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Mapleton council rejects cannabis sales By Aryn Strickland

Optimists celebrate 50 years - The Optimist Club of Moorefield celebrated its 50th anniversary with a dinner at the Maryborough Community Centre on Jan. 12. Members of the club’s executive are pictured with guest speaker and master of ceremonies Mike Farwell of 570 News radio. From left: vice president Mark Grasman, lieutenant governor/treasurer Dan McIntyre, president Jeremy Culling, Farwell and director Tim Bates. More photos on page 8 Photo by Jennifer Goertzen

Pettapiece responds to OMPF funding fears By Aryn Strickland DRAYTON PerthWellington MPP Randy Pettapiece told Mapleton council it’s unlikely every municipality will get the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF)

dollars they want this year. Pettapiece attended the Jan. 8 council meeting to provide an update from the provincial government and to address councillors’ questions. “Ontario has a structural deficit,” he said.

“This means the government is currently spending $14.5 billion more a year than it receives in income. In other words, we are spending around $40 million a day more than we are taking in. “It’s a staggering amount SEE MPP » 5

DRAYTON - Mapleton councillors are unanimous in their decision to prohibit retail cannabis stores in the township. Residents filled the council chamber to capacity on Jan. 8 to witness a vote on whether to allow cannabis stores in the township. Councillor Dennis Craven, the first to comment on the matter, clarified that opting out now does not prevent the township from allowing cannabis stores at a later date. Other members of council cited frustrations with the province’s handling of the legislation and with municipalities’ lack of control over the number and location of local pot shops. Councillor Marlene Ottens thanked residents for providing feedback, noting she received 50 to 60 letters on the issue. Quoting one letter, she said, “‘We have a civic duty to help ensure that this plan is rolled out in a socially responsible manner ...’ “I feel that this thing has been thrown on us too quickly with a lot of chang-

ing regulation and I feel as a responsible civic representative that we need to do this slowly.” Councillor Paul Douglas said he “flip-flopped a few times” over the vote, but ultimately he is disappointed in the province’s approach to the legislation. He does not consider possible funding from the province as enough of an incentive to allow cannabis stores at this time. “I am kind of disappointed in the way that it was rolled out and downloaded to a municipal decision,” Douglas said. “I don’t agree with the patchwork of municipalities across Ontario, some opting in and some opting out. If we opt in now there is no turning back.” Ahead of the vote, council heard from four delegates three from Mapleton - encouraging council to opt out. Kayla Vizcaino, 19, told council she grew up in Mapleton but is currently living in Windsor receiving treatment for marijuana addiction. Her troubles, she said, began when she was in high school. Echoing some of Vizcaino’s statement, coun-

cillor Michael Martin said engagement with Mapleton youths needs to be a priority moving forward. “When I think Mapleton, I don’t think of a pioneer into the retail side of recreational marijuana…” Martin said. Mayor Gregg Davidson said, “this is something that this council has not taken lightly … it’s a tough one because there are a lot of variables going up and down.” Noting the many changes to regulations ahead of the opt-in/opt-out deadline, Davidson said the biggest issue is municipalities not having control over the location and number of outlets. “We like to have control over our retail market; we would like to have control over how close it goes to a school,” he said. “For me when they changed it from 500 meters to 150 that was not good.” Davidson added, “The roll out has been a dismal nightmare right from the federal government on down to the provincial.” Some in the audience applauded when council voted unanimously to prohibit pot stores in Mapleton.

Minto council hears from both sides on cannabis issue By Patrick Raftis

Cannabis decision looms - Minto town council received input from citizens at a Jan. 8 public meeting on the upcoming decision on allowing cannabis sales within the municipality. From left: councillors Mark MacKenzie and Geoff Gunson, deputy mayor Dave Turton, Mayor George Bridge, treasurer/acting clerk Gordon Duff and councillors Ron Elliott, Judy Dirksen and Jean Anderson. Photo by Patrick Raftis favor of retail cannabis sales in the municipality. However two local residents who spoke at the meeting, attended by about 60 people, indicated they are gathering signatures on a petition asking council to opt out. Clifford resident Peter Buhrow said he went online and voted, but noted “there are a lot of people that can’t come out to a public meeting so we have stared a petition and we will get that to you as

