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With the Dec. 11 date for its final 2008 budget drawing closer, Mono council met Tuesday, pens in hand, to find ways to trim the budget and reach its spending goals. A preliminary draft of the budget presented two weeks ago featured a 14.5- per cent rise in spending over 2007. That figure had been pared down to 9.6 per cent prior to Tuesday's meeting, and was reduced to 8. More ... It's Christmas! Time to start thinking about what kind of tree you want in your home this year. Artificial trees may have their advantages - they're clean, with no needles all over the floor. You don't have to water them and you don't have to go out to tree lots to find one - just head down to your basement or upstairs to the attic. More ... Photo/PAUL HUTCHINGS THE SALVATION ARMY kicked off its 2007 Christmas Hamper Campaign last week at the New Hope Church. Organizers are asking for donations of non-perishable food items or unwrapped toys to give to those in need. Pictured (from left) are Cathy Wilson of St. Mark's Anglican Church, Janice Glassford of Family Transition Place, Donna Kennedy of the Salvation Army, Sherry Wick of Concern in Grand Valley and Sherry Teeter of St. Vincent de Paul. More ... Beginning the first week of December, the second dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine will be offered to Grade 8 girls in Guelph and Wellington and Dufferin counties who received the first dose of the vaccine earlier this school year. The vaccine is voluntary and will continue to be offered in school-based clinics. More ... Usually an Ontario Municipal Board referral is made either by a proponent objecting to a delay in rezoning, or by groups of residents objecting to a municipal council's approval of a project. But there's a different kind of twist at Grand Valley. More ... Orangeville snowboarder Jesse Fulton is starring in a new reality TV show that looks to "shreducate" today's youth - well, at least the ones who want to snowboard. The show, Shreducation, sees the former professional snowboarder coaching a group of teenagers who want to take their love of snowboarding to the professional level, and the drama that follows them. Mr. More ... On Friday November 30th The Friday Night Dinner selection will be Shepherd's Pie Dinner will be served from 5 till 7 p.m. Drop in and enjoy a fine meal. Our Saturday Evening Karaoke commences at 8 p.m. and ends at 12 and will be provided by Music Talks, New Singers are always welcome. More ... About 250 students placed entries in the 2007 edition of Orangeville Royal Canadian Legion's Remembrance Day poster and poetry contest, Youth Education Chairman Cathy Connelly told a general meeting of the branch Monday night. More ... Photo/MIKE MALONEY FRIENDS AND FAMILY had a chance to gather and remember those no longer with us at the Community Christmas Memorial Service this past Sunday. Hosted by Egan Funeral Home Baxter and Giles Chapel at Orangeville Baptist Church, this annual, non-denominational service was highlighted by an opportunity for those gathered to light a candle in memory of lost loved ones. More ... "It's beginning to look lot like Christmas . . .", especially if you happen to be at the Dufferin County Museum and Archives. More ... About 250 people were treated to the festive and creative efforts of five impressive homes on the Shelburne Holiday Home Tour last Saturday, making it the most successful season yet. The annual fundraiser, established in 2003, has raised over $14,000 to date. All proceeds go to buy resource materials for the Shelburne Public Library. More ... On Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, a confrontation occurred between two groups of hunters on the 15th Side Road in Amaranth Township. It is alleged that two hunters pointed their shotguns and made death threats at another group of hunters. More ... Georgian College has enhanced its place in the Dufferin academic community with the acquisition of a 12,000-squarefoot facility on Orangeville's Centennial Road that will house seven classrooms, a nursing clinic and a computer lab. More ... Last Sunday, November 25, a Dufferin OPP officer located a green 1993 Mazda B2200 pick-up truck parked in a suspicious location on the shoulder of Highway 10 south of Camilla. Subsequent police surveillance of the area led to the arrest of two males found in the Camilla subdivision. More ... It was 18 years ago next Tuesday, December 6, that 14 young women engineering students were murdered at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal by a man who singled out women students to kill, ordering the men present to leave and screaming that he hated feminists for ruining his life and blocking his entry into engineering school. More ... Harmony Whole Foods Market in Orangeville is running a "Be a Vitamin Angel" fund-raising event to help eliminate childhood blindness in third-world countries. Support from over 100 retailers across Canada is expected to help prevent blindness in 36,000 children. More ... Photo/PAUL HUTCHINGS THE HOME AT LAST PROGRAM was official launched for the Dufferin-Caledon area on Tuesday. The program helps senior citizens re-establish themselves when they are discharged from the hospital. In attendance for the event were Mary Wheelwright and Bob Baynham of the Headwaters Health Care Centre, Neil McIntosh of the Central West Local Health Integration Network, Gordon Gunning of CANES Home Support Services and Laurence Wolfson of the William Osler Health Centre. More ... There will be a message for the patrons of Theatre Orangeville tonight (Nov. 29) through Dec. 23: in the Giant's Garden, you reap what you sow. The Giant's Garden is based on The Selfish Giant, a short story by Oscar Wilde in which a territorial giant is forced to live in prolonged winter until he learns to share his garden with others. More ... |
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