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On May 24, Bob made hisway through Aylmer and St.Thomas, stopping on Talbot

Street to meet students fromArthur Voaden who generouslydonated to the cause.

He began his walk on May 7in Owen Sound and will walkthrough cities and towns in On-tario and finish his walk in Lon-don on May 30.

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Bob is doing this for hisgrandson Louie and for all chil-dren that are battlingDuchenne MS.

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On May 26 at 1pm AtlanticTime, Ojibwa (submarine) willdepart from Halifax to begin her10-day journey to HeddlesHamilton shipyard. She willleave Hamilton on May 28 tak-ing her final voyage through theWelland Canal and across LakeErie to officially arrive in PortBurwell September 7.

On May 16 after more thanthree years of discussion be-tween the Department of Na-tional Defence and the ElginMilitary Museum, Ian Raven,Museum Executive Director,signed the official DonationAgreement to transfer owner-ship of the decommissionedsubmarine HMCS Ojibwa to theElgin Military Museum in St.Thomas. “It went right down tothe wire, but I am thrilled to saythat Ojibwa is finally ours,” Iansaid.

Ojibwa will become the cen-terpiece of the new Elgin Mili-tary Museum of Naval History tobe built in Port Burwell on theNorth shore of Lake Erie. “Thisis going to be a museum of na-tional and international status,bringing Canada’s naval historyto the centre of the country andmaking it easily accessible to ahuge audience,” Project Coordi-nator Dan McNeil remarked.

September 8 has been thedesignated landing day in Port

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Bob Facca, also known as Grandpa Bob, walks down Talbot Street raisingfunds and awareness for his 4 year old grandson Louie who was diagnosedwith Duchenne MS.

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The Rule of Six

There are things in life that caneither break us or make us

stronger, depending, of course on life’s circum-stances. I’ve been through both these momentsas I’m sure many of you have too. We as humanbeings can be extremely hard on ourselves.

There was a time not so long ago that I ques-tioned many of my decision and dwelled on themistakes I made without giving myself permis-sion to just stop and breathe. That all changedafter a conversation with my husband.

He had returned home from a training coursethat afternoon called Emotional Intelligence forLeadship Excellence. He was excited to share allthe details of his day’s teachings. As the conver-sation continued, he began to explain the Rule ofSix. It was in that moment I decided I was goingto live by these 6 simple rules, and this is howthey work.

Will this matter in 6 years, 6 months, 6 weeks,6 days, 6 minutes or 6 seconds? Now, of coursethere are times when the Rule of Six will not linkinto every life event. The rules are to be used forwhat we do to ourselves internally, the expecta-tions we place on ourselves and others. The rulesallow us to stop and think when life becomesoverwhelming, and we begin to question our abil-ities.

I’ve always been a true believer in coping skills.They give us a foundation to keep us strong andhealthy mentally as well as physically. The Ruleof Six is another skill that can provide people withtools when they feel their tool box is empty. It’snot easy to be out in the world without copingmechanisms especially during difficult times.

In my own experience, the Rule of Six allowsme to look deeper into what’s important andwhat is not. To forgive myself when mistakes aremade, to understand that we all mess up and topush on because will it truly matter in 6 years, 6months, 6 weeks, 6 days, 6 minutes or 6 sec-onds? Probably not! unless we allow it too.

Terry Carroll

A roller coaster week

During the week that startedSaturday May 19, this areaseemed to go through a series

of ups and downs. One ‘up’ was the West ElginSecondary School reunion – very well organizedby a local committee of volunteers. But when youattend one of these events, the experienceevokes lots of memories and some regrets overthe passing of time.

That week, we at The Weekly News said helloto new editor Anita LaRue and goodbye to formereditor Dorothy Gebert, another one of thosehappy/sad transitions.

The St. Thomas Walmart experienced a fireSunday May 20, apparently caused by youngteenagers who have since been charged witharson. Yikes! More on that in a moment.

