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news birthday By KAY WILSON Correspondent Congratulations to Pearl Burt of RRl Georgetown who celebrated birthday at her home on Sunday Dec 11 with around peo ple attending Her husband George and family Shirley Chaplin of Georgetown Muriel Watson spouses assisted In welcoming the two great grandchildren en Joyed the party Including Wendy Parent Paul and David Chaplin Carolyn and Lisa Watson Steven and Burt Kelly and Jay Burt and Christine Parent and Jennifer Burt Lunch was served by family members assisted by Silver Creek Women Institute Bridge opens Commuters using the bridge on Winston Churchill Boulevard will be happy to know the bridge Is open for traffic but the work not completely finished Celebrates Kale Congratulations to Mrs of celebrates her birthday Dec Her son and his wife hosted a family dinner on Attending were her da ugh Jean and her husband John son Bill and his wife Gwen all of Also attending nine grandchildren and their spouses and great grandchildren UCW meeting The over all meeting of the United Church Women was held Dec 14 In the church A buffet pot luck dinner was enjoyed Jean Dun op asking the blessing business meeting preceded the chaired by Friendship Circle president Helen McCormock Following the dinner Beth introduced the devotional that took the form of Biblical readings by members In the St James version of 1 leandMatthewz The readings were interspersed with carols sung Glenn accompanied by her sister June Fries which re affirmed readings Carols sung were Oh Utile Town of Bethlehem While Shepherds Watched their Flocks Away In a Manger Silent Night We Three Kings Dear Utile Stranger Star of the East Gentle Mary and Birthday of a King Readers were Kay Marilyn Smith Webb Mary Crawford Sharon Duntop Marlon Laird and Marie Carney An ex change of gifts concluded the even Choirs perform A beautiful carol service was by the senior ladles choir the lens choir and the Junior r of United Church Dec IB Sincere thanks to Alan senior choir leader and Lawrence leader of the junior choir Junior choir members who sang solos were Lesley Anne and David Robson and Shawn and Christopher Gostlln also assisted in singing Starlight Star bright and We Three Kings Cathy Paul played several flute solos and accompanied choir members ladies choir sang the Coventry Carol and Ring Christmas Bells among several numbers The men choir sang God Rest You Merry Gentlemen and I saw Three Ships Paul Howse lit a candle for each of the six segments of the service which were Interspersed with Christmas scriptures and cholt numbers The recessional of Oh Ul tic Town of Bethlehem brought the evening to a close Sympathy sent Sincere sympathy is extended to Catherine Leslie and family on the death of a brother In law and uncle Percy Leslie who passed away on Dec at the Bennett Health Care Centre in Georgetown Husband of the late Robena Leslie and brother of Lloyd of California and the late Elizabeth Myrtle and Wilfrid A private family funeral and commit was held Dec IB Interment was in Cemetery Percy was a farmer all his life He formed for a number of years in before moving to RR2 Georgetown to take over his family farm at Lots 11 and 12 on the east side of the Eighth Line He later retired to Georgetown and la lei was a resident of the Bennett Heal if Care Centre Wednesday December 1181 Huge Champion Showman Jim right of Hilton Region named Champion Showman of the Scotlabank Contact held for tbe year at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Taking the award for Champion Showman wai Jamie Wood of County Thne two rinlihcd above com pel I ton from Canada on Nov There arc more than national with a dairy calf project eligible to compete at the local level each year Photo Party hosts remain responsible for guests You may not be able to ask your holiday party guests to punch a time clock or get on a scale but how tost they consume beverages ana how much they weigh are two critical factors In determining if they should drive or even walk And not these tors can help determine if you re putting yourself on the legal line for their safely and others when they lea your party Ontario law holds that servers of alcohol be bartenders or hoots con Ik held responsible for the safety of drinkers and for the damage they cause to others If they are legally Impaired Robert Solomon a law professor at Western University and legal con suit ant for the Addiction Research Foundation s Server Intervention Program SIP Is an expert in liability and alcohol use If you serve a guest past the point of Intoxication and he himself or others you con be held liable for serving him loo much alcohol So basically there is a responsibility for you to control the conduct of your guests he says That why holiday hosts may want to take a tip from the s Server Intervention Program which has laught over Boo Ontario Bartenders and owners how to pro tect their guests and themselves Suzanne head of MI says Responsible service of alcohol is the duty of any host or hostess You want to create an en joyable environment or your guests and you don wont them I become Impaired If guests do become intoxicated you must ensure their safety and the safety of others Make sure they don drive Either send them home in a cab or offer them overnight com modal Ion Remember there is no safe way and drive According to the Addiction Research Foundation the average person needs only to consume about twoandahalf standard drinks in the first hour of drinking to reach an Impaired level For these purposes the average person refers to a male of lbs or female of of average leanness and without food In the stomach The but there no need holiday plans If lines By offer soda water or other alcoholic beverages as spacer rounds and providing low alcohol beverages you can prevent guests from becoming impaired It a good Idea not to moke alcohol too access at a party Ap pointing person bartender can help monitor the amount of alcohol your guests con The ARF advises that alcohol con sumption be limited to less than one standard drink per hour to stay safe ly below the legal limit of 80 mgIOO ml Blood Alcohol Content The type of food you serve too can play role In protecting your guests from High pro tein food is Ideal for parly guests because It slows down the rate at which alcohol Is absorbed into the blood Isabel Herrmann a therapeutic dietitian at the Addiction Research Foundation suggests serving high protein salty foods such as tin sailed nuts raw vegetables with dip and unprocessed cheese For holiday season you have to rely on jour judgement guests and yourself But Dr Director of the Clinical Laboratories says thai hosts as well as bartenders will soon be able to Input some in formation about and use a specially programmed calculator to signal last call Based on an individual weight height and gender the calculator uses a mathematical configuration to determine blood alcohol content says has also designed a computer prog am that will soon be available more advanced than the the computer program projects how many hours you have lo wait for your blood level to fall below SO mg100 ml and below mg100 ml Between ml mg100 ml a policeman con suspend your license for 12 hours and take away your car keys Sheridan catch on record per Sheridan College graduates available for work found employ menl within six months according to Ihe 1988 Sheridan College Place ment Report Of the 1483 graduates available for work per cent found employ by November according Placement and Student Services Director Rob Till This years figures are a Hon of strength of southern On larlo economy as well as Sheridan career oriented pro grams and the quality of our graduates said Mr Till Of the graduates who have found employment per cent found related to their field of study The 1 available for work were among 2 Raid nates in 1988 A total of per cent of all 1988 Sheridan graduates were contacted for the survey Three per cent were not seeking employment and 11 per cent sought further education Belfountain Village Church welcomes their new pastor Just In time for Christmas Bel fountain Village Church has a new Pat Burden of Mary Street Georgetown was appointed to the job by unanimous of the Hon Dec 11 He has held previous pastor posts in Brampton and In South Butler New York served missionary In Africa hjs ex ecu live- level ex in business Street Christian TV program whlci airs on Channel Tuesday to Satur day from lo a and he ap pears on Lite every other Saturday Village Church af filiated with the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec has been without a pastor or 15 months since Rev Lorry Livingston went to a new charge In Windsor In his new pastorship which has approval of officials Mr Burden will do the Job three days a week and also continue as a real estate salesman for Royal City Real Estate in He says he In pastoral autocratic are chilling cancel your follow some Hon Bellamy management board chairman says he is delighted Mr Burden has accepted the Belfoun tarn charge and that he won such in the congregational vote For a twoyear period to October Mr Burden held pastor posts at the Christian Fellowship and Interfaith Family Church Brampton In the years 197783 he worked for a Torontobased wholesale distribu tion company going from warehouse manager to president of a firm having more than million in annual sales and more than employees Mr Burden Is a former student of the Film Bible Institute Lima New York and Regis College Toronto and from 197071 worked in Uganda with two Anglican missionaries teaching refugees math English and science and helping rehabilitate polio He was bom in Toronto and finish ed high school at Stanstead College Quebec Mr Burden wife Debra la a secretary at Peel Memorial Hospital and they have two children Patrick aged 11 and Brett For several years Village Church has shared its pastor with Cheltenham Baptist Church but this arrangement has now ended The annual Christmas community candlelight service at Village Church will be held Friday Dec at 30 m It will include special music by guest artists Bev and Rob Foster and a short ploy by Sunday School children Alt who attend are invited to a coffee hour fellowship alter wards In neighboring Hall The Christmas Day service at the church Is set for 30 a m There are regular services at this time every Sunday FWIO meets for annual general meeting By CAMPBELL Public llelalloni Officer Concern for all those who reside in rural Ontario was evident at the Annual Board Meet big of the Federated Women Institutes of On held the end of November In Toronto Among the resolutions passed was one asking the federal Department of Health and Welfare begin mediate investigation and safe testing for safer pertussis vaccine than the one currently being used There are a number of children who react violently to the vaccine being used On the some theme with the viol cm reaction Including death of people to flavoring coloring and various food Ingredients two resolu lions were passed asking for foodstuffs to be clearly labelled and fast food restaurants and catering services to display mandatory ingre dient labelling Prime agricultural land Is being used as landfill sites so Federated Women Institutes of Ontario would like Ontario Ministry of the En vironment to Institute mandate ly recycling programs in all municipalities in Ontario with near accidents of school buses in rural areas lead the Federated Women Institutes of On to no to ask for all school buses to have an umber flashing warning light the school bus actually Hashes ts red stop lights This would cost CM per bus A growing concern the elderly in rural Ontario The Federated Women Institutes of Ontario would like the Ontario Ministry of Health to provide special funding for facilities caring for am Alzheimer patients as well they would like to see frequent unscheduled inspections of retire ment and rest homes Scholarships for 4H participants to further their education has been a continuing project of the Women Institutes In the County and Area recipients will receive each and the four provincial scholar ships will be worth There are McDonald Award Scholarships for anyone studying Family and Con Affairs at the University of In there will be six scholarships of each Concern for the living conditions or all who live in rural Ontario whether on a form or near a farm or in villages or towns surrounded by farms resulted In the Federated Women Institutes of Ontario slating that their theme for 198990 would be Women In the Environment This follows their highly successful theme of Wasle- Recycling in Plans are already under way for the celebration of Federated Women Institutes of Ontario Centenary in As a sign that Women Institutes continue to be a strong Influence in rural Ontario the Annual Meeting was pleased to leam that there were almost 1 new members last year Even though education one of the main points of Women Institutes and not roomy 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