the deer.
I thought that initially we had
been hit by that car, Julie (our
steady driver) thought that
something must have fallen
off the passing vehicle. But
Max (my 12yr old) had seen it,
the head of a huge buck, hitting the windshield for a split
second. He described him
as the big buck from "Open
Season." We pulled over
and moved to relative safety
onto the slim shoulder of 23
highway followed by another
car. I assessed the cars and
everyone was okay. We were
in no imminent or occurring
danger, (a favourite phrase
of mine) when all of the same
questions came from Julie. Should we call 911? Is it
okay to move and what do I
do? Well, the one answer I
didn't know for sure is, can
we move off of the highway?
I decided we were not waiting
on hwy 23 for any length of
time in the dark, and the car
behind us had a young girl
driving (25 is young to me).
She also didn't know what to
do. So I made the decision
to get us all to the Walmart
ML
parking lot in a safe fashion.
Everyone's car was drivable,
but I assessed ours was not
doing any sharp left hand
turns with the front quarter
panel being shoved in, so
Walmart could work. Julie
was covered in little pieces of
glass and I knew it was less
safe to move or get out on 23
to clean her up. It was far less
safe in the dark and we only
had about a foot of shoulder.
So off we went, our wobbling
posse of deer damaged vehicles, 10km/hr on the shoulder
to the Walmart Parking lot,
where we would assess the
situation and call 911.
Julie had worried that her
windshield would fall in, but I
knew, I was told somewhere
in my life, windshields are
held together with a seal so
they don't fall in or shatter. We
pieced together what happened (after I got Julie out of
her bent door and cleaned all
of the tiny pieces of glass off
of her). The girl explained we
hit the deer (or it hit us), the
car in between us swerved,
(which I have always been
told not to do) and then she
drove over the big buck. She
was clearly a daughter of a
farm family since she looked
pretty calm about the whole
thing. She had a guy meet
her there and they had a bit of
a laugh and explained it was
their first date. That made
me laugh and I said, well this
is either going to be a great
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accidents are frequent and
often tragic.
Second question, YES you
are required to call the police IF the damage to the
vehicle(s) collectively is over
$2,000.00 OR if anyone is
injured. You will need the police report for your insurance
agency. Now, in Listowel (I
don't know about anywhere
else) they do not give a physical paper report anymore
(for the last 3 months), just a
report number. He also said
if your insurance agency requests the report, they will
use this number to obtain the
report, which costs $50. He
also said that is the responsibility and expense of the
insurance company, and that
you can go get it and pay for
it if you like but it is their responsibility and expense.
And one last thing, according to my hunter brotherin-law the deer everywhere
right now are "frisky" (edited) and stupid! Keep an eye
out and slow down, you may
see them near wooded areas. Ask around in the area
where they cross the highways. Both sides of Fullarton
and at the top of the hill near
McCullys are reportedly bad.
Regardless it is best to keep
an eye out and stay safe! And
watch for Rudolph!
In Memoriam
Ron Deery
Stephen McCotter
Barrister, Solicitor & Notary Public
www.mccotterlawoffice.com
[email protected]
50 Water St. S., St. Marys
226.661.5297 519.284.2840
Cubberley Plumbing and Heating is
looking for a responsible, licensed
plumber to join our team. Needs
to have service and residential
installation experience.
story in ten years, or you will
say, ‘I should have known
when I hit that deer...’ We all
had a good laugh and froze
while waiting for the police to
arrive (another fun memory
for a first date, ‘remember
when the police arrived?’). I
answered the questions from
the police officer (and realized I should have worn my
winter coat) and Julie dealt
with insurance and CAA, (we
make a good crisis team).
The young girl said she had
thought about calling for insurance on Monday and (after I suggested she probably
should let her dad know) she
thought we were very fast. I
explained we were old and
this wasn't our first "rodeo".
