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COVID-19 still active in Huron

By Denny Scott The Citizen

Another close one Sunday’s action at the Clinton Raceway was a thrill for fans in attendance and those watching online at home. With fans now able to attend the races, though in limited numbers with strict safety protocols in place, the location is a bit busier than it has been in recent weeks. Races began

with a Racing under Saddle competition, as opposed to the traditional harness racing. Lets Leavem, right, ridden by Amber L. Lawson Brand and trained by Sarah Town, edged out Talbot Eh Plus, left, ridden by Natalie D. Elliott and trained by Jason Mitchell, by a horse length to win the race. (John Stephenson photo)

Transport fundraiser tops $95,000

By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen A fundraiser for a Brussels Transport driver in legal trouble after a fatal collision in Burlington exceeded its original $50,000 goal in just one day and the total continues to rise.

Tyler Jutzi, co-owner and vicepresident of the company, organized the GoFundMe campaign, asking supporters to contribute to a fund for the unnamed Brussels Transport driver to aid in his legal fees, as well as his mental health.

As of Tuesday, over 715 people had supported the fundraiser, contributing nearly $97,000 to the fundraiser, which has since had its goal adjusted to $100,000.

On the site, Jutzi said the driver and his family have already been the subject of threats from animal rights groups.

The incident in question took place on June 19 in Burlington when a Brussels Transport truck struck and killed 65-year-old animal rights advocate Regan Russell. Russell was a member of the Toronto Pig Save group, which had been protesting in front of Sofina Foods in Burlington.

On July 20, Halton Regional Police charged the driver (they have not released his name) with careless driving causing death. The charge could result in a fine of between $2,000 and $50,000 and up to two years in jail. However, in a press release, the Halton Regional Police service said “there were no grounds to indicate that this was an intentional act, or that a criminal offence has been committed.”

Those on both sides of the debate are dissatisfied with the charges.

Jutzi, in an interview with The Citizen, said the charges are unjustified as the driver was simply doing his job, deserving to do so without having his truck blocked and accosted by protestors.

“This charge is not acceptable to the driver, other drivers in the industry or the agricultural community as a whole,” Jutzi wrote on his GoFundMe page. “The driver was just doing his job to help feed people around the world, delivering pigs to slaughter. He shouldn’t be held responsible for activists unlawfully swarming his truck.

Activists that don’t respect the blind spots of heavy equipment. Activists that verbally harass drivers in the workplace. Activists that give

unknown liquids to the pigs. All of these activities are carried on while Halton Police watch and fail to act.”

Animal rights activists, however, feel the charges are far too lenient and have since staged protests in numerous cities across the country urging the Halton Police to file criminal charges against the driver.

On July 17, the Toronto Pig Save group held a “Justice for Regan” rally in Toronto, marching from Front Street to Queen’s Park.

Russell’s family has called for a provincial inquest into her death, saying not only would it provide the whole story of what happened to

Russell that day, but it would also help keep activists safe at future protests.

From Jutzi’s perspective, this incident, which he says is very unfortunate, is the culmination of a tumultuous coexistence between the livestock transportation drivers and animal activists that has been alive and well at that Burlington location since he began working for his family’s company nearly 10 years ago.

There had always been animal rights protestors on the site, he said, but they had been confined to areas Continued on page 28

The Huron Perth Public Health team discovered four new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, although two were resolved by the time they were brought to light.

Dr. Miriam Klassen announced on Monday, during her bi-weekly press conference, that the area has 65 total cases with two active cases: one in Huron and one in Perth. Huron has now had 15 cases since the pandemic began and Perth has had 50.

“Two resolved cases were added last Friday,” she said. “They were associated with Perth County.”

The two patients were asymptomatic healthcare workers and, after repeat testing, the results were negative, meaning they are considered resolved and at no increased risk to the community.

Of the remaining two cases, another Perth healthcare worker was identified as being asymptomatic, however the HPPH has deemed it to be a low likelihood of active infection.

The breakdown of those 65 total cases are as follows: the 50 cases in Perth are split between Stratford (26), North Perth (nine), St. Marys (five), Perth East (four) and three each in Perth South and West Perth.

In Huron County, the remaining 15 cases are split between South Huron and Bluewater (three each); Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, Central Huron and Goderich (two each) and Huron East, MorrisTurnberry and North Huron (one each) with no cases in Howick.

When asked about other nations facing a second or third wave, Klassen said Canada will always be at risk as long as the borders are not completely closed.

She said everyone needs to remain vigilant and try to minimize community transmission so as to not overwhelm the healthcare system and protect vulnerable populations.

Klassen also commented on her Continued on page 2

Bronze medals for ‘Citizen’ The Citizen has placed third in the running for two prestigious Ontario Community Newspaper Association Awards in the organization’s annual Better Newspapers Competition.

In the general excellence category for newspapers with a circulation under 2,000, The Citizen placed third, finishing behind The Valley Gazette from Barry’s Bay in second place and The Burks Falls Almaguin News in first place.

The Citizen was nominated for best sports photograph of the year, a category that is open to newspapers of all circulation classes.

There were nearly 30 entries in the category and The Citizen finished third with a photograph taken at the Dungannon Pro Rodeo last summer

by Editor Shawn Loughlin.

The Citizen finished behind The Barrhaven Independent and a baseball celebration photograph

taken by Mike Carroccetto in second place and a photograph of a senior citizen kicking a soccer ball taken by Riziero Vertolli of The Brampton Guardian in first place.

The Citizen has been honoured several times in recent years at both the provincial and national levels for its work in Huron County.

For a full list of award winners, visit the Ontario Community Newspaper Association online at ocna.org.

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M-T to consider new property standards

By Denny Scott The Citizen Despite some misgivings regarding a new draft property standards bylaw, the document will return to Morris-Turnberry Council for its August council meeting.

Deputy-Mayor Sharen Zinn had several complaints about the document, including passages regarding investigations of interiors of structures and the ability to require engineer’s reports on existing buildings, however council voted to bring the draft document back for approval.

The document was created by Chief Building Official Kirk Livingston and Bylaw Control Officer Bruce Brockelbank after months of work. Originally, the duo had presented a proposed bylaw to council late last year, however council wanted something simpler and more streamlined.

As a result, the new proposed document clearly indicated which parts were taken from the old document, which parts were new and which parts were required due to changes in other documents, as well as detailing the downloading of responsibilities related to the interior of buildings to the municipality.

Livingston explained he had left out certain parts of the bylaw council felt were too intrusive, including rules about hoarding, mold, indoor air quality and outdoor firewood storage.

He said, with the responsibilities of the Residential Tenancy Act being downloaded to lower-tier municipalities, a new document was necessary, be that an upgraded property standards bylaw or a separate bylaw with rules regarding tenants and property owners leasing property.

Livingston said he would prefer one bylaw, feeling it would be easier for both staff and ratepayers.

He told council that property standards bylaws weren’t anything new, even in Morris-Turnberry, where similar documents predated the amalgamation of the municipality and were originally struck in 1988. The current document was implemented in 2014, and, according to Livingston, parts of it couldn’t be enforced in modernity.

“The way it’s written, it points to other sections in the bylaw and is written incorrectly,” he said, adding it cites provincial acts that had been re-worked or no longer exist.

With the number of complaints being dealt with, Livingston said, a

new bylaw is necessary.

He said the bylaw he proposed is clear and concise with no room for misunderstanding, adding that it is only invoked by a valid, written complaint.

Councillor Jim Nelemans was impressed by the document, saying, in his opinion, it had addressed all the issues council had with the previous iteration of the bylaw.

Zinn, however, wasn’t so keen on the draft bylaw.

“I don’t agree that you should be able to go into anyone’s house to check out their foundations and their water leakages,” she said. “I thought property standards… [referred to] outside-the-house stuff.”

She also said she “couldn’t accept” any document that could require someone to get an engineering report, saying it could be prohibitively expensive for some.

Livingston explained he couldn’t enter a building without permission from an owner, leasee or renter and that engineer’s reports would only be required under dire circumstances and likely only with rental properties.

He explained that rental units could be kept in dangerous conditions and the municipality needed to monitor situations like that.

Nelemans agreed, saying the municipality could find itself liable if there was a situation like the Elliot Lake mall collapse, which resulted in the municipality being sued for not following up on reports related to the condition of the structure.

Livingston agreed, saying he had witnessed rental units with holes in ceilings through which he could see trees that required him to request an engineer’s report.

Zinn wouldn’t be convinced, saying that what was outside of people’s homes was fair game, but inside should be their business.

Livingston asked if she wanted that to apply to renters as well, saying that some people couldn’t afford to leave a rental unit, but still deserved to be safe.

Zinn said it was a fine line to walk, but held to her belief, saying if the municipality needed a rule about that, it should be in a separate bylaw.

Livingston then provided another example where, at the request of a family member, he found a property owner living in an unsafe home. The property owner was battling dementia, but living alone. With Livingston’s assistance, the owner was convinced that work did need to be done on the home. Zinn asked Continued on page 27

Face coverings met with mixed response Continued from page 1 advice to wear face masks while in public spaces, to which she said there had been a mixed response.

“We’ve had some people like it and some have not,” she said.

She admitted that she didn’t like wearing a face covering and expects that most others don’t, but the overwhelming message from provincial and federal surveys is that most people know why masks are needed.

“We’ve heard from businesses and individuals that appreciate it and

we’ve heard from some people who are anxious because they can’t wear a mask,” she said, adding no one in the latter group is expected to wear masks. “Then we’ve heard from people who just disagree with this decision. That is their right. The HPPH continues to feel, at this time, these public health instructions help us as a community to be successful.”

She said the four recentlyconfirmed cases are proof the virus is not gone yet and that the public needs to learn to live with COVID19 and continue to keep the numbers as low as possible.

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Bailey conflict questioned, legal expert says no

By Denny Scott The Citizen While some local residents may have concerns that North Huron Reeve Bernie Bailey may be in a conflict of interest when dealing with the possible rehabilitation of the Howson Dam structure, a legal expert says his actions may be defendable.

The Citizen was made aware that Bailey’s family had moved to a riverfront property in Wingham recently, which means his property could be directly impacted by the rehabilitation or the removal of the Howson Dam. Sources contacted The Citizen with concerns that Bailey should have recused himself from any debate pertaining to the structure.

Bailey was the deciding vote in a 4-3 decision at a council meeting earlier this month to pursue proposals for an engineer’s study of the dam following the recommendation of the Howson Bridge Dam Committee. The group suggested obtaining engineer’s reports to determine the next steps, saying it would like to see the dam rehabilitated through fundraising if possible, but to remove it if not.

Mary Ellen Bench, an integrity commissioner for Chatham-Kent,

after being briefed on the broad strokes of the issue, said Bailey could be acting appropriately. Bench is also currently legal counsel at global law firm Dentons and was the city solicitor for the City of Mississauga for 18 years.

In an interview with The Citizen on Monday, Bench said that, since there are multiple property owners who will benefit, Bailey may not need to declare a conflict.

“Generally, that’s the test: Is it an interest that’s in common with everyone else?” she said. “The act is clear on that… Everybody who has waterfront property benefits the same.”

The Municipal Conflict of Interest Act states that a council member should disclose their interest, not take part in discussion or vote on any issue or not attempt to influence an issue in which they can benefit from a decision. Bench said, however, that Section 4, subsection K specifically deals with an issue where a council member will benefit alongside many other ratepayers.

“Sections 5 and 5.2 do not apply to a pecuniary interest in any matter that a member may have, (k) by reason only of an interest to the member which is so remote or insignificant in its nature that it cannot reasonably be regarded as

likely to influence the member.”

In an interview with The Citizen on Monday, Bailey said he was not in a pecuniary interest in his opinion.

“I’m not in any conflict of interest,” he said. “I’m not sitting on the committee. I walked away from the committee thinking I’d be safe.”

He said he didn’t plan on moving to his new home approximately a year ago and the process to strike the dam committee started before he moved.

When asked about the notion that his waterfront property could benefit more from the work than others in the community, he said he wasn’t looking at it that way.

Bailey said he has never been contacted by anyone suggesting he is in a conflict of interest, and that he didn’t make the decision to pursue an engineer’s report – a committee suggested it and council voted to pass it. He said his voice was one of seven.

Bailey went on to say he supports keeping the dam, but not as a roadway. He said he has held that stance since his election campaign, and 70 per cent of the township voted him in. He went on to say that all of council is weighing in on the issue, not just himself.

“When it comes before council, it will be seven people making a

decision,” he said. “This is not ‘The Bernie Bailey Show’.”

Responding to him being the swing vote, he said, “I'm still a human being: I still have the right to vote. I don’t see any problem with it.”

He said the work of fundraising for the project will go before another committee, and not be up to council members until another recommendation comes back to council.

Bailey did admit that his property will be impacted by the decision, saying the removal of the dam would drastically change the water level in the area.

“Most people are under the idea that the dam is not in play, and they think the river is [naturally] the way it is”, he said. “[If] that dam does disappear… there will be a six-foot river there. People think it will look like it does now… [and that realization] will be quite a situation.”

Bailey then said he would not

recuse himself from any votes going forward.

“If anyone wants to go to the ombudsman over that, I’m fine with that,” he said.

Bailey’s support for the project was outlined early during the Howson Bridge Dam Committee process: in the minutes of the first of the group’s meetings held on June 12, 2019, Bailey announced he had purchased a home on the river.

The minutes, which are available on the North Huron website, say, “Reeve, Bernie Bailey, expressed his strong passion for the dam and stated he purchased a home on the Maitland River to make [the committee] aware of anyone thinking it could be an issue of pecuniary interest,” Those minutes go on to say no objections were noted to the issue and no pecuniary interest, or conflict of interest, was actually declared.

Bailey attended five of the group’s nine meetings over the past year as an ex-officio member.

The truths which we know will never affect our hearts (Thomas Watson) “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Without meditation the truths which we know will never affect our hearts.

As a hammer drives a nail to the head, so mediation drives a truth to the heart!

Reading Scripture furnishes with matter—it is the oil that feeds the lamp of meditation.

Be sure your meditations are founded upon Scripture.

Reading without meditation is useless.

Meditation without reading is dangerous.

The reason we come away so cold from reading the Word is, because we do not warm ourselves at the fire of meditation.

“Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His Law he meditates day and night.” Psalm 1:1-2 A Grace Gem Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church, Listowel, ON 519-492-1359

A turkey lunch The Blyth United Church, right, hosted the weekly food booth at the Blyth Outdoor Market, selling hot turkey sandwiches to those attending the market. The corner has been rotating through local churches in recent weeks, feeding hungry diners in Blyth for the market. (Denny Scott photo)

Daycare, pool to re-open

By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen Huron East Council is working towards re-opening the Vanastra Recreation Centre, including its pool and early years centre, early next month.

The goal is to open the pool to the public the week of Tuesday, Aug. 4 and open the daycare centre the week of Monday, Aug. 10, barring any regression in the provincial government’s re-opening strategy.

In his report to council, presented at council’s July 21 meeting at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre, Chief Administrative Officer Brad Knight said that the pool and daycare centre, working together, would Continued on page 27

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To bank or not to bank “‘Stay out of banking business,’ banks tell post office” shouted a recent headline. The lobby group representing Canada’s big banks also said there was “no existing gap” that called for Canada Post to fill as a retail bank. That’s a rich statement, as Blyth residents can tell you after calls for CIBC to remain in town went unheeded and the area was left without so much as an ATM to access accounts.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association (CPAA) are both promoting the idea of a return to postal banking, and Canada Post has committed to allocating resources to a committee to investigate money transfers and cashing government cheques, including pilot projects in select locations.

Postal banking was one of the first banking systems in Canada, lasting until 1968. Many countries around the world still use the governmentrun bank in their postal service, including France, Italy, Germany, Brazil and New Zealand. In fact, Kiwibank turned a $79 million profit last year.

Canadian banks have long been allowed to cherry-pick who they serve by ignoring rural populations, Indigenous communities and innercity neighbourhoods. A government-run bank would even the playing field for everyone, especially under-privileged areas. As Canada’s big six banks allow fees to soar, limit access to financing and ignore rural populations, it’s the perfect time to consider an alternative. – DS

The Buffalo Blue Jays This season, the Toronto Blue Jays will play their home games in Buffalo at Sahlen Field, home of the Jays’ AAA affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons. This came after the federal government denied the Jays the ability to play at the Rogers Centre, citing risky cross-border travel.

While this is, at its core, a baseball issue, some see this situation as a microcosm of the differing approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic from Canada and the United States. Buster Olney, a leading baseball writer for ESPN, said on July 18, “Canada, a country of 38 million, has not had a day of 1,000 new [COVID-19] cases since May 25, and about 300 a day over the last month. The U.S. has had 70,000+ documented cases in the last day.” Olney broke down the math even further, saying that while the population of the United States is nine times greater than Canada’s, the current rate of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is 233 times greater than Canada’s. The U.S. may have more people and they may test a lot of people, but there’s no denying the U.S has bungled its response.

In fact, the difference between our responses to the pandemic was captured in one image last week, as the American Niagara Falls Maid of the Mist cruise boat and the Canadian Hornblower crossed paths with one another. Both boats were of similar size, but the Canadian boat was limited to a comically-empty six passengers, while the American boat, limited to 50 per cent capacity, was crammed shoulder-to-shoulder.

While some may grumble and miss aspects of pre-pandemic life that are not yet safe to resume, Canadians should be happy and proud their governments, both federal and provincial, have gone the extra mile to keep people safe as things to the south continue to worsen. – SL

Working towards the good The world is a dangerous place for small businesses right now with the uncertainty of COVID-19 and the necessary measures and expenses the pandemic has brought, so it’s good that reports indicate that Green’s Meat Market and Abattoir will be reopening in Morris-Turnberry. The business was gutted last month by a devastating fire. Morris-Turnberry Mayor Jamie Heffer delivered the good news during a recent council meeting, despite his council and North Huron’s not being able to work together to help the Green family when they most needed it.

Morris-Turnberry and North Huron have, for months, been locked in negotiations for cross-border servicing with North Huron wanting the best value for its assets and Morris-Turnberry ensuring their ratepayers aren’t subsidizing North Huron’s. There are other issues at stake, however those were the problems when the debates first started.

The Green family found themselves in the middle of that debate when they needed additional services at their Morris-Turnberry home to continue to run the business while its future was in the air. Those services were only available from North Huron. North Huron councillors held their ground and refused servicing without a comprehensive agreement and, while it’s easy to point fingers and say they are being unreasonable, the reality of the fact is that both councils have been at each other’s throats for years and this is just the most recent scrape. Now, more than ever, we need to work together, and while that effort needs to start at home, municipal governance could set an ideal example.

Let’s remember that, while it’s important to protect the interests of the people who voted for you, it’s also important to make sure all our communities flourish because no municipality is an island (at least not in Huron County). Work together and do better. – JDS

Looking Back Through the Years August 1, 1963 The Brussels, Morris and Grey Recreation Committee received the go-ahead to install artificial ice in the village’s arena.

The decision was made at a special meeting attended by members of the community and representatives of various organizations who enthusiastically endorsed the idea.

Brussels Motors was the victim of a break-in in the late evening hours of July 28 or the early morning hours of July 29.

The thieves gained entry to the building through the back door of the garage and used welding equipment to gain access to the Brussels Motors safe. However, once they gained access to the safe, there was less than $30 in cash on hand for their troubles. The thieves did, however, help themselves to a box of chocolate bars, though they left the cigarettes untouched.

August 4, 1971 A Blyth resident wrote a letter to The Blyth Standard admonishing a group of boys in the village that was shooting rare birds. Birds such as cedar waxwings and mourning doves were being shot, while they were also accused of wringing the necks of wild ducklings as well.

Furthermore, the writer said the group was cutting down small trees all over the village and he called on their parents to end the violent and destructive behaviour.

The Blyth PeeWee baseball team was set to begin its playoffs, taking on Belgrave, their neighbours to the north. The series would begin on Aug. 5 in Blyth, followed by the second game of the series on Aug. 8 in Belgrave.

Barn fires had been a major concern in the area with a number of

them claiming precious buildings and equipment in recent weeks.

Blyth Municipal Council held its August meeting and hosted Stewart Ament, who was in attendance to discuss the drain on McConnell Street, saying he hoped council would be looking into it.

Also at the meeting, Harold Cook spoke to painting the outside of the arena as a representative of the village’s recreation committee.

July 29, 2010 Jim Prior, Charlie Hoy and Glenda Morrison officially filed an appeal of the accommodation review committee (ARC) decision to close Brussels Public School.

The appeal was financially supported by Huron East Council and the Brussels Community Development Trust.

If the appeal, filed with Minister of Education Leonna Dombrowsky, was successful, Hoy said it was possible that the area’s school situation would return to the status quo and Brussels Public School wouldn’t be slated for closure.

The Emergency Services Training Centre in Blyth was set to expand significantly with a tender being approved for its expansion, which would include a new educational building for the centre.

Blyth would be home to the 109th annual convention of the Fire Fighters’ Association of Ontario, beginning with a special pub night set for July 29 at the Blyth Inn to officially kick off the event.

The Walton Brewers were crowned champions of the annual Brussels Tigers Fastball Tournament for the first time in the team’s history. They edged out the Wingham Hitmen by a score of 3-2 in the AA final to win the tournament.

Huron East Against Turbines, also known as HEAT, expressed its displeasure at the rate with which Huron East Council was making decisions related to a new wind turbine development near St. Columban.

Group leader Gerry Ryan said he was disappointed that potential bylaws to block the turbines weren’t being fast-tracked through council.

John and Mary Lou Stewart, long-time members of the Blyth Lions Club, returned from Sydney, Australia where they attended the International Association of Lions Clubs convention. There, John was installed as the new District A9 Governor by the president of Lions Clubs International.

Two Blyth natives were presented with the Duke of Edinburgh Award.

Ryan and Brock Bearss both received the award for taking part in the Duke’s Challenge Series, which tested all aspects of a young person’s life and community involvement.

July 25, 2019 Two parades to celebrate Seaforth native Ryan O’Reilly winning the Stanley Cup with the St. Louis Blues were now set for July 25, one in Seaforth and one in Goderich.

The Walton Raceway and Edge of Walton Challenge Course came together to host the first-ever “Learn to Ride” day in honour of the late Mitch Blake. The Blake and McCutcheon families presented tshirts to the over 70 participants, honouring the avid dirt bike rider through the special event.

The Blyth Festival entered into a three-year deal with Blyth Cowbell Brewing Company as hospitality sponsor. In addition, Cowbell would sponsor the production of a new play focusing on a “remarkable, historic” resident of Blyth.

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Other Views The secrets of getting people onside

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ith Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, last week urging Canadians not to give in to pandemic fatigue, it’s fascinating to read an article in Walrus magazine about just how much public health officials took human psychology into account in designing regulations to combat the spread of the virus.

In the article in the June issue called “Your Brain on COVID-19”, Carolyn Abraham starts off exploring how the evolution of the human brain led people, when faced with an invisible danger, to feel a need to do something – anything, like stock up on toilet paper, or worse, guns. (One North Carolina gun shop owner joked that his store had a new motto: “Dedicated to helping you protect your toilet paper.”)

The other common response to a new danger, Abraham writes, is denial. She quotes Andrea Soddu, a neuroscientist at Western University’s Brain and Mind Institute who says, “People think, ‘Oh, it’s not going to happen to me!’ That’s the sense of being invincible, the sense that these things do not affect you. So a lot of people kept behaving as before,” Soddu says of the spread in his native Italy, “denying and not thinking of what the real consequences could be because they saw it as something that was far away.”

What Dr. Tam was warning about is a similar sense of denial, but not from the geographic distance that made it seem in the early days like a disease in China couldn’t really affect us in North America, but instead in the “distance” of age. Recently, more than 60 per cent of new COVID-19 infections have been in people between the ages of 20 and 39 who are pushing the limits of safety in a return to as close to “normal” social life as they can.

They discount the dangers of the disease

Keith Roulston From the cluttered desk because of their perception that young people only suffer minimally if they are infected, and that only old people die.

“In public health, denial is a well-known epidemic,” Abraham writes. Often denial comes from a sense that a disease is far away and unlikely to affect us – such as Ebola in Africa. It isn’t until the disease seems a threat to our self-interest, as COVID-19 became when international travellers imported it to Canada, that we pay attention – and by then it’s often too late.

But here’s the part that I found fascinating.

Public health officials know that if you bring in containment measures too soon and an outbreak is milder than expected you create public distrust and accusations that you overreacted. Maxwell Smith, a bioethicist at Western University’s School of Health Studies, calls it the “paradox of public health” – the success of the initiative is gauged by what does not happen. And when the worst doesn’t happen, he says, people question the need for, and value of, public health protocols.

In hindsight, government and public health officials have been criticized for not locking the country down sooner, but Smith says it was necessary to scale up voluntary containment measures. Then, “as people become accustomed to those, you say, ‘We have to ratchet it up.’ . . . You don’t go straight to locking down the country in mid-January, in

anticipation of all this, because by the time the virus gets here in mid-February or March, it may be that the public doesn’t trust public health authorities again because we didn’t get it right.”

The government decision to direct people to self-isolate wasn’t taken lightly, says Steven Taylor, a psychology professor at the University of British Columbia and author of The Psychology of Pandemics. “They’ve had to ask themselves, ‘When do you implement this?’ You know it’s going to be enormously costly for everyone and you know there’s only a certain amount of time that you can expect really good adherence.”

With a high personal cost from marriage break-ups, to people losing their jobs and houses, to businesses that close, people get anxious to return to as close to normal as possible. “So, the longer it drags out, in highly individualistic societies, like Canada or America, the more people will rebel.”

That challenge is greater in 2020, Soddu says, because we’ve lost the sense of being part of a community, the sense of “Let’s do it together”. Today, people tend to think of society as something that “Imposes things, like taxes,” not as a collective that achieves together.

And yet generally, until the recent youth rebellion against physical distancing, Canadians have demonstrated an admirable sense that we’re in this together and we have to sacrifice individually for the benefit of all of us.

If we falter in this feeling, we have only to look south of the border to see how the “I’ve got my rights!” belief is causing illness, death, economic chaos and, in the long run, achieving exactly the opposite of the personal goals people claim to seek.

All non-stupid questions welcome

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here are, in fact, stupid questions. That isn’t to say there aren’t also stupid answers, but contrary to the comments a lot of my grade school and even some high school teachers made, there are in fact stupid questions.

I could write an entire column on stupid questions. (Like when you’re watching a movie with someone, both of you for the first time, and they continuously ask questions about the plot… you know, the plot you’re both experiencing for the first time? Those are stupid questions.) But I won’t today – today I will say that, while there are stupid questions, there are also a lot of very valid questions that may go unasked and, thus, unanswered.

In this week’s edition of The Citizen, for example, there’s a story about North Huron Reeve Bernie Bailey and whether or not he was in a conflict of interest when voting on how the possible restoration of the Howson Dam should proceed.

