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Ken Monteith, who lives nearSt. Thomas, has been recog-nized with the Farm CreditCanada (FCC) alumnus lifetimeachievement award by the Uni-versity of Guelph, RidgetownCampus Foundation.

“FCC was looking to honouran alumnus who has made asignificant contribution to agri-culture and to his or her ruralcommunity,” said Gary Paling,District Manager, FCC.

The award was made at thegraduation ceremonies at theUniversity of Guelph RidgetownCampus and was accompaniedby a donation of $5,000 to thenew Student Service and Re-cruitment Centre. The

Ridgetown Campus is one ofthree regional campuses of theUniversity of Guelph’s OntarioAgricultural College (OAC).

“Ken has been a tirelessfundraiser for the Ridgetowncampus, and a great example ofthe contributions of our alumniand our industry partners thatare invaluable to our ongoingsuccess,” said Robert Gordon,dean of OAC.

Ken is an alumnus ofRidgetown Agricultural College,an inaugural member of theRidgetown Agri-Food Founda-tion, and continues to activelyserve the foundation.

He served as Elgin wardenand MP and has helped raisemillions of dollars locally for along list of causes.

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New therapeuticapproach to justicediscussed laterthat day

Attorney General Chris Bentleywas in St. Thomas June 30 to of-ficially turn the sod for the newSt. Thomas Consolidated Court-house on Wellington Street.

The historic Elgin CountyCourthouse will be incorporatedinto the new building. It will con-solidate St. Thomas’s two courts:the Superior Court of Justice,temporarily located on SilverStreet, and the Ontario Court ofJustice, located on Curtis Street.

The opening proved to be along way from the end of courtstories for the day. Attorney Gen-eral Chris Bentley met later withmembers of the Elgin CountyHuman Services and Justice Co-ordinating Committee and the di-rectors of several othercommunity agencies and organ-izations at the campaign office ofprovincial Liberal candidate LoriBaldwin-Sands.

The purpose? A roundtable dis-cussion on coordinating and im-proving support and services forindividuals with serious mentalhealth issues who find them-selves facing criminal charges.

One of the ideas discussed

was the creation of a therapeuticcourt for St. Thomas similar tothose in other places in theprovince including London.

"We want to coordinate differ-ent agencies and organizationsin the community with the justicesystem to ensure that individualsfacing charges in court can beconnected as soon as possible tothe services and supports thatthey need," said Arnold Walker,local lawyer and member ofthe committee. "The construc-tion of a new consolidated courtin St. Thomas presents us with agreat opportunity. Using one ofthe courtrooms at assignedtimes following the model of

other therapeutic courts in theprovince can be highly effec-tive."

The Elgin County Human Serv-ices & Justice CoordinatingCommittee has been establishedto address the specialized needsof individuals with serious men-tal illness, concurrent disorders,acquired brain injury, fetal spec-trum disorder as well as devel-opmental disability who havebecome involved in the criminaljustice system.

A therapeutic approach to jus-tice “recognizes a problem be-fore it becomes systemic” anduses a “problem-solving mech-anism from the start,” Lori Bald-

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50 Year Old CarKennie and Jenny Smith pose with their 1961 ChryslerWindsor at the Port Stanley Volunteer Fire Fighter funraising car show Sunday. The couple pulled the carout of a mud pile 30 years ago, courted each otherwhile they restored the classic Windsor built automo-bile, and were married in the car in a drive throughwedding chapel in London. (Photo by Brian Wilsdon).

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Municipality toredevelop the land

Richardson International an-nounced today that it has soldits Port Stanley facility to theCorporation of the Municipalityof Central Elgin. The Corpora-tion of the Municipality of Cen-tral Elgin has acquired PortStanley harbour from the fed-eral government and is lookingto redevelop the area for non-industrial uses.

“Today is another importantstep in achieving a new visionfor the Port Stanley waterfront,”says Mayor Bill Walters. “Thepurchase of the Richardsonproperty, combined with lastyear’s acquisition of Port Stan-ley Harbour, provides the Mu-nicipality with anotherimportant component inachieving the economic devel-opment opportunities andpromise that a redeveloped wa-terfront offers Central Elgin andthe surrounding region.”

Richardson’s Port Stanley fa-cility, which was built to loadcorn, wheat and soybeans toship to U.S. and overseas des-tinations, has not had the capa-bility to load cargo vesselssince 2004 and been operatingas a country elevator only,trucking grain in and out of thefacility. With Port Stanley under-going substantial changes,Richardson decided it was theright time to divest its interestsin the facility and property andsell it to the Municipality of Cen-tral Elgin.

