HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-04-21, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2011. PAGE 9.
Grand Opening of our new Greenhouses
Saturday, April 30 ~ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Brussels’ Corbett second highest scorer in leagueThe 2010-11 hockey season forthe Wingham Ironmen came to an
official conclusion on Saturday
evening at the Knights of Columbus
Centre with the presentation of
awards to deserving players.
Captain Chris Corbett of Brussels
was the big winner as he received a
pair of awards. He was the team’s
leading scorer as he collected 35
goals and 28 assists for 63 points. He
was the runner-up in the Western
Junior C Hockey League scoring to
Drew Davidson of the Walkerton
Hawks. Corbett was also the most
valuable player for the regular
season. Chase Chapman of Brussels
was the top defenceman for the
Ironmen.
Netminder Brandon MacDonald
was the team’s rookie of the year. He
was named the league’s rookie of the
year earlier this season.
Defenceman Brett Brophy was the
winner of the Don Higgins
Memorial Award as the mostsportsmanlike and gentlemanlyplayer. Tyler Kellum was the leadingscorer during the playoffs. Cole
Pellett was the most improved
player. Goaltender Will Sibley was
the most valuable player during the
playoffs.
The Executive Award for ability
and desire was presented to Cory
MacDonald. He was also presented
with an award for having played five
seasons with the Ironmen.
Receiving attendance awards for
100 per cent attendance during the
regular season were Brett Brophy,
Aaron Armstrong and Jackson
Martin.
The four over-agers – Chris and
Adam Corbett and Chase Chapman
of Brussels and Cory MacDonald of
Wingham were presented their team
jersey, their name plate and a photo
as a memento of their season with
the Ironmen.
Every member of the Ironmen was
presented with a team photo.
By Jim BrownThe Citizen
A night to remember
The Wingham Ironmen held their annual year-end banquet on Saturday night at the Knights
of Columbus Centre and handed out several awards. Back row, from left: Brett Brophy, winner
of the Don Higgins Memorial Award for most sportsmanlike and gentlemanly player on and off
the ice; Tyler Kellum, the Ironmen’s top playoff scorer and Cole Pellett, the team’s most
improved player. Front row, from left: Brandon MacDonald, the team’s rookie of the year; Chris
Corbett, the team’s most valuable player in the regular season; Cory MacDonald, who
received a special award for playing with the Ironmen for five years and Chase Chapman who
was honoured at the team’s top defenceman. (Jim Brown photo)
Bluevale storm
sewer meeting less
tense than expected
Rare stretch of elm trees saved
Five elm trees, originally
identified for removal by the
Ministry of Transportation (MTO)
as part of a highway
upgrading project, will be saved
from the axe.
The trees are located on the east
side of Highway 4 between Kippen
and Clinton.
“I’m delighted that the ministry
has seen fit to reprieve the elm
trees,” said Carol Mitchell, MPP
Huron-Bruce. “Their grandeur
represents more than a lifetime of
growth and is a testament to survival
and strength. Occasionally we may
see a lone elm but to find five within
a short stretch of highway is
remarkable.”
Carol added that she had an
opportunity to speak with a number
of local residents in a meeting
beneath the largest of the trees. She
is pleased that MTO has listened to
community concerns.
In view of the public concerns and
the impacts of Dutch Elm disease on
elm trees in Ontario, the five
elm trees will not be removed as
part of the 2011 construction
contract.
Later this summer ministry staff
will work with the University of
Guelph on an assessment of the
elms as to their health, type and
condition.
There was a full house, April 14,
for the environmental assessment
meeting for a possible Bluevale
storm sewer project but few of the
fireworks some Morris-Turnberry
councillors had anticipated.
Most of the questions following
the presentation by Scott Allen and
Bruce Potter of B. M. Ross and
Associates at Bluevale Community
Hall were voiced calmly with about
the closest to an outburst coming
after Allen revealed the costs and
someone yelled out: “Are you on
crack?”
Residents were perhaps calmed by
the repeated assurances that a start to
the project is by no means imminent.
Mayor Paul Gowing, in kicking off
the discussion, noted the previous
council realized they would need
funding from the federal and
provincial governments to be able to
make the project affordable but a
2009 application under the Build
Canada Fund had been turned down
because the project wasn’t “shovel
ready”. To make sure it would be
ready to go if another grant program
came along, council hired B.M. Ross
to conduct an environmental
assessment.
He noted that complaints about
water problems in Bluevale had been
ongoing with attempts in 1969, 1977
and 2008 to organize a municipal
drain all falling through when the
petitioners withdrew their support
once they saw the cost.
Cost was a big factor for people
attending the meeting with the
estimated per lot charge ranging
from $3,000 to $18,700 (depending
on the size of the lot) if the federal
and provincial governments picked
up two-thirds of the costs for the
$1.1 million project (the
municipality would pick up half the
remainder in charges against roads).
Without senior government
participation the costs would range
from $8,900 to $56,200.
Divisions between those who have
water problems and those who don’t
were evident. Terry Matz questioned
the use of the term “benefits” for all
property owners who would be
asked to help pay. People with water
problems will get a 100 per cent
benefit for their share of the drain’s
cost while those who have no
problems will get zero per cent
benefit, he said.
But David Thompson complained
that those on higher, dry properties
are letting their water run off on
those on lower ground, causing them
problems.
After a suggestion from Matz that
cost sharing should be based on who
benefits the most, Potter, the project
engineer, said “I wouldn’t want to be
the person who determined how
your benefit differed from your
neighbour’s.”
Earlier Potter had suggested that
those who have no surface water
problems but have subsurface water
coming into their basements might
benefit from installation of storm
sewers.
“If a good job of collecting surface
water is done, it’s a possibility it
would improve subsurface water
(levels),” he said. He also pointed
out plans have a provision for people
to be able to pipe their sump-pump
water to a storm sewer outlet instead
of putting it onto their lawn where it
often goes immediately back into
their basement.
Dianne Clark questioned the rate
of return on a storm sewer
investment for homeowners. If it
were a sanitary sewer, it would
increase the value of properties but
not a storm sewer. The value of
properties in Bluevale is not
increasing, she said.
She said her family spent a lot of
money with landscaping to solve its
water problems and now was going
to be asked to pay again.
Deputy-Mayor Jason
Breckenridge suggested that
landscaping and regrading might
help others alleviate some of their
water problems in the wait until
council might be able to take action.
There were moments of humour in
the meeting, if sometimes biting.
When a homeowners’ survey
conducted by B. M. Ross was
mentioned one voice blurted out:
“The survey asked if you had seen
(water) pooling; it never asked ‘Do
you want to spend $5,000 to get rid
of it?’.”
After Gowing said in the long run
it would be council that made the
decision to proceed or not, one voice
from the audience called out: “Just
give us enough time to sell.”
By Keith Roulston
The Citizen