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Minto to apply for official plan amendment to expand Palmerston boundary PATRICK RAFTIS REPORTER
Movie house mural - A new mural was unveiled at the Norgan Theatre on Oct. 7 by the All Aboard Palmerston beautification and steering committees, the Norgan board of directors and the Town of Minto. The cinema-themed mural, created by local artist Stephanie Hood, features a tribute to the volunteers whose efforts allow the municipally-owned theatre to thrive. The project was made possible with funding from an OMAFRA Rural Economic Development grant and joint funding from the Palmerston Lions, Palmerston Legion, Palmerston Kinettes, and various businesses and groups across Minto. Among those on hand for the unveiling were members of the All Aboard Palmerston beautification committee, from left: Minto economic development manager Belinda Wick-Graham, artist Stephanie Hood, Minto marketing and community development coordinator Taylor Keunen, Amy Habermehl and Amy Heinmiller. Submitted photo
MINTO – The Town of Minto will file an application for an amendment to the Wellington County Official Plan to increase the urban boundary of Palmerston in order to accommodate projected growth in that community. At the same time, the proposal would result in a decrease in the urban boundaries of Harriston and Clifford. Triton engineering senior planner Bill White presented a report on the proposed changes at the Oct. 6 council meeting, which was held via video conference. In 2017, the town began secondary planning work in Clifford and Palmerston to prepare for the county’s 2020 five-year official plan review, White explained. The North Clifford Secondary Plan identifies enough land to meet the 165-unit residential county growth allocation to 2041. The West Palmerston Secondary Plan went to council in April 2018 with an informal public consultation
that September. It proposed a Palmerston urban boundary expansion to ensure enough serviceable land to meet the county’s 635-household growth projection and addressed availability of serviced industrial land. The secondary plan proposes policies on future roads, trails, land use, servicing and reducing the 500m setback from the closed landfill site east of the planning area. In May of 2019 the province changed the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe to allow small urban boundary expansions outside formal five-year official plan reviews. This meant the Palmerston urban boundary could grow without waiting several years while the county reviewed its entire official plan, White stated in his report. In October of 2019, council proposed reducing the Clifford urban boundary to support expansion in Palmerston, and requested an engineering study to address the 500m setback from the closed landfill. SEE BOUNDARY » 8
Wellington Heights teacher receives Everyday Hero Award for rock band program JAIME MYSLIK REPORTER MOUNT FOREST – Wellington Heights Secondary School (WHSS) teacher Ben McCabe was surprised when he learned he was one of Upper Grand District School Board’s Everyday Heroes for the 2019-20 school year. He is the head of special education at the Mount Forest high school. “I work with any of the students here who need support with their learning and run the special education department here,” he said. McCabe was nominated for the Everyday Hero award by former WHSS principal Jennifer Meeker (now principal at Centre Wellington District High
School), vice principal Kevin Taylor and student success and CELP teacher Matt Timberlake. Students and other teachers also submitted letters of recommendation. BEN MCCABE Taylor said McCabe is the kind of teacher he wishes all students could have. “He is kind, professional and knowledgeable to be sure, but he is also generous to a fault,” Taylor said. “On top of his duties as head of special education, which he does an amazing job at, Mr. McCabe gives back to school every single lunch hour.
“He has hosted a social skills group and an Arduino Club in the resource room, allowing us to keep the resource room open to students five days a week ... without his gift of time we could not do (that).” And while that makes McCabe a good teacher, those are not the qualities that make him an Everyday Hero, Taylor said. “What makes Mr. McCabe an Everyday Hero is what he did for music at WHSS,” Taylor said. Last year there was a decline in music class enrolment, which lead to the cancellation of the class. “So I offered a rock band program, so like a music program, to students as an extra curricular,” McCabe said. “It was fantastic.