“We are pleased to do ourpart to contribute to the com-munity of Port Stanley and sur-rounding area, which hasshown tremendous support forour business over the years,”says Curt Vossen, President ofRichardson International. “Weare confident that the Corpora-tion of the Municipality of Cen-tral Elgin will successfullyredevelop the area in the best

interests of the community.”Richardson will continue to

operate the Port Stanley facilityand support its customers untilharvest is complete. The Corpo-ration of the Mnicipality of Cen-tral Elgin may operate thefacility until redevelopmentplans get underway. Mayor

Walters expressed appreciationto Richardson for its co-opera-tion during the sale negotiationsand for Richardson’s desire toleave a positive legacy to thecommunity of Port Stanley andCentral Elgin. The purchaseprice for Richardson’s PortStanley facility is $500,000,which will be funded from ex-isting municipal reserves.

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by Aryn Visscher

Steve Peters, MPP for Elgin-Middlesex-London, announced$57,680 in funding for theYouth Entrepreneurship Part-nership (YEP) program, throughthe Ministry of Economic Devel-

opment and Trade, June 30 atthe Elgin Business ResourceCentre. As part of the Year of theEntrepreneur, Elgin BusinessResource Centre will reach outto unemployed and under-em-ployed youth to spark entrepre-neurial ideas.

The EBRC project is called“thinkbusiness – imagine cre-ate innovate” and the focus willbe on youth under the age of 29who are not in school. Youthfrom St Thomas and acrossElgin County will be have theopportunity to discuss theirbusiness idea through meetingsorganized in local communities.The youth entrepreneurs willthen develop a business plan tolaunch their business with on-going support from EBRC. Thegoal is to see 18 businessstarted in the first year.

The Talbot Teen Centre andmyFM St Thomas are two localpartners who are helping getthe word out to provide net-working with youth. The County

of Elgin, Bowsher and BowsherLaw Firm, Early Learning Centreand Jim Fish Educational Con-sulting have also sponsoredYEP. The Innovation Centre forEntrepreneurs, Bob McCaig and300 SERi are supporting theYEP program by providing ayouth office and manufacturingspace in the new business in-

cubator at EBRC. “EBRC will reach out to youth

who are under served in ourcommunity. The YEP programwill show them the opportuni-ties that starting their own busi-ness can offer,” said JohnRegan, General Manager ofElgin Business Resource Cen-tre.

“We are just one of the spon-sors who believe that by work-ing and trusting together anagency in our community couldbe empowered to create the jobopportunity we are witnessingtoday,” said Bob McCaig on be-half of himself and his wifeJanet.

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by Aryn Visscher

On June 24-26, thousands ofpeople showed up at the St.Thomas Airport for the GreatLakes International Airshow.Vintage model aircrafts were ondisplay while military fighterjets soared high above.

There were new, ambitiouschanges to the show this year,said Executive Director HughShields. For the first time at anOntario air show, the CanadianForces held a combined armsdemonstration with both theArmy and the Air Force. Thisdemonstration was a represen-tation of what soldiers do duringoperations and included an airto ground battle reenactment ofthe CF-188 Hornets and a CH-146 Griffon helicopter. Thedemonstration was “very wellreceived,” Hugh said.

Also, $5 off-site parking loca-

tions with free shuttle buseswere available to those going tothe show. Hugh said, “It was anambitious change to the show

but all transportation issuesfrom previous years were re-solved. The OPP were verypleased with the traffic.”

The airshow is to be heldagain in 2013 and will be heldsemiannually until further no-tice.

Great Lakes International Airshow a successThe St. Thomas & District

Chamber of Commerce hasbeen asked by the City of St.Thomas Police Services to in-form the public of fraudulent ac-tivity occurring in St. Thomaslast week.

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Perfect symmetrySnowbirds team members visit 89-year-old Helen Mattock and her daughters at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospi-tal (STEGH) during a break from the Great Lakes International Air Show. On May 23, 1947, the day Helen’sdaughter Linda, now Linda Allen, was born in Moose Jaw, the Snowbirds had flown past the hospital. Linda waswondering what she could do for her mother and learned that the pilots were at STEGH, so they agreed to makea surprise visit.


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I know it’s barbecue season be-cause of the aromas that floatthrough my neighbourhood.Some barbecues are good andsome are not so good. Lastweekend in Toronto, two arguingsisters got into a fight at their bar-

becue that ended with one testing the other’sfirmness with a barbecue fork and a knife. Yuck!

