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Fire report reveals increases in emergency, traumatic calls

By Aryn Strickland

Party in the Park - About 300 people attended the fifth annual Party in the Park at the Palmerston Lions Heritage Park on June 22. TOP: Lulus Roadhouse Band headlined the show. ABOVE: Wellington Northbased band Month of Sundays opened up the evening’s entertainment. LEFT: Maggie and Derek Moore of Drayton also performed. Proceeds from the event go to the Norgan Theatre.

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MAPLETON The Mapleton fire department has seen a 28 per cent increase in emergency events between 2015 and 2018.

The increase was outlined in a recent report to council from Fire Chief Rick Richardson.

Traumatic events - involving fatalities, severe injuries or auto extrication - have tripled for the department over the same time period.

In 2018 Mapleton Fire Rescue attended 190 emergency events. The majority (30.3%) of those were rescue calls, with medical resuscitation calls accounting for 24.5% and property fires and explosions at 22.9%.

The department attended 175 emergency events in 2017, 177 in 2016 and 148 in 2015.

Traumatic events are tracked separately.

In 2018 the department attended 24 traumatic events.

The numbers were 14 in 2017, 12 in 2016 and eight in 2015. “Last year was just a tremendous, horrendous year...

We were getting fatal accidents and we had a couple house fires where they were totally burned out and just the awful ones,� Richardson

said. “To have them week after week was just awful last year and the total numbers were up of course.�

Despite the reported increases, Richardson told the Community News there is nothing the department can do differently, as the number of emergency events comes in waves. “I wish I had something that you could put in the paper saying ... ‘this is responsible for all of these accidents and all of these calls last year,’ and there is not,� he added.

Projections for this year indicate there will likely be fewer total emergency incidents than in 2018. “At this point it is going to be a much different year,�

Richardson said.

So far the department has attended a total of 38 emergency incidents as of June 23. By June 23 last year, the department had attended 55 incidents. “That’s pretty significant, but again, I can’t say ... one thing, percentage wise, is way down ... There has been less calls this year, less traumatic calls for sure,� he said.

The Critical Incident Stress Management Program

(CISM) program and training was made mandatory by the Ministry of Labour in 2017 to address post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experienced by firefighters and OPP officers, Richardson explained. “We have all of the firefighters trained in what to identify ... we had all of the spouses in for a separate training, then we had our officers all in for training so they would be able to identify people in our crew that are maybe having effects that don’t want to admit it,� he said. “We have the employment assistance program which is a Homewood [Health] program that we can call counsellors in and [firefighters] can do that on their own.�

While the specific cause of an annual increase in fire emergencies cannot be determined, Richardson said the fire department’s main focus is making sure its firefighters are prepared. “There is not an ‘x’ number of accidents in a year and that’s done for the year. They go in waves type thing,� he said. “But we have to be prepared for those waves so we have to be able to have this CISM prevention in place before that happens.�

Youth-driven research will inform local decision making

By Patrick Raftis

Student power - Teacher Jennifer Fenton’s Grade 12 human growth and development class from Norwell District Secondary School conducted research on a variety of areas for the Town of Minto. The students attended the June 18 council meeting to provide the town with an update.

Minto marketing and community development coordinator Taylor Keunen coordinated the town’s end of the project. From left: front, Hayley Richards, Sierra Martin, Sarah McIntyre, Sadie-Lyn Bieman, Fenton, Kaylee Rice, Shaelyn Thompson, Cedar Van Stavel, Hannah Storms, Jillian McComb and Keunen; back, councillors Mark MacKenzie and Geoff Gunson, treasurer/acting clerk Gordon Duff, deputy mayor Dave Turton, Mayor George Bridge, and councillors Ron Elliott, Judy Dirsken and Jean Anderson.

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with in terms of research and data collection. “Norwell’s great for always wanting to get

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MINTO – A youth-driven research project will help fuel discussion and formulation of municipal policy and planning here.

To increase youth engagement at the municipal level, the town’s economic development department collaborated with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) through their Municipal Youth Engagement Initiative Program.

The goal of the program is youth-driven applied research to solve, address or inform a community issue.

The program also creates an opportunity for various partners to collaborate, including: students, municipal staff, teachers, local school board, council, OMAFRA and other local stakeholders.

