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Community News Volume 45 Issue 08
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Friday, February 24, 2012
Council supports resolution to snub McGuinty at conference by David Meyer MAPLETON TWP. - If and when Premier Dalton McGuinty speaks at the ROMA conference in Toronto Feb. 26 to 29, he might find a sparse audience in the hall. Mapleton councillors were unanimous on Feb. 14 in their support of a resolution from the Municipality of ArranElderslie to snub McGuinty in a very public way at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association event. The resolution noted the Ontario Federation of Agriculture has now asked McGuinty and the provincial government to suspend the building of industrial wind turbines. The resolution states, “Dozens of municipalities across this province have repeatedly asked for a moratorium on the construction of industrial wind turbines until questions such as health concerns for people living in proximity to the industrial wind turbines, proper setbacks of industrial wind turbines, devaluation of neighbouring properties, decimation of the rural landscape and destruction of wildlife habitats are properly studied and addressed.� Arran-Elderslie council added many of those municipalities have asked the province to hand back the planning authority for turbines, but to no avail. Another piece of hardware - Moorefield arm wrestler Tyler Robinson shows off the belt he won on Feb. 11 as overall left arm champion at the Arm Melter 13 event in Belleville. submitted photo
Robinson captures championship belt at recent arm wrestling event by Chris Daponte MOOREFIELD - Tyler Robinson continues to take the Ontario arm wrestling world by storm. The 22-year-old Moorefield resident, last year named Rookie of the Year by the Ontario Armwrestling Association (OAA), captured the overall championship belt (left arm) at the Arm Melter 13 event in Belleville on Feb. 11. Robinson defeated Nicola Gazzetto 3-0 in a best-of-five “super match� at the event, which is organized by promoter Joe Gould and billed as the Canadian Professional Championships Supermatches. “I was pretty surprised and happy,� Robinson said of his victory. He explained the Arm Melter event features super matches between opponents
who otherwise would not face one another due to different weight classifications. Friend and training partner Jeff Oosterveld, of Drayton, says the Arm Melter win could open up many opportunities for Robinson, including the chance to travel to tournaments in the U.S. and Europe. There is some money to be made in the sport, Oosterveld explained, but not so much within Ontario’s borders. He is hoping sponsors will step forward to help Robinson pay for travel expenses that could be incurred as the young competitor ascends the arm wrestling ranks. “I see the potential in him,� Oosterveld said of Robinson. “And I don’t want him being held back [by finances].� Robinson has been a fan of arm wrestling since he was
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very young - watching the 1987 Sylvester Stallone film Over the Top certainly didn’t hurt - and he has “fiddled around� with the sport for years. “I liked it ever since I was a kid. I think it’s one of the best sports out there,� he said. But he has only competed seriously for about two years, which astounds those familiar with the sport. “I’ve been in it for five years and I haven’t come anywhere close to what he’s accomplished,� Oosterveld said. “The dedication and time he’s putting into it is just incredible.� Previous titles held by Robinson in the sport include southern Ontario champion in his left arm and third for his right arm (in the 177 to 198 pounds category), as well as Continued on page 3
It noted the Ontario Auditor General has tried to explain to the government the serious errors being made under the Green Energy Act with regards to more jobs being lost than created by the wind industry, and that huge profits are being made because consumers and taxpayers are subsidizing turbine projects for large off-shore companies “while making electricity very expensive for the citizens of this province.�
dance ... shall leave the room immediately when the agenda reaches the point that the premier or his designate addresses the conference.� Arran-Elderslie advocated the move as “a show of solidarity� to demonstrate “our frustration, anger and disappointment over [the government’s] complete and total mishandling of the Green Energy Act and industrial wind turbines in particular.�
“As much as I would not appreciate someone walking out when I was speaking, he has never listened to us.� - Mapleton councillor Neil Driscoll, supporting a plan to snub Premier Dalton McGuinty at a conference next week. The resolution states there are also implications for decommissioning wind turbines in 20 years. Arran-Elderslie council resolved that it, along with all other municipalities across the province that share their concerns, request the premier invoke an immediate moratorium of one year, with yearly extensions as required on the construction of turbines in Ontario until those concerns are properly studied and addressed. The resolution added, “if the moratorium is not announced prior to the start of the [ROMA] conference, all municipal officials in atten-
Arran-Elderslie asked those supporting the motion to send it to the province, MPPs and municipalities. Often councils refuse to get involved in such exercises, but councillor Neil Driscoll said Mapleton should support this endeavour. Driscoll said of McGuinty, “As much as I would not appreciate someone walking out when I was speaking, he has never listened to us.� Councillor Mike Downy noted it was the Ministry of Environment that signed a recent NextEra Energy project approval in Mapleton. Continued on page 4
Total cost of council was $80,179 by David Meyer MAPLETON TWP. Councillors were only a few dollars apart in individual total spending in 2011. The township treasurer’s Feb. 14 report included a remuneration summary for all councillors last year. Mayor Bruce Whale, as expected, was the most costly councillor at $18,938. That includes a salary of $15,640, just over $3,000 more than councillors, who are paid $12,164. Whale also had meeting expenses of $570, charged $240 for convention and seminar costs, had registration fees of $1,067, hotel expenses of $55, mileage and parking fees of $290 and meal expenses of $1,073. The expenses of the four councillors were within a few hundred dollars of each other. Those expenses, salary, meeting per diem fees, convention and seminar fees and pay, registration, hotel costs,
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mileage and parking, and meal costs, in that order, are: - James Curry, $12,164, $920, $480, $915, $327, $329, $119, miscellaneous of $23, for a total of $15,279; - Mike Downey, $12,164, $1,010, $720, $813, $56, $356, $182, for a total of $15,303; - Neil Driscoll, $12,164, $550, $600, $843, $752, no mileage or parking charges, $199, for a total of $15,110; and - Andy Knetsch, $12,164, $410, $960, $843, $752, $315, $100, for a total of $15,547. Mapleton also has six committees whose members receive remuneration and expenses, but that bill was not very large. Nobody billed for any expenses, and the total cost of all six committees was $5,350. Further, one committee did not operate this year and its members were unpaid. Two of the three cemetery committee members, Jean Campbell and Kathryn Fowler, were paid $100 for attending
meetings, and Lorrie Spaling received zero. Two members of the committee of adjustment, Kathleen Ayres and Floyd Schieck, were paid $210 each, and two more, Carl Israel and Peg Schieck, received $140 each. The election audit committee did not operate and cost nothing in 2011. The Maryborough housing board had member Jean Campbell receive $450; Angela Claussen, $500; Kerry Doig, $550; and Sandy Vallance $600 for meetings. The parks and recreation committee has six members. Five of them - Craven, Kelly Culp, Peg Schieck, Carla Schott and Spaling - were paid $300 each, while Arthur Freeman received $150. There were four members on the property standards committee. Three of them, Ayres, Israel and Floyd Schieck were paid $210 for their attendance, and Peg Schieck received $70.
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