{"id":20898,"date":"2016-09-27T11:19:49","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T15:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=20898"},"modified":"2016-09-27T13:53:49","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T17:53:49","slug":"highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights from Huntsville&#8217;s September 26 council meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Council motored through its agenda on Monday night before going into closed session to discuss personnel issues. Some of the items on the agenda included the possible sale of the University of Waterloo building and the creation of a new ice rink. Here&#8217;s some of what happened:<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong> <broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>University of Waterloo building to be appraised<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Councillor Bob Stone brought forward a motion to have the University of Waterloo building appraised. \u201cWe have been waiting far too long to see some action on the Waterloo building and I\u2019ve heard some rumours out there that there may be some interested parties. I would like to move that we direct staff to have the building assessed for potential sale,\u201d he said. Councillor Karin Terziano asked who the Town\u2019s realtor of record might be. \u201cWe don\u2019t have a realtor of record,\u201d said Mayor Scott Aitchison. \u201cWe\u2019ve always just used Len Clark because we like him but I think we actually did request for a realtor of record and not a single realtor in town responded. I wouldn\u2019t want to cast any aspersions on realtors but that seems kind of lazy,\u201d he said. Staff will proceed with getting the building appraised.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Another outdoor skating rink for Huntsville?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Town\u2019s Economic Development Committee has asked staff to investigate options as well as the cost for an outdoor skating rink or trail to help relieve the demand for the trail at Arrowhead Park. \u201cWe want to help them relieve that demand and keep people satisfied by having perhaps a nice trail or rink with nighttime hours here in Huntsville,\u201d said Councillor Bob Stone, who chairs the Economic Development Committee, in conversation with Huntsville Doppler. He said it could be a trail beside the Portage Flyer tracks, or one by the lookout field. He said options are being investigated. \u201cWe know that the ice trail at Arrowhead Park is in high demand and supply is low.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major expenditure coming at District<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Councillor Brian Thompson spoke about the need to revamp Huntsville\u2019s water and sewer infrastructure to the tune of an estimated $65 million. \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a major, major discussion, something that has to be done,\u201d he said. He said if all of the plans that have been approved in Huntsville were to be hooked up immediately, the sewage treatment infrastructure would be at 100 per cent capacity. He said a couple of options are being looked at like building the infrastructure to pump from downtown to the Golden Pheasant plant and run the pipes up the Muskoka River and across Fairy Lake. \u201cThat would be the fastest, cheapest and probably most convenient way of doing things but this is something for future discussion.\u201d Thompson said that option concerns him although he was assured that it\u2019s safe. He said those type of discussions will be ongoing. In terms of the cost, he said: \u201cIf there\u2019s any pushback from some of our members of (District) council from south Muskoka, just remember that all the water that they get comes from here.\u201d Aitchison said the responsibility for water and sewer infrastructure was one of the main reasons the District was created. He said that responsibility was given to the upper-tier government because it has the taxation power to manage such projects. See related story<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/huntsville-wastewater-treatment-plants-ailing\/\" target=\"_blank\"> here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Equipment breakdown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Staff was asked to approve the immediate purchase of a front-end loader at a cost of $204,226 plus taxes. The municipality\u2019s 2005 John Deere loader was expected to have another two years of useful life. It became unclear whether its replacement had been budgeted as Jason Krynicki, Executive Director of Transportation Infrastructure, was not at the council meeting on Monday. Town CAO Denise Corry said staff did investigate lease options but decided purchasing would be in the best interest of the Corporation. She later informed council that she had received an email stating that the loader\u2019s replacement was budgeted for in the Town\u2019s capital plan but there is some confusion regarding the amount as it was not expected to be replaced for another two years. She also said funds from the sale of the existing loader would be applied back to the Town\u2019s fleet reserve fund. Staff is hoping to get $30,000 for the old loader. Councillor Dan Armour noted the loader is a main piece of equipment for the municipality and runs continuously loading sand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tree removal on Muskoka Road 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Councillor Jason Fitzgerald asked whether the District was planning to replant trees it had taken down as part of work it has been doing to replace a culvert on that road. He said he\u2019s heard concerns. Councillor Brian Thompson, who sits on the District\u2019s public works committee, said he\u2019d look into it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mayor\u2019s Golf Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mayor Scott Aitchison said the event raised north of $50,000. He said half of the funds will go to the Huntsville Hospital Foundation and the other half will be split between Christine\u2019s Place and Community Living.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free, twice-weekly newsletter <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Council motored through its agenda on Monday night before going into closed session to discuss personnel issues. Some of the items on the agenda included the possible sale of the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":20900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-20898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-breaking"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Highlights from Huntsville&#039;s September 26 council meeting - Huntsville Doppler<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The sale of the University of Waterloo building and a brand new skating rink for Huntsville were some of the items on council&#039;s agenda last night.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Highlights from Huntsville&#039;s September 26 council meeting - Huntsville Doppler\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The sale of the University of Waterloo building and a brand new skating rink for Huntsville were some of the items on council&#039;s agenda last night.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Huntsville Doppler\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HuntsvilleDoppler\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-09-27T15:19:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-09-27T17:53:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/09\/sept26council.