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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-02-15, Page 2Public speakin Competition begins By JIM BROWN The Advance -Tunes Three area elementary schools have held their public speaking competitions last week. The top junior and senior speak- ers were determined at Wingham Public School, Turnberry Central Schooll and Howick 6 Central School. Sacred Heart School in Wing - ham will hold its public speaking event tomorrow with the competi- tion at East Wawanosh Public School being held Tuesday. Grade 7 student Elizabeth Bruce was first in the intermediate divi- sion at Turnberry with her speech on 'Boredom: Janine Wright, a Grade 8 student was runner-up with her speech on 'Adoption.' In the junior division, Katie Foxton, a Grade 6 student was first with her speech. on 'My Sister Sarah.' Grade 6 student Johanna Evers was second with her topic 'Canadian Inventors.' One Speaker will compete at the Lions Effective speaking competi- tionheld yesterday, and another speaker will advance to the Legion competition set for Wingham on -Feb. 25. There were nine speakers in the junior division- at Wingham Public School with another six speakers in the intermediate division. Kyle Barlow of Grade 5 was tops in the junior division with his topic 'The Thunder Storm: David Lisle of Grade 5 was second with his topic 'Heroes.' Third place went to Grade 4 student Tiffany Shaw with her topic 'Company: In the intermediate division the top speaker was Grade 8 student Janet Lisle with her topic 'Free- dom.' Jacquelyn Elston of Grade 8 was second with her topic 'Getting My Driver's Licence.' Paul Clugs- ton of Grade 7 was third with his speech on 'Flags.' The winners advance to the Le- gion competition set for Feb. 25 at the Wingham Legion. At Howick Central School there were six speakers in each division. First in the junior division was Grade 5 student Stephanie Jacques. Grade 6 student Leanne Buck was second and Grade 5 stu- dent Adam King was third. Becky Versteeg of Grade 7 was first in the intermediate division, Sarah McMullen of Grade 8 was runner-up and Grade 7 student Frank Newton was third. .. The winners advance to the Royal Canadian Legion zone com- petition set for Clinton on March 4. Marita Harrinen... a Grade 4 Wingham Pub- lic School student par- ticipated in the Junior di- vision of the Public Speaking Contest. Neighbors support moto cross with letters .,to .East Wawanosh Continued from front page The elder Bitz said his son Tom council will either approve or turn does most of the farm work, as down the by-law. well a hired hand who lives on the Seven letters in favor of the property. He said his soninvited moto=cross " racing were -read to some friends up to ride bikcs on councillors while Paul Chamney the property during the weekend. presented a 220 -name petition op- News got around to racing en - posed to the races, thusiasts .when a track was built. Chamney said he is only op- ' The elder Bitz said the Canadian posed to the two-day meets be- Moto -cross Racing Association cause of the noise. However, since came out and inspected the track his original objection to the races, • and said it was good for racing. he felt he was 'put on the spot' so The first race on the facility was he started the petition_ held during the Labor Day wcek- In addressing council, Martin end in September 1994. Bitz said he has owned the 100- "I never heard of moto-cross acre property for 30 years. When racing until then," said theaelder he acquired the property it was a Bitz. run-down farm with no utilities, He stated that moto-cross racing but the farm has been operated as is no more / objectionable than a viable farm operation since he snowmobiling. purchased it Chamney said he was con - "Only a small portion of the cerned about the increase in traffic farm will be used for the moto- along the township and the neccs- cross racing," said Bitz. sary road maintenance. Also he He pointed out that the north 45 wondered what economic benefit acres and the south 20 acres will moto-cross racing would have for be used for farming. That just the township because the weekend leaves the middle section of the racing last September apparently property to be used for the racing. had no benefit for area businesses. Contniued from front page lights for every member of the fire department. Also included in the budget is $1,100 to get six 'man -down' alarms', with each station getting three. He said that 'man -down alarms' will soon be required by law. "Eventually we arc going to need one for every air pack," said Chief Gaunt. "That means 14 of them." He added having the three units will save changing