January 12, 2012 Issue

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Vendors representing all as-pects of the wedding industrywill be in attendance, includingdecorators, photographers,caterers, DJs and more.

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Becky Vachon of the North America Railway Hall of Fame (left) shows prospec-tive bride Tabatha Beitschat of St. Thomas a table setting designed by Cateringby James Meadows in preparation for the Bridal Expo this Sunday.

New website makes iteasier to promote localnatural heritage

If you love trees or want tolearn more about the them inyour neighbourhood, the Her-itage Trees Committee has justunveiled a new website calledelginheritagetrees.ca

The website displays the lo-cations of over 400 trees in St.Thomas, East Elgin and WestElgin, and incorporates over1,000 photographs, includingimages of each tree as seenthrough the seasons.

Committee chairperson, C.Frank Lattanzio, says thatsince 1990 when the volunteercommittee was formed as aninitiative of the St. ThomasField Naturalists, the mapsthey published helped identifyworthy trees in the community.

Trees were selected andgiven an identification plaquebased on the historical signifi-cance of the tree, whether itwas a good example of its typeand if it could easily be viewedby the public.

“But a printed map is essen-tially a dead piece of paper. Ifyou lose or gain a tree, you

can’t change it,” Frank says.“We used to spend thousandsof dollars on printing maps thatwe could only afford to updateevery 10 to 15 years.”

Frank says the new websitegoes way beyond the experi-ence a map can provide.

“The website allows a 10-year-old or an 80-year-old togo to a computer and do a vir-tual tour,” he says. “They canlook up different trees, look atphotos, see interesting detailslike buds and flowers, and youdon’t have to be in ElginCounty to do it.”

Volunteers Peter Atkinsonand Ted Suckley helped de-

velop and put together the newwebsite using free online toolslike Google Maps and Flickr.

“Google Maps provides userswith directions and live viewsof each tree,” says Peter. “It’sa powerful feature and inter-acts well with viewing photoson Flickr.”

Because trees are livingthings and by their very naturecome and go, the committeeplans to update the site on aregular basis and encouragesthe public to submit recom-mendations of trees they think

would be worthy additions tothe site.

“I think all the trees on thesite are special,” says Frank.“But in St. Thomas, there’s aJapanese Maple on MetcalfeStreet and a Copper Beechacross from the Court Housethat are worth seeing.”

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C. Frank Lattanzio, Peter Atkinson and Ted Suckley show examples of themaps the Heritage Trees Committee used to publish that are now being superceded by a new interactive web site.

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Council will investigate theoption of making the accountspayable clerk a part-time posi-tion. The current full-time clerkwill retire in February 2012. Di-

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Increase inarea ChristmassupportVolunteer efforts strong inAylmer and St. Thomas

St. Thomas Elgin ChristmasCare and The ChristmasShoppe both served more peo-ple last December, and AylmerChristmas Care numbers wereabout the same. But coordina-tors for all three programsagree that local people havebeen generous, even in difficulttimes.

St. Thomas Elgin ChristmasCare delivered gifts and mealsto 1,597 registered families,said Andreana Collins, one oftwo volunteer coordinators forthe annual drive for St. Thomasand area.

That translated into 3,879 in-dividuals served, an increase ofabout 22 percent over 2010.Andreana attributed the in-crease to the number of fami-lies affected by plant closuresin St. Thomas and district. She

and fellow coordinator Al Mintz“really appreciate all the helpthe public has given us,” shesaid. And volunteer supportwas strong.

The Christmas Shoppe in St.Thomas offers Christmasshopping at very affordableprices to low-income families.For example, new jeans forages five to eight are $1.50,and toys range from $1 to $3.Chairperson Debbie Scott saidthe Christmas Shoppe served220 families, including 450children, in 2011. “The com-munity support was just phe-nomenal,” she said.

Debbie also reported an in-crease in volunteers for theShoppe, open for one weekduring the first half of Decem-ber at First United Church in St.Thomas. “We’re already plan-ning for next year.”

In Aylmer and area, Christ-mas Care operates under theumbrella of the East Elgin So-cial Assistance Program andserved 340 families in 2011,about the same as the year be-

fore. The Aylmer Optimists op-erate a toy drive, and commu-nity volunteers run a food drivefor Christmas dinners. Coordi-nator Caroline Buis describethe Aylmer area as “a very, verygenerous community.”

Aylmer Optimist Dave Dohntsaid, “The little community ofAylmer really came througheven in this tough economy.Employees and businesseshave really supported the toydrive to increase donations.”

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Already rumoured to be ‘theJolly Old Elf’ himself, Jim Venussuggested if every student,teacher and staff member con-

tributed a toonie, he would gobefore the school at its holidayassembly and have his longwhite beard shaved off.

As the month wore on the an-ticipation grew with Christmassongs re-written and played atmorning announcements toready Jim for the big day.

By assembly day on Decem-ber 23, the $1,200 goal hadbeen surpassed. Grade 7teacher Linda Chapman pre-sented Captain Dianne Elliott ofthe Salvation Army with acheque for $1,308 to be in-

cluded in the annual KettleCampaign.

