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The Wingham Advance Times, 1995-09-20, Page 1' If you're not subscribing to The IMngilarn Advance -Times, you're rasing gut. Yee this coupon below and subscribe today) Name: Address: City' Prov • Postal Code: Subscription rates Canada within 40 miles (65km) ad- dressed topon letter carrier address- es $27 plus $1.89 GST. Outside 40 miles (65km) or any letter carrier address $40 plus $2.80 GST. onside 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 L Wingham, Ontario, NOG 2W0 J Court case moves to Goderich Doctor, nurses scheduled to appear Oct. 2 The case against a local physician and two nurses has been moved to Gode- rich following a second date in Wingham. The case appeared before a Justice of the Peace in Wingham Provincial Offenses Court on September 14. At that session, the "Court' was told the matter had been scheduled for October 2 in Goderich Criminal Court to be spoken to. Charges against the three were laid by the Ontario Provin- cial Police, acting on direction of the Crown Attorney in July. Recognition BLUEVALE — The Towg,ship of Turnberry Council has com- mended a former reeve.and war- den of Huron County, J.V. (Jack) Fischer for his hard work in caring for Turnberry park land. Fischer, who is well over 80 years of age, is caretaker of the grounds at the municipal office in Bluevale, as well as the Turn - berry park on the ninth conces- sion. A former recipient of the provincial senior citizen of the year award, Fischer recently do- nated a red maple tree to the Turnberry park to replace trees he was forced to cut down earli- er this year. Council expressed its appreci- ation to Fischer for the donation of the tree, as well as for his hard work in keeping the town- ship grounds neat. hY News Editorial Letters Bruce Morgan Sports T.V. Guide Classifieds Horoscopes Crossword Page 2 Page 4 Page 5 Page 5 Page 6 Page 9 Page 10 Page 14 Page 14 A LOOK AT s Local organizers of the Hu- ron -Bruce MADD chapter in- crease their battle. Page 8 The Wingham Advance -Times is a member of a family of community newspapers providing news, advertising and information leadership Hutton Heights drain situation may develop Into local petition caM: paign following council. Page 2 Surviving the boss of a loved one...and doing something to prevent drinking and driving. Page 8 i Belgrave and Wroxeter tangled in the playoffs for the title in Major Midget fastball, Page 6 I© 4'75 Terry's Team member. ..Mary Alice Smuts takes the starting horn from orga- nizer Dale Edgar prior to the eighth.annual run in Wingham—,. Eighth annual run brings in $18,000+ forresearch• By JIM BlWN The Advance -Times Terry Fox Runs held in Wing - ham and Brussels on Sunday were successful. The eighth annual event held in Wingham had the 126 participants raising over $18,000 for the fight against cancer. Members of the Brussels Pipe Band came to Wingham for the 11 a.m. start to help Terry Team Mem- ber Mary Alice Smits lead off the start. The 116 participants in the sec- ond annual event in Brussels re- ceived over $3,000 in pledges. A total of $18,004 was raised in Wingham with $3,582.75 being raised from the Brussels run. Organizers of both runs were pleased with the response. Al- though the number of participants was down a bit in Wingham this year, the amount of money raised for the fight against cancer was greater. The weather was ideal for the seven kilometer event in Wingham and the three ,and eight kilometers runs in Brussels. The weather was not too hot like it was Last year, and although the skies were threatening it didn't rain. Kim McGowan was the top fund-raiser with $11,182 in pledg- es. The Edgar family of Dale, Lin- da, Ansley and Caitlin, were sec- ond with $1,077 raised. Smits was third highest fund-raiser with $700. Jane Draper washighest fund- raiser in. Brussels with $442. Terry Team Member Aimee Leishman was second with $352. Doug McArter collected -$310,in pledges and George Langlois raised $265. Teeswater moves to blue boxes TEESWATER--A representative of B. M. Ross & Associates of Goderich brought some very wel- come news to last week's meeting of Turnberry council. , Frank Vander Loo attended the meeting to update council on his firm's 1995 monitoring of the .Teeswater-Culross landfill site. Based on his data collection, Van der Loo estimated the site has at least another 30 years of life re- maining, which is "a long time compared to some sites," he said. He called the site well -operated and if the village and township continue to place emphasis