HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-07-14, Page 13THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2011. PAGE 13.
Huron County granted funds
Parents fight to add Dinning’sname to Wingham cenotaph
Walk like a champion
The jumping castle was a popular attraction on Saturday in
Dungannon as Dauphin Feed and Supply celebrated its
25th anniversary with plenty to keep the young people
happy and bouncing. (Jim Brown photo)
At the July 6 meeting of Huron
County Council Director of Public
Works Dave Laurie said there are
several approvals that will need to
be sought before the county can
tender on what is being called the
“truck-eating bridge” in Central
Huron on County Road 13.
Because of the long process, the
entire slate of approvals will most
likely not be obtained until
November or December (scheduling
optimistically) so council will be
looking at construction in the
summer of 2012.
Initially Laurie proposed
tendering for the project next year,
but several councillors felt the
county could potentially get the best
“bang for its buck” if tendering
occurred as soon as the approval
process was complete.
It was agreed that tendering would
occur as soon as possible.
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Huron County was granted over
$200,000 for its Municipal
Immigration Information Online
Program.
In addition to using some of the
funding in-house for the newly-
permanent web designer position,
some funds will be allocated to the
Huron Business Development
Corporation as well.
Huron County’s Director of
Planning Scott Tousaw said the
funds will only go toward existing
staff and that no new staff will be
hired as a result of this funding.
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Lindsay Shiell, a recent graduate
from East Wawanosh Public School
was introduced as the meeting’s
page by Huron County Warden Neil
Vincent.
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An upcoming meeting had been
scheduled with Huron-Bruce MP
Ben Lobb to discuss the problem of
the spread of the Emerald Ash
Borer. Several councillors as well as
Forest Conservation Officer Dave
Pullen would be in attendance.
North Huron Council has, despite
some confusion with the Wingham
Legion, agreed to see the late
Corporal Matthew Dinning’s name
etched in the granite of the cenotaph
in Wingham.
The cenotaph, a memorial
dedicated to all the men and women
who have served through both their
lives and their deaths in the
Canadian Armed Forces, bears the
names of both those who died in
action and those died after serving
their country.
Earlier, Matthew’s parents
Lincoln and Laurie had received
information that the names of all
those who served in Afghanistan and
died would be put on the cenotaph
after military actions in Afghanistan
were completed.
Dinning’s father stated that this
was confusing, and could result in
the names never being memorialized
in the monument, or not happening
in his lifetime.
While the combat mission in
Afghanistan is officially over,
Canadian troops will remain there to
train for the forseeable future.
Dinning requested that council put
his son’s name up and do so in the
granite of the statue, and not on a
bronze plate.
The bronze plate, according to
Dinning, would be prone to
discolourization and, if other bronze
plates on the Wingham Cenotaph are
any indication, falling off.
Councillor Alma Conn stated that
she would like to see consistency in
the monument, however there are
names both in granite and bronze.
Dinning stated that granite allows
for additional names to be
addedlater if anyone else dies while
in Afghanistan, an event he hopes to
never see. A bronze plaque, on the
other hand, would need to be
redone if the unthinkable should
happen.
Councillor Brock Vodden moved
that Dinning’s plan be put into
motion; that the Afghan war be
added to the monument and that
Dinning’s name be engraved
underneath that heading.
Councillor Bernie Bailey
seconded the motion and it was
carried unanimously.
By Denny Scott
The Citizen