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mil decides
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Dam old LoWertovna
Dw be Annoyed,
decided its '..
and Say there wffl amt be
anew ,mplace it.
The dant wh went moat :Jane
of 1984, hap ben the subject of
much debate for t' 9e pant five years.
nntnescrus steadies have been con-
ducted and avenue of - : g
Furman
Counoller Mil McGrath told this
fellow council members at last
Week's meeting that the simply s
no government money agile to
replace the ,lee-- We have toe main
a Fido. . '. 1.4 .F • " s not a Lower
Town Dain going badc
'here is grant money available
for beautification gaff parkland„
added Mr. McClean and sued
that is when council: 4,c u F..focus
its attention. In fact, council has
decddt to initiate a development
plan for the tit/milted area -
Deputy peeve WiTani Harris
said, 'Two or three studies have
been done on the river and dawn
and re no further ahead." He
• chastieed the federal goverramese,
saying -Ifs too bad tbat they aatt
give to shift dubs, but can't give to
dams," and name again beim& up
Brussels tes
an moimpin a enemata-
. nity whi
} afadtit smd
years ago through government
funding.
1i1 e e la®4i t' $W g;? be
hottina#met*Witftea tiro.
mor Joli!n Schenk.
Mt McGrath agreed, R saying the
first Step�.. m'
laver • and park
onYinn
ye sat our butts too
���
dam
natale there," Mr. McGrath
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Mayor In Moreland agreed,
"Weave Pt to :.' a. a s . This is
theJSst step, so let's do it.,,
Contacted after last week's meet
Les Tervit, Maitland Valley
in
m er can
eral
g � ilio hang been
involved in '1.r" dui the
dura for sever years, concurred
that there does ant appear to be any
government money for grants.
eaelier estimates to replace
the dam have ranged from MOOD
to 5S00,01110, corm must look real-
istically at its options, he said_-
-. g the chili tantalum is an
finnan,important towaadrehabil-
itation f the pond area. Ahhough
he is uncertain if the auto can
provide the funds an 1990 to
remove the dam; Mr. Tervit sug-
gests that other alternatives might
arise;
—^c e
Five appointed
to sit on LACAC
Five new members have been
appointed to Wingham's Local
Arrtt ' t Adviso-•
r it(LACAC).
Towncouncil advertised last
month for people to sit on LACAC
and members seemed pleased to -
note that five had applied to join
the
Deputy
saiddiss Reeve
orfs
Ithas been estimatedTh$ ,
ing the dam and rtlAnifirs the drswn-
am chamm¢1 could cost -from
WAR
Rik* Whitelto
of �' &a ".ar. Bk was
one of Those interested in seeing The
Lower Town Dam replaced and
even F a -'�Il :,. a public meeting
early AaRt year to discuss the
/
'.',,14t%/,,X aF
Mt Whiteley said he is
atainespeinteds That the ped sneT not
be restored, he
mu& can be done to main the
thee beantifen again_
e said he feels that artitnoTs
hands Serie w .,a:in the Latter — gf
the grantlL b a' b is not t:here, the
town c ..dl`b ls. take on such a
laage expenditme on its own.
Town councup'; ated 'n
countywaste master ; ,1
itirlmeaam Cloitiii was updated
on the county's wast'.
master plan at the ser
ber tonal dig, but cd .i n in s i n d-
ate coesse m is for the town's own
waste disposal site, •sclhed jied to
cloFe next year.
Joanne Richter, county waste
management study COOrdi23211314
attended the Dec_ 5 Jieeti ig of
town council
The master plan study
June of
{1
r
a
in
she said and its pur-
pose ist End alo g-teran solution
to the waste problem in Hum1t
Althorn, 4 the county is
long for a new site, she added
that recycling and waste reductnon
must be pet of the over -an plan.
Stage 1,t edatacoGarianN.n t,
has been comped and while it
oar tztn�
crib 1!I14:G y has the
critical stage,+u..a4t i g must
Stage tksatthe _
and elhninates 69n aseas �F:. are
not snitab for ,escample, wetlands
'tfr'!le'r•_' i• itlt 14�
"sr..1r�:�:.'rolmNnG�4'i?;;' w•ii`+:%t
i:.
lem miles
t a snot p�_�aq b ating ^thent� roti^ , iyiwa 1. F� byµ [_n:L'46:. and Ann-
. berry's are — both sites ate sched-
uled
for closure within the next
is is a fin®
said Comacillor Bill McGrath, who
pointed to the rising COCAS of waste
especiallydisposal
had to be made,. with an outside
tot t1FC:!`. town's
s
rilSchrer said she+:iii"F`1-lY appre-
ciate the r U 's predicament, but
add haat waste management
wenn, inalerstlw process.
