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Junior firefighter - Mapleton Fire Rescue volunteer Cassandra Hamilton helped Shae Becker complete the kids firefighter obstacle course at the firefighters breakfast at the PMD Arena on Oct. 13. Mapleton Fire Rescue provided swag bags for the children and had fire trucks and a fire safety house on display. Additional photos on page 2. Photo by Jennifer Goertzen
MINTO – Cyber security is becoming a major concern for municipalities and the Town of Minto has taken steps to insure against the possibly of hacks, virus attacks or ransomware incidents. “Cybersecurity has been of increasing concern in smaller municipalities especially in the past few months,” treasurer Gordon Duff advised council in a report at the Oct. 2 meeting. Duff said several municipalities and small to medium-sized businesses have been attacked through viruses in e-mails, which cause databases to be seized and encrypted with demands for payment before they can be unlocked (ransomware), as well as fraudulent transfers of funds out of business bank accounts. “Many of these organiza-
tions had good back-ups of their data, but these backups were also lost to ransomware,” noted Duff, adding that in 2018 the cities of Cambridge and Hamilton and towns of Wasaga Beach and Midland have been hacked with the loss of data, privacy and cash. “There may be more which have not been made public,” Duff suggested in the report. “The ones that are grabbing the headlines are these ransomware attacks, where basically you get a message that your data has been encrypted … and you give us so much in bitcoin or cryptocurrency and we’ll release it,” Duff told council. While Duff said Minto has up-to-date firewall and anti-virus protection and uses other cyber security controls, “our systems are still vulnerable to sophisticated attacks.
“It’s beyond your antivirus. It’s beyond your backup,” said Duff. “If Facebook can’t prevent it, we can’t either.” Duff pointed out the town’s insurance carrier, JLT, offers insurance that covers certain cyber security losses and he requested direction from council. The cost for $5 millionper-claim coverage is an annual premium of $10,250, while the cost for $2 millionper-claim coverage is $4,000. The coverage includes no deductible for cyber incident response and a $10,000 deductible for internal cybercrimes. “We have an option to buy insurance to cover a lot of our direct or indirect costs,” said Duff, who explained coverage might include reimbursement of an actual ransom payment or the cost to hire an IT firm to restore SEE CYBER CRIME » 4
Rezoning would facilitate sale of former public works yard By Patrick Raftis MAPLETON – Township council is moving forward with a proposal to rezone the former Maryborough public works garage in Moorefield. The rezoning is needed to facilitate the sale of the property for uses that could include a distillery and associated retail outlet. A public meeting on the
proposed rezoning was held on Oct. 10. The Township of Mapleton has applied to redesignate and rezone the portion of the property on Hilwood Drive in Moorefield where the former public works garage is situated to permit light industrial and commercial uses, including warehousing and a distillery. CAO Manny Baron con-
firmed to the Community News the township has accepted an offer of $300,000 for the property from a numbered Ontario company, conditional on the Official Plan amendment and rezoning being completed. The application will facilitate the sale and transfer of the garage building, explains a written report from Wellington County senior
planner Curtis Marshall. His report notes permitted light industrial and commercial uses will be subject to screening and approval by Wellington Source Water Protection as the lands are located within a wellhead protection area and are within 100m (238 feet) of a municipal well. The property contains the former township pub-
lic works garage, salt/sand shed, fire hall and the municipal well building and water tower. Surrounding land uses include an office use, undeveloped residential lands, and agricultural lands. The land under consideration is located within the Moorefield urban area and is currently designated residential under the Wellington
County Official Plan. The public works garage has been declared surplus. Proposed uses specifically permitted under a draft rezoning bylaw amendment before council include: business and professional offices, brewery with an accessory restaurant and retail store, catering service, commercial recreation use, commercial SEE ZONING » 2
Candidates address staffing, safety and financial issues ALMA – Mayoral candidates were asked at an Oct. 11 public forum here to address the steady stream of changes at the top of the municipal staff structure over the last four years. The local Optimist Club hosted a meeting at the Alma Community Centre to allow the public to hear from and question incumbent Mayor Neil Driscoll and challenger Gregg Davidson. Other candidates for township council and the local county council ward seat are acclaimed. Noting “an incredible amount of money spent on severance costs and recruiting costs in our township,”
the first audience member to ask a question wanted to know, “Are we going to get four more years of the same? Or do each of you have a different plan.” “You’re right, we have had a lot of people leave,” Driscoll responded. “We have some people that have left on a severance, you’re right.” However, Driscoll stated during the last election campaign, “I said right here in this building ... my theory is if you don’t want to work your honest hardest that you can for Mapleton residents we’re not going to have you there at the township.” Driscoll continued, “We have some of the best staff right now in place and as far
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with other municipalities. “Because of our pay grid and our commitment to try and keep taxes low ... council did make a commitment that we want to have our staff in the middle of the wage bracket for all our surrounding municipalities,” he said. “So we have lost six good people that way; they went to other municipalities for more money. But I’ll be honest with you, yes, there was people dismissed, and with severance, but since those people have left I believe - I know for a fact - that Mapleton’s a better place, as far as the office goes.” Davidson agreed staff changes are “a main concern” among local residents.
