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PAGE TWO Inside Wellington - Second Section of The Wellington Advertiser, Friday, November 27, 2009

WATCH FOR AREA CHRISTMAS PARADES ALMA December 20 - 2:00 pm Theme: Country Pride ARTHUR November 28 - 7:00 pm Theme: A Super Hero Christmas CLIFFORD November 28 - 7:00 p.m.

FERGUS December 5 - 1:30 p.m.

Theme: Fairy Tales GRAND VALLEY November 28 - 7:00 p.m.

Theme: Fairy Tales HARRISTON November 28 - 3:30 p.m.

Theme: Christmas in Toyland MOUNT FOREST December 4th - 7:00 p.m.

Theme: Christmas Trees in Mount Forest PALMERSTON

December 5th - 7:00 p.m.

ROCKWOOD Thursday, December 10th - 7:00 p.m.

Farmer’s Parade of Lights

Halton County Radial Railway

Christmas on the Rails

Sat. Dec. 5, 12, 1 to 9 PM (519) 856-9802 / www.hcry.org Guelph Line 6km south of Rockwood $1.00 off admission with this ad-one per family.

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Annual

Cookie Walk

November 28th, at 10am Come early, we sell out in under an hour!

Cookies of all shapes, sizes and tastes. Sold by weight.

Bring your own container for easy freezing or use one of ours, free of charge.

Keep CHRIST in CHRISTMAS with gifts and home décor that convey the true meaning of the season.

Check out our website for advent calenders, ornaments, nativity sets, gift bags, Christmas cards and more! www.CatholicGiftsCanada.com

NOVEMBER 26 Euchre - St. Mary Family Centre, Mount Forest - 7:30pm. $2.50 includes lunch and prizes. *** Until Nov. 28- Christmas On Broadway- Evergreen Seniors Centre, Guelph. Nov. 26, 27 1:30pm, Nov. 28, 7:30pm. Adults $10, children $5. For tickets call the Evergreen Centre at 519-8231291. *** Roast Pork Loin Dinner, Trinity United Church, Listowel. 4:30 7pm. Advance tickets please. Call Clara at 519-291-2736 for tickets, call Marion at 519-291-3915 for take-out or delivery. *** Alma Optimist Beef Barbeque, 5-7pm. at the Alma Community Hall. Adults $12, children $4 at the door.

NOVEMBER 27 Until Dec 6. - Traditional pantomime returns to Century Church Theatre, Hillsburgh with Red Riding Hood. Sponsored by the Optimist Club of Erin, performances on Fridays & Saturdays at 7pm.; Saturdays & Sundays at 2pm. Tickets at Erin & Hillsburgh Libraries $10; by phone with Visa for $12 at 519-855-4586. *** Pre Christmas Sale Children’s’ books. “Gently used & like new” Nov 27 4-8pm, Nov 28 9-1pm. Elora United Church, Geddes St. In support of Elora Festival Singers. *** A Night in Bethlehem 6-9pm, November 28 5-9pm. You are asked to come to ‘A Night in Bethlehem’ at Grace Community Church, 7427 Marden Rd. Guelph to register your family for the census. Hot chocolate and caroling available afterward. For more information call 519-837-1457. All are welcome. *** Final 140th celebration for St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Hillsburgh. 6pm- Pot Luck Dinner using a recipe from their new cookbook. 7:30pm- a musical concert by Glen Soderholm and friends, $5 person or $15 family. Call Church for tickets 519-8556216. *** Karaoke - 8pm. Red Chevron Club Guelph, 34 Elizabeth St., Guelph. 519-824-1381.

NOVEMBER 28 The Gathering of Hope. An evening of entertainment to raise money for OHAfrica. Doors open at 6pm. The Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute. 155 Paisley St. Guelph. Go to www.reachlesotho.com for more info. *** The Guelph Legion's Ladies Auxiliary Christmas Bazaar and Bake Sale 10am – 3pm at the Guelph Legion, 919 York Road in Guelph.Vendors, please call Janet at 519-265-2226. *** Elora Legion Branch 229- Dance. Featuring “Marion’s Band”.

110 Metcalfe St. Elora. *** Arthur Opti-Mrs. Christmas Parade 7pm. Theme: Super Hero Christmas, start place: Arthur Public School, Conestoga Street, Arthur. All floats to arrive between 6-6:30pm. *** Craft show and bake sale at St. Patrick School 9am- 4pm. Santa will drop by noon to 2. Please bring a donation for the food drive.

391 Victoria (just south of Woodlawn) Guelph. Call Cathy 519856-0969 to rent a table to showcase your product. *** Christmas Bazaar/ Craft Sale and Bake Sale. 10am-3pm at the Guelph Legion, 919 York Rd. Free Parking and Admission.

Lunch available. *** The Taylor Evans Public School Holiday Craft Sale 9am- 3pm.

Stephanie Drive (just west of Imperial Road South, between Paisley Road and Wellington Street) in Guelph. Over 80 vendors will be in attendance. Admission is free! *** Karaoke at the Arthur Legion. 8:30pm. *** Harriston Firefighter’s Annual Santa Claus Parade. 3:30pm.

Theme: “Christmas in Toyland”. New this year, we will be collecting non-perishable items along the parade route and at the arena for the Harriston Food Bank. For info. or to participate, call Ryan Hill 519-338-2213. *** K of C Feather Party. Bridgeport Rod & Gun Club, 1229 Beitz Rd. RR 1 Breslau. 519-648-2633. 8pm. Chances for turkeys, grocery hampers, quilt, hams, money. Penny table, Crown & Anchor, door prizes. Free. Call Bob for more details 519-836-8271. *** Eden Mills Community Christmas Bazaar at the Community Hall, from 1-3pm. Tea Room, great penny table, bake tables, jewellery, Christmas arrangements & crafts. Free, wheelchair accessible. *** Gingerbread Christmas Luncheon and Bazaar, St. James Anglican Church Fergus, Queen St. E., 11am - 2pm. Bake Table, Toonie Table, Craft Table and Draws. Soup, sandwich lunch. Adults $7, Children $4.

