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recently lead a group of Central
Huron citizens from Auburn and the
surrounding areas in bringing North
Huron and Central Huron to the
bargaining table regarding fire
protection north of Londesborough.
The different accords caused
council to not only doubt the
efficency of their current protection
system, but become irritated, since
they believed they had solved the
problem after Cook’s last visit,
when he stated that Blyth’s forces
would be on route at nearly the same
time as Central Huron’s.
“If [we’re going to receive
different reports from] Laporte and
Cook, we need to... discuss this face
to face with North Huron’s council
and fire department” Reeve Ben Van
Diepenbeek stated.
Josling said that the problem
could be “really easily solved” by
having both councils put the
solution in writing.
Laporte said that the entire
meeting was pointless without
representatives from every
interested party present.
“It’s a waste to debate this when
the people who need to be here to
talk, aren’t,” she said.
“We suggest getting members of
the fire departments and councils
together to come up with a solution,
and if you need a push, we’ve
managed to do that before,” Laporte
said, referring to a group of
ratepayers demonstrating at Central
Huron’s municipal building in
response to Central Huron not
coming to an expedient deal with
North Huron about their fire
coverage.
Councillor Marilyn Miltenburg
stated that she agreed that the groups
needed to get together to discuss the
future, but that the wording needed
to be changed.
“Let’s get an agreement in
writing,” she said. “But let’s not use
terms like high-value, we don’t want
to place values on homes, we should
just outline when help is called in.”
Reeve Van Diepenbeek wondered
if automatic aid could be worked out
with North Huron, which caused
Steer to question the recent changes
made in the name of fire protection.
Council agreed that all that work
shouldn’t be undone, and that they
would hopefully retain Central
Huron for some coverage and have
some kind of Automatic Aid system
worked out with North Huron.
ACW is going to attempt to set a
meeting for early October with two
councillors from each municipality
(ACW, Central Huron and North
Huron), the fire chiefs, Laporte and
some representatives from Auburn
and Josling as well as soon-to-be
Fire Co-ordinator Marty Bedard.
Just weeks after Walton’s BrandonMcGavin returned from theCanadian Plowing Championships
with a second place finish in his
pocket, he and his cousin Jacob
completed another pair of stellar
performances at this year’s
International Plowing Match in St.
Thomas.
Brandon placed first in his class
(Class 2, Group 2) in St. Thomas,
while Jacob also placed first in his
class (Class 2, Group 1). Brandon’s
finish earned him a trip to next
year’s Canadian Plowing Match in
Owen Sound.
Brandon was also the overall
winner at the match, placing first
overall for all groups, Class 2,
Groups 1-4.
Jacob, because he is still in the
under 16 class, cannot advance to
the Canadian Plowing Match. This
is, however, his last year in Class 2,
Group 1 and he is looking forward to
next year when a win could mean atrip to the national championshiplike his cousin.“I’m really looking forward to it,but I’m not sure if I’ll make it to theCanadians,” Jacob said. “It would be
a good opportunity and one day I
hope I can go. I know it will be a fun
experience.”
Both Jacob and Brandon won their
respective classes at the
International Plowing Match for the
third straight year this year.
Brandon came in second this year,
but two years ago won his class at
the Canadian Plowing
Championships. He is looking
forward to 2011 to get his title back.
“It should be good,” Brandon said.
“I have to be ready for the different
soil.”
Brandon said it wasn’t really
anything he did wrong in New
Brunswick that resulted in a second
place finish, just some bad luck, but
he’s looking forward to another
chance to reclaim his position at the
top.
Brandon, 18, like his cousin, iseagerly awaiting the day when hecan move up another division,saying he is looking forward toturning 22, so he can compete in thesenior division.
Members of the McGavin family
throughout the years have
participated in plowing matches all
over. Brandon says that stepping upto the senior division will besatisfying for him because his father,his grandfather, his uncles and hiscousins have all participated in thatclass as well and he is looking
forward to continuing the
tradition.
While they both have been on the
top of the plowing world for threeyears now, Jacob says he keepsparticipating because he knows thatas good as he is, he is always gettingbetter.“It’s really good to feel like you’re
improving,” he said. “I’m getting
something out of it and I keep
getting more confident every year.”
Loss of voters to
affect seats at
County Council
PAGE 28. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2010.Three straight IPM golds for the McGavins
Council hopes for
October meeting
Huron County Council represent-
ation may be changing in the area as
population is supposedly down in
several areas of the county, which
will affect seats at the council table.
At the Sept. 21 meeting of Huron
East Council, Clerk-Administrator
Jack McLachlan said that Huron
East is currently down
approximately 800 voters, saying
that unless a large change happens
with the voters list, the municipality
could be down one seat at the Huron
County Council table.
Mayor Joe Seili said that the trend
was happening everywhere, with
Central Huron being down
approximately 900 voters and being
faced with the same possibility
unless something drastic changes.
Central Huron is currently
represented at Huron County
Council by its reeve, deputy-reeve as
well as a councillor. Huron East has
similar representation with its
mayor, deputy-mayor and a
councillor all having seats, which
could stand to change.
The municipal election is Oct. 25.
The Municipality of Huron East
invites you to attend......
The Colours of Brussels
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 ~ 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
An entertaining evening filled with music, readings & art.
Featuring Author & Journalist Carolyn Parks-Mintz
Brussels United Church 61 King Street, Historic Village of Brussels
Refreshments by Cinnamon Jim’s Cafe & Music by James Mintz & Jim Lee
No Cost for Admission. For more details call 888.868.7513 or 519.527.0160.
A busy weekend
It certainly was a busy final weekend of the season at the Walton Raceway as Motos for Moms
was held in addition to the Thames Valley Riders who were in attendance for the track’s last
event of the season. The Motos for Moms crew raised over $500 for cancer research over the
weekend. (Vicky Bremner photo)
By Shawn LoughlinThe Citizen
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen