The Huron Expositor, 1999-04-07, Page 444111 MORON tIXPO91TOlt, April 71999
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Huron tourism
can only grow
if people dream
Agricultural Society, community
great people to work with
To the Editor
Lam 'not a person who
normally feels Condonable
writing a,- letter to a
newspaper. i .feel the "need
-to inform you of 'my
experience working with -the
Seaforth Agricultural
Society and its memhers -•
particularly Joyce and Ross
Ribey and Gordon Glenn.
i work at the Canadian
Mental. Health
>ssociation/Perth County
Branch. which Serves Huron
and Perth counties. in the
role of co-ordinator for the
-t.
consumer initiative. The
consumer- initiative is a
Ministry of Health funded
program -that provides
soeial/recreational and peer
support services to lift folks
who experience. mental
health .issues. There are
consumer groups- in:
Seaforth, Clinton.
Wingham. Goderich and
Exeter.-
Recently
xeter.-Recently 1 planned a St.
Patrick's dance for -all
consumers in Huron
County. The place chosen
was the Seaforth •Agriplex.
All the above consumer
-groups were represented at
this dance along with the
Perth County consumer
groups. Approximately -120
people attended. .
Ross and Joyce Ribey • and
Gordon Glenn were there to
meet me for set-up and
clean-up. They offered to
help me in any way they
could.
Many of our St. - Patrick's
decorations were provided
by C4th Caring and Sharing
Group. - -
I have found -working with
the people in theHuron
communities to he a very
pleasant a perience. • Their
.willingness to support any. .
t;ommunity event is
• extraordinary. 1 could not
believe the helping hands
that came through the door
to assist' me With this event.
There was no need t.o:
ask...they were dust there, -
- Patti Colliver
Canadian Mental Health'. h
. -association
Fast pioneer of Kippen
'Apni 7. 1899 -
One by one the pioneers of
Huron County are - passing to
their reward and the last to
pass at Kippen wfi' James
In the Years
passes to his reward
•` Earp Van EgmoncT.--Mo,.
spent. the winter in Godench
Ag li\r one - has Egmorendvtturned-tolle. his. home .ie .
l • - Long line of the
Smillie -at the age of 75 elm which he will cut into and they laid 90 dozen eggs outstanding attractitlns on
years. He wase born sat staves. He has over 200.000 during the month of March. Main St. the large elm tree at
Glasgow, Quebec. He was a feet more than last year.. :Reid Bros.. who have the• Bowling green. might ..
firin and'life-long Liberal in - David .Hill of Hibbertconducted a successful , never have •Iived to
politics and a Presbyterian in made several good sales electric store tor_ seg eral. manhood. had it not been
religion. - since January 1 st..He said : years . have sold their ' that it was ;pared, pearly 60
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years _ago tw John Beattie tit
town. .
L. Proctor of—Constance— 'Prospects for Shorthorns are
leftfor Innerktp where he very bright" and he things
will he engaged at cheese and advertisement in the
leaking during the summer. Expositor is a good
The auction -ale of investment.• .
thoroughbred 'stock •on -the .•rpril 4. 1924
farm of John T' Dickson, : March • went ' otic very.
Tuckersmith was very snappy and -April' came in
largely attended. with quite a fall of snow:Mr.,
Qtr' Friday evening- last. Grieve has had the .now
tour monster soft elm logs plow going every day,
passed through the tallage on Duncan Johnston of
their way to the Brucefield Walton is busy hauling
Geo. Murray timber for Wm. Trewartha of
Next .to agriculture, tourism is arguably the
second largest industry in Huron County.
Last week, Seaforth was host . to the Huron
Tourism -Association's annual brochure swap. -
While it is a chance for members ' and the
public to gather brochures to help promote
the county's tourist -related events,locations
and businesses, perhaps more importantly is
the opportunity it presents to share ideas.
Seaforth's Gwen Devereaux spoke to the
group. of more than 100 people about the
work being done by the town's Business
Retention and Expansion Committee. But st2e
also took the opportunity to inspire the group
with some ideas she brought back from
another speaking engagement.
She. had the opportunity to travel to New.
Brunswick to speak about the business
committee_buLb_co.ught to -the Seaforth
presentation, a bag. packed with inspiration
from New Brunswick.
Among the items was a fish whistle. The
small wooden whistle and box. She blew into
and, to the audience's. surprise, it didn't make
any noise.
But the gentleman 'who developed it, did
make 40,000 of them, last year that sold to.
tourists as a novelty item since fish don't
make any noise.
