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WINOHAM ADVANCE -TIMES
P.O. Box 390, 5 Diagonal Road
L Wingham, Ontario, N0O 2W0
Council to
change to
two monthly
meetings
When Wingham Twon
Council rings in the
new year, there will be
some significant changes in how
the town does business.
Following an amendment to
the agenda at Monday night's
council session, Reeve Bruce
Machan proposed council con-
sider moving to a two -meeting
per month schedule in January.
"Some feel they are not part
of the decision making process,"
he said in proposing council dis-
band all committees of council
in favor of two council as a.
whole sessions.
"Personally, I feel we'll all be
kept better informed. It's a bet-
ter way of doing business."
•In addition, some councillors
felt that by moving to the new
schedule council would become
more efficient. In the past sever-
al months council has been
spending more and more time in
• session - so much so that the
procedural by-law has to be ex-
tended regularly: a move that is
usually reserved for special oc-
casions.
By eliminating the finance
and management, property, pub-
lic works and waste manage-
ment committees, all of which
have just councillors sitting on
them, the business can be
moved to a complete council
• session with the department
heads reporting directly to coun-
cil instead of a just some of the
councillors.
Such setups work effectively
in many other communities: In
Teeswater for example, council
meets twice a month if neces-
sary, conducting no new busi-
ness after 10:00 p.m.
Councillor Bill McGrath, in
commenting on the proposed
change said he feels council as a
whole may become more in-
formed, -stating that under the
committee structure two depart-
ment heads have not attended
council sessions in the past three
months.
Councillor Archie MacGow-
an said in addition to the change
council should also consider
becomign more procedurally ef-
ficient, limiting the amount of
discussion on any particular top-
ic. He said this may help elimi-
nate the needless bickering that
has been occurring.
The Salvation Army in
Wingham introduces
their new lieutenants
to Wingham.
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Remembering those
brave souls who made
the supreme sacrifice
for our freedom.
Prue 8
From their side to
our side: one
youth's bid to play
better hockey.
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Legion Church Parade...Wingham Pente-
costal Church was the scene of this year's Legion Church Pa-
rade. Our salute to the fallen heroes of two World Wars and
News
Editorial
Guest -Editorial
Sports
T.V. Guide'
Classifieds
Community
Horoscopes
Crossword
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A LOOK AT_ _
Considering the impact of
big box retailers on the local
economy.
Paye 5
The Winghaut Advance -Times
is a rrnmbar o e family of community
newsman providing rows,
advertising and irdormatlon leadership
r
Korea can be found on Pages 8 and 9. The Wingham Legion
Branch will be holding a Civic Remembrance Day service this
Saturday, Nov. 11, beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Morris Tract goes on sale
By KEITH ROULSTON
Special to rhe Advance -Times
GODERICH - After an 80 -minute
closed door discussion of the ap-
praisal of the Morris Tract county
forest. Huron County councillors
voted, Thursday, to offer the 100 -
acre woodland for sale to the Na-
ture Conservancy of Canada.
Council revealed. in open ses-
sion after the in -camera meeting.
that a value of $160.000 had been
put on the hardwood timber on the
property plus a property value of
S 125,000 to $160,(X)0.
Councillors also agreed to have
the Ministry of Natural Resources
go ahead with cleaning up damage
from the violent windstorm which
toppled an estimated 400 trees in
the hush. Some of the trees were
leaning over the trails throughout
the Moms Tract and council had
closed the area to the public pend-
ing a clean-up.
Representatives of the Friends of
the Moms Tract seemed pleased
with the outcome of the council de-
liberations, thanking councillors af-
terward. Representatives of the Na-
ture Conservancy of Canada were
scheduled to attend the meeting of
the Agriculture and Public Works
Committee Tuesday, Nov. 7 to dis-
cuss the future of the property
which contains rare species of plant
hfe proponents say.
If the sale can be arranged it
would bring to a completion a con-
troversy which erupted after coun-
cil discussed logging mature trees
from the woodlot to help pay some
of the MNR's costs in maintaining
the county forest system. Natural-
ists, hikers and others banded to-
gether to urge the councillors not to
allow any logging.
The July 14 storm confused the
issue when those who had wanted
no logging, asked the county to
hurry to salvage downed trees and
reopen the area to the public. Coun-
cillors had insisted in putting off
the clean-up until the appraisal was
completed.