Captain Elliott accepted thecheque telling the assemblythat the donation would beused to help many projectsthroughout the year, includingthe school lunch project thatdelivers 900 lunches a monthto elementary schools in thecity, as well as for utility bills forfamilies in need, and the ballhockey program held on thechurch parking lot.

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nied Mr. Venus across the stageand the shaving began. Amidsqueals and cheers from thestudents the beard fell to thefloor and there was no longerany doubt – this was indeedthe custodian and not the JollyOld Elf.

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Staring at trees

I have always loved trees.These noble, upstanding naturalobjects have held me in awe

since I was very little. But one thing that alwaysbothered me was not knowing their names.

There were the tall ones with the grey rope-likebark that swished their branches in the wind.There were the short, sad-looking ones with theirthin branches bent over. There were the oneswith beautiful pink flowers in the spring and bit-ter red fruit in the summer.

Of course, I knew the obvious ones that we alllearned in school: maples because the leaf wason our nation’s flag, birches because they hadwhite bark and oaks because they had acorns.But as to what others were called, I hadn’t a clue.

This desire to know the names of trees led meto take courses in plant identification. In additionto reading tomes about natural history, lookingat drawings and photos and memorizing lists of

Latin names, our class would tramp around tocemeteries and public gardens to test our knowl-edge.

Many of these occasions were during the win-ter when we had to look at a tree’s shape, barkand buds in order to identify it, as opposed to themore obvious leaves, flowers and fruit. Those oc-casions staring at trees were some of the besttimes in my educational life.

I was reminded of all this recently when I spokewith Frank Lattanzio, Peter Atkinson and TedSuckley about the Heritage Trees Committee’snew web site to promote appreciation of trees inElgin County.

Clicking on the green tree links on the St.Thomas map, I saw old friends like copperbeeches, white pines and tulip trees, as well asyews, honey locusts and cucumber trees.

What a grand way to see the enormous varietyof trees we have in Elgin County!

So if you want to know the difference betweena cucumber tree, a dawn redwood and a hophornbeam, or if you just want to see some fabu-lous trees, check out elginheritagetrees.ca.

Terry Carroll

A new year. A new you?

My success rate at keepingNew Year’s resolutions is some-

where between pathetic and abysmal. In this, I’mwith the majority.

A 2007 study by Richard Wisemen from theUniversity of Bristol involving 3,000 peopleshowed that 88% of those who set New Year res-olutions fail, despite the fact that 52% of thestudy's participants were confident of success atthe beginning. Men achieved their goal 22%more often when they engaged in goal setting (asystem where small measurable goals are beingset, such as a pound a week, instead of saying"lose weight"), while women succeeded 10%more when they made their goals public and gotsupport from their friends.

Like thousands of people, I’ve failed manytimes to quit smoking for more than a few daysin January. And who hasn’t woken up January 1determined to never take another drink, only to

change his or her mind within a few days, oreven later that day?

But these things need not be deemed completefailures.

The smoker who quits for two days and thenstarts again has proven to himself that he can gowithout nicotine, and now has reinforcement forthe next time he tries. The drinker who holds offuntil the next weekend may have establishedsomething similar.

I’ll never forget the first time I gave up drinkingfor Lent. I had never considered myself much ofa drinker, but I was amazed at the number of so-cial occasions where alcohol was involved. WhenI finally gave up drinking altogether, some friendsseemed much less clever, but I discovered thata social life is still possible.

Sometimes things have to happen in stops andstarts before they can be stopped altogether.

For 2012, rather than giving up some things,I’ve made a list of a few character shortcomingsand what I may be able to do about them. As towhat those are . . . here’s a resolution. The worldmight be a better place if we all stopped talkingabout ourselves so much.

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All year sport!Luka Radman rolls the ball on the green grass at Pinafore Park, Sunday, January 8. He is among a group of Croat-ians that have played Buce Ball, a type of lawn bowling, in the same spot every Sunday afternoon for decades.(Photo by Brian Wilsdon)

Now that Christmas is out ofthe way for another year, theNew Year has begun with its at-tendant rituals, especially thetradition of making resolutions.

For some reason, most peoplelike to use the turning of a new year into an op-portunity to start over on things that have beenpast failures. They feel that if they make a re-newed effort, maybe they will profit from thefailure and not make the same mistake again.

I am particularly reminded of this when, sev-eral years ago, my wife Christine asked me toquit smoking on New Year’s Day. I had quit ‘coldturkey’ on five prior occasions, each of whichlasted a maximum of two days. Boy, was Ihooked. But taking into account that some ex-perts say that stopping the nicotine addiction is

harder than quitting a heroin habit, I began withsome help.

I used the patch. But I was greatly assisted byone major factor: more than half of me reallywanted to quit. Yes, there were the lingering de-sires, but as long as I knew I could rely on theassistance of the funny little patch, I reasonedthat I could overcome my weakness. And after10 weeks, I was free of a 40-year habit.

Since I quit seven years ago, I have had no re-grets and have saved more than $8,000 by notfeeding the habit.

I am amazed that anyone needs an excuse oreven an occasion to change the habits of a life-time. All you really need is the one part of a res-olution called resolve. If you are not truly seriousabout it, it ain’t ever goin’ to happen. The onething you really need about our New Years’ res-olutions is honesty.

