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Drayton, Ontario
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Music, message greet hundreds at Underground Railroad Music Festival by Kris Svela Drayton Diana Braithwaite’s smile said it all as she stood beside the stage listening to the music and looking out at the hundreds of people taking in Saturday’s Underground Railroad Music Festival at Centennial Park in Drayton. “We have more people than we had last year,” she said as the music played under sunny skies. Now in its third year, the festival is a celebration of black history, from the early 1880s when slaves and free blacks in the United States escaped captivity and persecution to carve out a life in what is now known as Mapleton Township. It was a dangerous trip to an unfamiliar area known as the Queen’s Bush settlement where, as free people, they built roads, farms and communities. At its peak in 1840, the Queen’s Bush settlement was home to some 2,000 black settlers. But the settlement died out almost as quickly as it began, when the government ordered the area surveyed and black settlers could not afford to buy the land they had settled. When slavery was abolished south of the border in 1865, most black settlers returned home to their native land. Yet some black settlers remained in former Peel Township and continued farming well into the 20th century. A few descendants of those settlers still call Waterloo and Wellington County home, but most are widely dispersed across Ontario and beyond. Braithwaite’s mother Rella, a descendant of the original settlers, attended the festival to enjoy the music and message. Together with musician
Chris Whiteley, Braithwaite organizes the festival, which annually attracts musicians from across Canada and the U.S., bringing a message of freedom and dedication through gospel, folk, jazz and blues music and prayer. “We started the festival to educate and acknowledge the other [black] history and its rich history,” Braithwaite said of the festival. This year’s event featured Braithwaite, Whiteley, Douglas Watson, Donovan Locke and gospel group the Mississippi Singers.
“Freedom is a word worth living for and dying for.” -Pastor Tim Bailey, speaking at the Underground Railroad Music Festival on Aug. 13. Pastor Tim Bailey, who made the 18-hour trek along with the Mississippi Singers from Columbus, Mississippi, summed up the feeling of the festival in words of inspiration based on the theme The Long Road to Freedom. “You’ve gathered together to commemorate the struggles of people who came all the way from Mississippi to find freedom,” Bailey said of the original settlers. “In their travels they had one common thing in mind; they wanted to be free.” The pastor said American blacks were willing to overcome any obstacle in their pursuit of freedom. He urged those attending the festival to continue the fight for freedom. “Freedom has many
enemies,” Bailey added. “Sometimes we are the biggest enemy because we don’t want other people to get ahead.” A belief in God helped settlers overcome struggles, he added. “Anyone who denies another human being to be free ... in the end there is the judgement,” he told those at the festival. “Whenever you deprive anyone of the freedom they deserve, that makes the road longer.” Bailey thanked local residents who welcomed the refugees at the time. “Thank you Canada for assisting us,” he said. The message and music was appreciated by Kathleen Scott and her sister, Carol Jackson, who attended the festival for the first time. “I just love it,” Scott said. An avid Braithwaite fan, Scott enjoyed a front row seat to see the artist perform live. The audience seemed to appreciate the music and gave a standing ovation to Pastor Bailey’s sermon and its meaning. “Freedom is a word worth living for and dying for,” the pastor said. “Freedom causes an individual to experience life at its apex.” Both Braithwaite and Whiteley are headed off for a six-week tour of Britain and Ireland, where they will be performing at festivals and concerts. Braithwaite thanked the small army of volunteers for helping to make this year’s festival a success, including the local Rotary Club, Mapleton Township and the Wellington County Historical Society. In the meantime, plans for next year’s festival are already in full swing.
Township conducting tests to assess ‘excessive volume’ at wastewater plant MAPLETON TWP. Officials here are asking for the cooperation of local businesses and homeowners in their bid to resolve issues at the municipality’s wastewater treatment facility. Public works director Larry Lynch says the township’s sewage treatment lagoons, located off of Sideroad 15, southwest of Drayton, are “experiencing excessive volume increases” as a result of excessive precipitation this year and “what appears to be increased flows” from the Drayton sanitary sewage system.
“Township staff and our system operators, Ontario Clean Water Association, will be initiating various pipe inspections in Drayton through smoke and dye testing, to determine the cause of excessive flow levels and will be attempting to facilitate resolution of such in a timely and cost effective manner,” Lynch said in a letter addressed to locals. “Over the next few weeks our staff will be knocking on residential and business doors and asking for permission to inspect your sump pump discharge locations, checking to
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see that rain water is not being directed into the sanitary service connection and asking residents to unhook any of these if found in non-compliance with township regulations.” Facilities manager Don Culp will lead the project, assisted by other staff members. Lynch concludes his letter by stating, “Please cooperate with Don and his team when they knock on your door for the betterment of your community.” For more information contact the township office.
