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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Bus Trip to Orange Celebration at Tot-
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Child Health Clinic, 9:30 to 1;1:36 a.m.,
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Bicentennial Program, . Sponsbred by
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