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Trent Hills Regional News Serving Campbellford, Havelock, Hastings, Norwood, Warkworth & Area
May 16, 2013
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Celebrate Havelock attracts crowds again By Sue Dickens
EMC News - Havelock - The inside of the community centre was transformed into a microcosm of the community outside as large and small businesses, non-profit organizations, rural and urban folks mingled to “Celebrate Havelock.� The day-long event organized by the Celebrate Havelock committee, a small but mighty group of about ten volunteers chaired by Elmer Buchanan, drew a crowd from the moment the doors to the Havelock-Belmont-Methuen (HBM) Community Centre opened at 9 a.m. until they closed seven hours later. Sixty exhibitors set up their displays featuring their products and services under one roof. Food vendors, a Bouncy Castle and baby chicks and alpacas meant there was something for everyone, young and old. Free workshops and demonstrations from a Master Gardener to Jiu Jitsu against a backdrop of music by the Norwood District High School Band and the Mid Week Jammers kept visitors entertained. “This event is about bringing the community together to truly celebrate the community,� said Buchanan, while rushing around making sure nothing was amiss. “It’s a celebration for businesses, community organizations and people who live in this community to come together and see what this community has to offer.� Dropping by the Quilts Plus display at Celebrate Havelock are: left, Sharon McCuaig of Toronto and her sister Kathy Clement, extreme right, of Havelock. Please see “Gardeners� on page 3 They learned about the quilts made by these two sisters, Anne and Mary Garron, of Douro, centre left to right. Photo: Sue Dickens
Landowner refuses Hydro One access to repair power line By John Campbell
Trent Hills - A Trent Hills businessman has told Hydro One to stay off his property until he receives an apology in writing. Paul Joss refused to let Hydro One workers on his land last month to fix a power line that had snapped during the ice storm, because of a longstanding feud with the provincial utility. It goes back to 2005 when “a hydro line dropped and burned a hayfield off� on the 86-acre property he owns on the 12th Line north of Campbellford. They said “it was an act of God [so] they didn’t bother compensating him,� Mr. Joss said, but “if the hydro line hadn’t been
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on my property, it wouldn’t have caught fire.� Since then there have been occasions when Hydro One personnel have driven across his fields in their trucks, leaving ruts and making it “rougher than hell� to cut hay. When he confronted a forestry crew on his land a few years ago, they “mouthed off� at him. “I had the cops escort them off the property,� said Mr. Joss, who’s the president of the Northumberland/Prince Edward/ Hastings chapter of the Ontario Landowners Association, an organization whose members are fiercely protective of their property rights. Hydro One has a 99-year lease
on a 66-foot wide easement that gives it access to the 44,000-volt hydro line but it’s almost impossible to get to without going onto his property. The line has been dead since the ice storm April 12 when Mr. Joss blocked Hydro One trucks from entering his driveway to make the necessary repairs.  A truck returned the next day with the OPP but when he gave his side of the story, the officer agreed he was within his legal right to deny Hydro One entrance, Mr. Joss said. He held his ground two hours later when a Hydro One supervisor showed up to apologize in person. He refused to accept it. “I said a
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formal apology is a letter, it’s not a case of somebody walking in saying we’re sorry,� Mr. Joss said. Nancy Shaddick, a communications officer for Hydro One, confirmed a “supervisor attending the scene apologized on behalf of the company� but did not offer any further detail. She said the line is “a redundancy� built into the electricity system to ensure a reliable supply of power. “Out of respect for the landowner’s request, we have not crossed the property� to repair the line, Ms. Shaddick said, and the utility is “looking at options� for restoring its backup supply. Mr. Joss said he’s not the only landowner in the area whose prop-
erty has been damaged by Hydro One employees. Ms. Shaddick didn’t know if there have been other complaints but she said whenever there is damage that’s a result of “Hydro One’s negligence,â€? customers can submit a claim to its third party insurance provider, Quelmec Loss Adjusters, who will “investigate the claim and determine if appropriate compensation is needed or required.â€? “There are good guys on Hydro,â€? Mr. Joss said. His beef is with the “bad apples and ‌ the higher-ups who don’t give a damn. They’re the ones that are going to have to come and do a formal apology.â€? Please see “No apologyâ€? on page 2
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