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Remembrance Day art
North Woods Elementary School students performed well during the annual Remembrance
Day poster, poem and essay competition hosted by the Royal Canadian Legion. Pictured are,
front row, from left; Joel Nesbit, a Grade 3 student who placed first in the primary black and
white poster competition; Laura Silcock, a Grade 3 student who placed first in the primary
colour poster competition; Allyson Barbour, a Grade 3 student who placed second in the
primary colour poster competition and Christopher Pennington, a Grade 3 student who placed
third in the primary colour poster competition. Standing behind the students is Brussels Legion
Branch Poppy Chairman John Lowe. (Denny Scott photo)
Words and colours
Students from Grades 5 and 6 performed well in the North Woods Elementary School
Remembrance Day poster, poem and essay contest hosted by the Brussels Royal Canadian
Legion Branch. Pictured are, back row, from left; Wesley Kraemer a Grade 6 student who
placed second in the junior black and white poster competition; Daniel Bell, a Grade 6 student
who placed second in the junior colour poster competition; Nicholas Kraemer, a Grade 5
student who placed third in the junior black and white poster competition and Brussels Legion
Branch Poppy Chairman John Lowe. Front row are, from left; Jessica Clark, a Grade 6 student
who placed first in the junior colour poster contest; Abby Strome, a Grade 5 student who
placed first in the junior black and white poster contest and Jacob Roth, a Grade 6 student
who placed first in the junior poem competition. Absent is Grade 6 student Nick McArter who
placed second in the junior colour poster competition. (Denny Scott photo)
Choosing new director among challenges for trusteesOne of the biggest challengesfaced by the Huron Perth Catholic
District School Board Trustees will
be the selection of a new director of
education.
Newly-elected board chair Jim
McDade said, “The largest job we
have is to select a new director of
education. Obviously any kind of
direction we take is dependant on
that person carrying on the work that
Martha Durtrizac and her team has
established.”
McDade, elected at the inaugural
meeting on Dec. 3, said the process
has already started with focus
groups to get input on what kind of
person the employee groups wouldlike as a new director, the kind ofcharacteristics they saw as importantand the programs, policies andprocedures they saw important in
continuing.
In addition, McDade said the
outcome of the provincial election
will affect the board. “Right now we
don’t know what direction we are
going with amalgamation of the
board, whether it will be on hold or
not, and that certainly plays a part in
the decision making as far as the
director goes,” he said.
Advertising for the director
position will be posted this week,
with interviews planned for mid-
February. The election to chair for
the Board of Trustees is McDade’s
second. He has served on the Boardof Trustees for six years. McDadeserves the north and central HuronCounty areas. His role is to ensurethe board follows all of the
provincial regulations, board
policies and approve the HPCDSB
budget in a timely manner and stay
with its constraints. “The chair’s role
is to also ensure that, as we move
forward, that our policies that come
up for review are carefully reviewed,
to listen to our ratepayers, our staff
and our parents to make sure things
are functioning in a harmoniousway,” said McDade, adding this yearthe role also includes hiring the bestdirector possible.Trustee Mike Miller, who serves
the South Huron and Bluewater
areas, was elected as vice-chair. He
was appointed to the Special
Education Advisory Committee.
Past chair Bernard Murray, who
represents Perth South, St. Marys
and West Perth, was elected as
chairperson of Education and was
appointed to the Audit Committee.
Trustee Ron Marcy was alsoappointed to the Audit Committee.Marcy, who represents Stratford,was elected chairperson ofManagement.
Trustee Amy Cronin, who
represents Huron East, Perth East
and North Perth, was elected
chairperson of Personnel and was
appointed to the Catholic Education
Team.
These positions are effective until
December 2013.
By Hilary LongThe Citizen
Proposal costs lead
to deferral of review
Central Huron Council has
decided to wait on its peer review of
the municipality’s draft official plan.
After three proposals came in and
all three were in the neighbourhood
of $45,000 to peer review the plan,
on which council was planning on
spending $10,000, council said it
would wait on the review at the Nov.
29 Committee of the Whole meeting.
Discussion as to whether the
Huron County Planning Department
should be involved then followed.
The motion, which was originally
seconded by Mayor Jim Ginn, was
eventually lost after Ginn withdrew
his seconding of the motion. Ginn
originally thought the motion only
dealt with the review of the Central
Huron plan, but when he was told
that it included the Huron County
plan as well, he declared a conflict of
interest and withdrew his seconding
of the motion.
After the discussion, with no
seconder, the motion to approve the
review was lost.
The issue was then referred back
to municipal administration who will
look into retaining another group for
the review in the near future.
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
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back to its former owners care of a
motion passed by council.
Gary Pipe, director of public
works, reported the need for the pit
is not as prevalent as it once was
when requesting a licence
transfer to Donald and David
Woolcock.
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Morris-Turnberry’s recently
released history book, A Harvest of
Memories, is selling like hotcakes.
In reporting on how more than
400 of the massive tomes, with both
books weighing in at 12 pounds,
have already been purchased,
Mayor Paul Gowing took time out
to praise the History Book
Committee as well as the many
other volunteers who made the book
possible.
“I think this book is great. I think
it’s been well received,” said
Gowing. “That’s a very good news
story.”
M-T pit transfered
back to Woolcocks
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh
Township Council members Roger
Watt and Barry Millian dealt with
several wind turbine issues during
the council’s last meeting on Dec. 4.
The two councillors, along with
Councillor Doug Miller, who was
absent for the meeting, are the only
councillors without a conflict of
interest when it comes to dealing
with wind turbines.
The K2 wind project, a renewable
energy project under the Green
Energy Act, will see many turbines
erected across ACW and councillors
received several documents
regarding the project including a
map showing where transmission
lines will be run from the project.
“I’m impressed,” Watt said.
“There are only four places,
according to this, where there are
going to be above-ground power
lines and all four are on roads that
are closed in the winter. Only one of
them has a residence or barn visible
from the lines.”
Millian commented that there was
one area of concern he was aware of
in the project, but noted that it had
been removed from the final plan.
The documents, however, didn’t
find the same level of acceptance
with Shawn Drennan, a resident of
ACW and a vocal opponent of the
K2 wind project.
Drennan claimed that key
information was missing from the
map. Representatives from the K2
project at the meeting explained
that, on a map that size, it was
difficult to display every single line
and crossing that would be used.
Council received the documents
for information purposes. Millian
commented that currently most of
what they receive in regards to the
project is in draft form and that they
can only comment on it and not
affect many changes.
K2 documentation
debated in ACW
By Denny Scott
The Citizen