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The Citizen, 2013-04-04, Page 14TWO-BEDROOM COTTAGE WITH bunkhouse at Point Clark, includes fully-equipped kitchen, gas barbecue, fire pit, horseshoe pit and much more, close to lighthouse and beach. To find out more or to book your holiday call 519-523-4799 after 6:00 p.m. tfn PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013. Classified Advertisements All word ads in The Citizen classifieds are put on our webpage at www.northhuron.on.ca Tenders Tenders acation propertiesV FARMS FOR SALE BY TENDER The Estate of Elliott Hackwell invites tenders for the purchase of its farmlands in the Geographic Township of McKillop, Municipality of Huron East, County of Huron, comprised of: 1) Part Lot 20, Concession 13, containing buildings, 88 workable acres more or less and 10 acres of bush more or less and; 2) N 1/2 Lot 9, Concession 14, except the road widening and containing 32 workable acres more or less and 55 acres of bush more or less • For tender forms and other particulars contact: Devereaux Murray Professional Corporation 77 Main Street South Seaforth, Ontario N0K 1W0 Phone: 519-527-0850 Email: aodonnell@devereauxmurray.ca • Tenders to be submitted by 12 noon on Monday, April 15, 2013 • Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Brussels Legion Branch 218 is accepting tenders for grass cutting for 2013. Tenders to include cutting and trimming for property around building and for additional back lot. Tenders required by April 13, 2013. Drop into Branch or mail to: Box 128, Brussels, ON N0G 1H0 Attention: House Chairman 519-523-4792 or 519-887-9114 The Citizen Now you can think locally and act globally at the same time, because when you place a classified ad in your favorite hometown paper, you’ll also get a FREE electronic listing on our classified Web page! GET CLICKING WITH THE CLASSIFIEDS! Continued from page 1 like any other sector. “That’s the kind of work that we’re going to do,” she said. “We will continue to work with the sector to make sure that those tools are in place,” she said. “I want those partnerships to be the way we grow the economy, the way we stabilize the industry.” Wynne said that, along with the risk management program, she was happy to recently announce the Local Food Act which will help locally sourced food become more readily available. She added, however, that a lot of that work has already been done by the community. “I was pleased to introduce the Local Food Act on Monday to the legislature,” she said. “I think this is a really important piece of legislation. It’s about all the good things that grow in Ontario but it’s also about making sure that the Local Food Act shines a light on our government’s efforts with local food strategies. “I do think, however, that the public is ahead of us on [the local food movement],” she said. “I actually think the public wants to buy local food, they want to know where local food is, they want to be able to access it. When they go to the grocery store, they want to be able to pick up the food that is grown closest to them. They don’t want to think their food has to come across an ocean or across a continent, they want to be able to buy it locally.” She said that, under her and the Liberal government, local food is going to be a priority. “Whatever we can do to encourage local food, that’s what we’re going to do,” she said. “It’s partly about public information, it’s partly about public education campaigns, but it’s also about investing dollars in innovation so that businesses can thrive.” She said that having the Local Food Act, as well as the partnerships that it inspires in place will provide opportunities to bring agriculture to the forefront, something she is shocked hasn’t happened already. “It’s actually really surprising to me, as a politician, over the last decade, that there hasn’t been more general conversation [about agriculture],” she said. Wynne explained that when she was first elected, she visited Perth- Wellington MPP John Wilkinson’s riding for a crash course in Wynne reintroduces Local Food Act as a priority Enrolment projections will be stable over the next five to 15 years, trustees at the Avon Maitland District School Board (AMDSB) learned this week. Mike Ash, Superintendent of Education, said every two years the board contracts an external demographer to provide enrolment projections for their school. The firm – Watson and Associates Economists Ltd. – uses current Census data and information from the various municipalities about housing starts and planned areas for development to come up with a set of projections that help the AMDSB plan the use of their buildings over the next couple of years. “Historically the demographer that we have used has been very accurate when we compare our actual numbers to his projected numbers. If anything, he – in some cases – has underestimated our enrolment and that is not a bad thing in terms of what we are looking at for planning purposes,” said Ash. Ash said over all the country and the province will continue to see some shift in demographics with more people above school age and fewer people that are school age. “He qualified that by saying that we are seeing some slight increases in birth rates but over all the only reason that Canada’s population is growing is because of immigration,” said