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Donations sought for Rotary Community Pantry JEFF HELSDON Editor
As the Rotary Club’s Community Pantry gets closer to launch, organizers are seeking volunteers as well as donations of time and goods. Tillsonburg Community Pantry will be a small, standalone building behind the Station Arts Centre. It is not intended to compete with the Tillsonburg Helping Hand Food Bank, but will operate in tandem with it. According to the project website, “the project aims to strengthen food security, reduce food waste, and offer flexible access to nutritious food for
anyone who needs it.” Similar concepts have been used successfully in other communities, including Norfolk and London. The facility will include a refrigerator to keep food fresh and shelving for canned goods. Rotary member Jason Weiler said construction will start this spring, and the club is looking for donations of services and/or materials. “Anything that is donated knocks down the cost, and we can use that money for the operation once it’s started,” he said, adding used materials may be accepted, but that will be subject to review. CONTINUED TO PAGE 2
Province finalizes changes to reduce the number of conservation authorities
JEFF HELSDON Editor
Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities will be reduced to nine under sweeping changes finalized by the province on March 10. The initial proposal was to reduce the number of conservation authorities to seven. Locally, the Long Point Region Conservation Authority (LPRCA) would have been lumped in with other authorities in a new entity that would have stretched from Windsor to Niag-
ara. The final decision was altered slightly to create an Eastern Lake Erie Regional Conservation Authority and Western Lake Erie Regional Conservation Authority, while lumping the eastern end of Lake Erie in with the Western Lake Ontario Regional Conservation Authority. There will be nine conservation authorities in total and a new Ontario Provincial Conservation Authority. More specifically, this will translate into the amalgamation of LPRCA CONTINUED TO PAGE 6
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A good time was had by all in downtown Tillsonburg on March 14, celebrating St Patrick's Day during the third annual Pub Shammy, organized by the Downtown Tillsonburg BIA. Hundreds of parties hit the streets for the event and the Shamrock Shuttle provided a great way to get around to all of the participating businesses.
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