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Watershed plan draft to be unveiled
Local landowner Bill Steenstra is one many people in
Bayfield North watersheds undertaking projects on his
property to protect and improve the local landscape.
"If our goal is to improve water quality then we need to
have a plan about how to do that," Bill says. "Everyone needs
to be involved — we won't accomplishour goal to improve
water quality without everyone taking part."
The Bayfield North Watersheds Plan committee is hosting
an open house at Bayfield Town Hall on Tharsday, July 23,
2009 from 5 — 9 p.m. You arc welcome to attend presentations
beginning at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
"I encourage all owners of property in the Bayfield North
watersheds to attend," Bill says. "We all need to be actively
involved to make this plan successful in terms of more tree
cover, wetlands, preservation of. wildlife and species for future
generations. We, as landowners, can begin to get active funding
of our goals over a ten-year period by showing support for this
initiative. We need your involvement. It's that simple."
The July 23 open .house will be a chance to introduce the
draft watershed plan developed by your community.
For more information phone 519-235-2610
or 1-888-286-2610 and ask to speak to Hope Brock
or e-mail hbrock@abca.on.ca
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BIA asks to banner downtown
Daw Syitei _
signal -star publisher
The Goderich Business Improve-
ment Area (BIA) has applied for
a Rural Economic Development
Program (RED) grant to launch a
Festival of Banners project in and
around The Square to effectively
market and promote the downtown
area.
In a presentation to council at
its July 13 meeting, BIA manager
Susan Armstrong asked the town to
support the group's application to
the RED fund through the Ministry
of Agriculture and Food, that would
see funding of the $40,000 market-
ing initiative split between the min-
istry and BIA.
The project calls for the place-
ment of 120 banners along six
streets in the BIA- designated core,
to promote and create a pathway to
the downtown area. A summary of
the program says the banner proj-
ect will celebrate the community
as a place to work, live and play
in the downtown core. The banner
design will attract more people to
downtown by visually displaying
the unique characteristics Goderich
has to offer and encourage people
to stay longer.
The three-phase project is expect-
ed to launch this year with the place-
ment of 44 banners along Kingston,
Hamilton and East Streets, en-
trances to the downtown core. In
the second stage, 48 banners will
be placed around Courthouse Park
and these banners could include
designs promoting local festivals or
non-profit groups who may wish to
promote their organization.
The final phase of the project
would see 28 banners placed on
North, South and West Streets.
In its grant submission, the BIA
said the program is intended to im-
prove the economic viability of the
downtown core by bringing more
people to Goderich, using the ban-
ners to establish the gateway to The
Square. The banners will also pro-
mote unique, local festivals such as
the Celtic Festival, Health and Har-
vest Festival, Children's Festival
and the local farmers' market and
flea market held regularly in Court-
house Park throughout the year.
"We are looking for council
to verbally endorse the program
and we have a draft proposal in
place," Armstrong said. "The ban-
ners would be hung from existing
standards and invite people to our
unique downtown and promote
community events like the Celtic
Festival."
There was concern expressed
over the time and money required
on the part of the town to hang and
remove the banners at various times
of the year. Town CAO Larry Mc-
Cabe estimated it would cost $100
per sign, or $12,000 in total, to have
town employees involved in the
process of hanging and removing
banners.
McCabe also pointed out that
town resources might not be avail-
able at the time that the BIA would
like banners removed or installed.
Council agreed to support the
BIA's application in principle and
provide a one-time, in-kind support
of the project.
In its application proposal, the
BIA indicated the banner design
would be extended for submissions
form local artists in celebration of
the unique talent available in God-
erich.
Municipal election may go electronic
Dave Sykes
signal -star publisher
When the municipal election
is contested in 2010, the Town
of Goderich may be using an
electronic vote tabulating sys-
tem.
Council agreed to prepare a
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bylaw to use an electronic meth-
od of vote tabulation that will
cost up to $12,300 to lease ma-
chines from Dominion Voting.
The move to electronic vote
tabulation would mean that re-
sults would be available within
minutes of polls closing on elec-
tion day and the town would re -
After working
as a dentist
for two years
I've realized
something.
Most of my
patients are
afraid to come in and see me. After
asking some of these patients, I
found that the number one reason
for this fear •;�, ' • : "the needle".
Since most
uncomfo 'Y' Deal anes-
thetic (fr n't get rid of
it completely, � started looking
for a better way to give it. I found
something wonderful called the STA
(Single Tooth Anesthesia) system,
which Is commonly referred to as
The Wand.
I discovered The Wand last year at
the annual Ontario Dental Associa-
tion Convention and I have been
using it ever since. Essentially, the
Wand is a computer -controlled
dental anesthetic injection. It is a
little machine that sits on the coun-
ter and is controlled by a foot pedal.
Once activated, The Wand controls
the flow rate of
the anesthetic,
which means
that the injection
is very slow and
steady. This is
extremely impor-
tant because
most of the pain from an injec-
tion occurs when the anesthetic is
forced into the tissue too quickly.
With The Wand, the injection is
guaranteed to be slow and there-
fore comfortable.
The Wand also avoids piercing the
gum by dripping the anesthetic into
the small space around the.
known as
each tooth
you can floss down into (and
where popcorn pieces always seem
to get stuck). This is dose to the
ligament that surrounds the root of
the tooth. Therefore, when you drip
a little bit into one side of the tooth,
the whole tooth becomes numb as
it spreads through the ligament
Since The Wand injects so slowly
it takes a little longer to give than
regular anesthetic, but it works im-
mediately once administered. It also
only numbs one tooth at a time, so
it's not always good for procedures
that involve multiple teeth.
In our practice, I use The Wand on a
daily basis. I don't think it will com-
pletely replace traditional injection
techniques, but it's certainly a nice
option for all of those fearful pa-
tients out there, especially children.
It may not make the dentist fun, but
it may make it a little
less scary.
See you soon/
Dr. Veronica
OefizVO7 519� 7V92
alize some savings in staff costs
to count ballots.
A report to council from Dep-
uty -Treasurer Lori Rounds said
that reduced staffing hours spent
counting ballots would save the
municipality $2,090 and that the
machines have proven to be ac-
curate and support a transpar-
ent election process. Poll clerks
would still be required to staff
the polling stations.
Electors would still be given
a paper ballot but it would be
fed through the electronic vote
. tabulator once the selections
have been made. Each ballot
would be scanned and saved on
a memory card within the tabu-
lator and if a voter has made an
error in marking the ballot, the
machine would indicate that a
correction would be required on
the ballot.
The ballots would still be de-
posited in a ballot box but the
electronic machines would be
able to process results within 20
minutes of the close of polls.
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