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Township aims for late November to have new CAO/clerk in place
by Patrick Raftis MAPLETON - A consultant assisting the township with the hiring of a new CAO/clerk is aiming to have the process completed by late November. Consultant Nigel Bellchamber presented council with a schedule at its Aug. 25 meeting that would see advertising begin for the position shortly, with a closing date of Sept. 22 for applications. Two rounds of interviews would be conducted in early October, with a special meeting of council slated for Oct. 20 to deal with a recommendation from the selection committee. Bellchamber said the successful applicant could probably start about a month later. The selection committee will consist of Mayor Neil Driscoll and councillor Michael Martin. They will interview selected applicants with Bellchamber’s assistance. All four Mapleton councillors volunteered to be on the committee, and Martin was
chosen through a draw, with the appointment confirmed by a resolution of council. Bellchamber recommended any current township department heads who apply for the position be granted interviews. He also suggested Driscoll communicate to all staff that “this is the next step in the process and there aren’t any other shoes waiting to drop.” As part of the process to replace former CAO Patty Sinnamon, who was let go by the township on July 2, Bellchamber has already met with members of council and senior staff. From those meetings, he has compiled a list of position requirements and personal attributes the township is looking for, including excellent communication skills, effective leadership abilities, futureoriented mindset and understanding of the complexities of municipal finance. Bellchamber noted communication skills are critical in the CAO role.
“Communications is a complex subject. It’s not just sending a message ... but it also involves listening,” he stated. “The world’s greatest orator is not necessarily a great communicator unless he or she can hear what the audience is saying.” The consultant also pointed out a CAO needs the ability to “speak truth to power,” so “he or she can give bad news to council if there’s bad news to be given,” or advise council “if they are heading down the wrong path.” Bellchamber said the ability to speak freely comes from both “the person’s confidence,” and “also the terms of their employment contract.” Knowing “when and how to say ‘no’ diplomatically” is another key attribute said Bellchamber. “There are times when things just can’t be done by a municipality. Having said that, that’s after you’ve exhausted all avenues to say ‘yes,’” he commented.
Council ponders hosting debate ahead of Oct. 19 federal election by Patrick Raftis MAPLETON - The township is considering hosting or facilitating an all-candidates meeting to help inform local voters in advance of the Oct. 19 federal election. However, council members want to ensure they won’t be violating any regulations or protocols by doing so. Mayor Neil Driscoll initi-
ated discussion on the idea at the Aug. 25 council meeting. “I would like council’s input. Should we be hosting a federal election all-candidatestype evening?” Driscoll asked. “I think it’s a great idea. Do we as a council get involved in that?” asked councillor Michael Martin. Councillor Dennis Craven wondered if any service clubs
were planning to host such a gathering. Driscoll suggested council put the idea forward and “maybe some service club will step up and say ‘If you have the facility we will host the event.’” Driscoll suggested staff “make sure we’re not crossing any lines,” and report back on possible venues/details.
Alma Car Show - Hundreds of vintage cars lined the parking lot at the Alma Community Centre on Aug. 29, including this 1961 red MGA owned by Greg Foard of Elora. The Alma Optimists hosted the annual car show. More photos on page 4. photo by Olivia Rutt
Rumph wraps up golden summer by Caroline Sealey DRAYTON - A local woman has added a national championship and a Pan Am Games title to her already-impressive softball resume. For the third year in a row, Drayton native Victoria Rumph was chosen to represent Canada at the international and national levels. Rumph, a catcher, played with the slivermedal-winning Canadian women’s national team at the Pan Am Games in Puerto Rico in 2013 and has been an alternate on the team the past two summers. In 2014, she participated in training camps in Ontario prior to the World Championships in the Netherlands. For 2015, Rumph was again selected to be an alternate on the national women’s team. “Although I was an alternate this year, I Continued on page 6
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Township to seek help to prepare grant application for bridge project by Patrick Raftis MAPLETON - Township staff have been authorized to seek outside assistance to prepare a grant application for a bridge replacement project. At the Aug. 25 meeting, Mapleton council passed a resolution to authorize staff to submit an expression of interest to the Ontario Community Infrastructure Program for funding for reconstruction of a bowstring arch bridge on Sideroad 17 and to retain the services of a third party to complete the application. Council selected the bridge project, expected to cost about $728,000, from a list of potentially-eligible projects provided in a report by public works director Brad McRoberts, including: - road reconstruction and
