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Mapleton public works director resigns to take position in Chatsworth By Patrick Raftis MAPLETON - This township is looking for a new director of public works. Mayor Neil Driscoll confirmed in a telephone interview that Jamie Morgan, who joined the township as public works director in January, submitted his resignation on Dec. 19. “I was very disappointed when I heard about his resignation,” said Driscoll, adding he felt Morgan was doing “a great job.” An advertisement for the director of public works position was placed on the township website on Dec. 21. Driscoll said Morgan, who was manager of operations with the municipality of North Perth prior to joining Mapleton staff, has left to take a position similar to that with the Township of Chatsworth. “As disappointed as we are, we wish him well where he’s going, that’s for sure,” said Driscoll. In Chatsworth, Morgan joins another ex-Mapleton employee, former CAO Patty Sinnamon, who is now CAO of that municipality. The next public works
director will be Mapleton’s fourth in about three years. The township dismissed former director Larry Lynch in December of 2013. Current Mapleton CAO Brad McRoberts was originally hired as public works director to replace Lynch in June of 2014. Morgan was then hired to fill the post, which became vacant when McRoberts became CAO in November of 2015. Driscoll said the township would not be using a consultant in the hiring process to replace Morgan. The consulting firm of Bellchamber and Associates was engaged by the township to assist with the process that resulted in the hiring of McRoberts as works director - and again as CAO. The firm was also contracted to assist with the process that led to Morgan’s hiring. Consulting costs were between $15,000 and $20,000 on each occasion. “We won’t be going through a consultant process,” said Driscoll, adding he anticipates McRoberts will handle the process, possibly with the assistance of Wellington County human resources director Andrea Lawson.
Comparison shopping - Nicholas Vieira, left, Ainsley Kuepfer and OPP Constable Jen Beaupre compared prices and discussed healthy eating choices during the annual Shop with a Cop event in Drayton on Dec. 14. More coverage on page 2. Photo by Caroline Sealey
Spaling earns three points in final game as Canada wins Spengler Cup DAVOS - Nick Spaling pitched in with two assists and an empty net goal as Team Canada won the Spengler Cup tournament with a victory over Swiss club team HC Lugano 5-2 on Dec. 31.
It was Canada’s second straight win of the tournament, held annually in the Swiss city of Davos. The event is hosted by HC Davos and features primarily European club teams. Team Canada, which has
now won the tournament 14 times since 1984, is made up of Canadian professionals playing for European teams. A veteran of seven seasons in the National Hockey League, Spaling, a Drayton native, joined Geneve-
Servette HC of the Swiss-A league this fall. In 26 games so far this season he has seven goals and nine assists. He participated in the tournament despite injuring his arm in a Dec. 22 game with his Swiss club team.
Hens of the Glen will never meet again, officially anyway By Caroline Sealey GLEN ALLAN - After 21 years of meeting on a monthly basis for good food, fun and fellowship, a group of women from Glen Allan has decided to disband. The Hens of the Glen held their final, official meeting on Dec. 6. The Hens of the Glen, who prefer to be called The Hens, began with four founding members. The four honorary grandmothers met at a Moms and Tots group held in the village. After meeting for lunch one day, the four decided to continue meeting on a monthly basis and to invite other women in the community to join them. “Four of us went out for lunch one day and had a great time. We decided why not keep doing this,” said founding member and organizer Coral Luxton. “Eileen Bowman, one of the four founding members,
Fond farewell - The Hens of the Glen celebrated their last official gettogether as a group with a Christmas potluck and carol sing on Dec. 6. LEFT: The group of women aged 40-plus have been meeting for 21 years on a monthly basis. The group has enjoyed food and fellowship while fundraising for various local charities. ABOVE: Group member Patty De Rose, left, presented a gift of appreciation to founding member and organizer Coral Luxton at the final gathering. Photos by Caroline Sealey gave the group the Hens of the Glen name.” Members of the group range in age from 40 to 90-plus, with the only com-
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mon denominator being that they are all women. Over the 21 years, approximately 24 members have attended the monthly get-togethers.
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Some members have moved out of the Glen Allan area to Kitchener and Elmira, but make the journey back for gatherings. Ruth Mettler
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“Ring out the false, ring in the true.” - Alfred Lord Tennyson
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joined The Hens to meet new people after moving to the Glen Allan area in 1997 from Switzerland. “We are a group of women
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