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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-02-08, Page 1you'ro notattbscriping to The Wingham *Waive -Time's, you're missing out, Me this coupon below and subscribe todayt Narno; Atfdrpsal fit Prot.; Postal Code: Subscription rates Canada within 40 miles (65km) ad- drosSed to non letter carrier address- ee $21 plus $1.89 OST. Outside 40 miles (65km) or any letter card* address $40 plus $2.80 G• ST. Ouside Canada $80plus $5.60' GST USE YOUR CREDIT CARD Card No. 00 DOMED ❑❑❑❑❑❑❑❑ Expi bate: Visa Master Card ❑ Cheque enclosed ❑ I Return To; WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES P.O. Box 390, 5 Diagonal Road Wingham, Ontario, NOG 2W0 J Education reform will change the face of our school system. The Royal Commission on Learning. page 6. atobtlin A Listowel woman talks about her'experience in. a Nazi death camp, some 50 years ago. Page 3. .40 1RONMEN Ironman centre Jason Becker was awarded the Top Rookie Award for the Junior C. league. See Sports Wingham Frostyfest arrives this weekend The annual Frosty Fest wilt be held this weekend, with several: Wingham service clubs taking part. Frosty Fest will be held Feb. 10 to 12 with activities • for young and old alike. Planned events include snow sculpturing, a pool tournament, a video game. • tournament, a teen dance and a Monte Carlo night. Snow sculpturing will be done at Riverview Park and the Josephine Ball Park. Judging will be done from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, with the top three sculp- tures being awarded i prize of aa. dinner for two at a Wingham restaurant. A pool tournament will also be held on Sunday aI the Home Video store. Getting under 'way • at 1 p.m., the registration fee for the double elimination competi- tion is $5 per person. The top three players will be awarded prizes. The Wingham Bowling Lanes is holding a 3-629 tournament on Sunday, beginning at 1 p.m. For more information on the event, contact the bowling lanes at 357-1940. The video game tournament will be held Saturday at the Ar- mouries, beginning at I p.m. Registration for the one-on-one event is $2 per person. Prizcs will be awarded to the top two competitors. A teen dance will be held at the Armouries from 8 p.m. to midnight on Saturday. Admis- sion is $5 per person. The Wingham Legion Ladies Auxiliary will be holding a brunch Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Legion Hall. The Wingham Optimist Club is sponsoring a Monte Carlo night on Saturday at the Legion Hall. The evedt is held from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. The Knights of Columbus are holding a Frosty Fest bingo, spe- cial program, at the Sacred Heart Parish Hall beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Doors open at 11 a.m. Feature Editorial • Letters Education Sports T.V. Guide Classifieds Horoscopes Crossword Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 8 Page 13 Page 14 Page 18 Page 18 A LOOK AT.... Agricultural positioning for the next century. The fight for more world markets. Page 7 The Wingham Advance -Times Is a member of a family of community newspapers providing news, advertising and information leadership CAERONJ'.Wt0ct0/A-•`t PHOTO Doug Kuyvenhoven...an opportunity to be a part of Japan's rebuilding. r' r JrjJ Royal Homes has a chance to play key role in the rebuilding of Kobe By CAMERON J. WOOD The Advance -Times The rebuilding of Kobe, Japan is now underway. And with it' comes the opportunity for a Wingham-based prefabricated homes manufacturer to play a role in that process. Doug Kuyvenhoven, executive vice-president of Royal Homes, said last week that the outlook for Canadians involved in supplying housing aid to the Japanese port city is positive. Most of the destruction in the Kobe region came in the older, substandardly developed areas. Some 5,072 people were killed in the January 17 earthquake. People at the scene described the destruc- tion as unmatched since -the drop- ping of two atomic bombs on the tiny Asian island by the Ameri- cans 50 years ago. Over 58,000 Homes have been levelled and 300,000 'people left homeless. Builcngs that didn't fall were grazed by a massive inferno that ripped through the western sec- tion of the city. The port itselfhas been target- ' ed as the primary concern for re- opening. Kobe is the second- largest' Japanese port, handling about 10 per cent of all shipping. Estimates so far have been that it will take several months before the port is open, and then the re-' maining infrastructure of roads and communication can be re- placed at a cost in the tens of bil- lions. Railway lines are down for at least three months. The quake has shattered the Japanese car industry, which relies heavily on a "just -in -time" shipping philosophy. Toyota Mo- tor Co. reportedly shut down all 12 plants due to difficulty in ob- taining parts. However, it is ex- pected industry will be up and running within days as alternate supply' routes are found. And while the rebuilding pro- cess will take months - perhaps more than six or eight - Kuyven- hoven is optimistic\about the Ca- nadian role. It seems the prefabri- cated