“It was a lot of fun and we went and played over at Victoria Cross for the public school, played some tunes before Christmas and things like that.” But it was more than just choosing to start a rock band program. Taylor said McCabe sought out and secured funding for the program and acquired a class set of guitars and a drum kit. “Mr. McCabe set up all the new equipment, organized and sorted existing instruments to create a safe storage place for the new equipment, and arranged for the professional assessment and cataloguing of existing musical instruments,” Taylor said. “After this was done he also became the staff advisor to the new program. “This meant that Mr. McCabe
taught guitar on Fridays at lunch.” McCabe also brought in Adrian Jones, a professional musician and music teacher, to work with students monthly. “For many of the students this program became a highlight of their time at school,” Taylor said. “It gave them a chance to express themselves through music. I could not estimate the number of hours Mr. McCabe gave to this project. “I know that Mr. McCabe did for students what they could not do for themselves and for me that is the definition of an Everyday Hero.” McCabe said the nomination also says a lot about other staff at the school. SEE TEACHER » 2
Local volunteers lament loss of WE Charity’ Canadian operation PATRICK RAFTIS REPORTER MOUNT FOREST – The fallout from the federal government’s decision to contract delivery of a student volunteer program to WE Charity has robbed Canada of the benefits of an “innovative” organization that convinced many young people “they could help to make the world a better place,” says a dedicated local volunteer. Mount Forest resident Donna McFarlane has been involved with WE Charity, originally known as Free The Children and later Me to We, since 2008. A former teacher, she was instrumental, along with Wellington Heights Secondary School teacher Barb Cowen, in organizing educators and students from Mount Forest’s three schools into a local volunteer arm of the charity. The group raised over $50,000, using the funds to drill a new water source and expand classroom space at a school in the Kenyan community of
WE volunteers - Local volunteers, from left: Barb Cowen, Dr. Robert McFarlane and Donna McFarlane during a 2016 Me to We trip to Kenya. Submitted photo Osenetoi. Involvement in the African community has seen local Me to We volunteers, including McFarlane and Cowen, make trips in 2011 and 2016 to Osenetoi to work on projects there.
In 2012 McFarlane received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, in part for her humanitarian work with Free the Children/WE. More recently she has spearheaded
the collection and delivery of sewing machines for the newly established WE College in Kenya and also donated a portion of the sale of her two children’s books - Crazy About Gum and Who Makes the Best - to ongoing work in Osenetoi and WE College. McFarlane said her most recent involvement came after WE Charity was asked by the Kenyan government to organize and administer the fight against COVID-19 in the Maasai Mara area of Kenya. “WE Charity built and supports Baraka Health Clinic, which has transformed the health and longevity of the local people. Our support there was financial,” she told the Advertiser. Cowen’s connection to the WE movement began through her work as an educator. In 2004 she discovered the documentary It Takes a Child, which tells the story of Craig Kielburger and his fight against child labour. For years, she showed the video to her Grade 9 business students as part of the ethics and social responsibility component of the course. “It was always an eye-opening
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experience for students to learn how other children around the world are not in school, forced to work and live in unhealthy and dangerous situations,” said Cowen. “In 2008, after watching the documentary, I was approached by a small group of female students who said, ‘We have to do something!’ and asked if we could start a school club. A teenage Craig Kielburger changed their perspective.” In 2009, McFarlane and Cowen took a group of students to attend their first WE Day in Toronto. “It was inspirational and unforgettable,” Cowen recalls. “Because of WE Charity, year after year, we had the opportunity to listen to amazing inspirational speakers including: Desmond Tutu, Romeo Dallaire, Kofi Annan, Elie Wiesel, Al Gore, Martin Luther King III, Prince Harry, Chris Hadfield, Gord Downie. “Listening to their stories and learning about the most pressing world issues provided the spark for students to become global-minded SEE WE CHARITY » 3
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Council approves agreement for use of Harriston Train Station PATRICK RAFTIS REPORTER MINTO – Town council has officially approved an agreement with North Wellington Health Care for use of the old train station in Harriston as a COVID-19 assessment centre. The agreement was approved at the Oct. 6 meeting, which was held via teleconference. Director of community services Matthew Lubbers reported that the centre had opened earlier that day. A COVID-19 assessment centre was set-up at the Mount Forest Sportsplex until September. That site has since closed and the nearest assessment centre in Wellington County was in Fergus. “They wanted to look at having one in the northern Wellington area, so the Harriston Train Station looked like a viable option,” Lubbers told council. This space is currently being used sparingly due to COVID-19 restrictions, including indoor gathering limits. Other rentals relocated Any current and future rentals that need to be accommodated can be relocated
Assessment centre - North Wellington Health Care has opened a COVID-19 assessment centre in the former train station in Harriston. Photo by Patrick Raftis to another town-run facility, Lubbers explained in his report. “For the most part there has been nothing going on,” said Lubbers. “I’d say 90 per cent of the activities there have been cancelled. “There were a couple of groups who under the right protocols could have used it, but we’ve relocated them.” Although the centre only operates on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Lubbers said no other use of the facility will be permitted. “More just so they can keep
it setup as it is, for sanitation and overall cleanliness,” he explained. Councillor Mark MacKenzie asked if the town would receive any revenue from the facility. Lubbers said NWHC would be paying $200 a week. “We’re not trying to make money off this or get rich or anything,” he added. “It’s more just to cover the operating expense that we will still incur at that facility.” Council approved Lubbers’ report and later in the meeting passed a bylaw authorizing the agreement.
