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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 2009-10-28, Page 16Page 16 - Goderich Signal -Star, Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Cultural Symposium hopes to forecast art group in Huron Are you interestedin the future of arts, culture and heritage in Hu- ron County? Have your opinion heard at the first Huron County Cultural Symposium on Saturday, November 7. The main focus of the Sympo- sium will be to look at various models of arts and cultural collec- tives: arts councils, municipal ad- visory committees, and other ex- amples of successful arts, culture and heritage organizations, and discuss which of these models, if any, we as a community might be interested in establishing in Huron County. Held at the Lower Hall of the Blyth Centre for the Arts, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., the Symposium will be facilitated by Sonja Erstic, from the Ministry of Culture, and Rick Sickinger, Coordinator for Heritage and Culture Partnership. The morning session will fea- ture three guest speakers: Anne Frost from the Grey/Bruce Cul - Maureen Wellington The Canadian bank ranked highest four years in a row. elJ.D. Power and Associates have recognized TD Canada Trust as the Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among the Big Five Retail Banks for the past four years. This continued recognition underlies what we've known since day one — your satisfaction is everything. So to our many customers, thanks for recognizing us four years in a row, we are as happy about the acknowledgement as we hope you are about our service. To experience our customer service, call 1.800-436-3333, visit a branch or go to www.tdcanadatrust.com/happy TD Canada Trust Banking can be this comfortable ID Canada lust received the highest numerical score among the big five mai bunks in the proprietary J.D. Pow and Associates 2006 — 2009 Canadian Retai Banking Customer Satisfaction Study. 2009 study based 12,555 total responses measuring 5 banks. Proprietary study resits are based on experiences and peaeptioms of containers surveyed in March — his 2009. You experiences may vary. Visit jdpowefcom ture Network; Betty Anne Keller from the Waterloo Advisory Com- mittee on Culture; and Brenda Kaufman from the North Perth Arts and Cultural Council. They will each present how their mod- els work to provide further under- standing of different approaches that should be considered for the creation of a similar collective in Huron County. The afternoon session will focus on visioning what a Huron County arts and cultural collective might look like, measuring the level of interest from the community in establishing a collective, and what the next steps are in establishing the arts collective en - Harvest Lunch Bernice Dekker and Jenny Schmidt serve up some great home -cooked items during First Baptist Church's Harvest Luncheon on Saturday. Approximately 150 people visited the church's basement to take home baked goods, or sit down for a home -style meal. Photo by Denny Scott Residents of the Bayfield North area You are invited to attend a Rural Stewardship Workshop November 7th, 2009 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pine Lake Campground 77794 Orchard Line Bayfield Ontario WATERSH PLAN This workshop is designed to help landowners develop an environmental property plan. Please RSVP by November 3, 2009. -t4S 1v04 To RSVP, or for more information, lease contact: visioned. Participants will also discuss how the community can go about implementing some other recom- mendations con- tained in the Huron County Cultural Plan including: establish- ing a database and website to promote all the cultural and heritage assets in the County; publication of an arts, culture and heritage newsletter; and the creation of networking and pro- fessional develop- ment opportunities for the sector. Anyone actively involved or who has an interest in arts, culture or heritage in the County is invited to attend. We would love direction and input from all sectors of the community to help shape the path and development of new initiatives for arts and culture in Huron County. The cost if free to participate in the Cul- tural Symposium, but there will be a $1O fee for lunch. Please join us for the Cultural Symposium on Saturday, Novem- ber7from9a.m.-4 p.m. at the Blyth Me- morial Community Hall located at 423 Queen Street in Blyth. Cost: $10 fee for lunch. To register, please con- tact: Brittany Fry at bfry. @ huroncounty. ca or 519-524-8394 ext. 3. Please register no later than Novem- ber 4, and indicate if you will be joining us for lunch.