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Mapleton, Minto youths to compete for Ambassador of the Fairs title at CNE TORONTO Six Wellington County ambassadors will compete in the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) Ambassador of the Fairs Competition Aug. 16 to 18. The Wellington County competitors include: - Arthur: Jessica Farrelly; - Erin: Megan RobartMorgan; - Fergus: Jade Ritter; - Harriston-Minto: Keeley Harris; - Mount Forest: Alicia Gilstorf; and - Palmerston: Brookelyn Butchart. Now in its 48th year, the Ambassador of the Fairs competition promotes and celebrates Ontario’s history and heritage in agriculture, bridging the gap between rural and urban communities.
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The competition has seen more than 1,300 contestants from over 100 communities throughout the province compete for the exclusive year-long title of Ambassador of the Fairs. Contestants are judged on a wide range of criteria, from their knowledge of the CNE and agriculture, to poise,
leadership, personality and overall impression. To be eligible contestants must have first won the ambassador competition at their local fair (they can only compete once at the CNE). Finals will take place on Aug. 18 in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre at the CNE.
‘Conversations and Creations’: North4Youth hosts free events
Cooling off - ABC Park in Drayton was a busy spot on July 26. Numerous families were at the park last Friday afternoon as youngsters enjoyed the playground equipment and cooled off in the splash pad. ABOVE: Levi Dorscht, left, and Carson Perrin. RIGHT: Jadeyn Bruce, Mila Hassanzudu and Rebekka Follings. Photos by Patrick Raftis
MINTO - North4Youth is inviting Mapleton, Minto and Wellington North youths aged 13 to 25 to join their upcoming event, “Conversations and Creations.” Participants may attend the event in the location nearest them to socialize, share ideas on how to make their community “better for
YOUth,” and create a DIY chalkboard, organizers note. Free food is provided. “All you have to do is bring a surface to paint on and North4Youth provides the rest,” states municipal youth intern Megan Raftis. The events will be held Aug. 12 at the Palmerston Lion’s Park Pavilion, Aug.
13 at the Drayton Centennial Park Pavilion and Aug. 15 at the Mount Forest Sports Complex Pavilion. Each event will take place between 6 and 8pm. To RSVP - by Aug. 9 and for more information message @north4youth on Instagram or email youth@ town.minto.on.ca.
Alma resident travels to Thailand; works with elephants, dogs ALMA – Hannah Litzen recently returned home from a two-week trip to Thailand where she volunteered at a dog rescue clinic and elephant nature park. An 18-year-old animal biology major entering her second year at the University of Guelph, Litzen has wanted to be a small animal veterinarian since she was three years old. She is currently spending her second summer working at the Sauble Beach Pet Hospital. “I can’t really explain why I want to be a vet, but something in me has always been fascinated about veterinary medicine, anatomy and animals in general,” she said
in an email interview. “I already knew I wanted to be a vet going into the trip, but the trip allowed me to get actual surgical and technical experience, which furthered my desire to become a vet.” She found out about the Loop Abroad program through Instagram. “I was looking for an opportunity to travel and work with animals and this was perfect,” she said. Loop Abroad uses a study abroad model instead of a “voluntourism” model. “Loop focuses on educating its students so that they can contribute and serve in meaningful ways,” states an organization press release. “It also works with locally-run animal welfare organizations so that students con-
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tribute to long-term improvement on the ground in the countries they visit.” The organization offers trips to Thailand, South Africa, Australia and the Amazon and Galapagos. “Thailand was their original destination,” Litzen said. “It has always been a bucket list trip (hot temperature, dynamic culture, beautiful scenery and rainforest, and very far away) and many of the activities that I wanted to do were unique to the Thailand trip.” There were about 40 people in Litzen’s group, which travelled to Thailand from May 18 to June 3. She spent the first week at an elephant nature park and the second week at a dog rescue clinic. The elephant nature park
is home to about 80 elephants, Litzen said, but there are also dogs, cats, horses, goats, pigs and sheep. ‘Incredible experience’ “It was (an) incredible experience and I wouldn’t trade it for the world,” she said. “If anyone has the chance I would encourage you to go there and stay as a volunteer to get the true experience. “Seeing animals within this natural habitat, doing activities that you would usually only see in the wild is much, much better than any riding camp where you get to ride them while they are treated poorly and are depressed from poor handling and the inability to perform natural behaviours.” SEE YOUTH » 3
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Elephant education - Hanna Litzen of Alma travelled to Thailand with Loop Abroad from May 18 to June 3. She spent one week at an elephant nature park and another week working at a dog rescue clinic. Submitted photo
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Anniversary celebration - A 30th anniversary celebration was held at the Royal Terrace in Palmerston on June 27. LEFT: Joining owners Norma (left) and Kash Ramchandani (centre) are Perth-Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece, Royal Terrace director of life enrichment Jennifer George and Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott. RIGHT: Perth-Wellington MP John Nater visited with residents, including Verna Jean Speers, at the event. Submitted photos
Terrace volunteers - Royal Terrace volunteers were busy delivering fresh strawberry shortcake to guests who attended the 30th anniversary of the official opening of the long-term and residential care facility in Palmerston on June 27. From left: Doris Moore, Vivienne Cober, Annie Williams, Trish Frey, Royal Terrace administrator Shelly Gould, Judy Tarc, Lorraine Ballard and Ruth Wilson.