Blues man - Chicago native Douglas Watson served up some southside blues at last weekend’s Underground Railroad Music Festival at Centennial Park in Drayton. Hundreds of locals and visitors attended the 3rd annual event. Additional photo on page 8. photo by Kris Svela
Officials explain moves by school board and transportation consortium by Mike Robinson WELLINGTON CTY Local school board officials have offered a different view of events following a protest by independent school bus operators earlier this month in Mount Forest. The Community News asked Upper Grand District School Board executive director Martha Rogers about how the request for proposal process affected bus students and independent school bus operators. She responded in writing and cited a Ministry of Education memorandum telling boards “the government intends to require consortia and will determine effective ways to implement consortia and efficiency measures.” She said one memo outlined which boards were to purchase services from each consortium.
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“Our board, as well as Wellington Catholic, DufferinPeel Catholic and the two local public and Catholic French boards, were to purchase services from one consortium.” Rogers said the efficiency of the local consortium, Wellington-Dufferin Student Transportation Services, was measured in 2007 by a Ministry of Education efficiency review team led by Deloitte & Touche LLP, which criticized the consortium for not being a legal entity and for not having a competitive procurement process. The consortium was to address those concerns “prior to their next review.” As a result, Rogers said, “The consortium became a legal entity with its own staff, as well as its own letters patent, corporate bylaws, governance structure and policies.”
That effectively took decision making out of the hands of any of the boards of education involved. The consortium took part “in a ministry pilot project in 2009 in which the ministry required the consortium to include 25% of [its] routes in an open, fair, transparent and accountable procurement process. The remainder of the routes were included in a similar process in 2010. The Ministry of Finance audited the 2010 process and found no shortcomings.” Rogers added, “The next ministry efficiency review awarded the consortium a ‘high’ rating on its governance, policies and practices.” She said, “There was certainly no moratorium on procurement processes,” as school Continued on page 8
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CAMBRIDGE - The Alma Bantam girls had a successful season finishing first in league play, suffering only one loss all season. That momentum was maintained as the team went undefeated in the Intercounty Softball Championship held this past weekend in
Cambridge. The Alma girls defeated the Arthur Twisters in the championship game 16-4. The highlight of the game for both teams, officials and spectators was the formation of a dust devil on the diamond so powerful that it tore a sport canopy from the ground at the
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Dear Editor: Re: If approved NextEra hopes to have wind farm operational by April. When I submitted my letter to the editor regarding NextEra’s less than stellar environmental record, my goal was truth. And where did I find this truth? Online, exactly where NextEra spokesman Josie Hernandez has encouraged readers to look for the truth. So, I ask, what is truth anymore when there is more than one version of it out there? When you look at NextEra’s website, naturally only the positives are mentioned. However, when you look up each individual facility online, this is where you find the “alternate” truth. Consider this: The Ministry of Environment has apparently received over 500 comments on NextEra alone. Minister of Environment John Wilkinson has refused to meet with his constituents regarding NextEra. NextEra states its wind facilities are safe. However, NextEra allegedly has “hush” agreements, which pay people a large sum of money to keep quiet about any ill effects from the turbines. I ask again, what is truth? And what version will you accept as accurate? Elissa Krul, Arthur
location at the same time, most of us will receive our renewals free of charge. All we have to do is back the line up past the 20 minute mark. I’d wait 30 minutes or all day for that matter if I could save $500. I thought that we were running a deficit in this province. Maybe the McGuinty Liberals plan to borrow the money on behalf of Ontarians to pay for this promise as they did with the 10% off hydro bills. Premier McGuinty would rather make fluffy announcements and throw money around rather than show true leadership and engage Ontarians on the big issues facing our province, such as our rapidly disappearing manufacturing sector. But of course Premier DAD just can’t be wrong. Jon Wagner, Alma
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Dear Editor: Voters will need a GPS to cast even a remotely intelligent ballot on that fateful day
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Cops: avoid pressure from door-to-door sellers WELLINGTON CTY. Complaints about door-to-door salesmen have increased over the past couple years, and that is a sign some businesses and sellers may be using aggressive or misleading practices, according to the county OPP. Mark Cloes reported water heater rental agreements or water purification systems are typically “door-to-door” agree-
