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Special section offers tips,
advice for fall home fix
ups
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Local dealers tell what’s
new on their lots
for 1998
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Madill teachers, parents
voice opinions
on Bill 160______________
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Teens die in crash
A tragic accident this weekend
Grey residents petition
By Janice Becker
Citizen staff
Accountability from intensive
livestock operators for long-term
water quality is being requested by
residents of Grey Twp.
A petition with 36 signatures was
presented to Grey Twp. council at
the Oct. 6 meeting, asking council
to look into follow-up procedures
and enforcement provisions for
intensive livestock operation
expansions.
“Residents"are becoming more
concerned-about what is going on
around the ^countryside,” said
David Lewington, petition support
er. The group wants protection for
water quality and accountability
from the intensive livestock opera
tion that guidelines set out by the
nutrient management plan are fol
lowed.
Currently the expansion or build
ing of any intensive livestock oper
ation by more than 150 animal
units requires a nutrient manage
ment plan be filed with the town
ship prior to the issuance of a
building permit.
The petition asked that the num
ber of animal units be limited by
the land base owned solely by the
operator and directly surrounding
the barns.
The petition suggested that liquid
manure was not being shipped to
off- farm property, thereby not
spreading the waste over the land
base which had been identified in
obtaining the building permit.
A recommendation was also
made that more than one person
should be involved in reviewing
building pennit applications.
Group sets sights on year-end target
By John Greig
Advance-Times Staff
The North Huron Restructuring
Committee has set the end of the
year as a flexible target for making
recommendations to their councils.
But before that will happen
there's an election and work to be
done.
However, the committee
Cheryl Allen of RR4, Wing
ham and Melissa Hare of Luc
know died in the single vehicle
crash which occurred on the
county road in Tumberry Twp,,
just north of Wingham at 1 a.m.
Sunday.
According to a report in Mon
day's Toronto Star, the accident
happened when the 1991 Dodge
driven by Allen, went out of con
trol and hit a hydro pole.
Bruce Tanner, 22, a passenger
in the car was taken to London's
Health Science Centre with non
claimed the lives of two area teens. life-threatening injuries.
Grey Twp. Clerk-Treasurer Brad
Knight said no application for a
building permit had been filed nor
had an nutrient management plan
for any proposed expansion.
“I do not disagree with some of
the requests (in the petition),” said
Knight, “particulary the follow-up.
However, there is the legal and
manpower question as to how to
follow-up.”
“The nutrient management plan
is a step taken which we didn’t
have a year and a half ago. It deals
with more than animals per acre. It
also looks at things such as soil
samples, crops planted and the
nutrients which they take from the
soil,” said Knight.
The committee which developed
the nutrient management plan for
the township will look over the
petition in the coming months, said
Knight.
In other council business, council
considered a bylaw which would
result in fewer roads in the town
ship receiving winter maintenance.
The list included: Sideroad 5/6,
from Highway 86 to Cone. 3/4;
Sideroad 5/6, from Cone. 13/14 to
Cone. 17/18; Sideroad 10/11, from
Highway 86 to Cone. Sideroad
10/11, from Cone. 3/4 to Cone. 7/8;
Sideroad 15/16, from Highway 86
to Cone. '; Sideroad 20/21, from
Cone. 16/17 to Huron County Road
25 and Con. 17/18, from Lot 18 to
Huron County Road 19.
The bylaw is to be finalized at
the Oct. 20 meeting.
A grant of $100 was approved
for the Brussels Santa Claus
parade.
Payment of general accounts,
totaling $119,244.85, was
approved.
continues to move forward quickly.
At a meeting Oct. 9 the committee
heard reports from the five sub
committees.
The restructuring group is made
up of eight of 10 north Huron
municipalities. Morris and Turn
berry Twp. are not participating.
The decisions of the committee are
only recommendations to their
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Race on in Blyth, Morris & Grey
The race is on.
Three local municipalities will
host elections on Nov. 10 for coun
cillors as last-minute filings
brought an abundance of candidates
in Blyth, Morris and Grey Twps.
While Mason Bailey was
acclaimed to the position of reeve
and Tom Cronin and Dale Whit
field will look after the PUC there,
seven men will vie for four council
seats.
Incumbents Rob Lawrie, Gerald
Kerr, Ron Ritchie and Doug Scrim-
geour will be challenged by Jeff
Howson, Murray Nesbitt and
George Reinink.
Long-time Grey Twp. Reeve
Leona Armstrong will not be seek
ing re-election, leaving the seat
open for Robin Dunbar, current
deputy-reeve, or Dale Newman, a
former councillor who ran against
Armstrong for the post during the
last election.
Alvin McLellan was acclaimed
as deputy-reeve while Helen Cullen
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