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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News Record, 2014-09-10, Page 13Wednesday, September 10, 2014 • News Record 13 2nd Annual VHS Run4Kids male located 5K Run/ Walk As all communities rec- ognize the importance of good physical health, many are finding that combining outdoor activities with charitable events adds extra incentive to get involved. One local event, the Virtual High School (VHS) Run4K- ids held in Bayfield, stands out as a family and fun ori- ented 5k road run/ walk with an emphasis on com- munity and education. This year, the VHS Run4Kids Walk/Run will be held on September 27 at 9:00 a.m. All proceeds from this event will be donated to Childcan. Childcan is a non-profit organization that supports children undergoing cancer treatment. Children often find that during and after cancer treatment, they fall behind in regular classes and sometimes are unable to move forward with their classmates and friends. In some cases, the treatment causes developmental problems that prevent some children from proceeding at a regular pace. Virtual High School courses offer a flexi- ble alternative and pair stu- dents with an OCT teacher for support. Funds raised from the event will ensure teacher payments while all course and administrative services are provided to these students free of charge. Local musicians will perform during the event and a post -race yoga ses- sion will be held in the New signs unveiled at Clinton Conservation Area Signs promote local community watershed plans and other tools to better manage water Interested people are invited to attend the unveiling of two new signs at Clinton Conservation Area on World Water Mon- itoring Day which is Thurs- day, September 18. The signs offer community - developed ideas on how to improve water quality and to better manage water running off of land during storm events. The signs will be unveiled at a short ceremony starting at 1 p.m. that afternoon. Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) staff will provide a brief update about current water qual- ity research and work being done to enact com- munity watershed plans. Volunteers with the Bay- field River Valley Trail Asso- ciation (BRVTA) will then lead a guided hike for those who would like to take part. At the start of the hike, Ausable Bayfield Conserva- tion staff will show some of the methods they use to monitor water quality. They will also offer information on the various water quality monitoring programs that take place within Ausable Bayfield watersheds. "World Water Monitor- ing Day is a chance to explain some of the meth- ods we use to monitor water quality, as well as celebrate the work the community has done and continues to do to protect water quality," said Hope Brock, Healthy Watersheds Technician with Ausable Bayfield Conservation. "We invite the public to the ceremony and to the guided hike." Before the unveiling, ABCA staff members are to lead a conservation educa- tion class program for a group of Grade 9 students from St. Anne's Catholic Secondary School. During this program students will see first-hand how humans can impact aquatic envi- ronments as they investi- gate through water quality monitoring techniques including using nets to search for aquatic mac- roinvertebrates and testing the chemical parameters of water. One of the new rural stormwater management signs faces the parking lot at Clinton Conservation Area. The sign on the other side of the panel faces the trailhead there. The sign facing the park- ing lot includes a map of the Bayfield North and Main Bayfield watersheds. That sign also lists the water quality goals of the water- shed plans created by those two communities. "Volunteers in the two watershed communities donated a lot of their time to develop community watershed plans and the two new signs will be a lasting way to share the goals they developed and to support the work to implement the plans," said Brock. The sign facing the trail - head shows ways that local people can help to preserve soil, limit erosion, and keep sediment and pollutants out of creeks, rivers, and Lake Huron. That sign includes a sample local watershed and some of the stewardship practices being used locally. The two new signs have been made possible thanks to the Rural Stormwater Management Model (RSWMM) Project. For more information visit ruralstormwater.com. spacious side yard at VHS. Unique gifts for partici- pants and volunteers have generously been donated by a variety of merchants and services from Bay- field, Goderich, and the surrounding area. Now in its second year, the VHS Run4Kids promises to be another event in which to reach your per- sonal best and have your results immediately availa- ble on the Run4Kids website and on Roadraceresults. com. Or, you may choose to complete the 5k course at a leisurely pace, to take what promises to be a pleasant walk with friends and family through one of Ontario's finest communities while supporting deserving chil- dren facing health chal- lenges as they continue their education. For further information and to register to partici- pate or volunteer, check the event website at www. vhsrun4kids.com/ A three day search for a missing 77 year old from Bluewater has been resolved with a happy ending. On Sunday, shortly after 2:00 p.m., members from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) West Region Emer- gency Response Team (ERT) located Willis Walper approximately 700 metres from his Bannockburn Line residence. He was located in a corn- field, alert and conscious. He was transported to local hospital to be assessed on a precautionary basis. NOTICE OF NOMINATION FOR OFFICE MUNICIPAL ELECTION 2014 NOTICE is hereby given to the Municipal Electors of the Municipality of Huron East that Nominations for the following offices: Mayor (1 elected at large) Deputy -Mayor (1 elected at large) 10 Councillors - 2 representing Brussels Ward 2 representing Grey Ward 2 representing McKillop Ward 2 representing Seaforth Ward 2 representing Tuckersmith Ward (Offices are for a four year term - commencing December 1, 2014) may be made by completing and filing in the office of the Clerk, 72 Main Street South, Seaforth, Ontario NOK 1 WO nominations on the prescribed form. Such nomination papers must be accompanied by the prescribed nomination filing fee of $200 for the position of Mayor and $100.00 for the position of Deputy Mayor and Councillor. The filing is payable in cash, certified cheque, money order or debit machine. A nomination must be signed by the candidate and may be filed in person or by an agent during regular business hours, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. up to September 11th, 2014 and on `Nomination Day' September 12th, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. No person who proposes to be a candidate may solicit or accept contributions for election purposes; or incur expenses, until that person's nomination has been filed. A nomination must be certified by the Clerk, or designate, before such person becomes a certified candidate for the office for which they are nominated. In the event there are an insufficient number of certified candidates to fill all positions available, nominations will be reopened for the vacant positions only on Wednesday, September 17th, 2014, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and such additional nominations, if required, may be filed in the office of the Clerk. Electors are hereby given notice that if a greater number of candidates are certified than are required to fill the said offices; an election will be held. Voting Day will be Monday, October 27th, 2014. Dated this 3td day of September, 2014 Brad Knight, CAO/Clerk Municipal Office, 72 Main Street South, Seaforth, Ontario. NOK 1 WO 519-527-0160