The Lucknow Sentinel, 1991-02-20, Page 1Ashfieid council changes
zoning on Belfast property
Ashfield council met on February
5 with Deputy Reeve Bill Andrew
chairing the Meeting in Reeve Gibe
son's absence.
A public meeting was declared
open to consider a zoning
amendment application by ° Dean
Scott. ivir. Scott aril s'f'4UIIh Buiruigu
attended the meeting in support of
the. application. Steve Voisin, an
arca landowner also attended the
meeting.
The application concerned proper-
ty located on lot 12, concession 10,
E.D. at Belfast. Scott Tousaw,
planner, presented a report to coun-
cil ^ regarding the application. Mr.
Scott indicated that the first phase
of his proposal would he to es-
tablish an anhydrous ammonia
filling station on the site. He
answered questions regarding the
safety of the operation and the
frequency of its use. He also
reviewed a proposed sitt plan with
council. It was pointed out that no
contamination of area wells would
occur as anhydrous ammonia is in
gaseous form upon contact with air.
Following the closing of the
public., meeting, council proceeded
to pass bylaw 6, changing the
zoning on the aforementioned
property from AG 1 (general
agriculture) to AG3 (Agriculture
Commercial -Industrial), to permit
the establishment of a commercial -
industrial use related to ag clut e.
Bylaw 7, a Site Plan Control
bylaw was then passed affecting
part of lot 12, concession 10, E.D.,
part of Margaret and Alton Streets
(closed street allowances) of RP
14.1, wad. lots :9, 1Q, 11, 12, 33,. 3d,
35 and 36 of RP. 141,Belfast
The following resolution was
passed regarding the Simpson Plan
of Subdivision: That the Cor-
poration of the Township of Ash-
field concurs with the proposed
conditions of draft approval for
application 40T90004, Simpson
Plan of Subdivision, except that
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salary increases.
Kinloss councilmet in regular
session on February 11 with the
clerk, road superintendent, reeve
and all council members present.
Council agreed.. to sell the waste
disposal site dozer to Tom Nichol-
son, for the amount of $500 plus
the purchaser's bill for repairsdone
to the dozer.
The road superintendent was
instructed to ask Paragon En-
gineering to represent the township
in regard to the proposed detour on
highway 9.
He was also instructed to ask for
a quote from each licensed gravel
pit in the township for gravel, for
township purposes.
Bylaws were passed for the main-
tenance and repair of the following
drain works: Parrish Municipal
Drain, Holyrood. Municipal Drain,
Johnston -Eadie Municipal Drain
Works, Kincardine -Kinloss
Municipal brain, MacDougall
Municipal 'Drum' and the Stanley
Drainage Improvements 1968.
The township's Dog -Control
Bylaw was .-passed prohibiting the
running at large of dogs, appointing
an animal control officer, imposing
a license fee for dog owners,
regulating the disposal of dogs
found at large and other matters
relating to dogs in the township.
Council recommended .that a set
fine of $35 be imposed for each of
the offences .indicated in schedule
"A" attached to the bylaw.
An application for a tile drain
loan for lot 2, concession 2, for
1991-92 was accepted, subject to
the availability 'ty of funds at the time
from lie . Ministry of Agriculture
and Food.
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Litde Erin Phillip tattoo advantage of hot Widay's henry m►o !'ail
*tom and dad took par it the Kin' annual MAIM
tournament tunilay The deep layer or snow on the community
mate bit made it just .pertect for the children to slide on. (Pit
Lben photo)
Wow, what a save! Danielle McClinchey, goalie for the Luckaaow Senior ringette team stopped this one
while seated on the ice, during a game against the Tiverton team. The local team came out on the losing
end ° of a 16 - 7 score. These girls have two more regular games left m their schedule and will`play m a
tournament during March. (Marg Burkhart photo) ,
Ecumenical group says now
time to initiate multi -faith prograni
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CHESLEY--A broad-based
ecumenical group ,said the recent
Court of Appeal ruling against
religious education in public
schools means now is the time to
initiate a new approach through a
multi -faith program.
