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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1997-09-10, Page 15HCBE to have fewer trustees With the school year once again underway and a municipal election two months away, the Huron Coun ty Board of Education (HCBE) is preparing for its dissolution. With the election will come new electoral districts for school board trustees in preparation for the restructured Huron and Perth school boards, which is as yet, unnamed. The new board will be in CAS launches new program Jane Hoy of Rural Response for Healthy Children and Sheila Markle of the Children's Aid Society of Huron County announce the launch of a new program called "Kids' Kitchen Table". "Kids' Kitchen Table" is funded by a grant from the Canadian Living Foundation, Community Partner's Program whose mandate is to assist communities in their efforts to enhance the nutritional health and well being of children and youth. "When talking to children in area schools about environmental matters I have become aware that not all children know where their food comes from or how it is grown. The "Kids' Kitchen Table" project will further students' and parents' appreciation of the importance of protecting the earth while enabling them to become more self sufficient in the production and preservation of their own vegetables," said Project Co­ ordinator Lynda Rotteau of Rotteau Resources. The goal of the project is to empower families to increase their economic independence and nutritional health through the creation of self-sustaining Agencies study water quality Recently, water quality studies and statistics from around the world have been brought to the attention of Huron County resi­ dents. While it has not been determined how applicable these international studies are to the Lake Huron watershed, local water quality studies are very applicable and provide a good base for action. Since the 1940s, the two Huron County Conservation Authorities (Maitland Valley and Ausable Bayfield) have had the mandate of conserving the area's surface water resources. Provincial, federal and local governments have funded several water quality studies and improvement programs, parti­ cularly since the early 1980s. These initiatives have been recognized throughout North America and internationally. These studies have traced the movement of bacteria through a watercourse and determined how far the bacteria can travel, how long it takes to travel and the life span of the bacteria in the water County continues contracts Continued from page 14 apology to both the Westbrooks and the county. *** To minimize commotion with the downloading of provincial high­ ways to the county on Jan. 1, the county will continue the Ministry of Transportation maintenance con­ tracts until the end of the snow sea­ place for January, 1998. The HCBE outlined the new dis­ tricts at the Sept. 2 meeting. The board, which presently has 16 trustees will be reduced to four, with Perth County picking up the other five for the combined board. The districts will be as follows: Huron A-the town of Goderich, and Goderich, Colbome, Ashfield, East and West Wawanosh Twps.; Huron community gardens in area schoolyards. The gardens will be modeled on the International School Peace Gardens (ISPG) program. ISPG was developed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United Nations to promote safety in schools and global peace through education. Students will learn through educational and supportive curriculum the nutritional value in food. Practical skill development will include how to prepare the garden's soil, plant the seeds, and maintain the plants through the growing season until harvest. They will also receive training in food storage and preservation to increase longevity of the garden produce into the winter months. Using talents and knowledge within the communities, workshops will be organized for parents and children to learn about nutritional meal planning, economical budgeting and other topics of interest that lead to the healthy development of children and youth. A mentor/trainer relationship will be incorporated at many levels - adult to child, secondary student to elementary student, child to parent, column and in the watercourse sediments. Studies to determine the source of the bacteria (human or animal) were in the initial stages before funding was eliminated. The Clean Up Rural Beaches Program (CURB) provided grants to landowners to eliminate surface water pollution by repairing faulty septic systems, fencing livestock from watercourses, eliminating barnyard runoff, and improving manure storages to eliminate the need for spreading at inappropriate times. More landowners in the Maitland Valley and Ausable Bayfield watersheds voluntarily participated in this program than