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Reaction to last week's release of
he master plan survey for Wingham
; and area was predictable — caution
.on the part of municipal politicians
and enthusiasm on the part of
recreation committee membe,rs.
The study recommends the
• restorati044:the_Lower Town Pani-,
as well -a s.--altg miUioiwks
centre- to he built in liieyea'
time.
A subsequent feasibility study
details how the aquatic centre would
be funded, possible sites and even
projects its yearly operating deficit.
The study findings -were presented
• at an information, meeting last week
attended by members of Wingham
Town Council and the tovekship
councils of East Wawanosh, Maris
and Turnberry, as well as recreation
• master plan committee members.
TOwif• council will have the op-
portunity to accept the report in
PnngiPka-CM
it at an upcommtmee
The recreation master p
com-
inittee was formed in the fa 1 of 1987.
A consulting firm, Procter and Red-
Jeff
to the
fern, Was hired early teat_ year to reation iwgedt�wn fotiOtlieliOefo'::1-4**
compile the data- reglOW-Tie..ihe-1,
recreation master Planfor, .0,101e;: .`ittfi•flir-tTeere41011-gilt!:::centre s�unc.
and area. itff*1 can geton With itsjob Thls is and the-13ther ebirlMitterremberf
Public Meetings, Were held, inter- • too important and*O.eiiPelliivi to are confident MO gOod.1-eiifot—*e
views and a questionnaire sent out to let siten - . money.sOidd:be raised 43.-thi:I.
almost 2,900 area hOrnes,-,asking lova•
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residents Sp 1#01iiie- their reqeetion.:-. Mastor:001ailePr tOt .00ther.7-ioniritgk
said* estimates tiaterith
.7.-§Alticriti-7.arrivecrthe-'-recriation",...s.e0ices in Winghamf rewesent- den*** :titan hositieskHsOrvia
master plan and feasibility stndy. 141g the voice of the 'stfley ' albs and the genererpublic.the
• Melanie Nit:Laughlin of the On- After Mr. !hint liad-pretented7the goat could be meL'in three 'years
tario Ministry of Culture and Rec- • master plan fitiefingi,,. tomMittee
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Iayor hasconcern ,abcittt;:-
stuOy't recomrnendation
Wingham has too many problems
related to municipal projects to
consider embarking on a project to
e,,enstiuetw.,i0ndOntauit4t,
waft pArepflotitlion.'
That opinion was expressed last
week by Wingham Mayor Ian
Moreland when asked to comment
on the. Wingham and Area presentation at a dinner meeting
held at the Wingham Golf and
Curling Club and host, ;:the
Axila.Stser40 committee
,Mr. Moreland, who had to leave
the presentation early to attend a
meeting of the board of governors of
the Wingham and District Hospital,
later told The Advance -Times that
althOugh the plan _Ordains many ,4
Recreation Master Plan which was
Prc§ented._ l'Our§daY- by.the
Nlembers of the couneils of
Wingham, Turnberry, Morris and
East Wawanosh attended the
• He's made it. Rudy of RR 4, Wingbani, share their
Last week Wingham's Jeff Bloem- son's excitement. It has meant
berg hit the ice with the New York many years of_sacrifice for Jeff, 20,
- , Rangers, realizing a long-time~..-a.nd the reStitilhe family for him to
. •: dream of his own and his family. - -• make it to 'the National Hockey
Jeff's mother Louise and dad League.
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sound impose
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taxpayers toa
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But they were walking on air will
Jeff's debut last. Monday with, the
Rangers, the team that sig* hitt
last April. He had been playing or
the Rangers', Colorado farm team
where he is assistant captain.
Jeff started his hockey 'career ir
Alliston and Drayton. When tlu
family moved to Wingham,
played for two years hi:Belgravt
beforecoming to Wingbark;
He played one year otJunior
hockey in Listowel, joinirt the North
Bay Centennials of the Ontario
• Hockey League in 1985.
'Although- he has played with the
Rangers, Jeff's future is uncertain
and he is sitting on "pins and
needles" at present.
His mother says it would be ex-
citing if he were to see some attlon
during the, Upcoming playoffs. The
• Rangers should not have any trouble
making the playoffS?-.-- the team
leads the Patrick lvision of the
Wales Conferende eland is third
overall in the*HL.
The Id gs ii*ft Monday to
ado, but .reff
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lien Slit hail* sperit1
with Omit fOr-
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vet. gond
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run a
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.:6ALLED t
hockey in rfraYgibt'
*brtli gay- CsittnNiiii
Rangers last week-Efteeyb
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'otthe.flitU1.inunicipai
p °mg council is
the_need terioei undertake a major
overhaul of the town's sewage
disposal system. •
The system, Mr. Moreland says,
has been operating at maximum
capacity for some time new and
many of the sewers "have been in
service for too many years."
. Cost estimates for • this project
(Continued on Page 2A)
Firemen busy
last Tuesday
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The Wingham Area Fire
Department was busy last Tuesday,
receiving three calls that morning.
Fire Chief Harley Gaunt- reports
that the first call came at 7:20 a.M.7
Feb. 21 to a hydro substation on
Minnie Street. Mr. Gaunt says a fuse
holder shorted and took fire. He
estimates damage at $1,000.
Just a few minutes later, at 7:41
a.m., a call 'was received from the
.<:Wingham Day Care Centre on
William St
Mr. Gaunt; and
Oawas aetitlited an
vat" tiinoke in the &Writ
Wm. Hesays thlS Was, caused _b
low yoltagetromthesubetation
Thetottainolettiget-
tater thaCtrnotinintutiiefi
were sluititnoirtir to .WeS
rounckY fn Winghal.n .‘oinere
had tipped over, trappittly
operator , inside.. Haveveti, M
Gaunt 'reports the man had bee-
the,,thite the department
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