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The federal government has announced cuts to the federal bureaucracy and workers are going bananas. In Toronto, Mayor Rob Ford offered employees a buyout and almost nobody accepted it. At first glance, it looks like government bully boys ganging up on working stiffs. Why is it governments want to eliminate so many jobs? Because government is comprised of people - and people cost money. Government jobs cost far more than similar jobs are paid in the private sector. An employer in the private sector has to watch wages closely to stay in business. But government workers get a phenomenal benefits package. Ask an average Joe who drives a truck, or a Jill who answers a telephone in an office, if they have benefits such as paid eyeglasses and dental. Chances are good they will say “What benefits?” We’ve seen a number of private industry shops where an employer attempted to provide benefits for employees, only to learn everyone in the shop has to participate. And what’s wrong with that? Well, employees who already have benefits because their spouse works for a government agency will refuse to take part in any benefit plan - because they are already covered. Why should they pay twice? That seems a reasonable question, but the result is nobody in that private business gets benefits. For those who think benefits come cheaply, we suggest trying to purchase them on your own. Industry sources have estimated benefits cost employers up to 20 per cent of a person’s wages. There is up to $2,000 in medical benefits that one can add to that total. Privately, those can run to $4,000. Then add the generous holidays that can extend to months for long-time employees. For Toronto, with hundreds of employees on the annual Sunshine List, that adds up to millions. No wonder it is constantly trying to balance its budget and needing bailouts. It has an impossible task - as long as it keeps people employed. It is not much different at other municipal levels. Take a look at the local government departments. Most carry up to 80% of their budgets in salaries and benefits. Public works might be an exception, because building roads and bridges is costly. We’ve seen school boards struggle to stay under $200-million with their budgets, with $190-million of that reserved for salaries and benefits. The kids got $10-million. Guess where trustees looked to cut. So governments in trouble must look at cutting jobs. It’s the only way to slow down spending that causes deficits. We’ve heard politicians say bluntly, “Tell us which services to cut.” Most people do not have a clue and the politician is off the hook. The fact is, though, governments have, since amalgamation anyway, constantly looked for ways to increase and improve the services they provide. To taxpayers who are not paying any attention, it sounds good. “Better service. Yeah, that’s all right, eh?” Governments state unashamedly, “We’d like to do more for people.” That is code from department heads who will then have to hire more staff with which to do that “more.” Hidden in all that is an insidious little trick played 20 or more years ago, when all government employees were placed on what is called a salary grid. The more responsibility and seniority government employees have, the higher they climb on the grid, which, by the way, grows every year along with regular salary hikes. Having an increase in employees under a department head equals a nice jump on that grid. How much incentive is there to keep staff numbers down? Council can actually give all staff a zero increase and the grid would see to it they still get higher pay. Our suggested solution is a five-year pay freeze. It would provide breathing space and let the rest of the world catch up. Some governments are talking about “needs” as opposed to “nice to haves.” It is the way out of this mess, but don’t hold your breath for politicians to make difficult choices. The current system will be tough to break because many workers like it this way. David Meyer
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ATTENTION Dear Municipal Water User: The Township of Mapleton sewage treatment lagoons are experiencing excessive volume increases as a result of excessive precipitation this year and what appears to be increased flows from our Drayton sanitary sewage system. Township staff and our system operators, Ontario Clean Water Association, will be initiating various pipe inspections in Drayton through smoke and dye testing, to determine the cause of excessive flow levels and will be attempting to facilitate resolution of such in a timely and cost effective manner. Over the next few weeks our staff will be knocking on residential and business doors and asking for permission to inspect your sump pump discharge locations, checking to see that rain water is not being directed into the sanitary service connection and asking residents to unhook any of these if found in non-compliance with Township regulations. Mr. Don Culp, Facilities Manager, will be the primary lead on this project and will be assisted by various staff personnel. Please cooperate with Don and his team when they knock on your door for the betterment of your community. Sincerely, Larry Lynch Director of Public Works
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COUNCIL DATES Tuesday, September 13, 2011 7:00 p.m. – Regular Meeting of Council Tuesday, September 27, 2011 1:00 p.m. – Regular Meeting of Council
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Mapleton Musings
Column courtesy of Mapleton Historical Society
Lands Sold for Tax Arrears The old document shown here records the sale of a village lot for tax arrears. Notice was given to the property owner of the tax arrears and costs in June 1882. Some 16 months later, in October 1883, the property was sold for $9.09. The purchaser was given a County of Wellington treasurer’s deed that was registered on title in the Registry Office for the north riding of the county at Arthur that same month. Of note is the description of the property appears to be taken from the Clarke survey plan, which preceded the survey plan of the village of Drayton prepared by Lewis Bolton in 1875. One wonders if there were any buildings on this lot and what circumstances led to the
sale. Today the sale of property for tax arrears is dealt with at the municipal level and the arrears and costs will be in the thousands of dollars. Old documents such as this are of historical value because
they not only have the signatures of the county warden, treasurer and the deputy registrar, but also because they give some indication of land values at the time.
