The Citizen, 1999-12-08, Page 19Cty. defers Wingham rezoning
County council, Dec. 2,.deferred
action on a zoning bylaw allowing
the Town of Wingham to rezone
land for the new Huron-Bruce
Community Complex.
The land in question is located
off County Rd. 86 between the rear
of the Valu-mart shopping centre
and the back of houses on Diagonal
Road. Currently designated as
flood plain for the Maitland River,
the area is being raised using may
truckloads of fill.
The reduction of the flood plain
concerned some councillors,
despite support of planning staff for
Wingham’s proposal.
Jim Love, reeve of Hay Twp.
said that as member of a conserva
tion authority himself, “This really
flies in the face of what we’re
doing.”
But Bruce Machan, reeve of
Wingham said he felt it was Wing
ham's business where it put its
complex. “I don;t see this is any
problem for the county. I didn’t
know we have so many engineering
experts at county council.”
Blyth Reeve Mason Bailey sup
ported Machan, urging councillors
to be more positive.
“One of the things we're famous
for (in Huron) and we do better
than anyone else, is to find reasons
why not (to do things),” he argued.
If our ancestors had been so busy
finding reasons not to do things
they would have never got on a
boat to come to Canada, he said. If
Wingham was willing to do the
work and pay for it they should be
allowed to go ahead, he said.
The bylaw was deferred to the
Dec. 13 meeting of the planning
and development committee.
AMDSB seeks amendment
By Susan Hundertmark
Special to The Citizen
The Avon Maitland District
School Board will write the
Education Improvement
Commission (EIC) a second time
asking if the definition of a rural
and remote grant can be amended
to include boards like the Avon
Maitland.
“Obviously they didn’t
understand the question. Perhaps
we could rephrase it in simpler
language,” Trustee Abby
Armstrong said of the EIC’s
Hospitals
to receive
$100,000
outreach
grant
Huron Perth Hospitals
Partnership has received a
$100,000 grant to establish a new
outreach program that will send 10
medical students into rural
practices.
The students will coach family
physicians on how to use hand-held
computers to learn the latest
treatments and practices in
medicine. In return, the medical
students will receive first-hand
opportunities to learn about
practicing medicine in rural
Ontario.
The grant comes from the
Change Foundation, an initiative of
the Ontario Hospital Association.
An in-kind donation of $50,000
from Agilent Technologies will
provide the computer systems for
the physicians.
Partners in program include the
University of Western Ontario,
Southwestern Ontario Rural
Medicine Program, and London
Health^Sciences Centre.
“Computer network technology
promotes integrated services
reducing a sense of isolation that
can be felt by some rural physicians
by providing a valuable link to
academic and research centres
around the world,” said Bonnie
Adamson, president and CEO.
Adamson was in London on Dec.
I where the cheque was presented
at a special media conference. She
stated, “This grant makes possible
an excellent opportunity for rural
physicians to apply new
technologies in providing the most
up-to-date patient care.”
response to the board's first letter.
Armstrong made a motion to
send a second letter, which was
carried by the board.
In the Sept. 30 letter from the
board to the EIC. Education
Director Lome Rachlis asks what
happened to the suggestion made
by the EIC team to recommend that
the Ministry of Education and
Training amend its definition of
“rural and remote” to make boards
like the Avon Maitland eligible.
The Oct. 23 response from the
EIC refers the board to a
recommendation in the EIC’s
second interim report that the
ministry review the funding
formula to “examine the adequacy
of the small school factor in
meeting the needs of board with
small, isolated schools” and the
“adequacy of board administration
funding for very small boards.”
Rachlis remarked at the meeting
that the board is “using all avenues
to find additional grant money for
the board.”
Blyth council talks
cardboard disposal
By Janice Becker
Citizen staff
After briefly reviewing draft
bylaws for the operation of the
Blyth-Hullett landfill site at the
Dec. 6 session, Blyth council dis
cussed the need to find a way to
dispose of commercial cardboard.
When the bottom dropped out of
the recycled cardboard market a
few years ago, it would have cost
the village to retain a company to
dispose of the material, said Clerk-
Treasurer John Stewart. (Bluewater
Recycling only picks up residential
cardboard.) At that time, the village
workers began gathering the card
board and taking it to the landfill
site. However, the material has now
been deemed unbumable because it
is not a pure wood product and
another solution needs to be found.
It was suggested that Stewart
look into the cost of having a bin
placed at the landfill site for com
mercial cardboard disposal.
Pricing will be discussed at the
next regular session and the bylaws
will be considered.
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Blyth has rec. co-ordinator
By Janice Becker
Citizen staff
Blyth’s recreation programs will
have a co-ordinator next spring and
summer to oversee the running of
programs.
In a motion passed at Monday
evening’s meeting, council agreed
to hire Chad Haggitt for a five-
month contract beginning April 15.
Councillor Rob Lawrie told
council that an agreement had been
worked out with Haggitt who had
come to council a few months ago
with a proposal to develop recre
ational programming.
Haggitt will organize baseball, a
summer program for children if
there is sufficient interest, cut the
grass and line the diamonds, look
after night lock up of facilities and
promote the campgrounds, said
Lawrie.
While Lawrie said council have
found savings in other areas to help
support the cost of hiring Haggitt,
Clerk- Treasurer John Stewart said
he will look into employment
grants to pay part of the cost as
well.
Council was assured the hiring of
Haggitt is in no way connected to
arena operations.
It was agreed this would be a
good experiment and would allow
the village to have someone with
experience in place as an amalga
mation with Wingham and East
Wawanosh could result in the need
for a recreation co- ordinator.
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