The Citizen, 1997-07-30, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30,1997
Morris council transfers CNR land to property owner
Morris council held a public
meeting during the regular session,
July 8, to deal with a zoning
amendment for part of Lot 4, Cone.
4.
The property, belonging to John
and Barbara Kerr, was to be
rezoned from General Agriculture
(AG1) to Agricultural Small Hold
ing-Special Provisions (AG4-14).
The amendment would recognize
all structures including a detached
garage and surplus residence. The
land was severed from the sur
rounding farmland.
With no objections from council,
the gallery or the health unit, the
bylaw to approved the amendment
was passed.
A bylaw was passed to transfer
part of Lot 27, Cone. 1, CNR land,
to Bonnie Johnston. Councillor
Keith Johnston had left the cham
bers due to a pecuniary interest.
Council forwarded a proposed
amendment to the county regarding
the trees bylaw of Huron County.
The amendment read: the Huron
County trees bylaw require a $500
deposit to be paid upon receipt of a
notice of intent, which would be
withheld by the county in case
roads or roadsides are damaged
during logging operations; the
county would be required to pay
the municipality upon receipt of an
invoice for damage to the roads
pursuant to inspection by the
municipal road superintendent; that
the county levy a fine for anyone
stacking logs on township or coun
ty road allowances and that the fine
be enforced for not obeying the tree
commissioner’s order.
Council also asked the county to
reconsider the official plan draft
which states class 4-7 land be used
for residences. Morris would like it
changed to include classes 1-7.
A fire reserve fund will be estab
lished with the $3,000 returned
from the Blyth and Area Fire
Board.
Council granted an extension of
six months to Maitland Engineer
ing Services for the Lamont, Little,
McNeil and Masson drain reports.
Council accepted a tender from
Bridge Motors, Wingham for the
lease of a Ford truck. The cost will
be $357.91 per month for two
years.
A gate will be erected at
Sideroad 10-11, Cone. 1.
A bill will be forwarded to
Charles and Ca’hcrine Terpstra for
Ijv^ctnrlc dam w caused bv a dng,
listed as being owned by the Terp-
stras.
There were no objections to a
portion of Centre Sideroad to be
closed Aug. 9 for Tumberry Twp.'s
140th anniversary celebration.
Brussels Legion was given per
mission to use the landfill site, Sun
day, Aug. 3, at no charge.
A June 24 motion, regarding stu
dent wages was rescinded. Student
wages, for those under 18 years of
age, will be $6.40.
The township office will be
closed for holidays from Aug. 25-
29.
Roy Brenie was authorized to
reduce the price on the remaining
Morris Twp. 140th birthday sou
venirs.
Nov. 3-9 was declared Waste
Reduction Week by council.
Road and general accounts were
approved for payment in the
amounts of $46,604.11 and
$314,756.11.
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Fellowship
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Worship Service 9:30 a.m.
Jesus is Lord
Guests Welcome
Garland brings home silver
He brought home a silver.
Nathan Garland, RR2, Bluevalc,
and the rest of the Region 2 South-
Western Ontario boys' vollcyba'l
team captured second spot at the
Regional competition in Sudbury
this past weekend.
On Saturday the teams played
games, 10 matches to determine
standings. Garland's team at this
point was in third, he said.
The next day two straight wins
against the North Western squad
were followed by a loss and two
wins against Central East.
The medal round was against
Region 5, Central West Ontario.
They were defeated in two straight
for the silver.
Garland, 15, who is the only area
youth on the team, said he enjoyed
the experience. "The games were
good. It was a lot of fun."
He added that the three other
Region 2 teams, Juvenile Boys and
Girls and Midget Girls were all
gold medallists. The Juvenile Boys
are coached by F.E. Madill science
teacher Chris Lawson.
|The news from
ranbrook
| P. Hagedoorn, 887-6270 and M. Saxon, 887-9287J
Community
plans
yard sale
The wedding of Angie Williams
and John Ray Wiens took place at
Knox Presbyterian Church,
Cranbrook on Saturday, July 26.
The reception was held at the B. M.
& G arena in Brussels.
Congratulations to the
newlyweds.
If you wish to participate in the
Cranbrook Community Yard Sale
on Saturday, Aug. 9, call Marg
Saxon, 887-9287 or any hall board
member.
OPP reminds
residents of
dispatch number
Huron OPP detachments are
reminding residents to call the new
number at the dispatch centre in
Mount Forest for service.
Senior Constable John Marshall,
the community services officer says
the local telephone numbers at
Clinton, Exeter, Goderich, Seaforth
and Wingham are for administra
tive calls only, not for police ser
vice.
"An OPP officer can not be dis
patched from these locations. To
avoid unnecessary delays in getting
this information to a dispatcher call
1-888-310-1122."
This emergency number puts the
caller in contact with the Mount
Forest Communications Centre.
Marshall said if an immediate
response for police is necessary an
officer will be dispatched to an
accident scene, break and enter,
domestic or any other situation
where an officer is needed.
Work bee
Blyth Optimist Jim Phelan discusses some of the work at
the Blyth Creek with two workers at Saturday's Greenway
Project Fish Habitat Day.
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• sand, gravel and topsoil
• stone pile and rubble removal
• septic systems
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GRADUATION
JEANNETTE SMITH
Jeannette received her
Masters in Archeology, from
University of Cape Town,
South Africa, June 21,1997.
She is the daughter of Ross
and Esther Smith, Red Deer,
AB', and granddaughter of
the late Bill and Adeline
Smith of Brussels, Ontario
and niece of Isabell and Bob
Wheeler of Brussels and
Joan and Larry Lahn of
Hanover, Ontario.
GRADUATION
Sandra McClure, daughter
of Bill and Sharon McClure
of R.R. #1, Seaforth,
graduated from Western
Maryland College in
Westminster, Maryland on
May 16, 1997, where she
received a Master of
Science Diploma in Deaf
Education. She also
received her Bachelor of
Arts in Social Arts on May
12, 1995 at Gallaudet
University In Washington,
D.C. Sandra was a former
student at Robarts for the
Deaf in London. Sandra
has accepted a teaching
position at Robarts School
for Sept. 1997.
Congratulations and good
luck with your future
endeavors.
Love, Your family
All of us at the Turnberry
Cafe welcome you home
to Brussels
Pat Langlois, Jane Draper, Brenda Higgins & Connie Jamieson
We will be open 24 hrs. a day
Thursday, Friday & Saturday
July 31 - Aug. 2 for your convenience
Our weekend special
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