HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2004-02-26, Page 24Sunday morning breakfast
Many area residents gathered to savour the homecooked
Sunday morning breakfast hosted 6y the Blyth Legion
Ladies Auxiliary at Blyth Memorial Hall on Feb. 22. Gloria
and Harold Kirkconnell enjoy their breakfast while talking
with friends. (Elyse DeBruyn photo)
Madill's new robot
ready to compete
By Elyse DeBruyn
-Citizen staff -
With only a few more days to go
-before being shipped off to
Mississauga for a robotics
competition, F.E. -Madill students
made last minute adjustments to
their new robot.
To show everyone what talent the
robot actually has (and the talent of
the students who created it) Iron
Stallion (the robot) made a public
appearance at an open presentation
at F.E. Madill Secondary School on
Monday.
Iron Stallion along with robots
from Kincardine District High
School and Walkerton High School,
moved around a designated area in
the school gym, pushing objects
_around and driving onto a small
platform.
Iron Stallion is controlled by his
driver, Madill student Dyne Stuckey
who uses remote controls.
To win the competition in
Mississauga, Iron Stallion must first
hit a switch by itself, then Stuckey
takes over with the remotes.
The robot has 15 seconds to turn
the switch and if it can't, then there
is a time penalty.
Once the switch is turned on, the
robot and controller have one_minute
and 30 seconds to complete the rest
of the course.
'The competition runs from April
,_1-3 with more than 78 schools
competing against each other.
Mark Hoba, the teacher-in-charge
of the operation, said the past six
weeks have been fun, but stressful.
"It's been enjoyable. but a lot of
work. The students really enjoyed it.
but we're ready for a break," said
Holm.
He said their main sponsor is
Wescast Industries, but donations
have been received from many local
merchants including Maitland
Burnside Engineering, local Lions
and Kinettes clubs.
Jeff Simpson, project co-ordinator
with Wescast, has been helping with
the creation of Iron Stallion.
He said Wescast wanted to help
the students from an engineering
aspect.
"Wescast strives to be involved
with technical advances and we
wanted to participate locally," said
Simpson.
He said he started with the project
around January and has been at the
school several times offering
feedback to the students, answering
the questions and helping with the
design_
"I've enjoyed it a lot. It's a very
challenging competition they have
entered themselves into. It will be
interesting to see them compete in
April," he said.
Hoba said the cost to enter the
competition is $5,000 American and
the cost that was put into Iron
Stallion was less than $1,000.
He said a lot of the parts were
bought or donated, but the scissor lift
was fabricated by Mr. Shucks 'Grade
12 college technical class.
Man crushed
by bale
On Feb. 21 at 11:30 a.m. OPP
were called to a farm On Newry
Road just east of Brussels over a
farming accident.
Keith McLean, 43, was using the
equipment of the owner of the farm
to remove some large bales of straw
for his own use. The bale came
tumbling down onto the man while
he was sitting on the tractor. He was
pinned betWeen the tractor and the
bale. McLean was airlifted to
London Health Sciences Centre in
London for internal- and back
injuries.
Central Huron council briefs
PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2004.
A new friend
Students, teachers and volunteers have been working hard
the past six weeks, but it was all worth it as they completed
their new robot, Iron Stallion Mark 1. The robot will soon be
shipped out where it will meet up with the students at the
Robotics Competition in Mississauga from April 1-3. Left;
Dyne Stucky, Mr. Shuck and Mike Oliver discuss how the
robot works. (Elyse DeBruyn-photo)
By Cheryl Heath
Clinton News-Record
The former Orange Hall will soon
be used for residential purposes
thanks to a bylaw approved by
Central Huron council on Monday,
Feb. 16.
Council agreed to rezone the
property from community facility to
residential low density-special for
the building's purchaser. County
planner Dwayne Evans noted the
rezoning fails in line with the
municipality's Official Plan.
***
After some debate, council
appointed deputy-reeve John
Bezaire to the Permanent Medical
Clinic Committee established by the
Town of Goderich. Councillor Marg.
Anderson said the danger of
appointing a Central Huron member
to the committee is there could be
financial strings attached. Reeve
Bert Dykstra echoed Anderson's
sentiment. - •
Meanwhile, councillor Laurie
Cox wondered if it is a good idea for
municipality to become involved in
the arduous process of actively
recruiting physicians and healthcare
services. Yet, Cox also noted the
Goderich facility would- benefit the
area since some residents need its
services.
"There is no one .saying that
because we have a representative
there we have to write a cheque,"
id liciairc. adding it would bode
well tor council to he Involved in
the process from the beginning.
***
Council agreed to accept several
tenders, including a grass cutting
tender from Carl Gower Welding, a
gravel tender by Lavis Contracting
and a calcium tender by DaLee.
Councillors also approved a three
per cent .wage hike for crossing
guards as well as agreed to a
$10,060 budget for a Clinton
community park plan.
Orange Hall rezoned
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