HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-05-06, Page 37BUILDING COMPLETED - The renovations to the church hall were
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ENJOYABLE OCCASION - Bishop Morse Robinson (left), current-.
minister "Duke" Vipperman and former minister Jim Sutton took part
in a special service dedicating the new church hall at Trivitt Memorial
Church.
MEMORIES — Jay Skillender and John Henderson look over some
of the pictures on display in the foyer of Trivitt.Memorial Church's
new hall during a reception after a service dedicating the recent
'addition.
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RENEWED Chaterine Elston sets out plates in the original section
of the olcl hall, which has been restored and brightened.
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repaired by
The west window in the original hall was releaded and
an anonymous benefactor.
,NEW KITCHEN Audrey Bentley and Edna Sims work in the spacious
kitchen that was added to the old church hall. .
l riviff addition -is dedicated
Times -Advocate, Muy 6, 1987 Page 21A
Thank God we went ahead
The expanded, restored and re-
juvenated Trivitt Memorial Church
hall was officially dedicated before a
ribbon -cutting ceremony and recep-
tion on Friday night. Taking part in
the special service was former
minister Rev. Jim Sutton and retiring
bishop Morse Robinson.
Rev. Sutton "was the spark that
gave us the courage to start'`, actor --
ding to Audrey Bentley, who was peo-
ple's warden when the decision was
made to enlarge the existing building
and join it to the main church
structure.
The project was begun under
Bishop Robinson's leadership.
In his address, the Bishop said
"Thank God you went ahead", noting
that Trivitt now has one of the finest
church halls in the diocese. He said
the next question is "what do we do
with it?"
Robinson said he hopes the hall will
be filled with joy and laughter, • a
warm and welcome place for not on-
ly the congregation but the stranger
at the door.
Although the congregation had
always coped amazingly well, the in-
adequacy of the old hall *With its poor
insulation, one little washroom, and
narrow, cramped kitchen had been -
known for years. After considering
the possibility of an entirely. new
building, the board of management
agreed to enlarge and renovate the
original hall, and integrate it
smoothly into the church building.
The design of London architects
Brevik, Scorgie and Wasylko was ac-
cepted. Two proposals were far
beyond budget; and the chosen design
was scaled down to fit within fiscal
structures. -
Oke :Woodsmith's tender was
selected from five submitted, and
construction began early last spring.
A building committee.of wardens
Bentley and John Heslinga, • Fred
Dobbs and Jim McConnell was
appointed
The addition was in many ways a
labour of love. From the time dona-
tions were first solicited in the fa f
1985 until the April 1986 shut- over
$100,000 in cash and goods came in for
the project. Rugs, furniture and other
items were donated. One anonymous
donor paid lohave the beautiful stain-
ed glass west window restored to its
original splendour. The Marshall
Room, which is used for board
meetings, quiltings, Sunday -School
classes and other medium-sized
gatherings, was named in honour of
a large bequest:
Many contributors gave not once
but twice.
Besides the material contributions,
many also volunteered their labour.
Current warden Fred Dobbs offered
the bricks from an old farmhouse he
was tearing down. Volunteers curled
the bricks in, and work crews from.
the congregation labouriously clean-
ed 10,000 old bricks and stacked them
on pallets.
The remainder of the cost of the hall
was provided through a low-interest
loan from a fund set•aside by the
diocese for such purposes. As the
money is paid back, it will be borrow-
ed by other churches in the diocese for
similar projects.
The spacious. attractive and func-
tional new hall houses a large, well-
equipped kitchen, a church office
(replacing the one formerly housed in
the rectory ►, a sacristy so roomy
there are still empty spots on the
shelves. a nursery. two washrooms
One accessible for wheel chairs). a
ramp entry from the old choir room
into the sanctuary. a sky -light foyer:
and the multi-purpose Marshall room.
