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90 years in the making
Fred Meier of East Wawanosh has been a staple in the local community for decades. On
Friday evening, he celebrated his 90th birthday with his family at his London Road home.
There was a special presentation by a Swiss yodelling choir with members from across
southwestern Ontario. The Meiers then served refreshments and enjoyed one another's
company for the rest of the night to help mark Fred's milestone birthday. (Shawn Lou
gntin photo)
Allboro, Whys Lines
to be paved in 2018
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Huron municipal office in Clinton,
accessibility upgrades to the
municipal office, the replacement of
three pickup trucks, the
skateboarding park in the new
community park in Clinton, the
installation of LED streetlights in
Clinton, sidewalk construction in
Clinton and a number of other
smaller projects.
Council also included a handful of
paving projects in the budget. The
majority of the cuts from the
proposed budget came from paving
capital projects. So, Ginn said, while
the municipality won't be doing as
much paving this year as its has in
past years, that decision has
helped to reduce the burden on the
budget.
Allboro Line from Blyth Road to
Londesboro Road will be paved, in
addition to Bayfield River Road
from Whys Line to Highway 21,
Whys Line from County Road 13 to
County Road 18 and Hydro Line
Road from County Road 15 to
Division Line.
In order to get the budget to where
councillors wanted it to go, a
number of alternative funding
sources needed to be employed for a
few projects.
Work at the Sloman School on
Wheels will be taken from its
reserve, as opposed to general
taxation, while improvements to the
Clinton pool will come from the
Nuclear Waste Management
Organization (NWMO) reserve.
Councillors said they were happy
with the direction of the budget and
Rau's work. They said they didn't
see the need for the next budget
meeting, which had been scheduled
for Tuesday, March 27.
Rau will now make a brief budget
presentation at council's April 3
meeting, ahead of the final budget
presentation on April 16 at 5 p.m. at
the municipal office in Clinton.
Rau will make her final
presentation of the budget to
members of the public and
council will vote to officially
adopt the budget for the coming year
at that meeting.
Huron Historic Book Fair set for March 24-25
The Huron County Museum is
hosting a two-day Huron Historic
Book Fair on March 24-25. The
book fair grew out of an idea put
forward by the late Paul Carroll,
local historian and author, to bring
together the many history authors in
Huron County. The idea was to share
the many great stories about Huron's
history with the public while at the
same time providing an opportunity
for the history authors and
researchers from different parts of
the county to get together and talk.
A panel discussion about the
Heritage nominations now open
Is there a Huron County arts,
culture or heritage person,
organization or business who made
an impression on you in 2017? If so,
the Huron Arts & Heritage Network
(HAHN), in partnership with
Cultural Services of the County of
Huron, invites you to nominate them
for a 2018 Cultural Award.
The awards recognize the
exceptional achievements of Huron
County residents, businesses, and
organizations in the following
categories: cultural event/
Yoga with kids for kids
The Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre hosted
goat yoga as part of its March Break programs last week.
Goats, courtesy of Auburn's Giddy Up N' Go Ponies, were
added to instructional yoga resulting in some pretty unique
situations, like the one shown above where Macie Taylor
had to keep one of the goats on her back while Kavayah
Johns looks on. (Denny Scott photo)
organization, individual artist,
community contribution, heritage
and innovation through the county.
The nomination process is simple
and easy. Just fill in the one-page
nomination form and include a short
description telling us why you think
your nominee is worthy of
recognition in their category.
Nomination forms and award
guidelines can either be downloaded
at creativehuron.ca or print copies
can be picked up at any Huron
County Library branch. Deadline for
submissions is April 8, 2018.
Finalists and winners in each
category will be selected by a jury
from the eligible nominations
received.
The ninth annual Cultural Awards
Gala is Friday, April 27 at the Blyth
Memorial Community Hall. As well
as recognizing the finalists and
winners, this special evening will
feature entertainment by a variety of
local artists. There will also be a
silent auction of unique items
supporting the activities of Huron
Arts & Heritage Network at the
Awards Gala. The event starts at
7:30 p.m. with awards presentations
beginning at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18
each plus a handling fee and can be
purchased through eventbrite.ca.
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process behind historical fiction in
Huron County guided by a panel of
professional directors, authors,
actors, playwrights and educators
will lend up to the book fair on
Thursday, March 22. The Huron
Historic Book Fair, on March 24-25
includes a dozen local history
authors speaking about their books
and research in the museum's
auditorium, as well as information
sessions on Huron County services
and tools for researchers including
archives research and the digitized
newspaper portal.
Recognizing that Huron County
has many talented writers working
and publishing in other genres, the
organizers want to expand the book
fair beyond local history by
extending an invitation to all Huron
County authors with published work
to have a table set-up with their
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books for sale. Times for the sale are
Saturday, March 24 from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. and Sunday, March 25 from
noon to 4 p.m. Interested authors can
contact Erin Samuell, Business
Development Manager at
esamuell @ huroncounty. ca.
The Huron Historic Book Fair is a
joint production between the Huron
County Museum and Huron Arts &
Heritage Network.
Additional information about the
event can be found on the Museum's
website at huroncountymuseum.ca/
book -fair/.
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