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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-11-02, Page 1vv l 1a A. LAND -SEA -AIR PACKAGE TQUR$ Business ar pleasure - book nowt rRAvsz SMICE Listovvnl, Ontario 291.2111 Call Toll Fee 1 -$DO -265.6332 FIRST SECTION Winigba of e,aday, November 2, 1977 Single Copy Not Over 30c Huron endorses coup plan -for seniors' ."LL BY JEFF SEDDON Huron County/Council endorsed a county -wide policy for senior citizens' housingat its Friday session and now plans to contact each municipality in the county to see if suitable agreements can Lucknow vet in Caribbean Dr. and Mrs. Brock Cleland of Lucknow recently left the com- munity for a two-year stint, in the Caribbean under Canadian Uni- versities Services - Overseas, (CUSO). They have travelled to St. Vin- cent Island where there is no vet- erinarian. The Eastern Canadian Bank is hoping to buy Canadian cattle to ship to the island but won't do so until a veterinarian is located on St. Vincent. Dr. Cleland read about the op- portunity in the Canadian Veter- inarian Magazine andapplied. . CUSO is paying their expenses and the, island will pay salary at a modest level. Mrs. Cleland said the island is apparently providing them with a • home and all they had to take were clothes and Mr. Cleland's instruments. The couple has lived in Luck - now for 28 years and looked for- ward with anticipation to their new life on the Caribbean -Island. Lions collect ove�i l.:, 100 for C.N.I.B. The Wingham Lions Club can- vassed for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind October 25 assisted by junior citizens and four students. Chairman Lion Frank Madill reports over $1,100 to date with some Lions to finish their canvassing yet. If anyone was missed or wishes to make a donation to the CNIB they are asked to send the dona- tion to Frank Madill of Wingham. The club donated $200 to dis- trict A-9 for the youth exchanges in the coming year. A committee of Lions Casemore, Carr and McGee are making plans for the Wingham Lions to hold cash bingos. Two bus loads of Lions and friends will be visiting the Leader Dog School for seeing -eye dogs in Rochester, Mich., Nov. 13. A possible new project for the Lions Club is the Mobility Club. This is a flexible, low cost and community level transportation system with great potential for serving the needs of the physi- cally handicapped, the elderly and the carless. This would oper- ate like a car pool. The Mobility Club requires a club or sevice organization for general administration such as advertisement and promotion and seeking financial support. The costs can be kept low by emphasizing volunteer involve- ment and by using private auto- mobiles. The Lions would like to know if there is a need for a Mobility Club in Wingham. Faulty wiring blamed for fire Faulty electrical wiring was the cause of an attic fire Thurs- day evening at the home of Alvin Cook, 6th concession of East Wawanosh according to Wing - ham Fire Chief David Crothers. Mr. Crothers says the call came in about 7:30 p.m. when the fire started to smoulder the in- sulation. A few of the ceiling joists were burned and Mr. Crothers estimates the damage at approximately $1,000. About 10 gallons of water and dry chemicals were used to douse the fire resulting in little water damage. The fire chief also noted that if the fire had occurred in the mid- dle of the night that the whole two-storey brick house would have been lost. Members of the family detected the smell of smoke quickly since they were awake when it started. be worked out. Council accepted a recommendation from the executive committee that would have the county pick up any operating deficits from senior citizens residences in order to establish a county -wide resid- ency rule. 4A1 AT40LIT TheseisisstersmsranutwL nday"night` asking for treats at different homes in. Wingham. If there were no treats; then there were sure to be some tricks. Hailey (the witch) and Heidi (the gypsy) Robertson were willing to pose for a picture after they got their treats! Groups get $102,000. to create new jobs The federal government plans to spend slightly more than $102,000 to create 18 jobs in Huron .