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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2017-01-04, Page 1010 Huron Expositor • Wednesday. January 4. 2017 Year m Review August Four local females raise $7,000 for mental health Thanks to Kristen Devereaux, Terri Lyn Devereaux, Nicole Morey and Bridget Cronin Sea - forth has been given some education on mental health. The four dedicated females trucked from the Seaforth Arena to the Van Egmond House with roughly 150 other locals to make a stand and create awareness for those who battle mental health on a day-to-day basis. "Many people deal with it, but it's just not talked about much. we wanted to make people feel comfortable expressing it. - Kristen Devereaux stated in a phone conversation August 24. The foursome were in shock when they tallied up the money donated to the cause. After all the donations were counted, approximately $7,000 was raised for the event they named the Walk/Run for Men- tal Health Awareness. 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There may not have been any famous people at the venue, however the contest welcomed several influential politicians including Huron County War- den Paul Gowing, the Mayor of Huron East Bernie MacLel- lan and Lisa Thompson the MPP for the riding of Huron -Bruce. Following the same mechan- ics as 2015, the sole winner will be compensated with 12 months of rent and is expected to open up shop in Vanastra. After the judges deliberated they made the tough deci- sion to declare Gerrie Huen- emoerder the winner. Gerrie plans to bring her passion of creating jewelry to a reality. "You know when I was a teen- ager, I was really good at sci- ence and really good at art," she told the Expositor after tak- ing pictures with the signa- ture Win This Space cut out. Named Princess of the Furrow In the second week of August, irelyn St. Onge was named the 2016/2017 Huron Plow- men Princess of the Fur- row at the 89th Annual Huron County Plowing Match.With a vocabulary and conversa- tion skills of a University stu- dent, it's hard to fathom that she's only 16 -years -old. The ability to speak maturely and St Onge's devotion to farming made her the prime candidate against all the September Huron East holds BBQ in support of United Way The municipality of Huron East hosted their fourth annual BBO to help raise money and aware- ness for the United Way. Some members of coun- cil tended the grill stacked with hamburgers and hot dogs at the front of Seaforth's town hall on September 23. The speaker of the event, Shel- other females. This year there were seven young lathes who were arbi- trated by three judges in whom they were asked questions followed by a speech relating to agriculture. Huron County or a combination of the two. Being a student at St. Anne's Catholic Secondary School in Clinton, she will divide her time between her educational matters as well as fairs or parades as it will be her duty to attend all the functions. She went on to say that she's excited for this year and the next leading into the 2017 IPM. She ended by commenting that farm- ing is a part of everyone's lives. "When you live in Seaforth, you might live in town, but you still have a connection to all the agriculture," she said. Seven pounds of food in 30 minutes The challenge's recipe is about four pounds of specially made pulled pork, with roughly a pound of cheese stuffed into a bread pie. Contestants have 30 minutes to finish the meal and are given as many beverages as they need, free of charge. If the person is successful in the feat they are rewarded with $100 cash and ' their picture and name on the wall. if they fail they are charged $33. Mason Gloade is a slender six- foot -four -inch farmer from Brucefield, he wanted to attempt the challenge the day before, but A.J. Zorlu, the owner ofJohn- ny's Sub & Sandwich knew this process would take some time and wanted the meal to be per- fect, therefore he told Gloade to come back the next day. After a few belches, Gloade had reached the halfway mark of the time and not much more had been eaten since the 10 -minute mark. "I'm a 160 pounds and that ley Groenestege, a volun- teer at the United Way for the last 17 years considers what the municipality has done for her organization to be an influential act of kindness. "It's important to have the lead- ers in the community under- stand what our needs are, they help mobilize everyone around us," stated Groenest- ege just before her speech. The money donated will go to a variety of programs targeting children and poverty, which will thing almost weighs more than me," stated Gloade while try- ing to finish the massive feast. The buzzer rang off and Gloade could not eat any more. He said the cheese is what killed him. Walton Raceway puts forth effort to save numerous baby turtles The Walton Raceway invited the public to help with the release of about 35 turtles they had found on the race- track a couple months prior. During a race event last June, Chris Lee, who established the raceway some 40 years ago, saw a female turtle laying eggs on the track. Since the location is partnered with the Toronto Zoo in a program to pro- tect wetland and amphibians, Lee knew the severity of the situation. He instantly grabbed a stick to mark where the turtle had left the eggs as he knew that by the time he returned the mother would most likely be gone. Most turtles leave to let their offspring survive on their own after laying the eggs. Knowing how important this was, Lee passed the informa- tion on to his son, Brett Lee, President & General Manager for Walton Raceway and his signifi- cant other, Seaforth BIA chair- woman, Melody Hodgson. "Brett called and said 'are you coming out to the track, I wasn't at that point, well there is a snapping turtle lay- ing eggs on the track," Hodg- son described the conversa- tion that led her to the turtles. At the Raceway, Brett Lee, Chris Lee and Hodgson invited the pub- lic to watch as the hatchlings were released into the nearby pond. aid in building stronger com- munit es, sad Groenestege. Seaferth family raises more than $7,000 for Cardiac Care Program A Seaforth mother and widow lost both her son and husband to an unusual heart condition, to help future families affected by the same ordeal, thanks to the community and her family, they've raised $7,175. The money donated will be put These kids can cook Strawberry icebox cake, BBO baked beans and even meals meticulous, as spaghetti bacon carbonara were being baked in the basement of the house of worship -the kick is chil- dren between the ages of 8 -12 -years -old created them. "There are chef schools in France that take six -year-olds and let them use the same knives that we are (using)," stated Laura Peach from Blyth. "i didn't want to start them off that young, but I definitely felt an eight-year-old could do it." The Kids in the Kitchen Summer Day Camp is entering its fourth year since they launched the program, which ran from August 15-19. The Huron - Perth Presbytery 0f United Church of Canada sponsors the camp. Possible 18OOs photo found Upon recently receiving the weekly Seaforth Huron Expositor all the way in St. Catharines Ont., John Walker noticed a story about a photo that had been submitted by Bill Duffy with unknown identities connected to the find. The cover- age left him wondering about an image in his possession as well. From what it seems, this inher- ited "9"x"12" photograph could possibly be older than the nurs- ing photo or any of the other artifacts submitted lately. "There (are) about 20 people in the picture, I do know one of the peo- ple right in front of the funeral par- lour, la pretty sure it>s my grand- father and standing beside him is his wife, my grandmother," stated Walker in a recent phone con- versation. "There are other peo- ple in this picture, so there might be some people up there that say, hey i know that person.,, towards the Cardiac Care Pro- gram on the fifth floor of the Uni- versity Hospital in London Ont. The hospital will use these funds for families in the same situa- tion to aid in paying for parking, overnight stays as well as equip- ment for the unit where the two died from heart related issues. The money was raised at a BBO August 13 held in Blyth that included several mini con- tests including a 50/50 draw where the winner generously contributed their winnings right back to the benevolent cause.