HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2016-10-13, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2016.
What a haul!
Hullett Central Public School wrapped up its annual Thanksgiving food drive last week and the
results were impressive. The end of the giving season also coincided with Crazy Hair Day at
the school, which saw students whip their hair into an interesting 'do to show off their creativity.
Back row, from left: Casey Miller, Nathan Haney-LaFlamme, Shawn Wijnsma, Haley Nelson,
Ethan McNaughton, lan Driscoll and Cole Ferguson. Front row, from left: Carali Hugill, Peyton
Riley, Brook Lammerant, Greg Bell, Brady Finch, Hadley Lyons and Myra Caldwell. (Denny Scott
photo)
Central Huron begins
planningfor new park
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Central Huron Council is throwing
its support behind a grassroots
initiative that has grown
exponentially in just over one year to
construct a new park in Clinton.
The park will include a new
playground, a skateboarding park
and a splash pad with a total
estimated price tag of just under
$400,000.
The initiative began when a group
of parents and children spoke to
council at a meeting about the need
for a skate park in the municipality.
At the time, the group said it would
attempt to raise as much as money as
it could, but was hoping council
would help with costs going
forward.
That project would turn into the
new park after two other initiatives,
one pushing a new playground and
another proposing a splash pad in
Clinton, were presented to council
and the idea of constructing all three
in the same place was raised. Chief
Administrative Officer Steve
Doherty proposed bringing all three
groups together, along with
members of Central Huron staff, to
see if plans for the three parks would
work together and the plan for the
park began to take shape.
In his report to council, which was
first discussed at Central Huron's
strategic planning session in late
September, Doherty said the park is
estimated to cost a total of
approximately $390,000. The costs,
broken down, are $157,000 for the
splash pad, $150,000 for the skate
park, $50,000 for a pavillion,
$30,000 for the playground and
$5,000 for natural features
associated with the park.
Currently, however, council has
only budgetted $30,000 for the skate
park in its 2016 budget, as well as
another $30,000 in 2017. Both the
playground and the splash pad were
proposed to council this year and
were too late to be included in this
year's budget.
Early in the process, council had
instructed the skate park group that it
would have to raise a minimum of
$150,000 towards the park in order
for the municipality to come aboard.
Since that time, an anonymous
donor has come forward with
$50,000 towards the skate park,
reducing the fundraising goal from
$150,000 to $100,000.
In addition, at council's Oct. 3
meeting, Councillor Dan Colquhoun
announced that the Clinton Raceway
would be contributing $150,000 to
the splash pad specifically.
With donations from the raceway
and the anonymous donor, as well as
the $100,000 still to come by way of
community fundraising, just over
$100,000 remains to be raised.
Clerk Brenda Maclsaac, in an
interview with The Citizen, said that
the final funding formula for the
park has yet to be determined, but
it is expected that a report will
be presented to council for
approval at its Oct. 17 meeting in
Clinton.
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Central Huron
eyes new slogan
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Central Huron has been working
towards rebranding the municipality
and council has narrowed Central
Huron's new slogan down to three
options.
For years, due to its central
location in the county, Central
Huron was known as "the Heart of
Huron" but several people involved
with the municipality's tourism felt
it was time for an update.
At Central Huron Council's Oct. 3
meeting, Chief Administrative
Officer Steve Doherty presented the
final three options to council, giving
them an opportunity to think them
over and come back to a subsequent
council meeting to make a decision.
The committees involved,
Doherty said, were hoping to
highlight the nature offered by
Central Huron, which is why all
three proposed slogans feature
nature in their title.
The three options are "Local by
Nature", "Adventure by Nature" and
"Experience our Nature".
Councillor Alison Lobb spoke up,
saying that she preferred
"Experience our Nature" due to its
double meaning, referring both to
the nature offered in Central Huron
and the friendly nature of its people
and the community.
Doherty encouraged councillors
to think it over and return to the next
council meeting with their opinion
on what the municipality's next
slogan should be.
In the meantime, Councillor Marg
Anderson suggested that the three
options be posted on the
municipality's website poll, so
residents can vote and public input
influence the decision.
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