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by David MeyerMAPLETON TWP. -

Bruce, Deb and Korb Whale hosted the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs at their Clovermead Farms on March 23 and Ted McMeekin was impressed with the way their biogas project could solve some of Ontario’s power supply woes.

Nearly two dozen people, including a group from Austria toured the project that cost over $1 million but will sup-ply 500kw of electric power by using methane from cow manure and other organic materials.

The project can also provide a source of good fertilizer, and could even eventually reduce the use of landfills as organic waste from cities comes to the countryside.

The provincial govern-ment has apparently been so impressed with the results that payments for biogas power generation was not reduced,

even as the government cut payments for wind and solar power in the past week.

“I believe,” said McMeekin, as executive coordinator Jennifer Green of the Agri-energy Producers Association of Ontario cited all the benefits of the project.

Korb Whale noted, “There’s a lot of people complaining about green energy [wind tur-bines and solar projects].”

McMeekin replied, “I’m with you.”

The project has been under-way at the Whale Farm since the spring of 2010, Korb Whale said in an interview.

He said the technology is based on something very rural: the cow. Or, rather, the cow’s stomach. Those stomachs pro-duce methane gas. The idea behind the project is to harness that gas for power

The technology is tank sys-tems that act just like cows’ stomachs. They produce gas

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High tech on the farm - Minister of Agriculture Ted McMeekin, right, toured Clovermead Farms near Drayton on March 23 with co-owner Korb Whale, left, and Biogas Association president Dan Jones.

Council likes idea of processing plant but leery of water usage


Council here appears sympa-thetic to a proposal for a food processing plant that would feed people in the Third World - but it wants its rules and regu-lations followed, too.

Representatives of Christian Aid Ministries of Waterloo were at council on March 13 to apply for a zone change for lands in Moorefield.

The group wants to put a food processing plant into an old hardware and building supply store. The two adjoin-ing parcels are located at 16 Maudsley Street and Parkview Drive.

County planner Mark Van Patter, working on behalf of the township, told council such plants require a zone change.

The group plans to dehy-drate vegetables, package and then send them overseas to feed the poor. He added the rezoning application includes permitting a Christian book-store.

Van Patter said in a written report to council he and chief building official David Kopp met with the applicants in late January. He offered the fol-lowing information about the proposal:

- about 200 gallons of water used per day;

- about 4,000 to 7,000 pounds of vegetables processed per day;

- hours of operation with volunteers cutting vegetables would be 8am to 1pm;

- dehydration would take place 8:30am to 4:30pm;

- 30 to 60 volunteers at the plant between Monday and Friday;

- waste water from washing vegetables goes into a separat-ing basin and then to the storm sewer system;

- chopped vegetables would be shredded and dehydrated;

- they would then be packed into two kilogram bags and shipped; and

- the dehydration unit is fairly small and would be located in the main building at the northwest corner, away from neighbouring homes.

Van Patter added the book store would be in the former Harron’s Rona store, as would the head office.

Van Patter said proposed renovations to the main build-ing include demolishing 8,000 square feet and adding another 12,000 square feet. The small leans and the built-in highway trailer along the south lot line would be removed. The narrow shed west of the main building would be removed, and the applicants planned to do some grading.

Van Patter said meat and food processing ventures are specifically prohibited in town-ship bylaws in order to give councils a say in any of those types of businesses. He said his main concern is the water usage.

Councillor Mike Downey said he would like a better

Woman killed in crashMAPLETON TWP. - A

woman is dead following a crash here on March 25 at about 10:40pm. Dead is Marie Dillon, 79, of Port Elgin.

OPP Constable Mark Cloes reported that county OPP offi-cers were called to a collision on County Road 8, southeast of Drayton.

County OPP officers and members of the Mapleton Fire Department attended to the collision at the intersection of County Roads 8 and 12.

Investigation revealed a 1995 Chevy cavalier with two occupants was travelling south on County Road 12. A 2005 Cadillac carrying two occu-pants was travelling west on County Road 8. The Chevy cavalier entered into the inter-section and struck the Cadillac broadside.

The Chevy driver, Travis

Peter Wiebe, 23, of St. Clements, was taken to Groves Memorial Hospital in Fergus and soon air lifted to St. Michaels Hospital in Toronto. The passenger, Cody B. Foster, 23, also of St. Clements, was transferred to Hamilton General Hospital.

The Cadillac driver, 78-year-old Charles Dillon of Port Elgin, was taken to Groves and then transferred to Hamilton General Hospital. All injuries were considered seri-ous. Cadillac passenger Marie Dillon was pronounced dead at the scene by Coroner Dr. John Vanderkooy.

A West Region OPP Technical Collision Investigator responded to assist with the investigation. The roadway was closed while investigators tried to determine the events that led to the crash.

Gator gang - This American alligator from Exotic Critter Tales in Guelph was a big hit at Alma Public School’s annual Eco Fair on March 24. From left are: Riley Rickert, 7, of Alma, Rachel Forbes, 8, of Parker, Jasmin Adams of the Halton Peel Biodiversity Network, and Abby Litzen, 8, of Alma. See page 12 for an additional photo. photo by David Meyer

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- Mapleton, Minto and Wellington North have become the last municipalities in Wellington County to have an employee included on the province’s annual “Sunshine List.”

On March 23, the Ministry of Finance released its annual list of public sector employees who received a 2011 salary over $100,000 before taxes, as well as their total taxable ben-efits.

Province wide, the list has grown 10% over the past year

and has quadrupled in size since 2003.

Municipal employees in northern Wellington County on the list for the first time include:

- Minto director of public services Norm Fisk, $101,094;

- Mapleton clerk/CAO

Patty Sinnamon, $101,256; and- Wellington North clerk/

CAO Lorri Heinbuch, $106,949.

For a larger story on the Sunshine List see this week’s Wellington Advertiser. For the complete list visit www.fin.gov.on.ca.

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Ms. Tanis recognized theprogram’s potential since it hadnever been offered in Drayton,it was fun for students, parentsand teacher, and it offered apiano-keyboard program forchildren as young as 3½ in agroup setting.

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Future stars? - The Drayton Girl Guides (top) and Brownies and Sparks (above) recently visited the Drayton Festival Theatre. The girls had an informational tour and also got to “get ready” in the dressing rooms and “perform” on stage. They also learned about the history of the theatre and found it interesting that one part of the building was once used as a jail. submitted photo

Recreation committee hasplans for July 1, future

by David MeyerMAPLETON TWP. - It all

comes down to money.When councillors here con-

sidered the minutes from the township’s parks, culture and recreation committee on March 13, the report elicited a couple of questions about cash.

Public works director Larry Lynch reported to the commit-tee what he has recommended for this year’s township budget. That includes a new floor for the PMD Arena auditorium, board replacement around the ice surface, and roofing work that was not done last year.

As well, Lynch told the committee the ring road at the front of the arena could be left for 2013, and be done with the repaving of the parking lot.

As for parks, Lynch told the committee as a result of a report by Cowan Insurance, parks staff have removed the wooden structure playground equipment at all parks.

Lynch said Cowan recom-

mended changes at all town-ship parks, except for the rela-tively new Wallace Cumming Park in Alma and the ABC Park in Drayton.

In all the other parks, the equipment is obsolete. That includes “a large part” of the Kinsmen Play Park in Drayton.

Lynch told the committee he was working on private part-nerships, for equipment and everything that could be fixed. The committee noted Lynch had budgeted $50,000 for the next five years to upgrade the Moorefield Park and the Kinsmen Play Park in Drayton.

Councillor Andy Knetsch asked Lynch if $50,000 over the next five years will be enough money to do all the work needed.

Lynch said he has not yet got estimates on all the work, but suggested, “I could spend all kinds of money.”

He also reiterated for coun-cil that he is working on part-nerships for parks projects.

Parks under stress - A report to the township indicates there is much work to be done in Mapleton parks, including the Kinsmen Park in Drayton. photo by David Meyer

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explanation of the amount of water to be used.

John Martin, of RR2 Morriston, is the spokesman for the Christian Aid Ministries of Waterloo.

He said his group is copy-ing the operation of Ontario Christian Gleaners, of Cambridge. He said he is “not comfortable” being locked in to a water use agreement.

When Downey asked why, Martin said it is because water use might depend on the dirti-ness of the vegetables being processed.

Mayor Bruce Whale said it is possible the group could recycle the water it uses “if we give you a target.”

He explained the concern is more about water going into the system. If the business uses up too much of the septic sys-tem, it cuts down on other development opportunities and makes running the sewage lagoon system more expensive.

Martin said his group has not explored those concerns yet.

Van Patter said he wonders “if the applicants can do more homework.” He suggested the group should get the details on water. “Otherwise it’s difficult for council to get a handle on it.”

Public works director Larry Lynch said if it is just soil in the water, the group might be able to send it to a storm ditch. But, he added, he wants to be sure where it is going to run, and suggested an engineer might be able to help determine that.

Lynch said at this point, he is not even sure from which building the water would be leaving. He had concerns with

the asphalt there, and his con-cerns are “not just water for washing, but for discharge.”

Van Patter told Martin the township appears to have no problem with the proposal, but has concerns about the water.

Councillor Neil Driscoll asked if there is a private well on the property. He noted if the group had its own well, it would not strain the water system.

But clerk Patty Sinnamon said that well was likely decommissioned because it is in the Moorefield study area and everyone was forced to tie into the municipal water and sewer system.

Whale said if the water vol-ume being used is close to Van Patter’s report, it might be okay, but going well over that is not.

“That may be the stickler,”

Whale said. “We’re in support of what you do.”

Lynch said the storm sewer empties into a creek, but, “ulti-mately, we want to know where the water is going.”

As for the bookstore that is not permitted in an industrial zone, Downey noted Harron’s Rona also sold books.

Van Patter, too, saw that as a minor issue.

Whale said council should focus on the main part of the application for now, but Downey said it might be easi-est to get the book store issue out of the way.

Sinnamon said the zoning for it would have to be site specific.

Council then deferred the issue until it receives more information on the water issues. Councillor Jim Curry was absent.

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Whale noted it can actu-ally improve the quality of the power going into the grid.

The other positive is that it can be shut down when power is not needed. Wind and solar can be produced only when wind is blowing or the sun is shining.

A few weeks ago, Ontario paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to the United States to take extra power that was being generated because it was sunny and windy.

It had even shut down other generation sites because there was so much extra power.

Whale said with biogas, if power is not needed, the gener-ators can simply be turned off until there is demand for hydro.

For a full report on the Whale biogas project, see this week’s Wellington Advertiser.

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With the federal budget coming and unlikely to make anyone happy, perhaps it is time to drop our focus on Ontario and its hopeless leadership for now, and focus on Ottawa and its hopeless problems.

The ruling Conservative Party makes us uneasy. Not for rea-sons that have sent vicious letters to editors across the nation. Stephen Harper is a symptom, not the problem. We pondered for a while why it is that he fills so many with bile. We suspect he studied the Liberal Party during its years in power and behaves as its leaders did. Who has behaved more arrogantly? Harper or Pierre Trudeau? In March: jump ball.

It is said those who forget history are condemned to repeat it. We know a half century ago, politicians stood for something. Lester B. Pearson actually offered Canadians ideas. But since then? Even Peter C. Newman, a fan, we suggest, of Trudeau, lamented that after he got a majority government in the 1970s he spent years doing nothing. Only after the Joe Clark defeat did he do anything memorable - and we still question the wisdom of repa-triating the constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The first almost destroyed Canada, and the second is on track to finish the job.

It was during our perusal of the coverage of the federal NDP choosing Thomas Mulcair as its leader on the weekend that brought into focus the problems we all face. We read pages of prose and not once did we see a mention of policy. The NDP is now about power - and how to get it. How can it supplant Harper? How can it move from the far left and take the centre?

Those are also the issues the Liberal Party of Canada faces, and its diehards probably still believe all it will take is a charismatic leader to haul them to the Promised Land. Sadly, no mention about what those folks will do if they get power. Presumably, because they are in the centre, they will do some things that are okay with most of us. But what those “somethings” are is a complete mys-tery. Sadly, we Canadians don’t ask them.

Harper and his Conservatives are no better. The only policies we hear mentioned by them is to keep the economic system from collapse (well, duhhhhh) and to react against Liberal policies of the past by getting rid of them (ie. - the long gun registry).

Where is the nation building? Re-thinking buying airplanes? Where are policies that can lead Canada into the 22nd century? Where are the serious debates on vital issues of our times - like what we have to do to stop our multi-nationals from sending good Canadian jobs to India, China and the Third World. What are we going to do about a seemingly endless cost for public services? It is estimated 55 per cent of our employment pay goes to govern-ment workers, who produce nothing that contributes to the gross domestic product. Can we continue to do that? Where is the debate? Pick an issues and a side. Please.

Among the attacks on Harper are charges he uses nasty American tactics to win. That is true. But why, except that they work? The United States has been running downhill since the 1960s. The top country in the world does not suddenly collapse all at once. It happens over decades, and those years are mounting. The hair ball candidates coughed up by the two major American parties for the past 50 years demonstrate it is a short while before they re-elect a Nero, and they will fiddle while everything around them barbecues. Canada seems happy to follow right along.

Harper leaves no obvious successor, either. We have heard solid conservative voters who used to ask themselves of candi-dates (usually male) “Is he sound?” Meaning does he have good common sense to make correct choices on our behalf. Lately, those people are staying home, or holding their noses when voting.

Canada desperately needs real, old fashioned debate and poli-cies. All it is getting is attack ads, sound bites and social media. None will solve problems; they guarantee things will get worse.David Meyer

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MAPLETON TWP. - Councillors here are unwilling to sell off a road allowance to permit two housing lots well off a county road near Glen Allan.

Council voted 2-1 against a recommendation by clerk Patty Sinnamon to declare a portion of Sideroad 16 surplus to the needs of the municipality.

The defeat of that motion leaves Tim Martin’s plans for two housing lots at the end of that unopened road allowance in limbo.

Sideroad 16 runs north off County Road 45 to the west side of Glen Allan (just east of County Road 11) and it looks like a farmer’s lane, because that is what it is currently being used for - even though the township maintains it.

There is a decades-old plan of subdivision to the north, along the Conestogo River. The road, however, acts as a farmer’s land and turns abrupt-ly to the west into a farmhouse. Martin’s proposed two lots are hundreds of yards north of that. The land is Part of Lot 4, Concession 4.

The township maintains the part of Sideroad 16 lead-ing to the farmhouse. The rest, towards the subdivision, is a field belonging to homeowner

and farmer Carl Foell.To create the lots, Martin

has to merge several lots pro-posed long ago because they are too small to meet current standards for septic systems. His other difficulty is those lots do not have any road frontage - another firm rule in the town-ship for being able to build a house.

Council considered the issue earlier in the year but wanted a legal opinion on the best way to proceed.

Sinnamon said in her report that she has discussed the issue with public works director Larry Lynch, who agrees the unopened road allowance has no value to the township as it currently exists. It is open part way and is the access to the Foell farm.

Sinnamon said Martin has two options open to him. One is to request the township to for-mally open the road by bylaw. As with any other developer, Martin would have to cover the cost to bring those roads to municipal standards - hardly worthwhile to him or council for two house lots.

Sinnamon said in her report “council should consider the long-term maintenance costs of the road to service only two residences.”

She said the second option,

and the one recommended by staff, is to declare the lands to be surplus and transfer them to Martin. She noted that even then, Martin would require a minor variance before proceed-ing with the homes.

Sinnamon said the policy of offering surplus land to abut-ting landowners was dropped by the province in 2006, but in any case, Foell had indicated he had no desire to buy the road.

Martin’s two house lots sit so one is located to the north of the other. The unopened portion of Sideroad 16 is 66 feet wide.

Councillors noted earlier it would be easiest to close that entire portion of the road but also noted it is doubtful Foell would be interested in losing his township road maintenance. Further, the township has been spending money on it. Plus, councillors have noted Foell would need to have an agree-ment in place to cover mainte-nance of what could become a driveway.

If the township decided to sell the portion beyond Foell’s driveway, the two lot owners would need a right of way agreement. Besides those con-siderations, township plows have a tough time cleaning the current open portion of

the road because there is little room to turn around in what is essentially a driveway.

The subdivision is one of several in the municipality left over from the mid-1800s, and the only reason council is con-sidering the issue is because Martin’s lots were been legally created years ago.

When council considered the report, councillor Neil Driscoll said as far as he is con-cerned it is still not an option to turn the road over to Martin.

Mayor Bruce Whale said it is an option, but he suspected the township would face a legal challenge from Foell.

Driscoll said there are issues with frontage on County Road 45.

Whale said that would mean building a laneway, which is not as big a concern as the problems for the town-ship plows making a turn in the narrow road.

When Whale called the vote to sell the road, councillor Mike Downey was in favour, but councillors Driscoll and Andy Knetsch were opposed and the motion was lost. Councillor Jim Curry was absent.

Whale said the issue would now return to staff and perhaps council can bring in a law-yer to discuss the legal issues involved in the proposal.

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Farm Show has become a fam-ily tradition and organizers believe that is because the two-day event remains authentic in its focus and commitment to being a true agricultural event.

“There are no Sham-Wows, no Kitchen Magicians, just farm stuff,” said show chair-man Glenn Dobben, who added they have turned down requests from exhibitors “when they really didn’t get the concept of the Drayton Farm Show.”

The 2012 show, hosted by the Drayton Kinsmen, is April 4 and 5 at the PMD Arena in Drayton from 11am to 10pm.

Admission is $3 and $1 of every admission is donated to Cystic Fibrosis research as well as other projects run by the Kinsmen throughout the year.

Now in its 31st year, the rural agribusiness showcase draws more than 2,000 visitors in two days, from Wellington County and beyond.

More than 130 exhibitors are participating, featuring a wide range of products and services.

“We currently have a wait-ing list of over 40 vendors that would like into our show but we try not to duplicate, which gives us a better variety of agricultural exhibits,” Dobben explained.

“It helps a lot that several of the Drayton Kinsmen Club members are farmers or in the agriculture business.”

Keeping current is one of the features Dobben appreci-ates about the show’s growing list of exhibitors.

“Agriculture changes on a daily basis, with new technol-ogy, new equipment, better and faster ways that we could never have imagined just a few years ago,” Dobben said.

“Who knew that cows sleeping on beds would give you more milk and that a satel-lite would tell you where and when to plant, or that certain feeds allows you to get your hogs and chickens to market in record time, enabling your farm to be more profitable?”

The knowledge of exhibi-tors year after year impresses show organizers, and that is

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another reason for the large attendance.

“We live in a world econo-my and technology that is out there today didn’t even exist one year ago. Our exhibitors and dealers have travelled the

globe and are bringing what will work in rural Ontario back to feature at the show. Not surprisingly some things are made right here in Wellington County.”

That local community spirit is essential to the success of the

event, Dobben believes. “It was very important from

the conception of the farm show 31 years ago that we highlight our local implement dealers and agriculture suppli-ers,” he explained.

Part of the tradition of this show is generations of farm families who have attended over the event’s history.

“Many a young boy has sat on a new tractor at the Drayton farm show and thought, ‘This is what I’m gonna get when I take over from dad’,” Dobben said.

“Our exhibitors realize the importance of family.”

Perhaps that is because the show is run for the community by volunteers within the com-munity, many of whom grew

up on a farm in the county. “They recognize the need

to give back to one’s com-munity and do it very well,” Dobben said, noting the event is not just staffed by Kinsmen, but also local students, Rotary Club members and parents sup-porting minor hockey.

Dobben hopes non farm-ers will attend, too, noting there are displays, information booths and educational oppor-tunities for everyone.

“The entire community gets together in the spring [for this event],” he said.

“Sometimes this is the only time you may see an individ-ual, for as soon as field work starts, farming becomes a 24/7 job. The Drayton Farm Show brings everyone together.”

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Just ask Rick Becker, this year’s volunteer toy trac-tor committee chairman, who is enjoying his role, which includes choosing and cus-tomizing the make and model of toy tractor that his fellow Drayton Kinsmen will sell.

“I had to pick a tractor out of so many different ones out there, and then I had to come up with ways to detail it and make it our own,” Becker said, explaining that working with a professional toy parts shop was interesting and made the process less daunting.

The finished product will be a customized 1/16 scale John Deere 730, complete with grad-er blade, front and rear lights, hand painting, custom box and decal.

Becker isn’t sure exactly how to explain the sentimental attachment to toy tractors.

“Some buy it because they can relate to it, because maybe they owned a real one in the past,” he said.

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Generally, they are seeking information, looking to pur-chase something or just going

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which is organized annually by the Drayton Kinsmen, also helps others in a variety of ways.

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Mucus and protein also build up in the digestive tract, making it difficult to digest and absorb nutrients from food.

Large quantities of diges-tive enzymes (average of 20 pills a day) must be consumed with every meal and snack. As improved therapies have helped to address the mal-nutrition issues, virtually all CF-related deaths are due to lung disease.

Community bettermentThe rest of the proceeds

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The farm show is the big-gest fundraiser of the year for the Kinsmen and last year over $4,600 was re-invested in the area.

Over the years Kinsmen members have completed hun-

dreds of projects, including an addition to the agricultural society building, the purchase of a rescue van and the Jaws of Life for the local fire depart-ment, the development of ball parks and soccer fields, and a huge contribution to the PMD Arena.

Those are only a few exam-ples of what Kinsmen have done for the community. They also provide support to a wide range of causes.

Over the years those have also included: minor ball, hock-ey, soccer, figure skating, the Scouts, school trips and activi-ties, Kinsmen ball and soccer fields, the Moorefield Optimist Park and Playgrounds, the Drayton Festival Theatre, com-munity theatre groups, youth theatre, the Drayton Farmers Market, seniors outings and foster children causes.

The club has also aided the fire department and Pregnancy Crisis Centre, the area United Way and the local food bank, as well as helping to fund mul-tiple sclerosis research.

The club is very concerned with children and provides anti-drug programs including a local Chicken Club, as well as bicycle safety courses.

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Councillors here have approved a series of tenders that public works director Larry Lynch says will save taxpayers money - even though the township has not yet approved its entire budget.

Lynch brought council several recommendations for sidewalks, equipment and the supply of road materials.

The first was to supply 20,000 tonnes of annual main-tenance gravel. The Murray Group was the low bidder at $213,400. The high bid was Cox Construction Limited of Guelph at $246,000.

Lynch said he had no prob-lem supporting the low bid. He said there was some concerns with the quality Murray Group provided recently, but tests of that gravel showed it meets the required standards, and Centre Wellington Township also approved that gravel.

“They did their due dili-gence,” Lynch said of Murray Group.

Lynch explained the main focus for material placement will be gravel roads within the boundaries of County Roads

11, 86, 9 and 109.Lynch noted the budget

estimate for the gravel was $215,000.

SidewalksCouncil awarded the tender

for sidewalks and curb repair at $96,500 (all figures rounded off) to Berlin Concrete Limited, of Kitchener. The budget was $100,000 and the high bid was $185,000, with seven compa-nies bidding.

“The 2012 proposed side-walk repair program is intend-ed to address random sidewalk slap repair outside the down-town core, in the village of Drayton,” Lynch said in his written report.

He added it is also to “address enhanced corner ramping at all Drayton inter-sections while replacing con-crete pedestrian areas around the concession booth at the Drayton Kinsmen Ball Park.”

Lynch said there was “a lot of interest this year” in the work and added the winning company is owned by the son of a contractor that had done the same work for the past three years.

Lynch also noted, “There was considerable savings

in sending [the tenders] out early.”

That caused councillor Neil Driscoll to wonder how it was council could approve the tenders when it has not yet approved its township budget.

“How can we pass and approve these when we don’t have the money in place?” he wondered.

Mayor Bruce Whale agreed, and suggested in the future council should set its budget by January.

Lynch said he understands Driscoll’s apprehension, but noted his report cites a “pro-posed budget.”

Driscoll said, “So, you’ve covered us?”

Whale agreed such approv-als are not the way council would want to do business all the time.

But Lynch pointed out, “I had direction to get tenders out early this year.”

Council then approved the sidewalks and cure tender award.

