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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2009-08-19, Page 1liet Y009 $EAFORTII cournTnY. CLASSIC August 24th -3011i 2009 Week.33-V01.005 www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com Huron OPP to enforce curfew when youth under 16 out after midnight Huron County youth under age 16 who are caught roam- ing the streets after midnight by police might soon end up with more than a request to go home. Responding to a number of incidents including mischief such as spray painting, tres- passing, Liquor Licence Act violations, thefts from vehi- cles and others, Huron OPP are reminding youth and their parents that they can appre- hend unsupervised youth in a public place between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. with a Provincial Curfew un- der the Child and Family Ser- vices Act. "Criminal behaviour by un- supervised teens that have parents who are . blissfully unaware of their location or actions will not be tolerated," says Const. Joanna Van Mi- erlo in a recent press release. While the criminal activity is happening throughout Hu ron County, Van Mierlo says that in the Seaforth area, youth are often involved in cases of theft from unlocked vehicles, letting off firecrack- ers and graffiti. See CURFEW, Page 9 St. Columban soccer champs... The St Columban U18 team win the s North Huron championships during playoffs last week...pg„ 12 Wednesday Aug. 19, 2009 Dan Schwab photo Motocross riders from around the world congregated in Walton last week to compete in the Walton TransCan Grand Nationals. For more on the story, see page 12. HBDC anticipates funding as new FedDev agency formed Susan H e a d e r ti a r k Canadian Tour golf tournament, an Waiting on answers for 80 grant proposals throughout Huron County ranging anywhere from $10,000 to $3 million, Paul Nichol, manager of the Huron Business Development Corpo- ration says the recent launch of that a new Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) is good news. "It's a great step in the right direc- tion. We knew nothing would happen until ` this announcement was made. So, now. we're expecting the ball. to start rolling," says Nichol. Nichol says the HBDC has submitted - among others - a grant proposal for a $3 million lecture hall building for the Gateway Rural Health Research Insti- tute in Seaforth, a $10,000 marketing plan for .the Seaforth Country Classic aircraft manufacturing training facili- ty in Huron Park which would partner with Fanshawe College and a $20,000 study of a potential wine industry in the Bayfield area. Other proposals include commercial kitchens for small scale food process- ing industries at the REACH Centre in Clinton, an exploration of poten- tial events to further use the Blyth campground and internships at Huron Healthkick and Gateway to explore thelongterm sustainability of both projects and write grant proposals. Nichol says many of the grant pro- posals were submitted in early June and the announcement of the creation of FedDev as the new funder for the Community Futures Program should • See HBDC, Page 2 $1.25 gst included CASA appealing Interim. contro bylaw Susan Hundertmark 411110.1111/111111. CASA Construction and Engineer- ing is appealing Huron East's in- terim control bylaw restricting any new approvals of commercial wind turbines to the Ontario Municipal Board. The municipality of Huron East received a letter from CASA's law- yer Blake, Cassels and Graydon, of Zbronto, on Aug. 12 making the ap- peal. The letter includes six items in its grounds for appeal. The first says the bylaw is "direct- ed specifically to thwart the CASA proposal which are already properly zoned and specifically to respond to pressure from one citizen's group against this particular project." The letter points out that the citi- zens' group and its solicitor were at the meeting where the interim con- trol bylaw was passed and had re- quested an interim control bylaw as one of three options to address the community's concerns. The second item says the citizen's group had requested a moratorium on new wind projects at a prior coun- cil meeting. "There are currently no wind .proj- ects proposed in Huron East apart from CASA," says the letter, which adds that CASA was given no notice of the proposed interim control .by- law. The third item says the interim control bylaw was passed without any proper planning report or plan- ning justification. The fourth item says the interim control bylaw doesn't conform with Huron East's official plan and isn't consistent with the provincial policy statement. The fifth item says the interim con- trol bylaw is not necessary to prop- erly study any land use planning policy. "Its purported principal purpose is to require a study on noise -related setbacks from wind turbines and See CASA, Page 2