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Wingham Advance-Times, 1978-11-29, Page 14:t. .r ke6aad -Sip a, AoY'll'K4k," Sacred Heart Mailbox I • commissioner -look ►rward to job- he 'MS 7AND g !ties 7 and 6 hid a science eoglraphy. test last week. We 0 . starting a new unit in meet called `States of Matter'. Air report cards are MOORS out Triday. Grades 7 and 8 banded in their projects on two units Monday. GrRADES 5 AND 6 Grades 5. and 6 are doing a health project titled `Myself',. It is very interesting to -rea4 each Other's and see what 'Bobbies, Worts and interests one's friends lave. CarRADES 3 AND 4 This week grades 3 and 4 started preparing music for our Christmas concert. The concert is to be held Dec. 20. The songs are to be used in a play we are presenting at the concert. GRADES I AND 2, We are learning, about each other's families. We started a study of matter 'in its three states: solid, liquid and gas. Robert Hibberd heads preceptory BELGRAVE —. The annual meeting of the Rising`Star Royal Block Preceptory washeld in Blyth Orange Hall Nov. 21 with a good attendance. The WP, Robert Hibberd, con- ducted the meeting and called. on PP, W, A. Nethery to=eo' s t the election and installation ' o of- ficers which results as follow PP;, Robert Hibberd; ' WP, Henry Pattison; Reg., Emerson Mitchell; Chap., George. Grigg; treasurer, C. Falconer; lec- turers, H. Jacklin and W. Nethery; B ce and Her an Nethery; SP,Milo Casemor and Athol Bruce;. Purls.., B. a igen i Tyler, Clare Van Calnp. MIKE CHAPPELL One of the first tasks facing Mike Chappell in his position as Wingbam's director of public works is figuring out just -what the job involves and getting organized to carry out his duties. As the first occupant of a pot so new there wasn't even an office' for him when he arrived, he will be flying by the seat of his pants for a while getting files built up and maintenance schedules planned. He has a pretty good idea what's expected of him from the outline of duties in the terms of reference for the position drawn up by council earlier this year, but it will be up to him to decide just how they will be carried out. In the terms of reference the purpose of the di>{ector's post is to, advise council and its committee on policies affecting public works, building and planning as well as to direct operations of works and planning units. Detailed duties take up a page and a half and.. include making recommendations to council on construction and maintenance matters and preparing draft plans and cost estimates; acting as purchasing agent for public works, property and cemetery; preparing budgets and keeping records of expenditures ; supervising operations of the works department and carrying out the duties of a building inspector. Mr. Chappell, who arrived in town last week to take up the post following 2"1/2 years with a Bramalea firm of consulting engineers, admitted he has no previous ex- perience working directly at the municipal level. However he doesn't think this will be a problem since he gained similar experience working for clients of the consulting firm as an engineering technologist. He said he will basically be trying to organize the capital expenditures on con- struction and maintenance in town and plans to set up a three to four year cycle of road maintenance. He also expressed aninterest in being able to coordinate planning' in town. Currently he is working out of makeshift quarters in the town clerk's office, but an office is being constructed for him in the basement of the old post office building. On a different note, Mr. Chappell added he is glad to be getting back to a small town following several years in the city. He hails from Lakefield, he noted, a town similar to this, and his 'wife 'is also from a small town. He plans to move his wife and their four- month -old son to Wingham the middle of next month. Meanwhile he is boarding with a local family. IPM landowners are paid, ut not what the rumors say Celebrating Christmas early at the home, of Mr. and Mrs. Alex ,McTavish were Mr. and _Mrs. ..1ohn.. K. MacTavish, Donald MacTavish, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Collins and Lee Ann, all ofJrant- ford:;: Mr:'and Mrs. John R.4Vlac- Tavish; ' Mr. and Mrs. Allan Mc - Coleman,' all of Kitchener; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Grant, RR 4, Wingham; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Willitts and Roy of Wroxeter; Mr. and Mrs. Ken Grant and Mr. and Mrs. Don •Dosman, Kevin and Sherry:of'St, Clements; Miss Norma . Willitts . of Guelph; Mr. Oil Mrs. Bob MacTavish,, Tim and Ken of Wingham and Mr. and Mrs. William Dettman of. Wroxe- ter, ' Mrs, furl Weltz of Thornbury. and Mr. and Mrs. Bob. Burchill and Bonnie- visited Saturday eve- nhig' with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Walker; Sheila and Kevin. and 1VIrs: Wes Paulin and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Walker will be in :charge of the' euchre party in the community hall, Thursday, Nov. 30. Landowners whose land was used for the big International Plowing Match Sept. 26-30 .have all been paid for the use of the property, IPM land committee chairman Barry Mulvey said last week. But despite wild rumors cir- culating, the 15 , or so farmers involved received "very little compensation for the risk in- volved"; he added. 'He had heard rumors that host farmer Jim Armstrong and other host farmers pirofited from IPM '78 to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars each. In fact, the various host far- ners were paid a total of $23,445 for the use of their property': That was in .payment for the use of about 1,250 acres of farmland. The land committee recently sent cheques to host farmers, paying for use of the land at the rate of $22 an acre for parking areas,,i$25 an acre for land used for plowing competitions and $70 an acre: for the' tented city site. The farmers could have made more money if they had rented the property to another farmer for normal farm use, Mr. Mulvey said. There was also some risk involved in allowing the land to be used•' for plowing • match purposes. If the weatherhad been as wetas it was for the 1966 - plowing match in Seaforth or the 1977 IPM in Frontenac County, the rains and heavy traffic could have compacted the fields and made them hard to till. The land committee's job was made easier by the cooperation it had from landowners and the Huron County development committee, Mr. Mulvey said. The development committee provided labor to prepare the IPM site by trimming brush and cleaning up after the five-day match. Farmers who wanted to .do their part for IPM '78 also helped. • "Even a couple days before the match, we needed more land," he said. M"We got it, no questions asked. Many people' . from out of the area were surprised by the cooperation shown by local people in' presenting IPM '78, Mr. Mulvey said. • The spirit generated by the plowing match should help the Wingham cen- tennial celebrations, because many people in the area found out how much can be ac- complished if people cooperate, he said. CANDLES—Theresa Millen, an instructor at the Jack Reavie Opportunity Workshop, watches John Jouwsma pour the melted wax into a mold to make a candle. Some of the finished products are on the table In front of them. . Final profit figures from IPM '78 haven't been tabulated- yet, Mr. Mulvey said, because there are still some bills to come in. What 'is known is that the match was a financial success and that area people worked together well on the huge project. One of the most telling things 1V1r. Mulvey said he could say about the plowing match was that a lot of people would do it all over again. Dry Bagger $haviflgs For Sale' Custom Lumber &Millwork Ltd.. Bolton, Ont. 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'Dec.14 9 'a.m. 9 p.m., Friday, Dec.15 9 a.m. 9 p.m. ...WIN ...Ill fN-.-i----.-Ifs--.III `--Ian NM= ---• FINAL WEEK Monday,Dec. 18, Tuesday, Dec.' 19, Wednesday, Dec. 20 Thursday, Dec. 21 ft Friday Dec. 22 9 a.n,. -' 9 p.m. Saturday, December 23 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Unemployment mance is now more reonsiv to condifionsein Ontario. To make your Unemployment Insurance Program more responsive to the special needs of different areas of Canada, there are now 48 economic regions for UI. (Up to now, there were 16 regions.) With this change, UI benefits will more accurately reflect your local employment conditions. • It's all part of a plan announced over a year ago. Each of these new 48 regions will have its own unemployment rate.. This will set .the length of time a claimant must have worked to become eligible for Un- employment Insurance benefits. And it will govern the length of benefits as well. There's nothing new about the system itself -it's just being measured • Windsor • Sarnia • Thetford Arkon • Alyinston• • Chatham more finely in 48 regions, rather than 16. The length of time a claimant must work to get UI remains the same. It varies from 10 to 14 weeks, depending on the unemployment rate where the • claimant lives. And regionally -based benefits have1 the same maximum. The change will only affect those whose UI claims start after November 12. This map and the information with it will slow you the new economic boundaries in your area. Clip the map and save it for reference, if. you like. • Grand Bend • Granton • Kerkwood • Newbury Bothwell • Rodney •. Clifford • a • Wingham Mount Forest II E • London Hiilsburgh Belwood •'' • • Fergus• Erin Eden Mills • Waterloo•Kifchener • Guelph• Galt• • ' Arkell New HamburAyr•g PulliBranchton n .h • Princebn New Dundee •,/ Stratford• Woodstock • Norwich• Port Dover • Lake Erie Note: 1 itrthcr• changes Pr -the L'ne urine• mem Insurance Program haze been proposed by the Government. They ;; rll come into effect only whet: they haz r been enacted by Parliament. Canada's Unemployment Insurance Program Working with people who want to work. 1� Employment and Imniigrat,on Canada Emploi et Immigration Canada Bud Cullen. Minister Bud Cullen Ministre REGION E I .ondon, consisting ()Utile counties of Elgin, Oxfbrd, and Middlesex, and the former (County of Norfolk, REGION F Windsor -Sarnia, consisting of the counties of Iamhton, Kent and Essex. REGION G Kitchener, consisting of the counties of I Iuron, Perth, and Wellington, and the Regional Municipality Of Waterloo. 'Map and duskily' tnr ,t r,t month , rem,m,. II a �pu•vunt arises. the I'nempincment Insman,e RegnLnnm, Hoist p „,,n r The Canada Emplo 'mc,it and brim gration Co'y,,nission was created by combining the Unemployment insurance commission and the Department of Manpower and Immig-ration. In a/tlition, our local offices are being merged to serve you better os Canada hmp&tvment Centres. 4