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North Huron Museum has gone virtual
As of March, the North Huron
Museum has gone virtual.
The museum is now one of many
small Canadian museums to be
featured on the website
www.virtualmuseum.ca. An exhibit
showing and telling the history of
the buildings along three blocks of
Wingham’s main street went live at
the beginning of March, thanks to
funding from the Canadian Heritage
Information Network (CHIN).
This federal program provided
computer equipment and the
program necessary to create the
exhibit. They also maintain the
virtual museum website which will
be hosting the exhibit.
To see and read about the history
of each storefront on Josephine
Street in Wingham from the south
end of town to the present post
office, interested internet surfers
need to type in
www.virtualmuseum.ca. Once at
this site, choose your language of
preference - French or English.
At the next screen, look to the
right and choose Community
Memories from the list of program
options. When the next screen
comes up, type Wingham into the
search box.
Once the search results are
displayed, click on the Community
Memories result. And for the last
step - click on Facades of Wingham.
While in the exhibit, viewers have
a number of options. They can
browse through the 230 photos of
Wingham's storefronts and
downtown core. These photos range
in age from late 1800s to the fall of
2(X)4. When clicking through the
images, the building photo will be
shown on the left and a history of the
building detailed on the right.
For a tour of three blocks of
Josephine Street. Wingham without
leaving the house, click on Stories
and choose from six different tours.
The tours reveal the past and present
images of the storefronts as they are
found when walking south to north.
Each image is accompanied by
interesting stories about the
building.
The third option available to those
surfing the Facades of Wingham
exhibit is Thumbnails. This gives
viewers a look at all 230 photos used
in the exhibit by reducing the size to
no bigger than a ... thumbnail.
If one clicks on Show Hot Spots,
green dots or squares will show up
on .the photos. If you click on the dot
(or square), the name of the building
will appear enabling one to pick out
the various old buildings that are no
longer present on main street
Wingham.
It will also bring up a view of all
the pictures of that particular
building from past to present used in
the exhibit.
The Facades of Wingham exhibit
is set up to accommodate many
visitors. Those who want to just drift
through and look at the pictures can
browse the images. Those who want
some information on a particular
building can look at little more in
depth and those who want to walk
the street and learn some Wingham
history can access the stories option
and choose a tour without dragging
on winter boots and bundling up in
their winter coat.
Morris-Turnberry council briefs
Court of revision held
A court of revision was held for the
Hanna Municipal Drain during the
regular March I meeting of Morris-
Turnberry council.
The members of the court of
revision were councillors Edna
McLellan, Neil Warwick and Paul
Gowing. with Warwick elected as the
chairman. The lands affected were
parts of Lots 14-17 of Cone. 6 in the
Morris ward.
Members of council not on the
court, backed away from the table.
Warwick asked if any written or
verbal appeals had been received.
Clerk-treasurer Nancy Michie
reported no written appeals had been
received and there were no verbal
appeals from the floor.
After going back into the regular
session of the meeting, council
advised that tenders for the drain
would close April 1 and would be
presented at- the April 5 meeting of
council.
***
Council will advertise for gravel in
2005. They will want someone to
supply, crush, load, haul and spread
approximately 35.000 tonnes of
modified granular M gravel for the
south half of the Morris ward; to
crush, load, haul and spread
approximately 20,000 tonnes of
modified granular M gravel for the
north half of the Tumberry ward; and
to stockpile approximately 5,000
tonnes for the Tumberry ward in the
Woolcock pit of modified granular M
gravel.
Tenders are due by March 21, for
the March 22 meeting of council.***
Council passed a bylaw to adopt a
pay plan for 2005.
They also passed a bylaw to adopt a
remuneration policy for the municipal
councillors and members of a local
board.
Council extended its agreement
with American Water until the new
system being built in conjunction
with North Huron is operational by
the end of the year.
The Maitland Valley Conservation
Lodge
meets
The regular meeting of Morning
Star Rebekah Lodge took place with
Noble Grand Sister Elva Brown
presiding.