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soon as we can.” Don Senek, also from Clifford, said he began the petition the day prior to the meeting. “I started yesterday and I got 42 names of people that said ‘No, we don’t want this.’ And I’ll get more if I need to,” Senek stated. Among the scheduled presenters at the meeting, which also included an open mic session (all speakers were limited to five minute pre-

sentations), was Dr. Matthew Tanenbaum of WellingtonDufferin-Guelph Public Health. Public health position “At public health we recommend for the time being you opt out and evaluate how things look for other municipalities that opt in before you do so yourself,” Tanenbaum stated. Burhow said, “Health professionals and government on both levels have been try-

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HARRISTON – Minto council heard arguments both for and against allowing retail cannabis outlets in the municipality at a public meeting here on Jan. 8. Ontario municipalities have until Jan. 22 to opt out of consideration for marijuana sales outlets under provincial legislation. All municipalities must make the determination or be considered opted-in, even though the province has announced none of the initial 25 private licenses to be issued in the spring will go to communities with populations below 50,000. A decision to opt in cannot be reversed, while a decision to opt out may be reversed in the future. Minto council has indicated it will make its decision at the Jan. 22 council meeting. A survey of Minto citizens was conducted though the town’s EngageMinto online platform, with 67 per cent of the 203 respondents voting in

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ing to get people to stop smoking for 50 years, and here we are now trying to get people to smoke cannabis to add to the problems we are already facing with cancer and other ailments from this use.” Burhow added the province’s decision to place a population limit on the first round of license locations “is a good opportunity” to opt out. “This will give the small municipalities the opportunity to see what problems these cities encounter and how they go about solving the additional costs involved in policing and bylaw enforcement,” he said. Senek said the 50,000 population limit has created a lack of urgency among Minto officials about the issue. “We’re here to ask you to go on record that we don’t want pot shops here in Minto in the future, whenever it is,” he stated. Senek said legalization hasn’t taken the criminal element out of cannabis sales so far.

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“The black market is booming it hasn’t gone away because marijuana users are deterred by the higher dispensary prices once the government gets involved with the taxes and everything,” he said, adding users are “loyal to their local dealers and they’re open all 24 hours a day.” Senek said he believes cannabis sales would run counter to the town’s economic development efforts. “I think the Town of Minto has done a wonderful job of promoting itself. One of the slogans that Minto has is ‘Where your family belongs’ … and I can just see a brochure going out now … we’re going to tell people about our parks, our wonderful recreational facilities, our churches, our schools, our shopping and everything else and, oh yeah, by the way, we have marijuana pot shops now, for your convenience, where your family belongs.” Centre Wellington resident Silvana Sangiuliano SEE MINTO » 3

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Mapleton-Minto 81’s down Lucknow Lancers 6-4, address WOAA decision on non-import player status PALMERSTON – The Mapleton-Minto 81’s got back on the winning track with a 6-4 road victory over the Lucknow Lancers on Jan. 12. The win left the 81’s in sixth place following weekend action. The team has two regular season games left on the schedule, both at home. The team takes on the Tillsonburg Thunder in Palmerston at 4pm on Jan 19 and the Elora Rock at 2pm on Jan. 20. Wins in both would ensure the team a spot in the Senior AA playoff round, featuring the top eight teams in the 14-team league. The remaining six teams will play off for the WOAA

Senior A title. Prior to the Lucknow game, the 81’s addressed a league decision to take points in the standings from the team as the result of a player controversy. In statement released via twitter on Jan. 11, team officials stated, “At no time during the 2018-2019 season has the team iced a player who was not legally signed to an appropriate player card. All import and non-import player cards were authorized and approved by league officials including the player in question. “The management of the Minto 81’s would like to advise their sponsors and

fans that nothing illegal was done by the team’s executive. The WOAA league officials simply changed their opinion on a player’s non-import (status). The team added, “The WOAA has since decided to take punitive action against our team. The management of the Minto 81’s would like to formally apologize to the teams involved in the WOAA Sr. League for the effect this decision will have on league standings. “The team has been advised that we have seven days to appeal the decision of the WOAA and the team will be considering that and other options in the comings days.”