*** ChristmasFest Bazaar at Norfolk Street United Church, Guelph.

9-4pm. Hot luncheon $6/ person. For more info. call 519-8226165. *** Annual Bazaar and Dutch luncheon at Maranatha Christian School 8037 Wellington Rd. 19, Fergus. 10am - 2pm. Baking, crafts, reptile show. *** Weber family Christmas Craft & Bake sale, Public Library Harriston 9am- 4pm. Free Admission, Door Prizes & Refreshments. *** Christmas Bazaar and Bake Sale, 10am- 1pm. Arkell United Church. Tables Available. Contact: Pat Duffield 519-821-9351. *** Twelfth Night, Shakespeare's comedy of mistaken identities, romantic triangles, and clowns, comes to Ebenezer United Church, 12274 Guelph Line, just north of Brookville, 7pm. A family-friendly production of the KW Youth Theatre. Tickets $16 Adult, $10 students. Call 905-854-6783. *** Headwater Hospital Auxiliary Candy Cane Fair. 10am - 3:30pm Headwaters Hospital, Orangeville. Bake and craft table, Toonie Draw, Kid's dollar store (buy a gift for Mom or Dad).

Free parking. Photos with Santa. *** Arthur United Church Poinsettia Luncheon and Bake Sale.

11:30am-1:30pm. Touch and Take Table. *** Open stage with Ray Smith and friends. Bring Your Instruments!

2-5pm. Red Chevron Club Guelph, 34 Elizabeth St., Guelph. 519824-1381. *** Animals Homeward Bound Book & Bake Sale. 10am-4pm. St. John’s Anglican Church Hall. 112 Main St. N. Rockwood. *** Adult / Senior Skating 8- 9:50pm. Exhibition Park Arena, Guelph.

Cost $7. Join us for fun, exercise, music and friendship! Call 519836-1015 for more information.

NOVEMBER 29 Craft Show at Arthur Legion. 10am-2pm. *** Centre Wellington Singers "Love Came Down at Christmas" Concert, 3:30pm at Melville United Church, Fergus. Tickets $12 Adults, $5 child under 12. Available from choir members, at door or reserve at 519-843-2935. *** Critic for the Status of Women - Guest Speaker Irene Mathyssen, MP London-Fanshawe, from London Ontario - 10am. Elora & Fergus Unitarian Church, Victoria Park Centre, 150 Albert St W, Fergus. 1-800-565-2353. *** 20th Annual Christmas in the Valley Craft Sale. 10am-4pm. Grand Valley Community Centre. Admission is free, but a donation to the Food Bank would be welcomed.

NOVEMBER 30 Victoria Park Seniors Centre - Seminar: You Can’t Take it with You: Guide to Estate Planning 10:30am. All welcome! Pre-register 519-787-1814.

DECEMBER 3 Dramatic Reading of Dickens’ Christmas Carol at Bethany United Church at 7pm. All profits to the C.W. Food Bank. Tickets $15 available by calling 519-846-0122. *** Belwood Lions Country Jamboree at Belwood Hall 7:30pm.

Come play, come sing, or just listen. For info. phone 519-8436111.

DECEMBER 4 Optimist Club of Puslinch, Community Euchre. 7:30pm. At the Puslinch Community Centre. $3 per person. Refreshments provided. 50/50 draw. All Welcome. *** Rockwood & District Lioness, Craft & Bazaar Sale. 9am -1pm.

Rockmosa Community Centre, Rockwood. Penny Table, tea tables, baking, and many vendors. Gift certificate draw, free admission – a donation for the Rockwood Food Bank would be appreciated. *** Evangelistic & healing service. Everyone welcome. Paisley Memorial Church, 40 Margaret St. Guelph, 7pm. Brought to you

by Freedom House Church & Healing Centre. *** Drop-in Holiday Party at the Aboyne Branch of the Library, 6:30–7:30pm. Songs, crafts, snacks and a visit from Santa! Bring your own camera. *** An Evening of Christmas Cheer at the Fergus Grand Theatre. 7pm Second show Dec. 5. $10 adults, $8 children.

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Inside Wellington - Second Section of The Wellington Advertiser, Friday, November 27, 2009 PAGE THREE

Imke Hanscomb has a passion for fashion.

Making her own clothes led teen into international sales

by David Meyer IMKE HANSCOMB - AS COLOURFUL AS HER CLOTHING

“Anything you do, work or pleasure, you have to do it with zest. You have to live with zest … and that is the secret of beauty and fashion too. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.”

Christian Dior ELORA - At 17, Imke Hanscomb would rather work than party with her friends.

Still, she said in an interview in her studio office in Elora, “They really support it.”

Even so, “A lot of them don’t understand I don’t have a lot of time for partying and things.”

Artists who follow their muse seldom have much spare time. They immerse themselves in their work.

For Hanscomb, her work has come early. She has been running her own clothing design and sales business JohnnyWishes.com - for over two years, and is selling her hand sewn designs all over the world, with those in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia among her most consistent and loyal customers.

What is unusual for the Elora girl is she has just finished high school and has applied to study fashion and design at George Brown College - after having run her successful fashion and design business since she was 15.

She said she is looking forward to learning a whole lot more about the trade that she has already taught herself, but she already exhibits the sense of a hard headed and practical business woman.

There are few things ordinary about the daughter of Neil Hanscomb and Gisela Ruehe.

She comes by her artistic side as honestly as possible.

Her father is a stained glass artist who has done commissions all over Canada and her mother designs decorative glass work from their studio home. Growing up in Elora gave her plenty of opportunity to meet artists and artisans.

Besides their art, the Hanscomb family loves to travel, and Imke said it was two years ago, while visiting Africa for a month, that she decided she did not want an ordinary

summer job where she would work for someone else.

“It was actually just a whim,” she said. “I told my parents I wanted to start a clothing business. They didn’t take it seriously. They didn’t think it was going to fly.”

And, she added, “Neither did I.” But she had a few things going for her. First, ever since she was a little girl, “I would cut my clothes up to what I wanted them to look like.

That’s basically what got me started.”

In many households, she would have been punished, but her parents showed patience with her early scissors couture experiments.

“They didn’t mind.. I was given freedom of expression. I think because they’re artists, they understood it.” Growing up in such a household had other benefits, too.

“Just living in the whole artistic environment [the glass studio and store are part of her family’s home at Church and Geddes Street] I had the feel of it. I could say ‘I know that’.”

Her studio contains piles of fabric, clothes ready to ship and The Beatles Abbey Road poster, as well as one of Bob Marley. She loves The Beatles, and Bob Marley’s music she hears all around the world on her travels.

To start her summer job, Imke began cutting up classic women’s clothing and altering them to suit her sense of style.

She has her own sewing machines in her studio. The next step was the tricky part: selling them.

She headed straight for the internet.

“I posted them on my My Space [an internet social website] account,” she said. “I ended up selling them all in one day.”

She admitted, though, she had a big learning curve. At first, “I wasn’t selling a lot. It was my first project. I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into.”

But, within a couple of months, while still in high school, Imke started to purchase fabric rather than using vintage clothing.