On Wednesday, May 24, we learned about theclosing of Timken Canada LP. There was little up-side to that day. The loss of some 150 jobs – and

more at small suppliers that feed or service theplant – was not good news for this area, althoughthe employment level is a far cry from the 400people employed at Timken in better days.

By the end of the week, the province an-nounced the closing of the Ontario Disability Sup-port Payments (ODSP) office in St. Thomas andits amalgamation with a London office. Not aneasy trek for most people on ODSP.

But on Friday May 25, Walmart was open . . . aHerculean accomplishment for a retail store fol-lowing a fire.

And on Saturday night May 26, artist and singerDennis Kalichuk brought some of these themestogether at St. Anne’s Centre in St. Thomas, in hispatter or his music. All songs were written byhim, many having to do with, if not triumph overadversity, at least lights at the ends of tunnels. Ifhe keeps it up, he could be a troubadour for thesetimes and this place.

All week long, it was sometimes hard to tell ifthe devils or the angels were winning, but we tryto stay on the side of the angels. That’s our opin-ion and we’re sticking to it, here in Saint City.

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Raising the flagPort Stanley Mayor Bill Walters and Brian Burleigh from St. Thomas Power and Sale Squadron raise the flag onMay 25 to represent the start of National Safe Boating Week.

I am a news junkie. If it comesthrough the air or on paper orwherever, I just have to knowwhat is happening and why? Forexample, after I saw the filmfootage of hundreds of climbersinching their way up Mount Ever-

est, I changed my mind about how unique theexperience must be. The people who die in theeffort often are unrecoverable, though some dili-gent Sherpas have recovered the body of aToronto woman, whose oxygen ran out becauseof the long waits for the crowds.

It is no news that Tibetan monks are stillprotesting the Chinese occupation by settingthemselves on fire. It would have been news ifthe Quebec students capped their weeks ofprotest by setting one or two of themselvesablaze. It’s hard to believe that Premier Charesthas actually gained popularity because of histough stand, but patience with the students has

run thin, particularly since they pay the second-lowest tuition fees in Canada.

Dalton McGuinty’s move to freeze or reducemedical fees, has stirred less reaction than Iwould have thought, though many doctors arewell into six figure incomes. They have staff andoffice expenses as well as equipment, insuranceand other expenses. For the most part, they aregetting by and are not angry enough to leave thecountry. The doctor I have now is great, he re-placed my prior doctor, who moved to Oklahomaand returned to Canada when he discoveredhow people who don’t have money or insurancesimply don’t get treated. It was way too cynicalfor him.

A heckler who called former British Prime Min-ister, Tony Blair, a war criminal was probablyright. The Iraq invasion was built on lies andBlair was naïve enough to believe George W.Bush and his nasty vice-president. Iraq is nowworse off than before the invasion. There is al-ways more happening than is being reported.

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Dave Elford, chairman ofSummerfest 2012, told councilit was his sincere hope that thisannual festival will continue todraw people from surroundingareas into St. Thomas on June16 from 8 pm to 12 pm, at theKnights of Columbus Hall. “Thisyear we will be celebratingSummerfest with something alittle different. In addition to ournormal Tribute Show, we will befeaturing The Chris MurphyBlues Band, as well as tributeartists such as St. Thomas ownLori Holden as Patsy Cline andtributes to Michael Jackson andTina Turner,” he said. In re-sponse to a question from Al-derman Lori Baldwin Sands,Dave said 150 tickets are avail-able for sale. iPad 3 discussion

Alderman Mark Cosens ad-dressed concerns he had beenhearing about the City’s paper-less initiative. Once City alder-men understand this technologyand better utilize it, the divi-dends of the return on invest-ment will drastically increase,he said. Alderman Cosenswould like to move from the

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A letter from Penny Knapp,Survivors of Suicide Loss, re-quested that September 4 to 10be proclaimed as “Suicide Pre-vention Week” in the City of St.Thomas. City Council approvedthe request and agreed that theSuicide Prevention flag be flownat City Hall during this week.

