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Brendon
McGavin is
national junior
plowing
champion
Susan Hundertmark
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While it was his first time in
a, national competition, Bran-
don McGavin, 17, of Walton,
became a Canadian junior.
champion last week after
competing in . the Canadian
'Plowing Championships in
Wanham, Alberta.
"It'skind of cool to be ranked
first in Canada. I didn't know
what to expect but things
were going good at practice so
I thought I might have a shot,".
said Brandon, after returning
last week.
"I got pretty nervous but I
tried to stay calm," he says.
The McGavins shipped out
Brandon's tractor and fol-
lowed with parents Brian and
Shelley travelling with Bran-
don. Grandparents Neil and
Marie McGavin along with
friends Graeme, Helen and
Michael Craig and George and
Ruth Townsend came along as
a cheering section.
"It was nice , to have some
people I knew come and
watch. It really helped me out
to know they were there," said
Brandon.
See MCGAVIN, Page 2
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Susan Hundertmark photo
Egmondville ratepayers Ruth Feeney and Hilda Bach look over a map of sanitary drain-
age catchments during a public meeting last week on alternatives for sewage treat-
ment in the village.
Four alternativespresented to
treatment
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While four sanitary sewage alterna-
tives were presented at a public meet-
ing June 15, Egmondville ratepayers
must still wait for a more detailed re-
port this fall before costs of each of the
alternatives are known.
"An environmental assessment is a
process and tonight's meeting tells you
where we are in the process," Bruce
Potter, of B.M. Ross and Associates told
Egmondville residents in attendance. ,
Although the three options presented
included replacing the failing and high
risk septic systems in the community
or doing nothinL, the most attention
was spent on the second option - choos-
ing between two kinds of gravity sew-
, ers and two kinds of alternative collec-
tion methods.
Engineer Kelly Vader said the first
option of replacin the failing septic
systems would be •-• if cult. •
"It would require quite a bit of inves-
tigation to identify all the systems• for'
replacement and to figure out which
ones are causing the problem," she
said.
"And, to do nothing, the main concern
is that it doesn't resolve the problem,"
said Vader.
Huron. East has been looking at in-
cluding Egmondville homes since 2006
when a few Egmondville residents
asked if the village could be included
in Seaforth's expansion plans for its
sewage system.
A technical steering committee, made
up of Huron East councilors and staff
along with Cathy Elliott, Mervyn Agar
and Ellen Murphy as representatives
of the public, looked at many alterna-
tives paring them down to the four op-
tions presented last week.
Vader said tratlitional gravity sew-
ers, _ the same as the ones already in
use in Seaforth, are proven technol-
ogy and require little maintenance but.
they could require deep excavations
and would beconstructed by digging
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Interim control
bylaw stops
wind project
development
until setbacks
assessed
Susan Hundertmark
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A unanimous recorded vote putting
an interim control bylaw in place
that will prevent any commercial -
scale wind energy facilities from be-
ing built on agricultural land while
a study is done assessing appropri-
ate setbacks was met with applause
from members of Huron East Against
Turbines (HEAT) at last Tuesday's
Huron East council meeting.
HEAT"s attorney Kristi Ross, along
with close to 60 HEAT members, at-
tended the meeting asking for an im-
mediate interim 'control bylaw.
"That is the only iron -clad option,"
she said. "HEAT suggests you con-
sider the issue is very important to
them. There's a real possibility tur-
bines could be built 350 metres from
their homes and stay there for the
next 20 to 50 years which could re-
sult in disastrous effects."
HEAT was formed in response to
two five -turbine wind projects being
planned for the St. Columban area
by CASA Engineering and Construc-
tion, of Toronto.
Ross said that because the Green
Energy Act is passed but not yet en-
forced, it would be dangerous for the
municipality. to choose not to act un-
til the regulations come into force.
"lb not act, 1 would argue, is not
the best solution. You could be stuck
with a development that doesn't fol-
low the new standards," she said.
She added that once "schedule K'
comes into force, there will be no
need for wind turbines to get site
plan approval from the municipality
and no need to comply with official
plans or zoning.
"A lot of your powers will be re-
moved at that point," she said.
And, when "Schedule G" is in force,
all otherEPA approvals including
air emissions, noise, waste disposal,
See HURON, Page 8