HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-07-29, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1987.
Letters to the editor
Councillor replies to councillors' reply
THE EDITOR,
1 am writing in regards to the
letter to the editor in July 22/87
paper to further explain my
resignation.
OnTuesday, May 5/87 at the
regular meeting of council we
received the assessments and
proposed budget for the village of
Auburn. At this time there was a
note on the copy of this budget from
the clerk of West Wawanosh.
explaining that they had asked the
Auburn trustees if it would be
John Ainlay says thanks
THE EDITOR,
I and my son Duane want to
publicly express our great appre
ciation to the Brussels Anniversary
committee and all of the fine people
of Brussels for the honour you
accorded me by allowing me to be
your parade marshal at your 115th
anniversary celebration. Everyone
was so gracious to us. You made us
proud to be a direct descendent of
Wjlliam Ainlay. the founder of
Dam safety worries visitor
THE EDITOR,
Over the years, on visits to
Brussels, 1 have been pleased to
see many improvements to the
village, one of which is the bridge
over the dam.
While this affords more accessi
bility to the east side of the village, I
am appalled by the lack of safety
measures on that bridge.
While on a walk this morning
Bluewater Shrine Club raises money
THE EDITOR,
The final meeting of the Blue
water Shrine Golf Committee was
held on July 8 and the results from
our Golf Tournament held at
Oakwood Golf Course in Grand
Bend on June 10th were reported.
There are 98 entry fees paid in
for a total of $9,800, out of which
$30 from each fee went to the Golf
Course for green fees and dinner.
The balance which is $70 from each
fee is going directly to the Shrine
Hospital for Crippled Children and
Dry weather lowers lake level
possible to wait a year to see if they
could get provincial assistance. At
this meeting the motion that
carried read as follows:
Motion #7 Motioned by J.
Gibson seconded by R. Gross
“That we agree with West Wawa
nosh that now is not the time to put
sidewalks in Auburn. Some rea
soning is the possible drainage
along main street and the chance of
P.R.l.D.E. funding."
Astheproposed Municipaldrain
Brussels, formerly Ainlayville. I
can’tnameallofthe fine people
with whom we visited. 1 do want to
especially thank Mary and Jack
Bryans for inviting us to stay in
their lovely home while there.
Through them we were able to
meet many other wonderful
people.
On this trip the Bryans made it
possible for us to drive around to
see the town. I now know why you
(July 26), I encountered two small
boys had climbed through the
railing and were sitting on top of
the cement support above the fast
moving water. I persuaded the two
boys to come inside the railing, but
1 wondered how many other
children will do the same thing.
A simple netting between the
steel posts would suffice to thwart
amounts to $6,860 and all the
participants will receive an income
tax receipt for $70.
Such an event can only succeed
because of the co-operation of
many people including the mem
bers of the Golf Committee and the
members of the Bluewater Shrine
Club. The excellent prizes that
were donated were greatly appre
ciated by the golfers and the name
of each doner was announced. The
committee is indeed grateful for
the generosity of the merchants in
in Auburn, as with all proposed
Municipal drains, takes time to be
engineered, Council should have
found out where the Trustees
proposed to carry out sidewalk
repairs and find out if they
proposed drain was in the same
area. Sidewalks in the east end of
Auburn mainstreet will not be
affected byadraininthe North
west corner unless the Engineer
can reverse the flow of water.
As the previous council had the
are proud to claim that Brussels is
the most beautiful town in Canada.
I am also proud to say that my
ancestor, William Ainlay, had an
important part in early days of the
town, and that it at one time carried
the Ainlay name.
VERY SINCERELY,
JOHN A. AINLAY
3330 GRANT ST.
EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.
P.S. We love all of you.
adventureous climbers as well as
a small child who could so easily
slip between the gaps in the
railing.
To the people of Brussels, I urge
you to implore your council to
remedy this problem. Surely, the
primary concern of Ontario’s
prettiest village is the protection of
its children.
VONNE BRISTER
the area for providing these prizes.
