Drayton Community News September 19, 2019

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Jasper’s journey leads family to Italy for new treatment Journey for Jasper run set for Sept. 28

By Patrick Raftis

Terry Fox Run - Approximately 120 people attended the Terry Fox Run in Drayton on Sept. 15, despite the rain. TOP: Participants walked, ran and biked for the cause. ABOVE: Some of the younger participants in front of the Terry Fox sign. The 2019 run raised around $17,000 with donations still coming in.

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Council defers decision on improvements to local trail system over funding concerns MAPLETON - Council here has deferred a $186,000 project to improve four township trails.

The project would see improvements to signs, benches and garbage cans, lighting, mulch and more at Alma’s Wallace Cumming Park trail, the Moorefield Community Centre Trail, Drayton Walking Trail and Riverside Trail.

On Sept. 10 council deferred its decision in order to discuss how to lower the township’s contribution to the project with public works director Sam Mattina, who was absent from the meeting.

The initial recommendation was for council to approve the use of $135,925 from capital reserves with $50,000 of grant funding provided by Wellington County.

The county program is described in a report to council from Mattina as “an active transportation initiative ... promoting the develop-

ment of local trails� that was established in 2015 with all seven lower-tier municipalities eligible for up to $50,000.

To take advantage of the county grant, Mapleton’s application must meet the Nov. 30 submission deadline.

However, councillor Michael Martin raised concerns over taking such a large amount from township capital reserves. “I surprised myself on this one; I don’t support the resolution as it is currently constituted,� he told council, adding he generally supports trail improvements. “But specific to this, $185,000 coming this late in a budget year, I kind of feel like it’s come out of left field. I feel like we have created this project to take advantage of a $50,000 grant that will disappear in the fall,� he said.

Martin’s concerns, he explained, stem from council’s current commitment to improving Mapleton’s water and wastewater system. “We’ve got this great big

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elephant in the room with our water and wastewater [project]. If it happens to deflate, we are going to need all of the reserves we have to just tread water,� Martin said.

The trail improvement plan includes: - Wallace Cumming Park Trail: $14,000 for signs, $20,925 for structures (benches, garbage cans, pet waste systems, bicycle stands, picnic tables), $16,000 for lighting and $5,000 for materials (mulch, sod, screening); - Moorefield Community Centre Trail: $10,000 for signs, $21,375 for structures, $16,000 for lighting and $7,500 for materials; and - Drayton Walking Trail and Riverside Trail combined: $18,500 for signs, $26,625 for structures, $24,000 for lighting and $5,000 for materials.

Martin recommended approving enhancements from this budget year totalling $100,000 and removing SEE TRAIL Âť 2

Hope for a cure - Jasper More will travel with his family to Italy next month to undergo a newly-developed treatment for MPS. The family hosts Journey for Jasper, an annual fundraiser to support research into the condition, each fall. This year’s event is slated for Sept. 28 at the Palmerston Lions Heritage Park. From left: Jasper More with his mother Pam and brother Clayton.

Photo by Patrick Raftis lowed by weeks of monitoring and tests. “So the results at this point aren’t conclusive obviously, but they are showing promising results,� Pam explained.

When they head to Naples for the 15-week treatment

program in mid-October – Pam, Jasper and siblings Daphnie and Clayton are all going for the duration – the family will be embarking on a stage of their journey doctors warned might never come.

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Council approves additional $46,000 for Drayton crosswalk despite several concerns

By Aryn Strickland MAPLETON - After some disagreement, on Sept. 10 council approved adding $46,400 in additional funding (before HST) for a new crossover crosswalk on Andrews Drive and Wellington Road 11 in Drayton.

The work will be broken into different components, with Job-Inc Contracting of Kitchener responsible for the majority of the work, at an updated total cost of $69,400.

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PALMERSTON – “The only thing stronger than fear is Hope.�

That’s the motto of the Isaac Foundation writ large across the front of T-shirts worn by participants at the Journey for Jasper community run held here annually since 2016.

It’s hope for a cure to MPS that inspires both the foundation, and the family of 10-year-old Jasper More.

Jasper’s parents Pam and Darren More founded the local run in an effort to help fund research into the rare syndrome their son was diagnosed with in 2011.

