The Citizen, 2016-08-11, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2016. PAGE 7.
Couple looks to restore Ethel United Church as home
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
A couple from Elora are looking to
restore the Ethel United Church to
its former glory and make the now -
closed house of worship a home at
the same time, though they need a bit
of help.
Daniel Caya and his wife Anna
were on a visit to the area and fell in
love with the church.
"We were just driving through the
area and saw it," he said. "We came
home, did some online exploration
and then decided to make another
trip to look at the church"
From there, the couple decided
they wanted to see the church
returned to its former beauty if it was
going to be be their home. Provided
everything lines up properly, they
plan on purchasing the church and
making it look like it once did.
"Right now, we're putting together
a budget for the restoration work and
purchase," Caya said. "We're trying
to get prices on window
replacements, finding manufacturers
and looking at the project as a
whole. We're doing all the things
you need to do before you pull the
trigger on something like this"
To that end, the couple is asking
for anyone with history or pictures
of the church to share it with them.
Caya said the proposed change in
scenery was a bit of wanting to
shake things up and a bit of falling in
love with the church.
"We're debating what our next
move is in life right now," he said.
"We don't have the suitcases packed
and ready to leave, but we're always
looking to see what the next chapter
of life is going to be like. We drove
by, saw the signs and are looking at
the budget to see how the sale would
look"
The Cayas are no strangers to
restoration work, having rebuilt
other structures in the past.
"I like to do the work beforehand
and look at the history," he said.
"Whether you're looking at
renovation or restoration, you want
to see how true to the original you
can be"
Caya said he has found that the
church isn't in the original location,
so he would like to get photos of the
church before it was moved.
"If people have those photos, of
what it looked like before it was
moved, we would really like to see
as much as we can," he said. "We
have to make a decision at some
point and we have to know what has
been renovated or changed before
we consider the purchase."
Caya said that photos are best, but
any kind of history will help with the
decision to buy and restore the
church for the couple.
"We're looking for anything," he
said. "We want to build a good basis
of knowledge about the original
building so we can look at the
renovations."
Those changes won't happen,
however, without a little help. If
anyone has information they would
share with the Cayas, they're asked
to call 519-504-6571 or e-mail
dgcaya97@gmail.com
NH Council discusses enforcement of parking bylaw
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
The request from the Wingham
Business Improvement Area (BIA)
to change parking in front of the
Wingham post office has caused
more discussion at North Huron
Township Council regarding the
enrobement of the municipality's
existing parking rules.
In correspondence, the BIA
requested that the current two-hour
parking limit be changed in front of
the Wingham post office to a 15 -
minute parking limit to allow more
people to use the spots for brief
business.
At council's Aug. 2 meeting, the
second meeting in a row in which
the issue was brought up, council
discussed the current parking bylaw,
including comments from Wingham
Police Chief Tim Poole that stated
that the existing parking bylaw is
difficult to enforce due to other
responsibilities of the police force.
Great day, great results
The Brussels Ball Day, which was held earlier this summer, served as a great day for the
community of Brussels, playing host to several baseball games throughout the day and
bringing the community together for a number of fun activities. However, it also brought plenty
of fundraising dollars into the community as well — specifically for the Brussels Fire Department
and Brussels Minor Ball. Leslie Motors was on hand to donate $3,140 to the two organizations,
split evenly — the fire department for a new generator for the fire hall and the ball association
for new equipment. Above, from left: Eric Ross of Leslie Motors, Melissa Jacklin of Brussels
Minor Ball, players Connor Kellington, Beckett Noble, Raelyn Pennington, Christopher
Pennington and Brussels Fire Chief Max McLellan. Below, back row, from left: Jason
Kellington, Cody Subject, Melissa Jacklin, Heather Dunbar, Curtis White, Bronson Bechard,
Chris Riley, Ken Higgins, Jaime Mitchell, Chris Gibson and Donald Hastings, all Brussels
firefighters. Front row, from left: Beckett Noble, Christopher Pennington, Eric Ross, Max
McLellan, Raelyn Pennington, Connor Kellington and Carter Kellington. (Photos submitted)
Similar rules affect other locations
in the township, however,
enforcement outside of Wingham
falls to the Bylaw Enforcement
Officer.
Council directed staff to come
back with a report on enforcement of
the parking bylaw in general,
however Councillor Trevor Seip
wanted council and staff to be sure
pursuing the right
they were
information.
"When [staff comes] back with an
enforcement model, will it be based
on the two-hour restriction?" he
asked during the meeting. "That is
the intent of bringing forward this
report... to maintain the current
bylaw and enforce it appropriately."
Chief Administrative Officer
Sharon Chambers said the
enforcement of the current bylaw
would be part of the discussion and
reminded council of previous
discussions where they had decided
to not put provisions into a bylaw if
they can't be enforced.
The report on the issue will be
brought back to council at a later
date.
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