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An estimated 75 people repre-
senting a good cross section of
northern Huron County • tined out
last Thursday Whetg"a TL
preliminary report on the county's
waste management master plan.
The public meeting — at the Blyth
Memorial Hall — is one of two to be
held on the report.
The second is scheduled for Mon-
day, Jan. 30 in the Hensall Com-
munityCentre.
The interested group in Blyth con-
sisted of both urban and rural muni
cipal officials as well as a sprinkling
of private citizens.
Brief,PrePe_rctations. on the report,
w d'e the wrWiiiangement
!Visite plan's project co-ordinator,
Joanne Richter, Les MacMillan of
Gore and Storrie Limited, 'Huron
County Engineer Dennis Merrall,
Cathy, (iesbrecht of the MOE's
environmental assessment branch,
and Gary Davidson, the county's
director of planning and develop-
ment
In Huron County last year, there
was about 42,000 tonnes of waste
generated, Mr. MacMillan told the.
a(beet ng, The -figure_ :had:.to;..be
,]ie ..
e thiiatedsaid, 'since there are
no facilities in the county with weigh
scales.
He projected that by 2030, the
county would be generating up in the
order of 50,000 tonnes of waste.
Using graphs to illustrate, he told
the group that within 20 years all
residents of the county will have the
landfill site they currently use filled
to capacity.
urnberry will not allow
special dumping privileges
Turnberry council has said no to a
ratepayer who wanted special pri-
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Don Cook attended the- second
monthly meeting of council to ex-
plain his predicament to members
and try to arrive ata solution:
Mr. Cook said it is inconvenient for
him" to get to the township dump
during its regular operating hours
on Saturdays as he operates a
business outside the township on
weekends.
He said he only makes use of the
waste disposal site two . or three
a
times each Year, taking out cans and options to Mr. Cook, including
bottles as he is able to get rid of '
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"It will take a minimum of five
years until any new facili facilities
up and nuig,"
said. "Then there wibe abput _ or four facilities that wil latve run.
out of capacity by that time.'P
Even worse is the plight of muni-
cipalities such as Wingham (two
years), Turnberry Township (one
year) and Goderich Township (one
year) where capacity. will be
reached before a new.; site could be
opened — even if work were to begin
immediately.
The Town of Seaforth's landfill
site is already at capacity.
However, with at least eight of the
4ndfill sites in the county having 10
or more years remaining before
reaching capacity, Mr. MacMillan
told those attending the meeting: that
"you are not yet in a crisis situation
in Huron County by any means,"
Mr. Merrall said Huron' County
has been producing waste at an
'incre, s .g rate eve eat :and 4 ie
y.o other than Saturda ►il " asked After some `further discuss""`
Mr. Cook. ion, native methods of t dis
While council members said the Councillor Paul Elgie told: Mr. Cook
that since he only takes his garbage
could understand his problem, they to the dump two or three times per
were not about to give him per- year, he must make arrangements
mission to use the site at any other
time than during its hours of to get it there. When the dump is
operation. Nor were they in favor of.. open. "If you can't take it on
allowing him to throw his garbage Saturdays, I don't feel we (council)
over the fence for a site attendant to should do anything about it,"Mr.
put in thebin. Elgie said.
Ca�atm > -'su ested. tiutnerotis Councillor John Cox agreed. "We
be1
- cost `assess the Suitabilitybf alt r
. , waste -disposal
would
eaving ourselves open'
we set ,,
n t fi a precedent he said. "I
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exercise, utside *Ingham last~ Tuesday, MT aniorearneptOlibers
and me bers df the: Ontario rovinall. Police District 0 *DE wit'
conducted spot .0 a kks on transport trucks and 'other large ' highway.
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Many of'the municipal landfill
sites have been separating the waste
in the past, mostly to salvage scrap,
he said.
However, a number of municipali-
ties have initiatedc-recycling pro-
grams as a method of\\ helping to
reduce the increasing cost of waste
disposal.
The Town of Wingham is one of
these municipalities with its "blue
box" program slated to begin in
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Frostyfest 19 planning
begins for Feb. 9-12 event
Frostyfest, Wingham's winter
celebration, is a definite "go" for
this year, .
Fred McGee of the Wingham
Lions Club, organizer of Frostyfest.
'89, says Feb. 9 to 12 has been chosen
as dates for the event.
In addition to the Lions Club, the
Wingham Kinsmen and Optimist
clubs, as well as the Legion, also will
be involved.
The events get underway at a kick-
off concert Thursday, Feb. 9, at 8
p.m. in the Wingham Town Hall.
Highlight of the concert will be the
popular Frostyfest prince and
princess co petiition.
Youngst rs _,interested in
competes in tie' pirmee and princess
competitio t be in Grades 6 to 8.
A Frostyfestqueen contest and may-
be ever%- ; , test will be held as
well. -
tntert 'o►ite tants or mer-
chants are
. �� .� : t contact orgatud
zer iia ' et 335-325kk; for
.ti'. be provided at
on peen. 4 and li
iwal Showarama for
d%'+ n or the "Timmy
be held Sunday, Feb. 12,
starting at 9 a.m. from the Legion
hall.
More details about Frostyfest will
be. provided ,.as they become
available.
Bluevale woman
injured in mishap
A Bluevale woman is in hospital in
London, suffering from injuries
received in a two -car mishap last
Saturday on the B-line, east of
Wingham.
As the police report was incom-
plete at press time Monday, an
Ontario' . Provincial Police spokes-
man at Wingham was, able to
provide few details of the accident
which occurred the afternoon of Jan,
21 in Turnberry Township.
Sustaining major injuries was
Marie Walker of Bluevale. Melissa
Templeman of Wingham was the
driver of the second vehicle
involved, but She was treated and
released from hospital.
Mists Walker was transferred to
Victoria Hospital, London.
The police are blatr'tir g road con-
ditions as the causelof the mishap.
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