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DRAYTON 7 MISSIONARY 2 A wrist shot by Colton Hoekstra midway through the first period gave Drayton the only goal of the period. Herman Mulder assisted. A high-scoring second period gave Missionary a pair of goals, but Drayton added four. Rick Robous and Brady Claussen scored for Missionary, assisted by Pat Downey and Cody Gleeson. Eric Deckers scored twice for Drayton and assisted on another. Rob DeWeerd added a goal and an assist. Herman Mulder scored the other Drayton goal. Assists went to Darren Mohle and Aaron
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school or studio, computer programming establishment, distillery with an accessory restaurant and retail store, industrial mall, warehousing, mini-storage, private or commercial club, public building, public utility, rental outlet, service industry, veterinarian clinic and related accessory uses. “Currently the proposed use we’re reviewing this under is for a distillery and associated retail uses and we have no concerns with the proposal at all,” stated Wellington County manager of planning and environment Linda Redmond. The Official Plan amendment is required because the subject land and surrounding land are designated residential. “However, most of the land uses on that road are
more industrial/commercial-type land uses,” said Redmond. Now that the land has been declared surplus and offered for sale, she explained, “It would make more sense to have those lands available for commercial/industrial-type uses.” In response to a question from neighboruing land owner Bill VanAndel, Redmond explained any external development on the rezoned parcel would trigger the need for a site plan. “Any new development would require buffering between that and any residential use,” she said. Council accepted the notice of the Official Plan amendment and directed staff to present a bylaw permitting the zoning amendment at the next regular meeting.
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Keunan. Drayton added two more goals late in the third to put the game away. Mohle and Mulder scored the goals, assisted by Deckers and Brandon Rumph. LISTOWEL 5 BETHEL 0 Listowel scored the only goal of the first period with a power play. Travis Kuepfer tipped in a pass from Curtis Wagler. Listowel added another unanswered goal in the second. A wrist shot by Kuepfer scored the goal, assisted by Wagler. Listowel completed the shutout victory with three more goals in the third. Kuepfer scored one to complete his hat trick, with the other goals by Wagler and Zack Gingrich. Assists were
earned by Kuepfer, Wagler, Nick Weicker, Phil Shantz, and Mike Gingrich. COMMUNITY 3 FLORADALE 2 Floradale scored a pair of unanswered goals to take a first period lead. Gary Martin and Conner Bauman scored the goals, assisted by Willis and Ryan Martin. Community exploded for two goals in a thirty second span to tie the game in the second period. Joe Gerbe scored the first goal and Kevin Gingrich added the tying goal. John Horst assisted. A blistering slapshot in the third by Ryco Martin gave Community the winning goal for their come from behind victory. Graham Wideman and Brady Lane assisted.
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Candidates for mayor discuss issues in Alma mayor, someone to stay on top of all the issues that have been going on the last four years, whether it be fiscal responsibility or staffing issues; someone to be there, and that’s why I’m offering. “I can go elsewhere and find work, no problem,” said Davidson. “But ... I want to help this community grow and develop in a responsible way that we’ll be proud of in the future.” Driscoll told the audience, “You’ve seen what I’ve done the last four years. “I stood here before you four years ago and made promises and commitments of things that I would do, with council’s support, to make Mapleton better ... I’ve done everything I said I would do. I’ve connected with the community. If you had concerns I’ve dealt with them.” Driscoll said the current council has moved the municipality “further ahead than we’ve ever been” in terms of water and wastewater capacity. “And yes, you might not think that affects Alma, but if we can get another 170 homes and another 170 homes after that built in Drayton that’s going to help subsidize our tax base,” he stated. “I’ve been truthful. I’ve been honest. And I gave the time. Tonight I’m missing a kid’s hockey game to be here ... but my family understands that … (and) my employer is more than cooperative ...”