• County, including several in Wingham, Bob McKinley, MP for Huron -Middlesex, announced Monday. The money will be spent through the Canada Works job creation program. Four jobs, totalling 208 man - work weeks, are to be created through a $34,540 grant to the Huron Family Care Agency in Wingham. The new jobs relate to a project for assisting in the co- ordination of all Huron County home care services. Six jobs for 150 man -work weeks will be created from a $23,725 grant to the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority. The authority plans a variety of projects, including setting up a maple syrup demonstration. A $33,540 grant to the Vanastra Resource Centre, a community service project operating under the auspices off the county Chil- dren's Aid Society, will create five jobs for 260 man -work weeks. The Ausable-Bayfield Con- servation Authority in Exeter will employ three persons for a total of 104 man -work weeks with its grant of $10,636. The projects are designed around conserva- tion, development and manage- ,ment of natural resources. The committee felt that' efficient use could be ina11d of senior citizens' units Oa one yeOr county wide residency rule es adopted. To accomplish the`"ij e- sidency rule the county plans;'?to negotiate with each municipaijty to relieve the municipalitieslof the responsibility of the opera* deficit. It would be, a county euin- cern.., .. Under the present system _,;the municipality in which the seil;er citizens' housing is located is=re- sponsible for 71/2 percent of any operating deficit the unit incurs. By accepting the responsibility for the operating deficit the municipality ensures that its sen- ior citizens will get housing when needed by invoking the one year residency rule. The senior citi- zens must live in the municipality in which the unit is located for costs would be pro -rated across the municipalities in the county. He said that larger munici- palities would pay a greater por- tion of the costs due to their population but added that the costs would be less than if they had to pay the entire 71/2 percent on a unit in their jurisdiction. Haply explained that the mo- tion would not put the county into any position to dictate location of future units. He said each munic- ipality would still be left to nego- tiate for its own units as the need developed. Hanly said all that would change would be the eligibility rule, meaning a person in Zurich could move into a unit in Wing - ham if he wished, without having to live in Wingham a year to be- come eligible. He added that the person would not be sent to Wing - one year to be eligible for the sham unless requested and would-. government-sponsored housing:" be permitted to locate in the municipality of his choice. Bayfield Reeve Ed Oddleifson said that he favored the motion, provided the senior citizens still had the right to live where they chose. He said the motion was another step that would ensure that senior citizen units were used to the most advantage. He added that vacancies in the units are very costly to the municipal- ity that built them. The .committee felt that the re- sidency rule could be expanded to cover the entire county if the county picked up the deficits. That way all seniors in the:county. would be assured eligibility for government housing even if their municipality had no housing within its jurisdiction. County Clerk Bill Hanly ex- plained to council that if the ,county picked up the deficit the Vandalism suspected in HaIIoVe'eh fires a9 , ted im3►o the machine, owned by J dlJohn Vanaism lire's r m Another fire, on Oct. 27, caused about $1,000 damage to the Eldon Cook 'home at RR 1, Belgrave. The cause of this fire is under investigation, but it is believed to be electrical in origin. Earlier on Oct. 27, a driving shed on the Art De Vos farm in Turnberry Township caught fire . was being torn down. Hailovtre'en night, WinghaLane, he reported. Fire Chief Dave Crothers re- ports, and both are underinvesti- gation by the Ontario Provincial Police. A fire early Tuesday morning caused an estimated $200 damage to a fruit and vegetable stand along Highway 86 west, near Wingham. The stand belongs to Anthony Schefter of Edward Street, Wingham. The other fire, reported at 9:45 p.m. Monday, involved an old barn on the former George Greenaway farm near Bluevale. The Wingham fire depart- ment also responded to a number of other fires during the past week. A combine fire in East Wawanosh Township Monday afternoon and a car fire on Minnie Street, Wingham, on Saturday caused little damage, Mr. Crothers said. The car fire was caused by a hot exhaust system igniting dry leaves under the car, which belongs to Tom Irwin of Wingham, he added. However, a tractor fire in Turnberry Township on Saturday caused at least $2,000 damage to as it WHAT A CATCH—Bradley Campbell (right) of Bluevale and•his friend Paul Kenyon of Wingham caught this 244 pound salmon last Monday in Bluevale. The boys say they had help from some older men getting the catch to shore. We gues some help would be need- ed, as it took both boys to carry the fish to where this picture was taken. Paul says his father cleaned the fish for them and both boys figure they will get a taste of fresh salmon soon. Turnberry Central School had two proud fishermen last week. County advised to promote industry and tourist trade, Huron County has to promote tourism and more industry if it wants to create needed employ- ment in the county and a fresh source of money to complement the county's agricultural base. Huron County Development Of- ficer Spence Cummings told county council Friday that Huron has not escaped the current slump in the national economy ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES—Tony McQuail, John Van Beers and Mery Smith were elected directors -at large while Merle Gunby, first vice-president; Alan Walper, presiding and BeV Brown, second vice-president, were elected to the executive at last week's annual meeting of the Huron Federation of Agriculture. Remaining positions on the executive will be filled from among the ranks of the regional directors and directors -at -large. nor the national unemployment problem. Cummings told council that the closing of three businesses in the county combined with no new in- dustry locating in Huron has put 1,500 people out of work. He said that three firms, Textral Fibres of Goderich, G&F Farm Ma- chinery in Exeter and Huron Acoustics of Vanastra, had closed their doors recently and no new business hal arrived to replace them. He said the county already has 1,500 people out of work and jobs are needed for those unemployed and for people coming into the work force in the county in the coming year. He said the jobs were for people who are residents of Huron County and were not in- volved in agriculture. Cummings explained that Huron County has an economic base in agriculture and that the agricultural economy is fairly constant. He said he realized that weather conditions had a great Block parents asked to meet All householders who are in- terested in co-operating in the Block Parents Program are asked to attend a general meet- ing to be held in the Legion Hall, Victoria Street, Wingham, on Monday, Nov. 7 at 8:30 p.m. The meeting has been called for the purpose of electing an executive and committee to put the plan into action. Keen interest in the program was demonstrated by the results of a questionnaire recently dis- tributed through both schools. A strong committee of a few people dedicated to the concept of safety for ' our' younger children is needed to ensure that the Block Parents plan will successfully meet the needs of the community. deal to do - •with agricultural economy but he pointed out that the county needs a fresh source of money to complement agricul- ture. He gricul-ture.He said the two prime areas where money could be found are manufacturing and tourism. Cummings said that the development committee had been working steadily to encour- age industry to locate in Huron but had met some obstacles due mainly to a slumping economy. He said many industries are staying where they are and not expanding and in fact are just trying to make it through the year. He said three firms are plan- ning to locate in Huron, one in Exeter and two in Vanastra, but he had no definite report on how many people they would employ. He added that oil companies had been carrying out seismic work in Huron and if oil and gas are found in substantial enough amounts to merit drilling, the economy here would get a needed boost The development officer said that one area in which the county could promote itself is tourism. He said that tourism in Ontario is big business and employs about 165,000 people, turning an annual revenue of $2.6 billion. He said it is hard to estimate Huron County's share of the revenue but pointed out that it is significant. Cummings referred to a recent survey done at the nearest United States entry point,' Sarnia. He said the survey shows that travellers coming through that point spend $19 million in a tourist season and that 48 per cent of the tourists are from the United States. He said that the promotion of that source of money for the economy and the jobs it creates is important for Huron County. He said the county should take steps to encourage tourism. by estab- lishing new facilities and by ad- vertising itself in newspapers, radio and television. RECEIVES DEGREE — Allan R. Harrison of Wing - ham graduated recently with a Bachelor of Arts degree at the fall 'convocation of the University of Western On- tario. Wednesday night cable viewing for Wingham TV Cable television viewers will be able to see taped replays of hockey games in the Wingham arena, starting Wednesday eve- ning at 7:30. The Wingham Iron - men have a schedule of games to be played locally on Sunday eve- nings and these games will be aired the following Wednesday. Preceding the games at 7:00 p.m. a program devoted to family development will be seen on four succeeding weeks. Rev. Gerald Wilson of London will be heard as he discusses the various aspects of modern family life. The pro- grams will commence Wed- nesday, Nov. 9. The subject matter at some points is valuable but plain-spoken, so parental dis- cretion is advised. 11411,44.