BILL’S PAINT and COLLISION Specializing in... Collision and Complete Re-Finishing, One Mile East of Moorefield. 519 638-2048 Weekly Wag Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. - Samuel Butler - SERVING THE MAPLETON COMMUNITY COMMUNITY NEWS THE Volume 44 Issue 46 Drayton, Ontario Friday, November 18, 2011 1 Year GIC - 1.90% 3 Year GIC - 2.35% 5 Year GIC - 2.75% Daily Interest 1.75% Solemn salute - Louis Latham and his grandson, Centre Wellington firefighter Trevor Belec, presented a wreath on behalf of the Royal Marines at the Remembrance Day service in Drayton last week. More photos on page 8. photo by Chris Daponte For more info call 519-343-3640 or visit www.norgantheatre.com TIMES: Fri & Sat @ 8pm, Sat matinee @ 2pm and Sun @ 7pm Main St. W. Palmerston PUSS IN BOOTS Rated G $2 classic movie night on Wed, Nov. 16 at 7pm. Film Fest Mon. Nov. 21 at 7:15pm featuring “One Day” Township favours zoning application but struggles with definitions by David Meyer MAPLETON TWP. - A citizen seeking a home for his aging parents found himself caught between a battle of defi- nitions from Mapleton’s zon- ing bylaw on Nov. 8. Steven S.B. Martin wants to put a mobile home on his property on 7534 3rd Line at RR2 Wallenstein in former Peel Township. Township planner Linda Redmond told council at the public meeting the applica- tion is for “a typical garden suite” but Martin wants one a little larger than normal, and to attach it to the main dwelling with a walkway. Redmond said there have been changes to the laws for such zone changes and such suites can now be left in place up to 20 years, whereas it used to be ten years. “Council can support a shorter period if it so chooses,” she said. But Mayor Bruce Whale said the bylaw talks about a mobile home, and wondered if there is a difference between that and a garden suite. Redmond said there is no difference, and they are defined together. The problem is the zoning bylaw opposes mobile homes. Councillor Jim Curry asked what would happen if the par- ents move out and someone else wants to use the home. Redmond said Martin would have to reapply to the township because Mapleton would enter into an agreement with him about who can live there. She added the zoning bylaw would not have any names mentioned in it, but those would be included in the agree- ment with council. When Mapleton passed its old zoning bylaw, there was a discrepancy between the “term garden suite” and mobile homes. The terms are often used interchangeably, but mobile homes are specifically exclud- ed. Redmond said that can be corrected when the town- ship completes its new zoning bylaw. Whale said the discrepancy means council needs to clarify the issue of what is allowed and what it not. Council then went into a lengthy discussion that had little to do with the application, but everything to do with those definitions. It appeared nobody is opposed to the applicant’s plan, but councillors wanted to make sure they have the correct terms in place. Downey noted the intent of the old bylaw was to distin- guish between urban and rural. He said he doubts there would be problems with a mobile home in rural areas, but peo- ple in urban centres would not want them on a neighbour’s property. He said council should allow a mobile home in the rural area in this case, but, “I wouldn’t make that concession in an urban setting.” Martin told council he has already put a down payment on a mobile home and is waiting for approval to move it onto his property. Council eventually deferred a decision on the bylaw that was there for debate that night. Councillor Andy Knetsch voted against that deferral, ask- ing council to make a decision so Martin can get on with his plans. MAX committee to unveil donor recognition wall by Chris Daponte DRAYTON - The Mapleton Arena eXpansion (MAX) com- mittee will pay tribute this weekend to those who helped raise funds for the PMD Arena addition. At 10am on Nov. 19 the committee will unveil a donor recognition wall at the arena. “We want to show apprecia- tion for everyone that donated ... and make it official,” said MAX committee secretary Dan McIntyre. Officials are also hoping to raise awareness about the fun- draising campaign, which is ongoing. There are still spots left on the donor recognition wall, including for the nam- ing rights to one new dressing room and the arena hall. “We’re not quite there yet,” McIntyre said of the commit- tee’s $250,000 pledge to the arena expansion. Councillors curious about county road costs by David Meyer MAPLETON TWP. - Councillors here are seeking a bit more information before they accept an agreement with Wellington County to maintain one of its roads for the coming winter. And councillors were very aware of the weather when they made that decision on Nov. 8. Wellington County opera- tions manager Paul Johnson wrote to Mayor Bruce Whale on Oct. 31 asking if Mapleton Township is willing again this year to maintain County Road 45 from Nov. 15 to April 8. That would include plow- ing, sanding and routine patrol- ling “such as is necessary to protect the motoring public. It would not include sign repair, pothole patching or washouts, but we would expect to be notified when these deficien- cies are encountered,” Johnson wrote. He offered Mapleton $4,800 per kilometre for the season. Mapleton public works director Larry Lynch told council the request is “pretty much in line with what we approved last year.” He added the payment last year was $4,300 per kilometre. Councillor Jim Curry asked if the fuel cost increases are in line. Lynch replied, “I would think so. It depends on the amount of snow.” Lynch said the offer increases a few hundred dol- lars each year. But councillor Neil Driscoll said the cost for fuel has increased more than a few hun- dred dollars. Plus, he wondered, “Do we have time to do it?” Lynch said township plows have to drive that road in any case. County Road 45 runs through Glen Allan and connects to Maryborough Concession 3 at one end and the Third Line of old Peel township at the other. Whale said Mapleton has “been doing it as long as I’ve been on council.” Driscoll said, “But do we have to do it at a loss?” Whale said, “I’m not sure it’s a loss.” Driscoll responded, “Let’s find out.” Councillor Mike Downey wondered if the increases have kept pace with the costs to Mapleton. Lynch said it is an increase has been a few hundred dollars each year. Whale noted the cost is also going to depend on the amount of snow to be moved. When council considered a motion to approve the deal, only Downey was in favour, with councillors Curry, Driscoll and Andy Knetsch opposed. Lynch promised he would bring a report back to council for the next meeting, which is Nov. 22. Councillors wondered what will happen if the road needs maintenance in the meantime. Whale said the township should continue to maintain it as it always has until a deal is struck. Council rejects doctor recruitment payment by David Meyer MAPLETON TWP. - Councillors here have reject- ed paying the annual fee of $10,000 for doctor recruitment, but the vote was close and the issue will likely come back for reconsideration. Finance director Mike Givens told council in a report that Mapleton has been paying for a group to recruit health care professionals since 2005, and in the first two years, the township gave $5,000 a year. Since 2007, that amount has doubled to $10,000. In a letter to coun- cil in March, the Minto- Mapleton Health Professional Recruitment Committee co- chairman Shirley Borges stated that with the financing from the communities, “the commit- tee was able to market and promote our community as an excellent place to learn and practice health care.” She added that over the next three to five years, three of the current eight physicians in the northern communities in Wellington County will be of retirement age. “Given this, the recruitment committee needs to aggressive- ly step up its efforts to market Mapleton as an ideal place to live and work in health care,” said Borges. The budget for recruitment this year included: - $4,000 for promotional materials and attending events; - $7,500 for medical school recruitment tours; - $24,500 for recruit- ment site visits and relocation expenses; and - $40,700 for recruitment staff support. Of the four municipali- ties involved in the recruit- ment effort, Mapleton, Minto, and Wellington North are each asked for $10,000, and Southgate Township is asked to contribute $5,000. As well, Wellington North Health Care provides $41,700, bringing the total budget to $76,700. Mayor Bruce Whale said while the presentation from Borges was in March, council had yet to make a decision. Councillor Andy Knetsch was enthusiastic about the pro- gram, and said, “I think we’re going to get our bang for the buck.” He said four or five million Canadians do not have a family doctor. Continued on page 5 Continued on page 5
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BILL’S PAINT and COLLISIONSpecializing in...