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DRAYTON - Council decided to purchase a new grader for the township costing $480,000 during a capital budget discussion on Jan. 10. The discussion between council and staff took place immediately following a public open house to present the township’s 2019 budget draft to Mapleton residents. Around 10 members of the public turned out to hear council and staff present a draft of the 2019 capital budget, with no increase in the residential tax rate and a tax levy increase of 7.8 per cent. In total Mapleton has 172 capital projects set for the

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next 10 years. However, council and staff focused their discussion on one item: whether to purchase a new grader for $480,000 in 2019. There are over 300 kilometers of gravel roads in the municipality, according to the director of public works Sam Mattina. Currently, the township has three graders in operation. One of those graders is a ’96 model the township staff anticipates will need to be replaced soon. Council was presented with three options: rent a grader for 12 months of the year from a supplier at a cost of $68,400 per year, rent two graders for peak needs two months per year at $28,800, or purchase a new grader for $480,000. During deliberation, councillor Michael Martin asked Mattina whether the weather was something council should take into consideration when making its decision. “I know we concentrate on the summer and late spring

for our gravel maintenance program but what’s the level of usage in a year like this year?” he asked. “This year has had quite a significant need for graders due to the ice impact that we’ve had,” Mattina said. Mayor Gregg Davidson clarified that in option two the rented graders would only be used for two months of the year and not in the winter, which made the option less attractive. “From my perspective, my opinion is for council to consider purchasing, because in the long term, having the asset available to us is more beneficial to us than having to rely on third parties,” said Mattina. After voting to leave $480,000 in the draft capital budget for the purchase of a new grader, the council passed a motion directing staff to proceed with tendering the various capital projects in the draft budget. Staff was also directed to prepare a bylaw to approve the 2019 budget for the Jan. 22 council meeting.

Floradale downs Drayton FLORADALE 3 DRAYTON 1 Floradale got off to a quick start in the first period with two goals by Javan Martin; assisted by Willis Martin and Gary Martin. Drayton came back in the second when Colton Hoekstra scored, assisted by Darren Mohle and Brandon Rumph. Floradale responded with a goal by Ryan Weber, assisted by Greg Martin. The win gives Floradale a four-point lead for first in the standings. COMMUNITY 6 LISTOWEL 2 Community took the lead with a second-period hat trick by Kevin Gingrich. Dustin Bults (2), Calvin Martin (2), Colin Snyder, and John Horst assisted. Listowel responded with a power play goal late in the period. Travis Kuepfer scored, assisted by Curtis Wagler and Nick Weicker. Community added three more in the third. Dustin Bults, Kevin Gingrich, and Jeff Horst scored, assisted by

Gingrich, Bults, Delmer Frey, and Ryco Martin. Listowel scored late in the period on a shot by Travis Kuepfer, assisted by Wagler and Weicker. BETHEL 5 MISSIONARY 2 Laverne Metzger opened the scoring for Bethel in the second with a slap shot into the top corner, assisted by Maynard Brubacher. Missionary scored with a wrap around by Cody Gleeson, assisted by Jamie Hoelscher and Matt Duff. Bethel took the lead in the third with three goals in just over a minute. Trevor Diefenbacher scored on a breakaway rush with Metzger and Matt Martin scoring the other two goals. Maynard Martin, Kyle Brubacher, Kyle Wideman, and Nathan Holland assisted. Missionary rebounded with a goal by Matt Duff; assisted by Dylan Bults. However, one final empty net goal by Metzger to complete his hat trick finished the win.

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Council approves new phone system with automated answering feature By Patrick Raftis MINTO – An automated answering feature will be part of a new telephone system for the town’s municipal administration centre. Council approved the installation of the new sys-

tem at its Jan. 10 meeting. “The Town of Minto municipal office has been using the same phone system for over 20 years,” noted deputy clerk Annilene McRobb in a staff report. “The system we currently have is outdated and new

items for this system are no longer available.” The report notes a twoweek tracking of phone calls during November revealed that of 440 calls tracked, 385 callers knew either the person or department they wished to speak to, while 55

callers wished to have general information. “If each call took approximately two minutes each, this is almost 15 hours of the clerk’s department’s time spent answering calls and transferring to the correct department or person,” the

