HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1995-06-28, Page 161e + 4e GST 650 Wednesday, June 28,,,1995 Vol. 11 No.26
Refreshing break
Even when the air is heavy with heat and humidity a broken water balloon still comes as
something of a surprise to Kristi Klasen, who just didn't quite make the catch thrown to her
by a classmate at Hullett Public School during their Fun Day last Wednesday. The event
was postponed from Tuesday because of the oppressive weather. Watching the fun is
Rosalyn Hartman.
Man escapes serious injury
Sports
Tigers fail to defend
championship title
at annual fastball tourney
Education
Much loved Blyth teacher
honoured
by colleagues, students
Entertainment
Blyth Festival season's
second opening
a must see
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t • Entrepreneurs
1 tzen get early start
By Bonnie Gropp says he had a sense there was some
The North Huron
The Goderich OPP report five
incidents during the week of June
19 though 25.
Murray Popp, 56, of RR1
Auburn, received minor injuries,
June 19, when he lost control of his
tractor down a hill, resulting in a
roll over.
The 1992 Case International
5130 tractor sustained major darn-
age.
On June 21, seats were stolen
from two Polaris watercraft at Mid-
degaal Sports in McKillop Twp.
The value of the seats is $1,037.
On June 19, an unlocked Ford
Tempo with the keys inside was
stolen from _Conc. 11, Colborne
Twp. It was later recovered with
severe damage.
Later in the week, a 1975 Massey
tractor was stolen from Conc. 9,
Colborne Twp. and recovered the
next day on Conc. 11.
There are no damage estimates.
A green Coleman canoe, worth
$800, was taken froth an Athberly
Beach residence during the week of
June 5 to 9.
Starting a business can be a
daunting idea, but thanks to a pro-
gram recently underway in Brus-
sels, local youths are developing
their entrepreneurial spirit.
The Ark came up with the idea of
encouraging and assisting youths
with creating their own summer
employment and approached the
Huron Business Development Cor-
poration for sponsorship.
Paul Nichol says I-IBDC decided
to support the Youth Entrepreuneri-
al Program, which is geared to pro-
vide 15 to 20-year-olds with quick
business training and counselling,
because "we are committed to kid
entrepreneurship."
"Stimulating your own career is
the wave of the future. There was
once a time when young people
were trained for a career to work
for a specific employer. That has
changed. Today, 87 per cent of the
young people will wind up starting
their own small business. They are
going to the community business
leaders."
The other benefit of the program,
Nichol says, is that it exposes the
young people to being involved in
business. He hopes that there will
be a ripple -effect among the youths
so that the ones involved in the pro-
gram will be role modelling so that
'others might realize its merit.
"From the kids' perspective, how-
ever, they aren't thinking of any of
this. They want money for the sum-
mer."
In conversations with the Ark
Manager Sallianne Patch, Nichol
By Janice Becker
The hot, dry spell which has
blanketed the area for the last sev-
eral weeks has not yet caused dam-
age to the field crops, though the
moisture reserves were getting low,
says Crop Consultant Alan McCal-
lum with the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs
office in Clinton. •
It is hoped the recent rains will
help replenish the reserves.
Up until Friday, the dry weather
had begun to affect the corn crops,
resulting in the curling of the leaves
during the hottest mid-afternoon
Heavy rains
hit area
The hot, humid weather which
has been weighing heavy on most
'these last three weeks, resulted.in
scattered thunderstorms, down-
pours and hailstorms, across Huron
county and Southwestern Ontario
on Sunday afternoon.
Streamers of high winds and pelt-
ing hail tore through sections of the
county, causing downed grain
crops and broken branches.
- Heavy damage was seen in scat-
tered fields, while light damage
was seen in several areas.
"arm twisting" to convince the
youths to give this a try. "Kids may
perceive it as a risk, but that's part
of what we're hoping to do, cut that
risk for them."
The first meeting, led by facilita-
tory Brad Barton was for the pur-
pose of discussing the different
types of businesses the participants
might be interested in running.
Some of the ideas were formed
before the meeting, while others
came through brainstorming. Sug-
gestions ranged from DJ-ing to an
agri-crew.
The next step will be to lead
them through the steps to get the
business going then help them
along.
Though the program has already
begun, Nichol says, they would still
welcome participants. "The first
meeting was orientation so they
won't have missed a great deal to
this point."
The importance of the
entrepreneurial spirit in this com-
petitive age has not been lost on
HBDC. "We do view this as a pilot
'project. If it does work out we hope
it can be applied in other communi-
ties as well," Nichol said.
One of the reasons that HBDC
decided to start this project in
North Huron, he said, was due to,
the lack of entrepreneurial educa-
tion at the secondary school level
here.
"Youth entrepreneurship is the
wave of the future. We hope by
developing this more, kids will be
helped in the future."
sun.
The winter wheat has looked
excellent to this point, says McCal-
lum, but another four or five days
without the rain could have affect-
ed the filling out of the grain.
The hay has been a little slow to
mature, but the heat gave it a
growth kick.
As a result, the first cutting was
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Apology
Due to a misunderstanding, there
was an error in the report "Former
Clerk Sues" in the June 21 issue of
The Citizen.
The closed session meeting set
for June 26, was called by the vil-
lage solicitor, involving council,
PUC and the present clerk.
We apologize for any concern
this may have caused.
Offices close
for holiday
The offices of The Citizen will be
closed on Friday, June 30 in recog-
nition of Canada Day.
Deadlines for advertising and
editorial copy will remain the same
as always.
Crops look good
despite dry spell
See page 23