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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-02-01, Page 1"; til%r,i1: •,o L It you're not subscribing to Tha Wittgham"Advarice.Times, you're missing out. Use this coupon below and subscribe today! Name: Address: City: Prov.: Postal Code: Subscription rates Canada within 40 miles (65km)'a- dressed to non letter carrier 6ddress- es $27 plus $1.89 GST. Outside 40 miles (65km) or any letter carrier address $40 plus $2.80 GST. Ouside Canada $80 plus $5.60 GST USE YOUR CREDIT CARP Card No. DOD DODO ❑ ❑❑O❑❑❑❑❑ Expi Date• Visa i Master Card ❑ Cheque enclosed ❑ Return To; WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES P.O. Box 390, 5 Diagonal Road Wingham, Ontario, NOG 2W0 The Federal Liberal Ru- ral Caucus recognized Huron County last week for the efforts on a tourism campaign. The Wingham and Area Chamber, of Commerce hosted Murray Elston for their Rural/Urban session Friday. Page 3. J ehe zngfjamc mortetta The Jr. C Ironmen finished the season titiis weekend against Brussels and Hanover. See Sports Bruce County looking at hike May be difficult to hold the line at zero. per cent Any plans Bruce County had to hold the line on tax increases became harder to achieve when council adopted a five-year capital fore- cast that calls for a 3.2 per cent levy increase in 1995. County, homes for the aged and the county waste manage- ment study are the major ex- penses in the forecasts, which was tabled at council's Decem- ber.meeting. "We have a problem with» a 3.2 per cent increase," said Mildmay Reeve Keith Camp- bell,."A•couple.of areas am -iffy, especially waste management." Acting finance chairman Ross ..Herron said the capital budget could be cut back in the final budget submissions "if (the in- crease) doesn't suit," but he did not elaborate on what items might be changed. Gorne student wins two Laurier scholarships WATERLOO — A Gorrie resi- dent . has distinguished himself by winning two scholarships worth a total of $766 at Wilfrid Laurier University. Jaret Henhoeffer, who gradu- ated from F.E. Madill Secondary School in 1991 and is now com- peting the final year of the hon- ors business program at Laurier, was honored at an awards recep- tion on Jan. 26. Henhoeffer received the Wil- liam K. Caldwell Scholarship • and. a Brent Scholarship. The Caldwell Scholarship, valued at $500, recognizes a senior stu- dent demonstrating academic ex- cellence and good citizenship. The Brent Scholarship, valued at $266, was presented to Henhoef- fer for sharing the second high- est standing in the third year of the program. Henhoeffer is the 22 -year-old son of Ron and Linda Henhoef- fer of RR 1, Gorrie. Hospital News Page 3 Editorial Letters Sports Community T.V. Guide Classifieds Horoscopes Crossword Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 9 Page 11 Page 12 Page 16 Page 16 A LOOK .AT m m The new human resources director for the Wingham and District Hopsital. Page 2 The WIngham Advance -Times Is a member of a familynof community newspapers providing news advertising and Information leadership Make fire quiIts...Edith Lockridge and Mary Hehn, both of Turnberry Township, and Pearl Menary of Lucknow were among members of the Five Star Ouilters Guild making quilts for fire victims last Wednesday at the Teeswater Community Centre. Rural Caucus meets in Goderich to debate gun recommendations By FRED GROVES Special to the Advance -Times GODERICH - Justice Minister Al- lan Rock is going to get a little pressure in drawing up this coun- try's new gun control laws. Members of the Federal Liberal Rural Caucus publicly declared their support of a list of 24 recom- mendations which were presented to the minister by a special caucus made up of members representing both sides of the gun control issue. Last Tuesday in Goderich at a caucus meeting, co-chairmen Da- vid Iftody of Manitoba and Paul Steckle of Huron -Bruce pointed out the new legislation. "There is certainly a need for clarification in terms of what the final legislation will look like," said Iftody. Lambton-Middlesex MP Rose Marie Ur said the gun control is- sue is a very hottopic in her riding and said if gun registration will save one life, then the, legislation will be doing its job. Please see RURAL'2 75 Et' Bruce County may put a $400,000 wastemanagement study on hold By PAT HALPIN Special to the Advance -Times WALKERTON .. — Bruce County councillors, unhappy ' with the progress of the county waste man- agement master plan, launched a surprise motion on January 0 that • would have ptit ast11 on hold for two cir J itukt." Before that move, councillors de- feated an information report pre- sented by the waste management steering committee, and spent over half ki hour complaining about what they see as the state of confu- sion and controversy surrounding the waste management study. Saugeen