HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1988-05-24, Page 175
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'filature torna
excitement last Monda
Several local residents wer
to witness one of nature's
powerful and fright
phenomena firsthand last Mond
a tornado.
While the tornado has been
as a very mild one by wea
service officials, it provided a
deal of excitement at the
Wawanosh Public School
Belgray. e where it was sighted
16 during the noonhour break.
Principal Ken Scott said
twister was spotted to the north
of the school at 12:40 p.m. Wha
first appeared to be a jet's v
trail turned potentially longe
e able just stopped to
marvel at this
most wonder of nature.
ening Although many of us do not
ay— associate tornadoes with
Southwestern Ontario, they have
listed been around forever, says the May
ether issue of `"Outdoor Canada" in an
good article entitled "Tornadoes: Made
East in Canada".
near "Since 1850, there have been 29
May, tornado disasters in Canada where
three or more people died — about
the one every five years." The twister
east that blasted Edmonton last year
t at ranks second as the worst in
apor Canadian history, while the 1985
rous Barrie tornado is sixth.
The worst tornado on record
struck Regina in June of 1912,
ide leaving 28 dead and hundreds in -
the jured.
when it was noted that the cloud was
rotating.
The children were orderd ing
the school by the teachers. While
younger children might not hair
sensed the significance of what wa
happening, the older ones certain
did and went into the school rel
tantly.
Mr. Scott 'stayed outside to wa
the peculiar cloud, saying it touch
down about one mile from_theschool
where"dust a_n_d_debris were -thrown
ilia- the air, The twister w
followed by a deluge of hailstones,
some of which were one and one-
quarter inches in diameter.
Several miles up the road, a youn
CKINIX-employee-zwas
backyard_ arnera when he
noticed the cloud over a neighbor's
barn. Scott Evans took several
photographs of the cloud and then
1w'
thunderstorm clouds; rotating dust,
litter or other debris or a rambling
sound similar to that of a jet plane.
The best place to hide is un-
derground in the basement,
However, if there is no basement, go
to a small ground -level room near
the centre of theboUse or hide under
a sturdy table or stairwell.
One of the worst places to be in a
tornado is in a car, so get out and lie
flat in the nearest ditch. The same is
true if you are in the wild -- lie in a
depression or crouch next to_a rock.
The important thing is to keep low
and out of the way of flying debris
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MARIE PHILLIPS, right, president of the Auxiliary to Wingham and
District Hospital, presented theiproficiency award to Joan Black at
the -recent graduation exercises for the registered nurSing assistants
training centre in
wo-thirds
y to say, but the Canadian tornado VW
s the United States, the article goes on
e Tornadoes strike all year round in h 1
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- season does not begin until 'April,
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Township tax
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peaking in June or July and ending On the recolmmendation of th
in October% Wingham Day Care Board
"Tornadoes are very, very narrow Wingham Town Council has ap
rotating -storms---- generally- only----1?-rc'ved a distribution—bmakdoww
tens or hundreds of metres in which allows 67 per cent of a $37,08
diameter — that reach down to the direct grant to go toward irnprovin
ground from large parent thun- the salaries of day care„_workers.
derstorrns, They usually occur when In a 7-1 recorded vote at a specia
cool northern air masses collide with meeting last week, council approved
from the Gulf of Alexi ,"-th . ielet' -
hot and humid. air Hewing 'north fuot4et-rib47.frd:s *Per9,11,s494-1,;i4f944stiLle2
explains _,:z. ,,,„.. . _ ...,,,. per cent for Or/VI-141:r, benefits,two
,
Warning signals include: green or per .cent for staff; purposes,
yellow clouds; clockwise or counter- and 19 per cent to be used toward
c1 w e rotation in the base of lowering the per diem rate for
billportion Wingham's day care programs,
.9 per cent
Wingham. Mrs. Black also was class valedictorian.
!rant
improve salaries
e cept the grant because of the op
, position of some to the ministry'
-- guidelines -on -how -Ake Kno-ney mus
-bewrit:
0 First priority suggested by th
g ministry is to use the funds to assis
in improving salaries, with othe
1 day care costs to be a secondary
consideration. Councillor Jame
McGregor 9.PiOctf$1-Mtakilirefti.Ye
a.- at fitifi Point#1410 May „
raked the, ptifisjpility of returning
the grant' becatige the ministryhad
refusedto consider his proposal that
the town be allowed instead to apply
60 per cent of the grant toward
lowering the per diem rate, 30 per
cent toward increasing salaries and
the remaining 10 per cent toward
training.
Board Chairman Brenda Schedler
presented the board's .allocation
proposal to the special council
meeting.. '
Under the .propOged distribution,
the increases — with new salaries in
brackets — , are: director, $2,368
($30,000); supervisor -nursery t
school, $1,115 ($19,023) supervisor- f
integrated • program, $1,148
($14,132); assistant-mirsery school,
$1,955 ($14,590); assistant- i
- integrated program, $1,097 ($10,325;
s _BCE- teacher -day care, .
t positions, $4,084 ($19.000); ECE
teacher -day care, job share, $1,077
e ($9,500); ECE teacher -day care, job
t share, $2,028 ($9,500); afternoon
r staff, $1,023 ($9,500); resource
centre manager, $3,828 ($12,215);
cook, $710 ($10,179); secretary, $410
In'llje recorded vote, ifick7iTigi
dissenting o was:„eisibr; Or.
McGregor. Mayor Jack Kopas,
Reeve Bruce Machan, Deputy
Reeve Bill Harris and Councillors
Ron Beecroft, Don Carter, Bill
McGrath and Ward Robertson voted
in favor of the board's proposal.
Councillor Doug Switzer, also a
member of the board, was unable to
attend the special meeting because
of work commitments.
Prior to the vote, Dr. McGregor
proposed an amendment calling for
a larger portion -- 30 per cent of
the grant be used to help lower the
per diem rate. His proposal died at
the starting block, however, when it
ailed to attract a seconder.
The grant allocation now requires
ministry approval before it can be
m 1
Turnberry council has approved a
4.9 per cent increase for 1988 in the
township portion of the taribill.
Clerk -Treasurer Dorothy Kelly
presented the township min rate to
the second monthly meeting of
council. In an interview after the
meeting, she said $215,750 must be
raised through taxation this year for
In dollars, those percentages
translate to ' $24,927 for salaries,
$4,307 for benefits, $854 for training,
and $6,992 toward lowering the per'
diem rate.
unavailable',
County and school levies still are In a session prior to the special
township purposes. . meeting, council met in camera with
members of the day care board and ,
On a related topic, Mrs. Kelly representatives froin the Ontario
suggests that Turnberry residents Ministry ,of Community' and Social
with questions about their Services to address concerns over
reassessment attend the open the terms of the direct grant.
the Wingham Town Hall.
houses May 30 and 31 and June 4 at At its regular May meeting,
council put off taking action to ac -
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HELMET PilitCHASE rimtriyet, three-year-old son of Tim and Sharon Baker of ,Wingharn, pur-
chases two helmets frOM' iane Thynne at the used sporting and campineveiltiipMenilateMid'aturday
at the Lockridge MeMtirial Arena. The sale was sponsored by the First ingharn'SbOtlibigASSoblation,
the Winghain .OptirriStsClub and the Win halh Kinsmen Club.
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p
cGrath- townships
topay day -care subsidy
Wingham Councillor Bill McGr
feels neighboring rnunicipali
should be paying their share of
cost when any of their residents a
subsidized tigers of the Wingha
-.day care programs.
"It's unfair for the taxpayers
Wingham to have to pay for childr
who are not from the town," Mr
McGrath told a special meeting
Wingham Town Council last week.
He made the statement ft:41min
cOUncirs approval' of a propos
grant allocation which will see 67 pe
• cent of the $37,080- grant -go town
improving the salaries of day car
workers.
Currently,' day tare users wh
qualify through a needs teSt ar
su
cost 'assirreed by the orovinoia
government and the remaining 20
per cent • the responsibility of the
municipality.
When those subsidized are not
from Wingham, then , the
municipality in which they reside
should be picking up the 20 per cent
and not Wingham, Mr. McGrath
cath said.
ties He asked day care board
the representatives for a breakdown on
re the subsidized users and where they
m lived.
Mr. McGrath also gave notice he
of will be introducing a motion at the
en regular June council meeting which
. will direct the day care board to
of charge the 20 per cent subsidy
portion, directly to the municipality
g in -which the user lives.
ed
rd
Hurori County
e
Judging Day
0 Is Saturday
t, County 441 Members Will put their
e Once again this year Huron
bsidized with 80 per cent of tha
1 judging skills to the test at the an-
nual judging competition.
This year's event will be held this
Saturday at the Brussels, Morris
and Grey Community Centre, and
gets underway with registration at
D:15 a.m.
Presentation of awards will be at 3
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