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“The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large.�

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involved in things,â€? Kuenen noted. “The whole goal is to connect the students ‌ It’s really just to establish that

relationship and just get the youth voice across to council.�

Teacher Jen Fenton’s Grade 12 human growth and development class was chosen as the final cumulative assignment for the course, consisting of a final report and presentation based on social research and data collection.

Fenton pointed out that usually, once completed, such research projects usually end up collecting dust in a school storeroom. “I really was reaching to try to find a way to make this authentic for the students and then along came Taylor with this project,� Fenton told council.

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Minto generates energy saving through conservation plan levels,” the report states.

“This work has been facilitated by the entire staff team with implementation by technical staff in recreation (Al Carr), roads water McIsaac), (Mike (Todd Rogers and formerly Wayne Metzger), and wastewater (Mark Robertson) and administration by treasury and public works staff (Gordon Duff, Janet Klemp and Jackie Hymers).

"We want to recognize these contributors for the hours of time they have invested in bringing these financial and environmental results to fruition.”

“Really we’ve done a lot of stuff,” Duff told council.

“The big win is replacing the street lights, with LED that accounts for a huge part of the savings.”

The town has also utilized variable speed motors in mechanical systems,

By Patrick Raftis MINTO – The Town of Minto saved 29 per cent on energy costs and achieved a reduction of 25% in greengenerated gases house through a range of conservation and green energy initiatives between 2015 and 2017.

Treasurer and deputy CAO Gordon Duff reported at the June 19 council meeting that the town created a conservation and demand management energy plan in 2014 in response to provincial requirements, which also compel the town to update the plan by July 1, 2019.

“Town staff worked diligently from 2015 to 2017 to save $229,974.25 (29%) and 165,641kg (25%) of greenhouse gases through a range of conservation and green energy initiatives that have had either a neutral or favourable impact on service

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installed water meters for over 2,000 residential customers, upgraded refrigeration systems and windows at local arenas, and taken advantage of solar energy through the provincial government’s since-cancelled FIT and Micro-FIT programs.

“In the last five years we’ve done a lot of the major capital-intensive things,” said Duff.

“Going forward,” he explained, “It’s the old cliché, we’ve done the low-hanging fruit, so now it’s doing the more intensive things ….

Basically using what we’ve got better.”

Duff noted energy bills may not be “a lot lower” than when the town first implemented the plan, but they are substantially lower than they would have been if the changes hadn’t been made.

“It’s been a worthwhile thing,” said Duff. “It saved us money and we’re environmentally responsible.”

“Take your hat off to yourself and your staff working together,” said deputy mayor Dave Turton.

Council approved the 2019 update to Minto’s energy conservation and demand management plan, which includes measures aimed at generating savings the range of 2% of the town’s tax-supported budget as a result of future energy initiatives, or about $80,000 to $100,000, over the next five years.

Community works to encourage storytelling

By Willa Wick HARRISTON - What is storytelling? Unfortunately it’s an art that’s in a downward spiral.

Before man learned how to write he had to rely on his memory to learn anything.

For this he had to be a good listener, and relate what he heard.

All information, including family history, was shared verbally down through the generations until someone eventually wrote it down.

Recently the Town of Minto Cultural Roundtable decided to encourage people to tell stories through window displays designed to “get people talking and reminiscing.”

It was also hoped such displays would draw people downtown. The first to pick up on the theme was the Harriston Historical Society.

In collaboration with the Harriston-Minto Fall Fair, which is celebrating its 160th anniversary in 2019, society volunteers chose the theme of vintage clothing.

The two windows framing the alcove leading to Reica’s Hairstyling and the Service Ontario office were chosen.

In the windows are several ladies' outfits with high collars, mutton sleeves and of course long skirts.

Of particular interest is a grey silk wedding dress and shoes, circa 1900. Hats, boots, gloves, hankies, crocheted collars and a heavily embroi-

Story starters - The Town of Minto Cultural Roundtable is encouraging local residents to tell stories through window displays designed to “get people talking and reminiscing.” The above display was set up by the Harriston Historical Society in the window at Reica’s Hairstyling.

Photo by Patrick Raftis dered winter cape complete the scene.

On the other side of the entry way in the second window, is a brown print (long skirt) suit with matching silk peplum waist blouse.

A man’s suit, with vest and pocket watch, spats and hat complete his ensemble.

