Listowel Independent Plus_December 2021

Province expanding booster shot eligibility, tightening proof of vaccination requirements

vaccine certificate with QR code and the Verify Ontario app in settings where proof of vaccination is required. The new requirement comes into effect Jan. 4.

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TORONTO – The provincial government has announced measures to expand eligibility for COVID-19 booster shots and tighten proof of vaccination requirements in response to rising COVID-19 case numbers and the spread of the Omicron variant.

The government is also urging Ontarians to limit social activity over the holiday season.

“As we continue to learn more about the Omicron variant, we are taking additional measures to protect our progress as we head into the winter months,” said Health Minister Christine Elliott at a Dec. 10 press conference.

“Getting vaccinated and adhering to public health and workplace safety measures will continue to protect us and our loved ones against COVID and variants, but we won’t hesitate to continue to take swift action to ensure the continued health and safety of all Ontarians.”

Provincial officials announced it is abandoning the target of lifting of proof of vaccination requirements by Jan. 17. The reopening plan announced in October stipulated “that doing so was contingent on the absence of concerning trends.”

Other measures announced at the press conference include requiring the use of the enhanced

The QR code can be used digitally or by printing a paper copy. Individuals can download their enhanced certificate with QR code by visiting https://covid-19. ontario.ca/book-vaccine/.

The government will also be strengthening the verification process for medical exemptions and clinical trial exemptions by requiring a certificate with a QR code. Organizations and businesses that are under the provincial proof-of-vaccination system will be advised to no longer accept physician notes as of Jan. 10. In addition, as of Dec. 20, youth aged 12 to 17 years participating in organized sports at recreational facilities will be required to pro-

While not formally changing gathering limits (currently 25 people indoors, 100 outdoors) the provinces is urging voluntary limitation of gatherings and social activity

“On the advice of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Ontarians are strongly advised to limit their social gatherings and the number of gatherings they attend over the holiday season,” states the release.

“Additional precautions should be taken if all individuals are not fully vaccinated or where vaccination status is unknown. Employers in all industries should make every effort to allow employees to work from home.”

The province is also expanding booster dose eligibility to all Ontarians 18 years of age and older as of Jan. 4, with appointments to be booked approximately six

months after receiving a second dose.

Currently individuals over 70 and medically high-risk individuals are eligible for booster shots. The age range was already set to expand to 50 and over as of Dec. 13.

The government states the latest move will expand booster eligibility to approximately 5.5 million people.

As part of its enhanced winter testing strategy the province is launching a holiday testing blitz next week to offer voluntary rapid antigen screening to asymptomatic individuals free of charge.

Two million rapid tests will be provided at pop-up testing sites in high-traffic settings such as malls, retail settings, holiday markets and transit hubs, the release states.

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North Huron first responders began the Blyth Santa Claus Parade on Dec. 11 in the downtown core. Pictured is a future paramedic riding in the ambulance alongside grown-up first responders. For additional photos from the parade, see the Dec.16 issue of the Wingham Advance Times

Government urging Ontarians to limit social activity over the holiday season

Blyth to hold New Year’s Eve fireworks display

Cory Bilyea Local Journalism Initiative Reporter cbilyea@midwesternnewspapers.com

NORTH HURON – Enthusiastic volunteers will host a New Year’s Eve fireworks display at the Blyth and District Community Centre, and North Huron council agreed to waive the fees associated with the event to help.

The Blyth Community Betterment Committee (BCB), with representation from the Blyth Lions, Legion, Ladies Auxiliary, Friends of the Village,

and Blyth Women Sharing and Caring, submitted a letter of request to council at the Dec. 6 meeting.

“With the generous support of Bruce Power, we were able to purchase $1,600 worth of non-commercial grade fireworks to share with our community,” the letter of request said.

The BCB requested that North Huron council waive the facility rental/campground and fireworks permit fees and provide support from public works to plow the lanes in the campground, if necessary.

They also requested volunteers from the fire department to supervise and charge the fireworks and help manage the flow of traffic and parking at the campground.

The BCB will ensure a $5 million insurance policy and that COVID-19 protocols are in place and enforced at

the event. In addition, they will take care of any promotions.

The Blyth New Year’s Eve fireworks display is a “free” community event.

The BCB and their partners have agreed to pay for the costs associated with the event, other than those related to municipal support.

The volunteers involved in the organization of this event have been working very hard to create a fun and safe community event and to raise the spirits of community members “during the challenging time of the pandemic.”

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Schreiner questions government’s original timeline to lift COVID-19 restrictions

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“Ontario, like other jurisdictions around the world, is seeing concerning trends in public health and health care indicators, and additional measures are required to protect our progress for the long-term,” said Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health.

“All Ontarians are strongly urged to follow these and existing measures and get vaccinated with a first, second or booster dose if you have not done so already. These are the layers that are

protecting everyone.

“By taking these actions, we can help to reduce the mobility of COVID-19 and its variants, protect public health and health system capacity and save lives.

“This is especially important as we enter the holiday season and spend more time with family and friends. We need to keep each other safe.”

Some opposition politicians, including Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner of Guelph, questioned why the government prematurely set seemingly random

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dates to end proof of vaccination requirements in the first place.

“I’m relieved the Ford government has backed down from prematurely lifting the vaccine passport mandate they had originally set for [Jan. 17],” Shreiner stated in a press release.

“The science is clear. Vaccines work and vaccine passports are an important tool for public safety.

“Doug Ford should never have set an end date for vaccine passports before the system even had a chance to get started.”

Shreiner also called on the provincial government to:

• ensure small businesses have the resources they need to carry out the added step of scanning QR codes;

• “raise awareness and acknowledge that COVID is airborne”;

• supply high-quality masks and respirators such as N95s to anyone in highrisk areas, including healthcare or education settings; and

• make “significant investments” in ventilation upgrades to improve air quality in all congregate areas.

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A group of Blyth organizations are partnering to present a New Year’s Eve fireworks display at the Blyth and District Community Centre on Dec. 31.

Listowel Ford holding annual Blanket Drive, seeks community input on donation destinations

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LISTOWEL – It’s round four for the annual Listowel Ford Blanket Drive, and this time around donated items will be finding homes through area organizations at the suggestion of local residents.

Since its inception in 2018, the Ford Blanket Drive has traditionally contributed blanket donations to the London Sick Kids Hospital NICU through the Children’s Health Foundation. With the COVID-19 pandemic limiting what that organization can accept in terms of decontamination protocols, initiative founder and Listowel Ford Product Specialist Matt Cory said it was decided to open up the Blanket Drive to area organizations that could best benefit from them this time around.

“Anyone who would benefit from having these blankets, reach out to us and we’ll add them to our list,” said Cory. “We’re just going to start dividing them before and after Christmas.”

Launched in mid-November, the 2021 edition of the Ford Blanket Drive will ac-

cept donations of all new blankets until Dec. 20. To date through all four years of the initiative, approximately 850 blanket donations have been received.

“It really blows me away that Listowel is still going strong even during COVID and everything,” said Cory. “From year one, I still have some of the same ladies who donate 100 blankets themselves, they’re excited.”

2021 organizational recipients currently include the Emily Murphy Centre in Stratford and It Takes A Village in Listowel. Anyone looking to donate or seeking more information can reach out to Listowel Ford at 519-291-3520.

“There’s going to be a lot of them. We have 150 already, and the majority of them still aren’t here yet,” said Cory. “It’s going to go bigger and bigger. Now that we’re spreading it out, I think it’s a good idea to spread out the success we’ve had.

“We just wanted to incorporate the community and the people donating, so they get a say for the blankets to go somewhere that means a lot to them.”

Local resident charged with school bus violation

LISTOWEL – The Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged the owner of a vehicle after it drove through the stop arm and flashing lights of a school bus.

On Nov. 24, police were contacted after a vehicle was seen just before 9 a.m. driving through the overhead red flashing lights and extended stop arm on a school bus, while it was stopped loading kids on Tremaine Avenue South in Listowel.

The license plate of the vehicle was obtained, and the owner, a 33-year-old resident of North Perth, was charged with fail to stop for school bus – owner.

If convicted, the driver/owner can be fined not less than $400 and up to $2,000 for a first time offence, and a fine not less than $1,000 and up to $4,000 or imprisonment for subsequent offence(s).

They would also be subjected to six demerit points to their license.

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Listowel Ford is conducting its fourth annual Blanket Drive, this year supporting local organizations at the suggestion of area residents. The charitable drive, initially conceived by Listowel Ford product specialist Matt Cory (pictured at left) aims to collect new blankets, sheets and quilts, with the initiative wrapping up Dec. 20. Also pictured is Listowel Ford owner Brent Ravelle.

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Nurses needed to fix health care’s ills

A couple of decades ago, hospitals hit a funding crunch as federal and provincial governments struggled to balance their budgets.

The result was described euphemistically as “trimming deadwood” from a wasteful system. Who can forget the one that still sets teeth to grinding – “doing more with less.”

Hospital budget cuts came to be described in terms of bed closures. Hospitals did not physically get rid of beds; what they did was fire the people who cared for the patients who would have occupied those beds. Bed closures was a discrete way of saying how many nurses would receive layoff notices.

The cuts went deep. A whole generation of nurses was forced out of Ontario’s hospitals. Many found employment in the United States. Some found health care related positions – not necessarily as nurses – in the private sector. Far too many changed careers completely or left the workforce. Hospitals struggled to stay open through sharing services, forming partnerships and outsourcing. The Local Health Integration Network system brought in another very well-paid level of administration to “help” hospitals make further cuts. Many opinion pieces were published about the situation, asking what would happen when the nurses with enough seniority to keep their jobs hit retirement age. The people who would have been ready to step into leadership positions and mentor rookie nurses were either employed by Texas or Florida hospitals – that were glad to have them and paid them accordingly – or were in other careers.

For a career in nursing, education is only the beginning. It is followed by years of extra training as new technology and information becomes available. Skills require constant practice and fine-tuning. Mentorship by more senior people is essential and ongoing.

The fear a couple of decades ago was that the day would come when there would be a handful of highly experienced nurse-managers ready to retire, and a lot of young nurses without the experience, knowledge or desire to replace them. That day has arrived.

In other words, this is not the year to develop food poisoning or break a limb skiing during the holidays. Your local emergency department may well be closed due to lack of staff. The situation will not improve anytime soon. Provincial announcements of funding to hire hundreds of nurses are meaningless – colleges and universities can ramp up their programs, but it will be years before those students have the skills and confidence to staff a rural emergency department overnight, when there may be only one other nurse in the hospital.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. The COVID-19 pandemic showed the folly of nickel-and-diming health care. The most fragile link proved to be long-term care, where the virus wreaked havoc and killed thousands.

Other countries saw hospitals impacted, with staff forced to make heart-breaking decisions on which patients to treat and which to let die. A recent spike in COVID cases in Alberta had hospitals in the western provinces on the verge of doing that. There are worries that Ontario and Quebec could be next.

Ontario’s hospitals weathered initial battles in the pandemic war relatively unscathed – relatively being the key word. Patients suffered from having surgeries and treatment postponed. Staff suffered from working too many hours under difficult conditions, including having insults hurled at them by misguided individuals desperate to express anger and fear about COVID. What happens with Omicron is anyone’s guess.

People might forget that the nurse shortage was already causing concerns before COVID. Post-war baby boomers were aging rapidly and entering a stage in their lives when they required extra care. Instead of planning for this very situation, various levels of government continued squeezing hospitals, holding them to budget “increases” that did not keep up with inflation.

The recent acknowledgement that more nurses are needed to “fix” health care’s ills comes lamentably and dangerously late.

This entire community wishes our nurses the best as hospitals seek new ways to support them and bring new nurses up to speed – real heroes, one and all!

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Words that can shape one’s life

Friends,

I’ve been thinking a great deal lately about language. Words, actually. I am particularly fond of how words sound. Sometimes I find myself lost in listening to others, who are speaking words from languages I could only ever dream of knowing, wondering what it is they are expressing. Words can lift us up and quickly tear us down, share our stories and histories and teach us important lessons for the future.

In my own life, there are a handful of words that have impacted my sense of self, both in quite positive and equally as negative ways. Words like kind, strong, advocate, writer and mother have helped me view myself in positive and empowering ways and evoked a sense purposeful confidence. On the other hand and at different times in my life, descriptors such as poor and/ or needy, crazy, fat, hormonal, stubborn and persistent have left their indelible marks on my secretly fragile soul. Of the many, many words that I’ve worked to get past as I move along in my mid-life identity, I think it’s been “poor” and “crazy” that have been the hardest to scrub off.

They are also the two I see through the Village that, perhaps unintendedly, further widen the divides among community members. Perhaps even contributing to the greatest barriers people face in hesitating to reach out for support.

In my own life, I grew up without a healthy maternal role model. This wasn’t for my mother not wanting to be involved in the life of her children, but rather because she wasn’t encouraged, supported or permitted to be present, from about the time I was 18 months old.

This was in the early ‘70’s and like many women who stayed home to raise children, my mother was left with little when my father moved along in life, taking us children with him, most notably the financial means to fight for custody or support her kids. As I now understand better, as a mother myself, this devastated the woman who first loved me most, and she soon developed strategies to help with that pain. For decades I ached for her and I wondered why she never came back. I had little girl dreams and saw her as this beautiful woman with long flowing hair. She was rarely ever spoken of to us and when it did somehow slip out, the connotation was that she was “crazy.” For years I tried to understand what crazy meant, but the tone of every adult’s voice told me it wasn’t good. As I grew up, angry and searching for love in those dark and destructive places rocker ballads are written about, I felt afraid, wondering if her “crazy” was my own destiny now, too. Did she struggle with addiction? Would I? Could I reach out for help or would someone know that I was “crazy” too? When I had my own babies, a moth-

erless daughter attempting to do it all “right”, was my post-partum depression the self fulfilling prophesy that I knew would one day reach fruition?

It was only after some soul searching and beautiful talks with my aunts that I better understood my mother’s journey and that her trauma, her broken heart, was more than a person could navigate. She wasn’t “crazy,” she was coping. And I so badly wish to turn back the clock and have the opportunity, for all those decades, to hear about her in a way that respected my childhood innocence and her love for me.

“Poor” is another word etched into my soul and one that, when I hear it used to describe someone whom another feels needs help, sees me “checking my baggage” so that I am sure to offer a reply not molded by my own predisposition.

Up until I was in my late teens, we lived an uppermiddle class life. My father was a self-made man and, although often absent from the dinner table for work, he made sure to provide many wonderful things. Just on the cusp of 20, I was newly married and a mom of one, with another babe soon to arrive. As the gods would have it, that child – our son – was not destined for long on this earth and soon died.

In our journeys of grief, so personal and heavy, our marriage suffered such strain. I packed up some things into a backpack and left for a months-long journey across Canada, running from something that was so deep inside of me. When I returned, our marriage ended and I became a young single mom, in an apartment, attending school and volunteering. My soul had come to a peace about the death of my son and I felt strong. I felt rich in blessings, even though I couldn’t afford gas for our car and we bicycled everywhere. I felt somehow free.

