Astronomy, Fire, Water, Golf, Politics [our Board, Municipality]

Joe Matys’ took this of the Sturgeon moon on August 24th

Ted Mills found this article on a ‘wildfire’ on Percy Lake: 1946. This seems to be the oldest record of a local wildfire fire.

Water

The TSW is forecasting a ~30cm lake level drop. That would catch the ‘normal’ drawdown curve. The latest ‘x’ is hidden in the dip.

But, the rainfall doesn’t appear to be letting up, [precipitation since January has been at or above normal]. We may stay above the curve for a bit yet:

Golf Tournament – Sept 19 –
Politics, Local, Percy Lake Board
Peter Mills
President
Ted Mills
Vice-President
Anna Tilman
Past President
Koko Yamamoto
Treasurer
Secretary
Directors at Large
Brian Edey
Lou Kiriakou [Fishing Tournaments]
Diane Pearce [Golf Tournament]
Jody Ristow [2b Treasurer]
Christine Richard [2b Secretary]
Karen Hatch

Politics, Municipal

Cut and pasted from local news
Greg Bishop and Andrew Nowell are competing for mayor of Dysart et al, while Pat Casey will battle Walt McKechnie for the deputy mayor position. Barry Boice and Kirby Bagg are running for ward 5 councilor

I’m pointing to this ‘all-candidates meeting’ because they say they will post on-line afterwards.

The ‘big issue’ seems to be a decision for the new council in February on Amalgamation. Some background:

County CAOs hope to ‘resurrect’ review

The consultant’s report (Strategy Corp) was delivered to County council in November, 2020.

Councillors wade in on governance report

A single-tier government is one of just four models the Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) presented to County and local councillors. The others are status quo, or hybrid models.

haliburton.civicweb.net. Link to report (The Haliburton County Affordability and Governance Study Results Report) in Aug 12 mtg Agenda

And if you’re still reading, and you travel south through the City of Kawartha Lake, you may see a campaign sign for Doug Ford for mayor.