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[Regarding your editorialcolumns December 22], I agreewith you a 100 percent. Thetrue essence of Christmas isbeing lost.

Christmas is supposed to bea happy, joyous time for Chris-tians... but people are tooafraid of offending someoneand have to be politically right,and that is why they wish"Seasons Greetings" or"Happy Holidays" and feel theyare not able to practise Christ-mas in a Christian county.

Being a Muslim, I know thatfor the most part, Muslims arenot offended by being wishedor wishing their Christianfriends “Merry Christmas.”Even though I do not celebrateChristmas, I give gifts to all myChristian friends and neigh-bours every Christmas.

If exchanging gifts and wish-ing them a Merry Christmasmakes them happy, then I feelthere is nothing wrong with it.After all isn’t that what Christ-mas is all about...random actsof kindness and spreadingcheers.

Muslims respect Jesus as arighteous Prophet of God. TheQur'an describes Christians asbelievers in God. In Islam aMuslim must be good to hisneighbours, no matter their re-ligion.

But the Prophet Muhammad(peace and blessings be uponhim) taught us that a neighbouris not just the one next door butincludes all those up to fortyhouses in all directions - effec-tively a whole neighbourhood.It means sharing their happi-ness and sorrow. The worldwould be a much better placeif we all think this way.

So I am not offended at all bysaying, “A VERY MERRYCHRISTMAS” to all of myfriends and neighbours inSt.Thomas.

Iffat FarooquiSt. Thomas

Letters to theeditor

ALZHEIMER’SHappy New Year to one and all. This time of year, we

look to the future while we reflect on our past. But whatif it were harder and harder to remember the past? Whatif your memory loss was severe enough that it started toaffect how you live your life? What if the most routinetasks became foreign? This could be one of the warningsigns of Alzheimer's disease. Memory loss is one poten-tial symptom of the disease. Other symptoms include:

• Difficulty performing familiar tasks• Problems with language• Disorientation of time and place• Poor or decreased judgment• Problems with abstract thinking• Misplacing things• Changes in mood and behaviour• Changes in personality• Loss of initiativeIt is important to see a doctor when you notice any of

these symptoms. It is important to understand that al-though age is the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer’s, the

disease is not a “normal” part of aging. Other conditionshave symptoms similar to dementia and may be treatable,including depression, chest and urinary infections, severeconstipation, vitamin and thyroid deficiencies and braintumours, drug interactions or alcohol abuse. Other pos-sible causes of confusion are poor sight or hearing; andemotional changes and upsets, such as moving or be-reavement. If the diagnosis is Alzheimer’s disease or arelated dementia, then it allows the person and family theability to get advice, information and support (emotional,practical and financial) from community agencies, med-ical professionals and the Alzheimer Society as well asallowing the person with dementia to plan and makearrangements for the future. In a recent survey of care-givers of people with dementia: 75% wished they hadsought a diagnosis sooner to have access to treatments tomanage symptoms; 78 % felt early diagnosis would helpthem put their legal and financial affairs in order; and69% believed it would keep the person with dementia athome longer. So during the Month of January, let’s notforget to think about Alzheimer’s disease. Look for thesymptoms. Seek help. Take care of yourselves and eachother.

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Downtown St. Thomas businesses would liketo thank the public for their support over theChristmas Holidays. The idea of “Buy Local”has helped many of our merchants. We wouldlike to thank all of the stores for decoratingthe windows for the holiday season. Thetheme this year was “A White Christmas.” The

snowflakes, snowflake banners and wreatheswere just the touch to create the festive moodin the downtown area. The Downtown Devel-opment Board would like to thank the CityParks Department, HIRA, St. Thomas CanadianTire and St. Thomas Energy for making ourdowntown so beautiful.

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Survey shows delay in seekingdiagnosis for dementia symptomsresults in huge treatment gap

Canadians are still dismissing symptoms ofdementia as “just old age” based on survey re-sults released today by the Alzheimer Society.Close to 50 percent of Canadians lived a yearor more with their symptoms before seeing afamily doctor. Of these, 16 percent waited morethan two years. A delayed diagnosis results ina huge treatment gap and prevents people fromgetting valuable information about medications,support and better disease management.

The online survey, which was conducted bythe Society in the fall of 2011, also revealed thatthe most common reason for the delay (53 per-cent) was the belief that the symptoms werepart of "old age" and would eventually go away.Another 39 percent said their symptoms wereepisodic or didn't take them seriously enough.Over a quarter either refused to see a doctor orsaw no need to go unless symptoms grewworse.

However, three-quarters of respondents –caregivers of people with dementia – admittedthat they wished they had sought a diagnosissooner to have access to treatments to managesymptoms. Seventy-eight percent of respon-dents said that early diagnosis would help themput their legal and financial affairs in order; 69percent said it would keep the person with de-mentia at home longer, and allow the person toactively participate in decision-making. Sixty-two percent of respondents attributed bettercoping and living with the disease to early di-agnosis.

“Symptoms of dementia are different fromnormal aging,” says Naguib Gouda, newly ap-pointed CEO at the Alzheimer Society. “We needto help Canadians recognize the symptoms forwhat they are: signs of a brain disorder that willaffect 1.1 million Canadians in the next 25years. While we don’t yet have a cure, we canoffer treatment that may slow the progressionof the disease, and a wealth of information tohelp people prepare for their future needs.

