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Town expresses ‘grave concern’ over future reductions to OMPF By Patrick Raftis
Egg hunters - Approximately 120 children braved the rainy weather on April 20 at the Kinsmen Park in Drayton for Mapleton Preschool’s annual Easter egg hunt. Organizers note the event is possible thanks to the help of many volunteers and community sponsors. The van der Meulen cousins were waiting patiently for the Easter Egg Hunt to start. From left: Makayla, Colin, Charlotte, Cassidy, Vera and Wesley van der Meulen. Submitted photo
MINTO – Town council here has expressed “grave concern” about the possibility of the provincial government reducing or eliminating the municipality’s future allotments under the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF). A resolution passed on April 16 indicates the provincial grant of $1.63 million in 2019 is equal to nearly 34 per cent of the town’s municipal property tax revenue. “A 33.96% increase in the municipal property tax rate would increase the municipal component of property taxes paid for an average household by $403 per year,” the resolution states. Last December, the province announced it was reviewing the OMPF pro-
gram, which provides annual funding allotments to municipal governments to help offset operating and capital costs. Under pressure from municipal governments to provide information on 2019 allocations prior to setting budgets, finance minister Vic Fedeli, in a Feb. 13 letter, announced funding under the program would “remain virtually the same as in 2018, while allowing for annual data updates and related adjustments.” The letter indicates that while the review would continue, any changes would not take effect until the 2020 budget, and substantial advance notice would be provided. “Municipalities were further advised that the overall spending envelope for SEE MINTO » 3
Palmerston Child Care and Learning Centre officially opened By Patrick Raftis
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Child care facility - Upper Grand District School Board and Wellington County officials opened the Palmerston Child Care and Learning Centre on April 17. LEFT: From left: back, school board operations officer Paul Scinocca, director of education Martha Rogers, trustee Robin Ross, school board chair Linda Busuttil, Warden Kelly Linton and county councillor Dave Anderson; front, Bobbie-Jo Gramigna of the county’s Children’s Early Years division and day care participants Elena, Ryerson and Hugh. RIGHT: A play area in the new centre. BELOW: The newly-built centre is located beside the Palmerston Public School on Prospect Street. Photos by Patrick Raftis dents.” Wellington County councillor and social services David chair committee Anderson said, “This is a facility of high-quality, licensed child care that supports young children in learning and developing and their well-being.” “We know how important quality child care is to families,” said Warden Kelly Linton. “There is strong evidence that the participation of women in the labour force is good for the economy and
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accountable, high-quality child care is good for child well being. Centres like this one support jobs and investment, contribute to increased family income and help reduce child poverty,” the warden continued. “As a county it’s our goal for each of our member municipalities to have highquality, available, affordable and accessible child care,” Linton added. For information on registration for child care spaces contact Christine Biggar at 519-417-2902.
