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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-10-12, Page 14} ham Advance -Tittles, October 12, 1,977 COUNCIL s must get ok rapping anywhere Wended for last week 'New provincial legislation requite rappers to receive per- mission from landowners before trapping On any property. The Ontario 'Trappers' Association endorses the Iegisiatiop- The legislation was brought to the attention of Morris Township Council at its Oct. 3 meeting when two men asked permission to trap on township roadsides. Every trapper applying for a resident trapping license in °On- tario must obtain and submit per- mission to trap to the Ministry of Natural Resources. Permission must be- received from land- owners on private land, railway and hydro rights-of-way, town- ship or coma ty rights-of-way and county forests. Permission is not required to trap on Crown land. The signatures of the person or organization from whom per- mission is given is required as well as what land is intended for trapping. Elmer and Wayne Hood re- quested council for permission to 1 trap on township roadsides. Council left its decision to the next meet' Council questioned whether permission should be given to the men for all township roadsides. It wasn't sure if permission could be given to a number of men on the same property. Councillor Ross Procter noted that he couldn't give permission to two mem to trap on his cottage property Councillor Sam Pletch sug- gested writing a letter to the ministry disapproving of the legislation. Permission can be given for one year only and trapping areas in the Wingham district and the four adjoining townships will remain the same. DRAIN RATES Bylaw . number 11 was passed by council to set a rate for tile drain loans in the amount of $36,400. This leaves council with $13,900 for further loans. Council is notifying Maitland Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) that it is considering employing an engineer to work on the Murray -Lamb Drain. A peti- tion was signed by Donald Mc- Donald, lot 2, con. 15, Grey Town- ship and _Kan McDonald;:; lot 28; con. 9, Mortis Township. The drain starts in Grey, passes through Morris and ends Hullett Township. Engineers . H. Uderstadt Inc. wrote uncil for permission to proceed m Morris. If MVCA does not reply within 30 days, council may go ahead with permission. A request to clean branch "B" of the Grasby Drainto allow suf- ficient outlet was received from Clare Van Camp. Mr. Procter, as drain commissioner, is planning a meeting of drain owners in future. Brian Witchler was hired for another probation period as a road employee until January, when Q wages art discussed. Council decided to see how Mr. Mitchler handles the grader in the snow. He presently earns $4 an hour, as moved when he was hired six months ago. SEVERANCES Septic tanks were approved for Keith Pletch and Harvey Black. A severance was approved for Russel and Dorothy Kelly. Coun- cil expressed approval to the Blyth creek drain report is accepted Intended for last week Morris Township Council has provisionally accepted the en- gineer's report on the Blyth Creek Drain. Maitland Engineering Ser- vices, Wingham, prepared the re- port, which was provisionally accepted Sept. 27. A court of revi- sion is planned Oct. 20_ The report and survey totalled $1,345. A court of revision for the Henderson drain is to be held in Bluevale, Oct. 24 at 8 p.m. Costs for other drains as re- ported at council's Oct. 3 meeting heeluded councillors' expenses for drains they commissioned. Councillor Sam Pletch received x52.50 for the nlacirell uta aim , Councillor Bob Grasby received $39.10 for the Workman, Thomas and Coultes drains and Deputy Reeve Thomas Miller received $22.50 for the Blyth Creek and McArthur drains. George Radford Ltd. received $3,806.50 for the drag line on the Blyth Creek drain and $752.50 for bulldozing the same drain. Hanna and. Hamilton Ltd. received $1,304 for the Peacock drain; $1,190 for the 13Iackall drain and $468 for the Coultes drain. Land Division Committee for a severance for Ronald G. cook, Belgrave, as a conveyance to Roy Taylor. The Ministry of Natural Resources notified council of tree planting areas in the township. In 1978 trees will be planted on lots 13 and 14, con. 1, just north of the Maitland River and in 1979 on lot 19, con. 5, immediately north and south of the Maitland River. Council approved the changing of the Wingham Golf and Curling Club from a private club to a recreation facility. The request for, permission came from the Liquor License Board of Ontario. Council passed a motion to accept the tender of Ross Nichol- son for his truck for snow plowing at $14.25 an hour and $9 a day for standby. A decision was not made on the grader tender. General and road accounts were approved. University facilities are available to local Ii::": roups Intended for last week The University of Guelph has facilities that not only students may tap. In fact, through a Rural Development Outreach Project (RDOP), these university re- sources are made available to rural communities that otherwise could not make use of them. Specifically, Wingham and Turnberry Township residents have a direct contact with the university. That contact is Louise Marritt, area co-ordinator for RDOP. If a council is working on a plan for the area it governs, or a farmer is developing a new farm enterprise, or a club is preparing a special project and would like help in organizing and gathering particular information, Mrs. Merritt can put those concerned in touch with a department at the university which specializes in whatever the scheme is. Even a group of high school students who decide to do something- are