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1202\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"451\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tamara de la Vega\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Hville_Doppler\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Hville_Doppler\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tamara de la Vega\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tamara de la Vega\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#\/schema\/person\/2b782f9c7568da44e264b6fc92035e8c\"},\"headline\":\"Highlights from Huntsville&#8217;s September 26 council meeting\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-09-27T15:19:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-09-27T17:53:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/\"},\"wordCount\":861,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/09\/sept26council.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"breaking\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/\",\"name\":\"Highlights from Huntsville's September 26 council meeting - Huntsville Doppler\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/09\/sept26council.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-09-27T15:19:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-09-27T17:53:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"The sale of the University of Waterloo building and a brand new skating rink for Huntsville were some of the items on council's agenda last night.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/09\/sept26council.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/09\/sept26council.jpg\",\"width\":1202,\"height\":451},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Highlights from Huntsville&#8217;s September 26 council meeting\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/\",\"name\":\"Huntsville Doppler\",\"description\":\"Read Local\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Huntsville Doppler\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/03\/logo-Canadian-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/03\/logo-Canadian-1.jpg\",\"width\":760,\"height\":212,\"caption\":\"Huntsville Doppler\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HuntsvilleDoppler\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Hville_Doppler\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/huntsville_doppler\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#\/schema\/person\/2b782f9c7568da44e264b6fc92035e8c\",\"name\":\"Tamara de la Vega\",\"description\":\"Moved to Huntsville 18 years ago and never left. I'll never really be a local - I still react to blackflies and mosquito bites - but Huntsville is the longest I\u2019ve ever lived anywhere and when your parents are gypsies you live in a lot of places. That's because I love this community. I love the wide open spaces, ancient rocks, lakes and forests. I also love the buzz of Huntsville's core and, well, the wi-fi. I'm a news and chocolate junkie. Respect integrity, talent, kindness, a good story and the taste of an organic tomatoe. I hope you like this site and don't be shy about pitching me a story.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/author\/tamaradelavega\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Highlights from Huntsville's September 26 council meeting - Huntsville Doppler","description":"The sale of the University of Waterloo building and a brand new skating rink for Huntsville were some of the items on council's agenda last night.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Highlights from Huntsville's September 26 council meeting - Huntsville Doppler","og_description":"The sale of the University of Waterloo building and a brand new skating rink for Huntsville were some of the items on council's agenda last night.","og_url":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/","og_site_name":"Huntsville Doppler","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HuntsvilleDoppler\/","article_published_time":"2016-09-27T15:19:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-09-27T17:53:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1202,"height":451,"url":"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/09\/sept26council.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Tamara de la Vega","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Hville_Doppler","twitter_site":"@Hville_Doppler","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tamara de la Vega","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/"},"author":{"name":"Tamara de la Vega","@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#\/schema\/person\/2b782f9c7568da44e264b6fc92035e8c"},"headline":"Highlights from Huntsville&#8217;s September 26 council meeting","datePublished":"2016-09-27T15:19:49+00:00","dateModified":"2016-09-27T17:53:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/"},"wordCount":861,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/09\/sept26council.jpg","keywords":["breaking"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/","url":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/","name":"Highlights from Huntsville's September 26 council meeting - Huntsville Doppler","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/09\/sept26council.jpg","datePublished":"2016-09-27T15:19:49+00:00","dateModified":"2016-09-27T17:53:49+00:00","description":"The sale of the University of Waterloo building and a brand new skating rink for Huntsville were some of the items on council's agenda last night.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/09\/sept26council.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/09\/sept26council.jpg","width":1202,"height":451},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/highlights-from-huntsvilles-sept-26-council-meeting\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Highlights from Huntsville&#8217;s September 26 council meeting"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#website","url":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/","name":"Huntsville Doppler","description":"Read Local","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#organization","name":"Huntsville Doppler","url":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/03\/logo-Canadian-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/03\/logo-Canadian-1.jpg","width":760,"height":212,"caption":"Huntsville Doppler"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HuntsvilleDoppler\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Hville_Doppler","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/huntsville_doppler\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#\/schema\/person\/2b782f9c7568da44e264b6fc92035e8c","name":"Tamara de la Vega","description":"Moved to Huntsville 18 years ago and never left. I'll never really be a local - I still react to blackflies and mosquito bites - but Huntsville is the longest I\u2019ve ever lived anywhere and when your parents are gypsies you live in a lot of places. That's because I love this community. I love the wide open spaces, ancient rocks, lakes and forests. I also love the buzz of Huntsville's core and, well, the wi-fi. I'm a news and chocolate junkie. Respect integrity, talent, kindness, a good story and the taste of an organic tomatoe. I hope you like this site and don't be shy about pitching me a story.","url":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/author\/tamaradelavega\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}