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By Laurie Langdon
The Seeds Thing The reproductive body that contains the developing embryo of a new plant is called a seed. Seeds are different. Some seeds, such as those of the orchid, are as small as dust particles. On the other hand, the largest seed, like the one produced by the double coconut palm, measures about 22 inches in diameter and weighs more than 20 pounds. Some seeds are perfectly round; others are tear-shaped, kidney-shaped, rod-like, crescent-shaped or almost rectangular. The surface may be glossy or dull and either smooth or covered with tiny hairs, ridges or other structures. Seeds also differ widely in color. They may be red, pink, yellow, green, purple, tan, brown or purplish-black. A seed may also be more than one color. For example, the seeds of several tropical beans, such as the bead vine, are red and black. The workings of God in us are similar to this. While we are created to reflect the image of God, the expressions of God in us will be varied and numerous. Yet each expression is totally ... God. Some will be small, others will be large. Some will be perfectly round and neat while others will be “tear-shaped,” literally, espe-
cially as you find that God’s work in you is sometimes involves seasons of bitterness. At times His workings may be “glossy” and glorious or “dull” and mundane, like He’s not even working at all. Yet each expression is still and totally ... God. There’s more. Seeds form a larger part of our diet than any other plant part. About 90 per cent of all plants cultivated for their seeds are cereal grains. Such crops include wheat, corn, rice and oats. The second major source of food for both man and animals are seeds of the legume family. In addition to peas and other vegetable beans, this family includes peanuts and soybeans, which supply nearly half of the world’s edible oils. The by-products formed during the extraction of these oils are a valuable source of feed for livestock. Many seeds, such as those of the coconut, flax plant and castor bean, yield industrial oils. So what am I saying? Just this: seeds are good to eat, and are essential to our diet. Likewise, God in us, in His many expressions, bringing us His nutritious virtue and growth, is not only good for us, but is also good for many others, as we become channels of what God is to other people. To carry the analogy further, the manner in which God does His work in us is actually quite similar to how a seed germinates, grows and becomes a plant according to its species
and design. All seeds, whether they are formed in a cone or in a flower, are made up of an embryo that is enclosed in a food-storage tissue and a protective covering called the seed-coat. The embryo develops from the joining of a male sperm with a female egg cell inside a flower structure called the ovule. This union, called fertilization, also results in the formation of the endosperm. The seed coat is formed from the surface layer of the ovule. It may consist of only a single layer or of a thick layer and a thinner one. What a wonderful picture of God’s handiwork as He plants in us His presence, though apparently embryonic
and crude, yet encompassed and nourished by His power and protected by the covering of His holy love. There, deposited in the life and soul of His creation, life starts to unfold as His Spirit enters my spirit and I am impregnated with Him and made alive in Him. Depending on the individual, the coating over the heart may be tough and leathery, brittle, porous or resistant to the waters of cleansing and refreshing that He desires to bring. Or it may be smooth and refined or marked with ridges, hairs or other projections. Whatever the case, this is His creation, the crude beginnings of what is to become “trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be
glorified.” At one place of the seed coat there is a scar, called the hilum, which is formed at the point where the seed breaks free from its stalk in the flower or cone. The size, shape and position of the hilum vary in different plants and are often used to identify a species. Similarly, even though sin has broken us off from God we are still not outside His grace and mercy. We all carry in us the markings of His likeness, no matter what has separated us. In fact, it is really at our point of brokenness that it can be observed that we belong to our Heavenly Father, for we resemble Him, even in our detached state. But what is interesting is
that at one end of the hilum is an opening, called the micropyle, which is easily seen in some seeds but is almost microscopic in others. The micropyle is the point at which the pollen tube, carrying the male sperm, enters the immature seed. Like the seed, there is a point in you called the “eyes of your understanding” which, being enlightened, one day welcome and allow the life of God to enter your life, causing you to “know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.” It is there, in that place often unseen, that God enters the immature seed of the human soul and lovingly deposits Himself.
