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Landfill fee schedule
accepted by council
By CAMERON J. WOOD
The Advance -Times
The Wingham Landfill Site will
now cost area users more dearly for
dumping.
Following a Friday night session
of council, a.by-law was passed to
implement tipping fees at the land-
fill site, effective January 30, 1995.
The decision to implement such
fees comes after over two years of
investigation into the future of the
dump, and the extent of its life.
The tipping fees will affect local
businesses more than household us-
ers, as the commercial collectors in
the area will have to pay the hefti-
est charge of $95 per tonne for
compacted or non -compacted, non -
burnable materials.
In addition to that, small truck
loads will run $15 per load; car
loads, $5. A $40 fee was included
for an after hours entry fee, mostly
to cover the cost of Having the land-
fill supervisor attend the site. Only
separated loads will be acceptedfor
wood and metals.
The implementation of the tip-
ping fees should not` be confused
with the much-discussed user pay.
System, or bag tags. The b' -law
passed Friday applies only to those.
who transport the garbage to the
landfill site, not curbside collection.
However", the by-law to introduce
bag tags to Wingham will be
brought forth at town council's
Feb. 6 meeting. It has already re-
ceived first and second reading.
An abbreviated version of coun-
cil took only 20 minutes to discuss
the matter before giving the by-law
• its required third reading. Absent .
from the meeting were councillors
Denise Wilkins -Treble, Ward Rob-
ertson and Mayor Don Carter. )May-
or Carter could not have had input
on the by-law under the conflict of
interest legislation as his business
Tipping Frees .
Large Truck Toad (1t plus) $95
-compacted'or non -
compacted, non-bumable
Separated Material
Small Truck load
Car trunk load
Garbage by the bag'
Tires
Individual items:
-chesterfield, stoves, re-
frigerator, water heaters
$1 0
Fees charged on a per Toad,
per item or per bag basis
is contracted to the town for gar-
bage collection.
In the discussion, the fees for the
heaviest charge were described as
,equaling two cents per pound for
businesses with large bins. Deputy
Reeve Ron Beecroft said the 'onus
is now on the dumpster uses to be
more responsible on what is„put out
for garbage, such as scrap Metals'
and recyclable materials.
There was some concern as to
the extent of impact the recent fire
at the former Cannonball Beds
Shoppe would have on the life of
the landfill. Reeve Bruce Machan
said if the materials from the
burned out building were all
dumped at the landfill, the waste
would eliminate a total of three
months from the life expectancy.
The landfill is already scheduled to
be closed in September 1996 unless
the town can win another extension
from the Ministry of the EnvironT
meat_
As it stands, only waste from the
residents of Wingham will be ac-
cepted at the landfill site.
Morris Township
Dog counters hired
Morris Township recei'Led two applications for the position of town-
ship dog counter.
Council decided to accept both applications at its regular council
meeting last Tuesday evening. Both applications were seeking $3 per
dog.
Apjinted to the position of dog counter were Donna Stute of RR 1
Bluevale and Carl McLellan of RR 4 Brussels.
'Last year we didn't have a dog counter, this year we have two,” com-
mented councillor John Duskocy.
Council decided that McLellan would do both sides of the fifth con-
cession to the 10th concession as well as Brussels and Walton. Stute
would do the first to the fourth concessions, and the sideroads, as well
Belgrave and Bluevale.
Council wants the dogs counted by the end of February.
Stop signs for Belgrave
The intersection of Jane and Hamilton Streets in Belgrave will soon
be controlled by four-way stop signs.
Councillor Kevin Pletch was concerned about safety at the intersec-
tion. He said at the present time, there are only two yield signs, which
do not really slow down the traffic.
Pletch pointed but that there has been one accident at the intersection,
which resulted in a house being hit.
"Now is the time to put the four-way stop signs before someone gets
killed," he said. "At least the signs will slow down traffic."
Clerk -treasurer Nancy Michie was instructed to prepare a by-law for
the four-way stop signs at Jane and Hamilton Streets.
Council passed a by-law to install stop signs at the intersection of
Concession Road 8-9 attd Sideroad 10-11. The north and south bound
traffic will have be required to stop. •
Dog control
Stray dogs picked up in Morris Township will now be kept at Lot 2
Concession 12 of Nichol Township, just nosh of Fergus on Hwy. 6.
The dog owners will be charged $10 per day when they pick them up,
but the dog control officer will bring them back if they have business in
the area. The owner will have to pay the charge before they get their
dog back.
In a lettEr to council, it stated that if not claimed the township would
be charged a $15 per day quarantine fee and a $50 disposal fee.
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A Belgrave couple will appear
on the .[rationally -broadcast "Dini
Petty Show" later this winter or ear-
ly in the spring to make a special
presentation to Ms. Petty and her
co -host, Dan Doran.
Don and Mary Vair, owners and
operators of `Personality Plus Pup-
pets", will present the two televi-
sion personalities with lifesized
marionet caricatures of themselves.
The hour-long program is broadcast
weekday mornings at 10 o'clock
over the BBS network, Channels 8
and 10.
In a telephone interview last
week, Mrs. Vair confirmed that she
and her husband will indeed appear
on the program once the puppets
have been completed.
It's been a busy. year for the
couple. After launching "Personali-
ty Plus Puppets" almost one year
ago, the Vairs have been busy
creating marionets off all shapes and
sizes, all characterized by round,
srniling faces and painstakingly -
created costumes.
A number of their puppets were
displayed in Ainslie's department
store window over Wingham
Ho ecoming '94. Mr. Vair later
ap eared on "1 O'Clock Live", also
broadcast weekdays over BBS.
In the meantime, Mr. Vair be-
came interested in a segment Ms.
Petty aired on her program high-
lighting up-and-coming Canadian
entrepreneurs. He made a demon-
stration videotape, which he sent to
her producers and waited to hear
back from them. That was late last
summer.
The Vairs waited patiently until
they were contacted a couple of
weeks" ago. A representative of Ms.
Petty's show said she would indeed
be interested in having them create
"Dini and Dan" puppets to be pre-
sented on the air.
Once it h' .s been confirmed
when the Vairs will appear on the
"Dini Petty Show", the date will be
published in the newspaper.
Fire:
Continued from front page
He said that the people of
Wingham are understanding when
it comes to a situation like this.
They seem to realize that when
there is an emergency, power
sometimes has to be cut.
Saxton added that the same
goes for water. People realize that
when a lot of water is being used,
for fighting fires, the water can be-
come stirred up.
Police chief Bob Wittig said the
biggest inconvenience was closing
the streets to traffic, because the
fire department didn't want vehi-
cles running over their high vol-
ume hydrant hoses.
He noted that even though there
were lots of people standing
around watching the rue, because
students from the high school and
the two elementary schools were
on their way home for lunch, they
did not get in the way of the fire
fighters.
Last Tuesday's fire was not the
first time the building situated at
that location was destroyed by
fire.
Almost 100 years ago, in May
1895, the Union Furniture Factory
was destroyed by fire. The only
structure saved was the brick en-
gine house.
The Union Furniture Factory
was .originally built in 1886 by
partners Oliver Gilchrist and Wal-
ter Green.
The two-storey brick structure
was built after the town proposed
to extend the loan of 1888 for an-
other 10 years.
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*Friends of the Library book sale, 10 am to 5 pm,
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HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
A review of•activities at
WINGHAM AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL
HEART TO
HEART:
NEW YEAR'S
BABY:
BOARD
MEETINGS:
CPR:
HOSPITAL
AUXILIARY:
SUCCESSFUL
GRAD$:
THANK YOU:
STRATEGIC
PLANNING:
A spring session is being planned. This seven evening
program is designed for those who have had a heart
attack, angina or heart surgery. Spouses/partners are
welcome. Registration fee is $30.00. For more
information contact N. Brown or W. Woodley at
357-3210.
Jeremy & Sherry Bloemberg of Wingham are the proud
parents of a baby girl, Courtney Louise, bom on
January 4, 1995 at 2:38 a.m. M. Leedham, President of
,the Auxiliary, presented the family with a gift.
Winghan; & District Hospital Board meetings are held
at 8:00 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month. As
these are "open" meetings, the public is welcome to
attend.
Public training courses in Cardio Pulmonary
Resuscitation are held regularly throughout the year.
Cost is $35.00. For more information, Call L. Man at
528-2600.
Thank you to those who helped with and supported the
Auxiliary projects during the month of December. Over
$800.00 Was raised from the sale of Christmas tree
balls,
Advance Notice: Spring Rummage Sale will be held
April 20 & 21 (seasonal clothing only please)
Congratulations to the teaching staff and graduates of
the 1993-94 Practical Nurse Training Program. This
final class offered by Wingham & District Hospital
finished second in class average at the provincial finals "
out of a group of eighteen programs. Well done
teachers Hilda Grant and Linda Kieffer!
To the Registered Practical Nurses for their donation of
six watercolour paintings, by local artist Elaine Winter,
for the Terrace Room,
The Board will spend the day of January 28th in retreat
at the hospital to review community and staff input for
the hospital's strategic plan. This vital planning
process will continue for the next five months.
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