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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2011-04-07, Page 26PAGE 26. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2011. 404 Queen St., Blyth 519-523-4792 541 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-9114 The Citizen Spring in for some great books at our Brussels or Blyth office. DECKSCAPING Suggestions for trellises, arbours, planters,plants, vines and furniture to enhance your outdoor livingroom. 160 pages of ideas. $29.95 ROOFING, FLASHING AND WATERPROOFING Save money by doing your own roofing and, more importantly, keep your house dry in the effort by learning tips from the editors of Fine Homebuilding. 150 pages of photos, instructions and sketches to do it right. $25.95 LOW-COST POLE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION One of the simplest, least expensive forms of building is pole construction. This is a complete how-to book for everything from sheds to small barns to cabins and full-scale houses. $19.95 BUILDING YOUR OWN LOW-COST LOG HOME If you’ve ever dreamed of building your own log home this book can help. 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This book inspires with ideas for everything from an elegant garden shed to a whimsical chicken coop to a quiet place of your own, whether for a home office or an artist’s studio. $34.00 STONE PRIMER This large-format book, filled with colour photographs, provides ideas and techniques for incorporating stone in and around your home. Techniques for stone cutting, building walls, walks, fireplaces, fountains and more. $33.95 Continued from page 11 given the new information. Riach suggested something that Tousaw would later refer to as a “complaint gag” where the involved parties would sign some sort of agreement that new residents would acknowledge that they would not object to certain sounds and smells commonly associated with farming. Tousaw said such an order would be extremely difficult to enforce. He said that it would only be “binding” between the current occupants, so if either property changed hands, an agreement would have to be re- drafted. He also said that farmers would have to be held to certain standards. So if a resident signed an agreement that they wouldn’t complain, it wouldn’t clear a farmer if his practices were “so egregious” that it prevented the resident from enjoying his property. The concept was eventually dropped from the conversation. Goderich’s Deb Shewfelt asked about a potential floodgate effect, something that has been considered at length with the aforementioned Vodden/Palmer severance. He asked if anyone who was denied a similar severance in the past would be inclined to bring their case back after the Cantelon Farms application was approved. Tousaw said that he didn’t see a flood of applications coming in, but that the correction of the deed issue would be a condition of approval of the application. Howick’s Art Versteeg said that he still didn’t feel comfortable going against the original wishes of the home municipality. The application, however, was approved with four councillors voting against the approval of the application. ‘Complaint gag’ would be difficult to enforce A good soul The Good Soul of Szechuan, a play put on by Huron’s Epic Youth Project, was performed four times over the weekend on the Blyth Memorial Hall stage, beginning on Friday morning with a special students-only performance and wrapping up on Sunday with a 2 p.m. matinee. (Jim Brown photo) Black calls for ACW torescind Bill 22 support Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh (ACW) Township Council received a letter from Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) Director at Large Wayne Black regarding ACW’s recent decision to support Bill 22, also known as the Grandparents Bill. The bill, which calls for grandparents to have rights to see their children, was presented to ACW council at a previous meeting, and they decided to support it. Black stated he had heard from ACW constituents, including grandparents, who don’t support the bill or ACW’s decision to support it. ACW council has gone outside its mandate, according to Black. “Unless someone can please explain to me how this bill would affect ACW’s decisions on [drainage improvements on the] London Road [corridor], getting my road [plowed] by 5 a.m., building a roadway with no potholes or cracks, settling the dispute about turbines or even settling a dispute about municipal drain issues, myself and others are disappointed with ACW council at this time,” Black wrote in his letter. Council also erred, according to Black, as they supported this bill without surveying residents of the municipality. “[Council] has, in effect, voted on a bill where you have not surveyed the constituents of ACW for their input or what the repercussions can be,” he wrote. “Some grandparents and parents alike in ACW are not in support of this bill and would like it to die a quick death.” Black explained that his children have unrestricted access to their six grandparents, and that can cause scheduling conflicts, but believes that this bill will require time to spent in the legal system beyond that. “This is not a case of what is best for the child,” he said. “It is a case of grandparents wanting to go through legal means to get what they may not be respected enough to have. Legal means will ultimately impact some young family’s personal legal bills.” Black went on to state that parents are responsible for their children, not grandparents or great- grandparents, and that ACW is “definitely not responsible for making decisions on who is allowed the right, as opposed to privilege, to visit with... children.” Black states that, as Pierre Trudeau once called for the government to stay out of the bedrooms of the nation, ACW should stay out of his living room. He ended his letter to council by calling for ACW to rescind its support for the bill. Unfortunately for Black, he won’t be receiving confirmation that ACW has rescinded its support. “[Black] is entitled to his own opinion, but I think we did the right thing,” Reeve Ben Van Diepenbeek stated. Councillor Doug Miller agreed with Black, stating that council had gone beyond its mandate, but also stated that his own feelings about the bill would not be reflected if council did rescind its decision. Councillor Roger Watt stated that, while he agreed with Black in both calling ACW as operating beyond its mandate and in his statement that not all grandparents have earned the right for visitation, he still believes council made the right call. “On the surface, this may be because I’m a grandfather,” he said. “But I don’t see us having done wrong in supporting the bill.” By Denny Scott The Citizen HOW DOES ASTHMA AFFECT PEOPLE? • Sixty per cent of individuals with asthma have symptoms that are poorly controlled, which can often restrict their daily activities • Thirty-nine per cent of individuals report limitation in their physical activity due to asthma • Twenty per cent report absenteeism from school, work or social engagements due to asthma • In Canada, there are approximately 10 deaths from asthma per week; however, it is estimated that more than 80 per cent of asthma deaths can be prevented with proper asthma education and management