by Chris Daponte DRAYTON - Officials from Mapleton Township and Wellington County met last week with the president of Wind Concerns Ontario (WCO) to discuss the NextEra Energy wind farm application near Arthur. As part of his current Ontario tour to raise awareness about the alleged impacts of industrial wind power facili- ties, John Laforet met at the PMD Arena in Drayton with local municipal officials - including Mapleton Mayor Bruce Whale, county council- lor John Green and warden Chris White - as well as mem- bers of Stop Mapleton Wind Farms. “I felt it was critical to meet with them to ensure they are aware of their options,” Laforet told the Community News after the meeting. He explained that although the township and county opted to not take part in the official municipal consultation pro- cess for NextEra’s 10-turbine proposal, both are still able to provide comments - as is anyone with concerns - while the application is posted on the Ministry of the Environment’s (MOE) environmental registry. “At this stage it’s critical that anyone with concerns does comment,” Laforet said. “We just want to make sure abso- lutely all the comments are on the record.” Whale said last week’s meeting was helpful in that it provided feedback from both residents living near the NextEra proposal area as well as from Laforet on the issues in other municipalities facing similar wind farm applications. “This is so new for munici- palities,” Whale said. “There’s so few of us who have dealt with wind turbines ...we’re not experts.” The goal of the meeting was to ensure all of the town- ship’s concerns are addressed, Whale said, and also to con- sider any issues Mapleton and Wellington officials may have overlooked. The information discussed will help form the township’s comments about the NextEra proposal that will be sent to the MOE before its July 11 envi- ronmental registry deadline, the mayor said. He noted Mapleton coun- cil will consider a preliminary report on the matter perhaps as early as its June 14 meeting. Whale is hopeful the county will support Mapleton’s com- ments to the MOE. White confirmed the county will likely not be submitting comments on the environmen- tal registry, as all county issues were addressed in a letter about the NextEra project sent to the MOE in February by county lawyer Peter Pickfield. “I went to support [Mapleton],” White said of last week’s meeting with Laforet. He added the county hired a lawyer to help protect the interests of all seven lower tier municipalities when it comes to possible wind farm applica- tions - and also to prevent all seven from having to cover expensive legal bills. “There are impacts that aren’t clear,” the warden said of wind farm applications like the one filed by NextEra. That is why Laforet’s input on issues in other communities that are facing similar applications was helpful, White added. Laforet, whose group plans to host a rally against the NextEra proposal on June 23 in the Mapleton area, noted the NextEra application could be the last wind farm approved before the Oct. 6 election, after which he expects changes to the provincial energy policy. If the WCO has any say on the matter, the current Liberal government, including Premier Dalton McGuinty, will be oust- ed, Laforet added. “We’re not getting a fair shake from this government,” he said, adding many local residents told him they plan to hold Perth-Wellington MPP and Environment Minister John Wilkinson accountable if the NextEra proposal is approved. “[NextEra] is a project they’re trying to jam through in the dying days of this gov- ernment,” he said. Whale noted that if the Weekly Wag You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try. - Beverly Sills - SERVING THE MAPLETON COMMUNITY COMMUNITY NEWS THE Volume 44 Issue 23 Drayton, Ontario Friday, June 10, 2011 1 Year GIC - 2.00% 3 Year GIC - 3.00% 5 Year GIC - 3.25% Daily Savings 1.50% For more info call 519-343-3640 or visit www.norgantheatre.com TIMES: FRIDAY & SATURDAY 8PM & SUNDAY 7PM Main St. W. Palmerston PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES Rated PG. Continued on page 8 County’s guide to benefit all municipalities by David Meyer GUELPH - When all the events taking place in Wellington County are amassed in a single place, that list is long and impressive. Mapleton Township Chief Administrative Officer Patty Sinnamon came to county council on May 26 to present an update on festivals and tour- ism from the county economic development committee. She said last year the county sent its promotional materials to the Greater Toronto Area. This year, the majority of the 120,000 Festival and Tourism brochures will be sent to places closer to home: London, and the Counties of Middlesex, Elgin, Perth and parts of Grey and Dufferin. Sinnamon told council the brochures will be circulated through the county’s 34 tour- ism partners. She said there are over 200 festivals and events listed, which averages about four per week for the entire year. She added Wellington is home to a number of events that are among the province’s Top 100 festivals. She added she is pleased the county recognizes volunteers because many of those events would not be possible them. The committee also pre- sented council with a DVD that featured a wide variety of events and scenery from across Wellington. She said each municipality can have access to it and can place it on their websites if they wish. She thanked the county for its support in doing the bro- chure. After the DVD played, councillor Ray Tout, with his tongue only partially in cheek, saluted the beginning of the DVD, which showed the street of Mount Forest packed from one end to the other for the annual car show, and next, fire- works from the Mount Forest Fireworks Festival. “I’m impressed how the DVD started,” said Tout, the Mayor of Wellington North. He said it will be nice to attract visitors because that means “outside money com- ing in.” Warden Chris White said he was also impressed. “It’s amazing how many things take place in the coun- ty,” he said. For a link to the video, visit www.wellingtonadvertiser. com and click on this article. Mantracker duo - Matthew Klumpenhouwer and David Ellison appeared on a recent episode of Mantracker. Ellison, right, a dairy farmer from Mapleton Township, was the only one to actually cross the finish line, but he credits Klumpenhouwer for the victory. submitted photo by Chris Daponte MAPLETON TWP. - Only one of them officially made it to the finish line, but life- long friends David Ellison and Matthew Klumpenhouwer are calling their recent appearance on the Mantracker television series a great team victory. Respectively known as “Rusty” and “Klumpy,” the duo appeared on the May 22 episode of season six of the series on Ontario Life Network (OLN). Ellison managed to make it to the finish line - 35km away from the start, in the Dolores River Canyon in Colorado - without being captured by real- life cowboy and tracker Terry Grant and his guide Garnett Weese. Klumpenhouwer was not so lucky, getting captured 2.4km from the finish, but it was his strategic call late in the game to split up that allowed Ellison to sneak past Grant and Weese and ultimately make it to the end. “We came into this together as a team, we wanted to finish it as a team,” Ellison says near the end of the episode. “If it wasn’t for one, the accomplish- ments for the other would not have happened ... “I believe we’re both vic- torious, because if it wasn’t for the sacrifice that he made for myself and our team, it wouldn’t have happened at all.” A dairy farmer on the west side of Mapleton Township, Ellison told the Community News the experience was a positive one that helped solidify his friendship with Klumpenhouwer. “I think we did alright at the end of the day,” Ellison said. “I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Colorado ... it was a pretty good experience overall.” He noted the pair received “overwhelming support” in the community both before and after their episode aired. “We’ve had quite a few positive comments,” Ellison said, noting a local feed store even had a sign rooting for him and Klumpenhouwer. A few days prior to the OLN airing of their episode, Ellison and Klumpenhouwer got together to watch it on DVD. Their families generally enjoyed the episode, which Ellison said producers have called one of their top five favourites over six seasons. But Ellison’s wife was not impressed with one scene in the episode, during which Ellison voices his love for his family - in case anything bad happens Local dairy farmer and friend best Mantracker Township, county officials meet with Wind Concerns Ontario JOHN LAFORET Mapleton council preparing comments to ministry on NextEra Energy application Continued on page 3
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by Chris DaponteDRAYTON - Officials
from Mapleton Township and Wellington County met last week with the president of Wind Concerns Ontario (WCO) to discuss the NextEra Energy wind farm application near Arthur.