“I expanded what I knew,

and started teaching myself different designs,” she said. Her clothing retails to girls from age 8 to women up to about 24.

“There is a huge span,” she said of her four biggest sales countries. Much of it appears to be party-style clothes, colourful and flashy. Imke said, “The newer dresses sort of have a funky feel.”

other models come from all over. Some of them are her friends from this area. Others contact her about her clothes.

“I’ve got models who model for me in Brampton, California, Peterborough and Texas,” she said. If none is available, “I’ll scout them out online.”

She has learned to use the

“I told my parents I wanted to start a clothing business. They didn’t take it seriously. They didn’t think it was going to fly. Neither did I.” While some of her more elaborate designs have an eye catching appeal to them, she said, “I get a lot of ordinary girls buying. Others find me inspiring so they buy clothes to get started.”

She uses her youth to understand her customers.

“Because I am the age of my clientele, I know we don’t have hundreds of dollars to dish out on style … Everyone likes affordable clothing.”

Learning curves No business succeeds without some frustrations and trial and error, and Imke’s is no exception.

She built a website called johnnywishes.com, the name on her store, taken from a rock song. Getting the site up and running to its current, very professional standard took her and some friends a lot of work.

“I got a guy at my school to do it,” she said of the first construction of johnnywishes.com. “He worked on it for six months - and left me hanging with all the HTML [code] and stuff. I learned a lot myself. A designer in Kitchener taught me how to hang banners.”

The result is an array of colour, a good marketing setup, a site with easy order forms and a huge number of pictures of models in Hanscomb’s designs.

Some she models herself, but

barter system. “It’s a trade. I get the photos and they keep the clothes.” She said the models find their own photographer, get the digital pictures taken, email her pictures for her website, and keep the others for their own portfolios.

“It’s a win-win situation - so far.”

International influences The Hanscomb family has travelled all over the world.

Her older sister, Yanna, just returned from over half a year in Australia, and Imke and her family have backpacked in Africa, Asia and South America.

“A lot of my decision to become an entrepreneur came from seeing the world and seeing the freedom,” she said.

But, that freedom came with responsibility.

She took off a semester of high school to travel, but she noted when she returned to complete school while running her business, “It was a pretty stressful year. I’m not going to lie.”

The Christian Dior citation at the start of this article is on her website, but Hanscomb said one of her biggest influences is New York Couture, a private design and fashion company with its “wicked style.” All of those clothes are also hand sewn and designed.

But, Hanscomb said, her

muse can come from anywhere.

“Even just boutiques can get inspirational,” she said.

The economic recession that hit around the world was anything but harmful to her company.

“This year has been my best. That says something.

I’ve put a ton of money back into it. I don’t mind, because I know it will pay off one day.”

Her parents, like Imke, are no longer skeptical about her ability to run her own business.

“I think they’re really proud. My mom is like my number one fan,” she said.

When she graduated from Centre Wellington District High School, she won the Document Imaging Group award of $500 for “the most business drive and independent thinking.”

While waiting to hear if she is accepted at George Brown College, Hanscomb is keeping busy. She just ordered a huge amount of fabric from New York for the coming season, and she plans to be sewing and designing madly for the next three months. She likes spandex because it stretches and can fit any body shape.

She will be sewing and designing to a deadline, too. In three months, she will be heading to Asia for more travel with her best friend.

So the pressure is on again to have clothing completed and ready for sale on her website. She said it really helps that her boyfriend and her best friend are both understanding and support her efforts.

She learned from one travel experience that she should never shut down her website, because it took a long time to recover the business from a backpacking hiatus.

So she will be take a laptop this time to keep current with orders and what is selling. Her mom will do the packing and shipping. Her site also notes that she does not take credit cards, but works through Pay Pal, a longstanding web guarantor for cash transactions.

She also knows that her love of travel is an optional career. She said half of her is a fashion designer and “the other half is a travel writer.”

Still, after four semesters at George Brown College, she plans to study for a year at Ryerson University - more fashion and design.

When asked where she wants to be in the next five years, the answer is to be running a successful business out of Toronto.

“I want all my clothes hand made in Canada - and have boutiques around the world.

Dream big!”

M. Dior would have approved that sentiment.

PAGE FOUR Inside Wellington - Second Section of The Wellington Advertiser, Friday, November 27, 2009

Drayton woman wins nomination STRATFORD - Drayton resident Ellen Papenburg has been named the federal NDP candidate for the PerthWellington riding.

The NDP Riding Association made its decision at a meeting held here on Nov. 15.

Papenburg is a small business owner, a Unitarian Lay Chaplain, past president of the Drayton Rotary Club and an

active member of the Drayton community, where she has lived for 17 years with her husband and son.

“As President of the PerthWellington NDP I have had the pleasure of getting to know Ellen and her family,” said Kathy Vassilakos, riding association president and Election Planning Chair.

“Ellen has the determina-

tion of a woman who does not waste time talking about all the things she has done, or is doing, but instead focuses her energy and time working on issues that are important.”

Said Papenburg, “After being asked to run on previous occasions, I feel it is time to answer the call and adhere to my family’s tradition of political activism in Holland.”

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Community support - The Scottish Festival shuttle bus operated by the Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce made enough to make a presentation to the local food bank. From left: food bank volunteer Tanya Ouimette, Chamber of Commerce president Michael Weinstein, food bank manager Fred Aleksandrowicz and food bank co-op student Mike Gray. contributed photo

Former CFL player and coach supports township food bank FERGUS - Former CFL player and long-time coach Joe Paopao is teaming up with the Centre Wellington community to present a dramatic reading of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

The evening will feature Steph Toohill, from Santé, and food bank manager Fred Aleksandrowicz, and music of the Bethany Mens’ Chorus directed by Andy Stimpson, of

Elora. The reading of A Christmas Carol will take place at Bethany United Church on Dec. 3, at 7pm.

The story will be told using CBC Radio’s transcribed version of Dickens’ original script, fused with the sounds of the Men’s Chorus. All across Canada, readers, inspired musicians, choir members, and people who believe in the common good come together to present the story to help their community. In the spirit of Dickens, all

profits will be donated to the Centre Wellington Food Bank.

In a time when the need for food bank resources has spiked dramatically, citizens of Centre Wellington are encouraged to remember the spirit of Jacob Marley and make “mankind its business” by attending .

Tickets are $15 each and are available at Santé and Little KaTy Variety, in Elora, or at 519-846-0122. Bethany United Church is 7km south of Elora at 4th Line East and Sideroad 10.

You are Invited!

The Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network (WWLHIN) will host a series of information sessions to update residents on the draft findings and recommendations of the Rural Health Care Review. Through a collaborative planning approach, an overall vision for the provision of rural health care services in the WWLHIN is being developed.

The Rural Health Working Group that includes doctors and staff from local hospitals, long-term care homes, family health teams and other health service providers, along with community representatives has led the Rural Health Care Review process. The information sessions are a follow-up to the community sessions held from January – April, 2009.

Date: Monday, November 16, 2009 Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Location: Centre 2000, 14 Boland Drive Erin (off Dundas Street)

Date: Monday, November 30, 2009 Time: 7:00 p.m.– 9:00 p.m.

Location: Macintyre Building – 250 Owen Sound Street Dundalk (Next to the IGA)

Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 Time: 7:00 p.m.– 9:00 p.m.

Location: Linwood Community Centre 5279 Ament Line, Linwood

Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Location: Harriston & Minto Community Complex 111 George Street South, Harriston

Residents are encouraged to attend and provide your input into planning the future of the health care system in our rural communities.

Local lauded - Mount Forest’s Doris Aitken, middle, won the Women of Excellence in Agriculture award at the Royal Winter Fair on Nov. 11. Presenting the award were Pat Salter, left, and Joy Trimble, provincial president of the FWIO Ontario. submitted photo

Aitken wins WI award TORONTO - Mount Forest’s Doris Aitken is this year’s winner of the Federated Women’s Institute of Ontario’s (FWIO) Women of Excellence in Agriculture award.

“Doris Aitken is a true woman of agriculture,” said Pat Salter, coordinator of Women of Excellence, at a ceremony on Nov. 11.

For 15 years, Aitken has managed the local Farm Services Co-op outlet. She and her husband, Brian, also operate a beef and dairy operation.

The couple showed cattle at local fairs and also the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair for the past 25 years, accumulating

many prizes along the way.

Aitken is a secretary of the Ontario Charolais Association (OCA) as well as a dedicated ambassador for the RAWF and a leader of the OCA. “She is a proud member of Canada’s agriculture community and is an outstanding role model for young people and adults alike when it comes to service participation and endorsement of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair,” said Salter.

Aitken thanked Salter and Joy Trimble, provincial president of the FWIO, and asked that her appreciation be passed on to the FWIO board.

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LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Sometimes reaching the truth is worth the extra effort, Libra, even if you are afraid of what you may discover.

Gemini offers some inspiration in your life.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 You have a job to do, Taurus, but you may not be exactly sure what that job is. Don't worry about losing your focus. You'll regain it by the end of the week.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you are feeling a little out of sorts and trapped in a spell this week. You must play detective and get to the bottom of the "mood." Then the situation will be managed.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Opinions are largely useful, but this week they can alienate you when you offer your two cents, Gemini. You want to reinforce your similarities to others, not turn them against you.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Setting a reasonable pace at work this week enables you to accomplish more than you expect. Prior to any project it helps to have all of your tools in order.

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CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 You lack the necessary clarity to make an important financial decision, Capricorn. Seek out others who are knowledgeable and can help you find the answers.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, you're not likely to see others clearly today because your perceptions are very jaded. It's good to be optimistic, but don't be foolish in your choices.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, you may get a strong taste of inspiration this week, Aquarius. It may almost seem like you are floating into the clouds. Come back to earth to put your plans in action.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 It's not easy to keep your energy levels up this week, Virgo. But don't question your motivation or apparent energy stores. You'll muddle through somehow.

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Blue Box Recycling 101 Have you heard? Wellington County has a goal of capturing at least 85% of all acceptable recyclables in the blue box programme. The diagram below shows that County residents consistently remember to recycle a number of materials …and also shows that many materials are still being tossed in the garbage more often than you may think.

Great job! These items are meeting or exceeding the County Goal of 85% Capture.

Plastic Beverage Bottles Phone Books

Newspapers

Corrugated Cardboard

Aluminum Containers

Catalogues & Magazines

Steel Cans

Glass Bottles & Jars

These items are not yet meeting the County Goal of 85% Capture, as they are often ending up in the garbage. Please Recycle!

Boxboard & Rolls

Kraft Bags

Mixed Fine/Office Paper

Various Plastic Containers

Aluminum Foil & Trays

Books

Paper Egg Cartons & Take-Out Trays

Recycling is FREE in Wellington County and is provided curbside in urban areas and rural Guelph/ Eramosa, as well as at all County waste facilities.

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Questions? Contact SWS Phone: (519) 837-2601 or 1-866-899-0248 Website: www.wellington.ca Space provided through a partnership between industry and Ontario municipalities to support waste diversion programmes.

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ENTERTAINMENT Group of Seven Nutcracker runs Dec. 3 and 4 GUELPH - Ballet Jörgen Canada returns to River Run Centre on Dec. 3 and 4 at 7:30pm with The Group of Seven Nutcracker.

Choreographed by Bengt Jörgen to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s score, the re-working of the classic is a collaboration with Kleinburg’s McMichael Canadian art collection. The Group of Seven Nutcracker features as a backdrop Canada’s 20th Century landscape artists Franklin Carmichael’s Church and Houses at Bisset (1931), Tom Thomson’s Snow in the Woods (1916) and L.L. FitzGerald’s Trees and Wildflowers (1922).

Set in the early 1900s the Canadian Nutcracker brings to life the magical tale of a little girl’s Christmas dream and her

grand journey through northern landscapes filled with snowflakes, trilliums, and creatures of the woods.

Thirteen students from Guelph, Elora, Orangeville, Georgetown and surrounding communities have been selected to join the company’s professional cast for the Guelph performances. They were chosen from a group of 53 that auditioned in September.

For the performances , all seats are reserved. Adult tickets are $36 and $40, seniors’ $34 and $38, students $23 and $27.

Limited premier seating is available.

Tickets are on sale at the River Run Centre box office at (519)763-3000 or 1-877-5202408 or online at www.riverrun.ca.

Newly formed Harris Collective launches first annual Christmas holiday show and sale ELORA - The holidays are here and the Elora Centre for the Arts is giving visitors the chance to get this year’s Christmas shopping done early.

The newly formed Harris Collective, a group of member artists, is hosting its opening show and sale on Dec. 5 and 6.

The collective will feature a variety of paintings, fibre art, glass, encaustic, and other unique pieces suitable for gifts for that special person.

The Harris Collective is a member driven, juried art collective where artists can showcase their work year round.

The opening show and sale is a unique

opportunity to see work by many artists from in and outside the community under one roof.

The event will feature original work by more than 20 artists, as well as some treats and refreshments.