Collision and Complete Re-Finishing,
One Mile East of Moorefield.
519 638-2048
Weekly WagLife is like music; it must be
composed by ear, feeling
and instinct, not by rule.
- Samuel Butler -
Serving the Mapleton CoMMunity
Community newsthe
volume 44 issue 46 Drayton, ontario Friday, november 18, 2011
1 Year GIC - 1.90%3 Year GIC - 2.35%5 Year GIC - 2.75%
Daily Interest1.75%
Solemn salute - Louis Latham and his grandson, Centre Wellington firefighter Trevor Belec, presented a wreath on behalf of the Royal Marines at the Remembrance Day service in Drayton last week. More photos on page 8. photo by Chris Daponte
For more info call 519-343-3640 or visit www.norgantheatre.comTIMES: Fri & Sat @ 8pm, Sat matinee @ 2pm and Sun @ 7pm
Main St. W. Palmerston
Puss In Boots Rated G$2 classic movie night on Wed, Nov. 16 at 7pm.
Film Fest Mon. Nov. 21 at 7:15pm featuring “One Day”
Township favours zoning application but struggles with definitionsby David Meyer
MAPLETON TWP. - A citizen seeking a home for his aging parents found himself caught between a battle of defi-nitions from Mapleton’s zon-ing bylaw on Nov. 8.
Steven S.B. Martin wants to put a mobile home on his property on 7534 3rd Line at RR2 Wallenstein in former Peel Township.
Township planner Linda Redmond told council at the public meeting the applica-tion is for “a typical garden suite” but Martin wants one a little larger than normal, and to
attach it to the main dwelling with a walkway.
Redmond said there have been changes to the laws for such zone changes and such suites can now be left in place up to 20 years, whereas it used to be ten years.
“Council can support a shorter period if it so chooses,” she said.
But Mayor Bruce Whale said the bylaw talks about a mobile home, and wondered if there is a difference between that and a garden suite.
Redmond said there is no difference, and they are defined
together. The problem is the zoning bylaw opposes mobile homes.
Councillor Jim Curry asked what would happen if the par-ents move out and someone else wants to use the home.
Redmond said Martin would have to reapply to the township because Mapleton would enter into an agreement with him about who can live there.
She added the zoning bylaw would not have any names mentioned in it, but those would be included in the agree-ment with council.
When Mapleton passed its old zoning bylaw, there was a discrepancy between the “term garden suite” and mobile homes.
The terms are often used interchangeably, but mobile homes are specifically exclud-ed.
Redmond said that can be corrected when the town-ship completes its new zoning bylaw.
Whale said the discrepancy means council needs to clarify the issue of what is allowed and what it not.
Council then went into a
lengthy discussion that had little to do with the application, but everything to do with those definitions.
It appeared nobody is opposed to the applicant’s plan, but councillors wanted to make sure they have the correct terms in place.
Downey noted the intent of the old bylaw was to distin-guish between urban and rural. He said he doubts there would be problems with a mobile home in rural areas, but peo-ple in urban centres would not want them on a neighbour’s property.
He said council should allow a mobile home in the rural area in this case, but, “I wouldn’t make that concession in an urban setting.”
Martin told council he has already put a down payment on a mobile home and is waiting for approval to move it onto his property.
Council eventually deferred a decision on the bylaw that was there for debate that night.
Councillor Andy Knetsch voted against that deferral, ask-ing council to make a decision so Martin can get on with his plans.
MAX committee to unveil donor recognition wall
by Chris DaponteDRAYTON - The Mapleton
Arena eXpansion (MAX) com-mittee will pay tribute this weekend to those who helped raise funds for the PMD Arena addition.
At 10am on Nov. 19 the committee will unveil a donor recognition wall at the arena.
“We want to show apprecia-tion for everyone that donated ... and make it official,” said MAX committee secretary Dan
McIntyre.Officials are also hoping to
raise awareness about the fun-draising campaign, which is ongoing. There are still spots left on the donor recognition wall, including for the nam-ing rights to one new dressing room and the arena hall.
“We’re not quite there yet,” McIntyre said of the commit-tee’s $250,000 pledge to the arena expansion.
Councillors curious about county road costsby David Meyer
MAPLETON TWP. - Councillors here are seeking a bit more information before they accept an agreement with Wellington County to maintain one of its roads for the coming winter.
And councillors were very aware of the weather when they made that decision on Nov. 8.
Wellington County opera-tions manager Paul Johnson wrote to Mayor Bruce Whale on Oct. 31 asking if Mapleton Township is willing again this year to maintain County Road 45 from Nov. 15 to April 8.
That would include plow-ing, sanding and routine patrol-ling “such as is necessary to protect the motoring public. It would not include sign repair, pothole patching or washouts,
but we would expect to be notified when these deficien-cies are encountered,” Johnson wrote.
He offered Mapleton $4,800 per kilometre for the season.
Mapleton public works director Larry Lynch told council the request is “pretty much in line with what we approved last year.”
He added the payment last year was $4,300 per kilometre.
Councillor Jim Curry asked if the fuel cost increases are in line.
Lynch replied, “I would think so. It depends on the amount of snow.”
Lynch said the offer increases a few hundred dol-lars each year.
But councillor Neil Driscoll said the cost for fuel has
increased more than a few hun-dred dollars.
Plus, he wondered, “Do we have time to do it?”
Lynch said township plows have to drive that road in any case.
County Road 45 runs through Glen Allan and connects to Maryborough Concession 3 at one end and the Third Line of old Peel township at the other.
