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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2010-05-13, Page 24PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2010. Business Directory D & J CONSTRUCTION Jim McDonald 519-887-9607 - COMPLETE MECHANICAL SERVICE - COMPUTERIZED TUNE-UPS - TIRES - BRAKES MUFFLERS - VEHICLE INSPECTION STATION DAN'S AUTO REPAIR Owned and Operated by Dan & Heather Snell RR 3, Blyth, Ont. N0M 1H0 (on the Westfield Rd.) DAN SNELL, Automotive Technician 519-523-4356 ELLIOTT NIXON INSURANCE BROKERS INC. BLYTH, ON N0M 1H0 519-523-4481 MEMBER OF HURON INSURANCE MANAGERS GROUP 5 Generations Since 1910 R. John Elliott Res. 519-523-4323 J. Richard Elliott Res. 519-523-9725 Randy Nixon Res. 519-523-4989 VANDRIEL Excavating Inc. Simon VanDriel 519-482-3783 We Dig For You Call us for... Excavators, Bobcats, Dozers, Trucking, etc. COMPLETE EXCAVATING CONTRACTOR Derrick VanDriel 519-522-0609 • Gravel • Sand • Stone We have solutions for your storage needs. Great for home, office & business. Ask for Ken at LAKESIDE 519-524-1740 Storage Solutions In stock used Pallet Racking, used decking steel & 4'x8' T&G fir plywood. Drop by and see our great selection of books. They make great gift ideas for any age! The Citizen 404 Queen St., Blyth 519-523-4792 541 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-9114 INSTANT FAX AS FAST AS A PHONE Send your paperwork by FAX instantly! eg. statements, contracts, auction ads, favourite recipes, obituaries, messages... The Citizen has a FAX machine in our Blyth office that lets you contact any other FAX machine in the world ... instantly. Our FAX number is also your number so if you want to be reached instantly — we will receive your messages as well. The Citizen Call Us Today For Details 519-523-4792 or 519-887-9114 Fax: 519-523-9140 “Locally owned & operated” P.O. Box 69 470 Turnberry Street Brussels, ON N0G 1H0 (519) 887-6100 Fax: (519) 887-6109 e-mail:dsholdice@himginsurance.com See histories and historic photographs on the Huron History section of our website www.northhuron.on.ca PAUL COOK ELECTRIC Home, Farm & Commercial Wiring BELGRAVE 519-357-1537 Get information on Huron County attractions on the Stops Along The Way section of our website www.northhuron.on.ca Morris-Turnberry nixes county-wide septic inspectionAt their May 4 meeting, Morris-Turnberry councillors turned downa plan, proposed by Huron County,for mandatory inspections of all septic tanks in the municipality. The plan, as outlined by county officials at the April 20 council meeting, would have added $46 a year to the tax bills if the municipality adopted a seven-year cycle of having all tanks pumped and inspected, $27 a year if they used a 12-year cycle. But councillors worried thatsome homeowners might be hardpressed to find the money toreplace their septic system if it wasfound faulty. “I’m not in favour of it unlessthere’s some sort of funding,” said Councillor Bill Thompson. Other councillors agreed, backing an idea put forward several years ago by Bluewater Mayor Bill Dowson for a provincial loan program similar to that used to help landowners finance municipal drains. Councillors were also concerned that the inspections, as proposed,wouldn’t be certain to identifymalfunctioning systems anyway.But in the long run, it was thefinancing issue that caused Deputy-Mayor Jim Nelemans to move themotion not to support mandatory inspections until some sort of funding program is available. When Mayor Dorothy Kelly said the county might come back with a suggestion that council start its own financing program, councillors began to think about that possibility. “I think it could be done,” said Nelemans, suggesting that if a potof money was set aside to beloaned out, it could then help somehomeowners, who would then repay the money so that otherhomeowners could be helped. By Keith RoulstonThe Citizen Morris-Turnberry debates MDS for house addition An addition planned to the front of a house rather than the side, was enough for Morris-Turnberry to have to consider permitting a minor zoning variance for a Turnberry Ward homeowner. Don and Dave Eadie attended at the May 4 council meeting because Dave Eadie wants to build a 10’ by 16’addition to the front of his house. The house does not meet the provincial minimum distance separation (MDS) requirement from Don Eadie’s cattle barn which has been empty for five years. When Don Eadie mentioned that only part of the barn ever housed cattle and the rest was used for hay storage, the Eadies and Steve Fortier, chief building official, adjourned to a nearby office to recalculate the MDS from the livestock portion of the barn. When they returned to the council chamber they said the distance was still 4.5 per cent short of meeting the requirement. Carol Leeming, Huron County planner said that if the addition was on the side of the house instead of the front, it would meet the requirements, but Dave Eadie said this would mean a lot more work and expense inside the house. Leeming noted the addition would further restrict what could be done with the barn in the future. Don Eadie said as long as the livestock industry stays in the current depression there’s little chance the barn will be used. “We’re trying to fix a problem that’s not there,” said a frustrated Councillor Paul Gowing. “This seems really minor.” Easier to deal with was a zoning change required to allow Robert and Kathy Burkholder to replace an existing mobile home on their Morris Ward property with a new dwelling. Council supported that bylaw amendment with no discussion. North St. West, Wingham Mac & Donna Anderson 519-357-1910 A cemetery is a history of people, a perpetual record of yesterday and a sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery exists because every life is worth loving and remembering - always Distinctive Memorials of Lasting Satisfaction BOX 158 WINGHAM ONT NOG 2W0 Collisions down, calls up for OPP Shawn Johnson, Acting Inspector for the Huron County detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) gave his annual year-in- review presentation to Huron County council at its May 5 meeting. Johnson said that while the presentation is typically earlier in the year, members of the OPP have had their hands full in providing support to their officers as well as the family of slain officer Vu Pham. He said that the Huron County OPP vowed to reduce auto collisions in 2009, which they did, bringing the number of total auto collisions throughout the detachment to 1,100, over 100 less than 2008. The amount of total calls to the OPP, however, has risen steadily over the last five years, Johnson said, with 15,412 calls throughout the county last year, compared to just under 1,000 fewer calls in 2005. Johnson also said that in addition to the work that has been done on the streets and highways of Huron County, since the OPP’s last visit to council, the detachment has sent officers to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver and has seen outstanding support in the area, in the case of the “senseless” murder of Constable Pham. Council sends congratulation to former Blyth doctor Huron County council will be sending a letter of congratulations to Dr. Wayne Caldwell, originally from Blyth, on having a scholarship named after him. The scholarship, which will be presented in 2010 for the first time, is awarded by the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) and will honour Caldwell’s service and leadership as the president of the OPPI, the award’s background states. The scholarship will be awarded to a student member who is making an important contribution in the field of planning for food in the form of planning research and/or community engagement. The scholarship recipient will be announced soon as the closing date for submissions was March 1. The winner will be profiled in the Ontario Planning Journal and in the OPPI e-newsletter. The winner will also receive a free registration for the Symposium Healthy Communities and Planning for Food - A Harvest of Ideas, which is being held in Guelph on October 28-29. The winner will also be recognized at an awards ceremony. By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen