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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-02-22, Page 1.• mr...rt•ori „ f INOLIrtitiOttitIOS*09t0 • .11 The 0/11100001 4dvarice4imee 7YOUTO (910441:414,0014.CM!!' I . bow .!rosi4Osoltlikt040y1t,. 1 NOrnig Address: Plir PoatatCaj SubsCrIiiiiniikOnn 4 Canada within 40 mile(05.1V408; 1 Cire§SKI tolhOTI 'alter cardal addrese; • 1 es $27 plub $1.89 OST: I Outside 40 miles (65km) or any letter carripr address $40 plus $2.80 GST. - i' Ouside Canada $80 plus $5.60 GST USE YOUR CREDIT CARD • Cant No. DEEDEDED 111011101110E1E1 Expiry_Date: I IV sa Li Master Card fl Cheque enclosed I WINGJIAM- VANCE-TIMES 1 P,OrBox 390, 5 Diagonal Road I Wilrigham, Ontario, NOG 2W0 • 4, Part 2' Trinity Anglican Church will close its doors later this spring after over a century of worship,Page 3 at. gsk itt Lions Club Effective Speaking Competition forarea students takes to the club -level po- dium. Page 11 IROMMEN The Wingham Junior C Ironman are at risk of '" 1r being put out by the Mount Forest Patriots. See Sports Huron County looking at roads May be difficult to maintain with cuts in budget Huron County's budget will be presented to council within the next month and at their recent regular session, there was some interest surrounding the 1995 roads bud- get. Increased costs in the con- struction operations are antici- pated due to the economic re- covery and due to an increase in asphalt COtnent prices. The Min- istry of Transportation subsidy is not yet available, and since the subsidy is approximately two-thirds of the revenue, it is itupoofille to set the budget at ;000. ,...,,akeyer, Mads 'supervisor Merrall.. .1)4a...1/gen:Asked 'to bring . back a budget giving„. options on cuts to service levels. feel if we keep cutting our roads budget our roads will suf- fer greatly," said councillor Bob Hallam of West Wawanosh, Township. It is planned to budget for a 1995 road levy of $2,515,000 which is the same dollar amount as 1994 and will represent an actual reduction in the mill rate applied to county roads. A road levy of $2,515,000 in 1995 would be only $15,000 above the 1989 levy. Hallam suggested the county take a look at taking money from other departments and put- ting it towards the roads budget. "I think there is money in our budget to transfer. I think our fi- nancial committee should look into it," Hallam said. Skating Carnival Saturday The Wingham Figure Skating Club will -present their annual carnival this Saturday, February 25 at 7:30. This year's theme is "A Kaleidoscope of Colors". For a preview, please see Page 8 of this week's paper. 1 Feature Editorial Letters Sports Figure Skating T.V. Guide Classifieds Horoscopes Feature Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 8 Page 13 Page 14 Page 17 Page 18 A LOOK AT.... Part two of how Trinity An- glican Church in Belgrave is looking towards the future. Page 3 The Wingham Advance -Times is a member of a family of community newspapers providing news, advertising and information leadership kV,Va.e: AO: • ''''4'31:*beVer0440ibINO 06, • .•$•,,. On the money.. tni ...,.ingharn Youth Bowlin,g . league's bowler of the monti1i0r.JattUary, Trevor HicK-- ey shows off his 122 pin ovei•-average style to contest sponsor Duane Pattef's,'''''' 'orn Godfather's Pizza. MUM 75 Former railway bridge could become entrance to Wescast By CAMERON J. WOOD The Advance -Times The former CN railway bridge across the Maitland River could soon become part of an access road to Wescast Industries. The plan was first presented to council at the beginning of Febru- ary. Last week, council reconvened to meet with representatives from the foundry and discuss in detail the possibilities of preserving the bridge as part of Wescast's build- ing and landscaping plan for 1995. And after hearing from town en- gineer Art Clark and the Wescast reps, council agreed in principle to • provide the land option to build an entrance road from Josephine S , across the bridge to the front 0.1isinfotiiiffIrt.'The access, ' will be 66 feet Wide'.: equal to that. of a typical residential street -- and cross the bridge in a single lane. After examining the situation, Clark offered several areas for council to consider before allowing progress on the Wescast proposal; but in all, none of the plans inter- sect each other and as it appears, everyone involved can have their piece. The town is looking to maintain the CN land under the bridge as part of the Ecological park, and. an - easement from Minnie Street to Josephine for the storm sewer trunk • (and grant access to the easement to the PUC for a high voltage power line). The land in question fronts Jose- phine Street with 256 feet. At the narrowest section, the land strip is still 150 feet wide, easily allowing for a 66 ft. stretch for the proposed access road and a 33 ft. easement for the storm sewer trunk: Councillor Ward Robertson, who has been..a,strong supporter .„,.„..., serving the bridge, made the mo- tion that council agree to the Wes - cast idea in principle so that the foundry can begin an economic as- -4i lattfitiiitlIktirilEtEiuggitaytonsseirry,..... 040 and the motion carried. unan- imously. will now wait to hear back on the economic feasibil- ity of the project. 0 eict! uses video to allay neighbors concerns Morris council has moved to al- lay concerns about a proposed ma- nure storage tank in the south end of the township.