Times-Advocate, 1987-04-08, Page 12I incus Advo( ore, April 8, 1987
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STEPHEN'S BEST IN SCIENCE — Dean Pfaff and Jeff Sweitzer are
shown with their first prize exhibit in the recent Science Fair at
Stephen Central School. They showed the Affect of Acid on Metals.
Name staffer
for publicity
Heather Redick, general manager.
of Huron Countr Pla h r use
nounced the appointment of Vicki
Mass as director of marketing,
publicity and public relations.
In 1984, Vicki graduated from the
three=year-public relations program
at Humber College in Toronto. She
has recently moved back to Huron
County after spending nearly six
years in Toronto - two years of which
_were spent working for public rela-
tions firms.
' "It's great to be back in familiar
territory" Vicki stated.
Vicki will be responsible for
marketing, public and media liaison
and all promotion for the Playhouse.
In additon to this full schedule of
duties, Vicki will be creating in-
novative fund raising ideas year-
round to help secure the future of
Huron Country Playhouse.
Seniors plan
special events
Twenty-five Golden Agers attended
the April meeting Wednesday after-
noon at St. Johns parish hall. Vice-
president Alec Hamilton presided
oyer the business. Plans were finaliz-
ed for the Zone 8 Spring Rally to be
held at the Dashwood Community
Centre on April 7, hosted by the Grand
Bend Golden Agers. They will be sup-
plying both food and entertainment.
Plans for the Tri -County Senior
Games to be held in Seaforth on June
22 and 23, were discussed.
Members of Olive Miller's group
were in charge of the lunch and pro-
gram. Janet Desjardine read
"Beatitudes for Old Folks"and quota-
tions from Socrates. Dorothy Cutting
gave a reading on how "Each Spring
Bud Renews its Promise": Lunch was
served, followed by card games.
Bible study -
is continued
Eleven ladies were present' at the
Tuesday morning Bible study in Sau-
ble Court. Pat Desjardine opened with
prayer, and Vera Brown continued
the lesson "Are My Battles God's Bat-
tles?" from the book "David and His
Psalms". The ladies read and studied
psalms 124, 36. 29, 14. and 131. Each
of these psalms reveals God's power
and authority in a conflict situation.
No towering Goliath appears, yet we
see God against the forces of evil. We
seg His authority over Nature, and
even over David himself.
They closed with prayers being of-
fered for the sick in the community.
On location or Studio '►
Bart-DeVries)'
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Pinery will burn
Controlled fire to help savannah oak '
The Ministry of Natural Resources
is planning to burn a 100 acre section
of forest in Pinery Provincial Park
this coming last April or early May.
The fire is designed to remove fire
sensitive white pine from a natural
oak savannah forest.
According to Terry Crabe,
Resource Management Specialist at
the park, "Due to a lack of past
understanding of the open nature of
an oak savannah forest, nearly two
million pines were planted throughout
the park from 1957 to 1971. These
pines have now grown and compete
with the natural oaks. If the pines are
not removed, plants and animals
common to this habitat will
disappear".
Briefly, the ecology of savannah is
characterized by open, sunny condi-
tions with widely spaced trees. This
encourages the growth of unique
shrubs, prairie grasses and herbs.
The pines, planted at two metre inter-
vals, are both unnatural and incom-
patible with the savannah vegetation.
The fire, the first to be attempted
in a southern Ontario naturalenviron-
ment park, has been carefully plann-
ed for over a year. An inventory,
which determined the species content
and density, has been carried out
along with extensive research on the
oak savannah forest type.
Crabe further added, "The burn
site is located in a corner of Nature
Reserve Zone two and is represen-
tative of the park vegetation. It is well
boundaried by the Ausable river and
a paved park road extending from the
river and bending around to join the
third boundary, a combination of a
park owned hydro line and a scar
from the recent installation of a water
line".
The area will be ignited by
helicopter and the burn will be con-
trolled by highly trained staff from
Aviation and Fire . Management
Branch of the Ministry of Natural
Resources. Fire crews will also be
deployed to contain the fire in the
designated area. No buildings or park
assets are located within the area.
The fire management strategy for
the burn -off was prepared by Brent
Tegler, a fire management technician
with the Ontario -Ministry of -Natural -
Resources.
Tegler told the T -A Monday the in-
formation provided earlier in this ar-
ticle by Terry Crabe "is4ntended to
alleviate any fears of local residents
and naturalist groups who have in-
terest in the park".
He continued, "The burn will be of
low intensity and is not going to kill.
larger trees. It will clean up litter and
knock back some woody growth."
Tegler added, "The burn should re-
juvenate plant life. Many prairie
species are encouraged by fire. If all
the pine were allowed to mature they
would create dense shade for natural
plant species. If thisburn is suc-
cessful it could become an annual af-
fair in the next five or 10 years."
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