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TD Canada Trust makes donation to United Way of Elgin-St. ThomasUnited Way receives a cheque of $4,400 from TD Canada Trust on May 28.Both Talbot Street and Elm Street branches raised funds through employeecontributions, fundraising and corporate donations. Sherry Ball (left), VicePresident of United Way; Tricia Lee, Financial Services Representative; MichelleConrad, Financial Service Representative; Paul Shaffer, Executive Director ofUnited Way; Jodi Shorrock, Branch Manager and Carol Griffin, Branch Man-ager.

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Focusing on whether or not the scienceof climate change is 'settled' is a distrac-tion from the fact that our weather pat-terns have changed and their effects havebeen almost uniformly negative. Whateverthe cause, we are at best foolish and atworst self-destructive to keep debating

the literally thousands of studies that havebeen done, and use this as an excuse forinaction. And if we're willing to downplaythe work of thousands of scientists, I don'tknow why the beliefs of two philosopherswould be held up as any kind of proof. (Soif it's settled, it's not science is more ac-curate as suggested, does this mean that,to use another example from the column,the world might actually be flat?)

I understand that this column is a forumfor expressing opinion, and that accuracycan sometimes take a backseat to that.But is it too much to ask that there is atleast an internal logic?

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International Day for Bio-logical Diversity (May 22)

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Kettle Creek Conservation Au-thority is encouraging residentsto develop drought contingencyplans now by making rain bar-rels available to watershed res-idents at a discounted rate of$55.

“In our current climate, waterconservation must become away of life,” says Jennifer DowKCCA’s water conservation su-pervisor. “We need to protectour water supply early in theseason rather than wait untillevels are so low we need to re-strict consumption.”

Last week KCCA declared aLevel One Low Water Advisorybecause Kettle Creek’s flow fellbelow 70% of the historical low-est average summer month

flow, and the accumulated pre-cipitation fell below 80% of thethree month normal. This is theearliest KCCA has ever declareda Level One Low Water Advisory.

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Order forms will also be avail-able at the upcoming BelmontFun Day on Saturday June 23from 10 am to 4pm.

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The Elgin St. Thomas Community Foundation is truly grateful for the continued support of our community partners and donors.With your help, we have granted over $206,000 to local charities, while building our community capital to $790,000.

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Double exposureSisters Christine and Tina Giesbrecht take the opportunity to record the beautyof Waterworks Park with their cameras on a visit to the park May 3. (Photo by Brian Wilsdon)

Trevor Adams, my assistant programmer, can always be found hard at work inhis cubicle. Trevor works independently, without wasting company time talk-ing to colleagues. Trevor never thinks twice about assisting fellow employees,and he always finishes given assignments on time. Often he takes extendedmeasures to complete his work, sometimes skipping coffee breaks. Trevor is adedicated individual who has absolutely no vanity in spite of his high accom-plishments and profound knowledge in his field.. I firmly believe that Trevorcan be classed as a high-calibre employee, the type that cannot be dispensedwith. Consequently, I truly recommend that Trevor be promoted to executivemanagement, and a proposal will be executed as soon as possible.

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NOTICE OF STUDY COMMENCEMENT AND PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE

Highway 3 (St. Thomas Expressway) Bridge Rehabilitations and Highway 4 (Sunset Drive) Culvert Replacement

G.W.P. 3050-08-00

The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has retained Dillon Consulting Limited to complete the Detail Design and Class Environmental Assessment (EA) process for the rehabilitation of four bridges on Highway 3 (St. Thomas Expressway) in the City of St. Thomas and the replacement of one culvert on Highway 4 (Sunset Road) in Talbotville. These include Kettle Creek Branch Bridge, Balaclava Street Bridge, First Avenue Bridge, Burwell Road Bridge and Dodd’s Creek Culvert. The extent of rehabilitation required and traffic management during construction will be determined as the project proceeds. Additional information and updates are available online at the project website: www.mega2.ca.

