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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-07-26, Page 1it you're not subscribing to The Wingham Advance -Times, you're missing out. Use this coupon below and subscribe today! Name: Address: City: Prov • Postal Code: Subscription rates 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.B0 GST. Ouside Canada $80 plus $5.60 GST USE YOUR CREDIT CARD Card No. ❑❑❑❑❑❑❑❑ ❑❑❑❑❑❑❑❑ Expi Date Visa] Master Card ❑ Cheque enclosed ❑ Return To; WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES P.O. Box 390, 5 Diagonal Road Wingham, Ontario, NOG 2W0 L p.. n,. �lry»;sa ebe Turnberry Township examines of B uevale North. Morris Twp. repeals hotel bylaw. Page 30 Justice Minister Allan Rock responds to critics of the Gun Registry. Questions andanswers on the new law. Page 5 Wingham Minor Soccer wraps up their season with a barbecue in Lions Park. Page 6 znglJarnc Those dog days solved Wingham Parks and Rec can alleviate the boredom, of midsummer Come one, come all! Are you between the age of nine and 16? (The age has been lowered) Do you like to act, draw, sing, dance or perform? The summer drama program known as Sum' R on Stage needs you. One session "only this year: August 14 to September 1. Cost is $90. Sign up today by calling the recreation department at 357-1208. Or how about this one. Is your summer getting boring? Our day camps would love tq have you join in the fun they haveplanned. Waterslides, face - painting, sports, crafts, special guests and more. Spaces availa- ble in all program ages 3 to 13. How about a day at Pioneer Sports World in Kitchener? The Wingham' Rec. Dept. is plan- ning to take a supervised bus load of participants nine and older on August 17. Total cost will be approximately $13. Call the recreation office to reserve your place. Bridge deadline now Sept. The Wingham Bridge Com- mittee has been granted another stay of execution on the former CN railway bridge over the Maitland River...but not for as long as initially requested. At the July meeting of Wing - ham town council, a letter was received from CN indicating that they would grant an exten- sion to the end of September. Originally, the committee had sought a period to April 1996. Also received in regard to this matter was a letter from the Wingham Police Board oppos- ing the suggestion that Minnie -Street be converted' to a one- way street to address traffic con- cerns in relation to the proposed bridge development. tourt finto ;:.:.+,:i::f;:/ SL%:if.++.� �:.'/•,:i:, ::jJ:kS'1.:,$i �i.::::':✓:c er sl 110 Council News County News Editorial Gun Registry Sports T.V. Guide Classifieds Horoscopes Crossword Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 11 Page 12 Page 15 Page 15 A LOOK AT_ The federal justice minister responds to critics on the gun control registry. Page 15 The Wingham Advance -Times is a member of a family of community newspapers providing news, advertising and information leadership A :rslE':�!:+t>',#;.:.�,.,y�^,.,::�,...s?til!+!arc.,•��z-9ft::�'��..h,,.T,','.. l.:F l -Mart Vachanges to K Foods a By MARGARET STAPLETON and CAMERON J. WOOD The Advance -Times It's official: Wingham's K Foods store is no more. The store re- opened today, Wednesday, as a Valu -Mart at the downtown loca- tion. However, once Wingham's Zehrs store at the mall at the south end of town closes next Saturday, Aug. 5, Please see VALU-MART/2 754 Assault on infant results in charges Physician, two nurses among those charged by Wingham OPP But the name of the perpetrator is being withheld By CAMERON J. WOOD The Advance -Times Wingham OPP have charged four people in connection with a June 21 assault on a Howick Town- ship infant. The eight -month-old child re- ceived head injuries as a result of the assault and was taken to Wing - ham . and District Hospital'. The child was „subsequently transferred to the Children's Hospital in Lon- don for treatment. A 26 -year-old Howick Township man was charged with assault caus- ing bodily harm. His name' has not been released toprotect the identity of the victim. He is scheduled to appear in provincial court today in Wingham. The police report that subsequent to this investigation, Dr. J.M. Shu - bat, 35, of Wingham, Nurse Marga- ret Hogg, 46, of Wroxeter, and Nurse Marilyn Ashley, 32, of Turn - berry Township • were charged un- der the Child and Family Services Act for failing to report child abuse to the Children's Aid Society. At the July 20 Provincial Offenc- es Court appearance for the medi- cal staff, the court put over the case to September 14. Huron County Justice of the Peace Karen Sturdy was told that the Crown Attorney officehad made application to have the charges brought to a higher court. The court also heard that Hu- ron County Crown Attorney Bob Morris will prosecute the case. The Child and Family .Services Act is very specific when dealing with cases of child abuse. Health care professionals, educators and law enforcement agents, by law, are required to report any suspected case