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Edgar's open house puts spotlight on new facility
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Edgar's Feed and Seed, just west
of Whitechurch, is welcoming the
community to its new facility next
weekend with a special open house
and grand opening.
The event is set for Saturday, June
23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will
be a beef on a bun lunch and door
prizes, in addition to providing an
opportunity for members of the
community to see the new home of
the business. Owners are expecting
over 600 people to attend.
Edgar's Feed and Seed began at
the home of founder Niel Edgar and
has since continued to grow, first
under Edgar's watchful eye and now
thanks to new owners Elliott and
Rebecca Miller.
Edgar said that he and Miller first
started discussing expansion of the
business over three years ago.
Not only was more capacity
needed at the location, but it was
Safety first
Progressive Agriculture Safety Day was held at the Seaforth Agriplex on Friday, June 8 and
held several different activities to help encourage and prepare students for a safer summer.
Activities included equipment safety, food safety, railway safety, tire safety, chemical safety, fire
safety, grain entrapment awareness, water safety and animal safety, shown above. In the
animal safety event, students were shown where it's safe to stand when around cattle using
coloured squares to indicate where the animal would feel safest with a handler being. Hint: It's
not where the instructor is currently standing. (Denny Scott photo)
Ratepayers label plan restrictive
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Concern over the proposed
Natural Heritage Plan has caused
some Huron County councillors to
take pause on its approval, while
others want to see it shelved
altogether.
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh
Reeve Ben Van Diepenbeek raised
the issue at Huron County Council's
June 6 meeting, suggesting simply
that the plan should be noted and
filed ahead of planned public
information sessions.
He said that from what he had
been hearing out in the community
from farmers and property owners
he felt the plan was far too restrictive
and an added level of red tape.
Van Diepenbeek used an example
from a planning matter at his
municipal council earlier this year.
The issue in question, he said, was
the splitting of a 300 -acre farm into
three 100 -acre parcels, returning
them to their original lot sizes.
Two of the three farms, he said,
were so restricted due to natural
heritage features that it made it
nearly impossible to build on the
lots.
Van Diepenbeek said that on one
of the 100 -acre parcels, there was
only less than one acre that was able
to accommodate a house when the
new mapping was applied. The
second of the farms only had an acre
and a half on which a house could be
built.
The plan, Van Diepenbeek said,
aims for construction or activities
upon the land to have zero impact on
the land. That, he said, is impossible.
He said he felt as though it was far
too restrictive and a waste of time
for the planning and development
department.
Bluewater Mayor Tyler Hessel,
however, said that a process was
already in place and he felt council
should allow it to play out before
jumping to any decisions. After the
public information sessions and
further consultation with the public,
the department is due to return with
a detailed report on the plan later
this year. Hessel said council should
wait for that information and the
report and then make a decision on it
at the appropriate time.
Director of Planning Sandra
Weber said that many aspects of the
plan are already being enforced, just
under different names. The main
focus of the Natural Heritage Plan,
she said, is improved mapping with
great accuracy.
While Van Diepenbeek had
suggested putting a motion on the
floor to immediately stop the
Natural Heritage Plan, he didn't end
up making a motion and instead
agreed with Hessel and felt the
process should play itself out.
For more information on the
Natural Heritage Plan, visit the
county's website, where the plan and
the new mapping can be viewed.
Feedback on the plan, through the
county's website, is still being
accepted.
Colquhoun files to
run for CH council
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name forward in hopes of becoming
the municipality's next mayor.
Incumbent Councillor Sharen Zinn
and newcomer Andrew Somers have
both filed to run for councillor
positions.
At council's most recent meeting,
Mayor Paul Gowing announced that
he would not be running for re-
election, after two terms as mayor
and several years as a councillor
before that.
In Central Huron, Mayor Jim
Ginn is running for the mayor's
position once again. Councillor Dan
Colquhoun
nomination
East Ward
term.
In North Huron, no one has filed
papers to fill any council
spots. However, Colleen Schenk is
running again to be the area's
Avon Maitland District School
Board trustee, while Denis Trudel
has filed to become the
French Separate School board
trustee.
Nominations for the election close
on July 27 at 2 p.m. and the election
is set for Monday, Oct. 22.
has
papers to serve as an
councillor for another
also filed
also in desperate need of a loading
dock for trucks to deliver their loads
without having to back up on Bruce
Road 86.
The new building will be nearly
10,000 square feet and measure 60
feet by 160 feet. It will be comprised
of a new retail space, office space, a
warehouse and storage space and
two loading docks.
Miller said that the business was
continuing to expand so it was clear
they needed more space. With the
expansion and new space, he said
they're now able to offer new lines
of products to customers in an
improved retail space.
Not only is it safer for all involved,
Miller said of the new space, but it's
also more efficient in a variety of
ways.
Miller said it has been a dream
come true to see this building
erected. The business has been up
and running in its new location since
January.
"We had always planned on
expanding, but now it's actually
happened," Miller said.
However, Miller and Edgar have
yet to host an official grand opening
or open house.
The event is planned for 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. on Saturday, June 23. There
will be a beef on a bun lunch served
and there will also be door prized.
To RSVP for the event, call 519-
357-2122.
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