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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-03-22, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012.Wawanosh 4-H holds first meeting of year Pancakes The Wawanosh 4-H Club held its first meeting of the year and used it wisely, making several different varieties of pancakes, including oatmeal pancakes and sweet potato pancakes. (Photo submitted) The first meeting of the year forWawanosh 4-H was held onThursday, March 8 at 7 p.m. at theJefferson farm. As members arrived, Jolanda Oudshoorn led a game that introduced members to some terms associated with maple syrup. Leader Mary Ellen Foran opened the meeting with the pledge. Next the election of officers was held. Since this club had so few members, everyone was told to volunteered for a position. Emma Enders volunteers for president and Jolande Oudshoorn became her vice-president. Scott Jefferson offered to be the attendance recorder and Laura Nauwelaerts took on the position of communications officer. MaisyJefferson requested to be the coverdesigner that left Kristina Drennanas press reporter. The members were each assigned a meeting to record the meeting minutes. The newly-elected president officially began the meeting with roll call. Eileen George split the club into smaller groups and they were each assigned a description of a sugar bush. A debate was held and members were to present the positive attributes of their woodlot and point out the flaws of the other bushes. The winners of the debate were Maisy Jefferson and Leader Marita Oudshoorn. From the issues addressed in the debate memberssaw how accessibility, tree spacing,age of the bush, availability of apower source, slope and direction of slope, climate and chance of disease or pests are all factors to explore when choosing a sugar bush. Mary Ellen and Eileen then presented a slide show on the stresses that canaffect trees.The members then broke into twogroups to make two different pancake recipes. Laura, Maisy and Emma made sweet potato pancakes while Scott and Jolande made oatmeal pancakes. The members enjoyed both of the recipes toppedwith maple butter made by theleaders and maple syrup. Emma closed the meeting with the pledge. The next meeting was held at Miller and Hanna sugar bushes on Friday, March 16 at 2 p.m. 1st Avenue, VANASTRA Andersen is the registered trademark of Andersen Corporation. All other marks where denoted are marks of Andersen Corporation. LOCAL CALLS IF BUSY CALL 519-482-7869 519-482-5816 EMAIL: dndglass@tcc.on.ca Marg Miller Dave MillerFergie Ferguson Cathy Cudmore John MacLennan CALL FOR YOUR FREE ESTIMATE TODAY! ■Thermal Pane Replacement ■Commercial Store Fronts ■ Wide selection of vinyl and vinyl clad wood windows ■ Entrance Doors - steel or fibreglass ■ Interior wood French doors ■ Garage Doors - commercial and residential ■ All Glass and Mirror work Now is the time to We Do So Much More... Renovate We feature high quality Andersen®products. THE EDITOR, I want to start by thanking the many people who supported me as I prepared to debate my first piece of private member’s legislation on March 8 in the Ontario Legislature. I received over 1,700 e-mails from across the province, many coming from Huron-Bruce. I deeply appreciated the supportive phone calls, letters and the support of those who made the trek to Toronto on March 8 to listen to the second reading debate. Your efforts have not gone unnoticed. Since my motion was voted down by the Liberals and NDP, I have heard from some citizens who were frustrated by the fact that not all of my Progressive Conservative colleagues were not there for the vote. I am writing to you today to clear up some misconceptions. First, I met with the NDP on Wednesday and was told by their energy critic they would not be supporting me. It was evident that the Liberals were not supportive. Second, I had 100 per cent support of all of my caucus colleagues for my motion. However, sometimes real life gets in the way. One of my colleagues had a sick child in hospital. My party’s leader Tim Hudak had to be in Ottawa. What many people don’t know is that my time to debate private members business was not supposed to be until late this year. However, one of my colleagues gave me her time to debate private member’s legislation because she knew how important this issue was to you, to me, and the entire PC Caucus. Because my motion was called for debate so quickly, some members already had pre-arranged events in their riding that they could not cancel. However, my colleagues that were not necessarily there for the vote supported me by reading petitions and delivering statements. Tim Hudak has been a champion of this issue. So much so that he is devoting his one opportunity in the 40th Parliament to debating his bill, the Affordable Energy and Restoration of Local Decision Making Act, 2012. This legislation would end the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program, restore local decision making power, and require the Minister of Energy to consult with communities affected by wind and solar projects still under development. My leader and my caucus colleagues have been extremely supportive and will continue to be as we work towards returning respect to rural Ontario. Lisa Thompson, Huron Bruce MPP. THE EDITOR, Momentum is building against industrial wind development in our province. People are catching on that it’s a bad deal for Ontario’s economy and its people. The most recent Ontario Auditor General’s Report spells this out in painful detail. In response to this situation there is a protest rally planned for Tuesday, April 3 in Toronto. It will coincide with the Ontario Feed In Tariff forum which is being held in Toronto on April 3 and 4. Buses will be heading to the protest rally from all over the province. A bus will be leaving Clinton on April 3 from the Regional Equine and Agriculture Centre of Huron (REACH) in Clinton at 7:30 a.m. Parking is available at REACH. The bus will stop for pickups at the school in St. Columban at approximately 7:45 a.m. Cost for the bus is $25 per person. The bus will depart from Toronto at 2:30 to 3 p.m. Our provincial government needs to hear loudly and clearly from us that this development must stop now. Contact one of the undersigned to get your seat on the bus as soon as possible. First come, first served. Pete Middleton .......519-482-3859 Bill Melick ..............519-524-9181 Anita Frayne ..........519-529-7711 Shawn Drennan .....519-529-3115 Lynn Fischer ..........519-392-8209 Gerry Ryan ............519-345-2620 Thompson thanks bill’s supporters Protest rally trip planned for April Letters to the Editor ON $6.00 THURSDAYS Drop into either of our offices any Thursday with your word classified (maximum 20 words) and pay only $6.00 + HST (paid in advance). That’s $1.00 off regular rates. The Citizen