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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-11-01, Page 1MPAT, mfg. =4: ',V AY • A, , If itgLera Set SO0001010 The Wingham AdvAnce,T1rnes, you're missing out. Use tb10 coupon, below and subscribe tedaYi Name; Address: City: Prey.: Postai Code: Subscription rates Canada within 40 miles (85km) ad- dressed to non letter carder address - 05 $27 plus $1.89 GST. Outside 40 miles (65km) or any letter carrier address $40 plus $2.00 GST. Ouside Canada $80 plus $5.60 GST USE YOUR CREDIT CARD Card No. upporyiED DOOM= ExpiriDate: Visa Li Master Card I] Cheque enclosed LI Return To;, WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES P.O. Box 390, 5 Diagonal Road Wingham, Ontario, NOG 2W0 rare..ir* reA3, ZSV mat, wog " p Torch lighting marks arrival Union Gas and the com- munities of Blyth, Brus- sels, Belgrave, Londes borough, Wingham and Teeswa- ter celebrated the arrival of natu- ral gas service with an official torch lighting ceremony and trade show on Friday in Blyth. The $11.8 million Wingham area natural gas expansion pro- ject involved the construction of approximately 140 kilometres of steel and plastic pipelines and seven regulator stations. The new pipelines run from Clinton north to Teeswater along High- way 4 and east on County Road 16 between Highway ' 4 and Brussels. Natural gas began to flow to the communities on September. 5, and to date about 365 of the 3,000 homes and businesses in the area have already signed up to convert. Teeswater Lions hold nutrition seminar TEESWATER - Two leading Ontario nutritionists will be the guest speakers on Thursday . night at the Community Centre fot the "Your Future Health" seminar presented by the Lions Club. Dr. Bruce Holub, a professor of nutrition at the University of Guelph will speak on "New Die- tary Strategies for the Preven- tion and Management of Cardio- ' vascular Disease". Dr. Holub has worked with numerous re- search teams in Ontario and at the famous Mayo Clinic in the United States. Joining him will be Dr. Len Piche, a nutritional scientist at the University of Western Onta- rio's Brescia College. His main areas of research include the ef- fects of diet on blood choleste- rol levels. Admission is free. The semi- nar begins at 8:00 p.m. A, News Editorial Letters Sports T.V. Guide Classifieds Community Horoscopes Crossword Page 2 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 13 Page 14 Page 17 Page 18 Page 18 A LOOK AT.. Home care and winter car care as Jack Frost settles in for another season. Page 8 The WIngham Advance -Times Is a member of a family of community newspapers providing news, advertising and information leadership With the winter weather Just a few weeks avvay, now might be the right time to prepare the car. Page 10 ingbani Batton down those shutters, replace those storm windows, things are turning colder. Page 8 • The Madill Mustang Junior Girls cagers remain unbeaten in , court action. Page 6 tints Canada remains intadt ...By the narrowest of margins, the 'no' side prevailed in Monday's sovereignty referendum in Quebec. Jim Armstrong of RR 3, Brussels, attended the massive unity rally last Friday in Montreal, where this photograph was taken. For more on the referendum and the unity rally, turn to Page 2. .0:6.0.1tow noP J.5.*Aifoft wzm, • . Ainslie's to close.doors A long-time local landmark will disappear with the closing of Ainslie's of Wingharn. The ladies wear retailer will begin its liqui- dation sale on Thursday of this week. For about a century, there has been a fashion department store serving the Wingham-area market from the current location in the centre of the town. Originally known as King's Department Store until after the Second World War, the store name then reflected a succession of owners including Edighoffer's, Walter's and most recently, Ainslie's. Jason Ainslie, owner of the re- _ tail operation since 1988, said Wingham has been a good town for his business, but added that a changing economic environment led to the decision to close. The store was closed for busi- ness during the first three days of this week while the staffprepared for the closing -out sale. 4 mfro 75 Chamber hears that business must be loyal Community activity important key pySANIERON J. WOOD shop locally whenever possible. It The Advance -Times is likely that people didn't get around as much as they do now. They didn't seem as close to a Stratford, Kitchener or Toronto." Now the whole world is chang- ing due in part to the arrival of "big box" retailers; Zellers, Walmart, K- mart. "We have to take a look at how we can co -exist as businesses in communities and people in commu- nities...and how to do it successful- ly. Things aren't going to stay the same," he said. Not all aspects of the community will be negatively impacted by the arrival of businesses such as Wal- nyirt. This, be said, makes it chal- lenging for the Chamber of Com- merce who represent businesses that will,both gain and suffer with If communities like Wingham are going to survive in the future, they must find ways to keep people in the town and build stronger com- munities. Tim MacDonald, president of the Listowel Chamber of Commerce and an executive with Ideal Supply, spoke to the local business organi- zation on the key to surviving in changing economic times. MacDonald said