HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-08-15, Page 16PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2013.Benmiller artist presents ‘Colours of the Land’
Coming to Blyth
Susan Hay, a full-time artist who splits her time between Benmiller and Haliburton, will be
opening her exhibit Colours of the Land at the Blyth Festival Art Gallery this Friday. The exhibit
will run until Sept. 9. (Photo submitted)
Sparling’s donation
helps buy Olympia
Too much chlorine is being
blamed for a scare at the Vanastra
Recreation Centre’s pool on Friday
that sent 15 children and one adult to
the hospital.
The incident was reported by the
pool’s lifeguards shortly after 2:30
p.m. that day, with emergency
responders on scene just 10
minutes later. Initially, the pool’s
lifeguards thought they smelled
muriatic gas.
Huron East Mayor Bernie
MacLellan, alongside
representatives for the pool’s
equipment, were on scene on
Saturday and found that worn out O-
rings were to blame for the
incident.
The worn out O-rings in one of the
pool’s valves allowed excessive
amounts of chlorine to be pumped
into the pool’s water.
With this discovery, he says, the
situation is not as bad as some
officials originally thought, but that
it has put the municipality on notice.
He said the municipality will be
checking its equipment more often
to ensure an incident like Friday’s
remains an isolated one.
In an interview after the incident,
Vanastra Recreation Centre’s
Facilities Manager Lissa Berard said
she thought the scare was triggered
by a release of muriatic gas, which is
an acid used to balance the pH level
in pools.
At the time, there were 19 people
in the pool, 16 of whom were sent to
hospitals in Clinton, Seaforth and
Exeter for further examination.
The pool, as scheduled after
Friday’s incident, was re-opened on
Monday morning.
The Blyth and District
Community Centre will be home to
a new Olympia ice resurfacer thanks
in part to the generosity of
Sparling’s Propane Limited.
At North Huron Township
Council’s Aug. 6 meeting, Director
of Recreation and Facilities Pat
Newson reported that the current
resurfacer, which is 11 years old,
was scheduled in 2013 for
maintenance that would cost $5,000.
After some research, it was
determined that the trade-in value of
the machine is $32,000 and, with the
$38,700 the township has in reserves
for a new unit and a $24,140
donation from Sparling’s, the new
unit, which costs $94,840 could be
paid for.
“If we keep it another two years,
we would lose half our trade-in
value,” Deputy-Reeve David Riach
said in a phone interview with The
Citizen. “After they hit 10 years old,
they begin to depreciate very fast.”
Riach explained that the company
was giving the township a prefered
deal on the trade in since it had
already hit the 11-year mark.
Council had to deviate from their
typical procurement procedure to
purchase the unit as there are only
two manufacturers of ice resurfacers
in the area, Zamboni which works
out of the United States and
Resurfice Corporation, which is
located in Elmira.
Zamboni declined to provide a
quote for the machine as they would
not be able to service it.
Under the procurement policy,
situations like this allow the
township to enter a negotiated
method to purchase items.
Continued from page 15
members guessing a product based
on its nutritional information and
ingredients. Emma Allenson also
presented her junior project which
was about five easy ways to be more
active and healthy. Jolande
Oudshoorn and Janette Plaetzer then
led Silly Olympics which had
members skipping, doing a relay and
an obstacle course. Following the
Silly Olympics, the club took their
heart rates, did sit-ups and measured
their flexibility to compare their
meeting six results to their meeting
one results. Almost all members saw
improvements in all three areas.
The club then gave their attention
to Kate and Meagan Higgins for
their senior projects. Kate presented
information on two different weight
loss programs and Meagan taught
the club about anorexia and bulimia.
The club then enjoyed peaches for
snack provided by Marita
Oudshoorn, following this Maisy
closed the meeting with the motto.
The Achievement Program for the
club was held on Saturday, Aug. 3 at
Goderich Little Bowl and the club
had a great night of bowling fun.
Meeting four and five of the
Wawanosh 4-H Miss Fits was held
on Thursday, July 25 at 5 p.m. at the
Auburn Hall. The club began the
meeting with the pledge, then began
their workout. Carol Phillips led the
club in a 45-minute Zumba class.
After the club’s dancing aerobic
workout, they began to make some
healthy pizzas. The members
divided into groups and made a
veggie, pepperoni and dessert pizza.
While the pizzas were in the oven
Vice-President Janette Plaetzer led
roll call which asked members what
their favourite fruit and vegetable
was. Loretta Higgins then read the
minutes from meeting three. Next,
Loretta presented her junior project
which was a menu for a day that
followed the Canada Food Guide.
