HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-11-28, Page 5LONGEVITY
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Turnberry Council
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Transmission -line proposals
are discussed with Hydro rep
Turnberry council and two•
concerned township ratepay-
ers held a question and an-
swer session last Tuesday
evening with a representa-
tive of Ontario Hydro, re-
garding Hydro's proposal for
a new transmission line from
the Bruce Nuclear Power
Development.
Sheilagh Laurance of
Hydro attended the meeting
as did Turnberry residents
George Underwood and
George Adams since the two
men have some expertise in
the matter.
Hydro's original proposal
of two years ago was ef-
fectively "quashed" by the
Ontario Supreme Court,
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which ruled in favor of a
group of citizens who felt
they were not sufficiently
consulted about the matter,
she said.
Today Hydro is back to
"square one", Mrs.
Laurance said, adding the
corporation now is gathering
information again for pos-
sible transmission routes.
Hydro has determined its
"study area boundaries"
and will have a recom-
mended route by May, after
meeting with the councils
again in March.
The public will be involved
in the decision-making
process through meetings
with councils, planners,
concervation authorities and
government ministries, said
Ms. Laurance. .
A number of farm groups,
like the Federation of Agri-
culture and the Christian
Farmers, also will be invited
to submit input.
Deputy Reeve Doug
Fortune said these kinds of
meetings often are held
when farmers are at their
busiest.
Ms. Laurance assured him
that all the planning work
will be done between now
the next May, giving farm-
ers a full chance to partici-
pate.
"What you're saying,
more or less, is that it (the
line) is coming; you just
haven't decided which way it
is going," commented
Councillor Randy Scott.
Ms. Laurance replied that
he is correct.
"It's a pity that govern-
ments have taken the at-
titude to enhance one part of
the economy while taking
away from another," said
Mr. Fortune, adding it seems
that government has no
problem taking away from
farmland to get money for
power.
"How much power goes to
the States?" asked Mr.
McBurney.
Ms. Laurance said she is
not sure, but added Canada
and the United States have
an agreement to supply each
other with power as the need
arises.
"Whatabout the original
plan to go to Kitchener -
Waterloo?" asked Mr.
Underwood.."It would -have
been a waste."
PROPERTY
ASSESSMENT
and your 1985 Municipal and School Taxes
Regional Offices located throughout Ontario.re responsible for assessing all real
property for the purposes of municipal and school taxation.
The resulting Assessment Rolls are delivered to municipalities which use them
to set their mill rates and compute municipal property tax bills.
The amount of property tax you pay on your home or business depends on the
assessed value and the mill rate set by your municipality. The assessed value
multiplied by the mill rate will determine your 1985 property taxes.
Open House Sessions
Open Houses are your opportunity to fully
understand your assessment and to evaluate
its equity.
Open Houses are held in every municipality
at convenient times and locations, to provide
you with the opportunity to discuss your
assessment with staff of the Regional Assess-
ment Office.
An assessor will be pleased to explain the
basis of your property assessment and is
authorized to amend any information as may be
necessary prior to the delivery of the Assess-
ment Roll to your municipality.
If you have any questions but are una le to
attend the Open House, please contact your
Regional Assessment Office at the address or
telephone number shown below.
Assessment Notice
I?roperty owners and tenants will receive an
Assessment Notice only if information
regarding their property or assessment was
changed during the past year, if the assess-
ment was appealed last year, or if the prop-
erty has been reassessed under section 61
of the Assessment Act. If you receive an
Assessment Notice, it may reflect changes you
have requested in your school support designa-
Ontario
tion, in the amount of your assessed value, or
other recorded information on last year's Notice.
Appeal Procedure
If, after attending your local Open House, you
are still dissatisfied with your assessment, you
have a right to appeal it to the Assessment
Review Board. The Assessment Review Board
conducts informal hearings and is responsible
for determining whether the assessment under
appeal is fair and equitable with the assess-
ments of similar properties in the vicinity or
neighbourhood, and may alter your assess-
ment'accordingly.
Appeal Deadline
The final date for appealing your assessment
is January 9, 1985.
Your appeal must be forwarded, either on a
Notice of Appeal Form or as a letter, to the
Regional Registrar of the Assessment Review
Board on or before January 9, 1985, noting your
property address, Roll Number and the reason
for the appeal.
To assist you in this regard, Notice of Appeal
forms and the address of the Regional Regis-
trar of the Assessment Review Board are avail-
able at Open Houses, your Regional Assess-
ment Office, or your municipal office.
Schedule of Open Houses
TOWN OF WINGHAM Dec. 5 & 6, 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Town Hall, Wingham
Ministry
of
Revenue
HURON, PERTH REGIONAL OFFICE
57 Napier Street, Box 190
GODERICH, Ontario N7A 3Z2
(519) 524-7326 Zenith 66500
(Hydro proposes the new
line will go from the Bruce to
London to Milton anti from
the Bruce to Barrie, instead
of the original plan to go to
Kitchener -Waterloo.) Lei
The original line would not
have been,"useless", replied
Ms. Laurance since it could
have hooked into Milton.
Mr. Underwood asked one
final question: "Will you gc
to the councils and get ap-
proval in principle (for the
lines) without contacting the
landowners?"
"Absolutely not," she
replied.
WASTE DISPOSAL SITE
In other .business at last
week's meeting, council
went into committee of the
whole to discuss its waste
disposal site with engineer
Art Clark of Maitland
Engineering in Wingham.
Mr. Clark also discussed
the possibility of Turnberry
applying for an Ontario
Neighborhood Improvement
Plan grant from the Ministry
of Housing.
The grant money can be
spent on "hard" or "soft"
services like construction or
recreation. The application
forms must be in by Jan. 30
of 1985.
Council will give further
attention to the matter at its
next meeting.
Turnberry council will pay
a livestock claim to Bill
Wiema for two sheep lost to
dogs: The total amount of the
claim is $400.
At its Nov. 7 meeting,
council moved against pay-
ing the claim since there was
no. evidence of a dog attack.
However Mr. Wiema's ani-
mals have been attacked
again in the meantime and
this time a dog was shot.
Livestock evaluator Mr.
Adams advised that council
pay the Wiema claim.
Ratepayers in Turnberry
Township will pay 60 per
cent of their taxes in the
June installment next year
instead of 50 per cent. Coun-
cil's reason for the change is
that farmers receive a 60 per
cent property tax rebate
from the government and the
township would like more
income earlier for its
projects.
Building Inspector Alex
MacDonald was granted a
pay increase of $1.00 per
hour at last week's meeting.
Mr. MacDonald's hourly
wage goes to $8.00 p from
$7.00 and he will receive $7.00
per permit issued now in-
stead of $6.00.
It was noted that Mr.
MacDonald's wages had not
been increased in the four
years he has been in the
township's employ.
Council granted $25 to the
Huron -Perth Lung Associa-
tion.
The next meeting of Turn -
berry council is scheduled
for Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the
municipal office at Bluevale.
Local firm to offer
business computers
A Wingham firm has
announced that, through an
association with a Waterloo
computer firm, it plans to
begin marketing business
microcomputer equipment
throughout this area of
southwestern Ontario.
For the past five years, R.
W. Pike and Associates
Limited has offered com-
puterized accounting and
nnnagement services from
its officer< at Wingham to
business clients in various
areas, Mr. Pike explained.
"We are now expanding
into the marketing of micro-
computer equipment, and to
do this we have become
associated with Conestoga
Computer Services of
Waterloo."
He said the company in-
tends that its new computer
division will become the
prominent supplier of
business microcomputer
systems in this a?ea. It will
be selling IBM and IBM-
compatible systems such as
Corona, Olivetti, Televideo
and Visual computers;
printers by Mannesman-
Tally, C-Itoh, Silver -Reed
and Epson and business soft-
ware as well as computer
supplies.
He emphasized the
company will be handling
strictly business -oriented
systems and is not in the
home computer market.
"We intend to provide a
high level . of support to our.
customers," Mr. Pike said.
"This is possible because the
needs of our customers will
parallel the client work we
are doing.
"Additionally, we will
draw on the resources of
Conestoga Computer Ser-
vices, which has three other
stores, its own service
department and many
specialists on staff."
He said his company is
ready to assist any business-
man interested in improving
the efficiency of his business
through the use of com-
puters, adding he is not
aware of any other firm in
the area between Waterloo
and Owen Sound which is
offering a similar range of
services and equipment.
several injured
in accidents
Lhal day, Carl
Three persons were taken
to the' Wingham and District
Hospital for treatment of
injuries received in two
separate accidents last
Friday.
Tony Vienneau, 20, of
Wingham and Tim Goddard,
20, of Goderich both were
taken to the hospital by
ambulance following a
single -car accident on Ar-
thur Street at 1;30 a.m.
Friday.
Provincial police reported
that the car driven by Mr.
Vienneau, with Mr. Goddard
as a passenger, had just
turned onto Arthur Street
from the B Line when it fish-
tailed and went into the west
ditch, striking a hydro pole.
Damage to the vehicle, a
1976 Chev, was estimated at
$2,000.
In a second mishap later
Buven, 20, of
RR 1, Seaforth was taken to
hospital with minor injuries
following a collision at the
intersection of Highways 4
and 86.
Police reported that Mr.
Boven was a passenger in a
car driven by Dylan Van Den
Assem, also 20, of RR 4,
Brussels which collided with
a car driven by Earl Howes,
79, of RR 3, Goderich.
They reported that the
Howes vehicle was west-
bound on Highway 86 and,
after stopping at the stop
sign, turned onto Highway 4
in front of the oncoming Van
Den Assem vehicle.
Damage to the vehicles
was estimated at $1,000 to
the Van Den Assem car, a
1975 Plymouth, and $6,000 to
the Howes car, a 1984
Chrysler.
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Professor speaks
on conservation
Conservation education is
not outdoor recreation, says
the chairman of the science
education department at the
University of Toronto.
Prof. William Andrews
stressed this opinion at the
Maitland Valley Conserva-
tion Authority's (MVCA) fall
meeting. Besides owning
land in Hullett Township he
has a brother and son farm-
ing in the Clinton area.
Speaking to the authority
which is in the early stages
of establishing an "outdoor
education centre" at
Wawanosh Valley Conserva-
tion Area, Prof. Andrews
said he doesn't want the
MVCA, to take the route of
other authorities.
"There's a tendency to
move to outdoor recreation,"
said the professor.
Although he is not against
outdoor recreation, he said it
should not be called conser-
vation education.
He pointed out discrep-
encies in conservation
thinking. The professor said
he almost got shot in the
Saratoga Swamp in Huron
County. He called it a con-
servation area where things
don't get conserved.
The- most important ele-
ment of conservation educa-
MRS. LEWIS STONEHOUSE
tion is "to develop an en-
vironmentally sound conser-
vation ethic", said the pro-
fessor. He also urged the
authority to first decide if it
is teaching conservation or
outdoor education.
Prof. Andrews said it takes
time to educate a generation
of children and one of the
most effective methods is
teaching teachers — which
he does.
However, for the authority
he suggested MVCA staff
provide an education ex-
perience for teachers.
This, he said, follows what
MVCA has already ac-
complished.
The authority and teachers
should work together, he
said. This would involve the
preparation of a program
where teachers would teach
certain subjects in the class-
room prior to going to the
education centre.
At the fall meeting, the
authority committed itself to
continuing its education
efforts at Wawanosh for 1985.
As well, MVCA plans to
negotiate a cost-sharing
formula with area school
boards for maintenance and
operation costs at Wawanosh
Valley.
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Belgrave Personal Notes
This community extends
sympathy to Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Van Camp in the loss of
her father, Louis Hayes off
Elyria, Ohio.
On the weekend, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Yuill travelled
by bus to Niagara Falls, New
York, to witness the annual
Festival of Lights andto
attend a concert by Liberace
at the International Con-
vention Centre.
Dale Lamont of London
visited on the weekend with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Lamont, and also with
his sister and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Cottrill
and baby Shawn of
Wingham.
Mrs. Carrie McGuire of
the Copeland Lodge,
Wingham, spent' last, Wed-
nesday with 'Mr. 'and Mrs.
Lewis Stonehouse.
Mr. and Mrs. John
Campbell held a birthday
party for son Jeremy, who
was four years old on
November 21. Little friends
attending the party were:
Julie Snow, Kendra Folkard,
Michelle Pletch, Jamie
McCallum, Luke Lockridge,
Matthew Campbell, Michael
Marks and Jeremy's brother
Justin Campbell.
Lisa Diana Matheson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Matheson, was bap-
tized in St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church,
Molesworth, on Sunday. A
family dinner was held fol-
lowing the service at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. David
Matheson, RR 1, Listowel.
Those attending were Mr.
John Matheson, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Snider, Jason and
Kelli, RR 1, Listowel; Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Coultes, An-
drea and Alison, Ken Davis,
Scott Stevenson and Paul
Cook of Belgrave and Mrs.
Grace Kemp, RR 1, Listo-
wel.
Mr. and Mrs 011ie
Paadneister and David off
Oakville spent a day recently
with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Vincent.
Mr, and Mrs. Michael Kuc
of , St. Front, Sask., are
spending a couple of weeks
with their daughter and son-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Black and family.
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Thurs., Nov. 29 to Wed. Dec. 5
Thurs. Nov. 29 Blithe Spirit, Produced by Wingham
Towne Players, Wingham Town Hall, 8:00
p.m.
Fri. Nov. 30 Turkey Bingo, Brussels Legion, 8:00 p.m.
Blithe Spirit, Wingham Town Hall, 8:00
p.m.
Sat. Dec. 1 Chrsitmas Craft & Bake Sale, Wingham &
Area Day Centre for the Homebound,
Wingham Armouries, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00
p.m.
Christmas Tea Bake & Craft Sale, Spon-
sored by Wroxeter U.C.W. at Wroxeter
United Church, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Blithe Spirit, Wingham Town Hall, 8:00
p.m.
Sun. Dec. 2
Mon. Dec. 3
Tues. Dec. 4
Wed. Dec. 5
Wingham Town Council Meeting, Council
Chamber, 7:00 p.m.
Morris Twp. Council Meeting, Twp. Shed,
1:00 p.m.
Turnberry Twp. Council, Municipal Office,
Bluevalc, 7:30 p.m.
Maitland Women's Institute, November
Meeting Changed to Today, Mts. Morley
Bushell's Home, Pot Luck Dinner, 7:00
p.m.
Wingham Police Commission Meeting,
Council Chamber, 7:30 p.m.
E. Wawanosh Twp. Council, Twp. Shed,
12:00 Noon.
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