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Skating carnival - The Drayton and District Skating Club’s Night At The Museum carnival showcased local figure skater talent from beginner to senior skaters during two performances on March 2 at the PMD arena. From left: Dajung Yoon, 16, Sarah McIntyre, 18 and Sierra Martin, 17, skate a senior set together. Additional photos on page 8. Photo by Aryn Strickland
Move to ‘diversion centre’ model for waste facilities planned Minimum cost at transfer stations under consideration GUELPH – Wellington County is planning to transition its waste facilities into “diversion centres,� in an effort to extend the life of its current landfill site at Riverstown in Wellington North. On Feb. 28 county council approved a solid waste committee recommendation to begin the transition to a diversion centre model. Council also directed staff to further investigate the best future use of the county’s transfer stations, as part of an overall solid waste services strategy. The recommendation to move to a diversion model was based on a report to the committee by solid waste services manager Das Soligo. The report states the model is the most efficient potential use of the county’s waste facility infrastructure at this time. “This approach provides opportunities to increase diversion from landfill which will extend the operating life of the Riverstown landfill
site, while also allowing for future assessments of the optimal number and location of waste facilities in the county,� Soligo states in the report. The report indicates a provincial document (Strategy for a Waste-Free Ontario: Building the Circular Economy) indicates future “producer responsibility programs� will mandate producers deal with waste from materials like small appliances, electrical tools, batteries, fluorescent bulbs and tubes, mattresses, carpets, clothing and textiles, furniture and other bulky items. “There are often financial incentives for organizations to collect and manage these obligated materials,� Soligo pointed out. “The diversion centre model allows for the ability to separate additional materials from the waste stream, divert them from landfill, and potentially receive funding for doing so.� While endorsing the diversion centre concept, county councillors questioned some of the elements of the tran-
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sition plan, including a proposed $5 minimum fee for waste taken directly to transfer stations. Soligo explained the minimum was designed to encourage people to use curbside pickup, which results in waste going directly to landfill at Riverstown, rather than filling up transfer stations. That space, he said, would allow transfer stations to be used for storage and sorting of new materials which could potentially be diverted or recycled. “In order to free up capacity to manage new materials, there has to be less household materials coming into the site,â€? Soligo pointed out. Councillor Gre gg Davidson, chair of the solid waste services committee, stressed the $5 minimum fee is important, as the introduction of county-wide curbside pickup in 2016 has not been as effective as anticipated at curbing use of transfer stations. “Although there was a slight reduction ‌ it was not as significant as expected,â€? Davidson explained.
“However, we still need to press forward and there are redundancies within our current system as well as a desire to reduce new materials, such as leaves, yard waste and shingles, from our landfill.â€? Davidson noted the extension of capacity at the Riverstown site means cost savings for the county. “It is estimated that by reducing just leaves and yard waste, we can add two extra years to our landfill capacity and that’s significant,â€? he said. “For each year we add to landfill capacity we should also see financial savings anywhere from $300,000 to $1 million per year.â€? Some members of council were unclear how the minimum would work and how it would factor in such elements as county issued userpay garbage bags, or if the minimum would replace the per-bag fee at the site. “If I show up with 25 bags am I still going to pay only five bucks?â€? wondered councillor Chris White. Councillor Diane SEE WASTE Âť 3
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“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.� - John F. Kennedy
DRAYTON - Current yearto-date fees collected by the Mapleton building department are at a three-year high, according to a recent report presented to council on Feb. 20. According to the report, prepared by chief building official Patty Wright, “the three-year average of fees collected by the building department for the month of January is $14,491‌â€? The total fees collected for January 2019 is $23,624, a 63% increase over the three-year average. The total number of permits issued to date is 22. In January of 2018 the township had issued nine permits and 14 in January 2017. For the full year, the building department issued 373 building permits in 2018. The department reported actual revenue earned for 2018 was $575,683, about $188,179 more than the initially anticipated revenue of $387,504. “It’s nice to see that our building department was also very busy in 2018,â€? said Mayor Gregg Davidson. “Exceeding growth expec-
tations is a positive sign for our community and I anticipate 2019 will continue to build upon this foundation.� According to the report, the majority of the 2018 permits issued were agricultural at 31.1%. The next largest permit numbers were for residential accessory (decks) at 19% and new residences and renovations at 18%. Both councillor Michael Martin and Davidson congratulated Wright and the department for the reported response times to requests. On average, when the maximum legislated response time was 10 days, the Mapleton building department reported taking 4.4 days. “Those response times are phenomenal across the various categories and I know that that is something the people applying for permits with their applications find very important, so your turnaround on that is very impressive. So very well done,� said Martin “And I second that and from council thank the whole department; that’s amazing to see that kind of response time,� said Davidson.
January report indicates strong start to year for Minto building department By Patrick Raftis MINTO – While well down from last year in terms of construction value, Minto’s chief building official says building permit activity in January indicates a strong start for this time of year. In a Feb. 19 report to council CBO Terry Kuipers indicated eight permits were issued last month for construction valued at about $370,000. While lower than the $921,000 value of six permits in January 2018, Kuipers noted the 10-year average for Minto is $244,000 and 10 permits.
Agricultural construction drove the numbers up last January, with three permits issued for $648,000 worth of construction. No agricultural construction permits were issued last month. In his report, Kuiper cited two commercial permits for construction valued at $270,000 as highlights for January 2019. The commercial permits were for a new addition onto an agricultural commercial property and renovations to a commercial building to add two new apartments. “It’s only January so things aren’t too drop dead exciting,� Kuipers said.
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Local woman’s Citizen butter tarts opposes tops in Ontario town’s cannabis decision Top tarts - Drayton Agricultural Society member Helen Moffat was the grand champion in the butter tarts baking competition at the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies annual meeting on Feb. 15 in Toronto. Last fall, Moffatt, a regular prize winner at the annual Drayton Fair, placed first for butter tarts at the District 7 annual general meeting. Submitted photo
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MINTO – A local resident has expressed disappointment with the town’s recent decision to allow retail cannabis outlets within its boundaries. Minto resident Dale Hurlbut stated in a letter received by council on Feb. 19 that he signed a petition opposing cannabis sales and attended a public meeting on the issue hosted by the town. “Both the meeting and the petition were against this option,” stated Hurlbut. “I struggle … as to why the council voted against the public view. We are a familybased community in which we need to protect and serve.” Council received the letter for information.
District champs - The Norwell Varsity Reds girls hockey team won the 2018-19 district championship after defeating the Westside Thunder 8-1 in Palmerston on Feb. 28. The team moved on to the Central Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association (CWOSSA) regional finals which began March 4, where they finished with one win and two losses. From left: front, Presley Brooking, Alexa Marquardt, Raegan Cressman, Shelby Foster; back, Leah LeCourtois, Peyton McBeth, Ella Black, Chloe Kaye, Carley Crispin, Madi Klaassen, Tori Grice, Mary MacKenzie and Chelsey Grice. Submitted photo
81’s lose to Winterhawks, Elora Rocks reach finals PALMERSTON - The Mapleton-Minto 81’s lost their WOAA Senior AA opening round playoff series to the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks. The 81’s lost the series 4-1 after losing game four on the road in overtime by a 3-2 count and dropping game five 6-5 in Port Elgin on Feb.
22. Saugeen Shores has moved on the AA semi-finals against the Clinton Radars. In the WOAA Senior A playoff bracket, the Elora Rocks defeated Shelburne in their best-of-five semifinal series to move on to the finals against the Milverton 4-Wheel Drives.
That series got underway on the weekend with the Rocks wining 4-3 in overtime March 1 in Elora and losing 3-2 in another overtime contest on March 3 in Milverton. Series continues The series is slated to continue March 8 at 8:30pm in Elora and March 9 at 8:30pm in Milverton.
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FLORADALE 4 DRAYTON 2 Willis Martin scored early in the first with a goal for Floradale. Ryan Martin earned the assist with a centring pass. Floradale added to the lead when Gary Martin buried a rebound. Javan Martin assisted. Drayton responded in the final minute of the period. Brent Mulder snapped a shot on net and Dave Mulder flipped in the rebound. Drayton tied the game on a power play in the dying
seconds of the second. Mark Grasman rifled a slapshot from the point and Eric Deckers jabbed the puck in. A power play early in the third put Floradale ahead. Gary Martin earned the goal, assisted by Ryan Martin and Andrew Martin. Midway through the third Javan Martin grabbed a loose puck at the Drayton blueline and deked the goaltender for the insurance goal. The win gives Floradale a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five NDCHL A Division finals.
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March 9
Alma Community Country Dance, Alma Community Centre, 8 to 12 pm. $12.50. Dance to Tri-Country.
March 13
Euchre at the Harriston Legion, 7:30pm. Light snack provided. $5pp. Bring partner. Info: 519-338-2843.
March 13
Alma Women’s institute Euchre Party at the Alma Community Centre, 51 Simpson St. E., Alma. 7:30pm. $3pp. Prizes and lunch.
March 14
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March 16
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Ham and scalloped potato dinner at the Drayton Legion, 5:30 -6:30pm. Adults $13, 12 and under free.
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LISTOWEL 3 COMMUNITY 2 A single handed goal by John Horst gave Community a lead after the first period. a added Community power play goal with quick shot by Brady Lane off a centring pass by Kevin Gingrich. also Wideman Graham assisted. Listowel also scored on a power play late in the second period. Nick Weicker scored the goal, assisted by Greg Bauman. Weicker then battled in
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Waste diversion to be future focus of county collection facilities » FROM PAGE 1
Ballantyne asked if the minimum fee would also apply to recycling delivered to transfer stations. “It’s not my understanding that the recycling is going to be given that $5 fee,” said Davidson. Soligo explained that under the proposed system, anyone bringing county issued user-pay bags to the sites would be credited for the $2 bags as part of the minimum fee and only required to top up to the minimum if less than three bags were delivered. For non user-pay garbage bags, for which residents are charged $2 at transfer stations, the minimum would also apply for anyone bringing less than three bags. For three bags or more, only the regular $2 fee would apply to each bag. Councillor Earl Campbell asked if the impact of introducing a minimum fee on the cost of curbside pickup had been considered. “If our motivation - and I support it, don’t get me wrong - is to drive our residents out of the transfer stations and back to the end of their driveway, what is the impact going to be on the cost of the current service?” Campbell asked. “There’s got to be an opposite side to this.” Though Soligo initially indicated to council the $5 minimum is integral to the move to a diversion centre
Diversion model - Wellington County waste facilities such as this transfer station in Puslinch will focus on waste diversion under a new county solid waste strategy. Community News file photo model, councillors agreed to direct staff to make consideration of the fee part of the further investigation referenced in a motion, which eventually passed unopposed. “I think this is the way to go; there’s not going to be much pushback from the people once they figure it out,” said councillor George Bridge. “I think we’re nickel and diming it” by debating the fee, Bridge added. “I think the process is what we want to work on.” He continued, “I’ll take the political heat I guess, if somebody’s worried about 50 cents or a dollar here and there. But at the end of the day it’s about reducing the amount of garbage that’s coming in.” Warden Kelly Linton said, “I think George makes a really good point and I think there’s a sequence there.
“I think if we come out right now without getting the information out there about why we’re doing this, if we just come out now and say five bucks now to go to the transfer station, the message isn’t going to get out.” Linton continued, “All people are going to hear is that the county’s increased taxes, the towns have all increased taxes and now you’re also increasing the fee that we have to go to the dump. “So the communication has to be there. There has to be a big communications strategy behind this.” Councillor Mary Lloyd suggested the minimum fee didn’t go far enough and that a $10 fee should be imposed. “And I think we need to educate our frontline staff … to start encouraging people to start using our roadside
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to improve access in the eastern part of the county (Guelph-Eramosa and Erin); - assess the impacts of ceasing operations at one or more waste facilities; and - evaluate and redistribute waste facilities. The report notes the “diversion centre model” is unique in that it can be applied to any of the other four scenarios. While the report states developing a new waste facility or redistributing facilities would increase the level of service, those options come at a significant cost. For example, depending on the design selected, a waste facility like one proposed in Ospringe in 2004 and revisited in 2017 could cost between $1,466,000 and $2,914,000 today, not including required consultant studies and approvals, or the land purchase cost. Based on annual operating costs of comparable sites and other factors, the report states it would cost about $464,000 to operate the hypothetical Ospringe site.
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financial and environmental impacts in unforeseen or indirect ways.” Soligo indicated future flexibility was an important consideration in the decision to recommend the diversion centre model. “As the industry, residents’ expectations and the legislative environment may change over time, freeing up capacity at the waste facilities to manage and divert new materials will allow for greater adaptability in addressing these issues,” Soligo stated. “This system will allow for a continual assessment of services, where the service level can be adjusted to meet future needs, including deciding whether there should be more, fewer or the same number of sites.” Aside from the diversion centre model, other approaches to the future operation of the county’s waste facilities considered in the report included: - status quo; - explore the feasibility of a new waste facility, in order
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pickup - ‘Yes you can brings your bags here today, but please don’t bring them back, that’s not what this station is for,’” said Lloyd. “Most of what they receive in Elora on a Saturday is yellow bags.” Soligo’s report indicated further study is needed to determine the best use of county facilities, including transfer stations. “Determining the best use of the county’s waste facility infrastructure is complicated by how integrated these sites are with the curbside collection services, and the operation and capacity of the Riverstown landfill site,” the report states. “The decision of whether to open, close or maintain the current number and location of waste facilities, has a wide array of potential service level, financial, environmental, and system flexibility impacts,” the report states. The report also points out that closing or opening waste facilities “will very likely lead to significant public opposition and may lead to
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The Purpose and Effect of the Application The purpose and effect of the proposed amendment is to rezone the subject lands to permit a dog kennel. The lands are currently zoned Agricultural (A) and are occupied by a single dwelling, barns and sheds. The applicants are proposing to construct a new building to be used for the dog kennel. 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 below. O. Reg. 470/09, s. 2: 179/16, s. 2 The application and any additional information are available to the public for inspection at the Township of Mapleton Municipal Office during office hours.
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Live Free - The Wellington County Live Free Celebration was held on Feb. 27 at MintoClifford Public School. The event is part of Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington’s Help Kids Live Free From Hunger Campaign and sponsored by Ontario Student Nutrition Services (OSNS). LEFT: Breakfast was served in the school’s gymnasium. BELOW LEFT: Chantel Roth, left, and Rhonda Kendrick of OSNS cooked pancakes. BELOW RIGHT: Minto councillor Judy Dirksen and firefighter Cam Forbes serve pancakes. Photos by Patrick Raftis
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Positive policy And now for something completely different: a story of a government accomplishing something worthwhile through a policy initiative. Figures released by Statistics Canada last week indicate the number of Canadians living in poverty is shrinking. Data released from the agency’s Canadian Income Survey for 2017 shows median income, after taxes, for Canadian families rose by 3.3 per cent to $59,800. In total terms, the improvement isn’t massive. In 2017, 3.4 million Canadians, 9.5%of the population, lived below the poverty line, a slight decrease from 10.6% in 2016. Still cause for optimism exists in a large reduction in the number of children living below the poverty line. In 2017, 622,000 children, 9%, were living below the designated poverty line, while in 2016 the number was 755,000 children, or 11%. In 2015, the number was 900,000, still down from 2012 when 15% were officially considered poor — more than a million children. The numbers also show even larger improvement among older Canadians. In 2017, just 238,000 seniors were living below the poverty line, 3.9% of the total population, a reduction of more than 16% from the 2016 level. One of the first things the current Liberal government did under newly-elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was to launch Opportunity for All – Canada’s First Poverty Reduction Strategy. Without new program spending, just more efficient spending, the aim was to help lift Canadians out of poverty. Key elements included: - a new Canada Child Benefit; - an increase to the Guaranteed Income Supplement for seniors; and - starting in 2019, the Canada Workers Benefit, a tax credit designed to help working Canadians take home more money. Stats Can notes 2017 was the first full year in which Ottawa distributed the Canada Child Benefit, which allows any family with a child to receive up to $6,400 per child under the age of six, and $5,400 per child aged six through 17, with the implication being the move impacted the child poverty numbers. While the current focus of the media and much of the electorate will likely continue to remain on the mushrooming SNC-Lavalin (Affair? Scandal? Crisis? Pick one) at the federal level and the latest Doug Ford fiasco provincially, it’s interesting every now and then to step back and imagine what could be accomplished if politicians could ever be persuaded to focus more on policy, than chicanery.
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Farm safety still a concern despite decline in injuries By Aryn Strickland MAPLETON - Walter Grose says there are a number of items farmers and agricultural workers need to keep in mind during Canadian Agriculture Safety Week from March 10 to 16. As secretary and longtime member of the Wellington County Farm and Home Safety Association, Grose noted farm accidents are on the decline across Canada. However, he added that has more to do with a decrease in the overall number of farmers - and not necessarily fewer injuries taking place. “The number of farmers that we have are going down and the number of accidents we have are going down, but maybe not in proportion,” said Grose. He explained Wellington County typically sees four to five farm-related deaths per year. Yet it can be difficult to get a clear picture of the exact numbers, he added, because farm-related deaths often get confused with vehicle-related deaths. “Farm-related deaths mean that it happened on the farm, but if you are driving the tractor from a farm to another farm and you are on the road it is a close call whether it’s a farming accident or a vehicle accident,” Grose said. Tractor runovers or rollovers are still the largest cause of farm-related injuries and deaths every year. It is surprisingly simple to make mistakes while farmers are rushing to get tasks done, Grose said. “If somebody were to have a tractor and jump start it then it could be in gear and roll over them or you get off the tractor and think it’s in neutral and then you go behind it to hook on machinery and then it rolls back onto you.” The second most common safety concern is slips, trips and falls, which were the association’s focus last year. “The slips, trips and falls is things with ladders, people not placing ladders correctly, or they have a ladder on the
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By Rev. Calvin Brown
The truth Truth telling is a virtue that is more and more elusive and yet never have the stakes been higher in knowing what truth is and speaking it boldly and clearly. Not only in the realm of politics, where the quest for truth directs public policy and determines who can be trusted to lead the nation with integrity, but also in science, we need truth so we can take actions concerning global warming and other consequential actions. If our actions are not based on the truth then our
actions will be folly and the results deadly. Unintended consequences remind us that good intentions are not enough. It has become habitual for people to speak of “my truth” as if we lived in some sort of multidimensional universe where we can move from one truth to another like some sort of cosmic shift changer. The reality is that not all that passes for truth is truly real. Truth that enables us to take united action must be truth that is evident to all. We can speak of truth that is more important to me and less important to others, but if we are ever going to move ahead we need to agree there
is a truth in the world that can be discerned and ought to be considered the basis for action. Never before have the stakes been such a matter of life and death. Nuclear threats seem to expand daily with India and Pakistan’s tensions increasing and the outcome of nuclear disarmament in unstable areas like Iran, Korea and elsewhere uncertain. The food crisis and refugee calamity expands to disastrous proportions and almost daily we are seeing flora and fauna fall to extinction. Water, which once was considered an endless resource in Canada, is no longer taken for granted. These
matters need to be dealt with according to the truth that surrounds them or we will do too little too late or act in haste based on untruth, leading to dire consequences. The Bible has a great deal to say about truth and the importance of truth speaking. Our whole civilization depends on truth speaking and the courageous are the ones who speak truth to power. That is to say, we need to be diligent in discovering the truth, sometimes very unpalatable truth that requires us to change when we don’t want to, as well as truth that we desire to embrace. The bible likens truth to a piece of armour.
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armour of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armour of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righ-
teousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace” (Ephesians 6:10-15, New International Version). The belt holds up your pants and keeps you from exposing your shame. So truth keeps us from folly. But the most important truth we need to embrace is in the form of a person. Jesus in St John’s gospel says: “I am the way, the truth, and the life no one comes to the father but by me.” This is the absolute truth from which all other truths flow and in which all other truths are made alive for human flourishing.
Mapleton council moves ahead with planned changes to emergency location number signs By Aryn Strickland DRAYTON - Mapleton council is moving forward with plans to change emergency location number (ELN) signs across the township. Fire Chief Rick Richardson provided council with an update on Feb. 20. The small green number signs at the front of residential properties which do not contain road names are an ongoing safety concern. During the Jan. 8 council meeting councillor Michael Martin raised a notice of motion asking council to approve obtaining a cost assessment for updating the signs. According to a report prepared by Richardson, the issue was made evident by a collision on Jan. 30 during which “neither ambulance or fire could locate the caller as the caller only had the fourdigit existing ELN and did
not know their street location.” Richardson presented a draft sign to council based on the current ELN signs used by Woolwich township. Current Mapleton ELN signs are six by 12 inches and the new signs would be eight by 12 inches. Richardson told council he had received prices from two companies, one in Woolwich and one from Mapleton. “You would be looking at $12 per sign; another local company had a price of $59 per sign,” Richardson explained. He added he discussed with Wellington County Emergency Manager Linda Dickson whether including road names should be a change made across Wellington County. Richardson said Dickson suggested he discuss the topic at the Wellington County Fire Chief Association’s February meeting.
That meeting was then cancelled due to bad weather. The cancellation also halted discussions as to whether Mapleton should change all of its approximately 1,450 signs at once or proceed on a new application basis. If the township replaces all its signs at once at the $12 price, councillor Michael Martin and Mayor Gregg Davidson calculated it would cost between $25,000 to $30,000 including possible installation costs. New arena advertising options at PMD arena Township staff have proposed additional advertising options at the PMD Arena. According to a report prepared by economic development officer Trish Wake, there is room for nine more advertisers on the rink boards and another five advertisers along one of the arena walls. “The proposed additional advertising space has the
Monte Wright displays work at Minto gallery HARRISTON – The work of internationally-recognized artist Monte Wright will be on display at the Minto Arts Gallery until March 30. The display was set to open with an artists reception from 6 to 8pm on March 7 at the gallery, located on the third floor of the Harriston Library at 88 Mill Street. Wright, a Kitchener artist, has shown all over the world, including New York, Italy and England. Minto Arts Council officials point out Wright’s work is also found in many collections throughout Canada and the United States. “Since 2000 Monte has been exploring a series of digital landscapes,” states a press release from the council. “A powerful painter, Monte’s overture places him with the likes of Lucian Freud and Kandinsky. Many of his recent projects are exemplars of Monte’s penchant for monolithic, eccentric, dynamic forms and bursts of emotion. His art is impulsive but not violent and more seductive than confrontational. “Through all these unique works Monte creates a sense of viewing a new, yet relat-
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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 Lot 9, Concession 8, Metcalf’s survey (Maryborough), with a civic address of 33 Booth Street W. The property is approximately 2.2 ha (5.4 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 a portion of the subject lands from Residential (R1C) to General Industrial (M1) to permit the construction of an approximate 975.48 m2 (10,500 ft2) warehouse addition to the feed mill/plant. The applicants also require relief from the Natural Environment (NE) setback requirements for the proposed warehouse addition. The lands are currently zoned M1, R1C and NE and are occupied by a feed mill/plant within the M1 zoning. 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.
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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 below. 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.
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