Public Information Centre

A Public Information Centre (PIC) has been arranged to provide the public with an opportunity to review and comment on the proposed rehabilitations and traffic management during construction. The PIC will be held as a drop-in style, open house format. Representatives of the project team will be in attendance to answer questions and receive comments. The PIC will be held as follows:

THE PROCESS

This study is subject to Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Act and will be carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Class Environmental Assessment (EA) for Provincial Transportation Facilities (2000) as a Group ‘B’ project. MTO’s Class EA allows a Group ‘B’ project to be ‘stepped down’ to a Group ‘C’ project if there are no significant adverse environmental effects. The MTO will decide after the PIC, if it is appropriate for the project to be ‘stepped down’ and a notice issued providing a 30-day public review period of MTO’s decision to ‘step down’ the project.

COMMENTS

Comments and information regarding this project are being collected to assist the MTO in meeting the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act. This material will be maintained on file for use during the project and may be included in project documentation. Information collected will be used in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

We are interested in hearing any comments you may have as early as possible as the study proceeds. Please send any comments or requests to one of the undersigned by June 29, 2012.

Brian Goudeseune, Senior Project Manager John Gawley, P.Eng., Project Manager orMinistry of Transportation, Ontario Sabrina Stanlake, PlannerWest Region, Planning and Design Section Dillon Consulting Limited659 Exeter Road Box 426London, ON N6E 1L3 London, ON N6A 4W7tel: 519-873-4546 tel: 519-438-6192toll-free: 1-800-265-6072 toll-free: 1-888-345-5668fax: 519-873-4600 fax: 519-672-8209e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]

Tuesday June 12, 2012Timken Community Centre (Doug Tarry Room)2 Third Avenue, St. Thomas, Ontario4 p.m. to 7 p.m. with brief presentations at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

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Unveiling of heritage plaque The former Balaclava Public School receives the heritage plaque on May 28. The plaque honours the building as historical. Serge Lavoie (left); member of Archi-tectural Conservancy of Ontario, Mayor Heather Jackson and James Todd, TVDSB Trustee for Elgin.

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Join us for Music in thePark ConcertSeries 2012

Showcasing local musical talent each Sunday this Summer. Morris F Jones Bandshell, Pinafore Park.

Your thoughtful goodwill donations are collected by the performers

June 3, 7 pm Derrick DroverJune 10, 7 pm The Dykehopper BandJune 17, 7 pm Susie QJune 24, 7 pm John and CarolJuly 8, 3 pm to 5 pm The Bee Singers,

7 pm Studio Arts Rock SchoolJuly 15, 6-8 pm Traci Kennedy

July 22, 7 pm Dennis WileyJuly 29, 7 pm Retreads – Country Music FriendsAugust 5, 4 pm to 8 pm ALS Concert –

Meg McTaggart and FriendsAugust 12, 7 pm The Country ClassicsAugust 19, 7 pm The Amazing CropdustersAugust 26, 7 pm Stevie’s Sliders

The Weekly News is expandingour roster of people who assist theweekly newspaper as freelance writ-ers and / or photographers. As afreelancer, you have the opportunityto be introduced to community jour-nalism and to have the thrill of see-ing your byline in the paper. Mostassignments are on a request basisfrom the editor, but some freelancersalso suggest photographs or storiesof events they are attending in St.Thomas or Elgin.Photographers need to have theirown digital cameras and to be com-fortable emailing attachments. Free-lancers are essentially volunteers

who are paid a very small honourar-ium for contributions that areprinted.If this interests you, please email TheWeekly News editor Anita LaRue [email protected] or call herat 519-633-1640 x 26.