“It’s a unique opportunity to see some wonderful artistic talent and take home some great pieces for your friends and family for the holidays,” said Elora Centre for the Arts general manager Arlene Saunders.

The Harris Collective will be exhibiting its work year round in the Harris Room on the ground floor at the Elora Centre for the

Arts with several special shows and events scheduled throughout the year.

“The Opening Show and Sale is a wonderful opportunity to get a sneak peak at what the collective has to offer,” said Saunders, adding there will be unframed work available as well.

The Harris Collective Show and Sale runs from 10am to 4pm on Dec. 5 and 6 at the Elora Centre for the Arts. Admission is free.

For more information on the show and future events and view a list of artists, visit www.eloracentreforthearts.ca.

Blue Rodeo’s tour for its new double album aids literacy KITCHENER - Blue Rodeo has announced it is embarking on a cross-Canada tour that will see the band play over 30 venues.

Tickets went on sale Nov. 13 for a show at Centre in the Square.

Warner Music Canada released The Things We Left Behind, the band’s 12th studio

recording, last week. With 16 songs over two discs the new album is the band’s most ambitious yet.

It will be available in a number of different configurations including two CDs, double vinyl, and a special iTunes LP. Over its 25 year career, Blue Rodeo has sold over four

million records, won an unprecedented five Juno awards as Group of the Year, been handed keys to the City of Toronto and been inducted onto Canada’s Walk of Fame.

A special partner on this tour will be Raise-A-Reader, which will benefit from every ticket sold.

The Canwest Raise-A-

Reader concert series was created so artists could lend their voices to support family literacy in Canada. Raise-A-Reader has raised over $15-million since the national launch in 2002. Partial proceeds from Blue Rodeo’s tour will be directed to help literacy programs across the country.

Second Jann Arden show Library offering lots of festive activities next month added at centre KITCHENER - Recording artist Jann Arden released her tenth album on Sept. 29 and her tour in support of Free is selling out everywhere.

The first single, A Million Miles Away is already in the Top 10 on radio.

Kitchener’s Centre in the Square became the second place to add a second show, just after Toronto.

A special partner on the tour will be Raise-A-Reader, which will benefit from every ticket sold.

The promotion was created so artists could lend their voices to support family literacy in Canada.

Raise-A-Reader has raised over $15-million since 2002.

Partial proceeds from Arden’s tour will be directed to help literacy programs across the country.

VIP Packages available which include premium seats, pre-show meet and greet Arden, and a commemorative tour book. Details are available at www.JannArden.com.

Arden was scheduled for the Centre in the Square on Jan. 24.

When that show sold out, another was added for Jan. 31.

For information on tickets, call the centre box office or visit the website.

Village Idiots planning New Year’s Eve bash ELORA - The Potion Kings are bringing in the new year with special guests John Dickey (vocals) and Susie Vinnick (guitar and vocals).

Tickets are $50 each, and include hors d'oeuvres and complimentary champagne at midnight. There are only 100 tickets available).

The party is at the Elora Legion (the downstairs members’ lounge). Tickets are

available from the Elora general store or by calling 519-8462600.

FERGUS - The local branch of the Wellington County library is planing a busy month leading up to Christmas.

There will be a number of special events. Drop In Seasonal Crafts are: - Dec. 5; - Dec. 12; and - Dec. 19.

Drop in to children’s services at anytime during the open hours each Saturday before Christmas and create a beautiful Christmas tree decoration.

That event is free and suitable for all ages but adult super-

vision is required.

There are other events arranged.

Drop In Christmas Storytime is on Dec. 18, from 10:30 to 11am.

That event provides a very special family storytime to celebrate the festive season.

Refreshments, activities, stories, songs, and a special guest visitor will all be part of the hour.

That event, too, is free and is open to all ages.

There will be a library open house on Dec, 18 from 10am to 5pm.

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Fiddler Woods returns home for Christmas show FERGUS - Resident Scott Woods is currently finishing his successful 2009 crosscountry fiddler show.

It has gone from Vancouver to Glace Bay and about 150 communities in between. On the way, he and his band helped to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for churches and charities in a unique mission.

One of the special stops this year was in Harvey Station, New Brunswick, at the 100th anniversary celebration of the birth of Don Messer, the famous old time fiddler. Messer, through his national radio and TV shows, became a household name across Canada during the 20th century. The Scott Woods Band was invited to kick off

Festival has children’s book sale Nov. 27, 28 ELORA- For the first time at a special sale, the Elora Festival and Singers book sale is offering hundreds of children’s books.

The specially selected books in gently used and like new condition are appropriate for all ages from toddlers to teens, at modest prices.

The Elora United Church on Geddes Street affords shoppers an opportunity to browse

with the long Christmas school break in mind. Many will find illustrated picture books and soft cover series paperbacks that are affordable at less than a dollar each.

The sale runs Nov 27 from 4 to 8pm and Nov. 28 from 9am to 1pm. The church is wheelchair accessible.

More information is available 519-846-0331 or toll free 1-888-747-7550.

the week-long fiddle party. It was a homecoming of fiddle fans from all over the world.

Visitors to the Scott Woods Show say the music takes them back to their younger days at home with family. Many say someone in their family was a fiddler, or one of the tunes is a family favourite. Many sing along with the old Gospel and country songs, and feet are usually tapping.

His Old Time Christmas Show is currently touring in Ontario and will play in Fergus at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Dec. 9 at 7pm.

Ticket information is available at 519-843-3565.

Woods has 11 different recordings available on CD that are not available in stores.

They can be obtained at his show or by calling 519-8433173.

Book launch set for McCrae House Sunday GUELPH - Author Linda Granfield will be at the launch of Remembering John McCrae on Nov. 29.

From 2 to 4 pm, Granfield will be available to sign books.

She will be offering a short talk and there will be a presentation at 2:30pm, as well as some birthday cake to celebrate John McCrae’s Nov. 30 birthday.

McCrae wrote the immortal In Flanders Fields.

Granfield, one of Canada's finest historians and celebrated non-fiction authors, has compiled a scrap book-style tribute to him.

This is a free admission event.

McCrae House is located at 108 Water Street in Guelph.

Fête Romantique tickets on sale now Christmas tradition - John McDermott returns to the River Run Centre on Dec. 1.

John McDermott at River Run Dec. 1 GUELPH – River Run centre welcomes the return of Canadian tenor John McDermott on Dec. 1 at 7:30pm.

He will be joined by guest Russell De Carle, of Prairie Oyster.

