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Wednesday, January 25 2006
Huron County Pork Producers 57th Annual Meeting
Guest speaker and executive director of the Ontario
Farm Animal Council (OFAC) Crystal Mackay speaks
about issues affecting livestock producers at the
Huron County Pork Producers 57th Annual Meeting
Jan. 18. (photo/Nina Van Lieshout)
By Nina Van
Lieshout
TIMES -ADVOCATE
STAFF
SEAFORTH —
The Huron
County Pork
Producers 57th
Annual Meeting
at the Seaforth
Arena was
attended by
about 60 people
Jan. 18.
The evening
began with
greetings and
dinner followed
by an address
from Huron -
Bruce MP Paul
Steckle.
Shortly after
the approval of
both the Jan. 20,
2005 Huron
County Pork
Producers 56th
Annual Meeting
and the 2005
financial report,
president of the
Iluron County
Pork Producers'
Association
Bruce Bergsma
spoke to the
crowd.
Bergsma com-
mented on the
decent prices,
commodities and
some of the
downfalls last
year.
He also spoke
of the needed
support at meet-
ings focused on
pork and how he
was pleased to
see a good
turnout.
Bergsma fin-
ished his speech
by saying "lets
get together in
2006 and
achieve many
goals as produc-
ers."
Deb Campbell,
field representa-
tive for Ontario
Pork took the
stage explaining
some of the
highlights of
2005.
Those included
the 40th Annual
Bean Festival in
Zurich in
A u g u s t,
(although it was
rained out) and
two projects
started last year.
They included
the making of
Ontario Pork T-
shirts and begin-
ning a theatre
night in Blyth.
Campbell went
into detail about
the fourth annu-
al Promotion
Incentive Award.
The St. John's
Anglican Church
in Brussels
earned the
award this year
for demonstrat-
ing the use of
pork at their
annual Pork
Chop Barbecue.
Promotion and
Education
Committee
chairperson Ron
Douglas present-
ed the plaque
and $300 to
Sharon
Stephenson, a
representative of
the church.
Dick and Deb Lord of Crediton were awarded the Mike
Lightfoot Memorial Award recently.The award recog-
nizes outstanding commitment and dedication to minor
athletics and our community. Above, left to right: Dick
and Deb Lord receives the award from Jeff Slaght.The
award is donated by The Lightfoot Family.
(photo/Ruth Slaght)
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Another award
was presented to
the Love families
of Huron County
for Producer of
the Year.
There have
been six differ-
ent generations
of Love family
farming since
1859.
Soon after both
awards were
presented, exec-
utive director of
the Ontario
Farm Animal
Council (OFAC)
Crystal Mackay
spoke mainly of
the issues affect-
ing livestock
producers, ani-
mal rights and
animal activists.
Mackay
explained that
animal care is
the number one
concern of the
Farm Animal
Council and
issues surround-
ing animal wel-
fare need plans
made and
resources devel-
oped to help
address it.
Mackay also
explained how
to properly load
and transport a
pig and the con-
ditions needed to
appropriately
load the animal.
These included
if all medication
withdrawals are
met, if it is safe
for human con-
sumption and if
it can be human-
ly loaded and
transported.
Mackay also
spoke of how
erratic animal
activists can be
and how farm-
ers should not
challenge them
with an erratic
attitude back but
rather be a little
more submissive
in their behav-
iour.
Mackay
believes this is a
better way to
handle situations
arising between
animal rights
activists.
Bruce Winkler,
a member of the
Ontario Pork
Industry Council
spoke after
Mackay focusing
on Porcine
Reproductive
and Respiratory
Syndrome
(PRRS).
Winkler talked
of the difficulty
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ANNUAL MEETING
The 130th Annual Meeting of the Usborne &
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held at the Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre
at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, February 27, 2006, for
presentation of the Annual Report, to elect direc-
tors and to transact any business that may rightly
come before the meeting.
Nominations will be received for the election of a
director for a two year term, necessary because of
the death of director, Ron Feeney.
Nominations will be received for the election of two
directors for a three year term. The directors
whose term of office expires are Jack Hodgert and
Larry Gardiner, both of whom are eligible for re-
election.
Article 21 - Any person wishing to seek election or
re-election as a director must file his intention to
stand for election in writing with the Secretary
Manager of the Corporation at least ten days in
advance of an Annual Meeting or Special General
Meeting called for the purpose of electing direc-
tors.
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of maintaining
herds free of
PRRS, especially
in pig areas.