At the same time, there was a terrific barbecuein Aylmer as the Wellwood clan gathered for oneof our rare family reunions. Cousins Barbara,Christopher and Mike gathered at the home ofthe Warnocks with flags flying and the familycoat-of-arms hanging from a couple of trees.Mike was decked out in the Wellwood tartan andwore his kilt with his accustomed confidence andpanache. Wife Mary-Anne was as bubbly as ever.

When Sam Wellwood courted Pearl Sales overin Kent County in the early part of the twentiethcentury, they didn’t look to one hundred years inthe future, when their descendants would num-ber in the dozens and they, like honourable Chi-nese, would become “ancestors.” All of their ninechildren were represented by each of the guests

at the barbecue and the atmosphere was warmand filled with humour.

As with most family reunions, there were peo-ple who were at the last one who are no longerwith us. A tearful cousin Ruth was without herhusband who succumbed to a malignancy lastyear. Some partners were no longer living, andsome who were living couldn‘t make it to the oc-casion. Among them was cousin Maureen, whois a captain with the VanDoos and will be greetingWills and Kate very shortly on the Royal Tour.Then there’s cousin Mark, a former instructor atthe Ontario Police College, who is an OPP officerin Wawa. My own daughters were away at abirthday party for their mother, who has turnedseventy. My own mother, at 92, couldn’t take thetrip, but my Aunt Iris, who is a feisty 95, was theresipping a glass of Chardonnay, mindless of howmany years of life she may be losing because thewine was white and not red.

They say you can choose your friends, but youare stuck with your family. I think I got lucky, be-cause they are rich in talent and positive person-alities and a delight to be with, even if it is onlyevery few years. Somehow, there are more im-portant things at a barbecue than the food.

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A welcome signJen Reimer, Port Stanley BIA Administrator points to the new sign at the corner of Main and Bridge Streets, whichincorporates the BIA’s website logo and beckons all to Shop, Dine, Stay.

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The Mother Corpdoes itself proud

After the June 15 lockout of Canadian Union ofPostal Workers (CUPW) by Canada Post, I scouredthe Internet with the interest of a starving manwho thought he’d seen a posting for free food. Dayand night, I was checking not only CUPW andCanada Post sites, but also newspaper, radio andtelevision websites. The crumbs I was after wereany indication of when the workers would be or-dered back by Parliament and what would happenin what order after that. In short, I wanted to knowwhen newspapers would move again, particularlyin the rural Elgin Post Offices.

CBC emerged as the most valuable site. I am areasonably regular CBC radio listener, even thoughthe left-liberal slant of some of its commentatorsand a certain smugness of tone sometimes bugsme. But The Mother Corp makes the effort to coverwhat they think matters to Canadians, and some

of the comedy is pretty good.I gained a new respect for CBC’s website and its

staff on the last, critical weekend of, first, the Par-liament sitting, and, then, the Senate. CBC wascovering it all and posting via Twitter. And newsstories about when the mail might move followedquickly. Viewers could watch video clips ofspeeches from key player. The site (cbc.ca) had itfirst and had it live. For those of us trying to makecritical business decisions, it was a tremendousservice.

Two other TV websites, CTV and CITY-TV did nota bad job that weekend, although they couldn’thold a candle to the CBC.

A distant third, and barely in the race, were thenational newspaper sites like The Globe and Mailand the National Post, which led me to reflect onall the ink and air time that’s been devoted to thefuture of paid newspapers and how they must getinto on-line news. Some of them are trying tomove toward paid content.

Well, maybe, but I think that horse has left thebarn. When it comes to up-to-the-minute news,others are faster, stronger, better, as we some-times say in St. Thomas.

Dorothy Gebert

Summers in retrospect

Summer is here. It started off wet and then gothot and then cold again, and who knows what’sgoing to happen next. But that’s the interestingthing about seasons. They’re never the sametwice.

I was reading Elizabeth VanHooren’s column inthe July issue of Elgin This Month where she re-members her experiences of summers past andit sparked my own memories of those halcyondays.

I think the haze of remembrance colours the pastbecause I mostly think of the good things that hap-pened. Lazily playing with my dolls on the frontporch, reading as many books as possible to qual-ify for the library’s Summer Reading Club, hidingin the cool, damp basement on hot, overly humiddays, and gulping down tall glasses of colourfulKool-Aid.

For a couple of summers, my friends and I wouldcreate our own plays and perform them for friendsand families. I always got to play the villain, whichI loved, because it was the meatiest part.

