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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2005-09-21, Page 22 Exeter Times–Advocate Wednesday, September 21, 2005 Regional wrap up Huron Habitat family decided CLINTON — A family is picked for the first Habitat for Humanity home in Huron County. The Morris family will be moving into the Clinton home when it 's complete this fall, according to The Clinton News -Record. Habitat for Humanity chair Paul Dyck says "the partner family decision was a difficult one to make." When the home is complete, Kathy Morris, a single mother of four-year- old Alyssa and two- year-old Elyjah will live in a home that is about 1,050 square feet, has three bed- rooms and a car port. Full grant for hall a no _go BLYT A $75,000 Trillium grant request- ed to repair Blyth Memorial Hall will not be given to North Huron, according to The Citizen. The news was given at council by clerk -administrator John Stewart. Stewart says the most costly repair will likely be the north wall, some brick work needs done. Stewart was told the reason for not giving the full amount was because "no one (who applied for a grant) would be getting their maximums . " South Huron isYouth Friendly By Scott Nixon TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF SOUTH HURON — South Huron has been deemed a Youth Friendly Community. The municipality is one of only nine in the province to receive Youth Friendly designation, organized by the Play Works Partnership, which consists of several organi- zations concerned with involving youth in sports, physical activity, civic engagement, arts and cul- ture and recreation. The municipality will receive its award at a cer- emony in Burlington Sept. 27. South Huron council dis- cussed the award at its Sept. 12 meeting and was impressed. Coun. Harvey Ratz called the award prestigious and pointed out the rest of the winners were larger than South Huron. Other winners included: Aurora, Mount Hope, Ajax, Markham, Peterborough, Pickering, Chatham -Kent and Burlington. Mayor Rob Morley con- gratulated South Huron recreation program administrator Jo -Anne Fields, who worked on the application form for the program, along with Katie Pickering of the Exeter Youth Centre. Both will accompany Morley to Burlington along with youth representative Vicki Hartman. To win Youth Friendly designation, municipalities had to meet at least nine of 15 criteria. Marion Price of the Play Works Partnership out- lined a few areas in which South Huron was particu- larly strong. First, she said it's easy for youth in South Huron to find out information about activities in the community. "They have good exam- ples of different types of information, such as brochures and flyers. There was good newspa- per coverage, there was the municipal website, the school announcements are really good and also there were PSA (public service announcement) and radio announce- ments. So really you had to live under a rock in order to not know what was going on in South Huron." Another positive about South Huron is the good relationship between the schools and the recreation department. "The recreation pro- gram had space donated from the schools at afford- able rates," said Price. Also, South Huron busi- nesses strongly support co-op programs, further strengthening local ties between youth, schools and business. Also working in South Huron's favour was the fact it consulted with youth on what type of pro- grams and activities need- ed in the area through a 2004 survey by the Exeter Youth Centre. "There was lots of good information from the sur- vey," Price said. The survey discovered that the biggest issue among youth was drugs and half of the respon- dents said more activities were needed in South Huron. "So while there are lots of things to do, there are obviously still more oppor- tunities for young people who feel their particular needs aren't being met quite yet, but they're get- ting there," Price said. This is the first year for the Youth Friendly Recognition Program. Of the five municipalities with populations of 12,000 or less who applied, South Huron was the only suc- cessful applicant. "South Huron is an example of doing good work in a smaller commu- nity," Price explained. Fields said she was excited to learn South Huron was deemed a Youth Friendly communi- ty. "South Huron should be proud," she said, adding the application process took a lot of work. Fields said when she sent the application in she wasn't sure whether or not South Huron would be successful because it would be competing with much larger municipali- ties. "However, we feel very passionately that we have a lot going on for youth in our community," she explained. In talking with various youths and youth groups in the community, Fields said, "There's just so much going on, the kids have to pick and choose what they sign up for. That was kind of a good thing, because so often we hear people saying `there's nothing to do.' It was just amazing how much there is going on." Fields added the Youth Friendly designation just doesn't reflect on the