If you haven’t read that story yet, I’ll give you the broad strokes: Bailey, who owns property on the riverfront that would be impacted if the dam were removed, voted to go ahead with requesting proposals for an engineer's report on the dam. If the dam is kept (and he likes where the water level is at), then the decision definitely benefits him.

So there was a reasonable question for people to contact us and ask: Shouldn’t Bailey be declaring a conflict of interest?

I’ll admit that I was unaware of the fact that Bailey and his family had moved to a new home in the Wingham area. I had visited his previous home, also in Wingham, to interview him in years past and he lived nowhere near the river. That news took me by surprise.

As soon as the question came in (well, after I finished my lunch break) Shawn and I talked about it and we could see why people would think that it’s a conflict of interest.

Denny Scott Denny’s Den While it’s a question that needed to be asked, it’s also a question we didn’t know the answer to right away, despite our 50ish years of experience covering councils (two to three councils each, more than 10 years on at least four councils). So that sent us looking for the right response.

We started locally, speaking to The Citizen’s retired Publisher Keith Roulston, who said he could see the argument from both sides and encouraged us to seek advice from legal counsel, which we did. His sentiment was echoed by current Publisher Deb Sholdice.

The legal counsel we contacted, however, could only comment on whether or not we could print the story (and how to do so without inviting a libel suit), so he directed us to a legal mind versed in the ways of the Conflict of Interest Act, which details when councillors should recuse themselves from such discussions.

Unfortunately for us, that legal mind may have worked for North Huron before, which meant we would need to seek another, completely impartial, third-party legal mind to weigh in on the issue, which we did.

The answer: Bailey is likely not in an official conflict of interest because, while he will benefit, so will a lot of other people. I say likely because it would take a lot longer than I had to fully bring someone up to date on the saga that is the Howson Dam’s restoration process (and, being honest, I’ve got not-stupid questions about that whole

process that have yet to be answered as well).

When we discovered that Bailey was likely not contravening any provincial acts, we asked ourselves should we still run the story? If he’s not in the wrong, it’s kind of a non-issue, right? Wrong (though it wasn’t a stupid question).

Asking whether Bailey should or should not be declaring a conflict of interest was a very good question to ask of us. It’s our job to either know these things or, if not, to find someone who does.

Just like Grade 12 math, it was important not only to get to the bottom of the situation, but to show our work resulting in the answer.

We need to do that so that those who asked us this question in the first place could be shown that, to the best of our knowledge and our ability to research, Bailey was not doing anything technically wrong in voting on the Howson Dam issue.

The situation may not have the best optics and it may bear remembrance when similar situations come up with other councillors, however according to the rule of law, nothing untoward seems to have happened during these procedures.

So keep asking those questions and giving us those tips because while there are stupid questions, I wouldn’t classify as stupid the kind that lead to an answer that can help the community move forward. On top of that, you may be telling us something we don’t know because, as much as we try to be involved in the community, we don’t know all and see all.

Final Thought “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”

– Albert Einstein

Shawn Loughlin Shawn’s Sense

With these hands

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s Jess, Tallulah and I have reaped the benefits of an overly generous group of friends, neighbours, family and community members, one thing has really hit home every time I open a gift for our daughter: there are some really talented people out there.

So many people have loaded us up with such beautiful gifts since Tallulah was born just over a month ago (I assure you, this will not become a parenting column; not only would it be boring, but I’m not yet qualified to write such a thing), many of which were handmade.

And that’s where I’m going with this. Tallulah is now the proud owner of a number of beautiful, handmade items that you just simply couldn’t buy in a store if you wanted to.

Knitted blankets, mittens, hats, sweaters and jackets, a made-from-scratch wooden rocking horse that made its way here all the way from New Hampshire and a lovely one-of-a-kind quilt have all served as reminders of the hidden talents of those all around us.

Such skills were on display in March and April when people put their hands and discerning eyes to work making masks when the pandemic first struck. I remember saying to Jess when we received our first handmade gift – a blanket created by one of Jess’s friends from work – that there must be such a sense of freedom and accomplishment for those who can dream up a blanket they want and then make it with their own two hands (and maybe a sewing machine and bits of fabric) but I certainly wouldn’t know where to even start.

I have never been as handy as would be necessary to create the aforementioned keepsakes, so I have always envied those who are. I realize that years ago such skills were a necessity of life. Being able to knit clothes or blankets (or repair them when they needed a facelift) or do some woodworking around the house used to be part of daily life, but not so much anymore. (I will say, however, that I made a two-shelf case for my parents’ kitchen in my St. Mary’s Catholic Secondary School woodshop class and, thanks to using the bottoms of two different cans of stain, I was superbly lucky and created a rather handsome shelf with a rich, dark wood tone.)

Many people used those early quarantine days to learn a new skill (back when we thought it would last a few weeks). People baked bread or cooked exotic new dishes (to them, anyway). They learned how to play the piano or the violin. I, as you may remember, endeavoured to learn how to juggle. I bought juggling balls (you can’t just juggle anything, you know) from Higgins Brothers, a reputable circus supply store actually not very far from here, and got started... slowly but surely.

I began with just one ball (with the help of a great YouTube video) working to hit my target points above my left and right shoulders with consistent accuracy and catch the balls coming down while keeping my eyes up (this actually wasn’t too much of a challenge thanks to years of baseball and excellent hand-eye coordination), but I didn’t get much farther.

I thought it would be great for Tallulah (though back then she was still Little Baby Loughlin, or LBL) to be the kid whose dad can juggle. I’ll still get there, but I blame her early arrival for coming up just short. (That week and a half would have made all the difference.)

My point here is that while people are knitting, building and creating for their friends and neighbours, I’m not quite there. Juggling poorly in front of a newly-born baby while saying “Eh? EH?” is hardly a substitute for a hand-knit blanket or sweater, so maybe once I’ve mastered juggling, I’ll learn to sew.

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Minister named for local United Churches A NOTE FROM BETTY

By Betty Graber Watson Call 887-9231

Order of the day Masks are now a requirement for commercial employees and employers or vendors, and a strong suggestion for shoppers. Many organizations, including the Brussels Farmers’ Market, have taken steps to make sure that measure, as well as other COVID-19 control measures, are being observed. (John Stephenson photo)

At the Branch

‘Great crowd’ at pop-up patio

Getting back While it may require months and a reliable vaccine for the world to get back to normal after the COVID-19 pandemic, steps are being taken. Above, the Brussels Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion hosted a pop-up patio, welcoming customers to enjoy food and drink outside the branch. The event is being heralded as a success. (John Stephenson photo)

By Jo-Ann McDonald The Brussels Legion Branch is working towards opening again and it started with a pop-up patio evening on Friday night. The parking lot was fenced off and the tables and chairs were brought out.

The bar was in the foyer and entrance to the Branch was limited to the use of the one accessible washroom. There was food available including hamburgers or chicken fingers and fries. We had a great crowd for the first try!

Comrades working for the evening were Sandra Brown, bartending with Chris Brown and Judy Lee cooking.

Nancy Bridge and Nanci Ducharme were in charge of food services.

Linda Bird was looking after gate control and sanitizing. Deb Ross was co-ordinator and Jo-Ann McDonald was the floater. We will maybe do more similar events until the Branch can be opened regularly.

The Branch held an executive meeting this week and discussed the upcoming options and plans. Watch for the signs and posters.

The yearly scrapbook has been delivered to the District PRO for judging and now editor Jo-Ann will

Summer is moving right along.

We’re ready for August; a repeat lesson for us that no matter how things change, time moves on.

Holiday time is different this year, but keeping the right attitude, there are lots of fun things to do. So think hard, open your mind, be sensible and enjoy the holiday time, with your select people.

Good news, Alex Jebson is our new minister. The approvals came and the papers are signed. Yipee and hallelujah! Alex decided our rural area would fit his learning needs, his continuing journey as a candidate for ordination. The interview team recommended Alex, the Official Boards of Blyth and Brussels voted unanimously and Western Ontario Waterways Region 8 of the United Church of Canada gave its approval.

Alex will be with us in September.

We will not be gathering for worship in September, but opportunities will be arranged for introductions to our community in both congregations.

Since March, Jean Davidson and Joan Jacobs have been our COVID19 church bubble. Knowing the activities and contacts of each other, our safety was not an issue. So since that time, we watch Rev. Gary Clark from Forest Hill United in Kitchener where Brussels and Blyth United Churches are welcomed each week.

Lunch and games have passed our time extremely well each Sunday.

Missing people was a big part of our isolation, so Wednesday lunch and games were added. Often when we make decisions, we don’t see the end result, but this one was a very good choice. Mentally it was a blessing, knowing Wednesday and Sunday the lunch was planned, the afternoon enjoyed and news shared.

Along those weeks we learned more about this new virus with mental health being a large issue. As we stayed safe, we have done a good thing. Wow. As the weather improved, drives were added to the schedule. On return each time, we would marvel at the roads we drove that day that we had never been on before. We would head out and take turns saying right, left or straight, of course Ralph was driving and has been known to overrule the call. It’s been fun and we marvel and appreciate the rural countryside in all its many forms, from Linwood to Londesborough, St. Helens to Holyrood and from Formosa to Milverton and many, many roads in between. It’s been a very good way to spend pandemic time safely.

The 5Rs Store is having a trial run at opening Friday at noon. If all goes well, the store will be open from Wednesday to Saturday thereafter.

The clean routine of all other places of business will be followed. As well, only three or four shoppers are allowed in at a time. We’ve missed the thrift shop, so follow the rules please.

Be respectful of others. Keep your distance. Keep track of your mask.

Bye now, Betty G.W.

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Blyth BIA seeks art submissions

By Denny Scott The Citizen

Browsing The weekly Blyth Business Improvement Area (BIA) Blyth Outdoor Market, being run this year by the Blyth Community Betterment Group, has spread out throughout the village to recognize physical distancing requirements. The market, held on Thursdays, allows people to shop throughout the village’s downtown core while keeping their distance. (Denny Scott photo)

The Blyth Business Improvement Area (BIA) and the Blyth Community Betterment Group are hoping to draw people to Blyth with a home-grown art installation.

The project, which is being spearheaded by the BIA according to organizer and BIA Secretary Colleen Jordan, is designed to see a local artist showcase their creation in an outdoor art installation in hopes of drawing tourism.

Jordan, who co-owns the Hotel Lux, said that submissions can be made to her at secretary@blythnow.ca, and must include a description of the project as well as a budget. She said sketches would be beneficial, as would suggestions of where the project could be installed. Jordan said, however, the successful project will be placed where possible and may not follow those suggestions.

“We’re looking at public walls or public spaces, depending on what kind of art it is,” she said. “It all depends on what it is.”

Some possible locations considered include the patio where the Blyth Outdoor Market is traditionally held beside the Blyth

Pharmacy, or walls on buildings that are open to such additions.

“We’ll leave it open to foster the creativity of the artists,” she said.

The proposals will be reviewed by a panel of local artists and, once a successful candidate is chosen, the BIA will seek funding through Regional Tourism Organization 4 to make the project come to life.

Jordan said the requirements for the project are very open-ended, not limited to any particular artistic medium.

The deadline for submissions is Aug. 14, and Jordan estimates the project will be selected in September.

For more information or to file a submission, contact Jordan at secretary@blythnow.ca.

New minimum development standards set

By Denny Scott The Citizen

North Huron Township Council has adopted a new municipal development and servicing standards document as the minimum standard for new construction in the municipality.

The document, presented by Director of Public Works Sean McGhee at council’s July 20 meeting, includes several changes he wants to implement to streamline development in the municipality.

The new standards cover all

Market runs every Thursday From Marilyn’s Desk

By Marilyn Craig Call 523-9318

Happy birthday to Doug Craig, Atwood and Brooklyn Bromley, Belgrave who celebrate July 30; Emily de Corte, Zurich, July 31; Rick Elliott, Aug. 1 and Sara Kerr, Aug. 4.

It was a much quieter weekend this week than last week. Monday was hot; the temperature on my outside thermometer said 30°C but it felt much hotter than that. The weatherman was saying that the temperature will rise and will feel like over 40°C. This summer seems to be an old-fashioned summer, one we haven’t seen in a while; a summer of consistent heat.

Don’t forget to visit the outdoor market held every Thursday. The vendors are spread out throughout the main section of town to comply with physical distancing. Come out and browse.

aspects of development, from the start of the planning process to which reports, plans and studies are necessary, to how infrastructure must be built and rebuilt.

McGhee outlined some of the changes, pointing first to a change that will allow developers to ignore normal requirements to tie drainage into the stormwater system if engineers feel it would unnecessarily disrupt the natural flow of water.

Other changes include requirements for street lights, which will need a study going forward to prevent dark spots in communities, and what can be planted on municipal property.

McGhee said that, going forward, sod will need to be laid on boulevards and other municipallyowned spaces attached to developments to allow for quick, uniform growth.

Councillors were leery of the suggestion, however, with

Councillors Paul Heffer, Chris Palmer and Anita van Hittersum saying it seemed like a bit of a stretch.

Specifically, van Hittersum said she would rather see people be able to plant those spaces with lowmaintenance grass or wild flowers for environmental purposes.

McGhee said the municipality doesn’t want to encourage wild growth in urban areas, as that’s part of the municipality’s clean yards bylaw, further saying the rule only applied to boulevards and not the private land maintained by ratepayers.

“They could use a low-waterrequirement set-up if they want,” he said. “That’s their property and their prerogative. [On] the municipal portion, however, we want sod instead of seed.”

Palmer was also concerned about the drainage decision, saying people could end up with wet spots on their property and

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that he had run into that problem.

McGhee said such concerns should be captured during the site plan review, and that the change just means if there is a chance for appropriate overland flow, the municipality wouldn’t be opposed to it.

