The Citizen, 2018-6-14, Page 9Zippin' in
Wingham played host to the Musical Muskrat Festival over the weekend and although it was
a bit of a wet weekend, there was plenty to do and see for residents and visitors alike. On
Saturday, there was plenty of live music, the bottle toss tournament and lots of children's
activities, including a mini zip line, which these two young ladies were more than keen to give
a try. (Quinn Talbot photo)
Jury hears from Willer Frigo
The trial of Boris Panovski of
Scarborough, the man accused of
murdering Don Frigo just south of
Londesborough in 2014, will
continue this week after the jury
heard testimony from Frigo's wife,
Eva Willer Frigo.
Willer Frigo told the court that she
was no stranger to the Hullett Marsh
and had ridden its trails often with
her husband.
She told the court that on that final
ride in 2014 she heard a loud boom
and then heard her husband say
some final words after he had been
shot, according to Kathleen Smith of
The Goderich Signal Star.
Willer Frigo's testimony marked
the end of four weeks of evidence
brought forth by Crown Attorney
Teresa Donnelly.
While Willer Frigo said she knew
Panovski through the field dog
world, she testified that she hadn't
seen him since 2006 and was unsure
of what he looked like in 2014.
She told the jury that everything
happened very quickly and she was,
therefore, unclear on some of the
details.
Willer Frigo rode away on her
horse after the first shots were fired
and her husband was off of his
horse. She said she saw a man in
camouflage pants running through
the bush towards his car.
After riding away to safety, Willer
Frigo said she returned to where she
had last seen her husband. She saw a
car inching towards her husband on
the ground. The barrel of a gun then
slid out the window and her husband
was shot again.
Willer Frigo said that although she
saw a man fleeing the scene of the
shooting and then in the car when it
drove up to her husband, she
couldn't positively identify Panovski
as the shooter. However, Donnelly
has made the case that Panovski
selling his belongings in
Scarborough and taking a one-way
flight to Macedonia provides
evidence that he was the shooter.
Panovski has been charged with
first-degree murder in the killing of
Frigo and attempted murder in the
injury of Willer Frigo.
The trial was scheduled to
continue through this week.
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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2018. PAGE 9.
MT may change
animal bylaw
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
On June 5, Walton resident
Andrew Somers made a plea to
Morris-Turnberry Council to keep
his pet pigs on his property after,
earlier this year, a broken fence led
to a concerned neighbour calling
the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).
Somers, after gathering more than
1,700 entries on an online petition
supporting his stance, addressed
council during its June 5 meeting,
requesting an exemption for his
property.
After significant debate, council
didn't provide an exemption to
Somers, but did suggest
reconsideration of the animal
control bylaw to allow pot-bellied
pigs.
Somers, who lives in Walton,
started his presentation by
reminding council of their
responsibility by reading through
the council code of conduct, then
saying he wants to seek an exception
to the animal control bylaw,
allowing him to keep his two pigs
alongside his other pets.
In addition to reading from
supportive comments from his
petition and similar letters from his
neighbours, Somers also explained
to council that he is heavily involved
in animal rehabilitation and care. He
added that he has been contacted by
a veterinary professional who asked
him to continue working in animal
care, citing several incidents he has
responded to recently.
Following that, Somers cited
appearing in newspapers and on
radio stations as a reason for council
to consider the exemption and said it
was in his animals' best interest as
well as council's.
"I urge council to grant this simple
exception as a gesture of good faith,"
he said. "It will be good publicity for
the area and it's the right thing to
do."
Somers recently moved into the
municipality and said he checked
with Huron County to make sure his
animals were allowed, believing,
that the county's bylaws, or lack
thereof, would supersede municipal
bylaws, leading him to believe he
didn't need to investigate them.
Referring to a past meeting he
attended when council talked about
the trouble attracting professionals,
Somers pointed to bylaws like the
animal control bylaw as a reason
that "people have a disinterest" in
living in Morris-Turnberry. He
called the document "absolutely
ludicrous" and pointed out that
larger city centres, such as Guelph,
allow what he classified as mini -
pigs.
In response to Somers' reading
of comments regarding Walton
being more rural than settlement,
Gowing explained that settlement
areas are identified as such for a
number of reasons. Later in the
meeting, he explained that manure
in a settlement area like Walton
could be a problem due to the
number of wells tapping into
local aquifers, increasing the
chance that a large source of water
could be contaminated more easily
than in a location with municipal
servicing.
Councillor Jim Nelemans
questioned having exemptions to the
bylaw, saying that if council
approves one, they could be
handling many others, however
Councillor John Smuck felt this was
less a situation for an exemption and
more a chance to look at Somers'
pigs as an opportunity to investigate
the animal control bylaw.
The bylaw was hotly contested
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