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PALMERSTON - A new county-operated child care centre was officially opened here last week. In 2015, the Upper Grand Board School District (UGDSB) was approved for $1.54 million dollars through the Ministry of Education’s Capital Funding for New Construction of Child Care program. The new Palmerston Child Care and Learning Centre, located beside Palmerston Public School on Prospect Street, provides 49 new child care spaces for infants, toddlers and preschool aged children. The centre, which opened in October 2018, is operated by the County of Wellington. Officials from the UGDSB and the County of Wellington officially opened the centre on April 17. “Child care is becoming an increasingly integrated system. We were pleased to work together with the county to help meet the needs of our families,” said UGDSB chair Linda Busuttil. Luisa Artuso, director of the county’s early years division, noted in a press release, “We are grateful for this opportunity to expand much needed high-quality licensed child care spaces in Palmerston for county resi-
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Stellar season - Members of the Minto Mad Dogs Pee Wee rep team were recognized by the Town of Minto for a 2018-19 season in which the team captured both the International Silver Stick and Ontario Minor Hockey Association championships. Councillor Ron Elliott, left, chair of the town’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee, and deputy mayor Dave Turton, right, presented players and team officials with a certificate of recognition at the April 16 town council meeting. Photo by Patrick Raftis National champs - Members of the Canadian Juvenile Girls Champion Palmerston Terminators were recognized by the Town of Minto for winning provincial and national championships during the 2018-19 broomball season. Deputy mayor Dave Turton, left, and councillor Ron Elliott, right, chair of the town’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee, presented players and team officials with a certificate of recognition at the April 16 town council meeting. Photo by Patrick Raftis
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Golden skaters - The Drayton and District Figure Skating Club held its annual meeting and awards night on April 11 at the PMD arena in Drayton. Skate Canada Gold test recipients included senior skaters, from left: Sierra Martin (Gold Skills), Sarah McIntyre (Gold Interpretive), Dajung Yoon (Gold Skills and Gold Interpretive) and Melanie Giles (Gold Dance). Submitted photo
Club awards - Among those receiving awards at the Drayton and District Figure Skating Club’s annual meeting and awards night on April 11 were, from left: Valorie Giles, Sarah McIntyre, Averi Hessels, Nevaeh Timmerman, Daphne Culp and Brenda Duimering (absent was Jaxson Dickieson). Awards were presented for CanSkater of the Year to Averi Hessels, CanSkate Champions to Nevaeh Timmerman and Jaxson Dickieson, StarSkater of the Year to Sarah McIntyre, Program Assistant of the Year to Daphne Culp, Volunteer of the Year to Brenda Duimering and the Miss Lapp/Olive Jeffray award to Valorie Giles. Submitted photo CanSkate champs - The Drayton and District Figure Skating Club held its annual meeting and awards night on April 11 at the PMD arena in Drayton. From left: CanSkate Champions Nevaeh Timmerman and Jaxson Dickieson and coach Micayla Shantz. Submitted photo
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April 25
Harriston Historical Society presents Jim Henderson who has launched his own book, and will tell of war heroes/deaths of various Minto residents at the downstairs library conference room, 7:30pm.
April 26
Alma Beef BBQ in support of Empowerment day 5-7pm at the Alma Community Centre. Support a great cause! Next BBQ coming in May!
April 27
Harriston Kinsmen 60th Anniversary, Harriston Legion Auditorium. Social 6pm, Dinner 7pm. Tickets: $25. Contact Any Kinsmen Member. Text: Zach 226-929-3595.
April 27
Trivia Night by Drayton Kinettes, upstairs at Drayton Chop House, 7:30pm, $10pp. Bring your team (6 people max) or we can find you a team.
April 28
B.B.Q. chicken dinner at the Drayton Legion, 5:30-6:30pm. $15 adult, 12 and under free. Take outs available.
April 28
Jamboree at Palmerston Legion, 1 pm. Roast Beef Dinner available at 5 pm, take outs welcome by calling 519-343-3749.
April 28
Wellington Junior Farmers Spaghetti Dinner with raffle/silent auction at Drayton Reformed Church, 74 Wellington St, 5-7pm. Adult: $10 + non perishable food item, kids 6-10: $5, kids 5 & under free. Tickets: Jackie 226-972-2432.
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Drayton Rotary Club meeting every first Wed. of the month. Meet at Drayton Chop House: supper 6pm, meeting 6:30pm. All welcome. Info: Lorrie 519-998-2154.
Kinette Club of Drayton presents a Sip and Social: Ladies Night event. 7:30pm at the Moorefield Community Centre. For tickets call 519-291-8151.
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Local builder wins award for bungalow design WATERLOO – A Mapleton firm has been recognized with a major award from the Waterloo Region Homebuilders Association (WRHBA). Drayton-based Jeff Duimering Carpentry won the award for Most Outstanding Bungalow Design (Multi-Unit) at the association’s 23rd annual SAM (sales and marketing) awards on April 11. “A SAM Award is the industry’s stamp of quality and craftsmanship in recognizing the best in the residential development and construction industry,” WRHBA officials state. “Industry watchers and consumers look for SAM Award recipients when reviewing new home construction and renovations, as there is no recognition more respected in distinguishing top-quality construction, design and innovation. “The awards gala is the industry’s way of celebrating a sector that provides homes for the region’s residents and jobs for tens of thousands in
SAM Award - Jeff and Corrina Duimering display the SAM (sales and marketing) award they recently received for Most Outstanding Bungalow Design (Multi-Unit) from the Waterloo Region Home Builders Association. Submitted photo creating the communities that we live, work and play in.” Jeff Duimering Carpentry
was recognized for a project named “the Homestead” which was built on a local century farm. The third and
Saugeen Connects hosting conference on workforce diversification on May 1 NEUSTADT – A conference aimed at employers looking to expand their workforce or interested in hiring new Canadians but unsure where to start, will be held in Neustadt on May 1. Labour Force Diversification 101 is being hosted by Saugeen Connects, a partnership between the municipalities of Hanover, West Grey, Minto, Brockton and Wellington North and the Saugeen Economic Development Corporation. At the event, which begins at 8am at the Neustadt
Community Centre, immigration experts will share resources, toolkits and best practices to aid in hiring newcomers. A panel of local employers will share their experiences and the benefits, challenges and resources they found useful in their quest to tap into the newcomer market. Representatives from area economic development offices will be on hand to assist with next steps. Speakers will include: Wellington County talent attraction coordinator Tom Lusis, Making Grey Bruce
Home project coordinator May Ip and international trade consultant and refugee resettlement specialist. The event will also include a discussion featuring panelists Lindsay Hayter, HR Manager for Hayter’s Turkey Farms; pork producer Ed Bosman, owner of Crimson Lane Farms; and Shannon South, human resources manager for Golden Valley Farms. Anyone interested should RSVP by April 25 to Jamie Doherty at jamie@sbdc.ca or 519-799-5750 ext. 5.
Caressant Care residents attend Belmore Maple Syrup Festival By Bonnie Whithead BELMORE - Activities staff Audrey Domm and Jaylene Roswell travelled with residents, staff and volunteers from Caressant Care Nursing Home in Harriston to the Belmore Maple Syrup Festival on April 11. The group enjoyed lunch before heading to the benches to listen to the live band on stage. Some toured rooms filled with vendors selling sweet treats, honey, meat, bath bombs, knitting, quilts, wood crafts, leather work, cards and cosmetics. An information booth from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization drew a lot of interest.
fourth generation of this family now live in the home on a farm the family has owned for generations. “It was a unique project and turned out beautifully,” WRHBA officials state. “The land that the house is built on is owned by the second generation and the third and four generation are going to live in the semi, so that’s kind of cool,” said Jeff Duimering. Established in 1999 by Jeff and his wife Corrina, Jeff Duimering Carpentry builds homes with the customer’s specific lifestyle needs in mind, offering custom home construction. Jeff has been in the building industry since 1989 and Corrina is a certified interior decorator and works with customers on the interior design and decorating details of their custom home. “Every home that we build starts with a new plan,” explained Jeff, who notes the SAM Award is the first won by the local company. “We’re quite pleased to have it, that’s for sure.”
Snyders, Scholten win at euchre in Palmerston PALMERSTON - The Palmerston Legion Ladies Auxiliary held a challenge euchre on April 1. Gord Snyders and Murray Scholten recorded the high score, followed by Marion and Jim Walker in second place and Mary Noble and June Metzger in third. Hidden number winners were Ruth Ann and Jim Webb Most lone hands were recorded by Liz Nickel and Earl Marquardt The next euchre is May 6 at 7:30pm. Everyone is welcome.
