Grey County councillors went back to school.
And when some of them became unruly — in a joking manner — Warden Arlene Wright warned them there was a woodshed out back.
The Councillors held their monthly session in a replica one-room schoolhouse yesterday at Moreston Heritage Village at Grey Roots.
Wright called the session to order with a handbell, and did so again after a brief recess.
Ellen Anderson — Mayor of The Blue Mountains — acted as chair during the passing of bylaws and addressed her fellow councillors as though they were her pupils.
Chatsworth Mayor Howard Greig raised his hand and jokingly asked permission to go to the washroom.
Georgian Bluffs Mayor Alan Barfoot made a paper airplane and sailed it across the room, which prompted the warden’s mock threat.
It was Wright who instigated the visit.
Each July, the Warden is able to play host to county council in their home municipality.
That’s Owen Sound for Wright, who is a city councillor.
But she chose instead to take council to the heritage village on the outskirts of the city — an area which is actually part of Georgian Bluffs.
Despite being a replica of a 1920’s schoolhouse — the building was functional for 2010 — complete with an air conditioner and fan and access to high speed internet.
Wright says her goal was to help to promote Grey Roots — she notes many residents have yet to visit the facility and don’t know what they are missing.
