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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-10-16, Page 61 WYLIE INSURANCE BROKE;', S LIMITED G,eneral Life Investments Agents for Canada Savings Bonds Box 04, Harriston NOG' 1 ZO 33a-3547 t The Wingham Advance -Times, Oct. 16, 1985—Page 5 New parking lot proposed Com eavirki is ute romise offere• in Box 69, Gorrie NOG 1 XO 335-3193 SIGNUSAVINGS Np sDA FROM STANDARD TRUST CALL OUR CSB HOTLINE AND ASK FOR DETAILS 357-2022 OR COME IN TODAY -_, STANDARD TRUST 237 Josephine St., WINGHAM Member—Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation' TOWN OF WINGHAM MEET THE CANDIDATES NIGHT A public meeting will be held in the Armouries behind the Town Hall on MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1985 at 7:30 P.M. to hear from all candidates for election on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1985 You are invited to attend, to meet the Candi dates for Municipal Office and hear their positions on local policies. Your attendance is important and encouraged. J. Byron Adams Clerk Town of Wingham ORIGINAL HALL -The original Morris Township! Hall was built in 1872 at a total cost of $650, including $20 for the purchase of a quarter acre of land. The new township office and works garage opens this Saturday and its estimated cost is $300, 000. New office -works garage to open this Sat. in Morris When the new Morris Township municipal office and works garage opens this Saturday, it will be a proud day for members of the Morris council, who have been looking forward to it for almost five years. The new building will be located just to the west of the present township hall, built in 1872 for the sum of $650. The total cost of the new offices and works garage is estimated at $300,000. Morris Reeve William Elston said council. first started discussing the possibility of building a new shed in 1981 and set up a reserve fund for the project... Council added to those reserves in 1982 and toured various municipal sheds in 1983 and '84: In late 1984, council pur- chased three acres and had' engineer's plans drawn up., Once those plans were finalized and had --council's blessing, the contract was let to Carl Reinhardt Con- struction of Teeswater for $251,000. Out of the almost $300,000 it has cost to build the shed, over half has come from the provincial government in the form of grants. The remainder was' raised through taxation. Mr. Elston pointed out the shed will be paid for com- pletely this year, thereby not saddling a new council with the debt. The new, four -bay works garage will be 150 by 50 feet and heated with propane. It will include a storage area, a lunch room, kitchenette and Restroom for the road crew and an office for the road superintendent. The office will be 36 by 50 feet and is totally separate from the works garage to prevent the seepage of fumes and noise from the garage'- area into the office. It will coh.tain an office for the clerk, acouncil chamber, two vaults, a private office for consultation, a small kitchenette, a supply storage room and washrooms. The full basement under- neath the office is partially • IS YOUR FURNACE GIVING Y A PAIN IN THE BAC HAS THE HIGH COST OF HEATING YOUR HOME GOT YOU DOWN? ■ FOR QUICK RELIEF CALL YOUR CO-OP! The Co-op can solve your heating problems by installing `state of the art' art' oil furnaces We service and install: • Riello oil burners • High efficiency oil furnaces • Eneroil condencing oil furnaces that need no chimney • Wood/oil combination systems Plus other horse comfort items FOR QUICK RELIEF. CALL. YOUR CO-OP United Co-operatives of Ontario - Belgrave 357®2711 Lucknow District Operative ® 529-7953 Teeswater District Co-operative ® 392®6662 finished, said the reeve. It will be suitable for township meetings and community gatherings. The new facility will in- corporate the best designs in modern architecture and provide a pleasant work environment for township employees, concluded Mr. Elston. It is a far cry from the little township hall built in 1872 by the founders of Morris. The forefathers were wise as they specified the hall was to be bulk "as near the centre of Morris as land could be got". The council of that time paid $20 for a quarter acre of land on which to situate the hall. In 1900, a 20 by 60 foot horse shed was built and .a ed was erected in 1901 for the protection of the new township road grader. Another addition to the shed was made in the early 1950s. Mr: Elston said he hopes the old hall can be preserved as it. isa significant land- mark in the township's history. The opening of the'. new office and works garage is scheduled for this Saturday, Oct. 19, from 2 to 5 p.m. All are welcome to attend. New paper to start in Brussels, Blyth A dispute over a parking lot at the Jack Reavie Opportunity Workshop in Wingham has been resolved, with town council offering to develop a new parking lot across the street. In return, the Wingham and District Association for the Mentally Retarded (AMR), which owns and operates the workshop, has promised to use the' `illegal" parking lot beside the building only as a pick-up and drop-off zone. Members of the AMR met