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Clinton News-Record, 1986-09-06, Page 1mansimissaiglin Clinton News -Record INCORPORATING -THE BLYTH STANDARD -THE BAYFIELD BUGLE NO. 36 121 YEARS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1986 50,CENTS Fun was the name of the game when more than 25 teams took part in the Blyth Festival second annual car rainy on August 30. Among the competitors was this group of western gals (left to right) Linda and Evelyn Hakkers, both otr Goderich, Helen Lapp of Auburn and Joan Caldwell of Blyth. (Shelley McPhee -Mist photo) Walsh trial continues in Wingham WINGHAM - Larry Walsh of Blyth made a brief appearance in provincial court here on August 27 before Judge Carter. His case has been remanded until September 24. Mr. Walsh, former clerk -treasurer for the Village of Blyth, has been charged with theft and fraud from the municipality, amounting to $94,905.27. He diverted village funds to himself between January, 1980 and May, 1986. Charges were laid in June after ir- regularities were found in the village's financial reports by a Clinton auditing firtn. hayfield secondary plan is under discussion • • By David I;mslle BAYFIELD - "A lot of people are deeply committed to Bayfield, there is a quality, a way of living; we would like to maintain the true essence of life in Bayfield," Gary Hulley, a Bayfield citizen said in commen- ting on a proposed secondary plan for the village. Mr. Hulley, and approximately 150 other concerned Bayfield residents attended a meeting on August 27 to discuss the draft plan. Bayfield Reeve Dave Johnston chaired the meeting and explained at the beginning. that the meeting was held to receive input and comment from the citizens. "It is for listening to and recording your comments," he said. Once Mr. Johnston . had finished his in- troduction to the meeting, he, gave the floor over ttapindy Fisher of the County of Huron Planning Department. She began by again stressing that the meeting, called under the planning act, was called to illicit comment, and no decision would be made on that evening. She explain- ed that the first plan was written in 1973, and zoning bylaw in 1969. "This plan is a planning document, it is what the municipality would like to see," Miss Fisher said. "The zoning bylaw im- plements the plan." She added the zoning bylaw would probably be written in the next two years. An OPP investigation ensued and charges were laid. Mr. Walsh has since resigned his 13 year position as village clerk -treasurer. .He made hi -s first appearance in court in Wingham on June 25. Secondary plan is only a draft but meeting is for input Following her assertion that the plan under discussion was only a draft, and would replace the existing plan once it was passed, she began to explain the draft. The first area of the plan discussed was land use. "Residential is the majority of the land use," Miss Fisher said. "The village has made the decision that the only suitable accommodation is low density residential. At the moment- the village has taken the stance that they would like to get response for having only low density residential." She explained that while mobile homes are not permitted, prefab homes are. Nurs- ing homes, senior citizen homes and bed and breakfast dwellings are also allowed. "This doesn't mean a nursing home will just go up beside you, it would have to be rezoned," she noted. According to Miss Fisher, in the area of coinmercial-land use there are two designa- tions, core commercial and highway com- mercial. Core commercial would include the area on Main Street and around Clan Gregor Square, while highway commercial is the area on Highway 21 and Highway 21 south. Community facilities were next discussed by Miss Fisher. "Churches, schools and recreation centres are all community facilities. They do not have to be public buildings, they could be a fraternal lodge such as the Masonic Lodge." She explained that the areas proposed to be put under this listing in Bayfield would include the arena, the church on Main Street and the former school. Included in the next designation of parks and open spaces would be Clan Gregor Square, Pioneer Park and the Mara Street Footpath. "Paul Bunyan Park and Harbour Lights will be designated recreation," Miss Fisher said of the next area. She felt that the waterfront land use designation would be a good one. "I think it is an improvement on the old plan." Under this designation would be specific areas for the harbour, natural environment and open water enviroment. She explained that one rule under this designation is, "natural enviroment does not permit struc- tures, what buildings that are there will be recognized." Miss Fisher noted that a designation was put in for community improvement because at the moment Bayfield has no improve- ment policies, and if they are not included in the plan, no government grants can be , given. Community design, she exlained, is how the village should appear to look to be in it's best form. She didn't delve too deeply into the next three designation except to say that heritage will not change very much, and property standards are there to create pro- . perty standards. She also touched briefly on energy conservation. "Municipal services discusses existing services in the village and what the needs appear to be, Miss Fisher said. These needs would include storm drains and waste disposal. Finally, she discussed land division and implementation and interpretation of the plan before asking for the public's opinions and questions of the plan. Under the heading of implementation and interpretation she gave the example of a site plan. "This is another new thing in the government, you can't have site plan con- trol unless it is in the plan," she said. One of the first questions raised came about from the natural environment section of waterfront land use. The plan states that tree cutting will be strictly prohibited and enforced so the natural environment is not degraded and the banks are not destabilized and exposed to increased erosion. "How about people on the lake front who want to trim their trees to see the lake, and would they be able to replace or move their steps going down to the lake?" Linda Talbot asked. Miss Fisher said that the steps and retain- ing walls would be allowed to be moved as long as it would not add to erosion. "For tree cutting, we will have to look into it and put in some sort of policy for selective cutting, the Ministry of Natural Resources would have to be involved." The development of the river area east of Highway 21 was left as questionable prior to the meeting to illicit response from the residents. One such response came . from Harold Seaman, president and representative for the Bayfield Rate Payers. "We sent you a letter and we have 188 depositions. We as citizens. and rate payers of Bayfield feel all lands east of Highway 21 should be declared natural environment," he said. The 188 depositions represent approximately 360 people in the village. 