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Home My WebLink AboutGoderich Signal Star, 2011-12-28, Page 13ignal-Star • Wednesday, December 28, 2011 411111111 IME ie didn't stop with the start of a New Year. ‘vith a string of telephone and Internet fraud alerts uron OPP, 2011 saw a real hands-on approach to the oderich Greeter -WELCOME SERVIOE- Ifyou are a Newcomer, cyr know someone who is, call Kim Burgsma 524-0163 ... for Gift Certificates end local information! .goderichgreeter.ca or email kimf goderichgreeter.ca Great cars. Great Rates. ask about our great daily, Idy and monthly rates! Call or visit us today! ay 2) south of Goderich at Hyundai of Goderich. 519-524-1795 Thrinifir A Wens. of Roller Thrifty Autorctrvw Group, irtc or Its AN oin Now far 50% Off / le service rc .41 ilo45 reale It ( 44 East Street Goderich,. . ' 51 `' 524 -141 1 Book Your Appt. Nowl ti ,.how you how fun it is to make you .�! NewYear`s Resoiuuu ..,a• ...:,; .,.._ ... ...�,,*•*,. :1.n:.• *A:y-.s..w....•w+.r.-+...e.E,:+.er*r.*Oa .J....yr+,11..• art of ripping people off when polis t• discovered a "card - skimming device" at work within a local bank's ATM. Two devices were found attached to TD Bank's in-house ATM, one containing a camera to capture images of personal identification numbers, and another with a sophisticated microchip to read bankcards. The devices were installed on the ATM March 19, and discovered and removed on March 21. No personal information was leaked within that time. ► This July, the Ontario court of Appeal dismissed an application from Tony Terpstra of Wingham to have his five -and -a -,half-year .sentence reduced for counselling and conspiring,to commit the murder of his wife. The 41-Fear=old Terpstra was the central figure in a court case in Goderich in 20 10 that involved extramarital affairs and an attempt to have his wife Sheila, 42, killed. His mis- tress, Serrena Benninger, 40, also of Wingham, was sen- tenced to two -and -one-half years for her role In the murder plot, considered to be of role in the murder plot, considered be of POLITICS n,..ti ow Gnndabie P.en ilrowntey Wide en electronic car skimming in g device di atiere41 it ere TD 81410, m 4bpeftcn wee came An eiectronnc Cad -skI4r rp device, Mea by metal % was tbstuvored et the Th Bark machine in GoOe ick Bank 'tail made the diecnwert before eery customers' accounts were coal wum$,it llttsd►s6 to Vie can, sia OM 5 a enicnx lir nu bank card's magnetic - strip p *As a plc ki the too . the machine centille $1* camera and Mb port ter lesser importance. Pr -•_.t your 41N is- card-skimin m devicesdiScOvelld slot, which was put overtop the With smaller and more sophist; Gerard Crean re ui r card slot The einem- rated recording devices to • lY_ Godendl ► With the early 2011 toppling of the Stephen Harper Con- servative government in March, the Huron -Bruce candidacy race immediately got underway for the federal election May 2. Incum bent Ben Lobb was the first to hit the scene to defend his seat About 250 people packed into the upper floor of the Goderich legion April 20 for an All -Candidates meeting between candidates Lobb (conservative, Eric Shelley (Green) Charlie Bagnato'(lliberal) and Grant Robertson (NDP). In the end, Lobb retained his seat. Months later Carol Mitchell would see the end of her eight- year -run as MPP after her defeat was announced following the 40th Ontario General Election on October 6. I'm very proud of all the hand work and we've been able to get so much done," she said.. By midnight, unofficial results showed the Liberal cabinet min- ister had been defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Lisa Thompson by 4,419 votes: "i he riding has spoken," said Thompson, who joined the sea of blue leadership in rural ridings across Ontario. 1 am going t� have to work very, very hard to make sure I'm an effective advocate on. the issues we have." ► Locally, in early 2011 thesemantics proved to be the question for one County Councillor who wondered why the coming term's County Council would future more representa- tives than what was originally planned. In addressing the question of council's composition at the Tan. 5 session, Coun. Ben Van Dlepenbeek (Ashfield-Colborne- Wawanosh) asked how council went from losing" four county reps to maintaining the status quo. Initially, four county municipalities. --- Central Huron, Huron East, South Huron and North Huron were set to lose one county representative apiece because of a bylaw the county passed in 1999, which stipulated municipalities would appoint county representatives on the basis of one person for"each 4,000 people in a municipality's given population. And, accordingto the somewhat controversial elector count by the Municipal Property A.st' pment Corporation in the municipal election, size. In August, Huron County Council moved toward an official inquiry into its composition. Originally slated to take place in August, the inquiry was shelved until November. Thanks to a ruling handed down by Kelly -Ann Gorman, an Ontario Superior Court Justice, the county's council composi- tion for the remainder of the term shrank to 16 from the previ- ous 20. The hearing was held Nov. 9 at the Huron County Museum. In April, the CDPC transformed itself into.PIAAC and set out to define itself just before a move was made to abolish it corn- pletely. PEAC is still functioning within Goderich, and as of Sep- tembe4 was joined by a number of new formates with a number of new faces to tate the mountain of to-do's following the August 21 tornado. ►. The munidpal council at Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh reviewed its Automatic Aid agreement from 2010.after concerns were raised that some residents in the Auburn area were in dan- ger of inadequate coverage. ► In April 2010, ACW decided against the nearly 300 per cent, cost increase proposed by North Huron, and instead retained the fire services of Central Huron (Clinton Fire) to cover the Auburn area. In 2011, ACW reached out to North Hutmn to learn if their exist- ing proposal still stood, and whether or not they're willing to nego- tiate on coverage area. As of April 2Q11, fire coverage remained undecided while a string of meetings were planned between department, county and munidpal reps. By mid-June, ACW round agreed to proceed with a proposal for boundary adjustments from Lucknow Fire Chief Peter Steer. At an estimated cost of $7,000, ACW Council agreed to go ahead with boundary and 911 number readjust- ments as they closed in on the end of months of fire coverage debate. The Automatic Ata Agreement from May of 2010 was amended and signed in June. ► As the dusk of 2011: drew, the Mind and Body campaign became paid off. The final cheque for the Goderich library and Maitland Rec- reation Centre debt has been cut, and Deputy -Mayor John Grace said in a,presentation to council December 12, the entire town deserves recognition for seeing through the largest capital infra- structui a project in Huron County history. . The Mind and Body campaign saw the upgrading of Goderich's Carnegie Library, spearheaded by the IODE Maple Leaf Chapter. Work induded the renovation of the Rueben R. Sallows Gallery and upgraded computer facilities, which Grace noted brought 14,000 users to the library in 2010. The renos were completed in June, 2003. The campaign also saw the creation of the Maitland Recreation Centre, which opened in January of 2004, another state of the art facility., Since its opening it has exceeded all expectations and met budget every year Grace added. The $5.7 million campaign relied on local donors to meet its fundraising goal. .