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the program would decrease, having a significant impact on future budgets and how funds are raised by municipalities as funding will be reduced by an unspecified amount,” states the motion, which passed unopposed at the meeting. “If allocations to municipalities are reduced, councils will need to compensate with property tax increases or local service reductions.” The resolution calls on the province to complete the OMPF review in an “expeditious” manner “as future financial consideration ensures municipal sustainability.” Treasurer/acting clerk Gordon Duff noted the town’s resolution modeled on a similar resolution and request for support from
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Grey Wellington Theatre Guild casting for 10th youth production HARRISTON - Auditions for the 10th annual Grey Wellington Theatre Guild Summer Youth Production will take place on May 13 at 7pm at the Harriston Town Hall Theatre. Aspiring actors age six and up are encouraged to come prepared to read or
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Changing landscape - The banks of the Mailtland River through part of Harriston took on a new look after some recent tree removal as part of a riverbank rehabilitation and stabilization project in response to a major flood in June of 2017. Trees were removed in an area of approximately 1.4 hectares, in the western portion of Harriston in order to allow shoreline access to stabilize the eroded area. The work is being funded through the province’s Municipal Disaster Recovery Assistance program. Photo by Patrick Raftis
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Pound foolish Penny wise and pound foolish is a tired axiom, but it applies aptly to some recent moves of Ontario’s government. In the aftermath of the provincial budget brought down earlier this month, we’re beginning to see the actual impact of the cuts announced to numerous ministries in the budget. The Progressive Conservative government announced in the April 11 budget plans to downsize the number of publichealth units in the province from 35 to 10. Then last Thursday, Health Ministry officials told public health representatives from across Ontario that provincial funding for some programs would be cut by as much as 50 per cent, with municipalities expected to fund the gap. Responding to questions about the cuts on a Toronto radio show, Premier Doug Ford explained, public health workers “… are the folks that go around and go into restaurants and put the little stickers on saying it’s safe to eat here...” If that sounds a bit dismissive (maybe he was thinking about the folks that go around and put partisan promotional stickers on gas pumps), it could be because you’re among those who look at food safety inspections as fairly vital work. Public health units also: - prepare for, detect, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks and environmental incidents; - promote immunization, environmental and occupational health, infection prevention and control; and - deal with potential and actual health emergencies. Also last week the government turned on Ontario’s beleaguered conservation authorities, cutting their funding for flood management programs in half. Conservation Ontario, which represents the province’s 36 conservation authorities, stated cuts will be felt immediately, particularly in smaller and more rural areas. “Cutting natural hazards funding is particularly problematic right now in light of the fact that - like everywhere else - Ontario is experiencing stronger and more frequent flood events as a result of climate change impacts,” Conservation Ontario general manager Kim Gavine said in a statement. The move comes only two years removed from devastating floods that struck this region, particularly Minto and Mapleton, in June of 2017, sparking a wave of local concern about adequacy of existing flood protection measures. The province had been providing $7.4 million to conservation authorities for flood prevention. On its website, Conservation Ontario points out flooding is Ontario’s “leading cause of public emergency” and Conservation Authorities prevent more than $100 million per year in flood damages. Cuts to flood prevention funding seem a lot like cancelling your insurance policy to save the premium cost, which you can afford, and crossing your fingers you won’t be hit with a disaster, which you can’t. The same goes for nickel and diming public health agencies, which both prevent and react to emergencies. The cost of failure is likely to eclipse any short-term savings. It’s true that Ontario faces a fiscal deficit and that reducing it would be beneficial, but nobody said it would be easy. Or did they? During the election campaign that brought him to power Ford promised to bring the books toward balance by finding $6 billion in “efficiencies,” while at the same time promising, “Under our government … not one single person will lose their job.” Could it really be that simple? Time will tell.