servicing improvements on King, Queen, Wortley and Market streets on Drayton at an estimated $1.8 million; - a $500,0000 Moorefield downtown revitalization project; - a wastewater treatment facility upgrade estimated at $2 million; and - a water tower project for $2.25 million. The report notes some of the other projects might be better suited to different grant programs. McRoberts pointed out the Sideroad 17 bridge, located south of the 4th Line, is currently under a two-ton load restriction, which makes the project “a safety issue.” The funding program focuses on roads, bridges, water and wastewater and is a two-stage process, including an expres-
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sion of interest stage followed by a formal application stage for those selected. The report suggests hiring a third party to prepare the application due to the township’s recent lack of success in obtaining federal and provincial grant money. “The third party would ideally specialize in preparing these applications. It may be worthwhile to try these services to see if there is greater success,” the report states. While noting she was unsure “whose responsibility it has been in the past to write expression of interests,” councillor Lori Woodham said, “I’d like to give the opportunity to the staff.” Woodham said she would like to see staff members “empowered to attend a grant
writing workshop or course if need be.” McRoberts suggested in his report that the township’s engineering firm, R.J. Burnside and Associates, might be willing to provide some assistance with applications. “If Burnside is willing to assist us with this no charge I have no problem with that,” said Woodham. McRoberts said the idea is to tailor applications to the expectations of the ministries offering grants. He added, “It was just suggested strategically that it might be advantageous to have a third party do it, just to pick up those key buzzwords.” “Let’s try something different,” suggested councillor Dennis Craven. “Let’s try it two or three times and see if we
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have more success.” Councillor Michael Martin said the township’s strong fiscal position may have had more impact on the failure to land grant money than problems with the applications. “I would struggle to put out additional money without having any idea (how much) it would be ... and have no additional guarantee of success,” said Martin, noting he would feel differently “if we could say definitely our staff aren’t filling out the applications properly.” McRoberts said he didn’t expect the cost of third party assistance to be significant. “I’m not looking at outrageous costs. I’m looking at pretty modest,” he said. Finance director Yufang Du suggested the township try
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Local Tories not muzzled; plan to attend debates, interact with media by Patrick Raftis WELLINGTON COUNTY – It’s election business as usual for federal Conservative candidates in two county ridings. Local candidates are continuing to respond to media inquiries and will attend allcandidates meetings, John Nater and Michael Chong confirmed this week. An Aug. 28 Toronto Star article cited a “Conservative insider” stating most of the party’s candidates, including some experienced cabinet ministers, “have been told no debates and no media” for the duration of the campaign. This directive came in the form of an “informal edict,” according to the report. “I’ve heard nothing of the sort,” Perth-Wellington Conservative candidate John Nater told the Community News
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Buzzwords and baloney It’s an unfortunate sign of the times when a municipality finds itself compelled to spend tax dollars for a mere chance at getting some, well, tax dollars. At its Aug. 25 meeting, Mapleton council passed a resolution to retain the services of a third party to help the township submit an expression of interest to the Ontario Community Infrastructure Program for funds to aid with reconstruction of a bowstring arch bridge on Sideroad 17. Council took the action on the advice of public works director and acting CAO/clerk Brad McRoberts, who suggested “strategically that it might be advantageous to have a third party do it, just to pick up those key buzzwords.” By key buzzwords, McRoberts is referring to whatever language the government of the day happens to be using to spin its current policy initiatives and political aims, generally including words like “synergies,” “empowerment,” “maximize,” and “leverage.” In Mapleton’s case, the move is being undertaken due to a perceived lack of success in obtaining grants for infrastructure projects dispersed through so-called “merit-based” programs, which replaced the unconditional funds municipalities once received to assist with projects beyond the realistic scope of the municipal tax base. The system pits municipalities against each other in competing for a limited pool of funding, with each trying to find just the right formula in terms of political attractiveness and the percentage of project cost for which to request funding. It’s a system that creates winners and losers - and considerable bitterness around municipal council tables. The suggestion to go with third party grant application help sparked some interesting discussion among councillors. Councillor Lori Woodham urged council to consider spending money to train staff in grant writing, rather than on outside consultants. This might have been a better way to go and might have saved money in the long run, as staff time is generally more economical than consulting fees. However, either way, it’s ridiculous that municipalities have to resort to such machinations to craft what should be relatively straightforward applications. Perhaps it’s time both federal and provincial governments heed ongoing calls from municipal politicians for a larger portion of undesignated funds they can allocate to their own local priorities. If we need a new buzzword to make the idea more palatable to the bureaucrats perhaps we could go with something like “logic-based funding.” Nah. It’ll never catch on. Patrick Raftis
