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Showers of Savings throughout the
town of Wingham.
WE HAVE 30 PARTICIPANTS!!!
A/4,, PARTICIPATING MERCHANTS:
• Bakelaar Jewellers
• Bavarian Brew House
• Brian's valu-mart
• Christine's Clothes Closet
• John Cullen Chev Olds Ltd.
• Gibson's Mens Shop
• Jag's Roadhouse
• K.G. Electronics
• Lauretta's Hug & 1/2
• Maitland Restaurant
• McFaddens Maytag Home
Appliance Centre
• McPhee IDA Pharmacy
• Middleton's of Wingham
• Mrs B's Baskets & More
• Pandora's Pantry
• Rintoul's Pools & Spas
• SAAN Store
• Sewing Galore
• Shaw's K-Foods
• Stainton Hardware
• The Decor Shoppe
• The Flower Nook
• The Gift Chest
*The Toy Shoppe
• The 2 Step
• The Workshop
• 30 Minute Photo & Trophies
• Token Treasures
• Vance's Guardian Drug Store
• Wingham Mini Mart
PAGE 28. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1998.
Buckle up before you turn the key
The price someone pays for not
having their child restrained in an
appropriate child safety seat is a
$105 fine and two demerit points.
The price someone pays if a child
is injured or killed is much more —
it's immeasurable.
The Ontario Road Safety Annual
Report Statistics 1995 showed that
74 per cent of children aged four or
under were killed or severely
injured in motor vehicle collisions
where they were incorrectly
restrained.
"Before you turn the key ...
make sure everyone's buckled up!"
This is the slogan from the
Multidisciplinary Seatbelt
Education and Enforcement
Committee for the Spring
On Thursday, April 2, at .the
Hensall United Church the Huron
Tourism Association, with the
support of the Huron Federation of
Agriculture, will introduce the
1998 joint marketing programs
created by a S120,000 fund from
the Agriculture Adaptation Council
(CanAdapt).
At 11 a.m. in Hensall the joint
projects Will be outlined for guests ,
and the new poster image for
Huron Tourism and Agri-
Businesses will be unveiled.
Joint projects include, new
highway signage for every region,
advertising and promotional
programs focusing on farm gate
Remember the magical alfure of
shoreline's? The marvel of a giant
snapping turtle basking on a stream
bank; the chatter of songbirds in a
lakeside wood; the splash of
smallmouth bass breaking the
water's surface; the spectacle of
bats artwilight alongside a peaceful
river; or the discovery of_sea stars,
hermit crabs, and huge stands of
kelp on a sandy ocean coast?
Shorelines are dynamic
ecosystems. The edges of our lakes,
wetlands, rivers, and estuaries
(called riparian areas), as well as
ocean shores, are critical to both
terrestrial and aquatic species.
Here, the building blocks of natural
communities — sun, soil, water, air,
plants, and animals — interact with
each other in an intricate web of
life.
Well-vegetated shorelines serve
as buffer strips, protecting banks
from erosion, safeguarding water
quality, cooling streams, and
providing some of the world's most
troductive wildlife habitat. Of
•ourse, these green zones also
on ribute beauty to the landscape,
Fr gile ecosystems have been
kc - for granted — clear-cutting
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Carla will now go on to the
Canadian championships, April 3-
4, in Charlesbourg, Quebec.
Provincial Seatbelt Campaign
which runs from April 1 - 14. The
primary focus for this campaign is
the correct use of the child safety
seats. We're asking parents and
caregivers in Ontario to properly
buckle up their children.
Police officers have always
played a key role in seatbelt
education and enforcement. During
the spring campaign, officers are
being urged to keep an eye out for
children travelling in vehicles. The
contact can be a positive one by
congratulating someone who has
secured a child correctly or the
contact can also be one of
enforcement by issuing a ticket.
It is not always possible to spot
an incorrectly restrained child in a
touring; the "Huron Harvest Trail"
training programs for small
business owners on partnership for
tourism industry and agricultural
businesses.