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echoed some of Senek’s concerns. A great deal of time and money is being spent on economic development, beautification and revitalization of our communities only to be undone by loitering and crime which will further escalate while marijuana stores are open until 11pm, while other businesses continue to be closed,” said Sangiuliano, who noted she has collected a petition signed by over 500 Wellington County residents opposing local cannabis sales. “No consideration has been given to the most at-risk underage demographic, the 11- to 18-year-olds who will continue to be heavily targeted by the black market,” Sangiuliano stated. Pastor John Finochio of Crossroads Life Church in Harriston added, “We see a lot of young kids whose lives are impacted who are not old enough to buy alcohol or drugs but are being impacted by use all the time. “Those drugs come from somewhere and that alcohol is coming from somewhere. We know ... alcohol is coming from stores that are approved to sell it so either they’re stealing it or they’re being provided by people who are old enough to buy it.” Finochio said he was involved in regular use of drugs and sale of drugs to people his own age as a young man and eventually ended up in trouble with the law. “The majority of those kids that did drugs with me, there’s very, very few of them that are in good shape today,” he warned. Jim Potts of Minto Safe Communities pointed out Safe Communities Wellington County runs contests in all four county high schools to combat distracted and impaired driving. “We don’t want the same problem now with cannabis,” said Potts. “We’ve got a chance to opt out, stay out. Help us. We’re all volunteers trying to keep the community safe. Now the council can help work with us and opt out of it.” Minto resident Sherry Cowen suggested some concerns are based on lack of information and more public education is needed. “Opioids, that’s a crisis. Pot smoking? Not a crisis,” she stated. “Hemp is grown naturally, it’s always been here. It’s not going away. This issue is not going away. Educating our people, all our people, not just our little people, is imperative.” Ross Wilkie of Harriston declared, “I’ve never had marijuana, never taken marijuana. But now that it’s legal, we have a serious problem in town - our taxes don’t support the infrastructure we need. There will be money available if we opt in.” Wilkie pointed out one of the speakers against allow-

ing cannabis sales is from Centre Wellington, which has opted out. “If you remember a number of years ago Centre Wellington spent tens of thousands of dollars fighting a casino,” said Wilkie. “Now that they see the money that they’ve received from that casino they’re all in favour of it. So if we can get some provincial money to subsidize what we need in this community why not take it?” Karen Green of Minto said, “When we talk about the risk factors associated with smoking marijuana, I ask you to consider the risk factors associated with drinking alcohol. “We don’t have any impetus to shut down our liquor stores or our beer stores and certainly the cost to the health care system, the community, our social structures is as heavily impacted by alcohol as it ever has been by using cannabis.” Green added, “I agree that there are concerns with legalization” but, “I personally support it because I do believe the three objectives that were laid out by the federal government are important objectives. To keep it out of the hands of our children, to provide safe product to people that wish to use it and to hopefully get rid of the black market that has no qualms about selling it to our children.” Ron Faulkner, a retired OPP inspector and past Minto deputy mayor who was chief of police in the former Town of Harriston before amalga-

mation, spoke in support of allowing cannabis sales. “I had a sister who passed away and the last year of her life was quality life because of processed marijuana, hash oil. That’s the only thing that allowed her to eat, the only thing that allowed her peace of mind on her last days.” Faulkner, who conceded he had mixed feels on legalization, added, “I’ve arrested many people for the possession or trafficking of marijuana. One of the things I’ve studied and researched is the percentage of users tends not to change whether it’s legal or illegal.” He added, “The Town of Minto has ... through our economic development, through our good decisions in the past … set the bar high for other municipalities and we did that because we shaped our town. We didn’t let somebody else shape it for us and if you have an opportunity to shape your town then I would encourage you to look closely at opting in.” Faulkner noted concerns about public use of marijuana are unrelated to sales outlet locations. “Regardless of where the store is, the person that’s going to do the drugs is going to be in the park or be in the community,” he said. “It’s not relevant where he buys the product. So I encourage you to continue to have Minto as the leader. I believe Centre Wellington has opted out, I believe Mapleton has opted out. Now 50,000 population we do not have, but that’s just the first

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round. My position is shape your future, don’t let somebody else do it for you.” Mayor George Bridge invited residents to provide written submissions to the town prior to Jan. 22. “This has been a very fluid subject,” said Bridge. “Even when we were doing our last report, the 50,000 population thing came in that night of the report. It’s constantly changing. “So were going to look at all that information, gather it up and make our decision.”

report explains. The new system will be automatically answered, “To provide the best customer service to our residents as well as provide staff with the opportunity of uninterrupted

work time.” Though a live person will not be answering, the opportunity to speak to someone immediately by pushing zero will be the first message, SEE PHONE » 4

Vintage Snowmobile Show set for Jan. 27 in Howick By Bonnie Whitehead HOWICK - The 8th annual Vintage Snowmobile Show will be held on Jan. 27 at the Howick Community Centre. Snow machines from the 1960s to ‘80s will be on display at the event. Free registration begins at 9:30am. Vendors will be setting up to sell parts. Free public skating will

be held at the arena from 12:30 to 2:30pm. Hot food will be available for sale. A donation to the North Huron Food Bank is the price of admission. Contact Marion Feldskov at 519-335-3269 or feldskov@wightman.ca or Jason Benninger at 519-3570181 or jaybenn1974@hotmail.com to get involved or for more information.

