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The Citizen, 1989-08-16, Page 1No luxury Life inside Bluewater Centre means little freedom See page 5 Bulls jump Brussels Jrs. jump to Jr. C loop See page 15 Pals Guide dogs, owners visit See page 13 Grey Twp kills old subdivisions, draws few complaints Fifteen people turned up Tues­ day night last week to learn more about the “deeming” (or dissolu­ VOL. 5 NO. 33 Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel, Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1989.45 CENTS Morris youth killed in crash A 16-year-old Morris Township youth was killed as the result of a two car accident late Sunday, three kilometres north of Seaforth. Bradley Roland Taylor of Lot 27, Concession 9 lost control of his southbound vehicle-when it hit the gTavel shoulder of Huron County Road 12, Goderich OPP stated. The car then skidded into the path of a northbound car driven by June Godkin, 55, of Walton. Mrs. God­ kin was taken to Seaforth Commun­ ity Hospital where she is reported to be in satisfactory condition. A passenger in the Godkin car, Catherine Glanville, 40, also of Walton was taken to Seaforth, then later transferred to University Hospital in London where she is listed as fair. Bradley Taylor is the son of Margaret Taylor of Walton and Bill Taylor of Lucknow. He and his mother had been residing with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs Rollie Achilles. Bradley attended Sea­ forth and District High School. Morris woman hurt in freak accident Patricia Aitcheson of RR 2, Blyth was seriously injured on Saturday after falling from a tractor-pulled trailer. Her husband Roy Aitcheson was driving the tractor. According to a police spokes­ person, Mrs. Aitcheson, 48, was travelling on Concession 8 in Morris Township when she lost her balance and fell from the trailer striking her head on the gravel road. Sources say that the couple were alone and were just returning from gathering wood in the bush. Mrs. Aitcheson was taken by ambulance to Wingham and Dis­ trict Hospital and was later trans­ ferred by air ambulance to Victoria Hospital where she remains in serious condition. tion) of old plans of subdivision in Grey township villages. In general, the meeting was The move is on Asthecraneliftstheroofofftheformerhomeof Mrs. J. C. Bakelaar (nowowned by Hans Bakelaarof RR 1, Auburn), the Mennonitefamily who were given the house assist in maneuvering the roof of the dismantled structure towards a waiting tractor trailer bed. The roof and the house were transported to the Shetler’s property in St. Helens last Thursday. quiet in nature as Scott Tousaw of the Huron County Planning office explained what the township meant when it deemed the old subdivision plans, most more than a century old. Perhaps the feeling of the landowners present was as ex­ pressed by Bill Dobson of Ethel who said “What can you do about it now? It’s done.” Once council passed the deeming bylaw at the July 24 meeting he said, there wasn’t much room for discussion. But council and Mr. Tousaw tried to assure those present that the new by-law really means little to most property owners in the villages of Cranbrook, Tindell, Henfryn and Ethel. Most develop­ ment takes under a development agreement, Mr. Tousaw explained. Under development agreements between the developer of the land and the township the developer is expected to pay for roads, drains, etc. to bring the area up to the standard of the township. Only at that point does the township accept the roads and services as part of the township system. “Develop­ ment should not cost the existing residents in the township money,” he said. With old plans of subdivision with many unopened roads show­ ing on maps, township council lacks the ability to protect the interests of the existing taxpayers of the municipality, he said. Dis­ solving the old plans of subdivision protects the township from having to provide expensive services such as roads and protects the buyer of property from buying a lot with no road access. But “deeming”, he assured the ratepayers, is a temporary measure that can be reversed quickly. If someone wants to develop land in these old subdivision plans, they can approach council, reach agree­ ment on the provision of services to the lots, and the old plan of subdivision can be legally put back in place quickly. The by-law will not effect the sale of parcels of land owned by one owner, he explained, but will prevent people from selling off lots from a larger parcel of land. It will also not affect getting building permits for new buildings he said. Most of the century-old lot sizes are too small to meet the current requirements for septic tanks and Continued on page 2 Auburn fire a new near miss for bam Blyth firemen answered two calls last week, one of which could easily have been much more dangerous than it was, Fire Chief Paul Josling said. Thursday evening, August 10 firemen were called to the farm of Ray Hanna in West Wawanosh, north of Auburn. An overheated bail elevator set a wagonload of straw on fire as it was being unloaded into the bam. The Hannas were “very, very lucky” Chief Josling said, that they were able to pull the wagon away from the bam before it could catch on fire. As it was the door post of the bam caught fire before it was extinguished. Friday firemen answered a call to the farm of Bert Elliott in Morris township. There they were able to quickly extinguish a small grass fire on the side of the road. It was just one of many grass fires the department has had to battle this summer.