After the dust had settled
I asked the officer the answers to the frequently asked
questions. Should we have
moved the vehicles? He said
Absolutely YES and that we
please spread the word, IF
your car is drivable, move it
to a safer place! They can
piece it together at a safer location off of the highway. For
everyone's safety, including
secondary help. Never remove your seat belts when
on the side of the highway in
case you are hit (hence the
plan of moving the heck off
of the highway). Secondary
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS
In the Estate of William George Hopkins
All persons having claims against the Estate of
William George Hopkins, late of Granton, Ontario,
who died on November 30, 2014 are hereby notified
to send particulars of the same to the undersigned
on or before December 18, 2015, after which date
the estate will be distributed, with regard only to the
claims of which the undersigned shall then have
notice and the undersigned will not then be liable
to any person of whose claim they shall not then
have notice.
In loving memory of a dear husband, father,
grandfather and friend who passed away Dec. 3rd, 2011.
Some day sometime, our eyes shall see the ones we
loved so well. Some day we’ll clasp their loving hands
and never say farewell.
Loving you always Dianna and family.
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Upcoming Events
Kingsway’s Vendor Open House
Saturday, December 5th, 2015
10:00 – 3:00
Everyone Welcome
VENDOR SALE – Lower Level
● Over 20 Vendors
Workshops (sign-up) – Fairhill Lounge
● 10:00 am
CENTRE PIECE - $35.00
With Julie Dockers of The Flower Shop and More…
Create a beautiful Christmas Centre Piece for the holidays
● 11:00 am
PILLAR CANDLE - $15.00
With Sue Hyatt-Griffiths of Village Candles & Crafts
Create a unique battery operated candle that is great on
its own or stunning paired up with Julie’s Centre Piece
Must pre-register with Kingsway at
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A “LITTLE” touch of Christmas in apartment L06 –
LAUREN WHITNEY Style
Annual Tea and Christmas Sale
St. James Anglican Church
Parish Hall
Church and Elgin Streets
Delicious homemade
scones & jam
Sales table highlighting Saturday, December 5, 2015
From 1:00 to 3:30
●
P&J’s Mincemeat, Baked
goods. Knitted items
Tea and scones $5
●
A variety of lovely Gift
Baskets
Christmas Sale – Free
Admission
● Christmas ornaments
The Parkview Creamery
Has Been Sold
Birthday
Guess Who’s
Turning 90!
Fern Hogg
The Robsons would like to thank the residents of St. Marys and surrounding area for
their patronage over the past 71/2 years and
hope that they would support the new owners in the same manner.
We would also like to thank our staff, both
past and present. You are the BEST!
Jim Robson
Thank you to all our friends and especially
our families!
Your gifts, cards and best wishes, made our
80th Birthday Party very special!
Thank you
Bob and Georgina McGregor
The Annual
DCVI Food Drive
Wednesday from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Students from DCVI will be knocking
on community doors to collect food
for the food drive.
When: Sunday, December 13, 2015 (2:00 – 4:00 pm)
Where: St. Marys Friendship Centre (Located at the
Pyramid Centre) 317 James St. S., St. Marys, Ontario
Please come join us for sandwiches, munchies and of course,
birthday cake! A cash bar will be available if you would like to
have a celebratory drink. In lieu of gifts a donation to the food
bank would be appreciated.
Please RSVP to [email protected] or 519-284-3630
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Dr. Jonathan Keys accepting new patients
ahead of 2016 Lucan Medical Centre opening
By Dan Rankin
Dr. Jonathan Keys has
already begun accepting
new patients in anticipation of the opening of the
new Lucan Medical Centre (located at 268 Main
Street in Lucan) early in
2016.
Dr. Keys grew up on a
cash crop farm outside
Bayfield and said he always wanted to help
people. "I decided i didn't
want to stay on the farm,
so I went back to school
and wanted to do something in health care," he
said. "That's what led me
here."
In the intervening years,
he has studied at Fanshawe College, the D'Arcy Lane Institute in London, the Saba University
School of Medicine in the
Dutch Caribbean where
he got his M.D., and done
three years of residency
at Michigan State University.
For the past few weeks,
Dr. Keys has been operating in the clinic under
the Prince George Retirement Residence in
Lucan (139 Main Street)
with his friend and mentor Dr. John E. Swift. Dr.
Keys offers general family
medicine with special interests in sports medicine,
fitness, preventative care
and cosmetic medicine.
