The Citizen, 2001-11-14, Page 6Invitation to
Huron East Residents
& Other Interested
Groups
Land Use Planning & Development in Huron East
Have your say on the future development of the
Municipality
Council & staff of the Municipality of Huron East are presently
reviewing their Land Use Planning documents. There are currently 5
Municipal Plans (Wards of Brussels, Grey, McKillop, Seaforth &
Tuckersmith).
The goals are to review and combine these plans to create one new Official Plan
for Huron East. This is also an opportunity to conduct the required 5 Year
Review of Municipal Plans as required by the Province.
Public discussion meetings will be held in 2 locations in late November and you
are invited to attend and participate.
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2001 at 7:30 p.m. at the Seaforth Agriplex
or
Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001 at 7:30 at the Brussels, Morris & Grey
Community Centre, in Brussels
The Land Use Plan includes policies in the following land use categories:
Agriculture; Natural Environment; Extractive Resources; Institutional;
Recreational; and Urban.
Some questions to think about in preparation for this meeting are as follows:
III What do you consider the most important land use issue facing Huron East
today?
• Agriculture is an important component of the Huron East economy. What
should be done to protect the land base and support successful agricultural
operations?
• The agricultural operations in Huron East vary in size and type. What is an
appropriate minimum lot size to ensure flexibility and the long-term future of
agriculture?
• One of the three former township plans permits surplus farm residential
severances. Should this type of severance be permitted in Huron East?
• Land use policies have historically protected woodlots and wetlands and
encouraged the reforestation of marginal lands. What else needs to be done in
this area? Are there local features we should be protecting?
• Aggregate (gravel & sand) is a valuable resource in Huron East and should be
protected. Should all aggregate deposits be identified?
III Should rural institutional uses be directed to urban areas?
• Current rural recreational uses in Huron East include a golf course and a
campground. Should further recreational development be promoted? How?
• The urban settlements in Huron East range from towns and villages with full
water and sewer services to hamlets with public water and private sewage or
private water and sewage. How should growth occur? What is the right mix of
uses?
Please contact the Huron East Municipal Office at 527-0160 for more information.
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Presentation warns about crossing the 'stupid line'
His story
Adrian Deileman told his tragic story during the public
HEROES presentation in Wingham on Thursday evening.
(Vicky Bremner photo)
By Bonnie Gropp
Citizen editor
Safety First Huron Perth delivered
its message in a powerful way, with
HEROES at the North Huron
Wescast Community Complex —
Wingham Columbus Centre on Nov.
8.
HEROES was developed national-
ly by SMARTRISK, a' charitable
organization started in 1992 by Dr.
Robert Conn. After seeing many
young people die of preventable
injuries, Conn became convinced
that someone had to come out of the
operating room and go into the com-
munity. He discovered that injuries
are the leading cause of death for
people between the ages of one and
44.
HEROES is a fast-paced audiovi-
sual presentation combined with the
story of a young injury survivor. In
Huron, it was viewed, not just by the
public on Thursday night, but
throughout Nov. 8 and 9, by Grades
8, 9, 10 and 1l students from the
county's schools. Eight one-hour
presentations were shown to 3,200
young people.
About 100 were in attendance for
the public presentation. A spotlight
fell on Adrian Dieleman. The young
man, who is paralyzed from the
shoulders down, had a story to tell.
As a youth, Dieleman said, he was
a bit of a risk taker. Though his reck-
lessness caused minor injuries it was
the last day of college in May of
1987, when the then 22-year-old
"crossed his stupid line".
After celebrating the end of exams,
Dieleman had some drinks then got
behind the wheel of a car. Driving
too fast, passing cars, he came to a
bend in the road. Veering left, the car
went over the shoulder of the road
into the ditch and rolled several
times.
A passenger, who was not wearing
a seatbelt was thrown clear and suf-
fered minor injuries. He was,
Dieleman noted, "very lucky to be
alive."
Dieleman, on the other hand, was
pinned. His spinal cord had been
severed. Because of the position he
was in, his face was buried. His
friend dug so that he might breathe.
At 2 a.m. his parents were contact-
ed and it took three or four days
before they even knew whether their
son would live or die.
Dieleman told of the healing
process. He was in traction, and
operations to fuse the vertebrae were
very painful.
Told he would never walk again,
Dieleman had to relearn how to live.
Dieleman who is now chaplain of a
rehabilitation hospital in Ontario,
said he learned to take smart risks,
such as using full gear and training
for wheelchair racing, in which he is
a Canadian champion.
He tells how his family and friends
rallied around him, adding that it
took about two years to become
independent, able to dress and go to
the bathroom himself.
43ut, also, he said, his tragedy
caused his friends to re-assess their
lives. "'Accidents' are predictable
and preventable."
Now married to a teacher,
Dftleman has no children and never
will. Only 30 per cent of men in his
condition can father children.
Reminding people the importance
of knowing their "stupid lines",
Dieleman stressed having strategies
for safe risks. Buckle up. Drive
sober. Look first. Wear the gear. Get
trained.
A second speaker was Ken Kelly, a
Paisley-area farmer. He explained
that there are two types of farmers -
those who have had an accident
already and those who have not yet
had an accident.
It was Aug. 19, 1982, Kelly said,
and he was stressed out because of
the weather and the fact he did not
have enough help to get his crops in.
He was working with borrowed
equipment.
In a hurry, he was unloading grain
from the wagon by an auger into a
grain tank. He was standing beside
the power take-off, when it grabbed
his coveralls. An auger revolves 540
times per minutes. Kelly's coveralls
were torn off and wrapped 13 times
around the auger in less than two
seconds.
A bigger man, Kelly believes his
size prevented him from being
pulled into the auger. He was instead
picked up and slammed onto the
ground. Not before his hand was
pulled off, however.
The costs, Kelly noted, were far
greater than had he taken the time to
do the job properly. He was hospital-
ized for weeks, and his neighbours
had to finish his work.
Farming, he said, is the second
most dangerous job in Canada, but
Kelly stressed that care can make it
safer. He reminded that things should
be kept in good repair, guards and
shields should be used. Pesticides
and herbicides should he stored
properly. Most importantly, "take
responsibility for safety."
Co-ordinator Linda Stobo thanked
the people who worked on the proj-
ect 'and the HEROES crew. She
reminded the audience to "remember
the stupid line".
In addition to the live presenta-
tions, a moving slide show, accom-
panied by pulsing, upbeat music
showed teens talking about their
lives, the need to party, to dance,
play sports and drive -cars. These
scenes were interspersed with others
of car crashes, ambulances, police,
people crying, critically injured
youths, and operations.
The images were not just thought--
provoking, but unforgettable, deliv-
ered in a non-preaching, but deliber-
ate manner. The closing message
was "Be a hero, save a life, even if
it's your own."
With notes from Vicky Bremner