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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-09-12, Page 1,NFITAMIRITM.Mprplirrpripliph !, • • f •44:!, • rol FIRST SECTION .t.` • ° 0,4 ' & • 41-,fif,*v kW^ "•40,4,t,,i; "A • •• LOWER TOWN BRIDGE CLOSED—Turnberry Road Superin- tendent Ross Nicholson and roadman Bill Kieffer barricaded the Lower Town Bridge last Thursday. Acting on the advice of the township engineers, council has closed the bridge due to safety concerns. • Turnbes Lower Town Bfidge Acting on a recommendation of od, including the Labor Day week - township engineers, Turnberry end, was 7,300. council has closed the Lower Town At last week's meeting, council Bridge as a safety precaution. agreed to close the Lower Town A letter from G. A. Mowbray of Bridge "until further information is Maitland Engineering Services in obtained as to the safety of the said Wingham reported the condition of bridge." the bridge to council members at Reeve Brian McBurney, Deputy the their first September meeting. Reeve Nelson Underwood and In his letter, Mr. Mowbray said, Councillor Paul Elgie voted in favor "A number of steel I-beam cross of the motion in a recorded yote. members under the main span (of Councillor John Cox was .opposed the bridge) are in an advanced state and Councillor Mery Baker was of deterioration due to rusting. absent. "Because of the extremely poor Last week, the engineering firm condition of the support beam informedthe Stratford office of the noted, we recommend that the ministry of transportation of the bridge be closed to traffic and a condition of the bridge. Mr. Mow - more extensive inspection of all bray also said he has recommended deteriorated members be carried that a new bridge be constructed, as out." repairs would amount to a "patch - In a telephone interview follow- work" solution to the problem. ing last week's meeting, Mr. Mow- The township also has requested bray said he felt that lowering the emergency funding for preliminary load limit on the bridge would not engineering this year on the bridge. help alleviate the problem, as it is It has been estimated that a new already low at three tonnes. bridge at the site could cost as Council members also learned much as $1 million. The existing that a car count conducted at the Lower Town Bridge is over 100 bridge over a recent eight-day peri- years old, constructed in the 188(k are hoping that those figures can be pumamonamo' Millansummanoammiumummimminummaimmaamaaama.......----_— -Fr . „ Winghara„ Ontario, Tuesday, Sept. 12i989 Position of to to be studied le C0 isttator mittee Wmgham's finance and manage.study the possibility, Mr„ itlibertion meet committee has been given said he felt council lutist be in council's blessing to study the pos- agreement, . • sibility of creating the position of Some, • members of council admini.strator for the town. • appeared uncertain what the posi- In his report from finance and tion of administrator Might entail, management, Councillor Ward but said they would certainly Robertson said the possibility' of oppose the hiring of another full - appointing a town administrator time employee. had been discussed in the past, but "It wouldn't be economically fea- never acted upon. sible if it meant the hiring of anoth- While the committee is willing to er person," said Councillor Denise Old tires a nuisance at municipal dumps East Wiwanosh Council won't be left with a mountain of old tires at its township landfill site. Last month Turnberry Township began charging $5 per tire for every old auto and truck tire left at its dump. As a result, East Wawanosh's site has been inundat- ed with old tires by the truckload, according to Road Superintendent Ralph Campbell. "Every Turnberry resident who owns property in East Wawanosh is dumping tires here instead of in his own clump," Mr. Campbell pointed out to council. Turning away tires by the truck- load was suggested, but rejected by councillors. "If they don't put them in the dump, where will all these tires end up? They can't be burned, and they can't be buried. So far there is no viable way we can recy- cle them," Reeve Ernie:Snell noted. '`A feeti4„ " - , don't want to pay a leaving thean on a roa side :write - where. We have enotr r9SPIde litter to deal with wi put' adding tires to it." Mr. Snell noted that althRigh the township does not want frueldoads of tires coming in frOnl _nearby township businesserf, pepple who •buy new tires for their crs trucks shouldn't be penalized when they want to dispose of the old ones. He suggested a two -tire limit to accommodate residents' personal needs, and a fee of $5 per tire there- after. Not every municipality charges for dumping tires, but mountains of radials taking up space in landfill sites are a common concern. Howick Clerk -Treasurer Tom Miller said in an interview last. week Howler's landfill site still accepts tires free of charge from its residents. "We'd rather have them in the dump than on the roadside as a hazard and a pollutant. But we don't want a mountain of tires com- ing here, either," he said. Wingham's landfill site operators are in the process of drawing up a fee schedule for large loads of garbage that will include truck- loads of tires, says Wingham Works Foreman Bob Thompson. ----«- ,."