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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2016-01-07, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016. PAGE 11. 4-11 Leaders' group honours members, volunteers A big win Bluevale-area resident Kabrina Bishop, right, received several prestigious awards at the Huron County 4-H Leaders' Association annual awards event late last year including the Murray Cardiff award, which is presented to the top all-around 4-H member from the county. The award is being presented by Matt Cardiff, Murray's grandson. (Photo submitted) Late in 2015, the Huron County 4- H Leaders' Association held its annual awards ceremony, recognizing 4-H members for their hard work throughout the year. The Murray Cardiff Award, presented to the top all-round member, was given to Kabrina Bishop, who also won the Dedication Award for dedication to the organization and the Ontario Plowmen's Association Award given to an outstanding agricultural 4-H member The Don Pullen Award, presented to the highest overall score in the county, was presented to Graham Finlay, who also received the Old Mill Award, presented to the highest - scoring member of the 4-H Sheep Club. Katrina Gubelmann received the The Warden's Novice Award which is given to the first first year competitive member with the highest score. Gublemann also received the Huron County Pork Producers' Association Award for being the highest scoring member of the 4-H Swine Club and the Bank of Montreal Award for being the highest -scoring first-year member of the Swine club. The Ben Lobb Award, which recognizes the junior member who wins the essay award, was presented to Michaela Rodger, who also received the Maple Ridge Beef Farm Award for being champion junior beef showperson at the Seaforth Fall Fair. The W.J. (Bill) Sproul Memorial Award was presented to the top three beef group of three competitors at the Seaforth Fall Fair and was presented to the Lucknow Beef Club which consists of Tyler Murray, Brad Maclntyre and Melissa Maclntyre. The Signal Star Publishing Award, presented for the best press reporter books, was presented to Loretta Higgins (first), Maisy Jefferson (second) and Jolande Oudshoorn (third). The Huron County 4-H Leaders' Association Award, for club secretary bookkeeping, was presented to Jolande Oudshoorn (first), Ava Hill (second) and Emily Pennington (third). Oudshoorn also received the The Hill & Hill Farms Limited Award for the High Senior Judge in the judging competition and the South Huron Sheep Leaders' Award for making an outstanding effort throughout the year. She also received her 48 - project seal alongside Maisy Jefferson. The winning team for the County Go for the Gold competition included Loretta Higgins, Maisy Jefferson, Scott Jefferson, Colton Rodger and Connor Rodger. The Brussels Agri Services Award, given to the champion beef showperson at the Seaforth Fall Fair, was presented to Brad Maclntyre. Maclntyre also received the Lawrence Beane Financial Award for high senior beef showperson at the Seaforth Fall Fair. Tyler Murray received the Home Town Custom Builders Award for top intermediate person at the Seaforth Fall Fair. The Huron County Beef Producers Association Award, given to the top novice beef member, was presented to Jessalyn Hendriks. The Stan Jackson Memorial Awards were presented to Melissa Maclntyre for being the highest scoring 4-H beef member and to the beef championship winners at the Seaforth Fall Fair; grand champion steer winner Mason Weber; reserve champion Cole MacPherson, third- place winner Alycia Coultes; fourth - place finisher Emily Bieman; grand champion heifer winner Brad Maclntyre; reserve champion Michaela Rodger; third-place finisher Melissa Maclntyre and fourth -place finisher Dakota Coultes. Allana Beuermann received The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Award which is presented to the highest scoring member of the 4-H Dairy Club. The Member of Orr Insurance and Investment Group Award was presented to Seaforth Fall Fair champion 4-H dairy calf member Kurtis Frischknecht who also received the D & D Glass Award which is presented to the reserve champion 4-H dairy showperson at the Seaforth Fall Fair. The Auburn Co-op Trophy, presented to the Seaforth Fall Fair reserve champion 4-H dairy calf member, was presented to Rebecca Franken. Tyler Westbrook received the One of several Blyth resident Lucas Townsend, centre, received several awards for his work with the Sodbusters 4-H Club during the Huron County 4-H Leaders' Association awards event. Above, Townsend receives the TD Canada Trust Award for top 4-H Plow Person from Melissa Veldman, left, and Don Dodds, right. (Photo submitted) Council questions provincial guidelines Continued from page 10 come to a decision, they also decided, early on in the discussion, that they were incredibly unhappy with what was causing the one-third of an