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GOMM-Despite pledging,itss
port to a Wingbam Acea.Firep oar&
ad hoc eomniittee recoininendation
that a full-time fire chief be' lib'
wick Township Council is still di-
vided over the issue.., .
In telephone Interviews lastweek-
', 'enfh- RPevP.'Gerald:i.. D'4rcey and
Dep. Reeve John Jacques ' (the
chairman df the fireti.) were far
s :wit of the
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D'Arcey - sat
10 the ,
ibn council has -§chosen • re -
Jing fire protection. with the
g ota:fiillvtimechief only one of
Wens.
e remains
o -general
• .M, the reeve added, council is
ruledtythe wiltofthe majority and
since the last ,election 'that's meant
• fill support for extended fire pro-
- tectiOn at the expense of other
needed services.
"If you say yes to something then
you've got to stick to it," the reeve
said, tying in Howick Council's
•fin.sncial cornmitment toward. the
:new fire -hall with the present issue.. -
nally--1 don't -think -we
-need one (a full-time chief). We're
.- already on our way to building a
glorified fire -hall and now we're
sinking more bucks into this."
The -reeve nOtedflowiek TOWilthiP
,paYS. -30-:per. -cent- .(actuatlyishro.Of
the .Atingliatii Area Fire Boards
annual istidget; i figure that last
year translated,' to roughly 836,000
and one he said is bound to escalate
With the hiring of a full-time chief
[„ ;and the pitrehase of a $180,000
*tower truck the fire board wants to
•buy.
• The other municipalities belong-
ing to the board are assessed the
fol-
lowing : the Town of Wingham, 36.2 s
er, cent, Turnberry Twp. 17.8 per
cent, Morris Twp. 8.7 per cent. and
East Wawanosh 7.7 per cent.
-• "The .OMB (Ontario Municipal
Board) once told us the (Gorrie)
fire -hall was going to cost our tax- o
payers nothing. Next thing you know • f
the bill is $34,000 and ,we've still to f
put in $10,006415,000 for the new J
doors."
Reeve D'Arcey said the township s
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UI -afford overspending en it
protection in light of the fifth
ssing Matters needing-financia,
a sistance. •
He cited the upcoming purchase
a new.gra,der whiehwiU cos
Uowaek taxpayers -about:44 000)
and other toWnship-Works as needing'
to takeprecedent over the expansion,
of fire prOteetion.
Back in January, a. corisidting
engineer's report' indiated' that
bridges in Howiek are in need of ex-
tensive repairs .aricl .in some eases
should be replaced outright:Sonia-tot
the the roads in the township are
also in poor shape.
Dep. Reeve Jacques said the
recommendation to hi e a fel-Rime
chief comes about after an extensive
study by the the fire board.
Asked why the VVingham Area
Fire Board. needs a fullAirne chief
when fire departments in Listowel,
Paltnerston and Elma, and Mor-
nington Townships don't, Dep.
Reeve Jacques said the comparison
was one between apples and
010.1WAL, _
s the deputy -reeve. =
r Clerk -treasurer Tom Miller said
1 this. year's_.' township budget will
' boostH. reserves trent
$2 OM to $305,000 with -the anti -
t cipated rise in fire protection' cost
being oneoftIereasoeiswhy.•
41,400.1000 give support
t the fire board's rSOMniendlitiOn
The ad hoc Committee's study
used departmentssuch. as the one in
Strathroy (which serves -8,006-10,000
people)--totserve as the model- for the
local beef** needs. •
9)leffrgig i:eAkonSfOrhirilfgA
011ie thief, Dep. Reeve. Jacques."
noted, is that .the Wingham - Area
Fire Board serves, the Town of *Ing-
ham and Howick, Turnberry, Morris
and East 'Wawanosh Townships and
has about.40 volunteers working. out
of two stations. -
Two orthree years ago theboard's
reaction was that 11 full-titne chief
was not needed, the deputy reeve
aid. But with the new expansion
and decision to have the department
actively pursue safety and pre-
aution meastres not 'only actual
ire -fighting; that's changed.
"I feel safe in saying thatnine out
f 10 mernb4s on that board now
eel there's plentyto be done by a
ull-time chief," Dep. Reeve
a :aims said.
A bail park figure for a chief's
alary is$30,000-$40,000 according to
VVingham gittrs 000.m.
awarded -first •-•
Andrea Grant, daughter of Rev. across Canada.
Rea Grant and his wife Hilda of Andrea will be suitably honored
• Wingham, has been awarded first for her excellent achievement at the
prize by the Dmidnion Command of Legion District :Convention to, be
the Royal Canadian Legion for her held at Stratford in October and by
• poem which was entered in the Branch180 at its RetnembranceDay
• Legion Literary Contest last celebration in November..