That winter, my child and I stepped outside and there on our porch was a beautiful box of fruit, cookies, a ham, a toy and a few other items. I remember now, as I write, feeling so cared for, in that someone cared for us the way we cared for others too. I dropped my child off at the university daycare and cycled to my adult literacy volunteer position and gushed to a peer about this amazing box!

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Opposite, yet similar

Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve focused on two significant groups of people in the Christmas history: The shepherds and the wise men. The shepherds were poor and the wise men were privileged.

The shepherds were in a position often pitied and the wise men were in a position of power. These two sets of people were completely opposite, and yet in Scripture we understand that God used both for His glory. Jesus is not off limits to certain people; Christ came to earth for sinners, which is all of us. This is another important aspect of Advent.

Jesus came for both the Jew and the Gentile. The wise men represent the Jew, and the shepherds represent the Gentile. If you’re reading this, Jesus came to earth for you. A personal relationship with Christ is not limited only to those who come from a certain place, or to those who have a specific last name, or to those who attend church on Sundays, or to those who give generously of their money, or to those who are kind to others. A personal relationship with Christ is available to anyone who believes. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you are, it doesn’t matter what your background is. Nothing is wasted with God,

and He can use anyone for His glory (just check out the Bible if you’re looking for examples). As we learned with the shepherds and the wise men, Jesus came for the humble and poor first, and then for the noble and rich. James 4:6 tells us that “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.” Humility is important to our Lord, just look at the circumstances in which the King of Kings came to this earth at Christmas! He was not born in a royal palace, there were no journalists waiting outside the royal hospital to cover His arrival. No, Jesus was born in a quiet, dark manger, and His first visitors were the shepherds (at the time, shepherding was a lowly vocation). Christ was not first revealed to the wise men, but to the shepherds. While they were two totally different classes and seemingly complete opposites, the shepherds and the wise men actually did have some similarities. They weren’t satisfied to merely hear about Christ

– they sought out to know Him. They did not put off coming to meet Christ –they did it immediately rather than waiting until a more convenient time. Maybe you’ve heard all about Christ, perhaps in church each Sunday, but you’ve yet to make the decision to know Him personally. What are you waiting for? Now is the time! “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” (John 17:3). God sent Christ to earth so that each one of us would have the opportunity to know Him! God loves us, and Christmas is our reminder that Christ came to earth to save sinners, which is each one of us.

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Hope Reidt is the founder of Hope Reflected. She loves her awesome husband Wes, her family, food, reading, writing, and a miniature schnauzer named Dickens. For more information visit hopereflected.com and follow Hope Reflected on Facebook.

Village: Language that shapes us

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Her nonchalance rivelled my excitement and she casually offered “Yeah, that’s a food hamper.” I was intrigued, having never heard of this before. “What’s a ‘food hamper”?” I asked.

“A ‘FOOD HAMPER’,” she repeated, slower and louder, as though my grasp of the English language was now failing me too. “They give them out at Christmas time, to people who are poor.” My knees felt week and I wanted to throw up. We weren’t poor. Or were we?

In those few words, that beautiful act of caring, that left me feeling empowered and cared for was reframed as an exercise of charity for those who are “poor”.

As we head into this season of giving, in the unsurety of a looming pandemic, troubling rent and food costs and the traditionally higher rates of suicide, domestic violence and drug overdoses than other times of the year, language is even more important.

Our people need to feel that we support them because we are all in this

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together and we celebrate what each is doing to make it through this difficult time. Acts of charity can be reframed as offerings of gratitude for one’s resilience.

Speak encouragement for all of us to cross that finish line. Tell folks you’ve been there too. This is the universal language of humanity, compassion and love.

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Andrea Charest serves as director of It Takes A Village in Listowel.

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A squawking blue jay clears away a flock of dark-eyed juncos to scrounge for garden leftovers in Listowel.

McCabe, Van Galen enter Perth-Wellington PC nomination contest

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PERTH-WELLINGTON – The race to replace Perth-Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece in the next provincial election is under way both within and outside his Progressive Conservative Party.

Two municipal councillors, Wellington North’s Steve McCabe and St. Marys’ Don Van Galen, have joined Harriston native Matthew Rae among those seeking the PC nomination following Pettapiece’s Nov. 17 announcement he will not seek reelection to a fourth term.

Van Galen, who announced his candidacy Dec. 1, served as a municipal councillor for 18 years, and for 17 years has been a financial advisor, earning his designation as a certified financial planner.

“Listening to the goals and concerns of your clients is vital to my business as a financial advisor, and I want to bring that skill and experience as a representative of this riding,” said Van Galen. Previous to his life in financial services, Van Galen graduated from Fanshawe College’s photography program and operated

his own photography store in St. Marys.

In addition to his political and business experience, Van Galen has served on various local committees and boards. He currently serves at the St. Marys representative on the Stratford and District Chamber of Commerce and is chair of the St. Marys Planning Advisory Committee.

Van Galen is also known locally for his many appearances as an actor, producer and director in local theatre.

“I have been blessed with a diverse and interesting career, both politically and in business, and in many ways, it has prepared me for this opportunity,” said Van Galen.

He resides in St. Marys with his

wife of 34 years, Diane, and they have four grown children and twin grandsons.

McCabe, a two-term Wellington North councillor, announced his candidacy in a Dec. 5 press release.

“I know how to work with people for people to get things done for our riding,” he stated.

“Being a provincial member of parliament is all about listening to issues and concerns of those that you represent and giving voice to them in the Legislature. It also requires weighing in on the tough decisions and standing up for the decisions you make.”

McCabe states working with the Grain Farmers of Ontario, the Mount Forest LHIN Recruitment Committee, on the executive of the Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority and as a councillor for the last eight years “has given me the experience to collaborate with municipal, provincial and federal levels of government.”

McCabe stated that the PerthWellington riding is unique –“probably the largest centre for dairy farming, and agriculture is one of our biggest industries” –

as well as diverse.

“One of the other things that has been hurt [by the COVID-19 pandemic] in our riding is tourism,” he said. “Stratford relies on it a lot, and it has been hit very hard in the last two years … we want to see that return to its former glory.”

Rae, a former executive assistant to Pettapiece, announced his plan to seek the nomination on Nov. 19.

At a Nov. 28 nomination meeting, the Perth-Wellington NDP affirmed Jo-Dee Burbach as their candidate for Ontario’s 43rd general election, slated for June 2. Elected to Stratford City Council in 2018, Burbach is a member of the city’s social services and the community services subcommittees, as well as the energy and environment and active transportation advisory committees. She is also a board trustee for Gallery Stratford and part of the steering committee for the Community Equity Action Team, a Stratford Police Services advisory group. She also volunteers as a board member for Here For Now Theatre.

Laurie Hazzard named NDP candidate in Huron—Bruce

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HURON-BRUCE – New Democrats in Huron—Bruce have selected former nurse, educator and school administrator Laurie Hazzard to be their candidate in the 2022 provincial election.

In a press release, the NDP says Hazzard’s “experience in both the health care and education fields provide her with a unique insight into the needs of Ontario families,

particularly in rural Ontario.”

The Bayfield resident created the first online public secondary school in Ontario, helped develop an eLearning strategy for the province, and spent 14 years developing digital learning tools for Ontario public schools.

She is also an avid volunteer in the Bayfield community, working with Home4Good Shopping Buddies program, the Blue Bayfield environmental group, the Bay-

field Ukulele Society, and other great local organizations. Hazzard says she is thrilled to be representing the riding in the upcoming provincial election.

“I am thrilled to be running to represent my community and fight for a better Ontario. Life is getting harder for families here in Huron and Bruce counties, housing costs are rising, so are the costs of everyday items like groceries and gas,” said Hazzard. “We need

to make sure families are able to build their best lives here. I know with Andrea Horwath and the Ontario NDP team, we can make life better by investing in the things that make life easier for families in Huron—Bruce.”

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Don Van Galen (left) of St. Marys and Steve McCabe (right) of Wellington North have both announced they are seeking the Progressive Conservative Party’s nomination in the Perth-Wellington riding for next June’s provincial election.

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(Right) Bayfield resident Laurie Hazzard has been named the NDP’s Huron-Bruce candidate in the 2022 provincial election.

Vintage snowmobile show set for Jan. 30

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HOWICK – The Huron County Cruisers are hosting a Vintage Snowmobile Show at the Howick Community Centre from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 30.

They invite you to register starting at 9:30 a.m. and stay for the day to check out the vendors, swap a few items, join the ride if snow conditions allow, and enjoy the chicken

wings offered up for sale by the Howick Optimist Club.

Two hours of ice time will be set aside for free skating with free hot dogs and chocolate milk being handed out to the kids in attendance.

When you check out the history of snowmobiles, you will find they were created to fulfill a great need for a safe and effective way of rescuing people in snow covered regions, for transporting

goods and services to remote areas, and for fun. Over the years, the social aspect of snowmobiling has developed with local clubs and members travelling hours on developed trails stopping for sightseeing, dining, and camaraderie. Some snowmobiles were designed to be sleek and powerful machines used for racing. Whatever the reason, colour, or design, you will be sure to find some interesting snowmobiles and owners at the show. For information, contact Marion Feldskov at feldskov@wightman.ca

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This Kitty Kat and Harley Davidson could be two of the snowmobiles revved up and raring to go to the Vintage Snowmobile Show to be held on Jan. 30 at the Howick Community Centre.

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The pedestrian bridge at the Palmerston Lions Heritage Park, dressed up with Christmas lighting, is an impressive sight this holiday season.

Hath the Wind a Father?

In the darkest hour of World War I, someone said to King George of England, “How will it ever end?” King George replied, “God will have to work a miracle.” He did.

Lord God of hosts, whose Almighty hand Dominion holds on sea and land, In peace and war Thy will we see Shaping the larger liberty. Nations may rise and nations fall, Thy changeless purpose rules them all. That is the answer – because God is the God that works wonders among the nations.

Germany had the war won. It was at four o’clock on the afternoon of April 22, 1915, that the Germans at Ypres turned loose for the first time their deadly poisonous gas on the Allies. It was completely unexpected, and the Allied soldiers, unprotected, fell in windrows. They were piled up like bloated cordwood. All that Germany now needed to do was to march through, take the English Channel, and the world was hers. Then why didn’t she do it? And why was this particular time selected to turn loose the gas?

It was not the military but the meteorological department which announced to the German generals that the direction of the winds was fixed and settled for thirtysix hours to come, and that they would carry the gas out over the Allied lines.

So the gas was turned loose – when, all of a sudden, it whiled and flung itself back over the German army. And the

Germans gasping, strangling, staggered by the thousands to their deaths. Mr. Schmaus, in his official report, said, “In forty years of meteorological records of the German government, the wind never acted so peculiarly before.” The doubly strange and striking thing was that the wind whirled in only that small area.

The Bible, which can well be called the Encyclopedia Universalis, raises by implication a most interesting question: “Hath the wind a father?” Who sends the wind? What does God’s Book say?

“He made a great wind to pass over.” Jehovah blew with a great wind.” “Awake, north wind, awake and blow.” In the story of Jonah, we read, “And Jehovah prepared a vehement east wind.” Where is the factory where the winds are made?

“He bringeth the wind out of His treasury.” A hundred and sixteen times, the Bible tells of God’s doing and dealings with the wind.

Generally, God allows His natural laws to take their usual course. But the Creator has every right to intervene. When He does, the winds obey Him. Do you?

– Dr. E. E. Helms

Reprinted with permission from Gospel Folio Press.

Send questions or comments to; Good News Ministries P.O. Box 97 Moorfield, Ontario N0G 2K0

Contributed Photos

The Howick Optimist Club recently presented two local food banks with donations of $500. (Above) Optimist Club President Joe Glaze presents Deb from the Wingham Salvation Army Food Share with the donation. (Below) Carolyn Saunders, food bank coordinator at the Listowel Salvation Army, is pictured receiving the donation from the Howick Optimists.

Mike Wilson

Mrs. Doyon’s Grade 1 Class - Howick Central School

Dear Santa,

My name is Laney. I have been good this year. Can you get me a real life bunny and a real life unicorn? Can I have a doll for Christmas? I will leave you cookies. How do the elves make toys? Hello Mrs. Claus!

Love, Laney

Dear Santa,

I am 6. I would like a stunt track and two cars. I will leave cookies out. Hello to the elves!

Love, Darren

Dear Santa, I am 6 years old. I have been good this year. I would like Avengers Lego and an iPad and an eyepatch. How are the reindeer doing? I will leave you cookies and milk. Say hi to Rudolph!

Love, Nicky

Dear Santa,

My name is Charley. I am 6 years old. I would like a bunny, a cat and a hamster please. I will leave out cookies and milk for Santa. How do you get around the world in one whole night? Say hi to Rudolph and also the elves please.

Love, Charley

Dear Santa, I am 6. I have been good. I would like a bigger bed, a canoe and a ball. I will leave out starfish cookies. How many elves are there? Say hello to the elves!

Love, Savannah

Dear Santa, I am 5 years old. I have been good this year. I would like a pet unicorn and a real bunny. I will leave out Christmas treats. I would love to pet your reindeer.

Love, Kaydence

Dear Santa, I am 5 years old. I have been good. I would like an iPad, a watch and a robot. How cold is it at the North Pole? I will leave you milk and cookies. Say hello to the reindeer and the elves!

Love, Brensen

Dear Santa,

My name is Tessa. I have been good. I hope you bring me a bike, a tablet and a kitty robot. I will leave you cookies and milk. I want you to give me a letter back and a Christmas hat.

Love, Tessa

Dear Santa,

My name is Paisley and I am 6. I have been nice. I want a hamster and a hampster cage, and hampster treats and hampster food. I would like toys for hampster and a baby hampster. I will leave you cookies and a note. I want to see your reindeers.

Love, Paisley

Dear Santa,

My name is Kendall. I am 5. I have been good. I would like a horse and a bunny and a dog. I will leave out a nutcracker and treats.

Love, Kendall

Dear Santa,

I am 6 years old. I have been good. I want a unicorn and a kitty and a dragon. I will leave you cookies and milk. I want to help you with the gifts! I want to go down the chimney.

Love, Chloe

Dear Santa, I am 5. I have been good. I would like normal lego and Avengers Christmas Lego. I want a PS5. I will leave cookies out and a note. I want to pet a reindeer.

Love, Oliver

Dear Santa,

My name is Willow. I am 5. I would like a little bunny cage, food and a bunny. I want an LOL doll. I will leave on my Christmas tree and my lights. I will leave a candy cane and some milk. Say hi to Mrs. Claus.

Love, Willow

Dear Santa, I am 6. I have been good this year. I would like a rocket, a horse and a panda. How are your elves? I will leave cookies and a glass of milk. Hi elves!

Love, Lilly

Dear Santa, I am 6. I have been good. I would like rocket boosters and a real water dragon and remote control snowmobile. I will leave carrots for the reindeer, and cookies and milk for Santa.

