The Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-08-11, Page 1PUBLISHED IN
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
Wednesday,
August 11, 1993
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DUNGANNON ROYALTY -
Denise Black, centre, was
crowned Ambassador to
Dungannon's. 134th annual
fair and family -km days -last
weekend. Teresa Jefferson
(left) was first ntnnerup,
and Joyce McWhinney was
Miss Friendship and second
runnerup. At the left Justin
Boel . and Stacey Wilson
were chosen from a random
draw to reign as prince and
princess over fair and
family fun days. Justin
appears full of confidence
while Stacey seems to be
wondering what she's got
herself into. (Pat Livingston
photos)
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Recommends` full OMB hearing
by Pat Livingston •
KINLOSS TOWNSHIP -- A two-hour Ontario
Municipal Board (OMB) mediation meeting, to dis-.
cuss opposition to rezoning a piece of Kinloss
Township_property,_resulted in the mediator -.making_
a recommendation ' to the OMB chair that. a full
hearing be scheduled.
The Aug. 4 meeting was attended by approximately
70 people, including the applicant Harry Donegan, of
Donegan's Haulage along with his consultants, the
opposed and other interested citizens, representatives
from the Ministy. of Natural Resources (MNR),
Maitland Valley Conservation Authority, the County
Planning office and municipal councillors. •
Background
In December of 1991, the current Kinloss Township
council, then just recently elected, and after hearing
concerns of various ratepayers, voted no to the.
proposed rezoning. Council reached its decision in
spite of the Bruce County Planning' and Economic
Development committee's recommendation, following
a public meeting of the Planning Advisory Committee
in October 1991, that .the zoning amendment be
approved.
The Donegan application was to rezone .15 hectares
at Lot 16, Concession 5, from A 1 (agriculture) to M2
(extractive industrial). Lands to the south and east are
largely comprised of Environmental Protection lands,
while lands to the north and west are mainly used for
agricultural purposes. The municipal landfill site is
also to the north.
However, according to Schedule "A" of ,the; -Bruce
County South Official Plan, the" s bject property is
designated as an Extractive Industrial a ck, which --
allows such use as a gravel pit. The use is subject to
certain policies designed to minimize land use
conflicts and environmental degradation.
Subsequently, the applicant, Donegan's Haulage, of
Listowel, appealed Kinloss Township council's
decision to the OMB.
Purpose of meeting
OMB correspondence explains, "The purpose of the
--meetingis to-provvide- xpianation--and-information-
surrounding the purpose and .effect of th'e rezoning
and the reasons for the objections filed."
The meeting was conducted by Bill Thomson, a
staff facilitator, retained by the OMB. Mr. Thomson
has an extensive background as a land use planner
and was a former planning commissioner with a
regional municipality.
He said the OMB began experimenting with
mediation type meetings about six months ago, in an
attempt to see if some solution could be arrived at
prior to the expense of a full board meeting.
Presentations
Don Scott, a private planning consultant, retained by
Mr. Donegan, explained the applicant's side of the
matter - his attempt to obtain rezoning and to obtain
a Class "A" license (removal of over 20,000 tones of
gravel per year) from the MNR. Mr. Sc'ou said "..:he
(Mr. Donegan) is still working his way through the
MNR procedure to obtain that pit license." Additional
information requested by.MNR included hydrological
information, a noise study and an environmental
impact study to determine how a gravel pit would
impact upon the Class 2 wetlands in the area.
Scott Wilson, of.the Owen Sound MNR office said
that 65 objections were received to Donegan's ap-
plication for a Class A license.
Gord Fletchcrd as spokesperson for the op-
_...poseti:citi ns,, He- !gi'ri(e'i tiie.eoncerns of residents
that another gravel pit would decrease the enjoyment
of their properties through dust and noise pollution.
He also stressed the danger to area children who ride
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Kinloss council passes
social contract plan.
KINLOSS TOWNSHIP Fol-
lowing two special meetings July
28 and 29, Kinloss Township coun
.cil passed a bylaw to authorize
entering into a non -bargaining unit
plan pursuant to the Social Contract
Act.
Clerk Mark Becker said that using
a calculation form provided to rural
Ontario municipalities, and using
figures from the 1992 financial
return, it was determined that the
social contract target figure for
1993 was $2,595.53.
Auauq 1 tlwdllne to avoi,1 ,in
automauc decrease of 20 per cent In
the amount of grants received.
