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The Brussels Post, 1979-08-22, Page 3THE BRUSSELS POST, AUGUST 22, 1979 — 3 AND THE BAND PLAYED ON — The Brussels band was just one of many that played at the first annual Lions carnival held in Vanastra on Friday and Saturday. Board discusses unauthorized visitors Farmers air complaints (Continued from Page 1) separation from the nearest neighbour's building based on the number of animals and the type of manure disposal system he was using. He said that if the area is designated urban based on 2,000 feet it means there is no restrictions 2000 feet away from that area. What it (the plan) restricts is an animal barn in that area and how large it can be, Mr. Davidson said and told the man the best thing to do if he were planning to build something would be to keep out of that urban zone. The man polirted out that if someone looking for land knows he couldn't put buildings on it it would make the land easier to buy. "That's the effect urbah development has on farms," Mr. Davidson said. LAND PRICES "You're going to make it (the land) quite valuable by putting that kind of restriction on it," the man replied. He later added tht he didn't see anything wrong with building 10, 15 or 20 houses, "but I can't see asking me to back off 2000 feet." "Nobody is shoving you off. Nobody is preventing you from growing crops. The way to avoid that (having people complain of the farming odors) is not to let the urban communities in," Mr. Davidson said. Another man pointed out that if urbanites move to the farm they 'know there's farm smells and if they move to the city, they -know there's city smells. "What you're looking for is a very easy solution to the problem. If you get enough urban people, they get on council, they start to make rules. Regardless of how nice it would be if urban people didn't object to farm smells, the fact is they do," Mr. Davidson said. "There is an answer to it (the problem)" another man said. "If I want to live in the farming community I have to accept the disadvantages of the farm community. If I don't like the smells I should move back to the city." He thought the problem was.a question of by-laws which should be passed through the Municipal Act. Another person stated that he thought they should let a lot of the farms go urban, then when the people go hungry, they might miss the smells. "If you think of that statement, what you're telling the person to do is to abandon their equity. The council and anybody involved in rural land use planning can't say let the person who moves here accept all the problems," Mr. Davidson said. "If a farmer moves to town he has to accept the town smells but the one who comes from town here complain about the smells," one woman-said. PROVINCIAL REGULATIONS Mr. Davidson pointed out that restrictions placed on the farmers came from the Ministry of the Environment through the provincial government. When one of the raeP heard that, he asked to a loud round of applause why the provincial government didn't do just as it had. in some areas and pay the farmers for their land and then the farmers would have to move to another area. "The point you're trying to get around is that urban people want to live in rural areas," Mr. Davidson said. He pointed out that certain lending agencies may require a certificate of compliance. Grey Township councillor Ed Krauter said, "Maybe council and the planners should get together. What I'd lik% to ask is who really does have that power? Neither the township nor the county has the authority to pass a law that says you must accept the rural smells, Mr. Davidson told him. SEVERANCE Councillor Krauter then wanted to know in any severeance how much effect the township's decision had on what the land division committee did with it. Mr. Davidson said they weigh the township's decision carefully but admitted they might turn down a severance the township had gone along with or vice versa. He said that out of 96 severances applied for in since 1971, 81 had been approved with 12 denied and three withdrawn. Councillor Krauter then wanted to know how much power the agricultural code of practice has. Mr. Davidson said the plan allows council to request a certificate of compliance. Mr. Krauter ,also asked Mr. Davidson who drew up the secondary plan and where he lived. Mr. Davidson replied that he did and he lived in Goderich. When councillor Krauter said he didn't think this was fair since Mr. Davidson didn't live in Grey Township, Mr. Davidson pointed out that council helps in the designing of the secondary plan. Mr. Krauter said he had talked to some people who were at the meeting when the secondary plan was first discussed (in 1974) and they now said they didn't realize how restrictive the plan would be. Mr. Davidson told him that essentially the purpose of Thursday night's meeting was for council to judge what the concerns of the people were. Councillor Charles Thomas said he was one of thc. .nembers on council when the plan was made five years ago. "I think some of the things need to be changed," he said. He thought that a possible solution to the problem of urban people living in the country dealing with the smells around them would be to promote small holdings of farm land. He said with the energy shortage it might be better if farms were to become more labor intensive and that people should be encouraged to live on smaller holdings. Grey Township council was asked to think about the complaints brought up at Thurs- day's meeting. BY JEFF SEDDON The Huron County Board of Education plans to investigate ways school officials can get rid of unauthorized persons in county schools. The board received a memo from the ministry of education at its August session which dealt with methods teachers and principals can use to cope with persons on school property uninvited. The memo is attached to a lengthy report on the matter and the board, rather than attempt to delve into the report, sent it to its management committee to look into and come up with recommendations for policy. Director of education John Cochrane told the board the report could be useful to school personnel. He said teachers here sometimes have problems with people coming in the (Continued from Page 1) systems like the river, any little streams, farmersi drains, things like that," he said. "When a town has sewers inevitably it attracts industry, it also reduces the tax base because there's always development, be- cause there's always developers in town which along with industry