Love, Chase

Dear Santa, I am 6 years old. I would like lego and stunt cars for Christmas. I will leave you milk and cookies.

Love, Tucker

Dear Santa, I like you Santa. I’ve been good. I like Luca, Paw Patrol and Dory stuff.

Love, Brody

Grade 1/2

Howick Central Public School

Mrs. Schiestel

Dear Santa, I have been a good boy this year. I want some drums for Christmas and I would like a pop-it for Christmas. How is Comet and how does Comet win all the races?

Love, Liam

Dear Santa, This Christmas I want a Polly Pocket and a Journey Girl.

Love, Parker

Dear Santa, How is Rudolph? And I was good this year. I want a stuffy reindeer for Christmas.

Love, Harlow

Dear Santa, How are the reindeer? I would like some new presents this year. I want a pop-it. I want some more Lego. I will leave you hot chocolate and cookies.

Love, Jordan

Dear Santa, I had 12 presents last year. How is Rudolph? Can you bring me a butterfly pop-it please?

I love Santa.

Love Natalya

Dear Santa, How are your reindeer? I hope that they are good. So for Christmas I would like a toy school and a smoothie pop-it, 5 of them please. I will give you some cookies and milk.

Love, Emma

Dear Santa, Hi! I’ve been good. I like the presents you brought. Can I have a survival knife kit and a marble set? I will tell my mom if I can put cookies out for you.

Love, Lucas

Dear Santa, I love the presents you got me last year! I want a computer and I want a guitar. Let me guess, you need help with the presents.

Love, Winston

Dear Santa, I have been really good. I want a new sled and 2 books. How are the reindeer?

Love, Tony

Dear Santa, I have been very good. I would like a pair of Nikes. I would also like a huge Among Us pop-it.

Love, Lui

Dear Santa, I am giving you some cookies and milk. Can I please have a Nintendo Switch and can I have a pop-it smoothie?

Love, Colton

Dear Santa, I have been good for my mom. I have been wanting a phone and a computer and I love Santa.

Love, Evelyn

Dear Santa, I have been good. How is Rudolph? It is me - Hudson. I want a Baby Yoda pop-it and a reindeer plushy.

Merry Christmas!

Love, Hudson

Dear Santa, Santa, how do you load up all the presents before midnight? I have been really good. I want a toy LOL doll.

Love Emmy

Dear Santa, I have been very good. Can I have mini toy race cars, Lego police and fire trucks, and a fidget spinner? How are the reindeer?

Love, Owen

Dear Santa, I have been very good. I want a Bey Blade arena, a monster truck and a ball for dodgeball. How are Prancer and Dasher and Rudolph doing? I am going to leave milk and cookies for you and carrots for the reindeer.

Love, Conner

Dear Santa, I want a remote control truck. How are the reindeer doing? I will leave sugar cookies for you. They’re the best!

Love, Emmett

Dear Santa, How are you doing up at the North Pole? Could you please bring me skis this year?

Could you also bring adult skis for my dad? Finally I would like a car kids can drive.

Love Eli

Dear Santa, I love the presents you gave me last year. I want a stuffed reindeer or a stuffed Baby Yoda. How do your reindeer fly?

Love, Antoinette

Dear Santa, Thank you for the Paw Patrol toys and Paw Patrol books I got last year. I want a Chase toy and a Paw Patrol book this year. I also want a toboggan. Santa, look for milk and cookies on Christmas Eve.

Love Wyatt

Howick Central Public School Grade 2

Dear Santa,

This is Bria. I like to read Bad Kitty books because they put me on an adventure. How do your reindeer fly? Can you make new work boots for my Dad? They are destroyed and for my mom she would like a grey housecoat with a black background. For me I would like two Bad Kitty books and a fuzzy grey bean bag chair.

Your friend, Bria

Dear Santa, I love Harry Potter because I love wizards. What do you do on Christmas day? Do you celebrate Christmas day? My Dad needs new work tools. I would like Nerf guns or Bad Kitty books. Have a safe ride.

Your friend, Leo

Dear Santa Claus, Hi, I am Cassadie. I love to do crafts and I live on a farm. I love to spend time with my family. We play games and have lots of fun. Will you bring food to people who need it and cooking stuff for my mom? It is important so people won’t be starving and so my mom can cook delicious food. May I please have a Hatchimal because they are cuddly and cute. What is your favourite kind of cookies? I will give you the right kind of cookies. Have a great Christmas Eve.

From your friend, Cassadie

Dear Santa Claus, I love to make crafts like houses. It feels like I’m in a little house. How old are you? I want to know. Can you please get my mom new tools for her work? I would like more cooking toys because it feels like I am a real cook.

Have a nice ride on Christmas Eve.

Your friend, Byanka

Dear Santa Claus, I’m a grade 2 student at Howick C.P.S. I like to read Weird But True books.

What are the names of your reindeer? Please can you give my friend some more Paw Patrol toys so she can have more fun at home? May I have a Nerf Blaster and a ball. The ball will be fun outside. Have a good ride on Christmas Eve!

Yours Truly, Ethan O

Dear Santa Claus, I love to play soccer with my friends so I can get exercise. How old are you? I want to know how long you will live. May you please bring more money for the homeless people? I don’t want people living on the side of the road. May I please have a police station and a pack of hockey cards. Then I can build the station with my Dad and see if good layers are in my pack. Have a safe ride.

Your Friend, Matthew

Dear Santa Claus, I’m a grade 2 student at Howick School. I love playing with my 2 dogs Bonnie and Clyde. I feel safe with them. Do you want chocolate milk or white milk? I would pick white milk. Can I please have some art supplies? I love doing art. I will be a better artist. Good luck getting all of the presents ready.

Yours Truly, Saryah

Dear Santa Claus, I’m Anna and I love to do Acro. How old are you? I want to know how long you have been around. Could you please bring a doll for Cassidy? She wants a new one. Can you please bring a big pop-it and some more Owl Diary books please because they are very fun to read. I hope you have a safe ride on Christmas Eve.

Your Friend, Anna

Dear Santa Claus, I am a grade 2 student. I like to read Dog Man books because they are funny. What is your most important elves name? I am going to write a book about your elves. Can you bring chocolate for my Dad? My Dad likes chocolate. Can I have a Lego family house set? It would help me learn to be a carpenter. I hope you have a safe trip.

Your Friend, Caleb

Dear Santa Claus, I’m 7 years old. I love to read Dog Man books because they are funny. How old are you? I’m wondering that. Could you please bring more Dog Man books to the Howick library? Then lots of people can enjoy them. May I please have toy cars? Then I can play with my sister. I hope you have fun on Christmas Eve.

Yours Truly, Lee

Dear Santa Claus, My name is Evan. I like to play tag outside. What are your reindeer names?

I would like a new toothbrush for my Dad. Then he can have nice teeth. I would like a Nerf Gun then I can play with my brother. Get some sleep before Christmas.

Yours Truly, Evan

Dear Santa Claus, I am in grade 2. My favourite thing is reading ladybug books because it takes me on adventures. I would like a toy cat for Isla because she lost her cat. May I please have the Magic Mixies or a new stuffy bear. What kind of cookies do you like? Have a nice trip on Christmas Eve.

Yours Truly, Aileana

Dear Santa Claus, I am Rowan. I love to read and learn. My favourite book is Bad Kitty chapter books. Do you really have elves? Do they really make all the presents in one night? Can I have some Bad Kitty chapter books or a PS5 because I like those books and I get them at the library and I want to read them at home. I hope you have a safe ride on Christmas Eve.

Yours Truly, Rowan

Dear Santa Claus, Hi, I’m Hudson. I love Roblox Brick Heaven because I can explore things. How many reindeer do you have? It will be cool to know how many you have. Can you please get my sister a drawing set for Christmas. I would like a beanbag chair so I can sit in it and play Minecraft or a tiny Hot Wheel car. Have a great Christmas Santa!

Your Friend, Hudson

Dear Santa Claus, I live in Howick and I love to play outside. How do you go to all the houses in one night? I want for my brother to have the same game as me because he wants to copy me. I want to have Minecraft because I haven’t tried it. I love Christmas Day because I get new toys to play with. Rest well Santa!

Your friend, Owen

Dear Santa Claus, I am Caitlin. I love to read Own Diary books because it takes me on an adventure. How old are you? I’ve wanted to know that all year, May you bring my family some clothes please then they will look nice for Christmas. May you bring me some chalk please? My chalk is broken and so I can draw. Have a safe ride.

Yours Truly, Caitlin

Dear Santa, I like Roblox because it is a fun game. How many cookies do you want? I want you to eat a lot of cookies for Christmas Eve. Can you give my brother some Robux? I want him to have fun with the Robux. Can I have a new hat because my other hats are ripped and the winter is coming. Winter is cold. I hope you get all of the cookies.

Your Friend, Riggins

Dear Santa Claus, My name is Ethan. I like to play soccer. How do the elves make all the toys? Please get my sister earrings because she can enjoy them. I want a mini stick because I can play with it in the snow. Have a good ride.

Yours Truly, Ethan M

Dear Santa Claus, I am in grade two in Howick. I love to read Pig the Pug books. It is where Pig makes bad decisions. What is your reindeer’s names? Please can you get my brother Reid a dinosaur pillow? It will help him sleep. Can you get me a medium lion so I can snuggle with it? Have a good ride on Christmas Eve.

Your Friend, Gavin

Dear Santa Claus, I am Holden. I love to play hockey. I am good at hockey. I play for the Wallace Sabres. How do you get around the world in one night? Could you bring toys to kids that do not have any toys? I want a Nerf gun with a scope. Your friend, Holden

North Pole

Grade 1A Maitland River Elementary School

Dear Santa, How do the reindeer fly? I have been good this year. I cleaned up the living room. I feed my dog everyday. I would like a barbie and a camper. Thank you very much for my gift last year.

I hope you make it to everyone’s house on time.

Your friend, Kailey

Dear Santa, How do you go through doors?

I have been good this year. I help my friends. I played with my siblings. I would like a bakugan set and some Grey’s Anatomy stuff for my mom and a dinosaur robot. Thank you for the presents. I hope you have a great time.

Your friend, Zaine

Dear Santa, Does Frosty live with you? I have been good this year. I play with Lily in the snow. I help my mom make lunches. I would like a pink stuffy, a toy and a pink treasure chest. Thank you very much for the gifts last year. I hope you get to my house safely.

Your friend, Clarissa

Dear Santa, How do you deliver all the gifts on time? I have been good this year. I decorated the christmas tree and wrote a letter to B. I would like a baby yoda toy, a minion toy, and Ryan’s mystery play date set. Thank you for the star wars lego set. I hope you enjoy the cookies and milk.

Your friend, Lincoln

Dear Santa, Are you cold at the north pole? I made dad a picture. I hug my mom so I think I have been good. Something I would like for Christmas is a pop it and a bike. Thank you for my present last year. I hope you love the cookies that I made you.

From, Rory

Dear Santa, Does Frosty live with you? I have been good. I have helped my mom with dinner and laundry. Something I would like is a squish ball. Thank you for the gift.I hope you get home safe.

Your Friend, Easton

Dear Santa, How do you deliver all the gifts on time? I have been good this year. I took Mrs. B her coffee with a smile to her. I clean up the toys with my sisters. Something I would like for Christmas is a barbie toy tent and a colouring book. Thank you very much for my gifts. I hope you don’t get lost in the snow!

Your friend, Mckenna

Dear Santa, Does Frosty live with you? I have been good this year. I helped with loading the dishwasher. I helped make supper. Something I would like for Christmas is: a unicorn in pajamas and OMG camper. Thank you very much for the presents from last year. I hope you make it to my home!

Your friend, Lyla

Dear Santa, How are the reindeer? I have been good this year! (Mrs. B says so!) I helped my sister clean her room. I helped mom do the dishes. I would like a big puzzle. Thank you for the presents last year. I hope you get everywhere.

Your friend, Calliope

Dear Santa, How do you fly without falling out of your sleigh? I have been good. I did the dishes for my dad. I did the dishes for my mom. I would like a bakugon, a bike and a new blanket. Thank you for the presents. I hope you do not fall on your way home.

Your friend, Rowen

Dear Santa, Does Frosty live with you? I have been good this year. I helped my mom do the laundry. I help my brother with homework. I would like a calendar. Thank you for the presents last year. I hope you make it in time to everyone’s house.

Your grade one friend, Jordyn

Dear Santa, How do the reindeer fly? I have been good! I put the laundry on the line. I would like roller skates and new shoes. Thank you for visiting my home. I hope you get here in time.

Your friend, Henry

Dear Santa, How do you fly without falling out of your sleigh? I have been good this year. I helped my mom set up the Christmas tree. I helped my dad set up the Christmas lights. I would like a geo-gone and a dirt bike. Thank you for giving me the bakugon. I hope you make it.

Your friend, Clark

Dear Santa, How do your reindeers fly? I play with my sister. I helped with the new kittens. So, I think I have been good. I want a cat. I want a flash toy. Thank you for the presents. I hope you have a safe fly home.

From, Kayden

Dear Santa, Is it cold in the North pole? I have been good this year. I cleaned up your elf’s mess and I helped clean up the wrapping paper. I would like a turtle stuffy, a book and a new bowtie. Thank you for the big present last year. I hope you ride safe.

Your friend, Olivia

Dear Santa, Does Frosty live with you?I have been good. I helped my mom decorate the Christmas tree. I went Christmas shopping with my mom. I would like an extreme batman cave and a bakugan for Christmas. Thank you for the visit. I wish you to come on time.

Your friend, Brady

Dear Santa, Does Frosty live with you? I have been this year. I helped my mom do chores. I helped my dad set up the mancave. It was a mess! I would like a flying pixie and a magic glimmer fidget pack. Thank you for the LOL surprise last year. I hope you make it in time!

Your friend, Revel

Dear Santa, How do you deliver all the gifts on time? I have been good. I helped put up the Christmas tree and decorate it. I helped my mom fold the laundry. Something I would like for Christmas is an electric arcade pinball machine, a prank robot and a monopoly builder board game. Thank you very much for looking at our Christmas tree. I hope you have a holly jolly Christmas.

Your friend, Finn

Dear Santa, Does Frosty live with you? I have been good this year. I play with Norah. I helped my mom with the groceries. I would like an LOL surprise, markers and a stuffy. Thank you for the gifts. I hope you have a Merry Christmas.

Your friend, Adleigh

Dear Santa, How many carrots do you need to feed the reindeer? I have been good this year. I played mindcraft with Jamie. I helped clean up the living room. I would like something nice. Thank you very much for my gifts last year.

I hope you have a safe ride home.

Your friend, Leah

Dear Santa, How many trees do you have? I have been good. I made my baby sister laugh. I helped my mom do the laundry. I would like a car that turns into an airplane with a camera. Thank you very much for the present. I hope you are well.

Your friend, Liam

Kindergarten B –Howick Central School

Dear Santa,

My name is Liam.

I am 5 years old.