He also
explained a pro-
ject he is work-
ing on which
hopes to control
PRRS, eventually
eliminating the
disease in
Canada.
Both speakers
answered ques-
tions after their
presentations
were finished.
One resolution
passed at the
meeting, rein-
forcing the con-
cept of speaking
with one voice
when approach-
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issues.
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NOTICE OF THE PASSING
OF A ZONING BY-LAW BY
THE CORPORATION OF THE
TOWNSHIP OF LUCAN BIDDULPH
General Amendment - 2006
TAKE NOTICE THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE
TOWNSHIP OF LUCAN BIDDULPH PASSED BY-LAW NO. 11-2006 ON
THE 16th DAY OF JANUARY, 2006 UNDER SECTION 34 OF THE
PLANNING ACT, R.S.0. 1990.
AND TAKE NOTICE THAT ANY PERSON OR AGENCY MAY APPEAL TO
THE ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD IN RESPECT OF THE BY-LAW BY
FILING WITH THE CLERK OF THE TOWNSHIP NOT LATER THAN THE
14th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2006, A NOTICE OF APPEAL SETTING OUT
THE OBJECTION TO THE BY-LAW AND THE REASONS IN SUPPORT OF
THE OBJECTION, ACCOMPANIED BY A FEE of $125.00 PAYABLE TO
THE MINISTER OF FINANCE.
ONLY INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC BODIES MAY
APPEAL A ZONING BY-LAW TO THE ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD. A
NOTICE OF APPEAL MAY NOT BE FILED BY AN UNINCORPORATED
ASSOCIATION OR GROUP. HOWEVER, A NOTICE OF APPEAL MAY BE
FILED IN THE NAME OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO ISA MEMBER OF THE
ASSOCIATION OR THE GROUP.
AN EXPLANATION OF THE PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE BY-LAW,
DESCRIBING THE LANDS TO WHICH THE BY-LAW APPLIES IS
ATTACHED. THE COMPLETE BY-LAW IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION
IN MY OFFICE DURING REGULAR OFFICE HOURS.
DATED AT LUCAN THIS 25th DAY OF JANUARY, 2006
RON REYMER
CLERK
TOWNSHIP OF LUCAN BIDDULPH
P.O. BOX 190
LUCAN, ONTARIO NOM 2J0
Telephone: (519) 227-4491
Fax: (519) 227-4998
E-mail rreymer@lucanbiddulph.on.ca
PURPOSE AND EFFECT
BY-LAW NO. 111-2006
TOWNSHIP OF LUCAN BIDDULPH
General Amendment - 2006
The primary purpose of this general amendment to the Township's
Zoning By-law is to address matters of a general or `house -keeping'
nature. Since adoption of the Zoning By-law in October 2003, several
matters have been identified in the course of the day-to-day
administration of the By-law which require attention. Revisions made
by this By-law to address these deficiencies and provide greater
clarification are:
1. Section 2.8: Basement: — the current definition reads as follows:
BASEMENT, shall mean that portion of a building between two floor
levels which is partly underground but which has at least one-half of
its height from finished floor to finished ceiling below grade level.
The last line is revised to read ... above grade level.
2. Section 4.21: Sight Visibility Triangles — in the case of a corner
lot where one or both of the abutting roads is a county road, the
Zoning By-law requires that a triangular area measured 15 m back
from the point of intersection be maintained free and clear of any
visual obstructions. This standard has proven difficult to apply in
settlement areas, i.e. Lucan, Granton and Clandeboye. Under this By-
law, the standard is reduced from 15 m to 6.0 m for corner lots
abutting county roads in such areas. The required sight triangle is
also reduced from 10 m to 6.0 m for corner lots abutting local roads
in these same areas. Where a corner lot has frontage or flankage on
a provincial highway, the requirements for sight visibility triangles
continue to be regulated by the Ministry of Transportation.
3. Section 8.1: Residential Second Density (R2) Zone — the
standards for minimum lot area (Section 8.1.2) and minimum lot
frontage (Section 8.1.3) for semi-detached dwellings are clarified to
read 200 m2 per dwelling unit and 6.0 m per dwelling unit.
4. In the case of the Temporary Use By-law recently adopted for AI &
Liz Scott (By-law 33-2005), the By-law inadvertently made reference
to Section 5.1.8 of By-law No. 100-97, when the correct reference
should be to Section 5.1.11 of By-law No. 100-2003. This matter is
rectified by this By-law.
The By-law is considered to be in conformity with the Township of
Lucan Biddulph Official Plan and the Official Plan of the County of
Middlesex.