The Citizen, 2008-11-27, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2008. PAGE 7.On Nov. 27 at 7:30 p.m. theOntario Ministry Building in Clinton
will be the site of the next Better
Business seminar entitled e-
Agriculture Workshop – Agri-net or
Cyber-culture?
Are you looking to boost your
productivity and profit in your
agriculture business? These
informative and interactive business
presentations will be on
crops/livestock/business and the
internet.
Presentations of best practices for
electronic applications in agriculture
will be featured at the workshop.
This event will focus on emerging
knowledge technology and how the
agricultural industry can harness its
benefits.
Learn how to eliminate distance
and time, ask questions of experts in
agricultural technology, get tools to
help you access data and work more
precisely.
Featured speakers Todd Crowe,
project manager and Peter Gredig,
content manager ofwww.Farms.com will be addressing
such issues as smart phones, on-line
tools, and harvesting intelligence
from the web.
Greg Stewart, OMAFRA, corn
specialist will be addressing crop
issues, specific calculators, and
available resources. A banking
representative will also be
addressing such issues as safe on-
line banking and the related financial
benefits.
If interested pre-register by
sending an e-mail to
infohbc@smallbusinesshuron.ca or
by giving the Huron Business Centre
a call at 519-527-0305.
The cost is $20 per person, pay at
the door.
Pre-registration is required. This
workshop is sponsored through the
Huron Small Business Enterprise
Centre.
Spiked!
Jacob McGavin, right, was flying high on behalf of Brussels Public School last week at a
volleyball tournament that took place at F.E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham. The boys
from Brussels took on Howick Central Public School, losing by a score of 25-21. (Shawn Loughlin
photo)
Seminar focus onfarming, internet
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Deputy-mayor Jim Nelemans also
worried that inflation might make
the deposit not enough to cover the
cost of moving the home years from
now.
But councillor Lynn Hoy argued
that a mobile home often isn’t that
mobile, with some having had the
wheels removed and been mounted
on a cement foundation. Modular
homes are moved to and from the
Royal Homes display court at
Wingham regularly, he said.
Besides, he said, a modular home
would look a lot more attractive in
the neighbourhood.
But Nelemans argued that the
decision could open a loophole that
would mean more second homes on
farms.
“What’s to stop me buying 80
head of cattle and saying I need my
son on the property to help me,” he
said, “then saying there’s no money
in cattle and selling them. Then
you’ve got two houses on the
farm.”
Michie said there is one Morris
farm property that already has an
agreement that if one of the farm
homes is not needed, it will be
removed.
“If it can be lifted, I don’t see
anything different from a mobile
home,” argued Hoy.
Councillor Bill Thompson moved
a motion to allow a modular home to
be added as a second farm home as
long as it had a Canadian Standards
Association rating sticker as a
modular home and that a deposit for
removal of the home was made and
an agreement to remove the building
was registered on title.
In a recorded vote, Thompson,
Hoy and mayor Dorothy Kelly
supported the motion. It was
opposed by Nelemans and Beaven
and councillors Paul Gowing and
Edna McLellan, leading to a defeat
of the motion.
According to Michie the Magees
still have the right to ask for a
planning amendment that included a
modular home and have that
proposal circulated to their
neighbouring property owners. The
amendment would be subject to a
public meeting at the municipal level
before going to the county planning
committee.
The Magees sat quietly during the
meeting and left immediately after
the decision but delivered a letter
that was later distributed to council.
Councillor favours modular
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