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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-07-11, Page 5q 1 "Let me show you how having one insurance Tent can make life simpler than having two or three." CALL •ME. You have only one number to call end one agent to share your confidence. Call me for details on State Farm life, boat Far and home insurance. Richard Gibbons, Agent 25 Alfred St. E., P.O. Box 720, Wingham, Ont. NOG 2W0 Bus. (519) 357-3280 STATE FARM. Insurance Companies: Canadian Head Offices: Scarborough. Ont Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. for Wingham & Turnberry BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS THURSDAY, JULY 19. 8:15 PM Queen Contest Miss Dominion of Canada, Terry Bailey will assist in the crowning of the bicentennial queen. , , At the arena. SATURDAY, JULY 21.. 3:30 PM Break Dance Contest Highlighted by a professional break dance team ''from Kitch'ene'r. On Main Street: SUNDAY, JULY 22. 3:30 PM • Old Fashioned Band Concert Featuring the Mitchell Legion Brass Band and the Wingham Optimist Community Band. In Riverside -Park (by the swimming pool) Personswishing to obtain tickets for dances .during the Bicentenn'ia'l' celebration please call: ' 357-1411 or 357-1051. In the event bf ra events,will take. place in the arena. 'ENTRY b ' % OR BABY CONTEST AND BEAUT PAG' `t T ARE AVAILABLE AT THE WINGH M ADVANCE -TIMES. TAKING THE- SALUTE—Seven-year-old Jennifer Wall of Holyrood, Bruce County's 1984 Tammy, and Teeswater Fair Queen Rhonda McPherson took the ceremonial salute from members of the RCMP Musical Ride before the troop staged its performance at the Teeswater fairgrounds on Saturday, afternoon. More than 5,000 people packed the fairgrounds to see the gala spectacle. Council plans to -review policy on calling tenders Town Council plans to review its policy — or lack of one on calling for com- , petitive bids on major .projects when it meets again Aug. 7,.. The question of when it is properto put projects out to tender hit the spotlight last "week when councillors learned that a $:32;000 con- tract for 'replacing windows at the Town Hall had been awarded 'without asking for bids. The matter had .been delegated "to the propeifty committee, and its chair- man, Councillor Bruce 5, The challenge of running a' small business: you have to be an expert at everything... from payroll to profits, inventory to exports, cash flow to promotion. Fact is, you can't be an in- - stant expert in everything, and that's where CASE can help. CASE is a service bffereel only by FBDB. It stands for Counselling Assistance tp Small Enterprises and it can be the secret of your success. CASE provides hands-on counselling by successful, retired people who are knowl- edgeable in your type of business. A CASE counsellor can help you improve your business Operation, quickly. Call' your CASE coordinator F. J. DALY at (519) 432-6705 197 York St., London, Ont. N6A 1 B2 La Banque offre.ses services dans les deux langues o'fftd'ielles. BACKING INDEPENDENT BUSINESS Federal Business Banque federale Development Bank de developpement Canada Machan, reported the contract had been given to Paul Rintoul of Wingham and Bullas Glass of .Kit= chener at a cost of slightly over $:32,000. ' ft provides for - installing new sashes and reglazing windows on the second and third floors with grey glass, and installing thermal—pane windows on the ground floor. Calling it a "bad, bad business," Councillor William Crump condemned the practice of awarding 'such a large contract without getting other bids. He also questioned, the explanation that these two firms -were the only ones capable of doing the job properly. • He reminded council that last°year it had been urged to spend $18,000 on another Town Hall project with the argument that no one else could do it. In that case 'council decided • to call tenders anyway and ,was able to get the work done for $11,000, he said. Councillor Jack Kopas, who had defended ' the committee decision to 'spend almost $12,000 more 'than it had budgeted, for the win- dows on the grounds it had saved money in other areas and would still be within its overall budget, told council this is a "highly specialized" type of job and Bullas comes highly recommended. You dbn't get quotes on brain surgery, he noted. 1 • However Councillor Tom Miller, who had, questioned the budgeting, retorted that council was not asking anyone to perform brain surgery on the Town Hall. Councillor " James. A: Currie said he has no ob- jection to calling for tenders on /such a project, but added that the committee had put a ' lot Of work into deciding how best 'to proceed. Without naming Mr. Rintoul directly, he' told council that "a local contractor" had put a lot of work. into helping the ,• committee explore the alternatives. Asked about. splitting the project over two years, Mr. Machan said this had been considered but there were a number of factors against it, including the fact it would add about $11,000 to the overall cost of the job. Ernest Eaton, who was in attendance at the meeting, told council that' in his opinion the plans for replacing the windows are satisfactory to• Heritage Wingham, the local ar- chitectural. conservation a•dv'isory committee • (LACAC), which he chairs. Since the Town Hall has been designated as a heritage building', the LACAC must be' consulted about any changes to any aspects of the building. which have been designated as significant., He also said the town should be able to get a $2,000 heritage grant from the provincial government to help with the work. E. Williamson, is 95 years old The Wingham Advance -Times, July 11, 1984—Page 5 Council shorts The Wingham Area Fire Bo rd is in the process of calling tenders on a new main fire hall, Councillor William Crump reported ,at the council meeting last week. He showed council plans for the new hall, which will - be an attractively -styled steel building, 80 by 90 feet, withthree double bays for trucks as well as offices, equipment storage and work areas and showers. The building also incorporates a 35 -foot hose tower. The new fire hall will go on the site of the old Gulf ser- vice station on Josephine Street in Wingham, and the committee hopes to have it up this year. It will replace the old fire hall adjacent to - the Town Hall and Armouries. On another fire matter, Mr. Crump reported that Huron County has agreed to contribute $1,500 toward the fire ..chief's salary for the time he spends on county business as coordinator for the mutual aid fire agreement under which fire departments in the county assist one another. 0-0-0 A construction project underway at the front of the Town Hall is intended to improve the appearance of We area and make it easier to maintain. The existing trees were badly in need of replace- ment, Councillor Bruce • Machan told council, ex- plaining one was diseased and would have been dead within a year. He said once the town crew had cleared out the area, Huron Landscaping would move in to landscape the' space with colored paving stones and new trees and shrubs. He gave councillors a choice of colored paving stones,, with a. chocolate brown emerging as the clear favorite. Huron Landscaping is to be paid $5,500 for its work. However this cost does not include the work by the town crew or replacement of the front steps. 1)-0-1) A proposed amendment. to the town's redevelopment Tian, under which it qualifies for a $175,000 Ontario Neigh- borhood Improvement Program (ONIP) grant, sparked a new discussion of the future of the Wingham library. Noting the new amend- ment omits, any mention of - library expansion as a, "-project under the plan, while the original plan placed' it second.on the priority list for "soft services", Counciller James A. Currie asked whether this means the FQRDWICH — Elmer Wil- liamson:,cplebrates his 95th birthday today, Wednesday, but friends and relatives gathered Sunday at his home for a birthday party. Those in attendance were: Mr. and Mrs, Gerald Edgar and 'family of. Nottawa; Wayne. Edgar of Colling- wood; Mr. and Mrs. Len - wood Edgar and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Edgar and family of Mount Forest; Mr. and -Mrs. Aitchison Wallace' of Clifford; Mr. and Mrs. Bev Binning of Gowanstown. ( Other visitors at his home were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Jim 'Vittie and 'Mr. and Mrs. Doug King and family.. The , citizens of Fordwich and area join in wishing Mr. Williamson a very happy birthday. moo' 'o' Seniors' Day Centre News By Nima Patel This is a great time to get involved at the day centre. There are many interesting events going on•here. Last Thursday we went to see' "Garrison's Garage" at the Blyth theatre. This comed is about a tax collector and Garrison who is the owner of a ramshackle garage. Everyone enjoyed this excellent play. There will be special en- tertainment, films, .box auctions, spelling .-bees, antique displays and refreshments. • A schedule of each day's events is in our July calendar,' so pick up a copy at the centre. If you'd like to take part in our bicentennial celebrations, remember to dress up in the•garb of the last century. There are In August we will be going prizes for the best costume. to three other Blyth plays. It's going to be a fun three We will see "Cake Walk" on days, so join us. Aug. 2, "A Spider in the There is a foot clinic July House" Aug. 16 •and 26 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. If "Country Hearts" Aug. 30. • you would like to sign up for Tickets areavailable for all this, please call the centre. of these performances. Call Recently we .had a poetry 357-1440 for more in- and essay contest. Many formation. excellent