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The Citizen, 2015-04-30, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2015. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Hospital boards are composed of a group of talented, engaged members of our communities who have an interest in rural healthcare and expertise in one or more of quality, communications, marketing, finance, governance, law, health policy, strategic planning or recruitment. If you would like to be part of a volunteer Board that will help forge the future of acute rural health care in our communities please forward an expression of interest including background information regarding your skills and experience to C.E.O./Board Secretary, Karl Ellis, up to May 13, 2015. The nominating committee will consider all submissions along with the intentions of current directors who are eligible for re-election. Elections will be held at the Annual Meeting on June 10, 2015. Corporation of the Wingham & District Hospital The Wingham & District Hospital is calling for nominations of individuals who are interested in serving as a Director on the Board. Directors are elected for a two year term. Elected Directors must have a strong interest in health care services in Wingham and area and meet eligibility criteria as defined in the corporation’s bylaws. Corporation of the Listowel Memorial Hospital The Listowel Memorial Hospital is calling for nominations of individuals who are interested in serving as a Director on the Board. Directors are elected for a two year term. Elected Directors must have a strong interest in health care services in Listowel and area and meet eligibility criteria as defined in the corporation’s bylaws. For additional information, please contact Jennifer Johnston, Executive Assistant, at 519-291-3120, ext.6241 or jennifer.johnston@lwha.ca Ask A Financial Advisor Where should you invest - Stocks or Mutual Funds? It's one of the most common questions for investors - should you put your money into individual stocks or mutual funds? As a rule of thumb, if you have a base portfolio of less than $100,000, you might find that mutual funds are preferable. With a single mutual fund purchase, you can get exposure to many stocks or many bonds, or a combination of both. This gives you instant diversification with a relatively small amount of money. While diversification does not guarantee a profit and does not protect against loss in a declining market, it can significantly reduce your risk. On the other hand, once you have a base portfolio size of greater than $100,000, you might consider beginning to invest in individual stocks. For example, you could create a basket of high-quality, dividend-paying stocks in different sectors and geographies for proper portfolio diversification. Speak to your financial advisor about your particular situation. * Dividends may be increased or eliminated at any point without notice. Have a question you want answered here? Ask Brian by phone or email. Brian Hilt - Financial Advisor 19 Main St. N Bayfield, ON N0M 1G0 (519) 565-2700 brian.hilt@edwardjones.com Member - Canadian Investor Protection Fund Smith, Stewart bring ambition plans from conference Campaign 14/19 Project Director Peter Smith and Administrator Karen Stewart are now back from the Local Prosperity Conference 2015 and have brought with them some great ideas about how to move the initiative forward. Stewart told The Citizen that the event, which was held in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, brought some fantastic ideas and themes forward. She said it really all came down to trends, specifically about partnerships. She said she was very impressed by the speakers. “Michael Shuman was the keynote speaker,” she said. Shuman is an entrepreneur, author, economist and an expert on community improvement and local investment. “He was very provocative and really inspired a reaction. He focused on three things: maximizing local ownership, replacing imports and making sure that changes were good for the workforce, environment and suppliers.” Stewart said that local ownership was definitely something she was interested in and said that Shuman turned much of what was considered fact in economic development on its ear. “He said that through investments, over time, big companies will only see a 2.7 per cent return on investment,” she said. “Local companies, however, with 10 to 20 employees are more profitable. Because they’re smaller, they can see gains of up to 60 per cent by investing in themselves. It shows that it’s best to invest local. Those companies are also more likely to want to stay.” Stewart said one of the best suggestions from Shuman’s presentation was to have economic development focus on those smaller companies because larger companies can be very fickle and only worry about the bottom line. She added that, with local businesses, workmanship and integrity aren’t lost the way they can be when manufacturing is outsourced. Smith was also very impressed with the major speakers at the event, saying he felt many great ideas were shared. “Susan Witt was another keynote speaker,” he said in an e-mail to The Citizen. “She’s currently the executive director of the Schumacher Centre for New Economics in Massachusetts, USA. She talked about a program called Community Supported Industries.” Smith said that, like Shuman, Witt believed in buying and supporting local as the way to further rural communities. “It’s a compelling argument,” he said. “Who cares more about where you live than you and your neighbour? She also talked about standing on the shoulders of giants – co-operative movements that have revitalized communities [and] brought them together in powerful ways.” Witt also spoke about learning from the past, saying “every movement needs a history to have a future.” The speaker for the Friday evening meal was Steve Joudry whom Smith called “a remarkable fellow.” “He is Mi’kmaq and has worked in a variety of roles in the federal government. He was a soldier in the Baltics and worked for the United Nations.” Smith said that Joudry has negotiated some “tricky passages” in CHIP decision process questioned A discussion regarding a set of goggles that emulate the chemical effects of marijuana on the human mind led to Morris-Turnberry Council being concerned about the decision-making process for the Coalition for Huron Injury Prevention (CHIP). Councillor Sharen Zinn is Morris- Turnberry Council’s representative on the committee and she reported the group was looking at purchasing “marijuana goggles”, which allow students to understand how marijuana affects vision. Councillor Dorothy Kelly commented she felt the goggles were unnecessary and, once informed that one pair costs $5,000, also said she felt they were overpriced. Deputy-Mayor Jason Heffer asked Zinn if the project was going ahead despite the cost. “Are the rest of the people on the committee going down this road and approving this purchase?” he asked. Zinn said she wasn’t sure if there was any kind of approval, just that the coalition was going ahead with the purchase. She also admitted to not understanding how the committee worked. “Pretty much everything on the committee is done by two people and brought to us or we just do what we did last year,” Zinn said. “We don’t really decide things as much as they are already decided when presented to us.” Mayor Paul Gowing asked if the decisions were made by motion, to which Zinn said she didn’t find that to be the case. She did mention, however, local police forces were in favour of the purchase. The response prompted Heffer to state that it sounded like it was a top- down decision-making process. Stay Connected ➤➤➤ In print, online or on the go, your local newspaper keeps you connected to what’s happening in your community and surrounding area. CitizenTh e $1.25 GST included Serving the communities of Blyth and Brussels and northern Huron County Thursday, August 28, 2014 Volume 30 No. 34 PICTURES - Pg. 12-13 HC Ploughing Match, Fare on 4 in pictures FESTIVAL - Pg. 22 Artistic Director looks back at her first season SPORTS - Pg. 7 Aitken places sixth in Youth Olympics in China Publications Mail Agreement No. 40050141 Return Undeliverable Items to North Huron Publishing Company Inc., P.O. Box 152, BRUSSELS, ON N0G 1H0 INSIDE THIS WEEK: Walton proves excellent host for match Fare on 4 works to perfection, delights community An event for the ages Fare on 4, a Campaign 14/19 initiative to feed 1,419 people on Blyth’s main street was a resounding success on Sunday evening as food was delivered hot and Mother Nature co-operated with beautiful weather. The event, as seen here from the top floor of The Blyth Inn, stretched nearly to Radford’s Gas Bar in the south, left, and to the Blyth post office in the north, right. It was made possible by the hard work of approximately 100 volunteers and a number of staff members from The Blyth Inn and Part II Bistro. The night’s hardest working men, however, were chefs Peter Gusso and Jason Rutledge who worked overtime to make the meal happen. (Denny Scott photos) Huron County Plowmen’sAssociation President BrianMcGavin says this year’s HuronCounty Ploughing Match was everything he hoped it would be and more, despite concerns aboutweather early last week.McGavin said he received a number of positive comments about the level of competition, the site and the hospitality that Huron Countydisplayed and he’s so proud of hiscommunity and all of the peopleinvolved in making the match happen. The attendance numbers wereabout what McGavin expected, hesaid, as were the number ofcompetitive participants, but what surprised him was from how far some of the participants came. “We had people come from Peterborough, from Owen Soundand then from the south,” McGavinsaid. “It was great to see.”McGavin said that not only did he receive a lot of positive comments about this year’s match, but he alsoheard from a lot of people who arealready looking forward to the 2017International Plowing Match, which will be held in Walton. McGavin says he was told on numerous occasions that if the Huron County match at the home ofVal Shortreed and family and MattShortreed and family was anyindication, the 2017 match is going to be one for the ages. As for the Shortreeds, McGavinsays he had high expectations for thefamily as hosts, but exceeded them.“You couldn’t have asked for better hosts,” McGavin said. “If you The road is open, the tables arecleared and the dust has settled andthe reviews are coming in statingthat Campaign 14/19’s record- setting Fare on 4 was a hit. “We pulled it off,” said Campaign14/19 Administrator Karen Stewart.Stewart, who is being credited byeveryone involved as doing the impossible by arranging the entire meal, said that everything cametogether as well as organizers couldhave hoped, a sentiment that wasechoed by others. “It was awesome, just unbelievable really,” JasonRutledge, Chef of the Blyth Innsaid. “I”m still flabbergasted at whathappened and how smoothly it all came together.” “It was amazing,” Peter Gusso,Chef of Part II Bistro said. “There’san old saying about chefs that youeither have a good service or a bad service and that was the best service I’ve ever had.”Rutledge and Gusso were the headchefs for Fare on 4, which saw 1,419people seated along Blyth’s Queen Street for a massive outdoor meal. Featuring as much local meat andproduce as possible, the meal hasbeen counted as a success by everyone who The Citizen has spoken to and, according to Rutledge, that’s because of all thevolunteers who helped out.“We just couldn’t have done it without all the people who helped out,” he said. “Norpac Beef brought us meat smokers, the Lions let ususe their barbecue, the volunteersjust really saved us.” Gusso agreed, saying the prep work was all done perfectly, the serving was amazing and everythingthat could have gone right did.“I’m still in awe,” he said. “I can’t believe it went so well. Everything I have heard about it is positive.” Approximately 100 people helpedwith the meal between volunteersdoing prep work and actually serving the meal, and that number included Smith, Rutledge and their respective staffs. “I’m just dumbfounded on howwell everything went,” Rutledge said. More than the volunteers, Radio :30 an Ontario government agencyun organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario Starring Chris Earle and featuring Sam Earle from TV’s Degrassi 1.877.862.5984 blythfestival.com SEPT 4 - 5pm SEPT 5 - 2pm & 8pm SEPT 6 - 2pm & 8pm #bfRadio Phillips Studio Presentation A Man. A Mic.  By Denny Scott The Citizen Continued on page 15 By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen Continued on page 20 The Citizen www.northhuron.on.ca Facebook www.Facebook.com/NorthHuronCitizen Twitter @TheNHCitizen Brussels 519-887-9114 Blyth 519-523-4792 The Citizen Love Letters The Blyth Festival featured the play ‘Love Letters’ over the weekend, but did so with a twist: instead of having one cast perform the show several times, each iteration of the play featured a new cast, resulting in a new take on the show every performance. Shown are Jodi Kuran, front, and Phil Main rehearsing their parts earlier in the week. (Denny Scott photo) Continued on page 19