The Citizen, 2012-03-22, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012.Visiting lay preacher Snyders welcomed to Belgrave
The community extends sincere
sympathy to Kent and Julie Hallahan
and all families in the loss of their
father William “Bill” Hallahan.
Congratulations and best wishes
are extended from the community to
Jack and Mary Taylor on their 65th
wedding anniversary March 15. Les Shaw greeted worshippers andhanded out the service of worship onthe Fourth Sunday of Lent, Sunday,March 18.
Steve Coultes went over the
announcements. Visiting lay
preacher, Melissa Snyders
welcomed the congregation on a
sunny springlike morning. The front
of the sanctuary was glorified with
beautiful spring flower
arrangements. The introit selection
sung by the senior choir was verse 4
of “O Love How Deep”
accompanied by music director Ann
Clark.
Melissa read the Lenten Candle
Liturgy and Doug Walker
extinguished a candle toacknowledge the darkness and paincaused by the lack of basic needs,lack of food, shelter, education,health care and love.
The call to worship was read
responsively, followed by the
singing of hymn, “Creator, Spirit,
Living Word”.
After the prayer of invocation was
read in unison, Melissa read the
words of assurance. The senior choir
sang, “Lamb of God”, followed by
the children’s hymn, “The Church is
Wherever.” For children’s time the
children gathered in the front pew.
Melissa had a package of seeds. She
asked the children what they would
do with them. They replied fittingly
with answers such as planting themand watering them and watch them grow. We are all God’s seeds.We grow and produce and help to
reach out and nourish other people.
If we do something nice for
somebody, they might also do
something nice for somebody else.
We live in a good world and are like
a seed and what we do affects other
people. After The Lord’s Prayer, the
children adjourned to Sunday
school. The scripture lesson
was taken from Matthew 7:
13-24.
The responsive Psalm number 33
was followed by the message which
was entitled “Walk The Talk”. Our
mission is to know Christ and makeChrist known. People can learnabout God through our actions. If wedon’t “Walk the Talk” we have adead religion. We should always be
ready to serve and be a servant of
others. God would be extremely
happy if our worship extended
outside the sanctuary. To promote
our faith, all that we have to do is,
“Walk The Talk”. Prayers of the
people, “A New Creed” was read in
unison.
Ken Procter and Doug Walker
took up the offering. The offertory
praise and prayer and the closing
hymn, “I the Lord of Sea and Sky”
concluded the morning worship
service.
By Linda
Campbell
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357-2188
PEOPLE AROUNDBELGRAVE
Fire hall placement, fire hydrant inspires discourse
A request for a fire hydrant and the
proposed placement of Morris-
Turnberry’s new fire hall stirred
some discussions in North Huron
Council chambers during the March
19 meeting.
The request for a fire hydrant,
which would be installed on Morris-
Turnberry land by North Huron,
prompted Councillor Bernie Bailey
to say he believed the township
needed to do more work before
dealing with Morris-Turnberry on
several issues.
“The mayor and council of
Morris-Turnberry want us to figure
out our rates,” he said. “We should
wait until we do that before we look
at this request.”
Bailey stated that he wanted to be
a good neighbour and make good on
promises to evaluate agreements
between Morris-Turnberry and
North Huron before any kind of
exchanges are made.
“They are not using our water for
the property, they’re just currently
hooked up to our sanitary system, so
it’s not like they’re doing without
something necessary,” Bailey stated.
“Every time they open a business
near the border we have to install a
hydrant so that they can get cheaper
insurance. I think we should evaluate
our costs before putting up another
one.”
Councillor Alma Conn agreed
with tabling the request until
finances could be determined.
Reeve Neil Vincent explained that
Morris-Turnberry residents seeking
a fire hydrant have to pay one-and-a-
half times what a North Huron
ratepayer would for the same service
and that is supposed to reflect the
cost of maintaining services to the
hydrant.
“I think that cost is very small
compared to what it costs North
Huron and the former Town of
Wingham to build and maintain the
facilities that run service to the
hydrant,” he said. “I think we have
been a good neighbour in giving
hydrants at one-and-a-half times the
cost someone from North Huron has
to pay but that doesn’t truly reflect
what people from North Huron are
putting into the costs of these
services. We need time to get a better
picture and determine a more
accurate cost of what the
infrastructure costs us to build and
maintain.”
Councillor Brock Vodden agreed
stating that, before any meeting or
agreement with Morris-Turnberry is
made, they need this information to
be accurate.
Chief Administrative Officer Gary
Long stated he appreciated the
motion and that he would prefer
deferal until better estimates are
discovered.
“We’re currently in the middle of a
servicing review,” he said. “We need
to determine if we have adequate
water and sewage capacity for all our
properties. Until we complete the
servicing review and review all our
agreements, staff would recommend
we defer this.”
Deputy-Reeve David Riach
indicated that current agreements
with Morris-Turnberry state that
North Huron would not run sanitary
sewer services without water – the
two need to be run concurrently.
“They’re putting their well water
into our sanitary sewer system and
the agreements outline that isn’t to
be done,” Riach said.
Bailey agreed, stating that the
rules are very clearly outlined in
the contracts with Morris-
Turnberry.
“This is why we have to review all
our documents,” he said. “Being the
good neighbour we are, we won’t
address the fact that they are
breaching contract, but we need to
be sure of these things going
forward.”
A previous motion to build the fire
hydrant was tabled.
Later in the meeting, council
received correspondence from
Morris-Turnberry stating that one of
the proposed fire halls being erected
by Morris-Turnberry will be nearby
a cemetery. Both plots of land are in
Morris-Turnberry, however some
councillors felt the decision lacked
foresight.
“I’ve had several people contact
me with concerns regarding the
location of the Morris-Turnberry fire
hall beside a cemetery,” Bailey said.
“I think we should send a letter
regarding the dignity that location
deserves.
“Morris-Turnberry has thousands
of acres of property to put it on,
including near Bluevale, their most
populated area,” he said.
Vincent stated that he could
understand the concerns.
“If a fire call comes in and there’s
a funeral procession there, it could
cause some problems,” he said. “I
think we should mention that, while
both the hall and cemetery would be
in Morris-Turnberry, we would
advise, as neighbours, that they be
aware of possible traffic problems.”
Fire Department of North Huron
Chief John Black said he wasn’t
concerned about the placement, as
the number of fires and number of
interments for the area would likely
not cause many conflicts.
Long stated that, while he
understood the conflicts, staff’s
desires would be that North Huron
not become involved.
“I will defer to council on how to
proceed, but my preference would be
to say nothing at all,” he said. “We’ll
send a letter to anybody, but, rightly
or wrongly, Morris-Turnberry has
decided to pursue this option and
I’m not sure whether it’s council’s
right to comment.”
Councillor Ray Hallahan agreed,
stating that it’s none of North
Huron’s business.
“I don’t think we should have
anything to say about it,” he said.
Why don’t we just mind our own
business? We can comment or we
can keep stern, but I think we should
not start commenting on things that
have nothing to do with us.”
Bailey backed off, stating he
would abide by Long’s request, but
other councillors weren’t convinced.
Riach proposed a motion that the
letter be sent and Vodden seconded
it, however it didn’t gain the
necessary votes to pass.
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Digging in
Ronny Snowden was one of many hungry diners in
Belgrave on Saturday night to indulge in chicken wings and
plenty of other types of St. Patrick’s Day cheer. (Vicky Bremner
photo)
By Denny Scott
The Citizen