This funding from CanAdapt is
renewable for 1999 projects based
on the success of the 1998 projects.
The grant proposal was created by
members from Huron Tourism
Association, Huron Federation of
Agriculture, Huron Planning and
Development, facilitated by Huron
Business Development Corporation
with support from the Zurich
Chamber of Commerce and Hensall
Economic Development
Committee.
This new strategic adventure
stream banks, building communi-
ties and industries in flood zones,
paving over vast marshes,
damming and diverting waterways,
and growing crops and grazing
cattle to the water's edge — all the
while destroying untold hectares of
wildlife habitat and depriving
lakes, rivers, and sea coasts of
their ability to cleanse themselves.
There is increasing awareness
that shorelines are sensitive areas
with tremendous value, that they
need special care. Fortunately, most
shoreline degradation can be
reversed.
National Wildlife Week (NWW),
April 5 - 11, is a perfect opportunity
for people to begin or take part in
projects designed to help shore-
lines. Anyone who would like to
restore buffer zones, adopt urban or
rural shorelines, learn how to
accommodate songbirds, amphi-
bians, and waterfowl, and conserve
and enhance ocean coasts, contact
the Canadian Wildlife Federation
today for a copy of the 1998
Habitat 2000 kit, filled with all
sorts of shoreline project ideas.
For more information, please
contact the. NWW Hot Line toll-
free at 1-800-563-WILD ((453).
The rest of the Hunt family will
compete in an all-point meet in
Oakville, April 5, to end their sea-
son.
Anyone interested in information
and picuires from the North Ameri-
can speed skating championship
can be found at www.stjohn.nbcc.
nb.ca/—speedskate.
vehicle; therefore, parents and
caregivers will be provided with an
information sheet about child
restraint clinics in Huron County.
The Infant and Toddler Safety
Association, together with Partners
in Prevention and the Ministry of
Transportation, will be launching
the "Managing Child Restraint
Safety Events" manual.
According to Transport Canada's
July 1997 Seatbelt Use Survey, the
compliance rate for Ontario drivers
has slipped close to one percentage
point to 91 per cent. This same
survey has started tracking all
vehicle occupants since 1992 and
Ontario compliance rate for 1997 is
89 per cent.
Facts for parents and caregivers:
builds awareness for Huron's two
economic engines.
"Long term joint marketing of the
region in this co-ordinated manner
will show a positive impact for our
two industries" said Cliff Edwards,
president of Huron Tourism
Association.
1) A child must be buckled up
correctly when travelling in a
vehicle — that is the law!
2) Always follow manufacturer's
instructions to ensure proper child
safety seat installation and seat
belt routing.
3) Make sure the infant safety seat
or the child safety seat is
appropriate for the child's weight
and height.
4) A child safety seat should be
West Wawanosh council and
concerned citizens gathered March
10, to discuss a rezoning proposal.
The amendment would change
10 acres of North Part Lot 19,
Conc. 14 from general agriculture
to agriculture commercial-industri-
al. A remaining 95 acres would, be
rezoned general agriculture-special
zones from general agriculture.
After a public session, changes
were made to the proposed amend-
ment though of such a nature as to
not require further notice to resi-
dents.
fastened to the vehicle with the
seatbelt. Make sure the seatbelt is
tightened until snug.
5) A rear-facing child safety seat
must NEVER be installed where
there is an active air bag. The
safest position for a child to travel
in a vehicle is in the middle of the
back seat.
6) Never place the shoulder strap
of a seatbelt UNDER THE ARM
or behind a child's back.
The bylaw was passed.
Helen Rintoul, council represen-
tative on the Wingham and District
Hospital board updated council on
construction of the new clinic,
downsizing of the kitchen, use of
food thermalization carts and the
continued effort to attract more
doctors.
The Blyth and District Fire Area
board budget was approved.
Council agreed, to pay the same
1997 rate to Wheels Away at 25
cents per capita and $2 per ride, on
a quarterly basis.
Protect the shorelines
Hunts to compete in Oakville
Huron has new tourism identity
West Wawanosh
discusses zoning