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by Ron Wassink
Life is being breathed it. r, R . A rough estimate. to
into the old Huron "1 indulge council t+ renovate the hall and
Township Hall in " Ripley look at it again," she said. build an ,addition. is about
as the hall, which was ;That. was. an idea $320,000, but .council
slated for demolition °sev- Councillor Bruce Tanner was cautioned this is a�
eral weeks ago., is. now : had "at a. previous. Meet- "rough estimate".'.
being considered as the ing. Then, it was an Adi inistrator-treasur-.
home of the township's option Reeve Murray . et Mary Rose Walden
new municipal building. Thompson said wouldn't . , said the architect's scope
Township staff be. considered, ruling out wasto design a new
reviewed possible sites ' putting offices in the' old building. She asked.
for a new building ... and hall, • council if that scope
°� �
checked six sites. Three. The existing municipal could be change to have
outside of Ripley
office is located in the K. Smart look at the hall
liuronville, KinBruce basement of the medical as a renovation project.
and Point Clark (next to ' .building. Offices have . "I suppose we .could
t centre) ---4 give him more lee-
'
ha t\ such as renovating w like.
community
were deemed inade-
quate due to location,
cost of septics . and
servicing.
Of three sites in
Ripley ' the township
hall site won over all
the sites, hands down:
Other options were at
the township shed , and'
'next to the lagoons.
Clerk Laura Haight
asked council to recon-
sider thehall site, sug-
gesting the hall be reno-
vated and an 'addition
added to the ,east side for
office space.. The hall
itself would become
council: chambers ,and
offices
Haight -said the hall
property. is, "the perfect.
site if you use. the
assumption it's a vacant
site.,,
She said it is :steps
from the community cen-
tre and bank.
The drawback, she
said, is the demolition of
the hall, suggesting coun-
cil had not "hashed out
all the options" for the
Hall propertyiS . way," said Reeve
a.• € Thompson.
t epe"ectSitei However,
you use the - Councillor Elmer
i
: Smeltzer.. said the
assumption
V'�C�.t Slte ` `S a township. can do noth-
in until "we know
•
1w
:
what the .,public at
been deemed inadequate
for a number of reasons,
in particular Overcrowd-
ing and poor working
conditions..
Council has ,reviewed
various options and
building a new municipal
building has topped the
list. The .township has.
$200,000 in a reserve and
e t
has:;; budgeted land hez
$160,000 this year to
diver the estimated
$360,000 cost.
Two weeks ago, coun-
cil -hired architect K.
Smart to prepare a design
and tender documents.
Since then, staff asked,,
the architect about the
old hall. The architect
prepared . an artist's
sketch of what the hall
and additioncould look
large is doing."
Council delayed
,demolition of the hall at
the request of the agricul-
tural society. Since then,
the society has said it.
isn't.interested in taking
over the building, but
will- hold- a, public meet-•
ing August 1 in the: hall.
Councillors debated
whether the motion to
iextend
dela demoiion t><
ed to other. groups tither
than the society.
"Don (Reid) asked for
the society as. far,,r.as I'm
concerned," said.
Smeltzer, adding the
township can't do any-
thing until after the Aug.
1 meeting.
After the meeting,
Thompson said, "If this
comes up looking decent,.
we can go with this."
Agriculture minister to visit area Aug.
The1edeirai minister of.agriculture is
coming to this area next month.
The Honorable Ralph Goodale, P.C.;
M.P. will be the special: guest at" the
third annual .Paul Steckle Barbecue at
the Stanley Township complex in Varna
Aug. 21.
The minister has agreed to meet with
interestekagricultural stakeholders so
that he might hear and respond to any
comments or concerns theymight have.
The minister has also agreed to accept
and consider briefs outlining ideas and
comments that pertain to Canada's agri-
cultural and agri-ford industry..
This will be the minister's first trip
to the area since the government took
office in 1993.
Cutting the ribbon to officially open the new Wingham airport are;
from -. left;. Denise Wilkens -Treble, MC; _ lan Moreland, former 'Wingham
mayor t fd. airport committee chairman; Don Carter, Wingham mayor;
Helen Johns,Huron MPP;Dick: Lev n, CEO Weseast:lndustries; and
Paul SteckleHuronBruce MR (Livingston photo)
Wingham airport dreamcomes true
from page 1
ject and was instrumen-
tal in its success. Dick
Levan, CEO of Wescast,
received special tribute.
Royal _Homes was
also noted for its contri-
bution to the airport, a
donation of the terminal
building.
"This terminal is way
and beyond what we
ever dreamed of," said
Moreland.
Other donors to the
project 'included li
Cruickshank who donat
ed; the a
unicorn which is
�
: co
usedorland-air
f....,
munieation,
Two Harvard aircraft
attended the. opening
from the .Canadian
Harvard Aircraft
Association in
Woodstock'.
4
Driver caught,
with 'booze
Police charged a 31-
year-old
1-yearold male driver for
having alcohol in, a pub-
lic .place: and suspended
his license for 12 boors
after blowing a "warn"
in.. a roadside breath
screening device.
The . driver was
stopped after • OPP,
noticed a car driving on
Campbell Street,
Luckuow," withotut head-
lights on.
Moreland said he was
proud to have a piece of
Canadian history at the
special event.
It was December 1993
when Wingham town
council' voted unani-
mously
nanimousl y to go ahead with
the airport project. A spe-
cial committee has been
handling the details ever
since.
The airport is on 400
acres of ` town -owned
land. The airport takes up
only 25 acres , and the
remainder° is leased out
for agricultural .purposes.
_. ;Support f °�the-Project .
came from area residents,
local industry, business-
es, surrounding councils
and the provincial goy -
eminent.
Economic benefits of
the airport are expected
to come from increased
employment, increased
industrial output and a.
stronger local economy.
There are non -eco-
nomic benefits that. are
expected to increase the.
health; safety and welfare
of area residents .by
increasing the efficiency
of the region's transporta-
tion systet,
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