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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-05-09, Page 28Page 8B - The Wingham Advance -Times, May 9„ 1989 Gorrie Business Association renews rezoning request GORRIE—In a letter to Howick Township Council, dated April 28, Earl Anderson, president of the Gorrie Business Association requdsted an appointment with council to further discuss the rezoning issue proposed by the association last year. The proposal called for large areas of the township to be rezoned from agricultural to either residen- tial, institutional or commercial, and in the recent letter Mr. Ander- son expressed a continuing concern with the unavailability of commer- cial land in the township. Ort Feb. 2, 19.;, the Gorrie Busi- ness Association responded to a public meeting to promote input to improvements to the Secondary Plan, with its proposal for plan amendments. The proposal suggested the plan- ning department consider the fol- lowing amendments. All of the AG 2 (restricted agri- cultural) section south of William St. in the Village of Gorrie, be re- zoned to residential and institution- al with the exception of the down- town area presently zoned com- mercia.t. North of William St. and includ- ing all AG 2 north of Hwy. 87, should be rezoned to commercial or a zoning that would accommodate the type of commercial or light industry that could be enticed to come to this area. Council was somewhat surprised to receive the recent letter suggest- ing the rezoning issue be reviewed, as none of the land in question belongs to any of the persons requesting its rezoning. Further- more, Wray Wilson, building offi- cial, said the area in question encompasses over 700 acres and any zone amendment of that mag- nitude would certainly be denied by the County of Huron. There was also some criticism since the usual process of rezoning, would invariably involve the landowner. However, in this instance this is not the case. Don Watson, owner of Watson's Hardware and a member of the committee, told this newspaper last year's proposal is misleading and in no way reflects the association's proposition. .,The letter was written in a rush and designed to point to some areas that could be used for rezoning," he said. 1t is tier concern to attract business and industry to the town- ship and we can't do this if there is no land zoned for that purpose." Mr. Watson explained the associ- ation wants people and council in particular to consider certain changes to the plan which will prove beneficial to the township, but emphasized the associaticitt is not proposing any changes without having the consent of landowners affected by the proposal. 'If we attract industry to the municipality we'll all reap the ben- efits. More taxes for the township and more jobs for residents," he said. "We just want to point out what we consider a shortcoming in the plan." Council instructed Mr. Wilson (building official) to write to the Gorrie Business Association and suggest to them to reconsider their original proposal (to rezone 700 acres). WINGIIAM Residential Yard Sale Main Street Flea Market es—aiz="-- - • 11 1 nuE71Eililual. 7ILTranfIlVectrimW.1 }-/ Residential Yard Sale - Saturday May 2Oth Main St. Flea Market - May 18, 19, 2Oth • t4 g 41 W14$,W BIKE ROADEO - Officials of this year's Wingham Optimist Bi- cycle Roadeo are considering the event a success. A large turnout of young cyclists took part in the event at the Lockridge Memorial Arena on Saturday. Videoconference theme is AIDS in workplace Awareness of AIDS has increased substantially with media reports of personal tragedies, medical advances and even television drama. But the effect of AIDS on business and employees is only now beginning to be felt. On May 16, the Huron County Health Unit will host a national satellite videoconference entitled "AIDS in the Workplace" at the Huronview Auditorium, Clinton. The three-hour videoconference has been produced by Sheridan Videoconferencing in association with the Federal Centre for AIDS. the Workplace" is working videoconference designed so that all participants will have a clear idea of the workplace issues and sufficient knowledge to begin to develop al: AIDS policy for their own company. The moderator of the national videoconference is broadcaster Adrienn% Clarkson and national panelists include FCA Director Alastair Clayton, Dr. David Roy, - founder of the Centre for Bioethics in Montreal and other representa- tives of business, industry and the law who are knowledgeable about AIDS policy Case studies of people with AIDS and their experiences in the work- place will be presented during the conference. The conference will take place itiesd May 16, from 12:45' to 4 p.m. For information, please cwt. - tact Diane Aitken, AIDS co-ordina- tor at the Huron County Health Unit, 482-3416 or 1-800-265-5184. Howick students dig in with tree -planting project Senior Howick Central School students helped the ministry of nat- ural resources help wildlife in a day -long tree -planting exercise recently. Ken Maronets of the Wingham office of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources teamed up with Mr. Raynard's Howick Grade 8 class for the exercise. Earlier this spring, Mr. Maronets had spoken in the classroom about the importance of protecting Festival winners from WPS Wingham Public School winners in the recent Midwestern Ontario Rotary Music Festival in Walkerton include4he following youngsters: First prize—Mary Lisle, Kristen McEachern, Caroline Pike, David Bower, Kim Bouwers, Kelly Alexan- der, Jonathon Gibbons, Julie Lisle, Mary Jane Sandiland's Grade 2-3 classroom choir and the primary choir, directed by Mrs. Brenda Schedler; Second place—Joey Carter; Mrs. Mary King's Grade 6 classroom choir and Mrs. Lynn MacRae's Grade 1 classroom choir; Third prize—Becky Gillespie, Crystal Wilken, Laura O'Hagan, Lee Anne Carter, Chris Alexander, Ansley Simpson; Robin Turner's Grade 2 classroom choir and Mrs. Joan Martin's Grade 3 fla,s,ro,orn choir. wildlife habitat. He said he found the students eager to herp and learn, so they came up with a pro- ject to put all that energy to good use. Last Wednesday, they journeyed to the Cliff Reddon farm near Clif- ford, where almost 1,500 white cedar, spruce and pine were plant- ed to connect a hardwood area to a wetland. Part of the Community Wildlife Improvement Program (CWIP), the youngsters were supplied with the trees and shovels and all they pro- vided was the "elbow grease". After planting 1,500 trees, Mr. Maronets said, he suspected there would be a lot of "tired kids" by the end of the day. However, they were buoyed by the importance of their work in enhancing wildlife habitat. The new trees will provide much-needed food and cover for deer and small banirdims.als and even berries for song Mr. Maronets says he also has been stressing to the youngsters that the tree planting is not a "one- shot" deal. The young trees must be maintained by future classes and perhaps even bird boxes added as a final touch. He sees the program as function- al and educational — the students can learn about the environment while actually doing something worthwhile. In addition to the Howick stu- dents, a group at Immaculate Con- ception School at Formosa planted trete and .put. up.bird boxes in their school yard this spring.