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The Citizen, 2008-06-12, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2008. PAGE 9. As hurdler Grant Sparling of Blythheaded into the home stretch of his300-m heat at OFSAA last weekend,things were going better than he’d expected they would. The St. Anne’s student’s goal was to survive the heat and make it to the final, which would place him among the top eight midget boys’ hurdlers in the province. But as he headed into the heat’s final 100 metres, he found himself in first place. It shook him. “I wasn’t expecting that I was going to win my heat,” the St. Anne’s student said Monday. “But I came around the corner ... and there was nobody in front of me. I think I just lost my focus.” This was Sparling’s first OFSAA experience, and in the days leading up to the event, he had been nervous. The nerves actually helped him on the day of the event, he said – but he stumbled on the second-last hurdle and finished 18th. He had never stumbled in competition before, and believes that if he had extended that streak his goal would have been achieved. “The top two in each heat made it onto the final, and I was in first place,” he said. OFSAA was frustrating also for Mikenna Lane of Goderich, who is also in her rookie season at St. Anne’s. Lane was ranked sixth in midgetgirls’long jump, but finished outsidethe top 10.“All of my jumps were just off,and I didn’t make it to finals becauseof it,” she said. “But I could have[made it to the finals] and that was really disappointing.” Lane noted that she managed a jump that probably would have put her in fourth place, but didn’t measure up because she took off well in front of the designated area. “I was in front of the board, and if you’re in front of the board, they mark from the board,” she said. “So they took off almost a full metre.” Her best jump on the day was about 4.5 metres – significantly less than her personal best. Lane knows that simply getting to OFSAA is a huge achievement, however, and those sentiments were echoed by coach Baird Robinson. “Within the whole context of the season, obviously they – as well as the rest of our team, did very well,” he said. “That’s the thing I try to remind them – that they belonged at this level, and that means of the thousands of athletes who competed in high school track and field this year from around the province, onlya select handful made it through, andthey were among those select few.”Robinson noted that both Sparlingand Lane are only in Grade 9, andhave more years of high school trackand field ahead of them. And both, he believes, have the ability to return to OFSAA in the future. “I definitely think that they both have the ability to get back,” he said. “You have to have good health, continue to work hard and so on and so forth, but is the athletic ability there? It certainly is.” Sparling and Lane both intend to compete in track and field next year, and both have gleaned wisdom from their first OFSAA experience. “I just need to work on making sure that I just focus on what I’m doing, and not looking at the other people, because I think that was what threw me off,” said Sparling. “It was a really good experience, going there.” Lane noted she learned the importance of footwork, and the importance of warming up to an equal degree for each jump. “I was more warmed up for some jumps than others,” she said. Huron Hockey, a youth ice hockey program, will offer a week of hockey summer day camp in Goderich this summer. Huron’s programs will take place on July 27-31 and will be offered at the Maitland Recreation Centre. Huron Hockey was founded in 1970 and has conducted more than 3,456 camps worldwide and hosted in excess of 300,000 hockey players. More than 700 NHL players went through the Huron system and more than 100 NHL coaches are Huron graduates. Huron will offer a Youth Advanced Program, a specialized Goalie Program and a Girls Only Program. The Advanced and Girls Program, which promises a minimum of three hours on-ice per day, off-ice instruction and video analysis to help the player evaluate their skills, is open to ages six through 15 and players will be grouped according to age. The Goalie Program, offering four on-ice hours, is for players ages eight and above. The faculty will consist of top hockey coaches from universities and hockey clubs from around the world. Applications are now being accepted for the summer camps, which promise to fill rapidly. For more information, or to apply, call the Huron Hockey School at 877- 487-6611 or apply on-line at: www.huronhockey.com Brussels U-8 II soccer team played against their Brussels counterparts. The Pirates played flawlessly. Goals were scored by Hudson Smith, Jacob Roth, Damon, Jake Mitchell and Ronan Jarrad. Assists went to Lorren Poland, Taylor McNichol, Megan Campbell, Kaitlyn Wick and Kolin Barbour. Goalies were Jacob Mitchell and Hudson Smith. Brussels plays Brussels The Blyth Destroyers U-16 soccer team hosted Clinton on June 4. The Destroyers were the only team to get on the scoreboard during the first half of the match. Austin