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PUBLIC MEETING
The Council of the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry
will be holding a public meeting, to review proposed
“Options for Fire Service” for the Municipality.
All are welcome to attend.
Location:North Huron Wescast Community Complex, in the Wingham
Knights of Columbus Centre, 99 Kerr Drive, Wingham, ON
Date:Thursday, May 24th, 2012
Time:7:00 pm
Presentations and Comments:
The members of the public will be given opportunity for
presentations, which must be booked at least 1 week prior
to the meeting, by Thursday, May 17th, 2012 at 5 pm.
Please call the municipal office and request
to be added to the agenda.
Comments from the general public are encouraged and will be
received at the meeting.
Volunteers:
The Council are asking that persons interested in a role as a
“Volunteer Fire Fighter”, to advise the Municipality.
For further information, please call the Municipal Office 519-887-
6137 or email: mail@morristurnberry.ca
Published by “The Council of the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry”
dated the 3rd day of May, 2012.
Sorting competition
The Turkey Run Ranch between Belgrave and Brussels was host to the first show of 2012 for
the Southern Ontario Cattle Sorting Association on May 5. The event, which requires raffle-
chosen teams of three to sort cattle in numerical order, welcomed competitors of all ages. (Denny
Scott photo)
Todd speaks atinterfaith gathering
The Belgrave United Church
Women, at their regular meeting
was held at the home of Nancy
Folkard on Tuesday, May 1. Plans
were made to host an
interdenominational gathering on
Thursday, May 31 at 7:30 p.m. The
guest speaker will be Rev. JoAnn
Todd, presently serving Anglican
Parishes in Hanover and Walkerton.
Rev. Todd had been invited by her
bishop to attend a Status of Women
event that was held at the United
Nations in New York in February.
Over 4,000 women from around the
world attended this event which
dealt with Empowerment of Rural
Women in Poverty. The Belgrave
UCW is extending an invitation to
women in the surrounding areas of
Blyth, Brussels, Wingham and
Belgrave to attend this meeting.
The UCW also decided to send a
donation through to the Huron-Perth
Presbyterial to support the National
UCW 50th anniversary Morogoro
project which will help train
midwives to help young women
giving birth, who have suffered
female genital mutilation. A letter
will also be drafted to our local MP
to address the Shari’a Law that
would allow that to continue
happening in Canada.
The worship was given by Beryl
MacGowan and her theme was Just
As I Am. The roll call was to name a
Bible Story that you liked and could
remember.
Muriel Coultes was in charge of
the program and she had three
interpretations read of Mark 11: 15-
18, which is the story of Jesus
overturning the tables in the
synagogue. The women acted out
the buying and selling of
merchandise and the noise of the
animals, while two of the women
attempted to pray. A discussion
followed and we realized how
difficult it was to pray and why
Jesus put them out of the temple.
The next UCW regular meeting
will be held at the home of Pat
Hunking in Blyth on Tuesday, June
5 at 7:30 p.m. The meeting closed
with the benediction and grace.
Lunch and a social time around the
table followed.
By Linda
Campbell
Call
357-2188
PEOPLE AROUND
BELGRAVE
NEWS
FROM BELGRAVE
April is the month for the door-to-
door canvassing for donations to the
Canadian Cancer Society. A big
thank you to the 17 volunteers of
men, woman and teenagers who
collected in Belgrave and the
surrounding area.
The daffodil campaign was a
great success thanks to your efforts
and the generous donations
received.
On Sunday, May 13 the Belgrave
Kinsmen are holding a Mother’s
Day Breakfast at the Belgrave arena
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Everyone is
welcome.
The community extends sincere
sympathy to Jean Tervitt, Nancy
Lippert, Joe Cottrill and Mike
Cottrill in the loss of their dear
brother, Bill Cottrill who passed
away on May 2 after a lengthy
battle with cancer.
His life was devoted to his
cherished family leaving
them with a precious legacy of
memories.
Door-to-door daffodil campaign worked
County okays PRISM on Twitter
Huron County Council approved
the implementation of social media
methods to complement the PRISM
911 system. As a result, it was
agreed to begin by establishing a
Twitter account.
The launch of @HuronReady will
coincide with Emergency
Preparedness Week, May 6-12.
The @HuronReady Twitter
account will be used to post
relevant and timely messages
pertaining to emergency and
public safety issues within
Huron County.
We recognize that the web is a
24/7 medium and comments are
welcome at any time. The
@HuronReady Twitter account is
managed by Huron County
Emergency Services, Monday to
Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
During an emergency, the
@HuronReady account will
be monitored and updated as
required.
If you follow us, you can expect to
receive information related to
emergency preparedness, alerts and
event updates; PRISM 911
activities; safety awareness; injury
prevention and public access
defibrillation updates. From time to
time, we may occasionally tweet
about other safety-related
information we think may be of
interest to followers.
MEETING NOTICE
MUNICIPALITY OF
MORRIS-TURNBERRY
The upcoming Council and Committee meetings for the
Municipality of Morris-Turnberry will be held:
Monday May 14 at 7:30 pm Special Council Meeting
Tuesday May 15 at 7:30 pm Regular Council Meeting
Thursday May 24 at 7:00 pm Public Meeting to discuss
Fire Options ~ Knights of
Columbus Hall, Wingham
Missing councillor ties vote
With one councillor absent, it
proved impossible to get a decision
on one issue at Morris-Turnberry
council, April 17.
Council was considering two
requests for grants – $500 for the
Huron Arts and Heritage Networks
and $250 from the Wingham Golf
and Curling Club (WGCC) – which
found councillors divided.
Mayor Paul Gowing started the
discussion by saying he’d like to see
the municipality do something to
support the arts. In the case of the
WGCC donation, it wasn’t the size
of the donation that matter as much
as the expression of support, he said.
But Deputy-Mayor Jason
Breckenridge said the budget had
already been finalized for grants.
“Would you take out something else
[to fund these requests]?” he asked.
Councillor John Smuck pointed
out the WGCC is one of the few
recreation venues within the
municipality.
“It’s a facility we’d hate to lose,”
agreed Gowing.
But Councillor Jamie McCallum
made a motion to file the requests.
With Councillor David Baker
absent, the vote was a 4-4 deadlock,
which is recorded as a defeat.
After that defeat, Councillor Neil
Warwick made a motion to approve
the grants, but reduced the amount
for the Huron Arts and Heritage
Networks to $250. Again the vote
was tied, resulting in a defeat.
Council finally could pass one
motion: to defer that grant requests
until such time as there was an
uneven number of councillors
present.
The Citizen
offices will be closed on
MONDAY, MAY 21
for
The deadline for the
May 24 paper will be
Friday, May 18
2 pm in Brussels
and
4 pm in Blyth
By Keith Roulston
The Citizen
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