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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-01-24, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013. PAGE 9. Continued from page 1 Steve Corbett, Huron Director to the Ontario Plowmen’s Association. The group explained that Huron County’s official bid for the match will be made at the Ontario Plowmen’s Association’s annual meeting on March 2 in Stratford. McGavin explained that the support from local councils is viewed as highly favourable when the site is being considered. “It means a lot to have the support of council,” McGavin told councillors. The “donation” that was approved by council has been made in principle. If Huron County is not successful in landing the match, the funding will not be approved. Huron East’s Bernie MacLellan called it a “no brainer” that Huron County would support the bid of its plowing association to host the match. McGavin told councillors that while a final potential site has yet to be considered, the four remaining candidates are Walton, Vanastra, Hensall and Brucefield. He said the site will be selected by the end of the year. During her portion of the presentation, Sparling told councillors that the economic infusion from the match would be huge, including between 30,000 and 35,000 visitors to the county per day. She said the ripple effect from those people staying, eating and shopping throughout the county would mean millions for local businesses. She said that over the course of the entire match, it’s likely that 100,000 people would have visited the county, and if they are treated well and like what they see, there is a strong chance that they will make their way back to Huron County in the future. The motion to support the Huron County bid for the match was supported by council. Huron’s official bid for IPM set for March Old man winter swung into Southwestern Ontario on the weekend. He first tempted us with a very nice day on Saturday with mild temperatures and then Sunday sent driving winds and snow flurries to the area. The road crews were busy keeping the roads in shape, hydro crews were busy restoring power to some areas and many cancellations of events were broadcast over the radio. A typical stormy winter’s day. It is days such as these that I enjoy. I spend the day working at jobs that are waiting patiently to be done. Cleaning out and organizing shelves, sorting through clothes, laundry, or whatever is waiting to be done. Just think what a week of stormy weather would accomplish! It didn’t take very long to accomplish the tearing down of a house in Walton last week. The former Ralph and Viola Travis home (in the 70s) has been occupied by many different folks in the last 20 years, but has sat empty for about the last six years. Fencing went up on Wednesday and a high-hoe was brought onto the property. There was no activity at 9 a.m. on Friday morning but by 2:45 p.m. the building was down and the high-hoe was sitting still. Done, just like that. The clean-up still needs to be done but the house is gone. This is a big change to the Walton scenery. We are pleased to hear that Stewart Steiss is home from hospital. We hope he is coming along with his problems. The Brussels birthday girls gathered for the January birthday party at JR’s last week. The ladies celebrating birthdays in January included Sandra Cable, Leona Armstrong and Sarah Stephenson (absent). It was a very full tablewhen all gathered for lunch. Helpingto celebrate were Audrey Cardiff,Jean Davidson, Alice Marks, Laura Barbour, Bev Palmer, Marie McCutcheon, Liz Coultes, Jane Hall, Lois McCutcheon, Betty Campbell, Rene Richmond, Nelva Scott, Cora Alcock, Merle Cousins, Marg Work and Isabel Wheeler. Happy birthday ladies! The Walton Hall hosted the Huron Perth Middlesex Beef Breeders on Tuesday evening for their annual meeting. They enjoyed a soup and sandwich meal before having their meeting and listening to their guest speaker. Helping for the Hall Board were Judy Lee, Judy Emmrich and Jo-Ann McDonald. The Cranbrook Dart Club had another exciting evening of play. One team of three found themselves “skunked” on their last game of the night. We’ll just say it was team six and they shall remain nameless, except for the witnesses. There is still evidence of some “hugging” going on, as some great plays have been executed at the right time. The new players seem to be enjoying themselves and are playing very well. The high points this week were by Evelyn Blake with 98 and George Zwep with 120. Good Darts! Happy birthday to Frances Shaw. She celebrated a milestone birthday at the Wingham Sportsmen Club. She was joined by her family and friends for an entertaining evening on Jan. 12. Rumour has it, she celebrated a birthday somewhere between 65 and 75. Francis was still recovering from her weekend of celebrating when the Shaw meeting of the minds gathered at Cinnamon Jim’s on Tuesday morning! Last week after the first real snowfall, I mentioned about clearing the snow away from the rural boxes. This week I noticed that many people piled their recycling boxes around the mailbox blocking the driving path. The recycling boxes should be placed away from the mailbox unless you are sure you will have them removed before your normal time for delivery. Remember to have a clear travel path to and from your mailbox and ensure the safety of the mail carrier and delivery of the mail. As we know, words can have more than one meaning today. I found itvery amusing this week when manyof the young men and women wereout and about in the cold weather with no coat. It is obviously “cool” to not wear a coat and I think they were darn “cool” without one.Celebrating birthdays this pastweek include Heather Clarke,Frances Shaw, Harvey Shaw, Joan Ritchie, Marni Knight, Janice Carnochan, Connie Alcock, Valerie Bachert, David Griffith, KendalCarnochan, Clint Emmrich, AngelaFraser, Nadine Ringgenberg, HenryGrobbink, Kaitlin Ritchie, Leona Armstrong, Brandon McGavin and Helen Williamson. Rough winter days provide the chance to catch up By Jo-Ann McDonald Call 887-6570 PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON NEWS FROM WALTON REPRINTS OF PHOTOS taken by Citizen photographers are available to purchase. ALL ARE IN COLOUR 4x6 - $4.00 5x7 - $5.00 8x10 - $8.00 Phone to order ~ 519-523-4792 or 519-887-9114 Subscribe to The Citizen and have a monthly chance to WIN A PIZZA 422 Queen St., Blyth 519-523-4303 Once a month we will draw a name of someone who has renewed their subscription or bought a new subscription toThe Citizen to win a GIFT CERTIFICATEfor a LARGE 4-ITEM PIZZA from Anita the archer aiming her arrows Anita MacLeod, shown here throwing darts, was one of the Bluewater Dart League members to face off at the Legion on Saturday. (Denny Scott photo) NH reports increase in building The Township of North Huron building department is reporting substantial growth in permit revenue and construction value in the municipality in 2012. Chief Building Official Dave Black reported 73 permits have been issued to date this calendar year representing a construction value of $14.549 million, up from $4.781 million for 2011. Revenue generated by permits in 2012 was $97,516.42. Income obtained from building permits allows the department to operate without impacting the tax base. Construction values in the municipality in 2012 include: agricultural construction - $1.351 million, institutional construction - $10.562 million, resident - $1.952 million, other - $0.684 million. Black reports, “the issuance of permits started slowly at the beginning of the year, but a consistent growth in the number of permits has reflected the increase in permit revenue and construction value for the Township of North Huron. The construction of the Maitland River Elementary School certainly is an added value that reflects 72 per cent of the total construction value and 30 percent of the revenue for the construction year of 2012. With many projects being proposed for 2013 we are expecting next year to have a positive economic development effect on the building department.”