needy studying all the aftermensges
-tasetns bites ifs "to take �-
s - . its
woeh taking the mare time to 11[: a
.iso - Althugh., ehe t know if �g
mi istr would- - Alia the Aide e
the' 1 t�e�11r ter site, ria se rn[eb:::l-said
the fact that the windy
is
underway .L[Y f J li : give the town a
better chance ef keeping its site
open longer. '
snanten
e:JG'
The Sage 2 report is ready for
l:dAes4�Ig and:.; lie
.� fara:nssa nd pub& meet
atings
When loo "ng at the areas
deemed unsuitable for a waste dis-
pseal Ron Beecreit
" the .o bum zones".
areemd the lak nt "'line people
from the city (summer )
are ptotected, bat the farmers have
putto up with it (the s )$
t
On another vein, Mayor lan
Moreland said the certainty's prab-
it
I7 tt:�,
VOLINTEER--Margaren Gavretuk of Win
ghasm
phone at . Pae rS - , was L
CKNX
alio to e ursday d )1.1 1 the
11e1:2.11,111111. t.1.
and+it''d .:tea al ams. ,
about $5,500 tin pledged
} al.sernet's
s»
2 for loot chari *es
The CKNX radio hand -raisin g
marathon managedlo than for local raise413 Christmas
L. w
Paigns'7,_We
the !chit Il t ::4" was '-
-.T h radio drive
The %Ingham landfill lit
ed an t T i,is
steal to dose sometime in 1991_
s �as-
ad dei.!(' es
The deadline for display and
classified advertising for the Dec
19 edition of The Advance-Tumes,
as well as the issue coming out
Wednesday, Dec. 27, is this Friday
Dec. 15, at 5 p�
..We're not n: the final
totals"' Tid$ln
coordinator at Paid
"But dining 12 Muni -as
on the a r with the n. we
ra 55-"
Ther,1 , Ii,C ;' set up to as
funds ler the.
and rs
mas Frareaus as well as Listowen
Hanovee Coderich and �®
Salvation Aamny cam -
at :rr•e
-
::•iasis
Director
hritinteil alum: Radio Program
Matt , who put
together the 12 -hams mazathon just
two weeks before the annual
Cheisiznas;:, 1 : u campaign_ l
r.
Miller spent 12 hoar on the air
Thursday talldng to donors and
at thetee-
pleacte locations throughout the
ti®'ss lissteni"ng area, and he is
pleased with t
'hewn a geed Fos" well
try avian next yam l said
1•
THE JOY OF SEASON
Parade at '
- 1
Se byDec 15
A for the �
SalvatiotHiin
the "Candles for rads"
program to have their gifts
returned to Zahn,' ....I% '^ ce or
Gwen Gables by this y, Dec.
16.
' w1 enable Salvation Aemy
and to
distribute the kilts in time- for
1C
elgrave developments
ed by study
A - - -
oil propos-
als in telae, area have been
plaeed held � the of
Ag and Food while the
jos-
fifying the use of pain' lee a study
laml fbr uai a
The staling affects rano
d
one in East Wa Townshipproposals in MO/AS
A.ps of land hs of the
ownedby Wewanosah
rently denignated Restricted Agri-
cultural under the township's Sec-
ondary Plan, . g an official
p , l it can be ao-
Fir development.
At a reoent public meeting, mem-
bers of. tite community had no
toythe
recitwsted a needs study
by the deeper to
ihether residential
isc a land use
to '"new Ell
t five who applied
wifl be,
invited to sit on the -
New members of the LACAC
Cositiinitfee are; John D. Baillie,
Maitland Cam Greg king, Shiner
Pat Bpi, Josephine Street; 1Dia Q
Cory C; , North
gl 1,
Town d -
att
site is considered
"cultural eland,"
Land Use
Of n in
"For �p-
agriafitural kind! use igpa-
na-
tuo mu* be
re the OMAF will
objections allow
Winded
itis now
rWitte
thin type. when
Mean
conduet-
0
of
41
1'1' 1
d land in the area
l johnt axed that until the
studies is coaatpleteyd, the OMAF
w� not - its final comments
on the , and not sup-
port the planning amendment or
menove its -
Huron County Planner' Cindy
Fisher said the study will likely
take a couple of months to caran-
plete_ The Mnnistay, she said,'has
called for needs and justification
studiesto be completed in eoanjtmc-
with d plans in the
crrm"dty, and in the Belgrave area in
both Morris and Fast ldfa`awanash
Townships.
"The study has to show the
appropiateness of d in
that area — for example, it
woukhet be d appropriateto
build more if half the exist-
ing housing in the area were
vacant," she noted_ "This is not the
case in' b
The planning t
will res n� Oyi,n�,,t,n t the
of thie study, she said.
►.e director
starts J.�
The tae tofoul a
n parks and *idiom- .
for theta has ii1 ' �► conn to
hire John k ayie �; b voan Council
karend hi Dectinber meeting.
Mr.. layer armies his duties
Z Mayer Uri AttiOftiand report-
s
p o and tion
direction.; . ,,t, , Mayer
las 12 yew" in the Vis$
of tion, ai lud ling Practical
superVisor
U
retia, *hew he
of adal'