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A well-spoken group
Members of the Brussels Legion handed out their annual public speaking awards late last
month. A number of students from Huron East's North Woods Elementary School took part in
the event, which annually highlights well-spoken students and interesting topics from
throughout the community. Top, from left: Owen Mulvey, Mathew Schlosser, Triston Piper,
Sheridan Smith, Seth Kerr (second place) and Rowan Gaspirc (first place), all of the primary
division, were awarded that night by Legion Youth Chair Nanci Ducharme. In the Junior
division were, bottom, from left: Madison Koch, Ella Smith (second place), Chloe Hastings,
Alyssa Mulvey (first place), Legion Youth Chair Nanci Ducharme, Marley Gaspirc, Hannah,
Camryn Logan and Kierstin Fraser. (Photos submitted)
LAV memorial to cost ,x'40,000
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of Afghanistan.
He mentioned the placement of
the World War II Sherman tank by
the museum, saying that it's often
"lost" in the structure of the
museum. He hoped that the LAV
would be given a more prominent
place and that it would draw tourism
to Goderich, as well as Huron
County.
As for Huron County's part in the
process, Thorne said he hoped
the county would provide
engineering and construction
services in-kind.
Extensive engineering will be
required, he said, to know if the
chosen site is appropriate for such a
monument.
Chief Administrative Officer
Brenda Orchard suggested that staff,
specifically Huron County Engineer
Steven Lund, prepare a report on the
request so those specifics can be
determined.
The LAV, Thorne told councillors,
will cost $17,000 to refurbish and
convert it into a monument. The
vehicle weighs 42,000 pounds and
measures 22 feet high, nine
feet across and six and a half feet
high.
Thorne said it's crucial that
communities remember their
veterans, whether they're from the
First or Second World Wars or if
they fought in Afghanistan.
He compared the Legion's current
proposal to a 1922 one that resulted
in Goderich's cenotaph, around
which thousands of people
gather every year on Remembrance
Day.
With a piece of land and $5,000,
the Menesetung Canoe Club
produced the historic monument and
now, nearly 95 years later, it is an
indispensable part of Huron County
history, Thorne said.
Huron East Mayor Bernie
MacLellan said he didn't need to go
through council's usual procedure of
directing staff to draft a report and
he was prepared to support the
project on the spot.
Orchard, however, advised against
that, saying that engineering is
necessary before a monument of that
size can be placed anywhere, so the
report is necessary for a number of
reasons.
Council directed staff to prepare a
report and the issue will be raised
again at a future meeting of
council.
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Third draft of budget
ready for March 15
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Mills, who was absent for the
presentation of the first draft of the
budget, said that it's not as simple as
eliminating the piece of equipment
from the budget.
The municipality needs a backhoe
for public works projects, he said,
and the department's current
backhoe will need $30,000 in repairs
simply to bring it to an operational
level for one more year.
Mills argued that it would be
difficult to justify that level of
spending for one year of use — at the
end of which, the municipality will
still have to purchase a new backhoe.
Council disagreed, however, and
authorized repairs to the backhoe of
up to $7,500 with the majority of the
municipality's backhoe work to be
contracted or rented out. The new
backhoe will be revisited during
2017 budget deliberations.
Another proposed change to the
budget is for a user -pay system in
Brussels, resulting from recent street
lighting upgrades.
Initially, it had been proposed that
the Brussels street lighting levy
would double in 2016 to help pay for
the balance of the project. However,
Brussels Ward Councillor David
Blaney said that he and fellow
Brussels Councillor John Lowe, who
was absent, had discussed an
alternative to doubling the levy.
Current system costs are $79,819,
but just under $30,000 will be
utilized from the Brussels streetlight
reserve, while the remaining
$50,573 will be debentured
internally to eliminate a potential
sharp increase to Brussels residents.
The third draft of the budget will
be presented at council's March 15
meeting for further discussion.
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NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS
in the Municipality of
Morris-Turnberry
2016 Dog Tags and Licences are now available:
(Monday to Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
and Fridays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
at the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry Municipal Office
41342 Morris Rd., PO Box 310,
Brussels, ON NOG 1H0
***Tags can be picked up in person or
ordered by telephone ***
All dogs must be licensed in compliance with By-law No. 80-
2013.
A copy of the complete By-law is available for review at the
Municipal Office.
All dogs must be identified by means of a tag and licence, issued
for a (1) one year period by:
Thursday, April 28, 2016
The fee schedule shall be as follows:
1. All Dogs (except those listed in #2)
- male, females and spayed females
FIRST DOG
ALL OTHERS
$20.00 per dog
$30.00 per dog
2. Pit Bulls, Pit Bull crosses, Staffordshire Terriers
FIRST DOG $100.00 per dog
ALL OTHERS $110.00 per dog
3. Kennel Licence Fee
(for a kennel of dogs that are registered
eligible for registration under the Animal
4. Late Payment Charge
(Shall be assessed in addition to the licence fee,
if the licence and/or tag is not purchased by April 28)
$85.00
or
Pedigree Act)
$20.00 per dog
Excrement:
The By-law requires dog owners to forthwith remove excrement
left by a dog, from property other than the premises of the owner
of the dog.
Any person contravening this provision is subject to a $125 fee.
For further information contact:
The Municipality of Morris-Turnberry
Telephone: 519-887-6137 Ext. 24
Fax: 519-887-6424
E-mail: mail@morristurnberry.ca