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NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE MAPLETON ZONING BY-LAW AND NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION ZBA 2018-21 TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Mapleton has received a complete application to consider a proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Zoning By-law 2010-80, pursuant to Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended. PUBLIC MEETING Mapleton Council will consider this application at their meeting scheduled for:

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Mapleton Township Municipal Offices, Council Chambers, 7275 Sideroad 16 Location of the Subject Land The property subject to the proposed amendment is legally described as Part Park Lots 1 & 2, RP 60R-1662, Part 1 and RP 61R-11389, Part 1 (Moorefield), with a civic address of 8360 Concession 8. The property is approximately 0.59 ha (1.46 ac) in size and the location is shown on the map below. The Purpose and Effect of the Application The purpose and effect of the proposed amendment is to rezone the subject lands to permit a woodworking shop and temporary outdoor storage of tires (3 years). The lands are currently zoned Highway Commercial (C2) Zone with a site-specific 31.203 exception permitting C2 uses and tire storage in unlicensed trailers. The applicants are proposing to construct a 376.14 m2 (3600 ft2) storage building to replace the trailers. The lands are occupied by an office building, shop and unlicensed trailers. Additional relief may be considered at this meeting. Oral or Written Submissions Any person or public body is entitled to attend the public meeting and make written or oral submissions in support of or in opposition to the proposed zoning by-law amendment. Written comments should be submitted to the Township Clerk at the address shown below. Power of the Tribunal to Dismiss Appeals If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the Township of Mapleton to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Township of Mapleton before the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the Township of Mapleton before the by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so. Request for Notice of Decision If you wish to be notified of the decision in respect of the proposed Township of Mapleton Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to the Clerk. Additional Information For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, please contact or visit the Municipal Office at the address shown above. O. Reg. 470/09, s. 2: 179/16, s. 2 The application and any additional information is available to the public for inspection at the Township of Mapleton Municipal Office during office hours. Dated at the Township of Mapleton This 11th day of January, 2019. Barb Schellenberger, Clerk

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Pushing the envelope There is tale often told about a new premier of Ontario who, on his first day in office, finds in the desk drawer a note from the previous premier accompanied by three sealed envelopes. The note says simply, “Open one envelope each time you get in trouble.” While the rookie premier initially deems it unlikely he will ever need help from the hapless opponent he so freshly vanquished, it isn’t long before the citizenry begin to take issue with new government policy and so, he reaches into the drawer for an envelope. “Blame me” says the first missive. This seems a sage enough advice, so the new leader issues a press release blaming the previous government for spending the province into bankruptcy and pleading for patience while the new team sorts things out. This works well enough for a while, but problems resurface, as they tend to in political circles, and soon the premier finds himself raiding the envelope drawer once again. “Blame the feds,” the second letter advises. And does he ever. “The federal government has been squeezing our coffers for years with an unfair system of equalization payments and now they’re coming after us for carbon taxes,” he rails at a press conference. “It’s their fault we can’t deliver sunshine and roses.” Oddly enough, this obvious dodge works well enough for a bit, as the media and the masses ease off on the vitriol and the premier disappears into the backrooms with his buddies. Alas, the rabble rouses once again and the premier is forced back out into the open, unworried of course, because he still has an envelope left containing no doubt wisdom enough to buy some time to outlast the latest crisis. He opens the final letter but discovers to his chagrin it contains only the directions, “Prepare three envelopes.” That the proceeding joke is an old one underlines its very point - these same tried and true tactics have been staples of Ontario politics since at least the Bill Davis era and likely long before that. Still, it’s been less than six months in office for the current wrecking crew and we’ve already seen the excuses in envelopes one and two burned repeatedly and we haven’t even seen a budget yet. Add to that a series of legal challenges over everything from the government’s rollback of the 2015 health education curriculum to the premier’s choice of OPP commissioner, a series of sexual misconduct scandals before the government was a month old and no sign yet of being able to deliver on the improbable promise of $6 billion in cutbacks without a single layoff, and it becomes hard to imagine this circus running for another three-and-half years. The envelope please.

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Darren’s Day a tribute to devoted dad Family Day events will be held in Palmerston PALMERSTON - A celebration of family and community will be held here in honour of Darren More on Family Day. “Family, community and giving back were fundamental elements of Darren More’s life,” states a press release from organizers. The Palmerston man, who was killed July 11, 2018 as a result of a motor vehicle collision with a stolen vehicle operated by a man charged with impaired driving, was a husband, father, son, brother and friend. “This loss has been profoundly felt by those who knew him,” the release states. More was active in minor sports, community events

and family initiatives. In the spirit of giving back to the community and helping to fill the footprint he left, Crime DARREN MORE Stoppers G u e l p h Wellington (CSGW), Minto Fire Service, the Palmerston Marlins Ball Club and Palmerston Lions Club have joined More’s family to host Darren’s Day at the Palmerston Community Complex on Family Day, Feb. 18. Starting with a Firefighters’ Breakfast in the community hall at 8am, events continue outside

throughout the day until 2pm. Activities include Winter Festival events from CSGW, a lunch booth by Palmerston Lions and a noon highlight: the “Tug A Truck” competition between Wellington County OPP officers and Minto Firefighters. “Come see who can pull a fire truck the farthest and fastest,” organizers urge. The Palmerston Marlins organization will host a SnoPitch Tournament, combining the love of softball with the challenge of winter conditions. A number of additional events are being finalized and updates can be found at www.csgw.tips – Darren’s Day. “Darren’s Day isn’t

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just for the residents of Palmerston,” stated CSGW program coordinator Sarah Bowers-Peter. “Because we know Darren has family in Wellington North, Mapleton and Minto. We want everyone and anyone who wants to celebrate family and community to come out and enjoy these events, and remember a very special husband and father.” Admission is by donation, except for the food services, which will have separate pricing. All funds raised through Darren’s Day will go to community improvement initiatives, minor sports and Crime Stoppers Guelph Wellington.

Phone system approved in Minto » FROM PAGE 3

McRobb points out. An opportunity for afterhours emergency transfer to on-call phones will also be provided. The system also provides email notification to staff, allowing them to receive their messages even if not in the building. ”Of course our main concern is having the best service that we can for our residents, but balancing it out with staff having time to be able do the work that they have been assigned to do,” McRobb told council. While acknowledging the opportunity to take advantage of improved technology, councillor Mark MacKenzie said he likes the current live answer system. “I have never phoned into a place that’s better than this,” said MacKenzie. “You get a live person. You get to the person you want to talk to or the person answering the phone or answering your question in short order. I know technology’s moved on. I like to speak to a live person, rather than a tape, so we’ll see how the public responds to this.” Deputy Mayor Dave Turton asked how many municipalities “are still live answering their phones?” “I know most of the ones I call are not live answering,” said McRobb. “Some people can also get frustrated when they get a live person when they know who they want to speak to.” “I’m just wondering if we’ve had any thought for rotary dial phones?” asked councillor Judy Dirksen. “I’m assuming there are still some rotary phones out there.” McRobb explained that while rotary phone users would have to listen to the entire message, “the message will be fairly short and family simple.” Council authorized staff to purchase the system from Wightman Telecom at a cost of $10,507. Treasurer/acting clerk Gordon Duff pointed out that when the town looked into a new phone system a few years back, costs came in at over $18,000. “So they’ve come down quite a bit,” he noted.

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Andersons’ Community Christmas provided food, fellowship to hundreds on Dec. 25 By Patrick Raftis MINTO – The third annual Andersons’ Community Christmas provided a holiday meal and social time for about 240 diners at the community centre in Palmerston on Christmas Day. “It was a phenomenal success again,” councillor Jean Anderson reported at the

Jan. 8 Minto council meeting. “It was really good. We enjoyed it. JEAN It was great ANDERSON fun.” Anderson, who organizes the Dec. 25 gathering with her husband Dave Anderson, Ward

1 Wellington County councillor, said in addition to the meals served at the hall about 85 meals were delivered to people who couldn’t attend for various reasons. While the event is primarily about getting together for Christmas fellowship, Anderson said this year they also delivered turkeys and vegetables to eight families

“that just needed help having meals.” “It’s a little disturbing that there’s people that need food,” she said. “The majority of the people who have come the past couple of years, they didn’t need the food. We just wanted to get them out of the homes.” However, Anderson said,

through connections with a Norwell District Secondary School group which also hosted a community Christmas dinner in December, they learned “there are kids who don’t have enough food, which is how we came about taking those hampers out. “That’s a bit disturbing in our community to find, and I think we don’t know a lot

about it,” she commented. Anderson said roughly $3,500 in donations received at the dinner will be shared with local food banks and school breakfast programs each getting $700 contributions. “Clearly the need is there to provide food for those who don’t have enough in our community,” she said.

