Hockey parade planned
Celebrating Memorial Cup winning Campbellford player Carson Campbell
Details are still being ironed out, but pencil in Thursday, August 6 for a parade around downtown Campbellford to celebrate the Memorial Cup victory of local player Carson Campbell.
Dave Dunk appeared before Trent Hills council on Tuesday to make the pitch for a parade to mark the victory by Campbell’s Kitchener Rangers.
Dunk said Campbell is scheduled to have the cup on that day, so he’s hoping to arrange a parade.
Council supported the idea and suggested Dunk follow the normal procedure for applying to hold an event.
Campbell, a defenceman, has played in the Ontario Hockey League for four years. He’s set to attend Bowling Green University in Ohio this fall.
“The Memorial Cup is the hardest one to win,” said Councillor Daniel Giddings, part-owner of the Trent Hills Thunder. Long-suffering Leaf fans might disagree.
Donnybrook a success
A mountain of stuff was redistributed to new owners last Saturday evening as the always entertaining Donnybrook Auction sale took place in and around the Warkworth Arena.
I have far more stuff than I need, but enjoyed catching up with friends I haven’t seen for years. Oh, and I did bring home four books. But that doesn’t count. Right.
Loopers appear in greater numbers
The boating season has been a bit slow, in part no doubt due to the high water levels, but there were a dozen boats tied up in Campbellford on Wednesday evening. Water levels are still quite high in the Trent and tributaries. For example, the Crowe Bridge park has been closed.
“Water flows are currently above seasonal averages, and the Crowe Valley Conservation Authority is releasing increased volumes of water downstream,” the municipality says in a note on its website. “These conditions create serious safety risks for bathers, swimmers, and anyone entering or approaching the water.”
Rezoning set for landscape business
Council has agreed to rezone the property on the 10th Line East where Althouse Ltd. landscaping operates. A few weeks ago, I wrote about the ongoing dispute with some neighbours who felt the business was too active and too large for the rural area.
Planner Cameron Law told council that a landscaping business is permitted under municipal bylaws and rezoning this site will bring it into compliance with bylaws and allow the municipality to keep a better eye on operations. It will have site-specific controls that will permit a larger than usually permitted workshop and storage area.
Councillor Gene Brahaney voted against the rezoning.
“It looks like there has been a lot of work by the Althouses that’s in the CYA category to make this agreeable,” he said. “But the fact is this isn’t what I think a small in-house proposition. I think I was misled to believe this was residential.”
The bylaw will be brought to the next meeting for approval.
Council rejects BYOB option
During its meeting on Tuesday, council agreed with a staff recommendation that the municipality not get involved in approving events that allow individuals to bring their own bottles.
Last month the province permitted events where people could bring and consume their own alcohol, but left it up to municipalities to determine whether they would allow them.
Council considered the idea, but agreed that it was better to reject the idea, since enforcement would be difficult and most events in the community are operated by volunteers.
The existing system “would also maintain the current approach to alcohol use at events, which is based on more controlled settings, defined service areas, and oversight by permit holders or trained personnel,” the staff report said.
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