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Hydro One grant helps Vanastra playground
Clinton News -Record
Work will begin this spring on a
new playground for the village of
Vanastra, thanks to a partnership
between the Vanastra Recreation
Centre, Huron East and Hydro
One.
The VRC submitted a grant appli-
cation to Hyrdo One in June, and
found out in November they would
receive $5,000 toward the project.
The Power Play grant represents a
just over a quarter of the $19,500
project, with Huron East chipping
in $7,000 from their parks reserve
and the rec centre using $6,000
from their annual Harley Davidson
draw fund. CH2M Hill also donated
$1,000 to the playground project.
Facilities Manager Lissa Berard
said the anticipated start date for
construction is late April, and the
grand opening scheduled for June
27 with the theme - school's out,
get out and play.
Active Playground Equipment
out of Point Edward has been
selected for the project, which will
feature new swing sets, teeter-tot-
ters, a climber and monkey bars in
addition to new park benches.
It will be located just behind the
baseball diamonds
between the VRC and
Vanastra Christian
Church.
"It's going to comple-
ment both facilities,"
Berard said. "It's a beau-
tiful park out there."
Hydro One presented a
cheque for $5,000 at the
playground committee's
Jan. 28 meeting.
Hydro One presented
the Vanastra Recreation
Centre with $5,000 Jan.
28 for a new playground
to be built this spring. (left
to right) VRC committee
member Becky Kyle,
Huron East Councilor Les
Falconer, Dave Prout of
Hydro One, VRC facilities
manager Lissa Berard
and committee members
Janice Andrews and Scott
Townsend.
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Council asked to chip in on Munro economic/cultural benefit study
Gerard Creces
Clinton News Record
Central Huron is wondering how
best to celebrate Alice Munro.
The Ministry of Training, Colleges
and Universities is looking to part-
ner with the county and three lower
tier municipalities to explore the
economic opportunities associated
with a local Nobel Prize winner.
North Huron and Morris-Turnberry
are also included.
A request for $15,000 was made
to all four councils to participate in
a labour market partner-
ship study to look at
regional opportunities
such as those in business
and tourism.
However, Central
Huron is taking its time
on making a decision.
A concept paper on the
study entitled Building
on the Literary Land-
scape - The Growth and
Potential in Alice Munro
Country, states: "Upon
the announcement (of
Munro's Nobel Prize), activity and
interest in the region has dramatically
increased, especially those places and
organizations closely linked to Ms.
Munro's literary career."
The Alice Munro Literary Garden in
Wingham and the Alice Munro Writers
Festival are two such entities, and the
study aims to expand on that, with a
focus on culture, tourism and retail/
service.
So how best to promote Munro?
Councilor Alex Westerhout pointed
out at the Jan. 20 meeting of council
there has been little to no discussion
on what council was going to do to
honour Munro.
"It's a big deal for Canada and the
province," he said. "It certainly should
be a big deal for Huron County and
Central Huron."
Coun. Brian Barnim said the study
money could be better spent creating
spaces in each county library in hon-
our of Munro, and that the three lower
tier municipalities should speak with
each other before committing to
another study.
However, more than local councils
are at the table. The study takes
in theatre, economic development,
cultural and tourism services as well
as the school boards.
While the concept paper calls for the
hiring of a project coordinator in Feb-
ruary, council will not be getting into
the matter again until their Feb. 10
Committee of the Whole session.
The five areas of study are: Interna-
tional tourism, digital literacy/tech-
nology, museum development, the
Alice Munro Readers and Writers Fes-
tival and literay programming.
A final report is expected to go back
to the ministry in March, 2015.
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
Clinton Legion , 95 Kirk Street, Clinton Ontario
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Food and Beverages Provided
Cost: Free for BIA members, Associate members,
Council and Invited Volunteers
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The Clinton and Central Huron BIA would like to invite you to our Volunteer Appreciation and Member
Appreciation night.
At our event we will review what we did in 2013 and share with you our plans for 2014.
This event is a great chance to meet and network with other business owners, volunteers and Central
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Help us to continue to improve our municipality and to make Central Huron a
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