Rev. Mervyn Russell, United
Church minister in Paisley, was
spokesman for Anglican, Pres-
byterian,- United and Mennonite
congregations across Bruce County
that went to the Bruce County
Board of Education to look foto -a
multi -faith religious education
program. Russell attended . the
board's Tuesday, Feb. 12 meeting.
The ecumenical group wants a
compulsory, research -based cur-
riculum than gives equal time to
major world religions, including
Canadian native religions.
Russell admitted Bruce County is
predominantly Christian, but said
students will be "educationally
deprived" if they don't understand
other backgrounds.
"We live in an interconnected
world," Russel said. Drawing on a
particularly timely example, he
continued, "if we are to understand,
for example, events in the Middle
East we must have an understan-
ding of the differencesand the
features of the religions of various.
groups of people."
Russell said , the cturiculum for
multi -faith religious education
should be a distinct subject taught
by. specialists.
"We do not only want the Islamic
faith dealt with as part of a social
studies course. on Iraq," he said.
A brief presented by Russell said
the curriculum for multi -faith
religious education should have
input from representatives of the
religions concerned. In that way, it
would avoid stereotypes or
misinterpretations that could -lead to
misunderstanding, he added.
Russell noted that university -level
religious education courses at
Wester and McMaster are very
popular, but teachers seldom have a
chance touse the knowledge gained
in those courses. He was part of a
committee that pioneered the Bruce
board's highly regarded Morals and
Value program. The program helps
teach students about good
behaviour, while religious education
would explain. "the underpinnings"
of what makes people human
• beings.
The brief listed seven criteria for
a religious education program, and
asked for a commission to look at
the feasibility and means . of
implementing the program at
elementary and secondary schools
in the county.
r ne brief °specifcally asks for
Christian and non-Christian leaders%
parents, teachers and the board to
be involved with the commission.
In closing it notes that there are no.
synagogues or mosques in the coun-
ty, and wams that religious
education in public schools `must
be attempted with great care" or not
at all,
Last of originalsuperintendents retire
The Bruce County Board of
Education will see the last of its
original complement of superinten-
dents retire on July 31.
Chuck Beamer was one of three
academic . superintendents hired
when the county board was formed
in 1969.
Beamer and Bruce Giles an-
nounced their retirements to the
board at its Tuesday, Feb. 12
meeting.
Giles served 36 years as a
teacher, elementary principal and
superintendent with the board. The
board has three academic superin-
tendents as well as superintendents
for finance and personnel.
As tht board launches a search
for two new superintendents, ft's
also in the Process of hiring 20 to
- 25 new teachers from mot than
100_. interviewed in a mammoth
session last month.
Last year the board hired over 60
teachers to fill vacancies created by
pupil growth, smaller class size and
resignations.
SOVIET PROJECT
SET BACK
A 'Warton woman's efforts to
send boots to children in the Soviet
Union has met a set back, but not
for lack of response.
Janet Pawsey told Brucetschool
trustees at the board's Tuesday,
Feb. 12 meeting, that logistical
problems mean her "Boots for
Kids" project will begin in the fall
instead of right away.
Pawsey has permission from the
Separate and Bruce county boards
to collect good used boots through
the schools to send to Russia,
where there are reported shortages
of children's winter footwear. Paw-
sey has arranged overseas transpor-
tation, but is still trying to set up
convenient collection points for
schools in Bruce and Grey.
In spite of recent tensions in the
Baltic, Pawsey said response to the
project has been good.
"We're not talking about anything
that can be melted down into bul-
lets," she said. "We're talking about
children with cold feet."
Pawsey hopes that by fall, the
project could be a province -wide
htunanitarim venture.
GRANTS
The director of education for Bruce
County said the province's annum-
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