McDermott’s performances have become a long-standing Christmas tradition at River Run. McDermott will perform some songs from his new CD which tells the story of our Canadian heroes. Journeys is a deeply personal recording, featuring The Dreamer and The Gift of Years, written by Eric

Bogle, and the emotional Bringing Buddy Home, which has been played on radio in the U.S. and Canada in tribute to the fallen.

Tickets are on sale through the box office. Prices range from $35.50 to $42.50. As part of the uGO program, university and college students may purchase tickets at the box office for only $20 each. And through eyeGO, high school students may attend for $5. All tickets may be purchased online at www.riverrun.ca, by phone at 519-763-3000 or at the box office.

Annual show Dec. 11, 12 been a sellout for years MARSVILLE - The annual community Christmas concert will be held on Dec. 11 12 at the East Garafraxa and Marsville Hall here.

Featured this year in the variety show will be a medley of Cole Porter Songs; fiddlers; comedy skits, including the sage discussions of Two-OldMen-On-A-Bench; dancers,

and, of course, The Marsvillettes in The Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers.

The shows start at 7:30pm.

Adults tickets are $7; children, $5.

The show sells out every year, so reserve tickets in advance by calling Earl Lennox at 519-928-3457.

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GUELPH - Fête Romantique has just been launched again.

The Guelph Arts Council’s annual fundraising endeavour brings revenue to support the council services and programs.

As in past years, the 24th annual offering will give ticket buyers an opportunity to win the grand prize – an elegant, gourmet dinner for six served by members of Guelph Arts Council in one of the area's heritage homes. It will be pre-

sented on the Saturday closest to Valentine's Day. The multicourse dinner will be co-ordinated by Kevin McKitrick, proprietor of Platters Catering and Events. A chauffeur-driven limousine provided by Mirage Limousine Services will transport the winner and guests to the dinner site, the location of which always remains a carefully-guarded secret.

As well as the grand prize, there will be some 30 chances to win other prizes, including

tickets to concerts, theatres, and festivals, and gift certificates for dinners at local restaurants or vouchers for the products and services of fine local businesses.

Only 1,800 tickets are printed. Ticket buying is easy now that the council is using Visa and Master Card.

The funds raised by the event are an essential part of the Council's budget, making possible such popular programs as historical walking

tours and Doors Open Guelph, and helping to administer the guelpharts and wellingtonarts heritage website portal.

Tickets are $15 each or two for $25, and are available from GAC board members, a number of locations around the city, or the GAC office at 147 Wyndham Street North, Suite 404, 519-836-3280. The draw will take place on Thursday, Jan. 28, at 4:30pm.

I didn’t think it meant me An announcement was made early this spring, informing all teachers at a school that any budget requests for supplies needed to be in to the office by May 1. In late May, one of the likeable and laid back teachers on the staff walked into the office with a request for the purchase of outdoor equipment she needed in June. When asked, quite firmly, “Did you not read the announcement that all purchase requests must be in by May 1, she replied, “Oh, I didn’t think it meant me.” Her fellow teachers are still kidding her about that one.

Even though it is easy to see the flaw in her thinking, have we sometimes been as unaware when we read about other issues that touch our lives? I am thinking now of the many messages seen on television and read in the paper and on posters: “If you drink, don’t drive.” Can there be some likeable, laid back person reading this article who has not seen such a statement?

And if you have, do you think, “but they don’t mean me. After all, I like to have a drink, and what’s the harm in having a couple and then driving? It’s those repeat offenders that cause all the accidents.”

You may be surprised to know, as stated in a research paper (Solomon, 2001) that “even if all alcohol-related fatal crashes involving repeat offenders were eliminated, at least 90% of all impaired fatal crashes would still remain.” As a driver who chooses to drink, and then drive, you will be part of that 90% just waiting for your turn to cause a fatality, or to be a fatality.

It’s not as though the same media have not given us lots of options to having a drink and then getting behind the wheel.

No one said that you could never have a drink when you are out. An obvious one is, to have a “designated driver.” When you go out as a couple, or with friends, one of you can choose not to have alcoholic beverages that night. Show some creativity and try some interesting nonalcoholic beverages. Next time out, it’s your turn to drink. If you find that despite your plan, you do drink, phone a friend or family member to come and get you. Their disturbed sleep will be nothing compared to their non-ending sleeplessness should you never come home. No one to call?

Then phone a taxi - a modest expense now versus future expenses when your license is suspended. If none of those can work, then stay overnight - if they are friends they will find some couch in a corner for you. And if you were the “designated driver,” have a drink when you get back to the comfort and safety of your own home.

Having all those options available, are there still some thinking, “But these don’t apply to me.”

If you remain unconvinced of the need to be sober when you get behind the wheel, here are some Canadian statistics from 2006 that show the size of this problem.

Motor vehicle crashes across the country killed 3,122 people. Of those, 1,278 (41%) involved impaired drivers. In the same year, an estimated 75,374 were injured in impaired driving crashes. That’s 1,449 a

week; 207 per day.

If you are wondering how this article fits in with “promoting mental health”, think about some signs of a mentally healthy person: being able to make sound decisions based on facts; caring about the well being of others and how our actions affect them; being creative in solving problems; being able to plan for the future beyond our current wishes. Do those apply to you? What can we say about the possibility of good mental health for those who lose a family member due to an impaired driver? What of the mental health of those who suffer from ongoing pain, inability to work and the limiting of social and sporting enjoyment that follows serious injury caused by an impaired driver?

Please do not be the one who is standing in a court room, charged in a fatal crash, thinking, ”But I didn’t think it meant me.”

This article was written by Janet Fowler, a member of the Open Mind committee and a volunteer with MADD. The column is sponsored by individuals and organizations concerned with mental health issues in rural Wellington and Dufferin counties. Contact Canadian Mental Health Association at 519-7664450 ext. 231 or parkinsons@cmhagrb.on.ca with comments. Access this column online at www.dc-wd.org/open_mind.htm and for local mental health resources information, visit www.cmhagrb.on.ca and link to the Grand River Branch Mental Health and Addictions Directory.

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Celebrating 35 years of Community Service DECEMBER 5 The Artisan Belles are hosting Unique Art & Craft Sales in Belwood, 12 - 4. Alpaca items, photo art, quilting & more. See the Alpacas too. 011405 E-W Garafraxa TL (old 8th line). Call 519-843-1663 for more info. *** Twin City Harmonizers Presents “ A Musical Winter Wonderland” –Calvary United Church, 48 Hawkesville Rd., St. Jacobs. 2pm and 7:30pm. Tickets $12.50 each (children 12 and under are free) and can be purchased in advance (519-885-5012) or at the door. *** "Sparkles in the Willows" Three Willows United Church, 577 Willow Rd., Guelph. 11am- 2pm. Luncheon & Bazaar with Bake Table, Crafts, Jewellery, White Elephant table. Lunch $6, Children under 6 free. *** Christmas Cookie Walk, 10am-12pm at The Church of St. David and St. Patrick, 520 Speedvale Ave. Guelph. All the homemade cookies you can fit in a large box, $10 or small box, $5. *** Christmas Cookie Walk. 10am - Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church Fergus/Elora - 290 Belsyde Ave. E. Fergus 519-843-5030.

