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The Citizen, 2008-07-17, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2008. Ashield-Colborne-Wawanosh Twp. has received more than $1 million from the Ministry of Transportation that will go towards improvements to township roads and bridges. In late March, ACW councillors were notified that the township would be receiving $1,145,011 from the Investing in Roads and Bridges initiative. So far, the funds have gone towards the resurfacing of Zion and Nile Roads, and new paving work on Bogies Road. “It’s a nice little lift, a good start to the next year,” said reeve Ben Van Diepenbeek. “We’ll make sure that we thank our MPP the next time we see her.” By Ellen Jefferson On Wednesday, July 9 the Wawanosh Powerful Producers 4-H club attended the Lucknow Horticulture Society’s flower show. Members brought in their entries the previous night to be set up and judged. All members were required to participate in the youth category. At the show, the girls were excited to see all the displays. All members won at least one prize. The judge explained how she chose the winning entries. The key is to have the flowers looking fresh and to follow the height requirements and description. All members learned important details and hope to improve next year. The members sat down and enjoyed tea, lemonade and cake. The show finished with an award ceremony, and the members collected their prize money. The club also visited Lucknow Foodland to view the produce section and to answer a worksheet. The members learned about locally- grown food and compared the differences among fresh, frozen and canned vegetables. They had an exciting meeting and will meet again on Aug. 7. Well done A new attraction has arrived in Huron County. Last Friday morning, Holmesville-area farmer Bert Van Maar discovered five crop circles in his wheat field. An intense electrical storm had blown through the area the night before. (Dominique Milburn photo) “I really don’t know what to think about it,” said Holmesville-area farmer Bert Van Maar. “I guess I’m kind of surprised.” On the morning of Friday, July 11, Van Maar made an interesting discovery in his Cut Line wheatfield - five crop circles, between 14 and 30 feet, just... appeared. He estimates it happened sometime during the night, after a lightning storm swept through the area. “The field’s right beside our house so we see it all the time,” he said. “I drove by yesterday and hadn’t seen it.” The smallest of the circles begins at the north side of the road, with a • Hard Red Winter Wheat • Soft Red Winter Wheat • Soft White Winter Wheat • Hard Red Spring Wheat Call us for preharvest application of Roundup or TouchDown. We have a high clearance unit with 120 ft. boom Walton 519-887-9261 1-800-786-1476 WE ARE READY FOR HARVEST RECEIVING Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd. Crop circles near Holmesville By Dominique Milburn Goderich Signal-Star Continued on page 11 NEWS FROM AUBURN Daily Vacation Bible School, with the theme of Out of Egypt was held at Huron Chapel last week. The record attendance for the week was 126 children on Friday, with many more registered in total. The children, who were divided into the 12 tribes of Israel, were in slavery for the week. Friday the children found themselves freed from Egypt by God, but not before passing through the Red Sea. After a week of flour and water snacks (plain cupcakes, pitas, pretzels and tea biscuits) Friday’s freedom celebration included ice- cream with toppings. There was plenty to do in the marketplace. The shopkeepers were busy with children attending the bake shop, toy shop, and paper making shop, weaving shop, sandal shop, jewellery shop (a favourite) and many more. As well the children enjoyed the time traveller’s theatre (where Bible lessons were taught), the playground activities, the lively music and the dramas. On Sunday, July 13 the Bible school children and leaders shared some of the songs learned throughout the past week. Pastor Dave Wood preached Out of Egypt, Sin Is Missing the Mark. He said you don’t have to be slaves to sin. You can have freedom, because there is a deliverer. Huron Chapel’s Car Show will be held on July 26 on their grounds on John Avenue. If you are interested in cars, planes or anything with an engine, you won’t to miss this. There will be competitions, prizes, RC plane demos, special music, a barbecue and so much more. 126 kidson handat end of Out of Egypt 4-Hers go to the show Braydon William Curran arrived June 23 and is the third of three sons for Chris and Becky (Archambault) Curran of Auburn. Congratulations to Braydon’s parents, big brothers Jordon and Devon, and to grandparents Rick and Shirley Archambault and Don and Lynda Curran. Braydon was born a few days before the 60th wedding anniversary celebrations for his great- grandparents Len and Betty Archambault. Welcome to Auburn, Braydon. Breslyn Rae Chamney arrived Monday, July 7 making Bud and Laura May Chamney great- grandparents for the fourth time. Congratulations! The Auburn community extends good wishes to Ryan and Amy (Brown) Chamney, (Sarnia), on the birth of their beautiful daughter. Ryan grew up in Auburn, and is the son of Doug and Lynn Chamney. By Gail Dobie Call 519-526-7539 PEOPLE AROUND AUBURN ACW gets MTO funding Classified advertisements published in The Citizen are now available on our website at www.northhuron.on.ca By Dominique Milburn Goderich Signal Star