During Alzheimer Awareness Month, theAlzheimer Society of Canada and Elgin-St.Thomas encourages everyone to face de-mentia by visiting its website. There you canlearn more about dementia and its warningsigns. The site also features moving testimoni-als of caregivers and people with dementia whotell what early diagnosis has meant to them.

Also watch for the Alzheimer Walk for Memo-ries coming up January 12 and an Alzheimereducation session on January 19.

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Foster-to-adopt parentsnow eligible for parentalleave benefits

Families who are fosteringchildren with the intention ofadopting them will now be ableto collect Employment Insur-ance (EI) parental leave bene-fits in a move made by theGovernment of Canada Janu-ary 4.

Strong concern was raisedwhen a recent claim applica-tion, made to EI by a foster-to-adopt parent at Family andChildren’s Services of St.Thomas & Elgin (F&CS), wasdenied.

The F&CS said in a press re-lease that they are encouragedto see that Minister Diane Fin-ley and the Government ofCanada moved quickly to re-verse the decision and imple-ment new policy.

“The ability of foster-to-adoptparents to take a parental

leave and be supportedthrough EI benefits when achild is placed in their care isan integral part of the bestservice we can provide to chil-dren and families,” said RodPotgieter, executive director atF&CS. “It is the right thing todo.”

Elgin’s Foster-To-AdoptModel has been in place for 25

years and aims to place allchildren admitted to care di-rectly into a foster-to-adopthome – a potential permanentfamily.

The first plan for nearly allchildren is to reunify them withtheir birth families or find ex-tended kin family for them.

However, F&CS tries to en-sure that only one out-of-home

placement per child is made inorder to avoid unnecessaryand harmful moves for thechild and to create strong, se-cure attachments. The second-ary plan is for foster parents toadopt the children alreadyplaced in their care.

“That others are now recog-nizing it and supporting thefoster-to-adopt model is veryencouraging,” says Jolean An-derson, a foster-to-adopt par-ent with F&CS.


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Answer: Holiday decorationsare an essential part of the sea-son, but the irregular shapespresent many storage problems.Here are some tips to ensurethey keep their splendor yearafter year.

When taking a garland down,gently drape it over an arm tomake sure it doesn’t get tan-gled. Place it in a clear plastictub, fitting it so it coils neatly in-side. Wrap additional adorn-ments that go with the garlandin tissue paper and store in thecenter of the container. Place apiece of paper inside the top ofthe container indicating wherethe garland goes, or add a labelon the outside so you’ll remem-ber for next year.

Store similarly shaped orna-ments in boxes with compart-ments. Heavy, divided boxesthat once held wine will worknicely, otherwise ornament or-ganizers can be purchased.Wrap each in tissue and fit in-side. Pad with bubble wrap ifsmaller than compartment.Again make a list for the outsideof the box.

Wreaths can easily be storedin hatboxes or hung up in theback of a closet, attic or base-ment. If hanging, attach eachwreath to a wire hanger usingflorist wire or twist ties, andcover the wreath and hanger inplastic to protect from dust.

Store tree lights so they re-main untangled for the followingyear. When taking them down,be sure to wrap around yourarm so they remain untangled.Store them in a plastic con-tainer, using clips or wire to holda circular shape.

Any front door decorationsthat hung outdoors should be

gently dusted and cleaned be-fore wrapping in bubble wrap ortissue paper. Place in a like-sizebox.

Wooden decorations, espe-cially handmade ones thatdidn’t come with a box, shouldbe wrapped in generous layersof bubble wrap and placed inplastic containers or a card-board box. Flat-hanging glitterysnowflakes and other flat-hang-ing decorations can be wrappedwith large tissue, secured withtape and stored in shoeboxes.Remember to label!

It’s important when storingdecorations from a multiple-partdisplay that you keep the partstogether for easy reassemblynext year. Wrap each compo-nent in bubble wrap or tissueand store neatly in a box. If youadded fresh pine or springs fora mantel display, make a note ofthat on the label for the box soyou remember how to createthe same display last year.

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Benjamin Bonvanie, 7, of St.Thomas, attended The WarAmps 2011 Ontario Child Am-putee (CHAMP) Seminar inBurlington in December. Thisyear is a special event, mark-ing the 30th anniversary ofCHAMP Seminars, which are

held regionally across Canada.Benjamin, born a right arm

amputee, attended the three-day seminar, which dealt withall aspects of growing up as anamputee. Older Champs wereJunior Counsellors at the sem-inar, answering questions andoffering advice to the youngerChamps.

The seminar covered sub-jects of interest for all age

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Seminars are life-changingevents, particularly for first-time attendees.

“Meeting others with exactlythe same concerns, and seeing

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Gary Long of Rodney gives histhree-year-old grandson,Beckham Abrantes of St. Thomas, a better view ofthe model railway trains atthe Elgin County Railway Museum during Family FunDay activities January 4. Themuseum in St. Thomas is nowopen year-round to visitors.

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Members of the communityare joining together to promoteSt. Thomas’ first ever RandomActs of Kindness Day on Feb-ruary 1.