Thank you for Woody you gave me last year.

This year I would like a PS4.

Love, Liam

Dear Santa,

My name is Jason.

I am 4 years old.

This year I would like a Super Why toy.

Love, Jason

Dear Santa, My name is Hunter.

I am 4 years old.

Thank you for the tea party you gave me last year.

This year I would like a unicorn stuffy.

Love, Hunter

Dear Santa, My name is Reid.

I am 4 years old.

Thank you for the Bumblebee Transformer you gave me last year.

This year I would like a wrecking ball dino.

Love, Reid

Dear Santa, My name is Audrey.

I am 5 years old.

Thank you for the pez dispenser you gave me last year.

This year I would like a unicorn toy

Love, Audrey Dear Santa,

My name is Penny.

I am 5 years old.

Thank you for the planter you gave me last year.

This year I would like slime .

Love, Penny

Dear Santa,

My name is Tanner.

I am 5 years old.

Thank you for Pepa Pig you gave me last year.

This year I would like a flower.

Love, Tanner

Dear Santa, My name is Owen.

I am 4 years old.

Thank you for the Batman Car you gave me last year.

This year I would like a Pepa Pig

set .

Love, Owen

Dear Santa, My name is Chael.

I am 5 years old.

Thank you for the Mega Sword you gave me last year.

This year I would like Pokemon cards .

Love,Chael

Dear Santa, My name is Sarah.

I am 4 years old.

Thank you for the dog you gave me last year.

This year I would like a mouse .

Love, Sarah

Dear Santa, My name is Reese.

I am 5 years old.

Thank you for the sled you gave me last year.

This year I would like a marble run .

Love, Reese

Dear Santa, My name is Makaya.

I am 5 years old.

Thank you for the book you gave me last year.

This year I would like a new cat.

Love, Makaya

Dear Santa, My name is Logan.

I am 5 years old.

Thank you for my Hot Wheels you gave me last year.

This year I would like a remote control Godzilla .

Love, Logan

Dear Santa, My name is Wesley .

I am 4 years old.

Thank you for the poo you gave me last year.

This year I would like a bulldozer.

Love, Wesley

Dear Santa, My name is Braelyn.

I am 5 years old.

Thank you for the panda you gave me last year.

This year I would like a horse .

Love Braelyn

Dear Santa, My name is Annie.

I am 5 years old.

Thank you for the dolphin you gave me last year.

This year I would like a unicorn stuffy.

Love, Annie

Dear Santa, My name is Ruby.

I am 5years old.

Thank you for the camper you gave me last year.

This year I would like unicorn jammies.

Love,Ruby

Dear Santa, My name is Lily.

I am 5 years old.

Thank you for the sled you gave me last year.

This year I would like present pajamas .

Love Lily

Dear Santa, My name is Pheona.

I am 4 years old.

Thank you for the Silly Putty you gave me last year.

This year I would like a dog .

Love Pheona

Dear Santa, My name is Kylie.

I am 5 years old.

Thank you for the tablet you gave me last year.

This year I would like a pop it .

Love Kylie

Dear Santa, My name is Ashlynn.

I am 5 years old.

Thank you for the candy cane you gave me last year.

This year I would like a dolly.

Love Ashlynn

Dear Santa, My name is Cole.

I am 5 years old.

Thank you for the school and school bus you gave me last year. This year I would like some paint.

Love, Cole

Mrs. Martin’s Grade 2 Class – Maitland River Elementary School

Dear Santa, How are you feeling? I hope you are feeling good. I need a new phone because mine is cracked. I’m sad because I use it a lot. And I want a tie sweater. I like it because it is cool. And I’m excited for Christmas! Every Christmas my mom and me throw a carrot out for Rudolph. Your friend, Braxton

Dear Santa, Santa how are you? You must be busy making all those toys and delivering all those gifts in one whole night. You must drink a lot of coffee to not fall asleep. Or is it magic? How do you do your magic? Do you know? If you do please tell me. I really want a Furreal for Christmas please. Oh, also please say hello to Mrs. clause for me thanks. Also there are some toy unicorns. Can I please have one? Love, Brynley

Dear Santa, How are you doing? How is Mrs. Claus doing? How are the reindeer doing? How are the elves doing? How is the north pole? I want a phone please. I want a computer, a Chromebook. My elf said you are the jolly man. Your friend Keeley

Dear Santa, How are you? I love my mom and dad. I need a present for my mom and dad. I am trying not to wreck the lawn with my four wheeler. I want a PS5 and a laptop please. Your friend, Griffin

Dear Santa, Thank you for last year‘s presents. I have been trying to help put away the groceries for my mom. I also have been trying not to do some thing like tripping when I am playing hockey. I want to Nintendo switch please. From, Logan PS I hope you have a good Christmas!

Dear Santa, How are you? I have been good this year. I like looking for the elf every day. I say hi to him! I really really really really really want Oculus and a Barbie airplane! I hope my family has a good time. If you can’t get what I want I will take really anything. Love, Briella

Dear Santa, How are the reindeer and Mrs. Claus? I want a couple of presents for my dogs. Please get them a toy to play with and for me I would like an Apple gift card. Love, Kinsley

Dear Santa, How are you and Mrs. Claus? I have some questions. Is it true that you go around the whole world and make people happy? Santa you are the best person in the world! Thank you so so so so so much. Can you please get me some stuff for Christmas? Oh I forgot! Something I’mproud of is that I can take care of my baby brother. Some thing I want for Christmas is a coffee bobble head for my teacher and I want a Barbie home, Barbie stuff, Barbie car, paint stuff, and slime. Thank you! I hope you have a good Christmas. Love, Sevim

Dear Santa, How are the reindeer? And how is Mrs. Claus? How are the elves? All I want for Christmas is to help my mom and dad and learn tricks on the silks. I hope you have a good Christmas. I would love if you could bring Lego too please. From Aubrey

Dear Santa,

Did you have a great 2020 Christmas? I did. How is Mrs. Claus? How are you? How is jingo? Jingle says she wants stuffies for Christmas. My best friend is Jevyn. He should get a Pokémon. My toothbrush stopped working. Can you get me another one? Oh I love dinos. Can you get me a Land of Dinos making art toy? Your friend, Sawyer

Dear Santa

Thank you for the presents last year. How is Mrs. Claus doing? How are the reindeer doing? How are the elves doing? I am helping friends and I am helping family. Santa, can you please get me a new phone case? Santa, can you please get me an RC car? Santa can you please bring me a Lego set, and a new Bakugan? I hope you have a good trip and be careful! Goodbye! I hope you have a good Christmas. From, Logan

Dear Santa,

I am working on taking care of my cat. I will try writing. I will try doing my books. Santa, do you know when Rudolph the reindeer was born? For Christmas I want Bakugan please. From, Aidan

& HappyNew Year

Dear Santa, Are your reindeer doing OK? I hope they are OK. I hope you are OK too. How is Mrs. Claus? Is she OK? For Christmas this year I want a Google play card and a tablet case that fits my tablet. How was your Christmas last year? I hope it was good. Is it true that you go around the world in one night? From, Jayce

Dear Santa,

How is Mrs. Claus? Can you send me a picture of her? Is she well? I hope she is not sick. I am working on finding some more valuable rocks. I would really like a noisemaker and an electric Lego set. Your friend, Lian

Dear Santa, Were you good when you were a kid? Were you good at hockey when you were a kid? I am proud of listening to my teacher. I am working on stopping in hockey. I need some fluoride rents. I would like the video game NHL 22. Have a great day Santa! From, Grant

Dear Santa,

Hi Santa! I have been a good boy this year. This is why I help my dad with the groceries. I am bad at drawing. Can you bring me something to practice drawing? How is everybody doing? I need a calculator because when people ask me a math question I can use the calculator that you gave me. If you can then I would also like a computer for Christmas. Have a good Christmas Santa! Love, Jevyn

Dear Santa, How are you doing? And how is Mrs. Claus doing? I’m doing good. How are the reindeer? How are the elves? I liked last year’s gifts, especially the slippers. This year I would like an RC drone, and an RC monster truck. I’ll leave you some cookies and the reindeer some carrots. You may get hungry on the way. From, Brodie

And wishing you the very best in the coming new year!

in the coming new year!

And wishing you the very best in the coming new year!

And wishing you the very best in the coming new year!

And wishing you the very best in the coming new year!

Lisa Thompson, MPP Huron-Bruce

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Class 3B Mrs. Bloemberg – Maitland River Elementary School

Dear Santa,

My name is Bailey. I am 8 years old. I would really like a hockey net for Christmas so when we build an ice rink me and my brother can have a game and we have full equipment so maybe I can be goalie for 1 team. Speaking of goalie equipment I would really like another pair of goalie pads. We need a new goalie helmet that would be great if you could get us that too so we can get some exercise because we usually been just sitting down on the couch doing nothing.

Your Pal, Bailey

Dear Santa

Hi, my name is Axel and I am 8 years old. I live in White Church. I have been trying really hard to get on your nice list this year. One think that Ive done is help my dad park the 4 wheeler in the back of the shop. To show kindness this season I want to help my sister build a snowman.

I have a few special wishes. I would like an electric guitar because my dad and I went to a music shop and he got me guitar lesson gift certificates and I love to play the guitar. I would also like a hockey puck set. It has all the hockey teams in it. I love hockey and I have a hockey net but I don’t have any more pucks left.

I am very excited for your visit. I promise to leave out some milk and cookies for a snack.

Your pal, Axel

Dear Santa

Hi my name is Andrew

I am 8 years old. I live in Wingham. I’ve been trying to be on your nice list this year. I bring my dog in and out and bring him for walks. This season I want to give gifts to people who can’t get gifts. I have a few special wishes. I would like a pet for my room like a hamster or a mouse. I think that a hamster would be good to keep me company in my room and I can feed it food.

I will leave you a big cookie.

Your Pal, Andrew

Dear Santa,

Hi my name is Callen. I am 8 years old. I live in Wingham. I’ve been really trying to get on the nice list this year. I give people fist pumps after my hockey game. I’m going to show kindness by helping my mom clean. I wish that I can get a hockey stick because mine is getting old. I will leave cookies. Have a good trip.

Your Pal, Callen

Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Allanna and I am 8 years old. I live outside of Wingham. I have been trying really hard to get on your nice list this year. One thing I have done is helped with the chickens and the dishwasher. To show kindness this season I want to help my mom with the Christmas cookies. I have a few special wishes. I would like a puppy or a basketball net for over my bed. A puppy would give me lots of exercise and so would a basketball net. I am very excited for your vist. I promise to leave you out some cookies and milk for a snack.

Happy holidays and thank you. From Allanna

Dear Santa,

My name is Lenyx and I am eight years old. I live in the country. Ive been trying really hard to steer to get on your nice list. One thing I have done this year is clean the ditch for the environment. To sho kindness this season I want to help people by cleaning thieir gardens.

I have a few special wishes. I would like a LOL doll and a OMG doll and a LOL doll van because I could share them with my sister. I am very excited for your visit. I promise to leave some milk and cookies for a snack.

Thank. You. From Lenyx

Dear Santa

Hi my name is Beau. I’m 8 years old. I lisve outside of Wingham in the country. One thin I have done was feed my cat to be on the nice list. To show kindness this season I wont fight with my brother. I have a few special wishes. I would like a new pair od headphones because my games are so loud and my mom and dad are working.

I’m very excited for your visit. I promise to leave some cookies for a snack. Happy holidays and thank you!

Your Pal, Beau

Dear Santa Hi! My name is Ollie. I am 8 years old. I live in Brussels. I have been trying to be really good this year by feeding my bunnies. To show kindness this season, I want to help my mom make dinner. I have a few special wishes. I would like Minecraft lego. It would give me something to do. I would also like some bunny food so I can keep my bunnies alive.

I am going to give you a present. Thank you.

Love, Ollie

Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Bettina and I am 8 years old. I love in Wingham. I have been trying to be very good . This is how I have been good. I have been doing things like sweeping and cleaning my lizard tank. Also my elf came today. I would like really anything like Barbies or LOL Dolls ok and when you leave you can have a glass of milk with cookies. You are probably very busy with all the toys getting the reindeer ready.

Love, Bettina

Dear Santa, Hi my name is James and I am 8 years old. I love outside of Wingham. I have been trying very hard to get on your nice list. This year one thing I have done is I hver been good at hockey because I have shook hands. To show kindness this season I want to build a snowman for my sister Bella. I have a few special wishes. I would like a. Nano Flash scorpion because I ran out of batteries and I don’t know where to get them. For your hard trip, I will leave you some cookies.

Love, James

Dear Santa, Hi Santa! My name is Xander and I am 8 years old. I have been trying to be good by helping my dad by doing the garbage. I help my mom clean. I would like a new tablet and pop it. I will pass my old tablet onto my brother. The pop it would give me something to do when I am bored. I will leave you cookies. I cant wait to see you.

Your Pal, Xander

Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Lanny and I am 8 years old. I live in Wingham. I have been trying really hard to get on your nice list this year. One thing I have done is I helped Maueric play goalie at hockey practice. To show kindness this season, I want to get my dad new goalie gear. I have a few special wishes. I would like new goalie pads because mine are getting old. I am very excited for your visit. I promise to leave out some cookies for a snack.

Happy Holidays and thank you. Your Pal, Lanny

Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Zuhir and I am 9 years old. I live in Wingham. I have been trying really hard to get on your nice list this year. One thing I have done is I help my dad take the snow away in the driveway. To show kindness this season, I want to help clean up the food at dinner. I have a few special wishes. I would like a new phone, an ipad and pop it. My phone is broken. I need a new ipad becase my baby sister keeps taking the other one. I am very excited for your visit. Happy Holidays and thank you. Your Pal Zuhir

Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Bryson and I am 8 years old. I live in Wingham. I have been trying really hard to get on your nice list this year. Once think I have done is help my mom feeding the dog, letting the dog our and letting it in. To show kindness this season, I want to help my mom clean.

I have a few special wishes. I would like a pop it and a scooter. The pop it would be fun for me to play with when I am bored. My old scooter is going to my brother so I need some exercise. I am very excited for your visit. I promise to leave out some cookies for a snack.

Happy Holidays and thank you. Your Pal, Bryson

Mrs Speers’ Grade 1/2 –Sacred Heart Teeswater

Dear Santa & Mrs. Claus, Are your reindeer practicing up f or t he big night? How are your elves making out with making lots of toys for the good boys and girls? For Christmas, I would like a remote control snowmobile. I would also like a remote control monster truck as well as a remote control tractor and a remote control combine, and please Santa a remote control jeep. I ’m going to l eave you some carrots f or your reindeer and cookies f or you and Mrs. Claus. For Christmas, I would also like a couple nerf guns with darts, as well as a digger that is a remote control. Please! Also, I would like a Paw Patrol movie, Ultimate City 3ft Tall Transforming Tower with 6 action figures, toy car, lights and sounds and a few more bey blades. Oh sorry Santa I f orgot to put t his one atthe t op of my l etter. I really would like a new i Pad for Christmas very badly! Mine is not working so well. P. S. Hope your trip is not too stormy for you on Christmas Eve Santa. Have a safe one!