AsphaltCouncil also approved a

tender for the supply, place-ment and compaction of asphalt, won by The Murray Group, at $339,450. The high-est of the four bids was Cox, at $404,300.

Lynch’s report said the pav-ing program includes:

- Sideroad 12, from Concession 12 to 700 metres west;

- Concession 8, Sideroad 12 to the Moorefield village limit;

- Concession 4, west of County Road 10 to 2.7km west; and

- the Drayton municipal parking lot.

Lynch said asphalt was up slightly, “primarily because of oil costs and costs for transpor-tation.” He said the paving is part of his five-year roads plan.

Dust controlCouncil split its tenders for

dust control this year. That is the supply, delivery and appli-cation of HL4 calcium-mag-nesium chloride on township gravel roads.

He recommended 552976 Ontario Limited of Stoney Point, be awarded part of a contract with a bid of $90,125, and Da lee Dust Control be awarded a full contract for $53,250.

Councillors wondered why two companies were being considered.

Lynch said the Stoney Point Company’s total supply would

actually cost $47,100, and he was not recommending the full amount of its bid.

Lynch explained in his report that company has been supplying the township for several years, but staff is con-cerned with the performance of its liquid brine equivalent solu-tion on the township’s gravel roads.

He said that material requires a double application to achieve the 35% equivalent of the calcium-magnesium chlo-ride, and there is concern wet spring weather washes away considerable product before it can penetrate gravel.

He said last year there were numerous dust complaints throughout the summer the township has not received in other years.

He said he divided the ten-der for comparison purposes because “it makes no sense to me to put brine solution on if it’s not working. It works, fine - sometimes. Last year, it didn’t.”

Rubber tire rollerThe Murray Group was

awarded a tender to supply the township will a rubber tire compactor that can be hauled behind its grader.

Council had considered bids several months ago, but the best bid was $1,000 over the budget price and was reject-ed. Lynch asked at that time if councillors knew of anyone else who builds them.

He said councillors did, and “The Murray Group obviously has a lot of ability in fabricat-ing.”

He asked council to accept the Murray Group bid of $10,000 because he wants to be using the roller by May. Company officials have already looked at the equip-ment they will have to connect with the roller.

Lynch also provided some road facts for council:

- 156km of gravel roads in Mapleton, and 10.1km of earth roads;

- the annual cost for gravel on those roads is estimated at $240,000 this year; and

- dust control is another $120,000.

Councillors heard the roller helps keep roads in good condi-tion longer. When councillor Neil Driscoll asked about the number of gravel roads, Lynch wryly noted some do not have much gravel on them.

Council approved the ten-der.

PAGE TWELVE The Community News, Friday, March 30, 2012

Circle time - Teacher Miss Scully reads a story during circle time at Mapleton Preschool recently. submitted photo

Bowl for Kids Committee Big Brothers Big Sisters

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Thank YouWe are sincerely grateful to this

wonderfully generous community in which we live. We would like to thank all of you who came out to bowl in our

“Bowl for Kids 2012 campaign” and all of you who sponsored a bowler or gave generous donations, in cash and in kind and the super door prizes. To Roger & Ivan Lawrence at Mount Forest Bowling Centre, always the gracious hosts and Jim Hunter, Brenmar Transit without whose generosity we could not profitably run the school challenge. Because of all of you we raised $61,000. We are ever indebted to you and trust you had fun helping us surpass our goal.

Please accept this as your invitation to attend our Awards breakfast April 21 at 8:30 a.m. at the

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will be attending, from your group, by April 13.

Gold medalists - Mapleton’s Ben Strauss, back row, centre, helped capture the five pin mixed bowling gold medal at the recent Ontario Winter games. The team, representing the Grand River zone, also includes, front row, from left: Melissa Schneider, Kelsey Schoular, and coach Fred Clarke. Back: Connor Groot and Derek Klomp.

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Moving right along - Spike, an African spurred tortoise, is relatively young at age 13. He made the acquaintance of Matthew Elst, 15, of Alma, at Alma Public School’s annual Eco Fair on March 24. Spike can expect to live centuries and if he does, he will weigh around 300 pounds. All the animals are from Exotic Critter Tales of Guelph, and most of them were rescued. photo by David Meyer

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