Ash. “The impact for us locally is that our elementary enrolment appears to be stabilizing and will remain stable certainly over the next five to 15 years,” he said, adding, “Our secondary enrolment will see approximately a 10 per cent decline over the same time frame.” Ash said, “Those trends are consistent with what is happening across the province and they were not unexpected as the last of our large classes from the elementary level move through our secondary schools and the smaller ones move in.” He said from a planning perspective, because the board was willing to tackle accommodation reviews over the last 10 years, the AMDSB is in good shape going forward. ‘Our building usage overall will be in the 80 to 85 per cent which is a good position for us to be in,” he said. Ash said, “The other trends pointed out included a slight shift in market share. When you look at the number of school eligible children and the percentage of those coming to our schools, there has been a slight decrease – single digit – since the last study.” “The other significant item was the decrease in our secondary populations, but the demographer noted, that because the board has moved the Grade 7 and 8 students to Continued on page 20 Board says enrolment is stabilizing Trudeau lecture coming to Brussels By Hilary Long Special to The Citizen Continued from page 9 the men’s high, Jim Blake, 109. Congrats to all the high scorers this season and to all the players for a fun season and hope to return next year to have fun in 2014. Neil and Marie McGavin held an early Easter with their family on the weekend of the March 24. Heather’s family from North Bay, were going to be in Waterloo for a few days, so they decided to celebrate while they were in the area. Heather and Bryan’s son Hayden, who is in Grade 8, is a member of the Robotics Team in North Bay. They were participating in a regional competition in Waterloo. The team was sent the specs to create and build a robot that could throw the ultimate frisbee. The club is run in conjunction with the University of North Bay and they had access to their facilities. The team’s robot won first place and now will participate at the World competition in St. Louis, Missouri. The robot was wrapped and sealed after the competition and the team will not see it again until the world competition. Brian and Shelley attended the event on the Friday and Neil and Marie attended on Saturday and were amazed at the ingenuity of the participants. Bryan and Hayden attended the banquet on Saturday while Heather, Jessica, Jared and Ella visited the Farmers’ Market in Waterloo and then later, the McGavin sugar bush. Betty Glanville has been busy the past few months organizing the Breath of Spring event to be held at the Seaforth Agricultural building. It will feature a gardening element, an eating and cooking segment and of course, an entertaining comic production. It will be held in the evening on April 17 and will benefit the Lung Association. Mark your calendar ladies. Celebrating birthdays the last few days in March included Judy Shortreed, Connor den Dekker, Nicole Williamson, Heidi Wey, John Baan, Brandi Leslie and Jack McLachan. April birthdays celebrating April Fools’ Day include Matt Lee, Pam Carter Cummings, Shirley Clark and Lily Fincham followed by Peter Bennett, Mary McCall, Susan Yan Yu Watson, Krista Shortreed Verkley, Shirlee Groothuis, Duncan Wey and Gary Bennett. DUFF’S UNITED The celebration of Easter at Duff’s United had a wonderful attendance of families of the church. The lighting of the Christ and Lent candles and the reading of the Lenten Liturgy was by Brian and Abby McGavin. The readings were by Patty Banks. The choir sang a lovely Easter song and then invited the congregation to join in the singing of “The Old Rugged Cross”. Rev. Peter’s sermon was entitled “He is Risen Indeed”. The offering was taken by Stan McClure and Keith Wilbee. The celebration of communion was conducted with couples Keith and Gloria Wilbee and Lorne and Bonnie Glanville assisting Rev. Peter. Following the service coffee and fellowship was enjoyed by many members of the congregation. The joint Walton/Bluevale Pastoral Charge is bringing Margaret Trudeau, a Canadian Mental Health advocate, to the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre this month. Ms Trudeau struggled with mental health issues during her life and now presents a series of speaking presentations, advocating the need for recognizing, accepting and seeking help for these issues. Reports from people who have heard her talk, say that she is exceptional in her presentations and very well worth hearing. Tickets for the April 26 event are available from members of both churches and at McGavin’s and George’s to Jo-Ann, and are going well reports Walton representative Heidi McClure – so be sure to get yours soon. A light lunch will be served provided by the members of the churches during the evening. There will be a Walton/Bluevale Pastoral Charge Joint Board meeting on Tuesday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Walton. All members of both churches are invited to attend. There will be a routine Pastoral Care and Oversight Committee Presbytery visit to start the meeting. Input from all is important to create a concise report on the state of the churches. Please plan to attend. Continued on page 16