'Irish' Ferguson didn't quite agree with Mr. Seaman. "I think the owners should have something to say about what is done. You .. shoujdn'l tie up the land so all they can do is grow trees on it," he said. Jack Davis, present at the meeting as a representative of landholders Dr. Walker, Dr. Sales and Dick Peever, agreed with Mr. Ferguson's views. "We came with the view of an open mind to see what the people think. We have heard from owners who want other than natural resources; to designate the land as this by a 188 name deposition would be a restriction in my belief, it would be un- warranted," Mr. Davis said. "I hope this does not turn into a numbers game with 188 people dictating what is good planning," Mr. Davis' Comments were answered by a Turn to page 3 • DANNY DAL7ELL Sixty per cent look DARYL BOTFEMA By David Emslie CLINTON - It's that time of year, when parents breath a sigh of relief, and the children are once again in the teacher's hands for the next 10 months. Although many parents may be relieved to have the kids going back to school, this view isn't shared by all of the students. The Clinton News -Record polled 10 children in the Playground program this year to get their views on returning to school. The final outcome showed 60 per cent of the students are lookifig forward to returning, while the other 40 per cent are dead set against it. Danny Dalzell will be entering kindergarten at Holmesville Public School, and he is really looking forward to school. "I think school is really nice," the five- year-old gave as his reason for wanting to go to school. He said he is looking forward to, "playing, doing school homework and playing." An affirmative nod was five-year-old Daryl Bottema's reply when asked if he wanted to return to school. Daryl, whe will be entering Grade 1 at Huron Centennial School said he wanted to return because he liked it last year. "1 like gym because you get more. exercise, he • said. Over the summer his favorite past time was swimming, and after a little considera- tion he added Playground to this list. To prepare for the upcoming school year Daryl has bought two books, glue, staples, a stapler and a pencil case. The first child the News -Record en- countered who did not want to go back to school was 10 -year-old Kevin Meade. "I don't like school," Kevin said, listing work as the thing he dislikes. However, he does enjoy math while in school: "I just like it," he said. He also did some shopping to prepare for entering Grade 5, buying shirts, t -shirts and pants. Baseball was the thing Kevin enjoyed most about the summer, but he added, "Playground's fun." Ten -year-old Dave Nahrgang, who will be entering Grade 6 at Clinton Public School was another student not looking forward to school. When asked if he wanted to return to school he replied, "Nope, I just don't like it." He said the thing he disliked about school was, "the teachers mostly. The high. point of his summer was going fishingwith his grandfather. , Carrie Hoy, 5, held a different opinion then thetv o . revious boys, as she wants to KEVIN MEADE DAVE NAHRGANG CARRIE ROY orward to school year go to mde, earten at Clinton Public. Sh said she wants to go to school because, "the I can learn, I Can learn to sing." Play- ing th the other kids was another reason she g ve for looking forward to school. In reparation for the coming school year, Carri said, "I got pencils and a pad to write in wh n I'm learning." He favorite activities over the summer were laying in her sandbox, getting treats when she was good and helping her grand - moth r freeze corn. Car ie had an amusing experience with Playground while trying to cross a log at the Bannockburn Conservation Area. "I fell in the mild, it was on my shoes, my socks and my sWeater. It was in my mouth," Carrie said. ' Chad Chipchase will be attending Clinton Public for the first time this year, after spending Grade 1 at another'lchool. He wants to go to school because he likes, "playing and going in the gym and stuff." Beading is Chad's favorite subject for school. Chad said he had a good summer playing with his friends, and listed the high points as going to Canada's Wonderland'and playing baseball" with the Little-Snokies. "I'm looking forward to the new school," Chad said. Six-year-old Ericka Burns is another stu- dent looking forward to the coming school year. Entering Grade 1 at Clinton Public this year, Ericka said she like school because she likes working. Although she also fell into the mud during the Bannockburn trip, she insisted she liked summer because, "I get to go to Playground, and I like going on trips." "No, not really, there is too much work," Joey MacDonald replied when asked if he wanted to return to Clinton Public for Grade 3. However, there are some things he does like about school. "I -like recesses, playing four-square, and I like lunch," he said. He was anticipating going shopping fol' clothes, pencils, books, and binders for the upcoming year. Playground was Joey's favorite part of the summer because he got to go to Wonderland, where he loved the Mind Buster. He also liked the movies he got to see with Playground. Since the summer is getting boring, Ben Lobb won't mind returning to Clinton Public for Grade 5. Ten -year-old Hen said his favorite subjects at school were, "math and social studies, because they're fun to do." He had a good summer, and attibuted much of it' sue ess to his travellnt to California. "Universal Studios was the best, we got to take a tram tour around the studios," Ben said. Hockey school was another past time he enjoyed. Hadi Feltham was the last student polled, and also the final child who did not want to return to school. He said he did not want to go into Grade 5 at Holmesville because, "I like summer. You can do stuff in the summer that you can't do at school because you have to study for the tests." He conceded that school won't be too bad because he will get to see his friends every day. His favorite subjects are math and spell- ing because, "I have to work on them the Most." Ten -year-old Hadi enjoyed the summer weekends, and travelling to Canada's Wonderland with Playground. He had never been there before, and the Mind Buster was also his favorite ride. There the expert's opinions stand, and whether they are looking forward to it or not, come September 2, it is time to start out nother school ear.