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'For most domestic cars and Tight trucks (excludes diesel engines) LIMITED TIME OFFER TEATERO • MOTOR PRODUCTS Cir AUTOMOTIVE SALES & SERVICE 220 Main Street S. Seaforth . 527- Pat Ryan spreading Main Street Christmas cheer for 22 years By Jason Middleton Expositor Staff Heading out from the Seaforth Manor, armed with a toque, gloves and two bags full of Christmas cards, Pat Ryan began his annual pilgrimage and took to the streets of Seaforth to deliver his season's greetings last Friday. For 22 years, Seaforth Manor resident Ryan has handed out Christmas cards to business owners and their staff along Seaforth's Main Street in what has become a Seaforth Christmas tradition. "It's great that he keeps everybody in mind," said Huron East accounting tax clerk Connie Marion She said that Ryans Christmas cards is usually her first of the holiday season. "It's surprising that he always gives me an individual one. I'm thinking why because I take your tax money from you?" joked Marion. Ryan said that he started delivering the Christmas cards because he wanted to spread good will, joy, love and peace on earth. According to business owner Dave Deighton, Ryan's visit is always one of the first signs of the Christmas season. "He always seems to kick it off with that," Deighton said. "He's a very friendly guy. I think it's great that he can get out and hand deliver his NOTICE Lamont Sanitation GARBAGE STICKERS Now Availal�te, at Pete's Paper Clip Egmondville Store Stickers sold by the pack only NOTICE OF THE PASSING OF A ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT BY THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF HURON EAST TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Municipality of Huron East passed By -Law No. 85 - 2004 on the 30th day of November 2004 under Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990. AND TAKE NOTICE that or agency may appeal to the Ontario M Board in respect of the By -Law by filing withthe Clerk of the Municipality of Huron East, � than the 4th day of January 2006 a notice of appeal setting out the objection to the by-law and the reasons in support of the objection, accompanied by an Ontario Municipal Board fee of $125.00. Only individuals, corporations and pubNc bodies, may appeal a zoning by-law to the Ontario Municipal Board. A notice of appeal may not be Ned by an unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be filed M the name of an individual who is a member of the asso- ciation or the group. AN EXPLANATION of the purpose and effect of the by-law, describing the lands to which the by- law applies is provided below and a key map showing the location of the affected lands is attached. The complete by-law is available for inspection at the Clerk's office during regular office hours. Dated at the Municipality of Huron East this 15th day of December 2004. J. R. McLachlan , Clerk -Administrator, Corporation of the Municipality of Huron East 72 Main Street South, Seaforth, Ontario NOK 1 WO Phone 519-527-0160 1-888-868-7513 Toll Free from Brussels/Grey only. Fax 519-527-2561 PURPOSE AND EFFECT: By-law No. 85 - 2004 changes the zoning on Lots 8, 9, & 10, Concession 2, H.R.S., Tuckersmith Ward, Municipality of Huron East, located between Egmondville and the Seaforth Golf Club, as fol- lows: The residential areas are to be changed from "AG2 - Restricted Agricultural Uses" and 'D - Development Zone" to "VR8-h-Retirement Community/Low Density Residential - holding". The private 6.ommunity centre area is to be changed from "Aa2 -Restricted Agricultural Uses" to 11-3 - Institutional - Special" to permit a private community centre and Indoor/outdoor recreational facility. The open space areas will be changed from "NE 1- Natural Environment" to 'OS - Open Space". The golf course area on the west part of Lot 9, Concession 2 H.R.S, is to be changed from "AG2 - Restricted Agricultural Uses" to "AG5 - Rural Golf Course" to recognize the existing golf course. The Restrkced Agricultural ses"course areas on the tot'Part D-1 of Lot DevelopmentConcession eZone ?Specter to recognare to be ize thee existinggged from AG2 golf course. The proposed plan of condominium locally known as "The B of Seaforth' affects part of Lots 8, 9, & 10, Concession 2, H.R.S., Tuckersmith Ward, Municlpe of Huron East. The land Is with- in the urban area of the Tuckersmith Ward, pursuant to O.P.A. . The development is adjacent to the Seaforth Golf Club. This development was inally presented in September of 2000 as a plan of subdivision. The change to plan of wIdminium occurred In May 2001 andpro oeesc� M creation 2 units for single-family residential development. This change repr a ownership In that the roads and services will now be owned by the condominium corporation; the private com- munity centre will be constructed and operated by Ahs owners In the condominium corporation. The roads and services will be built to municipal standards. The Individual lots and house. w* by owned by the Individual lrtarneownws. The development is intended ro be fully Dar load by a,mu nlgp .water, ss•wer and storm drainage system. This by-law amends zoning By-law 37-1065. Jason Middleton photo Seaforth Manor resident Pat Ryan delivers his Christmas card to Anne Sills of Sills Hardware during his annual trek down Main Street to spread