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The Wingham Advance Times, 1995-03-22, Page 11411111.81110 The II you're net =Mete is you're =cat tin Ha Now beiew end SUMO* Wee Nome: Address: ab' Prov,: PoeW Cote: Subscription rates Canada within 40 mese (08km) ad- dressed b non letter dxurier address- es $V plus $1,89 GeT. Outside 40 miles (dbkm) of any Tetter carrier address $40 plus $2.80 08T. Onside Canada $80 plus $5.80 08T UUE YOUR CREDIT CARO Card No. [][][]L][JD[][) ❑[711O[10LJLJ -Expiry Date. Visa] Master Card [ Cheque enclosed [i Return Tn: WINOHAM ADVANCE -TIMES P.O. Box 380, 5 Olegonal Road Wingham, Ontarici, NOG 2W0 L Brochure swap and tourism e bancemeintes 750 411L1111 PLAN seminars Tourism event of the year coming on April 6th The Huron Tourism Asso- ciation's Sixth Annual Tourism Event and Bro- chure Swap will be held on Thursday, April 6 at Knox Pres- byterian Church, 9 Victoria Street North, Goderich. This all day event will feature . three professional speakers: An- gela Jackson, whose book, Cele- brating Anger, has recently be- come a Canadian best seller; Greg Elliott, who has operated his commercial studio for 11 years in Guelph and Doug Eng- lish, the London Free Press Travel Editor. A major component of the day will be the brochure swap. This provides registrants with the opportunity to distribute their promotional literature to all the other businesses and pro- moters in Huron County. Don't miss out on, this exciting oppor- tunity to distribute and collect material, not to mention net- working with other businesses. 'Featured this year will be the 1995 edition of the award- winning Huron County Travel Guide. This guide lists attrac- . tions, theatres, museums, golf courses, marinas, public beach- es, cross-country ski and snow- mobile trails, accommodations, restaurants, campgrounds, arti- sans and art studios, conserva- tion areas, antique and specialty shops and special events. Also 'available are brochures on fish- ing, cycling, the Maitland Trail and farm fresh produce. Tourism development is es- sential to the growth and survi- val of Huron County economy. It represents our second largest economic generator, second only to agriculture. The registration fee for the tourism event and brochure swap is S30 per person. This in- cludes speakers. table space for registrants' literature, refresh- ments, evening dinner, live en- tertainment and door prizes. For more information, call Mary Turford at the Maple Leaf Motel, 1-800-665-8242. Doused ...Wingham firefighters were called to put out a van fire in the Zehrs parking lot last Friday, creating a bit of ex- citement for all. Bottom: Left to right Firefighters Bruce McInnes, Larry Simmons, Andy Foxton and Kevin Carter work to bring the situation under control. 'The 1991 Ford Aerostar was owned by Charles Pollett of Lucknow. Leith Morrison/ Contributed Photos Teeswater will get Council News Editorial Letters Sports Scoreboard T.V. Guide Classifieds Horoscopes Crossword Page 2 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 11 Page 12 Page 16 Page 16 A LpOK AT. . . Rs deportment has to look more carefully at by-law rs- gardNq response. Page 3 The Winghe n Adtro os -Times 1s a member of a fenwy of community newspapers providing rums, edvarUekng and Mubrrndlon leadership cardboard recycling Residents of the Village of Tees - water now will have a place to put their waste cardboard -- in a recy- cling bin behind the municipal of- fice. Village council gave the green Tight to a proposal from Carter's Waste Disposal in Wingham at the March 13 meeting. Under the proposal, Carter's will supply the village with one card- board recycling bin at a cost of $14 per week, which includes pick-up three times a week. said Teeswater Clerk -Treasurer Kendra Reinhardt. Municipalities are not allowed -to burn cardboard at Landfill sites, but must bury it. Under the Bruce County waste diversion plan, Reeve Bruce Kissner said he be- lieved that cardboard will be banned. from county landfill sites altogether. Alt members of council agreed that it would be a good idea to bring in one bin on a trial basis and see how the service is received by villagers. Two departments agree to discuss aid agreement The Wingham Area Fire Board could be on the verge of getting a mutual aid agreement with the Teeswater-Culross Fire Depart- ment. Fire chief Harley Gaunt told the Wingham Area Fire Board last Wednesday that he was ap- proached by the new reeve of Cul- ross Township, saying that he 'felt there should be a working agree- ment between the Teeswater- Culross and Wingham Area Fire Departments, Gaunt said that the Culross reeve .suggested that representa- tives of the two boards get togeth- er in late April or early May to sit down and discuss the possibility of working out an agreement. The chief noted that at the present time, if the Wingham fire department required assistance. Blyth would first call, and Luck - now would be second call. He added that Teeswater would be- come third call. "If tide board can come up with some kind of agreement, then maybe Tumberry won't need its own agreement," said Mery Baker a Turnbcrry Township. John Jacques of Howick Town- ship said that if the board does get a reciprocal agreement with Tees - water -Culross, they would be first call if it is in the north part of the township. He also wondered if Teeswater-Culross would be first - call to the Belmore area of How - ick Township, "We would also reciprocate for them if they need help in the southern part of their coverage area," he said. Fire chief Gaunt noted that Mildmay is presently the first call for Teeswater-Culross and Wal- kerton is second. "Wingham is about the same distance as Mildtnay," the chief said. Board chairman Harold Gibson of Howick Township, vice- chairman Mery Baker of Turnber- ry Township and John Jacques of Howick Township were appointed to meet with Teeswater-Culross representatives on April 26. How- ever, the final representatives will be selected at the April 12 meeting of the Wingham Area Fire Board. Offer to develop rail land, bridge as Wescast entrance rejected by town council By CAMERON J. WOOD The Advance -Times Plans to include the refurbishing -of the former CN rail bridge as part of an entrance way to Wescast In- dustries have been dropped. Last week at a special council