Royal Terrace long-term / residential care facility celebrates 30 years PALMERSTON – A crowd numbering in the hundreds was on hand for the 30th anniversary celebration of the Royal Terrace Long-Term and Residential Care facility here on June 27. The event, which included a community barbe-
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Youth plans career as vet brought in because they can’t afford animal care,” she explained. “Many are in very poor condition, but many are still well loved. “The shelter also takes in animals off the streets and gives them a full veterinary workup to get them back to full health. Then they can be rehabilitated.” During her week at the clinic, Litzen was given the opportunity to help neuter and spay cats and dogs. “I would probably say the hardest thing would be taking blood,” she said. “It takes a lot of practice to spot out a little vein under a bunch of hair but I have been getting some more experience with that at my clinic.” The group worked with American veterinarians who provided a lecture in the morning to explain various topics before the hands-on experience in the afternoon. While in the city Litzen said the group went to night markets, temples and zip lining on the weekends. She said her biggest takeaway from the trip was, “getting to learn about what elephants have to go through and how unbelievably wise they are.” She also enjoyed “the chance to experience the calm and friendly nature of Thai people and their beautiful culture.” She added, “I hope to take some of their ways and apply them to my everyday life.”
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Palmerston pull - The 40th Annual Palmerston Agricultural Society Tractor Pull was held at the local arena grounds on July 27. LEFT: Rob Stanner of Palmerston competes in the 4,500 pound class. RIGHT: Ken Ellis of Clinton kicked up some dust on the way to placing second in the 4,500 pound class. Photos by Patrick Raftis
Snobelen Farms planning to build new seed facility at Palmerston location PALMERSTON Construction of a worldclass seed processing, treatment and packaging facility at Snobelen Farms Ltd.’s Palmerston area location will begin this summer, the company has announced. The facility will produce high-quality seed, offer several seed treatment options and allow Snobelen Farms to better serve customers, the company states in a July 23 press release. The Palmerston expansion is a result of recent growth in the company’s seed and export soybean business. It will focus on processing soybeans, winter wheat and spring cereals seeds and receiving IP soybeans to complement the company’s existing seed and export facility in Lucknow. “Adding this state-of-theart facility to our Palmerston operation positions Snobelen Farms to continue to supply our customers with the highest possible quality product,” said company president Sam Snobelen. “It also sets us up for future growth in our seed business unit.” The Palmerston expansion will incorporate a tower structure cleaning and treatment processing line, a new warehouse and separate IP soybean receiving facility. Completion of the project is expected in the fall of 2020. Mike Snobelen established Snobelen Farms Ltd. in 1971 with the goal of build-
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The OTTPA Tractor and Truck Pull begins at 6pm Saturday evening. Sunday begins with the Drayton Legion Breakfast in the Ag Hall at 8am on Aug. 11. Exhibits open at noon, when the beef cattle show also gets underway. Tiger Paws Exotic Pets, a sheep show and bubble soccer are part of Sunday’s events, with the popular demolition derby getting under way at 1pm. Admission is $10 for adults ($15 after 5pm and all-
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in Wellington and the county itself, as well as: - City of Waterloo; - City of Kitchener; - Township of Wellesley; - Township of Woolwich; - Town of Mono; - Township of Southgate; - Municipality of West Grey; - Municipality of North Perth; - Township of Perth East; and - Township of West Perth. Councillor Michael Martin asked whether council should consider only using lower-tier municipalities for the review. “I was just thinking maybe we could limit this to lower-tier municipalities as opposed to upper tier; maybe just remove Wellington County and Region of
Waterloo altogether,� said Martin. Mayor Gregg Davidson reminded council that in many cases staff will take jobs in those cities and therefore they would be useful for the review. “We had this conversation when Mr. Ilott was here and it’s in regards to staff going to those locations, moving over to better opportunities and the region and the county being two of those locations,� he said. Davidson added, “Now Mr. Ilott has the comparisons. “We understand that the county and the region will probably have higher numbers, but we just want to have that to compare to lower numbers, not necessarily be used in the actual compensation review.�
The minimum investment or redemption for any portfolio is $5,000. “It would provide a more comfortable option, should we engage, in terms of looking at determining better options for our surplus funds,� explained director of finance John Morrison. “As you can see with this group, they have banded together some larger municipalities and have developed some expertise in terms of dealing with the legislation.� Currently, most of the township’s surplus funds are earning interest at 2.2% in an RBC Bank account. According to a report prepared by Morrison, “At this time, with the given market conditions, RBC has
no other investment options that offered a higher return for the cash on hand other than a locked GIC (guaranteed investment certificate) for four years at 2.26%.â€? Other investment options offered by RBC that could offer higher returns fall outside of legislation, the report states. By pooling their money, OIP members, including the City of Barrie and the Town of Whitby, “have gone out into the investment community and obtained better rates,â€? Morrison told council. “If you looked at some of the returns as late as April they are doing the same thing with their pooled monies and SEE MAPLETON Âť 3
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varies little and we don’t have to worry that receding water will gradually deprive us of our aquatic pleasures. Over the years that 4.5 feet has enabled the fun of thousands of jumps and dives into the cool, refreshing, cushioning Lake Muskoka water, not to mention the thousands of ski, wakeboard and ‘biscuit’ takeoffs and landings, and the countless hours sitting on the dock watching life on the lake. Our family is well into the fourth generation of kids falling in love with the cottage and its dock and water. I think it is fair to say that without that 4.5 feet of water my in-laws and family would not have created and main-
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things in life. Indeed their faith had helped them survive the horrors of the communist revolution in Russia, the deprivations of coming to Canada as refugees with nothing, the extreme poverty of trying to earn a living during the Great Depression, the debilitating presence of mental health illnesses in the family, and the too-early deaths of family members. Their faith gave them more to live (and die) for than the common happinesses and entertainments of life. They loved and served a God who was at work in the world and would one day take them home to be with Him for eternity. Because of their faith they experienced a “depth� of living that provided them with much “deeper� purpose, joy and fulfillment than anything else life had to offer. How “deep� is your living? It seems to me that in the midst of the prosperity and plenty of our society, a lot of us are not enjoying much “depth� in our living
- “depth� enough for good diving. A while ago I started visiting a middle-aged person who was going through a health crisis. He had grown up in an extremely abusive home and encountered many difficulties in life. During his lengthy hospital stay almost no one visited him, probably because he was so overwhelmed with self-pity and other-blaming that it was very difficult to be with him. He was unable to see a bigger picture beyond his painful life experiences, and could not perceive the presence and purposes of God in his life. It was so sad that this beloved son of God was unable to recognize the unsearchable “depths� of God’s love and grace and purpose for him and instead he allowed his life and health and wellbeing to be “swamped� by the pain of his hurts and wounds and by his destructive lifestyle choices. A while ago I attended a visitation for a person who
had died too young in middle age. There was no funeral so the informal “viewing� at the funeral home was the only time for family and friends to gather together. I was saddened that most of the conversation was about drinking and theme park thrills and vacation travels, and very little about the hard life and sad death of this family member/friend. The intrusion of death into our normally happy lives challenges us to ponder the “depth� of our living. If we live primarily for the “good times�, death easily “swamps� our joys and security, and “washes� such shallow life away without much trace. However, if our lives are first and foremost about God’s love and purposes, we will enjoy a “depth� of living that provides rock-solid joys, purpose and security in this life (and in the face of death), and endless enjoyment of these in eternity. “Depth� not “good times� is what matters most and rewards most. “Go deep!�
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“Africa via Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Botswana & Madagascarâ€? Friday, August 9th • 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Drayton Reformed Church 74 Wellington Street S, Drayton Join professional photographer Mark Garbutt as he takes you on a trip to Africa, the Dark Continent. Mark will share stories alongside his award winning photography and transport you from the town of Drayton to deepest Africa, without the man eating animals or the huge insects! People of all faiths welcome! Presentations are free and begin at 12:30 p.m. Come for lunch @ noon for just $12. Please register by calling 519-638-1000 or toll free 1-866-446-4546.
