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Success at last?Council to meet with CN
by David MeyerMAPLETON TWP. - If at
first you don’t succeed ...That could be an adage
Mapleton Township council can live by when it comes to getting the attention of a major company.
After months of attempts to reach officials at CN Railway for a meeting over Conestogo River erosion problems in Drayton, chief administrative officer Patty Sinnamon told council on Jan. 10 she is in the process of arranging a meeting with CN officials.
The meeting, which she hoped would take place this week, was to consider concerns brought to council’s attention by councillor Andy Knetsch several months ago. He has fears about the abutment on the Conestogo River that is still the property of the railway com-pany. The banks around the abutment are eroding quickly and he sees that as a major safety issue.
Sinnamon said schedul-ing the meeting may not be easy because three parties are
involved: the township, CN and the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA).
The GRCA, too, has been trying to meet with CN offi-cials about concerns over flooding, but Sinnamon said besides possible channeling in the river, its officials are con-cerned about silt washing out from the banks near the old railway abutment and again in other places along the river-bank that is owned by CN.
“It is related to the abut-ment,” Sinnamon said of those other erosion problems.
That abutment is about 60 feet high and a recent visit before the weather turned cold-er showed a steady trickle of gravel rolling down from the banks into the river.
Township officials believe some work in the river could prevent major floods that have been occurring in downtown Drayton over the past several years.
Sinnamon said she sent emails to several CN officials before she finally obtained a response.
Decision on turbines could be made at Jan. 24 meeting
by David MeyerMAPLETON TWP. -
Council here met behind closed doors again to consider what it will do about last month’s approval of a wind turbine project near Arthur.
Residents opposing NextEra Energy’s Conestogo Wind Energy Centre southwest of Arthur are hoping the town-ship will take part in an appeal that would result in the project approval being fought on two fronts.
NextEra wants to build a 10-turbine, 22-megawatt wind farm southwest of Arthur. Residents in the area have been opposing the project almost
since it was announced three years ago.
Preserve Mapleton Incorporated has already filed an appeal of the Ministry of Environment’s approval of the project to an environmental tribunal. There will be a hear-ing in Kitchener on Jan. 20 to determine which parties will take part in the tribunal and what issues will be considered. The formal hearing is set for Feb. 20 and has an extra day allotted if required.
The residents’ group is hop-ing council will challenge the turbine project’s approval in the courts.
Council could be using laptops by Februaryby David Meyer
MAPLETON TWP. - Instead of shuffling paper, councillors here could be doing some scrolling at their council meetings starting in February.
It is one of several technol-ogy moves council is making heading into 2012.
Just prior to Christmas council voted to obtain laptops for councillors.
Since councillor Jim Curry and Mayor Bruce Whale already have them, the town-ship is supplying three council-lors with computers.
Council had been reluctant to spend the money on them, even though it was allocated in the 2011 budget.
But the need for technologi-cal improvements won.
On Jan. 10, Curry asked
finance director Mike Givens if programs will be loaded onto his computer.
Givens said that is the case.“We bought the software on
the assumption we’d put it on your computer,” he said.
Councillor Neil Driscoll, who has been reluctant to spend money on laptops, asked if council will include email addresses for council on the machines.
He noted the township is soon to launch its new website and said email addresses for councillors should be available so people can contact council-lors about various issues.
Chief administrative offi-cer Patty Sinnamon told coun-cil the township’s new web-site will be running “in a few weeks.”
Whale told councillors he hopes there can be some train-ing on the new laptops later this month prior to council’s strate-gic planning meetings.
In other technology issues, councillor Andy Knetsch told council it should consider a projection screen.
“We need one sooner rather than later,” he said.
Currently, council is forced to use a wall of the council chamber for presentations.
Whale said a screen pur-chase could be considered in the budget this year.
Curry said rather than a screen, council should con-sider a monitor. He said if a stand-alone projector is used too often its bulbs burn out and they are expensive to replace. He added a monitor would pro-
duce less noise, too.But Whale noted the town-
ship already has a projector.Givens said that one is
shared with the fire depart-ment.
Sinnamon said that machine has been owned by the town-ship “since amalgamation, and we’ve not replaced a bulb yet.”
She said the projector was at the fire hall a few weeks ago because council had not been expecting a presentation and had not known it would require a screen.
She said all staff has to do is talk to the fire department and it will be available at the town-ship office.
Councillor Mike Downey asked if it is worth buying a projector or monitor “when we have one 99.9% of the time.”
Debris, unlicenced vehicles keeping new enforcement officer busyby David Meyer
MAPLETON TWP. - Residents here apparently take pride in their properties - and take umbrage when neighbours let things slide.
The township’s new bylaw enforcement officer Maurita Boyle presented her first report to council on Jan. 10 and detailed the work since she was hired in October.
The properties were identi-fied with a number code and no names were used. Boyle made inspections after receiv-ing complaints about the status
of various properties. She cur-rently has 14 ongoing com-plaints about debris, rubbish and unlicenced vehicles being parked in people’s yards.
Mayor Bruce Whale noted that having junk in a yard seems to be the most com-mon complaint by residents, and “it’s nice to see those are getting cleaned up.”
Boyle reported that she had worked with six owners who had such things as long grass, noxious weeds and vehicles in the yard. She noted she made “several site visits” with all
six and those owners have now cleaned up their properties and are in compliance with prop-erty standards.
In the four cases that are still open, she noted she is working with the owners and will fol-low up on the complaints to make sure something is done to clean the properties. In one case she delivered a notice of the problem to the property owner and was told tenants are moving in the spring and clean-up will follow.
Boyle noted in her report that she was involved in
only three zoning complaints because she had been busy try-ing to get properties cleaned up prior to bad weather setting in.
In one of those, someone is operating a business that is not permitted and she has made several site visits and is work-ing with the owner on paper-work for a zone change. That applicant had until Jan. 12 to complete that paperwork.
In another, there was a com-plain about a business operat-ing that is not permitted and she made several site visits and is still trying to contact the
owner to discuss property and zoning issues.
In the third, she received a complaint about someone oper-ating a retail store in an area zoned for agriculture and she spoke to the owner. Boyle said there was “no sign of a retail store” but the site will be moni-tored to make sure the owner is in compliance with the zoning.
Boyle told council she will be giving quarterly reports on her activities.
Councillor Jim Curry asked about business signs in residen-tial areas that are violating the
township’s sign bylaw.Boyle said it would depend
on the size of the sign.Chief administrative officer
Patty Sinnamon said people running businesses from their home are permitted a two foot sign on their home.
That prompted Curry to ask if a 2 by 3 foot signs placed at the curb is in violation of the bylaw. Boyle said it is.
Councillor Andy Knetsch said to Boyle of her report, “I appreciate the work you put into this. It’s very profes-sional.”
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Tanis Cowan knew a greatmusic opportunity when shesaw it five years ago, afterbeing introduced to a uniqueprogram called Music forYoung Children (MYC).
