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2008 Lucknow ambassador Mackenzie Carruthers recently took part in the Ambassador of the Fairs compe-
tition that took place at the CNE in Toronto: She didn't go away empty handed as she was in the top seven as
a semifinalist. She is seen here in the middle of the back row in a black dress.
Ripley development passes hurdle
From page 1
Ripley
development
A commercial
development pro-
posfd for -Ripley has
passed another hur-
dle.
Developer David
Brown wants to turn
the downtown feed
mill into a.commer-
cial complex.
Bruce County
council has given
the ok to that plan,
and to a proposed
50 unit subdivision
in the village.
The Ripley
Market commercial
development in the
centre of town com-
pliments
om-p iments work the
municipality has
done on the down-
town park, said
Huron -Kinloss
Mayor Mitch
TwoIan. That work
includes improve-
ment to the park in
the square.
Plans now on the
books include the
commercial devel-
opment, some park-
ing and residential
development, as
well as the .new sub-
division.
The commercial
proposal is generat-
ing a lot of interest
in the community,
Twolan said.
"There hasn't
been this kind of
development in
main street Ripley
or in any other
municipality in
Bruce County really
for a very long
time," he said.
"We've had* a' lot
of big box stores
• , t1.4r+1r;ra
and that type mov-
ing in, but the reju-
venation of an old
heritage site (is
unique)."
Both Ripley proj-
ects have attracted
strong interest,
Twolan said, . and
he's hoping for a
case of 'build it and
they will come'.
Developer David
Brown wants to go
ahead with the com-
mercial project as.
soon as possible.
That could be
another sign that the
economy is starting
to turn around,
Twolan said.
Bruce Power
growth
Bruce Power is
growing - this time
off. site.
It's opening an
office in the former
EMA grocery store
in Port Elgin for
staff connected with
future refurbish
merit projects.
Bruce Power is
renovating the store
to make office space
for about 35 people.
Eventually as many
as 70 managers,
planners, engineers
and support staff
could be working
out of the main
street office.
Some Bruce
Power staff are
already working out
of leased space in
the business park at
the north end of Port"
Elgin, according to
a statement released
recently.
.The company is
bursting at the
seams an sitp,CEO
Duncan Hawthorne
said in the state-
ment.
Bruce Power
plans to refurbish
the remaining Bruce
A and B units and
supply 6300
megawatts of elec-
tricity to the Ontario
grid. That could
mean 3,000 con-
struction jobs and
up to 4,000 long
term jobs operating
the eight units.
Bruce Power will
continue to look at
off site options in
Kincardine and
Saugeen Shores as
workloads related to
the refurbishment
projects grow,
Hawthorne said.
Hogweed
Giant Hogweed is
plaguing municipal -
hies across Bruce
County.
There are circula-
tion resolutions ask-
ing the province to
put the poisonous
weed on the noxious
weed list.
Some want . the
county to spearhead
that effort, and step
in to help control the
weed.
Municipalities
say the huge and
rapidly -spreading
plant is becoming a
major menace.
Giant Hogweed
looks like Queen's
Anne Lace but
grows eight feet tall..
Its juice can cause
severe skin blisters.
Bruce County got
little response to an
offer • last year to
help municipalities
deal with Giant
Hogweed, said
planner Chris
LaForest,
That's changed
now that water-
borne seeds have
spread the poison-
ous weed through-
out the county.
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