Central Huron CIC Angela Smith, Jane Groves, Amy Gerrits, Katherine Horton.   Front row: Ruth Ann Soder, Sibyl Tebbutt, Joan Addison  (Photo courtesy of Sheila Pritchard, Clinton News Record) Central Huron CIC Angela Smith, Jane Groves, Amy Gerrits, Katherine Horton. Front row: Ruth Ann Soder, Sibyl Tebbutt, Joan Addison (Photo courtesy of Sheila Pritchard, Clinton News Record)
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New Clinton Attraction 'Growing'

The new splash pad in Clinton has a new attraction.

Central Huron Community Improvement Coordinator Angela Smith says she got the idea for a garden car when she saw one in Kensington Market in Toronto.

She says the BIA there filled a car with flowers and painted graffiti on it.  Smith made some changes for the convertible that was donated by Kevin Wright from the Auburn area.

"I have adopted that idea and we have a car that's been donated, so we are going to fill it with flowers and put it down by the entrance to the splash park and instead of graffiti I'm hoping to have some of the school children put handprints on the car," says Smith. "Just dump the dirt in and then the flowers go in on top and then they'll spill out over the edge and it's a convertible car, so we'll have the top down and the flowers will spill over the edges as they get growing and it'll be a nice attraction, I think."

(left to right) Neely Wiggins, Jace Barnesky, Brooklyn Phillips, Emmalyia Karpyshyn, Jordyn Clark, Kaylee Hewitt and Chase Carter. (Photo courtesy of Sheila Pritchard, Clinton News Record)

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