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j ..'vv £ i‘ $ N :f‘ w 0 ifs, ands \ | i d § _ O7 DUILTSs 7 «O$ 3e\ "@~ ~â€"â€"Cmp No smoking in a mstpal huild: e esn n o o g in any municipal buildings C â€"" m â€" 4 : l{g:?‘ * & ’?:‘1_1‘.' : ’?: Â¥* i5 EP By Manoy Martin o > Cyg _ $IA CsLBeoszn) e _ Str: Wewer f mt o â€" _ & 4 Cirmarect.© â€"Oct 14 /0/ esc e g h e ... > C No ifs, ands or butts. All Cramahe Township M . S > ~4 & (hes 22,° [ t buildings are now a noâ€"smoking facility. A new fi,' A k Ko2 ¢ B â€" wC | 8e township bylaw passed at Cramahe Township se cayr § i es( 4 | _|| _ || council Monday night makes it mandatory with no * s m 4 ~ *4 / G | " W NO [ | exceptions. f | f ~. * es * e / «i . ep EC When council first considered its draft "no h. * “ . * | smoking" bylaw, the kitchenette on the third floor ; R CC enc t { of the Colborne Municipal building was the only m t," € 4 > 4 | exemption. However, the proposed legislation ’-;‘ yA came back for review when the municipal fire eE * department, road department employees and Parks C x is and Rec Committee raised concerns. ) ; Bxi < On October 1, a Parks and Rec delegation urged | l council to permit smoking on The Keeler Centre hyrs.j PE arena surface for specific age of majority events. \ s ho ‘g Without the loosening of the noâ€"smoking bylaw, &3 j & attendance at fundraising events could be deleteriâ€" & 7 ously affected, Parks and Rec Committee Chair Sandra Arthur said. . lp: The Cramahe Roads Superintendent‘s office was . -Coq-. also pegged for exemption in the bylaw. ' $ ""adh But at the October 9 committee meeting, <lig: Cramahe council decided to back away altogether j ""%s from any smoking anywhere in any municipal | > 4 building. 7 + BP "That we would even consider this when we * en en n â€" know the affects of second hand smoke, residual s F | smoke ... I have a real problem with this," Councilâ€" SaVOUl‘Ing the f laVOU I"S. lor Mike Johnston blasted. "If it‘s council‘s deciâ€" s 3 pue 7 sion to support smoking, then I think we are at Vanilla ice cream aficiando David O‘Flynn, left, and strawberry ice cream fan Betty Chanâ€" | jleast entitled to bring in the Health Unit to make a dler, right, could finally satisfy their taste buds, courtesy of Keith Olan of the Castleton | presentation. I can‘t believe we‘re considering General Store. It was a case of putting their money where the mouth is: Keith donated the | allowing smoking in a public facility." ice cream and cones which were, in turn, sold as a fundraiser for The Keeler Centre during A majority of people want to enter smokeâ€"free Grand Opening festivities last Saturday. The Castleton Store garnered considerable | facilities," Mr. Johnston said. tongueâ€"inâ€"cheek criticism this past summer for lack of vanilla and strawberryâ€"flavoured ice "I have to fully agree with Mike," Councillor cream. Mr. O‘Flynn was a vanilla proponent, Mrs. Chandler for strawbherry. \â€" Jane Boreham said. "After what I‘ve been through Proto ay Mahov CraphMen the last two months, and I know a lot of it is selfâ€" mm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmeeeoommmmmmmmmnnnee mm n inflicted .... T just don‘t know if we‘ll be losing revâ€" enue (at The Keeler Centre). Still, if it is a smokeâ€" L i2z free atmosphere, it just might bring more people to - an event." f W 3 "I respect what the folks from Parks and Rec = x Sfiid," l\{llr. Johnston continued, "But I don‘t think ywek s .,/ Happy 50" edding || J this is the way to go about it." ‘ Pesat C Anns{:u\Zry 3 "There are people who smoke and they are peoâ€" 'v" 3 ple who pay taxes on it," Deputy reeve Lee dfi Oct. 20th § 4 Dekeyser said. "I was at the event at The Keeler SS ) Gord & Fibel Harnden || & ~ Centre and I could not detect any smoke because of . "Wek l .2 Love 8 io the air quality." e We Brian & She | _ But Mr. Johnston was adamant: "We‘re not lookâ€" [oV. lRese i .. mian 0t snerly, iX J ing out for the health and welfare of the people. { o 4 & Keli, Wayne& ||% o Why are we making this exception? They‘re smokâ€" 8 4. -â€"‘ l 3 Holly, Wanda & Kevin, E tlng and exp%siing Ot%:ers to second hand smokle. Ik’}m * for +4 ) We ; 4 aving problems. We‘re supposed to be enlightâ€" l a Tamara & Kevinand. || [ ened, folks. Ask the Health Unit to come in and k 1\ grandchildren 3 speak to us." : â€" > 2 fifter e&n glacomfortable silence, Councillor Ray . C enimagimatiet L 10 elly said, "I don‘t think we need the health unit to [ e y ‘Les ““ka’? tell us. If we do this (enact a no smoking bylaw) , _ ; ~Wo is Retiring then every area has to be smoke free â€" 100 per cent _ ffe@@em l1 _ ., smoke fee. Don‘t pick and choose which areas. The «_ <eeemr~ *__....; The long time caltle only bylaw I will go for is if all are totally smoke . es ‘}w e uoine: of 35 free. Then you have a bylaw that is totally fair to E ‘;‘ friedls . 7 { use everyone, rather than in a halfâ€"passed way." v}%,’ j years is calling: ib With that, council decided to approve a total * uks ySSss quits. Wishing him smoking ban bylaw for all Cramahe Township i‘;“ 4* :l +o R ml%‘nlmpal buildings. ol Coles a happy retirement "I suggest the Parks and Rec Committee be f:'fl‘; * % :: are wile children & ;lét;{rmed, Ms. Boreham added, "and all employ: K w S se eA o condchitdre > P is t{ ao. grandchildren. _ At the formal approval of the bylaw Monday : night, Deputy reeve Lee Dekeyser was the lone disâ€" 2e CalpeAne 2nKo awect € senter. He requested his negative vote be recorded. ie 3 or iy/ o [ ¢ € E/