Your Friend, Cody S.

Dear Santa Claus, Thank you f or replying t o my last l etter. I am Alexander and I am 6. I live i n Teeswater. I like to go to Ethan and Caleigh’s. How do your reindeer fly? What do you eat? What do you do all day?

For Christmas I would really like a cap gun 1000. I hope the elf in our class isn’t going to be a trouble maker.

From, Alexander M.

Dear Santa Claus, My name i s Andrew. I live just north of Lucknow. I am 6 years old. I live with my cats Bruno and Bootsy, my Dad, my Mom, and my brother Jason. I love snow and my cats. Do your elves really make the toys or do you buy them? Are your reindeer really magical? Is it really you for Santa pictures? For Christmas I would really l ike a Lego Luigi Starter Course, Bioncles, and new Bey Blades. I wish my cat Bootsy was not shy.

From, Andrew M.

Dear Sant, Hi! My name is Blakeh and I am 8 years old. I live in Bluevale. I have been trying really hard to get on your nice list. One thing I have done is helping my sister when she is sick. To show kindness this season, I want to be nice to everyone. I have a few special wishes. I would like my dog to come back to life and a snowboard. I am very excited for your visit. I promise to leave out some cookies for a snack.

Happy Holidays and thank you.

Your Pal, Blakeh

Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Caleb and I am 8 years old. I live outside of Wingham. I have been trying really hard to get on your nice list this year. One thing I have done is helped my dad pull weed to get ready for winter. To show kindness this season, I want to clean the yard. I have a few special wishes I would like spiderman toys. It would keep me off my devise. I am very excited for your visit. I promise to leave out some cookies for a snack. Happy Holidays and thank you. Sincerely Caleb

Dear Santa, Hi my name is Jase and I am 8 years old. I live in Wingham. I have been trying really hard to get on your nice list this year. One thing I have done is help my mom feeding the dog. To show kindness this season I want to help clean the yard. I have a few special wishes. I would like a snow board because I wont be on a devise. I am very excited for your visit. I promise to leave out some cookies for a snack. Happy holidays and thank you. Sincerely Jase.

Dear Santa, My name is Harper and I am 8 years old. I love in Wingham. This year I am trying to be on your nice list. I should be on your nice list because I am going to help my mom this season. This year I want a chocolate pen pies. I will leave out some milk and cookies for you. Can you say hi to Mrs. Clause for me. I should get chocolate pen because my family like when me and my mom bake like cakes and cookies and muffins. I bet you like milk and cookies. I bet you are busy making toys. I hope you have a good night. I’ll try to be good. Bye Santa.

Sincerely Harper.

Dear Santa Claus, My name is Cameron. I am 7 years old. I live outside of Teeswater. I live with my sister Natalie, my mom and dad, and my brother Blake. I like four wheeling. Is your sleigh made out of cookies and milk? Do you make the elves? Do your reindeer eat snow? For Christmas I would really like a remote control backhoe. I also wish I could see my friend Liam sometime.

From, Cameron G.

Dear Santa, My name is Tucker and I am 6 years old. I l ive on a farm. How do you get t he presents down the chimney? For Christmas I would like a GT. I would like my mom to have a Christmas mug.

From, Tucker L.

Dear Santa, My name is Conner Beck. I am 6. I play hockey. I live outside Teeswater with my dog and mymom and my dad and my brother Marshall. Does your sleigh make hot cocoa and cookies? For Christmas I would really like a cap gun and a BB gun. I wish my brother Blake could get an iPad.

From, Connor B.

Dear Santa Claus, My name is Dawson and I am 6 years old. I l ive i n Teeswater with Aaliyah and Kaiden. I likesnowmobiling. Do you have elves dressed up l ike you? I s t here a snowman at the North Pole? Do you make t he elves? For Christmas I would really l ike a hoverboard. I wish I could see my grandma Cordes too.

From, Dawson C.

Dear Santa Claus, My name is Barron. I am 6 years old. I live in Teeswater with my Mommy, Daddy, Gage, and Gunner. I like Lego Mario. Do you like cookies? Do you want a sleigh? For Christmas I would really like Bowser Junior’s castle. Gage wants a small four wheeler.

From, Barron F.

Dear Santa Claus, My name is Malcolm and I am 6 years old. I l ive on a f arm with horses, chickens, cats, dogs, and hay bales. For Christmas I want a remote control with t racks and wheels. I want my mom to have a tea pot.

From, Malcolm M.

Dear Santa Claus, My name is Tyson and I am seven. I live outside Formosa. I live on a farm with lots of animals. Are your elves real? Do you make the elves? Do your reindeers eat carrots? For Christmas I would really l ike a nerf gun and hoverboard. I want my grandma to feel better t oo.

From, Tyson K.

Dear Santa Claus or St. Nick, My name is Carson and I’m 7 years old. I live on concession 10 with my brother. I like bionicles. Do you buy the t oys or do you make them? Are your reindeer magical? Do you know if there are cameras to catch you? For Christmas I want bionicles and for my mom to get $55, 000 in cash.

From, Carson V.

Dear Santa, My name i s David and I am 6 years old. I live outside of Belmore. Are you real? For Christmas I would like bey blades. I would l ike my f riends t o have a good Christmas too.

From, David B.

Dr. Doug, Dr. Matt, Dr. John, Crystal, Zorina, Dilynn, Haley & Margie

We’re all revved up to wish you the best this holiday season. Merry

Big thanks to all of our valued customers for your trust in us!

Kindergarten C MRES

Celebrate the Miracle!

As we celebrate the birth of our Saviour, we’re reminded of the many blessings we enjoy, including the opportunity to serve good people like you.

Merry Christmas and many thanks for your generous support all year long.

Terry & Wendy Cormack and Staff

The world’s largest yule log

By Johannie Dufour and Sarah Beauregard Translated by Katya Teague

What a whirlwind it was at the Snow Island cake factory that day! Since the crack of dawn, the region’s best pastry chefs had been hard at work trying to break the world record for the largest yule log. Their goal: to make a vanilla cake with chocolate frosting almost the size of a house. It seemed like an outrageously ambitious challenge, but the Snow Island bakers and their many assistants were confident that their talent and determination would help them succeed.

Sitting on bleachers set up for the occasion, several people watched the scene unfold with great interest.

“Look, Capella,” Orion said to his twin sister. “The container for mixing the frosting is as big as the public pool!”

“Yum! Chocolate is so tasty,” the gluttonous girl replied. “I would love to just swim in it!”

Walking around the factory floor was the top journalist from the Snow Island Gazette, who didn’t want to miss a minute of the momentous occasion. With his camera in hand and a gleam in his eye, Gregory Slifer intended to capture the action from every angle.

To get the perfect shot of the vat of chocolate frosting, he climbed into a basket on the end of a nearby forklift. An experienced worker used the machine to carefully raise him above the massive tank.

“What an incredible view,” Gregory said, leaning a little too far forward.

At that very moment, the strap around his neck meant to hold the camera snapped. Wide eyed, Gregory watched as his prized equipment plummeted to the chocolatey surface below and sunk into the frosting.

This Christmas, Snow Island celebrates its 250th birthday! Fun and festivities are organized, but not everything goes according to plan…

Orion and Capella rushed to the reporter’s side.

“Mr. Slifer, is your camera waterproof?” Orion asked.

“It is indeed! Waterproof and extremely durable,” Gregory replied. “I often use it outdoors when I cover blizzards and ice storms. I’ve always been able to count on it.”

“Well, we can fish it out for you, no problem,” Capella declared.

“And clean it off, too,” her brother added.

After getting permission from the factory’s health and safety director, Capella embarked on the tricky mission. After putting on her scuba gear (which her parents had quickly brought from home), the young girl was strapped to the end of the forklift with a sturdy harness. Unable to contain her excitement, Capella was then lowered into the vat of creamy chocolate.

A few minutes later, the eight-year-old girl emerged. Covered in frosting, she held up the camera for all to see. “Got it,” she cried out.

The grateful reporter rushed to her side to thank Capella and retrieve his equipment. Wiping the lens, he was relieved to discover that the camera still worked.

After carefully purifying the vat of frosting, the Snow Island culinary crew completed their challenge. The panel of judges were duly impressed. Once a picture was taken for the Book of World Records , the giant dessert was sliced up and shared among all the residents of the region — much to the delight of Capella and her brother.

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Farm For Sale

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POULTRY FARM SUPERVISORS/ CHICKEN CATCHING SUPERVISORS

- Moonfleet Poultry urgently requires 11 Poultry Farm Labour - Chicken Catcher Supervisors for work in various locations involving travel in surrounding areas of Walkerton, Guelph, Cambridge, Hamilton and Eastern Ontario. Permanent full-time positions are available immediately. Wages: $18.00/hr for 40 hrs a week. No education required, however previous experience of 6-12 months supervising or chicken catching would be an asset. Duties include organizing and driving crews, setting up farm, catching and loading poultry into crates, cleaning area after work is completed. Must have a valid driver’s licence and criminal record check. Company transportation van provided for work. Please send resumes to: email at jobs@moonfleetpoultry.com or fax to: 519-881-4577 or send by mail P.O. Box 9, Walkerton, Ontario, N0G 2V0.

CHICKEN CATCHERS - Moonfleet Poultry is looking for 176 Chicken Catchers for work in various locations involving travel in surrounding areas of Walkerton, Guelph, Cambridge, Hamilton and Eastern Ontario. Offering permanent full-time employment. Wages: $16.75/hr. for 40 hours per week or piecework earnings – whichever is greater. No skills or education required. Previous experience is an asset. Duties include catching and loading poultry into crates. Please send resume to - email: jobs@moonfleetpoultry.com or fax to 519-881-4577 or send by mail P.O. Box 9 Walkerton, Ontario, N0G 2V0.

TANDA FARMS - outside of Atwood, is seeking to add you our family farm swine team, a swine tech. Job includes all aspects of the Swine production chain. Weekend work, is required. Wage range is based on experience $14.50 to $16.00 starting range. Please email cover letter, including references and resume to tanya@birchlawn.ca

ARE YOU LOOKING TO SELL SOME THINGS before spring cleaning or yard sale season starts? Do you have things you never use or haven’t used in years or have no use for? We have over 20 years and trust in the buy and sell trade and will always pay more for things that are in demand. No large furniture or appliances, please. We are looking for things like metal toys, old pottery, costume jewellery, old jars, signs, old fishing and hunting hear, old tools, good glass, video games and systems, native things, tins, military items, old farm and tractor related magazines, art and much more. We will never pressure you into selling something that you don’t want to sell. Give Mike or Helena a call at 519-4290487 anytime.

POSITION TITLE: Information Services Team Member

South West Ontario Veterinary Services is a dynamic leader in the Pork Production Industry. We pride ourselves on stellar customer service, innovation and collaboration. We offer our employees a progressive and family-oriented atmosphere, where they can learn and grow in their careers. These are exciting times and we are expanding.

POSITION TITLE: Information Services Team Member

POSITION TITLE: Administrative Assistant Synergy Services is a full service pork production company. Our job is to provide top level management and marketing services for our clients – both corporate and independent pork producers. We need to help our clients meet their business and personal goals, and to help to keep their operations competitive, while at the same time ensuring that their pork is the product of choice for meat packers and their customers. In addition, we have a responsibility to our clients, their customers and to the general public, to ensure that our production system operates in an environmentally sustainable fashion, produces safe and wholesome food products and that the animals we use are housed and handled in a humane manner.

South West Ontario Veterinary Services is a dynamic leader in the Pork Production Industry. We pride ourselves on stellar customer service, innovation and collaboration. We offer our employees a progressive and family-oriented atmosphere, where they can learn and grow in their careers. These are exciting times and we are expanding.

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Information Services Team.

Responsibilities of this position include:

• Be the main point of contact for a subset of clients

We are currently looking for the right individual to join our team as an Administrative Assistant.

Responsibilities of this position include:

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Information Services Team.

• Data entry

• Generate and distribute reports

Responsibilities of this position include:

• Communicate daily with farms regarding their data

• Provide excellent customer service to internal and external clients

• Logistics support

• Draft and send internal and external communications

• Various internal and external reporting

• Gain and maintain expertise in tools and programs used by the team

• Be the main point of contact for a subset of clients

• Learn and become proficient in new programs and tools adopted by the team

• Navigate our multi platform tool set

• Data entry

Qualifications & Skills Required:

• Generate and distribute reports

• Ability to work in a team environment

• Communicate daily with farms regarding their data

• Strong attention to detail

• Provide excellent customer service to internal and external clients

• Office support for other team members including various paperwork tasks, filing, etc.

Qualifications & Skills Required:

• Provide excellent customer service to internal and external clients

• Excellent organizational and time management skills

• Learn and become proficient in new programs and tools adopted by the team

• Excellent communication skills

• Navigate our multi platform tool set

• Comfortable working on a computer for the full workday

• Knowledge of the swine industry would be considered a strong asset

• Willingness to provide data management services on farm is an asset

Qualifications & Skills Required:

• Intermediate to high level skills in the Microsoft suite of programs –specifically Outlook, Word, Excel and Teams

• Superb customer service skills

• Ability to work in a team environment

• Strong attention to detail

• Comfortable with current technology

• A collaborative attitude and a drive to do good work

• Excellent organizational and time management skills

• Excellent communication skills

• A positive and professional manner with clients and co-workers

• Comfortable working on a computer for the full workday

This is a full time position located in Listowel, Ontario. South West Vets offers its employees a competitive salary and a generous benefits package. Employee perks include: a fully stocked kitchen, clothing allowance and staff appreciation events. Interested applicants can send their resume to: Mandi Ropp at aropp@southwestvets.ca

• Intermediate to high level skills in the Microsoft suite of programs – specifically Outlook, Word and Excel

• Experience working with database programs is an asset

• Strong aptitude for working with phone systems and via various communication platforms

• Superb customer service skills

• Attention to detail and good time management skills

• A collaborative attitude and a drive to do good work

• A positive and professional manner with clients and co-workers

Salary: Based on experience and skills + Group Benefits

• Knowledge of the swine industry would be considered a strong asset

• Willingness to provide data management services on farm is an asset

• Intermediate to high level skills in the Microsoft suite of programs – specifically Outlook, Word, Excel and Teams

• Superb customer service skills

• Comfortable with current technology

• A collaborative attitude and a drive to do good work

For the right candidate, this position has the potential for a lot of growth and opportunities as it evolves. This is a full time position located in Listowel, Ontario. There is the possibility of a home/office split when appropriate.

Interested applicants can send their resume to: Mandi Ropp at aropp@southwestvets.ca

JOIN OUR TEAM!

• A positive and professional manner with clients and co-workers

Quality Engineered Homes Ltd. is a leader in a custombuilt modular housing for homeowners throughout Ontario. We have immediate opportunities within our successful and growing company for self-motivated persons with exceptional organizational skills.

