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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-09-12, Page 111aaclay, Sept. 12,1989 SECOND S. CTIoN WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN—Morning Kindergarten teacher Fay Wilke introduced pupils Nathan Mac'Pavish and Katie Curtis Last 'Tuesday morningat Wirtgh., Public School. - _� .6amans¢ Public ��:I1VV9. Four area schools report an increase in enrollment Four area schools report increased enrollment this fall; East Wawanosh Public Sch has almost 30 new students, wh the F. E. Madill Secondary Scho Sacred Heart Separate School a Wingham Public School all rep modest increases in enrollment. an__..year. The increase in enrollment is attributed to more families moving ool into the community, as well as a ile 01, larger Kindergarten class. nd Sandy Thompson replaces Lucie ort Thurcotte teaching French and Grade 5 at East Wawanosh. Ms. Thurcotte has gone to Goderich to teach, while Mrs. Thompson comes to East Wawanosh from Goderich. A spgkesiinefl • flit- the • ;t owick Cenral School reports thele are eight fewer pupils enrolled this fall. A total of 911 students were reg- istered last Tuesday, Sept. 5, at the F. E. Madill Secondary.and it, is ex'peete"dihat ff'gure lw.v,'ill ihcf ea'°e by the end of.the month. Last year there were 900 students at the hish school. Herb Murphy is the new princi- pal at Madill, replacing the retiring Ken Wood. Mr. Murphy comes to Wingham from oderich. Other staff changes include the addition of Heather Henke as head of the French department for Richard Campeau. Vicky McKague joins the staff in the art department, replacing Kelly Wood. Bev Smith replaces Mike Herrington in the English and French departments. Kay Logtenberg, a math teacher, has left Madill, transferring to another county high school. Another change at the high school is a two-day credit system consisting of four, 75 -minute peri- ods each day. The former system consisted of eight, 40 -minute peri- ods daily. A spokesman for the high school said the teachers had voted in favor of the new system. At the Wingham Public School, two more pupils are registered this fall fora total of 380. Dawn Szarek has returned to teach Grade 3 after a year's leave and two Kindergarten teachers have been hired. Fay Wilke will teach the morning Kindergarten class, as well as Grade 2 -level French, while Sue Overholt will teacher Kindergarten in the after- noon, as well challenging learning needs half-time. There also are two new teaching assistants this year at Wingham Public School, Lisa Vath and Barb Walsh. With 133 pupils enrolled, Sacred Heart School in Wingham is show- ing a slight increase over 19; Joanne Mawhinney replaces Trudy Grenoestege in Grade 2-3. Enrollment at Turnberry Central School has dropped to 207 from 219 last year. Mary Hall replaces Mary Joan Fisher as Kindergarten teacher and Mrs. Fisher becomes school librari- an. The new school resource teacher is Martie Lobb, replacing Anne Dellruyyn, who now is teaching Grade 5 6. Charles Liddle replaces Wayne Stewart in. Crade 4. Mr. Stewart has gone to,the board office as science coordinator. Margaret Greig replacesRJcmt r lialsdert in Grade 7. Ms. lido has gone to teach in Apart, . Mara 'Lenart is t Aew ry French tot Vivian Codes ?budreplaces However, there are 412 children attending school at Howick. New teachers at Howick this year include Sue Wyborn, French; Pat Baker, Grade 2; ,Doris Irion, relief teacher 'in Grade 2-3 and Heather Gingrich, half-time in Grade 4. Joanne Harrison is a new teaching, assistant. Howiek'Grade 1 teak er Maud v McCaughn retired aril Rosalie C Steinman, French, has gone -to Wil GOR14E—Ditri in Hpwick n5hl cI1 (m h rToWCo of the dev 1opiemt plane r the Wageof Fondwicheapkopesedby Don Poet# who is ,e ting as an agent for Steven ; - The redevelopmeet p for thea east side of theo, wich proposes the deve ep* Fof the eastern half of two 141(fOgiAtat, of William St, betwee# Adelaide' and Mary St., and 1Vlary: St ' In order to gain>aqess Wile lots slated for development , Foell has to built two . dways AS the east sections of Addaide and Mary St. are not currently Open. Further- more, the old For+dwich Arena, no longer in use, is preventing devel- opment of two log. °r In letters to council Mr. Foell asked the township to consider the following questions: What are the conditions for the sale or disposal of the former Ford- wich Arena? What is the road standard required for construction and assumption of the roadways by the township? Will the township assume any cost of the construction of roads? After considerable deliberations of Mr. Foell's questions council, in a letter to Mr. Foell explained that in order to gain maintenance subsi- dies for roads from The Ministry of Transportation the Urban Road Standard is required. Man injured on dirt bike A Morris Township man was seriously injured as the result of an accident witha dirt bike on a farm' at R.R. 2, Blyth. According to Wingham OPP, Brian Oldridge, 28, was riding a 1982 Hondaj motorcycle north- bound on the property at about 60 kmwhen he lost control on a muddy patch of ground and was thrown from the vehicle. Mr. Oldridge was taken to Wing - ham and District Hospital by ambulance suffering from major injuries, according to police reports. He was later transferred to St. Joseph's Hospital in London. His condition was unavailable at press time. oaks''for Kitchener. Smoking bylaw repeal snuffed at town council An attempt to repeal the town's smoking bylaw was foiled at last week's September meeting of town council. A bylaw to control smoking in certain public areas of the town was passed last year by council. Howev- er, since Bill 194, the province's act to restrict smoking in. the work- place, has been given royal assent, it was felt that it would be suffi- cient= However, upon closer study, members learned that Bill 194 is not as restrictive as the bylaw council currently has in place. As well, if a municipality has a more restrictive anti-smoking bylaw in place, it takes precedence. In fact, if council were to °Ee.1 ate under Bill 194, smoking could be permitted in the council chamber as it is a public room, a situation non- smoking members of council were not eager to find themselves in again. Since council was under to obli- gation to repeal its bylaw, the motion was defeated and the coun- cil chamber remains smoke free. Council muzzles Belgrave kennel The operator of a dog kennel in Belgrave will feel the bite of the township's zoning bylaws this month. A dog kennel operation is not an appropriate business for a residen- tial area, East Wawanosh Council has decided. Last week council asked Clerk - Treasurer Winona Thompson to send a letter to a Belgrave resident explaining that the kennel contra- venes the zoning bylaws regarding home businesses, and the dogs must go in 30 days. "People in the village have com- mented on the barking dogs and asked us if it's appropriate to have a kennel operating in the village," Building Inspector Arnold Bruce told council last week. The residents were granted a kennel license by the township while living on a farm, he explained. In Belgrave, however, the license is not valid, he said, because of the residential zoning. In the village, two dogs is the maxi- mum number one household is allowed. Under the comprehensive zoning bylaw of the village, certain types of home businesses are permitted; an animal kennel is not one of them, the inspector noted. Good response to development survey A recent survey of Wingham businesses regarding the future development of the town has resulted in a response rate of almost 80 per cent, Mayor lair Moreland forted at the September meeting of town council. The survey was conducted by Rose Marks, a -county summer ,plannln s tdent ear1i ' thle 4404 � he data will the town. -The shit is toimprova the ty of, fifre In• Wingham .and to enhance the 'possibility of eopl " choosing tlditf wn td,live and war in," ex'piairledMit Mot la td� In :feet tlit du duct it+ tt�ct'bll'`az ded, at be dl. Hanover, has planning F,I t was .Learned e at`:the. of the lease (1 k . Fob w �tihe o ortunrty. to pay. 10 cent of the $8,000 option p year option on, d. to..t',,#tew MO The** WIII remain howev- er, and no s mil be onstructed unless the lenge le. cancelled prior to July 5.1994. , Road constiuction cost for each •Bti y Ct) ; /aide St.. oP 'f'.. the All `�er re44 s so meat are covered :Under draft of Wiek T'o p op�t.a�e nt. fIuI:IiIing buy complies with by: At its September meeting, town council dealt with an inquiry about the operation of a plumbing busi- ness in a residential area. Ruth Currie's letter of Aug. 22 and an earlier letter make reference to the operation of a plumbing business at. 255 Centre Street, specifically, Reeve Bruce Meehan's. Mr. Machan declared a conflict of interest in the matter and left