OPP: Scammers won’t stop phishing as long as victims keep paying ORILLIA - Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Anti-Rackets Branch, Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) and Ontario’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) are warning Ontario residents to check their emails, phone messages and computer popups. All are tools that criminals can use to extort money and personal information from you. Phishing, ransom and service scams have the same basic goal. Typically, individuals make contact with you through your computer or via text message to tell you that you have “won a prize” or that you owe a sum of money. Some con artists will claim that they can provide telecommunications, internet, financial, medical and energy services for special or preferred rates. Although 95 per cent of the crimes go unreported, phishing, ransom and service scams cost victims approximately $15 million across Canada; approximately $7 million in Ontario. According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre approximately 6,000 people fell victim to these scams in 2018. Investigators find two commonly used scams. In one version, the victim receives an email or someone calls pretending to represent a well-known
computer-based company, and claims that the victim’s computer is sending out viruses or has been hacked. The scammer will request to gain remote access to the computer and may run some programs or change some settings. The scammer will then advise that a fee is required for the service and request credit card information. In some cases, the scammer will send a transfer from the victim’s computer through a money service. The end result is that the victim pays for a service that was never needed as the computer was never infected. The SFO indicates a more surreptitious, large scale phishing and ransom scam is in circulation. Malware-infected emails were opened by employees of a large retail store that unintentionally launched a phishing attack, allowing hackers to steal the vendor’s credentials. Once the vendor information was successfully obtained, the company’s customer database was exploited, exposing millions of clients, including customer’s names, mailing addresses and other personal information. The data breach revealed millions of customers’ credit and debit card information. In the end, the company estimated that the data breach caused a multi-million dollar loss.
Tips to prevent scams If a victim was using a computer when they got scammed, it is possible that a virus or other malicious software is still on the computer. Police advise a full anti-virus check using reliable security software should be run. Anyone who does not have security software (such as virus scanners and a firewall) installed on their computer, can get help from a reputable computer professional. Scammers may have also gained access to online passwords. Victims are advised to change these using a secure computer. If a victim has paid someone by credit card or through an electronic funds transfer (e-transfer), they should contact their financial institution or credit card company immediately. They may be able to reverse or stop the transaction. Anyone who suspects they’ve been a victim of a phishing, ransom or service scam, or knows someone who has been a victim, is urged to contact their local police service and the Canadian AntiFraud Centre by phone at 1-888-495-8501 or through their website. “Recognize fraud. Reject it and report it,” police urge.
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The Township of Mapleton will again be offering a “Tree Day” where tree seedlings will be made available, free of charge, to residents of the Township of Mapleton. Property owners can pre-order up to a maximum of 50 tree seedlings (subject to availability) in bundles of 10. Pre-order tree seedlings by contacting the Township of Mapleton Municipal Office at 519.638.3313.
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Optimist egg hunts - The Town of Minto Optimist Club hosts annual Easter egg hunts in Clifford, Harriston and Palmerston. LEFT: Youngsters receive treats from the Easter Bunny in Harriston at the 2019 event on April 20. RIGHT: The bunny greets Palmerston Fair junior ambassador Ebony Moroz, left, and ambassador Brookelyn Butchart at the Palmerston hunt. Submitted photos
Outpatient lab services changing at hospitals in northern Wellington MOUNT FOREST - North Wellington Health Care’s (NWHC) Louise Marshall Hospital and Palmerston and District Hospital, in partnership with LifeLabs recently announced some changes to outpatient lab services. As of April 29, LifeLabs will now offer all outpatient lab services. LifeLabs are located in the Minto Rural Health Centre and the Claire Stewart Medical Centre. Both clinics are adjacent to
the hospitals. North Wellington Health Care will no longer offer outpatient lab services allowing the hospital lab staff to focus on their inpatient units and other patient care areas such as the emergency department. Hospitals are not funded to provide outpatient lab services. LifeLabs is funded to provide services covered by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) so there is no
additional cost to patients. Patients who receive a Ministry of Health and LongTerm Care laboratory requisition from their family doctor will have lab services provided at LifeLabs. No appointment is required. Hours of operation for the LifeLabs clinic at Claire Stewart Medical Centre, 525 Dublin Street, Mount Forest, are Monday to Friday from 7:30am to 12:30pm. LifeLabs Hours at the
Province seeking feedback on waste reduction proposals STRATFORD - PerthWellington MPP Randy Pettapiece is urging Ontarians to participate in the provincial government’s consultation around litter and waste. “Our government for the people is working to keep our province clean and beautiful by taking steps to reduce litter and waste in our communities,” said Pettapiece. “As committed in our made-in-Ontario environmental plan, we want to increase and improve household recycling.” The province is inviting public feedback on proposals to reduce plastic litter and
waste in their neighbourhoods and parks. Officials are looking at ways to divert and reduce food and organic waste from households and businesses, while also increasing opportunities for people to participate in waste reduction efforts. A discussion paper has been posted on the Environment Registry for a 45-day period. “We know that Ontarians want to do their part to reduce litter and waste, whether at home, at work or on the go,” said Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks Rod Phillips.