Teacher recognized by school board » FROM PAGE 1 “I mean, the fact that staff would take that time and do that is really humbling and also just the idea that, yeah, it’s validating,” McCabe said. “It makes it feel like you’re doing something good where you work and the job you enjoy is having an impact. “So it feels awesome.” With all of the COVID-19 protocols in place this year, McCabe is unable to run a school-wide rock band program because students aren’t permitted to share instruments
or use wind instruments. However, he’s keeping the band alive with the special education class. “We’re using bucket drums and things like that where we can all have our own equipment and not share,” he said. “So it looks different. “I wish I could run it right now because it was a lot of fun.” He does plan to bring the rock band back when protocols allow. “We’re making this work but I think everybody wants
to be back to more extracurriculars and more being able to offer things and just extend the school experience,” he said. Also due to COVID-19, there will be no awards ceremony and all the Upper Grand District School Board Everyday Heroes will be receiving their awards individually. “I’ll be honest,” McCabe said. “Hearing about it and talking with staff and getting those nice emails from parents, I think that’s better than the award.”
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WE Charity provided opportunity for students and aid overseas » FROM PAGE 1 citizens for the rest of their lives.” McFarlane was “thrilled” when she learned WE Charities had been tabbed in June to deliver the Canada Student Service Grant (CSSG), a program that would provide students with scholarship funds in return for community service during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I truly believe they were the best organization for this job and would have been the group legitimately and ultimately chosen if things had not been so badly bungled,” said McFarlane. “They have so many involvements with youth throughout our country, within all of the educational institutions and have overseen so much volunteerism that they had contacts everywhere. “As I think of the other possibilities like the YMCA, UNICEF, 4-H Canada, Canadian Wildlife Federation, Red Cross, United Way and many others less well known, I just don’t think they had the network of contacts that WE Charity did. Their youthful staff and focus were well suited to put this together.” “To me, it was the absolute perfect match,” said Cowen. “It is a well-established organization, operates across the country, has young people as its focus, has experience logging volunteer hours, is well connected with many national and international volunteer/ charity organizations, and Marc and Craig Kielburger are brilliant social activists with high principles and a proven record of success.” However, allegations of conflict of interest related to the WE organization’s payment of fees to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s mother, brother and wife for appearances at WE events, derailed the program before it was launched. The controversy continued to dog both the government and the charity through the spring and summer and last month WE founders Craig and Marc Kielburger announced they would wind down the charity’s Canadian operations and liquidate some of its assets to create an endowment fund to support projects in Latin America, Asia and Africa. “I was truly heartbroken when I heard the Kielburgers were shutting down the WE Charities Canadian operations,” said McFarlane.
