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Episodemic Diarrhea were
confirmed in Huron County as the
disease continued to spread across
Ontario.
Dr. Erica Clark, public health
epidemiologist came to the
conclusion that there was no cancer
cluster in Ashfield-Colborne-
Wawanosh, after investigating a
resident’s research earlier in the
year.
North Huron Council announced
that it would be pledging $500,000
to Campaign 14/19. This came after
the announcement that those
involved with the campaign had
raised over $1 million of its $6
million goal.
A late night fire devastated a
chicken farm just north of Blyth on
May 1. The blaze claimed 46,000
chickens, a manure storage building
and caused a grand total of $1.3
million in damage.
Blyth NHL player Justin Peters
was named to the Canadian National
Team that would be heading to
Belarus for the International Ice
Hockey Federation’s world
championships. He was the third
goalie named to Team Canada.
With an abundance of fire activity
in the area in the first four and a half
months of the year, Fire Department
of North Huron (FDNH) Chief
David Sparling told North Huron
Council that the department was
closing in on an average year’s worth
of calls just halfway through May.
The announcement came just after
the department was busy with four
calls in a 48-hour period between
May 7-9.
Organizer Lorna Fraser announced
that the annual Blyth United Church
Women (UCW) event Women’s Day
Out would be discontinued after
2014, its 20th year.
Central Huron Mayor Jim Ginn
announced that he would seek a
second term in the position as the
Oct. 27 election approached.
Brussels Fall Fair Ambassador
Kayla Bishop was on hand to cut the
ribbon and officially open the
Brussels Farmers’ Market for
another season. She was led into the
ceremony by Don Martin, a member
of the Brussels Legion Pipe Band.
Clarissa Gordon was named
ambassador for the 2014 Elementary
School Fair, held annually in
Belgrave.
Provincial candidates Colleen
Schenk of the Liberal Party, Jan
Johnstone of the NDP and Dennis
Valenta of the Equal Parenting Party,
in addition to incumbent Huron-
Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson, all
spoke at an all-candidates meeting
hosted by the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture in
Holmesville where a number of
issues, including the economy,
agriculture and renewable energy
were covered ahead of the election.
Central Huron Council was busy
brainstorming how to honour
residents Will and Claire Fleming,
who had just completed a cross-
country cycling trip that raised over
$32,000 for the Canadian Tire
Jumpstart charity.
Incumbent Huron-Bruce MPP
Lisa Thompson rolled to a second
consecutive riding win, defeating
Colleen Schenk of the Liberal Party,
by over 4,000 votes.
Two local companies, Howson and
Howson in Blyth and Parrish and
Heimbecker in Walton, joined forces
to create Millstone Crop Services.
The announcement was made at the
company’s Walton Road location,
which would serve to be its new
headquarters.
Kitchen Radio, written by Blyth
Festival Artistic Director Marion de
Vries, opened the Festival’s 40th
season, earning rave reviews for its
humour and musicianship.
Blyth artist Kelly Stevenson was
in the process of preparing for her
first-ever exhibition at the Blyth
Festival Art Gallery. Stevenson’s
show “Who Heals You” was set to
open at the gallery on July 18 and
would run until mid-August.
The art, Stevenson said, would
feature paper and found-object
productions.
Lynda Wilson, a Guelph-based
author, and her husband Doug had
recently completed walking the
proposed Guelph-to-Goderich Rail
Trail. Wilson was preparing to write
a book about the experience of the
trail, which she hoped would be
published by the end of the year.
Bluevale’s 160th anniversary and
Homecoming was deemed a success
by organizers who said it was a great
time. The event brought out nearly
50 antique cars, a dozen antique
tractors and over 100 floats for the
parade.
North Huron Reeve Neil Vincent
announced that he would run again
in the Oct. 27 election for the
position he had held for the previous
two four-year terms.
Chefs Peter Gusso of the Part II
Bistro and Jason Rutledge of the
Blyth Inn were busy preparing for
the biggest meal they would ever
have to serve in Fare on Four, a
Campaign 14/19 initiative that
would see 1,419 people seated on
Blyth’s main street and fed by the
two men and their crews. At the
time, just over half of the event’s
tickets had been purchased.
Blyth played host to the first-ever
National Cenotaph Day, an initiative
that started at the Blyth Branch of
the Royal Canadian Legion. The day
will now take place every year on
July 28, the anniversary of the
beginning of the First World War.
Blyth’s second annual Streetfest
was deemed a success with hundreds
attending.
Campaign 14/19’s large outdoor
meal, Fare on 4, officially sold out of
all 1,419 tickets, leaving over 150
people on the waiting list for tickets.
Jamee Johnston was crowned
Brussels Fall Fair Ambassador for
2014/2015 by former Ambassador
Kayla Bishop. She defeated three
other girls for the honour.
Central Huron athlete Lexi Aitken
was all set to participate in the Youth
Olympics in China, making the trip
and participating in the 400-metre
hurdles.
While the 2014 season marked the
Blyth Festival’s 40th, its actual
anniversary was celebrated with a
Homecoming weekend and a special
cabaret at the Phillips Studio that
attracted a who’s who of the
Festival’s 40 seasons, including
creator of The Farm Show Paul
Thompson, Nobel Prize winner
Alice Munro as well as members of
the Festival’s inaugural 1975
company.
With tickets sold out, Campaign
14/19’s Fare on 4 worked to
perfection as the food was met with
a standing ovation from diners
throughout Blyth.
“I’m still flabbergasted at what
happened and how smoothly it all
came together,” said Blyth Inn Chef
Jason Rutledge.
“It was amazing,” said Part II
Bistro Chef Peter Gusso. “There’s an
old saying about chefs that you
either have a good service or a bad
service and that was the best service
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A fiery year
A fire just north of Blyth killed 46,000 chickens and destroyed a barn and manure storage
building in a late-night fire on May 1 causing $1.3 million in damage. The Fire Department of
North Huron was able to contain the fire and save an office area attached to the barn as well
as a nearby shed. Assistance was called in from Huron East’s Grey and Brussels halls as well
as Central Huron. (File photo)
An amazing feat
Will, left, and Claire Fleming of Londesborough really didn’t know when to say quit. Not only
did the duo cycle across Canada, but they raised nearly five times their stated goal of $7,650
having recorded approximately $34,000 in donations for Canadian Tire’s Jumpstart program.
They also finished their trip several days early ending up in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Above,
the duo celebrated their finish by dipping their wheels into the Atlantic Ocean. They would later
be honoured by Central Huron Council for their hard work and selflessness. (File photo)
Stevenson, Flemings impress community in 2014
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