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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-04-05, Page 6Owner Ovenregeheng deadline The Advcatee:Ilit" JIM RR�WN• ,1 MARGARET STAP The Advance -Times TEESWATER – A Tees er shop owner has been April 10 to come up a so zoning bylaw infraction lage. Flora Nabrotzky of Fl ers attended the March 2 of Teeswater council to long-standing problem, use of a trailer. to protec ding plants during the late However, as the trailer a foundation, it contraven lige zoning bylaw. Teeswater Reeve Bruc said the general feeling o is that if other people h asked to move trailers in lage, why should Nab treated any differently. "I'm here to somehow lution," replied Nabrotzky that until she finds an al the trailer is important to val of her business, "the d ing factor, not just a littl she claimed. At the time Nabrotzky to rent land for the trailer, she did pot realize it was the zoning bylaw. She was of the infraction by council to remove the trailer. Comm tion from her lawyer late 1 implied that the trailer w moved. However, Nabrot she had not authorized her give such an assurance. She spent some time at discussing her search for alte arrangements, a search that brought many results. She s hopes to buy the old town immediately behind her shop, but must help its curren er find new quarters. Desperate to find a solutio brotzky asked if council woul sider allowing her to leave th er where it is for two months the bedding,plaite sA n is o rear" .e,m feel other businesses benefit my service. 'This 'is not just for me, but the rest of the co nity. "I want to go about this pro I'm willing to do anything cos to the trailer to make it accepta she said. While members of council they were sympathetic to Nab ky's plight, some felt the m had gone on long enough. Cou for Karl Lang said her only sol is to make the trailer permane its current lot. "It (the trailer) to have been moved last year," Lang. "I never said I'd move it," brotzky replied. "If we are going to have byl we must uphold them," said C cillor Dave Montgomery. "If I knew the trailer was to be gone for good, I could su through for a couple of mont said Councillor Steve MacDonal Councillor Margie Bates s gested that Nabrotzky be give month to see if she could come with a solution. Finally it was cided that Nabrotzky could rep back to the April 10 meeting council with her findings. Kissner told Nabrotzky if cannot come up with a suitable temative by April 10, she would asked to move the trailer. ETON water flow - given until lution to a in, the vil- Flo Flow - 7 meeting discuss a that is, the t her bed- spring. is not on es the vil- e Kissner f council c s th 0 bo Ju ave been the vil- otzkyrbe find a so- , saying temative, the survi- etermin- e thing," arranged she said against notified and told unica- ast year ould be zky said lawyer council mative had not aid she garage flower t own 11; Na - d con- e trail- ; until from good mrnu- perly. metic ble," said rotz- atter ncil- ution nt on was said Na- aws, oun- oingg ffer hs," d. ug- na up de - on of she al - be ®tri per -mit Several building and demolition permits were approved by Morris Township Council last Tuesday evening. A building permit was approved for Dave Ryan -or Lot 54, Conces- sion 1, for an addition to a shed. Lit.'s Fireside Cafe at Lot 1, Concession I, received both a demolition and a building permit. The demolition permit was to de- molish an old residence, and the building permit was for building an addition to the restaurant. A building permit was approved for Joe Nicholson of Lot 60, Con- cession 1, for the construction of a 40 -foot -by -200 -foot pig barn, and a 72 -foot -by -10 -foot manure tank. Howson and Howson of Lot 5, Concession 9 was awarded a building permit for a fertilizer blender tower and two chemical storage structures. Murray Fischer of Lot 25, Con- cession 6 was awarded a derboli tion permit to demolish a barn. Turnberry Central School went green in 1993 for completing 100 environmental projects,. The school is now trying to go jade, for the completion of another 150 projects, Forty projects have already been completed. Turnberry Central School is one of over 4,000 schools that have registered, in the SEEDS Founda- tion's program to create environ- mental 'green schools' across Cana- da. SEEDS stands for Society, Environment: and Energy Develop- ment Studies. Because of the school's success, it has made the Learners In Action Environment Green Schools honor roll for Onta- rio. ,Through the Learners in Action program, the students complete projects to enhance the environ- ment or communicate to others about the environment. The pro- jects may be completed by individ- uals, classes or groups. Program co-ordinator Mary Joan Fisher said that a lot of the projects nvolve the 3 Rs — reduce, re -use, and recycle — especially recy- ling. A 3-R committee has been et to look after the recycling. The students will