The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-05-09, Page 211
FINAL SCOUT PAPER DRIVE—The Wingham Boy Scouts held their final .paper drive last week in
town. Scouts Greg Massey, Jason Richardson and Murray Steffen help load a truck with papers.
Highway reconstruction
not in cards for this year
Wingham Town Council didn't
seem surprised at the announce-
ment that the Highway 4 recon-
struction project will not begin this
year.
Nor did councillors seem
shocked to learn that Transporta-
tion Minister Ed Fulton is saying
that the earliest construction could
start on the project is 1991.
Prior to the 1987 provincial elec-
tion, Mr. Fulton made a quick tour
of Huron County that included a
trip up Highway 4 from Blyth to
Wingham. At that time, he
promised local politicians that he
would take the matter under
advisement.
About the time of the election
call, it was announced that work on
the project would get under way
during the 1989-90 fiscal year con-
sisting of only resurfacing the exist-
ing pavement.
Utility asks
However, at its regular May
meeting, council listened as Reeve
Bruce Machan read a letter from
Mr. Fulton in which the transporta-
tion minister offers the government
rationale for deferring the project.
"Following further field investi-
gations and discussions with local
municipalities, it was determined
that more extensive rehabilitation
(than just resurfacing) was
required," the letter states.
Staff at MTO are now re -design-
ing the project to provide for the
reconstruction of the Blyth-to-
Wingham section of the highway,
Mr. Fulton says in the letter, in
order to alleviate the snow -drifting
problems and to widen the existing
pavement.
The letter promises a public
information centre for the project
this summer, at which the public
will have an opp o rt 'unit t
y
this reconstruction work under
three projects, the letter states, start-
ing with the section from Blyth to
Belgrave, followed by the section
from Belgrave to Wingham, and the
final section through the Village of
Blyth.
"I can assure you that the first
contract will be advertised and
awarded as soon as the necessary
pre -contract engineering work is
completed," the letter promises.
PUC manager to
streetlight priorities
Wingham Public Utilities Coin--
mission Manager Ken Saxton has
been instructed to draw up a plan
for installing new streetlights in the
town.
Councillor John Schenk, who
attended the May PUC meeting for
Mayor Ian Moreland, said town
council recently received a letter
from a resident, claiming that his
street is poorly lit.
Mr. Schenk was told that town
council must request any new
streetlights and is billed by the PUC
for their installation and mainte-
nance. -
Mr. Saxton agreed that some.
town streets are dark and possibly
could use additional ligh,ting.: He
volunteered to assess which, areas
are in the greatest need of extra
lighting.
Finally after some further discus-
sion, Mr. Saxton was instructed to
draw up a streetlighting proposal
for the town, in order of priority, to
be presented to town council or
possibly one of its committees.
Five per cent increase
in Morris property taxes
Morris property . taxes will
increase by just under five per cent
this year, council members learned
at the first May meeting.
What this means in dollars and
cents; is that a public school -sup-
porting Morris ratepayer with a
farm and residential property
assessed at $100,000 would pay
$1,664 in taxes in 1989. That is an
increase of $78 over last year, or 4.9
per cent.
Separate school supporters can
expect a slightly higher tax
increase, 6.57 per cent. A Morris
ratepayer with a $100,000 assess-
ment, who supports the separate
school system, would pay $1,718 in
property taxes this year, almost
$100 more than 1988.
Morris Township will pay 19.5
per cent more to the County of
Huron in 1989, or $180,839.
Its requisition to the Huron -Perth
separate school board has gone to
$37,509, an increase of 5.63 per cent
to elementary schools and 22.5 per
cent to secondary schools.
The township will pay $540,900
to the Huron County Board of
Education this year for elementary
and secondary schools, 'ip 8.3 and
12.1 per cent respectively.
Township spending is down by
15.1 per cent this year to $205,182.
Canadettes place highly
at annual competition
The Wingham Canadettes and
Flag Corps hosted their annual
Miss Midwest Majorette. Fest .Coin-.
petition late last `diotith at the' P. L.
Madill Secondary School.
There were 107 participants com-
peting from the Wingham
Canadettes, the Brussels Starlettes,
St. Marys Starlettes, the Grey Bruce
Twirlers, the Atwood Twirlettes
and the Stratford Starlettes.
