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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2010-07-15, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2010.Dam maintenance an increasing problem Complaints come from new landfill fee Sparling’s acquires Sylvite Fuels An exciting weekend of camping, a ball team in the Belgrave Kinsmen slo-pitch tournament, the ‘Coultes Crew’ ended with their team going undefeated during the weekend. The family of Bill and Muriel Coultes, turned their backyard into a camping ground and enjoyed family time around the campfire at night and after the ball games. They won the final game 5-3 over The Dam Team who they had met and beat earlier in the tournament. The final game was the closest all weekend, with each team making great catches and hits. The family looks forward to defending their championship at the annual slo-pitch tournament with (hopefully) another winning team next year. Maintenance of dams onproperties administered by theMaitland Valley ConservationAuthority (MVCA) is an increasing problem, Morris-Turnberry Councillors were told at their July 6 meeting. Phil Beard, MVCA general manager, told council that there are five mill pond dams on authority properties, such as the Bluevale dam, and because these do not offer flood control protection, the provincial government provides no funding forthem.“There’s no money to do majormaintenance on the dams,” Beardtold councillors. MVCA did find$26,000 to do some minormaintenance on the Bluevale dam last year. Because of staff shortages, Morris- Turnberry often loans members of its works crews to assist with things like taking the boards out of the Bluevale dam in fall and putting them in again in spring and Beard expressed his thanks for the assistance. As MVCA approaches its 60th anniversary next year, its funding hasfinally recovered to 1994 levels (beforemajor cuts by the Harris government)Beard said, but staff is still at the 1980slevel.One of the authority’s concerns iswith the trend to more sudden rainfallor snow-melt events that can cause flash flooding. Steve Jackson, MVCA’s water resources engineer, told council that with more high intensity rainfalls there’s a need for better flood forecasting. “Flooding can happen every day, not just in the spring,” he said. New rain gauges feed information into a web-based reporting system every few hours to make staff aware ofsudden rainfalls that might cause rapidflooding. “If we see unstable weatherapproaching we set it up to reportevery hour,” Jackson said.However, Beard said, a backupsystem about what to do if the technology fails still must be developed. As well, said Jackson, “We need to rethink water management practices.” This may include the need to create areas to store water short- term on farmland after high-intensity rainfalls, to prevent flooding downstream. Sparling’s Propane of Blyth is growing again. It has purchased the propane operations of Sylvite Fuels in Putnam, Ontario. “Sylvite is a fully-integrated agricultural services provider with an established propane customer based in the Aylmer-Simcoe- Woodstock area,” says Steven Sparling, Vice President of Operations at Sparling’s. “The company has demonstrated a sustained commitment to customer service and this business is a great fit for Sparling’s as it continues to expand its regional presence in that market”. Sparling’s was established in Blyth in 1951. The privately-owned company is now the second largest propane marketer in Ontario. A Morris-Turnberry taxpayer got her chance to express her displeasure with a new entrance fee at the Morris-Turnberry landfill but that didn’t mean councillors backed away from the charge. Dianne Jerva told councillors at their July 6 meeting that she took umbrage at the $5 fee to enter the landfill to drop off garbage. People from outside the area were “incredulous” when she had about the fee, she said. Jerva said she felt the $5 charge was set to “intimidate the 900 householders a month who continue to use the dump. You are, in effect, holding my garbage hostage.” But Councillor Paul Gowing used a slightly different word than “intimidate”, saying the fee was set to “entice” people to use curbside pickup. It was a conservation effort to keep more than 10,000 vehicles a year from driving to the site with the waste of fuel and the added pollution this causes. Jerva, however countered, saying the recycling trucks spend a lot of time idling while on pick-up. She also complained about rural residents having to keep garbage that could smell around for up to two weeks waiting for curbside pick up when they could get rid of it by taking it to the dump, except for the entrance charge. Gowing argued that if every rural resident used the curbside pick up, perhaps the volume would be high enough to justify weekly collections. On the scene Huron Ontario Provincial Police officers were on the scene of a single-vehicle incident just north of Blyth on July 8. A car went off the road while travelling south on Hwy. 4 towards Blyth. No one was hurt in the incident. (Shawn Loughlin photo) My Invitation to You Are you confused ~ about Christ? Little wonder. So many claim to speak for Him:who can you really trust? So many opinions and theories surround Him:how can you know the truth? Here is my invitation to you. For 42 years I have known the Lord Jesus as He really is: the Christ revealed in the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments alone. For 26 years I have preached the Gospel truth - the orthodox Christian “faith once delivered to the saints”, defined in the ancient creeds, and in the confessions of the Protestant Reformers and martyrs. My message is simple: authentic Biblical Christianity, whole, plain, pure, entire. Many of you have never heard, never seriously considered authentic Biblical Christianity. In a world of agnostic bishops, fallen priests, political clergy, televangelist comedians, market-driven churches, ‘health and wealth’ peddlars, prophetic prognosticators, faith-healing shamans and door-knocking cultists, it is hard to find. I am currently preaching in the Chapel at Westfield Road and Marnoch Line every Sunday morning at 11 am. I am leading the people meeting there in a classic Protestant service - no noise, no gimmicks, no frills. I invite you to join me in the heartfelt, reverent worship of God Triune and meet Christ Jesus as He really is through the pages of the Bible. My prayer and heart’s desire for you, is that you should be saved. This Sunday, come to Westfield. Get the Gospel truth. Yours in the service of the Lord Jesus, Rev. John Peter Bodner, M.A., M.Div. - Pastor, Hope Assembly, Mississauga, ON To learn more, visit: www.hopeabc.org; www.sermonAudio.com/hopeabcpulpit; www.reformedbaptist.com Michael Caldwell graduated with distinction from The University of Waterloo on June 18, 2010, receiving a Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours Co-op). In September Mike joins Microsoft in Seattle as a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET). Mike is the son of Wayne & Deb Caldwell and the grandson of Les & Betty Reynolds, Puslinch & Gladys Caldwell, Blyth. Congratulations, Mike! We are so proud of you! Love from your family. Graduation Congratulations to Cassandra Michele Banks who graduated from the University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus June 4th, 2010. Cassandra has successfully completed two years of schooling at Ridgetown and is now a Veterinarian Technician. Cassandra is working in Stratford at Perth Veterinary Services. We are so happy for you. Love from your family. NEWS FROM BELGRAVE By Linda Campbell Call 357-2188 PEOPLE AROUND BELGRAVE ON $6.00 THURSDAYS Drop into either of our offices any Thursday with your word classified (maximum 20 words) and pay only $6.00 + GST (paid in advance). That’s $1.00 off regular rates. The Citizen By Keith RoulstonThe Citizen By Keith Roulston The Citizen BUY? SELL? TRY CLASSIFIED