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Huron Expositor, 2006-08-02, Page 5s► The Huron Expositor • August 2, 2006 Page 5 Opinion =ID Judgement Day is coming for Communities in Bloom To the Editor, Good morning Seaforth, Egmondville and Ha}-purhey resi- dents: The flower boxes on the bridges look great, the downtown is lovely with all the flower boxes and hanging baskets, Victoria Park has been spruced up and have you driven through the industrial park lately? Our community is blooming and our judgement day is coming shortly. On Aug. 18 and 19 the Communities in Bloom judges will be here to visit and judge the efforts of our community. We are down to the nitty gritty for the final tidy up and we would like your help these last two weeks. The town staff is working to the max and may not be able tQ do everything. We are asking for your help for the last few steps. Would you please make sure things are neat and tidy around your homes, businesses and prop- erties. Pick up any litter, get the grass and weeds out of the side- walks and curbs, etc. if you would please. Do the street signs or traffic signs need trimming around the base? If we miss any, would you please take the time and tidy them up. Do you need to get a paint brush out and touch up things? If you can help us or have noticed something we haven't that needs attention, please call me. This is a national competition we are competing in and .it also has an international component. We will be viewed by the world at Brandon, Manitoba in September. We want to look our best and be proud of our community. Again, please tidy up, clean up and we will all succeed. Thank you. Communities in Bloom Committee Bob Fisher 519-522-1394 Improving water quality is everyone's responsibility It is an ideal time, in the wake of recent manure spills to remind watershed residents of the Zurich Drain Water Quality Enhancement Project currently taking place. The goal of this project is to improve water quality through the implementation of Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs). Some examples of BMPs include upgrading manure storage facili- ties, diverting clean water away from manure and exercise yards, restricting livestock access to watercourses, upgrading septic systems; upgrading and decom- missioning wells; planting trees, shrubs and grasses along erodible land and watercourses; and estab- lishing grassed waterways and catch basins to reduce erosion. The effects of a spill can have a significant impact on fisheries and water quality, however, numerous chronic, yet seemingly less cata- strophic issues, also have the potential to degrade local water quality. These everyday issues and con- cerns, such as faulty septic sys- tems, manure runoff, municipal discharges, soil erosion, ground- water contamination through poor well casings or abandoned wells may not receive the attention a manure or chlorine spill garners, but they are certainly contributing factors and also deserve concern. The responsibility to change our behaviour and mitigate impacts falls on all of us. When citizens take responsibility their local actions lead to incremental change that is necessary in improving water quality. Some local actions, like the pro- jects I mentioned at the begin- ning, have already been initiated by landowners throughout the Zurich Drain watershed. The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA), through funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, offers free technical assistance to landowners in reviewing their property to identify potential issues and link- ing them to grants to help com- plete the projects. Hope Brock is a Water Resources Technician with the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA). Hens II farmer injured when he's dragged by horses during plowing accident in 1931 JULY 29,1881 Robert Willis has leased the cor- ner store in Cady's new block and intends moving into it as soon as it is finished. Mr. Willis will have one of the handsomest stores and best stands in town. Thomas E. Hays of the third con- cession of McKillop, cut a field of spring wheat on Thursday. It is the first spring wheat cut in this sec- tion this season. Wm. Scott of the llth concession of McKillop has purchased from John Watson of Ayr, one of his grain binders. It has been thor- oughly tested and works well. Lewis McDonald of Walton, our enterprising mill -owner and farmer is doing a rushing business in the lumber trade. The Messrs. Modeland Brothers, the well-known threshers of this township, have just got home a splendid new separator threshing machine to run their engine AUGUST 3, 1906 J.B. Thompson of Seaforth who has been caretaker of the public school for the past couple of years has resigned, to take a position with the Willis Shoe Company. Thos. Pinkney has sold his fast trotting mare, Gertie P. to Mrs. Skinner of Mitchell, receiving for her $500. She is a promising young animal with lots of speed and will yet make her mark. John R. Habkirk of Hensall, while shoeing a horse on Monday afternoon had the misfortune to get a kick on the forehead, which required a number of stitches. JULY 31, 1931 Quite a number from Kippen and surrounding localities enjoyed the ice cream social which was held last Thursday evening on Robert McBride's fine lawn under the aus- pices of Blake United Church. John Bolton of the Boundary, a few miles east of Hensall had the misfortune a few days ago to have his horses get frightened just as he was about to engage in doing some plowing and with the lines around his waist he :.was caught and dragged for some distance, receiv- ing painful injury to one of his shoulders and body as well. AUGUST 3, 1956 Possibility that C.N.R. passenger and express service to Seaforth and other centres on the Stratford - Goderich line would be cut in half within two months was seen on Tuesday as the Post Office Department advised local contrac- tors their services may not be required after September 30. Morris Township will be the cen- tre of activity as far as citizens of this district are concerned, when the township celebrates its centen- nial over the weekend. The Hensall District Co-operative plans extensive changes in the Brucefield chopping mill, which was purchased recently from J.K. Cornish, according to manager Garnet Mousseau of Hensall. Seaforth firemen were called to Seaforth Shoes Ltd., Thursday afternoon when the automatic alarm system at the factory rang in an alarm. On gaining entry, fire- men found the alarm had been sounded as a result of pressure dropping in the automatic sprin- kler system. JULY 29,1981 If all factors fit together - good weather, cooperation from various segments of government and the availability of materials - Seaforth skaters could be lacing on their blades at the town's new arena by January 15. Several times people have come home at 4:30 a.m. from a party, but it's very seldom that people go to a party at that time. Nevertheless, Jan and Etta Delvecchio decided to be different and host a party at 4:30 this morning. But today it was allowed, for the Princes of Wales and Lady Diana were united in marriage in a service which started at 5 a.m. our time. A Clinton truck driver doused his smoking tractor -trailer unit before much damage was done Monday at Dublin.