Darren passed away in a tragic 2018 automobile accident, but the hope that has sustained the family in the years since Jasper’s diagnosis is becoming a reality.

Jasper is headed to Italy next month to take part in a clinical trial for a promising new treatment. “I have enrolled Jasper in a clinical trial for gene therapy,� Pam told the Community News in a recent interview. “Basically we’ve been funding this research though fundraising events for years and it has advanced so far that I believe it is the cure that we’ve been looking for.�

Jasper will be the seventh person to undergo the new regimen, which involves a one-time cell infusion fol-

“I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives.�

- Ralph Waldo Emmerson

The remainder, including sidewalks and signs, will be completed by a local third party and the county.

In 2017 Mapleton council approved installation of a pedestrian crosswalk at the site, to be paid for by the township with ownership, operation and maintenance transferred to the county once it is built.

Township staff had budgeted an estimated $23,000 for the project. An engineers’ estimate of $37,000

was returned by RJ Burnside Associates after the budget process deadline.

Job-Inc was asking for a further $46,400 on top of the budgeted amount before it starts work on the crosswalk.

Councillor Martin argued the township should not have to pay for the crosswalk as it is on a county road. He opposed providing additional township funds. “I agree that we need a crosswalk; we have all had SEE ADDITIONAL Âť 5

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Wartime chronicle by Palmerston native set to be launched Oct. 5 dier on the cenotaph next to the library, and the names carved into the granite. Over the years he developed a passion for knowledge about those soldiers.

For the book, roughly 35 years of research was done through family interviews, personal stories and military records.

As a second career, over a 15-year period, Henderson organized and led Canadian battlefield tours to Europe, including cemeteries where the fallen are at rest. A full two years was spent writing the manuscript and another

MINTO First-time author Jim Henderson, a Palmerston native, has just released a book: Before Their Endeavours Fade.

The volume chronicles the battles and politics of the First World War and provides insights into the Second World War. Henderson’s introduction to the military came as a youth when he and a few other young daredevils manoeuvred the ledge traversing the Palmerston library below the main windows. It was from that ledge that he first noticed the sol-

six months with the editing process.

The result is a 470-page book that draws the reader into the personal lives of Palmerston-area men who fought (and died) in the battles from 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1945.

Although the main thrust is toward the names on the Palmerston cenotaph, it’s a great read for anyone with limited knowledge of the life of a Canadian soldier in the world wars.

A book launch and signing, including a brief presentation, sales ($40) and

refreshments, will take place at the Palmerston Legion (260 Daly Street) on Oct. 5 from 2 to 4pm.

On Oct. 9 at 7:30pm the Harriston Historical Society will be hosting a presentation

by Henderson on the battles of Vimy Ridge and Hill 70 in the Community Room of the Harriston Library.

A further presentation by Henderson, with different material, will be held at the Wellington County Museum and Archives on Nov. 24 at 2pm.

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Wartime chronicler - Palmerston native Jim Henderson recently published a book, Before Their Endeavours Fade, which chronicles the personal lives of Palmerston-area men who fought (and died) in the battles of the First and Second World Wars.

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two of the four trails from the recommendation to do so.

Finance director John Morrison supported Martin’s recommendation.

“I would support what councillor Martin is saying, if the proponent from the RFP disappears or deflates we will need the money in order to fund the project ourselves,” Morrison said.

“I am working on a plan right now that would incorporate that as a what-if scenario and we would have to discuss that.”

Councillor Marlene Ottens also offered support to lowering the township’s financial commitment, but suggested doing so while still doing some improvements to all four trails.

“Rather than by doing it on a trail-by-trail basis, I would prefer that we eliminate the specific elements,” she said.

“I can see adding lighting and signage is quite important ... and things like benches and pet waste disposable systems and bike stands can be added easily as the years go on.”

Councillor Paul Douglas agreed with Ottens’ sugges-

tion, saying, “I have real concerns with the lighting in the Riverside Trail, just because the amount of debris and ice and stuff that comes down there. It’s just going to be taken out and by flooding.”

Mayor Gregg Davidson suggested removing structures from the project plan for all four trails, but added, “I will remind council that we will have more money ... (for) trail systems as we go further, as it is part of our strategic plan for the next three years.

“So there will be more money going into [making it a] ‘walkable community,’ whatever that might mean.”

CAO Manny Baron voiced concern over removing the structures category.

“I think that is one of the most important parts of the project, benches specifically and tables specifically and waste systems...” said Baron.

Davidson clarified council does acknowledge the importance of improving the structures, but would budget for it in 2020.

After further discussion Martin motioned to defer the decision in order to discuss options with Mattina. It was passed unanimously.

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The Eastern Towhee is a large, ground-feeding bird from the American sparrow family. It’s just a ‘guess’ that I saw my only towhee in 1988. However my birding friend Joanne sees them at her lovely, naturalized Mapleton sanctuary. Habitat: open woods, thickets, undergrowth, brushy edges. Found in parks, backyards and gardens. ID: Great variation from E. to W. birds, including interbreeding. Rufous sides and flanks; red iris in eyes; darkish bill. Head and back--black in male and brown in female. Tail--large, rounded, large, oval-shaped white spots on underside. Wings--white markings. Young finely spotted below. Usually flies close to the ground, pumping its tail. Feet and legs--pinkish-grey. Size: smaller and more slender than robins. 18-21cm/8”. Status: Hardy species; expanding northward. Uncommon migrant/ breeder MarchNov. Nesting: 2-6 brown spotted white eggs laid near or in depression on ground. Built bulkily with twigs and leaves with softer, grassed lining inside. Brush piles are attracting feature.

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Journey for Jasper fundraiser going ‘Italian-style’ for 2019 event “When Jasper was diagnosed in 2011 we sat down with doctors and we were getting, you know, the bad news … the one doctor kind of looked Darren and myself in the eye and said ‘Gene therapy is the cure. It’s what you need. But you’re not going to see it in your lifetime ... it’s not going to come that fast.’ So to think that we’re actually there is crazy,” said Pam. “It’s pretty amazing that we’ve been able to advance that far, that medical science is coming along that quickly and that we’ve been able to promote it and help it progress that quickly by funding such a project.”

MPS is a progressive condition that causes many tissues and organs to enlarge and become inflamed or scarred. It can also cause skeletal abnormalities. Pam said Jasper is doing well compared to many with the condition.

“When I compare him to kids the same age with the same disease, he really is doing well. It can be a very nasty disease with symptoms and what it causes and he’s really doing pretty good,” she said.

Jasper plays goal for his Minto Mad Dogs minor hockey team and he also plays ball and enjoys swimming.

“Pretty much any sport out there he will try,” said Pam.“He’s pretty active and I actually attribute that to why he’s doing so well. A lot of the ramifications of the disease

build up in the muscles and the bones and the joints and I think every time he’s up running around it’s the best thing for him.”

A Grade 5 student in the French immersion program at Palmerston Public School, Jasper hopes one day to be an author and is “a good student,” his mother notes.

“He really likes school, likes hanging out with his friends … he’s a social kid.”

This year’s Journey for Jasper will be held on Sept.

28. Participants can walk, stroll or run through the 5km course. The event will also include a scavenger hunt and trivia games along the way, as well as musical entertainment, face painting and a photo booth.

This year’s run will be done, appropriately, Italian style, meaning the theme will be reflected on T-shirts and at pits stops along the route. Lunch will also include pizza.

“We try to mix it up every year to keep the walk interesting so we decided to make it Italian style,” said Pam. The 2018 run raised more than $50,000. Journey for Jasper has brought in about $100,000 since it began and the Mores are proud of the role those funds have played in the search for a cure.

“The thing that is unique, and it truly is unique, about the Isaac Foundation, is that 100 per cent of donations go to research. We have no admin fees whatsoever … it actually is every penny,” Pam points out.

While the Isaac Foundation doesn’t directly fund the family’s travel to Italy, an organization called the Foundation for Equal Access for Rare Disease works in collaboration “and they will provide some assistance,” Pam noted.

She said there are only about 1,000 people in the world with MPS and about 15 in Canada - “So it’s extremely rare.”

Participants seeking to register for Journey for Jasper 2019 should visit the Journey for Jasper Eventbrite page. Advance registrations are encouraged.