I also remember going on a once in a lifetimeroad trip with my family to New Hampshire andVermont, driving up green-covered mountains,camping in the forests and celebrating Christmasat Santa’s Village.

One thing Elizabeth wrote in her column wasthat she wished she had the innocence of herchildhood summers back again. I’m not so sure Iwant that back again so much as the time.

When I was growing up, a summer felt like asummer, it took ages and ages and you hadenough time to do everything you wanted. At theend, you felt like you had accomplished what youwanted and were ready to go back to school.

Now, as an adult, a summer is just two monthsand goes awfully fast. It probably has somethingto do with time accelerating as you age or adultsnot having the two months off to do with as theywant. But, still wouldn’t it be nice if a summer ac-tually felt like a summer.

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Officials from the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authoritymet in Port Stanley the lastweek of June with officials fromthe Municipality of CentralElgin, and both sides agreed tobegin gauging interest fromferry providers for a cross-lakeferry service.

Port and Central Elgin officialswill jointly issue a request forexpression of interest in earlyJuly to ferry providers. That re-quest will explain what bothsides envision for a Cleveland-Port Stanley ferry service andrequire potential providers toanswer a series of questions todetermine their interest in theproject and to collect sugges-tions for vessel types, projectinfrastructure, and the develop-ment process.

“We are pleased that Cleve-land port officials have visitedPort Stanley,” said Central ElginMayor Bill Walters. “We hadproductive discussions and areready to move ahead togetherto gauge interest and obtain op-erating concepts from privateferry providers.”

Cleveland-Cuyahoga re-opened ferry discussions withCentral Elgin officials last fall.The service had been contem-

plated for years, but did notmaterialize, in part because theCanadian government had notcompleted a long-awaitedtransfer of the waterfront prop-erty to local control.

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Angels for babiesEach year, the Catholic Women's League, Holy Angels Church, holds a BabyShower and items are donated to the STEGH Family Centre for those who

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Council and staff members ofthe City of St. Thomas and ElginCounty met over dinner onMonday, June 27 in PinaforePark. The meeting featured up-dates from Barbara Arbuckle,Director of St. Thomas-ElginOntario Works on social pro-grams and Alan Smith, GeneralManager of Economic Develop-ment for Elgin County on Elgin’stourism initiatives.

During the month-long postalstrike, Ontario Works staff madesure cheques were delivered tothe clients who depend onthem. “We initiated a contin-gency plan before it was initi-ated by the Ministry ofCommunity and Social Serv-

ices,” said Arbuckle, who notedthat even though postal servicehas returned, the contingencyplan would continue to ensurecheques are received by theend of June. Several changes toOntario Works are underway, in-

cluding a new online applicationprocess that came into effect onMay 16th. The Children’s Serv-ices Program is being trans-ferred to the Ministry ofEducation as part of the rolloutfor full-day kindergarten, and anew Social Housing Act is com-ing into effect.

Alan Smith reported that nu-merous tourism initiatives arebeing implemented in ElginCounty. Savour Elgin has beenan especially successful pro-gram: “Savour Elgin is thriving,and has won two awards for theSavour Elgin brand and web-site,” said Smith. On July 13, aone-day Culinary Adventurecourse will be offered throughSavour Elgin and Fanshawe

College, focusing on local foodand culinary tourism. Otherlocal features drawing tourisminclude Ports of Elgin, the ElginArts Trail, Railway Heritage ofSt. Thomas and the Lake ErieCycle Route currently under de-velopment. “We’re advertisingmore and driving for moremembership. We’re looking for-ward to another great year intourism,” said Smith.

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Police in St. Thomas are investigating the theft of atrailer. Sometime overnight of June 15, suspects at-tended Force Truck and Trailer, 201 Edward St. Videofootage shows a white, full-sized single cab pickuptruck enter the lot at 1:12am and exit with the black2009 Canada DT6 twin axel dump trailer attached,leaving east bound on Edward St. Value of this theft is$5,000. Anyone with information is asked to contactCrime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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Port Stanley Main Beach inCentral Elgin was againawarded Blue Flag status for2011. Central Elgin earnedthis international beach qualitystandard for the first time in2010.

Port Stanley Main Beach re-mains the only Canadianbeach on Lake Erie to achieveBlue Flag status.

The Blue Flag is awarded tobeaches and marinas thatmeet strict international crite-ria, including water quality,safety and environmentalpractices.