of child abuse. As for Huron County, this .is the first case in which medical staff have been charged with failing to report suspected child abuse. f Wingham K-Fonds...open today as Valu -Mart. Ar Cutsare 'just a start' By CAMERON J. WOOD The Advance -Times Huron MPP Helen Johns said she believes last Friday's "fiscal overview" is a step in the right di- rection for the province. The Tory member said finance minister Ernie Eves statement on the economic status of the govern- ment is "just a start". "It shows the intent of what we campaigned on. I don't think there were any surprises." Johns also defended the Pro- gressive Conservative govern- ment's decision to cut into the health care budget along with all the other ministries. Although Premier Mike Harris promised health care funding would retrain at current levels, these cuts figure in at one per cent and affect ad- ministration, not services. "I don't think the cuts will af- fect the end-user," Johns, the par- liamentary assistant to the health minister, said. In terms of the most controver- sial cut - welfare - Johns said the move was outlined in the Com- mon Sense Revolution papers. The Tories see the move to cut dependency on the social program. as a work incen- tive. "Everybody has to have the incentive to go out and work. We are allowing people to go out and help them- . selves." The cuts to the welfare'program Please see TORIES/15 JOHNS Township places restriction on crop clearance allowance Farmers who plant their crops closer than seven feet from the shoulder of the road in Turnberry could run the risk of having them cut by township grass cutters. Council set the policy of a seven - foot setback at the July 18 meeting. The discussion arose as the result of a letter of concern from Nelson Underwood, Turnberry farmer, about what he considers a continu- ing problem. A township road em- ployee cut a width of Underwood's corn crop when out grass cutting with a tractor and mower early this summer. In a letter to council, Underwood explained that planting crops near the shoulder of the road, where pos- sible, helps cut down on weeds and is a practical use of the land. It also saves the township money in up- keep. Deputy Reeve Mery Baker said the crop in question was down a sideroad and was not hurting any- thing. Councillor Bill Purdon said Underwood can't expect compensa- tion from council, but he said he believed some sort of policy should be in place. Councillor Randy Foxton said he felt that planting crops six feet back from the side of the road is not too much to expect. In the interest of fairness, Councillor Paul Elgie said that crops encroaching on the shoulder of the road should not be treated any differently than the situ- ation which arose recently with logs near the roadside at the McGlynn sawmill. In that case, council decided to build a fence on township' property t� help solve the problem. Finally, after some ftttrthher dis- cussion, council passed a motion that crops be planted seven feet back from the side of the road. Returning from the Waite Cliffs of Dover EWPS teacher back home By JIM BROWN The Advance -Times BELGRAVE - East Wawanosh Public Schoolteacher John Kerr is back home, after spending two weeks earlier this month in Eng- land. The two-week visit to England was part of a teacher exchange that saw Kevin Hodge, a principal at a Dover, England school, spend two weeks in Huron County dur- ing the spring. Kerr said that the two weeks in England was great, but was still quite an adventure. "It was so different from what.I had e>ipected," he said. Kerr and his wife Barb stayed at Kevin Hodge's home in Folkston, which is located on the English Channel. He said that London was the farthest place they went to as part of the exchange. He noted they went to Oxford, but that was for personal reasons, to visit a niece. While in London he went to a Garden Party for Commonwealth teachers, and got to meet Princess Margaret. Kerr said that even though they go to school for three weeks in July, the- school year is, about the same length as it is in Ontario. They have a week off at mid-term in October and May. During his two-week stay, Kerr only visited three schools — one in central Kent (Cranbrook) and two in south Kent. "All three were old schools," he said. Back home...EwPs teacher John Kerr has re- turned from his exchange to Dover, England. Kerr said that his students at EWPS are pen pals with the stu- dents at Cranbrook, so when he visited the school he took some letters from his students at East Wawanosh. He said that the classrooms are • smaller than rooms in Ontario schools, but there are more stu- dents in each class. There were 31 pupils in a portable classroom at the school in Dover, but the porta: ble was smaller than 'pbithbles' used at schools in Ontario. "That is a typical class size of the schools we visited," said Kerr. Schools in England follow a na- tional curriculum, which has been revised once since it was institut- ed. Derr said he would compare Pleaise see EDUCATOR/2 t