As part of his current Ontario tour to raise awareness about the alleged impacts of industrial wind power facili-ties, John Laforet met at the PMD Arena in Drayton with local municipal officials - including Mapleton Mayor Bruce Whale, county council-lor John Green and warden Chris White - as well as mem-bers of Stop Mapleton Wind Farms.
“I felt it was critical to meet with them to ensure they are aware of their options,” Laforet told the Community News after the meeting.
He explained that although the township and county opted to not take part in the official municipal consultation pro-cess for NextEra’s 10-turbine proposal, both are still able to provide comments - as is anyone with concerns - while the application is posted on the Ministry of the Environment’s (MOE) environmental registry.
“At this stage it’s critical that anyone with concerns does comment,” Laforet said. “We just want to make sure abso-lutely all the comments are on the record.”
Whale said last week’s meeting was helpful in that it provided feedback from both residents living near the NextEra proposal area as well as from Laforet on the issues in other municipalities facing similar wind farm applications.
“This is so new for munici-palities,” Whale said. “There’s so few of us who have dealt with wind turbines ...we’re not experts.”
The goal of the meeting was to ensure all of the town-ship’s concerns are addressed, Whale said, and also to con-sider any issues Mapleton and Wellington officials may have overlooked.
The information discussed will help form the township’s comments about the NextEra proposal that will be sent to the MOE before its July 11 envi-ronmental registry deadline, the mayor said.
He noted Mapleton coun-cil will consider a preliminary report on the matter perhaps as early as its June 14 meeting. Whale is hopeful the county will support Mapleton’s com-ments to the MOE.
White confirmed the county will likely not be submitting comments on the environmen-tal registry, as all county issues were addressed in a letter about the NextEra project sent to the MOE in February by county lawyer Peter Pickfield.
“I went to support [Mapleton],” White said of last week’s meeting with Laforet.
He added the county hired a lawyer to help protect the interests of all seven lower tier municipalities when it comes to possible wind farm applica-tions - and also to prevent all seven from having to cover expensive legal bills.
“There are impacts that aren’t clear,” the warden said of wind farm applications like the one filed by NextEra. That is why Laforet’s input on issues in other communities that are facing similar applications was helpful, White added.
Laforet, whose group plans to host a rally against the NextEra proposal on June 23 in the Mapleton area, noted the NextEra application could be the last wind farm approved before the Oct. 6 election, after which he expects changes to the provincial energy policy.
If the WCO has any say on the matter, the current Liberal government, including Premier Dalton McGuinty, will be oust-ed, Laforet added.
“We’re not getting a fair shake from this government,” he said, adding many local residents told him they plan to hold Perth-Wellington MPP and Environment Minister John Wilkinson accountable if the NextEra proposal is approved.
“[NextEra] is a project they’re trying to jam through in the dying days of this gov-ernment,” he said.
Whale noted that if the
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County’s guide to benefit all municipalitiesby David Meyer
GUELPH - When all the events taking place in Wellington County are amassed in a single place, that list is long and impressive.
Mapleton Township Chief Administrative Officer Patty Sinnamon came to county council on May 26 to present an update on festivals and tour-ism from the county economic development committee.
She said last year the county sent its promotional materials to the Greater Toronto Area. This year, the majority of the 120,000 Festival and Tourism brochures will be sent to places
closer to home: London, and the Counties of Middlesex, Elgin, Perth and parts of Grey and Dufferin.
Sinnamon told council the brochures will be circulated through the county’s 34 tour-ism partners.
She said there are over 200 festivals and events listed, which averages about four per week for the entire year. She added Wellington is home to a number of events that are among the province’s Top 100 festivals.
She added she is pleased the county recognizes volunteers because many of those events
would not be possible them.The committee also pre-
sented council with a DVD that featured a wide variety of events and scenery from across Wellington.
She said each municipality can have access to it and can place it on their websites if they wish.
She thanked the county for its support in doing the bro-chure.
After the DVD played, councillor Ray Tout, with his tongue only partially in cheek, saluted the beginning of the DVD, which showed the street of Mount Forest packed from
one end to the other for the annual car show, and next, fire-works from the Mount Forest Fireworks Festival.
“I’m impressed how the DVD started,” said Tout, the Mayor of Wellington North.
He said it will be nice to attract visitors because that means “outside money com-ing in.”
Warden Chris White said he was also impressed.
“It’s amazing how many things take place in the coun-ty,” he said.
For a link to the video, visit www.wellingtonadvertiser.com and click on this article.
Mantracker duo - Matthew Klumpenhouwer and David Ellison appeared on a recent episode of Mantracker. Ellison, right, a dairy farmer from Mapleton Township, was the only one to actually cross the finish line, but he credits Klumpenhouwer for the victory. submitted photo
by Chris DaponteMAPLETON TWP. - Only
one of them officially made it to the finish line, but life-long friends David Ellison and Matthew Klumpenhouwer are calling their recent appearance on the Mantracker television series a great team victory.
Respectively known as “Rusty” and “Klumpy,” the duo appeared on the May 22 episode of season six of the series on Ontario Life Network (OLN).
Ellison managed to make it to the finish line - 35km away from the start, in the Dolores River Canyon in Colorado - without being captured by real-
life cowboy and tracker Terry Grant and his guide Garnett Weese.
Klumpenhouwer was not so lucky, getting captured 2.4km from the finish, but it was his strategic call late in the game to split up that allowed Ellison to sneak past Grant and Weese and ultimately make it to the end.
“We came into this together as a team, we wanted to finish it as a team,” Ellison says near the end of the episode. “If it wasn’t for one, the accomplish-ments for the other would not have happened ...
“I believe we’re both vic-torious, because if it wasn’t
for the sacrifice that he made for myself and our team, it wouldn’t have happened at all.”
A dairy farmer on the west side of Mapleton Township, Ellison told the Community News the experience was a positive one that helped solidify his friendship with Klumpenhouwer.
“I think we did alright at the end of the day,” Ellison said. “I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Colorado ... it was a pretty good experience overall.”
He noted the pair received “overwhelming support” in the community both before and after their episode aired.
“We’ve had quite a few positive comments,” Ellison said, noting a local feed store even had a sign rooting for him and Klumpenhouwer.
A few days prior to the OLN airing of their episode, Ellison and Klumpenhouwer got together to watch it on DVD. Their families generally enjoyed the episode, which Ellison said producers have called one of their top five favourites over six seasons.
But Ellison’s wife was not impressed with one scene in the episode, during which Ellison voices his love for his family - in case anything bad happens
Local dairy farmer and friend best Mantracker
Township, county officials meet with
Wind Concerns Ontario
JOHN LAFORET
Mapleton council preparing comments
to ministry on NextEra Energy application
Continued on page 3
The girls varsity soccer team from Norwell District Secondary school traveled to Windsor to compete in the AA OFSAA soccer championships from June 2 to 4.
The team captured the CWOSSA title by defeat-ing Bishop MacDonald from Guelph in a thrilling 3-2 over-time victory on May 25.
During the OFSAA tourna-
ment the team finished round robin play with a record of 2 wins and 2 loses, defeating Catholic Central of Windsor along with Timmins High School, but losing to Richview of Toronto and Lester B Pearson of Burlington.
These results placed the Redmen in 3rd place in pool C with not enough points to advance the quarter final play-
off round. Team officials say overall
it was an excellent experience for the team and a respectable showing for the first OFSAA birth in girls soccer for Norwell.
Graduating players this year include: Brittany Lenselink, Amy Wynja, Sam Fowles, Becca Lammers, Melissa Hessels, Dawn Connell and Shannon Weber.
Norwell girls soccer team gains OFSAA experience
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Over 70 trucks attend show despite rainby David Meyer
PALMERSTON - They slog through rain, snow, sleet for miles and miles - so even torrential rains on Saturday failed to stop a large number of truckers from attending the 14th annual Bob Tail Truck Show here on the weekend.
The rain might have pelted down in the morning, but with-in an hour of the sun break-ing through in the afternoon, most of the big rigs parked at the community centre and arena were water-spot free and gleaming.
The rain did, however, wash out the planned Saturday car show. One of the founders of the Truck Show had an easy explanation for that, knowing that classic car owners are fin-icky.
“As soon as it sprinkles, those guys stay home,” Don Harrow said.
There was a white Lincoln Continental on the grounds that afternoon, but that was about it for classic cars. That part of the show usually runs only one day, and is operated separately from the Truck Show at the same venue.
But the truckers were all
enjoying themselves as coun-try and western music filtered across the grounds.
The truck show commit-tee includes Harrow and his wife, Joan (he was one of the show’s founders) as well as Laura and Mark Burgers, Terry Quesnelle, Dianne Fleming, Wes Alexander and Ashley Harrow.
Joan Harrow cited one rea-son why the show has such a relaxed atmosphere. “Because there’s no competition, it’s friendly,” she said. “It’s a driv-er appreciation show.”
Don Harrow added all truckers pay $35 for entry and that includes a Sunday break-fast, a plaque and prizes worth anywhere from $80 to $100. He said the show’s sponsors, and there are many of them, are very generous.
There was one truck from Saskatchewan, and others came from as far away as Burlington, Milton, Beeton, Windsor and Orangeville. There were also a large number from Wellington County.
The Harrows looked upon the event as bringing about 200 people into Palmerston for a weekend.
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Final polish - Aaron Ziegler, of Mount Forest, puts some shine onto the wheels of a big rig at the 14th annual Bob Tail Truck Show on Saturday afternoon in Palmerston. The rain came early in the day, but after it stopped, truckers soon had their rigs looking spotless.
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by David MeyerGUELPH - County coun-
cillors learned on May 26 the provincial government has completed the first of two steps to enhance delivery of three social services programs.
Gord Tosh presented coun-cil with the social services committee report, which cited an on line application process that began on May 16.
It will allow people to apply on-line for Ontario Works (welfare), Ontario Disability Support and Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities.
The program to apply is available 24 hours a day at www.ontario.ca/socialassis-tance.
All residents will be able to use the new application for social assistance, Stuart Beumer, the Director of Ontario Works stated in the report. There are two parts to the program. One is a screening process for potential eligibility for all three programs, and the second is an application for the three programs.
Beumer stated, “Applicants can access the online applica-tion from the privacy of their own homes or from any com-puter with an internet connec-tion.”
There are computers for use free of charge available at all county libraries.
Beumer said the informa-tion needed to complete an
online application is the same as it would be if the client were doing a telephone application.
Social services committee chairman Gord Tosh told coun-cil in recent months the num-ber of people seeking social services “has remained stable” but that it is still “50 per cent higher than in 2008” when the last recession began.
Tosh added, “It’s going to take some time” to get back to those earlier figures.
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- and then traverses a rocky cliff edge to avoid the Mantracker.
“She was a little perturbed that way,” he said jokingly.
Klumpenhouwer, who now lives in Perth County but resid-ed in Palmerston at the time of the taping, also said he did not have any regrets about appear-ing on the show.
“None at all,” he declared. He agreed the show was
popular locally and joked that Ellison is now like “the Justin Bieber of Listowel” with his new found fame.
J o k i n g a s i d e , Klumpenhouwer was a little disappointed with the “bad judgment call” that led to his capture, but he made it clear at
the end of the show that both men did everything in their power to win.
“I couldn’t have tried any harder,” Klumpenhouwer says to the camera after being cap-tured. He later adds, “I got captured, but I won.”
He credits Ellison with the pair’s success, saying his friend was the perfect per-son with whom to appear on Mantracker.
“He’ll give everything he’s got, and then a little bit more,” Klumpenhouwer told the Community News.
“I was pretty proud of Rusty ... I’m so glad we went together.”
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Dynamic duo - David Ellison, left, and Matthew Klumpenhouwer take a seat atop the horses usually ridden by “the Mantracker” himself, Terry Grant, far left, and local guide Garnett Weese. Ellison and Klumpenhouwer starred in an episode of Mantracker on May 22 on the Ontario Life Network. submitted photo
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People in Ontario can be forgiven if they feel a strong sense of déjà vu - or even dread.
We are now into our third election campaign in the last eight months. First there were municipal elections, then there was the recent federal one, and now the provincial campaign has begun.
Actually, Premier Dalton McGuinty, Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak and New Democratic Party leader Andrea Horwath have been in campaign mode for some time. Yes, we know democracy is important, but it seems three campaigns in less than a year is a bit much. How much can we average citizens take?
The fault, as we see it, comes from a bunch of high principled people with too much education and too little common sense. They think having fixed election dates is a good thing. We dis-agree. Setting election dates for municipalities seems reasonable. First, the jobs are generally much lower paid and, because the politicians at the local level are closest to the people, we can keep a closer eye on them.
That is not as true at the provincial level, and how many watch our MPs in Ottawa to the depth they merit?
This third election has our dander up. The legislature is closed for the summer - and we are betting it will not return before the Oct. 6 election. By the end of August, politicians will be in full blown election mode for six weeks.
But that campaign is already underway. On Friday, some Liberal hacks sent our newsroom a press release vilifying the NDP. Only a short time later, the NDP hacks responded they were proud to be attacked by such a poor government, because it demonstrates the Liberals are taking the NDP seriously. Both, meanwhile, are attacking the PCs. McGuinty seems to be plan-ning the same attack campaign that Stephen Harper used. The problem McGuinty faces is Harper merely scared some diehard liberals. McGuinty has a whole lot of people really angry at him. Big difference.
That is one difficulty we have with fixed election dates. We suggest being the winner of a majority, no matter which party wins, should carry some privileges, and that includes being able to pick an election date. The timing is likely to be very political - and that can have consequences for a premier or prime minister. David Peterson called an election two years into his mandate in 1990, and saw it backfire - and he was gone from politics.
On the other hand, if the opposition parties are so unprepared for an election they are surprised by an election, does that also not indicate they are not ready to govern? We suggest it means exactly that, unless they demonstrate a strong surge once the campaign gets underway. That, too, tells the electorate a whole lot about a party and its capabilities.
But here we are now, barely into June, and in campaign mode all summer. Most of us will pay little attention, and reasonably so. We need to depressurize after the last election. Let the lead-ers run around on the barbecue circuit for a while. The problem is, while they are doing that, the province’s business is in Limbo. Or, perhaps, things are so well run in Ontario our government can take off for four months for an election. That would mean hospitals are running well, the education system is in fine fettle and nobody is upset about alternate forms of power, the HST, high gasoline prices, high taxes, broken election promises, soaring debt or Ontario becoming a have-not province. We suspect readers can add a lot more to that list, which needs some thought but won’t get any action any time soon.
Six weeks should be plenty for an election campaign and fixed date elections stretch those campaigns out beyond what any sane citizen should have to handle.
There is a final argument against fixed election dates. Four years from now, we will have to go through three elections all over again. David Meyer
Here we go again
TOWNSHIP OF MAPLETONCommunity Information Page7275 Sideroad 16, P.O. Box 160, Drayton, ON N0G 1P0
Looking for some people 35 years and old to play some simple, minimal equipment, non-contact noon hour hockey, 1or 2 times a week. Cost would be $5.00 each.
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Please call Kym at 519-638-3313 ext. 21 to say “I’m In”.
COUNCIL DATES
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 10, 2009 7:00 p.m.
COUNCIL DATESTuesday, June 14, 2011 7:00pm Regular Meeting of CouncilTuesday, June 28, 2011 1:00pm Regular Meeting of Council
NOTICE TO RATEPAYERSThe second installment of the 2011 Interim Taxes
for all property classes are due:JUNE 24, 2011
Taxes may be paid at the following locations:• Township of Mapleton Municipal Office, 7275 Sideroad 16 by cash, cheque or debit/interac • at most Financial Institutions • or by Telebanking with most financial institutions.
There is a mail slot available at the office for payments being made after hours.Postdated cheques for the due date are accepted.
Taxes may also be paid by mail addressed to: Township of Mapleton, PO Box 160, Drayton, ON N0G 1P0
PUBLIC NOTICECANADA POST SERVICE DISRUPTION
Canada Post workers are currently on rotating strikes that may impact mail delivery. If you normally receive a paper copy of invoices from the Township of Mapleton, it may not be delivered by Canada Post before the invoice is due for payment.
PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING:Moorefield water and wastewater bills were mailed on May 31st and are due on June 15th. Drayton water and wastewater bills will be mailed the week of June 20th and due on July 5th. Invoices for other services provided by the Township (facility rentals, etc.) are normally due thirty (30) days after the invoice date.Please note that the Township does offer a Pre-authorized Payment option. Please contact our office for more information.
REQUEST TO ALL RESIDENTS FOR DONATEDVEHICLES (CARS, TRUCKS, VANS)
TO THE MAPLETON FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR JULYThe Township of Mapleton Fire Department would appreciate any donated vehicles from local residents to assist the fire department with practicing auto extrication. The fire department will pick up any donated vehicles and would be happy to return the scrap metal back if requested.
Please contact Fire Chief, Rick Richardson at 519-574-8387.
Deadline extended for leadership programGUELPH - The Volunteer
Centre of Guelph-Wellington has extended the deadline for people interested in applying for the Leadership Guelph and Wellington program.
It offers skills training to up to 30 people annually.
Participants will develop their own leadership styles and gain practical tools, such as conflict resolution and project management. During the year, participants will discover the
opportunities and challenges facing Guelph and Wellington County.
More importantly, they will explore how their own leader-ship skills can help grow their organization and community.
“This program prepares emerging leaders, staff or vol-unteers, to take leadership roles in meeting the challenges faced by Guelph and Wellington,” said executive director of the Volunteer Centre Cathy Taylor.
“Our alumni come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and we are developing a net-work of strong leaders in fields throughout our community.”
This is a program for man-agers, volunteers, and future leaders. The ideal candidate is self-motivated and committed to taking a leadership role in the community. Applications are being accepted from those 18 years of age or over who work or live in Guelph and
Wellington County.The program begins in
September and runs until June 2012. Tuition for the year is $2,750. That includes all learn-ing materials, meals and retreat costs. Limited financial aid is available. The new deadline to register is June 14.
To find out more or to apply for the program, visit www.leadershipgw.ca or call the cen-tre at 519-822-0912 extension 222.
The Community News, Friday, June 10, 2011 Page FIVe
Mapleton MusingsColumn courtesy of Mapleton Historical Society
Changed Landscapes(continued)
Last week we wrote about the changed landscape on Main Street West, Drayton, where the municipal parking lot and the fire hall are now.
The document pictured recorded the lease of the skat-ing rink that was located on the southwest side of Lot 20.
In 1903, in addition to the rink, a power house with engines to supply electrical power to the village occupied the eastern part of the lot. Records show the good citi-zens had electric power from 5:30am until sunrise and in the
evenings (apparently no burn-ing of the midnight oil, unless one used a coal oil lamp).
This operation was sold in 1906 to R.O. Hube, who con-tinued the electric power ser-vice at this location and when he moved his operations to John Street, where he estab-lished a flax mill, the Canadian Flax Company.
One news item reported interruptions to this service when engine parts gave out and had to be replaced. Another told of the power being sup-plied during certain hours on a Monday so housewives could do their ironing without resort-
ing to firing up the cook stove and using flat irons.
There was a two-bay garage and service station on this prop-erty by the late 1930s.
The building was one storey at the front and two at the rear. In one bay a ramp allowed vehicles to be driven from front to back.
On the other side was a walk-in pit so the mechanic could work on the underside of cars. In the rear of the building was room to park several cars. Often several vehicles were parked on the rear of the lot awaiting service.
At spring flood time it was
always a guessing game to determine just when to inter-rupt business and move these vehicles to higher ground because the rear of the building and lot were sure to be covered in water several feet deep.
The garage was last operat-ed by Roy Lambert, who came to Drayton in 1949. Shortly after completing some major renovations in 1954, sparks from a welder’s torch caused a fire that completely destroyed the building.
In the early 1930s the lawn bowling greens were moved, from Wood Street (behind the cenotaph) to the area formerly
occupied by the skating rink. A club house with an equipment storage area was built. These greens were moved in 1968 to the area behind the parking lot.
On the fire hall site there was a two storey white brick house between the branches of the Conestogo River. All that remains is the well. The cap on the well is visible on the west side of the fire hall by the levee.
When the course of the river was changed in 1968 apparent-ly the eastern abutments of the bridge spanning the eastern arm of the river were not removed - perhaps because they formed part of the cement breakwa-
ter that protected the business fronting on Wellington Street.
It was a shock to the con-struction company installing the water and sewage services to discover they had to blast through this barrier in order to install the pipes.
The levee along the east-ern bank of the river has been improved by Community Environmental Leadership Program (CELP), with assis-tance from the Rotary Club and the municipality.
The walking trail is an attractive area, appreciated and used by locals and visitors.
submitted by Jean Campbell
Staying physically active during school is important for students to stay healthy, and can offer many benefits.
For starters, by being physically active on a regular basis students will feel more energized, allowing them to achieve more in a day without feeling burnt out or sluggish.
Exercising and keeping physically active can also be a great stress release and a posi-tive way to help students deal with the stress and frustrations that are caused from just being a teenager. Not to mention it can be a great confidence boost by improving the way the body feels both physically and mentally.
It is recommended that for a healthy lifestyle people should be active for at least 150 min-utes a week. But with a stu-dent’s schedule there doesn’t always seem to be time or options to fit that in. However, students have the option of looking no further than the school they are attending for ways to get active.
One of the many options can be joining a sports team.
The regular practices and games not only keep students active on a regular basis but being part of a team provides great skill building opportu-nities and allows for a good social experience as well.
Sports teams aren’t always the easiest to make but that shouldn’t deter students from being active. In fact, schools usually have sports teams or clubs that don’t make cuts and allow everyone to join.
As well, a great way to stay active during the school day would be for students to par-ticipate in their high school’s intramural sports league, which allows students, in teams, to compete against other students in fun competition for a part of their lunch time.
Another option for students would be signing up for a physical education or fitness course offered by their high school. This allows students to stay active every day for a whole semester through fun games, sports or fitness cir-cuits.
Even if students find noth-ing at school to spark their
interests, there are always sports teams or fitness classes in the community that could offer something of interest to students.
One other key aspect of staying healthy and produc-tive at school is for students to get the right amount of sleep. Studies have shown that teen-agers need anywhere from 8.5 to 9 hours minimum of sleep per night. That is easier said than done, but the impor-tance of sleep really should be stressed, since it is something that can really aid in improv-ing a student’s overall perfor-mance and ability to function.
However, teenagers are notorious for staying up late, oversleeping and even some-times falling asleep in class Along with hindering a stu-
dent’s ability to focus, sleep deficit can also negatively affect a student’s ability to perform well in sports. Lack of sleep has also been linked to emotional problems.
Ideas to get more sleep include setting a regular bed-time and getting up at a regular time, which establishes normal sleep patterns for the body. It is important that during the school week students should not go to sleep more than an hour later than their set time to fall asleep, or wake up more than two to three hours later or earlier in the morning.
Another important tip is to ensure regular exercise does not occur close to bedtime. Research has shown exercising closer than three hours before going to sleep revs up the body
and makes it difficult to fall asleep. However, exercising in the mid-afternoon can actually make it easier to fall asleep later on that night.
Something else to keep in mind to make falling asleep easier, there by allowing for a full night’s sleep, is to avoid consuming stimulants before bed such as caffeine found in pop, coffee and tea.
Sometimes that afternoon nap seems all too inviting after a busy day, but naps that last more than 30 minutes actually will make it more difficult to fall asleep that night.
Finally, it’s good to avoid the notorious all-nighters. Depriving oneself of sleep dur-ing the week can cause the body not to perform well the next day, which can be extremely
problematic if the reason for the all-nighter was cramming for a test. Scheduling sleep allows students to be more successful and able to perform that much better.
Staying healthy and active is something that takes com-mitment, but will prove to be worthwhile in the end.
Not sure where to start? The Minto-Mapleton Family Health Team’s health promot-er can help plan an exercise regime that can increase ener-gy levels, manage weight and promote healthy sleep.
For more information about the free services offered by the Minto-Mapleton Family Health Team, visit mmfht.ca or call the Drayton office at 519-638-2110, or the Clifford office at 519-327-4777.
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Summer is almost here. Just a few more weeks of school are left.
With that, many exciting things will be happening at the library. Preparations for our summer reading program are well under way.
“Splashy” activities will take place at the library as this year’s theme is “Splash”. Dive into a summer of great reading. The Club runs from July 4 to Aug. 13 for children ages 12 and under. Registration begins June 13.
Children will receive a book, poster and stickers. Again we will be reading books and win-ning prizes. For every five books read, kids will earn a book buck. By reading lots of library books they can use the book bucks to buy prizes.
Teens come and join the Teen Summer Reading Challenge. Read a book, get a ballot and possibly win a prize. The grand prize this year is a camcorder. Also, teens can visit the blog at http://teensrc.wordpress.com. Sign-up begins June 13. Participants must be between 12 and 19.
This year we have two enter-tainers coming to the Drayton
branch. We kick-off our sum-mer with “Music with Brian and Friends” (all ages) on July 5 at 10:30am. Brian and his musical friends, Melody the Hippo and Alan the Lion are ready to make a splash with shows that are soaked with musical fun.
And we end our summer fun with a “Splash Water Magic Workshop” with Amazing Corbin - we are excited that he is back at Drayton with all new magic tricks. You don’t want to miss those shows ($2 tickets).
These are just a couple of the many activities planned at the library to fill up some lazy sum-mer days. For more information pick up a brochure at the library and check out the Community News coming events for more information.
Lego Fun and Your Library (ages 5 to 12) will be held again on June 11 from 10:30 to 11:30am. Be ready for a new “surprise” challenge.
There will be a special Father’s Day Storytime (ages 2 to 6) on June 14 from 6:45 to 7:30pm. Dads can bring their little one(s) for stories, crafts and fun activities (register for both events now).
Book Club will be held on
June 22, and this month we will be discussing The Shack by William P. Young.
Many new items have arrived and I will share a few with you.
FictionThe High Road by Terry
Fallis continues the story of Angus McLintock doing battle with the prigs and prats that rule the halls of power in Ottawa.
A Heartbeat Away is written by Michael Palmer, who deliv-ers a novel at the crossroads of politics and medicine in a shocker of a thriller.
Daughters-in-law by Joanna Trollope is a lovely, candid and hugely perceptive exploration of what happens inside every fam-ily when one generation with its ways and habits has to make way for the next.
Once Upon a Time There was You by Elizabeth Berg is a beautiful and moving novel about a man and woman long divorced, who rediscover the power of love and family in the midst of an unthinkable crisis.
As Husbands Go by Susan Isaacs is a laugh-out-loud mys-tery. In Gideon’s Sword, by Preston & Child, as a child Gideon witnesses his father, a world class mathemati-cian accused of treason, being gunned down. At 24, sum-moned to his mother’s dying bedside, he learns the truth: his father was framed and deliber-ately slaughtered, and with her last breath she begs her son to avenge him.
James Grippando’s Afraid of the Dark tells the story of Jack’s most dangerous case yet, uncov-ering a sinister underground world that has him racing across
the globe.Non Fiction
A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea by Joel Achenbach, docu-ments the race to kill the BP Oil gusher.
Teach Yourself Visually – Circular Knitting is touted as the fast and easy way to learn by Melissa Morgan Oakes.
Letters to my Daughters, a memoir by Fawzia Koofi, is a powerful and moving reminder that in the midst of Afghanistan’s decades of strug-gle, hope and humanity prevail.
The Illustrated Cook’s Guide to Fruit is a comprehensive visual identifier of the fruits of the world, with advice on select-ing, preparing and cooking.
To Baby with Love – 35 gorgeous gifts to make for babies and toddlers by Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell is also available, as is 33 Men – Inside the Miraculous Survival and Dramatic Rescue of Chilean Miners by Jonathan Franklin.
This is just a small selection of the new items.
You can now register to be part of Evergreen 2011. This is your chance to vote for a work of Canadian fiction or non-fiction that you like the most. Voting takes place during Ontario Public Library Week in October. All the nominations are available at the library.
For more information on some of the up-coming events, please drop by the library or call 519-638-3788.
For those who have not been to the library yet, and this includes the cottagers coming back to the lake again this sum-mer, please come out and see what all it has to offer.
PAGE SIX The Community News, Friday, June 10, 2011
By Laurie Langdon
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Week 1: July 18-22 “Magic Kingdom” Week 2: August 8-12 “Tropical Island”
Adult Classes Will be continuing into the summer months
Please call or e-mail for schedules or to register.
Here God, there God, Everywhere ... God:
Part OneWhen and as God is allowed
to be reproduced in you, you will live in His presence, His constant, changeless presence.
He’ll be with you and in you, everywhere. He will become “Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.” (Matthew 1:23). He will occu-
py a sovereign, transcendent, fixed, eternal place in your life, becoming truly God to you, giving you confidence that He’s in charge, as He was in charge from the beginning and as He will be in charge in the end.
God in you will be ... an inventive presence.
When and as God moves in, He becomes an inventive presence in your life, giving you vision and leading. Your life becomes an adventure as he brings new things into
your world. As a result you are channeled and compelled into unique and fresh paths. Since “all things were made through Him,” and in fact, “without Him nothing was made that was made,” when He is in you, you become actually more creative and innovative. When you don’t seem to have the resources to do what you need to do, whether it be resources of time, money, energy, etc., you discover that God in you gets the job done ... and with seemingly little effort or skill.
A transformative presence. When and as God inhabits your life, He becomes a transforma-tive presence in you. He brings you life, wholeness and vital-ity, enabling you to be alive in the Spirit. Since “in Him is life, and the life,” by the way, “is
the light of men,” God in you brings a new sense of wellness and wholeness.
I was sitting in church a few weeks ago and was listen-ing to a guest speaker we had invited for the weekend. To say the least, I had been going through a very severe and deep trial which had brought much depression and anxiety.
For weeks I walked around like a corpse, struggling with something. I don’t truly know what it was, but I do remem-ber sitting there that morning, worn out and empty. But as he talked I sensed, not in a spec-tacular way, yet in a very real way, what seemed like a shock of electricity in my gut. It hit me, jolting me.
We continued on in the ser-vice and, while I knew I had
experienced God’s presence in some way, I didn’t think about it much. Well, that evening I went to bed and slept like a baby through the night, some-thing I had not done for some time. Not only so, in the weeks following I have had very few problems sleeping.
Even more significant than that, my manner changed toward my wife and daughters. There was a joy and vigor in my behavior that they had not seen in a while. I cannot explain all that occurred, but God had done a transformative, noticeable work in me, giving me new life ... literally.
A revelational presence.God, as he reproduces
Himself in you, becomes a rev-elational presence in you. He becomes the light that “shines
in the darkness, and the dark-ness will not overwhelm it,” to inform you of His ways and lead you in His paths.
There will be times when you will experience His man-ifest presence, even through your senses. You will feel Him, see Him, hear Him, smell Him and taste Him ... really.
He will cause you, through His Holy Spirit, to understand truth in a supernatural way. He will inevitably impact your emotions and you will at times be overcome, having sensed His presence, with weeping, laughing, shouting, trembling, etc.
Consequently, you will walk and live differently, more fully and with greater purpose. You will, you really will.
Continued next time …
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Song Sparrows
LOVERS OF THE
B IR DSSong sparrows are common to abundant migrants and breed-
ers in Mapleton from March to November. They are classed as ‘medium distance migrants’. On our farm we regularly see them singing in an apple tree or perched on a fence post. Andy Bezener writes in Birds of Ontario, “The song sparrow’s heavily streaked, low-key plumage doesn’t prepare you for its symphonic song. This well-named sparrow stands among the great Ontario songsters for the complexity, rhythm and emotion of its springtime rhapsodies. (They) learn to sing by eavesdropping on their fathers or other rival males. Voice: 1 to 4 bright, distinctive introductory notes, such as sweet, sweet, followed by a buzzy towee, then a short, descending trill; calls include a short tsip and a nasal tchep.
“ID: whitish under parts with a heavy brown streaking that converges into a central breast spot; grayish face; dark line behind the eye; white jaw line is bordered by a dark whisker and mustache stripes, dark crown, with a pale central stripe, mottled brown upper parts; rounded tail tip.” There are 5 basic subspecies of this bird on the continent. They are 14 to 18cm in length or slightly smaller than a junco. Habitat is shrubby areas, often near water.
They glean the ground, shrubs and trees for cutworms, beetles, grasshoppers, ants, other invertebrates and seeds; also eats wild fruit and visits feeding stations. Their consumption of unwelcome insects makes for just another reason to welcome them in your garden. The Cornell Lab brings identification of a song sparrow down to basics: “It is one of the first species you should suspect if you see a streaky sparrow in an open, shrubby or wet area. If it perches on a low shrub, leans back and sings a stuttering, clatter-ing song, so much the better.” Their conservation status is ‘least concern.”
Memorial ServiceAt Bethesda Community Cemetery,
Moorefield, Ontario
3:00 pm on Sunday June 26th, 2011Guest Minister: Pastor Jeff McCracken,
Drayton United Church
Music by Derek Moore, Drayton School of MusicPlease bring lawn chairs
Note: Service will be held under cover
Wellington County Library, Drayton Branch
Submitted by Bep Vandenberg
DRAYTON MAPLETON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
AMBASSADOR OF THE FAIR COMPETITIONAre you a resident of Mapleton Township or surrounding area?Will you be 17 years old by August 1, 2011.How about representing our Drayton Fair!
