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Three new names added to county's
economic development board
Steve Baker,
Peter Smith and
John Grace
appointed as
members
Scott Currie
Special to The News Record
Three new faces have
joined the Huron County eco-
nomic development board.
Steve Baker, founder and CEO
of Virtual High School, Peter
Smith, project director for
Blyth Arts and Culture Initia-
tive 1419 Inc., and John Grace,
former Deputy Mayor of
Goderich were recently
appointed to the board by
Huron County Council.
The newly created board is
working towards countywide
economic development and
has met three times to date.
These early meetings have
succeeded in developing a
terms of reference, vision and
mission statements and edu-
cated Board members on the
current economic develop-
ment landscape in Huron
County and southwestern
Ontario. As part of its intelli-
gence gathering process, the
board will be reaching out to
other private and public sec-
tor led -boards and
organizations.
"Our intention is to collect
as much information and
insight as possible from all of
the groups who currently have
a vested interest in economic
development in Huron
County" said Jim Lynn, board supporting the board and
chair. "Right now, we are shared that all citizen mem-
leamingfromourcountyEco- bers are tremendously
nomic Development Services excited to understand eco -
team and our next step will be nomic development from an
to reach out to organizations elected official's viewpoint.
like the Huron Tourism and "This learning process is
Huron ManufacturingAssoci- crucial to the success of the
ations. Our immediate goal is board. We insist on having
to listen deeply and we look an understanding of eco -
forward to engaging with nomic development princi-
othergroups:' pies, best practice prece-
With the citizen spots on dents, and the local
the board now occupied, landscape before we start
members will be working making any decisions. We
with county council board really appreciate other
members including outgo- organizations and their will-
ing Warden, Joe Steffler, the ingness to step up and share
new Warden, once elected, their insights as we work
and one additional council- towards success in Huron
for to be nominated by County," Sparling said.
council. Steven Sparling, Scott Currie is the commu-
board vice -chair, com- nication coordinator with
mended county council for Huron County
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105 Ontario Street
Minister Rev. Randy Covey
Director of Music: Louise Dockstader
Church Office: 519-482-9553
www.clintonunited.ca
Dec.14
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ADVENT III
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Christian Reformed Church
243 Princess St. E., Clinton
Pastor Ron Luchies
519-482-5264
Sunday December 14, 2014
3rd Sunday of Advent
10:00 AM - Morning Service - Lord's Supper
7:00 PM - Evening Service
"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given"
Isaiah 9 vs 6
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St. Paul's Anglican Church
A Congregation of the Parish of The Holy Spirit
49 Ontario St., Cinton
The Reverend Karine A. Snowdon BA, M.Div
Organist & Choir Master: Dana Prouse
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14
Advent 3
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35 Toronto Blvd., Vanastra
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DECEMBER 14, 2014
Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Sunday Evening Worship 7:00 PM
Pastor Josh McCarthy
Everyone Welcome!
Heartland Community Church
52 Victoria Street, Clinton, Ont. (beside the Royal Bank)
Sunday ministry:
Sunday school (all ages) - 9:30 a.m.
Worship service - 10:30 a.m.
Share and Prayer meeting — 7: p.m.
Soup and More:
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For special service times & events go to
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Expect a welcome and a blessing!
Fellowship Bible Chapel
220 KING ST., LONDESBOROUGH
www.fellowshipbiblechapel.ca
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2014
9:45 am: Breaking of Bread
11:00 am: Family Bible Hour
ALL WELCOME
First Baptist Church
85 Hurion St., Clinton 482-3598
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2014
MORNING SERVICE 10:30 AM
Lay Pastor - Wally DeWolfe
Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 PM
United Way executive
director confident in
reaching campaign goal
Dave Flaherty
Goderich Signal Star
With one week left in its
2015 campaign, the United
Way Perth -Huron was sitting
at 48% of its goal.
While that may sound
alarming to some, executive
director Ryan Erb said while
the campaign officially ends
on Dec. 15, people can still
donate until the end of
March.
The goal for this year's
campaign is $1.71 million,
which is $55,000 higher than
the 2014 campaign goal and
$19,000 more than the $1.51
million raised in 2014.
In November, the United
Way was about $100,000
behind where they had been
at the same time last year.
However, Erb said the
organization's "Everyday
Heroes" initiative has been
very successful and they
were sitting about $30,000
behind their progress in
2014 as of last week.
Erb said there were a cou-
ple of factors of why the
campaign was a bit behind
this year.
"We started off with an
event, the Snowbirds in
Stratford, that didn't really
turn out as well as we
wanted," Erb said.
He also noted that a num-
ber of the workplace donation
campaigns are a bit down this
year.
Still, he is optimistic that in
the end, they will reach the
$1.71 million mark.
"We have been very con-
sistent at reaching our goal,"
Erb said. "Even if we fall short
on the goal, what is $30,000 on
what is more than $1 million.
We would still say it is a very
successful campaign."
Huron -Bruce MP wants more
promotion of agri-food careers
Thompson says
student
awareness and
interest are low
News Record staff
Huron -Bruce MPP Lisa
Thompson wants to see more
focus on agriculture in Ontar-
io's classrooms.
Last week, Thompson
introduced a private members
motion requesting that a agri-
food component, focused on
career opportunities, be
added to the province's Grade
9 and 10 guidance and career
education curriculum.
According to a media
release from Thompson,
Ontario's agri-food industry is
facing labour shortages.
"(Shortages) that can only
be expected to increase as
workers retire and the types of
skills required in the industry
evolve," Thompson said in the
release.
Thompson said a recent
report by the Ontario Agricul-
ture College, University of
Guelph and Food and Bever-
age Ontario underscored the
challenges faced by the
industry.
"I applaud the University of
Guelph and Food and Bever-
age Ontario on the develop-
ment of their action plan, it is
a step in the right direction,"
Thompson said. "Indeed, a
new generation must be inter-
ested and enthused to pursue
post -secondary education
focused on primary agricul-
ture and agri-food sectors.
The question is: when should
this focus be fostered"
In the media release,
Thompson said when Premier
Kathleen Wynne was the Min-
ister of Agriculture and Food
and Rural Affairs, she chal-
lenged the sector to create
120,000 new jobs by 2020, yet
youth awareness and interest
in the Ontario's agri-food
industry remains low.
"Educational stakeholders
I met with highlighted the
current reality that food
related post -secondary pro-
grams have had extremely
low student enrollment
rates."
"All of this indicates that
we need to promote careers
in agri-food to youth,"
Thompson said. "This aware-
ness and education needs to
happen in a timely fashion
so students can make
informed decisions about
their post -secondary
opportunities."