on re- cycling, it could add significantly more life to the landfill site. The Teeswater-Culross landfill site is located just outside the vil- lage in Culross Township. Tees - water owns the property with the township contributing two-thirds of the yearly operating cost and Teeswater the remaining one- third. In a related item at last week's council meeting, Teeswater will proceed with Blue Box recycling, starting in November. The village has made application to join the Bruce Area Solid Waste Recyling Association and if the application is accepted, Blue Box recycling can begin later this year. The boxes will be ordered and distributed to village residents, possibly by a service club, later this fall. There may be a minimal charge for the boxes. The matter will be discussed further at the October meeting of Teeswater council. Should town become involved in recruiting? Appears physicians quant municipal support By CAMERON J. WOOD The Advance -Times It appears that physicians cur- rently serving the Wingham and District Hospital want the munici- pality to become involved in. re- cruiting new doctors to town. Council received a letter signed by six of the seven doctors serving WDH expressing "the gravity of the situation with regards to the continuing functioning of this insti- tution." The debate around the council ta- ble surfaced after economic devel- opment committee member Denise Wilkins -Treble volunteered her ser- vices to sit on they recruiting com- mittee. The move Was challenged by others on council who, said it may not be the,place of council to recruit doctors. "I agree to a point," Councillor Bill McGrath said in addressing the doctors' concerns. "But it looks like we have a dispute between the medical staff and the recruiting committee. They are asking. the town to get involved and I'm not +sure that's something we want to do." Coun,• Archie' 'MacGown told McGrath that he may be "reading more into the correspondence than necessary. "They are looking to the town for help with such things as zoning. I spoke with the physicians and the letter is simply to .notify us of the situation," MacGowan said. A particular difficulty in the pro- cess, according to Wilkins -Treble, is that there currently isn't a clinic for new Medical staff to set up in.• The cost of moving to a new com- munity for a doctor can be high and the availability of a clinic can. help to alleviate some of those costs, making the transition smoother. "They will ask the town for (fi- nancial) help. But we all know there isn't any money available. We can help expedite matters and Please see DOCTORS/3 County moving towards zero per cent '96 increase Sends warning to school. board GODERICH — Despite warnings that the province will be cutting its grants to the municipalities, Huron County has approved a recommen- dation that staff prepare a 1996 budget which will bring in a zero per cent tax increase. In fact, council went further 'and voted to send a letter to the Huron County Board of Education and the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Sep- arate School Board pointing out ..that the county °was.apreparing- for no tax hikes and urging the boards to aim at the sante target. Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle made the motion to send the letters. It was hard to explain to taxpay- ers in his town, Mickle said, that last year's tax increase came not from the town or the county but the boards of education. "I have heard already that there are thoughts of a 10 per cent increase at the ,boards of education." Mason Bailey,, Reeve of Blyth seconded the motion. "We have just come through a tax increase of Talk...of a 10% hike al- ready surfacing from HCBE. almost 10 per, cent," he said of the 1995 education,Ievy. "We need to get the point across that the only way they can justify a 10 per cent increase is if they increase the edu- cation they give by 10 per cent." But Bill Vanstone, Reeve of Col- borne, said the motion was coming at the problem from the wrong di- rection. The boards of education are between a rdck and a hard place, he said, because they're hav- Please see COUNTY/2 1 :00 - 2:00 — Hakko Ryu Jujutsu demo 2:00 - - e jcslIFAmiL •33:00 weeks out fromBodybuilder the OntarDaveBussiios!res Cal -Style nutrition and supplementation 16 North Street, Wingham, Ontario - 357-4368 Door Prizes! SEP?EMBER 23, 1995 - 9:00 a1m1 105:00 p1m1 Proprietors Connie Dickson, Jeff MacGregor, Steve Shaw and Cam Wood invite you to come in and take advantage of our Grand Opening membership specials! t 8