Having taught private pianolessons for 15 years, Ms. Tanis,as her students call her, waslooking to expand her teachinghorizons and her music studio,and found it through MYC.
Ms. Tanis recognized theprogram’s potential since it hadnever been offered in Drayton,it was fun for students, parentsand teacher, and it offered apiano-keyboard program forchildren as young as 3½ in agroup setting.
“I loved the idea of grouplessons, since it’s always morefun to explore and learn in agroup, regardless of the topic,”explained Ms. Tanis.
She also liked that it was aprogram that was tested, triedand true, being taught by morethan 800 teachers to over24,000 students on three differ-ent continents and toutingCanadian origins, being found-ed in 1980.
MYC’s mission statementis to “provide the best qualitymusic education to young chil-dren by blending the pleasureand the joy of music makingwith sound instruction.”
MYC’s interactive systemmotivates and engages parentsand children, nurturing familybonds and delivering valuableco-learning experiences whiledeveloping a firm, fundamentalunderstanding of music.
A unique aspect of MYC isthe parent learns along with thechild because they are soinvolved. In fact, Ms. Taniscredits the success of the pro-gram to the parents of her stu-dents.
“I am the teacher once aweek; they are the at-home‘coach’ several days a week,”she said.
An initial goal for each ofMs. Tanis’ students is to devel-op the happy habit of practic-ing. She encourages her stu-dents to practice by giving aspecial “super duper” stickereach week.
“Practicing does not need tobe long; 10 to 15 minutes a dayto start,” she said.
Ms. Tanis’ creativity shinesthrough by offering severalextra practice incentivesthroughout the year to ensurestudents attain their musicalgoals. Once students have col-lected enough stickers on their“happy practice thermome-ters,” they have a party. Thisyear, to celebrate the 2010Olympics, students earned
paper mittens for five happypractices. The mittens wereplaced on the studio wall in theshape of the 5 Olympic rings.
When the rings were com-plete students enjoyed anOlympics music class. Thispast year Ms. Tanis encouragedthe students not only to prac-tice but also to think of others,by practicing for pennies. Oncethe pennies were all collectedthey were donated to CampBucko, for burn victims.
For the upcoming year sheis planning two new incentives;a “Tree of Thanks” incentivearound Thanksgiving time anda “Seed Incentive” in the
spring. Of course, special holi-days are incorporated into Ms.Tanis’ MYC classes, such asCanada Music Week,Christmas, Valentine’s Day andEaster. Theme days areplanned as well.
Throughout the year herstudents participate in aChristmas concert, and a springrecital and have the option toparticipate in the PalmerstonCanada Music Week Festivaland the Drayton MusicFestival.
“Children are so receptiveto music that it makes sense touse this medium to spark theircreativity and develop their
skills and confidence at anearly age” said Ms. Tanis.
She offers four of MYC’smusic programs: Sunrise,Sunshine, Sunbeam andMoonbeam. Children whocomplete the most advancedlevel of MYC are well pre-pared for early intermediatepiano studies, or the study ofanother instrument.
Sunrise is a pre-keyboardmusic and movement programthat teaches music conceptsthrough singing, rhythm andgames. This program is forchildren ages 2 to 4 and devel-ops listening awareness, finemotor skills, social interaction,confidence and attention span.Children can easily attend witha grandparent or caregiver, plussiblings can attend the class aswell.
The Sunshine keyboardprogram is geared towardschildren ages 3½ and 4; theSunbeam keyboard programtoward ages 5 and 6; and theMoonbeam keyboard programis for ages 7 through 9. Allthree keyboard programs inte-grate creative movement,rhythm, singing, music theoryand composition for parent andchild in a weekly one-hour ses-sion.
Participating in a MYCclass helps children develop
listening, reading, fine andgross motor, social skills andhas been proven to enhancechildren’s social developmentand learning skills, improvememory and problem solving,and bolster confidence andself-esteem.
Ms. Tanis also offers aMusic Pups program, which isespecially unique since it is amusic program for babies. Thisis a playful and creative musicand movement class for parentswith children ages newborn toage 4. Children are introducedto a wide variety of musicalscales, tonal and rhythm pat-terns and instruments that helpto stimulate musical growth.Each child participates at his orher own level. To find out moreabout Pups and to view classvideos visit themusicclass.com.
The ultimate success of anyMYC program lies behind theteacher and Ms. Tanis is noexception to that rule. It’s obvi-ous she is an enthusiasticteacher who cares a great dealfor her students.
“Their struggles are mystruggles,” she states. “Andtheir triumphs are equally tri-umphant for me.”
For more information visitwww.myc.com, email [email protected] orcall 519-638-5715.
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Festive fun - Students at Music for Young Children enjoy aChristmas concert every year. submitted photo
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What’s happening @ the arena
thursday, January 19Parent and Tot Skating, 11:00am-11:50am
Adult Skating, 12:00pm-1:00pmBadminton, 7:00pm-9:00pm
Friday, January 20Parent and Tot Skating, 11:00am-11:50am
saturday, January 21Mites vs. CW Rangers, 10:00am
Midgets vs. Elma Logan, 11:00amAtom R vs. Ripley, 3:00pm
Bantam vs. Elma Logan, 4:15pmSoRRy, no PuBLiC SkATing TodAy
sunday, January 22Snipaz vs. Heat, 12:00pm
Public Skating, 2:00pm-4:20pmPee Wee LL vs. Mt. Forest, 4:30pmJuveniles vs. Shallow Lake, 6:00pm
tuesday, January 24novice R vs. Arthur, 7:30pm
wednesday, January 25Parent and Tot Skating, 11:00am-11:50am
Adult Skating, 12:00pm-1:20pmPee Wee R vs. Elma Logan, 7:30pm
thursday, January 26Parent and Tot Skating, 11:00am-11:50am
Adult Skating, 12:00pm-12:50pmFriday, January 27
Parent and Tot Skating, 11:00am-11:50amdesperados vs. Snipaz, 9:00pm
Palmerston ArenaSun., January 22nd, 1:00pm
vs. Saugeen ShoresPalmerston Arena
Sat., January 28th, 8:00pmvs. Ripley
Mapleton Minto eighty ones home game schedule
January 19 - drayton Skating Club Roast Beef dinner (includes dessert) $10 per dinner. 5:00pm - 7:00pm. Take out only at the PMd Arena hall. To pre-order please call Teresa Culp, 519-638-7737. Walk-ins are welcome. January 20 - Beef dinner at Conestogo Masonic Hall, 61 Wellington St., drayton. 5:30pm - 7:00pm. Tickets $12. Call 519-638-2126 or 519-638-2047.January 27 - Roast Beef dinner, Presbyterian Church, Palmerston. 4:30pm & 6:00pm sittings. Adults: $12, children 6 to 12yrs: $6.February 15 - Waterloo Rural Women day at the Calvary united Church, St. Jacobs. Speakers - Andrea gal: “Rural Women a Hundred years Ago”, Peggy Bauman: “Farm Family dynamics”, Tea Lady: Peggy Schieck of Steep Tea. Pre-registration required, contact 519-664-3794, ext. 237. Visit www.waterlooruralwomen.org for information.Drayton Youth Centre: Wednesday from 7pm-9:30pm
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WelliNgtoN cty. - last weekend was a busy one for the Mapleton Minto 81’s, with three games in three days.
the weekend was a suc-cess, as the 81’s picked up five of a possible six points.
on Jan. 13 the 81’s hosted the Walkerton capitals, who were in need of a win to help them in their quest for the final playoff spot.
the game was a chippy affair, with a lot of penalties.
the 81’s came out strong and took a 2-0 lead to the dressing room after the first period. the second period was a better period for Walkerton, but the 81’s matched them goal for goal and the score after two periods was 4-2.
