The Citizen, 2010-03-11, Page 20PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010.Huron County Council’scommittee of the wholerecommendation from Feb. 10suggesting that the “mandatory”
septic system program be optional
for each lower tier municipality was
approved at council’s March 3
meeting.
The system, which was initially
proposed as an “all or none”
initiative, is now available to each
lower tier municipality, which will
decide if it wants to “buy in” to the
program or not.
The program, being offered by the
Huron County Health Unit, is still a
point of contention, as some
municipalities may choose to notbuy into the system, which wouldleave those municipalities who havechosen to take part in a slightlydifferent position than they thoughtthey would be in.Councillor Bernie MacLellanreiterated his previous position on
the matter, saying that he felt he
didn’t have enough expertise to
know if the program was a good one
for Huron County or not.
“I’m in favour of improving water
quality, but until we have someone
who knows about this stuff, I’m not
sure,” he said.
Ben Van Diepenbeek, councillor
from Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh
said he felt the program might not be
worth its weight if all of the
municipalities aren’t involved andasked if there would be a triplemajority vote involved to bringalong municipalities who didn’twant to come along.Huron County chief administrativeofficer Larry Adams said HuronCounty was not looking at forcing
municipalities to participate in a
program they feel may not benefit
them.
There was also some discussion
about residents who have
environmentally-friendly septic
systems. There was mention of a
resident who has one of these
systems, which is held to a very
strict maintenance regiment. He said
that while he pays several hundreds
of dollars annually for the upkeep onhis system, he felt this initiativewould charge him twice, which hefelt was unfair.Councillor Deb Shewfelt said hefelt passing this motion was essentialto moving the process along, as ithas taken too long already.
“Bruce County has set a good
example on this issue,” he said. “We
need to pass this so staff can go to
the lower tiers and get this process
moving.”
MacLellan said that he would still
like a more comprehensive report on
the program. The motion, however,
was approved because of the
urgency felt by other councillors on
the situation.
“We need to give the staff theopportunity to go to the lower tiersand then we can get all of our ducksin a row,” Shewfelt said.
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Citizen as a reporter/photographer.
A 2008 graduate of Wilfrid
Laurier University with an honours
degree in communications, he had
been working for the Goderich
Signal-Star as a reporter,
photographer and webmaster for
the past two years.
He grew up in Goderich and
Seaforth, completing his high
school education at Central Huron
Secondary School after the closure
of the Seaforth District High
School.
He developed a passion for
journalism while at university,
working on the student newspapers
The Sputnik and The Cord Weekly.
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Septic re-inspections up to each municipalityBy Shawn LoughlinThe Citizen
By Brittany Nigh
This week has definitely been a
great week to be an Eagle.
With the return of many swimmers
and skiers from OFSAA
competition, the results have never
been better.
Our boys Nordic ski teams were
well-represented in their inaugural
year.
Bringing home some hardware
from OFSAA swimming were the St.
Anne’s girls. The girls 50 freestyle
relay team placed second in the
province. Overall the girls team
placed seventh out of over 200 teams
competing. The Eagles sure made a
splash.
In other record-breaking history
for St. Anne’s, the boys hockey team
defeated F.E. Madill Secondary
School in the Huron-Perth finals,
capturing the gold medal. The boys
team went on to play in WOSSAA
on March 9 in Clinton.
The winner of the tournament will
be given the opportunity to compete
at provincial championships.
The St. Anne’s junior girls
volleyball team was also successful
this month and will be representing
the school at the WOSSAA
championships.
The Me to We group at St. Anne’s
has kicked off a week-long food
drive to support a local organization.
Different grades were assigned to
raise amounts of different items.
Grade 9 students were asked to
bring jars, Grade 10 students were
asked to bring boxes, Grade 11
students brought in cans and Grade
12 students brought in personal
hygiene items. This campaign was in
response to “One Night Out,” a night
which was spent sleeping outdoors
by 17 individuals.
Denny Scott
New reporterjoins
The Citizen
Big week for St. Anne’s teams