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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-03-28, Page 17-4 •-•• • ,4114,,,'4.417,44,":7•47: , , a 4,401:W's M"e: THE BEARD HOUSEHOLD is the first in Wingham to receive a curbside blue box to be used in the town's recycling program when it gets under way April 4. The boxes are being distributed by members of the Wingham Boy Scouts. From left, are: Troop Scouter Bob Hewines, Scout Donald Bowyer, Phil and Marg Beard and daughter Kaitlln, and Wingham Councillor Ward Robertson, property porninittee chairman. • Board's decision stands, principals are transferred ecert:t Huron of E of its high school principals to other schools is not open for review. That is the opinion of HCBE director of education Bob Allan who says that to the best of his knowledge the board has no inten- tion of changing its mind on the issue. Mr. Allan claims he personally t contacted- each of the principals —Bruce Shaw in Exeter, Joe Wood- en in Clinton, and Herb Murphy in Goderich — to establish that view- point as he didn't want any of them to think that circumstances were going to change when they won't. He said that throughout its 20 years, the HCBE has tried to match the strength of a specific principal with the school it felt would most Take the time to consider "4/011 -'*0. athiiithat�r new ideas to the school and Mr. Allan feels that moving them should be a question of why not rather than why. Transferring principals, he says, gives them the opportunity to apply their particular skills in a new setting. In ,this way, the board hopes to develop the best schools it can. To illustrate, r. Allan uses the logic that Wingham's F. E. Madill is a strong school, but it needs more involvement with the community. Mr. Murphy, Goderich District experience in reaching out to the Collegiate Institute principal, has Couple urges council to community working with industry, The board feels that Madill will reconstruct Fordwich street and with night schools. benefit from theSe'StfOngths-. riouivcrxemilnio!ditrto-ther- board's opinion, from the political style of Bruce. Shaw, South Huron Secondary School principal. Mr. Shaw is the mayor of Exeter. One of the board's reasons for transferring Mr. Wooden, Central Huron Secondary School principal, to Exeter is to bring his outgoing, positive attitude to the school. The board considers Mr. Wooden to have the ability to work cohe- sively with the staff and become closely involved with the students. A }liven of 15 winn annual Outstanding Award for excellence in v tarism :•• • e 1-naS;•:1 The winners were named last week in a joint annOlyieeinent issued by Citizenship Minister Gerry Philips, and Culture and Communications Minister Lily Mumo. The awards are presented in three categories — individual, non- profit organization, and business. They recognize the achievements of those who have made exception- al contributions to community vol- untarism in areas related to citizen- ship and culture such as the arts, librarrec, heritage conservation, multiculturalism, race relations and native community development. Mrs. Doucette has served on the board of directors of the Blyth Festi- val since 1980, often spending 40 hours a week in this volunteer lion5'capital *pawl IliglieiSecbitclyiat in . - Mrs. Doucette's considerable knowledge of all aspects of the li.Cenka6r the. Arts has resUlt- • Oct, in herbeing asked to represent • the organization at arts conferences both at home and abroad,. where she has received many accolades for her breadth of knowledge and enthusiasm. More than 100 nominations. from organizations across the province were received for this year's awards. The awards will be presented at 5 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday) at a special ceremony in the lieutenant governor's suite at Queen's Park. Published weekly, paper's message was just for boys At a cost of only 25 cents a year, lure story The Boys' World billed itself in 1903 On Nov. 7, readers were treated as a "paper for all the week and all to "Lost in a Cave", the Nov. 14 that boys are interested in". issue offered the excitement and Jim Young of Wingham recently thrills of a young lad's bittle with a came upon three issues of the bobcat, and the Nov. 28 front page newspaper while tearing out a wall had the account of "Grandmother in his home. Ketcham's Adventure". In its masthead, the paper offers The'few advertisements all deliv. '"to help boys in their own sphere, eiid the same message, an offer of 0001 on Sundays and Weekdays. To filtiAelkSigli as Watike0.1 rifles, box - make each day delightful:andeach mg gloves, musical instruments or deed its best. To give faith and such which the boys could earn by courage, and spread a charm con- selling novelties. tinually about the way." Published by David C. Cook 1.1 Publishing Company of Elgin, Illi- a JOrLLsg ;. -nalkitte-rarettwarried-very Iittic- advertising, leaving loads of mom for for such articles as Some Bravecoiltract or towitship Deeds — true incidents of bravery, to strengthen noble resolves and A tender submitted by George insure courage in time .of need", or Radford- Construptiqn of Blyth has "Backbone, Stiffeners — to help you been accepted to supply, crush, trAen-distoitritted';'it'*610 sun- Wit nd sj,read gravel'on the day School lesson, and ,'Science for sou* half 0 Morris Township this