The Citizen, 2010-03-11, Page 11People are enjoying the great
weather, suffering from Olympic
withdrawal and mourning the tragic
shooting of an OPP officer near
Walton.
The North Line south of Walton
was closed most of the day on
Monday, while investigators did
their job in determining the events
that ended in the death of the officer.
Many wondered what could have
happened as tidbits of information
filtered around the area and in the
news.
Our condolences to the family of
Glen Bone on the passing of Mary
Willis Bone. Our sympathies to their
children Cathy and husband Brian
and Murray and wife Maryann and
granddaughters Heather and
Christine. Mary will be remembered
for her many years of working at the
former Cardiff, Mulvey and now
Sholdice insurance office in
Brussels. She will be missed by her
many family and friends. Our
sympathies to all.
Attending the Ontario Plowmen’s
Association annual meeting in
London last week were many area
folks. Those attending included
Graeme and Helen Craig, Neil and
Marie McGavin, George Townsend,
Don, Maja and Paul Dodds, Brian
and Shelley McGavin and Jeff
McGavin in his role of President of
the Huron County Plowmen's
Association. The highlight
announcement was that Perth
County (Mitchell area) has been
chosen for the centennial
celebration of the International
Plowing match in 2013.
Visiting from Port Colborne with
Campbell and Edith Wey was their
daughter Debbie. They had an
enjoyable day together.
Cranbrook darts had 19 players
out for a great social evening.
Annette Lewington must have been
practicing as she netted another high
score of 123 and Brad Speiran shot
a 121. Well done folks.
Experiencing the Olympics
firsthand were Murray and Sherry
McCall. They went to Vancouver
and stayed with daughter Marci and
John and Alivia. They attended the
events that saw Alex Bilodeau win
Canada’s first gold medal on
Canadian soil. They also saw
Jennifer Heil win her medal. The
ladies attended some figure skating
events and were awed by the spirit
and enthusiasm of those present.
Welcome home folks.
Patients in Seaforth Hospital
include Margaret Wasson and Pearl
Shaw.
Those returning from vacations
include Joe and Deb Seili. They
spent three and a half weeks in the
Orlando area and spent two weeks
having a great visit with their son
Mike and his girlfriend, who live in
the west.
Returning from a month-long stay
in Florida is Jim Alton and Dianne
Machan. They had a great time with
John and Gail (Machan) Currie and
spent a lot of time shopping,
walking and golfing.
A great trip to Florida and the
Bahamas was enjoyed by a group of
friends. Ruth Lowe, John Lowe,
Inez McTaggart and Carol
Richardson drove to Port Canaveral
via I 95 to board the Monarch of the
Seas ocean liner of the Royal
Caribbean cruise line fleet for a five-
day, four-night Bahamas cruise.Ruth’s sister, Kathy (McTaggart)drove from her winter home inLaBelle to join them on the cruise.They had a full night and day in portat Nassau, where the group took in aspecial island tour, where theyvisited the Governor General’smansion and a five-star old-stylehotel. The hotel produces its owncigars and it was very interesting to
watch as the lead roller, who sits in
the front and sets the rolling pace for
the others to keep up with. They
visited a rum cake factory in which
the samples were well soaked. They
visited Paradise Island, the host of
the Atlantis resort and casino.
Lady luck touched a few members
of the group.
After arriving back at Port
Canaveral, Kathy loaded up the
ladies and headed for Kathy’s place.
John headed to Orlando/Kissimee
for a week’s time-share with three
fellow workers from Seaforth
Hospital. Janice Leonhardt, Judy
Lamont and Marlene DeVries
joined John for shopping fun, flea
market adventures and more. They
took a day trip to Tampa and
enjoyed the streetcar rides in the
downtown core, and a side trip to St.
Pete’s/ Clearwater and a visit with
Bob and Rene Richmond and a
number of Seaforth folks at
Pasadona Palms Park.
They also enjoyed a dolphin/
sunset cruise, an inner-city tri lake
cruise at Altamonte Springs,
learning how to play shuffleboard
and horseshoes. Mike and Nicole
Noble met up with the bunch and
they all attended a murder-mystery
dinner theatre. Mike was the lucky
sleuth.
Mike and Nicole continued on
their own vacation. They flew to
Fort Lauderdale and stayed three
nights before enjoying their three-
day/two-night cruise to the
Bahamas. They drove up to
Kissimee in a beautiful red
convertible mustang for two nights
before flying home.
DUFF’S CHURCH
Duff’s United Church Walton had
a good turnout for the third Sunday
of Lent. Announcements included
that breakfast will be held following
church this Sunday. Grocery tapes
should be turned in as soon as
possible as Marilyn McDonald has
agreed to tabulate the tapes. Zehrs
tapes and Brussels and Seaforth
Foodland tapes are being collected.
Get your ticket for the half century
of “Going Down the Aisle in Style”
from many U.C.W. members or
various businesses in Winthrop,
Walton, Seaforth and Brussels.
Those celebrating birthdays this
past week included Jinah Kugba
Nyande, Debra Fraser, Melissa
Glanville, Dean Hackwell, Ruthann
Hoegy, Andy Pethick, Nicole
Stevenson, Brian Wilbee, Matthew
Campbell, Neil McDonald, William
Ringgenberg, Jerry Zwep, Ruth
Axtmann, Christopher Cameron,
Fred McClure, Marianna Ryan,
Mary Pennington, Carali McCall
and Alex Melady. Happy birthday
all.
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010. PAGE 11. History book volunteers and
Morris-Turnberry councillors parted
amiably after the volunteers showed
up at the March 2 meeting of
council.
