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Skateboarding demonstrations will
be held near the car wash.
Vendors will be showcasing health
supplements, pottery, jewellery,
birdhouses and much more. As well,
merchants have opted to put their
specialties on display.
Food will be supplied by the Lions
Club featuring their famous
hamburgers and hot dogs. Also, this
is a time to visit our restaurants.
The day will end with “Kiss the
Pig”. This year’s kissers are North
Huron Blyth Ward councillor Bill
Knott, CIBC Susie Elliott CSR and
Citizen Editor Shawn Loughlin.
They will be putting their lips on the
line, or should I say on the pig.
Voting is taking place in various
businesses including The Citizen
and the CIBC. You can also make a
donation at the Queens Bakery, and
the Blyth Festival box office. Voting
will continue until kissing time 4:30
p.m. on July 25. Funds raised will go
to the beautification of our
downtown street.
There will also be face painting,
corn box fun for children aged one
to five to enjoy while parents stroll
the street. Once again, local gals and
guys will be bringing their vintage
and muscle cars for display at the
north end of the street closure. There
will also be a soccer tournament in
the morning, ending just in time for
the teams and families to join the
festivities and enjoy the Lions’ first
burgers off the grill.
PAGE 28. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015.
Councillor Brock Vodden, who
was absent from North Huron’s last
council meeting, said he wasn’t
happy with the way council had been
portrayed as reacting to opponents to
the Goderich to Guelph (G2G) Rail
Trail.
During council’s June 15 meeting,
several landowners adjacent to the
trail reported several concerns they
had with the G2G Trail plan, which
has not been brought to North Huron
Council by a representative of G2G
Rail Trail Inc., a not-for-profit
company hoping to start the trail.
Vodden, who was absent for
medical reasons, said he agreed with
some of the complaints raised
regarding how the company had
handled the issue, but was
disappointed that council “didn’t
come off as... being a booster for the
whole concept of the plan.”
“I think the trail is a terrific
economic development process for
the region and these communities,”
he said. “I would like to think our
council will try to help and have the
process handled in a steadfast way
with a goal of achieving this
remarkable development.”
Vodden said that the right of way
that the company hopes to use has
been as it sits for more than 100
years.
“No one has bought or inherited
property without knowing this could
happen,” he said. “A lot of the fears
people have are perhaps a bit
exaggerated. The fears are valid, but
we need to find some way to
cope with them or deal with
them and I hope council will be a
strong supporter of having the trail
realized in a positive and effective
manner.”
Reeve Neil Vincent was the only
council member to respond to
Vodden’s comments.
“There will be a lot of information
come forward Wednesday at Huron
County Council,” he said, refering to
a meeting on July 8 when members
of the adjacent landowners group
who feel they were being
marginalized are set as a delegation
and correspondence from G2G Rail
Trail Inc. will be received.
“There are definitely two sides to
this story,” Vincent said.
Earlier in the meeting, during his
Huron County Council report,
Vincent had stated that a number of
issues were set to be aired at the
meeting.
“A number of G2G related issues
will be discussed on Wednesday,
part of that being a 12-item request
motion from G2G Rail Trail Inc.,” he
said. “There will be several rebuttals
to that request list, I understand.”
Check next week’s issue of The
Citizen for a recap of what
transpired at the Huron County
Council meeting.
Vodden wants council to be positive about G2G
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Time for vacation
Huron Chapel in Auburn held its annual Vacation Bible School this week, starting on Monday
with plenty of activities for the young and the young at heart throughout the community. Here,
children attending the camp are playing a game that involves a little bit of rice and a big, big
parachute. (Mark Royall photo)
By Denny Scott
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