HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-01-19, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012. PAGE 11.
Defense against the snow arts
From left, Tyson Michie, Jaida Ruff-Robertson and Hayden Robinson worked hard on a snow
fort that very nearly became a class project for their East Wawanosh Public School Grade 4/5
class with the number of people working on it. The students created titles and jobs for everyone
involved from those in charge (the master council) down through to the lowly brickmakers. The
fort, before fellow students assaulted the walls, was taller than any of the students involved
according to the group, and could easily fend off any snowball attack. (Denny Scott photo)
UCW meeting on Jan. 26
On Friday, Jan. 13 there were five
tables of shoot at play in the
Belgrave Community Centre.
The winners were: high pink card,
Mary McIntosh; second high pink
card, Judy Hahn; most shoots, pink,
Bev Hayden; high white card,
Charlie Shaw; second high white
card, Brian Schlosser; most shoots
white, John Pollard.
The next shoot is Friday, Jan. 27.
Everyone is welcome.
Please join us for storytelling on
Tuesday, Jan. 17 and 24 in the lower
hall of Knox United Church from 7
p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
Have you ever woken to a new
day and shouted with joy,
“Another great day!” or left the
service of worship feeling a sense of
having been in the presence of God?
Then you know how inadequate
words can seem at times. You also
know if you are going to share these
experiences you are going to have to
find words to do it.
Tom Bandy and Bill Easum in
their book “Growing Spiritual
Redwoods” wrote what could be
called a theme for personal story
and faith sharing, “What is it about
your relationship with Jesus Christ
that the world can’t live without?”
Please join us in the lower hall as
we make an effort to “talk overstories” and practise them so we canmore effectively “walk our stories”into our community of faith andbeyond. Our sole purpose is to learn
how stories connect and
communicate our faith while
strengthening our own
understanding of just what each of
us has to offer.
The general meeting of the UCW
will be held on Thursday, Jan. 26
beginning with a potluck supper at
6:30 p.m. Chris Palmer will be
speaking about his experiences after
a tragic accident. Everyone is
invited to this open meeting.
On Sunday, Jan. 29, following the
church service, there is a potluck
lunch and the annual meeting.
Reports are now available, along
with your contribution statements.
By Linda
Campbell
Call
357-2188
PEOPLE AROUNDBELGRAVE
NEWS
FROM BELGRAVE
M-T council caught in
the middle of dog dispute
At their Jan. 10 meeting, Morris-
Turnberry councillors found
themselves in the middle of a
dispute over dogs between two
neighbours in Lower Town
Wingham.
Bob Trick, the municipality’s
animal control officer, attended the
meeting along with a local resident
Sherry McLaughlin, speaking on
behalf of the dog owner.
Nancy Michie, administrator
clerk-treasurer, explained to council
that there are special circumstances
involved because the municipality’s
dog bylaw allows up to two dogs per
house in urban areas. This property
has two dogs but there is no
residence on the property. The
owner keeps the dogs to protect
items he has stored in a shed on the
property. In the past there have been
thefts from the building.
But because of the bylaw, Trick is
not allowed to issue dog licences or
tags to the owner of the dogs. The
option was for council to amend the
bylaw to allow up to two dogs for a
legal non-conforming building.
Council did pass the amendment
but not before the scope of the
argument between the dog owner
and a neighbour was hashed out.
Trick said he had made 12 visits to
one or the other of the parties
between September and December.
He said he was ready to enforce any
bylaw councillors passed but asked
if they wanted to allow guard dogs
in a residential zone. Trick raised the
possibility of liability issues if a gate
was left open and the dogs got out.
The property owner had built a
new fence around the property but
Trick found problems with it. The
fence goes right to the lot line but
dogs are supposed to kept several
feet from the lot line to protect
children or others who might be at
the edge of the property.
Trick also had concerns about the
height of the fence, worried that if
there was a snow buildup the dogs
might be able to get over the fence.
Also, he said, because the dogs
could see anyone who went by on
the street and he had witnessed the
dogs following the width of the
property inside the fence, barking at
people or cars going by.
McLaughlin said she thought the
issues were brought on by an
ongoing dispute with one neighbour.
“Other neighbours aren’t
complaining,” she said. “I feel like
I’m being harassed.”
She promised the dogs’ owner
wasn’t aware of the regulations
about the fence and would remedy
the problems.
Councillors were split on their
feelings about dogs on an urban
property with no house.
Councillor John Smuck noted that
when dogs bark in a residence there
is usually someone there to quiet
them, but when they’re in an
unoccupied building, nobody’s there
to notice.
McLaughlin said she has asked
other neighbours to contact them if
the dogs are making noise.
Councillor David Baker failed to
see a difference between a farmer
who has a guard dog to protect
sheep and someone who kept
a dog to protect a shed from break-
ins.
“It’s still a dog,” he said.
Trick said that now that the bylaw
made it legal for the dogs to be kept
on the property, he would deal with
the noise issues.
By Keith Roulston
The Citizen