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12 THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2007 SONGS OF THE NORTH: Mike, Sharon and Frazer Nagy hosted an evening of original, beautiful music last Saturday at their home in Rockwood. The house concert featured songwriter Kate Weekes on guitar and vocals, Nadine Landry on bass and vocals, and Keitha Clark on fiddle. Weekes hitchhiked her way to the Yukon where she lived, dog-mushed, canoed and wrote songs inspired by her experiences. The Nagys hosted this community event to support the arts and share its joys with friends and neighbours. Rebecca Ring Photo Concerns about increased incidents of coyotes killing local livestock and breeding with wild dogs, Guelph/Era- mosa Township Council will invite the Ministry of Natural Resources to come to Bruce- dale to educate politicians and the public. At Tuesdays council meeting, council approved reimbursement claims total- ling $340 to the Eramosa owners of two lambs that were killed by coyotes last month. Councillor Reta Moyer pointed to past problems with coyotes mating with wild dogs to produce coydogs, and noted there is research to show coydogs are form- ing packs. Mayor Chris White said the issue is a provincial one, but added hed been pro-ac- tive and put the two residents whose lambs were killed in touch with the appropriate official at the Ministry of Natural Resources. White said also said there had been some discussion of hiring a hunter to kill coyotes. One of the claimants, with a herd of 120 ewes on the Fifth Concession, had lambs killed by predators in June and July this year. It was the first incident for the second claimant who keeps 10 ewes on the Seventh Concession. The Townships livestock valuer said the regional pre- dation risk is moderate and increasing. Noise exemption Rockwood bride-to-be Jen- nifer Tulloch doesnt think her September nuptials will get that out of hand, but she still took the precaution of applying for a one-time exemption to the Country of Wellington noise bylaw for her wedding reception on September 15. When Township of Guelph- Eramosa Township staff expressed surprise that the exemption application was even required, Tulloch said she decided to come to the council meeting and make sure her request was dealt with for the party planned at her Main Street North home, across from the fire and OPP HQs. Councillors were more than happy to grant the re- quest. I hope they have so much fun that I hear them at my house, Councillor Doug Breen said, adding he lives across town from the happy couple. Outside the chambers Tulloch said if council had not granted the noise bylaw exemption allowing her to make more noise than usual she would have gone ahead with the DJ for the reception that will include about 75 guests, including family and friends and her next door neighbour. Council concern over coyotes Decrepit looking bridge on Sixth line By Frances Niblock There is only one bridge in Guelph/Eramosa Township that concerns local politi- cians and staff who know it needs work, but cant seem to get any information. The CN bridge on the Sixth Line, north of Wel- lington Road 50, was built in 1916 and is in dire need of repairs, but CN appears unwilling to pay for them. As Guelph/Eramosa Town- ship Council dealt with an accounts payable report on Tuesday, Councillor Doug Breen questioned a figure of $4,095 owed by the Town- ship to the Goderich-Exeter Railway for rail crossing maintenance. Noting the Township is having trouble getting an- swers about the Sixth Line bridge, Breen wondered if the unpaid bill gives us any leverage to get some answers. Township Manager of Public Works, Ken Gagnon responded that he has re- quested mediation with CN after being unable to get any information about past maintenance done on the bridge. Gagnon said thered been some movement on the issue hed received an e-mail earlier that day from Wel- lington-Halton Hills MP Mike Chongs assistant con- firming that CN had been instructed to pull the structur- al drawings and information regarding the bridge. Mayor Chris White noted the bridge file is old and big and that for a while, ownership of the bridge was in dispute after the Township did some repairs. Gagnon said the bridge load has been downgraded to a maximum of five-tonne with a 15-kilometres-an-hour speed limit, and in 1993, those actions were supposed to add another 20 to 25 years of life to the bridge. He said there is some nota- tion that CN did maintenance work in late 1999, without Township permits, that might not have been up to code. Gagnon also noted while the bridge is signed for low weights and reduced speed, some people ignore the post- ings and that the bridge is safe with limitations. After the meeting Gagnon said the Township has 31 bridges that have spans over three metres and last years bi-annual inspection by a cer- tified engineer identified the bridge with deficiencies. The timber deck on it needs replacing, the guard rails and structural barriers are all deficient, Gagnon said, adding he requested mediation. Railway bridge worries Breen