municipality's recreation department, but also on community organizations such as Scouts, Brownies and Guides. "We're pretty proud of what is offered to youth and we think that we're pretty fortunate to live in South Huron," she added. Members of the Play Works Partnership include: 4-H Ontario, the Arts Network for Children Iceculture' plans tourist attraction By Pat Bolen TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF VARNA — A business in Hensall plans on building a tourist attraction in the community which will be a first in Canada. Speaking to Bluewater council Monday night, Iceculture owner Julian Bayley said the company is planning to build a walk-through freezer to showcase Iceculture prod- ucts. Bayley said the company has been researching the project for more than three years. In order to construct the freezer, Bayley said a zoning bylaw amend- ment for the property to C-4 is required and has been applied for. According to Bayley, the freezer will be 149.8 feet by 50 feet wide. Bayley said he was speaking to council to receive as much co-opera- tion as possible with the project, especially with regards to parking facilities. As a tourist attraction, Bayley said parking facilities for the freezer would be a concern. He asked council for its help on securing access to the use of the car park on the east side of the Goderich-Exeter Railway, which would be used for parking cars and buses. Bayley said he has been in contact with the railway owners and they have no objection to the plan. Council voted to offer its support to the project. and Youth, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Ontario, the Laidlaw Foundation, the Ontario Physical and Health Education Association, the Ontario Young People's Alliance, Parks and Recreation Ontario, Sports Alliance of Ontario and the YMCA. PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR REGULATORY RELIEF FOR EXETER WATERWORKS Purpose of Notice The Municipality of South Huron has asked the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) to defer a requirement to provide additional treatment at several of the well sources supplying Exeter until a major pipeline connection to the Lake Huron Primary Water Supply System (LHPWSS) can be constructed. The pipeline would allow the Municipality to disconnect the well sources from the system and save the costs of improvements. The MOE has asked that South Huron obtain public comment on the request to defer additional treatment. Background The Exeter Water Supply System is comprised of five groundwater sources and a transmission main connection to the Stephen supply which is, in turn, connected to the LHPWSS. Four of the well sources consist of drilled and screened wells constructed in the overburden. The fifth well source, the Springs supply, uses collector piping (galleries) to take water from the overburden into a sump from which it is pumped to Exeter. Studies in 2001 and 2002 established that four of the five well sources obtain some of their water from at or near the ground surface. Technically these sources are defined as surface water and not groundwater. As surface water, Provincial Regulations would require that they have additional treatment including advanced disinfection facilities and, in some cases, filtration. In 2004, the Municipality completed an Environmental Assessment that established that it was preferred to replace the existing well sources with a connection to the LHPWSS than to spend millions of dollars upgrading them to current regulations. Current Situation Recognizing that some of the wells do not have the type of treatment facilities required by the Province, the Municipality has undertaken a study to determine if the present facilities are adequate until a pipeline is available. The results of the evaluation are presented in a report entitled "Documentation to Support an Application for Regulatory Relief Under Section 38 of the Safe Drinking Water Act." For each source, the study reviewed historical information on raw water quality and treatment system performance, the probability of the source water quality changing, existing treatment and monitoring systems and the frequency of operation of each of the sources. The study concluded that, although the well sources have some risk associated with their operation, this minimal risk has existed since the wells' original development. The wells have historically provided good quality water (with vigilance), and have met the provinces drinking water test standards. The current treatment systems and monitoring, along with reduced use of the Cudmore Well, will effectively mitigate any risks sufficient to delay upgrading the system until a replacement supply is available. The study report is available for public review at the municipal offices at the address below during normal business hours. If you have questions or wish to make a comment, please contact the undersigned at 519- 235-0310 on or before September 28, 2005. Larry Brown, CAO Municipality of South Huron 322 Main Street S. 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