The Citizen, 2010-11-25, Page 13THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2010. PAGE 13. Fire coverage still looms large in village
Pouring it on
Behind the scenes, Brianna Byerlay, a Grade 8 student at
Grey Central Public School, visited her school after hours
on Friday night to lend a hand with the Ladies Night Out
lasagna dinner and vintage fashion show, working on the
salad back in the kitchen. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Continued from page 1matter if she found Black’sjustification to be reasonable, that it
was up to Central Huron councillors,
who would be hearing his
presentation.
The main issue in the summer,
which remains the main issue,
Laporte says, and members of the
community agreed, is that residents
of Auburn want the village to be
covered by one fire department. This could prove to be tricky,because the village is technically
covered by three different
municipalities.
Schneider said that he has had
preliminary discussions with the
Huron County Planning Department
about rezoning Auburn so that it
would be part of just one
municipality, whichever it would be.
Schneider said he was told it waspossible, but that all councils wouldhave to agree to the restructuring. He
also said that representatives from
the planning department offered
their services as a third-party
mediator, should these discussions
take place.
Schneider said that fire coverage
isn’t the only issue concerning
village residents when the
community is “split” as it is.Recycling, waste management andsnow removal are all different
throughout the village, which
concerns a lot of Auburn residents,
he said.
“It would be nice to be classed as
a community and not a split
community,” Schneider said. “We
need a voice at these councils. We’re
still split three ways. We don’t have
a voice.”Because of the new councils beingsworn in this December, Laporte
suggested a petition to let the new
members know that Auburn “isn’t
going away”.
Because issues branched out
beyond fire coverage, it was
proposed that two petitions be
circulated throughout the
community. The first would deal
with fire coverage throughout the
village and the second would focus
on common services throughout
Auburn, such as recycling and snow
removal.Thirteen members and two guests
were present at the Auburn
Community Hall for the Nov. 17
meeting of the Women’s Institute.
President Erma Cartwright
welcomed everyone and opened the
meeting with the Ode, Mary Stewart
Collect and O’ Canada. Following
this, she gave a reading entitled,
“Magic Place”.
Minutes of the October meeting
were read and approved. The
secretary reported briefly on a
meeting on Oct. 29 regarding a
curators workshop to be held at
Crediton on Aug. 2, 2011, to be
hosted by Huron South and Huron
West District. The next meeting to
be held on Feb. 18 at 1 p.m. at
OMAFRA Board Room, Clinton.
Thank you letters were read for
donations given to several local
hospital foundations regarding the
October Radiothon fundraising
campaign. Members responded to
the roll call by bringing articles and
cash donations for the Huron
County Christmas Bureau.
Members signed several
Christmas cards to be mailed to
shut-ins. Margaret Siertsema
introduced guest speaker Jeff
Cardiff of the Brussels area who
gave a very interesting presentation
on the many changes in agriculture
and farming practices during the
past 40 years. Some small farmers
just want to keep a dream alive that
the farm will be there for their
children. We should all support the
“Buy Local” campaign, he said.
The next meeting is the Christmas
potluck at 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 16.
Bring a $3 value gift for the
exchange.
A delicious lunch of a variety of
sandwiches and relishes were served
by hostesses Betty Archambault and
Lois Elliott.
NEWS
FROM AUBURN
The Auburn Horticultural Society
had a great turnout for the Nov. 15
meeting with guest speakers/florists
Susan St. Louis and Linda Wilson.
They demonstrated making a
topiary, fresh wreaths, swags and
container decorating for homes.
Door prize winners were Shirley
Andrews, Nancy Park, Jean Plaetzer,
Cathy Fisher, Jean Nethery and
Dorothy Schneider. Lunch
followed.
On Dec. 6 at 6 p.m. the
Horticultural Society will be hosting
a Community Family potluck at the
Auburn Community Hall with
Auburn Horticultural Society
providing refreshments and celebra-
tion cake. There will be many door
prizes for children and adults.
Donations will be to the Auburn
Playground Equipment Fund. This
event will celebrate the 60th
anniversary of the Society.
Contact Karen Redmond 519-526-
7633 or Tiffany Craig 519-526-1070
for further information.
On Nov. 18 proud parents Rick
and Shirley Archambault attended
the Humber College Awards
Ceremony in Toronto to see their
daughter Stefanie receive the Keith
Howe Memorial Award. It is
awarded to a Humber Police
Foundations student who has
achieved academic excellence and
has performed volunteer work with
youth.
Mark Arthur and Beth Blowes are
pleased to announce the arrival of
their newest grandson, Ryder
Wakefield Arthur, a brother for Riley
and cousin for Cohen. Ryder was
born on Nov. 17 in Stratford General
Hospital. Congratulations to Joel
and Jenni Arthur.
By Koreen
Moss
519-526-1060
kandkmoss@
sympatico.ca
PEOPLE AROUND
AUBURN
Auburn WI holds its November meeting