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Happy 70th Birthday Mom!
(Janet Bachert)
on March 28
Best wishes and much love from your family.
We wish you many more!!
Continued from page 12
earliest European settlers.
The science fair was an excellent
experience. Kaleb and Jordan came
in first with their experiment on
bows and tips. Colton and Jacob
came second with their experiment
on the size of airsoft pellets. Connor
and Jeremy came in third with their
comparisons between catapults and
trebuchets. Honourable mention
goes to Regan and Taylor with their
nail polish experiment, Joseph and
Evan with their water pressure
experiment, Holly and Kaitlyn with
their experiment on the vitamin
supplements and Quinn Driscoll and
Avery Whyte for their experiment
on animals in mazes.
By Ben Stewart and Jenna
McDonald
Hullett Central Public School
would like to welcome Ms.
McNichol as the new Grade 3/4
teacher. She is from Walton. She has
taught at Stratford and Seaforth
public schools. She only teaches in
the afternoons. The classes she
teaches are science, math, gym and
social studies. She thinks the staff
and students are very welcoming
and feels like she can ask any
questions when needed. Her kids are
very kind and respectful towards
her.
Stag & Doe
forJudy Bondi
and Rob Moffat
Saturday, March 30th
9 pm - 1 am
Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Centre
Prizes, DJ, Late Lunch,
Age of Majority
Tickets are available from:
Janelle Bondi 519-357-9766 or
Ron Baird 519-357-8142
Londesborough
United Church
33rd Annual
SONGFEST
Sunday, April 7
7 pm
Featuring:
Katie Dockstader - Soloist
The West Perth Singers
Peter Postill - Tenor
The Snell Family Singers
The Londesboro U.C. Senior Choir
Admission: $10
12 years & under Free
Refreshments to Follow
The Goderich and Area Disaster
Relief Committee is giving thanks to
Central Huron for giving a hand up
when the need arose.
In addressing council at its March
19 session, committee chairman
Duncan Jewell presented the
committee’s final wrap-up report
while giving thanks to the
municipality for its $10,000donation after a devastating F3tornado on Aug. 21, 2011 ripped
through swaths of Goderich,
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh and
Central Huron. Jewell also gave
thanks for Central Huron’s choice of
volunteer, Joe George.
Though the work is “not quite
finished yet,” Jewell noted that the
group’s double mandate of raising
money and adjudicating claims is
mostly done with more than $4million dispersed to 236 claimantsfrom a total of 373 applicants.
In clarifying an earlier concern
about provincial funding, Jewell
reports while a common perception
is the province allocates $2 in
funding for every $1 raised, the
formula actually pledges “up to” $2
and is based on how much money is
collected and how much is required.
“We’re not going to need all of
that money from the province,” saidJewell, noting the province’s actualallocation to the cause works out to
about 55 cents for every $1
raised.Jewell notes the federal
government did not pitch in any aid
for disaster relief and says that
decision was tied to the
government’s stringent standards
that require a minimum of a $1
donation from every resident in
Ontario before it steps up.
Jewell says the committee’s efforts
proved to include a learning process
and volunteers changed a few rules,
including dispersing funds long
before the provincial protocol.
“We moved ahead and convinced
the ministry people that’s the way to
go,” said Jewell.
Jewell said the committee also
made a number of
recommendations, including
changing some of the qualifications
so farmers’ losses are compensated
since under the current rules,
business owners are covered for lost
inventory.
“There is no difference from a
woodlot or a cash crop, which is
inventory,” says Jewell, adding the
committee also found it ironic therules allowed payouts of thousandsfor tree stump removal but not for
woodlot owners, which they
managed to eventually compensate
to the tune of $400 per acre.
Jewell also noted that it seemed
unfair cash crop farmers weren’t
compensated if they didn’t have
insurance but tenants without tenant
insurance did get aid.
Another of the committee’s unique
measures was to provide progressive
payouts to businesses that are
rebuilding in order to ensure people
weren’t taking payouts and moving
on.
That measure, noted Jewell, will
be incorporated into the province’s
new-and-improved rules.
Councillor Alex Westerhout and
Mayor Jim Ginn praised the
committee for its efforts.“Your
fundraising efforts were superb,”
said Ginn, who also thanked George
for his dedication.
In turn, George gave thanks for the
opportunity, noting it was an honour
to “serve with a number of people
who were all devoted and
compassionate.”
Judged, measured and crowned
Avery Whyte, left, and her partner Quinn Driscoll, not shown, must have done a great job not
only preparing, but presenting their science fair project to their teachers at Hullett Central
Public School because the duo earned an honourable mention from the judges, from left, Mr.
Coups, Mrs. Armstrong and Mr. Allen. (Denny Scott photo)
Relief committee gives thanks to Central Huron
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teams over the top.
“It works all the way down the
chain,” he said. “The kids on the AE
and Local League teams are more
comfortable where they are at. They
are getting to hone their skills, build
their experience and get ready to try
to move up to that next level. When
they are able to do that in their own
category, they’re at ease and they
have more fun.”
The win marks the end of the
second season the Blyth Brussels
Minor Hockey Association. When
originally drafted, the association
was instituted as a temporary
association and, after two years,
would vote on whether to make the
amalgamation permanent or go back
to Blyth and Brussels being two
separate centres.
Whether or not amalgamation
stays will be decided later this year.
Amalgamation helps
keep kids engaged,
leads to big win
Crossbows, trebuchets tested
at Hullett Central science fair
By Cheryl HeathSpecial to The Citizen
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