entries were We traveled to Goderich received and it was very today (July 11) for ai day difficult to choose a winner. trip. After, shopping, and,, The winner of the essay viewing the square, live hide cdntest is Lillian Young of delicious picnic lunch at St, Teeswater and the winner of Christopher's, beach and a the poetry contest is Bill walk along the boardwalk. Collins of RR 1, Kincardine. We are planning another day. Congratulations to Lillian trip int Auiust. More details and Bill'and a special thanks will be announced later, to all who entered. - Next Tuesday, Wednesday Area seniors are invited to and Thursday, a:: area make the day centre a part seniors are invited to take of their summer. Have a nice part in bicentennial events, summer"! ment to permit further study. Council has been awaiting a report on a study of the library facilities. The iterp has, appeared on the agenda for both' June and July, but was deferred each time. 0-u-0 Citing bureaucratic red tape and a ,lack of demand for such housing in the Wingham area, the chair- man of the Wingliani Non - Profit dousing Corporation has resigned. •The letter of resignation from Andrew McBride is dated May 17, but only came before council at its July meeting. In it Mr. McBride notes that while he is generally in favor of public housing for seniors, if private enterprise fails to meet the needs, he has found the provincial government's requirements and pro- cedures complicated and cumbersome. In addition, he cites a ".lack of adequate demand for such housing in Wingham and area." Mr. McBride was one of the founding members of the housing corporation formed by the town to build and operate additional sub- sidized -rental apartments for seniors. Council is currently trying to decide whether to dissolve the corporation or just allow it to remain dormant until ad- ditional need develops. Huron council criticizes busing policy Representatives of the Huron County Board of Edu- cation recently came under fire for the board's busing schedules from members of Huron County Council. - At the July 5 session of Huron County Council, school board chairman Eu- gene Frayne and director Bob Allan attempted to answer questions on the bus- ing of school students. .Some reeves noted there were from six to eight buses travelling down their road during school days. It was understood that Some of the buses are going to public schools, Catholic schools or high schools, but the reeves wanted to know if the routes couldn't be condo- lidated.: McKillop Township Reeve Marie Hicknell.said. there is .. consolidation of bus routes in her area and she wondered why it couldn't be done in all areas: Mr. Allan said, while he couldn't' explain it in detail, library is again being placed there is little, if any, cost on a back burger. saving' in consolidating ,bus He expressed concern that routes. Mr. Frayne also council's earlier com pointed out that timing mitment to a larger library makes a big difference on was "going down the tubes". scheduling the bus routes. •Clerk Treasurer Byron In other matters discussed Exeter Reeve Bill ' Adams said that is not the Weide intent of the amendment, questioned the possibility of which he described as increasing technical courses "housecleaning" to- ensure ' in Huron 'County, secondary the town gets its full entitle -schools, but Mr. Allan point- ', ment under the 'grant ed out that a lot' of the techni- program. There . is ;concern cal "training is ,now being that if the town does, not handled by community col - spend the money on the leges. library by 1986, when the The board representatives ONIP grant expires, it will also presented statistics td lose it, he explained. council which indicates the Surely something will be board is the largest em'ploy- done (about the library) er in the county with a $25 before 1986," Mr. Currie million payrole. exclaimed, saying he would. County council intends to prefer to see it at least°left on have representatives of the the list. ..board of • education visit Eventually council defer -county council on an annual red action on the amend- basis COMMUNITY CALENDAR ,Arai/ INSURANCE BROKERS LTD. Insurance - All types. Home, business, 'auto. farm, life. WINGHAM 357-2636 GORRIE 335-3525 Thurs., June 12 to Wed. July 18 Thurs. July 12 Fri. July 13 Sat. July 14 ,Sun. July 15 Mon. July 16 • Tues. July 17 Wed. July 18 Summer Dance, Howick Community Cen- tre. Bus Trip to Orange Celebration at Tot- tenham, Phone 357-1463. Child Health Clinic, 9:30 to 1;1:36 a.m., Clinic Building; Wingham. , Bicentennial Program, . Sponsbred by Wingham & Area Day Centre for the Homebound, Wroxeter Area Seniors In- vited, Wingham Armouries, 1 p.m. ROXY HOME VIDEO cam omd.-admen — Great Family Entertainment 241 Josephine St., Wingham Phone 357-.3373 002.91 M.M.12 dam. eamo dame dad. mama dams odor INCIPlat