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Driscoll said the issue was raised again by a council member at the most recent township council meeting. “We’re still working with the county to try and get permission. So we’ve asked for a report to come back. This is the conversation, and you have it in a public forum,” Driscoll stated. He noted Mapleton requested the county install speed monitoring signs in school zones in the township and the roads committee decided funding them would be up to individual municipalities. He said Mapleton Township is now looking into installing them at the municipality’s expense. “As far as trying to slow the people down in Alma, we’ve done that. We did extend the 50 (km/h) zone when the construction was finished. We did realign the 50 signs that for some reason weren’t lined up in front of this building … unfortunately it takes lot of time and we have to deal with the county to get it done because it is their road.” Driscoll confirmed public works director Sam Mattina did another study on Mapleton’s behalf “and found out that in fact these crossing guards and crosswalks are warranted by the system we use. “Unfortunately this gets thrown back on the local municipalities and yes, we are going to get something done. It has to happen before someone gets hurt,” Driscoll stated. Reasons to support Candidates were asked to summarize why citizens should vote for them. “I’ve run a successful corporation,” said Davidson, who recently sold an area retail franchise he owned and operated. “I’ve been a police officer, was a police officer for 18 years … I’ve been working on the county for the last four years doing a lot of work with safe communities and trying to keep fiscally responsible at the county level. “Now that I no longer have my business, this community could use a full-time
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rates we’ve had tax increases of nothing over 4.9 per cent. This is how we get things done. Is there a plan? Yes. We finally have an infrastructure plan and we’re following it very closely.” Safe crossing One resident noted a group of concerned Alma residents approached council about two years ago regarding the need for a crossing guard or crosswalk to help children in the village get to school and asked, “if something could be done” about the problem. Davidson said pedestrian crossovers are an issue he raised as executive chair of Safe Communities Wellington County. He noted the group visited councils throughout the county and “talked to them about safe passageways for children and adults getting across the roads.” He pointed out the county has a system “which they calculate, one, whether we need a crosswalk or not, and what the speed limit would be in a certain area” by the amount of traffic and pedestrians. “They don’t use common sense. They go by the science,” he stated. Of the Alma situation, Davidson, who represents Mapleton as Ward 2 Wellington County councillor, said, “I totally understand. A lot of children crossing there and a lot of families ...” He also noted a proposed pedestrian crossing site in Drayton is near a seniors home, library, grocery store and medical centre, “but the county still says no. “So I will continue to fight and I will continue to fight for the safety of our children in this community and safety of our seniors in this community,” Davidson stated. He pointed out Mapleton’s public works director has revisited the numbers on a county study which resulted in rejection of the crossover for Drayton “and it meets the criteria that we can get one. “Once we start down the road and we can get one in, we’re going to try for the next one, which is the one that you’re talking about (in Alma),” he stated. Driscoll confirmed a request was made to Mapleton township for a crossing guard or crosswalk, “and I believe Mapleton council supported it.” However, he noted, “We had to get the county’s permission to put it in.”
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Davidson said he has spoken with some of the employees who left “and it wasn’t because of a job being offered somewhere else with more money. It was because of how they were being managed.” He continued, “We do have as CAO in place now. He is doing well and I expect that we will not see so much change, although there is that possibility if someone doesn’t do the work that they will be replaced. “But I don’t foresee at all going in and seeing that domino effect, because what we need now for this community is a plan for action and growth and not a plan of chopping off our staff that are doing the work for us. We need a future. We need stable staff.” Planning ahead Candidates were asked to describe their objectives and vision for the next four years and also looking further out. “My plan is like a 10-year plan,” said Davidson. “And my 10-year plan includes things like child care and it includes housing options for all the residents not just the elite that can afford a five hundred, six hundred, seven hundred thousand dollar house.” Davidson added, “We need to look at business opportunities and bring those into the community because without strong business we’re going to have trouble because we can’t keep adding on to the taxes of the community like we have.” Noting the total municipal levy in 2010 was $3 million and by 2014 it was $1.4 million higher, Davidson pointed out that $3 million was added to the levy during the term of the last council (2014 to 2018). “We can’t keep down that road. We have to do something better,” he stated. Noting the township has replaced five bridges in the past four years, Driscoll responded the levy increases were needed to sustain infrastructure and did not translate into large tax rate increases. “Yes we have increased the tax levy, which is the amount of money required to run a municipality before we get grants, before you get subsidies and everything else and, yes, we’ve had huge increases that way. But with our operations and how we’ve got funding and how we’ve been creative with borrowing money at low interest
