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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1988-06-14, Page 11• .. vr.31: • • ••••:' ' • 1 :.• • • 5., • . :• 1 EAGER TO GET STARTED — Dianne Simpson, a parent v' -V, feer, helped Michael Craig of the Wingham Public School's self-contained classroom at the recent fishing derby for handicapped children and adults held at the Wingham, Sportsmen's Club. Annual leisure lottery• a success in Howick A near capacity crowd attended the annual Leisure Lottery draw held by the Howick Optimists at the Howick Community Center. Early bird winners: Rolly Kauf- man of Wingham son a free ticket and Lloyd and Ann Reid of Palmers- ton and Kathy and Tom Seip of Exeter won lottery packages. There were " many winners in the elimination draw with the grand prize of a week in Florida with $500 spending money going to Hugh and Judith Douglas. , per winders included: Kathy aLndAtill Dickert, Wroxeter, a Via - Rail weekend in Montreal; Faye and Raymond Peel, RR 2, Gorrie, a weekend at the Blue Mountain Inn Joan Carnahan, Listowel, fishing charter; Mel and Myrna Penny, Mount Forest, weekend at Airport Hilton; Brian and Rozalynne Schlosser, RR 3, Brussels, four Blue Jays tickets; Tom VanderVuse, Clinton, a microwave oven. GDK Enterprises, Wroxeter, _cordless phone; Dale Bigsonr RR Fordwich, air _conditioner; Aleida Murray, RR 2, Clifford, patio furni- ture; Andy Beringer, Wroxeter, travel luggage; Paul and Marilyn Elgie, RR 1, Bluevale, family membership at Ranton Place and Doug and Bonnie Boyd, a 19 -inch color television. Proceeds from the draw will go toward the Optimists' community projects. FWIO launches major plan to promote recycling, re -use "Not in my backyard!" The women of rural Ontario would like the rest of the province to do as they intend to do — recycle as much of their own garbage as possible, re- use packaging and other articles when possible, reduce the need for landfill sites, as well as the expense of waste disposal and recover energy by processing solid waste. Over 400 women participated in the "Educate -Initiate" conference sponsored by the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario held recently at Queen's University, Kingston. The theme of the FWIO for 1988-89 is "Waste Management — Recycling". As a result of the 1988 conference, the FWIO would like to see 100 new recycling projects started throughout Ontario by 1990. Practical applications were given to the women on how they could influence their communities. Maybe they could raise the money to buy their community centre a dishwasher instead of using styrofoam cups and paper plates, suggested Pat Slater, deputy reeve of Peel Township in Wellington County. John Hanson, executive director "of the Recycling Council Of Ontario, told the women that there is funding available for recycling depots. However, he said, some muni- cipalities seem to discotirage re- cycling. For exatnple, it was reported that when one Women's Institute branch presented a brief to its township council aski done about ng that something be recylcing, they were t()Id nothing could be done withoUt in- te3`4,1,1 4-t• gI;(144k;1411;30 • creasing taxes dramatically. Ontario Minister of the Environment Jim Bradley told the participants that the Ontario government has enthusiastically promoted municipal waste management, including reduction, re -use, recycling and recovery as the primary waste management tools. Over 70 municipalities have made use of the provincial start-up funding to establish curbside multi - material recycling projects. The over 7,000,000 tons of garbage created by Ontario residents each year should ideally be processed in the municipality creating the waste. The women of rural Ontario say they do not want the garbage of the urban centres dumped in the rural areas. The women were pleased to learn that Guelph has set aside a 40 -acre park to commemorate all the trees saved in the first year of that city's recycling project. To help get the conference message across to all parts of the province, participants took part in a -• series of workshops that included fund-raising, speaking with con- fidence, program planning, public relations and volunteer manage- ment. As well, they saw displays on recycled articles and pictures of what can happen to the environment • when garbage is not cont011ed. If you would like to find out more about what the Women's Institute is doing about waste management or information about the WI, the province's largest and oldest rural women's organization, please contact your local Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food office. .1tItftvts'giviirgrfevn!ifiv'uNtttv,rwiiiiioatreeiniAa-ge#2.;•.. The :Rural earava arrived in Myth .fritir tours-behin schedule last Saturday .1' evening June 4, to pick up More than as postcards in support of its, natippr wide trek. Woodrow Mullett, president of th grassroots organization and •may of Gambo, Newfoundland, said tha more than 300,000 of the cards ha been collected so far. Many others were sent to Ottaw from communities the Rural Dignit vans had been unable to touch i their two-week journey from coast t coast. The cards all have been filled ou and signed by individuals concerne that more than 5,200 rural and smal community post offices acros Canada will be closed under Canada Post's intention to privatize them. Driving a borrowed car rathe than the well -marked "Coast to Coast for Rural Post" van he had intended to bring to Blyth, Mr Mullett said he had to make a special trip here, as promised, while the van went on from Shelburne to a rally • in Woodstock. There he rejoined it as it moved toward Ottawa. This van, which left Victoria, B.C., on May 17, met its counterpart from the East coast June 7 in Ottawa, where all the cards collected were presented to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. The tour was closely monitored by Canada yth i eh has ....just mounted a major advertising campaign across• the nation to say the corporation will be increasing the total number of postal outlets in Canada over the next several years, not decreasing them. About an .hour before Mr. Mullett arrived in Blyth, a man who iden- tified himself only as being with Canada Post, turned up at The Citizen office at Blyth looking for the tour. Mr. Mullett said later that post office officials have shadowed the Rural Dignity tour from the beginning, but had made no move to disrupt it. "They're (Canada Post) definitely nervous about this," -said William H. Peck of Chatsworth, a director and strong supporter of Rural Dignity. "But there's not a lot they can do about it." He added that as far as he is. concerned, the post office has already violated the civil rights of some of its rural postmasters by warning them not to talk about their situation. "You just can't do that in Canada," he explained. The issue attra I tat tic* d last .fall when most o thexesidents , of the VillageOf- el attended a N.,. 0 theM to PreteSt -an Offer frozn Canada Post. offer, they -ilahned, would see acting e postmasterDoreen Suter's income ✓ the corporation drop by more t than 15 per cent, while increasing d her workload; Rurathignity's Ontario secretary - a treasurer, Viola Higgs of Ilderton, y maintains that her organization has n information showing that over the 0 t d 1. s r BACHELOR OFSCIENCE Allan Girvin Eadie, san of Lorne and Doris Eadie of PP 3, Wing- harn (formerly of Holyrood), re- cently gradliated from the Uni- versity of Guelph With a Bachelor of Science in agriculture honors degree. Mr. Eadie was the reci- pient of the Silas J. Smith Graduation Scholarship. He currently is pursuing a master's degree in crop science at Guelph. ne.44t10 eliminate servbi ulto involve -as the Tviatitg, • president after learning that by only 17 government -run post offic w the entire province of Newfoun land still would be in operation. "Coast to Coast for Rural Post" cards may still be mailed to the government. No postage is necessarST to mall them directly to the prime minister's office. • ;!;, •P'• s, • 4?.'"?,•'• • , .. WOODROW MULLETT, president of Rural Dignity, a grassroots organization formed to protest plans to privatize Canadian post of- fices, brought his campaign to Blyth recently. While in Blyth, Mr. Mullett picked up more than 350 postcards in support of his nation- wide trek. (Photo courtesy of The Citizen) Township of Turnberry • PUBLIC NOTICE Re: Proposed Closing and Sale of Maitland Street NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to section 443 of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1970, Chapter 284, the Council of the Township of Turnberry to pass bylaws: (a) to stop up and close those streets and lanes situate, lying and being in the Town Plot of Wingham, in the Township of Turnberry, in the County of Huron, more particularly described in schedule attached hereto; (b) to authorize the sale of certain stopped up highways to 529177 Ontario Limited, of the Township of Turnberry, in the County of Huron. The proposed bylaw and description showing the lands af- fected may be seen at the Township Office, Bluevale, Ontario. On the 19th day of July, 1988 at 9:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at the office of the Township of Turnberry, the Council of the Township of Turnberry will hear in person, by counsel, solicitor or agent, any petcson who claims his/her lands be prejudicially affected by the saki bylaws and who appears to be heard. Any person who wishes to be heard should, as soon as possible, make application to: Dorothy Kelly - Clerk Township of Turnberry Bluevale, Ontario • NOG 1G0 Dated, at Bluevale, this 14th day of June, 1988.