Beginning next year, however, the services offered
at the Lucan Medical Centre will include x-ray, ultrasound,
mammography,
bone densitometry (bone
density scanning) and
physical therapy, Dr. Keys
said. The facility, which
will begin with two doctors but have the space to
expand to accommodate
three, will also feature a
medical laboratory and
By Stewart Grant
In certain neighbourhoods, we have new deliverers of your newspaper. Like any job, there is
a bit of a learning curve.
For many young deliverers of our paper, this is
the first job they’ve ever
had.
If your paper isn’t being
delivered properly, let us
know! Your paper should
never blow around on
your porch or on your
lawn. It should be delivered into your mailbox
(if you have one) or secured in your door latch,
between your doors, or
dispensary, he said.
"It's going to be great for
the community to be able
to get everything done
here," he said. "Basically by the time they leave
from their appointment,
they should have pretty
much everything other
than referrals. That's going to be nice for everyone."
As the new sign out on
Main Street in Lucan indicates, Dr. Keys is currently accepting new patients.
New patient acceptance
application forms can be
found at the current clinic
location, in the basement
at Prince George Retirement Residence, and at
the Lucan Pharmacy. For
more information, call the
clinic at 519-227-1163 or
find the Lucan Medical
Centre on Facebook.
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Artifact of the Week
WHY?
I can’t remember what I was going to
write about tonight. News is flooding in regarding a major shooting incident in San
Bernardino, California. Reports mention 14 dead and
countless others wounded. What madness causes an
attack on helpless victims? Why a centre for social services of all places? What possible motive can there be?
By the time this goes to print surely many answers and
information will come to light. Were there pipe bombs
as reported? It appears that a couple of shooters/ suspects have been stopped in a hail of gunfire (just heard
one male and one female dead). Most shootings involve a lone crazed shooter. So many questions and
emotions have flooded our senses since word reached
us. I am sad and sickened that such a thing can happen. We are still in shock over the attacks in Paris.
Although criminals do not use fire arms attained legally, isn’t it time that automatic weapons are prohibited
in the U.S. under similar laws to our own? It appears
there is little required to obtain a gun there as opposed to the screening that is rigorous here. I know
gun club members and belonged to a shooting club
as a young man and not one of us has ever caused
an issue with owning a gun. There are hundreds of
hunters across Ontario taking part in deer and moose
hunts. None of them pose a risk. I don’t really know
anyone interested in owning a fully automatic weapon.
In Canada we are really quite regulated when it comes
to fire arms ownership and training. Even given this we
can’t assume that we are immune to criminal or other
groups (WHACKOS) from such attacks that appear to
be world wide.
MORE MUNDANE: SNOW JOB? Did the Ontario government pay for additional equipment for contractors
they paid to clear snow? Apparently, whether a company has enough equipment to do a job or not, is of
little consequence to the Ontario Liberals when awarding snow removal contracts (what of other contracts?).
Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk says that $1.7 million is
required to top up a $700,000 contract for 13 pieces
of additional removal equipment. She also stated that
the second lowest bid was from a company that had
enough equipment and would have saved a lot of money. No believable tale can be weaved by Transportation Minister Steve Del Duka to explain what occurred
(They bought/ leased to us blah blah blah blah!) or who
now owns what. Perhaps it will be clear as mud when
this winters’ snow melts. We do know however that a
low bid acceptance of a poorly equipped company resulted in unacceptable dangerous roads. (Not to mention more $$$$$ down the drain/ ditch)
REMINISCING: I respect the man. I respected him as
a successful civic minded merchant. I respected him
when we met on the golf course or in passing. J.B.
Jack Tudor called the other day and he shared a story
related to the vacuum tube systems in many stores
in years past. Although such a system was not in use
when he bought Loffts in 1954 there was a tale told by
Fred and Hardy Lofft of a time when a mouse was put
in a capsule that was sent off to a lady in another section of the store (I am uncertain whether it was indeed
the Lofft store). The furor caused such a commotion
that it brings a laugh to Jack to this day. I love tales of
years past and sharing laughs.
J.B. said that Hardy (their father was also Hardy)
became a manager of Simpsons in Montreal and at
some point a Director of that company. He was fortunate in spending a day with Hardy on a purchasing day
in Montreal. Jack also spoke of the intellect of the man.
