Zurich Reps Look for ARC Changes

He says it's made no sense.
A Zurich representative on the Bluewater - South Huron accommodation review committee believes Zurich should be left out of the review entirely.
The process is driven by declining enrollment but Doug Schade says their school is at capacity.
He believes Zurich students shouldn't be taken out of Zurich public to fill vacancies at other schools.
Schade says Zurich parents also very strongly opposed to sending grade seven and eight students to a high school.

West Perth Budget Talks Continue

Early indications suggest West Perth residents will be looking at a very minimal tax increase this year.

Deputy-Mayor and 2010 Budget Chair Gerry Kehl says the initial run through suggests a 3.5 per cent increase in the budget. He says it would have little impact spread out over the tax base even if no further cuts are made.

Kehl says the municipality will now wait to see what the County's proposed levy increase is before finalizing everything with an ideal budget increase of 2 to 2.5 per cent in mind.

The next and possibly final West Perth 2010 Budget Meeting is scheduled for March 1st.

No Quick BRM Moves From Ag Ministers

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says Business Risk Management Programs were a major focus of Friday's meeting of provincial, federal and territorial agriculture ministers.
He says the ministers spent most of the morning talking about those kinds of programs.
However, despite the discussion there was no quick action taken at the meeting.
Instead the ministers are going back to consult their farmers further on BRM's and will bring the results of those consultations to the next Ministers' meeting in July.
Ontario's new Agriculture Minister Carol Mitchell says that will give the grassroots - or what she calls 'concession farmers' - the chance to have some input into any business risk management program proposals.

Sports Schedule for Saturday February 6, 2010

National Hockey League

Ottawa at Toronto, 7 p.m.
(ON AM920)
Vancouver at Boston, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Montreal, 3 p.m.
Detroit at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.
Phoenix at Dallas, 6 p.m.
Carolina at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Florida at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
San Jose at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Edmonton at Colorado, 10 p.m.

American Hockey League

Toronto at Grand Rapids, 7 p.m.
Hamilton at Rochester, 7:05 p.m.
Albany at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Providence, 7:05 p.m.
Syracuse at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 7:05 p.m.
Lowell at Worcester, 7:05 p.m.
Hartford at Norfolk, 7:15 p.m.
Manchester at Adirondack, 7:30 p.m.
Rockford at Lake Erie, 7:30 p.m.
Bridgeport at Springfield, 7:30 p.m.
Houston at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
San Antonio at Manitoba, 8:30 p.m.
Peoria at Texas, 8:30 p.m.
Chicago at Abbotsford, 10:30 p.m.

OHL:
Owen Sound at Plymouth - 7:05 p.m.
Brampton at London - 7 p.m.
Saginaw at Erie - 7 p.m.
Windsor at Niagara - 7 p.m.
Guelph at Belleville - 7:05 p.m.
Oshawa at Peterborough - 7 p.m.
Mississauga at Sudbury - 7 p.m.
Sault Ste. Marie at Barrie - 7:30 p.m.

GOJHL: Midwest -
Brantford at Cambridge - 7 p.m.
Waterloo at Guelph - 7:30 p.m.

Western Jr C:
Hanover at Mitchell - 7:15 p.m.
Walkerton at Goderich - 8 p.m.
Kincardine at Mount Forest - 8:30 p.m.

WOAA Senior Hockey Playoffs:

Saugeen Shores at Lucknow-8pm
(Lucknow leads 2-1)

Palmerston at Shelburne-8pm
(Shelburne leads 2-0)

Clinton at Lucan-8:30pm
(Series tied 1-1)

National Basketball Association

New Orleans at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Washington, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
New York at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
Miami at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Memphis at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Indiana at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.
Denver at Utah, 9 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Portland, 10 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

National Lacrosse League

Toronto at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
Rochester at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
Orlando at Philadelphia -- (postponed, winter storm)

Scores for Saturday February 6, 2010

National Hockey League

New Jersey 4 Toronto 3
Calgary 2 Florida 1
Washington 5 Atlanta 2
Carolina 4 Buffalo 3
Phoenix 2 Chicago 1 (SO)

American Hockey League

Abbotsford 3 Chicago 2 (SO)
Hamilton 5 Rochester 2
Grand Rapids 6 Toronto 3
San Antonio 5 Manitoba 4 (OT)
Binghamton 4 Albany 3
Portland 3 Providence 0
Syracuse 4 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 1
Worcester 3 Lowell 0
Norfolk 3 Hartford 2 (OT)
Adirondack 3 Manchester 1
Rockford 5 Lake Erie 3
Springfield 3 Bridgeport 2 (OT)
Peoria 6 Texas 3
Milwaukee 5 Houston 3

Ontario Hockey League

Owen Sound 5 Sarnia 3
Kitchener 7 Oshawa 6
Kingston 4 Guelph 2
London 3 Plymouth 2
Erie 5 Windsor 3
Saginaw 4 Mississauga 2
Ottawa 3 Belleville 2
Sault Ste. Marie 8 Sudbury 5