Christmas cheer. cards and give you a person greeting," said Deighton. Over the years Ryan has spent between $70 to $100 a year on Christmas cards equalling more than $2,200. Up until this year he had been purchasing the Christmas cards himself. This year the Seaforth Manor paid for his Christmas cards. Last year, Ryan said that he had given out almost 500 Christmas greetings, but admits this year he is only delivering half of that. Only half a dozen cards are delivered returned to Ryan from business owners, but he gets a lot of cards from his relatives, friends and former nurses from the retirement home. "I think people are kind of busy this time of year. They like to receive and sometimes over look certain things," Ryan said. "I'm not disappointed. I'm happy I can give them a card." His favourite kind of Christmas card, Ryan said, is a spiritual or a nice winter scene. Ryan said that over the years it has become harder to deliver the cards and he forgets a lot of peoples names in the changing downtown business section. If you are interested in sending a Christmas card to Ryan you can send it to John Ryan c/o Seaforth Manor, 100 James Street, NOK 1 WO. Seaforth's recreation board accepts Huron. East municipal alcohol policy By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor Seaforth's recreation board has accepted a Huron East alcohol policy, completing a first step in an application for a liquor licence for the Seaforth and District Recreation Centres. "This is one of the things you do before you apply for a permanent liquor licence," says Dale Lamont, manager of the Seaforth arena. While surrounding municipalities have alcohol policies, this is Huron East's first municipal alcohol policy. Its objectives are to ensure the proper operation and supervision of liquor -licenced events, reduce the risk of liability and reinforce responsible drinking practices. Vanastr_a's and Brussels' recreation boards are in the process of reviewing the policy, which will be presented to Huron East council for approval sometime in January or early February, says Huron East Clerk -Administrator Jack McLachlan. "Everyone's got policies but they've never written them down. This is probably something that just never got done before," says McLachlan. Lamont says the policy makes everyone more accountable from those holding licenced events to those attending them. "It helps me tell people what they can and cannot do," he says. The policy includes 13 regulations that cover which facilities in the municipality may be licenced for events with liquor, signs and where they must be located, ticket sales and the numbers that can be sold at a time, safe transportation from events, youth admission, controls before and during events, how alcohol is served, security requirements, insurance and consequences for failure to comply to the policy. Murray McArter, manager of the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre, says the alcohol policy will cause minor changes to existing rules at his facility. "We're going to have to change the wording on some of our sighs and change the time we stop serving drinks by 15 minutes - just a few minor things," he says. Since the Brussels arena already has a liquor licence, policies already exist in Brussels to ensure responsible drinking, says McArter. Huron East council discussed applying for a liquor licence for the Seaforth arena last March during budget deliberations when the facility's deficit difficulties were the subject of debate. McLachlan says the Seaforth arena will probably apply for a liquor licence from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission after the alcohol policy is approved by council. "I'm not sure of the time lines but I think it will ,take close to a year (to get a liquor licence)," says Lamont. While the liquor licence application has not been discussed by the Seaforth recreation board yet, Lamont says the intention is to only offer alcohol at adults - only events such as after adult broomball Hydro One helps Festival Hydro customers in Hensall By Cheryl Heath Clinton News -Record Editor ' It was Hydro One to the rescue on Thursday when a substation transformer in Hensall went kaput. The first thing the community's utility operator, Festival Hydro, had to do was decide who to call — the answer was friends at Hydro One. Ron Matthews, front line manager of Hydro One, says the response was so quick that Hensall residents did not even know they were on the edge of being electricity -free. The reason for that is Hydro One crews quickly hooked the community up to f tai grid system on a backfeed — a temporary solution that Hydro One crews know would only be suitable until the dinner hour when peak electricity usage would take place. So, Hydro One staff got their paws on a portable transformer station from London and quickly hooked it up in Hensall so that there wouldn't be anyone shivering in their electricity -heated home that night. All in all, reports Matthews, the teamwork and ingenuity by the workers involved was impressive. "This is the first time this has happened in the 30 years I've been around,' he says, giving credit to workers, including Len Muegge's Clinton crew, for being on the ball. "It was a success story all around." The community of Hensall will be renting the mobile station until its substation transformer is replaced.