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Alma Car Show - LEFT: The Alma Optimists hosted a car show on Aug. 29 at the Alma Community Centre, where hundreds of vintage cars were displayed. RIGHT: Ken Murphy of Toronto, left, chats with owner Kent Robinson, of Kitchener, about his 1923 Ford T-Tub. photos by Olivia Rutt
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7275 Sideroad 16, P.O. Box 160, Drayton, ON N0G 1P0 Phone: 519-638-3313, Fax: 519-638-5113, Toll Free: 1-800-385-7248 www.mapleton.ca
The Mapleton Township Administration office will be closed on Monday September 7, 2015 for the
Labour Day Holiday NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE MAPLETON ZONING BY-LAW AND NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION ZBA 2015-10 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, September 8, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. 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 East Part Lot 4, West Part Lot 5, Concession 13 (Peel), with a municipal address of 7850 Wellington Road 7. The property is 27.4 ha (67.7 ac) in size. The Purpose and Effect of the Application The purpose and effect of the proposed amendment is to rezone the subject lands to restrict future residential development on the retained agricultural portion of property, and to recognize an oversized accessory structure on the severed portion of property. This rezoning is a condition of severance application B102/14, that has been granted provisional consent by the Wellington County Land Division Committee. The consent will sever the existing dwelling (1.81 ha) from the agricultural parcel (25.6 ha). 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. Power of OMB to Dismiss Appeals 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 is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council of the Township of Mapleton to the Ontario Municipal Board. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the Township of 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 Mapleton the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, 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 Additional information regarding this application is available for inspection at the Township of Mapleton Municipal Office.
IMPORTANT DATES Monday, September 7, 2015 Labour Day Administration Office Closed Tuesday, September 8, 2015 7:00pm Regular Meeting of Council Tuesday, September 22, 2015 1:00pm Regular Meeting of Council
The Community News, Friday, September 4, 2015 PAGE FIVE
Organizers hard at work preparing for annual Drayton Terry Fox Run DRAYTON - Organizers of the Drayton Terry Fox Run are hard at work getting ready for the annual run/walk/bike on Sept. 20. To date, Mapleton residents have raised over one third of a million dollars for the Terry Fox Foundation, earning and maintaining Mapleton a spot in the top 10 per capita in Ontario for fundraising efforts. Officials are encouraging local residents to keep up their efforts. “The Terry Fox Foundation has one of the lowest administration-to-funds ratios (meaning they put the dollars to work for cancer research, not office buildings,” officials state. “Cancer survival rates are growing - research is proving to be the answer ... the young Terry Fox was right!” Pledge forms for the 2015 event are available at the Royal Bank and at Bloomingdales in Drayton. This year Blooming Dale’s has custom, limited-edition Terry Fox 2015 T-shirts available, with 100% of the shirt proceeds being donated to the Terry Fox Foundation. T-shirt prices are $20 for adults and $15 for youths. This year’s Terry Fox Run on Sept. 20 kicks off with registration and a light barbecue at the Drayton Agricultural Hall (old arena) at 12:30 to 1:25pm. The run/walk/bike starts at 1:30pm sharp, with 10km and
Hockey school - ABOVE: Toronto Maple Leaf forward Nick Spaling, far left, and Nathan Spaling, centre, a former Canadian university hockey star, address youngsters at a hockey school hosted by the brothers, who grew up in Drayton, at the PMD arena last week. Second from left is a member of the training staff of the Nashville Predators, Nick’s previous NHL team. NHL linesman Scott Cherry, also a Drayton native, stopped in to help out on Aug. 27. Close to 70 boys and girls enrolled in the camp, which ran from Aug. 24 to 28, with a waiting list of around 100. RIGHT: Nick Spaling conducts a drill. photos by Caroline Sealey
others pitching in on the day of the event. A quote from Terry Fox’s desk, as he initially appealed for help in his Marathon of Hope: “There were the faces with the brave smiles, and the ones who had given up smiling. There were the feelings of hopeful denial, and the feelings of despair...I could not leave, knowing these faces and feelings would still exist, even though I’d be set free of mine. Somewhere the hurting must stop.”