soon be clean - ng up the school yard. The school has a white paper recycle box, but e majority of students re -use paper that has only been used on ne side, by making them into oklets. ' The 3-R committee consists of lie Moffat, Jeff prose, Jennifer !entraj Sho1 turning gr committee now focuses on jade', Green school. Barbour, and Laura McPherson. project announced. Fisher said the. The program co-ordinator saidclass also receives a card to put ee the projects are written up in a log the classroom door. She said that book. The projects are announced the trophy is a little incentive for on a daily basis, with a trophy go- the students to get involved in the ing to the class which had their ..Turnberry Public. School's recycling Drost, and Jennifer Barbour. The school has gone green and is now looking to go jade. "We need to do more promotion about reducing the amoun.A eof gar- bage in the school," said Fisher.." ,program like this helps us focus on the need for helping out envi committee consists of Julie Moffat, Laura McPherson, Jeffrey program communicating ron ment and co „�.._ g to stu- . :,rrr `Ysz5:si' Japanse visitors...Six Japanese students were visiting Wingham Public School last week. During a farewell assembly on Friday, the Japanese students sang, and played pia- no. The visitors were Tetsuya Ohashi, Kyousuke Yamada, Kaorl Satake, Yurie Takagi at the. pia- no, Marie Mizuno, Erie Nomura, and teacher Naoyuki Matsuoka. Japanese students bulld bridgesbetween i eren cultures withvisit WPS By NANCY MCKEON Special to the Advance -Times Last week, the students at Wingham Public School were busy building a bridge between Canada and Japan. Six Japanese students and their teacher, Naoyuki Matsuoka spent their time in Wingham strengthen- ing the the bond between the World community people. The students were hosted by six local families: John and Colleen Schenk, John and Liliane Nolan, Ken and Sandy Schiestel, Stuart and Kate Montgomery, Gary and Maureen Lisle, and Bill and Lu- anne Kerr. All the families agreed that this was a unique experience. At the school, the visiting stu- dents spent time in each class room teaching the Wingham stu- dents origami (paper folding), cal- have 20 minutes for lunch and at- ligraphy, and some Japanese tend school on Saturday morning. games. During the farewell assembly on Friday, these young people sang a moving farewell song to their friends at WPS and dazzled those in attendance with their pia- no skills. Many things were learned from the Japanese students. They It has been a pleasure to be in - smiled and laughed at the attempts volved with these wonderful peo- by the WPS students and staff to ple during the past Five years. communicate with them, and their Each year, the rapport between the eyes lit up when they understood. Wingham families and the Japa- The Japanese students work nese visitors is wonderful. It is al - hard at school and are very inter- ways difficult to say good-bye, ested in their education. After at- and this year was no exception. tending school from 8 a.m. to 4 The students and staff At WPS p.m. the students then attend class- look forward to maintaining con- es at a different school to exercise tact with these new friends and their proficiency in English, math maybe one day, some Wingham and science. Students in Japan families will visit Japan. Parents in Japan pay for their children to attend the 'after school school' as they believe that a good education is the most important priority for their children. Studying English is compulsory in Japan. dents, parents, and the public about what we can do to help:" Also on the Learners in Action honor roll are East Wawanosh Pub- lic School and Brookside Public School. Madill actor receives award at Sears Festival Dale Wernham received an award of excellence at the Sears Drama Festival held last week at St. Marys District Collegiate and Vocational Institute. Lesley Pike was a recipient of an award of merit. The awards. were presented Saturday evening. The Madill production of 'The Play is the Thing, Tra La!' re- ceived an excellent adjudication, but is not one of the plays advanc- ing to the next level of competi- tion. The two schools advancing are Central Huron of Clinton with their production of 'Einstein's Dream,' - and Elmira with their presentation of 'Blade.' A total of eight schools took part in the drama competition 'which began Thursday and con- cluded Saturday with the awards presentation. Also competing in the drama festival were Bluevale Collegiate from Kitchener with the presenta- tion Match Play,' South Huron of Exeter with the presentation 'What Wonderful Times They Had,' Lis- towel with the presentation Faust 2000,' Stratford Central with the presentation 'New Canadian Kid,' and St. Mary's with the production of 'The Circle.' The Madill Drama Club presents its fourth annual perfor- mance showcase, May 3-5. 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