Huron Expositor, 2006-08-16, Page 7News
The Huron Expositor • August 16, 2006 Page 7
Communities in Bloom organizers discuss last_
minute preparations before judges' arrival Friday
Jeff .Heuchert
Last minute preparations
before the Communities in
Bloom judges arrive in
Seaforth this Friday were
discussed last week. at a
meeting among theblock
captains- for the Seaforth.
BIA.
Gathered at town hall, the
group looked over the two-
day- schedule and discussed
any final tidying up that
needed to be -done around
town.
Communities in Bloom
chair BobFisher suggested
that they put up signs
around town for when the
judges arrive. --
He said another town pre-
viously had put up signs
that read "Judgement Day,"
noting that the judges found
them amusing.
"I think you're right Bob,"
said Huron East deputy -
clerk Brad Knight in
response. "We want to make
sure people know that
Communities in Bloom is
here."
After further discussion it
was agreed that signs would
say something along the
lines of "welcome judges."
In an interview after the
meeting, Knight said they
were hoping to get partici-
pation from anyone with a
large portable sign and from
merchants on Main Street,
by placing signs in their
windows.
Fisher added that at this
point the most important
issue is presentation.
"Petrolia keeps stressing
to us to have pomp and cere-
mony. It seems silly, but
that's what we need to do,"
he said.
To boost their presenta-
tion, organizers plan to put
ribbons on the residential
homes that will be visited
by the judges and possibly
the historic homes in town
as well.
Karen Ryan, of Total
Image II, added that for
those who have committed
their time towards planning
for the competition,
showing their enthusi-
asm would not be a con-
cern. •
"We've done so much
work, we should be
proud of it," she added.
Upon the judges'
arrival Friday morning,
they will be escorted in
Model T cars from Lions
park to town hall, for the
official welcoming.
All of the block cap-
tains agreed that around
town hall is the best
place for thepublic to
converge and show their
support.
"Their (the public's)
presence is huge," noted
Knight. "Even as they're
(the judges) passing by -
the more bodies the bet-
ter."
Little things that orga-
nizers don't want people
to overlook, such as
grass and weeds coming
out of sidewalks, or dirt
on windows, hopefully
will be addressed before
Friday, said Fisher.
"The big thing in my
mind is walking around
town and getting things
neat and tidy," he said.
"Even something as
simple as a piece of
garbage blowing around
- just pick it up," added
Knight.
Another concern raised
by Jim McNichol, of
Nifty Korners, was over
the chain-link fence on
the property of the John
Street Apartments.
"There's two sections of
eight feet that's broken
down," he noted, asking
if there was enough time
or resources to have it
pulled out.
"I think we're just run-
ning out of time," said
Huron East employee
Barb Dalrymple, who added
however that there is still
time to tidy up curbs and to
trim the grass and trees.
"Let's just hope the weath- least we'll have green
er cooperates and doesn't grass."
rain," added Liz Cardno,
jokingly, "but (if it does) at
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