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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-05-11, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1988. Workmen from Maitland Valley Conservation Authority were at work Friday planting a windbreak on a farm in Morris township. The MVCA will plant 104,000 trees throughout the watershed this year which machines like this tree planter are essential. It can plant 1000 trees an hour, fertilizing each seedling to give it a quick start. Local officials on MVCA awards team Three local people, all of whom represent their communities on the Maitland Valley Conservation Au­ thority, have been named by the MVCA’s executive committee to serve on the committee which will select the recipients of the Author­ ity’s Conservation Awards, to be presented next August. Bruce McCall of Brussels, MVCA chairman, will lead the conservation awards nominations Review Committee, which will include Leona Armstrong of RR 3, Brussels, vice-chairman of the MVCA’s Finance and Administra­ tion Advisory Board; and Bob Grasby of Belgrave, vice-chairman of the Land Management Advisory Board. Rounding out the review com­ mittee will be Carman Kaye of RR 3 Bly th students get awards Three Blyth youths and a Londesboro businessman were among those who received awards during Huron County’s Excellence in Education banquet in Holmes­ ville on April 27, as was a Central Huron Secondary School teacher who used to live in Blyth. CHSS senior students Julie Howson, David Sparling and Ste­ ven Souch were three of the five students chosen to receive the award, while Londesboro’s John Radford of Radford’s Farm Equip­ ment Ltd. was selected as one of two top community members. CHSS teacher Keith Allen of Goderich, and formerly of Blyth, was presented with the top teacher award at the school. Miss Howson has been heavily involved in both sports and music at CHSS, as a member of the volleyball, soccer and track field teams and as a member of the concert band, the stage band, the ensemble and the school choir; she iscurrently the president of the concert band, and has been on the staff of the school newspaper, as well as a member of several mathematics clubs. • Mr. Sparling is a founding member of the CHSS Debating Society, and has developed an innovative and effective presenta­ tion on the subject of debating, which he has given to a number of English classes at the school during his own study periods. He is currently co-editor of the school newspaper, where his hard work and dedication have contributed greatly to the paper’s overall excellence. Steven Souch has excelled in 1, Palmerston, MVCA vice-chair­ man; and Ivan Suggitt of Kenil­ worth, vice-chairman of the Auth­ ority’s Water Management Advi­ sory Board. The committee will be charged with selecting the recipients of both the MVCA’s prestigious Award of Distinction, which will got to an individual or organization that has made an outstanding commitment to the conservation of natural resources over a long period in the watershed; as well as the recipients of the Conservation Award Certificates, which are given to those who have made a contribution to conservation prac­ tices in the watershed. Well-known conservation advo­ cate Norm Alexander of Londes- boro was the winner of the Award cross-country running in his four years at CHSS, twice being the Huron-Perth champion, and once being a WOSSA champion; he has also been the Huron-Perth Midget track and field champion in the 3,000 metre run for three years. As well, Steve as been very active in various clubs at CHSS, including the drama, stage, and yearbook clubs, as well as being on the staff of the school paper and a member of the Athletic Association. He has also participated in Students’ Council, and is head of fundraising this year. He has alsobeen selected by the Goderich Rotary Club as an Exchange student to Norway this August. Mr. Radford was recognized for the important and generous contri­ bution he made to the CHSS hockey program over the past year, paying for all the school team’sice time when a change in arena policy in Clinton made such a charge mandatory for the first time. Since no school funding was available, Mr. Radford’s contribution made the continuation of the hockey program possible. Mr. Allen has been an active participant in professional activi­ ties, extra-curricular pursuits and community organizations for a number of years. and has served on a number of school committees dealing with such issues as discipline, co-operative education, re-organization of school space and length of period time. His coaching activities have included the senior boys’ volley­ ball and track and field team, and he