This is an opportunity to be involved in your community.The winner will receive a bursary of $500The runner-up: $250 and each contestant $100For more information contact: Shelda Morphy 519-638-5022 [email protected],Elaine Cheesman 519-638-5129Erica Zantinge 519-638-3323.
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showing Student Art~Julydue June 25
Writer’s Unite June 10 @ 7:30pm
Oh + Canada! July 18-22 9:30-noon | ages 9-13
Under °° ' Water July 25-29 9:30-noon | ages 9-10 1:00-3:00 | ages 11-15
Drama with } Sue August 1-5 9:30-noon | ages 6-11
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PAGE EIGHT The Community News, Friday, June 10, 2011
DRAYTON - The Drayton COPS committee has been active for several years pro-moting awareness as the key to crime prevention.
COPS, which stands for Community Organized Policing Strategies, was formed in an effort to liaison community with local police agencies to address concerns about security, vandalism safe-ty issues and traffic concerns (ie. speed, blind spots and common accident locations).
This committee is made up of local councillors, citi-zens, youths, fire department officials and police representa-tives. The committee is cur-rently seeking new community members to join in this effort, including high school students.
The committee meets on the last Monday of each month with the exception of December, June, July and
August.To date the COPS com-
mittee has been very active participating in setting up and monitoring traffic speed signs in problem areas; assisting in the OPP ATV education semi-nar, community information evenings including promoting the DARE drug awareness pro-gram at local schools, and the Lock it or Lose it program which distributes pamphlets on the windshields of cars with doors left unlocked.
In addition, the committee also works with the Moorefield and Drayton neighbourhood watch programs, participat-ing in information evenings with the OPP and ensuring that there are sufficient neighbour-hood captains.
To become involved in this committee please contact Rick Richardson at [email protected].
COPS committee seeking new membersOrganizers welcome high school students to take part in meetings
COPS crew - Members of the current COPS committee serv-ing Mapleton, front row from left, are: OPP Constable Laura Godmeder, county councillor John Green and Mapleton Fire Chief Rick Richardson. Back: Jim Grose, Dennis Craven, Ray Ellis and councillors Mike Downey and Jim Curry. Absent from photo are: Allen Peebles, Deputy Fire Chief Tom Wood, Travis Walker, Scott Cooper and Matt Bignel. submitted photo
Farm safety group - Waterloo Rural Women’s Children Farm Safety Day is scheduled for June 25. The event is aimed at students aged 4 to 12. To register call 519-664-3794 ex 237 or visit www.water-looruralwomen.org. Members of this year’s Waterloo Rural Women’s Children Farm Safety committee, from left, include: Sharon Grose, Heidi Wagner, Monica Cressman, Susan Martin, Laurie Weber and Rita Bauman. Absent is Mary Wagler. submitted photo
County recognizes employees for long serviceby David Meyer
GUELPH - Wellington County council saluted a num-ber of volunteers on May 26 for their long service.
Six people received their 25 year pins:
- Annette Baker, Janice Grills, Karen Merrick, and Darlene Seymore, all in nurs-ing at Wellington Terrace;
- Colleen Cudney, life enrichment, Wellington Terrace; and
- Deborah Turchet, in land division.
Sheila Kunderman, of Environmental Services, received a 15 year plaque.
There were a number of other employees who were rec-ognized for their long service. Cynthia Machin, of nutrition services at Wellington Terrace, and Shirley Madden, in hous-ing with social services, have each served 30 years.
A number of employees have reached 20 years. They include;
- Floriana Macerollo, social services;
- Jill Mainland, Wellington Terrace;
- Gord Ough, county engi-neer;
- Pat Thomson, social ser-vices;
Sandra Trask, Wellington Terrace;
- Stephen Walmsley, social services; and
- Paul Zaludek, social ser-vices.
A number of people have completed ten years with the county:
- Elysia DeLaurentis, muse-um and archives;
- Craig Dyer, county trea-surer;
- Gwendolyn Goulet, Erin library;
- Eileen Grattan, social ser-vices;
- Meintje (Minnie) Hansma, Wellington Terrace;
- Judy Howard, Fergus library;
- Andrea Lawson, Director of Human Resources;
- Leah McLeod, Hillsburgh library;
- Tara Rigby, Wellington Terrace; and
- Carolyn Roy, treasury department.
25 year pins - Six people received their pins for a quarter century of service at Wellington County on May 26. From left: Janice Grills, Deborah Turchet, Karen Merrick, Annette Baker, Warden Chris White, Darlene Seymour and Colleen Cudney.
Three department heads - The county honoured three people for long service who also are the head of departments. From left, Treasurer Craig Dyer, Warden Chris White, Director of Human Resources Andrea Lawson and county engineer Gord Ough.
NextEra application is approved Mapleton Township will reserve the right to appeal with an environmental tribunal if the township’s requests are not met.
White said the county will also consider such a move.
But until the July 11 dead-line, Laforet said he will continue to lobby against the NextEra application and other
wind farm applications across the province.
“We need the local commu-nities to express opposition to these projects,” he said.
Locally, he has been impressed thus far by the way Mapleton Township residents have opposed the NextEra.
“I have a positive feel-ing about what the folks in Mapleton are going to accom-plish,” Laforet said.
Anyone wanting to com-ment can visit the MOE envi-ronmental registry before July 11 at www.ebr.gov.on.ca and use the reference number 011-2606.
Comments can also be left by phone at 416-326-6089 or (toll free) 800-461-6290, or by fax at 416-314-8452.
For more information on the NextEra proposal, visit CanadianWindProposals.com.
Officials meet to discuss wind farmFROM PAGE ONE
A big fish story - The Moorefield Optimist Club hosted its annual fishing derby on May 28. Local youths were invited to Cosen’s Pond to hone their angling skills. The winners of the derby were Jack Klassen, Jackson McGuire, Lynette Woods, Mary MacKenzie, Adrianne Cosens, Jenna Cosens, Brody Post and Kanyn Cherry. The Dekker family provided bait and trophies. submitted photo