“There are so many great ideas out there in the province that we want to build on to reduce waste and divert more of it away from landfills and get our diversion rate moving in the right direction again.” Ontario’s diversion rate has stalled at 30 per cent over the past 15 years, states a press release from Pettapiece’s office, meaning 70% of waste materials continue to end up in landfills. Sixty per cent of food and organic waste in Ontario is sent to landfill, “emitting methane – a potent greenhouse gas – when it decomposes,” the release states.
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Colourful collection - Garrett and Clark DeVries show off eggs they collected at Mapleton Preschool’s annual Easter egg hunt at Kinsmen Park in Drayton on April 20. Community sponsors of the event include: Core Fuels, Hair Daze, Mornington Communications, Clean Field Services, Dobben’s Hardware, À La Mode, Drayton Chop House, Moorefield Diner and RBC. Winner of the jelly bean jar at the hunt was Jeff Koster, while Denise Joye won a Drayton Chop House gift card. Submitted photo
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By Dave Tiessen, Pastor, Bethel Mennonite Church (Elora)
We know it’s true In this day and age it is not easy to accept and find meaningful the Christian Easter belief that Jesus was the son of God who lived among us teaching and healing, then was horribly executed on the cross, but then was bodily resurrected to life, and that the quality of our life now and in eternity depends on us accepting the love and forgiveness and new life that Jesus offers us. Why believe this if it can’t be proven? How can such fantastical claims be true? My question to you, dear reader, is this: can you imagine a world where, and do you really want this world to be a place where, this cannot be and is not true? You say you don’t have time for anything that cannot be scientifically proven? Recently I heard a provocative comment by Ravi Zacha-
rias, a Christian speaker who regularly seeks out dialogue and debate with people who are not Christian. He said something to the effect that in our Western culture many people, in their desire to be rational, have rejected belief in one virgin birth (and the faith that grows out of it) only to jump into fervent belief in a different virgin birth requiring just as much “faith”. Our Western scientific and supposedly rational worldview has rejected the virgin birth of Jesus along with any other Christian claims of supernatural reality. In its place it has proposed a scientific theory of the origins and evolution of the cosmos and life. But ultimately this naturalistic explanation bumps up against the ultimate questions of where space and matter come from and how did they begin to develop. To these questions science is unable to give a clear answer. Hence the scientific version of the virgin birth -
“we can’t explain from where and why, we just know it happened.” Zacharias says that when it comes to God and deeper questions of what is real and true, the choice is not between rational, scientific explanations and the irrationality of Christian faith. He asserts that a purely scientific world view requires a leap of “blind faith”- even more so than does Christianity, which at least has a systematic explanation of how things came to be. Do you really believe that this incredibly beautiful and intricately ordered universe is a product of randomness? How is it possible that there would not be a Divine Creator of all the precision and order that is impossible to imagine happened all by itself ? And in the awesomeness of holding a newborn baby in your arms you have to try really hard to not sense that this child is a gift from the loving and benevolent Divine Creator of all things.