Add some variety to your Christmas goodies! *** Traditional Bazaar and Bake Sale St. John's Anglican Church Henderson and Smith Sts. Elora. 9am-12noon. *** St. John Catholic Women's League Christmas Bazaar & Tea, 13:30pm at St. John Parish Centre, Arthur. Baking, penny table, country crafts, & many prizes to be won. *** Knox Ospringe Church annual Christmas Bazaar 9 - 3. Corner of Highway 124 and 125. Hot lunch available. All kinds of crafts plus gently used. Tables $10 donation call Nora 519-856-4453. *** Churchill Community Church annual English Christmas Tea 1-4 pm. Scones, Devonshire Cream, jam, sandwiches, sweets, tea and coffee. $8/person. Bake, gift and craft tables as well as penny sales and raffles. Churchill Church is located at the corner of the Erin Third line and the Erin-Halton Townline. *** Breakfast with Santa. 8-11am. Redwood Restaurant, Clifford.

Free breakfast, Toys, pictures with Santa, balloons etc. All proceeds to Children's’ Wish Foundation. *** Bake Sale & Grandma’s Attic. Elora United Church 9am-1pm.

Crafts, soup & sandwich lunch. *** Adult / Senior Skating 8 - 9:50pm. Exhibition Park Arena, Guelph. Cost $7. Join us for fun, exercise, music and friendship!

Call 519-836-1015 for more information. *** Christmas “Cookie Walk” Sale at St. Joseph’s Parish Centre 460 St. George St. W. Fergus. 12 noon – 2pm. Proceeds to St. Joseph’s Building Fund. *** Buffet Lunch and Bake Sale at St. George’s Anglican Church Harriston. 11am - 1pm. $10. Door Prizes. Everyone Welcome. *** Video Dance Party at Centre 2000, Erin. 7-10pm. Ages 7-14. Two huge screens, an amazing light show, contests, prizes and much more. Music and video is content edited and dances are completely chaperoned. Tickets are $10 each and are available at the door. *** The Independent Authors & Illustrators of Canada (IAIC) book fair at the Old Quebec Street Mall in downtown Guelph. 11am4pm. In support of needy libraries in Nunavut, IAIC members are donating copies of their books, and invite the public to contribute new and gently used books to this worthy cause. Come and meet some of the finest authors and illustrators in the Guelph and surrounding areas, find unique Christmas gifts of autographed books, and help IAIC support literacy in Nunavut. *** Gingerbread Ornament (ages 6 and up) Arthur Library. Make ‘take in time for the holidays. 10-11am. Please register. For this free event call 519-848-3999 for more information.

DECEMBER 6 Enjoy a concert of Christmas music at St. John’s United Church, Belwood at 7pm. Featuring the St. John’s choir, the Beltones Quartet and the Hilltop Singers and Journeymen Quartet. Free will offering. *** A Christmas Carol – A dramatic reading hosted by The Mount Forest United Church in partnership with CBC Radio 7pm featuring Dinah Christie and friends. Proceeds to the Mount Forest Christmas Bureau and Place of Hope, Botswana. Tickets are $10/adult, $5/child 12 & younger, $25/family available at the church office. *** Open Jamboree and Dance at Mount Forest Legion. 1:30-5pm.

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DECEMBER 8 Puslinch Seniors' Euchre Club 1:30pm. Present and former

Puslinch Township residents are invited to join us for an afternoon of friendly euchre games at the Puslinch Community Centre on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month. *** Royal City Quilters Guild, 7pm. Christmas decorations and bake sale. Three Willows United Church, 577 Willow Rd. Guelph. *** Wintersingers Tree Treasure Hunt 10am. 5837 Third LineHillsburgh. Come & enjoy a Christmas tree farm. Fresh air, hot apple cider, hot chocolate, hayrides and a candy cane treasure hunt. Cost $2 each. All ages. Register with Jane or Anastasia by calling 519-856-2113.

DECEMBER 9 The Scott Woods Old Time Christmas. 7pm, St.Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Fergus. Tickets available at the office or call 519-843-3565. *** The Alzheimer Society of Guelph-Wellington annual Christmas Carols by Candlelight. St. George’s Anglican Church, 99 Woolwich St., Guelph. 7:30pm. Tickets are available at the Alzheimer Society, 111 Macdonell St., Guelph. Adults $15, Seniors/Students $10, Children 12 and under $5. Call 519-8367672 for more info. *** Grand Quilt guild Christmas meeting will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion, Fergus. 6:30 - 9:30pm with a Pot Luck dinner, Fat quarter gift exchange and book sale. Everyone welcome.

DECEMBER 10 Arthur Agricultural Society, directors meeting, 8:15pm. Lower Hall of the Arthur Community Centre. All Welcome. *** Stone United Church is sponsoring a Chili Supper (hot dogs too) before the Parade of Lights at Rockmosa Community Centre 5-7 pm.

DECEMBER 11 Listowel Legion Branch 259 Turkey Meat Draw. Regular Draws plus Turkeys. $10per stick (32 chances) 5:30pm start. Music by Lee. *** Karaoke - 8pm. Red Chevron Club Guelph, 34 Elizabeth St., Guelph. 519-824-1381. *** The annual Marsville Community Christmas Concert at the East Garafraxa/Marsville Hall in Marsville. 7:30pm. Two nights!

Adults $7, Children $5. This show sells out every year! Please reserve tickets in advance by calling Earl Lennox at 519-9283457. *** Brighton Chapter No 201 Order of the Eastern Star in Fergus is holding a euchre at Fergus Masonic Hall, 310 St Andrew St W. at 7:30pm. Light lunch provided. All are welcome. Cost is $5.

Contact Muriel Brown 519-787-0554 for further information.

DECEMBER 12 The annual Marsville Community Christmas Concert at the East Garafraxa/Marsville Hall in Marsville. 7:30pm. Adults $7, Children $5. This show sells out every year! Please reserve tickets in advance by calling Earl Lennox at 519-928-3457. *** Christmas Celebration Concert with the Liberation Choir Sunday 7:30pm at the Drayton Reformed Church, 74 Wellington St. Drayton. Freewill Offering for the Palmerston Hospital Foundation. *** Adult / Senior Skating 8 - 9:50 Exhibition Park Arena, Guelph.

