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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2017-10-12, Page 14PAGE 14.THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2017. Classified Advertisements Tenders Tenders FARMS FOR SALE BY TENDER By the Executors of the Estate of Allan Victor Edgar Two parcels: 1) Part Lot 38 Concession 1 Grey; Part Lot 39 Concession 1 Grey as in GYA16994 Except HWP1595; Municipality of Huron East; Amberley Road; 150 acres more or less. Approximately 99 acres being workable, with the balance being bush, building site, and an old gravel pit area, randomly tile drained, older style brick farm house and outbuildings. 2) Lot 18 Concession 2 Grey; Lot 18 Concession 3 Grey; Municipality of Huron East; 44027 Jamestown Road; 200 acres, more or less. Approximately 80 acres being cropped; 70 acres pasture, with the balance being river flats, bush, drainage ditch and former gravel pit, some of the cropped land is systematically tile drained, older style bank barn and two old sheds. On both parcels selling in as is condition without representation as to exact acreage. Purchase must rely on own inspection. Available for the 2018 crop year. To view the properties please contact Jeannette Van Loo at 519-887-9435. There will be two separate tenders, one for each property. Tenders shall be in the prescribed form available from the Vendor's Solicitors: CRAWFORD, MILL & DAVIES Attention: Conor T. O'Keefe 217 Josephine Street, Box 1028 Wingham, ON NOG 2W0 519-357-3630 Tenders to be submitted by 12:00 noon on Thursday, November 30, 2017 with a 10% deposit. Notification of Tender decision on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 by 12:00 noon Highest, or any tender, not necessarily accepted. Vacation properties BOOKING FOR 2018 — TWO - bedroom cottage with bunkhouse at Point Clark, includes fully -equipped kitchen, gas barbecue, fire pit, horseshoe pit and much more, close to lighthouse and beach. Call 519- 523-4799 after 6:00 p.m. tfn Wanted to rent WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING contract nursery and finishing space. Existing barns as well as new builds. Please contact Monoway Farms at 519-887-6477 or janemonoway@gmail.com 40-3 Healthy Weight, Healthy You! Even a modest weight loss of 5 to 10 pounds can make a huge difference to your health and well-being! The Heart and Stroke Foundation has all the tools you need to achieve a healthy weight. Visit heartandstroke.ca and start now! HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF ONTARIO Finding answers. For life. www.heartandstroke.ca Marshall pitches ec. dev. review By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen John Marshall of the Huron County Economic Development Board says that a service delivery review in the county is what's needed to move forward. Marshall has been doing the rounds throughout the lower -tier municipalities in Huron County to speak about "Growing Success: a service delivery review of economic development services in Huron County". This is the board's $60,000 proposal to the county to search for efficiencies within the county and its economic development departments. The proposal took heat early on in the process as many councillors and staff members saw it as a way of working towards single -tier government in Huron County. Marshall, however, was candid about his board's success since its inception in 2015, saying the board has struggled at times. Where the board has seen success, he said, is in coming up with ideas, but implementing them has proven to be a challenge. "Without this review, the board feels we're flying blind in the face to attract new investment," Marshall said in his presentation. "We don't know if we're winning, losing or even if we're still in the game." He also added that reviewing the current level of service is the government's way of completing due diligence to ensure value for the taxes being committed to the project. Marshall was in Central Huron and Huron East last week to present to their councils and he faced some skepticism. However, Marshall said that's exactly why he's consulting with the lower -tier councils of Huron County. He's looking for feedback and hoping to tweak the request for proposals before it's sent out to potential consultants. Huron East Chief Administrative Officer Brad Knight said there were definitely still some phrases in the proposal's terms of reference that he found troubling. Knight didn't elaborate, but Marshall said he'd like to know so that anything "troubling" to the lower tiers could be removed before the request for proposals stage of the project. Knight was also critical about the scope of the project, saying that perhaps the county should ensure that its house is in order and review the goings-on of its economic development department before prying into how lower -tier departments are run. Knight pointed out that the county is now on its fourth economic development officer in