HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1997-07-30, Page 17THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30,1997 PAGE 17.
Agriculture and tourism working together in Huron
Farming and tourism go hand in
hand in providing a sound
economic base in Huron County.
That is what researchers speculate
as they begin the second part of a
major study here this summer.
University of Guelph researchers
Dr. Harry Cummings and assistant
Karen Morris will conduct the
research to provide an accurate
picture of the size and importance
of tourism and farming to this
WILLIAM ROSS NICHOLSON
William Ross Nicholson of RR1,
Bluevale, passed away at Alexan
dra Marine and General Hospital,
Goderich on Tuesday, July 2, 1997.
He was 54.
Mr. Nicholson was born in
Wingham. He received his educa
tion at SS10 Morris and Wingham
High School.
On July 24, 1965 he married the
former Shirley Johnston at Blue
vale United Church.
In his early life Mr. Nicholson
owned and operated a backhoe and
trucking business and farmed. On
July 26, 1977 he was hired by the
Twp. of Tumberry as the drainage
commissioner, then on May 1,
1979 also assumed the position of
Tumberry road superintendent.
Mr. Nicholson was a member of
the Brussels Legion and the
Ontario Road Superintendents'
Association. He was chairman of
parking for Tumberry's 140th cele
bration committee and was on the
road naming committee for 9-1-1
for the township.
Mr. Nicholson was the beloved
son of the late Jack and Vera
(Sharpin) Nicholson. Besides his
southern Ontario county. It was
commissioned after a ground
breaking meeting last month
between the Huron Federation of
Agriculture and the Huron Tourism
Association.
"We know instinctively that
tourism is a strong and growing
industry in Huron, but we have no
real idea of how big it is ... and we
will be overjoyed to find out", says
Joan Karstens, president of the
wife, those mourning his loss most
deeply are his children, Dean of
RR2, Bluevale, Julie and Peter
Kleinveld of Listowel and Janice at
home. He was the dear grandfather
of Shawn Kleinveld and brother of
Keith and Carol Nicholson of Grey
Twp., Joe and Hanna Nicholson of
Morris Twp., Rose Marie and
Clarence Bishop of Grey Twp. and
Marlene and Morris Lobsinger of
Kitchener. He was the loved son-
in-law of Beth Johnston of Brae-
mar, Wingham.
Visitation was at McBurney
Funeral Home, Wingham, on
Wednesday from 7-9 p.m. and
Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Funeral services were held at the
funeral home on Friday at 1:30
p.m. Rev. James Murray officiated.
Carrying floral tributes were
Brian McBurney and Lloyd
Michie. Pallbearers were Ross Pea
cock, Jim Shaw, Rae Breckenridge,
Don Henry, Lynn Hoy and Lloyd
Wheeler.
Interment was at Wingham
Cemetery.
Memorial donations to Bluevale
United Church would be appreciat
ed as expressions of sympathy.
Huron Tourism Association.
No previous study has looked at
the impact of tourism in Huron, and
researchers will fill that void. Last
summer, Cummings and graduate
student Dan McLennan studied the
impact of agriculture and
agriculturally-related businesses on
the county.
To help in their research this
summer, Cummings and Morris
will be sending a questionnaire to
business owners who deal with
tourists. Their list includes
everything from a retail store in
Exeter to a golf course near Grand
Bend; from a vacation farm near
Bayfield to a gas station in
Seaforth; from a trout pond in
Belgrave to the festival in Blyth;
from a bowling centre in Goderich
to a grocery store in Wingham.
"The list of businesses will be
quite large and involves not only
those businesses normally
associated with tourism, such as
antique shops, but any business that
serves tourists," states Morris
recently.
She urges business owners to co
operate enthusiastically with the
study since it can, "help promote
the notion that the tourism industry
should be fully supported within
the county," she said.
Last summer' work looked at the
importance of agriculture and its
financial clout. Preliminary
findings show that one-third of the
jobs in the county, or between
10,000 and 13,000 can be attributed
to agriculture. Sales in agriculture
have reached the billions.
"The value of agriculture for
Huron County in terms of sales
generated is estimated between $1
and $1.5 billion for sales within the
county alone," said Dr. Harry
Cummings. "Adding in the sales
generated outside Huron County
we can add another $2 to $3 billion
in sales."
Putting this into context, this
means that Huron County produces
more farm gate sales than four
other provinces, proving that Huron
is not only important provincially,
but nationally as well. "We have
always felt that agriculture was
important, but this economic
impact study has quantified it," said
Bill Wallace, past-president of the
Huron Federation of Agriculture.
The University of Guelph study,
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