LARGE NUMBERS TOOK TIME TO ATTEND
BY MELODY FALCONER-POUNDER
Four local churches offered people in the community the opportunity to Take Time in 2010 and they responded to the interesting programs presented by attending in large numbers.
From 60 to 80 people attended each of the four sessions that were held on Monday afternoons between Jan. 11 and Feb. 15.
“The inaugural year (2009) was most successful,” said Joyce Lambert, member of the Take Time in 2010 Coordinating Committee. “But to have built on the number of people attending and to have coordinated with the Bayfield Historical Society as well has given this second year an even greater impact on the community. We truly feel that we are meeting a need for social time and interaction and of learning and awareness of issues important to those who attend.”
Topics touched on in the 2010 series included: life stories, fitness, Alzheimer’s Disease and travel adventures both at home and abroad.
The program took a hiatus on Jan. 25 to encourage all in the community to attend the Bayfield Historical Society’s annual dinner meeting.
The committee is already preparing for Take Time 2011 and an evaluation meeting will be held in April.
“We seek input from the community on suggested potential speakers and program subjects for next year,” said Lambert.
Please contact any of the church coordinators, Barb Harkins, Mary Schultz, Shirley McAllister or Elaine Scimgeour to offer suggestions.
“Many thanks to the church community for their generous support and hospitality and thanks to those who have supported by attending and enjoying this series,” concluded Lambert.
TASTE OF HURON CULINARY FESTIVAL HARVESTS TOP PROVINCIAL AWARD
Proudly displaying the OEDA Best New Event of 2009 Award, hosted by the EDCO, are Jenna Ujiye, tourism marketer for the County of Huron and Huron Tourism Association Board member; Brittany Fry, assistant coordinator of Taste of Huron; Rick Sickinger, Taste of Huron coordinator and Heritage and Culture Partnership coordinator. The Taste of Huron committee is made up of chefs, local producers, restauranteurs and community partners. (Submitted photo)
An event which celebrated the harvest of Huron County’s bounty has earned top honors at the Ontario Economic Development Awards (OEDA).
The “Best New Event of 2009” was presented to the Taste of Huron culinary festival, a week-long celebration of the flavors and feasts of Ontario’s West Coast. Many of the events held from Aug. 24-30, 2009 were held in and around Bayfield including, the Village Market at the Bayfield Town Hall and the Gala Dinner and Locavore Brunch, both held at the Bluewater Shores Resort.
The award was presented at the OEDA held at the Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel on Feb. 4.
“This year, over 130 entries were judged," said Lauren Millier, 2009 Economic Developers Council of Ontario (EDCO) president. "The competition allows local communities to see just how they stack up against other municipalities when it comes to promoting location, investment & tourism opportunities."
“Many food-related festivals and events take place around the province and competition is very high when it comes to the best one ...the competition is very stiff," said Jenna Ujiye.
“Many food-related festivals and events take place around the province and competition is very high when it comes to the best one. It is always an honor to accept these awards, as the competition is very stiff," said Jenna Ujiye, Tourism Marketer for the County of Huron. "This competition result demonstrates our effectiveness in our economic development efforts."
The Taste of Huron event has also been nominated for the Premiers Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence. This award will be announced in the next few months.
The culinary festival was jointly produced by the County of Huron, Heritage Culture Partnership and the Huron Tourism Association.
“We set this event up so that it could continue on each year," said Brittany Fry, Taste of Huron assistant co-coordinator. Plans are now underway for the 2010 Taste of Huron Culinary Festival scheduled for Aug. 20-29.
This is the second time for a Huron event to win the prestigious award. In 2008, Huron won the same award for the Doors Open Haunted Huron event, which is slated to take place again on Oct. 22-24.
LOCALLY GROWN TALENT TO PERFORM WITH SOME OF CANADA'S TOP SINGERS
“Big Town Canadian Singers Going Small Town”
This is the theme for the upcoming spring installment of the Bayfield Concert Series to be held in the Bayfield Town Hall.
The headliners are some of the countries’ top talents, who when mixed with some locally grown entertainers, performing as their opening acts, create the perfect blend for an exciting evening of music.
The series includes: Billy the Kid with Josh Geddis, March 6; Melissa McClelland with Brad Cassel, Apr. 17; Luke Ducet with Beth Moore, May 8.
