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Friday, August 19, 2022
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Volume 38 No. 33
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Updates coming in M-T By Denny Scott The Citizen
Practice makes perfect Huron County Queen of the Furrow competitor Luanne McGregor was practising to prove just how outstanding she is in the field of plowing for the Huron County Plowing Match this week. Last week, she took to the field with the Huron County 4-H Sodbuster Club to up her plowing proficiency ahead of the Huron County
Plowing Match, which began on Thursday with Junior Day at Brian and Annette MacKenzie’s Amalgamation Acres farm in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh. Today, Aug. 19, the match goes ahead, as does the Queen of the Furrow competition. McGregor is shown above with Andrew Fear, who knows a thing or two about plowing matches. (Denny Scott photo)
Morris-Turnberry will be considering updates to its official plan and zoning bylaw next month, with the documents set for approval in early October. During council’s Aug. 9 meeting, Huron County Planner Meghan Tydd-Hrynyk explained that it was time for the update because the documents were last reviewed in 2017. Since then, she said, there have been updates to the Provincial Policy Statement in 2020 and the Huron County Official Plan in 2021, both of which dictate portions of the bylaw and plan. An open house is set for Sept. 13, as per Tydd-Hrynyk’s suggestion, with planners being available by appointment for additional consultation. The proposed date for the public meeting for consideration of adoption by council is suggested for Oct. 4. Tydd-Hrynyk outlined a number of general changes that will be made. Proposed changes to agriculture properties include: • Including policies and provisions for Additional Residential Units (ARUs) in agriculture areas, detailed as up to two ARUs on AG-1 properties and one ARU on AG4s. • Clarify that minimum distance Continued on page 20
Heffer joins crowded reeve race in North Huron By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen Nominations for this fall’s Oct. 24 municipal election are due to close today (Aug. 19) at 2 p.m., setting the ballots across the county for the next four-year term. It is now a four-man race for North Huron Reeve with incumbent Wingham Ward Councillor Paul Heffer setting his sights on the township’s top job. He joins incumbent Reeve Bernie Bailey, current Deputy-Reeve Trevor Seip and newcomer Ranko Markeljevic in the hunt for the reeveship. Incumbent East Wawanosh Ward Councillors Anita van Hittersum and Chris Palmer have both filed. Newcomer Kelly Tiffin of Belgrave has also filed paperwork in hopes of becoming one of the municipality’s two East Wawanosh councillors in the coming term. Ric McBurney and Kevin Falconer, incumbent Blyth Ward councillors, have also filed
paperwork to return to their positions. Mitch Wright of Wingham is currently the only person who has filed to be a councillor in North Huron’s Wingham Ward. Ray Berg, Patricia Elaine Smith and Michel Starenky have all put their names forward to be a school board trustee for the Avon Maitland District School Board for the region serving North Huron. In Huron East, incumbent Mayor Bernie MacLellan has put his name forward to again fill his position, filing his paperwork on June 10. He is not running unopposed, however, as newcomer Nancy Craig filed to be Huron East’s next mayor on June 1. Incumbent Tuckersmith Ward Councillor Ray Chartrand filed on July 11 to return to his position. Incumbent Bob Fisher has also filed his paperwork to return as a Seaforth councillor. He is currently serving as the deputy-mayor, a position which is chosen from
among elected councillors who put their name forward after the election. Incumbent Brussels Ward Councillor Justin Morrison, who was appointed to the position following the resignation of John Lowe, has filed again in hopes of returning to the position. His Brussels Ward Councillor colleague Zoellyn Onn has also filed in hopes
of returning to her position. Gloria Wilbee, another incumbent councillor, has also filed her paperwork in hopes of returning to her position. In the Grey Ward, long-time Councillor Alvin McLellan has filed his paperwork to return to the position, as has fellow incumbent Councillor Dianne Diehl. Curtis McKinnon, who ran in the Grey
Ward in 2018, has also put his name forward. Single councillor candidates are needed in the Seaforth, Tuckersmith and McKillop Wards, where in each just one person has filed to fill two positions. In the Township of AshfieldColborne-Wawanosh, Mayor Glen McNeil is hoping to return to the Continued on page 2
Shake-up in fastball league By Denny Scott The Citizen Back-to-back losses by the Wingham Hitmen, alongside wins from the Belmore Stingers and Brussels Tigers, have resulted in a shake-up on the Huron County Fastball League leaderboard. In the last week, the Hitmen dropped from first place to third, dropping two games for a record of 10-4. The Stingers now hold first
place with a record of 11-2, while the Tigers trail with a record of 113. The teams are approximately two-thirds of the way through the season, with Belmore having seven more games to play, while Brussels and Wingham each have six games to play. Following the Hitmen are the Mitchell Mets (8-5), the Walton Brewers (8-7), the Milverton AW Millwrights (7-6), the Sebringville Sting (5-6), the Fullarton A’s (4-9),
the Monkton Muskrats (4-8), the Goderich Grizzlies (2-12) and the Wroxeter Rippers (1-9). On Aug. 14, Mitchell posted a 158 victory over Fullarton, while Sebringville outscored Goderich 10-6. Monkton was set to take on Wroxeter, however the game was postponed. On Aug. 12, Wroxeter had to postpone another game against Fullarton. Other action that day Continued on page 8