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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-04-12, Page 1of V -E day for edition The Advance -Times will be pub- lishing a special commemorative is- sue next month to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of Wold War II in Europe. The issue will be similar to the popular D -Day section published last June. Any and all stories, photographs and recollections of that fateful day, May 7, 1945, would be most welcome. Those who would be in- terested in being part of this special. section are asked to contact Marga- ret Stapleton at 357-2305 or The Advance -Times office, 357-2320. Here's your chance to win big while helping the community develop economically. Page 8 It you're not subscribing to The Winpharn AdvanceMmes, you're missing out. Use •.this coupon below and subscribe today! Name: -Address: City: Prov r Postel Code: Subscription rates 1 Canada within 40 miles (65km) ad- dressed to non letter carrier address- es $27 plus $1.89 GST. Outside 40 miles (65km) or any letter carrier address $40 plus $2.80 GST. Ouslde Canada $80 plus $5.60 GST use YOUR CREDIT CARD Card No. ❑CIODO[JDEI ❑rn©DC1m Expi Date: Vlsa�] Master Card ❑ Cheque enclosed [] Return To, WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES P.O. Box 390, 5 Diagonal Road Wingham, Ontario, NOG 2W0 9 Our feature of local businesses returns this week; pressed and clean and now on-line. Page 6. Our schools have moved towards a stronger. philosophy of zero tolerance. Page 11 The Rluewater Pastball League will field seven teams in 1995 as the Belmore Jrs. pull 'out. See Sports Grants approved for Wingham Infrastructure money for last two projects Money for the last two in- frastructure projects in the Town of Wingham has been approved.' Last week $144,000 was an- ® nounced for the reconstruction' of Arthur and Water streets, along with the upgrading of the municipal pool. However, the pool project has been put on hold while other av- enues are explored and therefore the infrastructure money will be diverted to other areas of im- provement in Wingham. Town clerk -treasurer Byron Adams said thie'diversion of funds is allowed under the fed- eral/provincial/municipal' works program. The town ,applied for funding for a total of four pro- jects, including the now' com- pleted renovations of the town hall and continuing improve- ments on John Street. This funding comes in addi- tion to the previously an- nounced $696,000 announced in September 1994. Aitchison on for Soundsation production Harriston native and radio ce- lebrity Neil Aitchison will per- form as the Master of Ceremo- nies for Soundsation. Aitchison was born and raised in Hamilton and has been asso- ciated with CKKW/CFCA as a ' sales representative, sales super- visor and general sales manager. Aitchison has been acting as an MC for various musical and theatrical events across Canada and hosted a five concert tour in England in 1988. In 1992 he shared the MC responsibilities of Soundsation's "The Beat Goes On" with CKNX-Radio and Primetime Country person- ality Gary Ballagh. .,,{mm!<:..,.:>:3fF's'iiiiiiift*.,::<:i:{s,%',fmow Page 2 Page 4 Page 5 Page 11 Page 15 Page 17 Page 18 Page 22 Page 22 Council News Editorial Letters Feature Sports T.V. Guide Classifieds Horoscopes Crossword A LOOK AT.. The sap Is running in the Dungannon Eyre Maple Bush. Page 10 The Wingham Advance -Times Is a member of a family of community newspaptirs providing news, advertising and Information leadershili • 3,4 75 • New site...Engineer Bernhard Schropp explains the change in location for the Wingham airport. Committee receives public input on Morris Twp. location By CAMERON J. WOOD and JIM BROWN The Advance -Times It took nearly an hour before someone rose from the pub- lic gallery and spoke in favour of the proposed Wingham Community Airport. But in the end. the majority of people. walked away ',pith little comment on'the project. The public was let in on the new location for the runway strip in Moms Township, and an update .on the costs of the proposed development. And while the atmosphere of the public meeting held last Thursday was anything but negative, there was some concern expressed over the noise level gener- ated by aircraft landing and taking off on the strip. The airport committee is looking at 460 total acres for the project; involving three separate properties — the Henderson family, the