Series tickets are available now for $50; individual show ticket prices rang in price from $10 to $25. Tickets are available at Ernie King Music in Goderich and Black Dog Village Pub and Bistro in Bayfield.
The series is being presented by Meades Bros. Productions and The Little Inn of Bayfield. Special Concert Getaways are now available at The Little Inn; to learn more please call 1-800-565-1832.
BOOKS STACK UP AT BAYFIELD READS
Winter weather sometimes affords us with the perfect opportunity to curl up on the couch with a good book. But what titles should Bayfield residents be reading as Spring approaches? The answer will be determined at the Bayfield Reads 2010 event to be held at the Bayfield Town Hall on March 7.
Bayfield Reads is held just prior to Five passionate readers from Huron and Perth Counties will each defend one of the 2010 Canada Reads titles, in an attempt to convince the audience that his or her choice is the book that every citizen should read this year.
This year the books and local presenters are as follows: The Jade Penny by Wayson Choy, Nancy Barrett; Generation X by Douglas Coupland, Darren Erb; Fall on Your Knees by Ann Marie MacDonald, Brett Kelly; Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner, Jane Rowat; and Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott, John McCarroll.
Following the presentations, the audience will vote, refreshments will be served and a winner will be announced. The Bayfield votes will be forwarded to CBC and added to the national tally.
Tickets for Bayfield Reads 2010 are $5 each and are available at The Village Bookshop or at the door. To reserve tickets please call the book shop at 519 565-5600.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO LOOK AT THE WORLD THE WAY WESTWOOD VIEWS IT
Those who attend the Feb. 22nd meeting of the Bayfield Historical Society may never look at their world the same way again following the feature presentation to be given by Peter Westwood.
Westwood, a Bayfield resident, is a professional consulting engineer who travels the world showing companies how to modify their metal processing to improve operations.
His specialty is teaching employees to implement new processes and over the years he has spiced up his lectures by adding references to the reasons why things and words that people take for granted had their beginnings thousands of years ago.
For example, he notes that the width of streets, cars and train wheels did not just happen randomly. They are the results of decisions that were made hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of years ago.
The historical society meeting will be held at the Bayfield Lions’ Community Building starting at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend.
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ANGLICAN
It is a Lenten tradition at Trinity Anglican Church to join in fellowship over a hearty bowl of soup while delighting in a great cinematic work.
“Soup and a Movie at Trinity” will be held over the next five Mondays from 6-9 p.m. starting Feb. 22. A free will offering is asked to cover the cost of soup and buns and all in the community are welcome.
The schedule of movies is as follows: Manna From Heaven, Feb. 22; Frost Nixon, March 1; Julie & Julia, March 8; The Soloist, March 15; and Glory Road, March 22.
LENTEN SERVICES
Local residents are invited to take a Journey through Lent with services being offered at three local churches: Trinity Anglican, St. Andrew’s United and Knox Presbyterian.
“These services began at Knox in 2007, last year Trinity joined us and we are really excited to have St. Andrew's join us this year,” said Rev. Susan Moore, minister at Knox.
“We each are taking two services starting with the Ash Wednesday service that is a tradition of Trinity Anglican Church. Every minister will have their own way of leading this time of scripture reading, reflection and prayer but in past years those who attended found this a wonderful time to prepare themselves for Holy Week and Easter,” said Moore.
Last year there was an average attendance of 27-30 people.
The Ash Wednesday service will be held at Trinity on Feb. 17 at 10:30 a.m. followed by a coffee time.
Then the schedule of Lenten Services will be as follows: Trinity Anglican, Feb. 24; St. Andrew’s United, March 3 and 10; Knox Presbyterian, March 17 and 24.
The services will be 30 minutes in length and will be followed by lunch and fellowship.
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
Volunteers are now needed to help make the 154th Bayfield Fall Fair an extraordinary event.
The fair which will be held on Aug. 20-22 is an integral part of the village summer calendar but it can only be a success with great volunteers. This year new chairs are needed for such departments as flowers and concessions, but help for any area of interest to people is always appreciated.