There were 10 categories of com-
petition, including modeling, basic
march, military march, parade
march, solo twirl, solo dance and
twirl, duet twirl, dance and twirl
teams, corps production numbers
and fire. Each of these categories
was broken into three age groups.
The corps production number
was captured again this year by the
Canadettes with a spectacular per-
formance to "Pump Up the Vol-
ume". St. Marys was second.
The Canadette Tiny Tots once
E. Wawanosh ratepayers
face 10 per cent tax hi-ke
Ratepayers in East Wawanosh
Township will face a 10 per cent
increase in their property taxes in
1989.
Mill rates were set at the M
o view ay
the proposed changes. meeting of council held recently.
With pre -contract engineering In actual figures, the increase for
work -- including -property acquisi- public school supporting ratepay-
council to enact otion — expected to take another ers in the township is 10.28 per
years, the earliest date for start- cent, while it is 12.18 per cent for
ing construction would be in 1991. separate school supporters.
It is MTO's intention to carry out What this increase translates to
Four permits for the typical East Wawanosh
Wingham council will be request -landowner with a farm property
ed to enact a bylaw restricting the assessed at ` :5,000, is $1,701 in
watering of lawns and gardens in approved by property taxes in 1989, an increase
the town this summer.i` of $159 over last year.
Manager Ken Saxton made the Morris council A separate school supporter with
recommendation at the May meet- a similarly -assessed property, will
ing of the Wingham Public Utilities Four building permits were pay $1,747, an increase of $190 over
Commission. approved at the first May meeting 19 >. .
He is proposing that, starting of Morris council: Ross Taylor, Bel- This year's county levy has
June 1 and running until Sept. 30, grave, a residence; Bob Gavreluk, increased by 19.5 per cent to
residents of the town water their Belgrave, a storage shed; Norman $111,125.
lawns and gardens only between Wattam, Lot 5, Con. 3, an addition East Wawanosh also will pay
the hours of 6 to 9 a.m, and 6 to 9 to dairy barn and Fred Kelly, Lot $188,693 toward
P.M-� � � � 14, Con. 2 a small arae a d Huron County
Board of Education elementary
watering bylaw
a g g
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schools, an increase of 8.32 per cent
and $148,081 toward public sec-
ondary schools, a 12.13 per cent
increase.
The elementary separate school
requisition has increased by 5.63
per cent to $9,871 and separate sec-
ondary to. $8,550, an increase of
22.56 per cent.
Spending for township purposes
has increased by 6.97 per cent to
$245,814.
Bylaw appoints
Thompson as
building official
Wingham Town Council has
passed a bylaw appointing Robert
Thompson as its chief building offi-
cial.
Mr. Thompson is the town's new
works superintendent, succeeding
Jack Van Camp who retired at the
and of April.
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again captured first with their
dncc anal twirl team. In tie juve-
nile -junior division, the Wingham
Canadettes were first and they also
were first in the senior dance and
twirl.
The overall winners for the day
were: senior, Shannon Robinson
and Michelle Riley, Wingham, tied
for first, Cherida Garniss, Wing -
ham, second; intermediate, Diane
Sicinn, Wingham, tied for first; sec-
ond, Margie Gordon, Wingham;
junior, Janice Jacklin, first and sec-
ond, Lindsay Michie, both of Wing-
hani;
Junior -intermediate (beginner),
;helley Skinn, Wingham, first; juve-
1ile, Jacquelyn Elston, Wingham,
First; Tiny Tots, Jillian Underwood,
Wingham, first.
This year provided some stiff
competition for many of the girls
with the large number of entrants
competing, but they are looking
forward to next year's competition.
Belgrave-area
man in hospital
A Belgrave-area man is in cr, .ical
condition in hospital following a
collision with a dump truck last
Thursday.
William Nethery, 59, of RR 1, Bel -
grave, was listed in critical cond i -
tion Monday morning at Victoria
Hospital, London.
According to a spokesman for the
Wingham detachment of the
Ontario Provincial Police, Mr. Neth-
ery was southbound on Sideroad
39-40 of East Wawanosh Township
May 4 at 7:35 amt.
The OPP say Mr. Nethery failed
to stop at the intersection of the
sideroad and Con. 4-5, where his
1976 van was struck by a dump
truck driven by Larry Smith of
Ethel, 20.
Mr. Nethery-wash taken to Wing -
ham and District Hospital for treat-
ment of major injuries and later
transferred, to' London, Mrs' Sr+th
was not injured.
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