Interested applicants can send their resume to: Mandi Ropp at aropp@southwestvets.ca

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE / ADMINISTRATION

As a member of our Accounting Department, your responsibilities will include data entry, mail, filing, reconciling accounts and other duties as assigned.

Must be accurate, energetic, organized and willing to take on a wide variety of challenging duties. EXCEL & Word skills required.

SITE & SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR

If You Are Looking For The Next Big WIN in your career This Might Be It!

This is a full time position located in Listowel, Ontario. South West Vets offers its employees a competitive salary and a generous benefits package. Employee perks include: a fully stocked kitchen, clothing allowance and staff appreciation events.

P – 519-271-2111 or 877-699-0601 P

F – 519-271-0992 or 519-272-2215

Responsibilities will include answering/returning service calls, updating Service Portal, in addition you will prepare work orders for Contractors, order materials and schedule service appointments under the direction from the Warranty Service Manager & Site Operations Manager. Assist with Oversized Load Permits, book hotel rooms, filing and other office duties.

Applicants with previous Customer Service experience and/ or Residential Construction and TARION experience would be beneficial.

This is your chance for an attractive benefit plan, competitive wages and the opportunity to develop your skills with a growing and successful company.

Please send resume, preferably by fax or email to:

Quality Engineered Homes Ltd.

c/o Human Resources

Fax: (519) 323-3897

Email: careers@qualityhomes.on.ca Website: www.qualityhomes.ca

We are seeking a highly motivated, sales driven and technology savvy Sales Representative who will help regional businesses with their marketing efforts.

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Gordon Mayberry

In memory of December 15, 2019

I saw a cardinal in my garden today, His bright red colour was a beautiful display, Thoughts of you brought a smile to my face, As my visitor from Heaven stopped by with such grace.

Always loved and remembered by

Pat

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Special! Two Semi-private lessons, 1 group class and a Karate uniform for $26.99 plus tax. Classes for ages 4 to Adult. Learn Self-discipline and Self-defense. Develop Self-confidence. You can start now or after Xmas. 519-577-7874 or shihan@promarkarate.ca

ATWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

LUNCH – Monday, December 20, 2021 located at 140 Monument Road. $15.00/ meal. MUST PRE-REGISTER by Friday, December 17 at 4pm with Community Outreach Services 519-595-8755 or email milvertonoutreach@knollcrestlodge.com. CURB SIDE PICK UP ONLY 12:15 – 12:30. MENU Roast Turkey & Cranberries, Mashed Potatoes, Dressing, Turnip, Cabbage Salad, Dinner Roll, Christmas Pudding or Lemon Chiffon Pie (let us know at time of booking) Juice.

SWARTZ – In memory of Gary Swartz, December 15, 2001.

You did so many things for us

Your heart was kind and true; And when we needed someone We could always count on you. In all that life has given us

And all that’s left to do; We’ll never have a greater gift Than our memories of you.

Remembered by Rob, Ryan and Adam.

card oF thanks

THANK YOU - to all the people who supported us at our Foodgrains BBQ. We were able to send a donation of $7,000.00 to the Foodgrains Bank Project. The Government matches the funds 4 to 1. Belmore-Mildmay-McIntosh Pastoral Charge.

CARSON AUCTIONS UPCOMING SALES

Sat. Dec. 18th – 11:00 a.m. - Beef Cow & Calf Sale. Offering cows, breeder bulls, and cow/calf pairs. Cull cows at 11a.m. followed by Stocker sale.

Wed. Dec. 22nd – 11:30 a.m. - Dairy Sale. Offering Holstein milking & springing cows and heifers plus open and bred heifers.

Wed. Dec. 29th – 11:00 a.m. - Beef Cow & Calf Sale. Offering cows, breeder bulls, and cow/calf pairs. Cull cows at 11a.m. followed by Stocker sale.

Consignments Accepted to all Sales! Book to Machinery or Property Sales! Held in person or online! Looking to sell your cows, equipment or property? Contact us today!

Give us a call office 519-291-2049

David Carson 519-291-8252

Don Robertson 519-291-8582

Marlene McHarg

Marlene (Duncan) McHarg, was born in 1942 on the Maryborough Township home farm but spent most of her life in Clifford, Ontario. Marlene passed away surrounded by her family into the arms of the Lord, at her home in Listowel on Monday, December 6, 2021, in her 80th year.

Loving wife of Hartley McHarg for 56 years. Cherished Mother of Melanie McHarg & Steve Pizzey of Guelph, Trevor & Wanda McHarg of Mount Forest, and Troy McHarg of Guelph. Beloved Grandmother of Matthew Pizzey of Guelph, Becky Pizzey & David Lawson of Kitchener, Kyleena & Mike Bujold of Sudbury, Michael McHarg of Ottawa, Madison Gillis & Sam Kierinkiewicz of Mount Forest, and Liam Gillis of Mount Forest. Sister of Doreen Seguin of Martintown, Doris & David Illman of Kitchener, Joyce & Bob Hansen of Wartburg, and Brian Duncan of Milverton, and sister-in-law of Ken O’Grady of Listowel, Lois Duncan of Listowel, Peter Geertsma of Brunner, and Neil McHarg of Red Deer, AB. She was a beloved aunt to many nieces and nephews.

Predeceased by her sisters Velma Carruthers, Leone Duncan, Alma O’Grady, and Marj Geertsma, and

brothers Glen Duncan, Ross Duncan, and Colin Duncan.

Marlene was an exceptional wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Marlene loved spending time in the kitchen, creating delicious meals and being the glue that held her family together. She was always there to listen, guide and embrace with the best hug. She was there to offer help with her Church, community and family. Marlene was a loving soul whose passion was caring for others.

Visitation will be held at the Eaton Funeral Home, Listowel on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 from 2:00 to 4:00 and 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. You must schedule a time to attend by clicking RSVP on the funeral home website, or by calling 519291-4840. The funeral service will be held at Knox United Church, Clifford on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Interment in Fairview Cemetery, Listowel. Everyone attending either the visitation or the funeral service must show proof of full vaccination.

Memorial donations to Knox United Church, Clifford may be made if you choose.

Online condolences may be left at www.eatonfuneralhome.ca

Kevin, Lisa, Katelyn and Kyle Kurt, Laura, Addy, Tate and Jack

Dear Santa, I would please like a kitty with batteries.

Merry Christmas

Love: Adelyne

Dear Santa,

I would really like a corn bin with an auger. I would also like a green bucket tractor, a small pig barn and a puppy with batteries.

Thank you and Merry Christmas!

Love: Bennett

Dear Santa,

I was very good this year and I have a lot of things for Christmas. I would like a big cow barn and a corn bin with an auger and grain truck. I would also like a fork lift and a red bucket tractor.

Merry Christmas!

Love: Shaelynn

Dear Santa, I can’t wait until Christmas. I want a venom toy and a punching bag and a bean bag too. And I want a hockey jersey and the main thing I want for Christmas is my mom to get better soon. And I hope the elves are doing good too. I have a question. Do you eat all the cookies?

I love you so much, Santa. Leim Bentley (9)

Dear Santa

I wode like a Presit Pet. Stufe Owl. Pekachoo stufe.

I hope you have a nise Cismas. Love, Lydia Markovic, age 5

Letters to Santa

All the best this holiday season to you and your family from the team at Listowel Chrysler and Listowel Ford!

All the best this holiday season! We appreciate your friendship, support and we hope all of your wishes come true this Christmas!

Celebrating 28 years!

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Letters to Santa

Ms. Nuhn, Grade 1/2

Listowel Eastdale

Dear Santa,

My name is Michael. This year, I have been really good. I would really like it if you could bring me an iPad and Robux.

Love, Michael

Dear Santa, My name is Dinh. This year, I have been really good. I would really like it if you could bring me a toy car and Robux.

Love, Dinh

Dear Santa,

My name is Katie. This year, I have been really good. I would really like it if you could bring me a guitar, a real life doll and LOL dolls.

Love, Katie

Dear Santa,

My name is Laila. This year, I have been really good. I would really like it if you could bring me magic mixies, LOL dolls and a poopsie dancing doll.

Love, Laila

Dear Santa, My name is Calvin. This year, I have been really good. I would really like it if you could bring me Nintendo Switch games, an iPad and a toy car.

Love, Calvin

Dear Santa, My name is Amelia. This year, I have been really good. I would really like it if you could bring me an iPad, a cat, tie shoes and LOL dolls.

Love, Amelia

Dear Santa,

My name is Krishna. This year, I have been really good. I would really like it if you could bring me a piano, guitar, drums and magic mixies.

Love, Krishna

Dear Santa, My name is Keegan. This year, I have been really good. I would really like it if you could bring me drums, Robux and hockey stuff.

Love, Keegan

Dear Santa, My name is Isla. This year, I have been really good. I would really like it if you could bring me a pop it, Robux and LOL dolls.

Love, Isla

Dear Santa, My name is Mackenzie. This year, I have been really good. I would really like it if you could bring me a life size Rapunzel doll, an iPad and a doll I can put makeup on.

Love, Mackenzie

Dear Santa, My name is Eilidh. This year, I have been really good. I would really like it if you could bring me an iPad, a real life doll and LOL dolls.

Love, Eilidh

Dear Santa, My name is Dylan. This year, I have been really good. I would really like it if you could bring me minecoins, Nintendo games and Robux.

Love, Dylan

Dear Santa, My name is Rama. This year, I have been really good. I would really like it if you could bring me an iPad and LOL dolls.

Love, Rama

Dear Santa, My name is Pranjal. This year, I have been really good. I would really like it if you could bring me a guitar, LOL dolls and Roblox.

Love, Pranjal

Dear Santa, My name is Simona. This year, I have been really good. I would really like it if you could bring me a life size Rapunzel doll, a piano and LOL dolls.

Love, Simona

Dear Santa, My name is Theodore. This year, I have been really good. I would really like it if you could bring me a Nintendo Switch, piano and a guitar.

Love, Theodore

Ms. Versteeg, Grade 2

Listowel Eastdale

Dear Santa,

My name is Nathan Boneshansker. I am 7 years old. I am very good at somersaults. Thank you for all the presents last year!

My favourite Christmas tradition is putting up the Christmas tree. For Christmas, I’d like LEGO.

Merry Christmas Santa!

Love Nathan

Dear Santa,

My name is Zoe Anne Battams-Somers I am 7 years old and I am very good at listening. Thank you for my baby sky doll!

My favourite Christmas tradition is giving you cookies and milk, Santa. This year my Christmas wishes are a baby Elsa doll, music instruments and a Canada Flag.

Merry Christmas Santa!

Love Zoe Anne BattamsSomers

Dear Santa,

My name is Travis Hodges. I am 7 years old and I am very good at putting up the Christmas tree. My favourite Christmas food is waffles.

Thank you for filling my stocking. My Christmas wish this year is just to help YOU Santa. You can pick my presents.

Merry Christmas!

Love Travis

Dear Santa, My name is Jaxson Garland. I am 7 years old and I am very good at playing my Nintendo Switch. Thank you for giving me a transformer car last year. My favourite Christmas tradition is decorating the tree .This year, my Christmas wish is that you will bring candy!

Merry Christmas!

Bye! Jaxson

Dear Santa, My name is Jayla Henry. I am 7 years old. I am very good at dancing. Thank you for bringing me a doll last year!

My favourite Christmas tradition is setting up the lights. My Christmas wishes this year are LOL dolls, a book, a toy car, toy lights, and a puppy.

Merry Christmas Santa!

Love Jayla

Dear Santa, My name is Quinn Bakker. I am 7 years old. I am very good at cartwheels. Thank you for bringing me a chart and bringing me presents each year.

My favourite Christmas traditions are having hot chocolate after going outside, having special food for Christmas morning and opening presents with my whole family. This year my Christmas wishes are for a skateboard, a big stuffed cat and a big kitten stuffy.

Merry Christmas Santa!

Love Quinn

Dear Nicholas,

My name is Seth Viggo Reimer. I am 7 years old. I am good at being smart and silly. I am very good at making friends.

My favourite Christmas tradition is putting up the Christmas tree. Thank you for bringing me the Mega Pokemon LEGO set last year.Am I on the nice list this year?

My Christmas wish this year is for the Peavey Market outer space set thing-ama-bob. There are only 4 left in stock. So be quick!

Merry Christmas,

Love: Seth Viggo Reimer P.S. I like you!

Dear Santa,

My name is Kendrick McDougall. I am 7 years old and I am very good at jumping. Thank you for giving me pink slime last year. My favourite Christmas tradition is opening my presents. This year, my Christmas wish is that you will give me a gumball set.

Merry Christmas!

Love, Kendrick

P.S. Please bring a butler to do my mom’s chores

Dear Santa

My name is John Rai. 7 years old and I am very good at helping my mom and dad. Thank you for bringing me toys each year. My favourite Christmas tradition is opening up presents. My Christmas wish this year is for a chart.

Merry Christmas Santa Love John Rai.

Dear Santa

My name is Charlotte. I am 7 years old and I’m good at drawing. Thank you for bringing me presents!

My best Christmas tradition is putting up decorations. This year, my Christmas wishes are an iPod, L.O.L dolls and slime.

Merry Christmas!

Love Charlotte

Dear Santa, My name is Kenzie. I am 7 years old and I am very good at cartwheels. My Christmas wishes this year are for a LOL doll and a Toy caper. Thank you for the LEGO last year!

My favourite Christmas traditions are opening up Christmas presents that you gave me and building gingerbread houses. And don’t forget my name is Kenzie.

Merry Christmas Santa and the elves!

Love, Kenzie Smith

Dear Santa, My name is Logan Klassen. I am 7 years old. I am very good at counting. Thank you for bringing me a scarf last year

My favourite Christmas tradition is looking in my stocking. For Christmas, I’d like a hoverboard.

Merry Christmas Santa

I like you

Love Logan

Dear Santa, My name is Evelyn Amy Allen. I am 7 years old now and I am very good at math. Thank you for bringing me and William a sled!

My favourite Christmas tradition is opening Christmas presents and hanging Christmas ornaments. This year my Christmas wishes are to have some toys like LOL dolls and slime.

S.A. I like you Santa!

Merry Christmas Santa!

Love Evelyn

Dear Santa, My name is Max VasquezSchalk. I am 7 years old. I am very good at biking. Thank you for bringing me a crane last year. I like it. My favourite Christmas tradition is making cookies. This year for Christmas, I’d like a drone.

Merry Christmas Santa!

Love Max

Dear Santa, My name is Mason Mitchell. I am 7 years old. I am very good at dirt biking. Thank you for giving me minecraft last year!

My favourite Christmas tradition is decorating the tree. For Christmas, I hope I get a Nintendo switch. I hope I get to help you deliver presents too.

Merry Christmas Santa!

Love Mason

Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Bailey Ann Brak. I am 7 years old. I am very good at painting. Thank you for saying ho ho ho!

My favourite Christmas tradition is putting the Christmas tree up. This year, my Christmas wishes are for my own piano and my own moveable barbie that moves everywhere at the hand and the leg and the foot and the head.