A scoreless third period
gave the 81’s a hard fought 4-2 victory. goal scorers for the 81’s were curtis Pinder (2), Adam Dejong and Dan Richardson. Assists were picked up by Andrew Whalen (2), Mike lankshear, tJ Fergus, Kyle Handsaeme, Abe Herbst, Brent cochrane and Richardson.
Durham visited the 81’s for a Saturday night game in Drayton on Jan. 14.
the visitors came out strong this game and took a 3-1 lead to the dressing room after one period.
Both teams scored two in the second to leave Durham with a 5-3 lead heading into the third.
the 81’s played a strong third period and scored the
only two goals, sending the game to overtime with the teams tied at 5-5.
Mapleton Minto’s todd Norman scored the game winner with only 7.9 sec-onds remaining in over-time. other 81’s goal scor-ers were cochrane (2), Simon Johnson, Dejong and Herbst. Assists were added by Dejong (2), Pinder, Whalen, Devon Mcguire, Herbst and Mike Fisher.
the 81’s then travelled to Dundalk to take on the Shelburne Muskies on Jan. 15.
the 81’s jumped out to a fast start, scoring the first goal of the game and taking a 2-1 lead into the first intermission.
the second period belonged to the 81’s, who scored the
only two goals in the period to lead 4-1 after two periods. Shelburne took advantage of a tired 81’s team and scored three goals in the third to tie the game at 4-4 and send it to overtime.
Unfortunately Shelburne scored halfway into the over-time period to take a 5-4 vic-tory. Fisher, Brett Nichol, Richardson and Dejong scored for the 81’s and assists were picked up by Pinder (2), Herbst (2), Norman and Steve Metzger.
the 81’a host the Saugeen Shores at the Palmerston Arena on Jan. 22 at 1pm.
the following Saturday, Jan. 28, the 81’s host Ripley, also at the Palmerston Arena, at 8pm.
submitted by Steven Routenburg
Mapleton Minto 81’s have successful weekend
Drayton 7 Missionary 4Missionary looked to add to
their upset win last week and scored the first goal from the opening face-off.
tim thalen blasted a shot on net and Brandon Murray flicked the rebound over the pads of the netminder.
Drayton’s Rob DeWeerd and eric Dekkers scored the next two goals to take a 2-1 lead. Assists were earned by Dave Mulder and Scott Vanoostveen (2).
Missionary (Matt Duff assisted by tom chambers and chris Huber) and Drayton (Dekkers from Jerry Robous and Robyn curry) traded goals in the second to make the score 3-2 for Drayton.
Drayton padded its lead with a powerplay goal by DeWeerd (from Vanoostveen and Rumph) and another by Dekkers (from Rumph and curry) for his hat trick.
Missionary came back with two quick goals by chris Hubers and Dave Scholten (assists went to chambers, tim thalen and Dennis gleeson) to
make it 5-4 for Drayton.two more Drayton goals by
Dekkers and Mike DeWeerd put the game out of reach (assisted by Mark timmerman, Robous, Vanoostveen and Mulder).
Dekkers now has 26 goals, just three shy of the regular season record.
Floradale 8 Community 6After a flurry of scoring, the
game was tied 3-3 after the first period of play.
Kevin gingrich earned an early hat trick early for community (with assists to gerald Martin and Rick Brubacher), while Floradale responded with goals by Brendon Jefferson, Josh Brohman and Ryan Martin (assisted by Ryan Martin, tim Martin, leon Metzger and Rod Shantz).
in the second Rick Brubacher and Ryan Freeman scored for community (assist-ed by Freeman, gingrich and Jamie Martin). But two late goals by Floradale (Jefferson and Brohman tied, assisted by Mike and Ryan Martin) tied the
game 5-5.community took the lead
again midway through the third period. cal Martin planted a shot on net and gerald Martin snapped the rebound over net-minder Jason Newton.
Floradale tied the game back up when Dan Martin and Josh Brohman set up Ryan Martin for the goal.
Floradale took the lead for the first time in the game in the final minutes. tim Freeman scored the goal, from tim and Dan Martin.
one more empty net goal by Willis Martin finished the win for Floradale. Assists on the play went to leon Metzger and tim Martin.
Listowel 5 Bethel 2Bethel’s tim Bauman
scored the only goal in the first period on a powerplay, assisted by Kyle Martin and Jim Wideman.
Bethel added another in the second period after Mike Veens and Wideman set up Mike Seiling, who beat net-minder charlie Wagler to make the score 2-0.
But listowel came back with a goal before the period ended. Joey Shantz and curtis Wagler set up Kyle Streicher for a quick shot and his team’s first goal.
listowel tied the game 2-2 in the third when cole Maher set up travis Kuepfer, who went to the net and ripped a shot into the short side corner.
listowel fought hard and was rewarded with three min-utes left in the game.
trevor Streicher and travis Kuepfer worked the play along the blue line to give cole Maher the puck. He cut in front of the net and sent a wrist shot underneath the crossbar for the go-ahead goal.
Bethel pulled their goal-tender for the extra skater in the final minute, but listowel seized the opportunity for two empty net goals to put the game away 5-2.
Jay Miller and trevor Streicher scored the final two goals with assists by cole Maher, travis Kuepfer and lowell Weber.
submitted by Willard Metzger
by David MeyerMAPLETON TWP. - At its
first meeting of 2012 on Jan. 10, council passed its interim tax levy bylaw and a borrow-ing bylaw to set up township finances for the coming year.
Council approved a stan-dard interim tax levy bylaw that allows it to charge resi-dents half of last year’s taxes over two installments. The first installment is due on March 23 and the second is due June 22.
That permits the township
to operate while council con-siders its 2012 budget. In recent years, most municipalities are completing their budgets much earlier than in the past.
Last year for example, Wellington County set its bud-get at the beginning of the year and found very competitive bidding for its capital project from companies that had yet to obtain contracts for the sum-mer construction season.
County officials estimated they save thousands of dol-
lars by getting the budget done early so the call for tenders can go out earlier in the year.
Mapleton council also approved a bylaw allowing it to borrow money if there is a shortfall of cash prior to the taxes reaching the office.