“I believe that if it wasn’t (for) COVID and schools were operating as they normally would be, that there would have been a movement mobilized by school clubs and teacher leaders to fight the assassination of Craig and Marc’s honour and reputations. That perhaps would have saved this homegrown Canadian charity.” Cowen said, “I have had nothing but rewarding experiences being involved with WE Charity and admire their integrity and all that they have accomplished. It is a tremendous loss for students who see Marc and Craig as true Canadian heroes who inspire them to be socially responsible. “After much scrutinization of WE Charity it has been established that they have done nothing illegal or unethical, but sadly the unfair and bad publicity was enough to ruin their image and ability to be financially viable in Canada.” While she believes the prime minister should have recused himself from the selection process, McFarlane indicated she doesn’t feel a genuine conflict existed. “I do believe Craig and Marc when they say that they didn’t have personal relationships with Prime Minister Trudeau and his wife, mom and brother. They stated that they never have spent social time together, eaten a meal together or any such thing that would indicate friendship,” she explained. McFarlane noted that many charities seek out “famous people” to speak on their behalf in order to pull in more donations. Cowen notes that long before Justin Trudeau was prime minister, he was a teacher and a social activist. She heard him speak at a WE Day before he became prime minister. “I also heard his mother speak about her struggle with mental illness. None of their messages were political in nature and I assumed that most high-profile speakers were compensated, so I personally did not see a problem with the connection.” Cowen added, “I believe that PM Trudeau’s support of WE Charity to operate the CSSG program was done in good faith and that a failure to recuse himself was not a good choice, but given the crisis situation, excusable. “I do, however, think that the finance minister (Bill Morneau)
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should have recused himself for accepting complimentary trips, being a big donor to WE Charity and having a family member currently employed with the organization. There is no grey area there.” McFarlane believes the “unfortunate decision” not to recuse from the WE discussions by Trudeau led to the Kielburgers closing their Canadian operation. “In my eyes that robs Canada of their unbelievable and innovative ways of improving the lives of our youth, our country and some of the poorest, deprived and neglected peoples of the world,” she
days of the pandemic Marc, at “great risk to his own personal health and safety,” went looking for PPE to help out people in Kenya. “The only supply he could access was in England, which was already hard in the throes of the pandemic,” she said. “While everyone else was hunkering down at home, he boarded a plane to England to pick up and then deliver the necessary supplies to Kenya. This is one small example of the multitude of Marc’s selfless acts I could describe … not the actions of an egotistical money grubber some would have us believe him to be.”
‘Our world is a suffering place where drug and alcohol abuse, as well as suicide are much too commonplace. We need movements like WE to help us see others and ease their hurts.’ - ME to WE volunteer Donna McFarlane
stated. “I think politics created this fiasco and the media and people frustrated by the horrors of COVID and their inability to control things going on in their own lives, found people (Craig and Marc) to dump their rage and indignation upon. I think The Kielburgers were unfairly maligned and had their good intentions attacked.” McFarlane questioned how Canadians, school boards and WE’s corporate sponsors could “love and admire Craig and Marc one minute and totally believe that they are self-serving egotistical beings the next?” McFarlane observed that prior to the controversy, the Kielburgers had already laid off staff at the organization and “felt they could weather the storm that is COVID-19. “They were not in a desperate financial situation and were not going to make a profit from this program. I do believe that both Craig and Marc are not at all cognizant of the workings of politics, but how does this naivety mean that they are suddenly liars?” McFarlane believes the episode has drastically distorted the public’s image of the Kielburgers. She recalls that in the early
McFarlane believes the loss of WE will have wide-ranging impacts. She notes that around the world WE has: - provided isolated communities access to clean water, greatly improving children’s health and overall life expectancy; - helped tens of thousands of people learn skills that allow them to become self sufficient and support their families; - helped girls to get an education rather than spend their days walking in search of water; - built hundreds of schools and helped show communities that educating their young will lead to empowerment; and - built health centres/hospitals in numerous locations. Among the benefits WE involvement has provided for student volunteers, McFarlane lists: - development of empathy, caring for others rather than self-focus, emphasis on people rather than material things; - learning organizational skills from planning and manning events; - intellectual development from learning about different cultures; - fostered an understanding of volunteerism, increased self-
confidence and self-worth; - team building and communication skills; and - artistic development through making crafts, etc. for sale at fundraisers. “Essentially, WE Charity empowers students. Whether it be fighting hunger and poverty, championing girls’ rights, protecting the environment or addressing Native rights locally, nationally or internationally, WE Charity encouraged young people to find their passion and create the change they want to see,” said Cowen. McFarlane noted, “I feel like nothing in my 40 years of being involved in education has drawn our students together for a cause like WE Charity has. Youth have an idealism that has been pounded out of many adults by life experiences and disappointments. The basic motto of WE has been ‘Children helping children through education.’ It was happening big time.” She added the charity’s activities “convinced our youth that they could help to make the world a better place.” The world, said McFarlane, needs a philosophy based on hope and optimism. “Our world is a suffering place where drug and alcohol abuse, as well as suicide, are much too commonplace. We need movements like WE to help us see others and ease their hurts, whether that is by organizing a food drive for our local food bank or volunteering on a Habitat build, or helping seniors weave bed mats for children overseas.” McFarlane said she is sad for communities abroad “who might have been lucky enough to escape their harsh realities” with the charity’s assistance. “I am particularly concerned that the communities where we worked so hard might fall back onto times so hard we can’t even imagine them,” she explained. Cowen said, “As far as educating students to care about others, give back to their communities and be a good global citizen, teachers will continue to do so. However, she notes, the “WE spirit” will be missing. Cowen pointed out the thousands of community volunteer hours students log through WE will be lost, as well as “the tons of food they collect for foodbanks, and the money they raise for important causes.” Canadian students,
McFarlane pointed out, will also lose out on the boost they would have received from the CSSG program. “The sad reality is that due to the political fiasco, the CSSG didn’t happen at all and 100,000 students who would have each received $5,000 for 500 hours of volunteer work over the summer received no funds whatsoever to help them with academic expenses. Not only that, the many places where those volunteers would have been placed received no benefits either. It became a lose-lose situation.” Also lost, McFarlane pointed out, is “the wonderful project” the Kielburgers were planning to celebrate the charity’s 25th anniversary. “It had to do with remembering how hard it was in their early days to pay the rent for their initial offices,” she said. “They purchased several buildings around their headquarters in Toronto to provide free rental space for young visionaries to get their personal, charitable ventures off the ground. It would have been amazing to see.” For Cowen, an enduring memory of the WE experience is witnessing “the astounding sustainable development” which occurred between the 2011 and 2016 trips by local volunteers to Osenetoi. “In 2016, we saw very few women or girls carry water on their backs because there were more wells and women had become financially able to buy donkeys to do the work,” said Cowen. “Women were becoming entrepreneurial—growing vegetables to sell, bee keeping, raising livestock, operating a dairy, hiring employees, and the most impressive change was some of them had become landowners. In 2011, we helped to build a small building to keep medicine at Baraka health clinic, but when we returned in 2016 the clinic had become a hospital for the entire county. “In 2011, we helped build the dorm rooms for the second incoming class at Kissaruni, the first girls’ WE high school. When we returned five years later, there were two girls’ and one boys’ high school and the new WE College was being built.” She added, “It makes me sad to think that students in Canada will not have the opportunity to be part of WE Charity.”
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Much ink and airtime has been consumed by the controversy surrounding the federal government’s abandoned plan to contract WE Charity to deliver the Canada Student Service Grant (CSSG). The $900-million program would have provided students with scholarship funds in return for community service during the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtually all of the media coverage has focused on the allegations of conflict of interest against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and finance minister Bill Morneau and the resultant backlash against the charity that ended in WE founders Marc and Craig Kielburger taking steps to wind down the organization’s Canadian operation. This week the North Wellington Community News delves into a less explored angle in a story that offers the insight of two dedicated local volunteers and advocates for the Me to We movement. Donna McFarlene and Barb Cowen organized local students and teachers into an arm of the charity and led two volunteer missions to Kenya to help the people there. Their story, which begins on page one, helps us understand what Canadians and the international community have lost as a result of the debacle.
Anyone whose own children were excited and inspired by participation in WE Days and associated events can no doubt relate to the local volunteers’ sense of loss and frustration that it was a charity that helped thousands of young people domestically, while doing critical humanitarian work globally, that seems to have taken the biggest hit from all of this. While the CSSG was abandoned last spring, the controversy has continued almost unabated to this day, as opposition politicians seek to squeeze the last possible drop of political advantage out of the affair. As deadline approaches for this publication, the CBC is reporting the federal Conservatives want MPs to create an anti-corruption committee to investigate the WE Charity matter. Tory ethics critic Michael Barrett stated the forum would press for “answers to lingering questions” about the controversy. One has to wonder what questions truly “linger” at this point, aside from whether or not there is still any political upside to pursing the matter. Will the government still have to find ways to help students financially in light of the pandemic’s impact on their summer and part-time employ-
ment prospects? Obviously. Should Trudeau and Morneau have declared a conflict on decisions related to the program? Clearly. They have both conceded as much. Did Trudeau’s mother and brother receive fees relating to their speaking and fundraising activities for WE Charity? Was his wife compensated for expenses? Definitely, just as many celebrities and motivators are compensated for their efforts on behalf of businesses or non-profit enterprises. To continue to flog this particular carcass is unlikely to provide anyone, including students, with needed assistance though the ongoing pandemic. The NDP’s suggestion that the unspent funds from the CSSG be diverted to other student aid programs would at least be a productive approach, as opposed to the Conservative plan to simply push for more punitive publicity for a minority government attempting to improvise ways through the greatest public health crisis in a century. It could be time to move on from the politicking on this one. If anything merits further investigation, perhaps it’s how best to unravel the damage to the charitable sector and fill the gaping hole left by the loss of WE Charity’s innovative presence on the landscape.
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David Wilson appointed to new deputy CBO position in Minto PATRICK RAFTIS REPORTER MINTO – Town council has approved two Community Improvement Program (CIP) grants and the hiring of a deputy chief building official. David Wilson was officially appointed deputy chief building official at the Oct. 6 meeting. A lifelong resident of Palmerston, Wilson has been an active member of the local Lions Club. He previously held the position of building inspector in
North Perth. CAO Derrick Thomson told the Advertiser Wilson has helped out with inspections for the Town of Minto when needed “and has fostered good relationships with the contractors in the area.” Thompson added, “We are looking very forward to working with David and I know that he will fit in well with the staff here at the Town of Minto.” CIP grants Also on Oct. 6, council approved CIP grants worth just under $4,000. Council approved a sig-
nage grant for the Red Express Market on Elora Street in Clifford. The town will provide $475 toward the cost of a sign valued at $950 for the recently-opened business. Council also approved a façade improvement grant of $2,450 and a signage grant for $1,000 for Harper Homes, located on Main Street in Palmerston. With the approval of the two grants, the town will have provided $40,351, to local businesses from $60,000 budgeted for the CIP program in 2020.
Trusscore partners with TV reno duo PALMERSTON — Trusscore, a local material science company that makes sustainable, improved alternatives for drywall, plasterboard and fibre-reinforced plastic panels, recently announced an exclusive partnership with doit-yourself renovation TV stars Bryan and Sarah Baeumler. The Baeumlers, a husbandand-wife team, have been featured on HGTV for more than a decade and currently star in the hit HGTV show Island of Bryan (in Canada) and Renovation Island (in the U.S.). The couple will serve as brand ambassadors, showcasing Trusscore’s products to homeowners, contractors and architects, the company states in a Sept. 23 press release. “Trusscore’s products are going to revolutionize the
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My very first edition of Lovers of the Birds was published in the Community News 15 years ago. COVID-19’s hit made for an astounding amount of change in the world. I was very thankful to see the newspaper’s arrival in our mailbox again. The birds have continued in their natural patterns through the pandemic. In midSeptember my husband Gary and I had an encounter with a sandhill crane. Driving on a quiet country road we spotted a tall bird standing on the shoulder. It wasn’t perturbed
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We could all use a little more mercy If you are like me, you are looking around and struggling to try and make sense of all that is happening in the world around us. So much about life has changed. Many of the people I speak to tell me that life seems harder. Grocery shopping is more complicated. For some, just going out into the public is added stress. It is times like these, that I am reminded how important it is that we show mercy. I often hear the words grace and mercy used interchangeably. However, these two words are not the same. I was once told that grace is when someone shows favour to another when it is not earned or deserved. Mercy, on the other hand, is not about a positive action, but the holding back of a negative one. Mercy is being patient or long suffering, when you fully have a position to cast judgment or inflict harm. Mercy is probably best understood with the words “long suffering” or “extreme patience”. I know that I make mistakes all the time. When I do make mistakes, and someone comes along and points it out, I am really hoping that they have a merciful spirit. When we make mistakes, many of us actually hope that the person confronting us will let us off the hook. How many times have you been pulled over by a police officer and just hoped that they would let you go without giving you a ticket. That is mercy.
