The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-02-21, Page 174
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"CARTOON CAPERS" was the theme for the Wingham FigureSkating Club's Carnival at the Lockridge
Memorial Arena and taking part were these Muppet Babies, from left: Front row, Christie Warwick, Tami
Kerr, Jennifer McDonnell, Paul Clugston, Angela Chippa,- Back row, Cheryl McBride, Harmony Spivey,
Carleigh Galbraith, Patricia Heibein. IVanci Skinn.
Gorrie — During its Feb. 14
meeting-40We]; Township Council
imstied some concerns regardhig
the purchase ef a new fire pumper.
Council's COMM hinged on the high
cost of the new pumper estimated at
apptoximately $180,000. Fire Chief
Harley Gaunt informed council in
Wilting of the haPertahce of pur-
chasing a new truck in the near
future.
The last tankers were purchased
in 1969 and 1981 respectively. An
additional used 1905 pumper was
purchased when the area fire board
was established and while, all units
have served the board well, Mr.
Gaunt feels it is time to update some
of the equipment citing a problem
with the availability of parts for
repairs.
The purchase of a new pumper
would give the fire area better
.."ent4n both the Wingham and
Goriie stations.
Fire Chief Gaunt suggested the
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1970 imt wouldre*nain Wingham
along wia new unit and
PuITIPer would be, Alaeplaeed in the •
Genie station along with the.1965
*lit as a -backlit which would give
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Fire Chief Gaunt also pointed qut _
prices for pumpers increase by
about $20,000 'annually and stated
several regulations and laws pro- •
hibit the use of pumpers of vintage
elder than 13 years.
Council discussed the suggestions
made by Fire Chief Gaunt. To solve
the problems of the high cost council
discussed the option of purchasing
another used unit from Toronto or
other major urban centres but was
advised that trucks from such
Centres are usually in bad shape
since they are used excessively.
Council decided- to -research -its
options further and postponed its de-
cision to a future council meting.
Wingham granted $18,240
for its recycling program
The Town of Wingham has been
awarded a provincial government
grant of $18,240 to assist in getting its
multi -material recycling program
off the ground.
The MOE grant will be used for
the operation of the program itself
as well as for the purchase of
A new strategy designed to guide
the Maitland Conservation Author-
ity's activities over the next 20 years
was introduced to members at the
MVCA's annual meeting Thursday
at Wroxeter.
The 20 -year strategy, MVCA
General Manager Les Tervit told the
meeting, is aimed at solving the
major resource management
problems in the watershed.
The Maitland Conservation Strat-
egy was developed in three stages:
-A redefinition of the major
resource management issues in the
t watershed, and determining the
cause and effect of each.
[• -The identification of the most
* effective alternatives fpr:;. dealing
with each major issue.
-The development of programs to
deal with the issues using identified
alternatives.
_The strategy's overall goal
focuses on the conservation of soil
" and water resources and to achieve
this, the authority has developed
four program areas: land use,
'development, land management,
• and conservation area property
management.
. "Our primary target audience at
this stage is the MVCA directors,
MVCA staff and the municipalities,"
Mr. Tervit said.
Paul Weitendorf, MVCA commun-
ity •relations co-ordinator briefly
explained the planned implementa-
tion of the strategy in the four
program areas.
The land use program will focus
on the major land use issues in the
watershed- and will address how
people use existing and farmer
resource lands and marginal
agricultural land.
In order to meet its land use goal,
the authority will encourage con-
servation of the existing !Mures
lands in the watershed, conVerkion
of Marginal agricultural lands:to a
more sustainable land use, and the
restoration to their natural state of
former resource lands that perform
valuable natural functions.
Program activities will be de-
veloped in the areas of information
and education, extension services,
planning and policy, data collection
and monitorint:
The development program ad-
dresses major development issues
and associated infrastructure in
areas where there is potential for
flooding and -or erosion, and other
lands that are important in main-
taining natural riverline and
shoreline processes. •
To meet this goal, the authority
will encourage_ hew :development to -
locate in arits,which axle not subject
to floocruitlind-or 2 -erosion, where
there wilt he no interference with
natural -riverline or . shoreline
processesior where the flood-
ettisionhazards can be effectively
mitigated with neo upstream or
downstrealn impacts.
The authority also will encourage
the relocation or removal of
development from areas subject to
flood and -or erosion as well as en-
courage the appropriate use of
remedial measures to protect
existing development in areas
subject to flooding -erosion.