Finally, McGhee said he changed the title from guideline to standards to combat the idea that the document was a suggestion.

Council approved the changes.

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Summer vacation includes visits, youth camps PEOPLE AROUND WALTON

By Jo-Ann McDonald Call 887-6570

A very hot week was enjoyed by some and not by others. Remember to keep hydrated if you are working outside. Those who love the sun have been in their glory. Remember the sunscreen!

The farmers are hard at the wheat harvest. Besides combining the grain, they are busy baling straw as well. There is lots of machinery on the roads, dusk to dawn, so keep watching for machinery and slow down.

The next thing will be the spreading of manure for some and then the tile drainage companies will get back to their work. There is always work on the farm.

The summer is typically the time for weddings, vacations, holidays at grandma’s house and camps. We had our two grandsons from New Hamburg here for holidays and to go to the camp at the Edge of Walton.

Conner and Owen had a great time and came home exhausted from a day of bike riding, frog catching, canoeing, rope climbing, trail riding

NEWS FROM WALTON up the flowerbeds at Walton Hall and trimming the grass around the hall and ball park building. Thanks Paul!

Celebrating birthdays this past week were Charles Gulutzen, Lanette Todd, Jim Blake, Kathy Elliott, Jayne Ross, Sharon M. Brown, Dorothy Kelly, George Townsend, Tina Driscoll, Liz Ross, Tyler Eckert, Donna Blair, Cathy Flaxbard, Tyler Leslie Ribey, Olene Dennis, Sandra Huether, Paul Ryan and Jordan Shortreed.

Happy birthday to all.

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Aiming high Miles Linton was one of many local and visiting youth who took part in the annual sports camp at the Walton Raceway earlier this month. Linton is shown here tackling some of the climbing activities available at the camp, which also included biking, launching rockets, nature activities and canoeing. (Denny Scott photo)

Charges added to H. East man’s case A Huron East resident is facing an additional historical offence after he was charged with Indecent Assault on a Female late last week by the Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Crime Unit.

In May of 2020, Huron County OPP arrested a 61-year-old Huron East resident on historical sexual assault and other sex-related offences in connection with events that took place in Seaforth during the 1990s when the accused was acting as a golf instructor and supervisor at a golf course.

Last week investigators met with an additional victim and commenced an investigation into a recent allegation of wrongdoing that took place in the late 1970s in Seaforth, according to police. As a result of the investigation, investigators have charged the accused with Indecent Assault on a Female.

The accused has been charged with one count of Indecent Assault on a Female, police say. He has since been released from custody with a court appearance scheduled for Sept. 28 at the Ontario Court of Justice - Goderich.

Victims of sexual assault are not alone. If you or someone you know is in need of support, there are local resources available to help. One such resource is Victim Services of Huron County, which can be reached at (519) 600-4108.

and other activities. By the time supper was over, a little TV time, then bath time, they were more than happy to go to bed. They had play time and a sleepover with Brea, Wes and Nate the last night before going home. It’s all part of summer.

Weddings are another summer event. COVID-19 has changed the past norm of large gatherings into small intimate gatherings for those that still want to hold their nuptials.

The Eckert family celebrated the wedding of Christina Eckert and Brett Hendricks on Saturday. The wedding was held at the Hendricks farm outside in the afternoon observing physical distancing. A private family social followed. The proud parents are Darrell Eckert and Kim (Lee) Shetler. Congratulations to the families.

Our condolences to the Mitchell family on the passing of Lillian (Mitchell) Beer. She was the sister of the late Frank, Jack and Emerson Mitchell. She was born and raised in Morris Township and went into nursing, becoming a registered nurse. Her later years found her settled in Exeter. She quite often came to Walton for special events, Walton dinners and parties for the many Walton people she knew. She was a lovely lady who was loved by her family, her many extended family members and friends. Our sympathies to all.

Our good Samaritan, Paul Humphries has been busy keeping

If you are in an immediate need of police, dial 9-1-1.

SAMPLE REFUSAL A Morris-Turnberry resident is facing a criminal charge after he was stopped by police and refused to provide a roadside breath sample, according to Huron County OPP. Police say that on Sunday, July 12 at approximately 7:11 p.m., Huron County OPP received a call from a concerned citizen about a possible impaired driver that had just left a restaurant in Goderich.

Officers began patrolling for the suspect vehicle and approximately 10 minutes later officers had located and stopped the vehicle south of Goderich, according to police.

While speaking with the driver, officers noted the driver had been drinking alcohol and open alcohol was observed inside the vehicle, according to a report from the OPP. A roadside screening test was demanded of the driver. The driver ultimately refused to provide a suitable roadside sample to the officer and was arrested as a result.

A 22-year-old male from MorrisTurnberry has been charged with Fail or Refuse to Comply with Demand. He was later released from custody with a court appearance scheduled for Oct. 5 at the Ontario Court of Justice in Goderich.

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At its meeting on July 2, the Western Ontario Wardens’ Caucus (WOWC) approved a series of recommendations to support rural broadband in Southwestern Ontario.

Increased funding from both the Province of Ontario and the Government of Canada is urgently needed to address Southwestern Ontario’s large connectivity gaps, so the digital divide can be closed and the area can restart its economies.

In order to reduce the digital divide within Southwestern Ontario, and to achieve the Government of Canada’s target, in which 95 per cent of homes and businesses will have access to internet speeds of at least 50/10 Mbps by 2026, it will cost an estimated $1 billion.

The Western Ontario Wardens’ Caucus and the participating South West Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) municipalities of Caledon, Niagara and Waterloo are requesting direct funding to SWIFT from the Government of Canada in the amount of $254 million and from the Government of Ontario in the amount of $221 million. Combined with a $174 million commitment from public-private partnerships, the WOWC intends to successfully address the $1 billion Southwestern Ontario infrastructure deficit and achieve the interim goal of providing 50/10 broadband services to 95 per cent of the population within the region in the coming years.

In addition, the WOWC is also requesting that the CRTC Broadband Fund and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) Universal Broadband Fund each allocate 10 per cent of their funds directly to Southwestern Ontario (based on population share of total for Canada).

“The Western Ontario Wardens’ Caucus supports the funding of existing shovel ready, municipallyled projects that will connect our rural economies at an accelerated

pace. We support SWIFT as Southwestern Ontario’s funding mechanism to advance the expansion of critical broadband infrastructure across the region,” said Jim Ginn, Chair of the Western Ontario Wardens’ Caucus and Warden of Huron County.

“Broadband is critical in moving the economy in Southwestern Ontario forward. We have heard from our business community loud

and clear that in order to remain competitive, access to reliable internet is key,” said George Bridge, Chair of the Western Ontario Wardens’ Caucus Economic Development Committee and Mayor of Minto.

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Local tornadoes a sign of climate change PEOPLE AROUND LONDESBORO

By BRENDA RADFORD Call 523-4296

Boy, wasn’t that a storm that blew through our area two Sundays ago?

Our immediate area likely experienced the winds that accompanied the tornado that touched down north of Blyth. That being said it is as close to a twister as I want to get.

Thankfully the crowd of people in our pool saw the storm coming and headed inside. But it was truly frightening! And it all happened so fast, similar to the tornado that struck Goderich a few years back.

The fact that this part of southwestern Ontario has had six small tornadoes confirmed that day

is also scary. Who can doubt that the climate is changing?

There were many limbs and some trees downed in the village from the action. I could hear chainsaws working Sunday afternoon and for much of Monday as folks cleaned up their damage. Thankfully no personal damage has been reported.

Hydro outages were the norm well into Monday.

On another noise note. There was noise and activity along the west side of Hullett Central Public School earlier this month. Looks like a new well has been drilled.

Sue Barnett will lead the online worship this coming Sunday, Aug. 2 for Londesborough United Church and Knox United Church in Auburn.

August already!

August marks the 50th anniversary of Canada’s own Woodstock. Did you realize that Mosport Park, then called Strawberry Fields, near Bowmanville, hosted this gathering of approximately 80,000 persons?

Historians call it a high-water mark in Canada’s rock music history. And

it was a well behaved and peaceful festival.

There were a couple of interesting stories about people making news last week which I wanted to mention.

How lovely Queen Elizabeth looked as she knighted Capt.

Thomas Moore on the grounds of Windsor Castle! In the event you missed this news item, Sir Moore, as he will henceforth be known, raised $56 million (U.S.) for health care charities in England. This gentleman is 100 years old and walked many laps around his garden daily with his walker during the COVID-19 lockdown. Moore served his country during the Second World War and was continuing his service with this walk. And our 92-year-old monarch and her 99-year-old consort were seen to be physically distancing during the ceremony, which was attended only by Moore’s family.

Folks continue to make the news with reports of how they are coping with isolation. Many are finding talents they were unaware of as they try their hands at new things to fill in the days.

The new norm The Clinton Raceway opened to fans over the weekend, but limited the capacity to 100 people, all of whom were encouraged to wear a mask, employ physical distancing and keep their hands clean. In addition, they had their temperatures scanned on the way onto the grounds before they were allowed to enter. (John Stephenson photo)

Another item that caught my attention was the story of a 12-yearold boy who has started a sharpening business. This lad had some farming experience and with the help of his grandfather has been kept busy sharpening knives, scissors, garden shears, etc. He purchased all the necessary equipment from his savings from other part-time jobs and has never had a dull moment in his shop since.

He is saving to buy a Camaro when he is old enough to drive.

And although I, like everyone else, am tired of this thing we are all dealing with, I am more than a little upset with the people who are screaming about their liberties being affected by the measures we are being encouraged to take to beat this virus. The catchphrases that were adopted early in this fight still stand – We are in this together; we will get through this; this too will pass.

But together is the key word. We must all do our part for the wellbeing of others. So, stop harping about wearing a mask, keep your distance and clean, clean, clean.

Winter can be isolating enough without being told to stay in again.

And who truly thought we would still be dealing with this after four months?

Something else to think about: while driving the other day, the DJ on the radio was talking COVID-19 measures. When he completed his spiel with “And keep on smiling.” I thought, “And who can see your smile when you wear a mask?” Our eyes are the mirror of our emotions.

So, keep on smiling!

Scientists, healthcare personnel and government officials keep warning of a second wave, which could have an even greater impact on the economy of our country. It will be years before the economy recovers from this first wave, so let’s try to avoid another tighter lockdown. Stay well. Stay sane. Stay the course for everyone.

On the lighter side I Googled long johns this week wondering where on earth that name for underwear came from. John Smedley’s Lea Mills in Derbyshire, England first created this attire 225 years ago as sleepwear. Originally made of wool they didn’t become popular until the late 19th century when a

Obituaries LILLIAN E. E. (MITCHELL) BEER R.N. Lillian E.E. (Mitchell) Beer , R.N. passed away at University Hospital, London on Monday, July 20, 2020.

She was 92.

Lillian was the beloved wife of the late Capt. John R. Beer, RCAF (1975). Lillian is survived by sons David, Chatham (Dianne); John, Windsor and Steven, London; her granddaughter Kristin Heard (Keith) and great-granddaughters Katherine, Nicole and Danielle, London and grandson Aaron Beer, Edmonton; sister-in-law Lucille Beer, Hensall; several Saskatchewan cousins, and many nieces and nephews, to whom

she was either “Aunt Lil” or “Auntie Mitch”.

Lillian was predeceased by brothers Frank Mitchell (1962), John “Jack” Mitchell (1993) and Emerson Mitchell (2017); brotherin-law George Beer (1995) and sisters-in-law Elaine and Evelyn (1992) and Phyllis (2014).

Lillian was born Feb. 19, 1928 in Morris Township to William Mitchell and Elizabeth Watson.

Graduating from the KitchenerWaterloo General Hospital Nursing Program in 1951, Lillian’s career really began in the mid-1940s as a 16-year-old helper at a maternity hospital in Brussels, founded by her second-dad and mentor Dr. Charles Myers and his wife Anne, an R.N. As an Air Force wife (always adapting because it was expected and because she was up-to-it), Lillian nursed in Winnipeg, Exeter, Tillsonburg, Camp Borden, Moose Jaw, Winnipeg again, Alliston, and finally Exeter again, from where she

retired in 1991. Lillian was a life member and officer of both Hensall Legion and the Ladies’ Auxiliary, a Hensall United Church committee member for 40 years, a nursing home and seniors drop-in volunteer week-in and week-out for years after she retired. Mom was known as a team-player and a ‘doer’, the product of a generation that dedicated its time on earth to public service.

Mom was easy to love, easy to work with, honest and patient, uncomplaining and always in good spirits, even in difficult times, a “small-gesture-goes-a-long-way” type of person. That’s why her first mentor’s youngest daughter, as well as a grand-niece and a great-grandniece, bear her name. We grew up in a happy, fun-filled environment because our mom and dad loved each other, that was plain for all to see. And we ate like kings, because mom could cook anything, and her baking was legendary. Always

heavyweight boxer by the name of John L. Sullivan wore them in the ring. So John L’s one-piece garment tucked into his stockings became “Long Johns.”

Following suit another fighter, a knife fighter, Long John Silver, was similarly dressed when in action.

The term may also have been adapted from the French, longues jambes, which stands for long legs.

The two-piece thermal underwear is credited to Myles Stanfield of Truro, Nova Scotia from December of 1915. This type of long johns have kept many men and, eventually women, warm since but made of less itchy and more lightweight materials. Soldiers received long johns as standard issue during World War II. And today ‘onesies’ are a hit because of their fun patterns.

“Long Johns” is also a term for the donuts shaped more like a hot dog bun. I found no reason for this term.

