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The Citizen, 2006-11-09, Page 23County of Huron Highways Department Submissions will be accepted until 12:00 Noon local time, Thursday, November 23rd, 2006 for the Contract period 2007-2009 for the supply of gasoline, fuel and heating oil to the four (4) County patrol yards. Quotation forms are available from the Office of the undersigned and on the County's website. County Engineer 1 Court House Square Goderich, Ontario N7A 1M2 Tel: (519) 524-8394 Fax: (519) 524-9291 THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2006. PAGE 23. Classified Advertisements Good year for Coats for Kids Tenders The Media Awareness Network Workshop — Parenting the Net Generation is coming to Huron County hosted by the Huron County Child Abuse Prevention Committee (HCCAPC)/Rural Response for Healthy Children. An open workshop for parents and caregivers to learn about safety, privacy, marketing, ethics and cyber bullying will be at Holmesville Public School on Wednesday, Nov. 22 from 7 — 9 p.m. Childcare will be provided at no charge. Professionals who work with families and children are invited to register for a train-the- trainer workshop on Thursday, Nov 23. 2006 at The Learning Resource Centre in Clinton from 10 a.m. — 12- p.m. "Young people have now completely integrated the internet into their daily lives. The Parenting the Net Generation workshop is for parents who want to learn more Tenders about how to guide their children's online activities. Children are generally more adept than adults when it comes to using the internet and other technologies. This program provides easy and practical ways for parents to become active in their children's on-line lives" says Warren Nightingale, workshop facilitator. Nightingale, a media education specialist from Ottawa has over 10 years of teaching media education, special needs and developing alternative education programming. Media Awareness Network's website www.media-awareness.ca is a great resource for parents, caregivers and professionals working with children. Register for either workshop by calling the HCCAPC office at 519- 482-8777 or 1-800-479-0716 by Nov. 17. Co-sponsoring this event with HCCAPC/RRHC is the Public Health Agency of Canada. The 2006 Canadian Red Cross "Coats for Kids (and adults, too!)" program had another successful year. During the month of October, over 25 businesses throughout Huron County participated by being collection sites where people could drop off gently-used winter coats and outerwear. Many schools and churches were collection sites. Close to 1,500 items were donated in Huron County. Nov. 3 was the distribution day in Seaforth, Brussels, Exeter, Goderich 'and Wingham. Nov. 4 was the October 28 the 13 sites and two walking tours of Doors Open North Huron had over 340 visitors despite the cold, rainy weather. Twelve people enjoyed the morning Blyth Village Walking Tour with Jan and Brock Vodden and 10 people braved cold rain for the Wingham Downtown Walking Tour with Jodi Jerome in the afternoon. The sites that were open without admission included Blyth Memorial Hall, the Threshers log cabin, Pianovations, the Wingham Golf and Curling Club, the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Wingham, the Wingham United Church, the old Railway Station in Wingham (Town and Country Support Services), the Wingham Town Hall Heritage Theatre, the Wingham Jail, the Alice Munro Literary Garden, the Barn Dance Museum and the North Continued from page 3 Among the special guests was Lois Haines who had moved to Fordwich. She attended the anniversary luncheon with her daughter and son- in-law and was happy to see all her all friends again. Nellie Mason also thanked the organizers for her invitation. Following the meal, guest speaker Geoff Peach from the Lake Huron Coastal Centre spoke about the work being done by this group. central distribution day in Clinton where items remaining from most sites were combined with the items collected in Clinton for our final distribution day. Over 500 items were distributed to those in need during the two days of distribution. The remainder of the items went to local secondhand stores so that anyone who missed the Red Cross distribution days will have access to low-cost warm winter wear close to home. Thirty-eight volunteers were directly involved throughout the county. More volunteers are always Huron Museum. Visitors to the sites came from far and near. They hailed from Whitby, Toronto, Kitchener, Toronto, Guelph, Dresden, Baden, Listowel, Wingham, Teeswater, Inverhuron, Port Franks, Lucknow and Blyth. Some lived in the area and had never been to some of the sites. Sbme had lived here a long time ago and welcomed the opportunity to revisit old haunts and memories. And some came to explore what this Doors Open had to offer. For one couple, this was their seventh Doors Open event of the season. They drove up from Toronto on Friday night, stayed overnight at the local motel, went out to eat on Friday night and were up bright and early to fit in all the sites and tours on Saturday. Door prizes for the event were donated by Bainton's Old Mill, Luann's Flowers, Sweets and Treats, Town and Country Support Services and Blyth Festival. Dianne Weber, co-ordinator of the Blyth Diners closed the afternoon by wishing the diners a good month until the next gathering on Dec. 1 for the Christmas meal. All seniors are invited to join in the Blyth Dining for Seniors. This is a community outreach program welcome to help with the program. The program is an' excellent example of Huron County residents helping their own community. The program is entirely / volunteer organized and run and is made possible by the involvement of local businesses, churches, schools and other organizations. Canadian Red Cross "Coats for Kids (and