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Captain Richard Hesketh dons the traditional top hat for bringing in the first ship of
the year. He is joined at Town Hall by (L -R) Coun. Paul Elgie, manager of logistics
Lucio Odorico, clerk -administrator Larry McCabe, Mayor Deb Shewfelt, Sifto mine
manager Rowland Howe, Coun. David Yates, deputy mayor John Grace and Coun.
Myles Murdock. .
First ship lands at port
Oerard Graces The Canadian Olympic is in Goderich
signal -star staff to pick up salt for our neighbours south of
Spring officially began in Goderich with the border, and Hesketh said this is just one
the arrival of the first ship in the port at trip of many.
7:45 p.m. Sunday night, well ahead of "The City of Detroit is crying for salt,"
schedule according to manager of logis- he said. "A quarter -million tonnes."
tics, Lucio Odorico. • Hesketh said he will be making eight
"It was supposed to be here on the 15th trips for the order, "for now."
by midnight," he said. "It was here by sev- This is his sixth year as a captain and
en." twenty-first as a sailor. As an officer, this
At the helm of the Canadian Olympic was his first top -hat ceremony.
is Captain Richard Hesketh, a Newfound- Traditionally, the first ship to arrive in
lander who has been to Goderich numer- port marked the start of spring. Goderich's
ous times and always enjoys the stay. top hat dates back to the 1920s and has
The one -and -a -half day trek from Port close to 90 signatures on it.
Colborne was shortened by a lack of ice on While room for the captains' autographs
the lake and good boating conditions. • is becoming scarce on the inside rim, there
"It was almost a summer run," he said will always be a place for the first ship of
of the trip. "The ice conditions were much the year and its captain in Port of Goderich
better than anticipated." history.
Restructuring could return
to council discussions
Cheryl Neh.
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Councillor Bill Siemon is willing to see the
restructuring issue return to county -council
chambers.
In making a motion at Huron County's
March 11 committee -of -the -whole meeting,
Siemon made a motion to bring the issue of
restructuring county council back to the fore.
Coun. Bernie MacLellan (Huron East) says
if there are new issues to be addressed on the
matter, which was designed to reconfigure
the current 20 -seat council, then he would be
willing to take it on.
In echoing MacLellan's sentiments, Coun.
Bill Dowson (Bluewater) notes there were a
few constituents that had approached him to
express displeasure at the fact the cost of hav-
ing 20 county councillors at the table was not
debated during the talks.
Meanwhile, courrty Chief Administrative
Officer Larry Aeons noted two-thirds of the
COW would have to support the motion be -
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In a recorded vote, as requested by Dowson,
the motion was defeated when 11 councillors
supported the motion and seven opposed it.
As per county rules, 12 councillors would
have had to support the resolution.
Those supporting the request to bring the
debate back to the table were John Bezaire
(Central Huron), George Robertson (South
Huron), Dowson, Max Demaray (Howick),
Ben Van Diepenbeek (Ashfield-Colbome-
Wawanosh), Siemon, Murray Scott (North
Huron), MacLellan, Ken Oke (South Huron),
Deb Shewfelt (Goderich), and Bert Dykstra
(Central Huron).
Those opposed to the motion were Neil
Vincent (North Huron), Jim Dietrich (South
Huron), Dave Johnston (Bluewater), Tim
Collyer (Central Huron), Dorothy Kelly
(Moms-Turnbeny), James Fergusson (Blue -
water) and Neil Rintoul (ACW).
Councillors John Grace (Goderich) and Joe
Seili (Huron East) were absent for the vote.
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AMENDMENT AFFECTING THE TOWNSHIP OF
ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH
TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Ashfield-Colborne-
Wawanosh will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, April 7th at 7:30 pm in the Township of
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Council Chambers (at the corner of Blyth Road and
Council Line; 2 km west of Carlow) to consider a proposed zoning by-law amendment
under Section 34 of the Planning Act. R.S.O. 1990, as amended.
ANY PERSON may attend the public meeting and/or make written or verbal
representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed official
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IF you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed official plan amendment, or of
the refusal, of a request to amend the official plan you must make a written request to the
Clerk of the Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, RR#5, Goderich, Ontario, N7A
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IF a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make
written submissions to the Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh before the proposed
official plan amendment is adopted or the zoning by-law is passed, the person or public
body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the County of Huron to the Ontario Municipal
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submissions to the Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh before the official plan
amendment is adopted or the zoning by-law is passed, the person or public body may
not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board
unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or
public body.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION relating to the proposed amendment is available for
inspection during regular office hours at the Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh
Municipal Office (82133 Council Line) (519) 524-4669 and the County of Huron Planning
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DATED at the Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh this 18th day of March, 2009.
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PURPOSE AND EFFECT:
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purpose of the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By -Law amendment is to
change the Minimum Distance Separation (MDS) requirements for existing lots of record
and existing natural environment lots from a Type B land use to a Type A land use. The
effect of this change will be to reduce the MDS from existing barns for new dwellings on
existing lots of record and existing natural environment Tots. Since the passing of the
Official Plan in 2003 provincial changes to the MDS formulae have increased the MDS
requirements. The proposed official plan amendment and zoning by-law amendment re-
turns the minimum distance separation requirements to approximately the same distance
as was required at the time the Official Plan was passed and is consistent with the pro-
vincial guidelines. The proposed amendments are to the Township of Ashfield-Colborne-
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