“It’s a day to celebrate thoselittle niceties and encourageothers to pay those acts ofkindness forward,” says RobMise, co-chair of the initiative.

In early January, cards will becirculated throughout the com-munity encouraging people toperform a simple act of kind-ness for someone – a neighbor,a friend, a co-worker or some-one they don’t even know –and hand the card over to thatperson, encouraging him or herto do the same thing.

“It sometimes happens, evenin a caring community likeours, that we get so tied up inbeing busy that we forget tojust be nice,” says MP Joe Pre-ston. “So share a smile, offersome help, just randomly benice. It will make us all better.”

Organizers of the event areanticipating that businesses,organizations, schools and in-dividuals across St. Thomaswill get involved and do some-thing nice for their fellow citi-zens.

Co-chair Al Hughson hopesthe day will inspire kindnessnot just for one day, but en-courage people to act kindlyevery day of the year.

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Christmas charity a success again in 2011.Your generous gifts of time, money, goodsand services enabled 220 families with 450children to have a Merrier Christmas season.From our hearts and theirs, we extend our

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MP Joe Preston holdspre-budget roundtables

Joe Preston, Member of Par-liament for Elgin-Middlesex-London met with threestakeholder groups for pre-budget consultations January4 and 5 at the St. Thomas Sen-iors’ Centre.

“Gathering ideas from allparties in order to make better

policies is always the bestplan,” said MP Joe Preston.“Cooperation in Elgin-Middle-sex-London with all levels ofgovernment has become a wayof life and it is working for us.”

Preston hosted businessleaders, agricultural producersand municipal leaders andnewly elected Member ofProvincial Parliament, JeffYurek, joined the discussions.

Topics included rural eco-nomics, infrastructure, produc-tivity, as well as successfulprograms introduced in previ-ous budgets.

Bill Walters, Warden for theCounty of Elgin and Mayor ofCentral Elgin thanked Joe andJeff for hosting the meetingand having open dialogue withall levels of government.

“These types of discussionshelp us break down barriersand streamline processes. I ap-preciate having the opportunityto have these types of discus-sions.”

Finance Minister Jim Flahertywill present a budget to parlia-ment before the end of the fis-cal year March 31.

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At the January 5 roundtable were (front row) Sharon Larmour - Municipality of Central Elgin, Michelle Casavecchia -Township of Malahide, Dave Mennill -Township of Malahide, Bob Purcell-Municipality of Dutton-Dunwich,(middle row) Bill Walters - Municipality of Central Elgin, Jim Maudsley - Municipality of Thames Centre, Jennifer Rey-naert - Town of Aylmer, Dave Marr - Municipality of Central Elgin, (back row) Jim McIntyre - Township of Southwold,MP Joe Preston, MPP Jeff Yurek, Wendell Graves - City of St. Thomas, Greg Borduas - Municipality of Thames Centre).Absent from photo: Suzanna Dieleman - Township of Southwold, Bob Wheeler - City of St. Thomas.

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St. Thomas City Council Home Show use of TimkenCentre

John Gundry of the St.Thomas & Elgin Home Builders’Association informed council ithas an opportunity to buy a re-movable floor to cover the iceat the Timken Centre, which isneeded to hold non-ice eventssuch as the Home, Garden &Outdoor Living Show that STE-HBA holds in the spring. STE-HBA representatives requestedthe city join them in a partner-ship to purchase the floor. Itwould be owned by the city, butwould give the Home Show areduction in rental fees at theTimken Centre for 10 years.

Alderman Dave Warden hadno problem with the floor butwas concerned about findingthe right way to pay for it con-sidering it will affect the oper-ating budget of the TimkenCentre. Treasurer William Dayalso expressed concerns sincethere is no money in the budgetfor it. However, aldermen TomJohnston and Gord Campbellemphasized the excellent pastrelationship of working withSTEHBA and asked that stafflook at the proposal and comeback to council January 23 witha report.

2012 budget approvalTreasurer William Day in-

formed council of the timetableto develop the 2012 OperatingBudget and Part 2 of the 2012Capital Budget. Final councilapproval of the budget isplanned to occur on April 2.

However, alderman DaveWarden wanted clarification onthe request for departmentheads to come in with zero in-creases to their budgets. Thetreasurer said that it was truebut only on non-contractual ob-ligations. Warden said thatmeant department headswould have nothing to workwith.

Alderman Gord Campbell saidthat it is usual that the treasurerset some sort of guideline fordepartment heads to follow. Butif they ask for an increase, ithas to be justified, and councilmakes the decision to approveit, not the treasurer.

Although two aldermen wereopposed, the motion carried.Bicycle lane on Southdale Line

Resident Gordon Smith askedthat the cyclist’s lane that hadrecently been added to the Cen-tral Elgin portion of SouthdaleLine be extended into the St.Thomas portion. He said theroad has become very busy andcyclists and pedestrians are

finding it difficult to maneuverthe gravel edges of the road.

Director of environmentalservices John Dewancker saidthat the edges added to theroad by Central Elgin was edg-ing to sustain the paved surfaceand were not meant as bicyclelanes, which are usually wider.