Whale said Mapleton has “been doing it as long as I’ve been on council.”
Driscoll said, “But do we have to do it at a loss?”
Whale said, “I’m not sure it’s a loss.”
Driscoll responded, “Let’s find out.”
Councillor Mike Downey wondered if the increases have
kept pace with the costs to Mapleton.
Lynch said it is an increase has been a few hundred dollars each year.
Whale noted the cost is also going to depend on the amount of snow to be moved.
When council considered a motion to approve the deal, only Downey was in favour, with councillors Curry, Driscoll and Andy Knetsch opposed.
Lynch promised he would bring a report back to council for the next meeting, which is Nov. 22.
Councillors wondered what will happen if the road needs maintenance in the meantime.
Whale said the township should continue to maintain it as it always has until a deal is struck.
Council rejects doctor recruitment payment
by David MeyerMAPLETON TWP. -
Councillors here have reject-ed paying the annual fee of $10,000 for doctor recruitment, but the vote was close and the issue will likely come back for reconsideration.
Finance director Mike Givens told council in a report that Mapleton has been paying for a group to recruit health care professionals since 2005, and in the first two years, the township gave $5,000 a year. Since 2007, that amount has doubled to $10,000.
In a letter to coun-cil in March, the Minto-Mapleton Health Professional Recruitment Committee co-chairman Shirley Borges stated that with the financing from the communities, “the commit-tee was able to market and promote our community as an excellent place to learn and practice health care.”
She added that over the next three to five years, three of the current eight physicians in the northern communities in Wellington County will be of retirement age.
“Given this, the recruitment committee needs to aggressive-ly step up its efforts to market
Mapleton as an ideal place to live and work in health care,” said Borges.
The budget for recruitment this year included:
- $4,000 for promotional materials and attending events;
- $7,500 for medical school recruitment tours;
- $24,500 for recruit-ment site visits and relocation expenses; and
- $40,700 for recruitment staff support.
Of the four municipali-ties involved in the recruit-ment effort, Mapleton, Minto, and Wellington North are each asked for $10,000, and Southgate Township is asked to contribute $5,000. As well, Wellington North Health Care provides $41,700, bringing the total budget to $76,700.
Mayor Bruce Whale said while the presentation from Borges was in March, council had yet to make a decision.
Councillor Andy Knetsch was enthusiastic about the pro-gram, and said, “I think we’re going to get our bang for the buck.”
He said four or five million Canadians do not have a family doctor.
Continued on page 5
Continued on page 5
Hydro concernsDear Editor:
Re: Downtown work com-plete, but Drayton business-man has questions.
When revitalization was taking place, Heritage Funeral Home and the Drayton Daisy Mart decided to refresh the exterior of their buildings.
The revitalization project received a grant for sidewalks, plantings, benches, waste bas-kets and lights for the down-town area. Renovations by the Drayton Daisy Mart and our-selves were at our choice and cost.
In planning the renovation, safety was one of our highest priorities.
We found the hydro lines would need to be isolated and covered as the labour code
does not allow anyone to work within 10 feet of high voltage lines or transformers.
Hydro One worked with us - at an extra cost of $1,589. The irony is the hydro lines and transformers on Wellington Street do not feed our building or the Drayton Daisy Mart, but provide power for the rest of Wellington Street and build-ings across the road.
The building owners’ hands are tied and they have no con-trol over the hydro lines being within 10 feet of the buildings, and regulations have changed over the years.
We sought compensation as we felt the municipality should take some of the finan-cial responsibility for the hydro lines, which would have been installed by Drayton Hydro
after the buildings were already in place.
The second reason I was at council was for clarification on the restoration of driveways after sidewalks were replaced.
We have a right of way beside our building and there are a number of people who walk through from the munici-pal parking lot to Wellington Street for access to restaurants, the hair dresser, the post office and theatre.
After the sidewalk was replaced and raised from its original height, there was a step up from the right of way to the sidewalk. Looking at where the pavement was being replaced into the right of way, we were concerned there was only going to be two feet of ramp, which left us with a
steeper incline and it became a trip hazard and safety concern.
We said do not pour cement in our right of way and we will deal with the safety concern after the sidewalk is poured.
Although this is a legal right of way, it is on our prop-erty and is our liability, so we want to ensure it is a safe.
I went to council for clari-fication on who is responsible for bringing the right of way back to the way it was, at a gradual grade, which was not a concern before the sidewalk was replaced.
We do have vehicles with a long wheel base that may be an issue as well, but our main con-cern was for everyone’s safety.
Ken Thompson,Heritage Funeral Home,
Drayton
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Tanis Cowan knew a greatmusic opportunity when shesaw it five years ago, afterbeing introduced to a uniqueprogram called Music forYoung Children (MYC).
Having taught private pianolessons for 15 years, Ms. Tanis,as her students call her, waslooking to expand her teachinghorizons and her music studio,and found it through MYC.
Ms. Tanis recognized theprogram’s potential since it hadnever been offered in Drayton,it was fun for students, parentsand teacher, and it offered apiano-keyboard program forchildren as young as 3½ in agroup setting.
“I loved the idea of grouplessons, since it’s always morefun to explore and learn in agroup, regardless of the topic,”explained Ms. Tanis.
She also liked that it was aprogram that was tested, triedand true, being taught by morethan 800 teachers to over24,000 students on three differ-ent continents and toutingCanadian origins, being found-ed in 1980.
MYC’s mission statementis to “provide the best qualitymusic education to young chil-dren by blending the pleasureand the joy of music makingwith sound instruction.”
MYC’s interactive systemmotivates and engages parentsand children, nurturing familybonds and delivering valuableco-learning experiences whiledeveloping a firm, fundamentalunderstanding of music.
A unique aspect of MYC isthe parent learns along with thechild because they are soinvolved. In fact, Ms. Taniscredits the success of the pro-gram to the parents of her stu-dents.
“I am the teacher once aweek; they are the at-home‘coach’ several days a week,”she said.
An initial goal for each ofMs. Tanis’ students is to devel-op the happy habit of practic-ing. She encourages her stu-dents to practice by giving aspecial “super duper” stickereach week.
“Practicing does not need tobe long; 10 to 15 minutes a dayto start,” she said.
Ms. Tanis’ creativity shinesthrough by offering severalextra practice incentivesthroughout the year to ensurestudents attain their musicalgoals. Once students have col-lected enough stickers on their“happy practice thermome-ters,” they have a party. Thisyear, to celebrate the 2010Olympics, students earned
paper mittens for five happypractices. The mittens wereplaced on the studio wall in theshape of the 5 Olympic rings.
When the rings were com-plete students enjoyed anOlympics music class. Thispast year Ms. Tanis encouragedthe students not only to prac-tice but also to think of others,by practicing for pennies. Oncethe pennies were all collectedthey were donated to CampBucko, for burn victims.
For the upcoming year sheis planning two new incentives;a “Tree of Thanks” incentivearound Thanksgiving time anda “Seed Incentive” in the
spring. Of course, special holi-days are incorporated into Ms.Tanis’ MYC classes, such asCanada Music Week,Christmas, Valentine’s Day andEaster. Theme days areplanned as well.
Throughout the year herstudents participate in aChristmas concert, and a springrecital and have the option toparticipate in the PalmerstonCanada Music Week Festivaland the Drayton MusicFestival.
“Children are so receptiveto music that it makes sense touse this medium to spark theircreativity and develop their
skills and confidence at anearly age” said Ms. Tanis.
She offers four of MYC’smusic programs: Sunrise,Sunshine, Sunbeam andMoonbeam. Children whocomplete the most advancedlevel of MYC are well pre-pared for early intermediatepiano studies, or the study ofanother instrument.
Sunrise is a pre-keyboardmusic and movement programthat teaches music conceptsthrough singing, rhythm andgames. This program is forchildren ages 2 to 4 and devel-ops listening awareness, finemotor skills, social interaction,confidence and attention span.Children can easily attend witha grandparent or caregiver, plussiblings can attend the class aswell.
The Sunshine keyboardprogram is geared towardschildren ages 3½ and 4; theSunbeam keyboard programtoward ages 5 and 6; and theMoonbeam keyboard programis for ages 7 through 9. Allthree keyboard programs inte-grate creative movement,rhythm, singing, music theoryand composition for parent andchild in a weekly one-hour ses-sion.
Participating in a MYCclass helps children develop
listening, reading, fine andgross motor, social skills andhas been proven to enhancechildren’s social developmentand learning skills, improvememory and problem solving,and bolster confidence andself-esteem.
Ms. Tanis also offers aMusic Pups program, which isespecially unique since it is amusic program for babies. Thisis a playful and creative musicand movement class for parentswith children ages newborn toage 4. Children are introducedto a wide variety of musicalscales, tonal and rhythm pat-terns and instruments that helpto stimulate musical growth.Each child participates at his orher own level. To find out moreabout Pups and to view classvideos visit themusicclass.com.
The ultimate success of anyMYC program lies behind theteacher and Ms. Tanis is noexception to that rule. It’s obvi-ous she is an enthusiasticteacher who cares a great dealfor her students.
“Their struggles are mystruggles,” she states. “Andtheir triumphs are equally tri-umphant for me.”
For more information visitwww.myc.com, email [email protected] orcall 519-638-5715.
Music for Young Children aids development, improves self esteem
Festive fun - Students at Music for Young Children enjoy aChristmas concert every year. submitted photo
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November 19 - Drayton Christmas Craft Show organized by the Drayton Craft Show Committee, 10am to 2pm at the Drayton Community Centre, 68 Main Street West, Drayton. Vendors, Hot Lunch.
November 22 - Maryborough (Moorefield) Horticulture Society Annual Meeting. Moorefield Optimist Hall. Potluck Supper at 6:30pm, Christmas Show to follow (See pg 23 in yearbook). Bloomin’ Bucks Auction. Bring your own dishes and cutlery. Visitors Welcome.
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Letter to the Editor
BETHEL 5 MISSIONARY 3
Missionary struck first early in the game, but Bethel responded with three goals before the first period ended.
Shane Stege scored for Missionary with a wrist shot, assisted by Dave Scholten and Steve Slot.
Mike Seiling, Kyle Martin and Brandon Shoemaker responded with the three goals to build the Bethel lead. Assists were earned by Brandon Shoemaker, Leon Weber, Matt Smith and Mike Veens.
Missionary edged back into the game with a goal mid-way through the second period. Tom Chambers and Matt Duff created a scramble at the net and Paul Vandenberg flipped the puck into the open corner.
Bethel capitalized on a powerplay to rebuild its lead. Matt Smith skated a loose puck down the ice and tucked it into the short side for the goal.
A double minor Missionary penalty gave Bethel the oppor-tunity to add another goal. Mike Veens and Mike Seiling played the puck deep and Shoemaker finished the job with a wrist shot on the blocker side.
Missionary also took advantage of a third period powerplay. Bryan Deen and Dave Scholten fed a pass to Shane Stege in the crease. Stege snapped a shot into the top corner for the goal.
Missionary pulled their net-minder for the extra skater but Bethel claimed the win.
DRAYTON 2 FLORADALE 2
This tightly fought game could have had either team fin-ishing with the win, but instead both teams had to settle split-ting the two points.
Drayton opened the game in the final minute of the first period with a goal. Hans Robous caught Joe Gerby with a leading pass to set up a break
away rush. Gerby went to the net and tucked the puck behind netminder Jason Gingrich.
Floradale tied the game in the second. Tim Freeman cen-tred a pass in the high slot to Josh Brohman, who sizzled a slap shot over the glove of Kevin Ottens to even the score.
Drayton regained the lead early in the third. Herman Mulder set up Gerby, who drifted ahead and snapped a wrist shot to bounce the puck off a skate and over the blocker of Gingrich.
Floradale tied the game with a short handed goal. Josh Brohman stepped into a loose puck and skated down the ice. Brohman held onto the puck and slid a cross-ice pass to a waiting Tim Freeman, who blasted a shot into the top cor-ner to tie the game.
COMMUNITY 10 LISTOWEL 1
Although Community only led 1-0 after the first period of
play, seven unanswered goals in the second put the game away. Community added two more in the third and Listowel broke Chris Stevens’ shutout bid with a goal in the final minute of the game.
Kevin Gingrich led the Community offence with four goals and one assist for a five point night. Rick Brubacher followed with three assists. Gerald Martin scored a pair of goals, while Nick Stevens and Ryan Freeman each had one goal and one assist. Josh Martin, Chris Metzger and Jerry Martin each collected two assists. Tony Martin and Jamie Martin each added a single goal.
The lone Listowel goal was scored with a screened shot along the ice by Travis Kuepfer, assisted by Colton Carter.
Chris Stevens saw 17 shots in net, while Charlie Wagler faced 42 shots.
Bethel claims win against Missionary
“We believe that every-thing we need for our complete health has already been pro-vided in nature, by God.”
- Jennifer Clark (Heaven Scent Natural Products)
PALMERSTON - Members of the Palmerston Branch of the Retired Women Teachers of Ontario said they were inspired by guest speaker Jennifer Clark of Arthur on Oct. 28.
Clark and a team of con-sultants operate a health and beauty product, home party business, that specializes in 100% natural products to pro-mote health and well being. Their goal is to “create the very best, top quality products free of harmful chemicals, synthet-ics and preservatives at afford-able prices”.
Clark’s business, Heaven Scent Natural Products, devel-oped after she had gone through some personal health issues that weren’t being resolved. She decided there had to be an alternative to suffering from the many side effects of drugs. The business began with the “healing balm,” a universal healing product, and expanded into home and body care prod-ucts as well.
Essential oils are used in the products to help with such things as: arthritis, bursitis, gout, leg cramps and many other aches and pains. Clark related several accounts of situations where the products have helped many family and friends. She thanked the group for allowing her to share her products and information and kindly offered to donate 25% of her sales to be used for one of the branch’s charity projects. Oriole Blyth thanked Clark for her presentation.
Kathy Brown welcomed the group with a poem entitled Be Thankful and encouraged members to participate in some act of gratitude.
Branch members were delighted to have the RWTO/OERO Provincial President Annette Rhodes and Area 2 Director Mary Duffin present at the meeting.
Rhodes recognized the four recipients of the Cora Bailey Award and highlighted some of Cora Bailey’s contributions to RWTO over the years. She reported there are four new initiatives in place this year to increase membership in the branches: more advertis-ing, using websites that have been set up in 19 different branches so far, using posters that feature a retired teacher and her interests along with the logo, and promoting the sale of the history book Uncommon Women.
Duffin thanked Brown and Blyth for setting up the website
for the Palmerston branch and was pleased to report all Area 2 branches now have websites.
Duffin also outlined the purpose of the “Feather in Your Hat” award that is presented at convention each year for innovative and creative proj-ects and for which any branch can apply.
Brown thanked the ladies for the many items brought to support Ramoth House in Mount Forest. Member Kathy Watt gave a brief report about Sleeping Children Around the World (SCAW), another organization that the branch supports. She suggested to the group that buying a bed kit is a great Christmas gift idea.
Lorraine Ballard reported that one birthday card, one sympathy card and one get well card was sent this month. Mildred Francis gave an update from the insurance workshop she attended recently and she reminded everyone to make sure their Power of Attorney forms are in order.
Lynn Morrison gave an update regarding the trip to Uxbridge in June and New York in September. A trip to Stratford will be decided on at a later date. Brown asked anyone interested in form-ing a travel group to sign up. Members planning to attend convention in Sault Ste Marie next June were asked to sign up as well.
Donna McFarlane’s huge
Hubbard squash was the focus of the guessing game. Meg Burrows won the prize with a guess of 52 pounds. Jan Fisher had everyone laughing when she asked ladies with a birth-day in October to read one of her “corny teacher” jokes.
Clark donated some of her products as a gift, which was won by Joan Simpson. The lucky draw donated by Meg Burrows was won by Ruth Tomlin. Fines were collected from three members who for-got to wear their pins.
Donna McFarlane invited the group to attend the “Free the Children” event held at the Mount Forest Library on Nov. 12.
The Christmas Dinner will be held on Dec. 2 at Windfield’s in Drayton and the next RWTO/OERO meet-ing will be on April 27 at the Palmerston Presbyterian Church.
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Council rejects facade payment for business owner in a 3-2 voteby David Meyer
MAPLETON TWP. - Council here has voted to tell a Drayton businessman it will not pay his costs for working around hydro lines when he made facade improvements to his downtown business.
Ken Thompson, of Heritage Funeral Homes in Drayton, had asked council last month if it would cover costs of $1,589 he incurred from Hydro One. Those lines were once owned by Drayton Hydro, but it was sold to Hydro One years ago.
Because of safety regula-tions, Thompson had to pay to move or isolate the lines dur-ing the work, and he suggested there might be some funds left over from the sale of Drayton Hydro to pay for that.
Clerk Patty Sinnamon pro-
vided council with a report on Nov. 8.
She said Drayton Hydro was sold in 2002 for $946,000, and most of that money was used in such things as trans-portation reserves for Drayton, plus sewer and water expendi-tures for the village.
“I would confirm that the balance in the reserve ... is $20,000,” she told council in her report.
She wrote, “It was determined at the time that the sale pro-ceeds would be put into a dis-cretionary reserve and would be used to benefit the residents of Drayton as a whole (ie. - parks, recreation projects, etc.) and would not be apportioned to individual property owners.
“Council will need to deter-mine whether it is appropriate
to utilize these funds for the benefit of a private property owner.”
Sinnamon pointed out the Municipal Act specifically prohibits a municipality from “assisting directly or indirectly any manufacturing business or other industrial or commercial enterprise through the grant-ing of bonuses including giv-ing or lending any property of the municipality, including money.”
She added, “The purpose of this section is to prevent the municipality from giving unfair assistance to a business enterprise to the detriment of the local taxpayers.”
Sinnamon said there is an exception to that rule: if a municipality has adopted a community improvement plan,
that allows it to create a loan or grant program for facade improvements.
Towns such as Minto have that program, but Mapleton does not.
Sinnamon recommended the township pay the $1,589.
Mayor Bruce Whale asked if Thompson’s other request regarding driveway improve-ments was available. Public works director Larry Lynch said his report is not yet com-plete.
Councillor Andy Knetsch said if council approves pay-ment to Thompson, “you open the door for others to come forward and apply.”
Sinnamon told him, “Absolutely. I know of one already.”
Knetsch sympathized
with Thompson’s plight and said because of the situation, Thompson is “caught between a rock and a hard place.”
He said improvements to the facades of the funeral home and adjacent variety store “are beautification for their benefit and the town and the munici-pality ... Is there any way of covering them?”
Sinnamon said it could come through a community improvement plan and guides for such things as colours and materials to be used.
“We have not done that,” she said.
Councillor Neil Driscoll said “for $1,500, what they did for the downtown and what we spent [on downtown revitaliza-tion] isn’t going to put us out.”
Whale said council has to
determine if the request is the responsibility of the munici-pality.
He added, “If you open the door, where do you close it?”
Councillor Mike Downey said there is no question the work was beautification, but “We were never part of any negotiations” and the hydro lines are not township property.
He concluded, “It’s not up to the municipality” to pay for safety precautions required for work on private property.
When council voted on the motion to pay the bill, coun-cillors Driscoll and Knetsch were in favour, and Downey and councillor Jim Curry were opposed.
Whale broke the tie by vot-ing against the motion, defeat-ing it.
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One of my sisters walked up the sidewalk towards our family home, clearly in distress. There were tears in her eyes. Another sister could not even bring herself to come at all.
The family home was put on sale Nov. 12. We arrived with sleep in our eyes, clutching a coffee and hoping we could stay awake. Everyone was expected to be on hand several hours before the sale officially began at 11am. Having numerous other brothers and sisters, there was already a huge collection of goods and items placed on the front, side and rear yards - ready to fall under the auctioneer’s hammer.
It was soon tough enough even for these skeptical old eyes to deal with emotions as we spotted things that had once been very important to us. The gift we once gave mom of a piece of wood on which The Lord’s Prayer was etched, was sitting on a table. For years it hung beside the kitchen table that was now moved out. That was likely a Christmas present from about 47 years ago. Then there was a hat and scarf we gave to dad just a dozen years ago. Along the way we saw and remembered pots and pans that our parents received for wedding gifts and other knick knacks we remembered from our childhood. Mom, a child of the depression who lost her father at the age of 7, never threw anything away. She might have needed it some day.
But it was for dad that we were having the sale. After being married for over 60 years, he lost his lifelong companion this spring, and after several months of living alone in his home, he decided he had had enough. Dad never did move around much, other than a few vacations and during his war service. He stayed in the town in which he was born. He was born across the street and two houses down from our family home. He and mom bought her family home, and now he will be moving in with our sister, who lives right next door. To use a golfing analysis, he has never lived more than an 8 iron from where he was born.
It can be difficult to watch as family treasures are sold off, which is why it took two car trips that day (and will take one more) to haul home all the things we purchased - many of them with fond memories. The family presented us with the family Bible we gave our parents years ago. No auction for that. Our brothers and sisters bid and won rights to things they consider precious. The crowd was particularly appreciative when our twin brothers started bid-ding against each other. We were able to purchase a number of mom’s things that particularly relate to us. She taught us to cook, and we managed to outbid a woman for a box of her handwritten recipes. We managed to have the winning bid for a good number of her pie plates and baking tins, particularly a half dozen butch-er’s tins, the type once used to make head cheese, which we will use to re-create grandma’s Christmas cake.
Our experience at this sale though, was a bit of a shock. It is amazing how cheaply one can pick up such things as yard tools, electrical tools and automotive tools. It is astounding that working televisions sell for $2. Our nephew bought two of the family TVs for under $10. We managed to buy a rubber hammer suitable for knocking hubcaps into place, plus a working drill, for $2. It felt like stealing. Oddly, while our brothers and sisters were a little upset at some of the prices, they were shocked at others. A box of old photographs from the late 1800s, filled with people nobody remembered, went for $80. As our teary-eyed sister said at the end of the day, “We threw out boxes of old photos. Who knew?”
Dad was pleased with the sale of a Kuntz Brewery tray that belonged to his father, who once operated a hotel in Bamberg. It was in mint condition and fetched $2,000 in some spirited bidding. He had been offered hundreds for it over the years.
On Saturday though, he was glad to see it all go. “I don’t need any of that stuff any more,” he told me. The house will likely be sold in the spring. After 80 years, it’s time for another family to start a legacy there.David Meyer
Saying farewell
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COUNCIL DATESTuesday, November 22, 2011 1:00 p.m. - Regular Meeting of Council
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 7:00 p.m. - Regular Meeting of Council
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He noted the group is cur-rently about $50,000 short.
McIntyre stressed the com-mittee’s campaign helps to off-set the burden on taxpayers.
“We’re trying to do some fun events, too,” he said.
The MAX committee is currently planning more dances and meals, as well as an ATV
draw.For more information on
how to help or to become a member of the MAX commit-tee, contact any current mem-ber.
“We’re always looking for fresh ideas,” McIntyre said.
He added all the group’s meetings and events are open to the public.
by David MeyerMAPLETON TWP. -
Councillors here told the coun-ty land division committee on Nov. 8 they cannot support the creation of a large residential lot in the southwest section of Alma.
The application was filed by Wild Goose Investments Ltd., which is owned by Raymond and Ruth Grose.
The subject proper-ty is located at Part Lot 2, Concession 1, west of the Grand River, in the former township of Pilkington.
The company has applied to create a commercial and resi-dential lot.
It is seeking to sever an irregular-shaped, half-hectare parcel with an existing fuel depot, communications tower and shed.
The second application would sever about a half hect-are parcel for residential use. A 3.4 ha parcel would be retained.
Clerk Patty Sinnamon explained a new lot is subject to site plan control.
County planner Linda Redmond told council she had consulted with the applicants’ agent to ensure the site con-taining the fuel depot would be severed so all the parts of that depot, including the lane and parking lot, would remain on a single lot.
She said the “residential lot is considerably larger than the zoning bylaw allows.” It is almost 5,000 square metres, or “three times as big” as the current bylaw allows (1,400 square metres).
“I’m not sure it’s an effi-cient use of the land,” Redmond said. She would like to see a smaller residential lot. She noted the frontage is already 50 metres and 30 would be more common.
Sinnamon said the proposed parcel could accommodate 3.5 lots.
Mayor Bruce Whale asked what the standard lot size is in Alma. Redmond replied what it takes to accommodate sew-age disposal with a septic tank. She added the lot “could go smaller.”
Whale said he could sup-port the comments on the site plan proposals.
But councillor Mike Downey asked, “Why are we supporting a residential lot on that commercial property? I’m not in favour.”
Whale noted the land is
within the hamlet’s boundaries.But Downey argued the
land is zoned with a highway commercial designation, and added, “It’s pushing, pushing, pushing the envelope.”
Whale then suggested coun-cil could tell the land division committee council does not support the application.
Councillor Jim Curry said he supports Downey, and coun-cillor Andy Knetsch added, “Me, too.”
Whale asked if it is because of the size of the residential lot.
Downey replied, “If we’re not in favour of the lot [desig-nation to residential] why com-ment on the size.”
The land division commit-tee hears councillors comments about severance applications. While that committee has the ultimate decision unless coun-cil fights it at the Ontario Municipal Board, it often heeds council comments.
Whale said the company has applied for that size of lot.
Downey said that “doesn’t matter” if council is opposed.
Redmond said it is impor-tant for council to make a state-ment if it has problems with an application.
She noted if the severance application is approved by the committee, the zoning bylaw amendment still must return to council for approval.
She asked if council wants to stop the application at the county level.
Downey said, “Yes. I’m flexible on commercial, but not on residential.”
Redmond asked if council will support the application only if the land remains com-mercial. Sinnamon said if that is so, council should state that.
Council added those com-ments and set its usual condi-tions about taxes, zoning com-pliance and copies of the plan if the committee goes against council’s wishes.