I might now mention my appreciation of Jack’s call and
feed back as well as my opinion that he too is a very
intelligent man.
“THANKS” and “GOD BLESS”
BILL CUBBerley
P.S. After trying to read last week’s column I realize I
was too wordy and things ran together. I will try again
to cut back a bit: I apologize.
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This week’s artifact from the St. Marys Museum is a
rope bed. Although it may look like a regular bed with
a mattress and quilt on it, the mattress is supported
in the wooden frame by a length of rope crossing
back and forth beneath it. As rope is much lighter
and easier to carry than wooden slats, rope beds
were popular amongst the early settlers. Join the St.
Marys Museum for the grand opening of their new
exhibit “A Log Cabin Christmas”. Opening during the
annual Christmas Open House on Sunday, December
6, this exhibit explores how the earliest residents in
St. Marys would have celebrated Christmas. For
more information about this artifact, the exhibit or
the open house contact the St. Marys Museum at
519-284-3556 or [email protected]
If it’s your Birthday this week:
The recent difficulties you’ve been dealing with
are about to lift. With this new energy comes new
opportunities for greater happiness. Cheers!
For the rest of us:
Do your best to stay out of another’s argument, even
if it’s in defense of someone, as this could land you
in the hot seat instead. Two women play a key role.
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Obituaries
Foster
Lorne Foster
Lorne Foster, 87, formerly of Hamilton passed away peacefully at
the Ritz Lutheran Villa, Mitchell on Sunday, November 29, 2015.
Beloved son of the late Herbert and Hariett Foster. Dear brother
of Mary Fisher (William), Earl Foster (Jean) and Harold Foster
(Marion). Also surviving are his nieces and nephews Tim Fisher,
David Foster (Joanne), Jo-Anne Fields (Scott), Dale Foster (Coralee),
Mark Foster (Erin), Karen Lemon (Ron) and their families.
Lorne was a long time school Principal with the Hamilton
Wentworth District School Board.
A Celebration of Lorne’s Life will be held at the Lockhart Reception
Centre, 116 Montreal St., Mitchell on Friday, December 4, 2015
at 11:00 a.m. followed by a reception. Interment in Kirkton Union
Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Stratford General Hospital
MRI or charity of one’s choice would be appreciated. Online
condolences at www.LockhartFuneralHome.com.
Andrew L. Hodges Funeral Home
Locally owned and operated by
Andrew Hodges since 2003
47 Wellington St. South, St. Marys
P.O. Box 304
Tel: 519.284.2820
Website: www.hodgesfuneralhome.ca
We honour the memory of:
Brian Pearson
Chuck Thomson
Nov. 22, 2015
Nov. 24, 2015
Hislop
Sheila Inez Anne Hislop (MacLaren) passed away at home in St.
Marys on November 30, 2015 at the age of 84. Sheila was born
in Balderson, ON and lived most of her life in Stratford. Mother
to Norma Hislop (Jim) , Bruce Hislop (Paula), Janice Hyde (Ted),
and Tom Hislop. Gentle Grandmother to Colin and Caitlin Hyde.
She was active member of the Girl Guide Association and Hamlet
Home and School Association. She graduated from Stratford
Normal School in 1950 and taught in Sebringville. She enjoyed her
time caring for many people who needed assistance through the
Canadian Red Cross Homemaker Service.Our Mom was inventive
in her kitchen, an avid reader, and loved her kitties. We fondly
remember her baking awesome butter tarts, making creative soup
of the day with her new blender, sewing, and knitting our clothes.
She lived her retirement years quietly in St Marys. Visitation at the
Andrew L. Hodges Funeral Home, 47 Wellington St. S. St. Marys
(519-284-2820) on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015 from 7 – 9 p.m.. Burial
will take place in Perth, Ontario at a later date. Memorial donations
may be made to the Ontario Heart & Stroke Foundation. Online
condolences at www.hodgesfuneralhome.ca.