Chief administrative offi-cer Patty Sinnamon said that bylaw is done every year but the township has never had to use it to borrow in the time she has been working in Mapleton.
MOUNT FOREST - February means it is time again for the annual Bowl for Kids in support of Big Brothers, Big Sisters (BBBS) of North Wellington.
“It is when we encourage the entire community to get involved, come out and bowl,” said Marnie Mainland, execu-tive director of BBBS of North Wellington.
“It is the time of year we descend on the businesses to donate a door prize and local businesses always do. We are indeed a blessed community, a giving community and we thank you in advance for your support.”
Mainland says the demand
for one-to-one match programs as well as the organization’s in -school mentoring program is increasing.
“We must raise $60,000. in this year’s Bowl for Kids campaign so that we can con-tinue to provide service, free of charge to those in our com-munity who depend on us,” Mainland said.
Finding volunteers to fill these positions is also a chal-lenge for the organization.
“We must make every effort to give back childhood to our children, and make sure they are valued as individuals so that they in turn will grow up to be responsible caring parents, contributing members
of society,” Mainland said.“We understand not every-
one is in a position to volunteer their time on a weekly basis as our Big Brothers, Big Sisters and in-school mentors do but by coming our to bowl in our Bowl for Kids campaign you are helping out in a really big way because with out money we can not continue to provide our programs.”
The 2012 Bowl for Kids event campaign will take place at the Mount Forest Bowling Centre, with three dates to sup-port all three of the BBBS of North Wellington groups.
The campaign kicks-off on Feb. 12 for the Mount Forest group. Minto/Mapleton’s
group has its bowling event on Feb. 26 and the Arthur group on March 4.
To put in a team in Bowl for Kids or to sponsor the event, contact Marnie Mainland at 519-323-4273.
For more details and a com-plete prize list visit the BBBS website at www.bbbsnorthwel-lington.org.
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THE 2012 MAPLETON FIRE RESCUE CASH CALENDAR
by Chris DaponteMAPLETON TWP. - Two
of this township’s most popu-lar annual events are the Santa Claus Parade through Drayton and the Canada Day fire-works display at the Drayton Fairgrounds.
In addition to the great entertainment they provide, an added bonus for locals is the $0 price tag at both events.
But Mapleton Township Fire Rescue, which organizes both events, may have to once again ask for money from resi-dents and/or businesses if rev-enue from calendar sales does not pick up.
“We used to go door to door asking for money ... we also asked businesses,” said Fire Chief Rick Richardson. “We just hate doing that.”
To date the department has sold just over 700 of the 1,200 calendars ordered for 2012. At this time last year, sales were well over 900.
“It was so successful last year. I can’t figure it out,” said
Richardson.He acknowledged the
department is running out of days to sell the calendars - a problem that is compounded by training commitments and other duties of local firefight-ers.
Richardson would appreci-ate any help the department receives with calendar sales. All profits are directed towards the annual parade and fire-works show, with anything left over going to the local food bank.
“It’s a good cause,” said Richardson.
The calendars are $10 each. An extra $15 enters the pur-chaser into fundraising draws throughout the year. There are two draws every week for $50, two yearly draws for $1,000 and seven daily draws during fire prevention week in the fall for $100.
For more information or to arrange the purchase of a calendar email Ruchardson at [email protected].
Slower calendar sales could mean less funding
for two local events
Council is waiting for a report from its lawyer before it makes a decision.
Mayor Bruce Whale has said the challenge could come but only if the solicitor believes an appeal can be won.
Whale does not like the idea of spending township money unless there is a chance of winning.
Township chief adminis-trative officer Patty Sinnamon
said in an interview on Jan. 11 council had made no deci-sion except to wait for a legal opinion, and, “We’re hoping to get a report back for the next council meeting - Jan. 24.”
Sinnamon added that, unlike the environmental tribu-nal appeal that had a deadline within two weeks of the project approval, a judicial appeal does not have such a deadline and that gives council time to make an informed decision.
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The federal Liberal Party convention over the weekend in Ottawa left us with bittersweet memories and a smile.
Big Liberal booster the Toronto Star’s Sunday analysis was “bold new ideas” clashed with the “same old Liberals.” The party, now in third place in parliament and in danger of disappearing, seems to have difficulties working out problems. The conven-tion was supposed to haul them into the new millennium. By all accounts, in a liberal newspaper, that did not happen.
Those of us who have watched the party over the years can explain why. Our personal look goes back to Lester B. Pearson and Trudeaumania, through the convention that elected John Turner in the mid 1980s, and on through several leaders who fol-lowed them. It was the convention that chose Turner as leader and short-term prime minister that demonstrated how utterly arrogant a party can become. We telephoned national party headquarters on behalf of our newspaper of those days, seeking press passes. We had done the same thing a year earlier with the Progressive Conservatives for the convention that elected Brian Mulroney, and could not have been treated better. We were refused by the Liberals because, as the person on the line said, “We’re electing a prime minister here. This is for real journalists.” We never forgot his words. We managed, through a Liberal MP, to obtain press passes to the convention centre, and then, along with about 250 other legitimate reporters, we were denied entry to the convention floor, the only place from which to do a proper job.
After much negotiation (and near fights between hot headed reporters and Liberal party flacks), some of us managed to get onto the floor - with temporary passes. Such treatment doomed an unknowing Turner, who mused at one point during the following election campaign that he could not understand why the media appeared to be out to get him. We could think of 250 reasons why: the number of frustrated reporters spread across Canada.
But the suggestion of “bold new ideas” seems to us an oxymo-ron when it refers to Liberals. The last one (if it really is one) was Mackenzie King’s “Conscription if necessary but not necessarily conscription.” Going back to the 1940s and then later to Lester Pearson’s Kingston convention on policy, the Liberal party has spent 70 years stealing ideas from political rivals. In the 1940s, it was pensions and unemployment insurance, in the 1960s it was health insurance. The Liberals stole those from the CCF and its successor, the NDP. It was said at the time of the health insurance plans in the mid 1960s Canada could not sustain such a plan. That reality is hitting home hard today.
In the early 1990s, the Liberals stole the idea of a balanced budget and fiscal responsibility from the former Reform Party. Balancing the budget made Jean Chretien and his finance min-ister Paul Martin look like geniuses. But over that decade, does anyone remember anything else Chretien did (okay, the Clarity Act was not a bad idea, but others called for it long before). And Martin’s brief sojourn into power showed no initiatives or propos-als. Liberals had, by his tenure, become all about power - and nothing else. And because there was a dearth of ideas just about everywhere except from their main rivals, the Conservatives (and nobody said they were even good ideas), the Liberals floundered.
Today, it appears they cannot even decide to steal American ideas such as holding primaries and opening up the party leader-ship race to everyone. Liberal pundits are urging just that, appar-ently.
The reason for our ironic smile, though, was a missive sent to our newsroom a few weeks ago by email. It was an invitation to attend the Liberal convention on the weekend. Party workers could not have been more helpful in arranging press passes for any and all news media.