However, he said that the cityhas a plan in place to eventuallymake Southdale Line a widerroad that will incorporate bicy-cle lanes, but will not take placefor another five years. He real-izes that residents have anissue now and will review theproposal.Girl lends painting to council

Art instructor Kim Clow askedcouncil to accept the loan of apainting that his pupil, 13 yearold Kayla Goulding, created asan example of keeping the tra-dition of art alive in St. Thomas.Mayor Heather Jackson-Chap-man accepted the painting, adepiction of City Hall, and saidthey would be proud to hang itin the building.Police headquarters presentation

A presentation by the archi-tect of the new police servicesheadquarters will be made tocouncil on Wednesday, January25 at 5pm in council chambers.The public is invited.

Central Elgin CouncilResident suggests all wash-rooms be public

Rather than build a publicwashroom in Port Stanley thatcould cost as much as$100,000, village resident TerryCampbell suggested in a De-cember 19 letter to CentralElgin Council that all busi-nesses should be required tohave their washrooms availablefor public use. Terry cited re-quirements in Florida, which hecalled the vacation and beachcapital of the USA: “All cus-tomers must supply wash-rooms for their customers . . .These codes also apply in

many other states.” His lettersaid that “the prevalence ofpublic washrooms in the UK,Europe and the west coast ofCanada has developed into lo-cations for graffiti, lewd acts,drug paraphernalia, loiteringand costly cleaning and up-keep, etc.” He suggested themunicipality pass a similarbylaw as in Florida. Councilvoted at its January 9 regularmeeting to receive the letter asinformation and to reply, thank-ing Mr. Campbell for his corre-spondence.Application for intern

Central Elgin Council voted toapply to the Association of Mu-

nicipal Managers, Clerks andTreasurers of Ontario (AMTCO),in partnership with Bayhamand Malahide, for a clerk internposition. If the application issuccessful, the three munici-palities would hire a recentgraduate in municipal admin-istration who would gain expe-rience in the field. Internshipsare funded roughly 50 percentby AMTCO and 50 percent bythe applying municipalities.Central Elgin will be the man-aging municipality on the ap-plication and is budgetingbetween $6,500 and $7,000for the internship.

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As a reward for breaking freefrom tobacco, Elgin St.Thomas Public Health is re-minding those who quit thatthey can win their choice of a2012 Ford Fusion or Ford Edgein the Canadian Cancer Soci-ety Driven to Quit Challenge.There are also two $5,000CAA travel vouchers andseven $2,000 cash prizes tobe won. One cash prize is re-served for a resident in thesouthwest region.

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BARRETT, WILLIAM JESSIE of St. Thomas, passed away onSunday, January 1, 2012 at the age of 74. A funeral serv-ice was held January 4, 2012. Williams Funeral HomeLtd.BUTLER, TERESA of RR#2, Ayton, passed away WednesdayDecember 21, 2011 at the age of 64. A memorial servicewas held December 28, 2011. Williams Funeral HomeLtd.CARROTHERS, GRAYDON of Aylmer, passed away onWednesday, January 4, 2012 in his 86th year. A funeralservice was held January 8, 2012. H.A. Kebbel FuneralHome.CASSIDY, ANNA MARY of St. Thomas, passed away on Tues-day, December 20, 2011 in her 72nd year. A memorialservice was held December 23, 2011. Williams FuneralHome Ltd.CASTILLO, IMELDA “MELY” of London and formerly of St.Thomas, passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2011in her 73rd year. Mass of the Christian Burial was heldJanuary 3, 2012. Williams Funeral Home Ltd.CHAPLOW, KATHRYN ELAINE (MOORE) of RR #5, St.Thomas, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2012 at theage of 74. A private family service was held. Williams Fu-neral Home Ltd.CHRISTIAN, ELVA ELIZABETH of St. Thomas and formerlyof Woodstock, passed away Monday, December 26, 2011in her 92nd year. A funeral service was held December31, 2011. Williams Funeral Home Ltd.COAKLEY, JOHN GILBERT of St. Thomas, passed awayThursday, December 29, 2011 in his 68th year. A funeralservice was held January 3, 2012. Williams Funeral HomeLtd.COOK, CLARA “PEARL” of St. Thomas, passed away onThursday, December 22, 2011 in her 81st year. A funeralservice was held December 28, 2011. Williams FuneralHome Ltd.COOK, WENDY LOU of Port Stanley, passed away on Mon-day, December 19, 2011 in her 58th year. A funeral serv-ice was held December 23, 2011. Williams Funeral HomeLtd.CROWLEY, VICTORIA DAWN LOUISE of St. Thomas, passedaway on December 31, 2011 in her 56th year. A funeralservice was held January 5, 2012. Williams Funeral HomeLtd.DALE, PATRICK of St. Thomas, passed away on Thursday,December 22, 2011 in his 80th year. A public memorialservice was held December 24, 2011. Williams FuneralHome Ltd.DOUGLAS, WILLIAM C. "BILL" of St. Thomas, passed awayTuesday, January 3, 2012 in his 87th year. Celebration oflife to be held Saturday, January 21, 2012 from 1:00-5:00pm at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 265 WellingtonSt., St. Thomas. Sifton Funeral Home.DUJARDIN, JACQUES HENRY “JACK” of Aylmer, passed awayMonday, December 26, 2011 in his 69th year. The funeralmass was celebrated December 31, 2011. H.A. KebbelFuneral Home.FEDIUK, BEVERLEY MARIE (NEE MACASKILL) of St.Thomas, passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2012 at theage of 72. A private Interment of ashes will be held at alater date. Shawn Jackson Funeral Home.FELDER, FRANCES (ASHBY) of RR #2, Rodney, passed

