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Volume 30 No. 34
PICTURES - Pg. 12-13
HC Ploughing Match,
Fare on 4 in pictures
FESTIVAL - Pg. 22
Artistic Director looks
back at her first season
SPORTS - Pg. 7
Aitken places sixth in
Youth Olympics in China
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INSIDE
THIS WEEK:
Walton proves excellent host for match
Fare on 4 works to perfection, delights community
An event for the ages
Fare on 4, a Campaign 14/19 initiative to feed 1,419 people
on Blyth’s main street was a resounding success onSunday evening as food was delivered hot and Mother
Nature co-operated with beautiful weather. The event, as
seen here from the top floor of The Blyth Inn, stretched
nearly to Radford’s Gas Bar in the south, left, and to the
Blyth post office in the north, right. It was made possible by the
hard work of approximately 100 volunteers and a number of staff
members from The Blyth Inn and Part II Bistro. The night’s hardest
working men, however, were chefs Peter Gusso and Jason
Rutledge who worked overtime to make the meal happen. (Denny
Scott photos)
Huron County Plowmen’s
Association President Brian
McGavin says this year’s HuronCounty Ploughing Match waseverything he hoped it would be and
more, despite concerns about
weather early last week.
McGavin said he received anumber of positive comments about
the level of competition, the site andthe hospitality that Huron County
displayed and he’s so proud of his
community and all of the peopleinvolved in making the matchhappen.The attendance numbers were
about what McGavin expected, he
said, as were the number ofcompetitive participants, but whatsurprised him was from how farsome of the participants came.
“We had people come fromPeterborough, from Owen Sound
and then from the south,” McGavin
said. “It was great to see.”McGavin said that not only did hereceive a lot of positive commentsabout this year’s match, but he also
heard from a lot of people who are
already looking forward to the 2017International Plowing Match, whichwill be held in Walton.McGavin says he was told on
numerous occasions that if theHuron County match at the home of
Val Shortreed and family and Matt
Shortreed and family was anyindication, the 2017 match is goingto be one for the ages.As for the Shortreeds, McGavin
says he had high expectations for the
family as hosts, but exceeded them.“You couldn’t have asked forbetter hosts,” McGavin said. “If you
The road is open, the tables are
cleared and the dust has settled and
the reviews are coming in statingthat Campaign 14/19’s record-setting Fare on 4 was a hit.“We pulled it off,” said Campaign
14/19 Administrator Karen Stewart.
Stewart, who is being credited byeveryone involved as doing theimpossible by arranging the entiremeal, said that everything came
together as well as organizers could
have hoped, a sentiment that wasechoed by others.“It was awesome, justunbelievable really,” Jason
Rutledge, Chef of the Blyth Inn
said. “I”m still flabbergasted at whathappened and how smoothly it allcame together.”“It was amazing,” Peter Gusso,
Chef of Part II Bistro said. “There’s
an old saying about chefs that youeither have a good service or a badservice and that was the best serviceI’ve ever had.”
Rutledge and Gusso were the head
chefs for Fare on 4, which saw 1,419people seated along Blyth’s QueenStreet for a massive outdoor meal.
Featuring as much local meat and
produce as possible, the meal has
been counted as a success byeveryone who The Citizen hasspoken to and, according to
Rutledge, that’s because of all the
volunteers who helped out.
“We just couldn’t have done itwithout all the people who helpedout,” he said. “Norpac Beef brought
us meat smokers, the Lions let us
use their barbecue, the volunteers
just really saved us.”Gusso agreed, saying the prepwork was all done perfectly, the
serving was amazing and everything
that could have gone right did.
“I’m still in awe,” he said. “I can’tbelieve it went so well. Everything Ihave heard about it is positive.”
Approximately 100 people helped
with the meal between volunteers
doing prep work and actuallyserving the meal, and that numberincluded Smith, Rutledge and their
respective staffs.
“I’m just dumbfounded on how
well everything went,” Rutledgesaid.More than the volunteers,
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meeting some time ago and he and I
got into a discussion with regards to
G2G. I expressed my unhappiness
with the lack of information and he
said they were never invited to
council. I told him to send a request
to the Chief Administrative Officer
[Sharon Chambers] and said we
would be more than happy to
welcome them, but we’ve never
received that request.”
