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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1988-08-09, Page 213 - • A east two neighboring muni- cipalities have informedthe Town -of Wingham they 'are not interested in picking up the 20 per cent municipal - share of the subsidized cost of providing day care to residents of thetownships. In letters from Morris and Turn - berry Townships, read at..alae regular August session -of Wingham Town Council, each of the townships East Wawanosh won't subsidize day care costs East Wawanosh council members say the township will not pick up the cost of providing day care services for township residents subsidized for • day care. The matter was_•discussed at the August meeting of township council. The Town. -of Wingham currently ys_ a _29_, per ..cent ._subsidy for number of clients at the Wingham Day Care Centre and Wingham !Nursery School, even though they are non-residents. ,; iowever, town council has given *ice : that it will not pay the 20 per - ent after Jap. 1,-1909, The.,coskist_ sending a subsidized youngster to 'tile'- day care centre in Wingham is $18 per day, of which the town now pays $3.60. When contacted after last week's meeting, Winona ' Thompson, township clerk -treasurer, said she believes there are two children from East Wawanosh currently sub- sidized for day care in Wingharrf. Township council members are of the opinion that the parents, not the township, should pay, for day care poi. out they wig t bee k the municipality's. 0 per cent .._v of totally subsidized ay care TO residents. However, vire 'Turnberrys resolution flatly slates that the township "will not becoveng the 20 percent costs of -day . care over and above the subsidized rate", Morris council has stated it feels the responsibility for paying rests with the - parents using. the' centre and is informing its residents of that stand. For some time now,, Members of W nghain council have ;eonsideredit. unfair that the town be' forced to pati the 20 per cent share of subsidized day care for non-residents. in fact, a survey read at the July meeting indicated that none of the 100 per cent subsidized users of the Wingham Day Care Centre live in Wingham. ° In view of the reaction of the townships' East :Wawanosh also has decided it will not pick up the 20 per cent — .town -council has decided- to seek clarification from the Ontario,:Ministry of Cuntxnunity-and Social Services The ministry will be asked for its'` opinion on whether or not the town is obligated to pay the 20 per cent share on a non-resident stibsiddlzed child, or if that cost is instead the obligation of the municipality in whichthe childresides. own inters 1 designation the cenotaph: Wingham intends to give a his- torical and -or architectural de- signation to the cenotaph property at the southeast corner of John Street and Diagonal Road. At its regular August session, council approved the .Heritage Wingham recommendation requesting the designation under. the Ontario Heritage Act;. NNoticesottneprop ettdegiMf ei- will now be advertised. • _. AGFUCUJ MINJSTER,Jack..l dd osted is -°fifth - biarEecue at his Exeter -area farm recently. He welcon ed Elaine. Baker and family of Clinton to the festivities. ■ CKNX Television vaill`tal 'n"bold ° a inev grogram schedule, reflecting and exciting step next.month whi en it - the wants and needs 6f the 'people of severs association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and -becomes an independent broadcaster. Many months of preparation and planning have gbne into drawirfg up ms's $k 5F'S•. n. ClIRISTOPIIER WIC, to chance going youngsters enjoyedc. id not e eic tet -lot fe !i tile. The ptl'. 1VIldwestern Ontario, -says Al Skelton, CKNX' station manager. The changeover -takes .:place on Sunday, Sept 4. • .The Canadian Radio and Tevasion Commission granted CKNX-TV's application to disaf- filiate froth the :C ,iAn December of 1986, Mr, Skelto s ,. Y, s. Since then, station ,personnel have been busy corning tip with a programischedirle to serve the local viewing public. The ' eriginal decision <to 'break froth the CBC after so many years was not an easy ode to make, he adds. CKNX-TV had been with the CBC since 155, "33 good years", as 1VIi. Skelton says. .However, times change and people's expectations . change. The' national network made no secret of its plans to increase its Canadian content to 95 per cent over the next three years and gave : its affiliates the option to remain or leave. On .the, basis of - the strength of its association with CFPL-London (CKNX's parent company), the people. at CKNX-TV., decided to break with the CBC and started planning an 'independent schedule. CFPL-TV also is disaffiliating. The national network is con- structing transmission towers near Formosa and Wiarton to deliver the full CBC. service to the area. CBLT (Toronto) will be broadcast on UHF frequencies-, Channel " 45 from Formosa , and Channel 20` from. Wiartom ' • NEW STRATEGY The three key elements in the CKNX .programming strategy ' are news,, information and comedy, says Mr. Skelton. He says CKNX sees its role in the local viewer marketplace as that of an information service. The station knows it cannot compete on an entertainment level with programs produced by the Iarge networks, but it can deliver a unique service to area viewers. There will be more locally - produced programs, he ' says, to reflect the interests of viewers and news coverage has increased to three. hours each day from the current two. Mr. Skelton says he sees the changeoveras the best of both worlds for viewers. They will be provided with more local news and information and, as well, the pur- chasing power of CFPL-TV means CKNX will be carrying many of the popular series it has broadcast in the past and even a few more. Movies, are another important part of the strategy, Mr. Skelton says, adding there currently are 1,200 movies under contract, right from the classics up to modern day. These movies will be broadcast in the afternoon, the evening and late night. "We hope these changes will give people a reason to watch us," says Mr. Skelton, who is eager to provide a unique `service to the viewers in Midwestern Ontario. PUC agrees to overhead service In spite of the misgivings of one of its members, the Wingham' Public Utilities Commission will allow developers in town - to install, overhead power services. The matter was discussed at the August PVC meeting, Developers in . town were restrictedby bylaw to install only underground hydro services, but Manager Ken Saxton told last week's meeting that hefavors <giving them" an option to install overhead MrBites, . Saxton had received comes- pondence from Andrew Beninger ..Jack .Hod tis, More Sub. division developers, ask -Mg if the utility would -consider, overhead., hydro servicing. From a developer's point of view, it is less costly, said Mr. Saxton and from the PUC's point of _ view, it's much ;easier to locate trouble spots if linemen have the wires right in front of them.. "We're not a big enough: utility to go totally underground," Mr. Saxton said. As he explained, the poles still are needed for streetlights and all hydro services =fling . into the houses would be underground. , "I'nm reluctant to go back to overhead (wires)," said Com- missioner Rod Wraith. "I'm looking at what's best'for the town." Cliairtnari *Roy Bennett said if it Means 'gettingloore_housing for the town, it can't help but be a good thing. Finally it was decided to amend the bylaw to provide the option of overhead primary hydro service. Cou nc l'approves building permits Two building permits were, ap- proved at the first monthly meeting of Turnberry council and will be issued Permits were approved for: Pete- HoIlinger, Patrick Street, LoWer Town:, a pole -building and Bob O'Neil, Lot 17, Con. 7, a sum/vier ` home moved onto the property.