“We really want them to sign up in advance so we can get them a T-shirt,” Pam said.

On Sept. 28, sign-in begins at 10am and the event begins

at 11am. Last year’s event drew over 280 participants and about 130 had signed up as of last week. Pam said it’s difficult to predict how many will turn up this year, as last year’s numbers swelled following the accident that claimed the life of her husband, a longtime champion of the event.

“It’s tough because last year when Darren passed away … The thing just kind of exploded and I know that was based on circumstances … I don’t know what to expect,” she said.

“So my deep down hope would be a couple of hundred, but I’d love to see tons.”

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Mapleton, Minto youths to compete for Ambassador of the Fairs title at CNE TORONTO Six Wellington County ambassadors will compete in the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) Ambassador of the Fairs Competition Aug. 16 to 18.

The Wellington County competitors include: - Arthur: Jessica Farrelly; - Erin: Megan RobartMorgan; - Fergus: Jade Ritter; - Harriston-Minto: Keeley Harris; - Mount Forest: Alicia Gilstorf; and - Palmerston: Brookelyn Butchart.

Now in its 48th year, the Ambassador of the Fairs competition promotes and celebrates Ontario’s history and heritage in agriculture, bridging the gap between rural and urban communities.

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The competition has seen more than 1,300 contestants from over 100 communities throughout the province compete for the exclusive year-long title of Ambassador of the Fairs.

Contestants are judged on a wide range of criteria, from their knowledge of the CNE and agriculture, to poise,

leadership, personality and overall impression.

To be eligible contestants must have first won the ambassador competition at their local fair (they can only compete once at the CNE).

Finals will take place on Aug. 18 in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre at the CNE.

‘Conversations and Creations’: North4Youth hosts free events

Cooling off - ABC Park in Drayton was a busy spot on July 26. Numerous families were at the park last Friday afternoon as youngsters enjoyed the playground equipment and cooled off in the splash pad. ABOVE: Levi Dorscht, left, and Carson Perrin. RIGHT: Jadeyn Bruce, Mila Hassanzudu and Rebekka Follings.

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MINTO - North4Youth is inviting Mapleton, Minto and Wellington North youths aged 13 to 25 to join their upcoming event, “Conversations and Creations.”

Participants may attend the event in the location nearest them to socialize, share ideas on how to make their community “better for

YOUth,” and create a DIY chalkboard, organizers note.

Free food is provided.

“All you have to do is bring a surface to paint on and North4Youth provides the rest,” states municipal youth intern Megan Raftis.

The events will be held Aug. 12 at the Palmerston Lion’s Park Pavilion, Aug.

13 at the Drayton Centennial Park Pavilion and Aug. 15 at the Mount Forest Sports Complex Pavilion. Each event will take place between 6 and 8pm.

To RSVP - by Aug. 9 and for more information message @north4youth on Instagram or email youth@ town.minto.on.ca.

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Alma resident travels to Thailand; works with elephants, dogs

By Jaime Myslik ALMA – Hannah Litzen recently returned home from a two-week trip to Thailand where she volunteered at a dog rescue clinic and elephant nature park.

An 18-year-old animal biology major entering her second year at the University of Guelph, Litzen has wanted to be a small animal veterinarian since she was three years old.

She is currently spending her second summer working at the Sauble Beach Pet Hospital.

“I can’t really explain why I want to be a vet, but something in me has always been fascinated about veterinary medicine, anatomy and animals in general,” she said

in an email interview.

“I already knew I wanted to be a vet going into the trip, but the trip allowed me to get actual surgical and technical experience, which furthered my desire to become a vet.”

She found out about the Loop Abroad program through Instagram.

“I was looking for an opportunity to travel and work with animals and this was perfect,” she said.

Loop Abroad uses a study abroad model instead of a “voluntourism” model.

“Loop focuses on educating its students so that they can contribute and serve in meaningful ways,” states an organization press release.

“It also works with locally-run animal welfare organizations so that students con-

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tribute to long-term improvement on the ground in the countries they visit.”

The organization offers trips to Thailand, South Africa, Australia and the Amazon and Galapagos.

“Thailand was their original destination,” Litzen said.

“It has always been a bucket list trip (hot temperature, dynamic culture, beautiful scenery and rainforest, and very far away) and many of the activities that I wanted to do were unique to the Thailand trip.”

There were about 40 people in Litzen’s group, which travelled to Thailand from May 18 to June 3. She spent the first week at an elephant nature park and the second week at a dog rescue clinic.

The elephant nature park

is home to about 80 elephants, Litzen said, but there are also dogs, cats, horses, goats, pigs and sheep.

‘Incredible experience’ “It was (an) incredible experience and I wouldn’t trade it for the world,” she said. “If anyone has the chance I would encourage you to go there and stay as a volunteer to get the true experience.

“Seeing animals within this natural habitat, doing activities that you would usually only see in the wild is much, much better than any riding camp where you get to ride them while they are treated poorly and are depressed from poor handling and the inability to perform natural behaviours.”

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TO THE EDITOR Hollen Road challenge Dear Editor: Over the past six to nine months I have with little success contacting Mapleton Township, its mayor and roads department regarding the state of the Hollen Road.

While I do not live on Hollen Road, I have family that do and I cannot imagine the state of one’s car when you live there or are back and forth from a week at the

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Mixed media exhibition - The Minto Arts Gallery September exhibition, Explore and Create features prints and mixed media by Paula Sears Rostrup, and drawings, oils and watercolours by her father, the late Paul Sears. Exploring the natural and built environment provides inspiration for expression and creation for the artists, Minto Arts officials note. The exhibit continues at the gallery, located at the Harriston Library, until Sept. 28.

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this conversation ad nauseam,” Martin said.

“I continue to struggle with the fact that it’s a county road ... I don’t understand why they are not paying for it themselves.

“Our Drayton and Mapleton taxpayers are essentially paying twice for this just by the nature of how the levy is split up.”

He asked if there was any cost saving measures council could employ.

“I don’t understand why it is not done already. What is so complicated about putting up a blinky sign and painting across the road? It confuses me, it really does,” Martin said.

Mayor Gregg Davidson explained it is not a county policy to put in crosswalks.

“It is a battle and a conversation I’ve been having for a number of years and it is one that I will continue having,” said Davidson.

“It will take a county council to make that change and it hasn’t happened yet.”

Davidson explained public works director Sam Mattina reached out to several companies after the tender process returned without a bid and found that companies would only be willing to take on the project for $80,000.

“So the difficulty is getting these companies to come out to a small community like ours to do the work,” Davidson said.

At that point, township staff received help from the county’s roads department

staff to break up the contract into smaller components.

“The process successfully returned a reasonable quote

by Job-Inc Contracting of Kitchener for the major components of the project, which would be supplemented by sidewalk work by a local third party and line and signage work performed by the County of Wellington,” states the report by Mattina.

The process of breaking up the contract took four months.

With approval of additional funding from the township construction of the crosswalk was set to begin in October.

“I think it’s been three years now, at least, that this has been ongoing,” said Davidson. “The community has been asking for this; I get emails and messages all the time about this, and in my opinion we have let it go way too long now.”

He added, “I am not for deferring this one at all, I think we need to get it done and it’s a lot less money doing it this way with the county, doing piecemeal ... it’s still less money than the $80,000-plus that we were getting quoted on.”

Councillor Dennis Craven also voiced his frustration with policy, as the county only permits crosswalks on county roads after a vehicle/ pedestrian volume study is completed.

While council discussed paying for the crosswalk on the county road in Drayton, Craven noted there are other roads in Alma that need

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“I can’t think I’ve ever in my experience in other municipalities seen a crossing guard where there is not a crosswalk ...” said Baron.

Martin said he respects the county’s use of data collection to determine the need for crosswalks - but that process, he said, just reinforces his point that the county should pay once it determines a road is unsafe to cross.

“I think if we support this and pay for this, it should be, in my opinion, precedent setting,” Martin said.

“I would not want to say, ‘no we are not doing this’ to show an example to the county, at the expense of people’s safety,” said Davidson.

Councillor Marlene Ottens echoed Davidson’s comments.

“All I am going to say about the crosswalk is it’s long overdue ... and I agree with councillor Martin, why should we pay? But all the other municipalities are paying and I don’t think this is the hill I want to die on,” said Ottens.

Council approved the additional crosswalk funding with an amendment to direct staff to study where the crossing guard, currently situated on Edward Street, should be stationed.

Martin was the only councillor opposed to the recommendation.

crosswalks.

“I am a little bit confused. We are going to spend $46,000 on this one but we’ve got kids crossing a couple of busy county roads in Alma and there is no protection for them at all,” Craven said.

“We actually had a guy offer to pay to paint a crosswalk on [Wellington Road 17] in Alma out of his own personal pocket, but that was refused, I suppose at the county level. I am a little confused as to what kids are more important to protect over others.”

Davidson reiterated it would take an order from council at the county level to change the policy.

“That’s not to say that we can’t keep pushing to have that changed,” he added.

Crossing Guard Following the completion of the crosswalk this fall the crossing guard currently stationed on Edward Street at Wellington Road 11 will be relocated to the new crosswalk location.

“I like the idea of the crosswalk but I question the relocation of the crossing guard,” said councillor Paul Douglas.

“I have actually heard a lot of feedback about this and I don’t know how everybody knows we are looking at moving the crossing guard, but it’s pretty common knowledge among the school parents.”

Douglas said there is concern there won’t be a crossing guard at the Edward Street location.

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The following is part of a series - My Father’s Heart in the 10 Commandments.

My Father’s Heart in the Ninth Commandment You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour. Exodus 20:16 False Testimony What is a false testimony?

• You give false testimony when you complain about other people, or when you highlight their faults, or when you keep repeating

what they are doing or not doing or should be doing.

This does not define who they really are.

• When you give an opinion of someone without having all the facts or when you do not know everything there is to know about the person and their situation, which, by the way, you never really do, this is a false testimony.

• When you respond rudely to rudeness, when you react obnoxiously to obnoxious behaviour, or when you reply unkindly to unkindness, you are giving false

testimony.

• Whenever you say anything about anybody that would cause the listener to think less of the person, this is gossip, and would also fall into the category of giving false testimony against your neighbour.

• Adding your personal bias, prejudice or your filtered interpretation to someone’s actions or words, this is bearing false testimony.

• You bear false testimony when you betray someone’s trust by sharing something that should have been kept in confidence.

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NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE MAPLETON ZONING BY-LAW AND NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION ZBA 2019-06 TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Mapleton has received a complete application to consider a proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Zoning By-law 2010-80, pursuant to Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended.

PUBLIC MEETING Mapleton Council will consider this application at their meeting scheduled for:

Tuesday October 8, 2019 at 7:00 pm

Mapleton Township Municipal Offices, Council Chambers, 7275 Sideroad 16 Location of the Subject Land The proposed amendment affects all lands in the Town of Mapleton.

The Purpose and Effect of the Application The purpose and effect of the proposed amendment is to provide for Township initiated “housekeeping” amendments to the Comprehensive Zoning By-law as itemized below. Please note this is not a complete list and more information can be obtained at the Township office: i) General typographical and mapping corrections. ii) Add and update definitions mostly related to parking (ie. parallel, tandem, angled, stacking). iii) Clarification of text for regulations such as air conditioner units, tarped structures, temporary sales trailer. iv) Amend provisions for accessory structures, including increasing the size. v) Amend provisions to clarify permitted home industries uses and associated lot size criteria. vi) Include new provisions for lots created as surplus farm dwelling to recognize lot size. vii) Include new provisions to permit an accessory dwelling unit on a rural lot. viii) Modify parking requirements for aisle, access width and barrier free and add criteria for parallel and angled parking requirements. ix) Amend minimum lot area, frontage and interior side yard setbacks in residential zones. x) Remove and/or amend site specific exemptions for expired uses, redundant restrictions and general adjustments. xi) Amend minimum distances between townhouses and apartments. xii) Amend permitted uses within the Future Development zone to existing uses only.

Oral or Written Submissions Any person or public body is entitled to attend the public meeting and make written or oral submissions in support of or in opposition to the proposed zoning by-law amendment. Written comments should be submitted to the Township Clerk at the address shown below.

Power of the Tribunal to Dismiss Appeals If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the Township of Mapleton to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Township of Mapleton before the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the Township of Mapleton before the by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

Request for Notice of Decision If you wish to be notified of the decision in respect of the proposed Township of Mapleton Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to the Clerk.

Additional Information For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, please contact or visit the Municipal Office at the address shown below. O. Reg. 470/09, s. 2: 179/16, s. 2 The application and any additional information is available to the public for inspection at the Township of Mapleton Municipal Office during office hours.

Dated at the Township of Mapleton This 5th day of September 2019.

Barb Schellenberger, Clerk 7275 Sideroad 16, Drayton, ON N0G1P0 Phone: 519.638.3313 Ext.023 Fax: 519.638.5113 bschellenberger@mapleton.ca

• You bear false testimony when you intentionally pervert truth about someone, or deceive or misrepresent them to another person in any way.

The Consequence What are the consequences of these actions?

• The reciprocal relationship is weakened or broken.

A vital strand of community is gone, and the support you need from that person is no longer there.

• Their reputation is smeared, so that they are not looked on in a manner to which they are entitled.

Others do not see them as they should be seen and, as a result, do not give them the respect or opportunity they deserve.

• You sabotage their identity. You violate the principle that, no matter what they practice or believe, each one of them has been created in the likeness of God and has extreme value.

• You lose your ability to intercede for them, and therefore the possibility of affecting their lives in a positive manner.

My Truth in You I, your heavenly Fa-

ther, have created you with the ability to make others strong. This is your destiny.

Your words have the capacity to admonish the disheartened, give life to the lifeless and relieve the oppressed.

You have the ability through what you speak to form lives and to bring them into a loving relationship with me, their loving father. This is their destiny.

My Spirit is in the words you speak, and you have the power to give life through them. My life is in your speech, and my presence in manifested in your conversations. I have empowered you to empower.

In your conversation with and about others, I enable you to speak only that which is true, what actually is, without embellishment, without trying to interpret what they say or do, without adding your opinion or without applying value judgements to them.

My Spirit in you enables you to honor who they are as persons, what they have accomplished and the role they play in your world. It empowers you to seek to understand them and their

circumstance, rather than to come to conclusions based on what you see or assume.

As you allow my life to flow in, through and out of you, you have a beyond-natural capacity which enables you to apprehend the inner nature of people. It enables you to see beyond their crude manners and bad life choices. It enables you to see the gold that is inside them.

It enables you to see the beautiful and perfect person that I have created, and to talk about it.

I enable you to recognize what spirit is at work in the people you encounter, I give you the wisdom as to how to respond to them, and I lead you to take any action you need to take. As a result, the words that come out of your mouth help enable them to fulfill the destiny to which I have called them.

Your words bring grace and favor to them so that they are brought into relationship with me and into alignment with their destiny.

They become what I created them for.

Your words and your conversations will accomplish this.

Clifford Rotary Club invites community to 75th celebration

By Bonnie Whitehead CLIFFORD - The Clifford Rotary Club is celebrating its 75th year in 2019.

The Clifford Rotary Club was founded on June 23, 1944 sponsored by the Mildmay Rotary Club.

Rotarian Larry Grummett states community members are invited for an afternoon of cake, cold punch and camaraderie at a celebration from 1 to 5pm on Sept. 21 at the John Hobelman Memorial Rotary Pavilion Park.

Music will be playing and a 50/50 golf shot game is planned at the free event.

The club’s good works will be on display, captured in print and collected in the pages of several scrapbooks.

Over the years the club has raised funds for an arena, a community hall, a clinic, a new Rotary park and a ball park.

It teamed up with the Clifford Lions Club to host Breakfast with Santa to pay for a room for sick children at the Toronto hospital.

Among the club’s latest causes is collecting books for northern communities.

Rotarians also host an annual pork and homemade sauerkraut supper, making their own sauerkraut to serve and sell. For the past 10 years, they have served a farmer’s breakfast and looked after the food booth for the Clifford truck show.

The executive for 2019-20 is president Trish Palmer, vicepresident Phil Baumgarten, secretary John McVicar and treasurer Karen Dowler.

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WANTED: OLD TUBE AUDIO EQUIPMENT. 40 years or older.

Amplifiers, Stereo, Recording and Theatre Sound Equipment. Hammond Organs, any condition. CALL Toll-Free 1-800-947-0393 / 519-8532157.

