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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-05-06, Page 37BUILDING COMPLETED - The renovations to the church hall were designed to blend the addition suitably with the main structure of Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church. - ► A 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. v RENEWED Chaterine Elston sets out plates in the original section of the olcl hall, which has been restored and brightened. • , . , a RESTORED 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.. _ < •: :. r .,.1,?%4`� ..: »4,[ .a�,.. �'. rf' j�2�s,�','f8f� �'w ORMSOVEMPON „«+ Y:a.,x ,Yu{sr. ,,.w>> . ';,4u : ..:��f�'. ... r�y� .. ... .. 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- • 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. 41 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) `a It oaf( < a ., - 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. ►-