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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-01-10, Page 1'',.•J:1;:t;„!.=•= •WAftie....:1•3? NEW YEAR'S BABY —*et be „ 'ilaniii i if arrived Jan 3, 9.2o p.M.at Wingham andDietilat floili „ and already the gifts and good Wtiilati are pouring In: Ilereproucl !Mishit Dennis and Karen McGly n of Dundas accept a gift from the WhefiaM.Nospital Auxiliary, presented by Auxiliary President Marie- Phillips. Formerly Wingham area-m*10k ihe,MeGlynns worestaying with family when the baby arrived. Pleased grandparents are Bob and Willa Harris of Bluevale and Mary and Jerry McGlyertlif. R. R. 2, Wingham Town requests cop • missiorlerS. ew rate for auxiliary staff •The Wingham Board of Police Commissioners has set the/new hourly.rate of pay for auxiliary con- stables with the Wingham Police Department at $10. • ' The decision. vvas reached at OW - board's regular January meeting, following a closed committee-of-the- whole,session. At the, beginning of the regular session, Commissioner Fred McGee — whose son is one of five maxilla'', • constables with the department — declared a conflict of interest on the issue. It is reported thatMr; McGee was not present during discussion of remuneration for the auxiliary con- stabies. wnship sets rezoning fee Turtherry Thivnahiprealdents ap plying for a zoning change will have to Pays $375 application fee. Last week council resolVed. to Charge the. fee tccioz i:4! ttaleiitiritingfind -notiOes; and other expenses incurred with each appjication.... "Other townships have this fee," Reeve Brian McBurney pointed out. "It's time we *titutedoneaswell.," If all goes well and the re -zoning is -not challenged, 050 of the fee will be refunded to the applicant, he said. "If the zoning change has to go to the Ontario Municipal Board for any reason, it costs us extra." Turnberry's zoning bylaws were irolinowmen tai assessment number of applications have come to approved last fall. Since then, a _ the township office for re -zoning committee chairman, agreed to at- tend the Jan. 19 public meeting in Blyth to hear a presentation of the --Huron County Waste Management Master Plan Stage 1 preliminary report. As the, regular works committee meeting is on that date, Mr. Machan, suggested changing the committee meeting to another date in order to hear the presentation at Blyth. Mr. Moreland, whe is a member of the works committee, agreed. "After all, what could be more crit- ical." Asked about the official closing Wingham Town Council will request copies of a wasten- - ument 'aII tE agement environmental assess ent to makecertain the doc reveal no future surmises for the town or this area. The Ontario Ministry of the Envir- onment, in a letter received by coun- cil at its regular January meeting, informed the municipality that the Ontario Waste Management Cor- poration (OWMC) has recently sub- mitted the environmental as- sessment for its hazardous waste management system to be located on a 124 -hectare site in the Niagara • At, Region Township of West Lincoln. Mayor Ian Moreland drew coun- cil's attention to mention in the let- ter that the OWMC is also requesting approval for siting, constructing and operating waste collection services and facilities across the province at some future date. , "As you may be aware, if the plan- ning program is approved, further site specific approvals may not be required for the specific activities included in the planning program," the letter continues. Because of this statement, Mr. Moreland said, ,the town4itottlit request copies of the document as .6 soon as possible. "Before we find therm phoning to bilildoneworT 'out; inthe.stieks ..;thepIaceftke Wing - hoe' ' In anntbtr matter re ting to: - waste management, Mr. idereliOd • date of the current Wingham landfill site, Mr. Machan told council the site is scheduled to close in to years. However, he added, it is pos- sible that at that time the environ- ment ministry may either extend Wingham's licence to operate the site, or direct the town to use an- other nearby site. "Whatever the MOE has told us to do, we Have done,” Mr. Machan said of the continuing dialogue between the ministry and town concerning the landfill site. Councillor Don Carter questioned (Continued on Page 2A) Roy Bennett is re-elected PIM chairman Roy Bennett has been chosen chairman of Wingham Public Utilities Commission for another term. Mr. Bennett has been a member of the commission since 1969, and chairman since the early 1970s. He was re-elected chairman at, last Thursday's meeting of the PUC. A financial crisis precipitated by inadequate funding is threatening the -existence of homemaker ser- vices across' Ontario, says Wingham's Jean Young. Mrs. Young is president of the Ontario Association of Visiting Homemaker :Services, a group that organized- yesterday's rail On we. • Queen! situation„4trts htYint to P1 attentitn,, and is is 4 people in Huron t now, with the bidgetrefilranitil inpod on us by (110,Mittistries **Waive-din- funding.111.0.11tivloo, Weare -finding it increasingii diffittllt fit -recruit and hang onto our honittinakOrs3",, Panted allt "No so�iper do. they get trait leavif Park regular basis, and prepare meals. Averagetime spent with one client is about three hours per visit. Many need daily visits. Some need assistance only once every week or hve, Mrs. Young said. Without homemaker services, at least 60 per cent of these people *Mid be in nursing homes OF • .hospitals.. Many MOre, would be unable to maintain their own homes. "Stitai we've been, able to Meet r • • • the &Mends for serviee," she said. • Editorials Page 4A Opinions Page 5A Community News 0. Page 6A Classifieds Page 12A int ".!•41dt41its pest year, we've lost lk hoineMakert in Huron County. Our foster of trained home care people has dropped from 24.5 to 187,- and nY .of these are relatively inex, to n6rietided.".- •4:44. .(Haled/A Page 3) Y •