For more information on how you can help the Bayfield Agricultural Society with their upcoming fair please contact Emma VanderWouden, secretary, at 519 482-3020.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
Knox Presbyterian Church in Bayfield will host the World Day of Prayer service on the afternoon of March 5.
This year the service has been created by the women of Cameroon. The theme of their service is “Let Everything that has Breath Praise God.”
To these women the theme means the following, “In the Cameroonian context people praise God even in and especially during difficult times in their lives. This is because generally we consider life to be God’s greatest gift to us. As long as one has breath, there is hope. So we sing in the hope that things will be better."
This interdenominational service will begin at 2 p.m.
CONSERVATIONIST OF THE YEAR
Someone you know living within the Ausable Bayfield watershed could be Conservationist of the Year.
Residents are being encouraged to think of a person or group who is helping preserve natural health in your watershed and to nominate them today. Nominations are open until Feb. 24.
The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) has been recognizing the watershed’s Conservationist of the Year since 1984. The award recognizes those who have demonstrated outstanding conservation achievements such as improving local water quality and quantity, improving forest conditions, fostering environmental education, advocating best management practices, restoring wetlands or protecting fish and wildlife habitat.
The Conservationist of the Year will be named at an annual awards evening hosted by the ABCA Board of Directors on March 18 at Ironwood Golf Club on Morrison Line, just east of Exeter. This year’s event celebrates the International Year of Biodiversity and will feature a speaker on this theme.
There are personal benefits to stewardship projects – such as conserving soil or reducing erosion and improving herd health – but most landowners undertake stewardship projects at their homes, farms or businesses because they want to improve their community.
“Local stewards undertake beneficial projects on their land to improve the watershed for the future and this award is a great opportunity to recognize those efforts,” said Tom Prout, General Manager and Secretary Treasurer.
Last year’s Conservationist of the Year winner was the late Lorne Teeple.
Landowners and organizations help keep your natural environment healthy – now you can honor that individual, business, family or organization by nominating them as the Conservationist of the Year.
To be eligible for the award, recipients must be located within the jurisdiction of ABCA. Current ABCA staff and directors are not eligible. Nomination forms are available at the ABCA office at 235-2610 or 1-888-286-2610 or www.abca.on.ca
AUSABLE BAYFIELD AND MAITLAND VALLEY WATERSHED PUBLIC MEETINGS
Zurich is the location for a public meeting related to the unveiling of draft proposed assessment reports for Ausable Bayfield and Maitland Valley watersheds.
Assessment reports are required under the Ontario Clean Water Act, 2006 for each source protection area in the region. The reports describe the local watershed areas and available water supply, identify vulnerable areas where drinking water sources might face a risk of contamination or depletion, assess threats to drinking water within those vulnerable areas, and provide information necessary for the development of source protection plans by the source protection committee.
Public delegations are welcome at a public meeting to be held at the Municipality of Bluewater – Zurich Complex, 15 East Street, in Zurich on Feb. 25 from 3-6 p.m. To reserve a time to present at this formal public meeting call the Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley Drinking Water Source Protection Project at least two days in advance (see numbers below).
“The creation of these reports is a very important step forward in protection of our municipal drinking water sources,” said Larry Brown, The Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley Source Protection Committee Chair. “The documents will tell us the number of potential drinking water threats in the two source protection areas and the committee will then be able to develop appropriate policies by 2012.”
For more information on the delegation-format public meeting in Zurich visit sourcewaterinfo.on.ca or phone Jenna at 519-235-2610 or 1-888-286-2610.
BRIDGE CLUB
Looking for an evening of cards?
Look no further than the Bayfield Lions’ Community Building where the Wednesday Evening Bridge Club will hold their next meeting on Feb. 17.
The decks will be shuffled starting at 7 p.m. All are welcome to join in the fun.
FILM SOCIETY
Happy Go Lucky is the title of the second film in the spring series of movies being offered by the Bayfield Film Society. The curtain will go up on this film on March 11.
A later start time is being tried for this season and the films will commence at 7:30 p.m. in the Bayfield Town Hall.
Other movies scheduled for the season are The Secret Life of Bees, Apr. 8; and Cairo Time, May 13.
Tickets cost $10 per person at the door the night of the film.
For more information please contact Lynne Gillians at 519 565-5884 or by email at lynnegillians@hotmail.com
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