-'•Officer Wilkins and Councillor John Schenk agreed. • However, Mr. Robertson assured them it would not require` the hir- ing of anbther person, but rather a redistribution of duties. or, as Mr. Schenk put it, "better use of the skills and talents available to us." The appointment of a town administrator wortkintake the nm - fling of the ..corporation more effi- cient, Predicted Mayor Ian More- -land, as it would establish a set chain Of command. "There would be no qumttiOns in people's minds about where they would go if they had a problerh,' added Wir Robertaon. Finally Council agreed to allow finance :and management to study the possibility of appointing a town administrator The Committee will report back on its findings ata later meeting.' School fair is tomorrow The 69th annual Belgrave School Fair is tomorrow, Wednesday, at Belgrave. The only school -centred fair in - the province, the Belgrave, Brussels and Blyth School Fair features schoolwork exhibits, fresh fruit and vegetables, flowers, pets and live- stock. Activities get underway with the parade of school children at 1 p.m. .)(4CIC ibnc. !t• P„ , ination halt4iflegaito drpose of > D a r them atiy04103 opt Otherthan a certi- fied landfill. *pl. 10,who dis- agree, with .the diapq 1 fees set by nninicipalitifiR itOra them on their OvOil PrOPertr. "Mite iCatim• sOrap tires is vgtriablefilte '0040. 'The Canadi- an WOO WOO* lista a number • of manufacturing concerns that aeCePto14 tireiler,tecycling." ot.tpo late to si up. foT:Terry Fox - Get those sponsor sheets ready for Sunday's annual Terry Fax Run in Wmghant. All systems are go for Sunday's run and hopefully, the weatherman will provide a good day for Wing - ham's second run. This year marks the ninth Terry Fox Run across Canada. Last year, over 80 participants took part in Wingham and raised almost $9,000. Naturally, Organizers Wood foundations conform to Ontario Building Code The Ontario Ministry of Munic- ipal Affairs has sent wordto Mor- ris Township that wood founda- tions cannot be banned since they conform to the Ontario Building Code. A letter from the Ministry to Morris Building, Inspector Leo Sanders states that Wad -founda- tions are acceptable under build- ing codes in Canada as long as they meet code criteria. Last month Mr. Sanders told council he thought *wood foun- dation was not 'a pet way to save money in home building, and suggested the township look into banning them, Chris Bea, who is building a new home in Belgrave with a served wood fOUri ation, %yam* the isto made them of ceirient • , last week. "We looked into thein very carefully before we (leaded to build one," Mrs. BOA said. have been in homes with cement foundations, and they always felt cool and clarririty; The basements of houses With wood founda- tions, on the other hand, always felt more contfaiablellfat's why we chose Wood,- After flhl, We the drainage not, out that nuiltdith , a little further before jumping t� p conclusions," she noted. ken and SAO tihiestet Of Whighiimingtailfrld**Obd Om- -- dation when they built their homeiburyears ag�., ..;:. , . "th,Pr: ' ' ' " irt last tic alto'th , ' ettoti 1 ' ', , fill& *1 'SO, tt!staya dr" , - , . Scblestelexplalned. ffl f, • we're ilift- *hilt it #fv; topped this year. Sponsor sheets are available at all Canada Post locations, as well as Shoppers' Drug Mart and Triangle Discount, both in Wingham. Little Aimee Leishinan, a cancer patient whose disease is In remis- sion, will lead off this year's run, which begins at 10 a.m. Sunday from the picnic shelter at Riverside Park. Registration is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and refreshments are provid- ed along the way to participants. j'Editorials • . Page 4A Opinions . . Page 5A Community News Page 6A Classifieds ▪ Page 8A Sports • . Page4B- tion for s, recreation ditector Town council has adopted a job description to serve as a guideline in the hiring of Wingham's new parks and recreation director. The town has been without a recreation director since Leslie Mancheimer resigned early this surnmer, However, with a job description now in place, council has advertised for the position and interviews of prospective candi- dates will begin early this fall. Councillors Ward Robertson and John Schenk composed the ad-hoc committee which drew up the job description. The parks and recreation director will be responsible to town council and will work with the Parks, Arena, Recreation and Conununity Centres Committee (PARCC), says the job description. The parks and recreation director will report to town council at its monthly meet- ing. The director also will be respon- sible for planning, directing and supervising programs and person- nel and evaluating recreation pro- grams "to provide year-round recreational, leisure and cultural services for all residents". Job applicants also must be grad- uates of a recognized universitror community college program in recreation or a related field; have five years' experience in municipal recreation, including at least three years at a management or supervi- sory level. Applicants must have the ability to work with a wide variety of com- munity and special-interest groups, the ability to analyze problems and have excellent organizational and interpersonal skills. They also must have "a sound working knowledge" of arena refrigeration, swimming pool filtra- tion, mechanical equipment, facility design, energy conservation, first aid and cultural programming. In answer to a question from Reeve Bruce Machan, Mr. Robert- son said that, under the Charter of Rights, council cannot suggest that the new parks and recreation direc- tor take up residence in the town. "We would just hope he or she would be interested enough in the community to want to move into town," said Mr. Robertson. The job description has been for- warded to PARCC for its input. • tgatter/A6 • .2,0e &,),, i ter hong with daughters Nicole and Keti, all dressed y 6vett&gs bth dance at Helgrave, marking the 75th an. Coop Association.