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THE OBSERVER | Saturday, May 09, 2009
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SATURDAY, MAY 09, 2009
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Gravel pits neighbours against each other Conestogo, Winterbourne residents take developer to task for aggregate extraction plans JONI MILTENBURG A proposed gravel pit in Conestogo is bringing neighbours together and at the same time setting some them against each other. About 175 people came out to a public meeting Monday
evening at Conestogo Public School organized by Hunder Development to explain proposals for a gravel pit at the corner of Katherine Street and Sawmill Road, between Conestogo and Winterbourne. The Hunsberger and Snyder families have applied for an aggregate extraction license
for 88 hectares (218 acres) of land on two adjacent farms totaling 117 hectares (412 acres). Of that, 62 (153) is slated for extraction, with the remainder to be used for buffer areas. Residents of the two villages are concerned about dust, noise and increased traffic from gravel trucks, especially
in light of applications for two other pits nearby. At the meeting, some of them bitterly accused co-owner Bob Hunsberger of selling out and ignoring the impact of the pit for the sake of profit. Hunsberger, who lives in Breslau, grew up on the property and helped his parents
Baking up a treat in EDSS food class
run a pig farm for many years. He told the crowd that selling the land as an agricultural operation isn’t a feasible option, because it no longer meets minimum separation requirements to build new barns. He argued that local gravel shares some of the same merSee PITTED page »07
Discarded clothing a real mystery Someone has been strewing perfectly good clothes in a pattern along Woolwich route
PhOTO | JONI mILTENbURg
MARC MIQUEL HELSEN
MAY THE BEsT CAKE WiN Jessica Lootsteen, left, Danya Poetker, Shannon Schultz and Katie Snyder show off their delectable handiwork from the cake bakeoff in foods class at EDSS Thursday morning.
It’s a mystery that has the befuddled residents of West Montrose asking who, what, where, when, and perhaps more importantly, why? For the better part of the last six months, clothes have been found strewn along Middlebrook Road, Balsam Grove Road and Northfield Drive. The articles of clothing appear to be in good, clean condition, and some residents have found everything from suits to bras. What makes this whodunit most uncanny, however, is the fact that the clothes are dropped off in methodical fashion. “What is the thinking behind this? Who would do such a weird thing as to deliberately throw one piece of clothing out a car window every hundred feet?” said area resident Ruth Ann Bauman, noting that the articles of clothing – usually quality garments in good condition – are not dumped in random piles along the road. See CAST OFFS page »07
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