Reeve Harry Thede led the attack with his allegation that the study committee "seems to be doing a lot of floundering around." He said the committee is duplicat- ing the services of the Bruce Area Solid Waste Recycling Association' so that municipalities using that service "are paying twice," - Southampton Reeve Art Eby said the study should decide quickly to take over waste-irian- agi aent cbm-: pletely or "leave us alone to do our own thing." "Southampton does not support this (report);' Eby said. 1 Elderslie Reeve Carman Fuller- ton, who made the motion to put the $400,000 stpdy on hold, said it's clear that shared landfill sites will not workin Bruce County. -He Please see WASTE/2 Highway 87 accident claims Listowel teen A Saturday evening accident east of Gorrie has left one teenager dead and several others in hospital. According to the Winghamkde- tachment of the Ontario Provincial Police, a west bound vehicle, a 1988 Ford Mustang driven by Mark Shaw, 17, of Wroxeter, pulled out to pass another westbound vehicle, Bruce County slashes -grants to groups By PAT HALPIN ... . Special to the Advance -Times WALKERTON — Funding for area agriculture, tourism and economic development groups was cut with little debate and no opposition at the January session of Bruce County Council. The County has dropped its grant for the Federation of Agriculture by, $10,000 to just $3,300. The Grey - Bruce Tourist Association (GB tA), which got over $144100 last year plus a supplementary grant to keep the information centre at Spring - mount going, won't get any fund- ing from Bruce County in 1995. And the South Bruce Economic Development Corporation's (SBEDC) allocation of $25,000 is on hold pending discussion with the board of directors for South Bruce. While the vote on the grant cuts was unanimous. ArnabeI Reeve Vince Artuso said he is concerned about what the decision will mean 13UL7G.E7" `9✓ for the operation of the GBTA in- formation centre at Springmount. Artuso described the centre as es- sential to the township's tourist in- dustry and said he hopes there can be some arrangement to keep it open. Agriculture, tourism and plan- ning (ATP) committee chairman Rick Gilbert said "there's no ques- tion" the Springmount centre has a good location, but he said there are 22 active tourist information cen- tres in the county, including one at Sauble Beach. He said that Bruce County got little more than an advertisement in the GBTA handbook for its money and predicted the county will get more effective use of its dollars by working through its own tourism department and the Shoreline, Pe- ninsula and Saugeen County tourist committees. Those committees sup- port the decision to drop funding for the GBTA, said Gilbert. Saugeen Reeve Hatay Thede said that changes At the provincial level mean the Federation of Agriculture is in a good financial position and doesn't need the county grant. But he worried that the $ t0,000 set aside for other agricultural promo- tion might end up going to other uses. Arran Reeve Ross Herron made the point that when it comes to bud- get time, the atrrount reserved for other grants could be cut out entire-. • ly "to come in with a budget that's acceptable." Herron said that warning also ap- plies to the $25,128 grant on hold for the SBEDC. The ATP commit- tee said it recognizes the need for economic initiatives in the county, but it wants to be sure problems - with personnel and .municipal fi- nancial support that have been pla- guing South Bruce are settled be- fore a grant is awarded. Gilbert recommended that until a discussion with the South Bruce board is complete, the $25,000 should stay in the budget. Port Elgin Deputy Reeve David Fox endorsed the county's decision even though it means the 1995 county funding for South Bruce re - .mains up in the air. .Fox said the county's decision puts pressure on South Bruce` and could prompt the organization to "get it's act togeth- er." At the same time, Fox said the county is letting the municipalities involved know that the door is still operfi for a grant in 1995. a 1985 Mercury Marquis driven by Mathew Adams, 17, of Wingham, and hit an eastbound 1993 Ply- mouth Voyager minivan, driven by Warren Kaye, 40, of Harriston. The Please see CRASH/2 January weather stumps experts By MARGARET STAPLETON The Advance -Times When Wiarton Willie, the world famous groundhog emerges from his hole tomorrow, Feb. 2, he may see his shadow and he may not, but John Hoekstra of the London office of Environment Canada assures us that winter is not over yet. The winter of 1994-95 will be talked about for a long time for its extreme mild temperatures. ' However, the warmer Weather has meant the Great Lakes re- main open and this creates the potential for a real old- fashioned winter blow,' says Hoekstra, any time tha"t Please see JANUARY'/2 Grcittridhct Day, Feb. 2