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August 4, 2021
By Chris Drost
On the afternoon of Aug. 26, at a special meeting of Wollaston council, a document was brought forward by clerk Bernice Crocker based on the results of an investigation by a committee struck in 2019 to look at the ongoing situation with Nellie Lunn Park. This document recommended the sale of the property with the plan to use funds raised in the sale towards a new fire hall for Wollaston.
Nellie Lunn is a 100-acre property that was gifted by Boleslaw Klincewicz to the Township of Wollaston in 1981 to be used as a park for recreational purposes. Issues around legal public access to the park have plagued it in recent years, and in particular, it helped prevent Wollaston from going ahead with the trail refurbishment project through Hastings Destination Trails Inc. more than two years ago. Instead, those funds from the Ontario Trillium Foundation were diverted to the Bancroft Eagles Nest Project which has now been completed.
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Spring is around the corner and the Bancroft Area Stewardship Council are helping get gardeners ready.
They say they have begun their annual Tree and Shrub Program. Ian Hendry, Chair of the Council, says the program has grown year over year, saying they were able to sell 8,000 trees last year despite the pandemic, with most trees are sold to residents in the area. Hendry says the money raised will go to local projects. This year they plan to donate a butterfly garden to the Centennial Manor for the residents to enjoy. Every year they do shoreline rehabilitation projects, and this year the Council plans to do these projects for Baptist and Chandos Lake.