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Planning for the upcoming WDMH Auxiliary’s Bazaar was front and centre at the August 8, meeting of the group’s board of directors.

The popular event will be held at the Joel Steele Community Centre in Winchester the year on October 19. The official opening will take place at 11 a.m. 

An elevator is available for those who would find the stairs an obstacle.

Returning features are: the bake table, produce sale, silent auction, tea room, sale of cheese and honey and a 50/50 raffle. A door prize will also be awarded and the auxiliary’s award winning Christmas Plum Puddings will be available for $12 each.

New this year will be a fashion show and sale of Jockey Ladies’ wear, and other local vendors with handmade items at reasonable prices. Everyone is welcome to attend this auxiliary fund raiser. 

Hospital CEO Cholly Boland informed the board that a five year strategic plan for the hospital has been finalized. 

It focusses on three areas: continuing the positive things being done now, working closely with the community in palliative care and care for seniors and researching ways to better serve the rural population. 

In closing, Boland expressed his sincere appreciation for all that the hospital’s volunteers do for WDMH.

The Auxiliary provided state of the art Baxter IV pumps to the hospital last year at a cost of $297,000 and has agreed to purchase several more with the cost of the additional units being $55,00.

Volunteer coordinator Alan Archer told the board that volunteers offered 925 hours of service to WDMH in July bringing the total for 2013 to 6,592. 

He emphasized that new volunteers are always needed at the hospital and anyone interested in offering a few hours each month may contact him at the hospital.

President Nancy Farley-Holmes announced that three local, longtime hospital volunteers will receive Provincial Life Membership Awards this year. 

The well-deserving recipients are Grace McAuley, Ruth Shearing and Betty Wilson. These awards  are presented at the Hospital Auxiliaries Association of Ontario convention which will be held in Toronto in November.

All members of the auxiliary are invited to attend a membership meeting on Thursday, September 12, 1:30 p.m. in room C401 at the hospital. It will include an informative and relevant presentation in the area of health care.

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On July 1st, Iroquois Point will once again provide the scenic backdrop for a fun and festive Canada Day celebration, thanks to the dedication and hard work of the Iroquois-Matilda Lions Club.

Beginning at 8:30 a.m., a local church group will be serving up a delicious breakfast followed by a community ecumenical church service.

Also in the morning, the South Dundas Soccer Association will be having a special Canada Day Tournament.

According to Lions Club member Stephen Law, the 2012 Iroquois Canada Day celebration will be characteristic of the celebrations of the last three to five years. 

The classic July 1st Iroquois Point festivities will get underway with the opening ceremonies sometime around noon.

Also beginning around noon are the children’s games and air rides.

There will be several games available for children ages 5 and up, said Law, including the popular Loonies for Lions. 

In addition, Tribeck Inflatables will be setting up several inflatable play structures and games.

For antique car lovers, there will be an Antique Car Show. According to Law, “this is the third year for the car show and it is growing.”

The car show will begin at 11 a.m. with prizes being handed out around 4 p.m. Those interested in registering a car for the show can do so from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. 

Also, the Golden Gears Car Club will be taking part in the Antique Car Show.

Once again there will be a variety of musical entertainment throughout the day. Musicians will get underway following the opening ceremonies at noon. 

Law explained that the daytime music will be geared more toward the older crowd, while the music played later in the evening will be geared toward teens and young adults.

The musical line-up for Iroquois’ Canada Day celebration includes the following: Mary Perry, The Howard Family, Ruckus Celtic Music, and the Cory Coons Band.

In addition to games, rides, cars and music, there will be lots of choices for refreshment. 

The Iroquois-Matilda Lions Club will have a food tent with the standard essentials and will  offer their famous Lions Chicken Barbecue from noon until 6 p.m. 

Tickets for the barbecue are available at Mustard’s Variety in Iroquois and will be available on-site on Canada Day.

Strawberry lovers will be happy to hear that a special dessert booth will be set up to provide guests with the option of some fresh strawberry shortcake.

The icing on the Canada Day cake, of course, is the fireworks display, which is expected to take place around 9:45 p.m.

On behalf of the Iroquois Canada Day organizers, Law invites everyone to “come out and enjoy!”

In addition to the Iroquois-Matilda Lions Club, several other groups and organizations joined together to help make the Iroquois Point Canada Day 2012 a reality.

Sponsors include the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority, the Township of South Dundas, the Iroquois detachment of the South Dundas Fire and Emergency Services as well as many local businesses and corporate sponsors.

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The people who bring Early Years programming to communities across Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, have quietly been offering new youth services across Dundas County. 

In late summer, the Dundas Youth Centre opened its doors in Winchester at the new Winchester Community Care Building. And, since September 6, staff from the Dundas Youth Centre have been hosting a drop-in nights at the Iroquois Civic Centre.

While the Dundas Youth Centre in Winchester is gaining in popularity, with 27 area youth participating in last week’s Fear Factor night, the Iroquois site has yet to have anyone drop-in.

“We are hopeful we will see a few out this week,” said Carrie Van Allen, who supervises the programs.

Staffing the Youth Centre are two well-qualified program facilitators, Sean Whelan and Kaitlin Herfkens. The drop-in nights at the Iroquois Civic Centre are for all area youth ages 9-17. They take place every Friday from 2:30-5 p.m. Games, cooking, movies, arts and crafts, sports activities and theme nights will take place.

A Morrisburg drop in site will be added to the program schedule starting October 7. Initially, they will be open from 2:30-5 Mondays and will take place at the South Dundas Municipal Centre. They already hope to expand the hours in Morrisburg from 5- 8 p.m., but are awaiting confirmation of space availability.

The Youth Centres, Early Years Centres, Learning Centres and Youth Programs are all part of the community services provided, free of charge, to residents of SD&G by the GIAG.

GIAG’s youth program mission is to provide safe haven free of judgement and biases for youth.

GIAG aims to provide opportunities for youth to participate in activities, make positive life choices through mentoring, and to develop social and life skills that encourage personal growth. While assisting youth in becoming responsible and productive citizens, building positive relationships between youth and community is encouraged.

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