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Goderich Signal Star, 2011-11-09, Page 11gnal-Star • Wednesday, November 9, 2011 FOSTER FAMILIES NEEDED FOR Perth CHILDREN & YOUTH hildrsn from Your Community formation Call Neron-Perth Chll fn's Aid fitly Werth County: Vy Waller at 9.271-5290 or 1800-668-5094 ion County Deanie Jardine at dW 9r 1- -285 Town of Goderich wins Special Blooms Award he advised that By -Law No. 20 of 1989 prohibits parking on any street l own of Goderich between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. from Cher 15'lo March 15t inclusive, Vehicles are permitted to park overnight lighthouse Street, The Livery and the Waterloo Parking Lot`. otlence under the Highway Traffic Act to push snow onto any roadway. must be placed on your own property, not on neighbouring properties or i onto or across the street, . the August 21 k tornado ongoing dernolitionireeonstruction will continue bout the winter: Thiswill result .in sidewalks remaining closed andror 1 access: co-operation and patience as Goderich Rebuilds. Chip Wilson Public- Works Manager Dave Sykes Goderich S'grai-Star Bloomin' good effort! The Goderich Communities in Bloom delegation came home from the national convention in Quebec City with more prestigious awards for the town. Martin Quinn, Parks superintendent, Chip Wilson, Works Superintendent, CIB Committee Chair, Barb Allen, and CIB volunteers Doug Bundy and Catherine Quinn made the presentation to Mayor Deb Shewfett at a special council meeting last Wednesday. ith your help we were able to raise 6O8O for the ODERICH &AREA DISASTER RELIEF FUND Dive Sykes Goderich Signal -Star The Town of Goderich won in the Circle of Champions Population small Category of the 2011 national Edition of Communities in Bloom in Que- bec City receiving a 5 Bloom rating and a special mention for Management of the Floral. Program. The town was a winner in the Circle of Champi- ons in the small population category where past winners compete amongst themselves. Goderich also won the Home Hardware Com- munity Involvement Award and special recogni- tion for its Management of the Floral Program. "A favorite among southern Ontario's vacation spots, few others excel in floral displays like the town of Goderich," volunteer judges wrote. "Each year new varieties of plants are integrated into stunning displays. Town staff and community vol- unteers share their knowledge to collectively choose the plants and designs for the annual floral display. The floral displays, are provided, installed and maintained by a harmonious collaboration of all section of the community. Community volun- teers, local businesses and various service clubs take part in the delivery and sponsorship of the displays, helping to keep Goderich "the prettiest town in Canada" Iwy #8 (Wal-Mart Plaza) Goderich, Ont. S19-524-1673 on -Fri: gam - 9prn • Sat: gam - 6prn The awards, superintendent of parks Martin. Quinn said, mean that Goderich and the city of Stratford are the "winningest communities within Communities in Bloom." "Ibis is a tremendous honour for the town and real lift to the volunteers who are part of this, he said. "This award is aboutthe community's service clubs and all the volunteers that give of their time. We submitted a detailed account of the volunteer component and the award covers the broad scope of the volunteer aspect in the community" Communities in bloom awards and recognition goes beyond the flowerbeds and plants carefully grown and tended in the community. The judging looks at tidiness, the environmental aspects, heri tage, urban forestry and, of course, landscaping. and floral displays: "This is a big honour for us and the judging was done three weeks before the tornado of Aug. 21 so we won on our own merit,' he said. "We outline to the Judges all of the work in the community by ser- vice clubs and community groups involved in things like Communitrees project. I'm proud of all the volunteers and community leaders like Barb Allen and Allison Austin." In accepting the award at the Quebec City Allen commented that "Trophy Trumps tornado anytime." The AMGH Foundation is proud to unveil its f � new website HO t S P 1 Y A L www•anighfoundation.ca FO U N D A T I O N your resource fUr donating online and staging current with Foundation projects.