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friendly, mom used to say, “Life’s too short - say hello when you meet someone on the street, whether you know them or not.” She was living proof that longevity might have something to do with not holding grudges, being utterly without guile or meanness, knowing when you’re lucky, and treating friendship like a gift. As her boys learned growing up, when other people think your mom is a nice person, they cut you a lot of slack. Mom will be missed.

Visitation was held at Haskett Funeral Home, Exeter on July 24.

A private family funeral service was held on Saturday, July 25.

Interment was at Hensall Union Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations to London Health Sciences Foundation, Stratford General Hospital Foundation, or South Huron Hospital Foundation would be appreciated by the family.

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Can you make it pay?

Cheryl Peach M.Ed., B.Ed

A new forest Conservation and practices that take the environment into account can also pay for farmers in a number of ways. Above is a look to the future with a new forest farm planted in Wisconsin by the Shepard family. (Courtesy photo)

OFA welcomes new directors Following a three-week nomination period for directors in five zones across the province, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) is proud to announce the return of a strong contingent of agricultural leaders as well as the addition of one new member to the organization’s Board of Directors.

Four directors were re-elected and acclaimed in their respective zones, including Louis Roesch in Zone 1, Jackie Kelly-Pemberton in Zone 11, Bruce Buttar in Zone 12 and Mark Kunkel in Zone 15. Newly-elected Jennifer Doelman will join the provincial board after being acclaimed as director in Zone 8. All elected nominees will serve for a three-year term, which begins immediately following the OFA’s 2020 annual general meeting in November.

“Strong leadership is very important for the future of Ontario’s agriculture and food industry,” said Peggy Brekveld, OFA VicePresident. “These five elected members, both new and returning, have an incredible passion and dedication to growing our sector – locally, provincially and federally.”

The OFA’s newest board member will be representing members in the eastern Ontario region of Arnprior, Lanark, Ottawa and Renfrew (Zone 8). Doelman, who will be replacing long-time board member and former OFA Vice-President Debra PrettyStraathof, is a third-generation farmer and seed producer in Douglas. Alongside her husband and parents, she grows a diverse crop rotation, which includes grains and oilseeds such as corn, wheat and soybeans as well as barley, canola, flax, oats, triticale, peas, forages and sunflowers. She is a graduate of the University of Guelph, an independent Ontario Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) and an alumni of the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program (AALP).

Roesch will return to the board table for his third term representing members in the counties of Essex and Kent (Zone 1). He is a thirdgeneration farmer from the Chatham-Kent area. Together with

his wife he runs a business that includes 150 acres of grains and oilseeds, a farrow-to-finish hog operation, 500 laying hens, an egg grading station and an on-farm retail outlet selling their own processed pork. Roesch is past-president of the Kent Federation of Agriculture and a former member of the organization’s

Policy Advisory Council (PAC).

Kelly-Pemberton was re-elected as the provincial representative for members in Grenville, Frontenac, Dundas and Leeds (Zone 11). Along with her husband she operates a small beef cow/calf operation in Dundas County and farms 200 acres Continued on page 19

By Phil Beard and Rod MacRae Edited by Cheryl Peach Over the past few weeks, we have explored adaptive strategies that can be implemented on farms to combat climate change. But, will it be profitable for the business? Can you make it pay?

The studies generally suggest that increasing the resiliency of a farm can pay, both short-term and longterm and the key is to find the right set of management changes.

For example, an Ontario study suggests that the payoff comes in more diverse rotations rather than in tillage changes. The possibility of shorter-term payoffs relative to long-term ones can be increased with more targeted and integrated approaches, e.g., intercropping trees and crops, or focusing on specific parts of fields rather than entire fields.

Since the kinds of adaptation proposed here also help with mitigation, if government programs reward farmers to mitigate, there will be an additional payoff for those implementing adaptation strategies.

There will also be substantial savings in clean-up costs. If damage from extreme events can be avoided, overall costs will go down significantly.

Although much attention is paid to on-farm energy production (cropbased ethanol and biodiesel), in ecological farming systems there is evidence that only small percentages of a farm should normally be devoted to such energy crops, growing perennials on marginal lands for solid, rather than liquid fuel production.

Whether your farming system is organic or conventional, you will not be immune to the effects of climate change. You will need to decide which changes you should make to your farming system to cope with an increasingly variable climate. Focus on your experiences

of drought and heavy rainfall and imagine the implications of seasons characterized by these two extremes.

Is the soil quality on your farm sufficient to provide some buffering of these extremes? Do you manage the water resources on your farm to give you maximum resilience? Are you properly managing your natural features – forested areas, riparian zones, ponds and watercourses – to protect the quality and quantity of your water supply? Does your livestock management contribute to or detract from your ability to manage under extreme weather?

And are farm organizations doing enough to help their members prepare and are they putting enough pressure on governments to assist with those preparations?

Farmers have always talked about the weather. It’s time to think about how you will need to transform your farming system to adapt to a rapidly changing climate!

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LAST CALL! 35th Annual Citizen of the Year Award Nominations Open 2019 Citizen of the Year award recipients. Pictured from left, publisher Deb Sholdice, Jane Smyth, Mary Douma and editor Shawn Loughlin.

There are so many people out there who do so much to improve their community.

This is your opportunity to show your appreciation for all they do.

Each year a committee chooses an outstanding citizen from each of the Blyth and area and Brussels and area communities to receive an award for contribution to the community. If you know someone you think should be honoured, please fill in the form and send it in. You may attach a longer explanation of why you think your nominee should win, if you like. If you have nominated someone before and they didn't win, we encourage you to submit again.

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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2020. PAGE 11.

Huron Farms to Tables

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Save your fork, there’s pie!

Are there any happier words out there? Here in Huron County we love a good pie, and we love to hear those words after a wedding banquet, country supper, or family reunion barbeque.

However, this year, we will not be attending those special events, so we thought, why not look for all the places you can buy a really fine pie and start a Huron County pie trail!

We are going to invite all of you to participate as well. We’ll tell you about some great pies we have tried recently, as well as a few that are on our radar.

“Things-in-Pastry” could, and possible should, be an entire food group. All the different types of pastry and pies alone can fill a recipe box. But for the purposes of our delicious research we looked for whole pies to purchase and take home to eat. As our wonderful restaurants begin to open again over the summer, we plan to continue the search for more pie by the slice.

We started with an exceptionally fine apple crumble pie from Zehr’s Country Market just south of Bayfield (7). We loved the crust and the cinnamon sweet apples. Zehr’s features a long list of pies baked right on site and will do other pies by request. While you are there you can stock up on other local items to make a complete dinner.

Make-A-Wish Cakes in Exeter (9) offers select items that you can order through its Facebook page. More than just cakes, Make-AWish makes specialty donuts and pies as well.

The selection varies so you need to check to see what is on offer every week. We did an easy low-contact pick-up as they do not have a shop.

We tried a raspberry cheese pie and I may dream about that pie for a while. Thick cream in a graham wafer crust with just the right amount of raspberries on top.

A good bakery is a joy to find, so we are blessed with so many in Huron and a couple are true institutions of baked goods. Culbert’s Bakery in Goderich (4) has been in operation since 1877 and Bartliff’s Bakery in Clinton (6) since 1902 and pies are just one of the types of tasty treats available at both.

Visitors to Huron know that dropping by one (or both) is always on the list. What is Continued on page 13

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Some of the best pie Huron County has to offer

Huron County on crust A standard dessert of Huron County dinners both private and public, pie is a staple in this part of the world. The Huron County Pie Trail shows off some of the best pie the county has to offer, including strawberry pie, above, from Lucknow’s Armstrong’s Bakery. (File photo) Continued from page 12 your favourite from these legends?

Maitland Market (5) is conveniently located on Highway 8 just outside Goderich and has a selection of its own produce as well as local foods and pies baked on the spot. It is wonderful to walk in just as your pie is pulled out of the oven, we tried a crumbly topped mixed berry pie. It was oozing with filling and the topping was superb!

Armstrong’s Home Bakery in Lucknow (1) is well known both at its home location and at local farmers’ markets. A summer is not complete until we have a fruit custard pie. Using different local fruits in season, the custard then

adds the right touch of creaminess to the delicious strawberry or other fruit.

Bayfield Berry Farm (8) is well known for all its wonderful berry products, but we tried a lemon meringue and can say it was outstanding. The kitchen here is busy making all sorts of treats and you can even purchase beverages that are canned and bottled there if you want to complete your pie picnic.

Jerry Rader Homestyle (4) is well known in both Zurich and Goderich as a great place to grab what you need to pull together dinner and its pies are the perfect end for that meal.

They list 16 different types of pie on

their website! Something for everyone.

Gorrie Line Produce (3) features fresh Mennonite produce and baking and we sampled a perfect elderberry pie. What could be more Huron County?

So, in this summer of new and more local adventures we hope you will join us and help us to expand on a Huron County pie trail. We know we have only scratched the surface of the fabulous pies out there for sale. As farmers’ markets and restaurants open again, we know you can do the really tough job of finding them and letting us know by tagging #huroncountypietrail and #saveyourforktherespie

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Setting the table A tomato tart with puff pastry is how Rural Voice food columnist Nancy Fisher chose to start her meal when asked to work with local ingredients, making fabulous use of local vegetables grown right here in Huron County. (File photo)

By Nancy Fisher The Rural Voice The summer of 2020 will be one we all remember, but probably not in the usual way people look back at summers gone by. There may be fewer concerts and ball games, but more backyard nights and stargazing. Fewer far-flung vacations, and more nights at home snuggled under a blanket watching a favourite old movie. Many of us are doing a lot of reflecting, counting our blessings and redefining our idea of summertime celebrations.

Here in Huron County, our blessings are many, including some of the finest local foods on offer.

While it may seem like “local foods” is a catchy new phrase used by marketing companies to catch our attention and dollars, living in the heart of farm country we have always had access to a wide variety of options right on our doorstep. We can truly see the local items all around us, and talk to the people who grow, produce, and create them.

A quick drive around the county can fill your backseat with a feast.

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So maybe this summer of less travel is a good opportunity to bring our focus to all the great stuff we have right in our own backyard. We can all do our part to support our friends, families and local businesses.

It’s heartwarming to see so many of the local businesses supporting each other, and it’s smart too. The market on the corner less than a mile from my house not only has items grown and baked here, but it carries a large assortment of other brands from in and around Huron County. I can easily pick up almost everything I need for a great dinner in one stop.

As the season progresses there will be more and more produce options, locally preserved items and others frozen to keep through the winter ahead. I get quality, convenience and a friendly chat with a neighbour all while supporting the broader local economy.

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Amazing meals can be sourced locally, says Fisher pastry is simple yet looks impressive. For this meal I simply used frozen puff pastry (a staple I am never without) as the base for a couple of different flavours of tart.

After unrolling the pastry on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, I split it in half and gently separated it. Using the tip of a paring

knife, score a line around the outside about one-half inch from the edge of the pastry. Be careful not to cut all the way through. Then with the tip of the knife poke the centre of the pastry a few times to prevent it from over-rising. Bake at 425°F for about 10 minutes to set the Continued on page 16

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Chops, potato and tomato Nancy Fisher looked local when she developed the mouthwatering meal shown above. Whether it was the pork chops from local processor Metzger Meat Products in Hensall, the peach and red pepper chutney from Zehr’s Country Market near Bayfield, or the locally-sourced ingredients that went into the potato salad or the tomato tart, she thinks local is best. (File photo) Continued from page 14 a barbeque you enhance that smoky taste and get to practise your grill mark technique. These smoked pork chops came from Metzger Meat Products and I always love that company’s products. I topped the chop with a very tasty peach and red pepper chutney from Zehr’s Country Market just south of Bayfield. The market has many shelves of tasty jams, relishes and chutneys that can enhance any meal. I find this peach and red pepper chutney goes with lots of different items, I may even test it out inside my next grilled cheese sandwich.

It pays to check for where your food is grown, no matter where you purchase it. And we have so many options to purchase. From farm-gate to farmers’ markets; butcher shops to grocery stores, the local producers, growers, and brands are out there and will reward you with quality.

Nothing says summer meals like a simple potato salad. Such a versatile dish with so many variations. You can use leftovers or fresh boiled local potatoes. As summer progresses tiny new potatoes can’t be any simpler to find or prepare.

Don’t miss the Goderich Farmers’ Market on Saturday mornings, as there will be sure to be vendors with them in stock by late June or early July. I often toss a few mint leaves right into the pot as I boil them.

For a basic but tasty potato salad I combined approximately four cups of cooked potatoes, two tablespoons of chopped chives, with half a cup of mayonnaise and a heaping teaspoon of spicy mustard. Season with salt

pepper and a dash of paprika. Adjust the amounts of mayonnaise and seasonings to your taste. I served this on a bed of local greens. Firmly Rooted Farm from the Belgrave area made a name for itself with its greens, supplying many of the best restaurants in the area. Firmly Rooted can be found at the Bayfield Farmers’ Market’s online ordering site or at its own website.

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Bayfield Berry Farm expands into wine, cider including fruit wines, ciders and Continued on page 17

By Nancy Fisher The Rural Voice Bayfield Berry Farm has new beverage options for your summer refreshment.

Like many other businesses, Bayfield Berry Farm is busy expanding its product lines with the hope that fresh new tastes will entice local shoppers and tourists alike to seek them out.

Nestled on Orchard Line just outside Bayfield, this family farm has been growing a long list of fruits and vegetables for almost 20 years.

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Branching out Bayfield Berry Farm, known for its fruit and delicious pastries, has now expanded into the alcoholic beverage world, creating a variety of fruit wines, ciders and, eventually, spirits. The line of wines was officially launched at a Central Huron event earlier this year and they are now available at the farm’s Orchard Line location. (File photo)

A true Huron County dinner Continued from page 15 crispness. The edge should just start to rise a little higher than the middle.

