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JAMES WENDELL STAMPER
Mr. James Wendell Stamper of
Bluevale, passed away at Wingham
and District Hospital on Friday, Dec.
6, 2013. He was 84.
Wendell was the beloved husband
of Evelyn (Anger) Stamper and dear
father of Doug Stamper, Vanastra;
Darlene and Bill Fear, RR 1,
Wroxeter; Louise Ernst and Dave
Walker, Whitby; Leonard Stamper,
RR 1, Bluevale; June and
Wayne Lise, Fordwich and Julie
Cameron and John Culp of Niagara
Falls.
He was the loving grandfather of
Lisa Stamper, Pamela Stamper,
Janine and James Dickie, Greg
Stamper and friend Becky; Leanne
and Wes Drennan, Dan and Ann
Marie Fear, Tyler Fear and Amanda
Hickton, Brendan Stamper and
friend Marly, Brady Stamper,
Jennifer Lise and friend Lennard,
Michelle Lise and friend Andrew
and Kesley Lise and friend Kenzie
and the great-grandfather of Tate
and Owen Drennan and Rian Fear.
Wendell was the dear brother of
Zelma Burley of Brantford. He
was predeceased by his son
Larry Stamper, grandson David
Stamper and son-in-law Scott
Cameron.
Visitation was held at the
McBurney Funeral Home Ltd.,
Wingham on Tuesday Dec. 10. The
funeral service was held at the
funeral home chapel on Wednesday.
Rev. Peter Kugba-Nyande officiated.
Memorial donations to Wingham
and District Hospital Foundation,
Bluevale United Church or
Methodist School of Sierra Leone
would be appreciated as expressions
of sympathy.
Online condolences may be left at
www.mcburneyfuneralhome.com
Obituaries
Council aims to lower school tipping fee charges
Morris-Turnberry Council is
considering not charging itself the
full tipping fee for the waste brought
into a municipal waste site.
The waste, which comes from the
demolition of the former Turnberry
Central Public School site, which the
municipality bought after the site
closed, would cost approximately
$190,906.60 to pay for, only
$20,000 less than what the
municipality paid for the school.
Once the cost of the school,
$217,038.31, was added to the
demolition costs, which were
increased substantially by the
municipality not being informed,
according to Deputy-Mayor Jason
Breckenridge, by the school board
that there was an oil tank buried
under the school, the final bill to the
taxpayers was $495,791.08, more
than twice the cost of acquiring the
property.
Administrator-Clerk-TreasurerNancy Michie presented a report tocouncil during its Dec. 3 meeting
that suggested borrowing money to
pay it back over a five year period,
adding $29,074.08 in financing
costs.
Councillors, however, felt
charging the municipality the full
tipping fee didn’t make sense,
especially given the kind of waste
that was being accepted. This came
after some were surprised not only
with the cost of the tipping fees, but
also the amount of waste that was
put into the landfill.
“If I remember correctly, the
original estimate was for 1,000
tonnes of waste and the tipping fees
would be $100,000,” Councillor Neil
Warwick said. “We’re looking at
double that, is it really that hard to
estimate that kind of figure so it
would be out so much?”
Previously, Public Works Director
Gary Pipe explained there were
complications with removing the
waste from the site as nearlyeverything had been anchored inconcrete. He stated many things that
might have been saved, including
brick work, could not because of the
amount of work it would require to
remove them from the concrete. He
said he was surprised to even find
the ductwork had been anchored in
concrete, making it difficult to
remove for the value of the scrap
metal.
Councillor John Smuck said that,
given the weight of most of the
waste due to the concrete, it must
have condensed smaller than the
same amount of garbage would by
weight, to which Pipe agreed.
“You’d be surprised,”he said. “It
all packed very well.”
He quickly added, however, there
has to be some kind of cost to cover
the use of the landfill as they had to
do so much work it required some
work to be done on the compactor
used at the site.
“There will be costs,” Gowing
said. “But I think you know whatwe’re saying. Outside of wages andmoneys for equipment, and a small
amount for capacity, I don’t know
that we have to charge ourselves
more.”
Gowing said it made no sense to
borrow money against the
municipality to pay the municipality
just to have it sitting in a fund.
Deputy-Mayor Breckenridge
agreed, saying that while there
needed to be some money paid, he
would like to see how much area the
waste took up and charge the
municipality a tipping fee based on
that.
Smuck said he thought that even if
the people bringing the waste to the
landfill were not directly affiliated
with the municipality itself, he hopes
they would still cut a deal.
Council left Pipe to research how
much landfill capacity was actually
lost and what the wages and
equipment costs would be to chargethe municipality exactly what theyused. He had, earlier in the meeting,
said $45 a tonne, versus the $85 that
is normally charged, would likely
cover the cost and put some funds
aside for the continuing maintenance
and capacity of the site.
Prior to that decision being made,
Breckenridge felt council should go
back to the Avon Maitland District
School Board and request the board
pay for the difference caused by the
presence of the oil tank, which
Michie reported was $12,000.
Breckenridge then pointed out the
cost of removal of materials and
cover sand would also need to be
considered.
Gowing, who works in real estate,
stated the property was sold as is and
pursuing the board could be a
difficult sell. Council did
not act on Breckenridge’s
suggestion.
Greeting worshippers at Blyth
United Church was Laurie Sparling.
Ushering were Wanita Bibok, Cliff
Snell, Terry Richmond and Laurie
Sparling. Floyd Herman was music
director and Fred Hakkers ran the
power point. The congregation
welcomed Rev. Gary Clark as guest
minister. Rev. Clark drew
everyone’s attention to the
announcements printed in the
bulletin.
The introit “Emmanuel” was
sung. The call to worship “So Near
You Can Feel It” was sung by the
choir. Lighting the Advent Candle of
Peace were Deb and Fred Hakkers.
The second verse of “Hope Is A
Star” was sung.
The children were asked to come
to the front for their story time. Rev.
Clark asked the children to imagine
the best place they would like to be.
Some answers were Heaven, skate
park, Florida and nana’s place. He
asked them if they thought that a
barn would be the best place. Mary
and Joseph were forced to stay in the
barn when Jesus was born. He asked
the children to imagine their best
place in their hands and place them
in the manger.
Christmas in your best place
makes it better and our best place
makes Christmas better. The
scripture was from Luke 3: 1-16.
Floyd Herman told the history of
the anthem, “God Rest Ye Merry,
Gentlemen. With the comma behind
the word merry, this means happy
gentlemen. This anthem is sung in
many different ways.
Rev. Clark’s message to the
congregation was “Christmas
Scrooged My Holidays.” Most of us
at this time of year can only think of
all the things we have to do. How do
we get back to Christmas? We can
turn to the Bible. John tells us to
prepare for the Lord by
straightening out the curves in the
roads and get rid of the detours. Paul
tells of the people who were like
snakes and vipers that can’t expect
to be baptized and be forgiven
unless they change. He also tells of
people wondering what they could
do. He tells them to find someone
who is hungry and share their food
with them. He also advises the tax
collectors as to what they can do.
Rev. Clark asked everyone to
imagine what their best Christmas
would be like. Logic limits our
hopes but nothing changes. If we
hope bigger, the world will change.
Nelson Mandela was told nothing
could change but he hoped bigger
and changes did happen. When we
are focusing on straightening the
road changes can be made in our
lives.
The hymn, “Prepare the Way for
the Lord” was sung. The offering
was received followed by the
singing of the offertory response,
“In the Bleak Midwinter” and the
prayer of dedication. The
communion liturgy had the response
of singing “Gloria” from “Angels
We Have Heard on High” and the
singing of The Lord’s Prayer. Joan
Clark, Gwen Papple, Emily Phillips
and Doug Howson served
communion to the congregation
during the singing of the last verses
of “In the Beak Midwinter”. The
prayers for the people, the
commissioning and benediction and
the saying of grace was followed by
the singing of “Deck the Halls”.
Everyone was invited downstairs for
lunch.
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Kathy Douglas at 519-523-4380 so
she will know how many to prepare
for. This is open to all the kids of the
community ages four to 12 years.
Come and enjoy the fun.
Don’t forget the Huron Perth
United Church hockey tournament
on Thursday, Jan. 2 from 10 a.m. to
2 p.m.
Contact Kathy Douglas for more
information.
H-P Church hockey
tourney set for Jan. 2
By Marilyn
Craig
Call
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From Marilyn’s Desk
Clark’s sermon cites Nelson
Mandela’s influence, change
By Denny ScottThe Citizen
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