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today and will remain with the new
owners.
Of course, a restaurant cannot
function without wait staff and they
have employed many of the youth of
our community over the years. There
have been 26 young people starting
their working careers at the Inn and
they included Wendy Stanley,
Jennifer Rae, Colleen McCallum,
Farren Goos, Tina, Trish and
Jennifer McClure, Kayla and
Kabrina Bishop, Kelly Ann Dalton,
Patty Banks, Marlene Little,
Betty Riley, Cathy McClure, Dianne
Flood, Nadine and Elise
Ringgenberg, Marlene Glanville,
Emily and Sean Mitchell, Deb Cann,
Yris and Marissa Vander Ploeg,
Jackie Horseman, Jaden Shortreed,
Leigh Swinimer and Kennedy
Huether. The favorite job of
dishwashing for the last couple of
years on Saturday has been covered
by Jason Lamont and the cleaning
was Michael and Helen Craig’s
department. Graeme was in charge
of grass cutting until he passed the
job onto Jacob and Carson Flood.
Congratulations to Graeme and
Helen for all their years of
welcoming the many groups to
gather, such as for the men’s coffee
group in the morning, a breakfast
place for the monthly gathering of
the McKillop ladies, the Walton
Institute to eat and meet for many
meetings and the ladies of the
former Duff’s Church for a yearly
gathering, birthday luncheons,
delicious turkey dinner at Christmas
and the place to meet and greet
neighbours and friends around
Walton. Graeme has been the
recipient of many a joke and has
given many a barb back, but all in
good fun with good friends. We will
miss their faces everyday, but hope
to see them at the Inn many times in
the future. Congratulations and
happy retirement!
Celebrating birthdays this past
week include Mary Davidson,
Craig Hackwell, Shirley Coleman,
Amanda Hoegy, Joshua Nichol,
Marina Glanville, Joan Perrie,
Cooper Verkley, Amanda Fraser,
Shayna Melady, Devin Blake,
Marion Godkin, Rob McIntosh,
Hayden Devos, Jim Armstrong,
Susan Nichol, Andrew McDonald,
Jacob Flood, Shawn Flaxbard,
Christine Gulutzen, Nicole
McIntosh, Gloria Wilbee. Happy
birthday to all.
Years of serving
Helen and Graeme Craig marked their retirement on Sunday from the Walton Inn. While the
restaurant will still be open this week, its new owners will take over on Saturday. Above, the
Craigs pose behind the counter of the fabled establishment with cake to share with visitors.
(Denny Scott photo)
Craigs celebrated with party
The big win
Phil Nicoletti, second from right, claimed the Sword of Walton on Sunday, given to the overall
best rider of the day in the 450 class. The award was presented by Huron-Bruce MP Ben Lobb,
left, and Melody Hodgson and Brett Lee of the Walton Raceway. (Denny Scott photo)
Car port deferred to
promote co-operation
North Huron Township Council
has deferred a planning application
in Wingham to promote neighbours
working together to solve a potential
dispute.
Carel and Melvena Grundlingh
want to build an extended car port
attached to their Summit Drive
home, however a neighbour is
concerned that the carport won’t
match the rest of the community and
will block sight lines.
The proposed addition to the
structure would extend forward from
the front of the Grundlingh house,
creating a 12-metre long sheltered
parking space.
Huron County Planner Laura
Simpson explained, the application
seeks relief from the minimum
interior side yard setback, and the
encroachment of the structure’s
eaves into the side yard.
Part of the problem is that the
house was not built square to the
property boundaries, according to
Simpson’s report, and that limits
additions to the building.
One neighbour, however, feels the
structure extending into the
sightlines of the rest of the homes
should be avoided and councillors
agreed.
Councillor Chris Palmer asked
about limiting how far the proposed
car port would protrude from the
existing building.
“It would be really good if you
could compromise with your
neighbours,” he said. “I realize your
house [isn’t square to property
lines], but there has to be a way.”
Councillor Kevin Falconer asked
if a new home being built would be
allowed to have a carport extending
so far forward, and Simpson said it
would.
She explained that the car port
protruding past the home is allowed
within Huron County and North
Huron’s planning documents,
adding that any structure attached to
the primary building can extend to
within six metres from the front
boundary of a property.
“The setbacks create an envelope
that a building could be located in,”
she said.
Aside from the sight line issue and
promoting a good relationship with
neighbours, there were other
concerns from Deputy-Reeve Trevor
Seip, who said the project would
need to be watched even after it’s
completed.
“The tendency is that people put
walls on a car port,” he said. “It
doesn’t fit the same arguments as a
car port if it becomes a garage.”
Seip said that, because North
Huron doesn’t have a bylaw
enforcement officer travelling the
community monitoring such
situations, it falls to council to make
sure any request to put walls on it be
weighed carefully.
Simpson explained that, based on
Chief Building Official Kirk
Livingston’s comments, walls could
be erected on the structure, but they
would need to be fire rated and not
cover more than 60 per cent of the
building.
Palmer then lamented the fact that,
while the application fits the rules, it
doesn’t fit the neighbourhood, and
he hoped the neighbours could work
together to solve concerns.
Council agreed, deferring the issue
to gather more information about the
proposed project and give the
Grundlinghs time to discuss the
issue with their neighbours.
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