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Huron County Newsletter
Week of April 28th to May 4th, 2024
Good day,
We’re finally settled at the new Huron County News headquarters, and back in full swing. We didn’t publish as many stories as we like to early in the week due to the fact that we didn’t have an internet connection, but we expect to be back to our usual pace starting this week. Thanks again for your continued support.
Here’s another weekly round-up of stories from around the county, and as always, some trivia questions to help us learn about the rich history of what has come to be known as Huron County.
Thank you for checking out the Huron County Newsletter and have a great week.
This week’s Huron County Newsletter is brought to you by:
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Huron Shores Area Transit is Conducting a Passenger Poll Contest
by Bob Montgomery
Huron Shores Area Transit launched a customer data collection campaign to gather passenger information to help fine-tune the transit system’s services.
Transit Coordinator Susan Mills says the campaign features a series of six one-question polls designed to gain insight into passenger needs and demographics. “We want to be able to answer the question for our councillors when they ask who's taking the buses and why are they taking them and really there hasn't been any research done since Huron Shores Area Transit came into being.”
So, they've put together the polls, and they'll be released every two weeks from now until mid-July. “They're very quick to answer…
Suspension Orders Issued to Students With Incomplete Immunization Records
by Bob Montgomery
Last week Huron Perth Public Health issued 1557 suspension orders to elementary and secondary students whose immunization records are incomplete.
Under the Immunization of School Pupils Act students may be suspended from school starting on May 23rd if their records are not updated by that time. Initially there were more than 5100 incomplete records. About seventy percent of those records have been updated since January when HPPH began sending notifications to parents or legal guardians.
Manager of Immunizations Karen Bergin-Payette says they thank parents for their cooperation thus far and…
Huron Hospice Receives Gold Level Music Certification
by Bob Montgomery
Huron Hospice has received the coveted Gold Level Music Care Certification from the Room 217 Foundation.
That makes Huron the first Hospice in Canada to receive that recognition. Huron Hospice Volunteer Coordinator Deb Shelley says music has always played an important role at Huron Hospice Bender House. “Local musicians volunteer their time and talent to play at the hospice. Whether it's spiritual, folk, Celtic or the lyrical sounds of a harp, we know music soothes the soul. With Certification, we better understand music's importance for our residents, families, volunteers, and staff. Certification has allowed us to make music an integral part of our care”…
May is a Busy Month for the Huron County Museum
by Bob Montgomery
Curator of Engagement and Dialogue, Sinead Cox, says this month will be a very busy month at the Huron County Museum and Historic Gaol.
May is Museum Month, a month to celebrate museums, and May 18th is actually International Museum Day. The Huron County Museum will mark that day with an open house and free admission. Cox says they have several events scheduled for the month of May and the Historic Gaol is now open for the season…
Town of Goderich Stands With Survivors
by Bob Montgomery
The month of May is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and for this month the town of Goderich is ensuring that survivors of sexual violence are believed, supported, and encouraged to seek out services in our community.
Huron Women's Shelter Fund Development Coordinator Genelle Reid says they are running the ‘We Stand With Survivors’ campaign, which coincides with the Sexual Assault Awareness month. She says Intimate Partner Violence has been declared an epidemic across the Province and Sexual Assault and Sexual Violence aren't part of all Intimate Partner Violence, but they do tend to contribute to one another, although there are some differences.
Reid says it's quite possible that the problem is more prevalent in rural communities because of the isolation in rural communities but…
Stratford Area Boundary Review Now in the Hands of Trustees
by Bob Montgomery
The Superintendent of Corporate Services for the Avon Maitland District School Board says the Stratford Area Boundary Review is now in the hands of the board's trustees.
Cheri Carter says at this point trustees are gathering information and accepting delegations from the community which allows a member of the community to delegate to the board through a formal process to express their concerns or ask questions. “We have a special board meeting on Tuesday, May 7th in Stratford to hear delegations and the trustees will review the information they get from that meeting.” Carter says the trustees are required to announce a decision by the end of June…
Western Ontario Wardens Caucus Outlines Priorities for 2024 – 2025
by Bob Montgomery
The Western Ontario Wardens Caucus (WOWC) recently met with their local MPPs to present their priorities for the coming year and ask for the support of their MPPs in addressing them.
WOWC Chair and Huron County Warden Glen McNeil says to the surprise of no one, their number one priority is housing. “It is very wide spread, not only through Huron County but in small and rural municipalities throughout Western Ontario.”
McNeil says the second priority is infrastructure. He says in order for the municipalities to meet the need for housing, they also need…
Weekly Trivia Questions
Which Huron County High School has the Latin motto “Palma non sine Pulvere” (No Reward Without effort)?
a) Goderich District Collegiate Institute
b) South Huron High Schoolhouse
c) F E Madill Secondary Schoolhouse
d) Central Huron Secondary Schoolhouse
Who was the first European to set foot in modern Huron County?
a) Samuel de Champlain
b) Dr William 'Tiger' Dunlop
c) Etienne Brule
d ) Captain James Carver
Answers to last week’s questions:
Which Huron County town was named after a British general in the Napoleonic Wars?
a) Goderich
b) Wingham
c) Clinton*
d) Seaforth
What Huron County High School building is the oldest in the county?
a) Goderich District Collegiate Institute
b) South Huron High Schoolhouse
c) F E Madill Secondary Schoolhouse
d) Central Huron Secondary Schoolhouse*
Trivia questions provided by local author and historian David Yates