organized the school’s junior track and field meet for several of Distinction in 1987, the first year that presentations were made. The awards will again be presented at the MVCA’s annual summer gen­ eral meeting. Paul Weitendorf, Community Relations Co-ordinator of the M VC A, said that information of the awards’ criteria will be sent out in the near future, and nominations will be received. In other MVCA news, Mr. Weitendorf said that the Authority has had to set aside for the present a proposal that it investigate the establishment of a tree nursery in the Maitland Valley watershed because of high start-up costs. He added that MVCA staff are now planting the last of the 104,000 seedling trees obtained from the Ministry of Natural Resources nurseries for both private and years. He has also been an OSSTF staffrepresentativesince 1983, and has served as an associate teacher at the University of Western Ontario’s Althouse Col­ lege since 1980. In the community, Mr. Allen has been involved with the Kinsmen’s Club for the past six years, and has also served as both secretary and vice president. In 1984, the Goderich Kinsmen voted him Kinsman of the Year. Students, teachers and com­ munity members from each of the county’s four other secondary schools were also recognized for their Excellence in Education at the annual event, which is jointly sponsored by the Huron chapter of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) and the Huron County Board of Education. CHSS win, lose, tie Last week the girls’ soccer team of Central Huron Secondary School played three home games against Mitchell, Norwell and South Hur­ on. OnTuesday, May 3 the team lost to a strong Mitchell team 2-0. On Thursday, May 5, the girls were not playing their best but came off with a win of 1-0 against Norwell. The goal for CHSS was scored by Lisa Kennedy. On Monday, May 9, the team played an excellent game and tied 0-0 with South Huron. Shana Lee Ten Hag, once again, played a fantastic game in goal. Next week the team plays St. Mike’s of Stratford on Monday and Stratford Northwestern on Tuesday. public planting in the watershed, while the 3,000 larger trees obtained from private nurseries, and provided on a cost-recovery basis to municipalities and private landowners, were delivered in mid-April. He noted that another 112,000 trees are on tentative order for 1989, and that current requests for trees, now being processed, will be for planting in 1990. An application from Doug Hem­ MVCA decides not to increase camping rate John Pennington of Brussels and Bill McGavin of Stratfdrd have been partly responsible for a decision made recently by the Maitland Valley Conservation Au­ thority’s Executive Committee to keep seasonal camping fees at the Falls Reserve near Benmiller low. The two men, who have been Falls Reserve seasonal campers for several years, attended the April 12 meeting of the Authority’s Executive Committee to express their concern over a proposed camping fee increase for 1988, especially as it related to an increase in the fee for day-use visitors to a seasonal campsite, and the establishment of a second-veh­ icle charge at a seasonal-use site. MVCA Community Relations co-ordinator Paul Weitendorf said that the appeal by the campers was YOU ARE INVITED TO THE MAY ‘88 FURNITURE SHOW & SALE At Schuett's of Mildmay Select from approximately 100 suites of furniture. We also have an excellent selection of sofa beds, mattresses, etc. Schuett’s Furniture of Mildmay Phone 367-2308 ingway of Brussels for the installa­ tion of a dock facility at his property on the Brussels Pond at Maple Street was approved the executive committee, subject to review by MVCA technical staff. The policy concerning the deadline forthe receipt ofMr. Hemingway’s application was waived in order that construction of the dock could take place prior to the installation of the boards at the Brussels dam following spring run-off. at least partly responsible for the committee setting the day-use per car fee at $3, up from the previous $2.50, rather than raising it to the $4 day-use fee originally proposed by the Land Use Advisory Board for 1988. As well, the committee decided to drop plans to establish a fee for allowing an additional vehicle at a seasonal campsite. However, it did raise the cost of a seasonal pass from $12 to $20; while the cost per night of a campsite with hydro went up to $12 from $11, and of an unserviced site to $10 from $9. Mr. Weitendorf added that the proposed fee schedule had been established after comparing Falls Reserve rates and facilities offered by local private campground oper­ ators, adding that the MVCA fees had not been increased since the park was first established.