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Pioneer Penmanship Fun with feathersElaine Brown, a retired teacher and volunteer at the Pioneers Days at the Backus-Page House Museum in Tyrconnell,helps Megan Stutt, Jordyn Price, and Jackson Woods quill write by using wild turkey feathers as pens. (Photo by BrianWilsdon)


TOWNSHIP OF SOUTHWOLDNotice to Property OwnersTo Destroy WeedsNOTICE is hereby given to all persons in possessionof land, in accordance with the Weed Control Act, that unlessnoxious weeds growing on their lands within the Township ofSouthwold are destroyed by June 18, 2012 and throughout theseason, the Township may enter upon the said lands and have theweeds destroyed, charging the costs against the land, as set outin the act.

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On May 27 the Lions Club ofSt. Thomas held its first annualPurina Walk for Dog Guides atPinafore Park. Fifteen dogswere in attendance and theLion’s Foundation hopes toraise $1 million to provide freeSeeing Eye dogs and othercompanion dogs to people inneed throughout the Country.The Lions Foundation ofCanada operates two facilitiesin Ontario: breeding and train-ing facility in Breslau and aheadquarters and main train-ing centre in Oakville.

Breeds commonly used areLabrador Retrievers, StandardPoodles and Golden Labradors.The dogs go through sixmonths training and once fullytrained are matched andbonded with the recipient in afour week training session.Every year about 100 DogGuides are trained and distrib-uted to people in need of assis-tance across Canada.

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Troubled by someoneelse's drinking? Wewill help! Alateen -Mondays at 6:30pm,St. Thomas ChristianChurch, 451 WellingtonStreet, St. Thomas.Phone 519-434-2613.

If there is analcohol/drug problemin a relative or friendand it is affecting you,Al-anon Family Groupsmay help. Christ Angli-can Church, Port Stan-ley, 7:30pm everyFriday. (even holidays).

Port Stanley Public Li-brary, 302 Bridge St.,features the work ofGuild artist Linda Jonesthrough May. Call 519-782-4241 for hours.

Visit St. Thomas PublicLibrary for “Art in theLibrary”, May 2012featuring “At theBeach” photographyseries by CassandraRoss. 519-631-6050for details.

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2nd annual family pic-nic, Pierre ElliottTrudeau French Im-mersion Public School,May 31, 5pm. Lots offood, games and anauction. For contribu-tion/donations, contactIffat 519-878-5379.

Come to the Cabaret atKnox PresbyterianChurch, St. Thomas,May 31, 7:30pm. Tick-ets $15. Proceeds toelevator upgrade. Info519-631-2414.

Union Community Cen-tre Day Camp Regis-tration, May 31 andJune 7, 6-8pm andJune 2 and June 9,10am, noon Day Campruns for 8 weeks. Call519-631-3840.

Friends of the StThomas Library AnnualGeneral Meeting, May31, 10am at board-room of Library. Every-one Welcome.

Cancer Relay for Life,Volunteer RegistrationNight, May 31, Knightsof Columbus Hall,6:30-8:30pm. For Fri-day June 1, Free T-Shirt. Please becomeinvolved, you won’t re-

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Field Naturalist PotluckSupper & Walk, FridayJune 1, 6:00pm, meetat Woodland Pavilion,Pinafore Park. Info519-631-5279.

PD Day Program at theUnion Community Cen-tre on Friday, June 1, 9-4pm. Call to register519-631-3840.

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Locks for Love dona-tions of hair 8-10inches long at CancerRelay for Life, June 1,8-9 pm, St. Joes HighSchool. Hairdresserson site from PJ’sSalon. Call 519-631-8613 to pre-register.

Hurt at work? Benefitscut by WSIB? June 1 isInjured Workers' day.Come to 148 FullartonSt, London, between11:30-2pm to restoreWCB and ProtectWorkers!

Relay For Life EventJune 1 & 2, St.Joseph’s High

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AVSS The Off Broad-way Singers present"Another Op'nin', An-other Show". June 1 &2, 7pm in the AVSS Au-ditorium. Admission$10 for adults; $5 forseniors and students.

Annual Barbeque atCanadale Nurseries,June 1, 2 & 3. Spon-sored by Stirling Chap-ter IODE. Proceeds goback into the commu-nity.

