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Alarms still available in M-T
Grief recovery program begins
Gusso to cook for Trudeau as part of Liberal fundraiser
Victorious
Matt Goerke was the big winner on Sunday at the Parts
Canada TransCan in Walton, seen here as he crosses the
finish line. He was victorious on professional day at the
event, which attracted over 15,000 people to the area just
for Sunday. He was later awarded a sword and named King
of Walton by Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb. (Jim Brown photo)
THE EDITOR,
Eight months ago Morris-
Turnberry started a campaign to
increase smoke alarm awareness and
provide a higher level of fire
protection through residential
properties. Not only is it the law in
Ontario that smoke alarms be
installed and maintained in all
residential occupancies, it just
makes sense to install such an
affordable piece of fire safety
equipment.
The Municipality of Morris-
Turnberry brought in boxes of
smoke alarms through a Public Fire
Safety Council initiative. The goal
was to get as many new alarms out
into the municipality by making
everyone aware that it is the law to
have smoke alarms on every storey
of your residence, and outside all
sleeping areas. Take a look at the
alarms in your house, check for
signs of discolouration (yellowing)
or poor maintenance, and replace
the smoke alarm if needed.
Furthermore, smoke alarms
should be replaced every 10 years.
To date we have added 100 alarms
throughout the municipality, 70 per
cent were replacement alarms for
units that were over 10 years or
malfunctioning, and 30 per cent
were units for property owners who
hadn’t realized that they were not
compliant with the Ontario Fire
Code. We have tracked 100 alarms
so far out of our office. However,
that doesn’t take into account all of
the alarms that are being sold
elsewhere in our region, then
installed within our municipality.
Those interested can still visit the
Morris-Turnberry municipal office
and purchase smoke alarms to make
their home safer, protect their family
from fire and ensure that they are
compliant with the law. Failure to
have smoke alarms on every storey
of your residence, and outside all
sleeping areas could result in a $235
fine.
For more information call 519-
887-6137 or e-mail: jmarshall@
morristurnberry.ca
James Marshall
Community Fire Safety Officer
Municipality of Morris-
Turnberry.
A familiar face to local residents
brought word from Blyth to Ottawa
and it impressed the Liberal Party of
Canada enough to feature a local
restaurant on the menu for an
upcoming event.
Peter Gusso, owner and operator
of Part II Bistro in Blyth, has been
tapped to cater what’s being called a
wine and cheese fundraiser in
Seaforth that will feature special
guest Justin Trudeau.
The event takes place on Sept. 27
at 7 p.m. at the Seaforth Community
Centre and Gusso says one of the
party’s goals was to serve local food,
which is one of the things Gusso and
the bistro have strived to provide.
About a month ago, Gusso was
contacted by Kevin Wilbee from
Ottawa about possibly catering an
event for the Liberal Party, so he
prepared a package for review ahead
of the event.
He said the event was simply
explained to him and he was given a
breakdown of what organizers were
looking for that night.
Just over a week ago Gusso was
informed that he had been chosen to
cater the event, which he said he
couldn’t believe.
“I was ecstatic,” he said. “Super
excited.”
He received the call, he said, when
Trudeau Stories, a play written and
performed by Brooke Johnson, hit
the stage at the Blyth Festival’s
Phillips Studio earlier this month.
“I thought it was a bit of a
coincidence that this play about
Justin’s dad had just opened in
Blyth,” Gusso said.
Word, Gusso said, had made its
way back to Ottawa courtesy of
former Blyth resident and Huron-
Bruce Federal Liberal candidate
Greg McClinchey, who had been
singing the praises of Part II Bistro
in Ottawa after a summer trip back
to Blyth.
Gusso, however, will soon have to
get to the business of cooking for as
many as 400 people who are
expected to fill the centre that night.
Entry to the event is $100 per
person.
For his part of the evening, Gusso
will be preparing four appetizers,
two of which will be familiar to
those who have eaten at the
Bistro since its opening earlier this
year.