Hammond
Marion Elain Hammond (Hall) passed away at Kingsway Lodge,
St. Marys, on November 30, 2015 in her 82nd year. Beloved wife
of David Hammond, married on April 17, 1954. Dear mother
of Christina and Rafael Javiel, Patricia and Andy Cieri, Kevin
Hammond and Cindy. Grandmother of nine and great-grandmother
of 3. Sister of Doug and Sonia Hall, Terry Hall, Chum and Editha
Hammond and Lillian Bennett. Also remembered by several nieces
and nephews. Predeceased by siblings Reginal Hall, Winston and
Pearl Hall, Helen King, and Sandra Hall. Cremation has taken place,
Visitation at the Andrew L. Hodges Funeral Home, 47 Wellington
St. South, St. Marys (519-284-2820), on Tuesday, Dec. 8, from 2
– 4 & 7 – 9 p.m. The Memorial Service will be conducted at the
funeral home on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, at 11 a.m. Memorial
donations may be made to the “Someone I know” campaign with
the St. Marys Memorial Hospital Foundation. Online condolences
at www.hodgesfuneralhome.ca.
For service details please call the
Andrew L. Hodges Funeral Home
519–284–2820
or visit www.hodgesfuneralhome.ca
Kidz Church for Grades JK to 3 during the service.
P.O. Box 2058 St. Marys ON N4X 1C3
www.livingrockchurch.ca
226.779.9656 [email protected]
Pastor Jim Williams
ST. MARYS UNITED CHURCH
85 CHURCH ST. S., ST. MARYS 519.284.3016
www.stmarysunitedchurch.weebly.com
Minister: Rev. Doug Loucks,
Organist: Timothy Gilbert
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015
10:30 a.m. Worship Service
“Refiner’s Fire”
Sunday School, Nursery
7:00 p.m.
ECUMENICAL ADVENT SERVICE AT Holy
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FOR SALE BY OWNER
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Call 519-227-4872
Street Level Faith
Stonetown’s Pentecostal Church
Worship Gathering
New Time & New Location
16 Hillside Court, St. Marys
at 3:00 pm every Sunday.
Becker
Alison Elizabeth Jane Becker (Horne) passed away peacefully
with family at her side on November 30, 2015 at Sakura House,
Woodstock, at the age of 50 after a courageous battle with ovarian
cancer. Alison was born, raised and lived most of her life in the
rural area of Stratford. Alison is survived by her four beautiful,
loving children, Matthew, Melissa, Brandon, and Ryan. She is
also survived by her father Arthur Horne, mother Audrey (Hyde)
predeceased in 2000. She will be missed by her siblings Alex
(Sherri) Horne, Catherine (John) Tollenaar, Sheila (Jamie) Brant,
Arthur Jr. (Kate) Horne, and 11 nieces and nephews. Also survived
by her uncles, aunts, many cousins and greatly missed by her dear
friend Peter Luty and family, and her dog Zoey. Predeceased by
her grandparents Melvin and Jean Hyde, Arthur and Lydia Horne,
Uncle John Alexander Horne (Infancy), Aunt Jean Parker, Uncle
Alex Nichol and Aunt Christine Hyde. Alison was raised on a dairy
farm for 20 years in North Easthope Township and then became a
partner in Beckalry Holsteins for 19 years. She enjoyed volunteering
in her children’s activities with school programs, coaching soccer,
skating, 4-H and Donate a Cow Program providing meat to local
food banks and soup kitchens. Cremation has taken place. Visitation
at the Andrew L. Hodges Funeral Home, 47 Wellington St. South,
St. Marys (519-284-2820) on Friday, Dec. 4, from 2 – 4 & 7 – 9 p.m.
A Celebration of Life service will be conducted at the ST. MARYS
GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB, 769 Queen St. East, St. Marys, on
Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers and in keeping
with Alison’s love of life and positive, cheerful nature, please
undertake an act of kindness and enjoy a laugh with someone you
care about. Memorial donations may be made to the Wellspring
Stratford Cancer Centre, Optimism Place or the Emily Murphy
Centre. Online condolences at www.hodgesfuneralhome.ca.