frame homes stood up well. "So far all the homes we have sent to Japan ,have been to earth- quake standards," Kuyvenhoven said. The Japanese make certain customized additions, such as thick metal strapping and longer nails to the homes,. Royal Homes has invested a great deal of time and effort to open a door to the Japanese mar- ket. Kuyvenhoven said in the past Please see ROYAL/2 ma...rA Madill dramatists prepare for Canadian dames 75 Town council set date of June 1 for user pay By CAMERON J. WOOD The Advance -Times The Town of V1y ovillbe getting bag tags for garbage collec- tion. In a relatively short debate at council Monday night, it was decid- ed' that a curbside user pay system be implemented on June 1, 1995; The decision comes after months of speculation over the direction council was going to take on the is- sue. Late last year, Mayor 'Da Carter spoke out against such a sys- tem, saying there needed to be more time for the ,residents of Wingham to utilize all recycling possibilities. Carter was unable to. participate in the' debate Monday night, and could not vote,. do to a conflict of interest. However, the debate was short as the user fees by-law received third reading without contention and the majority of the discussion centred around when the system should be started. Councillor Ward Robertson said he believed the June 1 start-up day would provide the town and resi- dents with ample time to review an information package that will be sent but to the community via tax bills acid PUC statements, and ade- quate time to order and put on sale the actual tags to be used. The by-law allows for one "free" bag 'per collection day per house- hold. Ary bags after the first one must have the appropriate tag at- tached to it. The tags will go on sale at the Town Hall on May 1, al- lowing people one month to pur- chase the necessary number prior to the June 1 start-up day. While council easily agreed on the user fee by-law, they also said recycling ventures need to be pro- moted more. efficientlyin town. Deputy Reeve Ron Beecroft said the cardboard recycling venture has turned into a money making scheme , for - miffi cdriiniii- nities . partici- pating in such, a program. The. cardboard •' is fetching close to $200 per tonne. "All this information is what we �a want to put out (to the people)," Coun. Robertson said. He then made the motion to give the by-law third reading, seconded by Coun. Doug Layton. It passed unanimously. The town has reached an agree- ment with Morris Township to di-, vert up to half of the local curbside garbage,to theirlandfill. This agree- ment will cost the town $95 per tonne. This will allow the munici- pality to extend the life a the East Wawanosh-located Wingham site: This comes as a result of a meeting last fall during the waste manage- ment discussion locally. There will be a public meeting on this diver- sion plan before implementation. Meanwhile, the county has nar- rowed down their search for a new -landfill site to one. The site is locat- ed' on the property of Ashfield Township Reeve and 1994. County Warden, Allan Gibson. This comes after five years of studies. meetings and tests to find a county landfill site. And while the 85 -acre parcel re- mains as the last of 11 original sites, county waste management co-ordinator Craig Metzger said there are still tests to be completed on this property before the go- ahead is given to a mega dump. "The drilling we've done so far is preliminary. We sunk five bore holes on this particular, parcel of 85 acres. We need to do more intense drilling to see if it's suitable." By JIM BROWN The Advance -Times Eight students from F.E. Madill Secondary School are in training for the Canadian Improv Games. They just hope they qualify for the national high school competi- tion which will take place in Otta- wa, April 6 to 8. Madill drama teacher Louanna Alexander said the eight students had been practising since late De- cember. She added that the com- munications class video-taped the improv sessions last Thursday moming in the drama class. When the video was completed, it was sent to Ottawa to the selec- tion. committee. This committee selected the top 24 - eight -member teams to compete in the Canadian Improv Games. "Tvgenty-four teams from across Canada are in the finals," said Al- exander. "Last year the final four were three schools from Ontario and one from Saskatchewan," The drama teacher said the eight students in the improv are "outstanding talents on their own."' She stated that because. the stu- dents are so talented, the most dif- ficult thing is to get them co- ordinated. "We are hopeful of going to the finals," said Alexander. She said this was the first time the school has entered the compe- tition. The competition is open to high schools across 'Canada, with the team members teing full-time students. "We are really excited about en- tering this competition," said Al- exander. The members are Alesha Mof- fatt, Erin Whitely, Julie Carter, Micah Hussey, Manny Hussey, Lara Fenton, Mike Cere, and Steve Wray. Kelly Alexander is a substitute, and Chris Alexander is the manager. The school drama club is also Please see MADILL/2