Bridge family and the King family, all located along Highway 86 behind Bridge Motors Ford. Of that land, approximately 370 acres are now being farmed. The airstrip, apron and buffer zone are expected to take up 25 acres, leav- ing a• sizable portion open for leasing. This is the second lo- cation of choice'for the committee. They previously opted to Please see AIRPORT/7 Seeking Council hears Vendone at risk of closing memories thanks to lack of adequate sewage systems By CAMERON J. WOOD The Advance -Times TEESWATER -• In a surprising conversation with Teeswater village council, Vendome proprietor Allan Emerson said he is at' the end of the line both emotion- ally and financially With the Wingham Advance -Times as the only me- dia present at the meeting, Emerson said his options were closing in arid problems loom larger. Of his biggest concern is getting council to agree to a two- year reprieve on municipal taxes. He did say that he was not expecting council to simply wash their hands of what is currently outstanding, but that for the two- year period council not charge him while he made im- provements to the building. velmegbee The owner didn't receive an answer from council. Reeve Bruce Kissner said he wasn't sure just to .what extent council could help. They reserved comment for a later meeting.. Emerson said the hotel business has changed dra- matically over the past few years. Social pressures and changing patterns in the entertainment field have meant smaller crowds for taverns. In addition, events at the Teeswater-Culross Community Centre take cli- ents regularly despite the Vendome providing live en- tertainment. Add to that personal tragedy and illness that led to a temporary shut down one year ago. The Please see VENDOME/3 ORG charges Huron MPP stands to cash in on `outrageous' pension plan But Klopp says the math doesn't add up By CAMERON J. WOOD The Advance -Times Huron Member of Provincial Parliament Paul Klopp says a lobby group's claim that his pension is worth $658,000 doesn't add up. In a letter sent to the Advance - Times on Friday, Klopp clarified the position he will be in regarding the MPP pensions following a dis- closure made by Ontarians for re- sponsible Government. "If the election is called . in the spring and if I am not re-elected (both of which are ifs and by no means guaranteed) the only thing I. am entitled to is a refund of my pension contributions plus interest at a rate of six per cent. There Billboard artwork...gone is the donkey. would be no pension entitlement. "If the election is called in the fall and if I am not re-elected (again, both are ifs and by no means guaranteed), I will have put in five years of service. However, in order to be eligible, years of ser- vice and age must total 55. Since I am not 50 years old (I an 38), 1 would be in the position of 'mem- bers not meeting eligibility forum - la'," he states in his letter. The Hu- ron MPP supplied the regulations in writing to the Advance -Times with hi's letter to support his argu- ment. "This gives me two choices. 1 Please see KI ,OPP/2 Extra, extra! Read all about the AT online With the continued growth of Steffen Open Systems in Wing - ham, and their connection to the Internet, news from the Ad- vance -Times is now available worldwide. .News stories from our weekly editions are featured on the net- work, available locally to com- puter modem subscribers with S.O.S. For more information on the service and S.O:S., please see Page 6. Paul Steckle Steckle dropped committee assignments Some in area reminded of Tory GST vote By CAMERON J. WOOD The Advance -Times After not towing the Liberal Party line on the gun control vote last week, Paul Steckle, Hu- ron Bruce Member of Parlia- ment, was dropped like a smok- ing gun from his committee assignments. Steckle made no bones about keeping his promise to the rural constituents in Midwestern On- tario prior to the Gun Control Bill. And after the whole matter had come to pass, Steckle said he slept well the night knowing he had stood by his constituents' requests. "If anything this has strength- ened our position on representa- tion and we'll get to a democra- cy yet," he said Friday. The removal of Steckle from his committee assignments fol- lowing the vote left many local- ly wondering if the Liberal Party had taken a page out the Mul- roney government's tactics on the Goods. and Services Tax vot- Please see STECKLIE?2