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ants are ready to prepare thefirst draft of the Elgin County Of-ficial Plan. Open houses to pro-vide information to the publicwill take place July 13 for WestElgin, July 20 for Central Elginand July 27 for East Elgin, withlocations and times to be deter-mined. The open houses willprovide public information onthe official plan and provide anopportunity to ask questionsand provide input on the proj-ect.

“The plan is moving along,things are going quite well” saidChief Administrative OfficerMark McDonald.May 2011 budget comparison

The May 2011 budget com-parison showed a favourableperformance of $46,000, bring-ing the year-to-date perform-ance to $191,000 favourable.Highlights of the budget include$20,000 favourable perform-ance in Corporate Expendituresfrom self-hedging the utilityrates. “Certainly there will betimes when we’ll be losingmoney on self hedge but in thelong run, it will be favourable,”said Bundschuh. Homes had anegative performance of $8000that will be offset once the Min-istry of Health and LongtermCare announces funding rates,which will be made retroactive.2010 final budget comparison

The final net income for thecounty in 2010 is $2,392,000,$275,000 lower than prelimi-nary reports, resulting in afavourable performance tobudget of $841,000. SocialServices costs for the fourthquarter were $153,000 higherthan budgeted, although year todate performance is favourableby $64,000. Rental Income hada Health Unit rent overpaymentof $12,000, and Homes had afavourable performance of$17,000 due to Accruals forMinistry of Health offset by va-cation carry-over accrual. Rodney Library renovations

“Rodney Library renovationsare proceeding as scheduled,

we’re hopeful that we’re goingto be back in business byThursday,” reported BrianMasschaele. Rodney Libraryupgrades include reconfigura-tion of shelving, relocation ofthe circulation desk to the frontentrance, relocation of the chil-dren’s area to the front of thebuilding, relocation of public ac-cess computers to the back ofthe building, creation of a sittingarea next to the periodicals col-lection, and installation of a net-worked colour copier/scanner/fax for use by staff andthe public. The library will alsoreceive fresh paint, new carpet,tile and linoleum. 2010 Summer Reading Club Award

The Springfield Library wonsecond place, a $2000 cashprize, from Library and ArchivesCanada for its 2010 TD Sum-mer Reading Club. In 2007 thebranch won first place and re-ceived honourable mentions in2008 and 2009. The 2011 sum-mer reading club is getting un-

derway with the theme“Splash” and will include a rub-ber duckie race along CatfishCreek in Aylmer for childrenwho complete the program.Local Integration Partnership

Alfredo Marroquin, Project Co-ordinator for the St. ThomasElgin Local Integration Partner-ship (ST-ELIP) requested amember of Elgin County Counciljoin the St. Thomas Elgin Immi-grant Partnership Council.ST-ELIP established the Immi-gration Partnership Council tofacilitate employment opportu-nities, housing, community re-sources, education and socialengagements for newcomerssettling in St. Thomas and ElginCounty. “We are making a hugeeffort to reach every part of thecounty, not only the heavilypopulated areas,” said Marro-quin. Recycled materials

Council supported a resolutionby the Township of South Fron-tenac requesting the provinceto limit the sale of goods in On-tario to those that are com-pletely recyclable orcompostable and packaged in

materials that are recyclable orcompostable to assist munici-palities in meeting waste diver-sion rates. “There’s oftenpackaging inside packaging,and [the municipalities] are theones who are the recipients ofit so we have to handle it,” saidWarden Dave Mennill.Culture Days 2011 author visit

As part of Culture Days week-end, Elgin County will featureGiller award-winning authorBonnie Burnard to read fromher works Suddenly and A GoodHouse at the Aylmer Old TownHall on Friday, September 30thfrom 7:30-9:30 pm. The event,which coincides with ElginCounty Library’s 75th Anniver-sary, will include the largestever book club in Elgin Countyto read the works of BonnieBurnard and a wine & cheesereception. “Since this is our ini-tial participation in [CultureDays] we are proposing tomake this a very focused eventon Friday evening with a veryrenowned author,” said BrianMasschaele, Director of Com-munity and Cultural Services.

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Dueling spatulasBrian Dempsey, Small Business Advisor at TD Canada Trust, squares off with Allan Weatherall, director of developmentat the St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital Foundation, at a fundraising BBQ June 22. TD Canada Trust hosted the 5thannual ‘Today I’m Working for My Hospital’ event for the St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital Foundation, this year toraise money for a Unit Dose machine for the pharmacy. (Photo by Mark Girdauskas)

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Monday, July 18, camp"Times of Nazareth".This is a weeklongcamp 9am-3pm at St.Andrew's UnitedChurch, 60 West Ave.For info 519-631-4558.

