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Pull!
The tug-of-war was a large part of North Huron’s annual winter Luge-A-Thon late last month.
Events were held throughout the municipality at all three community centres. In Belgrave, toilet
bowl races, a hockey skills competition and the tug-of-war was held. (Vicky Bremner photo)
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a municipal drinking water source,
in the most vulnerable parts of the
two-year time-of-travel area around
the municipal well, and (in the case
of chemicals called dense non-
aqueous phase liquids) in the five-
year time-of-travel area around the
well. Significant threats can also
exist around a surface water intake
but no significant threats have been
assessed near the two lake intakes
(Goderich and Port Blake/Grand
Bend) in the Ausable Bayfield
Maitland Valley region.
Reference to drinking water
threats does not suggest there is an
immediate threat to drinking water
on a landowner’s property,
according to the committee. The
word threat in this case indicates
one of 21 land use activities (such as
a septic system or home heating oil)
that has the potential, in certain
circumstances, to pose a threat to
municipal drinking water sources, if
not properly managed. The threats
on parts of properties close to
municipal wells have been included
in proposed assessment reports.
Landowners can take positive
action now to protect drinking water
and may receive grants to cover the
majority of the cost of their
voluntary projects, through the
Ontario Drinking Water
Stewardship Program (ODWSP).
Eligible projects may include well
decommissioning and upgrades,
septic system upgrades, pollution
prevention reviews for industrial or
commercial operations, runoff and
erosion protection, best
management practices, fuel storage
containment, and storage of dense
non-aqueous phase liquids (harmful
chemicals that are heavier than
water and that are almost impossible
to remove from a water source and
may not be detected in water quality
monitoring).
Landowners are invited to visit a
municipal drinking water source on
Saturday, May 7 from 9 – 11 a.m., at
the Century Heights Well in
Saltford.
Property owners are also invited
to register for a public workshop on
source protection plan policy
development to take place on
Wednesday, September 21, 2011,
between 3 and 7 p.m., at the
REACH (Regional Equine and
Agricultural Centre of Huron) in
Clinton, at 169 Beech Street.
Information on drinking water
source protection in this region is
available online at
sourcewaterinfo.on.ca and
sourceprotectionstewardship.on.ca
or by phoning 519-235-2610 and 1-
888-286-2610.
It was quite a week for two of the
curlers in the Cottrill family. On
Wednesday, Feb. 16, Shawn was the
vice on a team at the Wingham Club
that scored an eight-ender. It is a
very rare occurrence to have all
eight of your rocks score, there have
only been two eight-enders in the
history of the club and never in the
72-year history of The Brier.
Chris competed with the
Fanshawe Falcons curling team at
the Provincial College
Championships in Lindsay on Feb.
18-21. The Fanshawe team went
through the round-robin play with a
perfect 8-0 record which advanced
them to the gold medal game where
they defeated the two-time
defending champs from Fleming
College of Peterborough to come
home with the gold medal. Chris
was also named lead on the
tournament “All-Star Team”. Chris’s
dad Mike was in attendance at
Lindsay to help cheer him on and
says, “It was a fantastic experience
to be there to see the efforts of Chris
and all the team members.”
Congratulations to Colleen Weber
who won first place in the Banner’s
third annual limerick writing
contest, on conjunction with
Listowel’s Paddyfest. Colleen
received a Paddyfest-themed gift
basket and a Paddyfest lottery ticket.
SHOOT
There were seven tables of shoot
in play on Friday, Feb. 25 at the
Belgrave Community Centre.
The winners were: high pink card,
Dorothy Carter; second high pink
card, Bev Hayden; most shoots, Jane
Grasby; high white card, Ron
Taylor; second high white card,
Joann MacDonald; most shoots,
Ross Taylor.
The next shoot is Friday, March
11 at 1:30 p.m. Everyone is
welcome.
Larry and Barb Harper greetedand handed out the service ofworship at Knox United Church onEpiphany 7: Feb. 20. Rev. TomMurray welcomed the congregation.
Birthday greetings were extended to
Kay Roberts and Rev. Tom Murray.
The call to worship was read
responsively. Rev. Tom Murray lit
the Christ Candle and Caring
Candle. The Song of Creation and
Providence was “All Things Bright
and Beautiful”. “I Find Peace in
You” was sung by the senior choir
accompanied by Elizabeth Procter.God’s word was heard from Psalm62 read responsively andCorinthians 4: 1-5 (NewInternational Version). “Seek Ye
First the Kingdom” was sang by the
congregation as the Song of Life’s
Teaching. The gospel word was
taken from Matthew 6: 25-34.
The message, God’s Word to Us
was entitled “Are we squirrely or
what? Squirrels go out on a limb and
they never worry about where they
might search for food or what they
might be doing. There is always aplace where we can find the kernelsof God’s love. We are alwaysworking towards a final goal.Squirrels know exactly where their
food is hidden. Multi-tasking is
finding ways to deliver the Kingdom
of God to others. Rev. Murray
shared a story from “Chicken Soup
for the Soul”.
Doug Walker and Connie Shiell
took up the offering which was
dedicated. Small Things Count, so
Jesus said, was the Song of Life and
Sharing. The closing hymn was,
“God of Bethel” (based on Genesis
28: 20-22.)
The commissioning was read
responsively. “Go Now In Peace” –
the choral blessing concluded themorning worship service. After theservice many enjoyed the breakfastprepared by the Kinsmen at theCommunity Centre.
A town hall meeting is scheduled
for March 5 at 9:45 a.m.
Notes from the Knox United
Retreat, November 13, 2010 are
available for those who would like
to prepare questions for this
important meeting. Your presence
and participation is desired.
The women of Chile invite people
from around the world to reflect on
the many gifts God has given and
join them in a World Day of Prayer
celebration on Friday, March 4 at 2
p.m. at Knox United Church.
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