Meanwhile thinly slice your tomatoes and season lightly. Tomato season is what makes summer glorious. The varieties of tomatoes available now amaze me, and for this tart it doesn’t matter which size or shape they are. We are lucky to have so many sources of tomatoes in this area, and roadside stands are a great way to find them. Many farmers are selling right from their farm-gate. Hillsview Farm sets up in Clinton right next to Tim Hortons on Fridays and in Austin’s Appliances parking lot in Goderich on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Remove the tart shells from the oven, cool slightly, and spread with either pesto (you can make your own

but many of the bottled ones are quite good) or some shredded white cheddar with a bit of mayonnaise and fresh thyme. Or, if you’re feeling adventurous, Say Cheese carries some yummy local goat cheese called Stonetown from nearby St. Marys. You can find them at the Blyth Outdoor Market or on Facebook. Place the sliced tomatoes on top and sprinkle with more cheese. Then pop back in the oven and bake until the pastry is crispy brown and the cheese melts. Slice and serve while warm, though the leftovers can be quite good.

Summertime cooking should be all about enjoying the fresh flavours of the foods growing around us. It does not have to be complicated as so many of the foods are best served with little to no preparation.

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Fruit wines gaining in popularity locally Continued from page 16 wine coolers. Using berries grown right on the farm, Bayfield Berry Farm has five fruit wines available on its website with new flavours in development due to arrive on the shelves soon.

Fruit wines are becoming more popular and provide a lovely change

to your usual meal accompaniment.

Wine coolers and hard cider are new to Bayfield Berry Farm this year and more flavours will be arriving this summer. They will be available in cans and bottles ready for your next backyard barbecue.

Due to the current COVID-19 situation, it is best to check out

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TransCan concerns some, despite HPPH approval

A new year The scene above, captured at last year’s Walton TransCan, is certain to not be repeated this year at the event, which is scheduled to go ahead from Aug. 12-16. Huron Perth Public Health has given the event the go-ahead if strict safety protocols are followed. That decision was made after a meeting brought multiple parties together, including the raceway owners, MPP Lisa Thompson, the OPP, Medical Officer of Health Dr. Miriam Klassen and others. However, some residents and Huron East councillors have concerns that the event could pose a risk to an area that has kept the COVID-19 virus at bay for the most part. (File photo)

By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen Several members of Huron East Council can now count themselves among those who are concerned with the Walton Raceway hosting its annual TransCan in just a few weeks.

The event, which brings riders to Huron County from all over Canada and the United States, is slated to go ahead Aug. 12-16. The discussion at Huron East Council’s July 21 meeting, held in person at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre, came about thanks to a letter written by Pauline Linton sent to a number of local municipalities, Huron and Perth Counties, MPPs Lisa Thompson and Randy Pettapiece, Huron Perth Public Health and the Ontario Provincial Police.

In her letter, Linton said she wrote as a concerned local resident and a registered nurse at a local hospital.

“As a registered nurse who works in a nearby hospital, I can tell you that each year during this event, we see an increase in the number of patients that utilize our emergency department, as one would expect with any event that brings a large number of people to an area,” Linton

wrote in her letter. “The difference with this year is that we are in the midst of a pandemic. I have great concern with a sporting event in Huron East inviting hundreds of visitors with unknown travel and exposure [to COVID-19 histories] to Walton.”

Linton went on to detail additional concerns, like the effect the event might have on local paramedic services and the community at large.

At the meeting, Chief Administrative Officer Brad Knight said Linton laid out numerous concerns in a well-written and thoughtful manner, admitting he has some concerns of his own.

He and Mayor Bernie MacLellan then brought councillors up to speed on a subsequent meeting that was spurred on by the letter. It brought together Thompson, the owners of the raceway, members of the OPP, Huron Perth Medical Officer of Health Dr. Miriam Klassen, Knight and MacLellan.

MacLellan said part of the problem was communication, specifically that the raceway’s website hadn’t been updated to reflect this year’s event. There was information pertaining to a Friday night concert, camping and bouncy castles for children, all of which

would not go ahead in the pandemic era.

Knight said Klassen outlined very strict requirements for the event under the new Stage 3 protocols instituted by the provincial government, saying that if the raceway were to follow them for the duration of the event, it’s possible the event could move ahead.

There would be no spectators on site and the event would not be open to members of the public. However, riders would be allowed in with members of their pit crews for the duration of the event, allowing them to camp at the site. When asked how many people could be anticipated at the site for the event, Knight said it

would likely easily exceed 300 people.

Knight also said people would be coming to the event from all over Canada and the United States. Those who come from the U.S. would be allowed to cross the border, technically, because the TransCan is designated as a professional sporting event, but they would be required to self-isolate for 14 days before coming to Walton.

Furthermore, there are a number of guidelines for the event, including physical distancing, the wearing of masks when a crew is not on its specific site and extensive recordkeeping on who is attending the event. In addition, the raceway will be required to submit a detailed site plan showing how they will keep crews apart and ensure everyone is safe for the duration of the event.

Knight said he would be interested in seeing that site plan, a sentiment echoed by many councillors, but he noted that despite the property being in Huron East, it is private land and whether the event can move ahead is not under the municipality’s purview. If the OPP and Dr. Klassen give the event their blessing, Knight said, it can move ahead.

Knight compared the event to the Brussels Optimist Club’s spring auction and dinner. In the early days of the pandemic, he said, the club was making every effort to move ahead with the event in as safe a manner as possible. However, as the event drew near, it became clearer that it would be problematic to host it, so he wondered aloud if the TransCan would perhaps face a similar fate.

MacLellan agreed that there are concerns, but he said it will all come down to enforcement. If the raceway and its security does a good job of keeping each rider and crew in their own area, that should limit potential spread, following the rules set out by the OPP and Dr. Klassen.

Councillor Ray Chartrand was the

first councillor to express his concern, specifically about Americans coming into the community to participate. In his area, he said, residents had returned from visiting the U.S. and were seen out and about just a few days later, not observing the mandated 14-day quarantine. He felt no one was checking in on those coming into Canada from the U.S., so there would be no way to know if those travelling to Walton had actually quarantined for 14 days.

Councillor Brenda Dalton said she was thoroughly surprised that Americans would be allowed to cross the border to participate in the TransCan, especially after the federal government had denied the Toronto Blue Jays the ability to play home games in Canada for the truncated 60-game Major League Baseball season.

Councillor Gloria Wilbee, who has volunteered at the event for years, said she feared it was a “dangerous idea”, adding that each year the event is set out with best laid plans, but it’s difficult to stick to the plan with so many people involved.

She did say, however, that there will be extensive record keeping in place, where the raceway will have to take down the names and licence plates of all who enter the site for tracking purposes.

Councillor Alvin McLellan felt it would be beneficial to perhaps have a consistent OPP presence on site for the duration of the event, or perhaps the police could do frequent drive-by inspections to ensure the rules are being followed.

“I am asking you to, at the very least, research this event and its potential implications on our communities,” Linton concluded her letter. “We here in Huron and Perth Counties have worked very hard to keep our COVID-19 numbers at impressively low levels. I would hate to see our efforts to this point be all for naught.”

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Province, feds announce millions in local grants

A helping hand A bridge on Kinburn Line, internally called T13 by Huron East staff, is one of several structures that will be replaced or improved thanks to recently-announced provincial and federal funding totalling $11.9 million. (Photo submitted)

By Denny Scott The Citizen Several Huron County infrastructure projects received significant financial assistance from the federal and provincial governments announced on Friday of last week.

MP Kate Young, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages Mélanie Joly and HuronBruce MPP Lisa Thompson were guests of Bluewater Mayor Paul Klopp on a Zoom meeting to announce $7.6 million in funding from the federal government and

$4.3 million from the provincial government to aid in seven projects.

The projects are being funded through the Rural and Northern stream of Investing in Canada. The six municipalities involved will be contributing $1.4 million while the Walpole Island First Nation is contributing $37,347 for its project.

Young said the announcement is a sign of the evolution of the times and an indication of how well all levels of government can work together to tackle the toughest projects. She said the funds were showing how the Federal Liberal government was delivering on its promise to build sustainable, resilient communities.

Thompson said the projects will help residents to get where they need to be as well as help create jobs and lead to economic recovery.

“I want to thank all of our partners for significant investments for these projects,” she said.

Klopp said the project in Bluewater, the replacement of a bridge on Airport Line, like other projects on the list, would be a great burden to ratepayers if funding weren’t available.

“This replacement is a lot of dollars,” he said, adding the program is all about “working together” and allowing traffic to flow through these individual communities,

including farmers transporting equipment.

Young agreed, saying the investment isn’t for the individual communities, but for all of Ontario, mentioning she uses Airport Line herself to get to and from communities in the area.

“It’s good for all Ontarians,” she said. “I’m so pleased to be a part of this announcement today.”

Huron East Chief Administrative Officer Brad Knight explained that the Huron East project, a bridge on Kinburn Line internally called bridge T13, is the largest capital project in the municipality’s fiveyear capital plan.

With the funding, the $2,564,100 project will cost the municipality $427,436 (17 per cent of the total) thanks to $854,614 (33 per cent) coming from the provincial government and $1,282,050 (50 per cent) coming from the federal government.

“Ever since we amalgamated, council has dedicated [the municipality’s] gas tax funding and aggregate resource license fees from gravel pits to our bridge reserves,” Knight said in an e-mail to The Citizen. “By doing that, we have always had funding for whatever bridge work we were doing.

However, our bridge reserve only has a $1.4 million reserve balance right now. It would be very difficult financially for us to take that project on without funding.”

The Municipality of MorrisTurnberry will be replacing the

Blind Line Bridge on Abraham Line with a two-lane structure to improve traffic flow and allow larger vehicles to use it, according to the report.

Chief Administrative Officer for the municipal Trevor Hallam explained that the remainder of the project will cost $2,934,800. The federal government will be handling 60 per cent of the project ($1,760,880) while the province provides 33.3 per cent ($977,288.40) and the municipality will provide 6.67 per cent ($176,631.60).

Hallam explained that expenses that had already been paid, like the Class EA work and consulting expenses, aren’t eligible and will be entirely covered by the municipality.

Other projects include: • The Municipality of MorrisTurnberry will be replacing the Blind Line Bridge on Abraham Line with a two-lane structure to improve traffic flow and allow larger vehicles to use it • The Municipality of Bluewater will be replacing a bridge on Airport Line with a longer, wider structure that will reduce service interruptions in the area • The Municipality of Dutton/Dunwich will be rehabilitating a portion of Ash Line • Walpole Island First Nation will be replacing a culvert on Tecumseh Road to improve drainage • The Township of Southwold will replace the Second Line Bridge • The Municipality of BrookeAlvinston will be rehabilitating a portion of road.

OPP officer assaulted in Central Huron incident Continued from page 8 Police (OPP) has arrested and charged a Central Huron resident with Assault Police and other criminal charges following an incident that took place in Clinton.

The OPP reports that, on Tuesday, July 14 at 1 p.m., officers responded to an apartment complex on James Street in Clinton to investigate a report of a male who was causing a disturbance with another tenant.

Investigators determined the male had threatened and gestured to cause harm against another tenant at the complex.

Police say that when the investigating officer attempted to apprehend the suspect, he immediately resisted arrest and struck the officer in the head.

Further, the accused made threats toward the officer.

The OPP report that the injured officer was treated at a local hospital

and was released with a head injury.

A 30-year-old male from Clinton has been charged with: Assault Cause Bodily Harm, Assault and two counts of Utter Threats according to police. He remains in custody with a court appearance scheduled for July 24 at the Ontario Court of Justice in Goderich.

WEAPONS CHARGES Huron County OPP has charged two individuals with weaponsrelated offences after a traffic stop was conducted last weekend east of Clinton.

On Saturday, July 18 at approximately 8:17 p.m. a Huron County OPP officer was conducting RADAR patrol on Front Road when a known suspended driver passed by in a pickup truck, police say.

The OPP reports that a traffic stop was initiated and upon confirming the suspension, the driver was placed under arrest for Driving

While Under Suspension. Police say a search then resulted in police locating and seizing a set of brass knuckles from inside the vehicle.

Both the driver and passenger were subsequently arrested for possession of the prohibited weapon according to police reports.

Police say the driver, a 28-year-old male from Lucknow has been charged with Unauthorized Possession of a Weapon, Occupant of a Motor Vehicle Knowing there was a Prohibited Device, Possess Prohibited Weapon Contrary to Order, Fail to Comply with Undertaking and other drivingrelated offences. He has since been released from custody with a court appearance scheduled for Sept. 28 at the Ontario Court of Justice in Goderich.

Police report that the passenger, a 27-year-old from Lucknow has been charged with Unauthorized

New board to be installed soon Continued from page 10 of hay, corn and IP soybeans. She has had a varied career off-farm from working as a veterinarian technician to environmental manager for the Parmalat plant in Winchester. She previously served as president of the Dundas Federation of Agriculture for 13 years and sat as a PAC member.

Kelly-Pemberton is a Class 14 alumni of the AALP and will be entering her second term as a board member.

In the counties of Hastings, Lennox and Addington, Northumberland and Prince Edward (Zone 12), Buttar will serve in the role as director for a third term.

From Gores Landing, Buttar is a former dairy farmer who now grows grains, oilseeds and hay and raises a small herd of beef cattle with his

wife and son. He is the past chair of the Northumberland Federation of Agriculture and continues to be involved on the local board. Buttar is also a founding committee member of FARM 911: The Emily Project.