Boys". ' year. The entire front page in each of The tender, for 33,000 Imperial the three issues discovered by Mr. tons of "A" gravel, quotes a price of Young — Nov. 7, Nov. 14 and Nov. $339 per ton with the total contract 28, 1903 — is devoted to an adven- price being $111,870. all options, Cardiff says Time should be taken to study all centres, the idea might have merit, possible alternatives before the rails He said he'd like to see the rail line on the CP Rail line between left in place until all the ideas can Goderich to Guelph are torn up. be studied. That was the message delivered Mr. Cardiff was replying to a recently by Huron -Bruce MP Mur- brief from the federation's proper ray Cardiff at the annual Members' ties and land use committee which of Parliament Dinner of the Huron said a threat exists to farmers from County Federation of Agriculture. nature lovers who are promoting Options such as Project ReRail — conversion of the abandoned rail a group hoping to establish a line to a publi'c trail. regional railway system in mid- "Joe Public cannot be trusted western Ontario — should be when left alone in nature," the brief looked at, Mr. Cardiff said. says. "He lacks both concern, com- He told the meeting he had met mon sense and conscience, and we with the project's backers and don't want him." found them to be a responsible Of several representations made group with credibility, and that to his office, Mr. Cardiff said, none they deserved to be heard. had supported the trail. The group is confident it can Ontario Agriculture and Food operate the railway for a lot less Minister and Huron MPP Jack Rid - than CP spent on it, and Mr. Cardiff dell explained that a provincial said he thought the idea deserved government interministerial corn - consideration. mittee, which includes OMAF rep - With the closure of the line, many resentation, had been established in people are looking for alternative December. uses, he said. However, the committee is only The idea of excursion trains atm deciding whether the province Goderich to Blyth has been suggest- should acquire the- right-of-way, he ed and in linking the two tourist said. " • 4 GORRIE—Norman and Bonnie Wilson of Fordwich sent a letter to Howick Township Council urging the reconstruction of the most east- erly section of Albert St. in the Vil- lage of Fordwich. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson also spoke to council regarding the roadway during the March 1 council meet- ing. Their more recent letter echoes the concerns voiced during their presentation to council, namely the neglect displayed by previous councils in maintaining Albert St. In the letter Mr. and Mrs. Wilson note the street is the.main entrance to the new Fordwich ball park and playground, making it one of the most used in the village and advise council not to consider their request as one for building a new street, but rather as a request for general maintenance and repair to an exist- ing mad. In dealing with the letter during the March 21 special meeting coun- cil discovered it is facing a number of decisions and issues with poten- tially far-reaching consequences for the township. Although the area in question is in fact a road allowance, the lane which constitutes the most easterly section of Albert St. is just that, a lane. Therefore council does not consider the requested work main- tenance but a new road construc- tion. Since provincial funds for new road construction have been cut and the township budget is already stretched, the township will be unable to complete any work on Albert St. With costs for new roads becom- ing the responsibility of the devel- oper, the standards set by the Min- istry of Transportation becomes the real issue. Ministry recommendations for this particular street, according to council, would have new road, urban standards. This standard is the most expensive as it includes storm sewers, curbs and sidewalks. For the developer who has to bear the costs, urban standard could mean the end of the project as it will price lots out of the market. Council realizes the necessity to decide on a policy governing cases such as this, since the implications for the township are significant. Council can pass a bylaw accepting lower road construction standards (i.e. suburban or rural) which would significantly lower construc- tion costs to the developer. ' By doing so, however, council will give up the right to get provin- cial grants for the upgrading of these streets in the future. The issue is one of top quality roads and no new construction, versus lower quality roads and new influx of people and money into the township. Council, after long deliberation decided to opt for roads of lower standard which would allow for more new construction in the town- ship, since it would not raise house prices beyond what is affordable for people interested in buying in the township. The argument for accepting lower standards in road construc- tion was supported by the fact that existing roads in the villages are of that same 'lower' standard which is sufficient for the current traffic vol- ume and drainage. Council agreed, pending legal advice, to accept the lowereptan- dards (suburban) for new roads with all costs for construction going to the developer. Once the construc- tion of the road has been completed the township agrees to take over the streets and maintain them.