eligible for assistance: The fact that this assistance is made at no cost at all to the coun- cil, farmer or club is a real plus. Mrs. Merritt says groups she has talked to about the project find this hard to believe. "RDOP can work in any area of the community," says Mrs. Mer- ritt, "recreation, transporta- tion for the elderly, help for iso- lated mothers of young children and the lack of facilities for the young " "We held a series of six work- shops in Wingham and iri Guelph and the elderly,3 the young and isolated mothers were three areas that seemed to need assist- ance." Mrs. Merritt stresses that RDOP won't push assistance on anyone, and it won't tell anyone if or whatp they may need. The commun y must come to them. "This i community development Education bd. takes best offer for buses Intended for last week The Huron County Board of Education decided to take what it could get for two school buses taken off the road last year. The board accepted a recommenda- tion from the budget committee that the two buses be sold as is, where is, along with three other buses replaced this year. The board balked at the prices offered for the buses earlier but now de- cided the vehicles aren't worth much more than what was of- fered and decided to sell. The five buses were put up for sale by tender_ at the end of the last school teras and the tenders were opened and presented to the board at its September meeting. Prices offered for three of the buses were considered fair but two others seemed low to the board and the,natter was turned over to the budget committee to try;Jonegotiate a better price. •'Bridget committee chairihan . R. J. Elliott of Blyth told the board that the five prices for the buses were $1,050, $925, $505, $250 and $100. Wingham trustee Jack Alex- ander asked why the committee was recommending that the low prices be accepted. He said he understood that the board wanted to try for a higher price, adding that $100 wasn't very much money. He said the board may be better to keep the bus since $100 wouldn't buy a window for a bus and the board may be able to use the vehicle for spare parts. Mr. Elliott said that the bus had already been stripped of most valuable parts and was being sold as is. He said he understood that one bus lacked an engine and an- other was almost completely stripped. Colborne trustee Shirley Haz- litt said she didn't know if the idea would work but suggested that the board keep the bus to be used at the board display at the plowing match to be held in Huron County. She said she didn't know anything about what was planned for the match but was merely asking to see if considera- tion had been given to it. Wingham trustee Alex Corri- gan told Hazlitt that there wasn't much left of the buses, adding Walton dump , agreement final Intended for last week Morris Township Council signed a dump agreement with Grey and McKillop Townships for the Walton dump. It is located in Grey Township on part of lots 4 and 5, con. 18. . Grey pays $500 a year in rent, of which McKillop pays 45 per cent in twice yearly payments and Morris pays 10 per cent in two payments. In other business at its Oct. 3 meeting. council as?reed to grant the Bluevale t Community Hall 1150 after a request from the hall board. in other grants, Beigrave re- ceived $50 and Brussels received $150 for their respective fairs. A grant request from the St. John Ambulance was turned down since there is no local unit. The Blyth Fire Department sent a bill for $161 for three fires in Morris, and Brussels sent a bill for $175 for a false alarm. Council will pay Blyth but are questioning Brussels about the large amount. The Ministry of Transportation and Communication notified council of a $1,300 subsidy for bridges. that if the people of Huron saw the buses they would want them "thrown out and good ones put in„. FOR FIELD TRIPS Another bus was designated by the budget committee for a pilot project at Goderich District Col- legiate Institute. The bus was to be put at GDCI for one year for use on field trips and organized athletic events and a record/be kept of all costs including supply teachers in connection with the use of the bus. The idea for the project was to see if the board could save money by keeping its own buses in service for such ventures from schools rather than renting a bus and paying costs for the driver and the vehicle every time the school needed it. At a board meeting recently several trustees suggested that the move would save the board a considerable amount of money in the future as well as being more convenient to the schools. The board also accepted a recommendation that the stand- ard $200 grant for municipalities holding special celebrations, such as centennials, be dropped and that each request for money for celebrations be treated separately. ,.The budget com- mittee felt that each request would be different depending on the size of the celebration and that each one should be treated individually. A request for additional lockers for Goderich District Collegiate Institute was tabled until 1978. The high schookis short about 50 student lockers according to CHEERY BLOSSOMS Meeting II of the Cheery Blossoms was held at the home of Mrs. Moore. The 4-H pledge and motto opened the meeting. Mrs. Chandler discussed fresh fruit,. inspection, grading, selec- tion and the varieties of fruit. She demonstrated how to remove the peel and how to section an orange and grapefruit. Mrs. Moore made apple jelly and apple butter. Everyone helped section the different types of fruit for the fruit cup and then sampled the fruit cup and apple butter. The club name of Cheery Blos- soms was decided and Donna Chettleburgh read the minutes of the last meeting. 0-0-0 FRUIT BASKET The discussion centred around canned, dried and frozen fruits when the Wingham II 4-H club, "The Fruit Basket”, and its leaders, Mrs. Art Clark and Mrs. Dan Stuckey met at Mrs. Stuckey's home. Roll call was answered by each member showing a label or pic- ture of processed fruit and describing one way it is served. Then the whole club took part in 'making Raspberry Bavarian Cream. During the week, the girls will be collecting information on dif- ferent fruits as their home assignment. Remember to remove rings, bracelets and other jewelery before starting any house clean- ing. industrial and mechanical work or sports activity, cautions St. John Ambulance. These items can often become caught and tangled and have been known tt cause serious injury. by the community, what they want us to provide," she says. Mrs. Merritt says the re- sources that the community has itself are often missed. People themselves are a great resource. They don't realize what they have until someone points it out to them. There are 789 professors at the Uniye city of Guelph in the seven Colleges who are involved to give their resources. Graduate stu- dents working on their theses are available also. Funding for the project comes from the W. K. Kellogg Founda- tion of Michigan. Money was given to the university to carry out one project in a rural area. The foundation sponsors 70 pro- jects in all. After a year's ° investigation it was decided to choose Huron County, Wingham and Turnberry • intensively. Questionnaires were sent to 215 households in the two areas to discover what some of the problem areas might be. The results of these will be in the hands of these people at the end of November and also available to the whole of the community. Interviews with residents are still beingearried out. Improvement wanted tends to two areas so far, Mrs. Marritt says. General nutrition and environmental concerns seem to interest people. The project hopes to open an office in ,Wingham in the near future but anyone who would like to contact Mrs. Merritt about a project or for information can presently reach her at 335-3861. Mrs. Merritt has lived in rural Ontario for years. Several of her family are Ontario, Agricultural College grads,' so she has an understanding of the problems in rural communities. Huron County was chosen be- cause it is mainly agricultural and a second project has been started in Halton County, which is a contrast, in that it has Oak- ville and is rapidly urbanizing. The Kellogg Foundation has ex- pressed an interest in what hap- pens . to people when change comes, Mrs. Merritt says. Mrs. Merritt feels it is im- portant for people to involve themselves in the community problems and projects as any re- sults will be from omission rather than from positive involvment. Buy your home, life, boat, and auto insurance from a friend The Co -Operators your credit union sponsored insurance company Co-operation among Co -Ops. Located in the Credit Union Building. 8 Alfred St., [corner of Josephine St.] Wingham, Ont. North Huron Credit The Co-operators Union 3572311 357-3739 GDCI Principal John Stringer who told the board that students are having to double up in lockers to get around the shortage. The committee felt that the board didn't have money this year for additional lockers but advised Stringer that if his school budget could be adjusted to purchase the, lockers this year without asking the board for more money he was free to buy. them. The board accepted recom- mendations from the budget committee for the purchase of a color television for J. A. D. Mc- Curdy Public School since the school budget can afford it and approved the purchase of a dino- saur climbing apparatus for Hen - sal& Public School under the same auspices. A request for a new piano for Zurich Public School was tabled to see if a suitable used piano could be found. The board also amended its policy for community use ;of At schools after school hours. Tlie change alters the char& for the use of the facili to a flat rate rather than the i"" ent actual custodial overtime ' ' arge. The policy also permitted school prin- cipals in the interest of good community relations, to lend equipment, chairs, tables or other items from the school at no charge understanding that the borrower is responsible for any damage and that the loan is con- tingent upon the prompt return of the equipment at a time desig- nated by the principal when no overtime charges would be made to the board for opening the school. PRE -WINTER BARGAINS TRUCKLOAD SALE! Genuine ethylene -glycol permanent anti -freeze. Mixes with, tests the some as the finest brands! • BRING YOUR OWN CONTAINER • MINIMUM QUANTITY - 1 IMP. GAL. - BUY ALL YOU. WANT! FARM - HARDWARE & AUTO SUPPLIES ft Dowgard $ 99 ANTI FREEZE . gal. Permanent anti freeze. Case of 4 Only .. . TSC STORES LTD• 190 Mitchell Road South Listowel, Ontario Telephone 291-1882 15.75 1 Hours: Mon. -Fri. 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Car repairs can be expensive. 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Make sure all work is authorized by you and never sign a blank work order. • Get full details on repair work warranties (parts and labour). If you feel that you have been misled or deceived, ,you may appeal under The Business Practices Act. Your Provincial Government want&you to know what your rights are under The Business Practices Act. For complete information, write for the free booklet: "Consumer Guide to The Ontario Business Practices Act," Consumer and Commercial Relations/Car Repair, Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M7A 2H6 Larry Grossman, Minister of Consumer and Corn rhercial Relations Willianj,Davis, premier Province of ntario