• -0 Building Official Paul Josling showed a videotape of the newly. - constructed Terpstra hog barn at Lot 25, Con. 7, of Morris. The vid- eotape, shot, the day of the meeting, Feb. 14, --clearly showed the delega- tion of 15 adjoining landowners that no animals have been moved into the barn. As well, council members were able to assureneighbors that a ce- ment manure storage tank will he constructed, not an earthen lagoon as had earlier been proposed The delegation also was told by Morris Reeve Clem McLellan that no building permit has been issued to date for the tank. Although they appeared relieved the tank will be cement; neighbors still had some concerns .about the operation and the disposal of the waste. Jane McCutcheon asked the land -base requirements for spread- ing the manure. Josling replied that the barn has been constructed to house 1,000 sows and their young. The land base requirement under the provin- cial Agricultural code of Practice is 130 acres of workable land. Terp- stra owns 400 acres. The township has entered into an agreement with the landowner which states that up to 60 gilts per week may be,put hub' the new barn. Josling said that the barn has enough manure storage below to last until June 15. The site will be inspected each week by the build- ing official and 'a deposit is being held in trust at the township to make sure the landowner fulfills his obligation to build a storage tank. Neighbor Carmen Bernard noted that there is nothing to stop a land- owner from drawing waste from another farm, or even from another township and dumping it on his property. Josling agreed that is possible, but says the township must comply with standards set out in the code of practice. A suggestion by Mike Watson that Morris Township sthndards are "lax" when it comes to manure storagl facilities,. caused Josling to comment that the Huron County bylaw, and subsequently the. Morris bylaw regarding manure storage tanks, is in fact more restrictive than the code of.practice. Zoning bylaw amendment denied for manure storage Morris council has denied a zon- ing bylaw amendment to permit the construction of a liquid manure run-off tank at Lot 3, Con. 5 of the township, on a farm owned by Wayne Fear. A public meeting was held Jan. 17 to consider the proposed amend- ment. However, council chose to defer the matter until the first monthly meeting in February, held Feb. 14, at which time the zoning bylaw amendment was denied. Council lists the following rea- sons for denying the zoning bylaw amendment: --the concern of the residents of the Hamlet of Belgrave of a liquid manure storage tank installed in the close proximity of Belgrave; --no major problems have been recorded of the runoff into the Bel - grave Creek from the subject prop- erty and; --the amendment would provide no control of the runoff tank being Used for a liquid manure storage. Notice of council's decision will be,mailed to all -concerned parties. including the 68 households in Bel - grave; representing the 117 people who signed a petition against the proposal. The petition was present- ed at the Jan, 17 public meeting. Any person or agency may ap- peal, council's decision to deny the zoning bylaw amendment to the Ontario Municipal Board by March 10 of this year. In November of last year, coun- cil received a letter from the Mait- land Valley Conservation Authority stating a CURB (Clean Up Rural Beaches) grant had been approved for Fear to build a liquid manure run-off tank. Please see STORAGE/2 Morris Twp. ends '94 with surplus Morris Township ended 1994 with a slight surplus, council mem- bers learned at a meeting held Feb. 14. Accountant Russ Taylor of Wingham presented the auditor's report for the past year. Morris is ;In the black" in 1994 to the tune of $172, In his remarks, Taylor suggested that as a member of the Wingham Area Fire Board, Morris put for- ward a motion that the board pay back at leastsome of the $65,000 surplus it has accumulated over the past several years of operation. Taylor said the money belongs to the five member municipalities which make up the fire board, not- ing it has been held in case of a def- icit at the board, but that rarely hap- pens. Morris council appealed to be in agreement that it would be "good business" to get the fire board sur- plus cleared up. As well, the town- ship could use 'the money in its day-to-day operation. However, there was no further action taken at the meeting. Council movedto accept that 1994 auditor's report. Figure Skaters account remains in arrears The Wingham Figtire Skating Club still owes the town $66. The club has had an outstand- ing bill with the town since last May, interest that had accumu- lated on their rental fees. Last fall they approached council via letter seeking a pardon for the fee. Last week, another letter was received by council from the local club, once again re- questing the town waive the outstanding amount. It was re- jected. "If we waive it this time, if must do it for everyone elser Deputy Reeve Ron Beecroft said. "I realize they do put back into the community, but so do the other groups." He was reacting to the sug- gestion that the fee be waived because the club had contribut- ed to the cost of the Low -E ceil- ing last year. "There are eight full time user groups, "Facilities Manag- er Peter Quennell said. "This could happen. to any of them if they fall into hard times." Councillor Ward Robertson warned of the precedence if the fee is waived. "It has been in ar- rears for nine months." "I'll play devil's advocate and move that we ask them to pay," Beecroft said in proposing a motion. Robertson seconded, and it carried unanimously. ^1