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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-01-03, Page 12- r • r -----e,e-esesee,seeseee,, r • • HOUSE BURNED IN TURNBERRY — This stately two-storey brick home on the, fourth concession of Turnberry Township was lost in an early morning fire last Wednesday. The home is owned by the Ben- jamin Riveros family and a woodstove is being blamed as the cause. „„ess Turnberry cotitielt has contracted an engineering firm to conduct the r necessary studies to expand the er township waste disposal site, even though members are not certain what kind of costs the township might be facing. Art Clark of Maitland Engineering Services,in Wingham attended the second monthly meeting of Turn - berry council recently to discuss the dump situation. Early last month, council received a letter from the Ontario Ministry of • the Environment stating that it does not consider the situation at the -dump site an emergency and ap- proval for expansion has been r denied. Council members were frustrated - at the ministry's response, as was Mr. Clark who called it a case "of doing everything right and ending up off track." Mr. Clark demonstrated by giving council a thorough update on the dump site...situation. Several years ago council submitted a site report to the ministry. When the MOE said stop burning, the township com- plied, he said, turning to filling at the site. When it became evident the site was quickly nearing the end of its useful life, , the township council something to "tide ft over" until the and report have to be done anyway," county waste masterplan came into he said, but admitted he really didn't effect. Council hist the option of know what ,„other costs could be using the dump lust as a waste involved, including a public hearing transfer site, whereby the garbage for the approval. would be trucked elsewhere or seek While he called it "a stab in the emergency approval to have another municipalitY accept Tuni- wood and dark", Deputy Reeve Nelson Under - berry's waste. , the other members of council seemed to agree, they have "Would another township take our no other route. refuse?" asked Councillor Paul Elgie. Mr. McBurney said he feels it is "The general consensus is, no" better for the township to handle its replied Mr. Clark,' who added that 'own waste disposal, as large costs any site that takes Turnberry's for tucking garbage might dis- garbage must be approved. courage people or businesses from "So, we go sin our own or we go locating in Tur"berrY• begging," summed up Reeve Brian "Landfilling has gone from being McBurney andllx-. Clark agreed. a minor item in a township budget to Council's other option is to seek a large item," said Mr. Clark. - emergency approval for an ex- Finally, after some further ciis- pension and back it up with con- cussion, Mr. Clark was authorized to elusive study data. proceed with necessary studies When asked what this might m required by the ministry for ap- volve for the township, Mr. Clark provals for the waste disposal site said he wainetcertain. "The studies expansion. Fire destroys home, family escapes injury Four people escaped a blaze that It took us 20 minutes from the time destroyeti • -a Turnberry Township the original call was Made." h ‘#i) ton, Anne, at home, .Mark His eft and he and ROW iseler of datighteri• -Marl btMan • kes Blyth and the lateLie4eWightma ,n; rt- sister of WS: Ken (Joao) Craw•forl ; • to ..01 Waterloo and Mrs.', Bill' (15u0011) as Howson of Blyth. • • ' he Eleanor Hiseler rested.* the . Davidson. Funeral Home, Port Vik • Id borne, until this morning(Tuesday) g, when removal was made to Central • ng _ United Church where she had been- .ean active member, for funeral rd uplets .was bee illieet Otitil When it I therOad and struck a bridge -over t Maitland River................. Firefighters from Grey Towns and the Wingham Area Fire Depa ment's rescue vehicle were called the accident scene. The victim w removed from the vehicle using t extrication equipment. Driver of the vehicle, 56 -year -o Stanley Hiseler, was taken to Win ham and District Hospital sufferi cuts and bruises, and was tra ferred Sunday to Port Colborne Ho 4.14 s- service at 11 o'clock. he Blyth Festival has phenomenal year in '88 . - Marian Doucette, outgoing Bly Festival "president, says 1988 was phenomenal year for the festival. "In addition to mounting our mos popular -find longest -running sum mer season to date, we continued - expand our new play developmen program. We extended our Ontari touring circuit, increased our mem berships and fend -raising base an successfully executed more fund raising events in a single seaso than ever before. "More important, we witnessed a treniendous out -pouring of suppor for this organization from in dividuals right across the county, enabling -1* -to break gr.9411(kon our Te Bjyth C9fwalter. AO Act". #614 the limeOf. Wayne 'Caldwell last month: The following were elected to the 1988-89 board for the centre: Carol Irwin, Blyth, president; Ms. Doucette, Clinton, past president; Gayle Waters, Bayfield, vice president; Mr. Caldwell, Goderich, vice president; Don McCaffrey, Exeter, treasurer; Mary Gregg, Goderich, secretary; Sheila Richards, Brussels; Lois van Vliet, lyth; Margaret Webster, Wingham; Amber Underwood. Wingham and Ann Coultk oderich. Newly -elected board members are nne Elliott, Blyth; Wayne Phibbs, ingham and Doug Whitmore, lyth. Last summer, over 43,000 people- njoyed outstanding plays at the Lyth Festival. In addition, "Bor ertown Cafe" by Kelly Rebar was erformed over 50 times in the ourse of nine weeks, stopping in 17 mmunities across Ontario. Including the ."Bordertown" tour, it is estimated that over 65;000 people saw a Blyth Festival production this year. The most popular plays at the.. yth Festival proved to be "The ookie War" and, "Fires in the ight", which drew a 92 per cent opacity audience. All in all, with 1 performances this summer, the eatre had an 82 per cent capacity, two per cent increase from last • th for the Blyth Festival, with over a $107,000 raised for operating funds. Each of the five plays were t sponsored by corporations as well as - the art gallery, writers' and to children's workshop, poster and t tour. A membership of almost 1,000 o included over 225 patrons ,and 26 - individual performance sponsors. d In October came the an- - neuncement from the federal n department of communications, through MP Murray Cardiff, of the department's commitment of t r $450,000 to the capital expansion project: "As the new year begins, our cargital exPansion -Pr9grallY "*Yell - B A W B p co B1 10 th a started to look for alternatives anc Three trucks from Wingham and Yea • even joint committee 01 responded to the home of 'Ben e burninsf'residence and delays re - interested citizens and council ta ceivirig thevall resulted in complete Riveros at Lot 2, Con. 4 of Turn- o pee lois of the home, according to • look at thematter. berry. The family of fouir managed ..an Wingham Area Fire Chief Harley to escape the blaze w. it,h Some ge" By looking at the expeliencea „Of Gaunt. Damage is estimated at doming. other mlniicipalities, such 'as es5,000, . • , r. The popularity of our plays, ombined with a continued effort to vide excellence in performers d production, reflects ICatherine zas's .expertise as one of the st young •artistic directors in da," says Als,Doucette. he Blyth Festival ended its Soli with a sitplus of $1,125 and board announced that the total rating budget for the entire ganization and all activities will i,t4he neighborhood of $1,million. C'Yeitt.Prt?Yek*.ligi"mt asittii.:Y4Viet:011.• ,• 4 1isikig Seaforth, which had spent thousands The 'department received the call Apparent cause of the blaze was a T . Cana of dollars to have a site approved, at 2.05 a.m. Wednesday -after a malfunctioning wood stove. The sea Mr. Clark continued, Turnberry woman called ambulance dispatch.. ‘bein..„e,vvaa n°Lefiverjlid bY insurance' the , council decided the township Mid to report a fire. The address given aevuruangtovillei untint.. ope not afford the lengthy environ- did not include the minted the town- The family is staying with neigh- or mental assessment. .process, and eldp,,,Mr. Gaunt said last week. "We boolpear the home whilepertnenent be s° irliiitite'Aiyints: t4::igigij;;i'j:i::.:',r,vii,totlg,,Vrojdtira':':"bou Irlr........r:.:1,13rffr:!:•..f.as .„ ifiderWaYrettilliettre tekiielVtiett-4•• ritkiViTirrill-IthirgterY941 ac- tivities are all growing. Exciting an- nouncements will be made in February about' -our 15th an- niversary season and activities." County museum granted $59,660 for final stage The Huron County Pioneer Museum has been awarded a $59,660 grant for the final stage of its expansion and renovation project, Huron -Bruce MP Murray Cardiff has announced. This will result in six jobs over a period of 156 work weeks. The funding comes under the Unemployment Insurance Section 38 Job Creation Program whichl is designed to provide opportunities for unemployed workers to maintain and utilize their work skills during periods when they are laid off and without other employment. No first baby yet Wingham and District Hospital was still waiting for its first baby of the new year late Monday morning. Nursing officials said the eagerly - waited event was not even im- minent, with no new admissions to the obstetrical ward. A baby born at OWen Sound was - the first New Year Baby in this part of Western Ontario. Minor damage in chimney fire A chimney fire caused about $300 damage at a home in Howick Town - Stip last Friday evening, according to the Wingham Fire Department. Firefighters were called out to a home at Lot 14, Con. 17, Howick, on Friday evens 'at 5.45 to extittgnish a fire fe:a:evo i:Sedise Midi*? athe honiedf Doh Webber. •