just two years and felt continuity should be achieved before anything else could be accomplished. Marshall agreed, saying that a lack of continuity in the county's department has made the board's work challenging, but that's something they hope they've achieved with the team that's currently in place. Huron East Economic Development Officer Jan Hawley raised the issue of the "Train the Trainer" program that was recently completed through the county and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). She said that the work of the board in "Growing Success" felt redundant in the face of the success of the Train the Trainer program. Marshall agreed that it would be redundant to reinvent the wheel, but said that the service delivery review would be a "road map" to implementing the work done with the Train the Trainer exercise. Knight and council, as well as Central Huron Council, agreed to provide feedback on the project in the coming weeks before a request for proposals is formally sent out. Over 76,000 attend 100th IPM The 2017 International Plowing Match and Rural Expo (IPM) is pleased to confirm 2017 was a very successful match! The IPM welcomed 76,546 visitors over the shortened four days of the IPM. IPM Chair Jacquie Bishop said that, "All of our stakeholders rose to the challenge to overcome the weather adversity during the week of the IPM which allowed us to welcome thousands of visitors to the Match. The IPM executive is pleased with the success of our exhibitors, our engagement of the residents welcoming people to the area, our community businesses with their sponsorship and support from all government levels." She went on to compliment all the volunteers, "Our volunteers went that extra "weather" mile showing the attendees the pride we had of hosting the 100th International Plowing Match and Rural Expo in Huron County." Ontario Plowmen's Association (OPA) President Don Priest said, "The 2017 IPM was a great success. The IPM and OPA extend a most sincere "thank you" to the many sponsors large and small and all the IPM corporate partners for their financial contributions and their in- kind support. Our presenting partners — Ontario Mutual Insurance Association, BMO Bank of Montreal and Hydro One — were once again central to the success of this year's IPM." The streets of the IPM Tented City were crowded with visitors enjoying the many events and exhibits; Cathy Lasby, Executive Director of the OPA noted, "Our visitors enjoyed an exciting program of events this year as well as the wide range of vendors." Lasby added, "Exhibitor space was sold out — for both inside and outside vendors — for the 2017 IPM" Brian McGavin, Local Executive Committee Member, highlighted the youth attendance. "The commitment from our local schools was outstanding. Fifty-four buses rescheduled their attendance to IPM 2017 after Wednesday of the Match being cancelled and a total of 202 buses full of youth attended IPM 2017 to celebrate and learn about agriculture and rural living." ESTC looks to partnerships Continued from page 1 programs offered through partner- ships with the Ontario Fire College and the Ontario Fire Marshal's (OFM) office, two organizations the ESTC had worked with in the past. Alderman reported that the ESTC is actively partnering with the OFM after meeting in late September to establish several firefighter -focused program including multiple intakes of the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) 1001 Firefighter I and II courses. A future meeting will see other NFPA courses considering including programs focused on hazardous materials, rope rescue, confined spaces, fire officer, fire inspector, fire investigation and public fire and life safety education programs. Alderman said the ESTC was also seeking programming outside its normal purview of emergency services training and looking at programs such as D -Class driver training and air brakes endorsement, working height regulatory training and confined spaces regulator training. Currently, the ESTC is partnering with Loomex Training, Alderman explained, to provide three classes, Scribe and Note Taking, Crisis Communication and Emergency Skills Development and Exercise Design, all of which will begin in pilot format this month. A full list of confirmed, available programming will be available on the ESTC's new website at www.estc.ca. Alderman said the ESTC is seeking to promote its programming through the its own client database, the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs and Huron County Fire Chiefs. He may seek out more participation through the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, the Canadian Construction Association, the Ontario General Contractors' Association and Transport Canada as well. HELP FIGHT CYSTIC FIBROSIS Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation www.cysticfibrosis.ca 1-800-378-CCFF All word ads in The Citizen classifieds are put on our webpage at www.northhuron.on.ca