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A black bear.
15 bear sightings in past three weeks
Justine Alkema
Clinton News Record
Bears are making themselves
at home in Huron County. Lots
of them.
There have been around 15
sightings of black bears in the
past three weeks. Some places
where they have been seen are
north of Goderich, Port Albert,
near Bayfield, near Kippen,
Auburn, Morrison Dam, near
Holmesville and just north of
Clinton.
To put this in context, in
2014 and 2015, the area saw
almost no bear activity. In
2013, there were 15 sightings
in the entire year, nevermind
three weeks, and that was the
most they had seen in a very
long time.
They are coming down from
the north, likely in search of
food, commented Central
Huron Animal Control Officer
Bob Trick. He believes that
since it was a cold spring, ber-
ries weren't growing, so they
came down here in search of
food.
"You must remember,
they're very hungrythis time of
year. They've come out of hiber-
nation, so they're really looking
for something to eat" Trick said
to the Signal Star.
"They're here to stay. If they
have a good food source they
likely aren't going to move
away.
Some advice that Trick had
was to not to leave garbage
out and to be careful when
camping.
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The legion colour party and pipe band.
Honouring Decoration Day
The wreath laid at the Clinton cemetery on Decoration Day.
Justine Alkema
Clinton News Record
A letter was written to the
editor of the News Record
regarding Decoration Day. It
was from Wes and Mary Ann
Chambers and appeared in the
June 8 issue. It said the
following:
"Each year as Canadians, we
observe two important dates to
recognize and remember our
veterans. These are Remem-
brance Day and Decoration
Day.
While November 11 has long
since became our annual day of
Remembrance, Decoration
Day dates back much further.
Decoration Day was to not only
honour the veterans who sur-
vived the wars and came home,
but to "decorate" the graves and
monuments of our veterans lost
inwai or later in life, with Cana-
dian flags and flowers in the
warmth of late spring or early
summer'.'
A memorial service for Deco-
ration Day was held on
Wednesday, June 15 at 7:00
p.m. at the Clinton Cemetery.
As the letter indicated,
Remembrance Day has
become our day of remem-
brance, and despite the invita-
tion in the letter to the people of
Clinton, only three people were
in attendance on that evening.
However some mentioned
that the event was busier when
it was on Father's Day, as it used
to be, and some hadn't heard
the eventwas happening.
The procession included
the legion colour party and
pipe band. They marched to
the flag and stopped there. At
this point, legion executive
Rick Shropshall led a short
ceremony including several
prayers and honouring those
who fought. A wreathe was
laid, and the processional
marched on.
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