HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-02-15, Page 3THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2007. PAGE 3.
North Huron revisited an issue at
their Feb. 7 that just can’t seem to
get laid to rest.
The rest area just north of Blyth on
Hwy. 4 is something that the
residents of North Huron seem
willing to fight for.
Although several ratepayers have
admitted that it was unkempt and
unsightly when it was open to the
public, people would rather fix it up
than let it slip away.
“I had a ratepayer speak to me for
several hours about this,” councillor
Arnold Taylor said.
“He dropped several hints there
were many people that would like to
see the stop re-opened and that they
would even like to see it expanded.”
Although clerk-administrator
Kriss Snell said that it would be
some time before real action could
be taken on this issue, council is
going to look into costs for lawncare
and porta-potties for some cost
figures.
Although the area became
unsanitary as well as an ideal place
for youth parties, it still holds a
special spot in some residents’
hearts, who think the area can be a
nice place to stop under the right
care.
Council is currently standing
strong on their position that the rest
area remained closed for the time
being, but Snell did say that council
will begin to look into its options for
this land.
Currently the county is
responsible for the land and a sale of
the land to the adjacent farm owner
could not happen for another two
years.
The rest area has already been
closed for two years and when
expansion of the area was discussed,
it did not seem plausible.
Councillors indicated that the
farmer living adjacent to the area
would not be interested in selling
more land to expand the area.
Near the end of Feb. 7’s North
Huron council meeting, Blyth
councillor Greg McClinchey
presented a motion to hold council
meetings in Blyth.
McClinchey originally proposed
that four meetings, one each quarter,
be held in Blyth, not specifying
whether these meetings should be
information meetings, committee of
the whole meetings or regular
council meetings.
McClinchey said that the citizens
of Blyth want to be more involved intheir local politics.“Then let’s call them on it,” hesaid.McClinchey added that he thinks
there is a certain degree of animosity
among the Blyth citizens feeling out
of the loop in North Huron.
“I think this can be overcome by
outreach so that we’re all part of the
community,” he said.
With McClinchey’s motion being
specific to Blyth, councillor Arnold
Taylor made sure to speak on behalf
of fairness.
“We have to take in the whole
concept that we are a municipality
made up of three wards and that eachward should be treated fairly,” Taylorsaid.Councillor Archie MacGowan alsohad concerns.
“I hope the ratepayers in Blyth
don’t think we need to be in Blyth to
deal with their concerns,”
MacGowan said.
MacGowan also was sure to bring
up that North Huron has tried an idea
like this before and it was
unsuccessful.
MacGowan added that he didn’t
mind trying this concept again, but
that he thought a quarterly meeting
was a bit heavy.
Taylor agreed, saying that the firsttime the municipality tried meetingsin different wards that it was at therequest of the ratepayers andattendance was still poor. However,
councillors added that attendence in
Wingham was not great.
After much discussion, the motion
was eventually amended to read that
one council meeting will take place
in each (Blyth and East Wawanosh)
before the conclusion of the second
quarter.
This motion was carried and
decisions regarding dates and what
types of meetings will be held where
will be discussed in the future.
Well said
Speakers from Hullett Public School travelled to Blyth Public School for a speech contest presented by the Legion. The speakers
were (from left) Brooke Middegaal, Ellie Edwards and Emily Wilits from Hullett and Phaedra Scott, Justin Shortreed and Ward
Verschaeve from Blyth. Coming in first was Scott, followed by Wilits in second and Edwards in third. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
Council meeting in Blyth
Rest area may see light of day yet again
Congratulations to Evelyn Popp,
Jim Chalmers and George Hubbard
who will all celebrate their birthdays
on Feb. 16.
We are glad to hear that Harold
Campbell has returned home.
Sorry to hear that Don Glousher is
a patient in Clinton Hospital. John
Brown is in University Hospital
recovering from heart surgery.
Results of the Feb. 12 euchre will
be in next week’s paper.
BLYTH UNITED CHURCH
Greeting at Blyth United Church
on Sunday, Feb. 11 was Fred Meier
and Judy Gleave. Guest organist was
Lynda McGregor. Ushering were
Terry Richmond, Lavern Clark and
Nancy Hakkers.
The Sunday school children
brought the food for the food bank
to the front of the church and said a
prayer with the guest speaker to
bless the food.
The theme for this year’s
Women’s Day Out is Hooked on
Hobbies. Everyone was asked to
start making something they
enjoyed for the penny sale whether
it be a craft you have made or
something that you have baked.
The UCW has started making
meat pies again this winter. Call
Joann MacDonald 519-523-9274
with your orders.
The children’s hymn was I
Danced in the Morning. The
children came to the front of the
church during the singing of the last
verse. Sandy Morris of Clinton, who
was guest speaker asked the children
if they could find a picture of God in
the box of pictures she had. They all
found pictures of horses, kittens,
flowers and other things but no one
found a picture of God. Sandy
explained that all the pictures were
of something that God had created.
The choir anthem was Where No
One Stands Alone. The lectionary
scriptures were Isaiah 6: 1-8, the
Responsive Psalm was 138 and the
New Testament reading from Luke
5: 1-11.
Sandy’s message to the adults was
I Will Make You Fishermen of
People. She related the story of
Jesus talking to the people from the
boat and the story of Simon and
Peter leaving their fishing boats to
follow Jesus. Jesus drew people
back to God and this is what we
should strive to do.
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