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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 Inside this week Pg. 2 Pg. 6 Pg. 7 Pg. 18 Pg. 19 Fundraising campaign begins No laptops for M-T councillors Locals among CHSS honorees Local Gov.-Gen. award recipient Blyth Festival prepares for auction 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 Continued on page 6