That resolution carried.
Whale said the issue has been left quite late, and he assumes the committee has already spent the money. He said the township needs to ask the committee “long term, how we justify this.”
He said there are more graduates these days from medical schools.
Councillor Neil Driscoll said the request is “a lot of money,” and noted only $7,500 of the total budget is being
spent on lobbying at medical schools.
Council then decided it would receive the request for information. But when it came to approving the request, councillors Driscoll and Mike Downey opposed paying it, with Knetsch and Jim Curry in favour.
Whale broke the tie by defeating the motion. He said he is reluctant to spend that kind of money with only half his councillors in favour, and
he would like the committee to clarify if Minto and Wellington North have paid their shares this year for the work.
“It’s an important enough issue I’d like to see a majority of councillors supporting it - without my vote,” Whale said.
He added he also wants to hear from the committee about its long range plans and
how it sees its operation into the future. He remembered the original requests and said, “At the time, I thought it was set up in the short term.”
Council then heard at its Nov. 8 meeting that Borges would be attending a council meeting later in the month to answer any questions council-lors have about the request.
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New truck - Mapleton’s director of public works Larry Lynch, right, presents fleet manager Henry Blancke with the keys to the township’s latest addition, a 2012 International tandem dump truck. This vehicle will replace a 1991 model tandem with nearly 400,000 kilome-ters of public works service. The new vehicle is equipped with Viking-Cives plows and harnessing and was purchased through Altruck International Truck Centre in Guelph at an overall cost of $228,000. photo by Wilma Mol
Council rejects doctor recruitment paymentFROM PAGE ONE
Proposal for large residential lot in Alma defeated by council
MAX committee still needs to raise $50,000
FROM PAGE ONE
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Christmas is Coming: What’s the Story?
There’s a story told about a church were the Sunday School teacher expressed con-cern the students didn’t seem to even have the basic bible stories clear.
She wanted the minister to address the situation with the parents. She felt this was important to the children not only because of the obvious fact they could hardly live out the faith if they didn’t even know the facts, but also because without correct bible knowledge they wouldn’t even understand the world they live in, since so much literature and western culture was premised on bible stories.
The minister went to talk first with the children to see the seriousness of the situation. He asked how many knew the story of Easter and a number of
hands went up. He said: “Well please tell me the story.”
One little boy said: “Well it starts when they crucified Jesus on the cross.”
Someone else added: “Jesus died to pay for our sins. “
“Yes, yes,” said the minis-ter thinking the Sunday School teacher may have exaggerated the concern. “Then what hap-pened? “
“Well,” said one little girl, “they took him off the cross and put him in a big cave for his grave.” Another added: “And they rolled a big rock in front of the door.”
“Very good,” said the min-ister. “And then what hap-pened?”
“Well,” concluded the little girl, “after three days they went to the tomb and the stone was rolled away and out hopped the Easter bunny and gave choco-late to everyone and they all lived happily ever after.”
The problem was clear. Even those who knew a lot about the story added in things
that weren’t in the biblical account that changed the sig-nificance and meaning.
The real point of the Resurrection story centres on the life and work of Jesus, not on chocolate and Easter bunnies.
The fact that Jesus came to life again just as he prom-ised meant that all he had said about the kingdom of God was vindicated.
The promise of his sending his Holy Spirit to be with us in this world and the promise of living with him in heaven in the world to come was authen-ticated. Had Jesus not risen from the dead, as amazing as that seems, then as St. Paul said, our faith would be use-less.
But he did rise from the dead and that has made all the difference in the world.
There’s another important story that we need to get right. That is the story of Christmas. The Christmas story tells us how God came into the world in a form that we can relate to. How God became one of us humans.
I know there are some who find the story hard to believe. How can a virgin have a baby? Are angels real? Why did he come in such a vulnerable form (as a baby)?
There are lots of questions but the one undisputable truth is that Jesus Christ has changed the history of the world.
For that reason alone we should know the story and we
should be sure our children know the story so they will not be among the disadvantaged.
This Christmas season I suggest you buy a bible for yourself and if you don’t have one, churches often give them away free for the asking.
As you read the story of Jesus, especially read the words he spoke as he tells us about his mission on earth. Consider how you and your family imitating him may make yourselves world changers as well. He really was the most amazing person ever to live.
It might even be fun to take part in the re-enactment of the Christmas story that many churches put on this time of year. I personally invite you to volunteer to be a part of the
Christmas play we are put-ting on at Knox Presbyterian Church. It will be a never-to-be-forgotten event for you and your family. Give me a call at 519-343-2612.
In any case, be sure and read the story again and share it with the young people around you so they won’t be mistaken like the little girl and think Christmas is about getting more chocolate and other gifts. It is important that they know the real and original story.
It is important so they will be educated people in our cul-ture and if, like millions of people throughout history, they recognize it has a ring of truth to it, then it may be the greatest gift they could ever receive - now or for an eternity.
Living with a chronic dis-ease such as diabetes definitely has its ups and downs.
But what can you do to keep your blood sugar on the straight and narrow? The choices you make everyday (about diet and activity levels)will affect your sugar levels.
When your sugars are high, you may feel unusually thirsty, extremely tired, have blurred vision or the need to go to the washroom frequently. Higher readings often happen when you are ill or under stress.
By adjusting your meal plan and making sure you are getting adequate amounts of physical activity in every day, your blood sugars will be bet-ter controlled.
Signs of low blood sug-ars, or when sugars are less than 4 mmol/L, include feeling shaky, light-headed, nauseous, nervous, irritable, confused,
unable to concentrate, hungry, sweaty, weak or drowsy. Low blood sugar may be caused by more physical activity than usual, not eating on time, eat-ing less than you should have, taking too much medication or drinking alcohol. If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, take your blood sugar immediately. If you don’t have your meter with you, then treat the symptoms anyway. It is better to be safe than sorry.
To treat low blood sugar, eat or drink 15 grams of carbo-hydrates. Your choices are glu-cose tablets, three teaspoons of table sugar dissolved in water, ¾ cup of juice or regular pop, six lifesavers or a tablespoon of honey. Wait 10 to 15 min-utes and then test your blood sugars again. If it is still below 4mmol/L, treat again. If your next meal is over an hour
away, or you’re going to be active, eat a snack, such as a half-sandwich or cheese and crackers.
If you are only testing once a day, make sure to test at dif-ferent times. When you only test before breakfast, for exam-ple, you don’t have any idea how your sugars are the rest of the day. Just because you have a good reading in the morning, doesn’t mean they will stay that way for the day. Good times to test are before meals or two hours after. When test-ing before meals, a good target is 4 to 7 mmol/L, and under 10 mmol/L if testing two hours after a meal.
