Lakeshore Advance, 2012-05-23, Page 2016 • Lakeshore Advance • Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Get your Ids touching the oarth this summer, not watching a screen
Local United Churches in our conn with the kids who will come to our camps." notes Jenna
ty Beierling, this year's, full-time Day Camp Coordinator.
hire youth to coordinate day camps "When 1 was a kid, I loved the VBS program at my home
With an environmental theme. church. 1 snw my friends 1 played games outside and
inside 1 sang songs, trade fun crafts and 1 learned about
my faith in a different way than 1 did at traditional Sun-
day School.", remembers Beierling. Kathy Douglas the
Lakeshore Advance
With our ever increasing technology, there is a ten-
dency for everyone to spend increasing amounts of time
on their own and indoors in front of various types of
screens. Children are no exception. Summer camp has
been a place to build relationships, learn new skills, and
get out into nature. Kids naturally love to play with dirt,
see things grow and care for creation. Huron -Perth
United Churches are sponsoring the 'Loom -A -Earth,
Traveling Summer Day (:amp this year at eight sites
around the county. There will be a three part focus each
day. In the 'Self Activity' time, children will discover how
they can change the world with their own lives. In the
"Community Activity" time, they will learn about their
relationship with others and how as a team, they can pro-
tect the environment, And finally, in the "World Activity"
time, they will celebrate that everyone and everything is
connected.
"Environmental concerns are a big part of everyone's
focus. It is nice to be able to highlight this at a young age
Grand Bend Optimist Youth Centre
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Huron -Perth Presbytery Youth Minister notes "not only
does this program connect communities to their local
rural churches, it also offers much needed summer
employment and skill development for youth and young
adults." There will jobs provided for almost 35 youth
through this program. This is the second year the pro-
gram has run and it has grown from six sites to eight host
sites. Douglas explains, 'churches find it difficult to offer
solid, in-depth programming on their own. It can he a
challenge to find volunteers and resources but our
churches are passionate about outreach and building
community. Zoom -A -Earth will strengthen our local,
rural churches" This day camp is a daily half day pro-
gram for children 4-12 years of age. Registration is
advised and participants are encouraged to contact the
church nearest them to attend.
Zoon! -A -Earth, 'Traveling Summer Day (;amp, 2011 will
run in the communities of Stratford (Central United),
Mitchell ( Main Street United), Egmondville, Clinton,
Brucefield, Seaforth (Northside tJC), 'Tavistock, and
Crediton. All children are welcome. For more informa-
tion, call your local United Church or Kathy Douglas,
511-523-4300 or Jenna Beierling, 519-236-7196.
Bluewater receives fundidi
ng for water meters
These funds will allow us 10
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The Municipality of Bluewater will get additional help
in order for families to continue to have access to dean,
safe, reliable water and affordable wastewater services.
To modernize and improve aging infrastructure, the
province is supporting communities in the riding to
replace watern sins and sewers, install water meters, and
perform system looping.
Carol Mitchell, MPP for Iluron-Bruce, joined repre-
sentatives from the Municipality of Iluron East and the
Municipality of Central Huron in Seaforth today to
a1111ot111ce funding for the two local municipalities
through the Ontario Small Waterworks Assistance
Program.
The total project Cost is $1,857,069 and the Provincial
Contribution for Bluewater Water meters is $1,238,108.
"The Municipality of Bluewater is very pleased to
receive this announcement. 'These funds will allow 05 to
implement metering across the municipality winch will
result in the most equitable version of user pay for the
water distribution system. Metering will support techno-
logical improvements in the process of readings and kill-
ings for that service. The project will promote Bluewu-
ter's vision of environmental stewardship," says Bill
Dowson, Mayor of the Municipality of Bluewater
In 2000, Ontario experienced a tragedy because of con-
taminated water in Walkerton. More than 120 recom-
mendations were trade and the government imple-
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standards for drinking water in North America and has
gone on to develop water technologies that not only pro-
vide safe, reliable, clean drinking water to Ontarians but
to the rest of the world. This has also benefited Ontat inns
by creating clean jobs and protecting one of our most val-
uable resources for our children and our grandchildren.
"This funding represents this government's priority to
provide all co111munities with safe, clean water and
wastewater systems as they are essential to improving the
quality of life for residents of Huron -Bruce and represent
an important investment in the infrastructure of our
communities through job creation and economic devel-
opment at the local level," says Carol Mitchell, MPP
Huron -Bruce
"Protecting our most precious resource remains a top
priority. Ontario is committed to protecting our water
through modern infrastructure so that our children, our
grandchildren and great grandchildren continue to have
access," said Bob Chiarelli, Minister of Infrastructure.
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