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Expensive efficiencies Ontarians who voted for Doug Ford might be alarmed to learn their new premier is successfully bringing a carbon tax to Ontario. True, he campaigned on “scrapping” the carbon tax, even though Ontario didn’t have such a levy, but perhaps now some are slowly starting to realize the perils of selecting to govern a party proffering slogans in place of actual policy. Ford’s slogans - “Buck a Beer” and “For the People” and “Scrap the Carbon Tax” - resonated with a weary electorate determined to toss out a stale Liberal government without thinking too hard about the exchange, but they are rapidly being revealed as meaningless bromides as the new government rolls on past its recentlyeclipsed 100-day mark (which, by the way, Ford felt the need to celebrate with a Donald Trump-style political “rally”). Buck a beer? Good luck finding one. For the people? For some people maybe. Analysts project Ford’s promised income tax cuts will save about $18 a year for someone making between $39,000 and $49,000, while someone making more than $109,000 would come out more than $1,168 ahead. As for scrapping the carbon tax, what Ford has actually done is withdraw Ontario from a cap and trade agreement with Quebec and California, a move the province’s financial accountability officer Peter Weltman projected earlier this week will cost the treasury about $3 billion over the next four years. I guess that’s one of those “efficiencies” he promised to find. Weltman determined the province will be financially worse off because the loss of cap-and-trade revenue is greater than the savings from cancelling cap-and-trade-related spending programs. On top of that, in addition to any environmental impact and related costs of withdrawing from the climate alliance, Ontario will now be subject to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s planned federal carbon-pricing plan, aka the carbon tax (provinces with their own compliant carbon-pricing plan are to be exempt). Now Ford’s faithful shouldn’t despair, as he has promised to spend more of their money, $30 million, fighting the feds on the carbon tax plan, which ironically is also projected to benefit most Ontarians financially. The irony is the only chance Ontarians have to come out ahead on all this is if the net benefit of the federal carbon tax Ford is bringing to Ontario will cover the cost of his “efficiencies.” Probably too much to hope for, but stay tuned.
Lucas Shortreed case still unsolved CENTRE WELLINGTON - Ten years after his lifeless body was discovered on the side of the road, police remain hopeful someone will come forward to tell the truth about what happened to Lucas Shortreed. Just past midnight on Oct. 11, 2008, Shortreed was found lying on a dark stretch of Wellington Road 17, north of Elora. Police say the 18-yearold was struck and killed by a vehicle, possibly a mid-1990s white Dodge Neon, travelling from Alma towards Highway
6. Shortreed was walking along the road at the time of the incident. “The vehicle then fled the scene, leaving shattered pieces of glass, car parts and Shortreed’s short life behind,” states an OPP press release issued one decade after the Fergus teen’s death. OPP are hoping the driver responsible will come forward and are also asking anyone with information to call 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Mapleton holds Harvest Festival The Mapleton Harvest Festival was revived last weekend after a five-year hiatus. RIGHT: Lauren Hennessy, left, and Kinsey McDougall had their faces painted at the Harvest Festival, held on Oct. 13 at the PMD Arena. BELOW: Amanda, Addison, Hailey and Ava Sherrens watch Cleo the Clown as she makes balloon swords at the festival. Photos by Jennifer Goertzen
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lost data. “We all are aware that this cybercrime is happening,” said deputy mayor Ron Faulkner. “How does the insurance company work? Do they pay the ransom? Because you can’t trace these guys.” Duff replied he recently received correspondence from the OPP “and they say ‘don’t pay the ransom.’ “But say, between staff and council, we decided we can’t get out of it and we’re going to be out of business for two months,” Duff explained the town would pay the ransom and “we’d be reimbursed by the insurance company.” CAO Bill White confirmed, “The premium would cover payout if we chose to make the payout, less the deductible.” White suggested council purchase the $2 million coverage, noting, “The $4,000 premium is reasonable to help people sleep at night and it will cover a lot. Who knows with this world what it might not cover, but I think it would be right to do at least that amount.” Duff also recommended council and staff take advantage of educational and training opportunities on prevention of cybercrime, because a large percentage of such crime is attributable to human error. Councillor Jean Anderson asked how municipalities could be expected to trust criminals to return data in good order after a ransom is paid. “So these people send a message saying ‘We’ve encrypted all your data.’ Your computers don’t work. We’re going to send the money to some unknown, obscure, unreachable, undetectable bank account and we’re going to count on them then re-establishing our information uncorrupted, trustable and still private?” “But we know other municipalities or organizations have gone through the process,” Duff replied. Councillor Mary Lou Colwell said in the cases the municipality is aware of, “it has come back intact.” “If this ever happened, I’d be in contact with you for sure,” Duff told council. “Part of the cost of responding is consultants and people who are way above our qualifications to respond to them and respond in the right way,” said White. “In this way you’d at least have the insurer working with you and I’m not running out on a Sunday afternoon and trying to hire a consultant.” Council directed Duff to attempt to procure a sixmonth policy to coincide with the renewal of the town’s existing insurance policy, or to spend up to $4,000 for the $2 million coverage package.