Chambers corroborated Knott’s
claim, saying North Huron is yet to
be contacted by the group regarding
a delegation.
“They keep saying they have these
grand plans for the trail, but I have
never seen a plan,” Knott said. “I’m
yet to see financial information
about how it’s going to be funded
now and in the future.”
Knott said the future concerned
him greatly because the group has
stated they plan to pass the trail to
Huron County.
“We know that the county will
turn around and hand it to us and we
will have to pay for it,” he said. “I
don’t like anyone dictating what
council will do in the future.”
Knott also said he wasn’t happy
that in G2G’s latest press release it
suggested people get in touch with
their local councillors if they have
questions.
“We don’t know anything about
it,” he said. “They are telling people
to ask us and we don’t have any
information.”
Knott said he can’t support G2G
Inc. because they haven’t been
forthcoming with any information
and have not responded to his
concerns either as a councillor, or as
an adjacent landowner.
Lack of info from G2G Inc. frustrates Knott
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established a new animal control
bylaw after input from both Bylaw
Enforcement Officer Bruce
Brockelbank and Animal Control
Officer Bob Trick.
Trick, who was in attendance at
the Huron East Council meeting of
July 20, said that only a few changes
were being made, but that the
important changes being made were
in the “definitions” section of the
bylaw.
One change, however, has been
made to the limit of cats and dogs
allowed in an urban area. The total
number of cats and dogs in an urban
dwelling unit cannot now exceed
five cats and dogs (with a maximum
of two dogs). Three dogs are allowed
in the rural areas of the municipality
(although there are a number of
exceptions).
The municipality now also has a
list of prohibited animals and has
prohibited commercial rat farms.
In the past, Trick told councillors,
there had been a concern regarding a
similar operation in Huron East. The
operation is no longer in business he
said, and future operations are now
no longer allowed.
The new bylaw was passed
without any discussion.
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Council began its service delivery
review procedure at its July 20
meeting with an extensive review of
the previous service delivery
review, which was carried out in
2013.
That request had been made by
Councillor Ray Chartrand, who said
that if Huron East was going to
undertake a service delivery review,
all new councillors (those elected in
the 2014 municipal election) should
be brought up to speed on the 2013
review.
The review lasted several hours
and detailed the procedure from start
to finish.
New AC bylaw passed
with small changes
In action
Huron Chapel in Auburn was the scene for the Athletes in Action soccer camp this week. The
camp began on Monday, with players of all levels learning the basics and running some drills,
like Naomi Campbell here, who’s got her hands, or feet, full trying to keep up with one of the
camp’s coaches. (Mark Royall photo)
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County Planner Susannah Reid had
suggested that the runway and
approaches be recognized through a
zoning bylaw, but council decided
against it, feeling it would
inconvenience Morris-Turnberry
residents.
It was then explained to
councillors that, if they wanted to
entertain the issue again, it could be
included with a housekeeping
amendment to its planning and
zoning bylaws set to be considered
in September.
Councillor Dorothy Kelly asked
why the zoning had not been granted
and Mayor Paul Gowing said he
recalled there not being clear
numbers about the restrictions.
Michie, however, said that
information was provided to
council.
Councillor Jim Nelemans said he
wanted to see this pursued because,
in other locations, he had witnessed
people with a grudge against
airports on farm land buying lots
beside them and building structures
for the sole purpose of making the
airport unusable.
Gowing said he wasn’t against
reviewing the east-west restrictions
but said he felt uncomfortable
looking at the north-south ones.
“My... concern is that [the
committee and North Huron] want a
north-south runway and I don’t
think they would put the same
restrictions on the ratepayers in
North Huron that they are putting on
Morris-Turnberry,” he said. “They
wouldn’t put the same rules on their
lands they want put on ours.”
The issue will be discussed with a
planner when Morris-Turnberry
Council reconvenes in September
after its summer break.
Airport zoning considered