Members in northern Ontario, including Algoma, Cochrane, Dryden, Kenora, Manitoulin-North Shore, Muskoka, Nipissing East and West, Parry Sound, Rainy River, Sudbury East and West, Temiskaming and Thunder Bay, have re-elected Kunkel as their board representative. Kunkel, who will be entering his third term on the board, operates a family dairy farm outside of North Bay. He is a member of the local dairy producer committee, the chair of the OFA’s Northern Caucus and has recently

been involved in the farm plastics recycling program.

“These are great leaders within their own communities and the OFA is proud to have them on board our organization,” stated Brekveld.

The OFA is governed by an 18member elected Board of Directors consisting of Ontario farmers from across the province.

The role of a provincial director involves advocacy work on behalf of grassroots members, conversations with policymakers and industry partners, and enhancing the agri-food industry for all Ontario farm businesses. It is an exciting opportunity to make an impact on Ontario agriculture and play an integral role in working towards our shared mission of “Farms and Food Forever”.

Possession of a Weapon, Occupant of a Motor Vehicle Knowing there was a Prohibited Device, Fail to Comply with Undertaking and Fail to Comply with Probation Order (2 counts). She was released from custody with a court appearance scheduled for Oct. 19 at the Ontario Court of Justice in Goderich.

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Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.

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Bubble time While the Brussels Leo Club opened its new playground earlier this month, the playground equipment wasn’t the main attraction for all in attendance at the club’s grand opening event. Here, Danika White is more than occupied with a bubble machine at the site for the special event.

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Brussels Livestock report

Goats, sheep, lambs, veal sell higher at sale Total receipts for Brussels Livestock for the week ending July 24 were 1,283 cattle and 1,402 lambs and goats.

On Tuesday fed steers and heifers sold actively at easier prices. Choice steers and heifers sold $144 to $149 with sales to $150. Second-cut steers and heifers sold $135 to $144. Cows sold on a steady market. On Thursday veal sold on a strong active trade at slightly higher prices.

Lambs sold slightly higher, sheep sold higher and goats sold higher.

On Friday calves sold steady and yearlings sold $1 to $2 higher.

Kevin Rennick of Monkton, consigned three head. One red heifer weighed 1,055 lbs. and sold for a price of $148.

Kevin Rennick of Monkton, consigned three head. One red steer weighed 1,285 lbs. and sold for a price of $149. John Vanloo of Bluevale consigned two head. One gold steer weighed 1,485 lbs. and sold for an average price of $149.

There were 250 cows on offer.

Beef sold $85 to $98 with sales to $114.50; D1 and D2, $77 to $85 with sales to $93; D3, $72 to $76; D4, $60 to $70. Kevin Rennick of Monkton, consigned three head. One rwf cow weighed 1,765 lbs. and sold for $114.50.

There were seve bulls selling $91.50 to $141. Roy and Lorne Roach of Kincardine, consigned one black bull that weighed 2,010 lbs and sold for a price of $141.

There were 110 head of veal on offer. Good holsteins sold $135 to $150 with sales to $152; SL heavy holsteins, $125 to $135; heavy holsteins, $120 to $136; medium holsteins, $120 to $130.

Paul Pennington of Mildmay, consigned five head. One holstein steer weighed 695 lbs. and sold for a price of $146. Jared Murray of Walton, consigned six head. One holstein steer weighed 755 lbs. and sold for a price of $150.

Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $307 to $330; 50 - 64 lbs., $268.50 to $295; 65 - 79 lbs., $272 to $305; 80 - 94 lbs., $276.50 to $294; 95 - 109 lbs., $267 to $280; 110 lbs. and over, $230 to $264.

Sheep sold $150 to $250.

Goats: billies sold $150 to $350; nannies, $150 to $250; kids: meat, $300 to $540; dairy, $250 to $525.

Peter and Amy Vingerhoeds of Hensall, consigned seven kid goats that averaged 60 lbs. and sold for an average price of $540. Joel Brodie of Blyth, consigned 19 head. Seven lambs averaged 83 lbs. and sold for an average price of $292. Bill and Suzanne Howe of Walkerton, consigned nine lambs that averaged 77 lbs. and sold for an average price of $305. Kolgi Ltd. of Monkton, consigned 42 head. Ten lambs averaged 80 lbs. and sold for an average price of $294.

Top quality stocker steers 400 499 lbs. sold $262.50 to $280; 500 599 lbs., $239 to $256; 600 - 699

lbs., $215 to $237; 700 - 799 lbs., $209 to $226; 800 - 899 lbs., $193 to $208; 900 - 999 lbs., $182 to $188; 1,000 lbs. and over, $161.75 to $182.

Top quality stocker heifers 400 499 lbs. sold $196 to $218; 500 - 599 lbs., $193 to $210; 600 - 699 lbs., $184 to $192; 700 - 799 lbs., $174 to $198; 800 - 899 lbs., $173 to $182.75; 900 lbs. and over, $160.50 to $175.75.

Joseph W. Burkhart of Wallenstein, consigned 10 head.

Seven gold steers averaged 1,036 lbs. and sold for an average price of $178. Enoch M. Brubacher of Lucknow consigned 12 head. Five red heifers averaged 1,017 lbs. and sold for an average price of $168.50.

OFA urges denial of Freedom of Information request

By Keith Currie, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture Ontario farmers put a high priority on protecting data and proprietary information related to their farm businesses. The threat of disclosing that type of information poses a significant risk to the health, safety and security of farms, families and operations across the province. The recent freedom-of-information (FOI) request submitted to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) to release a list of names of all businesses with a Farm Business Registration (FBR) has the potential to jeopardize the privacy and security of that information.

Although the request impacts Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) members that are FBR registrants, it does not pertain to OFA’s membership database or any related information. The individual who filed the FOI request is seeking FBR information from OMAFRA’s records.

The release of this information would affect all Farm Business Registrants across the province, and not solely OFA members. The concern surrounding the potential disclosure of information is shared by all three general farm organizations in Ontario.

All freedom-of-information requests are subject to a thorough legal process defined under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA).

As part of the legal process, farmers potentially impacted by the disclosure of this information were asked to provide their comments and feedback to OMAFRA’s Freedom of Information and Privacy Coordinator. The OFA is aware of a substantial number of members that responded, stating their opposition to the requested disclosure of their information.

When notified about the FOI request made to OMAFRA, the OFA took immediate action on behalf of its 38,000 farm family members in an effort to maintain the privacy and security of those with a Farm Business Registration. The OFA communicated its awareness of the situation to members and immediately consulted legal counsel and sought advice on how its members could best respond to the FOI request. The OFA engaged with members on a regular basis, informing them of the situation and providing guidance and clarity on responding to OMAFRA’s letter.

From the outset, the OFA urged OMAFRA to deny the release of this information and responded quickly

by submitting its own freedom-ofinformation request in an attempt to learn the identity of the individual who filed the request for FBR information. The OFA believes farmers have the right to know who wants their names and business information.

In support of the concerns shared by our membership, the OFA provided a submission to OMAFRA opposing the potential release of farm business information. As stated in the submission, the names of FBR registrants should not be disclosed

by OMAFRA. It has the potential to cause severe financial loss to farm businesses through possible fraudulent use of the information by the individual collecting it or may be used to facilitate identity theft. It’s the OFA’s belief that the release of this personal information infringes on the privacy and security of farm operations across the province.

Ontario’s agriculture industry is aligned in strongly opposing the disclosure of information related to Farm Business Registrants. The OFA has collaborated and coordinated with commodity organizations such as the Dairy Farmers of Ontario, Ontario Pork, Beef Farmers of Ontario and Ontario Sheep Farmers in response to this potential threat.

A big thank you Huron East hosted a barbecue last week for the Lavis Contracting Ltd. construction crews that have been working tirelessly on the Seaforth main street reconstruction. (Photo submitted)

Although it was stated in OMAFRA’s formal letter to more than 450 farmers across the province that July 17, 2020 was the deadline to express concerns regarding the disclosure of FBR information, the OFA continues to encourage members to share their comments and concerns. All impacted farmers deserve the right to voice their concerns and provide their feedback to OMAFRA. All members with a Farm Business Registration are strongly encouraged to submit their comments to OMAFRA’s Freedom of Information

and Privacy Co-ordinator at FOIaccess.omafra@ontario.ca. It’s important they understand the severity of the situation and the impact the disclosure of this information could have on their farms, families and businesses.

It’s been publicly stated that OMAFRA intends to issue a Notice of Decision to the requester of the FBR information by Aug. 10, 2020.

Collectively, as farmers, let’s all do our part to urge OMAFRA to deny such a request to ensure we maintain the health, safety and security of our farm operations.

Cottrills welcome baby PEOPLE AROUND BELGRAVE

By Linda Campbell Call 357-2188

The community extends sincere sympathy to Ruth King and family on the loss of her daughter Kathleen Kelly of Stratford who passed away on July 19.

Congratulations is extended from the community to Shawn and Katie Cottrill on the birth of Oliver Daniel born on July 23 at 12:15 p.m. in Stratford General Hospital. Spoiling privileges are extended to grandparents Mike and Donelda Cottrill and Sharon and Terry Pringle and great-grandparents Miriam Pringle and Merle Gibson.

Ten people enjoyed the coffee break Tuesday, July 21 at the Belgrave Community Centre.

Everyone had a good visit while obeying the physical distancing rules and wearing a mask. The next coffee break is on Aug. 11, 9:30 - 11 a.m. Everyone is welcome.

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Letter to the Editor

Farmers drove up land prices: writer

Sun and fun After the recent closure of the Goderich beaches, they were open to the public again over the weekend with strict rules in place limiting the number of people in an individual gathering and encouraging hand hygiene and physical distancing, all while allowing people to have some fun in the sun at one of Ontario’s most famous beaches. (John Stephenson photo)

THE EDITOR, Neither columnist Keith Roulston nor the Huron County Federation of Agriculture (HCFA) seem to realize that we farmers aren’t the innocent who need to be protected from the property tax implications of rapidlyincreasing farm values, we’re the guilty parties who drove up the price of farmland in the first place and now we don’t want to shoulder the property tax responsibilities for having done so.

The HCFA proposal to reduce the tax ratio to where it was before farmland prices started to soar would serve only to penalize homeowners (our customers) and businesses (our suppliers) for having adhered to the sort of sound financial principles we farmers threw out the window when

we went on our ill-advised spending spree.

Even though I am a proud pastpresident of the HCFA, I am appalled that the HCFA refuses to admit farmers caused this problem in the first place and also appalled that HCFA’s proposed solution is to be a “dog-in-the-manger” by penalizing our customers and our suppliers.

Stephen Thompson, Clinton.

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From the Minister’s Study

The problem with not having a king

By Pastor Gary van Leeuwen Blyth Christian Reformed Church At the end of the book of Judges (the seventh book in the Bible), the last line reads: “There was no king in Israel. Everyone did as they saw fit.”

Reading through the book of Judges gives us a glimpse of a society on the verge of total collapse.

The first half of the book is dedicated to describing the lives of 12 judges. It might be better to call them chieftains or tribal leaders. As we read through the first half of the book, we notice a pattern: God’s people forget their God and they turn to the worship of idols. God removes his protection from his people, and the nations around attack, subjugate and enslave the Israelites. God sends a judge (tribal leader) to raise up an army, and the army pushes back the occupiers. The people return to the Lord for a time, but they soon begin to ignore him, and they turn back to their idols, and the cycle is repeated.

The last judge to be named is Samson. We might recall that Samson was gifted with great physical strength, and he singlehandedly brought some reprieve to the Israelites when they were oppressed by a neighbouring people, the Philistines. But Samson was not a good man; he was a thief and murderer and liar. He was a brutal man who had little regard for the ways of the Lord, but he seemed to be the best that God could find to rescue his people from oppression.

In the cycle of the stories of the judges we see a downward spiral as the Israelite society collapses.

The second half of the book of Judges is worse than the first. More murder, more lying, more deceit and at least one mass killing followed by a mass kidnapping of young women for the sake of forcing them to be wives of men whose wives had been killed by a kind of genocide. The world of the Israelites, a people who were supposed to enjoy peace and stability, was completely chaotic, very violent and very unstable. It was into this world that the author of Judges provides his analysis of why things went so terribly wrong: “There was no king in Israel.

Everyone did as they saw fit.” It is not surprising, then, that the books that follow Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, tell us about the making of a king who leads the Israelites into obedience to God’s law. The end of 2 Samuel sees David serving as king over God’s people.

Put more broadly, we could say that the prevention and solution to chaotic society is good government

that holds us accountable to laws that are just. We can see how this works in this time of COVID19.

I must confess that I sometimes chafe at the idea of wearing a mask in public places. I don’t like it that we cannot have our full congregation in our worship services. I struggle with the rules that are sometimes ambiguous and seemingly inconsistent. But, at the same time, I am grateful that I live in a country where the spread of the virus is mostly under control. I am glad that our hospitals are not being overwhelmed with sick and dying people. The reason for this is that we have a government which has rules with accountability structures that ensure that we keep those rules. I don’t always like the restrictions, but I do see that they are helping. We see in other countries a great deal more chaos and death because the government is not taking responsibility for the care of the people and the guidelines, if there are any, are not being followed.

It seems that the present experience is a fitting parallel to what the author of Judges is trying to teach us. “Don’t do things the way they were done in this book,” he seems to be saying. People need a king, and they cannot be left to do whatever they want. We may not do whatever we want, for that will lead to a breakdown in society.

In the Old Testament, the solution to the problem of chaos was the eventual coronation of David as king over Israel. David was a “man after God’s own heart,” meaning that he wanted to do things the way God

wanted them to be done. David led a scattered life, hurting people to become one of the more powerful nations in the world. He brought peace and stability, something that had not been experienced in years.