meeting, council rejected an offer to purchase rail lands made by Wescast and subsequently nixed a portion of a $5.5 million building and landscape plan by the auto parts firm, "The two sides are fairly far apart," Deputy Reeve Ron Beecroft said. "But I'm hopeful something can be settled. I would like to see Wescast develop that property and the bridge, but with the commercial value, council would be setting a bad precedent by selling it at less than fair market value." Beecroft, who is also the chair- man of the property committee which has been dealing with the rail lands, said legally the munici- pality cannot sell the land at less than fair market value. "I would hope the two sides could get back together. Everybody 'I've talked to thinks (Wescast's plans) are fantastic. But we have to stick to our price." But word from the interested buyer was dramatically different. Wayne Phibbs said Thursday that the plan is dead and Wescast has no intention of pursuing the matter any further. Ironically, he hadn't heard from council as to their decision to reject the business' offer to pur- chase. He was informed via a third party and later through the media. "That's kind of a funny way to do business. But we're done. I be- lieve it would have been a good thing but we don't have time to fool around. We have other plans and other entrances to our business, so we're going to proceed with them." And while. Phibbs said he wasn't left with a discouraging feeling about doing business with the town, it was obvious he felt the situation meant a loss for the town. "If they feel a strip mall is better for them, that's great, whatever they feel will work. We didn't need (the land or the bridge). We thought it was something that would be good for the community, but we don't need the extra ex- pense. And it was a bit of a long shot." Wescast plans to proceed with BIB Back to the drawing board...the future of the CN rail bridge is once again up in the air. their major landscaping an building addition plans as soon as the weath- er permits. Mayor Doa.Carter was left a lit- tle miffed by the whole 'natter. Speaking with the Advance -Times also on Thursday he, said he wasn't sure what happened between the two parties, but was sure there were some misconceptions about how the whole deal was to happen. If anyone should be bending over backwards, it should be council.' Phil Beard "Our plan was to talk with the adjacent landowners about their concerns, with the PUC about the possibility on their easement re- quest (for hydro lines), there was the matter of the easement for a trunk sewer...things were moving too fast." Part of the proposal for the entire parcel from the to*n's perspective was to swap land with Tom Burrell to the north of his building for the south segment, which would then be used to solve some of the prob- lems council has been dealing with in respect to baseballs leaving the Josephine St. diamond. Carter said there was some ques- tion left in his mind regarding the actual offer made by Wescast. "It was totally unacceptable. I don't know if they had made a decision before making the offer, but it was a terribly low price that they must have known we wouldn't have ac- cepted. Now I'm told they're not willing to sit down and negotiate." Carter said he also understood that Adrian Debruyn, the foundry's representative on the matter, had been notified Tuesday morning that council had rejected their offer and received a faxed notice later that day stating Wescast would not pur- sue the plan further. "What happened? It seems like the whole thing was all cut and dried before it was all cut and dried. Two years ago they said they were not interested in the bridge. then they come back and say they are, now this. It doesn't seem right." Carter said the town will now have to take a long hard look at the options for the land — one of which could have seen a leasing option to Wescast. He is also hoping that the. bridge can be preserved for future use. Carter said council may now have to contact their insurance comparfy to discuss liability. "Everybody keeps saying it will cost a lot of money, but no one has any figures." As for the rail lands..."We don't have any prime downtown land left. I'm afraid if we had let this go tar and feathers might come out." Phil Beard, a member of the citi- zens' group interested in preserving the bridge was much more vocal in his opinion to the situation. "Why should the town place a commercial value on the land if it is going to be used as a laneway. Council has not negotiated in good faith. They told Wescast to make an offer. hut then came back with a price. They should have told Wes - cast the rules at the start." Beard. feels the whole situation has may have squashed a struggling new attitude of co-operation in the community. "Wescast was creating a win/win situation. This was something Wes - cast does not have to do. They were willing to adjust the laneways and Please see SOMETHINGr3 ilia SSA AM ilia ASS Councilkeen on roadextensions Council, while nixing the pro- posed rail land development west of Josephine, was interested in the proposed developments in the east. Andy McBride of Maitland Engi- neering Services, presented a de- tailed report last week to council on plans to extend Carling Terrace and Catherine Street north across the rail lands. The total plan comes with a 5658,600 price tag (of which S227.765 will be assessed to the town) and includes the possible creation of a new street connecting Highland Drive and Carling Ter- race. The project. as outlined by McBride, centres around the cur- rent subdivision plan for the north- ern section of Carling Terrace and James Street. The property in the area is owned by five different par- ties, four of which petitioned coun- cil for development They are will- ing to assume the lion's share of the assessment costs and will open close to 30 residential lots. The original subdivision plan did call for the extension of Carling Terrace, hut McBride told council "the extension of Catherine (to James St.) is almost a necessity." Several technical problems with hydro and sewer lines can he solved effectively with certain changes to the original subdivision plan, according to McBride's re- port. These changes would make • future planning• more effective in the area. Council accepted the report, 4