Clinton News Record, 2016-07-06, Page 66 News Record • Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Clinton Lawn Bowling results
for June 27 and June 30
June 27th
Ladies
First - Rebecca Whitehead
Second - Isabel MacDonald
Third - Joan Beierling
Men
First - Doug Mair
Second - Sam Bradica
Third - Lyle Stubbs
June 30th
Ladies
First - Cheryl Trewartha
Second - Trudy Hill and Isa-
bel Mack
Men
First - Allan Lavis
Second - Paul Whitehead
and Eric Wheeler
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Get to know your local town councillor
Justine Alkema
Clinton News Record
This eight-week column fea-
tures a different Central Huron
councillor each week. This
week's interview was with
Councillor Alex Westerhout.
Where did you grow up? When
and why did you move to Huron
County?
I was born in the Clinton
Public Hospital, so I haven't
moved too far. I've always lived
here except for four years when
I went to the University of
Guelph. I was raised on a farm
and haven't moved more than
half a kilometer away.
When and how did your interest
in municipal politics originate?
I'd have to give my father the
blame or the credit for that. He
was always very interested in
politics, mostly federal and pro-
vincial. We always talked about
politics, and he always insisted
that we vote. He said it was our
responsibility, and he always
said if you don't vote, you can't
complain. So that was always
my philosophy. I thought I had
something to offer, so I thought
rather than complain, I'll run
for office. So that was six years
ago I ran for council. I'm in my
second term. I thought I could
make a difference, though it's
been hard, since the province
keeps downloading responsi-
bilities without much cash to go
with it.
What's your favourite thing
about the position?
First I just like going to meet-
ings and listening to different
viewpoints and discussions on
issues and then coming to a
decision. There are some inter-
esting viewpoints out there. I
also meet a lot of different peo-
ple I wouldn't have met if I
weren't a councillor, and I find
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105 Ontario Street
519-482-9553
www.clintonunited.ca
Ministry Team
Word and Sacrament: Rev. Randy Covey MDiv
Children and Youth: Kathy Douglas DM
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JULY 10
10:30 am Worship
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243 Princess St. E. Clinton
519-482-5264
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Sunday, July 10, 2016
Morning Service- 10am
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First Baptist Church
85 Huron St., Clinton 482-3598
SUNDAY JULY 10, 2016
MORNING SERVICE 10:30 AM
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Sunday Evening Worship 7:00 PM
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HEARTLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH
52 Victoria St., Clinton - 519-606-1015
www.heartlandclinton.ca
Pastor Charles Gingerich
Sunday Morning Worship
10:30 a.m.
Prayer & Share
7:00 p.m.
Expect a welcome and a blessing!
St. Paul's Anglican Church
A Congregation of the Parish of The Holy Spirit
49 Ontario St., Clinton
Rev. Shaun Eaton — Deacon -in -Charge
Organist & Choir Master:
Dana Prouse
Sunday July 10
Worship at 11:15 am
Everyone Welcome
that really rewarding. I also like
listening to local rate payers to
hopefully make a different or
not. We try to make things hap-
pen, whereas the higher you go
up in government you get fur-
ther and further from the deci-
sion makers. Even if the
response is "no'; we try to
quickly respond to the rate
payers.
What's the most challenging
thing about the position?
One is lack of public partici-
pation. I realize council can be
kind of boring if you don't have
all the info in front of you and
aren't the one making deci-
sions. [It's hard when] there are
various open houses, strategic
planning meetings, budget
meetings and regular meetings
that we don't have people come
to. Generally we only see peo-
ple if they have a beef or if they
want something. A little more
people out would be great
though that's the way it is; we're
all busy.
Also sometimes what
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Central Huron Councillor Alex
Westerhout.
appears to be an easy fix takes a
lot longer than you think it
should. Sometimes issues take
a lot longer to resolve than I
would like to see them resolved.
Often questions come out that
you don't have answers to, and
that slows a decision down. I'm
used to making decisions here
on the farm, and you make it
and you go. But it's different at
this layer of government, and
the higher up you go the longer
it takes to reach any kind of
decision and make it happen.
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Ty Haste
Emma Brace
Hanna Duizer
Cody Kumm/Graveson
Emerson Rook
Ryan Gibson
Callum Dykstra
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