November. -
F. E. Madill Secondary School in- -
A:partin:ent gutted
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Andrea is a Grade 9 student at the
Wingliaitt. and her achievement in
ttn•ent building bit
tlitS tblitest is a unique honor -for Pa#1ick Street .
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Branch 146 of the Royal Canadian, ge„.accor 0.Ciirrt- a-
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dvanced through.the•. .. :Firefighters were Summon
els ,' ,-. :Patrick Street -1001..
district,..... -titv -ta a fire-10.,an
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for,the hiring.of a, fig InOchifif was
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rneetingand without a fertile Vete,
the five -man council has.in the past
been split thus: Dep. Reeve
Jacques, Coun;ifiorm Fairies (also a
member it the fire board) IndRo
Alex Grahant-for extendedfire
board protection and keeveliVAr
art Cer,-14arbidgibtOnagaiiis it.
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tudents at the ' Aft.' School
completed -the ,Valties; 1014010.0.04,00;Peers
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Prngram, better
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as VIP. Here Mt Cioodeo..*.esentt. Joanne rawford•
flog (Whar.§. News Photo) • - • • • ' •••
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, C. Ross Harnilton, presiclett of associated with the eonipany.
0(N-yr-loradeasgsgAltinow- ;which -operater-CK-Nr-TelffiSlifir
nounce4t4t week email retire , -471 CKNX AM and FM- Radio in
Sept. 1, . • nigharn-- since the 19404- ,
r. Ilarnilt
',--busatess, ,he rejoined CKNXas a
Sales '..-reikesent4ti,Ye-- .he
• 'Sten.
Oroadea's• tin
• -11 „ ;been -• few, &eel* lit the retail
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Upon -his retirement,Mr
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liatniffon 'will continue to serve
Menifier of. CKNX BroatWstini'S
boardlof directori.-
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As of Sept: 1, the day-to-day
operation of the Whip= ,stations
will become the responsibility of A.
N. "Al" Skelton, currently manager
of CKNX who..wit atie the
position of Vice-president and
general manager of CKNX .Broad-
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caStmg.
Mr. 'Skelton, a native of Brantford,
• has held several positions of in-
creasing respettibility since joining
the staff of CKNX in 1969.
Mr. Skelton will report to R. V.
Elsden, who will become president,....,
and a' director of CKNX •
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en is ,also
.President �f 1640647-
sting
. and
Limited,. den
CKNX and CPPL are both -Owned
by .The: Blackburn .Group Inc.,,a
LonderbaSed •
mg
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While members of Morris council,
seemed interested in , the "Lake
Wingham" proposal pres4ntettrat a
regent- 'meeting by two Wingliam.
Business Association represen-
tatives, council Still has hopes of
developing the area immediately
south of the intersections of
Highways 4 and 88.
Elmer Squires and Brian
Lachanceattended the second
monthly meeting of Morris council
1P-041.),-asSoebitiell's concept
rning e Maitland River. at
rat*, inland
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ntation, Mr.
Squires
fleeds growth and
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obd
create a lake that wonld baire a
super recreational potential."
Reeve Doug Fraser said the
township still would tee to create a
cOtinnercial strip south of the inter-
section in' Morris Townsh1P even
though attempts earlier this year
ran into opposition, from the
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority and Huron County.
"We'd like to build our tax base up
too," said Mr. 'Fraser. ,
-kr. Squires said he could see the
potential. "This area," he said,
ptdotingto lands oti 'the Morria
begs to be developed, it's the
best Commercial land we could ever
get."
He said he has talked to several
titternment agencies that -stern to
eel- there is tourism potential.
*Idle he hasn't officially ap-
proached the conservation -
authority, Mr. Squires said he, is
convinced its members will leek at
the concept even though they:don't
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encourage development in the
watershed.
th answer to a question from
Councillor Howie Morton, Mr.
Squires said there is a potential for a
560 -KV hydro plant at Zetland if the
water were dammed.
Councillar Bob Grasby said he is
concerned there would not be suf-
ficient flow during the summer
months to keep the water from
becoming stagnant.
Mr. Squires replied that he has
studied monthly flow charts of the
Hver and does not feel that would be
a concern, although he admitted it is
a valid consideration.
As • far as the business
association's involvement is con-
eerned, "We've done enotigk-
missiOnary work," said Mr. Squires.
"tt is tile for interested Iota
citizen -a, especially municipat
poktielans, to talie up the cause*,
twossibly by forming a committee to
investigate andreport back:"
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