That night Gusso will be serving a
shiitake and oyster mushroom
bruschetta made with mushrooms
from North Huron as well as pork
spring rolls made with homemade
sausages from Scrimgeour’s Food
Market in Blyth. Gusso will also be
serving a salmon appetizer,
featuring fish from the Bayfield area
as well as a butternut squash and
sharp cheddar cheese shot featuring
products from a farm just north of
Belgrave.
“We’re trying to utilize everything
from around here,” Gusso said.
“We’re trying to do things as local as
possible and apparently that’s what
they’re trying to do too.”
Gusso said organizers hoped that
much of what was served would
come from Huron and Perth
Counties.
As far as Gusso is concerned, he’s
hoping that the evening will expose
his food to a wider audience
including some potentially large
clients.
“Just the exposure is good for us,”
he said. “There could be up to 400
people there. It’s just an opportunity
that we couldn’t pass up. I couldn’t
believe it.”
More information on the Gusso
family or the Part II Bistro menu is
available on the restaurant’s new
website at www.part2bistro.ca
courtesy of Painted Black Studio in
Blyth.
More information on the wine and
cheese fundraiser with Justin
Trudeau can be found at
http://events.liberal.ca
THE EDITOR,
Last week a flyer was mailed out
to all Blyth residents regarding the
“Blyth Garden Refuse Site” which
is located near the treatment plant
off North Street.
This site is for grass clippings and
garden and yard waste, and nothing
else. Some people have been leaving
food waste, plastic bags and
containers, posts, a huge boulder,
and tree limbs. These items are not
acceptable.
We want people to realize that if a
few people persist in leaving
garbage in the site, we could be
charged with opening a new
landfill site at a cost of
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
We would have no choice but to
close the facility and not allow
anything to be left there. Many
people rely on and appreciate this
site.
Let’s all be responsible and use
the site as intended.
Brock Vodden, Councillor
Township of North Huron.
THE EDITOR,
As the warm and lazy days of
summer begin to shorten and the
evenings become longer it draws us
to wonder how we might cope this
fall with pieces of ourselves that
have been shaken with a loss in our
lives.
Grief shows itself in many
unexpected places. It did not take a
holiday during the warm summer
days – at work, at the beach, at the
cottage… – in fact, grief may have
presented itself in new ways that we
did not expect and leave us
confused, bewildered and alone.
Losing a loved one, losing our
home, losing a job, personal health
changes, losing a pet, divorce and
separation, or experiencing some of
the more than 40 other losses one
can experience in a lifetime – can
leave us with a bunch of feelings
inside that we don’t know what to do
with – sadness, anger, emptiness,
loneliness… Incomplete grief can
have a huge impact on our health
and on our relationships with others.
Have you ever been told to ‘give it
time’ or ‘be strong for the kids’ or
‘keep busy’ or ‘if your pet dies or
your partner is gone…get another
one’ or ‘don’t feel bad’ or ‘grieve
alone’? Have these suggestions
worked for you? Probably not.
The Grief Recovery Outreach
Program teaches how these myths
do not work, but if we do believe
them they often send us on an
increased pain journey. Grief
recovery teaches new tools and
gives permission in a safe place to
do the necessary grief work that is
holding us from living a full life
Letters to the Editor
NOTICE OF HURON COUNTY COUNCIL’S INTENTION TO PASS A BY-LAW TO CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL FOR THE COUNTY OF HURONon Wednesday September 5th, 2012immediately following the Public Meeting to consider this matter that is scheduled for 9:00 a.m.
The Council of the Corporation of the County of
Huron intends to pass a By-law that establishes the
composition of the Council of the Corporation of the
County of Huron.
A Public Meeting shall be held at 9:00 a.m. on the 5th of
September, 2012 in the Court House Council Chambers,
1 Courthouse Square, Goderich, Ontario. The purpose
of the Public Meeting is for the Council to consider
changing the composition of Huron County Council.
All written comments on this issue shall be received by
County Clerk Barbara L. Wilson, by 3:00p.m. on Tuesday
September 4th, 2012 at 1 Courthouse Square, Goderich,
Ontario for the inclusion in Public Meeting.
Barbara L.Wilson, County Clerk
The Corporation of the County of Huron,
1 Courthouse Square,
Goderich, ON
N7A 1M2
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Councillor urges
public to respect site
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