KEY EXCHANGE — A key exchange was part of the ceremony at the official opening of Trivitt Memorial's
new church hall. Former.Warden Audrey Bentley hands over the keys to current warden Fred Dobbs.
The keys had previously passed from architect Russ Scorgie to builder Wayne Oke (hidden behind Mr.
Dobbs): Betty Humphries cut the ribbon, and -John Heslinga was Warden while the hall was being designed
and constructed..
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Paul Klopp will carry.. -banner -
for NDP in provincial fight again
When the election call comes to On-
tario, Paul Klopp will again be carry-
ing the NDP banner in the Huron
riding.
Klopp, a Zurich -area farmer was
nominated as the NDP candidate in
the yet unannounced but expected
election. The nomination meeting was.
held in Clinton on May 3.
This will be Klopp's second running
in a provincial election. He also was
the NDP candidate in the last election
round.
Klopp told NDP supporters that he
will. campaign for changes in the
government's position of agricultural
concerns. Of the present Liberal
government he said, "The things that
were needed in agriculture have not
come forth."
He said that the Liberals used a "lot
' of big terminologies, but like a 222 pill,
these plans only ease the pain, they
don't cure the problem."
Klopp said that the present Liberal
agriculture minister Jack Riddell has
let the farmers down, "He's a fence
sitter on agricultural financing issues.
He passes the buck to the federals
(government)."
He further noted that not only the
farmers are facing tough economic
times, but urban municipalities, par-
ticularly small towns and villages in
Huron County, are also feeling the
negative effects. -
"Small towns are realizing that if
agriculture continues to be treated by
bandage remedies they will continue
to suffer. More farmers will leave the
land, more kids will be heading for the
city tolind jobs. Yet, towns are try-
ing to bring in new industries, but if
the farmers can't afford to buy the
products, what's the point of bringing
industry here? Towns can hardly sup-
port the industries they have now."
ND' agriculture critic Patrick
Hayes continued to echo Klopp's
thoughts when he spoke to the NDP
supporters in Clinton.
- The Essex North MPP said, "The
bottom ling is that prices are the big
problem. The farmer is not getting a
good price for his labor or his
commodity."
Hayes further suggested that the
provincial government has not lent its
financial support to the farming
industry.
"I wish the government would treat
the farmers the way they treat the
banks. When banks get into problems,'
they are bailed out." .
He noted, "Agriculture would not
be in the mess it is today if the govern-
Foodland committee
will receive 5178,335
Ontario Hydro has been assessed a
record 1570,2x3 in costs resulting from
the 132 -day provincial hearing into its
proposal for a major transmission
corridor that will run through Huron
and Middlesex counties.
The award was made by the On-
tario consolidated hearings board
who approved the line. The latter
decision has since been appealed to
the Ontario cabinet by a group of
Ekfrid Township property owners
and a decision in n that regard is ex-
pected soon.
In its decision on costs to be paid by
Hydro, the board awarded $178,335 to
the Foodland Hydro Committee, a
property owners lobbying group.
Another 115,000 was approved for
Amory Lovins, a Colorado energy
consultant who appeared as an expert
witness before the three-member
board panel in Guelph on Jan. 22-23,
1986.
Lovinswas regarded as a key
witness for the 1,200 -member
Foodland Hydro Committee, made up
largely of rural property owners to
Bruce, Huron and Middlesex counties
directly affected by the Bruce -to -
London portion -of the line, and
Energy Probe, a Toronto-based ad-
vocacy group --
Ile had asked for $25,00011.S. but
agreed to a preliminary $15,000 Fee in
Canadian funds, Foodland Hydro
chairman Tony McQuail said. '.'The
rest of his bill we've had to defer."
The board fixed Lovins' fee at
115,000 claiming he had "relied large-
ly on an earlier U.S. study" and that
a "detailed accounting was not pro-
vided" to support a higher fee.
