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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-08-22, Page 1• 'MST SECTION Ce car Batu lebrity wash rday Take a few well-known personal- ities, add a water hose, some soap and a few sponges, and you have The Celebrity Car Wash being held this Saturday for Wingham and District Big Sisters Association. From 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., local merchants; politicians and person- alities will be pitching in to scrub a few cars in the town hall driveway. Everyone is welcome. There will be refreshments available, lots of familiar faces and some shiny vehi- cles. Manning the hoses and sponges will be Mayor Ian More- land, Bob Wittig, Don Carter, Dave Crothers, Sandra Jamieson, Gloria Workman and others. Smaller isbetter says counc Small municipalities are m cost-efficient than larger gove ments, says a report from Turnb ry Council to the Province regard ing the recent county re -structuring report issued by the Ontario Min- istry of Municipal Affairs. Turnberry voted to forward sev- eral comments regarding the report to the ministry at last week's meet- ing. Turnberry council also notes that amalgamation of small municipali- ties under 4,000 population, recom- mended in the county report, should be decided by the munici- pality rather than the province. "The government should not legis- late such a move for small munici- palities or withhold funding to force such ant amalgamation,amalgamation,"the response notes. The letter also favors the current system of reeves and deputy reeves sitting on council rather than may- ors and other designated council members, and recommends that funding for county governihent studies be provided by the province and not by the municipalities involved. "Many times the province forces programs onto the municipalities and the taxpayer must pay more for it," the letter says. 1 Wingham, Ontario, Tuesday, Aug. 22,1989 44 Lonesome HOME ON WHEELS—Another home leaves the Royal Homes has been shut down for weeks, completed homes have been leav- ore plant on Arthur St., heading for a building site. While the plant ing the grounds on schedule daily. Back o for Royal Homes, union. Royal Homes Ltd. and its carpen- ters' union are returning to the bar- „gaining ar- „gain ng • t blest ,, ►,.a ,ter;,mariCemr rejected a company offer in a super- vised vote last Thursday. About 170 workers, members of the International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, have been off the job since the plant's regular vacation closing period that began in mid July. The plant extended its shutdown, effectively locking out its unionized employees. The workers have been seeking their first contract since late last December, when the union sent the company its first proposal. Negotia- tions broke off Aug. 2 when the union rejected the company's last offer. Contract talks are in their eighth month. Last week is the first time em- ployees have had the opportunity to vote on the company's offer. The proposal was rejected by 94 of the a Id1ilIN 1100f dressed up for wort a prize in the eigh Jaime Sehiegte'`' attd i ecreatiOn t epari1►ient's ant ayC1�4i �117'i�iCiia 146 workers who voted at last week's meeting. p�lantzMaina u the Advance.Tianes last_week t at both parties are anxious to :resume negotiations. "There are only a handful of outstanding issues,” he said. "We're confident it can be resolved quickly." • According to union spokesman Adam Salvona, those issues include health and welfare benefits, over- time, wages, and union security. "I think we're very close to an agree- ment, considering the difficulty one faces in establishing a first con- tract." However, recent actions of Royal Homes' management are leaving union representatives "very, con- fused," he noted. "The company has never officially notified the union that the workers are locked out. They have simply kept the plant closed as an extension of their ;:h summer vacation shutdown." Also,ahe added, the company did viseti vote had been requested. As a result, the Carpenters Union has filed a complaint with the Ontario Labour Relations Board. The lockout applies only to pro- duction workers; other staff, such as office personnel, truck drivers and on-site workers are still on the job as employees of the Crown Windows plant. .sroughouVifie htttdr Ato a1,.