adults, too!)" is made possible by the generous donation of time and effort by local volunteers and with the help of a donation from MGM Townsend Tire, which covers the expenses of the program. When asked why they came all this way, they explained that it was an opportunity to do something unusual and learn interesting things about Ontario communities. The organizing committee of Jane Gardner, Karen Stewart, Kerrie Herrfort and Jodi Jerome noted that the event could not have happened without the support of their organizations (Blyth Festival Theatre, North Huron) and the efforts of the volunteer greeters and tour guides at each site. Their presence and friendliness made Doors Open 2006 in North Huron a great experience for everyone. The township supported the event with staff time and the entry fee paid to the Ontario Heritage Trust, the organizers of this province-wide heritage phenomena. hosted by Town and Country Support Services. Join with friends for a hot, home-cooked meal. There's also time for visiting and entertainment. The Blyth program is held on the first Friday of every month at noon at Trinity Anglican Church in Blyth. Meal costs are $8 each, special occasion meals $10. Take-out meals are available. For reservations call Dianne Weber at Town and Country 519-357-3222. HCCAPC to hold clinic to stop child abuse NiEs Doors Open a success Blyth's Dining Out 10 years old County council congratulates and says goodbye With the retirement of John MacKinnon as social services administrator this fall, a familiar face will become his replacement. David Overboe of Hayfield, and formerly of Londesborough, will take over the job. Overboe worked in Huron County's social service department for 16 years before leaving to take a position with Sault Ste. Marie social services.He later returned to live in Huron but worked for Perth County's social services department. *** David Lew, manager of the county's land ambulance service, has been awarded the Governor General's Exemplary Service Medal which goes to pre-hospital emergency medical service members with at least 20 years service "in a meritorious manner". . Lew received the medal at the Sept. 21 conference of the Association of Municipalities Emergency Medical Service of Ontario in Windsor. Warden Rob Morley re-presented the award for the November meeting of council, praising Lew for the improvements he had made in the Huron system which suffered through birthing pains after being downloaded by the proviie, to the extent that at one point, Morley said, the province threatened to remove, the system's licence. Thanks to Lew, Morley said, Huron is now acknowledged to have one of the best services in the province. Lew was more modest in his acceptance saying the award is one of those you get "because you hang around long enough." *** Council approved tax relief for nine Royal Canadian Legion branches in the county for the next four-year term of council. Shirley Chalmers, Zone C-1 commander, thanked councillors for their action saying it would help branches continue their work to help their communities. *** The Huron County Health Unit will begin flu shot clinics Nov. 15, Penny Nelligan, health unit director told council. Shots have already been carried out for high-risk patients such as those in long-term care facilities, she said. There have been delays in the delivery of this year's flu vaccine. *** Dr. Beth Henning, medical officer of health for the county, praised her employees' quick response to the recent recall of spinach because of contamination found in some imported spinach. In her report to the board of health, Dr. Henning said staff had alerted businesses and hospitals even before any directives had been received from the ministry of health. This proactive response meant that staff had answers prepared when calls started coming in because of media coverage after the ministry did issue its warning. *** A motion at the health, ambulance and social services committee that would have provided a $23,000 grant to the Huron County Child Abuse Committee was defeated, with that defeat confirmed by council at their November meeting. The councillors at the committee meeting noted that there were many similarities with programs already offered by the county except .for T.H.E. Bus, which takes toys to various locations around the county. *** Treasure -hunting has gone high tech and it provides a new tourism opportunity for Huron County. "Geocaching" uses latitude and longitude co-ordinates entered into a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver to help hunters find hidden caches. The cache, a waterproof container, traditionally contains a log book and pencil for visitors to enter the date and time of their finding of the "treasure" plus a possibility of trinkets such as pins or small toys. In her presentation to the planning, agriculture and public works committee, senior planner Cindy Fisher said a search of the website "geochaching.com" reveals at least 84 caches within a 56 km (35 mile) radius of Blyth. They tend to be in urban areas in parks and near trails or attractions. *** Progress continues on repairs to William "Tiger" Dunlop's tomb at Saltford, reported Beth Ross, cultural services manager. The tomb walls have been restored, she said, with the crew doing a very good job. The project was under budget and ahead of schedule. *** Council approved increasing the amount councillors can spend on attending conventions and conferences next year. Following complaints that the $2,000 currently available wasn't enough to pay all expenses for conventions in distant parts of the province, council agreed to, increase the amount to $3,000. Meanwhile the treasurer was given permission to increase the amount paid to councillors who had spent over $2,000 if there is money left in the budget at year's end.