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The Wingham Advance Times, 1995-01-11, Page 1r a MI**.A,r..e.,IMP 4 If you're not subscribing to The Wingham Advance -Times, you're missingout. Use this coupon bekmt and subscribe today! Name: Address: Prov.: Postal Code: Subscription rates Canada within. 40 miles (65km) ad- dressed to non letter carrier address- es $27 plus $1.89 GST. Outside 40 miles (65km) or any letter carrier address $40 plus $2.80 GST. Ouslde Canada $80 plus $5.60 GST USE YOUR CREDIT CARD Gard No. OCEI 7DEIO❑ rnDDm L Expl Date Visa I Master Card ❑ Cheque enclosed • Return To, WINGFIAM ADVANCE -TIMES P.O. Box 390, 5 Diagonal Road Wingham, Ontario, NOG 2WOE _ a 1,4 •-•11 Turnberry Township Council says they w111 look at a Wheels; Away agreement during the 'budget prOdesse .. . 3the ttaIngham Charge it. We spend $55.1 billion on credit cards. The Bank of Canada released the stats. Page 2. The Junior.0 Brussels Bulls fait one point be- hind Hanover, into third spot ., See Sports 75C What' s new in the A -T for '95 s Strategic planning sessions bring about new features, expanded news is been almost one year. jr— since the J.W. Eedy Publications Family took ownership of The Wing - ham Advance -Times. And in that time our readers have seen a lot of changes. Well, after 12 months of,ad- justment and debating newspa- per philosophy, the staff here has come to some serious con- clusions as to the future direc- tion of the A -T. And we hope that this strategic planning will result in a better product for all of our readers. In last week's edition, we let the first cat -out of the bag. ,After a great deal of considetation, we have decided that it would bene- fit our readers in the northern re- gion -of our coverage area if we added regular news from the Village of Teeswater. As it stands, we will be covering vil- lage council on a regular basis' to begin with. If any readers in the Teeswater area have sugges= tions or news to share with us, let us know at 357-2320 — 24 hours a day, with the installation of our answering machine. So, what else is up? This year brings uS another anniversary of a very important historical event in our century: the Victory over Europe Day and the end of the Second World War, We're plan- ning another special feature — much like our successful D Day feature — for this occasion. On a regular basis, we are adding the horoscopes to our paper in response to readers concerns when the feature was pulled from the Plus in 1994. Service clubs and community groups will now be able to take advantage of our Community Corner column to promote their fund raising and activities free of charge. We'll have more on that in the coming weeks. We have also added a cross- word puzzle to our redesigned back page. We hope you will enjoy this feature too, and keep those suggestions coming in. Cameron J. Wood, Editor First of 1995... nuixs t foemberg mat . =r first appearance on January 4 at 2:38 a.m.'at Wingham and Dis`tratl Hospital at 'SILL, 0.5oz, daughter of Jer- emy, left, and Sherry. Auxiliary president Marlene ,Leedha i, cei:tre, presents the couple with a spec Agift. Proud grandparents are Louise and Rudy Bloemberg of Wingham std Est srthier of Espanola. Thanks to Drs. Long, Hanlon and Ping. 4 Council delays debate on waste management in Town By CAMERON J. WOOD . ty committee chairman Ron Bee - The Advance Times croft, who was upset to learn at the December session that the ground work his committee had done Despite a significant level would now be handed over to of speculation regarding someone else. the future of waste man- The two bye-laws. 2274 (1994) agement in Wingham, council -en- and 2278 (1994), instead of becom tertained very little debate on the ing law received first and second matter at their January 3 meeting. reading last week, sending the de - Anticipation over 'the issue had bate back to committee and stalling reached a definite peak when May-. the expected January 16 implemen- or Don Carter publicly spoke out tation date. against the implementation of user While the waste management fees in December. Carter took the committee did review and amend chance to state his position and the tipping fee schedule slightly, clarify some concerns in the coo- they did produce a significant addi- munity after rumors over the user tion to the $1 per bag of household fees raced through' the town. waste plan. Add to that, the by-laws to estab- Arnold Taylor, chairman of the lish both tipping fees at the landfill waste management committee said site and curbside user fees were ta- the group felt a bag quota was more bled atthe December council meet- appropriate at this time and sug- ing . t6 • allow •.a•:Aewly established gesttd a one free hag per household. ,, waste ; rtageteteitt committee to limit before bag Mtag fee was ap- exaifiti the ptij t r—orrie. The- eri"a- tiliiet : . , tion of a waste management com- ` Irthe minutes of the waste man- mittee came as a surprise to proper- Please see RUBBISH/3 Developers propose interesting trade By CAMERON J. WOOD A local developer has offered the town an interest- ing trade deal. Andy Beninger, of the company 441196 Ontario Ltd, and based out of Wroxeter, sent the town a letter on December 9, outlining a proposal to trade the Can- nonball Bed factory property for the parcel of land in- cluding the Town Works Shed, the old train station and the former CN property which teaches back to Centre Street. Beninger's flab purchased the Cannonball Bed Factory last fall when the Toronto-based furniture business pulled