The Times Advocate, 2007-08-29, Page 1010
Times -Advocate
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Higher student attendance for ARCA events
By Nina Van Lieshout
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER — Over the past few
months the Ausable Bayfield
Conservation Authority (ABCA)
Education Department has kept
busy with various special events, sit-
ting on many boards and commit-
tees for special events and festivals
and preparing for and carrying out
nature programs and the Sylvan
Conservation Program.
ABCA conservation education spe-
cialist Julie Hicks presented a con-
servation education update Aug. 17
at the monthly board of directors
meeting, saying, "Throughout the
watershed, we have accomplished
both an increased environmental
and conservation awareness
through curriculum -based conserva-
tion education programs and special
events."
Several conservation education
events were held for students in the
Exeter area, featuring Spring Water
Awareness Program (SWAP) which
saw the ABCA Education
Department visit 13 schools with a
total of 1,842 students.
"The main message of SWAP is to
educate watershed students about
the winter and spring dangers per-
taining to frozen and flooded water-
courses," says Hicks.
The March Break Day Camps
were also a success, with 28 chil-
dren participating in the two camps
which featured "a winter scavenger
hunt, creating animal tracks to take
home, a birdhouse craft and an
ever -popular discovery hike for win-
ter critters and animal tracks," says
Hicks.
The Huron -Perth Agriculture
and Water Festival was in April.
Grade four students from Huron and
Perth attended, learning about the
importance of water and agricultur-
al resources through hands-on activ-
ities.
A total of 712 students participat-
ed in the festival.
The Huron -Perth and
Southwestern Envirothon was also
another success, with 130 secondary
students, in teams of five competing
in several areas, featuring wildlife,
aquatics, soils and forestry.
The Sylvan Conservation
Program, held over six weeks,
brought out nine bookings in the
spring. In total 206 students partici-
pated, including students from
Hensall Public School, Stephen
Central and St. Boniface.
The Spring Nature Programs
were also popular, bringing out 558
students between January and June.
Students participated in several
programs, including Eco -hikes,
Fossils and Puddles and Pollywogs.
"The education department has
continued to work towards the
Authority's objective of building bet-
ter environmental conscience thus
far in 2007," says Hicks.
"Throughout the watershed, we
have accomplished both an
increased environmental and con-
servation awareness through cur-
riculum -based conservation educa-
tion programs and special events,"
adds Hicks.
The only area Hicks is hoping to
improve is adding snowshoeing in
the wintertime, saying the students
will enjoy that experience.
On Sept. 10, the Fall Nature
Programs will begin.
ABCA summer camp — Area children had tons of fun this summer at the ABCA
Summer Nature Day Camps.Above from left Sean Slater, Jack Brock and Kyla Chapman run
up the hill at a recent camp. (photo/submitted)
POLICE BRIEFS
String of straw bale
arsons hitting Huron
HURON — A series of straw bale arsons hit
Huron County during the early morning of
Aug. 25, between midnight and 8 a.m. The
Huron OPP along with the Ontario Fire
Marshall's Office is investigating several fires
set to straw bales located near to the road in
the central and eastern portion of Huron
County. The monetary loss from the fires has
not yet been confirmed but is expected to
exceed $200,000. No one has been
injured in these events. Property own-
ers in the area are being urged to keep
a heightened level of awareness for
any suspicious vehicles or persons in
the area and to report this information
to police. If you have any information
regarding this crime contact Crime
Stoppers at 1 -800 -222 -TIPS (8477) or
the Huron OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
llderton man
critically injured
HURON PARK — On Aug. 25, a
Huron OPP officer witnessed a single
motor vehicle collision in Huron Park.
The vehicle was travelling at a high
rate of speed when it entered a curve
in the road. The driver lost control of the vehi-
cle and after leaving the roadway, struck two
parked vehicles. The driver, a 27- year-old
llderton man was severely injured and
remains in critical condition. Technical
Collision Investigators were called to the
scene. The investigation continues.
Windows smashed
HENSALL — Sometime during the evening
of Aug. 19, vandals smashed three windows at
the Hensall Public School on York Street in
Hensall. Damage is reported to be in excess of
$300.
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