2km routes available. The Mapleton Terry Fox Run organizing team asks locals to be generous when approached by an event participant For more information or to make a pledge directly contact Louise Ellis at 519-638-2120 (loularellis@yahoo.ca). “Our Terry Fox dream team is an awesome group,” officials state, noting it includes Linda Dickieson, Theresa Scholten, Dale Franklin, Kristyn Franklin, Marilyn Riff and Robyn Runstedler - plus
Culverts tender awarded MAPLETON – Council here has awarded the tender for three culvert replacement projects in the township to Moorefield Excavating. The company’s bid of $578,601 was the lowest of three tenders submitted for the project. Other bids came from Reeves Construction at $631,492 and Martin Groundworks Inc. for $1,115,978.
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Pastor ordained - An ordination service was held for Albert John Plat at Drayton Reformed Church on Aug. 21. Plat, who is pastor of the Athabasca Reformed Church in Alberta, returned to his home church in Drayton for the ordination. The church was packed for the occasion, which Plat attended with, from left: his wife Jeanette, daughter Leah and son Ryan. submitted photo
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By Dave Tiessen, Pastor, Bethel Mennonite Church (Elora)
Buried stuff hurts us! We know that buried stuff can hurt us. In some of our towns, we see corner lots where gas stations used to be, sitting empty. The ground underneath has been contaminated by leaking gasoline, making the property too dangerous to use until the buried stuff can be cleaned up. In some parts of the world where there has been intense warfare, there are buried unexploded bombs and deliberately set land mines that kill and mutilate farmers when they try to till the soil and children when they play in the fields and forests. As many of you did, I also
attended a family reunion this summer. Our reunion was in Saskatchewan, drawing people from Ontario to BC for a weekend family retreat, which we hold every four years. It was a wonderful gathering with plenty of opportunity to have deep conversations with normallydistant relatives. As we conversed about our family history, I was reminded again of how dangerous buried stuff can be when it involves family matters. In one of the family groups many years ago, one of the children was brutally and sexually abused repeatedly by a close family member, but no one knew about it because the perpetrator intimidated the child into keeping quiet. As one would expect, that child
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became a very troubled teen and at one point ran away from home for a time. When the youth called the parents to ask them to come and bring her/him home, the parents phoned a relative living near there to pick up and take her/him to his home until the parents could come. Because the horrible truth had been buried, the parents unwittingly placed their deeply wounded teen child into the hands of her/ his monstrous abuser. Many years ago in a different community, I was doing marriage-prep work with a young couple who had asked me to officiate at their wedding. As usual, in one of the sessions we talked about what they had learned about marriage from their families, especially the marriages of their parents and grandparents. The one partner raved about the marriages in his family, especially the marriage of his grandparents, who in his eyes had the perfect marriage that he wanted with his own beloved. I knew this extended family and had actually spent considerable time working with those very same grandparents
in trying to help them find restoration and healing for their very troubled marriage. They kept their marital strife (which wasn’t anything all that unusual) deeply buried from public view for fear of what people would say. Unfortunately by burying this stuff and pretending in public, they deprived themselves of the support of the larger family, perpetuating the myth that good marriages don’t have issues and difficult times. I grieved that when (not if) this young couple hit their own rocky stretches they would wonder what was wrong with their marriage or them that they couldn’t have the perfect marriage like his grandparents. Burying stuff is a way of coping with hard things in life, especially emotionally hard things. We all experience fear, anxiety, grief, being wronged, etc. Working through such stuff is hard emotional work that takes time and energy. A common way of avoiding the hard work of such things as grieving and working at forgiveness is to bury the experience and feelings associated with it and put on a determined
face and “stiff upper lip.” As we are seeing nowadays with soldiers and first responders who have experienced profound traumatic circumstances, this old technique doesn’t work very well. The PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder) that so many of these folks experience often ends with their suicides. Just like dumping unneeded farm chemicals into the ground doesn’t get rid of them, burying our psychological and emotional traumas in our subconscious or “gut” only hides them from view - it does not remove their power over us. Burying them and not working our way through them causes the feelings and issues to fester and grow in intensity. It’s kind of like how hiding difficult stuff under our bed, instead of getting rid of it, actually transforms that stuff into real “monsters” under our bed. Hard emotions will not stay buried. Unworked-through grief often transforms into despair and bitterness. Unfaced fears often turn into chronic anxiety and volatile anger. When we have avoided the hard work of asking a person
who has wronged us to admit their wrongful action, make amends for it and ask forgiveness of us and we choose a quick-fix forgiveness in order to move on from a painful experience, we have buried powerful emotional stuff that will come back to bite us. Perhaps the greatest reason to not bury stuff is that, as many counsellors will attest, this stuff will outlive us and the anxiety will be passed on within the family (and church family). Who hasn’t witnessed the bitterness or judgmentalism of a grandparent also present in their son or daughter and then in their grandchildren? Can we get rid of the old myths that tell us that to be strong is to bury and move on from the griefs and anxieties of life? We see it is not working for our soldiers and first responders. Can we admit that it won’t work for us either, and instead define strong as being willing to face and process and work through the hard experiences and emotions of life, and to get help - counselling and pastoral care - when we need it?