For all who came and enjoyed
themselves playing golf, a sincere
thank you, and also thanks to the
management and staff of Oakwood
for making the day enjoyable.
Next year’s Tournament will be
held on Wednesday, June 8, 1988
at Oakwood Golf Course. On behalf
of the Golf Committee and the
Bluewater Shrine Club, Thanks to
all.
bob McKinley,
1987 CHAIRMAN.
patience to wait for provincial
funding before starting street
repair, should the present council
not also wait. We now have our
“Property standards” by-law in
effect and zoning by-law almost in
place. Once these are in place,
funding from the Province is easier
to receive. The $108,000 that was
referred to in the July 15/87 paper
was the estimate that Burns Ross
had given Council for the total
project, that could be done in one
year or over two years.
Asfor the Mill Rate Council held
the increase to .35 per cent but the
clerk did come to Council when he
was working on the budget and
proposed because of the possible
street construction and bridge
repair that we might be better to
raise the Mill rate by two or three
mills this year rather than in 1988
because next year was an election
year. Fortunately because of our
reserve in the Township and our
sound financial position the clerk
came up with a small increase this
year and next year being election
year I can sleep better knowing our
taxes will not be any higher.
As Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Gib
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son, Mr.. Gross and Mrs. Szusz
should realize I had walked out of
Council during the discussion on
building permits after hearing Mr.
Gross reasoning why we should not
change the building permits re -
Barn Fires. I find it hard to belive
that with the years of experience on
council that Mr. Cunningham, Mr.
Gibson and Mr Gross have, that
they would instruct the staff to look
into certain matters such as
building permits to find out other
municipalities policy regarding
theirs. This only creates more of
the red tape they were talking
about at the start of their letter. As
a ratepayer in Hullett Township, I
really don’t care about other
Township’s policies in certain
matters. Is it to much to ask that our
elected officials be leaders and not
followers.
I feel that if certain individuals
and council would show some
initiative and think for themselves
instead of letting one or two people
do it for them. Council would get
back on course and do what they
were elected to do: represent the
ratepayers equally and fairly.
H. STEWART
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GIRLS & BOYS
Dry weather continued through
June to have favourable effects
upon water levels on the Great
Lakes.
By early July Lakes Huron, St.
Clair and Erie were between 20 and
30 cm. below their levels of one
year earlier. Levels on Lakes
Superior and Ontario had dipped to
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Beauty” was filmed.
They had lunch at the Kentucky
Horse Park, which is a very
beautiful place. They saw where
Man *o War was buried, and also
his statue. His last race was run at
Windsor, Ont.
In Cincinnati they saw the home
of the “Reds” ball team, and the
Procter and Gamble warehouses.
They went shopping for four hours
in Dayton, Ohio and later spent the
night at Miamisburg, Ohio.
On Sunday, they sawthe Neil
Armstrong Space Museum, and a
boat unloading salt. Then home in
to Canada they went, after a very
enjoyable trip.
slightly below their long-term
averages.
Preciptation for the first six
months of 1987 has averaged
approximately 30 per cent less than
normal. “Many shoreline resi
dents and cottagers will see
evidence of improved water levels
in wider beaches this summer,”
said Ralph Moulton, Manager of
Environment Canada’s Great
Lakes Water Level Communica
tions Centre. “However, this
should not be taken as an indication
that the high water level problem is
over. These dry conditions would
have to persist through next year
before the middle lakes would
begin to approach normal levels.”
In the meantime, fall and winter
storms could still cause consider
able amounts of damage to lake
shore property this year.
Environment Canada forecast
ers predict water levels on the
middle lakes will remain high
throughout the six-month forecast
period but will stay below the
record highs of 1986. Lake Superior
is expected to stay near normal
levels, and Lake Ontario is forecast
to be seven to 15 cm. below normal
for the next six months.
Lake Superior’s regulation plan
requires that a balance be kept
between its level and that of Lakes
Michigan and Huron. Since Lake
Superior is near normal levels and
Lakes Michigan and Huron are still
well above normal, Lake Super
ior’s July outflow has been set at
the minimum prescribed by the
plan.
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