the council chamber during the. subse- quent discussion. The town zoning administrator, Robert Hewines, has written to Mrs. Currie twice, explaining that Mr. Machan is in no way contraven- ing the town's zoning bylaw, adding that the conduct of a trade is permitted under the home occu- pations -section of the bylaw in Mrs. Carrie's letter :;f Aug., ?5• she states, "Personally, 1 ,4 not class a plumbing and heating:,si- ness, with large delivery trtt ., and debris from front to back, as: a• Date occupation." At last Tuesday evening's meet- ing of council, members • iscussed the complaint. Councillor Don Carter, who lives across the street from the Machan property, said he finds nothing" offensive about the operation. "The business complies with the town zoning bylaw and The Plan- ning Act," said Councillor Ward Robertson. As a final measure of support for the zoning administrator, council members decided to send a letter to Mrs. Currie, explaining the posi- tion. Paving, sidewalks are part of Belgrave PRIDE Roads and sidewalks are a priori- ty in Belgrave with Morris Town- ship's latest proposal to the Min- istry of Municipal Affairs under the ministry's Program for Renewal, Improvement, Development and Economic Revitalization (PRIDE). The township finalized plans for its latest proposal at last Tuesday's council meeting. The proposal calls for construction of sidewalks on the south side of Brandon St., east side 'of John between Brandon and Jane Sts. a the sbtith side of Jane betwe r 'Jtihrr fid f l ntiltorr'Sts:; . and fiiad ''pavement for Jane, Hamilton, and John Ste. Included in the proposal are the renovations to the Women's insti- tute Hall. Estimated cost of replacing win- dows and doors, installing new insulation and furnace for the hall is about $24,000, according to the township's recent energy audit taken by the Ministry of Energy, Cost of the entire proposal is about $76,000, half of which will be borne by the municipality The.min[- istry funds the other half • Theplan has,been 'senntr :t the i#tf try ,...i� �it'w� nitcl ,.�� • . wM h..' dMl t i cussed at a public m' ' fall. meeting lel #his to r 1 aft appp p 'tial, diel{ ri�. �lte�-� - ship where the' m .dsal wi f`. weeds complaint TeWri. 101 advertise far reA ` � f:uir+es on the. ��A't'r goes to public works Morris lot for. sails :`'tender A 1.8 -acne parcel of land will be tendered for sale by Morris Town- ship, council decided last Tuesday. The land parcel was assembled earlier in the summer from a school p operty, a township -owned parcel and a small tract owned by Canadi- an Agra Ltd. on Lot 15, Con. 6. The property will be advertised for sale in both Kitchener arid Local newspapers early in October. Pro- ceeds from the sale will be divided among the owners with the share from the Huron County Board of Education to be used to offset capi- tal education costs in Morris, according to Clerk Treasurer Nancy Michie. Canadian Agra also agreed to pay half the survey cost of $1,400 needed to assemble the parcel. A complaint about noxious weeds in the town has been for- warded to the public works coin- - mfttee. A letter Pram Margaret Worm - worth was discussed at the Septem- ber meeting of town council. In her letter, Mrs. Wormworth claims there is a definite problem with noxious weeds in Wingham, including on town -owned property. Weed control is the responsibility of the county, said Councilor Ward Robertson, as weed spraying is a licensed, controlled process. However, Mayor Ian Moreland said if a piece of town property is posing a weed problem, those weeds should be cut. Weeds have been cut at some town properties, said Reeve Bruce Machan, but suggested that coun- cil's public works committee could take a closer look at the problem. Repairs are needed in E. Wawanosh cemeteries Cemetery stones and monuments at both Westfield and Deacon Cemeteries in East Wawanosh are ready to topple, Road Superinten- dent Ralph Campbell told the township council last week. "While I was cleaning up West- field Cemetery last month, I noticed ,a lot of gravestones are pretty unsteady and could be knocked over," Mr. Campbell told council. "If anyone were injured by a falling monument, the township would be liable." The township will be notifying the Ministry of Culture and Com- munications regarding the problem and seeking estimates for repair from local monument dealers. some guidance from teacher Mari- itosh School. Hundreds of children