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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2016-01-21, Page 15THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2016. PAGE 15. Walton Hall plays host to McGavin Christmas PEOPLE AROUND WALTON By Jo -Ann McDonald Call 887-6570 Last week started as a stormy one with some schools off on Monday Jan. 11, then continued with two more days of nasty weather and most schools closed and busses cancelled. There was lots of snow and children had a chance to make snowmen, go tobogganing at the hill in town and enjoy the fun of shovelling! The men that do snow removal finally had a chance to make use of their machinery and thanks to the town guys who really kept the streets of Brussels looking so good. Then the mild temperatures on Friday and the rain took the snow away, followed by the deep freeze setting in and then there was ice. What a stretch of weather! And then it starts again. Stormy weather blanketed our area again on Monday Jan. 18, and schools were cancelled again! It was very deceiving at times, because we could see just fine and then a squall moved through and we couldn't even see the shed! I guess we are paying for the wonderful pre -Christmas weather. Our get -well wishes go out to Graham Work who is a patient in Seaforth Hospital at this time. We hope he can soon return to Huronlea. We hope Bill Stephenson is feeling better after a stay in hospital and will be back to Huronlea as well. McGavin Farm Equipment held its Christmas party at the Walton Hall on Jan. 9. They enjoyed a delicious meal downstairs and then wonderful entertainment by a hypnotist upstairs. He was Casey St. John from Guelph and was great. The group learned a few interesting facts about their co-workers during the evening! The group of about 60 people enjoyed the remainder of the evening socializing. The Cranbrook Dart Club held the second night of play on a blustery winter night. There were 18 players who ventured out to Cranbrook. The 18 players had a good night, but it was team 7 of Brad Speiran and Pat Gillis who won their six games. Marita LeFor was the high lady hitting 110 and Jim Blake hit 133 for the high man. Pat Gillis was the winner of the lucky shot for the night. We wish Donna McClure the best in her new surroundings in Blyth. We will miss her around the Walton area. Celebrating birthdays this past week include Don Baan, Jeff McGavin, Gordon Mitchell, Brenda Dalton, Holly Mitchell, Doris Williamson, Leona Armstrong, Dianne Huether, Murray McCall, Valerie Collins, Brett Stevenson, Cody Glanville, Paulene Gulutzen, Jacob Smeltzer, Heather Clarke, Joan Ritchie, Marni Knight and Angela Fraser. Happy birthday to all! FROM WALTON OMB dismissed appeal of JL home rezoning By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen An appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) filed against a large Seaforth development was dismissed last week after a short hearing in Seaforth. Brian Barnim, a developer and former Central Huron Councillor, filed an appeal in October against the JL Retirement Development — a large retirement home set to be built in Seaforth — and a related zoning. His case was dismissed quickly, however, as he didn't meet the requirements to appeal the decision, having not made a written or oral submission ahead of the public meeting, which was held last year. Making the case for the Municipality of Huron East at the Jan. 13 hearing in Seaforth was the municipality's solicitor Greg Stewart. Stewart stated that Barnim did not qualify as a person entitled to bring an appeal and furthermore that the appeal was not made in good faith. The municipality, through its solicitor, will be filing for recovery of costs associated with the proceedings. Huron East Council was brought up to speed on the project and the OMB proceedings at its Tuesday night meeting, by way of a report prepared by Chief Administrative Officer Brad Knight explaining the proceedings. 500 county hours spent on G2G By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen To date, 500 hours of Huron County staff time has been spent on the Goderich-to-Guelph (G2G) Rail Trail, states a report filed by Huron County Director of Planning and Development Scott Tousaw. The question was raised several meetings ago when representatives from G2G Inc. asked that the $16,000 in Huron County's 2015 budget originally allocated to pay for staff time be instead used on actual trail development. Several councillors were concerned with the request, which came late last year. They felt that the "money" had already been spent by way of staff time and shouldn't still be in the budget to be re- allocated. 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