Queen's Diamond Ju-bilee Luncheon, June2, 11am. $20 incllunch and entertain-ment. Silent auction ofRoyalty Items and raf-fles. Info Diane 519-633-3213. Hospital

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Faith Christian Acad-emy Mom 2 Mom Sale& Breakfast, June 2,9am-1pm. 345Fairview Ave (at FaithChurch) rent a tablespace $20 for 1, $35for 2 (bring your owntables) 226-289-1941.

GLOW (Girls LeadingOthers Wisely) Infor-mation and LeaderTraining. June 2,10am, call for more in-formation 519-207-3331. St. JamesPresbyterian Churchsponsored program.

MADD Strides forChange, 5km Walk,Sunday, June 3,Pinafore Park. Regis-tration 9:30am. Forinfo call 519-637-3333.

Ride for MADD, Sun-day, June 3. Registra-tion 10am, Pinafore

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"An Afternoon withNick Miknev, St.Thomas Man in Wash-ington", June 3, 2pm,CASO Station. Nickspeaking, fundraisingauctions. Proceeds toNick's educationalfund. Tickets $20 atCASO.

Wednesday EuchreClub, June 6, 2-4pm,St. John's Church,Flora St. Join us to so-cialize and play Eu-chre. It's fun &inexpensive and thegoodies are 'suh-weet'! Freewill offer-ing.

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Trinity Anglican ChurchThe Church with the Purple Steeple

Joint 135th Anniversary Service 10am BCP

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COMING EVENTSAttention MUSTANG & SHELBY own-ers! If you enjoy your ride. Take pridein showing it, then you don’t want tomiss the 2ND ANNUAL MUSTANGSHOW in Delhi, Saturday June 16th,9am-3:30pm. Sponsors, food ven-dors & music will be on hand. Park-ing along Church St., signs posted.Those who wish to cruise down to-gether meet at The Elgin Mall at7:45am, departing at 8am.

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GARAGE SALEMULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE. Satur-day, June 2, 2012 at 42531 SpartaLine West in Union. Great bargains,something for everyone, furniture,clothing, housewares, jewelry. Itemsfor families, children and teachersand much more. 8 am to 2 pm.

TALBOTVILLE MARKET NOW OPEN.Flea market and farmers market openSaturday and Sunday 9-3pm. 9959Lyle Road. On Hwy 3 west of Hwy 4.519-631-1850.HUGE STREET GARAGE SALE on Am-berwood Court, Saturday, June 2,8am-1:30pm. Household items anda great variety of other things.

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32nd Annual YWCAAnnual Spring Auc-tion. Thursday, June7, bar opens at 6pm,dinner served at 7pmat the CASO Station,Call 519-631-9800for tickets.

Key for Two by J.Chapman & D. Free-man, June 7, 8, 9, 14(sold out), 15, 16 at8pm, June 10 & 17at 2pm Elgin TheatreGuild, 40 Princess Av-enue. Tickets $15.Call 519-633-8530.

Port Stanley ArtistsGuild 22nd AnnualShow & Sale, RoyalCanadian Legion, 310George St. OpeningNight, Friday June 8,7-10pm, Show con-tinues, June 9, 12-8pm, June 10,12-5pm.

Grab & Go ChickenDivine Dinner, Friday,June 8, St. Mark'sUnited Church, 38Aldborough Ave.,Pick-up 4-6p.m. Cost$10. at door.

BBQ Steak and PotatoDinner, Friday, June8. Tickets $10 Ad-vance, $12 Day of.Doors open at 4pm,Dinner at 5pm. Lim-ited tickets available.

Public is welcome tothe Port Stanley Com-munity Policing 20thAnniversary. Satur-day, June 9, 1-3 pm.Coffee and Treats.285 Bridge St., 519-782-3934.

Attention all HomeBased Businesses!Home Based Busi-ness Association(HBBA) AGM, Sunday,June 10, Elgin Mall'sCommunity room , 1-3pm. Info 519-207-1115.