But David’s reign came to an end, and things began to deteriorate once again. Solomon, David’s son and successor, while he managed to enlarge the territory of Israel, also began to dabble in the worship of foreign gods by marrying women (many women) from other nations and allowing them to bring their gods to his capital city, Jerusalem, and build shrines for them there.

When Solomon died, the nation of Israel was divided into two nations, and has never fully recovered. The kings that followed Solomon, with some exceptions, began to do as they saw fit, and their world collapsed into chaos once again. Eventually the Israelites were conquered and exiled into other parts of the world.

The nation ceased to exist for a time.

Again, the problem, although not stated, was that there was no king in Israel and everyone did what was right in their own eyes.

What happened in Israel in the millennia preceding the birth of Jesus Christ is often repeated in modern history. When there is no one to lead, and when laws are not enforced, society collapses. We could probably identify a dozen places in the world where this is true today. Sadly, even in places where there is relatively good government, society collapses if it is told that it may live however it wants without having good laws to govern it. The

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summary of God’s law in two basic commands: love God, and love our neighbour. In other words, we have been provided with a King who holds us accountable to a law that is just and good.

That same King gave his life for us so that when we fail to live perfectly, we can be forgiven.

The point is this: if we do not want to have a world like the one depicted in Judges, a world that is steadily declining into chaos, violence and death, we need both a king and a law. God has graciously provided us with both. We know that our King is good because he gave his life for us.

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Letter to the Editor

Writer disagrees with sidewalks

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THE EDITOR, I have just read the article, “County not supporting pedestrians frustrates Falconer” in the July 23, 2020 edition of The Citizen.

As a regular walker, I don't understand why North Huron councillors would want to go to the expense of installing a sidewalk to the businesses located in Central Huron. Since most visitors have already driven to these businesses, why do you think they would leave their vehicles there to walk up town?

There already is a wide paved shoulder on Queen Street, all the way to County Road 25 that is much

easier to navigate than many of the sidewalks in this town. In fact, I prefer to walk on the streets facing the traffic on most of the streets in town than on the uneven sidewalks.

Wouldn’t it make more sense to concentrate on getting the pedestrian crosswalk installed uptown for the safety of “our residents’ that has been discussed and proposed for years?

A concerned Blyth resident, Margaret McInroy.

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Heffer addresses perceived misinformation

By Denny Scott The Citizen To help combat what he calls misinformation regarding the situation, Morris-Turnberry Mayor Jamie Heffer presented a report

about cross-border servicing negotiations with North Huron during his council’s July 21 meeting.

“We’re at an impasse,” Heffer said. “This report outlines what has taken place [in hopes of dealing] with misinformation in the public.”

In previous discussions at North Huron Township Council, Heffer’s counterpart Reeve Bernie Bailey had admonished Morris-Turnberry for leaving the negotiating table for cross-border servicing, prolonging North Huron’s

Quite a ride Members of the Blyth Cowbell Brewing Company cycling team took to the Goderich-to-Guelph (G2G) Rail Trail on the weekend. The team annually participates in the MS Bike event from Grand Bend to London and back, but like so many events this year, it was forced into cancellation with individual virtual rides being held. Above in Goderich are Jon Palumbo, Captain Anita Trusler, Ryan Trusler and David Palmer. They were joined on the trail by Blyth member Jeff Peters, not pictured. (Courtesy photo)

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“There is inaccurate information circulating in the community regarding the status of these negotiations and the positions of each municipality,” Chief Administrative Officer Trevor Hallam said in the report.

According to Hallam’s report, Morris-Turnberry had provided responses to North Huron’s proposal, and had re-sent those responses last month, asking North Huron to clarify information in the two suggestions.

Councillor Jim Nelemans mentioned that Morris-Turnberry’s current usage of water and sewer services are small, with 25 of over 1,500 properties using 1.6 per cent of the existing capacity. Those properties could use as much as 2.1 per cent of the available capacity.

Councillor Kevin Freiburger asked if council would still hold to a suggested recommendation made in January by Morris-Turnberry, provided North Huron agreed to it, and Heffer said that seemed to be the case.

Council thanked Hallam for the report, with Heffer saying it provided the information needed to address feedback based on misinformation being spread.

The report, an extensive, five-page recounting of meetings starting

approximately a year ago, is available as part of MorrisTurnberry’s July 21 council agenda available on the Morris-Turnberry website morristurnberry.ca *** Later in the meeting, Heffer explained that he had met with the Green family and said they have decided to rebuild Green’s Meat Market and Abattoir, which was devastated by a fire late last month.

The Green family found itself in the middle of these negotiations when the market burned down and the family wanted to work out of its Morris-Turnberry home, requiring increased servicing capacity from North Huron, which was then withheld as part of North Huron’s cross-border servicing moratorium.

“I was glad to hear [they are rebuilding],” Heffer said. “I think the whole community is.”

He explained that MorrisTurnberry staff and council members, alongside representatives from the Huron County Economic Development Committee, the Huron County Planning and Development Department and Source Water Protection Committee had met with Greens to give them support.

“We wanted to make them aware that we’d be there to help them with any bumps on the way,” Heffer said.

“The meeting was quite productive.”

‘Judges’ Bible book a call for changes Continued from page 23 cross for our sins but that we are also willing to submit to his reign, obeying him in all things.

The author of the book of Judges gives us an account of a couple of centuries of history during which

people turned their back on God and refused to live in obedience to his commands. The book is an object lesson for us, calling us to live differently by submitting to the King God has provided for us, Jesus Christ, and living in obedience to him.

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MacLellan calls for HE priority at Vanastra daycare Continued from page 3 help facilitate its re-opening.

“Over the last two weeks we have been reviewing options at the Vanastra facility and discussing some daycare options with county staff. Having the daycare open would provide the second staff member in the building that is necessary for any operations in the pool,” Knight said.

“There continues to be a degree of uncertainty, not only in the Vanastra daycare, but also with other daycares in the county of the economics of operating a daycare with only 50 per cent capacity, or eight children per room.”

However, Knight said that as of July 27, thanks to the provincial government’s Stage 3 re-opening, rather than operating at half capacity, daycares will be allowed 15 children in a cohort. In Vanastra, Knight said, the normal number of children attending is 16, so the daycare could operate very close to its licensed capacity.

Knight told councillors that the Vanastra recreation manager has scheduled an inspection of the pool

by Huron Perth Public Health on July 31, after which she plans on running pool sessions for lifeguard courses.

“It should be recognized that daycare staff were laid off in the middle of March. It will take a little time to establish new [COVID-19] policies and train staff and some time is needed to clean and organize the daycare rooms,” Knight said in his report to council. “While the daycare supervisor is projected to come back to work the week of July 22, the majority of the staff will not be recalled until a week before we reopen. At this point, I do not anticipate that the daycare will reopen before Aug. 11. Opening the daycare several weeks before school starts will give the opportunity to

work out protocols before school starts in September.”

After consulting with Treasurer Paula Michiels, Knight said the daycare showed a surplus of just under $50,000 as of the end of June, partly because the county continued to provide funding to the end of June.

“This surplus will, to a degree, offset some initial start-up and operating costs, but operating at something less than capacity, along with extra screening/cleaning costs will affect our operations unless another level of government provides additional funding,” Knight said.

Knight also told councillors that there will be no telling how many families will be comfortable sending their children to the daycare.

Employees have been calling users of the daycare to gauge interest, however, he said.

Mayor Bernie MacLellan said he

was concerned about who would be permitted to use the daycare if capacity was going to be limited due to COVID-19. He wanted to ensure that Huron East residents were able to use the facility and that those from neighbouring municipalities weren’t limiting them from doing so.

Knight reiterated that there would be no telling what the interest level would be upon reopening, saying that usage at the centre breaks down about 50/50 between Huron East users and those from other municipalities. With the daycare only having to eliminate one daily spot and the uncertainty of usage in August, he didn’t forsee a problem.

No official direction was taken regarding MacLellan’s concerns, but council did approve the staff recommendation to open the pool in the first week of August and the daycare in the second week of August.

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Zinn against new bylaw Continued from page 2 how the property owner felt, and Livingston said he felt the situation ended amicably.

Nelemans then suggested it might apply to other situations, like a property owner worried that the collapse of a neighbour’s building could damage the owner’s property.

Council voted to have the property standards bylaw brought to its next meeting to be voted on with Zinn voting against it.

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Charges could mark turning point: Jutzi Continued from page 1 where they couldn’t interfere with the trucks on the road. However, in recent years, they’ve moved into a more visible area of the site and will rush out in front of a truck, holding it up for between two and five minutes, according to Jutzi. During that time, they will reach into the truck to pet the pigs, give them fluid from bottles, likely water, though he can’t confirm it, and berate the truck drivers.

Jutzi says he has personally been accosted by protestors at the site, being called a murderer and being compared to Adolf Hitler simply for transporting animals to a processing plant, which his family’s company has been doing lawfully for decades.

The pushback against the company, especially online, has been intense, Jutzi said, and it has taken its toll on the driver in question as well as other employees.

Animal rights activists have been discrediting the company online, he said, posting pictures of current employees and their families online where they are subject to threats. In addition, there have been some physical breaches of privacy as well.

Jutzi says there have been videos posted online of people standing outside of the Brussels Transport site and some people have even made their way onto the private property to photograph the licence plates on personal vehicles of drivers.

It has been intimidating, Jutzi said, especially with his parents still living in a house on the business’s property. Activists, Jutzi said, have

been actively working to uncover the identity of the driver and find out where he lives, which has taken a great toll on the driver and his family.

Jutzi says he has been overwhelmed by the support the driver and Brussels Transport have received online. While the money has been nice and will go a long way to mounting a suitable legal defence for the driver, for Jutzi it’s about the support from not just the local community, but from the livestock transportation community as a whole.

Jutzi says he really thinks this could be a precedent-setting case when it comes to livestock transportation and animal rights protests.

While Jutzi says protestors need to have the right to voice their opinions in a peaceful manner, livestock drivers who are lawfully doing their jobs need to be protected and allowed to do their work. If the charges stick and result in a hefty fine or jail time, it will be a major blow to the industry and could result in people steering clear of it for fear of what legal trouble they may endure as a result, Jutzi said.

“The whole industry should be taking this very seriously,” Jutzi said. “If the charges stick, how many drivers will just pick up and go drive something else?”

For more information on the fundraiser, visit the “Help the Brussels Transport Driver!!” campaign on gofundme.com.

A good day Earlier this month the Brussels Leo Club officially opened the playground it’s been fundraising to complete for months. The day was filled with fun on the new equipment as well as chances to score some snacks, like those shown off by Sophia, left and Emily Burkholder. (Hannah Dickie photo)

Time to get out and enjoy summer with these great books A PADDLER’S GUIDE TO ONTARIO’S LOST CANOE ROUTES For canoe adventurers who want to explore less-known routes, this book offers 15 trips in northern and eastern Ontario. Lots of colour photos let you preview the trip.

Includes 21 maps. $19.95 A PADDLER’S GUIDE TO ONTARIO 15 canoeing excursions ranging from a two-day paddle in Frontenac Provincial Park to a week-long expedition down Pukaskwa’s White River. Includes maps, directions and colour photos. $19.95

Welcome!

Huron County dignitaries held a special welcoming ceremony last week as the crews applying stone dust to the trail crossed the border from Perth County into Huron. Chris Lee, left, a long-time advocate for the trail, and Huron County Warden Jim Ginn were among those who took part, including members of the Blyth Community Betterment Group. (Shawn Loughlin photo)

A PADDLER’S GUIDE TO WEEKEND WILDERNESS ADVENTURES IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO You don’t have to travel north to have happy adventures on the water. They’re as close as the Beaver River or the Bruce Peninsula. $19.95

HE ends 2019 in black

By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen Now that its 2019 financial statements have been audited, Huron East Council knows the municipality ended the year with a surplus in excess of $1.6 million, but an operating cash deficit of just under $90,000.

“The statement of operations is similar to a private organization’s income statement. It reports the results of the municipality’s operations for the year. It provides information on what transactions have impacted the accumulated surplus for the reporting year,” Treasurer Paula Michiels said in her report to council, presented at its

July 21 meeting at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre. “This includes revenues by source and type, expenditures by function, the resulting annual surplus/deficit and the accumulated surplus.”

She also noted that the report’s accumulated surplus of over $81 million does not represent “a pool of surplus cash”, but rather the net worth of the municipality; the amount by which the assets exceed the liabilities.

Michiels also noted that the municipality’s investments increased by over $660,000 in book value and its trust fund surplus increased by nearly $20,000 in 2019.

A CAMPER'S GUIDE TO ONTARIO'S BEST PARKS From national and provincial parks to conservation areas, Donna Carpenter runs down the attractions of 48 parks across Ontario. $19.95

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PADDLER’S GUIDE TO ONTARIO’S LOST CANOE ROUTES PADDLER’S GUIDE TO ONTARIO PADDLER’S GUIDE TO WEEKEND WILDERNESS ADVENTURES A CAMPER’S GUIDE TO ONTARIO’S BEST PARKS WALKS IN CAROLINIAN CANADA WATERFALLS OF ONTARIO Prices subject to change with increases in wholesale prices, postage, taxes, etc. Please refer to current issue for correct figures.

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WATERFALLS OF ONTARIO Revised and expanded featuring over 125 waterfalls including stunning photographs and detailed descriptions of over 100 falls organized into eight regions. $29.95

The Hike Ontario Guide To WALKS IN CAROLINIAN CANADA This book features walks along more than forty trails in the areas of Brantford, Niagara, Haldimand-Norfolk, St. Thomas, London, Lake Erie, Windsor and Sarnia. $16.95

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