The Citizen, 2012-04-19, Page 21 THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012. PAGE 21.
Looking for local heroes
There are so many people out there who do
so much to improve their community.
Now you have a chance to say thanks.
Nominate that special person for the 27th
Annual Citizen Citizenship Awards.
Each year a committee chooses an outstanding citizen from each of the Blyth and area
and Brussels and area communities to receive an award for contribution to the
community. If you know someone you think should be honoured, please fill in the ballot
and send it in. You may attach a longer explanation of why you think your nominee
should win, if you like. If you have nominated someone before and he or she didn't win,
please feel free to try again.
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I feel she/he deserves this award because
Nomination Deadline April 30, 2012.
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❑Blyth
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& area
Wingham’s Musical Muskrat Festival expanding Jay Marston, the 2012 committeechair for the Musical Muskrat
Festival in Wingham, told North
Huron Township Council that this
year’s event held June 8-10 will be
bigger and better than ever.
Along with the repeat of the major
events like the mighty Maitland
Regatta, the firefighters’ games and
live entertainment, a real focus will
be on children’s activities.
“We’re going to have new
children’s activities for the event like
some clowns and a magician,” he
told council at its April 2 meeting.
“We’re looking at enhancing what
we had for kids and having new
things like a blow up rock wall.”The event welcomed 3,500 peoplelast year and raised a profit of$6,000. With that the group was able to pay off seed money that
had been loaned to them by North
Huron Township Council and place
some new picnic tables at the
Maitland River Park where the event
is held.
This year’s event will feature 16
new acts providing entertainment on
Friday night and all day Saturday
and Sunday.
Alongside the annual firefighters’
games, a firefighters’ breakfast will
also be held and the group hopes to
revitalize the rib competition which
was not very well attended last year.
“We only had one team last year
and it was the council from Morris-Turnberry,” Marston said. “We’removing it to Saturday so peopledon’t have to worry about gettingthere from work.”
Marston requested that, like
previous years, council extend some
assistance for the event including
having the festival designated
properly to allow alcohol to be sold,
assistance from recreational and
facilities staff be provided, a road
closure to allow the event’s car show
to be held on the road if space or
weather constraints prevent it from
being held on the baseball field and
an in-kind donation be made to
cover the cost of renting the park.
The group is also seeking the right
to hang a banner across main street
to advertise and direct travellers tothe event if possible.Council was amicable to all therequests.By Denny ScottThe Citizen
Fiddlin’ around
Rachael Snell, shown here working her own brand of magic
on the violin, was one of several Snell clanmates who took
to the stage as the first act at Londesborough United
Church’s 32nd annual Songfest on April 15. (Denny Scott photo)
After officially dissolving the
county’s low-frequency noise
committee, a motion to endorse the
staff’s report was tabled until
councillors could take a “sober
second look” at the facts.
Director of Planning and
Development Scott Tousaw
presented his report to Huron
County Council at the April 11
Committee of the Whole meeting,
suggesting the report should be
endorsed and forwarded to the
Ministry of the Environment.
Tousaw said the province’s report
concluded that there are no direct
health effects caused by low-
frequency noise, but that there was a
possibility that it may cause
secondary health effects, such as
annoyance and disturbance and
resulting health effects from those
situations.
Tousaw’s report suggested that the
Ministry should consider looking
into the secondary effects that low-
frequency noise may be having to
“safeguard” against potential
problems down the road.
Goderich Mayor Deb Shewfelt,
however, has been an opponent of
the committee since its inception
and he suggested that the report be
tabled before council did something
it would regret later.
“This could really have an effect,”
Shewfelt said. “I’m asking for this to
be tabled until we can take a sober
second look at it.”
Shewfelt said that because the
motion was not directly aimed at
wind turbines, low-frequency noise
regulation could inadvertently affect
a number of Huron County
businesses.
“How many others are we going to
catch in that snare?” Shewfelt asked.
“It’s getting harder and harder and
harder to have a farming operation.”
Tousaw said he couldn’t guarantee
that other industries wouldn’t be
affected by regulation, if it were to
be instituted, because the list of
items and industries that technically
emit low-frequency noise is
extensive, but it’s a question of how
much is being produced.
Tousaw provided several examples
of low-frequency noise that many
Huron County residents would be
able to relate to, including tires
travelling on a highway, the waves
on Lake Huron and even the buzzing
of a refrigerator.
“It’s just a question of degree and
impact,” Tousaw said.
Shewfelt’s motion to defer the
report was passed. A date when the
report will return was not set.Continued from page 3
their novel they read in language,
Stone Fox, where a young boy
overcomes great odds to help save
the farm where he, his grandfather
and his dog Searchlight have grown
up. Many students were saddened
and disappointed with the shocking
surprise event that happens at the
end. They have been working on
rewriting their own final chapter of
the story the way they wanted or
expected it to end. As a next step,
they will be using a variety of drama
techniques and tableau to recreate
the main events from the story.
The Grade 3/4 students have been
working on something extraordinary
this week in gym class. They are
learning how to juggle. Wish the
students luck as they persevere with
the tricky act.
By Hunter Dale
The Kindergarten classes
welcomed Ms. Thorpe-Hearn back.
It was great to see her again,
although they miss Ms Dale. They
ate hot-cross buns with maple syrup
and painted designs on Easter eggs
or flowers. They discussed how
seasons are caused by the earth’s
rotation around the sun and where
the direct rays of othe sun hit the
earth. They are in the season of
spring when the snow melts, the
flowers grow and some animals
wake up from hibernating.
The Senior Kindergarten class
concentrated on the letter “L” and
using math problem-solving
strategies effectively. They used 10
frames, number lines, picture
making and counting on their
fingers, while the Junior
Kindergarten class concentrated on
reviewing the letters “J”, “S” and
“U”. They learned “The Jellybean
Song”, made snakes into the shape
of the letter “S” and hunted for
umbrellas. They also reviewed
numbers one to five.
Blyth students
learn juggling
Committee dissolved after report
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen