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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-01-11, Page 1tee 074 . Qat fTG• • Q A Toronto -base `'company which lectric power is li` s` oe s ". c lar stat es 4h' . a. �� ssi al t of ,.tn e bt. Y ..; ejecta Wand ?P !� , . n � stalling generators:, at the;`two' Wingham clams. fit a letter to tfie winghata Public utilities Coinmissio , the. PIC Group. claims that a 130 -kilowatt generator could provide bet- ween 700,000 and -MAW kilowatts of elec- tricity each, year, saving the town between $25,00.0 and $28,000 in power, it now buys from Ontario Hydro. Installing a second generator at the other dam could double the savings. It added that the Ministry of Energy provides a 90 per cent grant toward the cost of feasibility studies on such projects, and offered to undertake such a study at a net cost to the PUC of just $700 — provided the PUC agreed to award the contract to SNC if *decided to build the project No cost esttm aielR were given on the actual equipment and installation, which the company said would take the form of a "siphoned • penstock and • capsules generating unit" installed on the riverbank below the dam. The company said it would, not be necessary to build a powerhouse. Commissioners expressed an interest in the concept, though they were k,little skeptical it would really work as well as claimed, and authorized PUC Manager Ken Saxton to. explore it further. Mr. Saxton said he will contact the company and invite it to send a representative to discuss its proposal, and he should have a report for the ext meeting. However he cautioned commissioners that the possible savings cited by the company appeared highly optimistic. To o, . achieve it *eiild require that:thePUC.knock rin peak load do g the whole 130 kw• off its Year, which as not likely to happen, Pen aI also o does not '.take account of any operational or maintenance costs,-,-iswhether' "What •we have to look at noney'sa!ved on hydro would offset the cost Of operating and maintaining tbe station" He also noted it is unlikely therenough water in the present reservoirs to keep the generators running 24 hours a day, meaning that to achieve the maxum' saving the PUC would have to find some way of calculating when its power. peaks occurred and switching on the generators at those times: • In its letter to the PUC, SNC said the two; dams in Wingham are in fair -to -good and fair condition, and both have a head of more than 2.5 metres, which is the minimum for a • its own E-Iectrici' N. • generating.,pIant. It also said the generating plants could he installed,,; without is i to a ms. tf' a o theda xn•. tt � od n• e It has been nnAre than a dozen years sine the town generated any of its own electricity with a . turbine and generator ' at the old powerhouse?;,oear the Lower Town' bridge. Wit. generator produced ,1$0- kw., Mr. Sd ton said, and when it was runtg it did t*i. a Verylong k to lower the• waterlevel in t�t e?�,ji .the pond. That generator' wasrun intermittently . 'ewer the town's peak demand from Ontar e Hydro,' and hence' its electricity bill. Eventually, however, the peaks became too unpredictable, ''Mr. ' Saxton said: and the generator became more trouble than it was worth since someone had to be thereto start it and stop it. After sitting idle fora number of years, it Was sold several years ego. Even if the PUC were successful in generating $50,000 worth of power, that still would represent only a miniscule fraction of the town's demands. Last year the P UCs power purchases from. Ontario Hydro amounted to nearly $1.5 million. In other business at the meeting, the PUC - receiyed a,letter confirming that the Ontario Environment Ministry will pay 75 per cent of the costs associated with repairing "ngharA'S concrete water standpipe. The. letter aleoe coitfirmed that costs already incurdaxeeligible for the grant. The PUC already, has spent about $65,000 on the first - stage Of repairs, with an estimated $90,000 still to come. However Mr. Saxton said he still is waiting to find out when the money will be made available. If the grant is payable immediately upon completion off the project, thereis no prroble, he noted; but itthe f has to wait SIX, Moths or more for the money, it. would have to borrow in order to Pse y the contr . t or. a In his inanager'.s report, Mr. Saxton said the PUC repaired, a broken four -inch water main. on 'Victoria Street, and also has been cleaning the snow away from fire hydrants. The KC .earned almost $70,000 last year doing work for other municipalities, , in- cluding Mildmay, Teeswater, Lucknow, Brussels and Blyth. It could have earned more, Mr. Saxton said, except that. local projects, which are given priority over out- of-town work, kept the crews in Wingham a great deal. y Last year was the first the PUC had worked in Mildmay, and it recently got word it has been successful in bidding on ad- ditional work there this year. 4111 FIRST SECTION Wingham;Ontario, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1984 Single Copy 50c Wandering child is Lound . by Belgravearea farmer A farmer returning home beauty salon .in Wingham, from Belgrave with his and he suggested the snowblower turnedout to be youngster might be Julie a guardian angel for a three- Snow, daughter of Mr, and. year-old child who had lls'. Peer Snow of wandered from her home *Wave, and so -she proved' last week. toe: Frank Procter was driving As" the story was Weed from the village back to:WS s together later, it,seei that' farm along: the 4th of Morris !We and anottrer. youngster last Thursday afternoon, who were being cared** by when . he noticed . what ap- a babysitter: hat': been . Aeered to be .a child huddled allowed outside to play when in a snowbank at the cross- they 'wandered away from roads, a mile and a quarter • home and out of the village. east of the village. The other child stopped at Upon investigation, he a house on the outskirts of discovered it was a little girl, Belgrave which she knew half covered with snow. from sometimes staying Since she could not tell him there with re si te>r;. However her name, he took her home Julie, apparently frightened chairman and Mr. Crump . to warm up and try to by the .dog, had continued on and Douglas Switzer filling discover,,,,ho she was. When down the .road -for almost a outtheroster, he and -t it s we noticed she mile .until, exhausted, slie Mr. Machan continues as • had a recent haircut, -they curled up in the' snow -- chairman of the property ' • thought of asking who had where Mr. -'Procter found her committee, with Mr.., Kopas cut her hair and were told it and was able to return. her to her frantic rents. as vice chairman and Mr. �'� "Mikey". parents.' Switzer and Mr. Currie, That prompted theme to Guardian angels some - filling the other two slots. , call Mike McDonagh, who times come in unexpected Some adjustments were operates the Touch of Class forms. made . to council's representation on other boards and committees. Mr. Currie and Mr. Kopas Council sets Winghamcouncil put the finishing touches on some adjustments to its com- mittees for 1984 during a special council meeting Monday night. In' the end there were few major changes; except to the police committee which is entirelynew, but'eouncillors tried to equalize the work- load orkload. in terii s of'the number• . of com'mittee and board meetings each has to attend THERE'S A HOLE IN THE ROOF at the Wingha'in Family Fun & Games, where the chimney from the buildingnext door crashed thrbUgh'lasf week. Proprietor John Mor- rison, who was slightly injured in the mishap, surveys the damage with Glen Krug: Damage substantial as chimney falls through roof • It was fortunate no one was coming, down," Mr. was 'playing pool on . the Morrison recalled later. The centre table 'at Family Fun & . two men had just been sitting Games in Wingham shortly and talking when without after lunch-time last Wed- warning there was nesday. tremendous crash and parr That is when a section of a of the ceiling - came down, cement block'chimney from filling tbe, air with dust.. • the building next door came His first thought `was. that crashing through the roof of ..the roof was collapsing, he the pool hall and bounced off said, so he dived through the the pool table, bringing down- back door of the hail. He said several rafters and a section he .thought ,it was strange, of the ceiling. . since they- had just shoveled John Morrison, proprietor snow off the roof not long' of the business, and 'an before and there was no employee, Glen Krug, were • creaking or warning, "just a , the only ones in the building tremendous bang". at the time of the mishap and . 'Mr.. Krug, who escaped as it happened they were uninjured, said his first sitting near the back. All'the thought on hearing the bang • same, Mr. Morrison suffered was that a cat had crashed bruises and a cut hand when through the plate glass he was 'struck by" a falling windows at the front of the light fixture, dislodged by hall. • the' force of the crash. • As it turned out, a mass.of "I thought" the whole roof .,snow had slid down the • • sloped steel roof of the • Wingham Printing building next door, shearing off a cement ,block chimney and sending it toppling across the pool . hall and the Salvation Army thrift shop, 'which also was damaged. during the Year. Of 'council's four major committees: Jack Kopas will continue as chairman of finance. and management, with Tom: Miller as vice. chairman' and Patricia . Bailey and James A. Currie filling out the committee., Mr. Miller is the eew chairman of the police committee, with Mrs. Bailey as vice chairman; William Crump and Joe Kerr are the 't® studifed4rii.eatr committees other two members. (Mr. Miller and Mrs. Bailey had been members - of the committee for some months previously, before it was trimmed to two councillors plus the mayor. Changes to provincial legislation now permit the larger com- mittee.) Mr. Kerr will continue as chairman of public works, `.with Bruce Machan as vice are he,:tier e res ittes , -Off -the p1 Wain: 0e' committee of adjust- ment, taking over. from. Mr. Miller. and Mr. Crump. M u rra . Gaunt is appointed 1iir. Miller joins Mr. Switzer on .the recreation v board,,taking over from Mr. Crump, while Mr. Kerr was overnment commission appointed the parks tog board. Most other board appoint - Murray Gaunt, CKNX farm editor and former MPP, is among three men appointed to an Ontario commission to restructure the province's red -meat industry. ,• Also appointed were Ralph No estimate had yet been put on the'damage, which in addition to extensive structural' damage, to the building included the probable loss of a $1,500 pool table and an air' conditioner. Mr. Morrison said' he was impressed, though,- by the quick response to his predicament. Within' about half an hour of the mishap, Paul.' Rintoul and half a dozen others were on the scene helping to put a temporary patch on the in the i;oof.to prevent fur damage. • 'Barrie, who resigned front` his position as president of the Ontario )Federation of Agriculture, and Henry Davis, another agricultural expert. Agriculture . Minister Dennis Timbrell made the announcement last nurse flay in Hanover � ' air t.4)as not. until Monday that Mr. Gaunt finally decided to The minister opted for a Harris, in addition to being serve on the commission. It ton• g term approach rather a H exri officio addition to bofe all Police urge will require a three to six <`band aid" measure said council committees, will moat leave of absence from. is ja, farmers were ho ins for "an board will insure competitive meats will remain un bidding for',all sheep and changed, with Mrs. Bailey. cattle by eliminating and Mr. Switzer on the day i'direct" sales.,I • care board; Mr: Crump and Those "back door" sales Mr. Machan yon the fire from the farmer to the board: and Mrs. Bailey and packer will begone, said Mr. Mr. Kopas on the board of , Gaunt, but he added" the. the non-profit housing ible about corporation. minister is flex how to implement the. plan. The . mayor, _ William Mr. Gentle. • although some •,continue to alt, 9e the hospital drivers to h' t CKNX P b d and the Public lock • a - Utilities Commission. • �, cars Mission will look into the ment stabilization "plan Mr•• Currie will be coun- Wingham police • 'are single ' best selling method because there are '"a lot of cil's representative . on the warning residents to lock for beef and sheep. He and people hurting out there." museum board; Mr. Miller their . car .doors, especially the other commissioners will • The response locally to the' will represent it on tate while •they are at work, work.with farmers'" and all minister's plan has been one LACAC (Heritage following the theft of items .others involved the in `of confusion, . probably Wingham),Mr. Crump on the from cars in the parking lot "dustry to look for ways to because of the vagueness of Maitland Valley Con of a localpolice sptry. implement the plan. •last week's announcement. servation Authority and Mrs. A' police spokesman said • The agriculture minister George Merkley, , 'a, Bailey on the board of the the department was tipped has allotted $62.5 million W r o x e t e r - area beef centre for the homebound. off that two persons were over the next five years to • producer, said the govern - seen going :through parked put into action a plan to •ment "hasn't done anything vehicles in the lot of at least eliminate the 'middleman" yet". - .• , • one local industry, and some �q'n. beef production, He (Timbrell) Mr, Gaunt said the'com nnouncement of a govern ,, " -says' it Reins were reported stolen. In his statement last week, isn't going to cost the con- -The incident is still. ender .•,.^•Mr,. Timbrell sat that under sumer more money, yet he h`• st't` 'ation and iii the- his.. n ian to invigorate .,thinks he can give the far me police are urging•e theehltlitstry supply or price . mer moreernoney," said Mr. driversto lock their cars. ' wi'l riot be controlled, taut it - Merkley, who addedhe , • Former Iawyer sentenced on forgery-, breach of trust - Former Wingham and general deterrent. Sentences suffer irect financial loss in Lucknow lawyer. Robert must carry the message to the en as restitution had Campbell was sentenced this those in positions of trust been ma oto almost all the week to one year in jail, after that the courts will deal ' accounts. lt` also was told 'pleading guilty last Sep- severely with breaches of that, in only one case wast' tember to 18 counts of • that•trust, he commented. money appropriated fro ±, forgery,uttering forged The sentence of one "year account for personal use documents and criminal on each • charge, to run Mr. , Campbell, who breach of trust. concurrently, was, recorte previously worked as a The charges, which mended jointly by defence lawyer in Wingham and ' originally totalled 171 before lawyer ' John Rosen and Lucknow, was arrested by reduced through plea special prosecutor Ray the , Qntario Provincialbeing Houlahan, Bruce County police in March, 1982, bargaining, involved 'ort Crowmattorney. 'gagesland 'severances and. The prosecutor also following an investigation ori2e the unatik d juggling of defence retriggered by complaints t various ac- agreed to a quest fr m clients. He Was,{ sub - funds arcing to recommend that Mr. s uently disbarred, by the counts. Campbell be allowed to law society in December of In passing sentence at serve the sentence at- a ; law . ro provincial court; Goderieh, . facility near his Mississauga on Monday, Judge E. H. A. home, and be eligible for day Since then, the court was Carson said afthough a parole as -soon aspossible so told, he has worked for a prison sentence might not he can continue woorking. Toronto investment" eon- ' have been required in this The court was told that,the suiting, -firm ,for alrhost two case, it is necessary as a victims in this case did not years. NSPia VOA r'4 //'eyelp,%�li�obrtyim xo-d MURRAY GAUNT, farm editor at CKNX and fo MPP, will take a three to six-month leave of abse from his'job to serve on a commission to.study the p vince's red -meat industry. - for nce ro- doesn t see how the minister's plan will help the probleins at hand. Mr. Merkley saidhe never was in favor of stabilization or supply managment, but he thought the government should have taken im- mediate steps like those to help the situation. This latest announcement may "cool the fire", he said, but predicted ..the com- missioners will have their work cut out for them. Jim Cpultes of Wingham, a well-known local drover, said the government isn't ~getting at the problem at all. Cattle buyers and sellers in this .province cannot' compete with , stabilization programs in other provinces, like Quebec, he said. And until all the provinces are equal to compete, the problem will remain. As for eliminating direct sales; Mr. Coultes said he is strongly opposed. "We, need every available, means of selling cattle there is." SHERWOOD EDDY is the new vice principal at the F. E. Madill Secondary School, Wingham. Sherwood Eddy takes over as vice principal at Madill Sherwood Eddy, the new vice'principal at Wingham's F. E. Madill Secondary School, said. his first few months at the school will be busy ones. - In addition . to getting acquainted with the students and staff, he will be making plans to start implementing the government's new 10 - year plan for education in the province: Mr. Eddy replaced foaneie Madill Vice Principal Ken Wo'od who was appointed Principal at the school after the retirement last month of former- principal, Robert Ritter. A former head' of the English department at South Huron Secondary School, ddv said he Exeter, Mr. applied for the ppsition ' of vice priVietii + at Madill''. because he- was Sitnply too busy' at Exeter with his , administrative duties and teaching. He had been to Madill in . the past with'sports team' from...Exeter and- he had worked mon committees with several of its teachers. Madill, is probably . the largest school in the county, with 925 students. Mr. Eddy said it will be a challenge to -. help administer such a lige school, but he is a believer in • one-to-one contact and is hoping to meet as many students as he possibly can. He also wants to become ' more familiar with the staff at the school. . The job 9f vice princi:tial usually involves matters such as enrolment, at- tendance -and discipline. But in addition ,to those things, - Mr. Eddy also will be busy implementing new govern- ment standards for high school curricula. The old credit system. of the early 1970s 4s being" replaced by a new, more- ` structured system which will feature tougher academic requirements and discipline. Part of Mr. Eddy's job at the high school will be to revise Madill's existing curriculum under the guidelines of the ministry's plan, under which.Grade 13 will be gradually eliminated. Born in Hagersville, near Hamilton, Mr, Eddy said he moved often during,, his childhood because his father was a United Church minister. • After completing his elementary and high school education, Mr. Eddy at- tended the University of Western Ontario, London, where he majored in English and philosophy. He also has a Masters degree in philosophy. - Mr. Eddy said he taught in London before going • to Exeter where he spent 10 years. At present, Mr. Eddy is driving to Wingham each day from his home in Grand Bend. He has no immediate plans to move because his wife teaches at Exeter and he said he does not want her to have drive long distances during the winter months, However, he said he may move in the future.