But like other Liberal ploys of the past few years, it was too little, too late.David Meyer
Ironic invitation
PAGE FOUR The Community News, Friday, January 20, 2012
COUNCIL DATESTuesday, January 24, 2012 1:00 p.m. - Regular Meeting of Council
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 7:00 p.m. - Regular Meeting of Council
STATEMENT OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT- JEPPThe Township of Mapleton would like to acknowledge the financial support received from the Government of Canada thru the Joint Emergency Preparedness Program (JEPP). The funds were used to purchase and install communications equipment on an existing tower and create a tactical channel to be used by the fire departments in the northern portion of Wellington County, giving them reliable communications during emergency events.
NOTICE TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERSUnder Section 357 of the Municipal Act, 2001 the local municipality may cancel, reduce or refund all or part of taxes levied on land in the year in respect of which the application is made if the property:
• Ceasedtobeliabletobetaxedatrateitwastaxed • Becameexempt • Wasrazedbyfire,demolitionorotherwise • Damagedbyfire,demolitionorotherwise–(substantiallyunusable) • Mobileunitremoved
Please note that Section 357(3) states that an application under this section must be filed with the treasurer on or before February 28 of the year following the year in respect of which the application is made. 2001, c. 25 s. 357(3).
If you require additional information please contact the municipal office at 519-638-3313 ext 22.
VACANCY REBATEVacancy Rebates are available for eligible properties within the Commercial and Industrial property tax classes. Properties with these classes must have vacant units. A rebate is provided based on the period of time the unit was vacant, subject to eligibility requirements. Application forms are available at the Township office.
Deadline to apply for a rebate for the 2011 taxation year is February 28, 2012. Please note that such properties are subject to inspection.
If you require additional information please contact the municipal office at 519-638-3313 Ext. 22.
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Letter to the Editor192 lives touched by
blood donors in Drayton
Dear Editor:I would like to thank the
dedicated Drayton donors who attended the recent blood donor clinic on Jan. 9.
Thanks to your generosity, Canadian Blood Services col-lected 64 units of blood.
Considering that one unit has the power help or save up to three lives, your gift of blood
has potentially helped over 192 patients in need at our area hospitals.
The need for blood is ongo-ing, so it is important to have such strong donor and commu-nity support.
We have a real need for new donors and I am pleased that we did welcome several new donors to the Drayton clinic this past Monday.
Many thanks to the strong community support extended
to Canadian Blood Services by the Drayton community.
Thanks to the many busi-nesses that help advertise the clinic, Community Christian School for giving the clinic a home, and the many volunteers who help make the clinic a success.
We will return to Drayton on March 12 at Community Christian School (35 High St.) from 2:30 to 7:30pm.
Please consider sharing
your vitality by donating blood and helping others in need. Please call 1-888-2-DONATE (1-888-236-6283) or visit blood.ca for clinic locations, eligibility information or to book an appointment to donate.
Once again, a big thank you from all of us at Canadian Blood Services.
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by David MeyerWELLINGTON CTY. - An
announcement that Durham Region residents have been given the right to elect their council chairman will create no copycat moves from this municipality.
The regional council in Durham asked the province in 2010 to pass a regulation allowing it to elect its chair-man instead of having someone appointed.
Municipal Affairs Minister Kathleen Wynne signed a regu-lation recently that will allow Durham residents to decide if they want to elect their head of regional council.
In order for that to happen, the regional council and at least
five of the eight local councils in Durham must pass resolu-tions supporting the change before it can take effect.
It is a similar type of major-ity that was required when Wellington County amalgam-ated at the end of the last cen-tury.
When asked if Wellington County has any plans to push for an elected head of county council, Warden Chris White said “No. Not at this point.”
He added, “Regional gov-ernment is a little different” from county governments.
When reminded the two officers responsible for writ-ing the amalgamation order for Wellington County stated their strongest recommendation was
to have an elected-at-large warden, White said, “I wasn’t around for amalgamation.” But he noted county council “had a pretty good discussion last term” about governance.
County council has made some changes since amalgama-tion with regard to the top job. There is no longer a sense that each person can have “a turn” at the top post simply by being on council a long time. Further, wardens have, in the past ten years, been elected for more than one term.
The most recent move was to make the warden’s job a two-year term. The province helped with that move by extending municipal council terms to four years instead of three.
The public must also be consulted before Durham changes the rules to allow people to elect the regional chairman.
Durham Region includes Oshawa, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Clarington and the townships of Brock, Scugog and Uxbridge.
The regional chairmen in Halton and Waterloo Regions are elected directly by voters, while other heads of regional and county councils in Ontario are appointed by their elected councils.
White said of the possibil-ity of a warden elected by all the people instead of county council, “I’m not averse to it.”
But, he added, “The current system is working reasonably well.”
He noted the county system is similar to the provincial and federal governments, where parties choose leaders, and not the electorate.
“We’ve got a longer term for warden that makes sense,” White concluded. “It takes time to learn the system.”
LISTOWEL - The Parkinson Society of south-western Ontario and VON Canada have formed a partner-ship for a new exercise pro-gram for people living with Parkinson’s. It begins the week of Feb.13.
The Parkinson’s Seniors Maintaining Active Roles Together (SMART) Integration Project was funded through the South West Local Health Integration Network to provide the opportunity to exercise in a safe environment with others who experience similar chal-lenges.
Parkinson’s is a progres-sive neurological disorder that affects smooth coordinated muscle movements in the body. Many people with Parkinson’s experience challenges with everyday tasks such as walk-ing, eating, swallowing and communicating with others.
This six-week exercise program is designed to bring together people who are affect-
ed by Parkinson’s, providing information, exercise and addi-tional support to caregivers. The group exercise program will emphasize fun social inter-actions in a community set-ting while providing instruc-tion twice a week on exercises appropriate for people living with the disease.
These programs will pro-vide everyday fitness strategies that will help people achieve a better quality of life with Parkinson’s.
There are nearly 100,000 Canadians who suffer from this neuro-degenerative dis-order that causes symptoms such as tremors, slowness and stiffness, impaired balance and rigidity of the muscles.
This number is expected to double by 2016 to over 200,000 people. Once thought to be a disease exclusive to the elderly, 1 in 10 people will be under the age of 40 at the time of diagnosis.
There is currently no known
cause or cure for Parkinson’s. For further information on
how to register or volunteer for the Listowel Parkinson’s VON SMART Exercise Program, call Lindsay Van Bergen at 519-291-5898.
White rules out elected-at-large county warden
The Community News, Friday, January 20, 2012 PAGE FIVE
Conestogo DamMany people enjoy the
amenities at Conestogo Lake in Mapleton Township, wheth-er it is by boat, swimming, camping or staying at the cot-tage.
Little thought is given to the planning, negotiations, decisions and construction of this man-made body of water.
The Grand River Conservation Commission (GRCC) built the Shand Dam on the Grand River at Belwood and the Luther Reservoir as flood control measures but there were still vast quantities of water entering the Grand during spring run off and from flash floods from its tributary, the Conestogo River.