Sjaarda and Jan Paul VanDorp worked the ball towards the net and Tolson Carter tipped it in for the goal. Brent Drost and Matthew Steele assisted in getting the ball into Clinton’s defensive zone and Tolson Carter took a beautiful shot on the ball into Clinton’s net from beyond the 18-yard line for his second goal of the game. VanDorp and Sjaarda worked together again to get the ball towards Clinton’s net. Mark Siertsema took advantage of a great opportunity when he was in the right spot at the right time and had a beautiful shot into the corner of the net. Blyth had a stronger second half and outshot their opponents. There were some great scoring opportunities but the game ended in a 3-0 win for the Destroyers. Blyth’s Kurtis Kolkman and Greg Roetcisoender shared goalkeeper duties for the game and did a great job to help their team earn a shutout. Under the tag The Londesborough Bantams were quick on the bases, but not quick enough to squeak one more run past the home team Brussels over the weekend in a 7-6 Brussels victory. Brussels will host Kirkton in its next home game on June 16. (Shawn Loughlin photo) NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING CONCERNING A PROPOSED NEW COMPREHENSIVE ZONING BY-LAW TAKE NOTICE that Council of the Township of North Huron will hold a public meeting on Monday, June 23, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Township of North Huron municipal office (274 Josephine St., Wingham) to consider a proposed new Comprehensive Zoning By-law under section 34 of the Planning Act, R.O.S. 1990, as amended. This proposed new Comprehensive Zoning By-Law repeals and replaces the Comprehensive Zoning By-Laws for: Township of East Wawanosh (10-1987), Town of Wingham (2197- 1992), and the Village of Blyth (17-1991). ANY PERSON may attend the public meeting and/or make written or verbal representation either in support or in opposition to the proposed zoning by-law. IF a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Township of North Huron before the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Township of North Huron to the Ontario Municipal Board. IF a person or public body does not make an oral submission at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Township of North Huron before the by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body. If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed Comprehensive Zoning By-Law, you must make a written request to the Township of North Huron at the address below. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and copies of the proposed Comprehensive Zoning By-law are available during regular office hours at the Township of North Huron, Municipal Office 519-357-3550, and the Huron County Planning and Development Department 519-524- 8394 Ext. 3, and on the Township of North Huron Website at www.northhuron.ca Dated at the Township of North Huron This 16th day of May, 2008 Kriss Snell, CAO/Clerk Township of North Huron Box 90 Wingham, Ontario N0G 2W0 519-357-3550 Purpose and Effect: The proposed new Comprehensive Zoning By-Law for the Township of North Huron consists of text and maps that apply to all the lands in the Township. It would repeal and replace the current Zoning By-Laws for the 3 wards in the Township of North Huron. This Comprehensive Zoning By-Law implements the Official Plan which was adopted on December 20, 2004 by the Township of North Huron. The Comprehensive Zoning By-Law consists of Definitions, General Provisions and Zone sections that list the Permitted Uses, Accessory Uses, Permitted Structures and Zone Regulations for that zone. A new zone has been created called Agriculture-Commercial Scale Wind Energy Facility (AG2), which sets provisions for new wind energy development. In addition, adjacent lands are being identified around existing Natural Environment areas. These lands will be subject to review of development proposals by the Conservation Authority. AFFECTING THE TOWNSHIP OF NORTH HURON • 2 for 1 Friday night dinners served 5:30~8:30. • Sunday Brunch served 11~2. • Father’s Day Brunch*June 15 - *Free golf ball to all Dads! •Couples’ night June 14 Golf - Food, & Dance to Suzie Q. Come SEAFORTH GOLF CLUB 1A Doig Drive Seaforth 519-522-0985 Visit our website at www.seaforthgolf.com e-mail: seaforthgolf@seaforthgolf.com PUBLIC WELCOME! Dine with Us! Dine with Us! Destroyers win Sparling in first OFSAA meetBy Ben ForrestClinton News Record The Blyth Lightning U-12 soccer team were against Goderich BMO last week. The game started under a light drizzle which lasted the whole game. Goderich moved the ball well and scored early in the match. Blyth had some chances of their own but didn't put one in. Late in the game Dalton Carey got the ball to Wyatt Carey to tie the match. Blyth pressed hard to the end of the game but had to settle for a tie. Lightning ties Top hockey program coming to Goderich ON $5.00 THURSDAYS Drop into either of our offices any Thursday with your word classified (maximum 20 words) and pay only $5.00 + GST (paid in advance). That’s $1.00 off regular rates. The Citizen