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man hurt
in car crash
A Brussels man remains in
University Hospital in London with
serious injuries after a two-car
crash near Listowel Friday night.
A spokesman for the Listowel
OPP said that Christopher Hamil
ton had neck and back injuries after
his car collided with a vehicle
driven by Ruth Duxbury of Camer
on (near Peterborough).
Mr. Hamilton was in fair
condition Monday, while Ms.
Duxbury had minor injuries. Both
cars were a write-off, according to
police, with damage estimated at
$15,000.
On Saturday afternoon. Valerie
Shortreed of RR 1. Walton,
received minimal injuries when
her car w as struck broadside by a
pickup driven by Thomas Miller of
RR 2. Bluevale, at the intersection
of County Road 16 and Morris
Tw p. 's centre sideroad. Mr. Miller
was not injured.
Wingham OPP said that Mr.
Miller, who was proceeding north
through the intersection, has been
charged with failing to yield the
right of way. Damage to the
Shortreed car has been estimated
as severe, and to the Miller truck as
moderate.
Waste
Management
study costs
rising
Huron County Council approved
entering a contract for preparation
of a w aste management master
plan with consulting firm at its
April meeting in Goderich Thurs
day.
The cost of the contract to the
consulting firm Gome and Storrie
Ltd. is $227,328 but the cost of the
project could be higher and the fact
thatnoonecouldsayjusthow much
higher had some councillors wor
ried.
The cost of the program is
already higher than expected. The
cost of the Master Plan study had
been estimated at $200,000 Bill
Hanly clerk-treasurer told council.
Although Gorrie and Storrie Ltd.
was notthe lowest of the tender
prices it was the lowest when the
amount of work to be done was
considered, Mr. Hanly said.
The Master Plan w ill look at the
problems of waste management on
acounty-widebasis. The study will
be undertaken because of a county
council decision last year to
examine the problem on a county
wide basis because so many
municipalities are having pro
blems with their waste disposal
sites.
But Dennis Merrall, county
engineer pointed out the $227,328
is not the total cost of the project.
There would also be other costs
such as printing and internal costs
such as the time county staff must
devote to the project.
There is also the hiring of a
“Public Participation Co-ordina-
tor", a person hired by the county
to help assemble the Master Plan.
Bill Mickle, Reeve of Exeter said
that this was another level on top of
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It was a matter of a minister
preaching to the converted when
Ontario’s attorney-general Ian
Scott came as guest speaker to the
annual meeting of the Huron
Provincial Liberal Riding Associa
tion in Blyth last Wednesday, and
the crowd of more than 150
members rewarded both Mr.
Scott, and MPP Jack Riddell who
introduced him, with standing
ovations.
Hailed as one ofthe key players
in David Peterson’s government
VOL. 4 NO. 15 WEDNESDAY. APRIL 13. 1988. 45 CENTS
Spring is the time to kick up your heels and models at the “Festival of Fashion’’ at Blvth Memorial Hall on
Saturday. The fashions from Bainton’s Old Mill and the Old Mill south of Bly th were shown to raise money
for the capital building fund of the Blvth Festival. Some 300 people helped contribute $1000 toward
expansion of the Festival’s facilities.
Scott sings praises of Riddell
andonewhohas “steeredsome
much-needed legislation’’
through the Queen's Park reefs,
including Ontario's new pay equity
law and the freedom of information
and conflict of interest acts, Mr.
Scott nevertheless chose to speak
in generalities, highlighting the
up-side of the record of his
government and its ministers.
Playing to his largely rural
audience and kidding Mr. Riddell,
Mr. Scott opened his remarks by
saying that he had preoared a
speech on the future of white bean
markets in a free trade economy,
but “Jack wouldn’t let me give it
because he wants you to think that
he’s the only one that knows
anything about agriculture."
“Jack is fully dedicated to the
farming community - he’s tough,
relentless and mean, but he’s one
of the ones who tell it like it is, and
oneoftheoneswhogetsthejob
done. I think of him as the
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Museum
gets $1.1
million
federal grant
Tenders may be called for the
second stage of the Huron County
Pioneer Museum in Goderich later
this month, the Museum’s Project
Director Claus Breede told county
council Thursday after word was
officially delivered that federal
funding has been approved.
For Mr. Breede, museum staff
and county councillors it was a
happy culmination of 29 months of
waiting when Huron-Bruce M.P.
Murray Cardiff told them that a
$1.15 million grant has been
approved under the Canada-On-
tarioCultural Development Subsi
diary Agreement. The program
recognizes the economic impact of
culture, Mr. Cardiff said. In a news
release it was pointed out the
project will produce 82 person
years of employment and that
attendancewill be boosted to an
estimated 30,000 visitors in two
years after completion from 9,000
in 1987 and within five years of
completion attendance is expected
to swell to 50,000 per year.
The second stage of the museum
will centre on renovation of the
original museum building, the
1856 Central School on North
Street in Goderich that was bought
by the county to house J .H. Neill’s
collection of artifacts. The Huron
County Pioneer Museum first
opened in 1950 with Mr. Neill as its
first curator.
The old school has been con
demned and that portion of the
building will not be open to the
public when the museum reopens
in May. The public will be able to
visit the $2.4 million addition to the
back ofthe old school which will
house the museum’s collection
until both sections of the building
are available.
Mr. Cardiff also delivered a
cheque for $67,000 under the
Museum Assistance Programme.
The money will assist in the
purchase and installation of stor
age and other equipment in the
museum.
Mr. Cardiff apologized for the
delay in the approval of federal
funding for the museum. County
officials have twice visited Ottawa
in the last two years trying to speed
approval of the grant. In the
absence of the funding the muse-
umhadtoundertakesomeaddi-
tional work to secure the old school
at the end of the current construc
tion phase.
Council approved new admis
sion rates to the museum when it
reopens. The new adulr rate will be
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