In the late 1940s the com-mission announced plans to build a dam on the Conestogo,
up stream from the hamlet of Glen Allan, in what was then Peel Township. A large area of the proposed lake would be in Maryborough Township.
Many acres of farmland would be under water and township officials were con-cerned farming ratepayers would be fairly compensated for their land.
To complicate things fur-ther, a county road, #85, which is now Sideroad 15, ran right through the proposed lake area where the water depth would be perhaps 30 to 50 feet.
After much negotiation and planning, the proposed dam and lake area project was approved for funding by the provincial and federal govern-ments in 1953.
The funding formula was as follows: 37.5% from the
province, 37.5% from the fed-eral government and the bal-ance from the GRCC, through assessment to the affected municipalities. Interestingly enough, neither Peel, Maryborough nor Drayton was expected to pay for the con-struction, although today the municipality is assessed for a portion of the operating costs.
Farmers were paid $110 per acre for their farms; a reason-able value at that time. Most accepted, although one fellow challenged the commission on value, and eventually sold his farm. The GRCC purchased some whole farms, and in the end purchased 4,921 acres in total. Some of the land was later sold as smaller farm hold-ings.
One school, S.S.#18, was in the lake area. The com-
mission offered to move the building to another site, but later found the building could not be moved. Maryborough council requested the GRCC build a new school.
Most of the buildings in the hamlet of Hollen would be either under water or threat-ened by high water levels. One such building was the Hollen United Church. The lake would split the area where the members of the congre-gation lived. As well, most of the farm families that sold their land would not remain in the immediate area, thus further reducing the support to the church. In the end the GRCC gave the church $2,500 in compensation.
About 130 men in militia units in Kitchener, Guelph and London held maneuvers early
one March during the con-struction period. They demol-ished bridges, houses and other buildings, set up road blocks and smoke screens to simulate a retreat from enemy attack.
The dam was to be 76 feet high and 1,800 feet long with an access road over it. The contract for building the dam was awarded in 1955. It would take three summers of con-struction before it was com-pleted. The lake area had to be cleared of bridges, buildings and trees. The stumps of trees were not removed and occa-
sionally one becomes uproot-ed and surfaces to float to shore. Final approval from the Ontario Ministry of Highways and the Ontario Ministry of Planning and Development was received so roads were re-routed and rebuilt and bridges removed or built as required in the summer of 1957.
Finally the dam would hold back the flood waters in the spring of 1958. Lots would be sold for cottages and camp-ing and recreations areas were created.
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The holidays have come and gone and it is time to get back into a regular routine.
This month the Drayton branch is celebrating its third anniversary at its current loca-tion. It has been wonderful to see so many adults and chil-dren enjoy the new library.
In the weeks leading up to Family Literacy Day, which is Jan. 27, staff will be hand-ing out “Journey to Learning” passports.
Five activities on the pass-port must be completed by a family in order to receive a ballot to enter the draw for a special prize. The draw will take place on Jan. 27. Family Literacy Day promotes the importance of reading and learning together as a family.
All nominations for the Forest of Reading are available at the library. These books are written by Canadian authors. Children can read them and vote on the one they like the best. The books are divided into four categories and each category represents a reading level and age. The categories
are: blue spruce, red maple, silver birch and white pine. Check out the display at the library. Voting will take place in April.
E-book training is now available at the Wellington County Library. For those who have recently purchased an e-reader or are think-ing of it, staff will be host-ing an information session on downloading e-books from the library. Branch staff will teach the basics of navigating the Overdrive website, how to download e-books, and how to transfer books onto e-readers. The Drayton branch session will be held on Feb. 13 at 3pm.
On Jan. 23, schools are hav-ing a professional development (PD) day. Looking for ways to entertain the kids? Come and create something with plasti-cine, from 2 to 3:30pm. This event is for children in grade 1 and up.
Book club will be held on Jan. 25 at 6:45pm. This month Testimony by Anita Shreve will be discussed by members. Next month’s book will be Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda. Join the discussion.
January is the start of new sessions at the branch. Babytime, Busy Bees, Story Time, Afterschool Adventures
and Booktastic Kids Club are all underway. A few spaces are still available. For more information, or to register, visit www.wclib.ca, drop by the branch or call 519-638-3788.
The Playaway Views are new at the Wellington County Library. The Playaway Views, is an all-in-one video player and the Playaway, is an all-in-one audio book. Come check them out.
Many new titles have arrived at the branch, including the following.
FictionIn Triangles by Ellen
Hopkins three female friends face mid-life crises in a no-holds-barred exploration of sex, marriage and the fragility of life.
Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer is the first novel in a new series that tells the story of one family across gen-erations, across oceans, from heartbreak to triumph.
Breaking Point by Dana Haynes is a twisty, compel-ling thriller that goes from the streets of Spain to the moun-tains of the western United States to the heart of the dark, hidden corridors of power.
Always Something to Remind Me by Beth Harbison is a riveting look at the tender
agony of first love. It is touch-ing, truthful and profoundly satisfying.
The Decision by Penny Vincenzi is an agonizing and desperate take in the divorce courts, where truths will be told, secrets revealed and repu-tations shattered.
Non-FictionMichael Buble On Stage
and Off is available.As is Lindsay Rosa’s Not
My Idea of Heaven, which tells the inspiring story of a young woman who broke free from a religious sect to find her own voice.
How to Start a Home-Based Event Planning Business by Jill S. Moran is in. As is Air Farce: 40 Years of Flying by the Seat of your Pants by Dan Ferguson and Roger Abbott.
Huggable Crochet, features cute and cuddly animals from around the world by Christine Lucas.
Natural Wooden Toys by Erin Freuchtel-Dearing includes 75 easy-to-make and kid-safe designs to inspire imaginations and creative play.
This is just a sample of the new arrivals at the Drayton branch. Visit the library to check out these books and many more in a variety of for-mats.
PAGE SIX The Community News, Friday, January 20, 2012
God is in your messZephaniah 3:17 says, “The
Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.”
But if I were ever to write my own version of that verse it would go like this: “The
Lord thy God in the mess of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.”
Some of God’s best work is done in the crude places of life.
Some of the greatest work that God has done in my life has been in very dark places like caves, valleys, holes in the ground, the wee hours of the morning and, yes, hell ...
pure hell. These were times when I believed that God was doing anything but reproduc-ing Himself in me.
You, too, will have those times.
“He’s not even close,” you hear yourself cry, “let alone in me. He’s gone, quite far. In fact, He’s been gone for a long time ... furthermore, He’s not coming back.”
There will, most certainly, be times when you will lose every and any sense of His presence. There will be times when you feel as if you are about to die; like you’ve got-ten the raw end of the deal, or like you are being passed over constantly and like there’s no hope whatsoever of your get-ting out of the hole you are in. You have been dumped in a place in the earth where God never visits. This is the end.
