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The Creemore

Echo

Friday, October 22, 2010 Vol. 10 No. 43

News and views in and around Creemore

FARM BUILDING FEES LOWERED by Brad Holden Clearview Council responded to recent concerns of local farmers Monday night by adjusting the section of the Township’s building permit fee schedule that deals with agricultural buildings and deciding that partial refunds were warranted for the four farmers who erected buildings in the two years since the now amended fee schedule was introduced. Creemore feedlot operator David Millsap was the first to sound the alarm during the summer, when he told Council the fees passed in 2008 in an attempt to make the building department operate with 100 per cent cost recovery – $2,000 and up for any new buildings, $300 for accessory buildings up to 5,000 square feet and $0.19 cents per square foot for larger ones – were exorbitant. A first attempt at a compromise,

brought to Council by the building department in September, did not meet with farmers’ approval either, so what came to the table Monday night was a further change. Going forward, after passing with a unanimous vote Monday night, all farm buildings, new or accessory, will be charged 19 cents per square foot, with a minimum permit fee of $300. In response to a request by Creemore farmer Russel Flack, Council also passed a motion put forward by Councillor Marc Royal, granting a total of $3,522 worth of refunds to four farmers who had paid for building permits between 2008 and now.

Echo Briefs Low Voting Turnout

FOR THE LOVE OF READING A statue of Mary Barrie as a girl sculpted by Hugh Russel (here seen in maquette form) will be unveiled in front of the Creemore Branch of the Clearview Library at 11 am on Saturday, October 23. To find out more about the memorial, see page 3.

While envelopes will not be opened and ballots will not be officially counted until 8 pm on Monday, October 25, the Clearview Township clerk’s department has been busy receiving ballots all week. As of day’s end on Wednesday, October 20, the turnout numbers remained rather underwhelming. In the Township as a whole, ballots had been received from 36 per cent of registered voters. Ward turnouts were as follows: Ward 1 (Nottawa): 37 per cent; Ward 2 (Duntroon): 36 per cent; Ward 3 (Dunedin): 42 per cent; Ward 4 (Creemore): 44 per cent; Ward 5 (Sunnidale Corners): 36 per cent; Ward 6 (New Lowell): 28 per cent; Ward 7 (Stayner): 34 per cent. Those of you who haven’t voted are reminded that ballots can be hand-delivered at all hours to the Stayner Administration Centre until 8 pm on Monday.

HE’S THE “KING OF THE WORLD” Paul Vorstermans was the big winner at last weekend’s 2010 Creemore Mocks Film Festival, claiming the first place Mocksie with his film A Long Row to Hoe, a sequel to his 2009 audience favourite Investigative Report, which itself was an homage to a 2008 film by Laura Yates and MK Lynde. These kinds of things happen at Creemore Mocks. A Long Row to Hoe also picked up the Frothquaffer’s Award, given to the movie that provides the best product placement for Creemore Springs beer. For some pictures from Creemore’s red-carpet weekend, as well as a full list of winners, see page 7.

Missing Clearview man found dead On October 16, at approximately 1:45 pm, Napanee OPP officers responded to human remains found in a field north of Highway 401, near Napanee, Ontario. Post mortem results indicate that the remains are that of Ronald Trebilcock, 48, of Clearview Township. Results indicate that he died as a result of foul play. Trebilcock was reported missing to

the Huronia West OPP on September 9, 2010 by friends and co-workers who had not seen or heard from him since September 4. Anyone with information about Ronald Trebilcock or his murder is asked to call the Napanee OPP at (613) 354-3369, Huronia West OPP at (705) 429-3575 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800222-TIPS.

Inside the Echo

MacIntosh Settlement

The Echo was informed right before deadline that Clearview Council voted Wednesday night to reach a new settlement with Doug MacIntosh with regards to his proposed development at Edward and Mary Streets. We’ll have more information next week.

Dunedin Cancer Walk Money raised on a beautiful day. PAGES 6

Wonka Goes To Council

Community Theatre readies annual play. PAGE 10

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