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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1988-08-23, Page 1Classifieds .... Page WA Sports • . . Page 2B Crimestoppers • . Page 5B • • ....... • • , , 4 •11 FIRST SECTION1 1 Wingham, Ontario, Tuesday, August 23, 1988 Participation is the key as town hosts Sportsfest '88 least $5,000, same of which will go Several Sportsfest sponsors also toward the recreation master plan were on hand — Doug Penson of study currently underway for the Royal Homes; Bill LeVan of town and the remainder for other Western Foundry; Scott Bailey of recreation purposes. - . Carling O'Keefe and Elmer Squires, He also is grateful for the support president of the Wingham Business of the, many sponsors, volunteers Association. and service groups responsible for After the games had been the success of Sportsfest, whether declared open, people along the through providing funds or making main street were treated to a canoe - sure all the events ran smoothly. _ portage race, featuring eight brave OPENING CEREMONIES - participants. Although some of the events got. Another popular feature of the underway Friday evening, the Sportsfest weekend was the pitching official .opening ceremonies for game, sponsored by Bob Foxton Sports/est were held Saturday Fuels of Wingham. Gerry Poulin of morning at Cruickshank Park in - Wingham reports that almost $500 Wingliam• was raised for Wiutigham Minor Ball They came; they saw. They participated! Sportsfest '88 was held under sunny skies last weekend in Wingham, attracting over 1,000 participants from 30 communities across SouthwesternOntario. The three-day celebration of fun, fellowship and participation took over one year to plan, but organizers were breathing a sigh of relief by Saturday --Sportsfest had arrived and it was great. Committee member Marg Beard said it was terrific to see everything "come together" last weekend, adding that people really seemed to agree with and enjoy this year's theme of participation, as compared At the offic1410P9M0g, MitchBraua of to straight-competitiOm: said hiscommittee had set three -'Wingbani won $25 for clocking the The co-ed activities, such as objectives: _to provide a variety of fastest throwing time of 74 miles per outdoor volleyball and three -pitch, events; to, make Sportsfest truly a hour. proved to be very popular, Mrs. community effort and to raise The Kentucky Fried Chicken Beard added, money for recreational activities. sound van came to town, bringing e conunents have been very Greetings also were brought from the ever -popular "Mr.. % Chicken". positi-W-r Reaiie, a ' T 1:#00."SentattOre*' Slxittscietr "And including Wingiiiiii"*For Jack 'eolidifitilif IU a nuinber of gaines for everyone was thrilled with the! Kopas; Mike Duhlop, president of the children at Cruickshank Park. (Sportsfest) souvenirs." the Lake Huron Zone Recreationists' Other weekend features were Phil Beard, Sportsfest chairman, Association; Huron -Bruce MP dances for children and teenagers, said his committee is proud to be Murray Cardiff and Melanie as well as a very well -attended adult coming out "in the black". He says McLaughlin of the Ontario Ministry dance Saturday evening in the he hopes Sportsfest will raise at of Citizenship and Culture Wingham arena. , GOOD HAND, HELEN! — Helen Hought0W,of Wingham was one of the people who took part in last Saturday'sshoot party at the Wing - ham Legion Hall. Jean Deyell, also of 14/Ingham, is shown as well. The shoot party attracted 48 players. Over 200 people were served at a pancake breakfast Sunday, morning at the Wingham Legion Hall, the biggest breakfast there ever, according to a Legion spokesman. (Continued on Page 2A) Police report few problems with Sportsfest Wingham Police Chief Robert Wit- tig reports very few problems associated with this weekend's Sportsfest '88 celebrations in town. On the whole, he says he feels Sportsfest went over very well. There were no break -and -enters, no vandalism and only a few liquor charges laid, he adds. The Wingham Police Department, assisted by the local detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police, were out in full force on the weekend. The police stopped several hundred vehicles in liquor checks, but no ,impaired -driving charges were laid. The biggest problem, according to the chief, was a disturbance at Saturday night's dance at the arena. Revelers also burned two picnic tables Friday evening at the campground set up in Lower Town. illaWANSawaw' that only fine persona accident occurred in *ear pistweek 4., On Aug.:abomt, dams, northbound on .Fkame road was pickup, Micha 1980 Ford • p8,2-010:Yeler tAatell. Mr, Vaughan Ordered the 'bound lane and struck tbe rear ,of Mr. vehicle, Mr. Inirtlialwa.4 ;Akan to Walkerton .Hospitai by private automobile where-- fie ,was Single Cop§ .5,0C. treated for, minor injuries, Mr. Vaughan. was not harmed. . 41,,Are • SIGN HIM UP! — Wingham Reeve Bruce Machan,, tried the ''Play Ball" pitching game at last weekend's Sportsfest '88 celebrations. The game, sponsored by Bob Foxton Fuels, rased over $500 for Wingham Minor Ball. Mitch Braun of Wingham clocked the fastest timei ;throwing. the, ball at -7-4--miles per hour. - Turnberry Township Turnberry council is trying to come up with a compromise to a proposal which would see a number of lots in Lower Town rezoned to in- dustrial -commercial from residen- tial. Scott Tousaw of the county plan- ning department attended the second monthly meeting of township council, along with several affected landowners to discuss the proposed changes and try to arrive at an amicable solution. However, in spite of council's goodwill, it appears that a compromise will be difficult to reach. Affected landowners attending last week's meeting were Alice Baker, Ron Ritchie, Orville Welsh, Janny Fear and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Neill. Councillor Mery Baker, another. area resident, declared a conflict of interest, but did speak to the matter. At- an earlier meeting this year, council had instructed the county planning department to develop at a possible two-level industrial or quasi -commercial designation for the lands in question, in the block just west of Western Foundry and south of Royal Homes Mr. Tousaw said he could see a number of problems involved in a straight industrial designation. The change would render the existing residences non -conforming uses, meaning that mortgages would be difficult to impossible to secure and resale highly unlikely. Also, if a house in an industrial zone were to burn down, he added, it could not be rebuilt, another very serious concern. The "zig-zag" configuration of the proposed area to be rezoned also increases the potential for conflict, Mr. Tousaw warned. And finally, not all people in the (Continued on Page 2A) Strike will not affect service, postmaster says An ,impending strike by technical and administrative employees will have no effect on service at the Wingham Post Office, Postmaster Dave Bourne told The Advance - Times Monday morning. The Wingham Post. Office will be "open, operational and the mail will come through," according to Mr. Bourne, who adds he has had many inquiries about the,impending strike from concerned customers. However, he admitted, in a prolonged strike there could be a mail .slowdown as some of the workers threatening strike action are those who work on the high- speed, letter -sorting machines. The 5,800 employees are in a position to strike Tuesday at midnight. If no settlement is reached by then, it would be the third postal strike in just over one year. 4 4 Playoff bound . 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