750
Paramed
services
part of
Wingharn
response
Ambulances to
be equipped with
cardiac gear
By MARGARET STAPLETON
The Advance -Times
Effective Monday, Nov. 6,
Wingham ambulances will offer
paramedic services thanks to the in-
stallation of a state-of-the-art cardi-
ac defibrillators.
Reg O'Hagan, head of ambu-
lance services 'at Wingham and Dis-
trict Hospital, gave an interesting
in-service demonstration of the new
defibrillator at 'last week's Novem-
ber meeting of the board of govern-
ors. The defibrillator effectively
has the capability to- re -start a pa-
tient's heart and can provide a cru-
cial window of opportunity for
heart attack victims.
The heart is restarted through
electrical shock and the patient's
vital signs recorded.
In his report later to the board,
Executive Director Lloyd Koch
said -Wingham ambulance atten-
dants all have received the neces-
sary training in cardiac defibrilla-
tion; operating under the base
supervision of hospital physicans in
Owen Sound.
The equipment has been supplied
by the provincial health ministry.
Wingham is the first hospital in
Huron County to begin this service,
Koch noted and credited O'Hagan
with helping to get approval for the
local hospital to join the Owen
Sound base program, at a time
when similiar programs in Huron
County were not moving forward at
the same rate.
ER at crisis stage Hospital
Members of the board of govern-
ors at Wingham and District Hospi-
tal have received notice that the
medical staffing situation in the
hospital emergency department is
nearing a critical stage.
Dr. Michael Shubat reported on
behalf of the medical staff at the
November board meeting, strongly
suggesting that board members can-
not "turn their heads" on the matter
Please see ERl3
PUC examines alternatives to Well 1
Problems over past few years continue to exist
By JIM BROWN
The Advance -Times
Well Number 1 has been giving
the Wingham Public Utilities Com-
mission (PUC) some trouble for
the past few years.
Steve Burns from B.M. Ross and
Associates consulting engineers in
Goderich was at the PUC meeting
last Thursday afternoon to present
a couple of altertnatives.
One alternative was to rehabili-
tate the present well, which would
involve inserting a 'sleeve' into the
well. A second alternative would
he the drilling of a new well.
Burns noted that the estimated
costs of the actual well and well
pump work were taken from a let-
ter from Lotowater Ltd. earlier this
year.
He said that Well Number I
could he rehabilitated. by sleeving.
and equipped to pump 460 lmpen-
al gallons per minute. However. he
added that this assumes that the
sleeve will restrict pump size.
Burns said that alternatively a
new well could be constructed with
an anticipated yield of 525 Imperial
gallons per minute.
There are two. wells supplying
water to Wingham. With Well No.
3 providing 1,000 Impenal gallons
per minute, the total supply would
be between 9,570 to 10,010 cubic
metres per day.
Burns noted that based on cur-
rent demands, both wells are abso-
lutely required and that the greater
the capacity at Well No. 1 the bet-
ter.
PUC general manager Ken Sax-
ton said that they could not operate
with just one well.
However with a per capita use of
750 litres per day. Burns noted
that there is plenty of room for de-
mand reduction as a long term
plan.
Burns said that by sleeving Well
No. i some capacity would be lost.
and it would restrict the pump size.
He stated that any work, other
than strict well rehabilitation. re-
quires obtaining a Ministry of En-
vironment and Energy (MOEE)
certificate of approval. However.
as a condition of approval. the
MOEE will require 15 minutes
contact time following chlorine ad-
dition. Burns said that the existing,
and traditional, approach of right of
the ground and into the system is
no longer permitted, although it
can be done on small wells by
Please see PUC/2
to receive
significant
bequest
The Wingham and District Hos-
pital Foundation will be the recipi-
ent of a sizable bequest from the es-
tate of the late Mary Lloyd,
formerly of Wingham.
In his report to the hospital board
of governors last week, Executive
Director Lloyd Koch said the foun-
dation will receive $180.000 from
Mrs. Lloyd's estate. She is the wid-
ow of Richard "Dick" Lloyd, the
hospital board's first chairman of
the corporation.
in a telephone interview follow-
ing last week's meeting, Koch said
the money has not been earmarked,
for anything specific, but will go
into foundation coffers for future
projects.
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