District Deputy President Sister
Laurel Kowatch will pay her spring
visit to the Lodge, at the regular
meeting on March 22.
Plans were finalized lor the next
casserole supper and card party to be
held on March 21.
Sister Jane Hall celebrated her
birthday
Authority was authorized to update
the flood plain mapping for Wingham
Lower Town, located in Morris-
Tur iberry/North Huron, at a cost of
$4,300.
Council approved the 2005 draft
budget for the Saugeen Valley
Conservation Authority and approved
the Morris-Turnberry levy of
$1,990.23.
***
Mayor Dorothy Kelly. Gowing and
Michie will attend a building
workshop.
Deputy-mayor Bill Thompson,
councillors Jim Nelemans. Lynn Hoy.
Gowing. McLellan and Warwick
along with the clerk-treasurer will
attend the April 7 meeting of Huron
County council.
All members of council and Michie
will attend the R. J. Burnside and
Associates Client Night to be held
March 31.
Kelly. Gowing, McLellan and
Michie will attend the annual meeting
of the Huron County Municipal
Officers meeting set for April 8 at the
South Huron Recreation Complex.
There is a $15 per person registration
fee and a $25 membership fee for the
municipality.
***
The proposed 2005 budget for
Morris-Turnberry was reviewed again
at a meeting held March 3. The
budget request from the Brussels,
Morris and Grey Community Centre
had been received at the March 1
meeting, but a decision had been
deferred until the March 3 session.
Council was looking for answers as
to what caused the deficit, whether
the rooftop air conditioner was
covered by insurance, why wasn't the
deficit included in the original
budget, the increased cost, whether or
not fund raising projects had been
planned. They did agree to its 20 per
cent share and that a percentage be
reviewed every council term and also
felt that capital work should be
approved by council before a decision
is made.
The questions were answered al the
March 3 meeting and council
approved a motion to pay its base
levy of $17,640. A report was
presented to council on tax capping.
A draft newsletter was also presented.
It will be finalized and presented at
the March 22 of council.
***
Council met with Stan Kurylowicz
of Innovative Water and Sewer
System. He made a presentation on a
sewage system for small urban
centres.
In regards to waste, he said an
engineer would first have to do a
study to see what the land could
absorb.
Kurylowicz indicated that in
Wardsville, everyone joined into the
system, with the cost being $10,000
per household. The system included a
lateral line and a tank for grants. The
tank has a 50-year life.
In the case of a vacant lot. -the
municipality pays and recoups the
cost when the lot is finally connected.
In regards to water. Kurylowicz
said the company has installed a
system in Richmond.
He indicated the municipality
would hire an engineering company
to determine which water system
would work best.
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Roast Beef Dinner
Tickets:
Children (6-12) $5,0Q (under 6 free)
Adults $10.00 Family $35.00
Proceeds for the Blyth Community Church of God
Tickets will be available at the door until the hall is full.
To ensure you get a seat advance tickets can be ordered by calling:
Marion Cook - 523-4308 or Keith Loder - 523-4791
Brussels Optimist Club
Annual Dinner
& Auction
On Saturday, April 9
The Brussels Optimists will be holding their
Annual Dinner & Auction
to benefit the
Optimist Childhood Cancer Campaign
and Brussels & Area community betterment
Through the generosity of area businesses the
Optimist Club is receiving items to auction with all
proceeds being donated to these two worthy causes.
This is our sixth year with previous auctions having raised $17,000.
for the Children’s Make-A-Wish Foundation five years ago and
$22,000. for Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario four years ago,
$24,000. for Brussels & Grey Fire Departments three years ago,
$24,000. two years ago for Jesse’s Journey and Brussels
Community Betterment and last year $18,000. for Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation and Brussels Community Betterment. We are hoping to
enjoy another successful event this year. Beth’s Catering will once
again be providing a delicious meal with the auction to follow.
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All-You-Can-Eat Meal
Tickets available from any Optimist Member.
To donate Items contact any Optimist Member.
Doors will open at 5:00 p.m.