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Gabrielle Li of Markham Ontario taste tests a "40 second" cake at the "Back to the
Future" culinary workshop at the Little Inn in Bayfield.
Taste of Huron events sell
out at nearly every venue
Denny Scott
signal -star staff
The Taste of Huron Event wrapped up on
the weekend, with approximately 1,00 peo-
ple attending culinary events throughout the
county.
"[The festival] went extremely well, we had
an exceptional weekend," Jenna Ujiye, tour-
ism marketer for the County. of Huron, said.
"We ended up almost selling out of tickets for
everything, and the food was absolutely de-
lectable."
The festival ran from August 24-30 and
featured celebrity chefs from across Ontario,
and welcomed guests from as far away as
Georgia, New York, and everywhere in be-
tween.
"We also had an amazing base of local
people who wanted to know what we have
in the area," Ujiye said. "It was great to have
community players coming to find out what
is going on in their own back yard."
Taste for Huron included culinary work-
shops and a series of dining engagements
where experts spoke on everything from us-
ing fat in cooking to eating locally. Dubbed
the Food for Thought series, it featured guests
like Pelee Island Wme Master Walter Schmo-
ranz and author Jennifer McLagan.
Seminars included lessons on making pre-
serves, ethnic cooking, cheese tasting, and
cake making.
The event generated positive feedback for
the county.
"We had amazing feedback, everyone I
talked to was extremely impressed and very
excited," Ujiye said. "A lot of people wanted
to hear about local foods to educate them-
selves on the different things [the county]
has to offer, especially through the Food for
Thought series."
While the county's tourism department
does hope to have a repeat festival next year,
it will depend on the availability of funds.
"This project was put on through a grant
that the Huron Tourism Association and the
Heritage and Culture Partnership received,"
Ujiye said.
For more information about Huron Coun-
ty's unique tourism opportunities, visit the
county's Economic Development and Tour-
ism site at www.huroncounty.ca/econdev/ •
tourism.php
Radar detectors seized by police
From previous page.
LIDAR."
Examples of those communities are Brus-
sels, Carlow and Auburn, where motorists
were not slowing down.
Think you can get around the radar? Think
again.
In addition to the LIDAR, the OPP have an-
other ace up their sleeve with the latest tech-
nology in radar detector -detecting.
And it works.
"We've already seized nine speed measur-
ing warning devices," Soldan said;
The fine for having a radar detector is $170
and the police seize and destroy the machine.
The message - it's just not worth it, either
in dangerous speeds or the cost of getting
caught.
Off the road, Soldan said there is some con-
fusion in different Huron municipalities about
the use of all -terrain vehicles, or ATVs - espe-
cially on the roads.
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, Morris -
Mu -Merry and South Huron are the only three
municipalities in the county that will allow
ATV use on secondary roads.
"Central Huron did have it, until it was re-
cently rescinded," Soldan said. "People still
think there is a bylaw for (the municipality.)"
The basic requirements of ATV operation
are:
- no ATV can be legally operated with two
people on it
- approved helmets must be worn
- ATVs must be plated and insured
- absolutely no trespassing on private prop-
erty
The OPP will have ATV patrols on the beach
and other areas throughout the county for La-
bour Day, he said.
Out in the water, the marine unit will be
keeping an eye on boaters, making sure they
are taking safety on the water seriously.
"We will be out in the patrol vessel over the
weekend and you can expect to have an equip-
ment check," he said.
Police will also be checking for sobriety and
vehicle operator cards, which will be manda-
tory for all watercraft operators in the province
as of September 15.
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