away Thursday, December 29, 2011 in her 81st year. Amemorial talk was held January 2, 2012. Rodney Chapelof Denning Funeral Directors Ltd.GALLOWAY, GERMAINE (PEARSON) of London and formerlyof Tillsonburg, Port Rowan and St. Thomas, passed awayon Wednesday, December 28, 2011 in her 87th year. Afuneral service was held December 31, 2011. WilliamsFuneral Home Ltd.GIBBONS, LLOYD of Richmond, passed away Tuesday, De-cember 20, 2011 in his 83rd year. A funeral service washeld December 23, 2011. H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home.HAIGHT, HERWOOD “HERB” GEORGE of St. Thomas, passedaway Thursday, December 22, 2011 in his 84th year. Aprivate family service held. Williams Funeral Home Ltd.HELPS, WILLIAM “BILL” HELPS of Elmira and formerlyAylmer, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2011 in his85th year. A funeral service was held December 31, 2011.H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home.HENRY, CHARLES "CHUCK" of St. Thomas, passed awaySunday, January 8, 2012 in his 90th year. No public vis-itation or funeral service. Private cemetery service to beheld. Sifton Funeral Home.HILL, MONA ROSE of Aylmer, passed away Thursday, Janu-ary 5, 2012 in her 91st year. A funeral was held Monday,January 9, 2012. H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home.HOLLIER, STEPHEN CHARLES of St. Thomas, passed awayTuesday, January 3, 2012 in his 52nd year. A public me-morial service was held January 6, 2012. Williams FuneralHome Ltd.JONES, VERA FLORENCE (CHARLTON) of RR #6, Aylmer andformerly of Port Bruce passed away Saturday, December31, 2011 in her 85th year. A funeral service was held onJanuary 4, 2012. H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home.KILLOUGH, JOYCE of Aylmer, passed away Monday, Decem-ber 26, 2011 in her 79th year. A funeral service was heldDecember 29, 2011. H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home.LACEY, ROBERT F. "BOB" of St. Thomas, passed awayWednesday, December 28, 2011 in his 86th year. A me-morial service was held on January 7, 2012. Sifton Fu-neral Home.LACEY, DAWN E. (nee ANDERSON) of St. Thomas, passedaway Friday, December 30, 2011 in her 83rd year. A me-morial service was held on January 7, 2012. Sifton Fu-neral Home.LAKE, RONALD LLOYD of Belmont, passed away Thursday,December 22, 2011 in his 88th year. A funeral servicewas held December 27, 2011. Williams Funeral HomeLtd.LARUE, PAUL MICHEL “MIKE” of St. Thomas and formerlyof Elmira, passed away on Friday, December 23, 2011 inhis 72nd year. A funeral service was held December 28,2011. Williams Funeral Home Ltd.LINCK, JOANNE MARIE of Port Bruce and formerly of Lon-don, passed away on Saturday, December 24, 2011 in her58th year. Mass of the Christian Burial was held Decem-ber 30, 2011. Williams Funeral Home Ltd.MANERY, LAWRENCE WAYNE “LARRY” of St. Thomas,passed away on Sunday, December 25, 2011 in his 67thyear. Funeral home in charge of arrangements. WilliamsFuneral Home Ltd.MCARTHUR, ALMA MARIE of St. Thomas, passed away onWednesday, December 28, 2011 in her 80th year. A public

memorial service was held January 2, 2012. Williams Fu-neral Home Ltd.MCFARLANE, ALEXANDER DOUGALD formerly of RR #3,Dutton, passed away Saturday, January 7, 2012 in his95th year. A funeral service was held January 10, 2012.Arn Funeral Home.MCKELLAR, LELA JEAN (GREENAWAY) of St. Thomas,passed away Saturday, December 24, 2011 in her 91styear. A memorial service was held December 30, 2011.Williams Funeral Home Ltd.MCQUIGGAN, RONALD DANIEL of St. Thomas, passed awaySunday, January 1, 2012 at the age of 50. A funeral serv-ice was held January 5, 2012. Williams Funeral HomeLtd.MOORE, ANDREW of St. Thomas, passed away Monday,December 19, 2011 in his 47th year. A funeral servicewas held December 23, 2011. Williams Funeral HomeLtd.MURPHY, GORDON CHARLES of Tillsonburg, passed awayThursday, January 5, 2012 in his 65th year. A funeral serv-ice was held January 9, 2012. H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home.O’BRIEN, RHOXINAE of Aylmer, passed away Wednesday,December 21, 2011 in her 75th year. The funeral masswas celebrated December 24, 2011. H.A. Kebbel FuneralHome.OGDEN, JACK of St. Thomas, passed away Wednesday, Jan-uary 4th, 2012 in his 95th year. A funeral service washeld January 7, 2012. Williams Funeral Home Ltd.PATTON, GLENNA ROSE (MORLEY) of St. Thomas, passedaway on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at the age of 70. Acelebration of life to follow at a later date. Williams Fu-neral Home Ltd.RADLER, JOHN passed away December 24, 2011 in his91st year. A funeral service was held December 28,2011. Shawn Jackson Funeral Home.RIEGER, RONALD "RON" of St. Thomas, passed away Sat-urday, December 31, 2011 in his 70th year. A funeralservice was held January 6, 2012. Sifton Funeral Home.SHONE, JOHN L. of St. Thomas, passed away Monday, Jan-uary 2, 2012 in his 87th year. No public visitation or fu-neral service. Private cemetery service to be held. SiftonFuneral Home.SMITH, MR. LESLIE of R.R. #3, Komoka, formerly of Londonand St. Thomas, passed away Saturday, December 24,2011 in his 96th year. A funeral service was held Wednes-day, December 28, 2011. Sifton Funeral Home.SOPER, LILLIAN (nee HILL) of Simcoe, formerly of LongPoint and St. Thomas, passed away Saturday, December31, 2011 in her 98th year. A funeral service was held onJanuary 4, 2012. Sifton Funeral Home.