Love Bailey

P.S.

Merry Christmas Santa!

Dear Santa, My name is Avah Kirby. I am 7 years old and I am very good at sleeping. Thank you for bringing me presents last year!

My favourite Christmas tradition is to go to Santa world. This year for Christmas I wish for a Nintendo Switch

Have a Merry Christmas Santa!

Love Avah

Goodbye Santa

I love you Santa

Ms. Versteeg, Grade 2

Listowel Eastdale

Dear Santa,

My name is Hailey McKay. I am 7 years old. and I am very good at colouring. Thank you for bringing me presents. My favourite Christmas tradition is putting up the Christmas tree! My Christmas wishes this year is for barbies! I like you Santa! Do you like me?

Merry Christmas!

Love Hailey mckay

Dear Santa, My name is Ana Boucher. I am 7 years old. I am very good at math. Thank you for bringing me my presents! My favourite Christmas tradition is making cookies. My Christmas wish this year is for a dog!

Merry Christmas Santa

Love, Ana

Mrs. Priestap, Grade 3 Listowel Eastdale

Dear Santa, How are you doing? How is Mrs. Claus? This year can i please get a new Chraphr Book and a art kik? Are the elves being good at the North Pole? Please do not get stuck in my chimney. When you come I will leave some milk and cooies and carrots for the reindeer!

From Lea

Dear Santa, How’s the weather at the North Pole? How are the reindeer? I am having such a great time in grade 3!

This year I am hoping for colouring pages and markers. Could you give the reindeer and extra carrot for me this year? I’ll look for you in the skies Christmas Eve!

Your Friend, CC

Dear Santa Claus, How many elves do you have? How are you doing?

I bet you are buse. I am having fun at school (sametime). Can I please have an x-rocker, lego Luigi, starer set and ared amuongus stuffy.

Your friend, Nolan

Have a great Christmas!

Dear Santa, How are you? Is it cold in the north pole? It is here! For Christmas I would like a ring light. Thank you for 8 years of Christmas!

Love, Summer

Dear Santa, How have you been doing over the year? I hope you’ve been good. I have been sort of good and helpful. I really like the class I’m in. I would like a camera for Christmas. Have a good Christmas.

Love Chase

Dear Santa/Nick

I hope you are doing awesome and that you are not sick. What do you do when it is not Christmas? I love the gifts from last year. This year I don’t really want much. I just want a phone because mine broke and maybe some clothes and shoes because most of my shoes don’t fit me. Thank you, From Kensley

I am Zoey moon. Is it cold and are the elves good. I love twinke wink he is a good elf. Oh and can I have a big Lego set? Bye. Have a safe trip.

Love Zoey moon

Dear Santa,

This year I wish for a tablet or i.pad. There the same thing. I have two questions. How are youre elves? I wonder if you like the moves on tv? I like Christmas cronicles. Merry Christmas.

Love Hayden

Dear Santa, How are you doing? Are the elves doing good and mrs. Claus doing good to? I loved your presents last year! They were the best presents I love them still a lot. How many elves are working this year? My Christmas list is a mystery bauer mini stick and a flash suit and a black panther suit and a fake gun and fake dynamite.

Merry Christmas. From Ripken

Dear Santa, Hi Santa! How are the reindeer? Ill get them a carrot if tey’re Hungry. I would like a cosmo robot, sonic toys and a puppy pug for Christmas. I had the best Christmas last year!

Love Bentley

Dear Santa, How are you doing? Is mrs. claus ok? I have always wondered how many elves do you have? Last sadurday me and a bunch of my friends were in the Christmas Parade. This Christmas I would like a Pastel Kit, microphone and for the last one just surprise me!!!

Love Norah

Dear Santa, How are you doing? I’m wondering how old are you. I’m having fun this year. I would like a floor ball stick and ball. Have a good ride!

From, Declan

Dear Santa, How are you doing this year? Is mrs. clause helping the elves? What are the reindeer doing? I’m doing good. I would love a kitten please and some of the kitten stuff that I would need for the kitten. If you can, I would like a black and white kitten please!

Love your friend, Addison

Dear Santa Thank you for the Deception Soundwave how long does it tak to make all the presents? By the way do not get stuck in my nana and poppeys chimney. For Christmas I want a Godzilla action figurey hot wheels stunt garage, saber tooth tiger, and a nerf gun.

Sincerly, Sam

Dear santa, How are you doing? Are you busy at the north pole? I am having fun at school. We got our Christmas tree yesterday with our cousins. May I have a maplelea leonie. May I also please have a red coat for her. Please say hi to Jingle bell’s and Mrs. Claus for me and Chelsea.

Love, Mackenzie

Dear Santa, I hope you had a great year! I would want a master chief suit and a nerf gun. I would like you to say hi for me to mrs claus. From Logan

Dear, Santa claus

Hello Santa! I am really excited for Christmas this year. It is one of my favourite holidays. What is your favourite type of cookie?

I hope you have a safe journey around the world. Are the elves good? Is everything going well at the north pole? I love to play in the snow and play ice hockey. I have one sister, her name is Lauren. How many presents do your elves make every year? This year I would like a desk lamp and some new film for my polaroid camera.

Merry Christmas, Addison

Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Lewis. How are you doing? I am so excited for Christmas. This year I would like the 6 Diary of a wimpy kid. I hope you have a good Christmas!

Sincerely, Lewis

Mrs Petrie/Mrs Kuepfer

Kindergarten A

North Perth Westfield

Dear Santa

This Christmas I am 5 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a race car and fire trucks toys. And I promise to leave out cookies for you.

Merry Christmas Santa

Love Rhett

Please say hi to the elves for me!

Dear Santa

This Christmas I am 5 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a toy gingerbread family and LOL camper toy. And I promise to leave out carrots for you.

Merry Christmas Santa

Love Emily

Please say hi to the elves for me!

Dear Santa

This Christmas I am 5 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a monster and a water bottle. And I promise to leave out cookies for you.

Merry Christmas Santa

Love Dallas

Please say hi to the reindeer for me!

Dear Santa

This Christmas I am 4 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a spider toy and a fire house. And I promise to leave out cookies for you.

Merry Christmas Santa

Love Logan

Please say hi to the elves for me!

Dear Santa

This Christmas I am 5 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a rainbow and a watch. And I promise to leave out cookies for you.

Merry Christmas Santa Love Claire

Please say hi to the reindeer for me!

Dear Santa

This Christmas I am 5 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a toy dog. And I promise to leave out cookies for you.

Merry Christmas Santa Love Hailey

Please say hi to Mrs. Claus for me!

Dear Santa

This Christmas I am 4 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is cookies and santa claus. And I promise to leave out milk for you.

Merry Christmas Santa Love Maulik

Please say hi to reindeers for me!

Dear Santa

This Christmas I am 5 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is cookies. And I promise to leave out milk for you.

Merry Christmas Santa Love Mauliy

Please say hi to reindeers for me!

Dear Santa

This Christmas I am 5 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a crane and new jammies. And I promise to leave out carrots for you.

Merry Christmas Santa

Love Keenan

Please say hi to elves for me!

Dear Santa

This Christmas I am 5 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a tanker truck and a book. And I promise to leave out cookies for you.

Merry Christmas Santa

Love Leighton

Please say hi to elves for me!

Dear Santa

This Christmas I am 4 years old. This year, I have been good all of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a tanker truck and a rey rock. And I promise to leave out carrots for you.

Merry Christmas Santa

Love Collin

Please say hi to reindeer for me!

Mrs. Blagrave & Mrs. Hamilton Kindergarden B North Perth Westfield

Letters to Santa

As we tie up another year, we’re reminded of just how fortunate we are to do business in this warm and welcoming community. Thank you for your year-round support and friendship. We wish you and yours a most merry and beautiful Christmas!

Mrs. Blagrave & Mrs. Hamilton Kindergarten B

Mrs. Blagrave & Mrs. Hamilton Kindergarten B

Dear Santa

I am 4 years old. For Christmas

I would like spiderman car, paw patrol tablet, colouring book.

Love Elliot

Dear Santa I am 4 years old. For Christmas I would like a toy phone, a unicorn costume.

Love Addie

Dear Santa

I am 5 years old. For Christmas I would like a baby doll, new bike, sewing machine. I love you a lot.

Love Emmaline

Dear Santa

I am 4 years old. For Christmas I would like a pop-it, a barbie.

Love Kaylee

Dear Santa

I am 5 years old. For Christmas I would like clothes, a L.O.L doll, 2 pairs of shoes.

Love Esmeraldo

Dear Santa

I am 5 years old. For Christmas I would like L.O.L. toy, JoJo toy, a barbie and clothes and shoes.

Love Avareil

Dear Santa

I am 5 years old. For Christmas I would like a red robot, a green robot.

Love Cory

Dear Santa

I am 4 years old. For Christmas I would like a big teddy bear, some goldfish.

Love Aubrey

this Holiday Season.

Happy Holidays from the Municipality of North Perth!

North Perth Council and Staff wish to extend holiday greetings to all North Perth residents and families. May everyone in our community enjoy a safe and happy holiday season and new year! Remember

Mrs. Blagrave & Mrs. Hamilton Kindergarten B

Mrs Monteith & Ms Oliver Kindergarten C

Mrs Monteith & Ms Oliver

Kindergarten C

North Perth Westfield

Dear Santa

I am 4 years old. For Christmas I would like a queen Elsa dress and makeup.

Love Isla

Dear Santa

I am 5 years old. For Christmas I would like a princess dress with barbies on it, and clothes that match with my barbies.

Love River

Dear Santa

I am 5 years old. For Christmas I would like hot dogs and a dinosaur castle.

Love Ryker

Dear Santa

I am 5 years old. For Christmas I would like a carnage scooter and a bike.

Love Benjamin

Dear Santa

I am 4 years old. For Christmas I would like lego and makeup for my sister Isla.

Love Wren

Dear Santa I am 4 years old. For Christmas I would like books and a play grocery store.

Love Hannah

Dear Santa

I am 4 years old. For Christmas I would like a red robot and a new dinosaur. Love Kaden

Dear Santa I am 4 years old. For Christmas I would like word rings, a toy baby and a fish.

Love Drew

Dear Santa I am 4 years old. For Christmas I would like L.O.L’s, skates and bathtime baby.

Love Lily

Dear Santa I am 4.5 years old. For Christmas I would like bubble tube with fishies, action figures and my sister home from the hospital.

Love Joseph

Dear Santa I am 5 years old. For Christmas I would like a pop-it,

Love Penelope

Dear Santa

I am 5 years old. For Christmas I would like a barbie house and owlette from PJ Masks.

Love Ellie

Dear Santa I am 4 years old. For Christmas I would like a barbie food and truck, Love Emery

Dear Santa I am 4 years old. For Christmas I would like Elsa and Anna dolls, lots of frozen stuff, a spongebob stuffy and a beautiful baby doll with dresses.

Love Mia

Dear Santa

I am 5 years old. For Christmas I would like 100 Robux, RC snowmobile and a real one. I haven’t figured out anything else.

Love Tanner

Dear Santa

I am 5 years old. For Christmas I would like a bakugan, lego and a colouring book, thank you.

Love Alivia

Dear Santa

I am 4 years old. For Christmas I would like lego, rc dump truck and a watch.

Love Parker

Dear Santa I am 5 years old. For Christmas I would like transformer car and a race car.

Love Andre

Dear Santa

I am 4 years old. For Christmas I would like spiderman lego.

Love Charlie

Dear Santa I am 5 years old. For Christmas I would like Christmas hat and a toy tree, a toy butterfly and elephant and a lollipop.

Love Emma

Mrs Doig Kindergarten

Palmerston Public School

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like a dinosaur.

Love Ethan

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like Sticky Bow and Arrow

Love Elijah

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like pop it.

Love Ava

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like skates and a dollhouse.

Love Avalyn

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like a paw patrol toy.

Love Deacon

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like a unicorn.

Love Ana

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like a unicorn.

Love Ella

Dear Santa

I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like the Marshal Rover that runs on solar power.

Love Caden

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like a stuffy.

Love Gwenyth

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like a unicorn.

Love Eliza

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like a remote control car.

Love Oliver

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like a toy fox.

Love, Cristiano

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like a toy car.

Love Kendrick

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like rollerblades and a pop it.

Love, Kendall

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like an electric train set.

Love Ryder

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like a microphone.

Love Brodie

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like spiderman toys.

Love Hal

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like a peppa pig set and a toy make-up set.

Love Riley

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like Jojo Siwa doll.

Love Brooklyn

Dear Santa I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like paw patrol toys.

Love Connor

Dear Santa

I have been very good this year. For Christmas I would like a toy elf. Love Lexi

Mrs

Grade 1 North Perth Westfield

Grade 1 North Perth Westfield

Mrs Matheson’s

Grade 1 class

North Perth Westfield

Dear Santa,

My name is Hunter. I am 6 years old. I have been good and bad this year. A nice thing I did this year was helping clean up when the dog made a big mess!

My Christmas wishes are: Jurassic World Pillow, teddy bear

My wish for the world is all people are love. A question I have for you is How many reindeer have borns?

Love Hunter

Dear Santa,

My name Liam. I am 6 years old. I have been good this year. A nice thing I did this year was I shared with Theodore. My Christmas wishes are: Paw Patrol Tower from new movie, Paw Patrol movie, PJ mask tower, starlight fairy. My wish for the world is everything looks orange. A question I have you is How many reindeers and how many elves do you have?

Love, Liam

Dear Santa,

My name is Carson. I am 6 years old. I have been helpful this year. A nice thing I did this year was help my brother shovel. My Christmas wishes are: Hot wheel track with loops, Big monster truck, Paw patrol Tower. My wish for the world is everyone stays warm in winter. A question I have for you is have I been nice this year?

Love, Carson

Dear Santa,

My name is Ireland. I am 5 years old. I have been good this year. A nice thing I did this year was help my sister clean her room. My Christmas wishes are: LOL Dolls, unicorn doll, mermaid doll, unicorn stuffy. My wish for the world is we take care of the Earth and not let it get dirty. A question I have for you is how are the elves?

Love, Ireland

Dear Santa,

My name is Ethan. I am 6 years old. I have been helpful this year. A nice thing I did this year was help my mom. My Christmas wishes are: Paw patrol, Batman, PJ Max. My wish for the world is to be kind. A question I have for you is How old are you?

Love, Ethan

Dear Santa,

My name is Sofia Song. I am 6 years old. I have been kind this year. A nice thing I did this year was I did the dishes. My Christmas wishes are: shmushy mushy squicy, little alive pet bird, lego set friends, LOL. My wish for the world is to be kind! A question I have for you is How old are you?

Love, Sofia Song

Mrs. Matheson’s

Grade 1 class

North Perth Westfield

Dear Santa,

My name is Evelyn. I am 6 years old. I have been good this year. A nice thing I did this year was I help my sister Addie. My Christmas wishes are: to get a lol doll and a majic mixey and a stuffy unicorn. My wish for the world is for everyone to get along. A question I have for you is is Rudolph a real reindeer?