Responding to concerns expressed
by councillors at an earlier meeting
several volunteers from the history
book committee turned up at the
meeting.
Mayor Dorothy Kelly
immediately soothed any hurt
feelings by saying she appreciated
everything the volunteers had done
on the history book.
Other councillors agreed, but also
expressed concerns that the costs
could easily get out of hand on the
project.
Councillor Mark Beaven worried
that costs could greatly exceed what
can be recovered through the sale of
the book, leaving taxpayers to pickup a huge contribution.“All I’ve said all along is that weneed to have a plan,” he said.
Kelly said she’s had a good deal of
feedback since the comments
appeared in local newspapers with
some people saying they should be
able to buy either a volume with the
Morris history or one with the
Turnberry history or buy both, but
not be forced to buy both in a boxed
set.
But councillor Lynn Hoy said
depending on how the 1,300-page
history was divided, people might
miss out on some of their ward’s
history if they bought only one of the
books.
Co-editor Jodi Jerome agreed
there will be some sections, such as
military history, that will be in one
book or the other, but not both.
Responding to councillors
concerns at the earlier meeting that
the book was taking too long,
volunteer Shirley Garniss noted thatthe Kinloss history book took sevenyears and Culross took five years,and both of them had a lot of
volunteers involved. She noted not
enough volunteers had come
forward to help with the Morris-
Turnberry book which meant more
work had to be done by the co-
editors.
“If you’re not using volunteers, the
cost will go higher if the book takes
longer,” she said.
Volunteer Doug Garniss agreed,
saying perhaps the controversy over
the book would help bring more
people forward.
Nancy Michie, administrator
clerk-treasurer said it was hard to
come up with a hard estimate of
costs until the printing costs are
known and the requests for
proposals had been received but not
opened yet.
The history book committee is to
meet March 18 and Kelly suggested
the committee could come up with a
plan for the completion of the book
after that.
Councillor Bill Thompson restated
his support for the project. “We’ve
gone too far to stop now,” he said.
“Yes,” agreed Deputy-Mayor Jim
Nelemans, “but there has to be a
limit (to the cost).”
Morris-Turnberry, historybook volunteers meet
MEETING NOTICE
MUNICIPALITY OF
MORRIS-TURNBERRY
The upcoming Council and Committee meetings for the
Municipality of Morris-Turnberry will be held:
Tuesday March 16 at 7:30 p.m. Regular Council Meeting
Thursday March 18 at 5:30 p.m. History Book Committee Meeting
Thursday March 18 at 7:30 p.m. Budget Meeting
Tuesday April 6 at 7:30 p.m. Regular Council Meeting
Tuesday April 13 at 7:30 p.m. Emergency Planning Meeting
Tuesday April 20 at 7:30 p.m. Regular Council Meeting
By Jo-AnnMcDonaldCall 887-6570PEOPLE AROUNDWALTON By Keith RoulstonThe Citizen
Morris-Turnberry's quick
response to the year-end deficit for
the former Blyth District Fire Area
Board has meant it will be getting a
refund on some of the money it paid.
At their Feb. 2 councillors had
responded to a notification from
North Huron that the Blyth
department was in a deficit of more
than $26,000 at the end of 2009 and
there wasn’t enough money to pay
the honorariums of the firefighters.
Council immediately approved a
motion to pay its 20 per cent share
of the deficit.
But final figures provided by
Donna White, North Huron
treasurer, showed the deficit was
only $18,639, making Morris-
Turnberry’s share $3,757.62 and
councillors learned at their March 2
meeting that they’ll receive a refund.
***
Council will invite a presentation
from the Huron Shores ATV Club at
a future meeting. The club is
proposing a trail to go north into
Bruce County, starting at the
parking lot at Green’s Meat Market
at the north edge of Wingham. The
trail would be available not only to
ATV drivers but to hikers, horse
rider and bikers. The club wants to
place signs on Arthur Street, North
Street West, Holmes Line, and the
Turnberry-Culross Road.
***
Council approved a bylaw to
assume the water line in the
Humphrey Subdivision as part of the
Belgrave water system.
***
The interim farmland tax deferral
program, which allows farmers to
delay payment of taxes until the last
tax due date was extended to 2010
by council. Last year 230 farm
properties, 26 per cent of the total
farms, took advantage of the
program. It cost the municipality
about $1,000 in added financing
costs.
MUNICIPALITY
OF
MORRIS-TURNBERRY
NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS
for the
2010 Municipal Election
Notice is hereby given to the Municipal Electors of the Municipality of
Morris-Turnberry, that nomination papers for Municipal Council may
be filed until 2 pm on Friday, September 10, 2010, during normal office
hours, Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Nominations will be received for the following offices:
Mayor
3 Councillors representing the Morris Ward
3 Councillors representing the Turnberry Ward
Term of Office: December 1, 2010 to November 30, 2014
Nomination papers must be filed on the prescribed forms - in person
or by any agent (fax or email will not be accepted). Forms are
available at the Municipal office or on the municipal website
www.morris-turnberry.on.ca
A filing fee must accompany the nomination:
$200.00 for the office of Mayor
$100.00 for the office of Councillor
(payable by certified cheque, money order or cash)
Any person proposing to be a candidate may not solicit or accept
contributions or incur expenses for election purposes, until he/she has
filed a nomination paper.
Nancy Michie, Clerk
Municipality of Morris-Turnberry
41342 Morris Road
RR 4, Brussels, ON N0G 1H0
519-887-6137
Council briefs
Morris-Turnberry gets
refund on fire money
By Keith Roulston
The Citizen
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