There is an even better story about mercy that we find in the Old Testament of the Bible. It is the famous story of Jonah. It all starts with God calling Jonah to go to place called Nineveh. There Jonah is supposed to tell the people about God and make them aware of how their behavior and lifestyle choices were an offense to God. Jonah does not want to go. So he flees and goes in exactly the opposite direction. After fleeing, being thrown off a ship, swallowed by a whale and then spit up again, Jonah reconsiders. He makes his way to Nineveh and begins to tell them about God and his anger towards their sin. Where it all takes a turn is when the people of Nineveh, instead of ignoring Jonah, decide to admit their wrongs, and try and change. So, God being merciful, instead of unleashing his anger against their sin, hears their repentant cries and shows mercy. If we read the story to the very end, we see Jonah getting very upset with God. Jonah has a hard time understanding why God would be so merciful when the people had been so wicked. I can’t help but think that Jonah wished that the people of Nineveh were just wiped out by God’s wrath against sin. I wonder how many of us would desire the same. When we get upset by the actions of others, we often wish some kind of judgment on them. However that is not God’s way of things. In fact not only does God show mercy, but he desires that we show mercy to others as well.
There is a certain irony in this whole story with Jonah. While Jonah is frustrated with God for showing mercy to the Ninevites, he fails to see that he himself has enjoyed the mercy of God. Jonah has already received mercy from God in being released from the belly of the whale. But for whatever reason, Jonah doesn’t see that. Rather, in his frustration he sits down and sulks. God causes a plant to grow which provides Jonah shelter. But when the plant dies, he suffers again. God tries to explain it all to Jonah, and show how God has the right to show mercy to whom he wishes. How like us though. We are so interested in others having to experience the consequences of their actions, but when it comes to ourselves, we long for mercy. There are so many things in my life that I am sure God looks at with disappointment. There are many people who also could point out all my flaws. But I rest in knowing that God is merciful. As much as I mess up, God is not waiting with some lightning rod to strike me down. God is long suffering, and it is His long suffering that encourages me to approach him with a repentant heart. Having received mercy from God, are we prepared to show the same mercy to others? Could we be more patient with those around us? In these present times, I think a little more mercy would do the whole world a lot of good.
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Accelerated budget process approved PATRICK RAFTIS REPORTER MINTO – Town officials are planning an accelerated process for the 2021 municipal budget. During the Oct. 6 Minto council meeting, treasurer Gordon Duff presented a schedule that would see next year’s budget approved by midDecember. Typically, council approves the budget for the current year in late March or early April. The new schedule would see operating and capital budget special meetings held in November with a budget open house held for the public on Dec. 8. The budget is slated to be presented for final approval by council at the regular council meeting on Dec. 15. Duff said the town will try to host an in-person budget open house, but will hold it virtually, if required, to meet COVID-19 restrictions. Mayor George Bridge said physical distancing at the open house likely won’t be a problem as even in “pre-virus” times, “we never had anybody hardly show up at the open house.” “It was probably a pretty safe gathering in the past,” agreed Duff. In his report, Duff noted the 2021 budget will need to contain limited discretionary spending and take into account “the financial realities of limiting tax increases to residents.” Duff’s report included a recommendation that the 2021 operating budget be developed with a focus on: - supporting the economic recovery from Covid-19; - compensation adjustments for cost of living;
- inflationary increases for items such as fuel, natural gas and hydro; and contractual related increases; and - operating impacts from 2020 capital projects. The report recommends aiming for minimal service enhancements and growth requests and implementing user rate and fee increases where possible. Continuation of reserve and reserve fund contributions and funding for capital expenditures is also recommended in the report. For the 2021 capital budget, staff are recommending the budget be developed to: - maximize provincial and federal grant funding opportunities;
- utilize debt if needed for funding of grant projects or major projects; and - balance capital requests while building reserve balances. “We have been working away for these past several months on the ‘21 budget, still keeping an eye on the effects on 2020 budget, which so far haven’t been too bad from COVID-related things,” said Duff. Bridge said, “I’ve always wanted to have a budget done way before we do it and I’m glad we’ve been able to get going that way. It’s a team effort. “I think we’re going to get a really good solid budget going forward and ahead of the game so we know where we’re at.”
