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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2018-01-11, Page 15I. BUY, SELL TRY CLASSIFIED I THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2018. PAGE 15. Classified Advertisements Tenders Tenders FARM FOR SALE BY TENDER 43498 NEWRY ROAD Lot 12, Concession 9 Huron East (Grey Ward) County of Huron 99.78 acres more or less, approximately 77 acres workable For tender forms and information contact: Jim Armstrong (519) 887-6753 Tenders Close 12:00 Noon Wednesday, February 14, 2018 Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted FARM FOR SALE BY TENDER Lot 32, Concession 16 Grey; Part Lot 31 Concession 16 Grey as in R314984; Municipality of Huron East (PIN 41355-0018 (LT)) 144 acres bare land systematically tiled. Existing buildings being severed and retained by the Vendors. To view the property, contact Donald and Sandra Harrison at 519-291-0204 Tender packages containing the required offer form are available from Robert S. Johns Law Office practicing in association with Monteith Ritsma Phillips Professional Corporation. All offers must be delivered in a sealed envelope no later than 5:00 pm on February 21, 2018 to the following address: Robert S. Johns Law Office practicing in association with Monteith Ritsma Phillips Professional Corporation 218 Main Street West Listowel, ON N4W 3H4 (519) 291-3420 Robert@johnslaw.net Personals POST ABORTION HEALING. Are you suffering from the emotional aftermath of an abortion? For support and healing please call Project Rachel at their confidential number 1-888-355-1110. e6w Services FAXING SERVICE We can send or receive faxes for you for only $1.00 per page. The Citizen, ▪ 413 Queen St., Blyth. Phone 519- 523-4792. Fax 519-523-9140. tfn BOOKING FOR 2018 – TWO - yacation properties bedroom cottage with bunkhouse at Point Clark, includes fully -equipped kitchen, gas barbecue, fire pit, horseshoe pit and much more, close to lighthouse and beach. To find out more or to book your holiday call 519-523-4799 or 519-440-7447 after 6:00 p.m. tfn Vehicles for sale 2003 BUICK RENDEZVOUS, 118,000 kms., new snow tires. As is. 519-525-2396. 02-2p ARCA launches its tree order program for springy 2018 Continued from page 10 tiles. Trees along watercourses have a secondary benefit of wind erosion control. • Farmsteads: Trees around feedlots provide shade in the summer and reduce wind chill in the winter. This makes the temperatures more comfortable for livestock and people. Cattle that spend less energy keeping warm have better weight gain. Trees around houses reduce energy costs and reduce grass - cutting costs. • Property lines: In the past, "good fences made good neighbours" but more and more often windbreaks delineate property boundaries. The trees also reduce wind erosion across fields. Studies show an increase in crop yields greater than the loss of a few rows of crops. A row of trees planted across a slope reduces water erosion as well. • Squaring up a field: With larger equipment, including sprayers, it's more difficult to get into those irregular, small corners of fields. More people are squaring up fields by planting trees instead of clearing trees. Ausable Bayfield Conservation has launched its spring tree order program for 2018. The local conservation authority has announced the spring tree order form is now online at abca.on.ca. Ausable Bayfield Conservation receives mail -in orders until Jan. 31, 2018. Orders are taken accompanied by payment until Feb. 28, 2018. Contact Ian Jean at Ausable Bayfield Conservation at abca.on.ca to find out more or call toll-free 1-888-286- 2610. Landowners plant tens of thousands of trees through the spring and autumn tree order programs but the spring program is the largest of the two, said Ian Jean, Forestry and Land Stewardship Specialist with Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA). "We have spring and fall tree order programs but spring is the bigger season by far," according to Jean. Copies of the tree order form can be found and printed from abca.on.ca or they are available at the office at 71108 Morrison Line, just east of Exeter and south of Highway 83. Trees do take up some space but the benefits for crops, livestock and people can outweigh the space lost, according to stewardship staff. The outlook for funding to help with the costs of trees is also bright for this spring. Farmers can receive grants from a number of sources, to cover the costs of tree stock and planting. Letter to the Editor Writer suggests hindrances to economic growth THE EDITOR, Huron County is often in the news, but when several recent releases on CKNX are read together with current events, they form an unwelcome image of our county. How does Huron appear to the objective