Help tally, protect turtles in Grand River watershed by Brennan Caverhill Turtle Biologist, Toronto Zoo Turtles are in trouble in Ontario. Seven of the eight species native to the province are considered to be “species at risk” and most are protected by new provincial and national laws. Next to habitat loss, road mortality is one of the biggest threats to their remaining populations, and threats to most other freshwater turtle populations in North America Roadways destroy, degrade and fragment turtle habitat. Vehicles driving on roads injure and kill individual turtles, primarily pregnant
females searching for nesting sites. Fortunately, public education campaigns like the Toronto Zoo’s “Ontario Turtle Tally” are informing motorists and landowners about these threats - and people are starting to lend a helping hand. Highway 24 south from Cambridge through Brant and Norfolk Counties to Lake Erie in Ontario is smack dab in the middle of the Grand River watershed. It is also a hot spot for turtle mortality, and researchers from the zoo are doing work to help understand and protect turtles in this area. Grand River Conservation
Authority staff, including Tony Zammit, Becky Mitchell and Mark MacDougall, have provided data on water chemistry to better understand the Blanding’s turtle habitat in the watershed. This is likely a hot spot for Blanding’s turtles because there are lots of wetlands nearby and it is close to Lake Erie, which is a source of turtles. Blanding’s turtles are easily identified by their bright yellow chin and throat, which led some native communities to call it the turtle with the sun under its chin. They have slate grey shells with yellow flecks and are about the size
of a bike helmet. This means they are smaller than a snapping turtle when full grown, and larger than the common painted turtle. To learn more about turtles in Ontario, the current project and how to help, feel free to join the Ontario Turtle Tally. Report turtle sightings by submitting observations of species, location and, if possible, a photo online (www. torontozoo.com/adoptapond/ TurtleTally.asp) or by e-mail to aap@torontozoo.ca. The purpose is to collect, record and store information on Ontario turtles, including species at risk.
Thank you To all our Volunteers AND SPONSORS Your hard work and participation made this year’s
Summer Fair a success We appreciate your efforts
The Board of Directors Drayton Mapleton Agricultural Society
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Champs - The Alma Bantam Girls ball team recently captured the intercounty softball championship in Cambridge. Members of the team, front row from left, are: Allison Witzel, Jenna Leslie, Jamie Van Ankum and Samantha Anderson. Middle: Ashlyn Northfield, Kayla Dixon, Nicole Leslie, Cheyenne Mullin, Maddy Woods, Abbey Horsfall and Hellene Meyer. Back: coach Rob Woods, assistant coach Jordan Anderson, Amy Robertshaw, and coach Suzy Anderson. Absent (due to injury) is Kehlar Hillyer. photo by Scott Northfield
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Officials explain moves by board, consortium FROM PAGE ONE bus protesters stated. Rogers said, “Since the consortium is an independent legal entity, it has a number of its own policies. One of these is their purchasing policy. The consortium is responsible to its own board of directors for the implementation of this policy, not to the five school boards. The five school boards do not have trustees on the consortium board of directors.” UGDSB superintendent of finance Janice Wright, the board’s representative on the consortium, agreed, adding trustees typically do not vote on every aspect of the operations. Wright added the move to the RFP had saved a considerable amount of money for the school board, which in turn allowed for shorter walking distances for some students. In terms of accountability, Wright said the consortium is accountable in working to get the best value for the school boards for which it provides services. She also said the arrangement was working quite well for the boards. The UGDSB’s transportation policy makes the consortium and the superintendent
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responsible for administration of its policy. As such, the superintendent of finance is currently the UGDSB representative on the board of directors of the consortium, and she has one of the five votes on that board. The consortium board has entered into agreements with the eight bus operators and deals with day to day operating issues of the consortium. It also estimates the transportation costs for all five member school boards. The consortium general manager is accountable to the consortium board of directors and provides periodic financial statements and forecasts. He is responsible for ensuring the consortium’s spending is in line with its budget. Wright is accountable to the Upper Grand trustees and also provides periodic financial reports and forecasts. Transportation spending is one component of those financial reports. Wright answers to the trustees and the Director of Education (Rogers) for any over- or under-spending in the transportation budget. For a more complete story, see this week’s Wellington Advertiser.
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