Of particular interest are the baby clothes of one-time mayor of Harriston, Percy Dryden (1887-1982).

The thrust of it all is to have people studying the exhibit, joining friends, going for morning coffee, and starting a few tales of “I remember when.”

The historical society is currently working on yet another display.

For the summer months there will be a three-room History of the Harriston Fall Fair exhibit in the Minto Arts Gallery (third floor of the Wellington County Library, Harriston Branch).

During the annual Harriston Street Festival, on the Aug. 10 and 11 weekend, there will be a barbecue beside the Town Hall on Saturday.

On Sunday the society is hosting one of the town’s greatest storytellers, local entertainer Neil Aitchison.

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Fun on the farm - Organized by the Fergus Fall Fair Committee, the annual Breakfast on the Farm event was hosted by the Cnossen family at the Cnossen Holsteins farm along Wellington Road 7, north of Elora on June 22. Visitors could tour the new 44,000 square-foot milking facility and voluntary milking system. The breakfast was provided by the Alma Optimist Club. ABOVE: Alma Optimist Jim de Bock worked hard to cook all the eggs for the breakfast. ABOVE LEFT: Hundreds of visitors line up for their breakfast.

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Pitch It! finalists - The Old Post and Escape the Old Post was pronounced the winner of the 2019 Pitch It! 2.0 Business Plan Competition at the June 18 Minto council meeting. Finalists, judges and officials on hand included, from left: front, Minto economic development manager Belinda Wick-Graham, Elaine Young of What’s Inside the Box and Trish Riley of Nadur; back, Liz Felix of Intuitive Health, Chris and Lisa Brady of Animated Media, judge John Burgess of the Minto Chamber of Commerce, judge Rob Mattice of 88.7 The River, Michael Hendrick of The Old Post and Escape the Old Post, Mayor George Bridge, Janet Juniper and Kevin Brown of Country 93 (sponsor).

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The Old Post claims Pitch It! prize for new escape room, meeting area MINTO - The winner of the 2019 Pitch It! 2.0 Business Plan Competition is The Old Post and Escape the Old Post.

The business, which is owned by Michael and Sue Hendrick of Harriston, was announced as the winner at the June 18 Minto council meeting.

The entry consisted of expansion plans to create and operate a second escape room in the basement of the Old Post, as well as the construction and operation of a unique meeting room named The Post Script.

“Escape the Old Post opened in January of 2018 and to-date has served over 3,500 people and received very positive reviews and helped raise awareness of Harriston and Minto,” states a press release announcing the winner.

The PitchIt! Minto Business Plan Competition started in 2012 in an effort to grow small businesses in Minto and increase awareness of the resources available.

In 2019 the Town of Minto, in partnership with LaunchIt Minto and its sponsors, launched PitchIt! 2.0.

The competition contin-

ued to be geared towards entrepreneurs that wanted to open, purchase, expand or re-locate a business within the Town of Minto. New this year was the addition of not only prizes for the winner and all finalists, but also a pool of prizing that could be customized based on the needs of the finalists.

“Thanks to the support of our generous community sponsors, close to $27,000 in cash and prizes has been awarded in our biggest PitchIt Business Plan Competition yet,” the release states.

Judge Rob Mattice, general manager at 88.7 the River, said, “The new format of PitchIt 2.0 allowed the judges to ‘customize’ a prize pack for each presenter. This gave us the ability to help multiple entrants, depending on what they needed most.

“These entrepreneurs put a lot of effort into their business plans and live pitches so it’s nice to be able recognize each of them with prizing they expressed a need for.”

Seven entries were received and five finalists submitted full business plans and made presentations to the judges in early June.

The five finalists were: The Old Post and Escape the Old Post, Animated Media, Intuitive Health, Nadur and What’s Inside the Box. “I am delighted to be chosen as a winner from a field of very cool and interesting business initiatives,” said Michael Hendrick.

“The Town of Minto rocks. Their support and encouragement of development is unique and makes a world of difference. With the help of the prizes, The Old Post can move forward with confidence to complete the second escape room and a diverse room called the PostScript.

“The PostScript is a beautifully built meeting/ workshop/special occasion space as well as commercial kitchen. Thank you Minto, and thank you judges and community sponsors.”

Entrepreneurs are encouraged to watch for the next PitchIt 2.0 Competition, which will launch in March 2020.

For more details contact Minto business and economic manager Belinda WickGraham at belinda@town. minto.on.ca or 519-338-2511 ext. 241.

North4Youth offers prizes for surveys MINTO – North4Youth continues to seek input from young people across the northern Wellington region.

The organization, which serves as a hub for youth residing in Mapleton, Minto and Wellington North, is asking youth in the area about their feelings towards their communities and how each could be improved to better suit their needs and wants.

Anyone between the ages of 10 and 25 is encouraged to fill out a survey, which can be found online in the link in the bio on @north4youth Instagram, or at libraries in Drayton, Arthur, Mount Forest, Clifford, Harriston and Palmerston.

“By doing so, you will be contributing to creating a more youth friendly future,” notes municipal youth intern

Erin Raftis.

Everyone filling out the survey automatically receives a $5 gift card to a local food shop and anyone who refers the survey to five other youths will be entered into a draw to win a grand prize.

More details are available on the @north4youth Instagram account, under the survey highlight.

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applicable data the town could access. Topics selected included rural transportation, mental health, sports and recreation, religion and ethnicity.

Fenton noted one of the student research groups focused on learning when students were “most stressed,” while another focused on learning if students were aware of available local support systems and programs.

“The results showed that they don’t know what’s here,” said Fenton, adding, “getting students linked up to the supports that we do

have here” should be a priority.

Fenton also pointed out that, “In the Town of Minto our students generally have a good mental outlook and we also found that there is a great deal of stigma attached to getting help for mental health issues.

“So perhaps that’s a next step for us ... finding how do we de-stigmatize that help.”

Fenton said the survey also revealed “people of colour in Minto have a difficult time finding a spot for themselves.” She also noted lack of transportation “does affect students’ ability to be

involved” in their community.

Kuenen noted in her report to council she is “very pleased with the results from the youth and the relationships made within the high school.”

Kuenen said reports generated by students will be circulated to various local committees, including Minto Youth Action Council, Minto Mental Health, Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee and the Town of Minto Cultural Roundtable.

“So we’re really excited to get everything going,” she stated.

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Do you matter?

Some people never learn.

That was a pretty common reaction last week as reports surfaced that, of four people named to newly-created $165,000-a-year foreign postings by the Ontario government, two had personal links to Premier Doug Ford’s chief of staff Dean French. At least one of those appeared drastically underqualified for the position of “agent-general” to New York, charged with promoting ties between the province and business interests in that city.

To his credit, Ford revoked both appointments the following day, as soon as, according to his office, he learned “certain biographically information” about the appointees. French resigned from his position that afternoon.

Even then though, Ford’s government wouldn’t be honest about the reason for French’s departure. A statement released last Friday evening claimed, “Mr. French informed the premier that he will be returning to the private sector after a successful first year of government, as he had always planned.”

If ever a statement called for the insertion of the over-used acronym “LOL” this would, in fact, be it.

What is truly astounding is the appointment debacle contains all the elements of the affair previously considered by many the biggest embarrassment of Ford’s tenure. That would be the manipulation of qualifying criteria that allowed Ford to appoint his long-time friend Ron Taverner to the position of OPP commissioner. Taverner eventually let Ford off the hook by withdrawing. However, Ontario’s integrity commissioner David Wake, while concluding Ford himself did not breach conflict of interest rules, noted French’s fingerprints all over the operation and indicated “serious doubts as to the fairness of the process to the other candidates.”

Despite the quick response once the details became public, this latest debacle raises questions about the premier’s attitude toward “insider” patronage. It should be remembered at this juncture that during the election campaign Ford pledged to conduct an audit and see to it that any “political insiders” caught in illegalities would be “going to jail.”

Hmmm? Audit’s done. Charges pending?

In normal times, one might expect the premier to be a bit humbled by this latest predicament and inclined to tone down the rhetoric for fear of further faux pas.

However there he was on the weekend at “Ford Fest,” a former Ford family event co-opted by the Conservative party to promote an illusion of a popular premier. While Ford wasn’t booed at his own party by a crowd feasting on complimentary burgers, as he was at several other recent public appearances, his remarks at the event displayed no hint of contrition.

