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WaltonThe news from Earth Day brings water studies
Compiled by Patty Banks Phone 887*6156
Earth Day artistry
Walton Public School Kindergarten student Hailey
Bachert participated in Earth Day activities April 20 as the
children learned about the importance of water on a very
wet and windy day. (Pauline Biokphoto)
Farmers learn to combine
good drains, fish habitats
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All the professionals present said
the most important factor in finding
the balance between farmland con
cerns and fish habitat was co-opera
tion with the farmer.
A sample from the McVittie
Drain showed higher order fish and
insects. The species included fan
tailed darter, horny-head chubb,
shiner, mollusk, stone catfish,
sculpin and two age classes of trout
as well as fish found in the first
drain.
By sampling the various water
ways throughout the region,
drainage superintendents and min
istry officials are better able to
determine what precautions are
needed when an application is filed
for a clean-out. With the informa
tion on file, there is no need to delay
the work so that a study can be com
pleted.
The final stop was along the Blyth
Brook, the natural waterway into
which the two drains emptied.
Smith pointed out the importance
of maintaining the health of munici
pal drains because they flow in nat
ural habitats. Features from the
brook should be incorporated into
drains, he said. “A lot of different
habitats are important to waters
managed for fish habitat.”
Observation of the Blyth Brook
resulted in trout sightings as well as
rainbow darters, small and rock bass
and much to the delight of everyone
in attendance, a mud puppy.
Smith finished the lesson with a
reminder to all landowners to find a
way for farm drainage and fish habi
tats to co-exist, benefiting both, and
to always consider what is down
stream.
Earth Day was celebrated on
Friday at Walton PS with the theme
being Water.
The children were all put into six
cross-grade groups, river, sun,
water vapour, rain drops, ocean and
clouds. The groups all went to the
different stations and participated
in the activities set out for them.
With the possibility of a third year
drought, the children learned what
a vital role water plays in their
lives. The activities were all
designed to help children gain an
appreciation of water so that water
conservation becomes relevant to
them. This was done through
music, language, art, science,
health.
Esther Buck, staff member of the
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority, with the help of her
daughter, did a skit about the
movement of water. The daughter
played the Dart of Chief Rain Drop
and Esther held conversations with
the chief.
Volunteers helped fill up various
containers with water to represent
bodies of water. For example, the
large plastic container represented
the ocean, a pitcher of water was
the glaciers and an empty plastic
film container represented fresh
water. Then the children got to act
out all the different forms of water.
In Ms Burkholder’s group, the
children did beautiful water colours
on wet crinkled paper. The effect of
the soft colours was quite
incredible.
In Mrs. Haney’s music group
they sang songs about water and
created shaker rain makers out of
paper towel rolls.
Mrs. Kale’s group worked on
computers to create slogans such
as, No Rain, No Gain!, Cap the
Tap, The Best Lands are the Wet
Lands!
Story telling about water was
done in Mrs. Vandendool’s room.
The children listened to a native
legend about water and learned a
rap song about the ABCs of water.
In the gym, Mrs. Scott had the
children create a beautiful mural
with the water and the sky painted
on. Then each group came and
added different things that showed
the importance of water such as,
habitat, recreation, cleanliness,
energy and how it sustains life.
Mrs. Bennett showed the children
about the science part of the
program. She told them about how
water is treated to make it clean
enough to drink, then she told them
that water has been reused for over
three billion years. Some of the
children were shocked to think that
some of the water may have been
inside a dinosaur.
They then looked at different
forms of water. To see water in
liquid form they did the eye
dropper race where droplets of
water were squeezed onto wax
paper set up like a slide. They
watched the perfect little drops of
water race down the paper. Then
the students made it rain by putting
ice in a plate and holding it over a
boiling kettle. The hot water vapour
hit the cold plate and water droplets
fell like rain.
Mrs. Bennett showed them how
to filter water. She used a coffee
filter and poured some dish water
through the filter. It was still pretty
dirty and no one wanted to take a
drink yet. She also had dish water
filter through sand and gravel. They
still didn’t want to drink it because
they learned that there may be
bacteria in the water.
So they set up an experiment to
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TdWNSHIPOF
MORRIS
SINCE
NOTICE TO DOG
OWNERS
in the
TOWNSHIP OF MORRIS
2000 dog tags and licences are now available at the:
Township of Morris Municipal Office,
R.R. 4,
Brussels, Ontario. '
Telephone 519-887-6137
(Located on Huron County Road No. 16)
All dogs must be licenced in compliance with By-law 7-1998. A
copy of the complete By-law is available for review at the
Municipal Office. All dogs must be identified by means of a tag
and licence, issued for a one year period,
BY APRIL 28, 2000
The fee schedule shall be as follows:
1) All dogs - males, females, spayed females
2) Kennel Licence Fee
(for a kennel of dogs that are registered or eligible for
registration under the Animal Pedigree Act).
3) Late Payment Charge $20.00
Shall be assessed in addition to the licence fee, if the licence
and or tag is not purchased by April 28th.
The By-law requires dog owners to forthwith remove excrement
left by a dog, from property other than the premises of the owner
of the dog.
Any person contravening this provision is subject to a $50.00
$20.00 each
$75.00
Nancy Michie CMO
Clerk-Treasurer
Township of Morris
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