Rumph wins Pan Am, national championships
Sunday, September 6 at 10am Pastor Paul Droogers will lead morning worship
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Catching gold - Drayton native Victoria Rumph had another successful summer with the Canadian national women’s softball team and most recently with the Whitby Eagles, which won a national championship.
FROM PAGE ONE was given the opportunity to travel with the team throughout the summer, specifically to British Columbia and play in some games in the Canadian Open Fastpitch Championship with the team,” Rumph told the Community News in an email. When not participating on the diamond, she was the bullpen catcher, warming up relief pitchers. The team placed third at the Canadian Open. After the bronze medal win the team traveled to the Pan Am Games in Toronto. Again, Rumph filled the role of bullpen catcher and had access to all the facilities at the games. “The Pan Am Games were one of the most amazing expe-
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riences of my life, especially playing on home soil,” she said. “We have the opportunity to play in British Columbia every year, but it was also great to be able to play in front of friends and family from Ontario and our team had great support throughout the entire games.” Rumph will receive a championship ring to keep as a memento of the gold medal victory Team Canada achieved at the Games. After facing a strong U.S. team three times throughout the games, Canada managed to defeat the Americans in extra innings to win gold. The last event in Rumph’s busy summer schedule was the Senior Women’s Canadian National Championships in Prince Edward Island, in which she participated as a first-year member of the Whitby Eagles. After round robin play, Rumph was selected as the Most Valuable Player. In the playoff round, Whitby faced tough opposition but in the championship game the team defeated Quebec 1-0. This was the third year the Whitby Eagles won the gold medal, making the team eligible to be inducted into the Softball Canada Hall of Fame. “I have been to multiple national championships with different teams. This is the first time I have won a gold medal at a Canadian National,” said Rumph. “Unlike the Pan Am victory, I was behind the plate for the championship game and got to experience the last out of the game on the field; something I will never forget.” Rumph is a graduate from and assistant softball coach at Muskingum University, Ohio. She is pursuing a master’s degree in adult education and is looking forward to future coaching opportunities. She also hopes to someday play softball in the Olympics. “This summer was a crazy gold-filled experience for me and I was sad to see it come to an end,” she stated. Rumph was recently named to the pool of potential players for the 2016 Softball World Championships in Surrey, BC.
The Community News, Friday, September 4, 2015 PAGE SEVEN Conservative gathering - Cutting the ribbon for the opening of Perth-Wellington federal Conservative candidate John Nater’s office in Harriston on Aug. 25 were, from left: front, current Perth-Wellington MP Gary Schellenberger, former PerthMiddlesex MPP Bert Johnson, Nater and Perth-Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece; back, Town of Minto residents Larry Grummett, Ross Wilkie and Don McPhail. submitted photo
Nater opens Harriston campaign office HARRISTON - PerthWellington federal Conservative candidate John Nater opened his Wellington campaign office at 25 Elora Street South in Harriston on Aug. 25. “Wellington needs and deserves an MP ready to represent all parts of our great riding,” Nater said after the
event. “Even before I became our candidate, I made that my priority and it will continue to be my priority.” Speaking to about 40 supporters, Nater focused his remarks on the Conservatives’ taxation policies. “The overall federal tax burden is now the lowest in 50 years,” Nater said. “Families,
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