"We've got things we can do," she Mold the .
group, telling them she had maple jelly with
her breakfast there. ''I know we can make
this," she said. . She brought back blueberry wine and.
pickled fiddle heads.
She told the group these are all ideas that
could be developed here.
With last year's formation Of the Huron
Harvest Trail and the 'growth of a. fall
agnculfu at tour in -Huron -County; -work is ---
beginning towi&rd making the county an
interesting fun stop. The upcoming
International Plowing Match will mark another
chance to put the county on the map. '
Tourists travel, planning to spend money on -
fish whistles and pickled fiddle heads.
Come on Huron, let's show. New Brunswick
what Ontario's West Coast has to offer. -
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purchased the tree in tit mop w o is erect ng a
McKillop. It measured 6 feet new barn this summer Mr.
in diameter. - Williamson °f Walton has
• Teams have been drawing .. the contrac't.
complete stock . to the.
• Seaforth Utilities.
The old fashioned -rag bee Mrs. Win. Brown 'ot
of Egmondville Church was Egrnondville was hostess in :i
-a great success, the. proceeds.. number tit Girl. friends of.
amounting to 541.30. - . Miss ,lacqueiine. Brown.
April 8. 1919 •when ,,he was presented: with
Ushering in anew era for
a shower of miscctfaneous
Sensall telephone risers; .i sifts.
common battery exchange April 4'.1974
was cut unto service. It At McKillop Township'.
replaces the • Magneto . April meeting on Monday, •
exchange that served the ihe__levv,for the .Seaforth
community for many:years. Area Fire Board of S 10:494
Miss Katie Scott is the well was•approved for paynient.-
known operator.- This. levy tirr 1974 includes
The Habkirk residence at money for the proposed
the corner of John -,:ind purchase ata new tire truck.
brick from Ki -use's brick A highly ".entertaining -.:Sparring Sts. owned by M
ts• Seaforth Police••have made "t:.
yard in Tuckersmith to., evening was. spent 41 -the Sam Dougall has been .sold • an .arrest in' the current rash
Clinton. to Elmer Larone:
home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
McFarlane. when about -30
n
neighbours and friends
gatheredto spenda a few
m
hours_ with the 'prior to t
heir moving t . the Medd_
ruin Prin McKiilo They were
presented with • well tilled
statiiin break-ins
Robert Devereauie, of the
a
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ready for business .0 fus new the .pervious . years hill
location. - according 10 manager. W. R.
Win. Devereaux Of Thuell.
Seaforth shipped a car load Several from Brucefield
of cattle from Kippen and no were fortunate in; seeing, the
doubt will he shipped; to the meteor which tell, It was
made an important ;ale ot Otd •Country: veru bright and seemed to
tour. superior DurtTrm Radios -are betngjnstalled tall in a red Wino the North
heifers. Three of these were in Hensall : homes , and East.
purchased by' Wm Doig of farmers will soon have more The fishermen of
The residence owned by ,there were three ;n March -
. Seaforth Carnage Works has Mr..and Mrs: C. Hawley,. ,Inn. one late 'vlondas 'ueht t
been appointed agent for the Wilson St. has been sold "10 in _Seaforth_ according. to
Willis Dundas. McKillop:. Constable John` Cairns.
Seaforth Public :Utilities Thirty degree temperatures
Commission received- its ,titthe nurnherot.entrants in
adjustment for 1948 power the second annual Seaforth
purchase,...The-hill was a . Optimist can0e.race. Sunday.
credit amounting $6,657,26 . -Those entrants who did enter
an increase of •S400.00 over. Laced a strong headwihd.
celebrated .- - Deering
implements.
Some one broke into J.S.
Roberts -drug store and -
extracted two dollars in
if+er ,
W:A..liciss ot McKillop
has purchased -from Wm.
Chapman. Tuckersmtih, a
thoroughbred_ bull. nine
months old. -
Mr. Snell ot Huller.
breeder tit Shorthorn Battle.
purse.
T.L Wurtn_of urich. who
-was burned out recently, is.
Tuckersmith and the fourth radios than pumpkins. - Egmondvtlle report a very
by G.T. McKay of_the same - Alex Gordon of: Roxboro good :catch. Mr. Racho
township. •.: has a clock of=hens that can • caught .21• suckers in 20
Win.ament-ot Btucet eld hold their own with- anyin minutesin the Bayfield
has a large quantity -of ,oft the'country. He has 50 hens River. -
.:hunks ot floating iceand
the hazards .:aused by low -
water level. There were
dozens of ,pills into the
tome -chilling water:
The Counts of Huron
wants Ontario `1Hydro to
obtain ,in amendment to the '
Official Plan: or i�• lin
facilities in Huron such ,ms
power . corridors .and
::enerttting stations: The -
decision was reached at last
Friday'-. session tit ('runty
Council.