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Something To Think About...

Pastor Cusick: ww.stpa.on.ca“Your pastforms you,whether youlike it ornot. Each en-counter andexpe r i encehas its own

effect, and you're shaped theway the wind shapes amesquite tree on a plain.”(Lance Armstrong, It's Not Aboutthe Bike: My Journey Back toLife)

In my backyard, I rememberwhen my Dad built a rosearbor. He had designed a longflowerbed in the middle of thebackyard. First, there was abirch tree, followed by about tenrose bushes. Next came therose arbor followed by a fish-pond.

When he built the rose arborhe poured cement underneaththe two ends, which had seatsso two people could sit on eachseat facing one another. Under-neath those seats, he pouredtwo cement pads in which helaid coloured blocks.

After he poured the cement,prior to it setting, my brotherand I were allowed to scratchour names into it. I recall Dadtaking a stick and writing myname in one and my brother'sname John in the other.

After the cement set, ournames were permanently in-scribed. It didn't matter theweather, the season or the oc-casion, if you went back to therose arbor and looked under-neath the seat, there was myname on one side and John's

name on the other.Children's lives are like

that. They are like wet cementthat receive impressions frompeople around them.

Of all the things our affluentculture is known for, the thingthat concerns me most is thetreatment of children. Children– whose lives are like wet ce-ment – receive all kinds of im-pressions when they have two'dads' or no 'dad' or a different'dad' from last year.

If we have any hope of estab-lishing a good future, we needto stop and think of the impres-sions we are making in the livesof our children. We need to stopmaking ourselves the centre ofour lives and honour the pre-cious children that are the fu-ture of our lives.

And that, is something to thinkabout.

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STANDEN, AUDREY MARGARET of St. Thomas, passedaway on Saturday, January 7, 2012 at the age of 91.A celebration of life will follow at a later date. WilliamsFuneral Home Ltd.THOMAS, HELEN JEAN of London passed away Tuesday,December 27, 2011 in her 95th year. A funeral servicewas held December 30, 2011. Rodney Chapel of Den-ning Funeral Directors Ltd.THORNEYCROFT, RICHARD passed away Wednesday,December 21, 2011 at the age of 65. A funeral servicewas held December 27, 2011. Williams Funeral HomeLtd.TOWNSEND, THOMAS SEAN of Union, passed away De-cember 31, 2011 in his 85th year. Mass of the Chris-tian Burial was held January 4, 2012. Williams FuneralHome Ltd.

UNGAR, MICHAEL ERIC of Aylmer, passed away Decem-ber 27, 2011 in his 33rd year. A funeral service washeld January 3, 2012. H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home.VANDENBRINK, WILLIAM “BILL” of Rodney, passed awayWednesday, December 21, 2011 in his 79th year. Afuneral service was held December 24, 2011. RodneyChapel of Denning Funeral Directors Ltd.VANVELZER, DOROTHY of Aylmer, passed away Monday,January 2, 2012 in her 88th year. A funeral servicewas held January 5, 2012. H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home.WILLIAMS, ELIZABETH of Windsor and formerly of St.Thomas, passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2012 atthe age of 92. Mass of the Christian Burial was heldJanuary 10, 2012. Williams Funeral Home Ltd.

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McFarlanePeacefully at Babcock Continuing Care Centre, Wardsville on Saturday January 7, 2012. A.D. [Alexander Dougald} McFarlane for-merly of R.R. 3 Dutton in his 95 th year. Beloved husband of the late Helen [Shoemaker] McFarlane [ 1995]. Dear father of JimMcFarlane of R.R. 3 Dutton, Ruth Rueger of Wallacetown. Cherished grandfather of Elaine [Ron] Rueger of Windsor, Jennifer [Mike] Mills of R.R. 3 Dutton and great grandfather of Kyle, Kaitlynn, Kayla. Predeceased by his sisters Margaret Lewis and EffieVachon. Friends were received at the Arn Funeral Home 193 Shackleton St. Dutton 519-762-2416. Where the funeral servicewas held on Tuesday January 10, 2012 at 2 p.m. Interment in Fairview Cemetery. Donations by cheque to the charity of yourchoice would be appreciated. Email condolences [email protected]

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