The Citizen, 2001-03-07, Page 6TOWNSHIP
OF NORTH
HURON
Now accepting all Summer
Bookings at the North Huron
Wescast Community
Complex for Arena Floor
Rentals, Meeting Room
Rentals, Sport Events, and
Dances. Please call the
Township of North Huron
Recreation Department at
357-1208.
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ON S3.00 THURSDAYS
Drop Into either of our offices any Thursday
with your word classified (maximum 20 words)
and pay only S3.00 (paid in advance).
That's S1.00 oft regular rates
The Citizen
TOWNSHIP OF NORTH HURON
RECREATION DEPARTMENT
STILL HAS SPACE AVAILABLE
IN THE FOLLOWING SPRING PROGRAMS:
Ballroom Dancing
March 28 - May 30, Wednesdays
Turnberry Central School
7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
$102.00/couple
Eat Right For Your Blood Type
Tuesday, March 20, 2001
Ohm Natural Health Centre
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
$14.00/person
Lacrosse Bus Trip to see the Toronto
Rock Lacrosse Team
Saturday, March 31, 2001
Coach leaves Wingham Town Hall
at 10:00 a.m.
$27.00/youth; $32.00/adult;
$135.00/family
(family includes 5 members or more)
Those 18 years and under must be
accompanied by an adult.
Toronto Sportsmen Show
Saturday, March 17, 2001
Coach leaves Wingham Town Hall
at 8:00 a.m.
517.00/person
Those 18 years and under must be
accompanied by an adult.
Talisman Mountain Resort Ski Trip
Friday, March 16, 2001
Bus leaves Town Hall at 7:30 a.m.
$30.00/person
(Children must be accompanied by adult)
Babysitting Blitz
Thursday, March 15, 2001
Wingham Fire Hall
9:00 - 5:00 p.m.
$30.00/person
(Students need to be 11 years of age or older)
Babysitting Blitz
Thursday, March 15, 2001
Wingham Fire Hall
9:00 - 5:00 p.m.
$30.00/person
(Students need to be 11 years of age or older)
Twig Furniture
Bent Back Willow & Cedar Chair
Saturday, May 26, 2001
8:30 • 4:30 p.m.
$95.00/person
Bent Back Willow & Cedar Loveseat
Saturday, June 2, 2001
8:30 - 6:00 p.m.
$125.00/person
To register or for more information please call North Huron
Recreation Department at 357-1208
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All the winners
Members of Blyth's Skating Club recently put in a good showing at the Interclub contest in St.
Mary's. However, in last week's issue, only 14 of the 16 medalists were shown-in the picture. It
is therefore being re-printed with our apologies. In back, from left: Angela Nonkes, gold; Jenna
Rinn, bronze; Mandi Mason, gold; Jamie Lewis, gold; Skye Cook, gold; Vicki Cook, bronze and
Corinne Falconer, silver. In front: Brittany Bos, gold; Jasmine deBoer, bronze; Sadie Chalmers,
silver; Jory Lynn Uyl, gold; Cassandra Uyl, gold; Kelly MacDonald, gold; Rachelle Ducharme,
bronze; Laura Youngblut, bronze and Katie McClinchey, gold. Lewis, skating in the Junior Silver
Ladies provincial qualifying even won the chance to compete provincially in March.
County council brie)-'s
MOH still part-time
County
applies for
Futures
funding
Huron County will apply for fund-
ing under the Healthy Futures for
Ontario Agriculture program, seek-
ing money to help farmers safeguard
the environment.
Huron is asking for block funding
to support environmental improve-
ment programs such as the old Clean
Up Rural Beaches (CURB) program.
Farmers would then apply to the
county for project grants.
Scott Tousaw, spearheading the
application for the planning and
development department, said that
previously the province had insisted
on having all the farmers names who
would be involved on the original
application but it has relaxed this
requirement. There also seems to be
the possibility the deadline for com-
pleting programs will be extended
because the approval process has
taken so long it might be hard to get
some of the work completed.
Goderich Councillor Deb
Shewfelt praised the proposal.
"It's very thorough," he said.
"Goderich is fully supportive. Most
of the water (in the county) comes to
the lake."
Council
votes for
management
review
Huron County council has voted
to undertake a management review
with the parameters to be explored at
meetings in April.
"As we 've been downloaded a lot
of stuff (from the province), we
haven't changed how we do things,"
said South Huron's Rob Morley in
proposing the review. "Are staff
overloaded?"
Morley rejected a friendly amend-
ment from Central Huron's Carol
Mitchell who wanted to change the
title to a service review. "I think I'd
like to go beyond just service," said
Motley.
Mitchell had argued that the prob-
lem was rationalization of service
delivery now that the county has so
much more to look after. "I think
(rationalization) hasn't happened.
What we need to do is optimize our
tax dollars."
Bernie MacLellan from Huron
East said he didn't know what the
review would involve. "I have a
problem with bringing in a consult-
ant to tell us if we've hired the right
people. I don't have a problem if we
are going to hire a consultant to look
at delivery of service."
Keith Johnston of Morris-
Turnberry worried where this was
leading and how much it might cost.
"It won't be cheap, I guarantee",
said Warden Norm Fairies. "I'd
dearly like to get a year under our
belts and then take a look (at man-
agement)."
Fairies worried that taking until
April to set the parameters (there is
no committee of the whole in
March) would leave staff uncertain
about the future.
Morley emphasized his intention
was not to investigate staff. "This is
not a witch hunt," he said.
The review was approved by a 9-8
margin in a recorded vote. _ .
Huron County's Acting Medical
Officer of Health is not prepared to
be the full-time MOH yet.
Dr. Beth Henning told the February
meeting of the health and planning
committee that a letter from the
provinces chief medical officer of
health seemed to suggest all issues
regarding her appointment were
resolved, but she asked for time to
find out if that was really the case.
At the Feb. 1 meeting of county
council, Goderich Councillor Deb
Shewfelt wondered whether it would
mean Huron would have a full-time
MOH for the first time in several
years.
Lynn Murray, county clerk-admin-
istrator, explained that Henning is
already available 24 hours a day,
seven days a week if needed.
"Dr. Henning has a practice in
London but is working for us," said
Rob Morley, chair of the health and
planning committee. "The govern-
ment is trying to tell us we have to
have her on staff full time. They're
enticing us to make her full-time.
We're not.sure they're not trying to
talk us into something we don't want
to do."
***
With the province not taking any
action on dealing with possible out-
breaks of the West Nile Virus, it may
be up to the county's health unit to
find local solutions.
The health and planning committee
reported the virus, spread by wild
birds and transferred to humans by
mosquitoes, may already have
entered Canada from the U.S.
Options include control of mosqui-
toes by spraying either the insect or
its larvae. The government is not pro-
viding funding for such programs at
present.
***
Huron County had 33,000 doses of
vaccine for flu immunization but it's
unknown how many people actually
got immunized. In 13 community
clinics sponsored by hospitals, only
2,000 people showed up to get their • -
shots. In schools, another 4,700 stu-
dents were immunized but that was
only 40 per cent of the school popu-
lation. It's unknown how many peo-
ple were immunized by family doc-
tors.
***
County council has asked the
Ministry of Transportation to
upgrade both Hwy. 8 and Hwy. 4
(south of Clinton), the only provin-
cial highways left in the county. A
copy of the resolution will be sent to
Huron-Bruce MPP Helen Johns.
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