out of their Wingham operations after just two years of operation. The land includes two acres of property along Victoria Street, across from the Lockridge Arena. "We are proposing to offer the property for sale to the Town of Wingham with the building demolished together with a current survey and environmental study," the letter from the developer says. Beninger, in his submission, sites three issues of contention being solved by the trade: • "1. The vacant Cannonball bed property is centrally located and would add ample parking to the down- town core. A municipal parking sign on Josephine Street would relieve the parking congestion during the day and serve as prime arena parking at night and weekends; 2. We understand the Works Dept. would like to relo- Please see THIS/3 Council News Eitoriai Otters S'Ppris 'IT1rnunity Y.V. Guide diassifieds obituaries Horoscopes Page 3 Page 4 Page 5.. Page 6 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 14 Page 16 A LOOK AT Delaying a pregnancy until tf* end of summer/ ltsii'done all the time. The Back Page The Winghatn Advance -Times Mt member of a family of community newspapers providing nevi°-, adtiertising and information Leadership Ugly weather at the root of accidents The major snow storm that has gripped midwestern Ontario for the better part of eight days last week is at the root of several accidents. For the most part, driving condi- tions on Wednesday and Thursday were the worst throughout the week, with Wednesday seeing the - closure of Highway 4 from Wing- ham to Clinton.. Goderich OPP, am- bulance crews and the Blyth volun- teer fire department were kept busy with a five car pile-up early in the afternoon north of Clinton. High- way 21, along the Lakeshore was a complete tars, with cars and trucks hitting the dilh in whiteottUt conditions. . In Wingham, the OPP, arnbu- lance CreWS and the Wingham and Area Volunteer Fire Department re- sponded to a school bus/truck acci- dent oil Highway 86. Police closed the highway, west of Howick Township, County Road 12 for about two and half hours while the emergency crews worked to extricate the truck driver. Police report that at approximate- ly 1:24, an eastbound school bus was stopped at a driveway to allow a student to disembark when it was hit from behind by a '95 Chevrolet pick-up driven by Brian Paulmert, 32,of Kitchener. Paulmert received minor leg in- juries and was taken to Wingham and District Hospital where hd was treated for leg. injuries. Eight stu- dents on the bus from Howick Cen- tral School were not injured in the accident. The bus, owned by the Huron County Board of Education, re- ceived minor damage. The pick-up was totalled: Police report that no charges will be laid in the accident as the cause was attributed to poor weather con- ditions and white -outs. Meanwhile, during the Wingham OPP RIDE program, a total of 1603 vehicles were checked, Twelve roadside screening tests were per- formed, With nine 12ehour suspen- sions and five peoplb charged with a criminal coda driving offence. Nine people . ware charged- with Liquor Licence Act violations. Warden challenges county departments to zero increase GODERICH County Warden, Bruce Machan opened up the 1995 Huron County Council session with a• warning of caution. On January 5, he indicated there could be a significant amount' of belt - tightening as far as this year's budget is concerned. Machan, who is also Wingham's reeve, said he has asked that all depart- ment heads come in with a zero increase in their budge"ts. He noted that could be difficult considering the decrease in transfer payments from the province. "We're going to be forced to see if we can keep up the service levels people have come to expect," said Machan. Chairing the first session of the new year, Machan also pointed out some major projects which are continuing in the county. "We will be doing some major construction and renovations to the court house." Huron County's court house will begin its $1.7 million renovation pro- ject in April. Thursday council approved the plans for renovations. Tourism Association says Huron a four season destintation By FRED GROVES popular and profitable business. Special to the Advance -Times "The 1994 tourism year was a very successful one. There are, GODERICH — Special events and many exciting attractions and spe- auractions have always enjoyed a cial events that took place.we certain degree of popularity in have some pretty impressive num- Huron County. bers of people who came to the . The Zurich Bean festival, Hu- county," said Cindy Fisher. ron Country Playhouse and the Fisher, of the Huron County Thresher Reu pn in Blyth were Planning Department has been a just a few stops along the way for driving force behind the boost in travelers who visited the county tourism and she said the county in 1994. can now be called a "four season Through the Planning Depart- destination." ment, Huron County has under- "The- Huron Tourism Associa- gone a dramatic change in its ap- tion is working very hard to pro- proach to tourism in the last year. mote Huron in the off -traditional They have streamlined their bro- season which is considered to be chure publications, established a summer," said Fisher. tourism association and penned a The association, formed just a catchy slogan. year ago, has over 100 members "Discover ' Ontario's West and an 11 -person executive com- Coast" is the new motto for those mince. who seem to be reaping the bene- While the association is trying fits of what is becoming a very Please see TOURISM/3