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Craft sale and lunch
The Huronlea Home for the Aged Auxiliary hosted a craft sale on Saturday. Held from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m., the event offered a chance for Christmas shoppers to find those special purchases
for the upcoming gift -giving season and grab a quick bite to eat. (Denny Scott photo)
Staff reviewing traffic count
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those caused by drivers ignoring
signs aren't considered because,
whether traffic control is handled
through a stop sign or a stop light, an
ignored sign would still result in a
collision.
He did say, however, that the
studies didn't take into account
pedestrian traffic volumes and the
lack of sidewalks.
As a result of the report, the
department was instructed to
monitor the situation for several
years to determine if any action is
necessary.
Huron County Council declined to
place flashing lights or additional
traffic controls at the intersection.
Knott wasn't happy with the
report, presentation or direction that
Huron County Council had given to
its staff.
"I'm extremely disappointed," he
said. "I was hoping you would come
here and tell us new information, but
you've just regurgitated a 10 -month
old report."
Knott said he had seen the report
when it was first presented and
didn't need to re -read it and hoped
that there would be more
information, especially regarding
recent traffic counts that were taken
on County Roads 25 and 4.
Knott also said he wanted
clarification on parking bylaws in
the county and whether or not
vehicles could legally park on the
side of county roads, citing a
meeting he had with former Huron
County staff member Mike Alcock
who, according to Knott, said there
were rules against parking on county
roads.
Lund said that he is aware that
transport trucks have been a concern
at the corner as they park on the side
of the road blocking sight lines and
that was an issue staff is considering.
As for the traffic counts, Lund said
that information wasn't parsed yet
and would first be presented to
Huron County Council before it
could be presented to lower -tier
municipalities. He said that report
should be to Huron County council
by the third week in January.
Council received the report.
Village ambassadors proposed
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people to the village, as well as to
specific businesses and agricultural
locations.
An event would be held showing
off the culmination of the year's
work.
The art could then be sold, if that
was the desire.
The group said the project would
happen every other year to prevent
burn -out in volunteers and artists.
The final group wanted to create
"Blyth Market Day", or an enhanced
farmers' market in the village.
The market would be held Sunday
from noon to 4 p.m. and feature a
traditional style market and a non-
traditional partnership between the
local businesses and the vendors.
Stalls would be outside of local
businesses during warm weather and
inside local businesses during
inclement weather, promoting traffic
on main street and into the partner
businesses.
The group also felt the Blyth
Memorial Hall's lower hall could be
used as a food court and cooking
demonstration area.
With the projects presented and
the presentation concluded, Gardi
said the future of the community
was in the hands of the people at the
meeting. She suggested the group
try to work together and implement
one of the presented ideas, utilizing
the funding announced at the end of
the meeting.
The information from the
meetings will be summarized and
made available through Overlap
Associates, which ran the meetings
on RTO4's behalf.
As part of making that
information available, a contact list
was also created by those interested
in pursuing the project leaving their
phone numbers and e-mail addresses
to set up future meetings.
For more information, contact
Gardi at andrea@rto4.ca or 519-
271-7000 extension 205.
The Bethlehem Cafe
As part of the second annual Nativity event hosted at the
Melville Presbyterian Church on Friday and Saturday, the
Bethlehem Cafe was held in an adjacent room. The location
wasn't just a place to get a snack and a drink but also a site
where angels, like Dona Knight, left, and Mary Douma
congregated. (Denny Scott photo)
CH approves Hullett
streetlight program
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Central Huron Council is
upgrading streetlights in both
Auburn and Londesborough to LED
fixtures at a cost of just under
$25,000 to be paid for from Hullett
Township' s pre -amalgamation
reserve.
The upgrades to the two hamlets'
streetlighting will be paid for with
funds from the Ward 2 capital
reserve, which has existed since
amalgamation to assist in costs for
projects that would benefit the
Auburn and Londesborough
communities and all of the former
Hullett Township.
With a current balance of $30,000,
the streetlighting upgrades will cost
$24,575.04, leaving the reserve with
a balance of $5,424.96.
Councillor Alex Westerhout said it
was unfortunate that there wasn't a
project that would benefit all of the
former Hullett residents, rather than
those who just live in the hamlets.
He said he felt like Councillor Marg
Anderson, who lives in the
Londesborough area, would agree,
although she was absent for Monday
night's meeting.
Mayor Jim Ginn said he agreed,
but that with those funds remaining
in the municipality's coffers since
amalgamation (nearly 17 years),
when a project made sense for the
ward, it would be best to use the
funds.
Treasurer Terri Rau said the
reserve has been used to fund a
number of projects in past years,
including renovations to the Auburn
Hall, the Londesborough Hall and
the Kinburn Hall, as well as some
paving in Auburn.
As part of a similar motion,
council also authorized the payment
for LED conversion in Holmesville
using funds from the sale of land to
Union Gas. The cost of the upgrade
in Holmesville was just under
$12,000.
Council approved the financing
structure and streetlighting
upgrades.
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