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CH to revisit road-user agreement
Sunday services resume at Londesboro United
Cooking up goodness
The Brussels Legion fish fry crew was in Blyth last weekend to serve up a tasty dinner at the
Blyth Legion. Helping out was, from left: Jeremy Bloemberg, Andy Overholt, George Adams
and Glenn Bridge. (Jim Brown photo)
Here we are already halfway
through the summer and one month
away from the next school year. Just
where did the hours go?
The birth flower for August is the
gladiola. And it is golf month
People figure more in the days
celebrated this month than in
previous ones – sister’s day Aug. 5;
seniors’ day, Aug. 8; son’s and
daughter’s day, Aug. 11; lefthander’s
day, Aug. 13; women’s equality day,Aug. 26. Even the tooth fairy gets a
calendar day, Aug. 22. Someone we
only think about when we have a
smelly issue, plumber’s day is Aug.
23.
Friendship day is celebrated on the
first Sunday of August. Although we
might all feel forgiveness and kiss
and make up are things to be
remembered every day, they are
designated for Aug. 4 and 25,
respectively.
On Aug. 22 remember to ‘be an
angel’ and on Aug. 23 get out of
doors and ‘ride the wind’. Perhaps it
will be a hot, sticky day on Aug.15
and you will have an excuse to
observe relaxation day. Another one
I like is observed on Aug. 27, the
just because day.
In the dozen or so years that I’ve
been filling this space every week
I’ve made the odd gaffe. Despite theembarrassment I feel, it’s okay that
someone corrects my errors. Early
on in this endeavour I was reamed
out royally by someone who was not
correcting an error, but just had
taken exception to an item I had
written. Once I recovered my
equilibrium it crossed my mind that
despite what he thought, he was
reading my column. So when you
correct me I realize you’ve been
reading. And I have an error to
correct. In the recent column I
welcomed Paula Beauchamp to the
village. But I stated she had three
young boys. In truth Paula has two
sons, Carson and Ryan and a wee
girl, Brynn. My apologies to the
family.
On a hot afternoon, Saturday, July
16, 31 golfers participated in the
Londesborough Community Golf
Tournament. They competed in a‘best ball’ tourney at the Atherton
Golf Course of Bill and Millie Lobb.
Prizes were awarded to the team
with the lowest score and the person
closest to the pin on the second hole.
Everyone who competed took home
a prize donated by Clinton and
Londesborough area businesses.
Following the golf playing everyone
enjoyed socializing and swimming
at the home of Leo and Lynda
Horbanuik. A number of folks joined
the gathering for supper prepared by
the ladies of Londesborough United
Church. Proceeds from the event
were donated to Londesborough
United Church.
Sunday services at
Londesborough United Church
resumed on Aug. 7 as Terry Fletcher
has now returned from summer
school.
The United Church of Canadalaunched an emergency appeal last
week for humanitarian help for the
drought-stricken Horn of Africa.
Funds donated to the United Church
Mission and Service Fund for this
purpose between July 6 and Sept. 16
will be matched by the Federal
Government. You can make a
donation at Camp Menesetung
which invites supporters of their
programs to breakfast at the camp
Sunday, Aug. 14 from 8 a.m. to
noon.
Central Huron councillors are
preparing to take another look at the
possibility of introducing a road-
user agreement to the municipality.
At the behest of Councillor Alex
Westerhout at Central Huron’s July
28 committee of the whole session,
councillors again visited the issue of
passing a road-user agreement
bylaw in the event that an oversized
road-related project comes into or
through the municipality, resulting
in damage to its infrastructure.
While councillors had earlier
rejected a proposed bylaw on the
issue as presented by roads manager
Tom Sinclair, they chose to ask him
to go back to the drawing board and
present them with a revised draft of
the bylaw for their Sept. 29
committee of the whole session.
“We do need a road users’
agreement,” says Westerhout.
CAO Kevin McLlwain says
council should also introduce a
road-permitting program to support
the road-user agreement.
“You need a road permit system to
prove who did the damage,” says
McLlwain.
***
A review of Central Huron’s
audited financial position for 2010
shows the municipality allocated
more than $5 million to capital
projects while chipping down its
debt to $4.6 million from $5.2
million.
Auditor Paul Seebach’s report
also shows Central Huron has
amassed $6.6 million in reserves
and that it has been doing a “good
job” of collecting taxes with a 97 per
cent compliance rate.
***
At least one Central Huron
councillor wants to see the grass a
little shorter at the Regional Equine
and Agricultural Centre of Huron
(REACH) in Clinton.
Councillor Marg Anderson says
the length of the grass on the day in
question reflects poorly on the
municipality.
Central Huron’s facilities
manager, Steve Campbell, notes the
REACH is managed by its board of
directors and the current contract
stipulates that municipal workers
come out to maintain the grounds as
per the request of REACH.
***
At the request of a ratepayer,
Councillor Alex Westerhout reports
the current aesthetics of the signage
is a concern in Londesborough.
“Surely it wouldn’t cost that much
to replace them,” says Westerhout.
Upon the recommendation of
meeting chairman Dave Jewitt,
councillors agreed to forward the
concern to roads manager Tom
Sinclair to get an estimated cost on
the project.
***
Councillor Brian Barnim is eager
to see the municipality move
forward on potential options for
providing servicing to Central
Huron’s lakeshore.
At the July committee of the
whole session, Barnim asked if the
Municipality of Bluewater has
responded as to whether it is willing
to partner with Central Huron on a
lakeshore-servicing project.
Though Bluewater reportedly
pledged to have an answer by July
30, Chief Administrative Officer
Kevin McLlwain reports that as of
the July 28 session, an answer had
yet to be given.
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