anywhere else in Ontario. Unfortunately, although there was still demand for grants, this highly successful program was eliminated in 1995. For well over a decade, water­ courses throughout the watersheds and along Lake Huron have been sampled for E. coll bacteria which are present in animal and human waste. son in the spring. Meanwhile the county has agreed to keep the current road numbers for all highways being taken over from the province.There was no problem with Hwys. 81 and 86 because the county had no similar number but in the case of Hwy. 4, there was already a County Rd. 4 in Stephen Twp. This road will be redesignated as County Rd. 10. B-Clinlon, Bayfield, Seaforth, Blylh, and Tuckersmith, Hullett, McKillop, and Stanley Twps.; Huron C-Wingham, Brussels, and Howick, Turnberry, Morris and Grey Twps. and Huron D-Exeter, Hensall, Zurich, and Stephen, Hay and Usbome Twps. Nominations for trustees will be received by the largest municipality in each district,Goderich, Clinton, Howick Twp. and Exeter. etc. The gardens will have the capacity to produce an overabundance of food that will allow the establishment of "Field to Table Outlets" within existing networks and encourage co­ ordination of surplus food distribution throughout Huron County. Three schools will be used as pilot projects to refine the program. The schools selected are Colbome Central located in the northwest, McCurdy and Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the south end of Huron County to determine different types of conditions and community support. Grade 1, 3, 5 and 7 students will initially participate in related classes with support of Secondary Student Mentors and Adult Facilitators recruited from the community. Using the resources available in Huron County, children and youth will develop an appreciation for the planet that we live on and realize that nutritious food and how we get it is a basic need that everyone has a right to. Kids' Kitchen Table will be an example of community partners sharing Canada's harvest. According to Tom Prout, the ABCA's general manager, the local studies undertaken by the ABCA, Ontario Ministry of the Environ­ ment and' Energy as well as Environment Canada have provided the following findings: Continued on page 16 Blyth council briefs Continued from page 3 Health Unit.*«* Blyth will host the Association of Municipal Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario, Zone 2 meeting, May 7, 1998.♦♦♦ Tenders for Gypsy Lane recon­ struction and drainage work will be opened at the Sept. 16 meeting of council.♦♦♦ Having received one estimate for the replacement of the old gas tanks which had been used as drainage pipe in the Whitefield Drain, coun­ cil asked Foreman John Rinn to have a second estimate for the next meeting.»** Karen Bernard, Part Lot 2, Lot 3, Plan 178, was authorized to con­ nect to the village drain on Dinsley Street. The village stated they would not be responsible in the event of a backup. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1997. PAGE 15. Cooking up a feast Shriners Lee Grove, left, Doug Morgan, centre, and Don Bell were in charge of frying the fish for the Friday evening meal at Blyth Lions Park. Compiled by Linda Campbell Phone 357-2188 F. Johnston hosts UCW The Evening Unit UCW met at the home of Freda Johnston with a good attendance. Barbara Anderson welcomed everyone and read a poem, "Recipe for Happiness". Sheila Nixon presented the worship service. Hymn The Wise May Bring Their Learning was sung and the scripture was from Psalm 116. A reading "Stand By Your God" was given and the worship service closed by repeating The Lord's Prayer. The roll call was answered by telling what you did during the NOTICE OF PESTICIDE USE TOWNSHIP OF EAST WAWANOSH The Township Intends to spray weeds on rural road allowances. Spraying will take place between September 15 - 30, 1997. The pesticide used will be Diphenoprop 700. P.C.P. #16724 spray to control broadleaf weeds and brush. For further Information contact... Township of East Wawanosh Engeland Spray Company Ltd. P.O. Box 160 R.R. 4 Belgrave, Ontario Stratford, Ontario N0G1E0 N5A6S5 (519) 357-2880 (519) 273-1983 Home hardware $otne ^arbtoare Come in and meet Dan Morgan Employee of Turner's Home Hardware Our friendly service will keep you coming back [$■ 24 Albert St., Box 99 Clinton (519) 482-7023 YOUR SIMPLY MOBILE REP summer. The roll call for next month will be an item for the food bank. The program was presented by Laura Johnston about "Uprooted People". A drama "Refugees and Strangers" was given with Barbara Anderson, Laura Johnston and Freda Johnston taking part. The meeting closed with prayer and lunch was served by Norma Moore and Lois Anderson. Rev. Peter and Nancy Tucker, Elliot Lake visited with Mrs. Mabel Wheeler during the week.