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The Citizen, 2006-03-09, Page 11" s o 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 21st 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. I nominate as Citizen of the year for q Blyth LI Brussels & area & area I feel she/he deserves this award because Nomination Deadline April 28, 2006. Name and phone number of nominator THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2006. PAGE 11. Local man gets Ontario recognition speaking club. Dodds has been a member of the Huron County 4-H Leaders Association for a number of years and has held the positions of President, Vice-President and Past- President. He has been an active member of the Huron Plowmen's Association for many years and is currently the Chief Steward. As a Qualified Plowing Judge for the Ontario Plowmen's Association, Dodds has had the honour of judging at various county matches, the International Plowing Match and the Canadian Plowing Match. He acted as a steward for the World's Plowing Match in 2003 and currently he dedicates time to judge at the Huron County Junior Day. Dodds is also an active member of the Caven United Church where he is a former Sunday school teacher and has been an elder for 35 years. The Syngenta 4-H Ontario Arbor Awards were initiated in 2001 during the International Year of Volunteers. Each recipient receives a personal plaque, has their name call 1-877-410-6748. displayed on a specially designed quilt that is displayed at the 4-H Ontario Office and has a tree planted in their community in their honour. In 2004, Syngenta Crop Protection Canada Inc. and N K Brand Syngenta Seeds agreed to sponsor the recognition of outstanding 4-H volunteers through the Syngenta 4-H Ontario Arbor Awards. Since 1915, hundreds of thousands of young people have participated in this unique youth organization that combines "hands-on" education with a fun and safe learning environment. Through the dedication of more than 1,500 volunteers, members participate in a variety of projects, ranging from livestock to life skills to drama and social recreation. 4-H Ontario is dedicated to the personal growth of young people by developing their self-confidence and teaching them skills in leadership, public speaking and team building. For more information on 4-H Ontario visit www.4-hontario.ca or East Wawanosh students compete in public speaking The Brussels and area Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Senior branch members gathered at the Walton Hall for a weekend retreat from Friday night to Sunday afternoon. The group of over 30 members and leaders enjoyed doing crafts, games, songs, dancing, making meals and sleeping over. Playing out in the snow, making tracks and trails, gave them plenty of fresh air. They celebrated Thinking Day. Mixing a group from ages five to 16 can be challenging, but reports say it was a great time for everyone. I had a great time, along with friend Sandra Josling, attending the Scott Tournament of Hearts held at the John Labatt Centre in London, from Thursday to Sunday. We saw three draws on Thursday, two on Friday and one each Saturday and Sunday. It was a great final game on Sunday with B.C. defeating Team Canada 8-6. There were some excellent shots by both teams. Being an "armchair quarterback", I didn't always agree with the shots called, but, darn, they didn't ask me. We saw the Olympic bronze medalists, team Shannon Kleibrink, as well as Dave Nedouin and Marcel Rocque from the Ferbey team. More importantly were the many local people we saw on the different days we were there. We ran into Ross Vietch, Gary and Beth Earl, Irma Pryce, Neil and Marie McGavin, Fred and Karen Uhler, Ralph and Joyce Triebner, Mary Davidson, Paul Dodds and Barb Dunbar. Our seats were four rows from ice surface in the curve at the spectators' end and we had people from Thunder Bay, Ottawa and Kitchener around us every day. We had great time and a lot of fun talking with those around us. Travelling north to enjoy five days of snowmobiling was the Ryan family of Paul, Cheryl, Curtis and Matt along with Ken and Brenda Dalton. They stayed at a cottage in the North Bay and Mattawa area. They put nearly 800 km. on the machines and had nice, but cold, weather. The area has very deep snow but the trails were well groomed and smooth. They saw a couple of live moose and one dead moose calf on the trail, not hit by any of this group. The machines ran well with no mechanical problems. There was only one broken mud flap on a machine due to an "oops" by Ken. Ken reports that they had a peaceful and enjoyable time. Brenda's sister Janet and husband Clint of North Bay brought supper out one night and enjoyed the evening visiting with all. Congrats to Jacob McGavin, son of Jeff and Shannon on winning the junior division of Royal Canadian Legion Zone level competition in Clinton on Saturday. He will compete at District Level in Brussels on Saturday, March 18. Congratulations to Doug and Janet Mitchell who celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on the weekend. At 4-H Ontario's volunteer conference and annual meeting, Don Dodds, Seaforth, representing the Huron 4-H Association, was presented with a Syngenta 4-H Ontario Arbor Award for his outstanding volunteer work with the Ontario 4-H program. The other volunteers recognized with Syngenta 4-H Ontario Arbor Awards were: John Drummond, Waterloo; Bertram Stewart, Halton; Mike Winch, York; and Bill Zwambag, Middlesex. "Don is an outstanding leader," says nominator Darryl Bergsma. "He has seen many changes—good and bad—in the 4-H program during his 46-year involvement, but he has always taught the 4-H motto of "learn to do by doing." His dedication to the 4-H program is unsurpassable." Dodds has received the respect of his peers for his dedication to 4-H in Huron County. An active volunteer leader of the Central Huron Swine Club, he is also credited with leading a computer club, money management clubs and a public The results of the public speaking competition held on Monday, Feb. 13 at East Wawanosh Public School have Ryelee Fear in first place, Chance Smith in second and Jarod Logan in third for Grades 1-3. Fear went on to represent the school at the Wingham Legion Tuesday, Feb. 21 and placed fifth overall. Sydney Michie whose topic was We Share Everything, won for Grade 1. Congrats Don Dodds, McKillop, was the recipient of a Syngenta 4-H Ontario Arbor Award for his outstanding work with the Ontario 4-H program (Photo submitted) For the intermediate competition, Grades 4-6, overall winners were William Haines in first, Cody Richmond in second and Caroline McDowell in third. Jessica Procter won for Grade 4 with her speech titled I Wonder Why. Haines went on to represent the school at the Wingham Legion and placed third overall. For the senior competition, Grade 7-8, the overall winners were Brittany Haines in first, Matthew Hallahan in second and Greg Dodds in third. Brittany Haines went on to represent the school at the Wingham Legion and placed fourth overall. Judges for the competition at the school were Jane Gardner from the Blyth Festival Theatre, Pat Barnes, a retired elementary teacher, John Kerr, a retired elementary teacher, Colleen Schenk, school trustee, and Jim Barnes, a retired secondary school English teacher.