business in communities like Wingham must ask themselves certain questions in order to cope with out of town shopping. He said looking out at the rural economic structure in On- tario, one can see how small com- munities are being affected by the changing market. the "big box" arrival. "If we're going to keep people in "Why is this," he said of the v small towns - in terms of keeping a comment that people make that workforce in .a developing comrnu- "you can meet more people from nity - they have to be strong com- Listowel at Fairview Park Mall in munities," he said. Kitchener on a Saturday afternoon Communities, he said, must ask than you can in downtown Listow- themselves "What is our responsi- el" bility to businesses, be it a large in- Businesses must ask why does dustry or a one or two person oper- that happen and what can they do ation; and of course, what are the to prevent consumer seepage. businesses responsibility back to "Perhaps now our responsibility them." is to train our workforce so that re - Years ago it was a very simple gardless of what competition comes question, MacDonald proceeded. to townvor other communities, our Businesses responsibility was to workforce is trained and competi- support local endeavours: things tive and that cheap land in the Unit - like ball teams. And of course, the ed States or Mexico doesn't look so community's responsibility was to Please see CHAMBER/2 meteen rely on annual UW campaign By JIM BROWN The Advance -Times Since 1991, the Huron United Way has been conducting an annu- al, community -wide fund-raising canvass on behalf of charitable agencies within Huron County. Speaking at the regular meeting of the Lions Club of Wingham last Tuesday evening, Huron United Way (HUW) president Don Ted- ford of Grand Bend said there are currently 19 charitable organiza- tions relying on the UW. That is up from 14 when the HUW was formed four years ago, but he add- ed that they have applications from three more agencies. Tedford said that the board of di- rectors has been pared to seven members this year, and these seven members "are prepared to work." *-He said while the United Way has been well received in most are- as of the county, it has been diffi- cult to really get established in Wingham. Tedford noted that the turnover of volunteers in Wingham has been high. The UW president said the new campaign chairman in Wingham is John Schenk. Tedford said perhaps the difficulty in getting support in Wingham has been some misinfor- mation about the fluron United Way. Huron United Way...president Don Tedford of Grand Bend spoke to the Lions Club of Wingham last Tuesday evening. "We do not have a posh office," he said. The UW president said they are paying $200 a month rent for an old building in Clinton. "The Huron United Way is a nuts and bolts operation," said Ted- ford. He said the board of directors are all volunteers and he noted that he doesn't charge mileage. Tedford added that he cOmes into the office about three times per week. Tedford said that while many of the agencies are based in Clinton or Godettich, they stil1 provide servic- es for people throughout the county. He said that some agencies such as Wingham and District Commu- nity Living provide services for the Winghatn area, agencies such as Pheonix of Huron — Second Stage Housing provides apartments on a rent -geared -to -income basis for women and children throughout the county who have experienced abuse. Tedford said that although the services are not necessarily pro- vided in Wingham, the United Way tries to. provide services on a community -wide basis, with the A community being Huron County. He noted that any charitable or- ganization may apply to become a United Way agency. An impartial panel of volunteers, within Huron County, carefully reviews each ap- plicant to assess the need and ef- fectiveness of services. If accept- ed, any agency must agree to certain conditions such as no sep- arate canvassing; eliminating du- plication of services with other agencies, and ensuring all United Way funds are used within Huron County. Tedford noted that even though the UW agencies can't hold a si- multaneous campaign during the United Way campaign, the agen- cies can conduct their own fund- raisers, and solicit funds film lo- cal service Clubs. He said that each of the member agencies' requests for funds are analyzed annually by an impartial panel of volunteers. Based on this needs analysis, a sharing formula is developed each year to reflect current conditions. UW donations are then distributed according to this priority. Tedford said every year the agency must provide the UW with a mission statement, a proposal of what they will do with the money, and a financial statement. "If an agency does not have any of these three requirements, we will not even consider them," he said, The HUW president said that donors can direct their money to or away from any specific agen- cies. He said the United Way does not provide 100 per cent funding for any agency and does not pro- vide funding for the big agencies. Tedford said the United Way is just trying to fill the gap for the small local agencies. He said the United V, y is hop- ing to raise $155,000 this year, a large increase from the $40,000 raised back in 1991. The operations of the United Way are rigorously audited and Please see UNITED/3 4