Love Evelyn

Dear Santa,

My name is Barrett. I am 6 years old. I have been caring this year. A nice thing I did this year was cared and helped my Dad with the toy room. My Christmas wishes are: Sponge Bob toy, Bakugaun, to see santa. My wish for the world is for the virus to go away!

A question I have for you is who is the shinest reindeer?

Love, Barrett

Dear Santa, My name is Raylan. I am 6 years old. I have been good this year. A nice thing I did this year was play with my friends. My Christmas wishes are: blue present, dinosaur toys. My wish for the world is everyone is helpful and kind. A question I have for you is how many years old are you?

Love, Raylan

Dear Santa, My name is Kyle. I am 6 years old. I have been good this year. A nice thing I did this year was help Dylan. My Christmas wishes are: nerf gun, tractor, race track. My wish for the world is everyone gets hugged. A question I have for you is how old are you?

Love, Kyle

Dear Santa, My name is Noah. I am 5 years old. I have been helpful this year. A nice thing I did this year was help my Nana and Mama.

My Christmas wishes are: drone, soccer shoes.

My wish for the world is for coronavirus to stop. A question I have for you is How many cookies and cups of milk did you eat?

Love, Noah

Dear Santa, My name is Cooper. I am 6 years old. I have been good this year. A nice thing I did this year was loving my family. My Christmas wishes are: juice box, music player, stretchy/squishy toy. My wish for the world is to be kind. A question I have for you is who is the oldest reindeer?

Love, Cooper

Dear Santa, My name is Clara. I am six years old. I have been loving and kind this year. A nice thing I did this year was hlpd my grama do wood. My Christmas wishes are: JoJo sewa bow maker, LOL dolls, lago friends, slimes, pop its. My wish for the world is for everyone to be loving. A question I have for you is how much cokies have you ate?

Love, Clara

Dear Santa,

My name is Bentley. I am 6 years old. I have been good this year. A nice thing I did this year was I helped my sister Madey. My Christmas wishes are: slimes, lego, Super Mario Builders

2. My wish for the world is everyone has a house. A question I have for you is how much cookies hafe you ate?

Love, Bentley

Dear Santa, My name is Zira. I am 6 years old. I have been very good this year. A nice thing I did this year was play. My Christmas wishes are: I wishes for hapynes. I wunt a pet bird, I weishes to see you, I wunt ranbow wings. My wish for the world is Luv. A question I have for you is ken I ride a rander. Do you have Raber.

Love, Zira

Dear Santa,

My name is Jaxon. I am 6 years old. I have been really good this year. A nice thing I did this year was help cook pancakes. My Christmas wishes are: Big orange monster truck (even bigger than my head), RC car, trampoline. My wish for the world is everyone has fun with their family. A question I have for you is How many foxes do you have?

Love, Jaxon

Dear Santa,

My name is Bilal. I am 6 years old. I have been good this year. A nice thing I did this year was I hold the door for my friends. My Christmas wishes are: 1. See Santa 2. Batman toys

3. New shoes and pajamas – spiderman. My wish for the world if music for everyone. A question I have for you is hi santa, I love santa.

Love, Bilal

Mr. Mowbray 1/2 North Perth Westfield

Letters to Santa

Merry Christmas

I am privileged to share my brief Christmas Greeting at this time of year. After all, I’m just the middleman of a three-generation business (on my way to retirement) and I’ve been doing this since before “blog” was a word. Although I appreciate the brief platform, I am always careful of what I say. It is not in my nature, nor is it good marketing, to alienate people with my comments. These days the easily offended on both extremes of the spectrum, from Woke to Anti-vaccs. will be quick to crucify you on social media if they can find any way to misinterpret what you say.

So, this year my Christmas greeting is a prayer for peace. Not just military peace (although that would be great) but the peace in our own hearts that makes us slower to judge and to anger. Not coincidentally, that was a big part of the message from Christ 2000 years ago (they named Christmas after him). It would be an honour to his memory, whether you are Christian or not, to practice this simple call to action; be kind to each other.

Merry Christmas from all of us at Conway Furniture

Mr. Mowbray 1/2 North Perth Westfield

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Dear Santa

I am 7 years old. I have been kind this year. A nice thing I did this year was I wrot a note to mom which made her cry happy terse. My Christmas whises are a new phone and a new Ipod. They aren’t whrking to well eney more. You dot have to get me them. I’d like you to too plese. My wish for the world is for me and my mom to get alg. Also for my mom to get a beter job. I don’t like like to see her cry. A question for you is do you have a real white berd?

Love Alexis

Dear Santa

My name is Jamie. I am 7 years old. I have been so so this year. A nice thing I did this year was saying nothing bad. My Christmas wishes are I would like a indominous Rex. Can you bring grandpa chocolate for him? My wish for the world is no pollution. A question I have for you is how old are you?

Love Jamie

Dear Santa

My name is April. I am 7 years old. I have been kind this year. A nice thing I did this year was helping my brother. My Christmas wishes are I would like guitar for myself and a bunny for my sister. My wish for the world is for everyone to be healthy. A question I have for you is how old are you?

Love April

Dear Santa

My name is April. I am 7 years old. I have been kind this year. A nice thing I did this year was helping my brother. My Christmas wishes are I would like guitar for myself and a bunny for my sister. My wish for the world is for everyone to be healthy. A question I have for you is how old are you?

Love April

Dear Santa

My name is Joey. I am 7 years old. I have been good this year. A nice thing I did this year was

setup an Inflatable penguin. My Christmas wishes are I would like for fish to have a friend and to have a unicorn. My wish for the world is for everyone to be healthy. A question I have for you is how old are you?

Love Joey

Dear Santa

My name is Ayla. I am 7 years old. I have been helpful and kind this year. A nice thing I did this year was let my sister Alivia go in the window on the bus. My Christmas wishes are love for my family and squishamellow. My wish for the world is for everyone to be healthy and to have at least one toy by the end of Christmas and no water pollution. A few questions for you are how old are you? 2. How many elves do you have? 3. Whats your favourite elf? And last how did you get your magic

Love Ayla

Dear Santa

My name is Brandt. I am 7 years old. I have been good this year. A nice thing I did this year was helping my sister. My Christmas wishes my family is healthy and I want a drone. My wish for the world to be clean. A question I have for you is how do you make all the presents?

Love Brandt

Dear Santa

My name is Jase. I am 7 years old. I have been nice this year. A nice thing I did this year was when I helped my mom in the grdin. My Christmas wishes a PS4 and for my brother a PS3 My wish for the world are for ered to be safe.

Love Jase

Dear Santa

My name is Violet. I am 6 years old. I have been good this year. A nice thing I did this year was helped my mom make the Christmas cookies. My Christmas wishes a Hatchima Pixie. My wish for the world is for the world to be in peace. A question I have for you is how old are you?

Love Violet

Dear Santa

My name is Emily. I am 6 years old. I have been empathetic this year. A nice thing I did this year was when my brother fell oof his bike and he was crying. So I went and got him a ice pack and a bandade. My Christmas wishes are I want a ramblom kit and for my family I want them to be healthy. My wish for the world is for the world to be safe. A question I have for you is how many elves do you have?

Love Emily

Dear Santa

My name is Kelsey. I am 7 years old. I have been good this year. A nice thing I did this year was helping my sister. My Christmas wishes are a magic mixey and a Cristle pixey flyer popstar. My wish for the world is for covid to be over with. A question I have for you is why is your belly so big.

Love Kelsey

Dear Santa

My name is Aubrey. I am 7 years old. A nice thing I did this year was ask people how thre day is goying. For Christmas all I want is Joy and the of bits of jog bilding set. Who is your favourite elf?

Love Aubrey

Dear Santa

My name is Logan. I am 7 years old. I have been good this year. A nice thing I did this year was helping my dad with chores. My Christmas wishes are a Nintendo switch and a snowplow with tracks. My wish for the world is time with my family. A question I have for you is How are you magic?

Love Logan

Dear Santa

My name is William. I am 7 years old. I have been good this year. A nice thing I did this year was help my brother when he fell. My Christmas wishes are a big truck for my brother. I want to have a great Christmas. My wish for the world is that every person to stop smoking. A question I have for you is what is your favourite reindeer?

Love William

Mrs Brown Grade 1/2 North Perth Westfield

Ms. Stone Grade 2 North Perth Westfield

Ms. Stone Grade 2

North Perth Westfield

Dear Santa

My name is Tessa. I am 7 years old. I have been empathetic this year. A nice thing I did this year was when Claire fell on the sidewalk and riped her pants and got hurt and I helped her up and walk. My Christmas wishes are to have peace in the world and no more air or water pollution. I want a hamster. A question I have for you is how old are you?

Love Tessa

Dear Santa

My name is Wyatt. I am 7 years old. I have been good this year. A nice thing I did this year was help my baby brother. My Christmas wishes are a race car for me and a big toy tractor for Jeffrey. My wish for the world is for everyone to get toys. A question I have for you is how many elves do you have?

Love Wyatt

Dear Santa

My name is Bethany. I am 7 years old. I have been good this year. A nice thing I did this year was help my brother when he broc his arm. My Christmas wishes for everybody to be safe and I would like a robo fish. My wish for the world is for everyone to be healthy. A question I have for you is why do you say ho ho ho all the time?

Love Bethany

Dear Santa

My name is Harper. I am 7 years old. I have been nice this year. A nice thing I did this year was including my friend when they are left out. My Christmas wishes are a rainbow high doll and for my family to be healthy. My wish for the world is world peace. A question I have for you is how old are you?

Love Harper

Dear Santa

My name is Thomas. I am 7 years old. I have been nice this year. My Christmas wishes are a hockey rink in the garage and my family to be healthy. My wish for the world is to be safe and stop polluting the water. A question I have for you is how many elves do you have?

Love Thomas

Dear Santa

My name is Miles. I am 7 years old. I have been helping my mom and dad with Maiya and Nate especially. My Christmas wish is to have magikol joos thet can make me fly. My wish is thet my dad makes it to the N.H.L. A question I have for you is how old are you?

Love Miles

Dear Santa

My name is Lily. I am 7 years old. I have been helpful this year. A nice thing I did this year was playing with my brother. My Christmas wishes are for a tiny kitin and for my family to be safe and helthy. My wish for the world is for cronaviris. A question I have for you is how men elves is thar?

Love Lily

Mrs Drysdale Grade 2

Mrs. Cameron Grade 2 North Perth Westfield

Mrs. Mallory Grade 2/3

North Perth Westfield

Dear Santa

Hi Santa. I don’t know what I’m ging to have for Christmas maybe I do. I need a new blanket. Question how many elves do you have? Not a Question I try to be a good girl.

Love Alissa

Dear Santa

How are you doing at the North pole? Can I please have a mini brand toy shop? Can I also have a makeup kit? I really need a new blanket because mine all have holes in them.

How do the reindeer fly? How many kids are on the trip? I have been nice this year.

Sincerely Lauren

P.S. How is Mrs Claus and can you write me back?

Dear Santa

Hi I have been nice I want a Barbie Dream House and with a toy car for Barbies. I need a new pair of socks and a new dress. How are the reindeers?

Love Zaiyar

Dear Santa

Hi Santa. I have been very good this year. For Christmas I want a play dough set please. I would like a hachimar. I need new plain pants. Is Olive a reindeer? Is it hot at the North Pole? How is Twinkle?

Love Cali

Dear Santa Hi Santa How are you?

For Christmas can I please have a PS5? I would also like a keds motorcycle. I have a question how many homes have you been to?

P.S. Merry Christmas

Love Oliva

Dear Santa

Hello Santa

Anything new in the North Pole? I am very nice. I am wondering if I could get a not a real horse but like this one that you go up and down? Also a pair of brown blens-tones? I really need a Helmet cover to keep my head warm. Is it fun to ride this sleigh on Christmas.

Love Cara

Dear Santa

Hi Santa. How are you been this year. For Christmas could I have new slippers please? Also can I have pjs because I do not have a lot. And I was wondering how many reindeers do you have.

Love Eriksen

Dear Santa

It is Santa. I have been really good this year. For Christmas I really want a gymansticbar. I also really want a new note book. I really need new pants. I was wondering how many presents do you make in a year.

PS have a good Christmas

Love Hayley

Dear Santa

How are you? I have been good for Christmas. Can I have a lot of money and a desk? I need lot of clothes. How old are you? Aer you good at math?

PS merry Christmas Love Maximus

Dear Santa

Hi Santa I been a good boy this year. Can I have a v byks and can I afobox cardo

Then I need new socks, my other ones have holes in them. Oh Santa I have a question how may deers do you have?

Love Mahamad

Dear Santa Santa can I have 2 dog done-S?

I like a polish machine. Can I please have rabbit food? Do you have a green dog?

Love Brooklyn

Help Santa find his little helper!

Mrs. Mallory Grade 2/3

North Perth Westfield

Dear Santa

Hi Santa! Is it still cold in the North Pole? I have been nice this Year! May I have a bago fo balloons and also can I have a gvitar? I may need new pants because most of mine have holes in them! Can I also have mini brands gold rush nickaladeon slime head phones zulu water bottle and a my life hiking set for Christmas!

How many kid do you have to deliver presents this year?

Sincerely Blair

P.S. Merry Christmas

Dear Santa

This year I would like 5 figdts and a robot. I was wondering how old are you and how your reindeer fly and how your elfs fly?

Love Zander

Dear Santa

Hello Santa!

How are you doing? I have been super nice. For Christmas I want marvel lego.

I also want a few sets of Minecraft lego. I need some new pants. And I have a question for you. How many elves do you have?

Love Clark

Letters to Santa

Dear Santa

How are you? I have been nice. This year can I please have a Nintendo switch and can I also have a toy truck. I need some new socks because mine are getting small. I was wondering where do get the deer?

Love Aphenh

Dear Santa

Hi Santa! I was very nice this year. May I please have a telescope and maybe some fidfets? I need some new body wash. I was wondering how many reindeers do you have?

From Chloe

Dear Santa

Hello Santa. This year I have been very nice. Please can I have a v-buks car and a white Christmas? I also need an alarm clock. How many elves are there?

Mary Christmas.

Love Fintay

Dear Santa

How are you? Santa I have been good. Can I have some v-bucks? Please have a monster truck. I really need new pants. Please Santa I was wondering how many elves do you have? How old are you Santa?

Love Tate

Ronna Lee

Marly Kuepfer

Halle Horn

Jason Snider

Tammy Horn

Dan ProctorPhil Harwood

Tracey Goetz

Gayle Ludington

Megan Sinnamon

Lori Mehring Stephanie Bartman

Nate DietzLainie Dietz

Trisha Fischer Amanda Norman

Krista Dunbar Marta Paroski Amy Miller

Tim Keil Josh Keil

Chris Town Bronwyn Andriessen Brandon Wall

Mrs. Mallory Grade 2/3 North Perth Westfield