“We know that when they come at us, you are with us. And that’s all that matters, not the downtown insiders, not the media who criticize us at every single step,” Ford trumpeted (pun not only intended, but italicized) to the decidedly partisan crowd of about 15,000 who pre-registered to attend the free gathering. Then he said, “You are the only ones that matter to us. You are the only ones that we answer to.”

Now if those remarks had been made to a crowd of random Ontarians at, say, the annual Queen’s Park Canada Day celebration (conveniently cancelled this year – no point in risking more boo birds), they might have seemed entirely appropriate. However, given the partisan setting, you could be forgiven for concluding they call into question the premier’s commitment to governing on behalf of all citizens.

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Car show, bingo and fireworks planned at Mapleton celebration MAPLETON - This year Mapleton is celebrating Canada Day with a car show, bingo and fire works.

The events start off with a car show at the Drayton fairgrounds from 1 to 7pm.

Bingo is on offer inside the Drayton Mapleton Agricultural Society building from 7 to 9pm.

The evening will end with a bang.

A fireworks display will take place at the Drayton fairgrounds at 10pm.

Canada Day - The township of Mapleton is celebrating Canada Day at the Drayton fairground, with a car show, bingo inside the Drayton Mapleton Agricultural Society building, and a fireworks display.

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Softball fun - The second annual Physicians Charity Softball Event took place at the Barb Wright Ball Diamond in Palmerston on June 22. The game pitted the “North Docs vs. the South Docs”. Carnival games, food, music and more were part of the day. Admission was by donation with all proceeds going to all three Wellington County hospitals. TOP: Palmerston Memorial Hospital nurse Katie Olechowski was ready to be dunked in the dunk tank. ABOVE: Dr. Phil Deacon of the North Docs prepares to swing.

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By Dave Tiessen, Pastor, Bethel Mennonite Church (Elora)

Ask not what your country can do for you?”

This week I am enjoying the privilege of accompanying 85 Grade 8 students on a year-end trip to Ottawa. It has been massively tiring even as it has been greatly exhilarating. The exhilaration has come especially from the “thickness” of history in this city.

Everywhere we have gone there have been monuments, plaques, museums and statues calling to mind the past.

They tell of people, events, and accomplishments great and small, both positive and negative, that in some way gave shape to this amazing part of God’s wonderful creation: stuff that shaped the nation Canada and also the land prior to its existence as an official country.

Of course, as we are thankfully becoming increasingly aware and as is

the case of all human beings, there is much in our history that is not to be proud of. And thankfully the touristy stuff in Ottawa (as elsewhere) does increasingly acknowledge such.

To be here is very humbling! We tend to think highly of the marvels of our present day and how much we have accomplished in our era with the wonders of the computer-digital revolution.

And we have.

But to consider the magnificent buildings of parliament hill and ponder how the stones were hewn and assembled in an era without the powered transportation and construction equipment we couldn’t live without?

The amazing excavation and construction of the Rideau Canal? The amazing assembling of stubbornly independent colonial regions into a functional confederation of provinces named Canada? The railroad that began to solidify the union?

The institution of the Bank of Canada, which has facilitated immensely greater

financial stability in our economy? And in general the too-numerous-to-mention people and things that have contributed to making Canada such an incredible place to live?

Of course the humbling strikes closest to the bone at the National Cenotaph and the War Museum. While standing with our group in a recreated First World War trench, our museum tour guide described to the kids what it was like for young men not much older than them to spend 24/7 for months, even years, on end in the muck, grime and constant danger. Even as a pacifist Mennonite I was once again overwhelmed by the sacrifice these Canadians made for a cause greater than themselves. It also made me wonder whether we Canadians alive today are capable of similar sacrifice?

Way back in January of 1961 John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as president of the United States and in his inaugural speech he coined what has become a famous

phrase: “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”

Mr. Kennedy, even though a child of privilege, had grown up during the Great Depression, had himself fought in the Second World War and thus knew the necessity of such sacrifice.

Whether this catchy phrase was more insight or politics for the newly elected president, it does describe a wisdom of the ages: great accomplishments are only achieved through great sacrifice, great communities and nations are only built through great sacrifice and service.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote this: “Our society/country is the envy of so many around the world because of the freedom, standard of living, and opportunities that have been made available to us by dint of the shared values, sacrifices, and work of generations of people before us. They were intent on building a better life for their children and neighbours, not

on being free to do and be whatever they felt like. They recognized that it was more admirable and useful to be responsible to contribute to the greater good than to seek personal licence.”