Testing two hours after the first bite of your meal lets you know how well your body was able to handle the carbohy-drates in that meal. This can be a very helpful tool when trying to figure out what to have at breakfast. Eat the same breakfast for a couple of days, testing two hours after. Then repeat with the other meal you may consider for breakfast and compare the results. This can also help with determining proper portion sizes.
Blood sugars aren’t the only numbers you should know when you have diabetes. Blood pressure is very important too and should be checked at least yearly. Kidney disease, blind-ness and circulation problems are also associated with diabe-tes. To avoid these complica-tions, have your eyes and urine checked yearly.
Staying healthy with dia-betes takes work every day. It may seem overwhelming at times. Depression and anxiety are common with any chron-ic disease. There are groups held at the Minto-Mapleton Family Health Team (FHT) for patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, that teach healthy behaviours, symptom management, coping and com-munication skills.
Finally, having a flu shot each year is another good idea because diabetes can make the immune system more vulner-able to severe cases of the flu.
For more information about the free services offered by the FHT visit mmfht.ca or call the Drayton (519-638-2110) or Clifford office (519-327-4777) to book an appointment.
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The Drayton Chop House is a local landmark and well appointed chophouse style restaurant in the heart of Drayton. We pride ourselves in providing world class, locally inspired food and wines and genuine hospitality in the communities we serve. We use only the very best fresh locally grown ingredients - we were doing “local” before it was cool... We’re excited to offer the opportunity to hospitality professionals and genuine, hard working team players to join us in bringing our passion to the community of Drayton. We are seeking great cooks & chefs to delight our guests, compelling hospitality managers to support our great team, food & beverage service staff to deliver a smile, F/T and P/T accountants or bookkeepers. If you are a service obsessed team player or team builder with a passion for hospitality, food and wine, we want to talk to you! This is an exciting opportunity to open a new restaurant – we look forward to meeting you!
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Drayton Chop HouseAttention: Mary Ralston
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PAGE EIGHT The Community News, Friday, November 18, 2011
by Sue HogenkampDrayton - the PMD
arena was awash with colour on nov. 10 as approximate-ly 130 ladies attended the 6th annual Breast Cancer awareness Luncheon.
Most of the women sported pink, red or purple outfits in support of the cause.
Luncheon founder and host Dale Franklin was “excited by how it has become a mixture of Drayton area and Palmerston ladies, as well as others.”
In fact, Palmerston’s Shady Ladies joined forces with the Mapleton Mad Hatters to pro-vide an especially colourful presence.
Franklin was pleased to report about $3,000 was raised for the Listowel Breast Health
Centre, and the Grand river regional Cancer Centre, with more expected following a raf-fle on Dec. 16.
tickets for the raffle are available for purchase at Blooming Dales in Drayton. First Prize is a child’s quilt handcrafted by the “Sew Whats”. Second prize is a home décor package, while third prize is a “Passionate about Pink” gift basket.
the event featured many door prizes and the large num-ber of table raffle items (all donated). Gifts were drawn for the many cancer survivors in attendance.
an auction is held every year at the luncheon to provide the successful bidder with the one opportunity to select a new
species of day lily that they can then name after a loved one. the day lilies are bred by Betty Fretz. this year’s lily was purchased by the family and friends of cancer survivor Carolann Berwaldt.
Following lunch, the ladies were treated to a heartfelt and inspiring speech by Henni Klaassen, a breast cancer sur-vivor. Klaassen described her recent battle against the dis-ease, and claimed that the jour-ney produced “as many tears of joy as sorrow.”
She was quick to advise that women should “never assume you are immune. Even though breast cancer is no longer the death sentence that it used to be, early diagnosis is key”.
Klaassen also admitted
faster diagnostics are needed. after discovering an abnormal-ity in one breast, she had to wait a month for an appoint-ment before she knew what she was dealing with.
Describing it as the worst month of her life, Klaassen became proactive by adopting a healthier diet and lifestyle.
Chemo was started on the day before new years, and soon, she was losing her hair. although the treatments were never pleasant, Klaassen claimed that “knowing the course of action and trusting my medical team instantly helped me to feel better.”
She became a “woman on a mission” and got busy. Since her hair was falling out, she got it cut short, got flu shots for her
family so they wouldn’t infect her, practiced yoga, went to a naturopath, and was put on an anti-cancer diet.
“When you are driving, if you look at the obstacles, you hit them.” Klaassen was deter-mined that there would be no obstacles in her way – she was desperate to ensure her survival.
Following her eight chemo treatments, Klaassen was scheduled for surgery to remove a breast.
this was the toughest part of her journey, but her family helped her to realize that even though her body would change, she was still the same person.
radiation was the next step, and once completed, Klaassen hoped she had beaten
the disease. Unfortunately, she recently discovered that the chemo had not worked as well as hoped, since 9 of 19 lymph nodes are still affected.
She is currently on medica-tion to decrease the risk of a relapse.
Klaassen admits that this discovery was very tough for her.
“after all that effort, I’m still not finished,” she said. yet she maintains her positivity.
“When the going gets tough, keep your head down and breathe,” she told the crowd.
next year’s luncheon will be moved to the spring. the 7th annual Breast Cancer awareness Luncheon is sched-uled for april 19.
Breast Cancer Awareness Luncheon attracts large, caring crowd
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Gotta get a ticket - The raffles were a big hit at the 6th annual Breast Cancer Awareness Luncheon in Drayton on Nov. 10. All funds raised were donated to the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre and the Listowel Breast Health Centre.
Pretty in Pink - Three-year-old Jocelyn Newton had the honour of being the youngest attendee at the annual Breast Cancer Awareness Luncheon.
Raising awareness - Breast Cancer Awareness Luncheon founder Dale Franklin, right, poses with keynote speaker and cancer survivor Henni Klaassen. The luncheon serves as a fundraiser and includes raffles and the sale of Samaco artist Betty Singer’s ceramic figurines, many of which have the pink breast cancer ribbon incorporated in their design.
Living proof - Cancer survivors proudly pose with Breast Cancer Awareness Luncheon host Dale Franklin. The annual event provides not only funds for cancer charities, but hope that cancer can be beaten. Back row from left: Theresa Scholten, Glynis Belec, Franklin, Maxine Robertson and Diane Emmerson. Middle: Carolann Berwaldt, Dorothy Hesselink, Henni Klaassen and Ann Buehler. Front: Hilda Steenbergen, Alice VanGyssel, Dorothy Berry, Norma Goodwin, Fenna Plat and Ruth Wilson.
Hundreds attend annual Remembrance Day service in Drayton
