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SHDHS advances to provincials
Green visitor— From left, Precious Blood grade one students Hannah Tait,
Hannah Drager, Emma Keller, Colin Regier and Allison Gorman were excited
to take part in a picnic lunch with Franklin who visited the school April 29 as
part of their Arts and Literacy Festival to celebrate Catholic Education Week.
Other guests included Franklin author Sharon Jennings, award winning non-
fiction authorTrudee Romanek, storyteller Jennifer Black and local author
and illustrator Sandy Brock and Virginia Warwick. Staff, students and mem-
bers of the community enjoyed a barbecue, arts and literacy presentations,
great conversation and lots of fun. Franklin visited the primary junior classes
throughout the week, sharing his stories, enjoying lunches and admiration
from his fans. (photo/submitted)
OPP respond to traffic concerns
HURON — In March,
the Huron OPP Traffic
Unit in conjunction
with the County of
Huron identified vari-
ous locations of con-
cern within the county
regarding speeding
motorists.
These areas included
Hensall, Blyth and
Auburn.
The following outlines
the results obtained by
the OPP Traffic Unit:
Hensall
The posted speed
limit on London Road
through Hensall is 60
kilometres per hour
(Km/h).
Police conducted a
study of vehicle speeds
using a hand-held gen-
esis VP directional
Radar and found the
average speed to be 75
Km/h.
Over the month of
April, police focused on
this area and issued
approximately 60
Provincial Offence
Notices.
Police re -attended the
location about one
month later and con-
ducted the same study.
The average speed in
Hensall on London
Road was determined
to be 64 Km/h.
Auburn
The posted speed
limit in Auburn is 50
Km/h.
Police found the aver-
age speed in March to
be 65 Km/h.
In April, police
focused traffic enforce-
ment efforts on this
area and issued about
40 Provincial Offence
Notices.
Police re -attended the
location about one
month later and con-
ducted the same study.
The average speed in
Auburn was then
determined to be 53
Km/h.
Blyth
Queen Street in Blyth
was also identified to
the Huron OPP as an
area of concern.
Enforcement was con-
ducted in the village on
several occasions dur-
ing April, where some
speeders were
charged.
A study of the aver-
age speed of vehicles in
town was conducted
and found to be 54
Km/h for northbound
traffic and 51 Km/h for
southbound traffic.
Huron OPP say these
enforcement efforts are
not over. They will con-
tinue on an ongoing
basis as the need aris-
es.
Environmental winners — South Huron District High School students are competing
at the provincial Envirothon championships this week after winning the regional champi-
onship recently. Making up the two SHDHS teams that were coached at the competion by
teacher Melanie McCowan are back from left, Melissa Melick, Elanna McTavish, Katie
Anderson, Danielle Ondrejicka, Nick Daunt and Kay Weber. Front:Amelia Ward, Christine
O'Reilly, Rachael Mungar and Janita Pfaff. (photo/submitted)
EXETER — South Huron District High
School (SHDHS) students are competing this
week at the Ontario Envirothon
Championships in St. George.
On April 29 SHDHS won the Huron -Perth
Regional Envirothon Competition against 13
teams from across the Avon Maitland District
School Board (AMDSB).
SHDHS was represented by two teams at the
competition with Team One made up of Katie
Anderson, Danielle Ondrejicka, Nick Daunt,
Kay Weber and Janita Pfaff taking first in the
soils and forestry tests and second in the pre-
sentation component.
The second place team was made up of
Melissa Melick, Elanna McTavish, Amelia
Ward, Christine O'Reilly and Rachael Mungar.
Representing Huron -Perth at the provincial
envirothon will be Melick, Anderson,
Ondrejicka, Daunt and O'Reilly.
The Envirothon is organized and
sponsored by the Huron Perth
Stewardship Council, the Ministry of
Natural Resources Clinton office, the
Maitland Valley Conservation Authority,
the Ausable Bayfield Conservation
Authority and the Friends of Hullett
Wildlife area.
The organizers of the Envirothon
were recognized by the AMDSB at the
excellence in education awards April
30.
The Envirothon is about developing
teamwork, critical thinking and prob-
lem solving skills while learning about
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environmental issues.
The Ontario Envirothon is put on by the
Ontario Forestry Association (OFA) which is a
non-profit, registered charity dedicated to
raising awareness and understanding of
Ontario's forests and to developing steward-
ship of forest ecosystems.
The topic this year is "Recreational Impacts
on Natural Resources."
The competition had four eco -stations
focused on the Envirothon core topics of
forestry, soils, aquatics and wildlife.
The teams rotated through the stations and
completed questions that tested their knowl-
edge, as well as hands-on activities such as
water sampling
The top team from the Ontario Envirothon
Championships will go on to represent Ontario
at the Canon Envirothon in Arizona in July.
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