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FIRST .$EotiON Wingham, Ontario, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 194
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UNVE k• LAQUE Dr. Tom Sanderson (left), chairman
of the Maitlind Valley Conservation Foundation, and the
Hon. Alan Pope, minister of Nkural Resources, unveil
the bronze plaque to mark the opening of the renovated
and expanded Maitland Valley Conservation Authority's
administration' centre in Wroxeter. Construction of the
centre was financed through the lederal-provincial
special employment program and through contributions
by the authority. Total cost of the project was
$458,000. (Staff Photo)
Natural resources minister
opens MVCA headquarters
WROXETER — The over
7,000 square foot addition to
the Maitland Valley Conker-
vation Authority (MVCA)
headquarters in Wroxeter
was officially opened on Aug.
16.
The Hon. Alan Pope,
Minister of Natural Re-
sources, and MVCA chair-
man Dave Gower of God-
erich opened the addition
when they cut the ribbon in
front of about 200° people.
Represented in the crowd
were provincial agencies
such • as the natural •re-
sources ministry, surround-
ing conservation authorities,
county councils from the
watershed — Bruce,. Huron,
Perth and Wellington —L poli-
ticians, former MVCA mem-
bers and Ifresent staff.
The opening ceremonies
were delayed about a half an
hour as those in attendance
awaited the arrival of Mr.
Pope by helicopter. At 2:20
p.m. the helicopter landed ori
the farm of Wes Newton and
Mr. and Mrs. Pope were
driven the short distance to
the MVCA headquarters.
Mr. Pope, Mr. Gower and
other dignitaries were piped.
to the platform to start the
ceremonies by two pipers
from the Brassels Legion
Pipe Band.
A history of the MVCA
headquarters, concluding
with details of the $458,000
addition, was outlined by the
MVCA chairman. Mr. Gower
said that in August of 1982,
Mr. Pope visited the author-
ity headquarters to view the,
crowded conditions.
The chairman noted that
although the provincial
minister turned the euthor-
ity down in its request for
funding for an addition, the
province "left the door
open".
By February of 1983 the
necessary approval had been
granted for a Federal -Pro-
vincial Special Employment
• Project, said Mr. Gower. It
was almost a year ago to the
day, Aug. 15, when the
ground breaking ceremony
for the addition took place.
The project created 540
weeks of employment for 25
workers, said the chairman.
Through the Unemployment
Insurance Act, the federal
government contributed
$129,000 for wages. The pro-
vince contributed $156,158
for materials, wages and
support costs and the author-
ity's share was $172,242.
The chairman emphasized
that MVCA's share did not
come from an additional
levy upon the member
municipalities.
Jack Stafford, reeve of the
.host towns* of I-lowick,
Said it was. the. -second time
he had attended an official
Opening on the site. About 27
years ago, Reeve Stafford
attended the opening of the
Wroxeter Public School. He
had helped to build the
school as a laborer. It was
noted that many of those who
had built the addition were
• on hand for the ceremonies.
Reeve Stafford received
•an appreciative laugh from
the audience when he chided
the authority for bringing in
lawn sod. The fine soil of
Howick, he ..said,,.waS cap-
able Of 'growing grass.
• Hurqn-Bruce MPP Murray
Elston and MP Murray Car-
diff brought greetings from
• their respective colleauges.
M. Cardiff also presented
a •Canadian flag to the
authority.
There was some good na-
tured partisan kidding when
Mr. Elston commented on a
news article which said he
was on a Tory "hit list" to be
replaced by a Progressive
pie named as chairman
Wingham police commission
Jack Gillespie, a former
--tow,n councillor with ex-
pei'ience on the police
•'':e0hernittee, has been chosen
to ',liked the newly -formed
Wingham board of police
inimissioners,which held
1 second Meeting Monday
night.
• Mr. Gillespie was the
commission's, unanimous
phOiee as chairman, with Ian
Moreland, who also chairs
the town's planning advisory
eOmmittee, •receiving the
nod as vice chairman.
The commission also
It struck a negotiating com-
' rnlitee to take over contract
negotiations with the Wing -
ham police association. It
will consists of Mr. Gillespie
and Margaret Bennett, the
IWO non -council member of
the colrimisSion. _
for other members.
Mr. Gillespie explained
afterwards these figures
were set by looking at what
other area police com-
missions and the local public
utilities commissioners are
getting, "and establishing
what we felt was an appro-
priate level for us."
Comparative figures
ranged from a high of $1,260
and $1,050 respectively for
the chairman and members
of the Mitchell -police
commission to a low of just
$315 per year claimed by
members of the Hanover
police commitsion.
The Wingham PUC pays
its chairman $992.25 per
year, with the other two
members drawing $771.75
each.
Regular commission meet -
,The committee will make MP will be held on the sec -
a fresh start at negotiating a ond Wednesday of each
1984 ;contract with 'the local month, starting at 7:30 pin.,
asOciatiOn. Earlier contract at the Wingham Town Hall.
negotiationswith the old
*dice committee had big- These will be public
meetings, except'as required
eddown and council had to discuss matters of a
turned over the negotiations personal or sensitive nature.
package with a represen-
tative from Canada Life.
This consisted primarily of a
short and long-term
disability plan to take 010'
place ek the current sick -
leave n.
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REV. DOUGLAS WHITELAW is the new minister' at
Wingham's Pentecostal Church. Mr. . Whitelaw spent
`• _one month here interning several years ago; so he is no
to its, solicitor, John Skinner A great deal of time at the
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viewistranger to...the_tawn. Heandhis wife_moved here the
However Mayor William a proposed employee
• Harris told the commission ,
• that Mr. Skinner had waited
,to proceed with negotiations New Pentecostal minister
pending the formation of the .
of Stratford. meetingwas.spentae
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benefit first of August and he held his first service Aug. 5.
Conservative MPP in his rid-
ing if an election is called '
Ws- f41-. The.eatiren,Bruce
MPP Whirls a 1.4beral, asked A
the provincjal minister tar*
in "a good ' for hirrit
Premier William Davis.
After being, introdnced, y,
Mr. Cardiff, Mr. Pope quip-
ped, "I'd like. to help your
Murray (Elston), but we
don't have a senate."
The natural resources
minister said that earlier in
the day in Owen Sound, he
had announced a coho- and
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Local vaulter competes
at Pan Am junior games
Wearing the familiar red
and white uniform in which
Canadian athletes so
distinguished themselves at
the recent Olympic Games,
Wingham pole vaulting
• sensation Doug Wood left
last week for two in -
VAULTING FOR CANADA—Resplendent in the red
and white uniform of the Canadian team, Doug Wood•of
Wingham left last week to represent his country at two
international cothpetitions in the U.S. and the Bahamas.
A second -place finish in the Canadian junior champion-
ships at Edmonton earned the Wingham pole vaulter a
berth on the national junior team at the Pan Am Junior
Championships Aug. 23 to 25 at Nassau.
ternational junior track and
field meets in the United
States and the Bahamas.
Wood, who earned a berth
on the national junior team
with a second -place finish at
the Canadian junior
championships at Edmonton
recently, left Saturday night
for a Canada versus U.S.
meet in Miami, Florida, on
Monday.
From there he will travel
to Nassau for the Pan Ain
Junior Championships Aug.
23 to 25. The pole vault event,
which is his specialty, will be
held this Friday, Aug. 24.
He is traveling with the
York Optimist Track Club,
the club of Bruce Simpson,
Canadian record -holder in
the pole vault, who is
coaching Wood.
This will be the fourth
competition of the summer
for the Wingham teenager
who started his vaulting
under the coaching of Bob
Campbell at F. E. Madill
Secondary School, where he
will be returning as a Grade
13 student this fall.
police commission, and !Ana Rev. -Douglas Whiteley!, - Born -and raised on a farm- after bis stayinWingham for
he and Councillor Jack the new minister at 'near Fergus, Mr. Whitelaw's several months before ac-
Kopas, the fifth member of Wingham's Pentecostal family always was active in cepting the position of
the commiasion, recent- Church, will be familiar to the church. So it was natural assistant pastor at Ta-
r ens30?1,40-egotiAtYi.gz-aloviloeal residents since he for 'youngDMvglas-ito *Ode- Aftylbar,6#14114#484.i:,.,:' ,
from the - spent one month interning in high school that he wanted
Then it was back to his
oheold take Over,
with -atsistance from. Mr.
SkinnerAneceisary. here several years ago. But to enter the ministry,,
Ear the others who don't After earning his degree at hmiietown of perm. far a
terra as 31auth pastor before
•Asked lay Mr. Gillespie know him yet, don't worry: York University, Toronto, it
was on to Eastern Bible getting a call_ to come to
what Stage, negotiations had at well over six feet tall, he is
•easy to pi& out. College at Peterborough for
Mr. Whitelaw - said ha
Wingham to preach.
reache• d when they broke off,
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' Mr. Whitelaw and his wife two years. It was ini-
really wasn't looking for a
Mr. Harris told him, "You're
starting fresh." He said Gloria moved here the first mediately after leaving
niove when he accepted the
nothing had been ac- of this month. to the Pen- college five years ago that
call to preach here, but
complished in the previous lecostal manse. He has taken Mr. Whitelaw spent a one
decided it would be a good
negotiations, blaming the over from Rev. Victor month internship in
thing to branch but and so
breakdown on personality Greice who left town earlier • Wingham. •
He worked at a secular job . .
when offered the job, he
• this summer.decided to take it.
conflicts between the
negotiating parties.
