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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2015-02-05, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015. TAKENOTICE thatCounciloftheCorporationoftheMunicipalityofCentralHuron will hold a public meeting to consider a proposed zoning by‐law amendment under Section 34 of the PlanningAct.The zoning by‐law amendment applies to the Municipality of Central Huron as a whole. Date:Monday, March 2 nd, 2015 Time:7:00 pm Location:Council Chambers – Central Huron Municipal Office, 23 Albert St., Clinton, Ontario ANY PERSON may attend the public meeting and/or make written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed zoning by‐ law amendment. IF you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed zoning by‐law amendment, or of the refusal of a request for amendment to the zoning by‐law you must make a written request to the Municipality of Central Huron. IF a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Municipality of Central Huron before the proposed zoning by‐law amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Municipality of Central Huron to the Ontario Municipal Board. IF apersonorpublicbodydoesnotmakeanoralsubmissionatapublicmeeting or make written submissions to the Municipality of Central Huron before the zoning by‐law amendment is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION relating to the proposed zoning amendment is available for inspection during regular office hours at the Central Huron Municipal Office, 23 Albert St. Clinton (519) 482‐3997 and the County of Huron Planning and Development Department 57 Napier Street, 2nd floor, Goderich (519) 524‐8394 x3. DATED AT The Municipality of Central Huron Brenda MacIsaac, Clerk THIS 4 th day of February, 2015 Municipality of Central Huron Purpose and Effect: The proposed zoning by‐law amendment adds provisions to Section 3 of the Municipality of Central Huron Zoning By‐Law for the purpose of automatically making necessary amendments to the zoning bylaw as a result of surplus farm residence severances.When the County of Huron or its delegate has approved a severance of a surplus farm residence the appropriate zone map in the zoning by‐law shall be amended to change theAG1 Zone toAG2 for the retained parcel and AG4‐21 for the severed parcel. The AG2 zone will prohibit a residence on the retained lands and the AG4‐21 zone will limit livestock uses and recognize all legally established buildings on the severed property. These changes will remove the requirement for most surplus severances to be subject to an application for rezoning in addition to the severance application. This by‐law amends the Municipality of Central Huron Zoning By‐Law,40‐2010. PUBLIC MEETING CONCERNING A PROPOSED ZONING BY‐LAW AMENDMENT AFFECTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF CENTRAL HURON Weather dominates news with storms, predictions Our weather this past week around our area has not been that bad, but threats of a massive snowstorm hitting Boston/New York made headlines. It didn’t really materialize. Now, as I sit and write on Sunday evening, threats of an impending snow storm hitting the area are on every newscast. It seems that the weather makes more headlines than the Super Bowl. Another item that received very little preamble was the impending “predictions” of the famous groundhogs of the regions. Wiarton Willie, Punxsutawney Phil or Shubenacadie Sam disagreed on when spring will arrive. Our Wiarton Willie forecasts an early spring, while the other two forecast six more weeks of winter. You would think folks would be interested in knowing about the parties involved prior to the predictions! Our belated condolences to Pearl McCallum on the passing of her brother Lloyd Regele in early January. He had resided in Princeton. He will be missed by his family and sister Shirley and the rest of the Regele families. I will stand corrected on where Archie McDonald lives when he is not in Brussels. Archie tells me I am geographically challenged not knowing the difference between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and especially the area of Cape Breton. Arch lives right on the Cabot Trail at a place called Judique, I think. When bantering with Archie, you never know where the conversation will go and when asked “where do you live” his answer sounded like “skidoo”, so I think Judique must be close. We’ll see. Our sympathies are extended to the Gowing family on the passing of Betty Gowing. Her services will be held on Monday, Feb. 9. Returning from an amazing trip to Ireland are George and Jane Zwep. They went to visit with daughter Danica, who is working and living in Galway. She has been there since the end of September and will return sometime in April. They were told they would see four seasons while there and they did – snow, ice, rain and sunshine. Highlights of the trip included seeing the cliffs of Mohr, Malin Head, in the northern part of Ireland, the Giants Causeway, Cobh, which was the last place the Titanic docked before it left to cross the Atlantic. They went to Cork and went to the Blarney Castle, where George deposited a kiss. They report that the landscape and coastal drives were amazing and they visited many castles, abbeys and churches. They rented a car for four days and Danica was able to travel with them for a couple of those days. Jane reports that George adjusted very well to driving on the