The Citizen, 2001-02-21, Page 24Looking 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 24. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2001.
Huron hosting YF forum
Huron County is hosting for the
first time, the Young Farmers forum.
The Huron County Junior Farmers
are joining with the Seaforth
Agricultural Society and the
Federations of Agriculture in Huron
and surrounding counties, to host the
Young Farmers Forum 200_1 at the
Seaforth Agri-Plea on Friday, March
2.
The evept is being held this year
on a Friday night and will be fol-
lowed by one of the always-popular
Junior Farmers' dances.
The decision to have the event on a
Friday night was to recognize that
By Bonnie Gropp
Citizen staff
The Twp. of North Huron should
soon know whether or not they will
receive StiperBuild funding for the
Blyth arena.
Director of Recreation and
Facilities Dan Cousins 'told council
at the Monday night meeting that he
had been notified by the Ministry
that he should hear this week about
the application.
Funds, if received, would be put
toward the new floor at the Blyth
arena.
Also in his report to council,
Cousins asked for approval to have
an intrusion system installed at the
North Huron Wescast Community
Complex. The original price quoted
was $4,300 plus taxes and $300 per
year to monitor.
However, Wightman
Communications contacted Cousins
prior to the meeting, he said, to say
they would reduce the cost
by $1,500 as a donation to the com-
plex.
While there would not be any sub-
stantial discount in insurance premi-
ums, roughly five per cent, Cousins
said, he still felt that with a
deductible of $5,000, an alarm sys-
• Do you know the legal issues?
• What's left for parents and other
siblings?
The other speaker will be Gabriele
Del Bianco, a psychologist and pres-
ident of Innerfit, who will talk about
stress arrangement and motivational
loss.
Seminar admission is $10 but the
seminar admission will be refunded
by the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture (OFA) for those farmers
who attend and register.
There is also a $5 admission to the
Junior Farmers' dance.
tern for the complex would be
"money well spent."
Cousins was going to contact the
Knights of Columbus to see if they
would pay a portion of the monitor-
ing costs.
Council further heard information
regarding the proposed budget for
the complex's grand opening to be
held Saturday, April 21. The budget
for expenditures was $23,275.
However, through the sale of meals
and alcohol, etc'at the celebration, it
was anticipated that a small profit
could be realized.
Approval was given for the draft
budget by motion of council.
many young farmers have off-farm
jobs and the responsibilities that
make Saturday meetings difficult.
The social hour and registration
begins at 6:30 p.m. and the seminar
portion of the evening takes place
from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Event speakers include a Clarica
representative, who will take on
Keeping the Farm in the Family, a
discussion of family farm succes- ', sion.
Questions he will address include:
• When it comes time to take over
the farm, what is your financial
strategy?
N. Huron awaits word on grant
Tourism Assoc. to talk water
During the March meeting of the
Huron Tourism Association (HTA),
presenters will, provide information
about water quality issues and activ-
ities affecting this business sector in
the county.
The HTA meeting will be held in
Clinton on Thursday, March 1 at-the
Dinner Bell restaurant beginning at
7:30 p.m.-The three guest speakers
will include: Scott Tousaw, senior
planner, Huron County who will
cover the County's initiatives in
water quality.
Anita Frayne and Mark Sully will
represent PROTECT (Presenting
Recommendations on Township
Environmental Concerns Together).
This organization is focused on
bringing water quality activities to
consumers. Their presentation will
With only a week left, smokers in
Huron County still have time to enter
the Quit Smoking 2001 Contest to
try and stop smoking for the month
of March.
"Smokers have until midnight Feb.
28 to enter and be eligible for some
really great prizes," said Kim Ross,
co-chair of the Coalition for a
smoke-free Huron Perth. "While you
could win•a Caribbean cruise, one of
seven RCA DVD players or a
matching set of his and her watches,
the best prize of all is a smoke-free
lifestyle."
The contest, launched during
National Non-smoking Week in
January, is structured to help smok-
ers plan to quit for a month as an
important step to becoming smoke-
free.
Quitting smoking is the most
important thing you can do to
improve your overall health. Each
year tobacco kills 12,000 people in
Ontario. And each year, the treatment
of diseases caused by tobacco kills
12,000 people in Ontario. And each
provide tourism industry members
with information on the impact that
water quality might have on regional
visitors.
This is a timely topic for the
tourism and hospitality industry sec-
tor in the county and guests are wel-
come to attend this meeting.
Although present.ations will be brief
there will be time after the meeting
to talk to these speakers.
The Huron Tourism Association
dedicates itself to providing mem-
bers with timely information that
assists each member to _make busi-
ness decisions for their operations.
The next activity the association
members will host is the Annual
HTA Tourism Event and Brochure
Swap, Wednesday, April 4 in
Goderich, where all registered mem-
year, the treatment of diseases caused
by tobacco requires more than one
million hospital days and costs the
health care system more than $1.1
billion.
"We have all kinds of support
materials and tips to help smokers
kick the habit," said Ross. "The con-
test also has a built in support system
— entrants have to enlist the support
of a non-smoking buddy who will
help them in their efforts to quit
smoking." Research shows that hav-
ing a support system increases a per-
son's success. Buddies are also eligi-
ble to win cash prizes.
Entry forms are available through
the Huron County Health Unit or on-
line at www.srhip.on.ca/hchu. For
more information about the contest,
on becoming smoke-free or ways
you can support someone trying to
quit, call the Huron County Health
Unit at 482-3416.
The Quit Smoking 2001 Contest is
funded in part by the Ontario
Ministry of Health and Long-Term
Care.
bers can provide their brochures for
distribution throughout the county.
For complete Brochure Swap infor-
mation and registration, contact
Kathryn Darby at 519-524-7400.
For HTA membership, contact the
Huron County Planning and
Development Department 519-524-
2188.
Touring
Interested residents had the opportunity to see what all the
fuss is about when they attended the open house for the
new North Huron Wescast Community Complex on
Sunday. Having offered a preview the committee is now
planning a grand opening for the facility to be held in April.
(Vicky Bremner photo)
There's still time
to quit smoking
and win prizes