The Citizen, 2008-04-17, Page 6The Huron County
Municipal Officers Associa-
tion met last Friday in
Brussels for a day of guest
speakers.
With over 85 guests
representing all nine
municipalities in Huron
County, presentations were
given on how to improve the
quality of life in your
municipality.
First there was a
presentation by Paul King,
outreach advisor for the
Ministry of Culture on
recognizing and supporting
the value of heritage in the
community.
Jason Hagan from Local
Authority Services gave a
presentation about energy
efficiency and what LAS can
provide for municipalities.
Hagan, a former politicalstaffer at Queen’s Park,presented procurementagreements and relationshipswith leading serviceproviders to representativesfrom all of Huron County thatcould end up saving them
money on their energy costs.
LAS established a natural
gas procurement in 1992, and
eventually an electricity
procurement in July of 2007.
Catherine MacLeod, an
author and communications
specialist, spoke about the
importance of healthcare,
especially in smaller
communities. Being familiar
with the area, she said it was
good to be back in Brussels
and said it was good to see
homegrown healthcare
continue in Huron County.
Past president and Huron
East treasurer Brad Knight
named the new officials
for 2008. The new presi-
dent is Nancy Michie,
administrator/clerk-treasurerfor Morris-Turnberry, first-vice president is Lori Rounds,tax collector for the Town ofGoderich, second vice-president is Bill Dowson,mayor of Bluewater. The secretary-treasurer will
remain Barbara Leamen,
Huron County clerk and
Kriss Snell, chief administra-
tive officer/clerk of North
Huron was named a one-year
executive officer, Max
Demaray, reeve of Howickwas named a two-yearexecutive officer and KenOke, mayor of South Huronwas named a three-yearexecutive officer.The association alsoreceived updates on the
Huron County accessibility
standards from co-ordinator
Jennifer Cowan and an
update on the Huron County
logo from planner Carol
Leeming.
PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2008.
New officers
At the Huron County Municipal Officers Association meeting, a new board of
officers was elected. From left: Paul Steckle, Huron/Bruce MP and special
guest; Ken Oke, South Huron mayor and three-year executive officer; Max
Demaray, Howick reeve and two year executive officer; Carol Mitchell,
Huron/Bruce MPP and special guest; Ben Van Diepenbeek, Ashfield-
Colborne-Wawanosh reeve; Lori Rounds, tax collector/deputy treasurer for
the town of Goderich and first vice president; Nancy Michie,
administrator/clerk-treasurer for Morris-Turnberry and new president; Brad
Knight, Huron East treasurer and past president and Kriss Snell, clerk-
administrator for North Huron and one-year executive officer. (Shawn Loughlin
photo)
Huron’s municipal officers meet in Brussels
Code on board’s website
Continued from page 1
Bauer, Cathrine Campbell;
financial examiner, Marie
McCutcheon, Ruth Sauve-
Schade; Sunshine, Edna
Pletch; Coins for Friendship,
Bev Craddock; telephone,
Edna Pletch; convenors,
Agriculture, Leona
Armstrong, Olivia McHardy.
The by-laws were read and
accepted for the new year.
Donations will be made to the
Erland Lee, Adelaide
Hoodless homes.
The next UFO meeting will
be on May 13 at Joan James’.
Happy birthday was sung
to Edna Pletch and Viola
Adams.
Next month members are to
meet at 11 a.m. at the
Brussels library, and bring
money for lunch.
Continued from page 1
The Avon Maitland District
School Board’s code of
conduct is available on its
website: www.yourschools.ca
Van Mierlo says the Huron
crime unit has been assigned
to the case.
“The crime unit has taken
over to follow up on some of
these muddy rumours. Where
they are at this point, they’re
not prepared to release
anything,” she said. “People
don’t like to hear about
incidents involving school
violence taking place,
especially when it’s
compounded with a visual
account of the incident.”
Van Mierlo says Huron
OPP are disappointed with the
behaviour of the onlookers,
calling it inexcusable. She
says that while at least one
video has surfaced on the
internet, in that video,
someone else capturing the
incident can be seen,
suggesting at least two
accounts of the incident,
while no assistance was
provided.
“My approach, whenever
I’m dealing with something at
a school, dealing with
bullying, is that the
responsibility of the bystander
is paramount,” she said.
“They’re not involved, they
shouldn’t be involved and
without the audience, the
aggressor isn’t going to do
what they’re doing.”
Van Mierlo says that she’d
like to see a law similar to that
in the U.S. where bystanders
can be prosecuted as a party to
the offense.
“There should be some
responsibility on the part of
the people just videotaping
this and not assisting.
Whether there is or isn’t,
remains to be seen,” she said.
“But in the U.S., you see
people getting prosecuted
as a party to the offense
for not providing assistance,
or at least calling for
help.”
Van Mierlo and her
colleagues are still discussing
whether or not the OPP
should take action in the
schools in response to this
incident.
“We’re trying to decide
whether we’ll be adding fuel
to the fire by doing more
outreach, or if we should be
taking a pro-active approach,”
she said. “We don’t have an
answer yet, we’re not sure
what the best thing to do is
right now.”
Over the last decade or so,
Howe says, he can see a spike
in awareness with students.
He says students are much
more aware of bullying and its
effects than they were years
ago. He says there is more of
a willingness to report
bullying than there was
decades ago, when bullying
was much more hidden.
In response to cell phones
being used to videotape and
exploit incidents at school,
Howe says that there has
been no thought given to
banning the use of cell phones
at schools, that it’s
more character-building than
banning electronics.
“The students live in this
technology. They live this
technology every moment
they’re outside the school, at
home on laptops, on cell
phones, on their ipods, they
live in the technology,” he
said. “It’s part of their lives
today. Banning the cell phone
is not the answer to stopping
situations from happening.
We have to teach students that
using them this way isn’t the
responsible way to use this
technology.”
2008 Cover Crop
Protection Program
Producers who are unable to seed commercial crops in 2008
due to excess moisture and/or spring flooding may be eligible for
financial assistance through the Cover Crop Protection Program (CCPP).
To be eligible for the CCPP, producers must be enrolled in provincial production
insurance. Information on production insurance, provincial application
deadlines and how to enroll can be obtained by contacting your provincial
crop insurance agency.
Provincial production insurance participants will automatically receive a CCPP
declaration form. The deadline to submit declarations for benefits under this
year’s program is November 30, 2008.
For more information on the CCPP and other management practices to reduce
soil erosion, call 1-800-667-8567 or visit www.agr.gc.ca/ccpp
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