the units from air pack to air pack. "If we buy six in 1995, that will give us three for each station, which is a good start," he said. Chief Gaunt said the unit dem- ohstrated at the board meeting has been approved for motion and heat. If they are exposed to 600 de- grees Fahrenheit for 22 minutes the alarm will go off," he said, 'That's "the maximum duration time of an air pack" The chief also noted that the units alarm will sound if the fire fighter wearing the device is mo- tionless for more than 20 min- utes. Chief Gaunt added that $2,000 of the proposed $3,200 for protec- tive clothing was for the purchase of two suits for new members of the Gorrie station. He noted the new suits have to be purchased be- cause the new members arc a larg- er size then the two retiring mem- bers. The suits should last eight to 10 years and cost $1,000 each. Chief Gaunt also budgeted $4,000 for the purchase of 1 1/2 - inch hose. That amount of money will buy about 1,000 feet of 1 1/2 - inch hose. "We are up against the :wall," he said. "We have to buy 1 1/2 -inch hose. We haven't got enough." The chief pointed out that after the Cannonball Bed Shoppc fire the department did not have any hose to load their trucks with. Chief Gaunt said the board pur- chased four -inch hose a year ago, but the department works with the 1 1/2 -inch hose on a daily basis. He added that the department might have 2,000 feet of 1 1/2 - inch hose. "We have two spare lengths at the Wingham .station and two or three lengths at the Gome station," he said. "We're struggling." Chief Gaunt said if Gorrie got their spare hose wet, the Wingham station would have to take its spare over to Gome to get them back running again. He was also concerned that the moto-cross race track would have a negative impact on the values of surrounding property. ' George Cull said he felt the moto-cross race track would be- come a playground for the rich. He wondered who in East Wawa - nosh Township could afford moto- cross racing. "We don't need that kind of racket het," he said. If people in London want a moto-cross race track, they can build it in Springbank Park. "We don't want this here in East Wawanosh," said Cull. Tim Bitz said anyone can afford a moto-cross bike, as some of them can cost as little -as S200. • Martin Ritz said if the three year temporary land use is ap- proved, they may not like it for the three years. "If the three-year temporary use by-law is approved, I would like to personally hear any objections," said the elder Ritz. Gerald Jefferson wondered why there has to be a benefit to the township. In deferring a final decision, council could approve the by-law as it was, they could approve with modifications -or not approve. Once a decision was made, those objecting to the decision has a 20 -day appeal period. WEDIVEXIAX,Irsimmor 15,1995 Bridge options Continued from front page said that there are some serious questions that need to be. addressed before council can indicate any di- rection. In his finance and manage- ment committee report, Robertson explained the town had beengetting a great deal of interest in the devel- opment of the railway lands. He said the committee dealing with the CN land purchase had created a file with several private development proposals; including the previously reported land swap deal with devel- oper Andy Beninger, owner of the Cannonball Beds property. "We have to address the en- croachments in the railway land. They range in size from a couple square feet to... We did have a real estate agent determine the en- croachment rate be set at $3 per square foot plus legal costs," he said. "Art Clark (the town's engineer) also suggested we come up with a development plan for the land so' that we can dictate what kind fo de- velopment we would like instead of (developers) dictating to us," he added. "One thing that c'bmes up is that the property butts up against Tom' Burrell's. What kind of arrange- ments have to be made?" Robert- son said,"We hadn't set a price for purchase (of the land). We have that now." Later on, council moved behind closed doors to discuss the plan. Following that session, it was Seven callsm for January The Wingham Area Fire Dea- partment responded to seven calls during January. Fire Chief Harley Gaunt noted in his report to the Wingham Area Fire Board that the longest call was the 10 hours of fighting the Cannonball Bed Factory on Jan. 17, and then a subsequent two hours the following morning to ex- tinguish hot spots.' He added that the department also responded to three motor ve- hicle accidents, which have been billed to the Ministry of Transpor- tation. The chief 'reported that deputy fire chicf Lynn Hickey and him- self are attending the fire chiefs management seminar in Clinton on Fcb. 24-25. Because the deputy fire chief would Iosc a day's wages for at- tending the seminar on the Friday, .Chicf Gaunt asked the board to re- imburse the deputy chicf. The board approved the request to reimburse a day's pay to the deputy fire chief. Lunch is READY! Daily Luncheon Specials Homemade Soups Come out for lunch & bring a friend. Wingham Golf & Curling Club 1st Concession So th of Wingham, Eoff Hwy a4 • 357-2179 Instant Rebate on all Appliances Maytag Inglis Danby Admiral Whirlpool Simplicity Westinghouse Why Buy at McFadden's ? • Reasonable Prices • Fast, Friendly Service • Parts McFadden's Appliance Service 357-2262 "Servicing What We Sell" 357.2371 188 Josephine St. Wingham agreed the idea was solid and town clerk Byron Adams was instructed to contact the town's lawyer to in- vestigate the legal aspects of the proposal. Council fs meeting tonight to dis- cuss the railway land with represen- tatives from Wescast. Ernie usic. "The Complete Music Store for the Amateur & Professional." P.A. Equlpment•CD's & Tapea°Sheat Music •Ma'tln?Yamaha° •Fender•. Waahbum Jose a hine St. Win. ham 357-2811? Phone 357-1630 for 24 hour movie Information Little Women Friday & Saturday 7:00 & 9:15 p.m. Sunday - Thursday 8:00 p.m. COMMUNITY CALENDAR Sponsored by: INSURANCE -BROKERS (Wingham) Ltd. - Gorrie, 335-3525 • Wingham, 357-2636 Randy Burhow "INSURING TOMORROW TODAY" WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 15 •Provincial Court, Wingham Division, 10 a.m. at Town Hall •F.E. Madill S.S. Community Association has invited Peter Farlinger, Chairman of the Ontario Parents Council to speak on the topic of forming a Parents Advisory Council, 7 p.m. school library., Everyone welcome. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 17 •Babysitter Blitz Course, 4:30 p.m, - 9:00 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Wingham Town Hall. Phone Wingham Recreation Department, 357-1208 to register. SUNDAY. 'FEBRUARY 19 • •Blyth Festival presents "Billy Bishop Goes to War','2:30 p.m. •Service. at Trinity Anglican Church, Belgrave; 1:15 p.m. Topic: Faith, Hope and Love and the greatest of these is Love. Everyone Welcome. •Son -Shine Singers of Knox United Church are presenting a concert at 1:15 p.m. at the Church in Belgrave. Everyone Welcome. Donations at the Door. We Represent howick —• Farm Residential • Competitive Rates • Inspection Service • Auto HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS A review of activities at ' WINGHAM AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL DIABETES EDUCATION PROGRAMME: WINGHAM & AREA PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES: HEART TO . HEART: HOSPITAL AUXILIARY: BREAST CANCER FORUM: THANK YOU: BRING YOUR OWN MEDICATIONS: An educational programme reinforcing tha attitude that diabetes is a life-long condition that can be controlled through proper education of patients and their families. The next class will be offered Wednesday, March 15,1995,.8:00 am to 3;00 pm and Thursday, March 16, 1995 8:45 am to 3:00 pm. A physician's referral is required to attend. Please contact B. Major-McEwan at 357-3210 for further information. Join us for a St. Patrick's Day Luncheon at the Belgrave Community Centre on March 17, 1995 from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm. the cost is $4.00 for adults, $2.00 children 12 and under, preschoolers free. Lorne MacKenzie will provide entertainment. A spring session is scheduled to begin March 22 at Wingham & District Hospital and will run for seven weeks. The program Is designed for those who have had a heart attack, angina or heart surgery. Spouses/partners are welcome. The registration fee Is $30.00. For more information contact N. Brown or W. Woodley at 357-3210. A Canadian Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic will be held at F. E. Madill Secondary School on Thursday, March 30, 1995 from 12:15 to 4:00 pm and 5:30 to 8:00 pm. REMINDER: Spring Rummage Sale will be held at the Wingham Armouries April 20 & 21 (seasonal clothing only please) On Tuesday, April 4, 1995 a program on current breast cancer information will be offered to interested individuals. This panel presentation will be held from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 309, 477 Inglis St., Lucknow, Ontarid' To the Belgrave Kinsmen who recently donated 83,500.00 for the purchase of an ambulatory pain pump. This will be especially appreclatecrby Palliative Care Patients. All patients being admitted to hospital are asked to bring all current medications with them. This will help to facilitate the admission process.