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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-08-12, Page 19THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010. PAGE 19. Entertainment Leisure&Survey provides businesses chance to shape plan business people have input on the development plan.” The confidential survey deals with both existing economic programs, evaluating how they are received and accessed by the community, and new opportunities, and how they should be implemented and will benefit the community. Pullen stated that the survey is very detailed, which will allow for better responses. “This will allow any business, or any former business person, to give us input on how we should develop our strategy,” he said. But the project doesn’t end with the strategy, according to Pullen. After the county office has a strategy outlined, an action plan will be implemented, which is crucial according to Pullen, “Sometimes a strategy like this is done, but then it just collects dust on a shelf,” he said. “The action plan will give it legs and help us proceed to implement it. It’s a very important part of the process.” The survey will run until mid- September most likely, and a draft of the strategy based, in part, on the survey will be prepared for October, to be approved in early 2011. The project is already receiving good results according to Pullen. “We’re getting quite a positive response to the survey,” he said. “We’ve already got more surveys completed than we anticipated, given that it is the summer months and people are usually on vacation.” The survey takes less than 10 minutes to complete, and begins with questions regarding the size, nature, and future plans of the survey-taker's company. The survey then asks about the strengths and weaknesses of doing business in Huron County, hiring preferences and hiring practices. Following the questions is an opportunity to grade existing development plans in Huron County and a chance to evaluate opportunities in Huron County. Information about the program and survey is available at the Invest in Huron website at www.investinhuron.ca The Economic Development Services office can be contacted at 519-524-8394 ext. 3 for more information. Family and Friends are invited to a Pork BBQ Saturday, August 21st to celebrate the upcoming marriage of Adam Jarosz & Kelly McDonald • Door Prizes and Games • Auction $15.00 per person 42475 Moncrieff Road Arrive after 4:00 pm Dinner from 6:00 - 8:00 pm Please join us to celebrate the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Brian and Sheila Prescott on Saturday, August 21, 2010 at the Brussels Legion 2 pm to 4 pm for tea, cake and a visit. No gifts please Just your presence and good wishes. You’re invited to a Come & Go Celebration to be held at Londesboro Hall Saturday, August 21, 2010 2 - 4 p.m. Best wishes only please Continued from page 3 Geo-caching, photography blended for art Following hard on the heels of a successful showing of paintings by Natalie Hussey, the Blyth Festival Art Gallery is presenting an exhibition by another well-known Goderich artist, Elizabeth Van den Broeck. This multi-talented woman says that she is “inspired by the landscape of my locality, realizing that I do not have far to travel to experience a wide range of regional variations. Huron County offers up a myriad of landscapes from lake and river, to forest and field. I strive for an element of timelessness and tend to avoid structural elements that place the image in a modern context.” Elizabeth has been participating in geo-caching for some time and has been captivated by the fact that a series of numerical coordinates can pinpoint a place on the earth within a few metres. She uses a GPS device to not only find a “hidden treasure” but to share images from specific locations. Another new aspect to photography is to geo-tag images and then link the data with Google Earth. “I would like to incorporate this concept into the exhibit by ‘geo- tagging’ to a map of Huron County, the various locations of my pictorial journey,” she said. The product of her journey is a number of very large-scale photographs, printed using archival inks, on canvas. When an image reaches such a large size, viewers feel as though they could “walk into the landscape”. The viewer could easily to get lost in, or perhaps find themselves through one of Van den Broeck’s stunning photographs. The exhibition “Co-ordinates” opens in the Bainton Gallery, Blyth Centre for the Arts on Friday, Aug. 13 at 6 p.m. and continues until the end of the Blyth theatre season. The Blyth Festival Art Gallery is a small, enthusiastic committee of art- lovers who believe that the showing of a variety of fine art, partnered with live theatre, is an important contribution to the quality of life in the community. They invite members of the public to be a part of their ongoing quest to provide high quality, stimulating artistic experiences for gallery patrons and for the community at large. Interested people can phone Robert Tetu at 519-345-2184 for details or email gallery@blythfestival.com 60th Anniversary Open House The family of Barbara and Ross Anderson invites you to help celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary at an Open House to be held on Sunday, August 22, 2010 from 2-4 pm at the Belgrave Community Centre. Best wishes only. Surprise Come and Go 65th Birthday Party for Dave Onn! Saturday, August 14th at the Blyth Arena Surprise at 3 pm, dinner and cake at 5:30, dance and cash bar until 1 am! No gifts please, donations will be take to help cover the cost of the event. Bus enables Brussels, Belgrave youth to take part in program The North Huron Recreation Department will be holding the in motion - Surf and Turf program from August 16 to August 20. The program will cost $155 per person per session, which must be paid at registration. Divisions are split into Tiny Tykes (ages 4-6), Crafty Critters (ages 7 to 9) and Tween Spirit (ages 10 to 13). Surf and Turf is a speciality camp for youth to have the opportunity to receive a full set of swimming lessons and participate in North Huron Day Camps. Children will have their swimming lessons every morning and on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, with day camp activities running throughout the day. With kids participating in canoeing, crafts, games and songs, there will never be a dull moment. This year a bus, funded by the Blyth Lions, Belgrave Kinsmen and several area church leaders, will be available to pick up children in Blyth and Belgrave each morning and take them to the North Huron Recreation Department in Wingham. Pick up will also be provided with drop offs in Belgrave and Blyth. For more information, or to register contact the North Huron Recreation Department at 519- 357-1208 ext. 21, or recdept@northhuron.on.ca Buses will depart from Blyth Lions Park (8:30 a.m. daily) and the Belgrave Community Centre (8:45 a.m. daily) and return to Belgrave at 4:15 p.m. and Blyth at 4:30 p.m. Families living in the County of Huron may qualify to have the full or partial amount of their child care costs paid for. North Huron Day camps are considered an eligible child care service. Families that sign their child(ren) up in North Huron Day camps may qualify for full or partial subsidy. BE A FACE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER BECAUSE CANCER IS IN YOUR COMMUNITY, SO ARE WE. Open your door and give generously when a Canadian Cancer Society volunteer comes knocking this April. www.cancer.ca HELP US MAKE CANCER HISTORY.