The Citizen, 2007-10-11, Page 1The CitizenVolume 23 No. 40 Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007 $1.25 ($1.18 + 7c GST)Serving the communities of Blyth and Brussels and northern Huron County
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Blyth Festival
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The defibrilators should all be in
place at county recreation facilities
by the new year.
Todd Martin, the EMS quality
assurance manager offered that
information to county councillors
at the Oct. 3 meeting.
With the hockey season
beginning, Howick councillor Max
Demaray had asked for an update
on the defibrilators. “I know we got
them, but where are they?”
The county received funding for
16 automatic external defibrilators
in August. David Lew, manager of
land ambulance services, said that
the equipment had arrived and
training had begun.
Martin explained that the AEDs
require a lot of prep work. “Some
arenas were aware they were
getting them and some were not.
It’s not like putting a fire
extinguisher on the wall. We want
to make sure that people are
trained.”
The first defibrilator is expected
to be installed at the North Huron
Wescast Community Complex by
the end of this month.
“This is the first because
Wingham has been very pro-
active,” said Martin.
Other communities are being
asked to send a representative to
see what the training involves.
The rest will hopefully be in by
the first of next year if not before,
he added.
The county did not receive all
the defibrilators they requested,
but will have the opportunity to
apply again in the fall, said John
Bezaire, chair of the health,
ambulance and social services
committee.
Training
process
begins
for AEDs
This little piggy...
is going to get a big smooch from Brussels Public School’s Grade 4 teacher Krista Bennett,
who gamely took on the challenge for the school’s community Fun in the Fall night held
Thursday at the arena. Following a dinner, there was a variety of activities for youngsters to
enjoy before the teachers carried out some more interesting events. In addition to cozying up
to livestock staff members proved they were at least as smart as fifth graders, dressed in toilet
paper and took a pie in the face. Charged with the task of holding this little piggy was music
teacher Bruce Pepper. (Bonnie Gropp photo)
Ken Dryden, national hockey
icon, will be stopping by North
Huron to sign some autographs, take
some pictures and lend a hand with
the local food share.
On Thursday, Oct. 11, from 2 p.m.
to 3:30 p.m., Dryden will be at the
North Huron Wescast Community
Complex signing photos and player
cards all for the cost of a non-
perishable food item.
Fans are encouraged to bring their
cameras to snap a picture of
themselves with the hockey legend,
while mini-sticks will also be on
sale for $5, which he will
personalize, with cash proceeds also
going to benefit the local food share.
An active member of the Liberal
party, Dryden accepted the
invitation extended by North Huron
councillor and Liberal MP
candidate-in-waiting Greg
McClinchey to spend the afternoon
in the municipality to meet its
residents.
Dryden played for the better part
of the 1970s with the Montreal
Canadiens, leading the team to six
Stanley Cups. As of 1983, he is a
Hockey Hall-of-Famer and as of
2007, his jersey, number 29 was
retired by the Canadiens.
Like another local boy,
Lucknow’s Paul Henderson, Dryden
played for Canada in the 1972
Canada-Russia series and he has
also filled his mantle with the Conn
Smyth, Calder and Vezina trophies
over the course of his career.
For more information on Dryden’s
visit, call the North Huron
recreation department at (519) 357-
1208 or email them at
recdept@northhuron.ca
By Bonnie Gropp
The Citizen
Ont.’s first Source Protection group here
Hockey
legend
in NH
The first Source Protection
Committee in Ontario was formed in
Clinton last week, chaired by former
South Huron chief administrative
officer, Larry Brown.
The committee, serving the
Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley
source protection region, is the first
of its kind in Ontario and includes
members from municipal,
economic-commerce, economic-
agriculture, environment, landowner
and the public at large.
Morris-Turnberry councillor Jim
Nelemans will be representing the
municipal position for the central
region, while Keith Black of
Belgrave is one of the three
agricultural members.
The committee will have its first
public meeting on Oct. 25 in the
council chambers of the
municipality of South Huron in
Exeter. Project manager Cathie
Brown says the committee will
eventually be meeting monthly in
Exeter, but may meet bi-weekly near
the beginning to get their footing.
Brown called the forming of the
committee “the beginning of a
community effort to protect its
lifeblood.”
Brown said he hopes that after
significant work the people of the
area won’t even think about buying
bottled water, because of the quality
of the tap water.
He praised the committee, saying
that although the members come
from different places and may have
different ideas, they all want to get to
the same place.
“I believe that the achievements of
our diverse group will be
significant,” he said.
Brown also called this committee
and the work they’ll do “the road
map to a better future.”
The committee, which came out of
the Clean Water Act of 2006, will
oversee local watershed drinking
water source protection planning
over the next four years.
“The committee will have an
important role over the coming four
years in developing science-based
plans that will help to protect our
most valuable resource, which is
clean drinking water,” Brown said.
Brown, a Parkill-area resident,
holds a masters in public
administration from the University
of Western Ontario and a bachelor of
Applied Science in Engineering
from the University of Waterloo.
Brown is also a registered
professional engineer and a member
of the Association of Municipal
Administrators of Ontario.
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority chair Mark Beaven said
that he thinks the committee and the
conservation authorities will work
well together.
“It’s exciting, in the fact that we’re
starting this new process. I know it
will prove itself worthwhile,”
Beaven said. “I think we’ve got
along well and we’ve been able to
produce a well-rounded committee
that has top quality people from all
of the sectors and hopefully it will go
well.”
Beaven explains that although
there is one committee, they will
eventually construct two separate
plans, one for Maitland Valley and
one for Ausable Bayfield.
“Hopefully these plans are going
to be doable and effective.”
“There are big differences between
the two geographical regions. With
Maitland Valley in the north, we get
most of our water from the ground,
whereas in Ausable Bayfield, the
water is mostly coming out of the
pipeline from the lake.”
The partnership came out of the
two authorities striving for a similar
goal. Now, however, each
conservation authority is also known
as the source protection authority for
its region, meeting separately from
the conservation authority.
“The two authorities got together
and formed the joint management
committee. It consists of the two
chairs and the two vice-chairs and
then there are two alternates,”
Beaven said.
“We’ve met regularly over the last
two years and started on the whole
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
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