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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-11-01, Page 3Continued from front page open to full public scrutiny. Agencies receiving funds from the United Way this year are Big Brothers North Huron, Big'Broth- ers and Big Sisters, Big Sisters Goderich District, Community Child Abuse Coordinaging Com- mittee, Child Find Huron County, Clinton Co-op Childcare Centre, Girl Guides, Huron Safe Homes for Youth, Canadian Mental Health Association, Epilepsy On- tario — Huron, Family Services Perth -Huron, Pheonix of Huron - Second Stage Housing, Survival Through Friendship Hottse, Wing - ham and District Community Liv- ing Association, Women Today Parenting Education, VON - Palli- ative Care-4Program, Lambton Elderly treach - Grand Bend, Huron Adult Day Care, and Wheels Away. TEESWATER--The Teeswater- Culross Fire Department has re- ceived one quotation for a new res- cue van. However, the price is higher than had been anticipated. Councillor Dave Montgomery reported for the fire committee at last week's meeting of Teeswater council, noting that a price of just over $66,000 for the rescue van had been received. This is more than $20,000 higher than the $45,000 budgeted for a van purchase in 1996. The village contributes one-third of the cost under an agreement with the Township of Culross. Teeswa- ter Clerk-Treausurer Kendra Rein- hart confirmed that the village has $30,000 in a fire reserve. In addition to the outright cost of purchasing the van, Montgomery noted, equipping the vehicle could cost as much as $50,000. Members of Teeswater council agreed that the van should be equipped with an electric winch and possibly extra seating. But as Councillor Margie Bates put it, vil- lage council is not prepared to write `%a blank cheque". Council members agreed that Teeswater-Culross Fire Chief Graeme Cassidy should be asked to get a firm price on the van before village council comes to a decision. Still with the fire committee, Teeswater council learned that it is becoming more and more difficult to find volunteers willing to stay home to answer "fire phones" for the department. A number of possible solutions were discussed, including ap- proaching staff of a Teeswater rest home to see if its members would be willing to answer fire phones, as they are there 24 hours a day. As was noted, Bruce County is in the midst of putting in place a 9- 1-1 emergency response. •systemi It••. was suggested this could provide a possible solution to the problem av- ail emergency dispatching would be done through a central location. However, Bates raised real con- cerns with 9-1-1, wondering if it wduld actually waste valuable time in the event of an emergency. Since a call would go into a central dis- patch and then local authorities would be notified in a second phone call, Bates said she felt it could be "a step backward". Reeve Bruce Kissner suggested that council get some real answers for a report back to the Nov. 13 meeting. 1VWfll,EsD4? WIENS 1,105 • Rescue vall Concert series slated price higher to begin November 9 than expected Three artists to perform in Teeswater Three popular Canadian country music artists will perform in a spe- cial concert series in Wingham be- ginning next Thursday night. The concert series, sponsored by the Wingham Town Hall Heritage Theatre and Howick Mutual Insu- rance, will feature long time record- ing artist Murray MacLaughlan when the curtain goes up on No- vember 9. MacLaughlan has come to repre- sent popular Canadian folk -based country music with his 17 albums. He has won 11 JUNO awards and was inductedo as a Member of the Order of Canada in 1993. MacLaughlan began his music career some 20 years ago. As a budding songwriter, Tom Rush, an American folk singer, recorded Ma- cLaughlan's Child's Song, which soon became a hit. MacLaughlan has also turned his music success into television suc- cess with numerous CBC produc- tions. Most recently his. special Floating Over Canada was rebroad- cast on both Canadian and Ameri- can television. The special featured MacLaughlan, a seasoned pilot, fly- ing his Cessna 185 floatplane around the entire perimeter of Can- ada. In 1992, MacLaughlan was cho- sen to host the radio show Swing- ing on a Star. ' On November 16, Sylvia Tyson 'will perform on stage at the Heri- tage•Theatre. Tyson, one half of the popular 1960s folk and country duo Ian and Sylvia, has 19 albums to her credit: 13 as part of the duo and six solo recordings. Tyson's writings have influenced two decades of writers and per- formers, as the likes of Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Gordon Lightfoot and Ann Murray attested to at the recent Ian and Syl- via Television Reunion.. Tyson continues to ebur; current- ly with one of Canada's hottest up- coming female acts, Quartette. Rounding out the series on No- vember 23 is the family act, The Wilkinsons. • Patriarch Steve Wilkinson has written music for Larry Mercey, J.K. Gulley and Connie Wallace. His song for Mercey, Keeping Up With the Jones reached Number 2 on the Canadian Country charts in 1992. . Daughter Amanda won the 1991 CJOH-TV show's Homegrown Cafe championship and has since added the titles of 1991 Ontario Open. Country Music Champion, r - Calls keep firef! ghters very busy Murray MacLaughlan Sylvia Tyson • "1992 Canadian, Open Country Mu- sic Singing Champion, which she repeated in 1993.,. Tyler also has numerous credits for his musical prowess, among them the 1993 Canadian Open Country Music Singing Champion- ship. All shows begin at 8:00 p.m. at the Heritage Theatre in the Town Hall. Tickets for the series run at $30 with a chance to win a trip to New York City, or' $12 for individ- ual performances. Fire fighters from the Wingham Area Fire Department responded to two calls last Wednesday morn- ing. The fire fighters responded to a call at 1:14 a.m. at the Cold Springs Turkey Farm, located on Highway 86 east of Wingham. Fire chief Harley Gaunt said the 50 -foot -by -300 -foot turkey barn was completely destroyed. Al- though there were no birds in the barn — another shipment of birds was expected in on Friday — chief Gaunt estimated damage at he- tween $250,000 to $300,000. All three trucks from the Wing - ham station and a tanker from the Gorrie station responded to the fire. Chief Gaunt added that the Lucknow department was called tor< ta'nce. inst4s the fire fighters were re- turning to the station, a second alarm was sounded at 3:42 a.m., and about eight fire fighters were off to a barn fire at Lot 16 of Con- cession 3. The barn was owned by Mike Barreta. Chief Gaunt said that live- stock sfnd some hay 'and straw were lost. Damage was estimated at $40,000. The Blyth fire department was called in for assistance. Chief Gaunt said there were no trucks at the Wingham station from just after 1 a.m. to close to 8 a.m. last Wednesday. 0 Notice THEM/AN ADVANCE TIME$ United Way campaign Due to space limitations in this edition of the Advance -Times, we have postponed the start of our plarmed feature series on the waste management situation in Huron County. We hope to bring the first article in the series to our readers next week. kf Vienna Breads .9 Beatrice Orange Juice 89 L 79 Aylmer Tomatoes 28 oz.. :..::.:.. . GROCERIES McCain. 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