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Huron's first corn maze is near Walton
By Scott Higendorff
Expositor Editor
Agri -tourism is literally on
the grow in Huron County as
its first corn maze has sprouted
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"It's a maze. You can go in
the field and find your way
back out," said Nadine
Ringgenberg, whose mother,
Annelies, came up with the
idea after seeing a similar maze
in Switzerland last year, before
they moved to McKillop,
where the maze is located.
While yields have been
badly hurt in com fields thanks
to a hot dry summer, several
farmers in Southwestern
Ontario are getting more out of
their fields before harvest by
creating mazes, a sign that
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agti-tourism, is continuing to
grow in Ontario.
Agri -tourism is a developing
industry, seeing farmers and
organizations planning
activities like farm hiking tours
that draw people into the
agricultural communities
where they can learn and
discover more about where
their food is produced.
Ringgenberg said they
wanted to give the corn maze
idea a try after seeing one in
Switzerland.
Not knowing for sure how to
develop one, Ringgenberg said
they waited until the corn had
grown a little and then pulled
out enough plants to create a
maze in the field.
With the corn now high
enough to block any view out
of the field, people can enter
the maze and work their way
through a pattern filled with
dead ends and scarecrows
waiting to point them on their
way.
Ringgenberg said it usually
takes people between 20 and
30 minutes to work their way
back out of the maze which is
abouy one kilometre long.
The maze is open from I to
8 p.m. Monday through
Saturday and will be operated
until the corn is harvested from
the field.
The maze has been open for
about two weeks now and, for
its first time in operation,
Ringgenberg said it has not
been too busy yet.
Scott Hilgendorff photo
Nadine Ringgenberg, of McKillop, stands at the entrance of her family's corn maze.
Dublin residents quiet as CIBC
prepares to close local branch
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Staff
While a 500 -name petition protested the
coming closure of the Atwood branch Canadian
Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and
Monkton residents are planning community
meetings to try and replace their CIBC branch
with a credit union, the Dublin community is
relatively quiet as its CIBC branch prepares to
close this December.
The CIBC recently announced the coming
closure of its three Perth County branches with a
letter to customers in June.
"A lot of people said they figured it was
coming to an end in 1999 when the branch
reduced its hours to three days a week," said
Theresa Maloney, secretary at the Dublin Feed
Mill.
She says that while the feed mill as a business
will not be affected by the branch's closure, she
thinks fewer people will be coming to the village
without the bank.
"If they don't need to come hem to bank, they
won't come," she says.
Maloney adds she thinks the older people will
be most affected by the bank's closure.
"The older people are going to find quite a
change but without a grocery store here, they
have to leave town anyway," she says.
Joyce Shewan, part owner of Merv's Patios,
agrees the CIBC branch closure in Dublin will
probably affect the older residents of the village.
"It's not going to affect us because we haven't
banked them for four or five years. They sent all
their business to surrounding communities when
they downsized," she says.
Runa Dhar, corporate communications officer
with CIBC in Toronto, says the Dublin branch is
due to close Dec. 14 and merge with the Seaforth
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branch.
Closure of the Monkton branch is happening
Jan. 11, when it will merge with the Milverton
branch while Atwood is closing Jan. 18 when it
will merge with the Listowel branch.
"Fewer and fewer people are going into the
branches. Electronic banking is increasing
significantly," says Dhar.
Members of the Monkton community who
want to keep a bank in their town held a press
conference last night and are planning a public
meeting Sept. 19.
Monkton and area businesses, service clubs
and residents have invited Rick Gerrow, general
manager of the Mitchell Credit Union to discuss
opening a branch as the CIBC branch closes.
Dhar says that while public protest might not
keep the CIBC branches open in the three
communities, CIBC is trying to respond to local
concems.
"Losing clients is always a concern and we're
hoping to retain as many clients as we can. We're
aware of the credit union looking at Monkton,"
she says.
In response to a 500 -name petition in Atwood,
in which half were actual CIBC customers, Dhar
says the bank increased evening and weekend
banking hours and did renovations to the branch
in Listowel to make it wheelchair accessible.
"We will review any requests and look at any
letters and suggestions," she says.
As well, she says all three branches that are
merging with the closing branches are planning
to offer training sessions for customers to help
them learn electronic and telephone banking
between now and the time of each closure.
"No one is losing their job. The same faces
will be at the new branches," she says.
Dhar adds she has received no formal protest
from the Monkton community yet.
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