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As Christmas vacation approaches, local schools are preparing for special Christmas events
including meals, class parties and the annual Christmas plays and concerts. Hullett Central
Public School was the first local school to hold its Christmas concert with the dress rehearsal
being held on Tuesday after it was cancelled due to a snow day on Monday with the official
matinee on Wednesday and the evening show later that night. The concert featured
Kindergarten classes singing about reindeer and Jingle Bells, the school concert playing two
Christmas -themed songs and senior students taking to large, empty ice cream buckets to
make their own special kind of music. Above, members of both the Kindergarten A and B
classrooms sing their hearts out. Back row, from left: Brook Bergsma, Cole Greidanus and
William Howson. Front row: Clara Storey, Hudson Greydanus, Peyton Badley, Marie Bolen
and Emma Carter. (Denny Scott photo)
Helping out
Wingham-native Tyler McKay is a familiar face around the
Wingham station of the Fire Department of North Huron.
For more than 10 years, McKay has been helping out
around the station. Last month, McKay was recognized for
his efforts with a bronze statuette by FDNH Chief David
Sparling. (Denny Scott photo)
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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2016. PAGE 7.
Blyth SIA reviews
HC sign program
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
As part of an introduction to the
Huron County tourism sign
program, which features "Ontario's
West Coast" signs throughout the
county, the Blyth Business
Improvement Area (BIA) met
recently hired Economic
Development Officer Andrew
Kemp.
Kemp, alongside Huron County
Tourism Marketer Jenna Ujiye,
visited the BIA during its Dec. 7
meeting and explained that the
signage program was open to private
businesses and groups like the BIA
in the area.
"The program has been going on
for the last six or seven years," Ujiye
said. "We have 22 entrance signs
around the county and signs
featuring local stops throughout the
county."
Ujiye recently took over the
program and wanted to explain the
benefits and requirements of the sign
program to local businesses.
"This is specifically for tourism -
related businesses," she said. "We
haven't turned anyone down because
typically tourism -related businesses
are the only ones who apply."
The signs, which can be seen
around Blyth touting some local
businesses and the Blyth Festival,
can be purchased for $720, spread
over three years ($240 per year) at
which point it drops to
approximately $125 per year for
another three-year period.
Ujiye explained that the signs are
usually placed outside of villages
and on county roads, as a second
program, run through the province,
is required for placement of signs on
provincial highways such as
Highways 21, 8 and 4.
BIA Chair Rick Elliott said there
were opportunities in the area for
signage to bring people to Blyth,
pointing to the area around the
intersection of County Roads 4 and
86 in Wingham as well as around
Clinton, though in Clinton it could
require signage to be erected
through the provincial program
which Ujiye said wasn't as thorough
as the county program.
"There are definite issues with the
Ontario signage program," she said.
"Signs will be left up with a hole in
the middle of them for three years
under that program, where we'll
replace them as quickly as possible."
Ujiye went on to say that "as
quickly as possible" can sometimes
be hampered due to weather
conditions, especially in the winter.
For more information on the
program, visit www.huroncounty.ca/
economic -development
EC DEV OFFICER
After the signage presentation,
Kemp explained what his
responsibilities have been since been
hired three months prior.
He said he had gone through
strategic plans for municipalities,
worked on a welcome plan that
hopes to draw skilled immigrants
into the area and worked with the
Huron Manufacturing Association
on youth engagement through
school programs.
Other responsibilities have
included working on airport
feasibility at both Goderich and
Wingham airports and changing the
Huron Economic Development
partnership program to better
distribute funds throughout the
county.
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