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will research if
Vanastra silo is
historic structure
Susan Hundertmark
Whether or not a
Vanastra silo that was
used by officers to view
the troops during the
Second World War is an
historic structure is
being researched by
Huron East council.
The silo is located at
the northwest corner of
the former parade square
and Clerk -Administrator
J a c k
McLachlan
questioned if
the silo had
ever been
designated
as historical-
ly signifi-
cant.
"It's in
very poor
shape. It's
not going to mess,' --
fa 11 over Huron East Coun.
tomorrow
Mark Beaven
but there are
two cracks in J do fixing the
it," he told council last gates, it'll be
Tuesday. there awhile," he said.
McLachlan said the silo In the fall of 2002,
is situated half on munic- Huron East council
ipal property and half on accepted' a quotation of
property owned by Smith $1,200 from a Goderich
Packaging. He said the Township farmer to fix
landowners have cleaned the gates.
up 75 per cent of their McLachlan said the
property and want to tear work was never complet-
down the silo since it's in ed on the gates and he
bad shape but have been has spept the intervening
told by community mem- three years looking for
bers that the silo is his- another stone mason to
toric. repair the gates.
Grey . Coun. Mark He said council should
Beaven said he viewed be presented with anoth-
the silo that day and had er quotation by another
the opinion that the silo stone mason during the
should not be preserved. next several weeks.
"With all respect, it's a Seaforth Coun. Lou
piece of concrete and Maloney made a motion
should come down. It's a that the Vanastra gates
mess," he said, adding be included in the 2006
that someone should budget.
check if the silo had ever
been designated as his-
torically significant.
Brussels Coun. David
Blaney said he has been
researching the former
military base in Vanastra
and learned that the
army initially wanted to
take down the silo but
the first commanding
officer thought it was a
good place to "keep an
eye on things."
"I don't think there's a
real reason to
keep it," he
said.
Mayor Joe
Seili said the
gates at
Vanastra are
in worse
shape than
the silo and
council has
yet to repair
them.
"If we take
as long to do
that as we
Quoted
'With all
respect, it's a
piece of con-
crete and
should come
down. It's a
The Huron Expositor • October 5, 2005 - 9
News
Trailer, valued at $7,000, stolen
On Sept. 20 at 10 a.m., ��� and 20 and stole a black 2005
a company contacted HuronOPPLoad trailer that had
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construction site at a residence on hydraulic lift system. The trailer had
Cranbrook Road in Huron East near Ontario registration plates C8013H and was
Brussels. valued at $7,000.
The officer was advised that someone Anyone with related information is asked
entered the site sometime between Sept. 16 to call the Huron OPP or Crime Stoppers.
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