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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2001-01-17, Page 20BUYING FOR A MINOR IS A MAJOR OFFENCE Suopiy olcohoi a o miner curd you're riAinu their hesilti, end so5ety Your 0150 risk r.p t0 ot16 year irs nod up to 5200,000 in fines. IF you're old ennurjli in buy ulcohol legally, be resix,rsxibe. Be responsible Don't buy for minors. McKERCHER CONSTRUCTION LTD. R.R. 2 Bluevale • LICENSED SEPTIC INSTALLATIONS • SCREENED & FIELD TOPSOIL • BARK MULCH • SAND • GRAVEL • FILL • BACKHOEING • BULLDOZING • EXCAVATING • LOADING & HAULING Give us a call 887-9061 Fax 887-9999 5 0 C S Looking for local heroes There are so many people out there who do so much to improve their community. Now you have a chance to say thanks. Nominate that special person for the 15th Annual Citizen Citizenship Awards. Each year a committee chooses an outstanding citizen from each of the Blyth and area and Brussels and area communities to receive an award for contribution to the community. If you know someone you think should be honoured, please fill in the ballot and send it in. You may attach a longer explanation of why you think your nominee should win, if you like. If you have nominated someone before and he or she didn't win, please feel free to try again. I nominate Blyth Brussels as Citizen of the year for & area & area I feel she/he deserves this award because Nomination Deadline March 30, 2001. Name and phone number of nominator PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2001. Blyth's Bloom committee gets council support By Bonnie Gropp Citizen staff Nancy Snell and Eleanor Babcock, members of Blyth's Communities in Blooms committee attended the North Huron council meeting Monday night to seek support. Councillors were interested to hear about the efforts of the committee and what their achievements have been. Blyth received four blooms in provincial level, then placed second last year nationally for their division. "We have identified areas we need to work on to make us winners," said Snell. Blyth Councillor Murray Nesbitt said it was an excellent project. Deputy-Reeve Jeff Howson agreed saying that the committee has a "positive volunteer base that has drawn the average householder into (the project). It has brought commu- nity spirit together." Asked if the idea was something that pull in the other municipalities in North Huron, Snell said that once a community wins nationally they can pull in another municipality. Blyth has also been asked to go to Walkerton to help plant a commem- orative garden. Now trying to plan their budget to get ready for this year's competition, Snell and Babcock asked for coun- cil's support to proceed. Council approved the budget amount of $6.500 in principle. NH agrees to contract CB0 to Morris-Turnberry By Bonnie Gropp Citizen staff North Huron Reeve Doug Layton sees it as one more step to his cam- paign wish of neighbours working together. His council was asked on Monday night whether or not they might con- sider contracting the services of their chief building official Byron Ellis to Morris-Turnberry. With amalgamation of Huron A new scientific tool that will help ensure food products are free of bac- teria like E. coli and Salmonella has been patented in Canada. The rotary thermocycler was developed by researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's (AAFC) Food Research Program in Guelph. Its uses include detecting and counting bacteria, testing for bacterial contaminants in water and ounting microbes in soil. Researchers are hoping the system will allow for cell counts of specific bacteria to be obtained routinely in two hours, even if other bacteria are present in the same sample. Current methods of counting bacteria, such as growing and testing cultures, are A Brussels native and Conestoga College Fine Arts student received a special honour Monday morning from the Canadian Space Agency. A patch designed by Cynthia DeWit to commemorate Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's Apr. 19 mission aboard the space shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station was chose in an national competition. DeWit's design tells the story of this historic mission for Canada, said Brian Tobin, minister of industry and minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency, as is com- memorates Hadfield's installation of the next generation Canadarm and be the first Canadian to walk in space. Hadfield said that it was an "addi- tional source for pride for him that the winner of the contest was a youth originating from rural Canada", much like himself. tion to council. The idea would be that if Ellis was needed in Morris-Turnberry, his time would be paid by North Huron which would then invoice Morris- Tumberry. Though Morris-Turnberry would not be discussing the issue until their slower and not all bacteria are easy to culture for this purpose. The rotary thermocycler is a spe- cialized PCR (polymerase chain reaction) machine that resembles a multi-disc CD player. The CD-like filters, on which bacteria have been trapped, are processed through sev- eral cycles of different temperatures and reactive conditions. The reaction products appear as spots on the fil- ters. The number of spots is recorded by an electronic camera, which gives the cell count. "This machine should be of great use in situations that require rapid enumeration of bacteria," says Greg Poushinsky, director of AAFC's Food Research Program. "In most Hadfield presented DeWit with a personal letter of congratulations, a copy of the patch artwork, an auto- graphed in-flight photo of the CSA astronaut wearing her design, a cash prize of $500 and an invitation to attend the launch of his mission from Cape Canaveral. A student of the college's graphic design program, DeWit is now in her second year of study. Healthy eating... regular physical activity meeting on Tuesday night, North Huron supported the proposal as along as all parties were agreeable. Layton said, "I'm pleased. This is something I've pushed towards." Ellis, however, asked for an option that if he suddenly felt the arrange- ment was not working that he could leave Morris-Turnberry without it reflecting on his position with North Huron. Councillor Archie MacGowan assured him his priority was with North Huron. areas, including agricultural and microbial research, the food indus- try, human and veterinary medicine and environmental risk analysis, there is a need for rapid and accurate screening methc4s." AAFC has filed an application for an international patent for the rotary thermocycler. Research into its various applica- tions is proceeding in collaboration with other AAFC research centres in Canada. The Canadian Farm, an agricul- tural program that airs on CTV affil- iated stations across Canada, ran a story on the rotary thermocycler Jan. 13 and 14. municipalities, Morris-Turnberry was left without a building official. , They approached North Huron Clerk Administrator John Stewart through a letter and he brought the informa- _ Brussels=area native's design chosen for astronaut's mission Canada breaking ground in fight against bacteria