HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2014-01-01, Page 7Year in Review - 2013
declaring Huron County an
unwilling host, inside the Pre-
mier was talking about her com-
mitment when it comes to wind
turbine projects in Ontario.
A record 28 chefs, six of them
from Huron County restaurants,
competed this year at Souper
Saturday, drawing 350 hungry
patrons for a taste and raising
over $5,000 for the Seaforth and
District Foodbank. While the
three judges, Huron -Bruce MP
Ben Lobb, Huron East economic
development office Jan Hawley
and retired restaurant owner
Christine Behnke, chose the top
two soups, organizer Herb
McGowan said he didn't envy
them for having to make the
decision.
Seaforth native Wes Vick was
just waking from a nap following
his first 42 -kilometre wheelchair
race in the Boston Marathon
when his girlfriend Sophie
received a weird text message
from friends that asked, "Are you
guys OK?" The two went down to
their hotel lobby to find people
huddled around TVs watching
the chaos and devastation fol-
lowing a bomb blast that killed
three people and injured close to
200 people near the finish line at
2:50 p.m. last Monday. Then, two
kilometers away in their hotel,
they heard the second blast. "To
think that three or four hours
before that I was crossing the fin-
ish line, we consider ourselves
very lucky," he said.
MAY, 2013
The Seaforth Foodland grocery
store, destroyed by fire early Sat-
urday morning, will be rebuilt,
says own Steve Delchiaro. But,
until then, plans are in the works
with the municipality of Huron
East to set up a temporary loca-
tion for the store. Employing
close to 50 full and part-time staff
at the grocery store, Delchiaro
said he was hoping to pull away
the rubble early in the week and
get started on plans to rebuild,
something he is hoping to
accomplish before Christmas.
For the next five months, trave-
lers picking up their luggage at
the London International Airport
will look up to see a 31 -foot wall
filled with a historical photo of
the RCAF No. 5 Clinton base in
Vanastra along with brochures
that promote Huron East. It took
two days to install the display on
what used to be a blank wall and
a line of chairs.
A $24,000 light show that will
help to celebrate the 100th birth-
day of the historic Seaforth post
office on Canada Day will only
be the first event on offer from a
Seaforth Illumination project
Dec. 11, 2013
Dave Flaherty QMI Agency
CAO Brenda Orchard swears in Huron East deputy mayor Joe Steffler
as the new warden of Huron County on Dec. 4. Steffler defeated
Howick Township Reeve Art Versteeg to capture the position for 2014.
An emotional Steffler said he has been striving to bcome count warden
for many years.
that could become a tourist
attraction for the municipality.
Honoured, humbled and a lit-
tle uncomfortable. That was Jodi
Juran's reastion when she found
out she had won the Huron Perth
Catholic District Principal of the
Year award. "I understand it is
such an hunour and others are
so happy for me, that I have to
come to terms with the recogni-
tion. It's just not why I do what I
do," she said. She was nomi-
nated, for inspiring a faith -led
environment and for her com-
mitment to social justice, things
she is committed to at St. Anne's.
For the first time ever, two
national plowing champions
came from the same county
when Huron County's Paul
Dodds, of Winthrop, became top
senior plowman, and Kevin
Haney, of Seaforth, became top
junior plowman at the Canadian
Plowing Championships earlier
this morning in Abbotsford, B.C.
"Huron County has a great plow-
ing program," says Haney, while
remarking on the joint win.
JUNE, 2013
For the 43rd consecutive year,
the Seaforth Lions' elimination
draw is sold out. The June 15
event is the club's largest annual
fundraiser. Donation requests
from the Seaforth library, as well
as from a local resident were
approved.
Concerns about the St. Colum -
ban Wind Project to address in
the municipal consultation form
to the Ministry of the Environ-
ment were debated at last Tues-
day's meeting of Huron East
council. A three-person delega-
tion from Huron East Against
Turbines (HEAT) urged coun-
cilors to include the need for a
baseline sound study on the con-
sultation form, a suggestion sup-
ported by Mayor Bernie MacLel-
lan who said, "It makes perfect
sense to me:'
With more than 100 pieces of
artwork on display, CHSS cele-
brate the accomplishments of its
art students at the third annual
photography show on June 5.
The show featured 50 framed and
50 unframed works for purchase
through a silent auction and all
money raised from the event
would go back into the CHSS
photography program.
JULY, 2013
After digging up an inch and a
half of soil, tearing out the old
stands and fencing and pulling
down the old backstop, the Sea -
forth Optimists have completed
a $45,000 facelift to the Optimist
Park ball diamond, a project they
celebrated on Canada Day with
an official ribbon -cutting
ceremony.
They kept their productivity
and work ethic up until the last
day. The 130 employees still
working at the Seaforth E.D.
Smith plant until its closure June
28 produced some of the best
numbers in years during the past
four months among al the plants
in the company. "People did a
fantastic job right up until the
end. It was unbelievable - I've
got nothing bad to say about
them at all. It shows their pride,"
said plant manager Tom
Michalek, who added it was bit-
tersweet to have some of the best
numbers among the company
throughout North America as the
plant closure proceeded.
When Daniel Lawson, Kenzie
Teatero, Issac Hany and Macken-
zie Josie were asked by the com-
municatons teacher what they
had to tell the class, they didn't
know what she was tallcing about
It wasn't until she congratulated
them for winning best original
screenplay for their mining video
in the So You Think You Know
Mining video contest they
remembered their submission.
The prize was $2,500.
As a long -serving municipal
politician who spoke plainly but
was quick with a joke, Bill Sie-
mon will be missed. The 64 -year-
old, who serviced McKillop
Township, Huron East and
Huron County for a combined 25
years and served on the Brod-
hagen Chamber of Commerce
for 30 years, lost a battle with
breast cancer last Sunday.
Robyn Doig wins second pro-
vincial championship of the
summer at Ontario Women's
Amateur tournament. "A couple
of holes before the end, I was six
strokes ahead but I didn't want
to thnk I had it in the bag because
I knew the finishing holes at that
golf course were tough," she said.
Her win at the tournament has
sent her on to the Canadian
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