HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2001-10-17, Page 6agreement (for the manure). the title of the farm receiving
Are we not heading for a • the manure for a 20-year peri-
mess? I just think it's a od.
process we should all think There will also be restrictions
seriously about." on the land without the barn
Planner Scott Tousaw noted that no large livestock facili-
that the two severance appli- ties can be built there, he said.
cations had been deferred by But Bill Dowson, council-
the committee on recommen- for for Bluewater, said his
dation of Huron East because - council had been told by a
the farms in question, Acre T specialist that the agreements
and Texel Farms Ltd., had not couldn't be registered on
completed nutrient manage- title.
ment plans. Tousaw said he was sure
Tousaw said manure agree- they could be but would look
ments would be registered on into the matter.
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PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2001.
County council news
Large barns on small acreage raise concerns
By Keith Roulston
Citizen publisher
A trend to large livestock
operations on 50-acre parcels
of land concerned some coun-
cillors at the October meeting
'of Huron County council.
Goderich Councillor Deb
THE EDITOR,
I am writing to inform you
about an exciting project.
Camp Menesetung is a sum-
mer camp on Lake Huron,
north of Goderich. Although it
is affiliated with the United
Church of Canada, campers
are accepted from a variety of
denominations, from as far
away as Orillia.
This is a wonderful camp
for children but also features a
unique open camp and a camp
for single parents.
The camp has been operat-
ing for more than 60 years.
As a result of recent
changes in the water and sep-
tic .systems regulations, Camp
Menesetung is upgrading the
current system to meet the
new guidelines set out by the
Ministry of Environment. The
cost of this far exceeds the
money that is available from
camp registrations. We need
to raise between $100,000 and
$125,000.
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voted fOr next ,year to "get a
bigger bang for our buck."
"We could put out ads to
see the level of interest and
qualifications of those avail-
able, (for the position of eco-
nomic development officer.)"
Mayor Lin Steffler agreed
with the idea of a call for pro-
posals, but did not feel that it
was necessary to wait until
the new budket year to start
on an economic development
strategy.
At this point the mayor
challenged her council to
commit itself to economic
development in Huron East
through a show of hands of
those who supported the'con-
cept. Although the mayor
repeated the request on two
more occasions during the
ensuing discussion the coun-
cil never did hold the 'straw
vote'.
The discussion soon made
it apparent that the council
was split on both the utility
and cost of an economic
development officer. ,
Councillor Sharon McClure
asked, "What is it this person
would do for us? No other
municipality in Huron County,
has one."
The Mayor replied, "I don't
think the fact that no one else
has one is a valid reason for
not having an economic
development officer."
• Steffler re-iterated "We
must determine if there is a
commitment from this coun-
cil to economic development
in Huron East and if that
Shewfelt noted one of the
applications for severance
would have put 1,800 hogs on
a 50-acre landbase with a
contract to spread the :nanure
on neighbouring lands.
"What happens down the
road?" he wondered. "There's
nobody to enforce the rental
The board of directors has
planned a charity auction of
donated items to be held on
Saturday, Oct. 20 at the
Knights of Columbus Hall in
Goderich. The list of dona-
tions has grown immensely.
We have been very excited
about the generosity of many
people and business in Huron
County. The items range from
golf pa:kages and handcraft-
ed items, to food and memo-
rabilia from area sports stars.
Viewing starts at 5:30 p.m.
until the auction begins at- 7
p.m. Hot dogs and pop are
available.
Those who would like more
information are invited to
contact either myself (527-
2001, please leave a message)
or Barb Knox, the chairperson
of the board of Camp
Menesetung (523-4290).
There is more information
at www.tcc.on.ca/-h-ppres.
Nancy Denham
Auction Chairperson.
includes hiring an economic
development officer."
Councillor Alvin McLellan
responded, "At what cost?"
Councillor Joe Seili went
on to say that if a budget of
$100,000 was. approved (for
economic development) it
would cost every household
$27 in taxes, "and that $27
would fix a lot of sidewalks in
Brussels." Seili then asked if
seniors and single mothers on
fixed incomes would want to
pay the extra.
At this point Councillor
William Teall asked, "By the
same token are you going to
sit baCk and let taxes go up
because you lose business?"
Devereaux pointed out,
"We would not have to raise
the money from seniors if
councils had made a commit-
ment to economic develop-
ment several years ago. At
some point you will have to
make this (economic develop-
ment) a priority."
Steffler summed up the sen-
timents of many of those sup-
porting money for economic
development saying, "I
believe strongly in promoting
economic development for
the whole area and we can't
do it by ourselves. There are
partnerships out there, so we
don't have to depend totally
on the ratepayers."
Council eventually decided
to put together a committee
representing all the stakehold-
ers to prepare a job descrip-
tion for an economic develop-
ment officer and a projected
work plan.
THE EDITOR,
This letter is to all the won-
derful Huron County people
who supported the Ten
Thousand - Villages
International Craft Sale held
at Brussels Mennonite
Fellowship on Oct. 11-12-13.
They came from Lucknow,
Wingham, Wroxeter,
Bluevale, Molesworth,
Dungannon, Exeter, Zurich,
Belgrave, Blyth and, of
course, Brussels.
Many came the week
before the sale to unpack the
hundreds of cartons of crafts
and set up display tables.
Others came during the sale
to work as sales clerks,
cashiers and packers.
But it was all the customers
who made the sale such a big
success. On the first day they
purchased so many crafts and
baskets that we had to bring
in another shipment so we
would have a good selection
for the second and third days.
Sales for the three days
totalled $25,819 (before
taxes) which is an increase of
$6,000 over last year's sales.
Ninety per cent of this money
goes to the overseas artisans
and the balance is used to
cover expenses to put on the
sale.
This means that many fam-
ilies in developing countries
will be able to purchase cloth-
ing for their children, thus
allowing them to attend
school. They will be able to
obtain some health care and
perhaps improve their living
quarters. And best of all, they
will have hope for their
future.
Everyone should feel good
about this sale. A sincere
thank you to all who made it
happen.
Bev Brown and Thys
Dejong
Co-Coordinators of the sale.
Auction planned
for Menesetung
Steffler feels waiting
an unnecessary move