The Foodland award includes
1139,332 in counsel fees for McQuail,
a Lucknow area farmer who spent the
better part of the year at the hearing,
his associate Stephen Thompson of
Wingham and the group's legal ad-
visers, Lerner and Associates of Lon-
don, and represents 80 percent of
what the group had sought.
McQuail was disappointed by the
reduced award and said Hydro of-
ficials had not objected to the full
amount when the group argued its
case before the board last fall.
By channelling the concerns of its
1,200 members into one voice, "we
saved the board - and the taxpayers
of this province - a great deal of time
and money. Yet I don't see that
reflected in the decision."
McQuail also expressed concern
with the board's decision not to Com-
pensate Foodland's directors, who
had appeared individually to argue
against the Bruce -to -London line.
The board said such efforts were
neither uncommon nor unusual and
pointed to the Central Ontario Coali-
tion, a property owners' group in
Gley, Dufferin and Simcoe counties.
which had not sought compensation
even though its members had ap-
peared individually.
Goderich, which successfully
argued for a new runway for its
municipally owned airport because of
impacts to it by the new line, receiv-
ed $17,639, Oxford County $15,854 and .
Lbbo Township $4,514.
Costs against Hydro, as the propo-
nent, amounted to $520,735 plus half
of the 198,976 transcript costs.
Hydro likely won't get started on
construction until next spring once
approval by cabinet is given, ex-
pected by August at the latest.
Meanwhile, the last of eight nuclear
reactors at the Bruce station began
producing electricity earlier this
spring, although commercial produc-
tion isn't expected until July, a
spokesman said.
Hydro has argued that with all
reactors operating, there will be
locked -in power unless„ the new
transmission lines are built, which
may not happen until the fall of 1990..
ment had helped in the past."
Hayes told .the local NDP group
that the party has called on the
government to follow the example of
the Manitoba government and pass
legislation similar to their Family
Farm Protection Act which 1 1 sets up
farmer of peer advisory panels: '2
authorizes a central mediation board
and the Courts to review impending
foreclosures and recommend- alter,
native solutions, and 3) authorizes the
provincial government to institute a
moratorium on proceedings directed
against farmers' essential assets dur-
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aigr
ing crisis periods.
Ile further noted that the NDP par;
ty is also pursuing a number of other
issues at this time including - en-
vironmental concerns, affordable day
care. non-profit nursing homes, and
driver.owned auto insurance. -
He stressed that the NDP party
strives to represent the average work-
ing person in Ontario. He further
noted that many of the changes that
the party is calling for on various
issues takes the emphasis away from
making excessive profits and pays
more attention to quality and care.
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RUNS AGAIN — Paul Klopp (left) will carry the NDP flog in the next
Ontario election. His wife Heather (right) is president of the Huron
NDP Party. The Klopps, a Zurich area form family, have a young son
Timothy, 19 months. At the nomination meeting held in Clinton on
May 3 guest speaker was Essex North MPP Patrick Hayes (back) who
also serves as the NDP Agriculture Critic.
(Shelley McPhee Hoist photo)
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Rabies in Huron
takes a big jump
The number of cases of rabies in
Iluron County so far this year has
more than doubled over the same
period in 1986, and that is a situation
being experienced in a number of
other counties in Southwestern
Ontario.
The exception is Middlesex County,
but officials there caution that .the
disease is far from disappearing.
Ed llarrison, director of public
health inspection with (he Iluron
County health unit. reports that there
have been 27.positive rabies cases to
the end of March. Thgre'were 12 cases
in the same period hast year.
Pet immunization has been made
mandatory in Huron as well as Perth
and Middlesex.
Middlesex has recorded 33 cases of
rabies this year. while Perth has had
16. Last year the latter had recorded
only 10.
Officials in all three counties an-
ticipate that there will be more cases
confirmed this spring.
"Spring is generally a high in-
cidence time," said Huron spokesman
Harrison. Wild animals roam more
freely than in winter and farm
animals. out to pasture, come into
more frequent contact.
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