Ballina Shire Council. Photo David Lowe. September’s meeting opened with a minute’s silence for much-loved community member and Lennox Head restaurant owner Blake Rogers, who lost his life last week. Local resident Simon McCarthy made a deputation requesting that Ballina Council create a fully fenced dog park, within the partially fenced run at Compton Park, or at one of the other off-leash dog areas around Ballina, noting that unlike surroundin…