The Wingham Advance Times, 1995-01-18, Page 2Shopping Spree..•Wingham Lions Club members Casey Casemore, Dawson Pol-
lock, Stewart Beattie, Lorne McKenzie and Russell Zurbrigg help Susan Thomson of Algona,
Ontario carry out the $1,015 worth of groceries she collected during a three-minute shopping
spree last Monday morning.
Turnberry Township questions
helipadlfire department billi
the helipad could be absorbed by
the board if the board so decided,
which would just . be the men's
time and mileage. , •
Chief Gaunt pointed out that the
board can only bill the municipali-
ties that belong to the board. The
„board cannot hill the Ministry of
Health.
John Jacques of Howick Town-'
ship made a motion . which would
have the board absorbing .thecost
of fire calls to the helipad, effec-
tive Ian. 1, 1995. The motion car-
ried unanimously.
Continued from front page
ry Township representative, said
in a situation like this, each munic-
ipality on the board should be
billed $100.
"Each municipality can afford
$100, rather than tt ving one
township absorb the $500 fee,"
said Elgie.
He said that the helipad is part
of the whole system so each mu-
nicipality should chip in. Elgie
said if the airport gets built in
Turnberry, the township will get
stuck with paying that bill if the
fire department gets called out to
the airport.
Fire Chief Harley Gaunt point-
ed out that requests of this nature
from the Ministry of Health do not
happen very often.
He noted that the Gorrie station
has been called in as the fiest-
response to a medical call in the
past, and the board waived the
charge and did not bill the call.
Chief Gaunt said the same thing
could happen with the helipad, as
the helipad serves the whole area.
He noted that the cost of a call to
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Over 150
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flre calf
for 1994
Gaunt
reports
,By JIM BROWN
The Advance -Tunes
Fire Chief Harley Gaunt pre-
sented his year-end report to the
January meeting of the Wingham
Area Fire Board last Wednesday
evening.
He reported that the five calls
received in December brought to
the total number of calls respond-
ed to during 1994 to 77. The calls
resulted in 153 hours of firefight-
ing time.
The break down of calls was 20
calls in Wingham for. 39 hours, 16
calls in Turnberry Township for
31 hours, three calls in F.ast Waw-
anosh Township for 18 hours,
eight calls in Morris Township for
17 hours and 21 calls in Howick
Township for 48 hours.
Chief Gaunt also reported that
the fire department responded to
eight motor vehicle accidents for a
total of 16 hours: He noted that all
these calls were cha`i.ged to the
Ministry of Transportation.
The chief reported that there
were 2,800 man hours spent on
training during the year. • '
He added that the Huron
County Mutual Aid association
held nine meetings during the •
year, with a representative from
the local department attending
each meeting.
Gaunt reported that there were
three baby sitting fire safety cours-
es presented in 1994. Another
event the department took part in
was Respect for Law Day.
The fire chief reported that nu-
merous tours were conducted
through the fire halls, all elemen-
tary schools were attended during
Fire Prevention Week, and in-
service, training was conducted at
area itursing•"ilomes and given to
the nursing staff at the Wingham
and District Hospital, and 97 fire
safety inspections were conducted
duringFthe year.
He reported that all firefighters
were recertified in standard ITR,
and the firefighters raised $1,700
for Muscular Dystrophy during a
voluntary road toll during the Civ-
ic Holiday weekend.
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93 ... Record-setting match in Bruce County/1999 bid for Huron.
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If all ,goes according to plan, Hu-
ron County will be playing host to
the 1999 International Plowing
Match, says Neil McGavin of Wal-
ton, a spokesman for the Huron
County Plowmen's Association.
In spite of heavy fog.; a meeting
held last Thursdvy night at the Clin-
ton office of the Ontario Ministry
of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,
attracted 40 interested and -enthu-
siastic proponents of the bid to
bring the match to Huron in '99,
says McGavin.
Even though. the 1999 site will
not be selected until next year,
McGavin says a strong showing at
next month's provincial plowmen's
Fees u
Administration fee increa
waived for 1994; in for 1995
WA TLE Pt -10T0
annual meeting should bode well
for the Huron contingent, which
will be there in full force.
As a rule of thumb, "eountles can
expect to host the match once every
20 years, notes McGavin. The last
time the international match was
held . in Huron County was 1978
when it came' to the farm of Jim
Armstrong' located just outside
Wingham.
• The county plowmen have four
possible sites in mind for the 1999
match, including the farm of Joe
Semple just. outside Brussels. As
well, Ken Glanville of Winthrop
has indicated -he would be willing
Board
report
Continued from front page
squash court construction. Ap-
proved in the minutes of a previous
meeting, the board agreed that the
mechanical and electrical compo-
nents up to $25,000 would not be
included in the tender.
Robert Bice Construction of
London was accepted with a low
tender of $91 613.17. Bruce Shaw,
GDCI principal submitted an ac-
count of the funding for the project.
The school will pay for $30,000;
$13,000 from the squash club;
$15,000 from the Town of Gode-
rich; $13,00 from service and
cgmmuwity oups. The student
council will donate $5,000 towards
the project. The board will be left
with $2,613.17•
Also discussed at the meeting
was the ongoing need for teachers
to acquire computer skills in order
to meet the needs of the students.
This is a massive project which
wilt require long-term in -services,
C e tonear host theGrand Bend match, asandDhaveashwood. farmers said Carroll. He said it takes a per-
son "100 hours of time on a com-
At least' 100 acres is needed for puter to start making real progress."
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I The employment equity process
plowing match,says McGavin, is underway at the board. The local.
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TEESWATER — The administra-
tion costs for the Teeswater/Culross
Cemetery Board will rise in 1995 to
$500.
The board had been charged the
$500 fee for 1994; the cost council
feels should be charged for the vil-
lage clerk's time. However, Jim
Whytock appeared before council
last week to ask that the fee for
1994 be re -assessed at the expected
$200 charge,
Whytock told council that the ce-
metery board normally sets their
fees at the annual meeting in late
January or early February. The in-
crease notice from council was sent
the tented city at the internattona
with at least 600 acres available ad- population as described by the leg-
recently, and did not allow the
board to adjust their own fees ac-
cordingly, he said.
Steve MacDonald, councillor in
the Village of Teeswater, said the
increase was instituted because
they felt that the clerk was not re-
ceiving enough for the amount of
time she spent on cemetery board
business.
Council did agree with Whytock
on the matter of changing "direc-
tion in midstream", and rescinded
their request for $500 for 1994.
Council passed a motion that the
fee of $S00 will be instituted for
the coming year.
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demonstrations. There also must be side of London and Kitchener. It
accessibility to hydro, water and was reported that the committee
telephone service. found this disturbing because the
The International Plowing Match composition of this huge area must
has become big business, with a be. reflected under employment eq -
yearly budget of close to $1 mil- uity. Two sets of goals will need to
lion, notes McGavin, ' but its eco- be met, but in all likelihood be sim-
nomic spinoffs can bring benefits ilar in nature.
to the larger community. For in- Carroll outlined the means of al -
stance, a recent match at Renfrew locating spending in the upcoming
is estimated to have pumped $13 budget process: "We are hoping to
million into the local economy. flattine the direction of the graph,"
The five-day international plow- he said in respect to a graph depict-
ing match is held yearly in inid to ing the increases in annual expendi-
1S t tuber tures.
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