The Rural Voice, 2019-09, Page 84HURON
County Federation of Agriculture NEWSLETTER
42 First Avenue, Clinton, Ontario N0M 1L0
519-482-9642 or 1-800-511-1135
Website: www.hcfa.on.ca
Email: ofahuron@tcc.on.ca
September 2 – Labour Day.
September 10-12 – Outdoor Farm
Show, Woodstock. ON. For details
visit www.outdoorfarmshow.com/
September 11 – Elementary School
Fair, Belgrave Community Centre.
September 13-14 – Seaforth Fall
Fair. For more information visit:
www.seaforthagriculturalsociety.on.ca/
September 16-18 – Lucknow Fall
Fair. For more information visit:
lucknowagsociety.ca
September 17-18 – Brussels Fall
Fair. For more information visit:
brusselsfallfair.ca/
September 27-29 – Howick
Turnberry Fall Fair. For details visit
www.howickagriculturalsociety.ca/
Upcoming Events
80 The Rural Voice
The County of Huron has
identified proposed amendments to
the Huron County Official Plan as
part of a five-year review of the Plan.
Information regarding the proposed
amendments will be available on the
Huron County website and at public
open house workshops.
The Official Plan is a land use
planning document that is a statement
of where and how development
should take place. The Plan includes
the vision, goals and policy directions
for the County, as identified by the
community.
Three Public Open House
Workshops will be held to review the
proposed amendments and identify
any changes required to the proposed
amendments. You are invited to join
us at 7:00 p.m. for the workshop of
your choice, which will be two hours
in length.
• Clinton: Libro Hall, Tuesday,
September 10, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.,
239 Bill Fleming Dr.
• Exeter: Exeter Legion Hall,
Thursday, September 19, 7:00 p.m. to
9:00 p.m., 316 William St.
• Wingham: Hot Stove Lounge,
North Huron Wescast Community
Complex, Wednesday, September 25,
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., 99 Kerr Dr.
For further information, contact
the Huron County Planning and
Development Department at (519)
524-8394 Ext. 3 or visit
https://www.huroncounty.ca/plandev/
county-official-plan/huron-county-
official-plan-five-year-review/
Workshops being held for plan review
The Rural Voice is provided to all OFA members in Huron County by the Huron County Federation of Agriculture
Huron County Federation of Agriculture
BOARD MEETING
September 23 – 8:00 p.m.
Vanastra Office
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and
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Federation of Agriculture
HCFA OFFICE
HOURS:
The office is open on
Mondays and alternate Fridays
9:00 a.m. to noon and
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
We are also open other days by chance
Save the Date!
Huron County Federation of Agriculture
ANNUAL/REGIONAL
MEETING
Friday, October 25
Holmesville Community Centre
Contact the office for
further details and for tickets
Send in your
nominations!
The Huron County Federation of
Agriculture is collecting nominations for
the yearly Huron County Agriculture
Award for 2019.
Please include in the nomination: the
name, address and phone number of
the nominee, plus a description
explaining your reasons for this
person’s (or persons’) nominations –
eg. the contribution to Huron County’s
agricultural or rural life attributed to said
person (or persons). The nomination
must be signed by the nominator.
Nominations can be emailed to
ofahuron@tcc.on.ca or they can
be mailed to the HCFA office.
Deadline is
September 23
HCFA is planning an
ALL CANDIDATES MEETING
for the upcoming Federal Election
October 10 – 8:00 p.m.
Holmesville Community Centre
Huron County Federation of Agriculture was
performance host for the Blyth Festival’s
August 15 production of The Team on the
Hill. In attendance were Keith Currie (OFA
President), Ethan Wallace (HCFA President)
and Brent Royce (OFA Zone Representative).
Congratulations to
Robinson’s Maple Products
Bill and Susanne Robinson
have been awarded the
Lifetime Achievement award from
the Ontario Maple Syrup
Producers Association