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L O P E R S , Doreen Trijn (Steenbergen) of Drayton peacefully went home to be with her Lord at the Chartwell Nursing Home, Elmira on Tuesday, July 23, 2019 in her 99th year. Beloved wife of the late Frits Lopers (1966) Beloved mother and grandmother of Hank and Mary Lopers of Milton, Pam and John Mulhall, Rebecca and Trevor Johnson; Jake and Anne Lopers of Whitby, Michael and Tracy Lopers, Derek and Jessie Lopers, Tim Lopers, Calvin and Laura Lopers; Helen and Brian Gorringe of Guelph, Jason and Kim Gorringe, Shannon and Jeremy Ware; Susan Scheerer and the late Laverne Scheerer (2011), David and Sylvia Scheerer, Dwaine and Jody Scheerer, Dan and Lisa Scheerer, Daryl Scheerer and Rachelle Pantaleon; John and Paula Lopers of Fergus, Ryan and Amy Lopers, Andrea and Cory Catteau; Alice Lopers and Mike Simm of Guelph, Cassandra, Courtney and Mark, and Cameron; Rosanne Lopers and Bob Sweetman of Toronto, Nick, Adrienne and Kashu, Simon; Richard and Marianne Lopers of Victoria Harbour, Morgan, Jacqueline and Thomas; Edward and Faith Lopers of Maryhill, Matthew, Devan, Jordan and Danielle, Emily and Kyle; Lois and Gary Wierts of Arthur, Kayla. Cherished Oma of greatgrandchildren Patrick, Isaac, Lauren, and Nia; Christian, Brandon, Alicia,
Sophie, Devyn, and Jordyn; Jorja, Travis, Rowan and Benton; Connor, Carlin, Aiden, Anna, Thomas, Julia, Kai and Noah; Isabelle, Charlotte, and Reid; and Lomayana. Survived by sisters-in-law Cora Lopers and Anne Lopers in Canada, and sisterin-law Hennie Lopers and brother-inlaw Egbert Slomp in the Netherlands. Predeceased by siblings and their spouses Roelof (Bep), Jen (Hendrik), Geertje (Klaas), Lam (Henk), Cor (Hette), Mien, and Tiny (Bouke); son-in-law Laverne, granddaughterin-law Samantha, infant grandson Paul and infant great granddaughter Adyson. Also predeceased by Lopers siblings and their spouses Egbert (Grietje), Aal (Jaap), Jan (Mien), Lucas, Femmy (Roelof), Martijn (Ger), Grietje (Dick), Henk, Albert (Hilly), and Klaas. Dearly loved by a large number of nieces and nephews and their children, both in Canada and the Netherlands. The family received friends at the Drayton Christian Reformed Church, 88 Main Street East, Drayton on Friday, July 26, 2019 from 2:00 to 4:00pm and 6:00 to 8:00pm. Private family interment service in the Drayton Cemetery. A Celebration of Life Service was held in the Drayton Christian Reformed Church on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 2:00pm. As expressions of sympathy donations to World Renew or the Alzheimer’s Society would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements entrusted to the Heritage Funeral Home, Drayton. www.heritagefuneralhomes.ca
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Wednesday, August 7th, 2019 @10am LOCATIONS WILL ROTATE:
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