Cost $7. Join us for fun, exercise, music and friendship! Call 519836-1015 for more information. *** Christmas in Concert- Performances are free; no ticket necessary 3:30 & 7:30pm & Sunday 3:30pm.Koinonia Christian Fellowship (850 Sawmill Road, Bloomingdale). 519-744-7447. www.kcf.org

On Oct. 24 there was a gathering at Marsville Community Hall of Lions Clubs and guests to congratulate and participate in celebrating the 35 years of community service by the Marsville Lions Club.

The current Lions members in the club are Kenny Blackwell, Marvin Halliday, Elly Hoogendoorn, Neil Hoogendoorn, Dick Mehling, Gordon Simpson, and Steve Reid.

A special commendation should go to the charter members who have been with the club all of their 35 years, congratulations to Ken, Neil, and Dick.

Marsville Lions Club has been involved in many of the community projects that have shaped and changed the face of the community, for example the Adopt-a-Road Program along Dufferin Road 3, the building of the pavilion and play structures in the Marsville Park, and the play equipment at East Garafraxa School. They are still involved and motivated by donating the Pancake Breakfast with Santa to East Garafraxa School each year on the first weekend in December. The club would not be able to do that, or donate to multiple charities for the blind, and drug problems without the help of the community in donating their newspapers, pop cans, and wine and beer bottles in the last Saturday of every month at the Marsville community hall. Thank you all for your wonderful support. Please keep it up.

The Marsville Lions would also like to thank all of their sponsors. It is appreciated to have the support of our local community businesses.

Grandmothers of the Grand say thanks The Grandmothers of the Grand Ontario have just completed our first lecture series. We thank the Wellington Advertiser for posting it in its Events section. Without it, we would not have the public response and success we had. We would also like to thank CWDHS for its partnership and use of its library. It was the perfect venue. We thank the students who volunteered their time.

They were informed, polite, and offered helping hands where ever needed.

We appreciate the speakers and were enriched by their experiences. Janet Wilson, author and artist, brought her art, books, and stories of her African travels and a special orphanage. BJ Caldwell, HIV/AIDS Educator, informed and enlightened students to grandparents about this disease.

Rick Goodfellow showed his PowerPoint presentation of his Tour D’ Afrique. We were enthralled to hitch a ride and witness this extraordinary journey from Cairo to Cape Town. Sharon Rice travelled solo to Upendo on behalf of the Rotary Club of Guelph to establish a library.

She accomplished this daunting task in 16 days and we were in awe of her story and pictures.

Thank you also to Ted Arnott for his thoughtful words of greeting.

A special thank you to all who attended and supported the wonderful works of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

The Grandmothers and Orphans in Africa say “Thank You”.

Together we have made a difference.

The Grandmothers of the Grand, Ontario

New to your Community? be sure to call

Patti Klein 519-843-7055

DECEMBER 13 Cats Anonymous Rescue & Adoption - Christmas Open House: from 10am - 3pm in Marsville (east of Fergus). Call 519-8556850. *** Handel's perennial favourite returns to the Village of Elora. 267 years after its premier, Messiah remains not only a Christmas standard but, a Singers tradition. This concert always sells out quickly so, be sure to order your tickets early. 3pm. Knox Presbyterian Church, Elora $40. 1-888-747-7550.

DECEMBER 17 Family Christmas Evening (all ages) Arthur Library. Drop-in. 7– 8 pm for family fun of: stories, crafts, songs & more. No registration required but Christmas colours encouraged! For this free event call 519-848-3999 for more information.

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Our hostess will bring gifts and greetings, along with helpful community information. www.welcomewagon.ca

Memories of

Elvis

by BRUCE HERRON Saturday, December 5/09 Artel Banquet Hall (Melran Mall Plaza) 355 Elmira Road, Guelph Doors open- 7pm Showtime - 8pm Tickets $25/person For Tickets 519-836-8708

DOOR PRIZES • COLD BUFFET

PAGE TWELVE Inside Wellington - Second Section of the Wellington Advertiser - Friday, November 27, 2009

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County of Wellington “Connecting Citizens with County News”

2010 GREEN LEGACY PROGRAMME Order forms now available!

Less than 10,000 trees left!

The Green Legacy Tree Planting Programme will continue in 2010. This spring, over 156,000 trees will be planted all over Wellington County!

Visit www.wellington.ca, or call (519) 837-2600, ext. 2320* to obtain an order form.

Order early to avoid disappointment.

PUBLIC MEETING: TERM OF WARDEN COUNTY STAFF RAISES MONEY FOR LOCAL UNITED WAY

The County of Wellington will be holding a public meeting to consider amending the County‘s Procedural By-law to change the term of office for the Warden to a two year term, effective December 2010.

Wellington County Council and staff will be donating over $40,000 to the Guelph-Wellington United Way. The year long campaign featured a variety of events including:

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2009 - 7 P.M. NICHOLAS KEITH ROOM, WELLINGTON COUNTY MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES 0536 WELLINGTON ROAD 18, FERGUS

• BBQ’s • County Fair • Bake sale • BINGO fundraiser • CN Tower Climb for the United Way • Weekly dress down Friday donations • Additional Council and staff donations

For more information, please contact: Donna Van Wyck, Clerk, (519) 837-2600, ext. 2520*.

Thank you to everyone who participated in this important cause!

CURBSIDE COLLECTION REMINDER

PLEASE USE TWO BLUE BOXES to help keep your containers and paper products separate.

FESTIVE R.I.D.E. PROGRAMME UNDERWAY The Ontario Provincial Police Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E.) festive season programme has begun and runs through January 2, 2010.

NEED A BLUE BOX? PICK ONE UP AT ANY COUNTY WASTE FACILITY OR AT YOUR MUNICIPAL OFFICE Curbside collection is provided in “urban” areas and rural Guelph/Eramosa only.

For more information, contact Solid Waste Services (SWS): (519) 837-2601 or toll-free 1-866-899-0248.

County of Wellington Administration Centre 74 Woolwich St. Guelph, ON N1H 3T9

Impaired driving remains the leading criminal cause of death in Canada. O.P.P. officers will be out in full force across the province in an effort to remove the threat of the impaired drivers and reduce the death toll on Ontario roads.

County of Wellington O.P.P. Officers continually conduct R.I.D.E. spot checks throughout the year, and will also be on the lookout for aggressive drivers, those speeding and people not wearing seat belts.

Help keep our roads safe. If you drink, don’t drive.

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