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MEETING NOTICE
MUNICIPALITY OF
MORRIS-TURNBERRY
The upcoming Council and Committee meetings for the
Municipality of Morris-Turnberry will be held:
Tuesday Februray 7 at 7:30 pm Regular Council Meeting
Tuesday February 21 at 7:30 pm Regular Council Meeting
A leisurely skate
Grey Central Public School students strapped their blades
on and took to the ice at the Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Centre last week for a free skate. Among
those students were, from left: Hillary Bachert, Emma
Hruska and Jayden Fraser. (Denny Scott photo)
NEWS
FROM BELGRAVE
OPP visits Belgrave WI meeting
The first meeting of the Belgrave
Women’s Institute was held on Jan.
17 with 30 members and friendsenjoying a potluck lunch at noon.The president, Doreen Marks,welcomed everyone and read
“Tomorrow” and “All I need to
know I learned from a cow”, then
said grace.
The program convenor, Audrey
Fenton introduced Jamie Stanley, an
OPP officer, who showed slides and
spoke about crime prevention and
consumer fraud. These crimes
happen to seniors because they are
trusting and scams are not reported
because of fear and embarrassment.He stressed to not give out personalinformation on the phone or onFacebook.
“If it sounds too good to be true it
probably is.” Officer Stanley
answered questions and gave out
information leaflets and calendars.
The business meeting followed
with the roll call answered by nine
members giving their volunteer
hours. The Branch will donate to the
Water Festival, held in Seaforth and
to Nancy Jardin who will join in the
“Walk for Memories” for the
Alzheimer Society held at F.E.
Madill Secondary School on Jan. 28.
Several members will help with
the Healthy Snacks program at East
Wawanosh Public School.
To mark the 115th anniversary of
the founding of the Women’s
Institute in Ontario, members are
asked to do random acts of kindness.
The February meeting will be on
Feb. 21, beginning with a potluck
lunch at noon. Everyone is
welcome.
By Linda
Campbell
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PEOPLE AROUNDBELGRAVE
A decision by the West Grey
Police Service to switch its dispatch
service provider from the Hanover
Police Service to a dispatch service
from Owen Sound is leaving several
municipalities in the lurch, including
North Huron.
Fire Department of North Huron
Chief John Black explained during
North Huron Council’s Jan. 16
meeting that, with West Grey, who
covers approximately 30 per cent of
the cost of operating the dispatch
centre, pulling out the service will
no longer be offered.
“West Grey is pulling their service
from Hanover, making Hanover not
financially feasible any more,” he
said.
The closure is going to affect
many different services.
“We received formal notice that
the service will be ending at the end
of this year,” Black said. “Twenty-
one fire departments will be affected
by this closure as well several police
services.”
Black said that the fire department
is currently researching options, but
that he wanted council to be aware
of the pending change.
Councillor Jim Campbell asked if
the Wingham Police Service and
Fire Department of North Huron
could work together to find a new
solution and Black said that was
feasible.
“Yes, the opportunity is there to
work together,” he said. “We’re also
trying to work with other fire
services as well.”
Black said he would be bringing a
report to council with options for
replacing the service later this
year.
FD to see new dispatch
North Huron Chief Administrative
Officer Gary Long informed North
Huron Council that he received
notice from Huron County’s Chief
Planner Scott Tousaw that the
opportunity to work with other
municipalities to do a
comprehensive review of land
available in North Huron, Morris-
Turnberry and Howick townships.
“Basically the review would look
at the inventory of lands available
for industrial and commercial
development and also look at lands
that could be used for development
if their zoning were changed,” Long
said.
He stated that if there is land that
could be better used in another
capacity, the township’s official plan
could be changed to reflect that but
only if there is evidence from a
comprehensive review that the
change would be desirable.
“Mr. Tousaw is wondering if there
would be any interest in hiring a
summer student in the planning
department,” he said. “Each council
would contribute about $2,000
which would help cover the
student’s salary.”
Long said he was bringing this to
the attention of council due to the
many discussions council has had
about the lack of commercial and
industrial land in the township and
that this would open up other
opportunities.
“We can’t just pass a bylaw to
change land into industrial or
commercial land, we need a process
to justify why those lands should be
converted to new designations and
this research would provide us with
just that opportunity,” he said.
Council agreed and pledged the
$2,000 requested for the project.
Looking for local heroes
There are so many people out there who do
so much to improve their community.
Now you have a chance to say thanks.
Nominate that special person for the 27th
Annual Citizen Citizenship Awards.
Each year a committee chooses an outstanding citizen from each of the Blyth and area
and Brussels and area communities to receive an award for contribution to the
community. If you know someone you think should be honoured, please fill in the ballot
and send it in. You may attach a longer explanation of why you think your nominee
should win, if you like. If you have nominated someone before and he or she didn't win,
please feel free to try again.
I nominate
as Citizen of the year for
I feel she/he deserves this award because
Nomination Deadline April 29, 2012.
Name and phone number of nominator
❑Blyth
& area ❑Brussels
& area
Local municipalities may
work together on catalogue
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
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The Citizen
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