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20 THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012 who is the Citizen of the Year for 2012 here in Acton. On Thursday, May 3 meet at 6:45 p.m. at the Hide House for the Silent Candlelight Walk in memory of our veterans. If you cannot walk, meet at the Cenotaph to place your candle at 7:20 p.m. I would like to see as many LA members out as possible for this tribute to our veterans who fought for our freedom. This past Sunday, 11 members attended the Zone B7 convention in Port Credit and Zone Commander Sheila Hicks has accepted the position again for the next two years. Next General Meeting has been changed to Thursday, May 10 so please mark your Calendars as this will be election night and positions are available. We need you to run for a position in order to keep our Auxiliary alive. Remember this Auxiliary has been going for 67 years ­ a real tribute to our older members who have had years of service and hard work within our organization. Yours in comradeship Peggy Harris President to Branch 197 Ladies Auxiliary Branch no. 197 Legion news By Sharon Graham P.R.O. Comrades, On behalf of the Branch we would like to send our condolences to Doug Williams on the passing of his son. Our thoughts are with you at this time. On Saturday, the live entertainment with Bruce Hare was very good, everyone enjoyed themselves and it was a nice way to end the day. Please remember to mark your calendar as May 3 is our Candlelight Walk. We will meet at the Hide House at 7 p.m., walking from there at 7:25 to the Cenotaph. All are welcome to attend. We encourage the children to come out and honour and recognize the sacrifices of the veterans who fought for our freedom. On May 4, we will have the Brett Baker Show in the games room starting at 8:30 until 11:30 p.m. All members, as well as the general public are welcome. It is a great country show. On May 15, our election is scheduled at 8 p.m. We hope to see you come out to support the Branch. Ladies Auxiliary Notes The April meeting was held with 25 members present. Annemarie Clarke won the door prize. Initiation was held for Joan Maloney ­ welcome Joan. Janet Currie, who was a past member of our Zone in Erin and is now in Guelph, asked me to tell you about their LA Craft and Bake Sale on Saturday, May 5 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., at the Guelph Legion. If anyone would like to attend please do so and you can see Janet again. To all our members who are shut-in or sick, we will be thinking of you and hope that all is well for you. We a l s o r e q u i r e volunteers for the Branch Elections which will be held Tuesday, May 15. Let Dolores know if you can serve, set up or do dishes, and if Annamarie does not already have cooks, please let her know you can cook ­ remember we are a volunteer organization, and this dinner is to serve the Branch, so please volunteer. Congratulations to our member Julie Conroy