Ham & Turkey Bingo,Sunday, June 10.Doors open 12:30pm.St. Thomas Legion,Br. 41, 24 John St.Everyone welcome.

Home Based Busi-ness AssociationAGM, June 10, ElginMall CommunityRoom, 1-3pm. Allhome based busi-nesses welcome, ac-cepting newmembers, $60 peryear. 519-207-1115.

“Celebrate His Love”.Enjoy the musical tal-ents of the combinedchoirs of St. Mark’sand Grace United,guest vocalists andmusicians. June 10,7pm. St. Mark’sUnited Church, 38Aldborough.

St. Thomas YouthChoir and St. ThomasChildren's Choir pres-ent their Year EndConcert, Sunday,June 10, 3pm, St. An-drew's UnitedChurch, 60 West Av-

enue. Free will offer-ing.

Musical Concert,Sunday, June 10,7pm. St. Mark'sUnited Church, 38Aldborough Ave.Enjoy a variety of mu-sical selections.Free-will offering.

Memorable Mondays,June 11, 2-3pm,Aylmer-Malahide Mu-seum. 14 East St.Aylmer, 519-773-9723. Topic: PlantingTime, includes pro-gram, refreshments &hand-out. Members-Free, Non-members$5.

Parkinson SupportGroup Meeting, Tues-day June 12, 2-4pm.,Knights of Columbus,265 Wellington St.Info 519-631-9313.

Drumming Circle,Tuesday June 12,7pm, St. John'sChurch on Flora St.Cost $7.50 with adrum. Children 10

and under are free.Come and join us, it'beats' watching TV.

Wednesday EuchreClub, June 13, 2-4pm, St. John'sChurch on Flora St.Card Club for all thosewho can't seem to getenough of "fun &friendly" competition.Freewill offering.

Sensational Straw-berry Social, Thurs-day June 14, 5-7pm,St. John's Church onFlora St. $6-Adults,$2-Children (5 &under). Tickets avail-able at 519-631-7368 or at the door.

St. John's Presbyte-rian Church, PortStanley, will be hold-ing their Rib Dinner,June 15, 5-7pm.Tickets/info 519-782-3971.

Dance, Karate, Soc-cer, Basketball, ages4-15. Register byJune 20, Locke’s &M o r r i s o n

schools. $50 Jump-start subsidies avail-able. Locke’sMorrison CommunityAssn. (LMCA) 519-488-6449.

Teddy Bear Picnic,free event for familieswith children 0-6,Wednesday, June 20,10am-2pm, PinaforePark. Lots of fun ac-tivities for all. Pleasecall 519-631-9496 toregister.

Wednesday EuchreClub, June 20, 2-4pm, St. John'sChurch on Flora St.

Join us for the greatgame of Euchre, cof-fee and goodies.Bring a friend.Freewill offering.

Big Beef Dinner, Fri-day June 22, 5-7pm,St. John's Church onFlora St. Last chanceto fill your plate tillSeptember. Cost$12. Save room fordessert!

The St.Thomas Roseand Flower Show,Saturday, June 23, 2-6pm, Monsignor Mor-rison Catholic School,10 South EdgewareRoad.