MPP tells council OMPF funding ‘maybe not be what you hoped’ » FROM PAGE 1

of money. “As a result, Ontario now has the whopping debt of $347 billion. Interest on this debt now amounts to $12 and a half million per year and it is the fourth largest line item we’ve got in our budget after health care, education and social services.” Pettapiece said the government is looking for ways to spend smarter and reinvent service delivery. It is looking for public input into these areas. Following Pettapiece’s address, Mayor Gregg Davidson jumped in with a question about OMPF funding. In a letter to municipal councils the government announced OMPF grants, which provide a significant portion of municipal revenue, are under review. “… I do implore you sir to bring back to the government that that would really hurt municipalities like ours if we

lost that funding,” Davidson said. “I know that there is a challenge but we have challenges here as well.” While Pettapiece said it was unlikely Mapleton would lose the funding altogether, he said, “it may not be what you hoped it would be.” The OMPF review is tied to the provincial government’s budget discussions. The budget, Pettapiece said, will be released in the spring. ‘Rock and a hard place’ “We are between a rock and a hard place here in some of these instances … I will do my best to convey your wishes to the minister of finance; certainly your input is going to be very important as consultations continue to move forward,” the MPP said. Councillor Dennis Craven asked Pettapiece whether the provincial government has had any further discussions about the farm tax rebate. Pettapiece stated financial consultations haven’t started

yet, though the Minister of Finance Vic Fedeli is aware it’s an ongoing concern. Councillor Marlene Ottens told the MPP she wants the government to “undo the whole idea of funding and go back to how it used to be 20 years ago.” Back then, farmers would pay 100 per cent of their property tax to the municipality and then be reimbursed 75% from the province. When the policy was changed 20 years ago, farmers paid 25% to the municipality and part of the OMPF funding was meant to make up for the other 75%. “I would like to see it go back to how it was 20 years ago so that all Ontarians including urban people are also subsidizing the farmers … rather than just having municipalities like Mapleton paying so much in property taxes to subsidize the farmers in their own municipality,” Ottens said. Pettapiece replied the

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“It’s going to get brighter in the future,” he said. Davidson told Pettapiece the 75% rebate “equates to

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By Rev. Calvin Brown

Jesus often gets a raw deal Sometimes when I’m speaking to someone about Jesus and the Jesus way people respond by saying: they’ve met too many hypocritical Christians in the church and so they can’t believe it’s true. While it is true that there are many examples of good Christians who do many generous and good things there are some who use religion or claim to be Christian but don’t act the part. This should not surprise us however. When we assess something it should be according to the claims made regarding it not some arbi-

trary standard we set up ourselves. It is hardly fair to judge someone for claims they never made in the first place. On the other hand it is totally legitimate to judge according to claims that have been made. The bible claims that Jesus was without sin but it never claims his followers would be. That doesn’t mean his followers aren’t instructed to be just and merciful and humble as Micah 6 reminds us: “God has showed you O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.” As one bumper sticker pleaded, “I’m not perfect – just forgiven.”

Another one reminds the tailgater “Please be patient, God isn’t finished with me yet!” Paul in the bible explains that Christians are called to an important work of sharing the story of Jesus but they aren’t perfect and shouldn’t pretend to be. Even in imperfection we shouldn’t be discouraged. 2 Corinthians 4:1 says “Since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Rather we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor so we distort the word of God.” So while Christians try to maintain integrity they focus on Jesus and point only to Jesus as the way, the truth and the life. They do

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not claim any superiority for themselves but point to Jesus. In v 5 Paul says “For we preach not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.” He goes on to acknowledge “We have this treasure (knowledge of God’s kingdom) in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” What is surprising isn’t that some Christians fail at times, but that God is willing

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Mapleton has received a complete application to consider a proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Zoning By-law 2010-80, pursuant to Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended. PUBLIC MEETING Mapleton Council will consider this application at their meeting scheduled for:

Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 6:00 pm

Mapleton Township Municipal Offices, Council Chambers, 7275 Sideroad 16 Location of the Subject Land The property subject to the proposed amendment is legally described as Part Lots 17 & 18, Concession 10, Plan 61R-20187, Part of Part 1, and has frontage on Bedell Drive, Drayton. The property is approximately 15.9 ha (39.2 ac) in size and the location is shown on the map below. The Purpose and Effect of the Application The purpose and effect of the proposed amendment is to rezone the subject lands from Future Development (FD) and Open Space (OS2) to Open Space (OS1) Exemption to facilitate an “agri-hood” recreational and “agri-tourism” use including but not limited to, a community gardens & market, restaurant, brewery, golf academy, recreational trails and meeting rooms. Additional relief may be considered at this meeting. Oral or Written Submissions Any person or public body is entitled to attend the public meeting and make written or oral submissions in support of or in opposition to the proposed zoning by-law amendment. Written comments should be submitted to the Township Clerk at the address shown below. Power of the Tribunal to Dismiss Appeals If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the Township of Mapleton to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Township of Mapleton before the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the Township of Mapleton before the by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so. Request for Notice of Decision If you wish to be notified of the decision in respect of the proposed Township of Mapleton Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to the Clerk. Additional Information For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, please contact or visit the Municipal Office at the address shown above. O. Reg. 470/09, s. 2: 179/16, s. 2 The application and any additional information is available to the public for inspection at the Township of Mapleton Municipal Office during office hours. Dated at the Township of Mapleton This 11th day of January 2019. Barb Schellenberger, Clerk

