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Dear Editor:
An OldJoys'
Reunion is being
planned for VVinghan3 in 1989. Great!
The Number 1 itein on the planning
agenda should be a return to com-
munity pride which is blatantly
missing.
The lead must be taken by the
fathers of the town which has the
second highest mill rate in Huron
County, but is the dirtiest and
messiest. Eighteen of our tax dollars
(plus tax) could rid the lawn of the
town .hall and the cenotaph of
dandelions — if done before they go
to seed.
The grass of the cenotaph at the
heart of the main street was finally
cut after the long weekend when t
many travellers through our town
must have been very impressed —
negatively. , The small triangle b
Two members of ts
h
Morris council - be
seek re-efection ylito
A poll last week of Morris Town- tri
hes, kje historical old bank was
finally cut by the historieal society,,
but nothing_ was done about the
weeds so ft will soon be an eyesore
again. On the Other corner, you liaVe
the concrete -from the old hotel
which' is full of weeds. Quite an
impression. to 'give of the ,main
in -
*section dour tOwn, • .
Then there's the litter oiliever the
streets, the store fr,onts with,peeling
paint and the artistic , green • fence
next to the medical centre. Where _
are tile trees, in planters that are
supposed. to, be on the main street? •
How many have ever seen thetn in ".
bloom? They are very pretty. Stored t
for the winter- at the campground, f
hey are moved out before the sir
campers come in. Are they put on a
the street? No, they're shoved to the
back of the parking lot on Victoria 're
treet. Does it make sense to move o
ern twice when once will do? th
We are told that walking is_t..he_si
stform-of-exercite: In iiVingham k
has an additional benefit — it tests. th
down the concrete, they are for
seniors, *others with-Aro/len,
all other taxpayers onto the.ro
Last week's Advance -Ti
ReMemberVen Coinnul report
"police Chief Jim Miller says
department is going to get to
With residents of the town' who
struct sidewaiks when they pa
their cars outside their homes
How about it Chief Wittig? •
Many Of those returning in 19
will .be. visiting the cemetery Th
say you can tell a lot about a co
rnuniti by the condition of
cemetery. The statement made
he Wingham, Cemetery is n
tattering. One would also questio
thy only one small area is weed-fr
nd the rest is a mess.
MI of the responsibility does no
st•with. the town fathers. Horn
wners could do 'much to improv.
e appearance of the townj_kt
in • eir awns \and
eeping their grass from covering
e sidewalks,
Take a walk around the. Village of
yth or the Town of Goderich (the
ter has a lower mill Tate than,
gliarst):-Or •attrother ioWn• in the -
ea, and compare the hilpresSIMI
receive with thatof Wingham. If
were a business, where Would
locate?
et's return some community
e to our town! •
Concerned taxpayers
Orea
ParneciYadopt tueesa parks system, to protect i 1
Resources -,tvtinister Vince e
rrio
it
ft4s ang0040-
This decision brings the
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Covering
or 06f.3fimarlisooningratariiesirsto
., than 80 per 'cent of the park a
re
- be pure wilderneSS' .natttie
oint serves where logging, knifing,'
and ping, mineral ekploration, mini
or hydroelectric development
A.eS. not bepermitted. •
ed; Under the pew -system, there
his be Six classes, of provincial par
Ugh where different and limited
011- tivities will be allowed. In wild
tic ness parks', for example, largeare
will.be• left to 'nature and travelli
wili be permitted Only on loot
89 canoe.
ey Limited- logging only will be p
In- milted to continue in .Algonquin an
ts Lake Soperior" Provincial 'Parks
by Hunting and commercial tourism i
ot waterways, historical nature
n environment aqd recreation etas
vee parks Will be allow;ed only on a
• individual basis' and only followin
t extensive consults tion,
e Mr: Berrie also announced *a.num
e ber or initiatives concerningAli_an
Temagatrft--reMii: "citizens' ad
visory Com en will be appointed to
assist the ministry in making the
Ternagarni !district a Model
management area for recreational
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270, "Tree, ,11.0/*
1019Fe Smoothwater-
OW
4.47 - Th.'P;Te;UNgaga areac,
special cider While
trap- its Ognitiont cOhtrikitt
ng,t log,atisonot4.
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The2ontario•Ministry �I
will. NM ap11Pood's Farm
ks,‘Service hegin *knew season e.
ac- "Picle-Your-OWit',4 rad*. -r`
er- *pared by -Bob Cobble taynnm-'.
as market!*
ng virin start June 9, and *111'4V:a
or able every Thursdey Until the end of
, the growing season in mid-October. .
'r- The report lets people know when
d a crop it ready,;,efor picking, how big
it will be,- and the area in_' Ontario
Where ,it located. One of :the
I biggest advantages Of .picking your
s own fruits and vegetablesi is the'
n , price of the produce. --abont half the
g retail.prick'Atr. Oabbiediek says.
About 400 400-farios are partitiPating,
- this year, -from Ltiiidonto ope,
ezi-and-ltO7GEorgialf -HiYr, With • ,
- more than 29 different fruit • and
vegetable crops to
To hear a weekly report after June
9, listen to -your local radio station or -
call t 16 -
ur, agility and ability to avoid
ship Council members indicates at sid
least two will be seeking re-electioca
n.
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Reeve Doug Fraser says he will
seek another three-year term.
Reeve since 1985 Mr. Fraser was a -
councillor for five years before that. con
There are several projects he said the
coin leti
pping on what passes . for; 131
ewalks in town. We have the lat
gest number of Seniors Per Win
pita, and getting around is Of- ar
ult enough for most of them" you
hout having to contend with the you
dition of the sidewalks.
good start at helping to remedy
you
situation would be to tick prid
e who use the sidewalks for
king. Not only are they breaking
wo members of
he would like to see through to e
thos
including BroWhs
township is in good conditio ut he
Bridge. Mr. Fraser says he fePls the par
would like to expand its commercial
op ng the
base, particularly by devel
area Just south of th i
Donna M. Cornwall
, ) 924.6254.
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Dear Editor:
Last week a newsletter was sent
home from the Wingham Public
School. An article stated that..
because of a shortage in mans- Mr:
available our children will have
rough' time getting into university
-.and college, and will be passed over
for jobs because of lack of Frencho
In my °Pinio, Mr Poulin should
be allowed a classroom for his
students and himself- They all
benefit from the teacher-puil-
classroom environtnent, It definitely
helps those pupils With theirPrench.
Please, don't sit back and. d
nothing. Express your cements to
help otir children a eir figure.
Merci, Thank you
Christine McGrath
Poulin would lose his classroom for
litrsectum" say they will see reme echon was
Highways 4 and 86 at Winghain.
Deputy Reeve Clem McLellan
n ecided about whether
or not he will seek re-election. Depu-
ty reeve since 1985, Mr. McLellan
was a councillor for three years be-
fore that. .
says he is u d
A 20 -year veteran of Mo coins
k• • • "frtunte' be Ch.
Two members of East Wamianosh
Council say they will seek re-
election in this fall's municipal
election, two are undecided and one
ays he is not running again.
eeve 'Ernie Snell, who tied Neil
incent for the reeve's job in 1985
and later was declared reeve when
lots were drawn, says he will seek
re-election Hew
cil, Councillor Bob Gasby, says he v
too is undecided about another term.
However he did promise to make
his decision public by this
Septemb
er. as reeve for several
years during the 1960s as well.
Elected three years ago, Cou- There are several projects AO'
cillor Howie Morton says he definite- Snell says he would like to see
ly will not seek another term on completed in the township, ineluding
council. Although he says he has en- the new loth Line Bridge and the
joyed being a part of kcal coun il B 1
and I/teeth] the e grave subdivision H
p e o the town- he
says
would like to find a way to en- _ clay tile
Three ship, Mr. Morton says other com- courage more growth and
or
French. He will travel from room •to
room next year. It also said how
ave had his
own classroom in the past.
pointed to council seven years ago,
says he will run again. He too, is
interested in seeing the bridge
project followed through to eft-
leti
COlineillr bon Sehlt, an eight-
year' veteran of council, says he °
sided about whether Or not to
run again, as is Councillor Ray
Mikhail first elected in 1985.
Councillor Jim Taylor, on council
Since 1980 and township building
inspector before that, soya will
not seek re-election this fall.
• I was shocked and disgusted at
such a statement. TodaY, Frendi is
a very important sublect ih the edu-
cation system and the teacher heeds
c a.ssroom to give the ptipils every
bit of help he can. After all, French
immersion i all
s- around us and in " • - •
ioterviews todY one of the first
July 4 date
questions asked is: "Do yOu speas, .
Freoch?''
It is their "Frendsnvironinent".
Our children need that classroom,
Mr. Poulin has displays -everywhere
board meeting
and games made to encourage The 19 •
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g reneh. Many, many hours the board of governors of Wingham
inaugural meeting of
of preparatiott have gone into his and District Hospital will be July 14.
classracori to help our children learn The date was announced at the
and understand French, He is one of regular May meeting the I t
the most caring and d
• rnitmenth make it impossible to con- development in the township.
tinue on council at this tittle.
Councillor Fred Meier first a
Howick reeve says he
will stand for relection
Howick Reeve Gerald D'Arcey he is not prepared yet to make
says he probably will seek re- statement and probably will net
held this fall.
election in municipal elections to be until this fall. He was appointed to
Mr. D'Arcey said last week there has served as deputy reeve since
council to fill a vacancy in 1983 and
are several projects he would like to 1 5.
see followed through in the township Councillor Norm Fairies ap- y
in the next three years, including a pointed to fill a vacancy on council .,
waste management strategy the four years ago and elected again in pr
purchase of a new grader and the 1985, says he probably will 'run a
for at least one of the hanlieta.
establislorient of non-profit housing again. C'ouncillor flarokl GibSon
Mr. D'Areey first was el a d in will run.
first elected in 1 5, says he possibly ter
11982 as a councillor and became Councillor Alex Graham first a
reeve three years ago electedin 1982 and lg* " 19800," fo
Deputy Reeve Johtpacques-said . sayShett ttudecid -4 ."-- t•,ft°1.:.-t- I "
are undeade
The thre,e Members of Turnbei
council available for comment I
o e he current board, by Chairman
teachers I have ever met. The Mary Lou Thompson.
children love and respect him. The election of chairman, vic.6.
ast think it is dine that we started chairman and management om-•
week said they are undecided abo
whether on not they will se
another term When municip
elections rollaround this fall.
Reeve Arian, McBurney, fir
elected to ceuttpli in 1976.and reev
1)itiee 1980i saYpIeisimdeeidd, as is
ePuti, Reeveflog Fortune.- Mk.
Fortune was fiisfeiedted to council,
n 1976 and becinne deputy reeve six
ears later.
CetnicillOr Patti Elgie said he
kr.°114., blY Will run agai, but is not
.4,53%; y-eertain yet. Re was aii-
lited Ibis council early in its
m tofill itilhaeant spot.
Comic ors erw
nd B u
flavajjable
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ut voicing our opinions when it comes mittee will be held t the July ts •
ek te our child ethic/Mon. We've meeting, Mrs. Thompson said.
st Without the best French program board's other working committee.
been quiet far too long and it is our - The management committee IS ' -••
al children whowth suffer. then responsible for striking the
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