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Obituary CAMPBELL, Cliff of Palmerston and formerly of Moorefield passed away peacefully on October 11, 2020 in his 93rd year. Beloved husband of Annie (Capling) Campbell for 61 years. Dear father of David and Jessie Campbell of R.R. #2 Mount Forest, Barbara and Doug Forbes of R.R. #3 Clifford, Carol and Kevin Hale of R.R. #1 Harriston and James Campbell of Barrie. Grandfather of Ashley and Mark Ferguson of Fergus, Emily Campbell of Toronto and Matthew Campbell and Kelsie Brown of Moorefield; John and Angel Forbes of Toronto, Nikki and Chad Reaume of Clifford, Michael and Alisha Forbes of R.R. #3 Clifford; Darrien Campbell, Sterling Campbell, Octavia Campbell and Lael Campbell all of Barrie. Great
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Program provides meals for seniors BONNIE WHITEHEAD CORRESPONDENT MAPLETON - The COVID19 pandemic has inspired many individuals and organizations to find ways to help those impacted with social isolation, unexpected expenses, and limited trips to stores. Seniors’ Centre for Excellence coordinator Helen Edwards reports the Township of Mapleton’s application for The Good For You Food Box Program has been successful. Funds are distributed through the United Way of Guelph Wellington as part of Employment and Social Development Canada’s (ESDC) Emergency Community Support Fund ((ECSF). The program is designed for anyone in the area aged 55 or older who could benefit from a food delivery every two weeks. Edwards has help from program co-ordinator Joe Wettlaufer and Elsa Mann of the Rural Outreach Team. The program has been underway since July. The food is sorted, packed and dropped off at various locations throughout the county to be
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Special delivery – Ardda Colley, a volunteer driver from Harriston delivered this Good For You Food Box to a Wellington County resident on Sept. 3. Photo by Bonnie Whitehead picked up or delivered to over 90 individuals. Meals are prepared by The Seed, a project of the Guelph Community Health Centre. Dietitians Paula Seifried and Alyson Colton submitted Canada’s Food Guide, health literature, recipes, and the Seniors’ Centre for Excellence
newsletters to include with the deliveries. Ardda Colley of Harriston chose to volunteer to deliver some of the Good for You Food Boxes. She is happy to help, stating, “Everyone appreciates the food and looks forward to seeing what I bring each time I visit.”
Leaf and Yard Waste Curbside Collection • Leaf and yard waste will be collected at curbside in urban areas only. • Please set out material in brown paper bags or clearly marked reusable cans. Small sticks no longer than 90 cm (3’) in length can be bundled. Maximum 18.2 kg (40 lbs) per container or bundle. Loose materials, or materials in plastic bags, will not be collected.
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Boundary change sought » FROM PAGE 1 Early in 2020 staff met with Clifford landowners for feedback on boundary changes, while lands for trade-off were examined, such as un-serviced town-owned industrial property in Harriston. White advised council the county supports an 81.5-hectare (202 acre) Palmerston urban boundary expansion, but only in conjunction with a 75-hectare (185 acre) urban area decrease elsewhere. White explained a 56-hectare (146-acre) reduction in urban boundary can be achieved by removing farmlands at the south end of Clifford and lowlands around the village’s sewage lagoons and John Hobleman Park. White said the reduction
would still allow for more than 200 units of residential growth in north Clifford. “Well over what we need to meet the need in the future,” he said. A 15-hectare (38-acre) reduction to the urban boundary in Harriston can be achieved by excluding townowned industrial lands near the Harriston sewage lagoons. White said the plan would still allow for future servicing of 46 acres for industrial use and the town can continue to implement a Class EA approved in 2017 to expand Harriston Industrial Park. In addition, he stated, “I can assure you that over 400 (residential) units can be created to meet the 400 units needed (in Harriston) through to 2041.”