Pia •t . searches. for opinions' about area schools
Ted Johns is writing a new play about $350,00 each. Do These rub out too'' • . a grade in.dance, drama and rnus,c. This
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our.,cfiaof5. The (.;rent Srhuul. Crisis Third, teachers. were informed on a leaves the impression ;hat •innenuw.
will open at the Blyth Festival on- July Monday they must have their order in somewhere.•somneone, is teaching 1. see
14, 1999. by Wednesday ur else they'd lose the. number ten. '
it you have any facts...observations tar grant. Since:ihe•books were never seen, ; Number, Four- Parent t'.,une:i,,
opinions about our schools today which some turned out to be great but some Should work. In Practice: • i'he wackus
you'd like to share, please send them to, . -were duds. have taken. over. Parents •tight; phone
Ted's Education. Blyth Festival, Blyth, Number Eight - Province wide the police on.'each other. wander inw
ON YOM IHO Tel 519-523-4345/ Fax Testing. Great. In Practice: Kids are, the •building at, ail hours. want to fisc
519=523-9804. mystified by obscure ass -backward . equipment, make -requests. send L 111 cls.
For example.. here is Ted John's list of - instructions. For example (Grade 6) demand satisfaction. • •
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top ten things' recently observed in our . "Explain the relationship between the • From September to December last
local elementary schools. dimensions (length. width and height) one principal received over 200 e-mails
Number Ten - Standardized Report and: the two measures of area and • from parent council types ,hung at
.:Cards. Grrnt_idea.� • . volume. Use pictures, words, numbers home thinking about what they:rnight
In Practice: The math markk is divided or s5' btrts--to•—•-explain--your---iike.to.ask
into five "strands" requiring five . understanding.'• Number Three •- Computerized
separate grades - e.g. (a) Number Sense It' means. calculate perimeter and area -- information. Swift, paperless; cheap.
and Numeration. - or maybe even volume. in Practice: Entire marks -vanish tblink:l
• lb) Measurement Number Seven • - . Community trying to merge thein with other (narks
• lc) Geometry amid Spatial sense involvement. Great. In Practice: A while trying to establish grade. average,,
td) Patterning and Algebra • never-ending! line of special interests etc. ' • -
(e) Data Management and Jump Rope.'for Heart and Stroke, Test results may come hack 16 your
Probability diabetes, rungs, road safety. etc. Things school or ro any, number of other -
What does -this. mean? What is' are constantly being added to the plate, schools with a similar name. E=mails
'patterning" and how do you fail it? Is it but things are never taken off. have become the bane of existence,
possible to pass "numeration" but fail Add to .this snow days,' speech'days. Number Two - • Check teacher's
"number sense"? How much wood Christmas. days, provincial test days, qualifications. Why:rut:' In Practice:
could •a woodchuck chuck if he had PD days, trip days, local business days There are schools in Huron County that
good "spatial sense" but couldn't do and the curriculum will never be now insist on finger prints from all
geometry?
Number Nine - Money for textbooks
must be spent on textbooks, not on
cohsultants. improvements. etc. Great
Idea.
In Practice: Texts using non-toxic ink
have had no trial runs. it turns out that
the ink rubs off -and an eraser can rub
out an entire page. "Next year we can
use them for notebooks."
Second, it turns out that the grant
covers the cost of texts but not the
Teacher's Manual which describes how
to use them. These are expensive, up to
covered.
Parent reaction: 'They could do it if
they were professionals. They could do
it if they were any good."
Number Six - Standardizing French
instruction between. Perth and Huron.
Great. In Practice: They cut French
from junior grades (1 to .3) where the
kids love it and confined it to senior
grades where they hate it.
Number Fire - Cut Frills. Great. in
Practice: Cut junior kindergarten. adult
education, music and drama. The report
card still insists that every kid be given
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inlitructors.
Number One Amalgamation. • Good
thing. "You've got tons of money if
you'd just fire a, few people." In
Practice: Through the Magic of
Amalgamation more money is being
poured into the system. more money is
being saved by the system and yet.
somehow. there is less money in the
system. •
Why? Answer, because 2+2=-3. ..
In this brave new world, teaching,
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