The club also discussed their active
and screen time log. Most members
spent more time being active.
The Miss Fits then dug into their
pizzas along with some raw
vegetables and green beans provided
by Mary Ellen Foran. After cleaning
up their delicious meal, Janette led
meeting five’s roll call, which asked
members to name a muscle in their
body. Following roll call, Mary
Ellen led a discussion on ways to eat
healthier, such as drinking water
before eating, eating slowly and not
eating right before going to sleep.
Eileen George then led a game of
Fitness Bingo.
Before the meeting ended, the
members divided into two groups to
present information on sports
injuries and muscles. Janette closed
the meeting with the motto.
Susan Hay, a full-time artist withstudios in Benmiller and Haliburton,
is a talented woman with a unique
gift for depicting the Canadian
wilderness with acrylic paint on
canvas. Most of her work is based on
her own photos, often as taken from
the bow of her canoe as she and her
husband paddle around the lakes of
Haliburton or as she cycles and
walks around the countryside in
Huron County.
Susan taught herself to paint as a
teen, using Walter Foster “How to
Paint” books. In mid-life, she began
painting seriously and became a
regular summer student at the
Haliburton School of the Arts,
completing the Drawing and
Painting Certificate Course in 2011.
Now, after many individual and
group exhibitions, she will be
showing her work at the Blyth
Festival Art Gallery beginning Aug.
16. Titled “Colours of the Land” the
exhibition demonstrates her skills
using a variety of techniquesincluding texture, impressionism,
abstraction and exaggeration of
colour.
Susan calls this exhibition “a
tribute to the beauty of Canada's
diverse, natural landscape”. Each
painting is a unique interpretation
capturing her experiences marveling
at the majesty of the Yukon, the
tranquility of a patch of water lilies
on a Haliburton lake, a
cloud-studded sky over a broad
vista in Huron County, or a well
known natural landmark in Georgian
Bay.
The exhibition is presented by the
Blyth Festival Art Gallery and may
be viewed from Aug. 16 to Sept. 9 at
the Bainton Gallery, next to the
theatre box office in the Blyth
Memorial Hall. The public is invited
to meet the artist at the Opening
Reception on Friday, Aug. 16 at 6
p.m. The gallery is open Monday to
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
North St. West, Wingham
Mac & Donna Anderson
519-357-1910
A cemetery is a history of
people, a perpetual record of
yesterday and a sanctuary of
peace and quiet today. A
cemetery exists because every
life is worth loving and
remembering - always
Distinctive Memorials of
Lasting Satisfaction
BOX 158 WINGHAM ONT NOG 2W0
REPRINTS
OF PHOTOS
taken by Citizen
photographers are
available to purchase.
ALL ARE IN COLOUR
4x6 - $4.00
5x7 - $5.00
8x10 - $8.00
Phone to order ~
519-523-4792
or 519-887-9114
54 King St.
Clinton 519-482-3951
Scented Candles
Answers to Crossword
on Page 6
Obituaries
PRISCILLA BRAY
Mrs. Priscilla Bray of Fordwich
and formerly of Wingham passed
away at Fordwich Village Nursing
Home on Wednesday, July 31, 2013.
She was 91.
The former Priscilla Raymond
was the beloved wife of the
late Clifford Bray, who predeceased
her in 1996. She was the dear
mother of Charles and Mary Lynn
Bray, Walkerton; Donald and
Dianne Bray, Goderich; and
Barbara and Wayne Grube, Atwood.
Priscilla was also loved by
grandchildren Bonnie and Jeff
Stroeder, Cindy-Jo Butchart,
Korey Bray, George Grube,
Deborah and Joe Cabral, great-
grandchildren Mercedes, Beverly,
Hope, Chelsea, Kyle, Gregory and
Samantha and great-great-
granddaughter Luna. She is also
survived by her sisters Betty
Gowing and Esther and
Jack McCutcheon and by her
brother Bob and Doreen Raymond.
Priscilla was predeceased by her
parents Charles and Edith
Raymond, two brothers, two
sisters, one great-grandson, one
great-great-granddaughter and four
brothers-in-law.
Memorial services were held at
Wingham United Church on Aug. 3
at 11 a.m. Rev. Richard D. Hall
officiated.
Memorial donations to Wingham
United Church or Fordwich Nursing
Home Residents’ Council would be
appreciated as expressions of
sympathy.
Online condolences may be left at
www.mcburneyfuneralhome.com
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Pool open after scare
4-H Club ends year
with ‘Silly Olympics’
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Get information
on Huron County
attractions on the
Stops Along The Way
section of our website
www.northhuron.on.ca