Oh, you started out pretty good. You have come to know the Lord some years ago and you are making headway. You have become involved in min-istry in the body of Christ and are growing in your devo-tional life. You have gained some element of respect in the Christian community and appear to be going some-where.
Then, without warning, fear and confusion rushes in as a tragic circumstance con-fronts you and bottom falls out. No matter how hard you try to pray, no words come. You are overwhelmed by your circumstance and you grow angrier, more confused and weak.
Sound bleak? Yes, it does. But we have these times ... really, we do. I’m just being honest.
But, you know, even though you have absolutely no sense of it at the time, God is in it.
“Whaaat?!” you scream. Oh, by the way, that’s a typi-cal response.
Besides experiencing per-sonal tragedy myself, I have witnessed defeats in the lives of others close to me as well: disease, sickness, suicide, the death of teenage sons or daughters or children, loss of income, you name it.
Mess happens.Still, God is in it - the
mess, I mean. Look for Him in it.
I have looked back over the tragedies of my life and I have seen, not only the hand of God, I have seen God Himself there, time and time again. He was there, and fully there, amidst the tears and
screams, the cold sweats and the trembling, forming me and re-working His image in me.
You too, during times when you are totally oblivi-ous to His presence, the words “though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more pre-cious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 1:6-7) still ring true.
God is there. Not only so, He is allowing you to suffer, almost die, it seems. And He is doing so because He is lov-ing you and transforming you by His grace.
“Odd,” you muse.Maybe so, but nonetheless,
true.
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Mitchell re-elected chairman of GRCA
CAMBRIDGE - Jane Mitchell has been re-elected to a second one-year term as chairman of the Grand River Conservation Authority.
The election took place at a GRCA board meeting Jan. 12.
Mitchell, who represents the Region of Waterloo on the GRCA board, was acclaimed to the position. Also re-elect-ed by acclamation were First Vice chairman Vic Prendergast of Brantford and second vice chairman Jan D’Ailly of the Region of Waterloo.
Mitchell has been on the board since 2003 and served as first vice-chair from 2007 to 2010.
Mitchell said a key issue facing the GRCA in the com-ing year is the coming restraint at Queen’s Park.
“We must make sure they understand the importance of conservation authorities and do not cut back on grants for flood control infrastructure or our small amount of core funding,” said Mitchell. “All the provin-cial parties must understand that clean water and flood pre-vention not only save money in the long run but save lives.”
The GRCA is addressing water issues by developing a water management plan in con-junction with municipalities, provincial ministries, federal departments and First Nations, said Mitchell.
Calling it the “most impor-tant work the GRCA will undertake next year,” Mitchell said it will deal with water sup-ply, water quality and flooding issues for the next 25 years.
LISTOWEL - It is time for the 31st annual heifer sale in support of the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC).
“This is an excellent oppor-tunity for farmers and agri-businesses to support MCC programs,” said Clarence Diefenbacher, sale chairperson.
Each item purchased on auction day goes directly to relief, development and peace work locally and in over 60 countries around the world, through the MCC.
“Some of these farm-ers donate year after year, without question,” said John Brenneman, secretary of the heifer sale committee.
“It’s a good feeling when you ask for one heifer, and someone offers two instead. Stuff like that motivates you to keep doing it.”
Last year’s sale raised over $166,000. Since 1982, the heif-er sale has raised over $4 mil-lion through the auctioning of 3,314 heifers and other donated
items.With plans well underway,
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Donations to the sale will be issued a tax receipt. For more information, visit heifer-sale.org.
For more information on MCC programs visit mcco.ca.
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by Kris Svela HARRISTON - Three
northern Wellington County municipalities took the first step in what could become joint ventures in economic development.
Minto hosted the joint meet-ing on Jan. 16 at Harry Stones restaurant, inviting representa-tives from Wellington North and Mapleton Township.
While Minto and Wellington North have active economic development depart-ments, Mapleton is in the pro-cess of resurrecting its eco-nomic development commit-tee, which was scheduled to host its first meeting Jan. 17.
Minto business and eco-nomic manager Belinda Wick-Graham told the 40 people in attendance the intent was to “share ideas,” on past econom-ic initiatives in the northern communities, what initiatives
could be shared and what ini-tiatives representatives would like to see in their own munici-palities.
“The reason for this meet-ing is to identify ... the main things you’re working on,” she told volunteers, staff and politi-cians who attended.
Mapleton clerk Patty Sinnamon said she and eco-nomic development members from the community were interested to learn what initia-tives have taken place.
Those attending the meet-ing were divided into several groups to identify economic development efforts already underway as well as new ini-tiatives.
Drayton resident Liz Samis, a member of the Mapleton eco-nomic development committee, stressed one of the priorities for local economic development is the use of computer technology
that would allow entrepreneurs to establish businesses locally.
It was a philosophy shared by Wellington North Councillor Andy Lennox in the round-table discussions.
“If the technology isn’t there they (business people) can’t do it,” Lennox said.
Dave Barrett, project manager with the Saugeen Economic Development Corporation (SEDC), pointed to the success of community radio station Bluewater Radio 91.3 out of Hanover as an inte-gral part of community promo-tion.
“Ten years ago a couple of guys had an idea for a com-munity radio station and it’s grown from there,” Barrett said.
The non-profit radio chan-nel has been looking to expand its coverage area with the installation of a transmitter in
Mount Forest that would boost its signal to a larger coverage area.
Wellington North busi-ness and economic manager Dale Small said his municipal-ity has been in talks with the station and garnering support for the expansion, which will eventually go with an applica-tion to the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) which is charged with approving the expansion.
Small said he was happy with the turnout and economic development initiatives dis-cussed during the two-hour meeting.
“I really don’t know that this would have happened three years ago,” he said of the joint meeting.
“We really weren’t there at that time.”
Minto councillor Rick
Hembly, head of the town’s economic development com-mittee, would like to see walking and bike trails shared between the municipalities.
“Minto is looking at a series of connected walking and biking trail links throughout Wellington County,” he said.
Small said attracting large business should be a priority for Wellington County, which is currently establishing its own economic development committee headed by Minto Mayor George Bridge.
According to Small, local efforts should focus on local initiatives such as the popular Buttertart Trail in Wellington North.
Some of the initiatives iden-tified at the meeting included establishing farmers’ markets, setting up localized cultural events, downtown revitaliza-tion, having industrial prop-
erty for businesses looking to establish or relocate, compiling community directories, host-ing business showcase events, and exploring joint ventures between the municipalities.
Mayor Bridge said the meeting proved successful, adding,“I think there’s a great opportunity to move forward.”
The sentiment was echoed by Wellington North Mayor Ray Tout.
“I think this is fantastic. We’ve got three communities that can work together,” Tout said. “That’s the start of a very good thing.”
Mapleton Mayor Bruce Whale said the meeting will give Mapleton’s new economic development committee a lot to consider.
“Our economic develop-ment committee is getting back into the swing of things,” said Whale.