companionship entered into has some idea of the kingdom. It is a goal worth seeking. It is an aim worth walking toward. But the only way to it is to look to Jesus as the perfect example of the one who authored it. Christians can give hints of it but they will fail always to live the perfection it promises. Do not judge the worth of the kingdom by them but judge it by the perfection and wisdom, example and true words of Jesus.

Town appoints councillors to committees MINTO - Minto council passed a bylaw on Jan. 8 appointing members to various committees. Mayor George Bridge is an ex-officio member on all committees; he chairs the town’s committee of adjustment, and represents the town as a director for Westario Power, the Minto Municipal Service Corporation and LaunchIt Minto. Deputy mayor Dave

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to offer forgiveness and use them as agents of his kingdom. The kingdom Jesus invites us into is a glorious kingdom of truth, generosity, and friendship. It is a place ruled by peace, steadfastness and joy. It is a place believers try to imitate and encourage even now and even in their current failed efforts there is a glimpse of what it will look like. Anyone who has known joy that doesn’t disappoint, or goodness uncorrupted or

Turton will chair the finance and personnel committee, Palmerston Railway Heritage Museum committee and serve as the town’s representative to the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority and the local Health Professional Recruitment Committee. Councillor Jean Anderson will chair the fire and emergency measures committee and serve on the cultural roundtable, economic

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Gary and I have not yet encountered evening grosbeaks at our farm in Mapleton. However last November I learned that two nearby friends have seen them in their yards. So now my hopes are high that some day we will have that pleasure. Evening grosbeaks are beautiful, tropical-looking birds. They are stocky northern finches. Status: in Mapleton and Minto Townships they seem to be irregular, winter migrants or visitors. You may spot them from October to May. Since feeding birds is becoming increasingly popular evening grosbeaks have extended their range northward. Size: 8”/22cm or starling sized. ID: bill is massive and powerful for cracking seeds, conical and whitish or pale green. Males have bright gold bellies, back and eyebrow; black crown, wings and tail; with white wing tips. Females are similar with silvery, muted colours. Habitat: coniferous/spruce in winter. In spring they move to the northern and western parts of Ontario to the Manitoba border. That would be from Lake Huron, moving up north through the boreal forest, stopping south of the Hudson Bay Lowlands. Last October I was thrilled to see a bald eagle, and again in November. Adult bald eagles are very easy to identify because of their large size, 30-43”, their dark body and highly visible white head. Less observable is their yellow bill. Both times the bird was perched in a tree. In contrast, first year immature birds have a dark bill, body and head. Their underside colouring is whitish, making ID easier from the ground. For the next three years immature birds’ colouring changes. Resources: Birds of Ontario, Golden and Peterson Bird Guides. Until next month, Susan Warren

development and planning, Jamesway Manor and Minto Farmers Market committees, as well as the EarlyON Advisory Group. Councillor Judy Dirksen will chair the public works committee and serve on the Drinking Water Quality Management Standards (DWQMS) team, economic development and planning committee and represent the town on the North Wellington Health Care board, Trees for Minto committee, agricultural incubator committee and Wellington Farm and Home Safety Association. Councillor Ron Elliott will chair the recreation advisory committee and serve on the economic development and planning committee, parks and recreation advisory committee, Norgan Theatre board and Palmerston revitalization committee. Councillor Geoff Gunson will serve on the recreation advisory committee and Harriston revitalization committee. Councillor Mark McKenzie will serve on the cultural roundtable, Minto Trails, property standards, Clifford Revitalization and Trees for Minto committees. Appointments were set to coincide with entire council term, with a review in 2020. Mayor George Bridge noted councillors are welcome to attend meetings of committees of which they are not members, but won’t be paid for attendance. “You won’t have a vote on those committees but you can certainly go to them,” he explained.

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