July 19, Elgin CountyPlowmen's AssociationMeeting 7:30pm, KettleCreek Conservation Au-thority office. Visitorswelcome. Knowledgeof plowing not re-quired. 519-765-4410or 519-773-8531.

Christmas in July, July20, Full Turkey Dinnerwith all the trimmings.Tickets $10 Advance,$12 at door, St. ThomasSeniors' Centre, 225Chestnut St. Doorsopen 4:30pm. Dinner5pm.


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PETS/FRIENDSFOR LIFE

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27, The Arts and CookeryBank, 242 Graham Rd,West Lorne. Networking at6, dinner at 7, rsvp Linda519-644-1543.

Thursday, July 28, SummerLuncheon with Euchre tofollow, 12pm at St. An-drew's United Church, 60West Ave. For info 519-631-4558.

STPA presents: “Driven byEternity”, A John Beverevideo series, Sunday, July31 at 6pm, 144 WellingtonSt., St. Thomas, 519-633-3810.

STPA presents: “Driven byEternity”, A John Beverevideo series, Sunday, Au-gust 7 at 6pm, 144 Welling-ton St., St. Thomas,519-633-3810.

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STPA presents: “Driven byEternity”, A John Beverevideo series, Sunday, Au-gust 28 at 6pm, 144Wellington St., St. Thomas,519-633-3810.

Non-profit groups, sendyour Community Billboardannouncements (25 wordsor less per item by textemail, no attachments oremail/websites in ad) [email protected]

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Worship Services

Corner of Southwick & WellingtonSummer Service for

July & AugustOne Service 9 a.m.

Holy EucharistAlternating Sundays with

[BCP] and [BAS]Phone: 519-631-7000

Trinity Anglican ChurchThe Church with the Purple Steeple

BROCK-WHELAN, LINDA JOYCE (ROBERTS) of Bothwelland formerly of St. Thomas, passed away Sunday, June26, 2011 in her 63rd year.. A funeral service was heldJune 30, 2011. Williams Funeral Home Ltd.CARROTHERS, EDNA AGNES of Chelsea Park Londonand formerly of Aylmer, passed away Sunday, June 26,2011 in her 88th year. A funeral service was heldJune 29, 2011. H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home.DAVIS, ROBERT of Union, passed away on Wednesday,June 22, 2011 in his 87th year. A private family serv-ice was held. Williams Funeral Home Ltd.EDWARDS, PEARL (CROCKER) of St. Thomas, passedaway Thursday, June 30, 2011 in her 102ndyear. Public visitation on Wednesday evening, July 6thfrom 7-9pm at the Sifton Funeral Home. Privategraveside service.FREEMAN, ILENE of St. Thomas, passed away on Tues-day, June 28, 2011 in her 91st year. A private familyservice was held on June 30, 2011. Williams FuneralHome Ltd.HOLMES, NORA IDA of Park Lane Terrace, Paris andformerly Aylmer, passed away on Saturday, July 2,2011 in her 92nd year. A funeral was held July 5,2011. H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home.KISHIMOTO, JUDY (LEVERTON) of St. Thomas, passedaway Friday, July 1, 2011 in her 48th year. A privatefamily service will be held Wednesday, July 6, 2011.Williams Funeral Home Ltd.

McBAIN, MARGUERITE GRACE “PEG” (HAMBROOK) ofElgin Manor, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2011 inher 89th year. A private family service was held June30, 2011. Williams Funeral Home Ltd.McCORMICK, SHARON D., 98, of R.R. #4, St. Thomas,passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011 in his 99thyear. A private interment was made. Sifton FuneralHome. PETERS, QUINTEN JAMES of Barrie, infant son ofChristopher and Shondra (Dyck) Peters. A funeral washeld July 4, 2011. H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home.SANDERS, MARTHA ALBERTA “PATTY” (NEE STERNE)passed away at Valleyview Home on Wednesday, June29, 2011 in her 95th year. A memorial service washeld July 4, 2011. Shawn Jackson Funeral Home.SCOTT, GEORGE C. of Aylmer, passed away Thursday,June 30, 2011 in his 87th year. A funeral service washeld July 4, 2011. H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home.SNEDDON, RALPH WAYNE of Aylmer and formerlyBrantford, passed away Friday, July 1, 2011 at age 70.At his request, no funeral service was held. H.A.Kebbel Funeral Home.

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