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Belgrave WI takes in
rock and roll show
On Sunday, May 10 (Easter 6) a
celebration of baptism took place at
Knox United Church. Jackson
Leeroy, son of Shane and Karrin
Davenport, brother of Madison, was
baptized.
Trinity United Church will be
celebrating its 146th anniversary on
Sunday, May 31 at 11 a.m. The guest
speaker is Pastor Colin Snyder of
Brucefield Community United
Church. Special music will be
provided by Sherilyn (Ribey) and
Adam Delves. Everyone is welcome
- lunch to follow. There will be no
church service at Knox United
Church in Belgrave that day.
On Saturday, June 6 at 7 p.m.
Colin’s ordination will take place
during the London Conference
Celebration of Ministry service at
Metropolitan United Church in
London.
The May meeting of Belgrave
Women’s Institute took the form of
an outing to Drayton Theatre to see
a production of The Legends of Rock
and Roll. Tuesday, May 19 was the
day of this spring day trip with
members and friends totalling 25 in
number. After the 2 p.m. show the
ladies were served a delicious ham
and salad meal at the Drayton
United Church chosen by Vice-
President Doreen Marks. She
presided with a welcoming WI
Grace. A few announcements were
made and the meal was enjoyed by
all. Several ladies answered trivia
questions relating to the production
they’d just seen and were rewarded
with gerbera daisies for their correct
answers. A great time was had by
all.
There were five tables of shoot in
play on Friday, May 22 at the
Community Centre. Winners were:
high pink card, Louise Hammond;
second high pink card, Eileen
Miller; most shoots pink card, Edna
MacTavish; high white card, Betty
Thompson; second high white card,
Ken Spears and most shoots, Anne
Laidlaw.
The next card party is Friday, June
12 at 1:30 p.m. Everyone is
welcome.
NEWS
FROM BELGRAVE
By Linda
Campbell
Call
357-2188
PEOPLE AROUND
BELGRAVE
Playing Gospel tunes
The Peace River Band was in Blyth on Sunday to perform the final show of the annual Barn
Dance Jamboree weekend at the Blyth and District Community Centre. The weekend began
Friday night with a bluegrass show, continued on Saturday night with the Barn Dance show
and then wrapped up on Sunday morning with the Gospel show, which saw another packed
house for the popular weekend. (Jasmine deBoer photo)
Harassment, field fires behind new M-T burn bylaw
Morris-Turnberry councillors
decided, at their May 19 meeting, to
proceed with the preparation of a
bylaw to regulate open burning in
the municipality.
James Marshall, community fire
safety officer, with Chad Kreger,
deputy chief with the Fire
Department of North Huron and
Marty Bedard, fire chief of Huron
East at his side, outlined the
proposals which are based on a
similar bylaw currently used by the
Municipality of Bluewater. He told
councillors that this spring in
Morris-Turnberry there had been
four buildings that had been barely
saved when firefighters brought wild
fires under control within feet of the
buildings, after landowners set fires
that got away on them. “We have
people setting fires then going to
town for a coffee,” said Marshall.
“Our hope is to reduce the number
of times the fire department is
called,” Marshall told council. The
aim is education, not laying charges,
he said.
The bylaw will prohibit open fires
completely within urban areas in the
municipality and put restrictions on
what materials can be burned, with
no burning of fuels like asphalt
shingles, insulation and other
building materials, tires, rubber,
plastic, styrofoam, petroleum
products and other toxic substances.
Not prohibited are cooking fires and
recreational fires but there are
restrictions requiring them to be held
in a safe location and under
conditions such as not being too
close to a building or under dry
conditions..
Also prohibited are floating
lanterns which can land in a field or
forest and start a fire, Marshall said.
A key provision in the by-law is
for notification of the appropriate
fire department of plans to hold an
open fire 90 minutes prior to starting
a fire. Councillor Jim Nelemans
agreed this notification time is a
good idea.
Included in the bylaw is a
provision that “No person shall
harass, obstruct or interfere with
anyone authorized or delegated
authority to enforce bylaw or
extinguish fires”. Marshall said there
have been two incidences this spring
of people interfering with
firefighters trying to do their duty. “I
don’t want to ever have to use the
harassment provisions but none of
the firemen needs to be sworn at,
intimidated or bullied.”
Mayor Paul Gowing said that
from what he’d learned, Bluewater’s
similar bylaw had worked well.
Morris-Turnberry will be a leader
in the northern part if the county if
this bylaw is passed. Bedard said
Huron East hasn’t considered
anything similar yet, but its current
bylaw “needs work”.
Marshall said he would be making
North Huron Council aware of
Morris-Turnberry’s proposed bylaw.
Council will consider the bylaw at
its June 5 meeting.
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• Blue Spruce
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By Keith Roulston
The Citizen
Food share race set for June 13
Gord Kaster of the North Huron
Food Share challenged North Huron
Township Councillors to take part in
the Food Share’s Zero K “Non-
Race” race.
Set to be held during the Wingham
Musical Muskrat Festival on June
13, the event will see competitors
stretch, line-up and step over the
finish line, completing their race.
Kaster handed out race kits to each
member of council and some staff at
North Huron Council’s May 19
meeting and encouraged them all to
participate.
“This is going to be a fun thing
that will help money get raised for
the Food Share,” Kaster said. “It will
show people a good time and help
out a good cause.”
Kaster, has already discussed the
event with council at a previous
meeting, said that spring and
summer are especially difficult
times for the organization.
“Fundraising dwindles in the late
spring and summer,” he said,
pointing to local community
institutions and groups that don’t
meet or aren’t open for the season.
“We need to be building a surplus to
get through the summer months.”
Councillor Brock Vodden said he
might not make the event due to
health reasons but his fellow Blyth
ward representative Councillor Bill
Knott volunteered to participate and
carry Vodden over the finish line if
necessary.
Reeve Neil Vincent thanked
Kaster for his presentation and said
he hopes council members do all
they can to help.
For more information, e-mail
Kaster at gdkaster@bell.net
By Denny Scott
The Citizen