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THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010 10 Meet BRYAN BAEUMLER Host of HGTVs House of Bryan and Disaster DIY Learn the process of renovation, proper planning and executing and how to avoid the pitfalls. Sunday, March 14th at 2p.m. Rockwood United Church Harris St. , Rockwood Tickets: $5.00 Childcare available. Phone: 519-856-0504 or pay at the door. Refreshments will follow. Wellington O.P.P. Report Township Digest Erin B&E Two televisions, two laptop computers, a cam- era and jewellery were stolen during a break-in at an Erin Township resi- dence between 11 a.m. and 3:20 p.m. last Tues- day. The suspect(s) had fled when Wellington OPP ar- rived and found that the front door at the 10th Line residence had been kicked in. Anyone with infor- mation is asked to call 1-800-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222- 4877. By Frances Niblock Mower tender The Township needs spring delivery of a new grass mower, so Guelph Eramosa Township Coun- cil voted to jump the budget process and issue a tender for a new tractor- powered front deck mower, estimated at $27,500. At a recent meeting, Robin Milne, Manager of Parks and Recrea- tion told councillors that two existing mowers are both on borrowed time and they cant wait for the usual equipment lifecycle replacement schedule. He also said they need the new unit prior to summer staff training for this cut- ting season. Instead of repairing one mower Milne said the bill would be one-quarter of the original $16,000 price tag the Township will replace it now. The second unit is scheduled for replacement next year. Funding will come from an equipment reserve. Fee changes It will cost $350 to rent the Marden Field House Hall and $29 for minor ball associations to rent an unlit diamond under a new fee schedule approved re- cently by Guelph Eramosa Township Council. T h e T o w n s h i p s Manager of Parks and Recreation Robin Milne detailed the new charges at Marden and the revised fee schedule for other Township properties. He noted that the fee bylaw now includes a premium rate for New Years Eve rentals and the damage deposit for Township halls has doubled to $500. The rates change every March 1 is based on the reported cost of living in- crease, approximately two per cent per year just cents for sports field rentals, Milne said, and only several dollars more for hall rental fees. Tree cost Counci l wi l l spend $2,000, this year, and the same amount potentially every year, to buy trees to help reach a target of 30 per cent tree coverage in Guelph Eramosa Town- ship. At a recent meeting, councillors approved the annual expenditure to help buy one acre of new trees in the Guelph Rotary For- est project at the Guelph Nature Centre. With help from the Rotary Club and Grand River Conservation Foundation, the goal is to plant 65,000 trees over the next 23 years. Everton Mill Guelph Eramosa Town- ship Council will work with the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCS) as it investigates preservation strategies and possible future uses for the Everton Mill one of the last wooden mills left in Ontario. The mill, built in the ear- ly 1800s, is on GRCA land in the floodplain, which restricts future uses. The building is deteriorating rain is coming through the roof and there are concerns that if nothing is done, the mill could burn down, as have most of the other wooden mills in On- tario. At a recent council meeting, Mayor Chris White said they want the GRCA to investigate all possible future uses and report back. White said because of the flood plain location the old mill could not be turned into a residence or office, but possibly it could be moved to another loca- tion and be preserved. Name recognition For his many years of hard work restoring the Rockwood Academy, the late Yosef Drenters, a major Canadian sculptor, artist and preservation- ist, will be honoured by having a street named after him in Charlestons Homes Harris housing development in Rock- wood. Originally a log cabin, a three-storey stone build- ing and annex were built in 1853 as the Rockwood Academys reputation for academic excellence spread. After the school closed, the buildings de- teriorated until 1960 when Drenters purchased the property and began res- torations. He bequeathed the property to the On- tario Heritage Foundation with the condition that his family continued to live there. Drenters died in 1983. The Townships street naming policy requires that half of the street names in a new sub- division honour war dead, while 25 per cent are named in honour of area pioneers and 25 per cent are chosen by the developer. Drenters is considered a pioneer. ????????? ????? ? ???? ?????????? By: Denise Paulsen A c o n s i d e r a b l e compromise ended a long-running dispute over hours of operation and noise between the Guelph Rod and Gun Club and the Eden Mills Steering Com- mittee. When Township Coun- cil formally approved a revised discharge of fire- arms bylaw on February 16, Bylaw Enforcement Officer Mathew William- son said the compromise led to changes in the hours of operation at the Club, located just outside the vil- lage of Eden Mills. Shooting is now allowed indoors on Sundays, with longer shooting hours indoors until 10 p.m., in- creased from one-half hour after sunset. The outdoor range lost some shooting time as members previous- ly could shoot outdoors on Friday evenings. Outdoor shooting is allowed at the club year round. The current by-law includes the following rules: indoor shooting from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., 365 days a year no shooting indoors after 6 p.m. on Fridays still no shooting out- doors on Sundays from Monday through Thursday and Saturday, shooting outdoors to cease one-half hour after sunset or 9 p.m., whichever oc- curs first no shooting outdoors on Christmas Day, Good Friday or on the Saturday of the annual Eden Mills Writers Festival. Controversy over the Club heated up in De- c e m b e r, w h e n C l u b representative Frank Mc- Farquahar asked Township Council to allow shooting at the indoor range daily, until 11 p.m. That request raised issues with members of the Steering Committee and its representative, Tim Laing, who said the com- mittees main concern is with noise from the Clubs seven outdoor ranges, not primarily with the indoor shooting range. Following a visit to the Club last month, all parties agreed the level of noise inside was hardly audible from the village. However, there are still concerns with noise from shooting at the outdoor ranges. A compromise means that we arent completely happy. We are looking for- ward to the matter being reviewed in September, Laing said. The Township agreed to revisit the issue in seven months. I am relatively happy about the outcome. We have a general interest in our Eden Mills neigh- bours. Were all part of the community, McFarqua- har said. The GRGC has been in operation since 1948, and currently has between 300 400 members. Prov- incial legislation governs gun Club operations in Ontario, but a Township by-law controls excessive noise levels on the prop- erty. Compromise deal in gun club dispute