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On Saturday, June 7, the St. Marys Healthcare Foundation hosted the Built for Tomorrow Gala at the Pyramid Recreation Centre (PRC). Steel Grill Catering put on an amazing meal from appetizers to dessert. There were also live and silent auctions with many incredible items and packages up for bid. The entertainment this year was comedian Brent Butt of Corner Gas fame. Butt met with the foundation directors for a meet and greet prior to performing on stage where he entertained 350 guests with his comedy act for approximately 45 minutes. The theme of the gala this year was fu-
turistic elegance. Sean Camp of Lucid Musings once again volunteered his time with an amazing photo booth that many guests took part in. The foundation proudly supports St. Marys Memorial Hospital, the Tradition Mutual Centre for Wellness and other local healthcare initiatives. Every dollar that is raised stays right here in our community enhancing care, upgrading equipment and building a healthier future for all. It was a great night and thanks to all the event sponsors, guests and community members, $40,000 was raised in support of the new x-ray machine at the hospital. The gala takes place every other year, so the foundation looks forward to the next one in 2027.
At its June 18 meeting, the St. Marys community policing advisory committee recommended St. Marys council approve a total budget of $1,518,345 for the Stratford Police Service to provide policing services for the town this year. Broken down, the recommended budget includes $1,398,897 for police operations in St. Marys to be levied from taxpayers as part of the town’s overall property tax levy, $84,240 from the town’s policing reserve for the replacement of a police cruiser and $35,208 for the town’s annual park-patrol/ bylaw-enforcement program. “Our budget cycles don’t perfectly align between the city and the town, so in terms of the police, they need to make a presentation to their board first and then have city approval before they provide it to us,” St. Marys CAO Brent Kittmer said of the process by which St. Marys approves its annual policing budget. “Each year in September or October, the deputy chief and I have a conversation about what we should expect for an increase, and then we develop a draft budget for the town. “This year, we were estimating around a CONTINUED TO PAGE 2
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