left side of the road but the round-a- bouts were a little bit tricky. The words of wisdom from the rental company were “think left, drive left”. George reports having fun going to the pubs with Danica and it seems they were always busy, The grass was green and the temperatures comfortable. It was a fantastic holiday, Ireland is a beautiful country and the trip was beyond their expectations. Welcome back to the Zweps. The January Brussels birthday girls gathered last week to celebrate the birthdays of Sandra Cable, Leona Armstrong and Joan Bernard. There were 18 ladies who gathered to enjoy the delicious roast beef dinner served. Helping the three birthday girls celebrate were Nora Stephenson, Betty Campbell, Isabelle Wheeler, Dale Chesher, Jane Hall, Alice Marks, Laura Barbour, Cora Alcock, Lois McCutcheon, Merle Cousins, Edna McLellan, Marie McCutcheon, Marcy Bremner, Bev Palmer and Jean Davidson. Happy birthday to all! Returning from a week’s vacation in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico is Ed McClure. He reports it was not too hot, or too cold, with temperatures ranged from 20 to 30°C daily. He enjoyed great food, no rain and lounging in the five-section pool. The tanned Ed returned to our really cold weather, but that is how it goes. It was a nice break from our winter weather. Our sympathies are extended to the family of Malinda Beuerman. She will be missed by her son Larry and family, the Lane (late Susan) family and Ahrens (late Dianne) family. She will be missed by her many friends around Seaforth and Brodhagen areas. The Cranbrook Dart league had 22 players make it to the night of play on the last Wednesday in January. Karen Bowles and Frank Workman managed to win five games, even with missing their third player, Ev Blake who was holidaying in the north. The high lady of the week was Marita Lefor with 93 and George Zwep hitting 125. The lucky lady of the night was Kathy Workman. NEWS FROM WALTON By Jo-Ann McDonald Call 887-6570 PEOPLE AROUND WALTON Downtown Blyth 519-523-4740 Bainton’s Old Mill SweatersDuff’s could close pending vote Services resumed at Duff’s United Church Walton on Sunday, Feb. 1 with Betty McCallum greeting the nearly 30 in attendance. The guest speaker was Sue Bedard. She will speaking at Duff’s for the next two weeks and is an excellent speaker. Her reflection was on the “authority” of Jesus. Teresa Baan assisted in the service by reading the responsive psalm and Ron McCallum received the offering. A delicious breakfast was served following the service. A very important announcement was read by Teresa Baan concerning the future of Duff’s United Church. An all-congregational meeting has been called by Sandra Cable, Pastoral Charge Supervisor, for Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. The annual meeting will be conducted first and the congregational meeting will follow. During the congregational meeting, a secret ballot will take place on the following motion, “that Duff’s United Church disband and close on March 29, 2015”. This is a very important vote concerning the future of Duff’s United. This is your opportunity to learn the facts and to express your views, intentions, opinions and concerns, on the future of our church. This is a very important vote and a good attendance of full members of Duff’s is important. An article I just read reports that in Quebec, churches are closing at a rate of one a week, with 400 churches closing on the past decade. It stated that too many costly buildings and too few members attending and contributing financially, have forced the closure of many of the churches. The same can be said here in Ontario. The article also stated that with busier lives, both parents working and more demands on people’s time, families are forced to choose among shopping, sports or church. The decline of the family farms by expanding farm enterprises tearing down residences, decreases the population of the area to attend the churches. There is no one reason for the decline of church support, but it has crept into our area slowly and quietly and is becoming a reality closer to home every day. Celebrating birthdays this past week to finish January include Mark Wilbee, James Blake, Carili Hugill, Brian Traviss and Dave Watson. Kicking off the month of February includes Thys de Jong, Sarah Mitchell, Brian Williamson, John Driscoll, Marilyn McDonald, Amy Shortreed, Mike Durrell, Pamela Hackwell, Sherri Bachert, Clinton Pryce, Abby McNichol, Arnold den Dekker, Katie Dionne, Heather Williamson and George Kruse. Helping to grow The Blyth Lions, the Blyth Legion Branch 420 and Legion Ladies Auxiliary each donated $250, or $750 in total, to the Blyth Scouts. The money will be used to fund various trips for the older scouting groups and crafts for the younger ones. Shown above are members and leaders of the scouts as well as the representatives from the groups. Shown are, from left: Scout Leader Sarah Caldwell, Blyth Lions President Mary Lou Stewart, Leader Laura Armstrong, Blyth Legion President Rick McBurney, Leader Lavern Clark, Legion Ladies Auxiliary First Vice Deb Stryker and Leader Erica Clark. Middle row, from left: Kaleb Martin and Jake Cullen. Front row, from left: Garrett Caldwell, Grace Caldwell, Amy Caldwell, Tanner Brooks, Eli Baxter and Cameron Whitson. Scout members absent are Ian Stainton, Mackenzie Gulutzen, Leader Shari Cartwright and Leader Dave Cartwright. (Denny Scott photo)