{"id":30644,"date":"2021-01-05T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T21:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=30644"},"modified":"2021-01-06T14:55:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T19:55:43","slug":"mount-forest-resident-designs-sticker-to-raise-awareness-about-high-healthy-happy-slogan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/mount-forest-resident-designs-sticker-to-raise-awareness-about-high-healthy-happy-slogan\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Forest resident designs sticker to raise awareness about \u2018High-Healthy-Happy\u2019 slogan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Forest resident Maddy Smith is hoping to save the last remaining slogan in town that says, \u2018High-Healthy-Happy,\u2019 which is painted across the water tower.<\/p>\n<p>Smith is raising awareness through the sale of stickers, that look identical to the infamous water tower.<\/p>\n<p>Smith said she\u2019s not in it for the money, as she doesn\u2019t even know the cost of one sticker yet, but said she wants to raise awareness because she read money would be included in this year\u2019s budget to paint the water tower.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, my hope is to kind of say, \u2018if you want to buy a sticker, I want you to also talk to your councillor about why the slogan makes you happy, why, you know, it\u2019s important for you to keep it,\u2019\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>Mount Forest Mayor Andy Lennox said the budget for 2021 hasn\u2019t been passed yet, but roughly just under $1 million will go towards refurbishment of the water tower.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30695\" style=\"width: 326px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30695\" class=\"wp-image-30695 \" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-05-at-3.54.39-PM-323x500.png\" alt=\"Maddy Smith raises chickens and quails, and said her idea for the sticker came from this bird water tower she made.\" width=\"316\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-05-at-3.54.39-PM-323x500.png 323w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-05-at-3.54.39-PM-139x215.png 139w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-05-at-3.54.39-PM.png 418w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-30695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Maddy Smith raises chickens and quails, and said her idea for the sticker came from this bird water tower she made. Photo by: Maddy Smith<\/strong><span style=\"color: #111111; font-family: 'normal Arial', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">efurbishment of the water tower.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBut the expectation is that it will be passed, and refurbishing of the water tower which will involve painting will be included in that,\u201d Lennox said.<\/p>\n<p>Lennox said that there is no reason to suggest that the slogan won\u2019t remain on the water tower.<\/p>\n<p>The slogan that says \u2018High-Healthy-Happy\u2019 used to be seen on the township\u2019s two entryway signs last year, and then they were changed early fall to say, <a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/mount-forests-new-entryway-signs-spark-debate-and-vandalism\/\">\u2018Simply Explore.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smith said there is change happening and it really feels like no one is talking to the community about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s a fear that the town is just going to switch the slogan and not tell anyone,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor said he had a number of emails over the holidays of people expressing their desire to have the slogan remain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just haven\u2019t reached that point of decision at this time,\u201d Lennox said. \u201cThere are certainly [\u2026] alternative viewpoints with regards to the connotations of the \u2018High-Healthy-Happy\u2019 that are very much present in the community as well. I understand that people don\u2019t necessary wholly agree on that, and [\u2026] that\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith said that she thinks that losing the slogan is a slippery slope to just becoming another sterile community.<\/p>\n<p>She said the community is unique, and everyone has their own culture and sense of identity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think the <a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/mount-forests-new-entryway-signs-spark-debate-and-vandalism\/\">\u2018Simply Explore\u2019<\/a> doesn\u2019t capture that, it just white washes us as another, you know, small town that\u2019s kind of been paved over, that\u2019s what it feels like to me,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>Lennox said the downtown revitalization committee did not want to see the, \u2018High-Healthy-Happy\u2019 slogan continue on the entryway signs, and council supported that, thus the change to the <a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/mount-forests-new-entryway-signs-spark-debate-and-vandalism\/\">\u2018Simply Explore.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo details discussion has happened on what will be painted on the water tower or not painted on the water tower at this point,\u201d Lennox stressed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mount Forest resident Maddy Smith:<\/strong><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-30644-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Edited-Clip-Maddy-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Edited-Clip-Maddy-1.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Edited-Clip-Maddy-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<div id=\"attachment_30699\" style=\"width: 516px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30699\" class=\"wp-image-30699\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2068-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"The Mount Forest water tower shows the old town slogan 'High-Healthy-Happy.' \" width=\"506\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2068-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2068-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2068-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2068-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2068-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2068-161x215.jpg 161w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2068-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-30699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The town's water tower is the only remaining piece of landmark that says the town's slogan, 'High-Healthy-Happy.' Photo by Chris Holden.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_30715\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30715\" class=\"wp-image-30715\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-05-at-8.51.35-AM-293x500.png\" alt=\"A black and white Mount Forest water tower sticker design. \" width=\"401\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-05-at-8.51.35-AM-293x500.png 293w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-05-at-8.51.35-AM-126x215.png 126w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-05-at-8.51.35-AM.png 464w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-30715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maddy Smith's Mount Forest water tower sticker design. Photo by Maddy Smith.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Forest resident Maddy Smith is hoping to save the last remaining slogan in town that says, \u2018High-Healthy-Happy,\u2019 which is painted across the water tower. Smith is raising awareness through the sale of stickers, that look identical to the infamous water tower. 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