In order to meet its land man-
agement program goal, the
authority will encourage the
adoption of appropriate agricultural
land management practices that
may include cropping, tillage, farm
• waste, fertilizer and pesticide man-
agement, and drainage practices.
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In addition to mangin' g soil and
water resources, the conservation
areas property management pro-
gram may also include the following
activities where appropriate: recre-
ation and education facilities, forest
management, fish and wildlife man-
agement, small dams and reser-
voirs, and heritage sites.
Mr. Tervit said the Maitland Con-
servation Strategy is to be carried
• out at three distinct levels:
--The overall 20 -year strategy.
--Interim five-year strategies
developed for each major issue and
organized by program area.
-Annual activity outlines for each
major issue which define the
MVCA's objectives for the year.
MVCA Chairman Bruce McCall
told the meeting the strategy rep-
resents a considerably different ap-
proach to watershed planning than
the authority previously had taken.
Residents in the watershed derive
Many benefits from its natural
resources, he said, but the activities
of people have placed these vital
resources under increasing pres-
sure.
"Given the current use, many of
these local natural resources will not
be sustained for future generations
to enjoy," he said in support of the
strategy.
igures may show there's
a less expensive way to go
The Wingham Area Fire Board period of two years or more.
has asked Fire Chief Harley Gaunt Wingham Town Council, at its
to get an estimate on what it would February meeting, suggested a
cost to remove the fire pack from three,,year period and asked its two
one of the department's older representatives to get a firm figure
pumpers and install it on a new cab • on what the pumper will cost.
and chassis. At the board's February meeting,
At its regular February meeting, Mr. Gaunt reported that a firm
the board also directed Mr. Gaunt to quote received from a fire truck
circulate that information to the manufacturer sets the purchase
councils et each of the five member price at $173,876.
municipalities for consideration Members noted that the price for
during their budget deliberations. the cab and chassis is quoted at
Faced with the possibility of a $48,000, which means the other
$180,4100 pumper purch:.ze, board $125,000 or so is for fitting out the
members have been looking Mr truck with the fire pack.
ways to minimize the impact on So, Howick Township representa.
municipal budgets, including five Norm Fairies asked what was
spreading the purchase • over a wrong with taking the fire pack off
the pumper at Gorrie which was
being replaced and putting in on the
new cab and chassis.
Asked if it could be done, Mr.
Gaunt acknowledged that it was
possible, but pointed out that in
order for the completed unit to
qualify for a 1989 rating, the pump
on the old fire pack would have to be
inspected and rebuilt.
The other questiOn to be answered,
he said, is whether or not there is
any company in Ontario which
specializes in the refitting.
The board hopes Mr. Gaunt's re-
port on this new approach will help
councils to reach a decision which
their representatives will then
deliver at the March meeting.
curbside "blue boxes", a vital com-
ponent of the program, Agriculture
and Food Minister Jack Riddell said
last week.
Mr. Riddell, who is also Huron
MPP, was announcing the grant on
behalf of Environment Minister Jim
Bradley.
He congratulated Wingham for
joining other municipalities in On-
tario which also are recycling signi-
ficant quantities of their waste.
Meanwhile, Wingham's recycling
co-ordinator Jim Lang toltThe
Advance -Thies that - the tentative
date for the program kickoff is
Monday, March 27.
Mr. Lang said 1,300 blue boxes
have already been ordered and de-
livered, and will soon be distributed
to households throughout the town.
• The town also will mount an in-
formation and advertising cam-
paign to educate residents on how
the program works.
Morris Township
building permits
Two building permits and one
demolition permit were approved at
the first monthly meeting of Morris
council.
Building permits were approved
for: Allan Krotz, Lot 24, Con. 5, a
new porch and Bev Griffith,
Bluevale, a storage building. A
demolition permit for a side porch
was issued to Mr. Krotz.
County looks at
healthy surplus
Although audited figures are not
yet in, it appears that Huron County
Council is beginning 1989 with a
healthy surplus froin last year's
operations.
Figures released at council's
regular February meeting indicate
a total surplus of $943,632 for 191:.
. A breakdown of that figure shows
a surplus of $471,915 from general
funds last year, $431,651 from the
1 highways budget and $40,066
from the library budget.
K. Wood retiring
from FEMSS
Ken Wood, principal at the F. E.
Madill Secondary School in
Wingham for the past number of
years, is retiring at the end of this
school year.
Mr. Wood, who was vice principal
for Several years before being
named Madill principal, has been at
the Wingham school for 31 years.
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