with council last week, with Bill Stephenson, chairman of the Reavie Workshop Committee, leading a large delegation into the meeting. He said he understands the workshop has a parking problem, which he hoped to resolve "quickly and amicably". He traced some of the history of the problem, which arises from the fact that the newly -paved parking lot at the workshop encroaches several feet onto the town's street allowance, though it is well clear of the traveledportion of the road. He also pointed out that several -years ago the AMR gave the town 46 feet off the back of its lot to, use for parking at the new Wingham Day Care Centre. Mr. Stephenson suggested there were three possible solutions to the problem: grant a minor variance to permit continued use of the existing lot; have the staff parallel park along the street, which he said is not really satisfactory; or give the AMR a new parking lot on the opposite side of William Street, adjacent to the swimming pool. In support of the latter option he showed council a letter a from Lloyd Carter, chair- r man of the parks board, c stating the board had ap- proved the plan. c However Mr. Stephenson b pointed out it would be less m costly to allow the AMR t continue using its present lo rather than for the town to go to the trouble of developing a new one. "From the monetary point of view, we have enough parking for the moment where we are. Let us park there, because I really don't see any problem except we ar,,e over the line." That suggestion was adamantly opposed by Councillor James A. Currie, a member of the town's planning advisory com- mittee, who declared the municipality has a respon- sibility to enforce its bylaws without letting emotions get in the way. He claimed that the whole situation could have been seen coming quite some time ago, when the AMR first applied to build the new workshop, and should have been dealt with then. He also added that "whether the AMR gave property (to the town) in the past is immaterial," when Mr. Stephenson suggested, "You could give back the 46 feet and we wouldn't have a problem.' "It's' not ours to give," Mr. Currie said. It was given to day care and if they gave it back they would have to close. He said the offer of a parking site in the park lands is "a reasonable com- promise". Following some more discussion, including a heated exchange between Mr. Currie and Deputy Reeve Patricia Bailey in which she challenged him to back up claims he had. proposed an alternative site for the new workshop building and he responded by ttacking her attendance t ecord at some meetings, ouncil passed a motion 1 asking the planning advisory s ommittee to review and ring back a recgm- a endation on the proposal accident o for a new parking lot. t It was agreed the town would pay for developing and maintaining the lot, though it probably would not be paved this year, and would post a sign indicating was for use by the AMR. However Mr. Currie - pointed out that the existing lot still violates the zoning bylaw and the AMR should not be permitted to use it, even while the new lot is being developed. "To be consistent with the application of the bylaw we cannot snake fish of one and fowl of another," he said. Mr. Stephenson agreed to have staff parallel park on the street until the new lot is ready. "You fellows have your work cut out," he told council in a parting com- ment. "Four buildings on that street out of seven are breaking the bylaw, ac- cording to Art Clark — and that's just one street!" On a related matter, Dave Martin, chairman of the Wingham Day Care. Board, approached council to say the day care centre also could use extra parking, especially during the winter. He asked whether the proposed new lot could provide an additional three spaces for day care staff. Following a brief discus- sion, council agreed with a suggestion by Councillor Jerry Chomyn that the plan- ning committee should be asked to review the parking requirements of all groups using that area and bring recommendations to council. 0 0 0 If you have chest pains, and they persist, see your doctor. Too many people try o ignore the symptoms of .a heart attack. St. John Ambu- ance teaches a course for eniors that includes infor- mation on the aging process nd health problems related o 'aging. St. John also eaches Cardio Pulmonary - esuscitation. As result of fatal • 0 0 .0 Coroner's jury recommends improved safetyprocedures i ar t pr R W A new newspaper is sec scheduled to make its first appearance in the villages of ai Brussels and Blyth this fall. He To be known as The Citizen, b the first edition will come off to the presses next week. re The paper is unusual in r that it will be community- on • owned, through shares .sold T to residents and businesses in the villages and area. It go will be published by Keith sys Roulsto of Blyth. ho russls resident Sheila Richards, ,one of those' in- pro volved in setting up the new Ro enterprise, said it grew out ret of concern that both villages one had lost their local _news- papers, which were amalga-equ me�ted ,into, the Seaforth anti acc Clinton papers. ture After meeting with Mr. _ Roulston a community group per started selling $100 shares, .aiming to raise $25,000 to get trai another groulid and _be._ $10,000 to pay use operating costs during the a ho initial period of publication. Th "The response has been Mr. phenomenal!" Ms. Richards des said, with $.10,000 raised in as Brussels' alone during the craw first three weeks of the will'campaign. cabl Mr. Roulston, who had brok previously published news- seco papers in . Blyth and causi Teeswater as well as the the h Rural Voice and Country crus Squire magazines, said The Th Citizen will start with a the' skeleton staff of himself as May editor, his wife Jill in charge break of production and Bev Brown owlresponsible for advertising h, Truck sales, notice Editorial and production cable offices will be 'located at had b Blyth, with a second Wh ri a l -.. and- dverf3.s1-ng- office to be located in contro Brussels. by m The newspaper will be three tabloid in format and will be crawl distributed free of charge at insert the start, eventually switch- up the ing to subscriptions, Mr. them Roulston said. cable. A coroner's jury looking in the deathof a Wingham- ea man has recommended hat a number of new safety ocedures' be adopted by oyal Homes Ltd. of ingham when transporting ions of pre -built homes. The recommendations are med at averting accidents e the one in which John my Ten Pas, 25, of Turn- rryeTownship was crushed death while trying to make epairs to a trailer carrying e section of a house. hey include: —that the company use a vernment-approved tem for tying. down uses during moving; that a formal safety gram be initiated at the yal Homes plant, with ords of such training kept mployee records;' —.Haat :r-ords-or-ds -be -kept of ipment maintenance in ordance with manufac- r's specifications; that the maintenance be formed by properly ned personnel; —.that.aJ.orinal rhQck list -- drawn up for drivers to before and after loading use onto a trailer. e inquest was told that Ten Pas, who was cribed by a fellow -worker "very careful", had led under the trailer e it was being lifted by es, one of which had en. During the process a nd cable snapped, ng the trailer to tilt and ouse to slip to one side, hing him. e jury was told that on morning in question, 6, after having had fast with two fellow- oyees -at the T-eviotdale Stop, Mr. Ten Pas d that one of the four s supporting the trailer roken. ile another man ratett- th hyd-raufic is to rause the trailer eons of the. remaining cables, Mr. Ten Pas ed underneath to try to a pin which would lock trailer bed and allow to replace the broken However just before he could insert the pin a that the trailer was not second cable broke, tilting blocked up prior to Mr. Ten the trailer. Pas crawling underneath, as Testimony during the .one- required by provincial day inquest at Palmerston regulation. - showed a. list of circum- Hans . Kuyvenhoven of stances leading to the fatal Wingham, president of accident, including questions Royal ' Homes, said his about maintenance and company had moved some inspection procedures for the 2,000 half -houses during its cables and the training of 14 years of operation without employees working with the a fatality or serious ac - trailers. It also was noted , cident. COMMUNITY CALENDAR ,JI INSURANCE BROKERS LTD. Insurance - All Types. Home, business, auto, farm, life. WINGHAM 357-2636 GORRIE 335-3525. Thurs., Oct. 17 to Wed. Oct. 23, 1985 Thurs. Oct. 17 Rummage Sale.. -,Donations Received Wingham Armouries to 8:00 p.m. For pick up call 357-315 1. Monthly Meeting of Wingham Branch of" the Women's Institute, 2:30 p.m., Council Chambers. Fri. Oct. 18 Rummage Sale, Wingham & Dist. Hosp. Aux., Wingham Armouries 10:00 a.m. -3:00 p.m. Sat. Oct. 19 Paper Drive, Wingham Scouts, Have Paper . at Curb 9:30 a.m. Also &outs Apple Day 9:00 a.m. - 12 Noon,,,_ Eastern Star Dance, Huron Chapter No. 89 Wingham at Tees -water Comm. Centre, 9:00 p.m. Family Dance, Whitechurch Hall, 9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. Dance Howick Comm. Centre, 9:00 p.m. -1:00 a.m. Kinoberfest, Wingham Armouries, 9:00 -1:00 a.m., Tickets from Kinsmen or Hodgins. Official Opening of Monis Township Shed and Municipal Office, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Sun. Oct. 20 123rd Anniversary, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wingham, 11:00 a.m. & 7:30 p.m., Guest Speaker & Special Music. Play "Superwomen", Sponsored by Howick Jr. WI at Clifford Comm. Centre, 1:30 p.m. Mon. Oct. 21 Euchre, Wingham Legion, 8:00 p.m. Everyone Welcome. Tues. Oct. 22 Turkey Supper, St. Paul's Anglican Church, 5:00 -.7':30 p.m. Coil -WO Curlers, Annual Euchre & Election of Officers 85/86 Season, Wingham Golf & Curling Club, 8:00 p.m. Hot Turkey Supper, Lucknow United Church, 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. ABC Pot Luck Supper for N. Huron Assoc. of Bright ._Ch lciren_.at__Wingham_Eublic School, 6:00 p.m., New' Members Welcome, For Info Call 887-6163. Wed. Oct. 23 Meeting to Discuss Planning & Co- ordination of Health Serrices in Huron Co., Clinton Town Hall, 8:00 p.m. Social Hour, Wingham Figure Skating Club, Hosting Farewell Social Hour for Fran (Brady) McGregor, at Lockridge Arena, Everyone Welcome.