brings in more people and makes taxes easier for everybody. Eventually it lowers the tax rates," he added. • Mr. Marsdin said these would be the main points in favor but sewers make the sources of your water much safer and provide employment for local people and business for local suppliers. Reeve Cal Krauter of Brussels offered the Woodstock schools and misbehaving. He said former students come back to see a buddy or someone comes in the school to see a girlfriend and the uninvited guests give teachers a hard time. Seaforth trustee John Henderson, a member of the management committee, did not agree that the subject was one • the management committee should be dealing with. He felt if board personnel were having problems with uninvited guests the board's personnel committee should be looking into the matter. "Management has nothing to do with ipeople molesting teachers that's a personnel problem," he told trustees. The report was given to the management committee. following thoughts on the benefits of the sewer project. He said the primary benefit was that it would alleviate the pollution of the Maitland River. He also mentioned that people won't have to get their septic tanks pumped and lots will already be serviced with sewers when people want to l2Ry them. ',He said the sewers are an incentive for industry because while Brussels had water and power before, it had no way of looking after waste materials. He also pointed out that the system will be large enough to take care of 1500 people. And the sewers will be going in below basement depth so people can have plumbing in their basements and laundry rooms. Short Shots Storm sewers benefit area Brussels sponsors relief (Continued from Page 1) are now armed with. Then you wll have a hefty fine to pay and will lose points. When driving' refrain from imbibing alcoholic beverages. Unless you do, be prepared to part, with a good sized lump of cash and loss of your license. Be sensible! Obey the law! Do your share to make our highways safer to travel on. Some Americans have little knowledge; and some queer ideaS, about Canada and Canadians. In reading an account of an interview with a U.S. exchange student in a Huron County weekly paper, we came across this one. It• reported the young man said he was told, before leaving home, that Canadians speak French or with a decided English accent. He was worried that he would find it difficult to communicate with his host family. He was pleased to find that they spoke intelligible English. A good many Canadians do speak French. Unfortunately, many do not, myself included. I wish I could, but it is difficult to teach an old "dog" new tricks. The sewer project is zooming along ahead of schedule. Instead of a December finish they now expect to be through in September. A considerable number of streets have already been resurfaced and the repaving of damaged sidewalks and clean-up is under- way. We imagine there were a good number of disgrunth&ottagers and sun-fun seekers last week who were envisioning hot, sunny days to sunbathe and swim. The chilly breezes we were having did not encourage such activities. Hopefully the weather, in the remaining days of this month, and for the holiday weekend, will be more copoperative. Delightfully long, warm summers are all too rare. Belgium (Continued from Page 1) go to Toronto, then on to Montreal where they will leave August 27 and arriving in Brussels, Belgium at 6:00 the next morning. They will make a trip to Lahr, Germany where Reeve Krauter's son is an officer in the Canadian army. Leaving Lahr on September 2 they will return to Brussels, Belgium for their official visit from September 3 to September 6. While Mr. De Vos has told the Clerk King that they probably will be met at the airport by city dignitaries, further details of what is in store for the Brussels, Ontario delegation has not kcen released. About 29 people, mostly local residents, • volunteered their services to assist the victims of the Woodstock tornado disaster when the Brussels Optimists sponsored a bus to Woodstock on Wednesday morning. These people went down south of Oxford Centre and worked in one of the hardest hit areas, according to Herman Al as, president of the Optimist's Club. They worked out in the counfry picking up debris and cutting down trees. The trees had to be removed from the centre of the fields in order that land work could be continued. Half of the crew worked on getting hay out of the mow of a man's barn. They did this so the man could rebuild the top half of his barn. The bottom part was apparently salvageable. This was one of the hardest hit farms the Optimists and their crew saw. "You've got to be there to really get the feeling. You couldn't imagine there were buildings there at one time," Mr. Plas said. He said they were at One place where at one time there had been a house that was 175 years old. Piles of machinery were parked outside but there was a driveway leading to nowhere, since there were no buildings left. The man who owned this farm had had to shoot a number of his cows that had been injured by two by fours blown down during the tornado. FARM DESTROYED Another man arid his two children had fallen to the ground where a cement curb gave them some protection but the 'storm wiped out his barn, his milkhouse and his house. He had enough insurance to replace the house and barn if he got volunteer help but he didn't know if he would be able to get back into the dairy business. They even saw a rocking horse halfway up a tree, Mr. Plas said. Of the damages he said, "It's indescrib- able." He said he thought the area was in need of all the help it could get whether it be volunteer, financial or moral support. "They're willing to give it a shot. I think if they can get the support they're not going to quit," he added. VOLUNTEERS In the Norwich Township hall, lunches were offered and Mr. Plas was told that one day they had over 300 people there for lunch and in the morning and afternoons, voluh- teers drove up the country roads to offer such things as coffee and cookies. The Optimists also raised some money by taking the number of hours the 29 people had worked, multiplied them at a nominal wage of $5 per hour and also added on some money for equipment like chainsaws they took with then and the cost of chartering the bus. From that they estimated a donation of $2,190 which they were hoping the provinc- ial government would match dollar for dollar but the government is now offering to match three dollars for one on donations.