The Creemore
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Friday, July 22, 2022 Vol. 22
No. 29
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Mulmur Mayor Janet Horner presents Carl Alexander with the Citizen of the year award at this month's council meeting. Alexander is being recognized for his work with the Bruce Trail Association. Two years ago they set out to get rid of off-roaders and litter at the Pine River Fishing Area. He thanks Tom Taylor and Bryan Cornfield for their help, and remarks that seeing people enjoy the area makes all his work worthwhile.
Food bank phasing out large food donations by Trina Berlo The Clearview-Stayner Food Bank is changing the way it sources food. “I want to sincerely thank everyone who continues to make donations, especially over the past two years. It was challenging at the food bank but your support meant everything,” said manager Pam Royal. As of Sept. 1, the food bank will not be accepting large food donations but is very appreciative of cash, cheques and gift cards. The food bank will be
purchasing specific food items through a local grocery store, which will be delivered twice per month. Royal said the food bank has limited space and volunteer capacity to store, sort and manage all of the food donations in recent years. She said it broke her heart to have to turn away donations last year. “We had nowhere to put it, we literally had nowhere to put it. We couldn’t even let them bring it into the building because we had nowhere to
set it down,” said Royal. Last two Christmases, Royal said volunteers were totally overwhelmed with large donations of food. Volunteers spend days on end sorting and packing, putting a strain on their limited resources. They had to give away more than 50 cartons of food to other food banks. Royal said 30 per cent of what is donated through large scale food drives is unusable because they are extremely (See “Community” on page 8)
At the July 6 meeting, Mulmur council voted to appoint Andrew Cunningham to fill a vacant council seat. He was one of seven people to put their names forward for consideration Andrew after the resignation Cunningham of council member Ken Cufaro. Cunningham is a stay-at-home dad and an on-call firefighter with the Rosemont District Fire Department. He and his wife Sarah live in the Mansfield Ridge Subdivision, where they are raising their three young children. Cunningham is a parent volunteer at their school, Primrose Elementary School. He said he likes to share his knowledge as a firefighter with students, and the job gets him involved in community events. Cunningham is also an assistant coach for the Shelburne Minor Ball Hockey League. He received a BA in economics from Laurentian University and worked for many years in the field of logistics. “I conduct myself, and structure my beliefs, using an anti-oppressive framework. I strive for inclusivity and acceptance for all. I believe that, as a community, we must empower our members and allow opportunities whereby they see themselves as active agents responsible for change,” wrote Cunningham in a statement of qualification. Cunningham will be taking the oath of office on August 3. His term will go through the fall when there will be a municipal election. As of presstime, those who have filed to run in the Mulmur election include incumbents Janet Horner for mayor, Earl Hawkins for deputy mayor and Patricia Clark for councillor. Kim Lyon has also filed to run for councillor. The filing deadline is August 19.
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