DEATH NOTICESBOWYER, HELEN JESSIE of Wardsville, passed awayWednesday, May 23, 2012 in her 69th year. A private fam-ily service was held. Williams Funeral Home Ltd.CLEMINSHAW, RUTH JACQUELINE (NEE HERGENHEIN) ofPort Bruce, passed away Friday, May 25, 2012 in her 80thyear. Funeral held May 31, 2012 at 11am. H.A. KebbelFuneral Home.DuCHENE MacKENZIE, ELEANOR (nee JONES) of ShelbyTwp., Michigan, formerly of St. Thomas and Southwold Twp.,passed away Saturday, May 19, 2012 in her 88th year. Agraveside memorial service will be held at Fingal Cemeteryon Sunday, July 8, 2012 at 1pm. Sifton Funeral Home.GLOIN, FAY (nee BROWN) of London, formerly of St.Thomas, passed away Thursday, May 24, 2012 in her 83rdyear. Cremation. Private graveside service for the imme-diate family. Sifton Funeral Home.GUNNING, AUDREY (PRESSEY) of St. Thomas, passed awayFriday, May 25, 2012 in her 70th year. A funeral servicewas held May 28, 2012. Williams Funeral Home Ltd.NIKIC, FRANJO "FRANK" of R.R. #7, St. Thomas passedaway Friday, May 25, 2012 in his 74th year. A funeralmass was held on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Sifton FuneralHome.PAGE, ALBERT “BERT” HENRY of Port Stanley, passed awayMay 25, 2012 in his 88th year. No public visitation or fu-neral service. Shawn Jackson Funeral Home.

PAYNE, KYLE PHILLIP THOMAS of St. Thomas, passed awayon Sunday, May 27, 2012 at the age of 25. Funeral heldMay 31, 2012 at 1pm. Williams Funeral Home Ltd.ROOKE, ROBERT “BOB” A. of St. Thomas, passed away onTuesday, May 22, 2012 in his 86th year. A private familyservice was held May 25, 2012. Williams Funeral HomeLtd.STAFFORD, CHARLES COLIN of Aylmer passed away Sunday,May 27, 2012 in his 84th year. Private family service. H.A.Kebbel Funeral Home.VAN LINGEN, JOHN of Aylmer, passed away Tuesday, May22, 2012 in his 76th year. A funeral service was held May25, 2012. H.A. Kebbel Funeral Home.

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What is abeggar?

He was stillthere! Unbeliev-able! That wasthe second timeI saw him. He

was a homeless person beg-ging for food. He's in Detroit.The sightings were about fouror five weeks apart. I first sawhim in January of this year. Iwas coming home from theDetroit airport through Wind-sor. There was construction allover the place and you had tocarefully maneuver through aseries of detours to get to thebridge. At one corner, I noticedthis homeless man holding asign, asking for money. Fourweeks later, again traveling

home from the Detroit airport,the same guy is standing at thesame corner, same clothes,same sign, still asking forhelp. I suppose he has found asuccessful corner?

Whether this is true or not, Idon't know, but we make judg-ment calls on people like thisand call them professionalbeggars. I just heard the otherday that the UN has con-demned Canada for its lack ofgenerosity to its poor and hun-gry citizens. A national right tofood strategy has been sug-gested. NDP MP Jean Crowdertold the Toronto Star. "Hungerand malnutrition are unaccept-able, anywhere, but especiallyin a country as wealthy asCanada."

Now, I can't say that I've ac-tually ever had to beg, or forthat matter ever gone hun-gry. My tummy is generallyquite full and growing, oops! Idon't know what it is like to goto an empty fridge or a barecupboard. A standard joke inour family is this. If you run outof food or a famine hits, go toMom's freezer andpantry. There's food enough forthe entire street!

But there is an act of beggingthat I have experienced. D. T.Niles is quoted as saying,“Christianity is one beggartelling another beggar wherehe found bread.” I understandinner emptiness and longing. Ipersonally sense futility. I haveexperienced a sense of "is this

all there is?" I know what itfeels like to be lonely, forsakenand disappointed. I know ahunger that is not physical, butnevertheless real. That hungerhas turned me into abeggar. I'm a beggar becausewhat I need I can't afford. Ican't buy it. I'm not really evenworthy of it. I'm a beggar be-cause, as dumb as this sounds,I don't even know where tolook for it.

As a beggar, I was found byJesus, so I'm good with Nile'sphilosophy. I'm just a beggartelling other beggars where Ifound hope, fulfillment, happi-ness and contentment.

And that, is something tothink about.

Something To Think About... Pastor Cusick: ww.stpa.on.ca

May 31, 2012 Issue

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