And if there is such a loving and benevolent Divine Creator who surrounds us with so much beauty and love, how can it not be true that this god would also care about how much suffering and evil we experience in life? The Christian gospel of my opening paragraph is not some random metaphysical claptrap dealing with inane, irrelevant concepts unrelated to real life. Rather it is a rational explanation of how a personal God created the universe, this world, and human beings. God made humans special - different from the other animals - by giving us free will to choose good and evil, but this required His world to be a place where the consequences of evil - suffering and death - were possible. As a good parent He let us make our own choices and experience the consequences, but He also did not abandon us to suffering and despair. God’s ultimate intervention was to send His Son
Jesus to save us from the power of evil, even our own sins. In his life Jesus invited people to find relief from the sufferings of evil in the love and grace of God, and confronted any and all manifestations of evil. And Jesus promised that in the end all evil would be vanquished by the word of God, and that all who wanted could share life eternal in the presence of God. Then Jesus enacted his message and changed the course of history by publicly confronting the forces of evil and their greatest weapon, death, allowing himself to be arrested, tortured and crucified. Had that been the end of the story, Jesus’ message would have been fraudulent, and his life and death a failure. But you and I have sensed and come to know that for all the suffering and despair in this world, there is evidence of a power that is greater than all the evil we see around us! That power is God, the Divine Creator of
the universe. And the great faith of the Christian gospel is that the Divine Creator reached down from eternity into time and raised the crucified dead body of Jesus to life and thereby eternally decreed that God and good would triumph over all evil and sins. Does this take a lot of faith to believe? You bet. Is it too difficult to believe? Not a chance. Would you actually want this world to be a place where this good news is not true? Can you imagine a world where this good news could not be true? No - our profoundest experiences of life and love clearly point toward this loving God. And if this good news is true it invites us to a quality of life that is about much more than fleeting entertainments, pleasures and good times. It begins (and ends) in deep and intimate relationship with this resurrected Jesus, who longs for us to know his profound love, care and forgiveness for us.
OHA District 7 members gather for AGM in Mount Forest By Bonnie Whitehead MOUNT FOREST District 7 director Kathy Bouma welcomed over 100 horticulturalists from 14 societies to the Ontario Horticulture Association (OHA) District 7 annual general meeting on April 13 at the United Church in Mount Forest. Mount Forest and District Horticultural Society president Collette MacTavish welcomed all and expressed appreciation to the businesses who donated prizes for the raffle. Wellington North Mayor Andy Lennox said he hoped everyone would share a few of their gardening secrets and keep their gardens growing “high, healthy and happy” referring to the Mount Forest motto. Bouma placed white carnations in remembrance of deceased society members as their names were read by Frances Bouma, who also shared a poem saying each member gave a unique gift to their community. OHA representative
Most points - Jean Yenssen earned the most points for Horticulture in the flower show at the OHA District 7 annual general meeting on April 13 at the United Church in Mount Forest. Barb O’Malley shared a report from OHA president Katharine Smyth. The OHA provides leadership and education for all ages interested in horticultural pursuits and endeavours; the new website will be launched on April 17; an OHA store will open soon; a new general guidelines manual was printed; new committees for youth and communications were created; July 19
to 21 are the dates for the 2019 convention in Windsor. Bouma enters her second year as a director excited to work through the new changes. She encourages all to keep track of their volunteer hours and hopes many will sign up for the judging school hosted through District 19. She was excited to present Terry Ireland with a certificate in honour of the Arthur society celebrating 100 years. Dorelene Anderson was presented with a potted plant for her years of service on the District 7 Board. Business included minutes, budget approval and an addition to the constitution and the installation of officers to the board for 2019. Barb O’Malley installed District 7 Director Kathy Bouma, Jane McDonald, Frances Bouma, Debbie Williams, Mildred Francis, Vic Palmer, Laurel Strachan, Connie Depisa and Julia Dimakos. Guest speaker Marion Jarvie shared views of gardens offering year round colour. She finds gardening a great hobby and enjoys
Service recognized - Frances Bouma, right, presented Dorelene Anderson with a potted plant in appreciation of her years of service to District 7 at the Ontario Horticultural Association District 7 annual general meeting on April 13 at the United Church in Mount Forest. Photo by Bonnie Whitehead Weber displayed examples of her ironware plant supports, trellises, obelisks and garden accessories, which can be
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