I have watched the teachers on this trip try to help their students be considerate and especially thankful for the privileges they are enjoying, and thus to ponder their part in the future. This goes for all of us.

As we again celebrate Canada Day this weekend, it is crucially important that we also ponder again the incredible gift bequeathed to us in this nation Canada.

Despite the wrongful things that happened (some of which still need to be reconciled), is there any country in the world that has provided for its people such a wonderful life of freedom and opportunity? Of course our ancestors were much less than perfect, but they deserve to be judged by the standards of the context they lived in, not ours. And if we think we are “sinning” less than

they, then we have for sure not learned the lesson of history that each generation of every society or community blindly makes mistakes large and small. To know this in our bones is to be able to consider the past with great humility and empathetic understanding.

Most of all we owe our ancestors a humongous debt of gratitude for all they did to build up the communities and nation of Canada.

We are children of privilege because of what we have inherited. The obligation of our inheritance is that we also work harder at building a better life for our children and neighbours than on exploiting our freedom to do and be whatever our selfishness desires. We owe it to them to also recognize that it is more admirable and useful to be responsible to contribute to the greater good than to seek personal licence.

Yes indeed - “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.” O Canada! We stand on guard for thee!

Consultant provides council with overview on need for strategic asset management plan

By Aryn Strickland MAPLETON - Consultant Peter Simcisko provided Mapleton council with an overview on the need for a strategic asset management plan on May 28.

In late 2018 the province introduced Ontario Regulation 588/17, which requires all municipalities

in Ontario to prepare asset management plans.

Simcisko, manager from Watson and Associates Economists Ltd., told council municipalities were required to have an asset management policy by July 1.

Simcisko described the policy as “a higher statement of intent.”

The policy is meant to

identify goals and objectives of township council and staff.

It will also work in conjunction with other strategic documents that concern municipal assets.

As Simcisko reminded council and staff, municipalities own and manage a wide arrange of assets ranging from roads and sidewalks through water and wastewater pipes, treatment plants

as well as a number of buildings, recreational facilities, vehicles and equipment.

Asset management has changed in recent years, Simcisko said, from planning for the full replacement of an asset.

“Asset management as we see it today is a lot more concerned with understanding what that life cycle of the individual asset actually

looks like, what different factors impact the service level the asset is able to provide [to] establish those service levels that the township wishes to provide,” he said.

Councillor Marlene Ottens asked whether the new asset management policy and later, plan, would affect the township’s longterm capital budget, “because there are already plans there

to replace or repair assets.”

“Initially the asset management planning is looking at what are the needs of the assets to support service levels in the absence of the budget and then once we understand what those needs are based on the lifecycle management strategies that have been identified, we will be looking to align the two,” said Simcisko.

Prior group donates five acres of land to Township of Mapleton MAPLETON - The township has received a donation of park land from Fred Prior, the developer of Drayton Ridge, Agri-Hood Neighborhood Community.

Mapleton, GDC/ Drayton RIDGE/Agri-hood Neighborhood Community are partnering together in “developing a special and unique future” home experience in Drayton, states a press release from the municipality.

The vision, country living in the village of Drayton

Ridge’s Agri-hood community, is moving ahead in a very tangible way.

Drayton Ridge developer/ owner Fred Prior announced recently his company is donating a five-plus acre parcel of land on the AgriHood site to the Township of Mapleton for a new park.

The land is located on the Drayton Ridge property overlooking the Conestogo River and the village of Drayton.

The lands donated will be used to best suit the needs of the community and compli-

ment the Agri-hood design.

“We are excited to now have the opportunity to move our Drayton Ridge development forward after a number of years awaiting the release of wastewater sewage capacity,” Prior stated.

He added the Drayton Ridge development will include single family homes, town homes, condos and a golf teaching academy.

At the ground breaking event June 20, Mayor Gregg Davidson stated, “The Township of Mapleton is

truly grateful for the donation of over five acres of land by the Prior Group.

“This land will be utilized to create a recreational space that meets the needs of our growing community.

“We look forward to welcoming new residents and the development of the AgriHood in Mapleton” For more information about Drayton Ridge and the Agri-hood community, visit www.draytonridge.com.

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