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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2018-03-22, Page 20PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018. PAY to the order or Londesborough Lions Club 2(x Rsi l f DATE DOLLARS A helping hand The Londesborough Lions donated $2,000 to the Huron Residential Hospice during the community group's meeting on March 15. Above, Londesborough Lions President Kevin Wright, left, presented the cheque to Huron Residential Hospice Fundraising Lead Daryl Ball. (Photo submitted) BIA outlines events, projects for RT04 Continued from page 1 considered for the event, which is being organized by Blyth Festival Artistic Director Gil Garratt. The topiary project will see backdrops for pictures. Jennifer Triemstra Johnston is taking control of the initiative which she originally pitched to the BIA. The project will create, through fabrics and flowers, scenes that visitors can insert themselves in to create lasting memories through photographs. The farmers' market is in its early planning stages according to organizer Deb Sholdice who is reaching out to individuals who participated in the previous two farmers' markets in the village. Under the hygiene fund, the BIA has four public projects currently listed, including an outdoor patio, a water fountain and water bottle filling station with options for a pet drinking station, a gateway project designed to bring visitors from the south end of the village to the downtown core, a map project to help people get around the community and what's being referred to as the wildflower project. True North Homes, a business that recently purchased the building on the southwest corner of Queen and Dinsley Streets, current home of The Citizen, have expressed interest in two projects. The first, the water fountain, will allow people to get a drink or fill up their water bottles at a location in the community. True North Homes is also seeking funding to build a patio on the north side of their property where, currently, there is green space and concrete paving. The gateway project, suggested by Queens Bakery co-owner Les Cook, will focus on creating a boardwalk from the intersection of County Roads 25 and 4 to the downtown core. Currently, there is no pedestrian -safe method of travel from the Blyth Cowbell Brewing Company at the south end of the village to the downtown core. The community asset map project, which has been discussed for several months at the BIA table, looks to create a map of Blyth usable in three different locations. Stewart explained the map would be available digitally for the website, in print to be handed out and on billboards at the north and south end of the community as well as on the Goderich to Guelph Rail Trail (G2G) which runs through Blyth. The final hygiene project is called the wildflower project and seeks to replace the grass in the ditches and road allowances from one mile out on the roads entering Blyth with wildflowers. Stewart explained the project is designed to use native wildflowers to both beautify the entrances to the community as well as to be used in the dyes employed by the Fashion Arts and Creative Textiles (FACTS) program hosted through the Canadian Centre for Rural Creativity. Under the storytelling intake, BIA members have identified historical plaques on buildings, window clings showing historical scenes and historical posters or plaques detailing former owners of businesses inside structures throughout the community as projects of interest. Stewart said that a walking tour was also being considered, utilizing the funds for a researcher the BIA had earmarked within its budget. She said that RTO4 representatives had indicated funding could be available for an additional year if the use was justified. Follow The Citizen on Facebook and Twitter NH Township -wide bi-weekly recycling set to start May 1 By Denny Scott The Citizen All wards in North Huron will have bi-weekly recycling pick-up starting May 1 of this year. After initially instructing staff to make the change a reality during a budget meeting earlier this year, council was presented with a new _ contract with its waste management contractor, allowing the change to be implemented less than two months from now. A report from Public Works Director Sean McGhee explained that the contract change would save the municipality $18,226.04 plus taxes annually, totalling a net savings of $18,546, or approximately nine per cent of the current $204,402 annual cost. To make the collection feasible, the municipality will be split into two collection sections: Wingham and the rest of the municipality. On "Week 1" collection dates, Wingham ratepayers will only have waste collected while the rest of the municipality has both recycling and waste collected and vice -versa on "Week 2". Councillor Brock Vodden moved approval of the new contract with Waste Management of Canada Corporation. "This sounds like a good arrangement," he said, lauding the fact that Waste Management of Canada was willing to adjust the contract mid-term. Council voted in favour of approving the new contract. The schedule in North Huron Council's agenda package indicates that the "Week 1" collection area, which includes Blyth, Belgrave, East Wawanosh and Hutton Heights, will have recycling collected on the following dates: • May 1, 15 and 29 • June 12 and 26 • July 10 and 24 • Aug. 7 and 21 • Sept. 4 and 18 • Oct. 16 and 30 • Nov. 13 and 27 • Dec. 11 and 24. In 2019, the "Week 1" collection area will have its first recycling collection on Jan. 8 and every two weeks after that. aut id, on, cal 8 Pimat O/A r z HURON HISTORIC BOOK FA!R Book Fair and Speaker Series HURON COUNTY MUSEUM wv✓w.HuronCountyM useum.�cagbook-fair { HA._ See many local authors at the Book Fair The Beauty Bounty OF HURON COUNTY` THE BEAUTY AND BOUNTY OF HURON COUNTY Stunning photographs by 3 Huron County photographers, including Brussels' David Bishop, show Huron County as you've never seen it with aerial shots, wildlife, landscapes, nature. $40.00 BLYTH THROUGH TH-E LENS Blyth historian Brock 'sodden tells Blyth's story in photographs, .any of them rarely seen - from the fa 's, railways, town bands, sports teams church activities, landmark buildings to remarkable personalities. $40.00 The Wonder Of It All°, THE WONDER OF IT ALL Huron County native Stewart Toll tells of his boyhood near Blyth, his early years as a teacher, his adventures teaching in Kenya, time spent in Europe, his business dealings in Bermuda and his long love of music. On Sale for only $15.00 (Reg. price $19.95) WALKING HOME JACK OF ALL TRADES AND MASTER OF NONE Farmer, mechanic, merchant, construction worker and musician, Robert D. McClinchey lived a fascinating Huron County life. In words and photos he and his grandson Greg tell the story. Soft cover $13.95 74; Hard cover $23.95 See a great selection BLTT! Village Portrait BLYTH: A VILLAGE PORTRAIT In 1977 a group of Blyth young people produced a large volume of stories on the history of Blyth, many excerpted from early newspapers in Blyth and the surrounding towns. A few copies of this book are still available. $30.00 WALKING HOME The former CP Rail line from Guelph to Goderich is about to become the 127 km. Guelph to Goderich Rail Trail. In 2014 Lynda L. Wilso i and her husband Doug walked the future trail ald this book tells of the adventure and the peopl; they met. $19.95 FROM LOG CABII TO MANSION: The Story of Josh Blyth historian Jan tells of Blyth's firs fascinating detecti e work, done in conjuction with int ested researchers all across the con inent, to discover more about him. $10.00 a Tennant (Morritt) Vodden teacher and the c)r, CAIIIN Jo NI;AN ION of books for sale at... 413 Queen 519-52-4 yth