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Only those selected for an RAYTON interview will be contacted.

Personal OCATION information is collected under authority of the Municipal Act and 10 Wellington St North will be used to determine eligibility for potential employment.

Unit Drayton The Township of Mapleton is an Equal1, Opportunity Employer.

Fergus-Elora Driving School

“Collision-Free Driving for aOBITUARY LIFEtime”

In business for 18 years.

NEXT COURSES: August 23-26 (4 day course) K L A A S S E N , Ankum. Great grandfather of Jakob Aug 30, Jerry 31, Sept 1 and and Sept 3 (4 day course) of Drayton Benjamin Klaassen and Baby

MTO Approved | Beginner DriverRogerson.

Educational Course Providerand passed away Brother of Gordon

peacefully at home surrounded by the love of his family on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 in his 84th year. Much loved husband of Sieny (Hesselink) for 61 years. Dear father of John and Stephanie Klaassen R.R. #1 Moorefield, Bill and Tania Klaassen of R.R. #2 Moorefield, the Late Henrietta Klaassen (2015) and Shaun Mackey of R.R. #1 Moorefield and Susan Klaassen and Henry Van Ankum of R.R. #1 Alma. Grandfather of John Henry and Erica Klaassen, Whitney and Eric Farnkoff, Liam Klaassen and fiancé Kelsie Voll, Paxton Klaassen, Billy Klaassen and Robert Klaassen; Maddie Klaassen and Jack Klaassen; Luke Mackey-Klaassen and Gerrit Mackey-Klaassen; Holly and Drew Rogerson, Jamie Van Ankum and fiancé Owen Royall, Zach Van Ankum and Amanda Beadle and Alex Van

Adriana

Klaassen,

Aliedus and Jan and Aly Klaassen. Brother-in-law of Gerrit Bonkes, Debbie Hesselink, Trudy and Jerry Koobs and Bert and Mary Hesselink. Predeceased by his sister Janna Bonkes and brothers-in-law and sister-in-law Bill Hesselink and John and Dorothy Hesselink. Fondly remembered by his many nieces, nephews, family and friends. The family received friends at the Drayton Reformed Church, Wellington Street, Drayton on Sunday, September 15, 2019 from 2:00 to 4:00pm and 6:00 to 8:00pm. The Funeral Service was held in the Drayton Reformed Church on Monday, September 16, 2019 at 11:00am followed by interment in Drayton Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy donations to the Palmerston Hospital Foundation or the Terry Fox Foundation (Drayton Run) would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements entrusted to the Heritage Funeral Home, Drayton.

519-638-9990 Geertje Klaassen and

www.ferguseloradrivingschool.com

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Dedicated participant - Fred Norman, left, and his daughter Dr. Tanya Norman sign up to participate in the Palmerston Terry Fox Run on Sept. 15. Fred has participated in the annual run since its inception 38 years ago.

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Kinettes crew - Members from the Palmerston and District Kinettes organized the Palmerston Terry Fox Run on Sept. 15, including a barbecue.

Tuff Truck Challenge The HARRISTON Harriston Kinsmen Club will host the fourth annual Minto Tuff Truck Challenge on Sept. 28.

The event, featuring a barbecue and a beverage garden will be held at the Harriston-Minto Community Centre grounds, beginning at noon.

Horse Club for Kids!

AGES 5-8

OCT. 19 - NOV. 23 (6 WKS) • 12:30-2:30PM

An Introduction to horses and riding including grooming, tacking up, horse care, games and hot chocolate!

REGISTER: 519.503.1799 or Instagram/Facebook.

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Township of Mapleton

Community Information Page

7275 Sideroad 16, P.O. Box 160, Drayton, ON N0G 1P0 Phone: 519-638-3313, Fax: 519-638-5113,

Toll Free: 1-800-385-7248 www.mapleton.ca

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Community Improvement

 7:00 pm

Wed. October 30 in the Council Chambers

IMPORTANT DATES Tuesday, October 8

7:00 p.m. Council Meeting

Tuesday, October 22

1:00 p.m. Council Meeting

Monday, November 4

7:00 p.m. Economic Development Committee Meeting

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