Live – Love - Laugh
by
Rev. Ione Grover
Who is a retired United Church minister
living in St. Marys
“We are such stuff as dreams
are made on” said William
Shakespeare in “The Tempest”. When you come to
think of it, all the great creations in our world from
works of art to airplanes
and space ships were once
dreams in someone’s mind
and imagination. We would
be much poorer without the
dreams realized by Alexander Graham Bell, Galileo,
Mozart or Leonardo de Vinci. What dreams do you have
or have had for your life? Do
you think God has a dream
for your life? This last question sounds strange but what
I mean by that is that Divine
Creator seems to invite us
to use our unique gifts for
the common good. How
about Martin Luther King
Jr’s famous “I have a dream”
speech which stirred the
world and became the inspiration for the Black liberation movement. It seems that
the Divine and the human
dream came together there.
Can you think of moments in
your life, when you felt you
were guided to do something,
even something small, that
would help others?
In our culture, we tend to dismiss dreamers and dreams. It
was just a dream. He/she is
only a dreamer. John Lennon
upholds the role of dreamers
in his famous “Imagine” lyrics. “You may say that I’m
a dreamer. But I’m not the
only one. I hope someday
you’ll join us. And the world
will be as one.” John Lennon
was not talking about an individual dream that would
benefit himself but a dream
for the world. I must confess that all my life I have
been a dreamer. It didn’t al-
ways serve me well, particularly as a child when I daydreamed in school and didn’t
pay attention to my lessons.
Yet I would never want to
give up dreaming altogether, even if nothing came of
it. Dreams do change as we
age. Mine as a young adult
were for self-improvement
and success and later that my
children would lead happy
and fulfilled lives. Now my
dreams are either for a more
peaceful, humane world or
for a deeper inner experience
of the Divine.
I have noticed that today
there is a shift in many of us
from our personal dreams to
sharing a collective dream
for a better world where people can live peacefully with
enough food, decent shelter
and a cleaner environment. I
feel proud of the generosity
of Canadians in welcoming
the Syrian refugees to our
country. Other examples include the peaceful demonstrations that are taking place
all over the world where
people are marching in sol-
idarity with the Paris talks
and the fight against global warming. What makes it
even more remarkable is that
many of us may not see the
results for our actions in our
lifetime. We are investing
in the future of our children
and their children. The hope
is that we will be leaving a
less polluted, war-ravaged
planet for those that come
after us. Of course there is
no guarantee of this but I
think more and more, we
realize what will happen if
we go on as we have been.
In the words of John Lennon
“Imagine no possessions. I
wonder if you can. No need
for greed and hunger. A
brotherhood of man.” Perhaps God’s dream and our
human dreams are coming
together more. At least that
is the hope. As Langston
Hughes said: “Hold fast to
dreams. For if dreams die,
Life is a broken-winged bird
that cannot fly.”
May we dream with God for
a world of peace, love and
justice!
Obituary
Boyd
The family of Shirley Mae Boyd (Hearn) sadly announce
her sudden passing at St. Marys Memorial Hospital on
Dec. 1, 2015 at the age of 77. Wife of the late Jack Boyd
(1986). Step-mother of Bill and wife Reba Boyd of Quesnel,
British Columbia and their daughters Brianne and Carissa,
and Jack Boyd of Exeter. Sister of Donna Aldis St. Marys,
Sheila Crisp and husband Terry, Nashville, Tennessee, Linda
McKay, St. Marys, sister-in-law Myrt Hearn, St. Marys.
Shirley loved and spoiled all her many nieces and nephews
and their families. Predeceased by her parents Kelly and
Eileen Hearn, brother Barry Hearn and brother-in-law Dusty
Aldis. Shirley loved her community as well as following all
the sports and activities that her nieces and nephews were
involved in. She had a special passion for the St. Marys Junior
B Lincolns Hockey Club. Family and friends are invited to
the ST. MARYS UNITED CHURCH, 85 Church St. S. St.
Marys, on Monday, December 7, 2015 for visitation from
noon until the time of the funeral service at 2 p.m. with Rev.
Doug Loucks officiating. Interment in St.Marys Cemetery.
Following burial, Shirley’s family will continue to celebrate
her life at the St. Marys Legion, 66 Church St. S. St. Marys.
Memorial donations may be made to a charity of choice.
Online condolences at www.hodgesfuneralhome.ca.
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