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Community News Volume 46 Issue 26
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Friday, June 28, 2013
CAO suggests Mapleton consider move to three-year budget option
Safety day - Sixty students and their families, from Goldstone parochial school, recently attended a farm safety day organized by the Wellington County Farm and Home Safety Association at Orvie Brubacher’s farm. Farm safety board member Walter Grose offered a presentation on dust masks, highlighting the importance of using them correctly. Some masks are designed for dust and other masks are designed for chemicals, Grose explained. submitted photo
by Patrick Raftis MAPLETON - The township’s CAO says moving to a three-year operating budget could help the municipality with long-term planning. CAO Patty Sinnamon provided council with a work plan outlining progress on and plans for various initiatives and projects at the June 11 meeting. She noted that among the recommendations from a CAO forum she recently attended was the idea municipalities could develop and work from three-year operating budgets, rather than the standard oneyear spending plans adopted by most municipalities. While it’s not widely used, Sinnamon noted three-year
operating budgets are allowed under the Municipal Act. “That was one of the things that they talked about, that there is this tool - very few municipalities are doing it - but that’s something that can be considered when we look at long-range planning,” she said. While only a couple of municipalities in Ontario are thought to be using the approach, Sinnamon told the Community News, “It’s something to think about. It makes sense.” Sinnamon added longerterm budgeting would fit in well with provincial requirements that all municipalities have asset management plans in place by the end of this year.
“It’s just giving us some options, especially because we have to have these asset management plans done by the end of this year – does it makes sense to look at our operating budgets longer term as well?” Sinnamon notes the province has committed to providing municipalities with more stability in the amount they will receive from gas tax revenue and the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund in future years, which could help them budget further down the road. “We know that the federal government has said ‘yes, we’re going to commit to a longer term.’ What we don’t know is what that formula is going to be based on,” she noted.
Mapleton passes motion supporting North Middlesex on turbine stand by Patrick Raftis MAPLETON - Mapleton council has endorsed a resolution from North Middlesex declaring that municipality is “not a willing host” for industrial wind turbine (IWT) projects. The resolution from North Middlesex states, “We are one of many Ontario communities
that have had no choice in the matter of whether we are willing and equipped to undertake having these mega projects invade and forever change the rural landscape of our community. Our municipality already has limited financial resources for maintaining our aging infrastructure and how we are being forced into straining
these resources even further with having to hire solicitors, engineers and project coordinators, as small municipalities our size do not have the human or economic resources to adequately deal with these highly technical projects in order to ensure our citizens are properly protected now and in the future. These projects are
being forced onto communities with no regard on how this will impact these resources and more importantly the health and safety issues that are attributed to these IWTs.” Similar motions Municipal councils around the province have been passing similar motions since the first Throne speech by Premier
Kathleen Wynne declared municipalities should have a say in the development of energy projects within their borders. Anti-turbine lobby group, Ontario Wind Resistance lists 50 municipalities that have declared themselves unwilling to host industrial wind turbine projects.
Mapleton council passed a “not a willing host” resolution at its May 28 meeting. Centre Wellington is the only other Wellington County municipality to have passed such a motion. A motion to add Mapleton’s support to the North Middlesex resolution passed unopposed at the regular council meeting on June 11.
Drayton’s Victoria Rumph catches on Mapleton Rodeo is ready to go with national women’s softball squad by Patrick Raftis DRAYTON – A local athlete has been named to Canada’s national women’s softball team for two upcoming international events. Victoria Rumph of Drayton was named to the team by Softball Canada on June 21. Rumph and her teammates will compete at the U.S. World Cup of Softball from July 11 to 14 in Oklahoma City and the Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championship from July 16 to 22 in Surrey, B.C. Following these two events, the coaching staff will select a final roster of 17 players to represent Canada at the Women’s Pan American Championship, scheduled for Aug. 10 to 18 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Gilles LeBlanc, manager of marketing and communications for Softball Canada, said Rumph was named to the team after attending evaluation camps in British Columbia in May and Ontario earlier this month. LeBlanc said Rumph is one of two catchers named to Team Canada.
VICTORIA RUMPH Rumph just completed her senior year at Youngstown State University in Ohio, batting .291 with six home runs and 35 RBIs in 46 games in 2013. This spring she became Youngstown
State career leader in runs batted in, breaking the previous record of 119. Rumph, who majored in exercise science at Youngstown, is the daughter of Brian and Tina Rumph of Drayton. She began playing at a very young age in local leagues in Wellington County before she started playing with Guelph teams at age 14. She was named female athlete of the year three times at Norwell District Secondary School, where she also played hockey, volleyball, basketball, soccer and badminton. Rumph was unavailable for comment by press time.
MOOREFIELD - With the inaugural Mapleton Rodeo just a week away, organizers say it’s time dust off your hat and shine up your boots and get ready for the July 5 to 7 event. “The Optimist Club of Moorefield and The Kinsmen Club of Drayton have planned a fantastic weekend filled with food, fun, live music and of course the New Holland Elite Series Rodeo,” says marketing co-chair Ron Funnell. “When we began planning for the Mapleton Rodeo, our core mandate was to focus on the development of a fun family weekend. “As such, the Mapleton Rodeo kicks off with a family barbecue on Friday night. Attendees will enjoy live musical performances from local
entertainers while enjoying a fantastic dinner prepared by the Opti-Mrs. Club and many volunteers.” Saturday’s events kick off early and include food vendors, exhibitors and lots of action to entertain the young and young at heart. The Big White Barn entertainment tent starts off the day with “open mic” performances followed by The J’N’L Reptile Rescue Show at noon. At 2pm The New Holland Elite Series Rodeo takes to the ring for an action-packed event. At 4pm the fun moves from the rodeo ring to the arm wrestling station, as the Ontario Arm Wrestling Association presents a sanctioned competition. Saturday evening includes a triple bill of music. Local New Holland Dealers (ESM, Mc-
Gavin and Robert’s Equipment) present a concert featuring popular musician, Randy Smart, performing at 7:30pm followed by local favourites “Loose Change” opening for headline performer Jamie Warren, presented by CKNX Radio. Sunday’s schedule starts at 8pm with a “Cowboy Breakfast” that will include Bre-Creative, a clown show with face painting and balloon art for the children. The J’N’L Reptile Rescue Show returns Sunday at 11am to educate and entertain until the rodeo starts at 1pm. Get involved Anyone who still wishes to get involved as a volunteer or exhibitor is urged to e-mail: info@mapletonrodeo.ca or contact Funnell at 519-6382029.
Mapleton backs call for provincial Emerald Ash Borer plan MAPLETON – Council here is backing a call for the establishment of a provincewide strategy to deal with management of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). The City of Peterborough is asking the federal and provincial governments to look
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at the issue and passed a resolution calling for a provincewide strategy, which Mapleton council endorsed on June 11. Peterborough created its own municipal management plan and allocated $173,000 from it’s budget to deal with the problem.
The EAB is an invasive species of green beetle native to Asia and Eastern Russia which is highly destructive to ash trees wherever it is introduced. According to the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources, the EAB was first detected in Canada in 2002 in Windsor
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and has continued to spread throughout the province. The area infested by the ash borer is expected to continue to expand, mostly through human movement of infested material such as firewood, the ministry states. Centre Wellington is among the places the EAB has been
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