August 3
During the Aug. 3 meeting, coun-
cil instructed the clerk to proceed
with the purchase of an air con-
ditioner for the municipal office, as
per the quote of Kincardine ,Home
Hardware, in the amount of
5999.35, taxes incldtled.
Lloyd Husk's laneway application
was accepted. The township will
supply the pit run gravel and labor,'
and if a culvert is required Mr.
Other than councillors agreeing to Husk will pay for the culvert only.
reduce their remuneration by $5 per A meeting of the joint 'bylaw
special and regular meetings, no enforcement officer committee will
other definite areas have been tar- be Field • Aug. 17 to-t•vtew
gelid' for .the reduction, but ad- . applications received.
ditional savings measures will be The waste site supervisor will be
entered into shortly. instructed to proceed with • his
The bylaw was passed to accept a original plan with' a drag line at the
plan to comply with the provinces Kinloss Waste Site. '
Fire destroys Pentland barn
The Lucknow and District' Fire
Department responded to a vehicle
fire on July 28, at approximately
10:35 p.m., at the residence of
Harold Greer. The' vehicle was
destroyed.
On July 30, at approximately 5:15
p.m. police, ambulance and the
local fire department responded to a
fictitious accident with persons
trapped. Police are investigating the
call and will advise later as to
results:
Later that afternoon, around 6:30
p.m. the department was called to a
bam fire at the farm of Jim
Pentland, on Huron County Road 1,
south of Dungannon.
The barn was virtually destroyed
when the firefighters arrived. They
were on the scene for ap-
proximately three hours. •
• Mr. Pentland said ,they managed
to remove two head of cattle that
were in the barn, however, a large
amount of hay was destroyed as
well. •
Spontaneous combustion is being
blamed for a large number of big
round.bales of hay starting on fire
at the farm of Roger Morrison, on
Highway 86 east , of Lucknow, on
Aug. 5.
The fire department responded at
approximately 8:05 a.m. The bales,
located • near .the barn, were
removed using tractors and were
then extinguished.
Fire Chief Peter Steer asks that
farmers note that this year's hay 'is
heating extremely fast. Check your
hay. If it is over 140 degrees F call
the fire department. Spontaneous
combustion can occur at 160
degrees F, whether stored inside or
out. Removal from buildings is
your only option, he says.
Wingham will be home.
to new agricultural plant
by Cameron J.,Wood
—WC/ hill on dollars.
That is, what Canadian Ara
President Doug Fletcher is hoping
to channel back into the local far-
ming economy with the develop-
ment of a new agricultural plant in
Wingham.
Ending six months 'of speculation
over the future of the former Prem -
dor building in the industrial section
of the town, Fletcher said his firm
plans a new facility to produce
"super compressed hay."
An initial $4 million investment
will lead to the "extensive expan-
sion, renovation and upgrading" of
the existing plant. Onee completed,
approximately 90,000 tonnes of
long stem, field dried, high quality
hay , will pe processed into small
"super compressed bales." Canadian
Agra plans to market these bales as
a companion product to the alfalfa
cubes being produced by their
operation at the Bruce . Energy
Centre in Tiverton. • '
"The nlgnned system will receive
.either large square bales or round
bales at between 12 to' -14 per cent
moisture; will break or unwind the
bales 4on.to two feeder streams;
*tCmove any stones or metal; blend,
mix and recombine the two streams;
remove dust; spray on additives to
improve nutritional value and ex-
tend shelf, then compress the
product to increase density for
storage and shipping with the alfal-
fa cubes," Fletcher said. The
process equipment • is being
designed by Oakville's Monenco
Agra.
"The process being designed will
receive these bales by weight over
a new electronic scale and off-
loaded into covered storage. This
storage will allow about three days
raw material at full productions
levels, and thus a fairly constant
flow of inbound product will be
required," Fletcher said.
"The finished bales are
automatically stacked on non -retur-
nable pallets, wrapped and labelled
and moved to the storage area for
final warehousing. The warehouse
will provide storage for about 25
days of full production along with
up to 40,000 tonnes of alfalfa cubes
from the Tiverton plant for out-
bound shipment , on a blended
basis," he explained.
The operation is expected tolbe
running, with one line in operation
by December 1993. When asked,
Fletcher said they'll 'begin
negotiations with growers im-
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