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F.E. Madill track athletes excel in two competitions
Sports
Athletes on F.E. Madill School’s
track and field team competed at
Track Wars in Cambridge last week.
Over 50 schools from south
western Ontario took part and
Madill athletes claimed 16 personal-
bests, five first place finishes, three
second-place finishes and three
third-place finishes.
Ryan Jacklin set a new meet
record in Senior Boys discus when
he threw the implement 46.72
metres.
The following week, the team
competed in the Huron Perth
Invitational held at St. Anne’s
Catholic Secondary School in
Clinton.
Again Madill athletes rose to the
challenge, bettering their results
from the previous week and earning
33 personal-best performances.
Jacklin broke two school records,
both longstanding records set 23
years ago by Dave McDonald.
Jacklin smashed McDonald’s
existing shot put record of 16.78
metres with a heave of 17.83 metres.
In the discus event, he hurled the
implement 54.34 metres to break
McDonald’s record of 48.90 metres.
Hanna Van Stuyvenberg continued
her onslaught in the discus event
earning first place finishes in both
meets (39.30 metres) and also
winning shot put at Track Wars (9.20
metres).
The distance runners continued to
show their strength on the track with
Bronwyn Garniss, Avery Harding,
Abby Kraayenbrink, Mackenzie
Finch, Steven Schraa, and Brooke
Jez all running strongly and earning
several top three placings.
In the jumping pits, Jaime Newell
and Austin Eadie won top finishes.
Eadie also topped the sprint hurdles
and while Newell won the 100-metre
dash.
The team then moved on to the
Huron Perth Championships,
held May 14-15 at St. Anne’s in
Clinton. Results were not available
as of press time, but will be
featured in an upcoming issue of The
Citizen.
The top six finishers in each event
qualify for the Western Ontario
Secondary Schools Athletic
Association (WOSSAA) to be held
at TD Waterhouse Stadium in
London May 23-24 ahead of further
provincial competition.
The Municipality of Central Huron is pleased to announce their annual
Central Huron Façade Grant Program. The Program includes façade
improvements for properties in Central Huron that are assessed as
Commercial for taxation purposes. The Municipality has set aside
funds to assist property owners in the expansion or improvement of
the building façade or signage.
The proposed façade improvement must meet the specific property
criteria outlined in the “Façade Improvement Concept” and enhance
the “cosmetic” appeal of the structure from a streetscape viewpoint.
Deadline
Applications must be received by the undersigned by 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Questions or comments may be directed
to the Municipal office at 519-482-3997.
“Central Huron Façade Grant Program”
Attention: Brenda MacIsaac, Clerk
Municipality of Central Huron
P.O. Box 400, 23 Albert Street
Clinton, Ontario N0M 1L0
info@centralhuron.com Fax: (519) 482-9183
The Municipality reserves the right to fund projects as deemed appropriate.
www.centralhuron.com
FAÇADE GRANT
PROGRAM
Up and over
Emma Jackson, an F.E. Madill School track and field team
member, competes in the Senior Girls triple jump at Track
Wars in Cambridge last week. (Photo submitted)
The pass-off
F.E. Madill School students competed in the Huron perth
Invitational track and field event at St. Anne’s Catholic
Secondary School. Above, Madison Koch, right passes the
baton to Cloe Foreman in the Bantam relay. (Photo submitted)
North Huron Council is
considering participation in the Safe
Places Certification program.
After hearing from Ontario
Provincial Police Sergeant Laura
Brown and Rural Response for
Healthy Children Executive Director
Selena Hazlitt, council expressed an
interest in being involved with the
program that ensures caregivers,
coaches and others who deal with
children are properly vetted.
Brown explained the initiative
had found significant support in
Huron County after Sheldon
Kennedy recently visited Huron
County. Kennedy, a former NHL
star, shocked the world by
announcing he was a victim of
sexual assault.
Hazlitt explained that
municipalities are required to
provide a Community Safety and
Well-Being Plan to the Ministry of
Correctional Service and
Community Safety next year and
Rural Response for Healthy
Children are encouraging
municipalities to include plans for
well-being of youth as action items.
As part of that, the group is
encouraging municipalities to create
policies to make sure volunteers and
employees who work with children
are Safe Places Youth Certified.
Brown said the certification
program has provided an exciting
opportunity for her to work across
15 counties to see what is effective
and what can use work in each
location. She said that any program
that results in more eyes and ears
helping police watch for problems is
great.
“The entire community is
watching, not just the police,” she
said. “Handcuffs only work in
certain situations.”
Councillor Anita van Hittersum
said the project is an admirable
effort, asking how recipients of the
certification are chosen. “How do
you know they aren’t abusive
parents?” she asked.
Hazlitt explained that, first,
recipients have to receive a
vulnerable sector check from the
OPP, saying that is an important tool
to weed out people who shouldn’t
receive the certification.
Next, recipients need to go
through a three-hour online training
program hosted by Respect Group,
which was founded by Kennedy.
“The curriculum is updated every
three years,” she said. “This is one
tool, but not the be all and end all.”
She said that there are checks and
balances through the program, as
Rural Response for Healthy
Children educates parents to look for
red flags, ask questions and, most
importantly, trust their guts when it
comes to certification.
Deputy-Reeve Trevor Seip said
North Huron Council needs to be an
advocate for youth.
“We need to be advocates [and]
leaders in the municipality, and
make sure there are places they can
go or get support when they need,”
he said.
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Safe places program considered
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
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