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Jerusalem topic at Lunch and Learn session hosted by Seniors Centre for Excellence By Bonnie Whitehead CLIFFORD - Seniors Centre for Excellence program coordinator Helen Edwards welcomed 40 people to a Lunch and Learn session on Sept. 20 at Knox United Church in Clifford. Donna Gingrich prepared the meal, served with help from Fran Dawson and Mary Cain. Joann Kat spoke on her journey to Jerusalem spiritual with husband Richard. She marvelled at the magnificence of the Mediterranean Sea, the cities with winding alleyways that led to quaint shops, the unique buildings that blended with modern design, and the number of gyms and volleyball courts on the beach. Gingerich said she immersed herself in the culture of each city, respected their customs, dined on the delicacies, and found it truly incredible to travel the pathways that it is believed Jesus once walked. She enjoyed the beautiful gardens, learning Israel is more than sand, stone and crumbling stone. She bathed in the Dead Sea, rode a donkey, sifted sand at an actual dig, and found the market places vibrant and thriving. Through a portion of her 2,000 photos, she shared lessons passed on through the generations and was appreciative of her time in the Middle East. The next meeting was moved to Oct. 18. Attendees were expected to see Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania through the lens of Sharon Grose. Lunch at noon is $12, the presentation is free to attend at 12:30pm. Call 519638-1000 for information.
Public health offers videos on impact of cannabis through variety of media GUELPH - WellingtonDufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) is working to inform residents about the health impacts of using cannabis as it becomes legal to possess, use and grow. Public health will be sharing 30-second videos on key health messages about cannabis at talkingaboutweed.ca and on its Facebook, Twitter and Youtube accounts. Select videos will also run in local movie theatres. “[Public health] isn’t opposing cannabis legalization, but there is now a large corporate interest in promoting cannabis,” said Dr. Nicola Mercer, Medical Officer of Health and CEO of WDGPH. “Messages about the potential for mental health
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Journey to Jerusalem - Seniors for Excellence program co-ordinator Helen Edwards, left, and volunteer Fran Dawson, right, thanked Joann Kat for her presentation on her journey to Jerusalem at the Lunch and Learn meeting on Sept. 21 at Knox United Church in Clifford. Photo by Bonnie Whitehead
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Who am I? I consist of two “I’s.” The first “I” is that part of me which is known as the flesh, or natural man; the skin and bones of me, the soul of me, the part of me that is subject to abuse, decay, etc., the non-eternal part of me. This “I” expresses itself in phrases like “I am sick,” “I am fat,” “I am skinny,” “I am tired,” or “I have an anger problem.” Or it may classify itself with phrases like “I am Canadian, Asian, European, Indian, American,” etc.; “I am a father, husband, son, wife, daughter,” or “I am a carpenter, realtor, mechanic,
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PALMERSTON - The Mapleton-Minto 81’s had a successful return to the ice with two victories in their opening weekend of WOAA Senior hockey action. The 81’s played their first game following a one-year hiatus on Oct. 12, downing the Tavistock Royals 4-1 in Tavistock. The team won its home opener in impressive fashion the following night, beating the Shallow Lake Crushers 8-0 in Palmerston. The team’s next action is Oct. 20 in Ripley at 7pm and Oct. 21 in Palmerston at 2pm.
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MAPLETON – While the Made in Mapleton pilot project provided some obvious benefits, the future direction of the project is currently under consideration. The “pop up shop,” featuring consignment items and products from small and home-based businesses in Mapleton, opened its doors in downtown Drayton on June 26. It closed as scheduled on Sept. 26 to coincide with the end of the local theatre and cottage seasons. At the Sept. 25 council meeting Mapleton economic development officer Tish Wake reported the store attracted a variety goods and
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