eye? Several specific news items and lesser-known actions stand out as significant - 1) the "Parting Words of the Outgoing chair of the Huron Economic Development Board" 2) the County's attempt to "rebrand" itself, 3) "Accommodation Review", and finally, the unheralded senseless and injurious application of excessive regulations to a North Huron beginning farmer. Outgoing Economic Development Board chair, Jim Lynn, expressed his frustration with the county's failures in "...simplifying things for people trying to create economic value within the communities..." He inferred that there are systemic hindrances to creating economic growth in the county. Lynn is not alone in voicing objection to unhelpful county policy; the same consternation is openly expressed by members of municipal council when they have to deal with needless and stupid conflicts incubated by the county planning department. They lament counterproductive and inconsistent application of mind -numbing regulations. Through its own actions, Huron County seems to be at odds with the very pulse of its economic engine: it increasingly appears to be anti -farming and hostile toward beginning farmers who struggle to get established. Any wonder why our young leave the area? An example is the case of a young, North Huron farmer who is being investigated for exceeding the number of animal units housed on his small acreage even though the manure is being spread over a much larger adjacent farm also under his control. Yet, he has a lower livestock density than a feedlot housing hundreds of cattle on a smaller containment area, or than other farms which house tens of thousands of birds on relatively small acreages, yet meet the "regulations". This is one of several areas where he falls afoul of the county's "regulations", having constructed small, engineered tarp buildings without a building permit. The municipal employee dispatched to carry out the inspection with the support of a search warrant (yes, he came with a search warrant to count little calves) seemed chagrined to have to carry out his assignment, knowing that the young farmer was only trying to get a start in farming on a harmless and affordable scale. Should a man have to leave his conscience at home in the morning when he leaves to work at his government job? History shows us where that leads. Charles Dickens used imperfect grammar to perfectly describe such regulations when he wrote "The law is a ass, a idiot. If that's the eye of the law, the law is a bachelor; and the worst I wish the law is that his eye may be opened by experience—by experience." (Oliver Twist) About 45 years ago, my father had need to build an implement shed. When he called Mayor Bill to see if there were any necessary regulatory steps before he began construction, Bill asked how much it was going to cost. "Oh, maybe about $3000", Dad replied. Without hesitation Mayor Bill said, "Ed, if you knew how to earn $3000, you likely know how to build a shed too." End of matter and, although now weathered, the shed has stood the test of time; no permit, no engineering. Whatever happened to the day when a person could operate on their property as if they actually had inherent rights of ownership? Did good sense die with Mayor Bill who as a WWII veteran instinctively both exercised and recognized good judgment, being a man of action more than polished words? Is there not a direct relationship between government growth and economic stagnation? Is it a secret that government cannot create growth or wealth, but only redistribute (with loss), impede or diminish it? If government has outgrown its accommodation while population shrinks, is this not a sign that it has metastasized to the point that it is choking out beneficial community function? Huron County indeed has a massive task of rebranding itself. But first it should look at what it actually is, rather than gazing at a long -departed image imbedded in nostalgia, or eyeing economic initiatives which produce no enduring economic return. The County needs to quite impeding those who are capable of delivering the actual fabric of growth rather than fussing about perception. John E. Schwartzentruber, Brussels, ON STAYING HEALTHY BEGINS WITH YOU • Be a non-smoker and avoid second-hand smoke. • Eat healthy food and limit your alcohol consumption. • Be active on a regular basis. • Be sensible in the sun. • Follow cancer screening guidelines. • Report changes in your health. • Use caution with hazardous materials. For more information, please contact us at 1 888 939-3333 or visit www.cancer.ca. 111 ■ i Canadian Societe Cancer canadienne Society du cancer Let's Make Cancer History 1 888 939-3333 I www.cancer.ca All word ads in The Citizen classifieds are put on our webpage at www.northhuron.on.ca