The commission also set
the honoraria its members
will receive. These were
established at $1,200 a year
for the chairman and $1,000
To STUDY PHARMACY—
Larry Milosevic, son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. Milosevic of
Wingham, graduated from
the University of Western
Ontario, London, with an
Honors Bachelor of Science
degree in biochemistry and
was named to the Dean's
Honor List. Larry plans to
continue his studies at the,
University of Alberta (Ed -
menton) in September in the
Faculty of Pharmacy.
Drugstore opening
is set for Sept. 4
The new Super -X
drugstore will be opening
Sept. 4 at the Zehrs' plaza in
Wingham.
David Almos, a spokes-
man for the company, said
all sorts of promotions and
featines are planned for the
grand opening, including
giveaways, prizes and
features in every depart-
ment.
The 5,000 -square -foot store
will include a pharmacy, an
extensive cosmetic area with
a full-time cosmetician and a
health department.
A new hairstyling salon
opened at the plaza this
week, next door to the new
drugstore. Phase III Unisex
Hairstyling opened its doors
on Monday.
Ever since interning here,
Mr. Whitelaw said he has
liked the town andits people.
Plus it is not 'too far away
from his hometown of
Fergus where his parents
still farm.
He said he has not made
any definite plans yet for the
• church, but he is'determined
to keep its profile high. He
also hopes to continue Mr.
Greico's FM radio program.
One of his first priorities is
to write 'his thesis for his
Masters degree and he and
his wife are looking forward
to • the birth of their first
child.
Department • responds to
three implement fires
The • Wingham Fire
Department has been called
out to three implement fires
in the past two weeks, all in
Turnberry Township.
Fire Chief Dave Crothers
reported the strangest call in
a long time came at 11:45
p.m. on Aug. 7. It seems that
a Diesel tractor owned by
Bill Kieffer of Lot 54, Con. 1,
managed to start on its own
and roll out of the barn and
into a corn field where it
Lightning strikes chimney
Don't tell Leonard James lightning never
strikes twice in the same place. He knows
otherwise — although sometimes it may
take a long time doing it.
Mr. James was sitting in the kitchen of his
farmhouse at RR 5, Wingham, last Saturday
when a lightning bolt struck the chimney a
few feet away, scattering chunks of concrete
blocks in the yard and damaging his car.
All he heard when the lightning struck was
a sort of muffled boom, he reported, not as
much noise as he's heard other times when
nothing was hit, and then he saw debris from
the chimney raining down.
"It just halfscares you and don't think it
doesn't," he declared.
For Mr. James, this was his second ex-
perience with lightning. Bak in 1947, he
recalls, lightning struck their barn, burning
out the hydro wiring and blowing out the
pump in the well.
Both times they have been fortunate there
was no fire, he noted. Apart from the
chimney and the damage to the car from
falling debris, the only other damage from
the latest lightning bolt was a blown fuse.
Now, what about the old saying that things
come in threes...?
caught fire.
Mr. Crothers estimated
the damage at $200 and
blamed electrical wiring in
CKNX gets
MNR award
CKNX radio of Wingham
received an award last week
from Alan Pope, Ontario
minister of natural resourcl
es, for its help in making the
public aware of natural re-
sources issues.
The award was in ap-
preciation for the station's
cooperation in producing the
"All Outdoors" radio
program.
"It has been a pleasure
and a privilege working with
all the staff at CKNX," said
Jim Hamill, manager of the
Wingham district of the
MNR. "We look forward to
Continued cooperation in the
years ahead."
The award, in the form of a
scroll, was presented to
CKNX President Ross
Hamilton and Jack Gillespie,
radio manager.
starter circuit for
causing the fire.
Another fire in a diesel
tractor the next day, Aug. 8,
resulted in $300 damage to a
tractor owned by Henry
tenPas of Lot 25, Con. 12. The
department responded to
that call at 5:45 p.m.
A combine fire caused by
friction in the machine
resultfd in $250 damage to an
implement owned by
William Ireland, Lot 13, Con.
12. That call came at 5:20
p.m. last Wednesday, Aug.
15.
Considering the dry
weather of late, Mr. Crothers
said the department is very
fortunate there have not
been more field fires.
He said he also is pleased
that fire calls are down
considerably this year from
the same time in 1983. The
department has responded to
37 calls so far this year,
compared to 50 at the same
time in 1983.
Mr. Crothers said he hopes
this is a direct. result of the
department's fire prevention
program.
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