acre to be considered culturally significant. "This is something we should be dealing with the Ministry [of Culture] and the province," Councillor John Smuck said. "The artifacts that are holding us up look to basically be a bag of garbage that was thrown out and scattered around. This is probably going to start popping up everywhere" Smuck said he would understand if there were bones or arrowheads or a grave site, but "rusty nails and plastic combs and pins and snaps" didn't fit his definition of a culturally sensitive item. No one on council disagreed with Smuck, and several said he was correct in his analysis of the situation. Councillor Jim Nelemans agreed with Smuck's assessment, saying "it looks like garbage" and further went on to say that the artifacts may have been ignored if the land wasn't owned by the municipality. "This is just being pushed as far as it can because it's a municipal property and no one will say no," he said. Deputy -Mayor Jamie Heffer stated that if the experts performing the archaelogical studies found an intact dish, he might even consider that culturally significant, however, they only found parts of plates that seemed to be from separate sets. He then challenged the veracity of the artifacts, which the report indicated were mid -19th century, saying that plastic combs and snaps didn't fit that time period. While council did decide that the fourth tier study would be done, it did so despite not knowing what could happen with the study. The third -tier study involved the area in question having the upper two inches of top soil taken off and sifted through for artifacts. The tier four involves digging down to 'plow depth' and sifting through that land. Before council approved the study, Heffer had moved for putting a holding symbol on the property until either a developer wanted to pay for the study or buy the land and guarantee, through a land -use diagram, that they wouldn't use the one-third of an acre in question. Councillor Sharen Zinn called for a recorded vote, which all councillors but Heffer voted against. Council eventually passed a motion to go ahead with the study and then a second motion to write a letter to the involved provincial ministries and Huron -Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson explaining how the process had prevented the land from being developable earlier. Gowing, who is also in his second year of a two-year term as the Warden of Huron County, explained that on Dec. 16, he would be attending the county council's committee of the whole session and he would bring the issue up. Huron Bay Co-op Award which is presented to the champion 4-H dairy showperson from the Seaforth Fall Fair. The ScotiaBank Award, presented to the top novice dairy showperson at the Seaforth Fall Fair, was presented to Courtney Gubelmann. The Huron Holstein Awards, presented to the highest and second highest score with a holstein calf, went to Luke Melady and Alison Underwood, respectively. The Huron Goat Club Award, given to the high -scoring goat member, was presented to Evy Verschaeve, who also received the Huron Goat Club Award for the top goat showperson at the Seaforth Fall Fair. The Huron Goat Club Award for top novice member was presented to Emily Dearing who also received the Huron Goat Club Award for champion goat at the Seaforth Fall Fair. Clay Siertsema received both the Joan Van Sligtenhorst Award of merit for leadership and the Huron Goat Club Award presented to the reserve champion at the Seaforth Fall Fair while the Joan Van Sligtenhorst Award of Merit was presented to Josiah Steckle. Myah Vingerhoeds received the Huron Goat Club Award for reserve showperson at the Seaforth Fall Fair. Shelby Barger received the Hensall District Co-op award for high novice judge in the judging competition. The Hill & Hill Farms Limited Award, presented to high junior judge, was presented to Bronwyn Garniss. The Judging Competition Award, given to the high intermediate judge, was presented to Dallas Coultes, who tied Jolande Oudshoorn for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Award for high overall judge in the judging competition. The Judging Competition Team Award, given to the winning team in the judging competition, was presented to Kabrina Bishop, Julia DeJong, Shelby Higgins and Max Johnson. The Excalibur Insurance Award for the club member with the highest score in life skills was presented to Hannah Krebs. The Lucknow Co -Op Award, given to the high novice member of the 4-H Sheep Club, was presented Continued on page 12 Enjoy a comic look at the rural/urban divide in the novel IN THE ROAD By Keith Roulston % L I You ate entehn9 the Zndeyendent eeyu6/'c of I I ' £/M %ee ✓a//eyi 11 When a forgotten village finds itself in the path of a new super -highway it tries to attract attention to its plight by declaring itself an independent country. 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