-- Editorials Letters Classifieds Community Sports . Page 4A Page 5A Page 8A News : Page 2B Page 5B Homes has been meeting customer commitments by shipping any homes that are completed. "We are allowed to deliver homes to cus- tomers as long as we are not doing any of the work the carpenters would normally be performing in the plant," Mr. Penson noted. "We're sticking to that deal." Morris turns down Wingham Day Care At its Aug. 15 meeting, Morris council voted against paying Wing - ham Day Care for 20 per cent of subsidized day care costs. The town of Wingham has, for several years, picked up the short- fall on subsidized day care users in- cluding those not living in town. The province pays 80 per cent and the municipalities pay 20. Representatives of the day care board, on behalf of Wingham town council, requested township coun- cils make up the difference for their citizens. This would result in 20 per cent of day care costs for each fully subsidized user. Per diem fee at the centre is $18 per child. Morris council, however, feels this commitment would be too "openk ended". Members of council were koncerned about budgeting for unknown costs. Secondly, Morris council said it is concerned about abuse of such funds. They felt it would be diffi- cult .to determine who needs the money and who doesn't. Not many residents of Morris township, according to council, would be using Wingham day care. According to Wingham Day Care figures, there are 14 Morris Town- ship children enrolled in the pro- gram 13 from East Wawanosh and f2 from Wingham. The remainder of the 52 Children come from Turn - berry, West Wawanosh and How - ick. it was decided those who felt a need for assistance, could approach council and if financial need could be proven, assistance would be con- sidered. The Ontario Ministry of Commu- nity and Social Services, however, has a means test to decide who needs financial help under the Day Nurseries Act. Howick and East Wawanosh Townships have agreed to assume their shares of the deficit and Turn - berry has decided to give a dona- tion each year to help cover the costs. Doug Wood sets record in Columbia Wingham's Doug Wood has set another Canadian record in the pole vault at the Americas' Cup track and field meet in Bogota, Columbia. ,The local athlete, a member of Canada's national track and field team, jumped 5.60 metres, winning the meet and setting both Canadian and meet records. The winning jump gives Doug the opportunity to compete in the World Outdoor Games in Barcelona, Spain early in September. He returned from Columbia last Wednesday, and left Sunday for Duisburg, Germany to compete in the World University Games. lat youth injured e r strikes tractor A Win tiara youth is in fair con- ition at radon's Uriiversity Hos- i follow ng a on on Hwy i`tr ltd east Ltucknow last day evenin .0. ots tea ' ' riving te° vehicle c struck a t 0 assen- L -ye ars-old rina'kbtsa is and e#ght-year-o1d,;Joaftna KOreititSif bf tt►Itiot to Wirtgltato 1Ou lance. The tractor operator, Gerry Selent, 26 of R.R. 1, Lucknow, was also taken to hospital, treated and released. The Kotsanis boy was trans- ferred to London suffering facial lacerations, broken ribs and a bro- ken.1eg, according to reports from Kincardine OPP The kotartis girl was treated at Wingham Hospital and releasg, while the Koemos girl was transferred to London with a hookers waist. Both vehicles were demolished. Unsorted diAe unacceptable People not sorting their garbage will be turned away at Turnberry Landfill Site, the township warns:- Turnberry Council is taking a hard line with residents who abuse their local landfill site. 'People are not sorting the garbage as they should," Reeve Brian McBurney told councillors at last Tuesday's council meeting. Clerk -Treasurer Dorothy Kelly said she had sent a letter to Turn - berry Estates residents warning that if the garbage is not sorted it will not be accepted at the dump. Council also voted to impose a $5 charge on each tire disposed of at the site. - Minor injuries in single car mishap Two women were injured when their car left the road on County Rd. 25 last Saturday evening, according to OPP reports. Elsie Kitzman of R.R.3, Brussels, aged 31 was driving eastbound when her car left the roadway and entered the north ditch, rolling over and ending up on the roof. The vehicle, a 1983 Mazda, was demol- ished while the driver and her pas- senger, 62 -year-old Teresa Murray of Seaforth, both received minor injuries. Mrs. Murray was taken to Seaforth Community Hospital by ambulance. Mrs. Kitzman was taken to Listowel Hospital by a motorist. Teeswater woman in hospital A 75 -year-old Teeswater woman was injured when she lost control of the car she was driving on Hwy. 4, south of Teeswater Friday. Margaret Murphy was south- bound on the highway, about 1 kilometre north of the Turnberry- Culross townshipboundary, when the 1983 Ford airmont she was driving hit the right shoulder of the road, swerved to the other side and rolled end -over -end into the east ditch, according to Wingham OPP reports. Mrs. Murphy was taken to Wing - ham Hospital, where she remains in fair condition. Her car was demol- ished.