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Alcorn competing in international climbing event
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
This weekend, Brussels native
Kali Alcorn will be climbing trees at
the highest level, participating in the
2016 International Tree Climbing
Competition in San Antonio, Texas.
Alcorn, the daughter of Mary Ann
Thompson of Brussels, now lives in
Olds, Alberta. To punch her ticket to
this year's competition in Texas, she
Climbing to the top
The old idiom of "go climb a tree" might be taken literally by
people like Brussels native Kali Alcorn, who will be
competing in the International Tree Climbing Competition in
Texas this weekend. Alcorn, daughter of Mary Ann
Thompson, is a certified arborist and lives in Olds, Alberta.
(Photo submitted)
won the women's prairie division in
a competition held in Winnipeg in
May, 2015.
The event, which is sanctioned by
the International Society of
Arboriculture, is celebrating its 40th
anniversary this year.
The first-ever championship was
held in St. Louis, Missouri in 1976.
According to the event's website, the
event has since evolved to make an
impact on industry safety standards
throughout the world.
Alcorn, now 29, is a certified
arborist, qualified tree risk assessor
and landscape technician and,
according to her grandmother Joan
Bernard, has always had an interest
in trees. She attended horticultural
school in the Niagara area before
advancing her education and career
in Olds, Alberta.
She has competed in local and
western Canadian competitions for
the last three or four years, but this is
her first time heading to the
international competition.
In a 2014 interview with the CBC,
Alcorn said she got her start in
western Canada under Gerard
Fournier and his company For Trees.
At the time of the interview,
Fournier was the chair of the Prairie
Chapter Tree Climbing Competition.
She told the CBC that in addition
to loving trees, it was the thrill of
being an arborist that first attracted
her to the profession.
"I just fell in love with climbing,
and it keeps you fit, and it is so fun,"
she said in that 2014 interview. "I
don't know what it is, I just love
chainsaws. I don't like cutting trees
all the time... but I would rather see a
tree pruned than removed."
Over 60 professionals from 18
countries will compete in the event.
On the first day, competitors will
take part in five different events,
while the next day those with the
highest scores will move on to the
Masters' Challenge.
For more information on the event,
visit itcc-isa.com.
Veolia hopes to run NH water
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Veolia Water Services wants to
help North Huron tackle its water
and wastewater management after
North Huron lost its chief operator
Don Nicholson last year.
Since Nicholson stepped down,
Veolia had been employed on a
temporary basis until the
municipality could address the issue
and, during council's March 21
meeting, Mark Rupke of Veolia
explained how the company wanted
North Huron to join the company's
growing network of serviced
communities.
Rupke's presentation outlined how
Veolia is the largest private water
and wastewater operating company
both in North America and the
world. Thirty-six per cent of water
systems run by third party
companies in Canada are handled by
Veolia while they operate 21 per
cent of those across the world.
Locally, Veolia works for
Brockton, Walkerton, South Bruce,
Huron Kinloss, Wroxeter, Ashfield-
Colborne-Wawanosh, Goderich,
Lucan, Bayfield and Varna. Across
Canada, the company has operations
in British Columbia, Manitoba and
in the Maritimes.
Rupke explained the company has
three specific responsibilities:
operations and maintenance of water
and wastewater systems, equipment
supply for those systems and
designing and building systems. He
said that he hopes North Huron will
consider becoming a part of the
existing infrastructure the company
has in the area.
"We're looking to add North
Huron into our regional operations,"
he said. "We will have a regional
hub and try and support the
municipalities we work with. We
will share resources and recognize
synergy."
Rupke's proposal included having
John Graham, the company's
representative in Goderich, in charge
of the North Huron project as he is
with other local projects.
"Under John, there will be a lead
operator and a technical lead locally
that would be assisting the local
staff," he said. "Your people know
the facility, so we want to work with
them. They know what they're
doing, but they need the support, the
back office know-how and the
technical expertise we can offer. We
don't want to change your staff or
displace people from local
communities unless there is an
absolute need to do something."
Council accepted Rupke's report
with no further action.
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