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Beard said, it makes it cheaper to
make new plastic bags than it is to
recycle them. That reality and
battling against government
subsidies for the production of new
plastic bags makes it tough for the
company to compete with its
recycling model, not to mention that
it fails to encourage recycling and
increases waste.
Chet Calhoun, the plant manager
of the Pioneer plant, is one of the
country’s leaders in reducing the
company’s carbon footprint, Beard
says. The company measures
everything and has taken great
strides to reduce its carbon and
energy usage.
Richard Keeso, the president of
J.H. Keeso and Sons Ltd., also spoke
about responsible and sustainable
logging. Though his business had
experienced a devastating fire in
recent months, he spoke about the
practices being implemented at the
business and how logging can be
sustainable and a moneymaker for a
farmer, while also helping the
environment.
North Perth Chief Administrative
Officer Kriss Snell spoke about
reducing a municipality’s carbon
footprint through the
implementation of monitoring
energy usage and purchasing electric
vehicles to vastly reduce the use of
fossil fuels.
Deb Shewfelt represented the
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority and spoke about the work
being done throughout the
watershed as well. He also spoke
about the Authority’s purchase
of electrical vehicles, saving
2,000 litres of gas per year being
burned.
The Authority has also been able
to cut its electrical usage by one-
third.
Beard said that MPPs Thompson
and Pettapiece were enthusiastic
about what they heard at the meeting
and Beard hoped they would bring
the initiatives being implemented
throughout the community back to
Queen’s Park for consideration for
the provincial government’s climate
action plan.
Beard also said that he came away
from the meeting hopeful as well.
With a provincial government with
more rural representation, he said,
he hoped that the unique needs of
rural communities are being
considered by the government.
“I thought [MPPs Thompson and
Pettapiece] were quite keen and
supportive,” Beard said, adding that
they planned on bringing the ideas
discussed back to the provincial
government for consideration.
As for the future of the CFI, Beard
said the goal is to continue spreading
the word about the program and
trying to bring additional businesses
and municipalities on board.
For more information on the CFI,
visit the Authority’s website at
www.mvca.on.ca.
What are you doing with your time?
(J.R. Miller)
“Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, making the most of the
time” Ephesians 5:15-16
Oh the endless, blessed possibilities of our days and hours and minutes--as they come
to us from God’s hands.
But what did you do with yesterday?How does the little acre of that one day look to
you now?
What are you doing with your time? Every moment God give you, has in it a possibility
of beauty or usefulness-as well as something to be accounted for.
Are you using your time for God?
“Show me, O Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting
is my life!” Psalm 39:4
Jeremy Taylor: “God has given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this
short time eternity depends!”
Ryle: “No time is so well spent in every day--as that which we spend upon our knees.”
Spurgeon: “Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be
lived in the light of eternity!”
“So teach us to number our days--that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12
A Grace Gem
Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church,
Listowel, ON 519-291-1956
Planning for the future
Local conservation stakeholders discussed the Carbon Footprint Initiative with Huron-Bruce
MPP Lisa Thompson and Perth-Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece recently. From left:
Maitland Valley Conservation Authority’s (MVCA) Phil Beard, Wingham Pioneer Seed Plant
manager Chet Calhoun, Pettapiece, MVCA representative Deb Shewfelt, North Perth Chief
Administrative Officer Kriss Snell, Thompson, EFS Plastics Ltd. CEO Martin Vogt and J.H
Keeso and Sons Ltd. President Richard Keeso. (Photo submitted)
CFI discussion promising: Beard
Best in the world
Mikayla Ansley, centre, has written this year’s best Peace Essay and has earned her family a
trip to the United Nations headquarters in New York City for her efforts. From left: Mike Ansley,
Blyth Lions Club President Barney Stewart, Mikayla Ansley, Lions Youth Opportunities Chair
Shawn Loughlin, Katie Ansley and long-time Blyth Lion John Stewart. (Denny Scott photo)
Onn aims to breathe
life into Leo Club
with events, projects
Though their efforts were dashed
this month due to an outbreak at
Huronlea Home for the Aged, the
Brussels Leo Club is aiming to
become an active force in the
community.
Under leader and Brussels Lions
Club member Zoellyn Onn, the club
has been reinvigorated and
rededicated itself to being active and
visible.
On Valentine’s Day, members of
the club were scheduled to visit with
Huronlea residents, but were unable
to due to an outbreak at the home.
However, the coming months are
full on the Leo Club’s calendar,
according to Onn.
In addition to being an ever-
present part of Lions Club functions,
such as breakfasts and the annual
elimination draw, the Leos have also
been branching out and taking on
their own activities.
Members will be selling potted
bulbs in March and they are
currently planning for an Easter egg
hunt in April for children to coincide
with the Lions Club’s breakfast,
planned for Sunday, April 14.
Onn says that while there are still
some details to iron out, there will
likely be an entry fee for the hunt, or
a per-egg donation to the Leo Club
to help with its work in the
community. The Easter egg hunt,
specifically, she said, will benefit
the planned expansion and
renovation of the Brussels, Morris
and Grey Community Centre.
She has been working with the
Leos, as well as the Lions, simply
throwing out an abundance of ideas
for potential fundraisers. They may
not all work in the end, she said, but
everything is worth a try. Not to
mention that, as with many
initiatives, they sometimes take a
few years to get off the ground.
The club is looking for members,
Onn said. After a strong start several
years ago and a number of projects
completed, the Leo Club has been
quiet in recent years, but Onn is
hoping to engage with the youth of
Brussels to change that.
The club is open to youth between
the ages of 12 and 18 who want to
help make their communities a
better place. While at one time it
was common for many local
communities to have Leo Clubs as a
feeder system for area Lions Clubs,
the Brussels Leo Club is now the
only Leo Club in the immediate
area, Onn said.
In addition to work throughout the
community, which is based more on
being visible and providing services
in Brussels rather than raising
money like the Lions Club does,
there are fun excursions involved
with the club as well.
Onn said the club is hoping to
tackle the lack of youth activities in
Brussels with bowling nights, trips
and a feeling of community for the
younger members of the
community.
If you are between the ages of 12
and 18 and are interested in
becoming a member, contact Onn at
519-887-6336.
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
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