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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2006-01-25, Page 2426 Exeter Times—Advocate 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) JANUARY SALE Great Prices on Books See our $1, $2 & $5 Books ART SUPPLIES 25% OFF including instruction books, sketch pads, pencil kits, charcoal & more 50% OFF CHRISTMAS STOCK books, computer paper, puzzles TIMES -ADVOCATE 424 MAIN ST., EXETER, ON • 235-1331 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 TJs pool league Ch s Ma pool 1217 Terry Ilaugh 1171 John Burdon 1069 Tyler Scott 973 Bill Crump 967 Ray Hodgson 966 Bob Jones 906 Chris Haugh 893 Garrett Redegeld 770 Shaun Dawe 641 Pat Lane 634 Jim Scott 611 Iloward Jones 588 Nathan Howe 557 Darcy Smith 518 Nathan Hart 473 Mark 1-Iunt 338 Garry Shier 333 Fabian Hart 330 Ervin Vincent 297 Jason Kew 214 Gus Gregus 174 Dean McKnight 148 Trevor Strut h 140 Rick Marshall 136 Dave Ferguson 111 Dan Dawe 100 Matt Huard 97 Jeff Gooch 85 Gavin Harburn 63 Trent Taylor 46 Sean Craig 30 PrJ�r.PcPcfrJ�cPrPcPcPrJ�cfcPr.PLEPLPLPLLPESPccPEJVPcPr P_Pc PcPcPrJ�cPrPrJ USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY ANNUAL MEETING The 130th Annual Meeting of the Usborne & Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company will be 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. Joe Chaffe Sharon Doxtator President Secretary PrPcPc.PrJ�rJ�rPcPrJ�r.PrJ�rJ�rJ@PrJ@.PrPrJ�rJ�rJ@PrPrJ�rJ�rP�PrJ�cPcP�PrJ�rJ�rJ@PrJ�cPrPrPc.PrJ��PrJ@PrPrJ�rPrJ�cPcPcPrPrJ�rJ 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- ing agriculture issues. or Gaiser ""1 KnBroker eale EXETER - 235-2420 GRAND BEND - 238-8484 CLINTON - 482-3401 advertisers. . pay b phci/ Je y We gladly accept payment for your account by Visa or Mastercard. call 519-235-1331 Sue Rollings __ today. TIMES ADVOCATE 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.