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Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Autumn Splendor meeting in Kirkton
Flower show —The Autumn Splendor meeting of the Kirkton Horticultural Society was
held Oct. 3 at the Kirkton/Woodham Community Centre.Winners in the children's division
were from left Marisa McIntosh, Brook McIntosh, Erin McIntosh, Natalie Simpson and Kayla
Simpson. Below, helping with plant auction were Sandra Kemp and Nancy Dearing.
(photos/submitted)
School boards
look at energy
By Stew Slater
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES ADVOCATE
SEAFORTH — In a case of dream-
ing very big dreams, a coalition
seeking to decrease the amount
paid for energy by Ontario's school
boards has begun exploring the pos-
sibility of generating its own.
"It's a dream to make boards
energy self-sufficient," explained
Ontario Public School Boards
Association (OPSBA) regional vice-
president Colleen Schenk, who's
also the North Huron representative
on the Avon Maitland District School
Board.
Schenk briefly described the initia-
tive during an Avon Maitland meet-
ing Oct. 10. Part of the OPSBA
report provided to Avon Maitland
trustees explained "the School
Energy Coalition ... has met with
the Ministry of Finance, realizing
they will need strong political sup-
port, as well as intensive conserva-
tion to make any scheme work."
According to Schenk, the estab-
lished mandate of the School Energy
Coalition is to seek out the best deal
possible for member school boards
from existing energy suppliers. But
as a recent sideline, the coalition
began discussing the possibility of
constructing a series of small-scale
energy generating facilities, selling
that energy into the provincial
power grid, and essentially (accord-
ing to the OPSBA report) "decreas-
ing the cost of energy to school
boards by 100 per cent."
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KIRKTON — With abundant
and colourful foliage outdoors,
president Rosemary Schaefer
convened the Autumn Splendor
meeting of the Kirkton
Horticultural Society at the
Kirkton/Woodham Community
Centre on Oct 3 at 7 p.m.
After the singing of "0
Canada," Schaefer thanked
directors Cathy Barker, Cindy
Bilyea, Ann Morley, Owen
O'Brien and Robert Traut for
their work with area youth.
Examples of the children's
stepping stone designs and
plantings in footwear were dis-
played.
Members were reminded of
the mystery bus tour to the
Owen Sound area Oct. 12 and
the Christmas floral design
workshop on Nov. 29 with
instructor Tony Manders.
After the announcements,
everyone enjoyed a piano recital
by Nicole Willis, granddaughter
of Gertrude and Marwood
Willis.
Director Robert Traut then
introduced featured speaker
Rick Mann, a St. Marys area
farmer, who for the past 15
years has enjoyed growing
hard -shelled gourds and beard-
ed irises.
Mann noted that with climate
change, these gourds have
become easier to produce
because of the longer and
warmer growing season.
Historically, gourds have been
used for transporting water in
China, thumb drums, flutes, and
xylophones in Africa, and rattle
and other percussion instru-
ments in Trinidad and Cuba.
Many of these items were on
display.
By drying the gourds, hollow-
ing them out and painting the
exterior with beautiful colours,
designs and scenes, Mann has
produced numerous abstract
designs and vases as well as
some gourds that when opened
contain intricate painting and
features resembling Faberge
Eggs.
Many of Mann's artworks have
been sold in Canada and the
United States.
With considerable knowledge
of gourd propagation, harvest-
ing, and preserving, the speaker
answered all questions, com-
pleting his talk with a slide pre-
sentation of his gourd and
bearded iris gardens.
The meeting concluded with a
luncheon and a plant auction
conducted by Owen O'Brien.
Many took advantage of the
sale preparing for fall planting,
and O'Brien thanked all the
buyers, as the proceeds of the
sales would be used for the
Kirkton Horticultural Society's
children and youth pro-
grammes.
Schaefer closed the meeting
with the reminder of the
Christmas potluck supper and
flower arrangement demonstra-
tion and show on Dec. 5 at 6
p.m. at the Kirkton/Woodham
Community Centre.
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