HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-12-06, Page 16PAGE 16 THE-CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1989.
Letter to the Editor
Reader wants enforcement
not backwoods wimping
THE EDITOR,
At risk of offending the elected
officials of Morris Twp. council I
feel compelled to reply to a
reference made to my establish
ment in the Morris council news
report of Nov. 15.
(Clerk instructed to send Karl
MacNaughton a letter suggesting
he obtain a box to put his garbage
in).
This reference would suggest to
the public that we leave our
garbage outside unprotected from
the elements and animals until
pick-up day. NOT SO.
We came to Walton Nov. 1988
and purchased the Walton Inn
(Sage Hotel) property and spent six
months renovating, refurbishing
and cleaning up the place. When
we opened in May 1989 we had in
place a covered garbage bin con
structed of wood to blend in with
the surroundings, not one of those
ugly steel boxes with some com
pany name stamped on the side.
Perhaps the council members
should take a trip down to this end
of the township to see that Walton
is still on the map.
My complaint to the Clerk was
only way to address the original
complaint (dogs running at large) is
to have all the ratepayers on the
Morris side of Walton (no pick-up
on the Grey or McKillop side,
except what’s carried across the
road), leave their garbage in dogs-
running-at-large proof containers
so the contractor can spend extra
time retrieving same. This is sure
to raise the contract price next time
it comes up for tender. Now in
order to simplify things, would it
not make good sense to simply
enforce the By-law prohibiting
dogs running at large.
Before I came to Walton 1 was
By-law Enforcement Officer for
eight years for the Village of Lucan
and realize that councils are gung-
ho to pass certain By-laws but tend
to be wimps when it comes to
enforcement at the risk of offend
ing the right people.
Come on Morris Twp. Council:
get off your duffs. Your township
has been back-woodsy long
enough. It’s nearly 1990.
YOURS TRULY,
KARL MACNAUGHTON,
WALTON, ONTARIO.
Long service
this (first time): When 1 set the
garbage at the curb on pick-up day
(she called it dump day) from this
protected, covered, blended-in
wooden garbage bin, the dogs that
run at large in Walton tear it to
bits. The clerk said she would relay
the message to the animal control
officer. This person never called or
came to see about the complaint at
this time.
Next week same thing, only this
time I cleaned the garbage up
twice. Low and behold to my
surprise the following day, after
the fact, the animal control officer
showed up and tried to pass the
buck. He suggested that I leave the
garbage in the bin and have the
contractor remove it on pick-up
day. Makes reasonable sense to do
this if all factors fall into place on
pick-up day. (No vehicles parked in
front of it, now snow removal, etc.)
The way I see it one bag of
garbage is the same as 10 and the
Mrs. Higgins
chosen new Pres,
of Belgrave UCW
nating committee’s list of officers
for the next year as follows: Past
President, Mrs. Ross Higgins;
President, Mrs. Gordon Bosman;
First vice-president, Mrs. James
Hunter; Treasurer, Mrs. Les Shaw;
Stewardship and Finance, Mis.
Glenn Coultes; Secretary and Com
munications, Mrs. Ross Anderson;
Assistant Secretary, Mrs. Harold
Vincent; Church and Society, Mrs.
Norman Cook, Mrs. Albert Cook;
World Outreach, Mrs. William
Coultes; Christian Development,
Mrs. Clarence Yuill, Mrs. Kenneth
Wheeler, Mrs. John Roberts; In
Church services, Mrs. Mike Cot
trill, Mrs. Laura Johnston, Mrs.
James Lamont.
The Social Committee includes
Mrs. Florence McArter, Mrs.
Laura Johnston, Mrs. John Camp
bell, Mrs. Les Shaw, Mrs. Ross
Anderson, Mrs. Robert Grasby,
Mrs. Lome Campbell, Mrs. Les
Vincent; Leadership and Develop
ment, Mrs. Dorothy Logan; Ar
chives, Mrs. Olive Bolt; Auditors,
Mrs. Lloyd Michie, Mrs. Ronald
Cook; Pianist, Mrs. George John
ston; Nominating Committee, Mrs.
Robert Grasby, Mrs. George Proc
ter, Mrs. Harold Vincent, Mrs.
Sam Pletch.
Three Blyth firemen, Don Craig (second from left), Jim Howson (centre) and Clarence Bailie (second
from right) received 25 year pins from the Ontario Fire Marshall’s office in a ceremony in London
November 10. Accompanying them werecurrent firechief Paul Josling (left) and retired chief Irvin
Bowes (right) and the firemen’s wives.
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