Northern municipalities attend joint economic development meeting
County celebrates 25 years of blue boxesWELLINGTON CTY. -
The County of Wellington’s solid waste services division has reached a milestone in 2012 - celebrating 25 years of blue box recycling.
The blue box program began with a small group of munici-palities in Centre Wellington dealing with the need to close their dump on Gerrie Road in Elora. The group began look-ing at options to reduce the waste they would need to send to another landfill.
One of the many waste reduction programs local coun-
cils initiated in 1987 was blue box recycling. In less than two years, that program expanded to all member municipalities in Wellington County. The pro-gram was made up of curbside collection, depot collection at waste facilities, and unstaffed depots dotted across the coun-ty.
“In 1987, blue box pro-grams were just getting start-ed,” said Warden Chris White. “Wellington County munici-palities were on the cutting edge of waste diversion. I’m pleased that this program con-
tinues to be provided to all households across the county and is well used by our resi-dents.”
The gold box reward pro-gram is one initiative the coun-ty will be introducing to cel-ebrate the anniversary.
It will be awarded to 25 of the best recyclers in the county. Recipients can use the gold box to show their neighbours they are a superior recycler. The initiative is reflected in the slo-gan for this milestone anniver-sary: Silver past, golden future, keeping Wellington green.
More information on the gold box program will be avail-able later this year.
The county currently offers curbside blue box collection to approximately 22,000 house-holds. Depot collection is offered to the remaining 10,000 households.
In 2010, the county collect-ed approximately 5,500 tonnes of recyclables from residents and businesses through the program. The blue box pro-gram is just one of the many diversion programs offered in Wellington.
Community Futures celebrating 25 years as effective national programA government program was
celebrated for its success and longevity on Parliament Hill recently when MPs met with members of the Community Futures Network of Canada.
The program was established in 1986 as a means for the federal government to boost Canada’s rural economy.
When first announced, it was touted as better able to “understand, anticipate and respond to the impact of social and technological change in communities.”
The announcement also stated the program would address the “pressing needs of communities by becoming involved in initiatives proposed from within the community itself.”
Twenty-five years later the Community Futures program has done just that, said chair-
man of the Community Futures Network of Canada David Harris.
“Community Futures is the largest, most well-established national community econom-ic development movement in Canada. Community Futures organizations continue to be the driving force for economic growth and renewal by sup-porting local economic devel-opment.
“They assist in the creation of diverse, competitive local economies in rural communi-ties across Canada,” Harris explained.
The organizations, known as Community Futures Development Corporations or Community Business Development Corporations, are managed by volunteer boards of directors. Harris is a vol-unteer serving on the board in
Nova Scotia.Volunteers live in the com-
munity and make decisions based on what is best for their regions.
Many are successful entre-preneurs who see the benefit of assisting other business people in their area, to promote thriv-ing rural communities.
Currently, there are about 3,500 volunteers across Canada, guiding the efforts of approximately 1,600 staff members.
With 269 offices covering non-urban areas across Canada, the organizations offer loans to new and existing small busi-nesses and social enterprises, provide free business informa-tion and counselling and entre-preneurial training, offer sup-port for community economic development projects, and assist with strategic economic
planning. In Waterloo-Wellington,
the program is delivered by Wellington-Waterloo CFDC.
Since the inception of the program 25 years ago, the organizations have assisted 106,000 clients, injected in excess of $3.6 billion into the rural Canadian economy and have helped in the creation of 450,000 jobs.
Success stories about thriv-ing small businesses that would not have existed without loans or business counselling from its offices are plentiful.
Many entrepreneurs say that when banks would not take a chance on their business idea, they turned to Community Futures.
Success storyGeneral manager of the
WWCFDC Rick Whittaker was innovative when he decided
to create a full scale business training program to support the loan clients and business own-ers in the rural communities of Wellington County and the Region of Waterloo.
Encouraged by the board of directors, the Business Excellence training program was developed.
One of the reasons the WWCFDC is proud of the program is it affects so many different people in the commu-nity. The program offers many interactive workshops, online training videos, private busi-ness coaching and the personal support of a business mentor.
“It’s a great foundation for information and training. I would highly recommend it to anyone,” said Jennifer Patterson, owner of Inspiring Accents in Elmira.
“It helped me to propel my
business further than I could have ever imagined in just three months, said Jonathan Kuntze, owner of Pinacle Health and Fitness, of Elmira and Milverton.
Steve Humphries, owner of The Bar Store in Fergus, said, “One of the main advantages of taking the training program is being with other entrepreneurs and bouncing ideas off people that are in the same boat as you are.”
Vinnie Green, of White Car Limousine, in Fergus, said, “Once you get comfort-able with a mentor, and get on the same wave length, life becomes a lot easier and you have a new team member.”
The WWCFDC Business Excellence training program recently won the award of excellence for a business sup-port service.
‘Driven to Quit’ is backABOYNE - The Driven to
Quit Challenge is back.Quit smoking or any tobac-
co use in March this year to win a choice of cars, vacation getaways or cash prizes.
Wellington Dufferin Guelph Public Health is urging smokers and chewers to regis-ter now and plan a strategy for a smoke-free new year.
Ontarians aged 19 and older, who have smoked or used tobacco products for at least 10 months in 2011, can enter.
Each entrant must sign up with a support buddy, who could win $200 cash. To be eligible for the prize draw, par-
ticipants must stay smoke-free for all of March.
“Giving up tobacco can be tough so it helps if you have support,” said public health nurse Dora Eaglesham.
“Participants can take advantage of The Driven to Quit online community at face-book.com ... and twitter.com. SmokersHelpline.ca also has some great resources to help keep you on track.”
To register and to obtain details about The Driven to Quit Challenge, visit www.DrivenToQuit.ca or call the Canadian Cancer Society Smokers’ Helpline at 1-877-513-5333.
Crime Stoppers helped cops seize over $5 million in drugsWELLINGTON CTY. -
Each year Crime Stoppers pro-grams around the world cele-brate Crime Stoppers Month in January to highlight successes and promote crime fighting ini-tiatives.
Crime Stoppers is a civil-ian community organization devised to acquire information to assist law enforcement agen-
cies in solving crime. It pays cash rewards up to
$2,000 for information lead-ing to the arrest of criminals, recovery of stolen property and seizure of illegal drugs while maintaining the anonymity to the tipster.
Last year was another suc-cessful year for Crime Stoppers of Guelph and Wellington
County as the program assisted police and other government agencies in seizing over $5 million in illicit drugs and sto-len property.
Since 1988 Crime Stoppers of Guelph Wellington has received 14,535 calls and pro-vided $134,335 in rewards. It has also helped police clear 2,118 cases, make 1,389 arrests,
recover almost $10-milion in property, recover over $25 mil-lion in drugs and recover over $35 million in cash.
The Crime Stoppers pro-gram is made up of three ele-ments - the media, the com-munity, and law enforcement. Money to pay tipsters is raised through donations and fund-raising activities by the board.