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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2006-08-09, Page 3Ir To apply today call 1-888-879-2972 or visit a TD Canada Trust branch or www.tdcanadatrust.com/travel — NEW CARDHOLDERS EARN DOUBLE TD POINTS UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2006 — L Wednesday, August 9, 2006 Exeter Times—Advocate 3 Bluewater slate filling up By Pat Bolen TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF VARNA — Candidates continue to announce they are running in the municipality of Bluewater for the upcoming municipal election with councillors John Becker and Jim Fergusson among those declared. Becker is running for another term as councillor of Hay East while Fergusson is seeking another term as councillor -at -large. John Becker Coun. Becker says he is enjoying the challenge of municipal politics." "I'm enjoying it, it's a different challenge. Some of our issues are more complex than what I realized but that is what makes the job interesting." Becker said the four-year term didn't make much dif- ference on his decision to run again. "This is my second term and it takes you pretty near three years to get into the groove to understand what the politics at this level is." He added he would like to see more progress with Bayfield water and sewers so the community is included in the municipal water system. "The growth is going to be there," said Becker who added while there are fewer people living along sideroads, infrastructure such as the roads and drains still have to be maintained. "I'd like to see more roads paved in our municipality, too...we have to spend some money on the roads in the near future, too, or they're beyond our control and we're going to have to start over again." Becker described the Hensall ethanol plant as "a plus, plus, plus. It's gotta help from the farmer right on up through. It is the wave of the future. There is some cost with the water and the sewer but that is part of getting a big business." A lifelong resident of Dashwood, Becker is married with two chil- dren, delivers mail for Canada Post and volunteers with the Dashwood fire department. Jim Fergusson Bluewater councillor -at -large Fergusson said he had always con- sidered running again for re-election and finds the work satisfying and rewarding. "Anytime you can make positive decisions which affect your commu- nity it leaves a great deal of satisfaction." Fergusson said many of the issues he supported and has brought to the council table aren't completed yet and he would like to see them finished. One of the most impor- tant, according to Fergusson is the pipeline to Hensall which he has sup- ported with his work in the municipality and as Bluewater's rep- resentative on the Lake Huron Primary Water Supply board. "I've been committed to the Help Clean water project to find funding for the project and I'd like to see that come to some kind of con- clusion." Fergusson said a deci- sion on the pipeline is required by December 2007 and the ethanol plant coming to the community will be a trigger for a deci- sion. "They have a deadline too that they'd like to have that waterline in place so that will affect our timing as too when we give the go ahead." Another high point for the term, according to Fergusson was devel- oping the municipal strategic plan. "We did that with public consulta- tion and staff and council input. Right now, that strategic plan is sit- ting on the shelf gathering dust. I'd like to see that reactivated, updated and used when we're making deci- sions." With some of the planned develop- ment for the municipality, Fergusson said "it would certainly be nice to be ahead of the curve." He added with the "tremendous potential of Bluewater, council is sit- ting with the opportunity over the next few years to positively affect the growth within Bluewater and devel- op that potential." Referring to the environment, Fergusson says he feels strongly on the responsibility and obligation of Bluewater council to protect it. Fergusson grew up on a dairy farm in Ingersoll and moved to Huron County in 1992. He and his wife Arlene have three children. John Becker Jim F ergusson MUNICIPALITY OF BLUEWATER eAYFIELD - HAY - HENSALL - STANLEY - ZURICH 2001 MUNICIPAL ELECTION 2006 NOTICE OF NOMINATION FOR OFFICE NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of the Municipality of Bluewater that nominations for the following offices: MAYOR — 1 to be elected at large DEPUTY -MAYOR — 1 to be elected at large COUNCILLOR -AT -LARGE — 1 to be elected at large COUNCILLOR, BAYFIELD WARD — 1 to be elected COUNCILLOR, HAY EAST WARD — 1 to be elected COUNCILLOR, HAY WEST WARD — 1 to be elected COUNCILLOR, HENSALL WARD — 1 to be elected COUNCILLOR, STANLEY EAST WARD — 1 to be elected COUNCILLOR, STANLEY WEST WARD — 1 to be elected COUNCILLOR, ZURICH WARD — 1 to be elected may be made by completing and filing the Nomination Form, in person or by an Agent, along with the prescribed filing fee of $100 for all positions, except the fee is $200 for the position of Mayor, by cash, certified cheque or money order, at the municipal offices during normal office hours, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., up to September 28th, 2006 and on September 29th, 2006 (Nomination Day) from 9 am until 5 p.m. Faxed or electronic nomination forms are not permitted. In the event there is an insufficient number of certified candidates to fill all positions available, nominations will be reopened for the vacant positions only on Wednesday, October 4th , 2006, between the hours of 9 am and 5 p.m. and such additional requirements, if required, may be filed in the office of the Clerk. Electors are hereby given notice that if a greater number of candidates are certified than are required to fill the said offices, an election will be held. The election method will be "Vote By Mail". Dated this 9TH day of August 2006. Janisse Zimmerman, Clerk Municipal Office — 14 Mill Ave., Zurich, Ontario NOM 2T0 Second Huron Park property sells HURON PARK — A second Huron Park industrial property has sold to an existing tenant — the Bluewater Recycling Association. Huron -Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell announced the sale last week. Bluewater's purchase comes on the heels of Dunline Rubber's purchase of two buildings on 7.2 acres of land in the park, as previously reported. A staffer at Mitchell's office said prices would not be released. "These sales are win-win situations," said Mitchell. "They are helping strengthen the Huron Park community, boost small busi- nesses that help the local economy prosper, and ensure Ontario taxpayers get a return on property that the province no longer needs. The government is fulfilling its promise to enable industrial tenants to buy the property they currently lease at fair market value." Bluewater Recycling Association has acquired five buildings on a 13 -acre parcel of land in Huron Industrial Park. This rural -based, non-profit organization develops and maintains facilities on behalf of and in co-operation with the municipal sec- tor that provides integrated waste reduction and environmental services. These services range from collection and processing to mar- keting superior quality products and ser- vices. The association employs 55 people and services approximately 150,000 people in 63,000 households. 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