The Lucknow Sentinel, 2015-09-16, Page 3Bruce Food Gardens looking
for support at Harvest
Dinner after 'brutal' year
Troy Patterson
Kincardine News
The Bruce Botanical Food Gar-
dens hopes to grow in supporters
for a second year at its Garden Har-
vest Dinner on September 17, 2015.
The inaugural event packed the
Ripley Huron Community Centre
in 2014, and this year's Foodland
Ontario -sponsored event is offer-
ing more, with doors opening at
4:30 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m.
"We're hoping to use the funding
raised from the dinner to help us fund
some part-time help," said Taylor,
adding the position is needed so they
can focus more time on designing
programming and expanding com-
munity and corporate partnerships.
Grassroots Wood Fired Pizza will
be offered, along with chef -prepared
meals using a variety of local ingredi-
ents. Tastings will be provided by
Hoity Toity Wine and Maclean's Ales,
beef barbecue by the Ripley Lions, a
celebrity pie auction and silent auc-
tion as well, with DJ Ryan Berry pro-
viding musical entertainment.
Taylor said 2015 has been a "bru-
tal" year for the BBFG.
"Weather has played havoc with us
tremendously," she said, adding
extreme wet-to-dry, and hot condi-
tions impacted plants and crops.
The high winds and hail that
caused damage across the region on
August 2 also "pitted" tomatoes, dam-
aged soft leafy vegetables, uprooted
an apple tree, twisted the stalks of
things like squash, and knocked over
various planter features at the Ripley -
area garden. Though some plants
recovered, the damage was a setback
for the pick -your -own community
garden. "It has not been our premier
year;' Taylor said.
Looking forward, the BBFG is
looking for committed volunteers
and is hoping to see people take over
maintenance, cleaning and care of
certain areas of the garden next year,
to help spread out the worldoad.
"We want to adopt out specific
sections so people can look after
their spots, clean and harvest
them," she said. "If we have enough
people doing that, the garden will
always look its prime."
Taylor said they're also empha-
sizing a "hands-on, pick -it -please"
policy the facility has, which allows
people to take their own fresh veg-
etables and leave donations.
"It's a really hard concept for
people to get a grip on," she said.
"People are reluctant to touch any-
thing and we need to change that."
Word that people can pick their
own vegetables is hoped to spread, so
visitors may also want to donate their
time to care for the facility and help it
grow and flourish over time.
There has been a "tremendous
response" to the 'Explore the Bruce'
Adventure Passport this year, draw-
ing "bus loads" of visitors to tour the
gardens. Volunteers will also be
needed in the coming weeks to clean
up the garden by October 1, so it can
be prepared to sit over the winter.
Tickets for the dinner are $25
each and available at the Huron -
Kinloss Twp. office in advance, as
well as Kinloss Produce and Sleep-
ers Bed Gallery in Kincardine.
For more information visit www.
bbfg.org or facebook, or to volun-
teer, call 519-386-9957 or e-mail
ltaylor@bbfg.org.
Valerie Gillies Lucknow Sentinel
Barb McNee of Community Living Kincardine and District, along with
resident Allan Moore, attended the General Committee Meeting of the
Township of Huron -Kinloss on September 9, 2015 to ask permission to
place Pinwheels for Peace in community flower beds throughout the
township. Council granted permission for pinwheels with their special
artwork to be placed on Thursday, September 17 to remain in place
until Tuesday, September 22 to display words of peace and harmony to
celebrate World Peace Day. Mayor Mitch Twolan accepted the offer of the
first pinwheel from Community Living resident Allan Moore. To learn more
about the project, visit http://www.pinwheelsforpeace.com/.
•policebriefs
IMPAIRED DRIVER CAUGHT
GAMBLING WITH YOUR SAFETY
(HURON TWP, ON) - On September
7, 2015 at 10:03 p.m., a South Bruce
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
officer on patrol along Bruce County
Road 86 in Huron Township noticed
a White GMC Sierra pick-up truck
moving at a high rate of speed. The
vehicle speed was displayed on
radar at more than 140 km/h in a
posted 80 km/h zone. The truck was
stopped and the driver was found to
have been drinking alcohol. Fifty-
two -year-old John WOOTTON of
Cambridge has been charged with
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impaired driving, operate over 80
milligrams, possess a controlled
substance, race a motor vehicle
and drive with open liquor. He is
scheduled to appear in court on
October 5, 2015 to answer to the
charges.
THREE DAY SUSPENSION SERVED
ON DRIVER
(ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-
WAWANOSH, ON) - An early
morning Reduce Impaired Driving
Everywhere (R.I.D.E) checkpoint put
the brakes on a 57 -year-old driver
on Labour Day Monday. Just before
10:00 a.m. a Jeep Grand Cherokee
entered into the checkpoint that
was set up at the intersection of
Bluewater Veteran's Highway and
Saltford Road. Upon speaking with
the male driver the investigating
officer noted the driver had been
drinking alcohol. A roadside test was
completed and the driver registered
a fail. He was placed under arrest
and transported to the Huron
County Ontario Provincial Police
(OPP) Detachment for breath tests.
Upon providing two samples of his
breath his results had lowered into
the warn range level. As a result, the
57 -year-old driver from Ashfield-
Colborne-Wawanosh was released
from custody and served with a three
day driver's licence suspension and
a ticket for Driver Motor Vehicle with
Open Container of Liquor.
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