Midwestern Junior Hockey:
Waterloo 3 Listowel 1
Stratford 5 Elmira 1

West:
Strathroy 7 St. Mary's 2

Western Junior C:
Mitchell 4 Walkerton 3 (OT)
Goderich 3 Kincardine 1
Wingham 6 Mount Forest 2

WOAA Senior Hockey Playoffs:

Monkton 3 Tavistock 1
(Monkton wins series 3-0)

Elora 4 Shallow Lake 1
(Elora wins series 3-0)

Ripley 7 Durham 5
(Ripley leads series 2-1)

Milverton 8 Petrolia 4
(Milverton leads series 2-1)

Shelburne 5 Palmerston 2
(Shelburne leads series 2-0)
Saugeen Shores 3 Lucknow 2 (OT)
(Lucknow leads series 2-1)

Goderich 5 Walkerton 3

National Basketball Association

Indiana 107 Detroit 83
Washington 92 Orlando 91
Boston 96 New Jersey 87
Milwaukee 114 New York 107
Houston 101 Memphis 83
Philadelphia 101 New Orleans 94
Atlanta 91 Chicago 81
Minnesota 117 Dallas 108
Phoenix 114 Sacramento 102
Denver 126 L.A. Lakers 113

National Lacrosse League

Toronto 19 Philadelphia 11
Calgary 13 Edmonton 8
Orlando 12 Colorado 5
Washington 12 Minnesota 9

NDSS Reunion This Spring

Norwell District Secondary School in Palmerston is getting ready to celebrate its 70th anniversary in May.

The only problem is contacting many of the 14,000 graduates from the past 70 years.

Rose Van Sickle who is chair of the Norwell School Council says mailing lists from the last reunion 10 years ago are so out of date they are almost usless.

Van Sickle is hoping to get the word out about the reunion through the media.

Former students and staff can get more information on the Norwell website: www.ugdsb.on.ca/norwell

12th Annual Women's Silver Stick in Sarnia

Midget "AA"
Saugeen Maitland vs. Mississauga 715, 11:15 a.m.
Friday Scores
Saugeen Maitland 1 Windsor 1
Saugeen Maitland 1 Etobicoke 1

Midget "A"
Stratford vs. Cambridge, 11 a.m.
Friday Scores
Mississauga 5 Stratford 1
Oakville 5 Stratford 0

Midget "BB"
Tiverton vs. Kemptville, 3:30 p.m.
Walkerton vs. North Halton, 3:30 p.m.
Milverton vs. Petorlia, 3:30 p.m.
Milverrton vs. Kemptville, 8:30 p.m.
Walkerton vs. Norfolk, 8:30 p.m.
Tiverton vs. Petrolia, 9:45 p.m.
Friday Scores
Ilderton 6 Walkerton 2
Tiverton 5 Milverton 3

Pee Wee "A"
Saugeen Maitland vs. Bluewater, 11:45 a.m.
Saugeen Maitland vs. Sarnia, 6:30 p.m.
Friday Scores
Oakville 3 Saugeen Maitland 1

Pee Wee "B"
Quarter Finals
Walkerton vs. Winner of Sarnia/Waterloo, 6:30 p.m.
Kincardine vs. Winner of South Huron/East Lambton, 6:45 p.m.
Round Robin
Kincardine 6 Tillsonburg 2
Walkerton 2 South Huron 1
Kincardine 6 Waterloo 1
Walkerton 3 Clearview 1
South Huron 4 Clearview 1

Perth Economic Funding Announced

A substantial Provincial investment will help the County of Perth, Stratford and St. Marys move forward with a regional economic development strategy. Through the "Communities in Transition" initiative, the region in partnership with the Perth Community Futures Development Corporation and the Technical Training Group will receive 210 thousand dollars for the development of a strategic plan. An 80 thousand dollar grant from Employment Ontario's Labour Market Partnerships initiative will help the region conduct a labour market analysis to assist in job creation and skills development efforts. Focus group sessions have been planned and the first in a series of Town Hall meetings will be held at Parkview Gardens in Listowel from 7 until 10 p.m on Monday night. Others will be held in Milverton, Mitchell Stratford and St. Marys next week. The goal is to have a report on the Perth County Labour Market Analysis and Regional Economic Development Strategic Plan prepared for the consideration of each partner municipality by the end of March.

Lucknow Nurse Heading To Olympics

Patti Wright goes out of her way to present prizes to her province-wide staff. The Provincial Director of Revera Health Care was in Lucknow yesterday to give an employee of Pinecrest Nursing Home a fabulous gift. Connie Howald won a trip to Vancouver to be part of the audience at the closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics. 3-M, which provides skin care products to all 65 nursing homes owned by Revera in Ontario had an extra ticket and suggested a draw to pick a winner.