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Driver tells E
thefr:home is on fire
ELGINFIELD -- An alert
'river stopped on his way
tome along Hwy. 7 near
Elginfield early Monday to
:ell a family their home
was on fire.
Paul Flannigan was on
his way home from a shift
at Blue Circle Cement In
St. Marys when he saw
the house on fire. He
itopped, knocked on the
door and told an occupant
the home, owned by Tony
Amaral and his family of
RR3 Lucan, was on fire.
Biddulph-Blanshard
Fire Chief John Damen
said it appears the fire
started in the roof of the
home when it was hit by
lightning just after mid-
night early Monday.
The fire caused about
$300,000 damage.
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Location o f office a stumbling
block for Original- Six' group
By Scott Nixon
TUNES -ADVOCATE STAFF
BAYFIELD — After
their second meeting,
it's clear a big stumbling
block for the amalgama-
tion of the 'Original Six'
municipalities is where
to locate the new mu-
nicipal office.
The six municipalities
— Hensall, Zurich, Hay,
Stanley, Bayfield and
Tuckersmith — met in
Bayfield on Jan. 13 to
• continue working
through their draft re-
structuring proposal. But
unlike the Exeter-
Stephen-Usborne re-
structuring group (see
story in this week's T -A),
the 'Original Six' have
some major dis-
agreements.
While the group . has
proposed locating the
new municipality's office
in Varna, Zurich and
Hay expressed objec-
tions. •
Hay . Reeve Jim Love
said the new municipal-
ity, scheduled to become
official on Jan. 1, 2001,
should have two mu-
nicipal offices, one in the
north and one in the
south.
Tuckersmith Reeve
Bob Carnochan • dis-
agreed, saying having
more than one mu-
nicipal office would be
unnecessary duplica-
tion.
"We're amal-
gamating," he said.
"We're trying to get rid
of duplication . , . . I
thought the reason for
amalgamation was to
save some money."
Love, though, argued
there wouldn't be du-
plication with two of-
fices and said the Varna
office alone won't be big
enough to hold , 12
members of council.
Stanley Reeve Jack
Coleman disagreed, ar-
guing there is room in
the Varna office. He
also spoke out against •
having two offices.
"Don't propose two
(offices). I can't see
that."
Zurich Reeve Dwayne
LaPorte agreed with
...Love the municipal of-
fice shouldn't be in Var-
na.
"Nothing against Var-
na," LaPorte said, "but
it's basically in the mid-
dle of nowhere."
LaPorte said any office
for the new municipality
should be in one of the
urban locations, where
people can also do their
grocery shopping and
banking.
Love said Varna's lo-
cation would force some
residents of,the neW
municipality tdrive 20
miles to the municipal
office. Carnochan re-
sponded that not many
people will need to visit
the office an 'way.
While Love wants to
see two offices, he
doesn't want any new
buildings built and
doesn't want to spend
money on renovating
the Varna office.
Doug Grant, chairper- ,
son of the meeting and
Bayfield reeve, said the
new municipality won't;
be building any new
buildings, adding he
thinks a one -tier form of
government will even-
tually govern municipal-
ities, drastically shrink-
ing the number 'of
municipal offices.
While it was clear the
group couldn't agree on
what to do about office
location, Coleman sug-
gested the grouphave a
vote. Those disagreeing
'with the result - could
walk • away . from the'
talks," he said. ' •
However, members of"
the committee were giv-
en time to discuss the
matter at their in-
dividual councils and
the group of ' six ' will
vote on the ideation is-
sue at their next. Meet-
ing on Feb. 'in Var-
na, which Will give' the
members of the com-
mittee 'a:,chande to look.
it the Varna facilities.
Other - discussions at,
the meeting ' included,
the future of employees.
The group decided in '
their draft that "where ,
.possible," employees of
the former municipal-
ities will become em-
ployees of the hew
town, which still doesn't
have a name.
Carnochan said the
intent of the new mu-
nicipality is to keep as
many of the former em-
ployees as possible; al-
though
lthough it is still not
known how many em-
ployees will be needed.
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