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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1980-07-09, Page 11f_a n. { ;YI S Ih "' ,is rtionable o committee. tonnes cipal counci tpigostfs4 ppis council often Y. thea>� situation ' the.,.: committef ship coo pact overties �ith.the owner„,dad-i iull,rreport; litthe ,that's what`„the • wants; "Or` a.,12.,.lb like the F, :severance' mittee, where* theyju13 anal, do the era lt.oppaasite the township , „. , re mendation)'?'” Mr. : $hams: poples that doesn't f - and --11e would ap” i#ipltt:frelli tl a tow ave rite , : not impel to cies land lu orae tc fields a nd make worktable, Meet applies o .:. hrolWParcells o `one• or two acres; but a fe�t volae ' larger *lots: and h understand8 One is.coming in which involves and .area of over 200 acne, be reported. In its report t4, county e The'owrier''cif the land, not sllrpisuiply, seesthingsina dift'erent.^.light,•-h lUrder.... wood said he, thotiuht .he!wes Makin Ai fairly res tic wind loot. Week°:the coin- ., request, ilotiag•: he of f err d to -mitt* commented' on six replant an area 50 per cent applications fore minor ex, larger thy. the .one he in- • ceptions to the•=thee cutting . tended to clear. bylaw; recen t/14g Ig proval of five out of the six. i, Council concurred with the recommendations. t: The only application re 680d was that df George Underwood of Turnberry Township, who applied .to• clear .111/2. acres of bush con: ; slating of soft WOO cherry • p0 al3d` ash tra fihe committee reported there are more -than '200 trees .Per`' . acre larger than five inches in diameter. ' The committee noted' Mr. Underwood.. has offered .to reforest 9.3 acres, and in - cheated the.,application could be reconsidered once ..the reforestations has; been completed: However one committee member , later said this was just a way of softening the refusal, and:he I'incone +rned because • we're the only •;,ones, ,who .offered . to replant, and the• only ones turned down, ' he ;said a The ,land he is offering to replant Would definitely assist the local• conservation; ut,hority; he -added, since it hilly land next- to the river ;-whichThe would take out:of-. pasture, • ,He explained the plot he wants to clear has been cut off from the rest of the bush, ,about 35 acres, by,, a municipal draie; .He and, a . neighboring farmer cold- promisedon where to put th e dram m order to save as. '- much of the•bush as possible, lie said. • He added that he feels he has always acted respon- siblly : with re and to 4 July eeti,�ng.'" FO WICH-.The erste �eitlzees" held'°th it 'July aieethtg lin the cOinmgnitif hall on Wednetlday of last week with a ,picnic supper . preceding the sidentoyyet kern presided and welcomed everyone The new'Version-of '0 Canada' was suet$ With Miss Miimie McElwaiin at . the piano 'Happy B. rt lf47' was sung to two n[emlters; Thank you 'net* • were received Iron' the Madgett family and Mss McElwain, who had been ..ay! hospital: The new gable room in the: hall basemen, t is, almost completed It;.was decided to raise the insurance $3,000 on - the senior citizens' contents in the hall. The .program was cps- vened by Mrs_ Eva Harris. -Miiss�Wsodts,froi'c1_ttheiMaaney.:- Travel' oServicer 'spokes sae tours offered, and 'brought brochures. Euchre, Lost Heir and crokinole were then played. After a holidayin August meetings will resume Septa 4 GORE. -� A court .of and no revision for .the McMichael askedM •depga " !, Among:, Darl>:i1 Bruce. and'',. ,ham of . Mr, sit Dickson wl �n ,<softba�lE C'`t''fon3f' (... Midget Girls tilefeate Walton3311Aand Blyth 30-16.' The Bantam Girls,were defeated 034 by Wroxeter and Atwood dumped the Bantam 'Boys . ,30-2.. The; i. Squirts defeated Bluevale:18-15. dismissed an apnea? sae of Blit%,"Wroxai Ate iowick c,T council's July inei Deputy' Reeve; ack SL and Coun W;tllinhl' were appolbt i lldii g T ibe�ttn. " of RR,2, WMg am, •thecotu'tofrev isi Mr bane din rip erson ,at the coli ''-lavision, but: Thad w►ri' letter dated,` June ' `^Hovis ;aurae • revif J} e`toa complaints.: the asses$meni by being tot number of acres : tom' :=in ucb ?arca the assessed is gratioilaa Mr: Lane also expressed concern that a spring on. his`' land would .dry up because of the land being drained., The letter added that cattle are watered by this spring. "This should have been • brought Up at the reading of the report (held last mon- th)," said Conn. Newton, frEngineer Andy McBride om Maitland Engineering Services Limited of. Wing - ham said the proposed drain comes within a half mile of the spring and the drain is uphill from the spring. CLASSIFIES ADVERTISI "1 was surprised by the great response to our blanket Classified ad" 1 NI simemollailtroiLf""etv, Elaine Oakley Mount Forest, Ontario Mrs. Oakley thought she had a problem when she was appointed to co-chair..the craft show •-- diiring the Centennial celebrations this year in Mount Forest, Ontario. After she placed a classified ad in the more than 100 com- munity newspapers through Blanket classi- fieds, her problem was solved. The ad, placed only once, brought responses from crafters all over the province and the show had to:be expanded! FUN ai.TH POOL :Young swimmers • showed off a variety of cling styles as they cooled, off at the swi.ri'ltiting pool during some ofthe-hot days iastweek. You can get this kind of f action too! 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Allan will visit the Hunt home July 12-21 to complete the ex change. Congratulations to Mrs. Cora McGill who is celebrating her. 94th birthday on Friday, July 11. • Belgrave friends are sorry that Lawrence Taylor is a patient in University • Hospital, London. .er st "I find it difficult to believe water would flow uphill," said Mr. McBride. Mr. McBride told the court of revision that he assessed 10 acres of Mr. Lane's land, a reduction fromathenormal13 acres that has been assessed in this drain previously. "I cut it back to 10 acres TEND nowick e tender oafx =q rainagevof Listowel'• teeder priccceof $18,2114 'the lowest of twohenda R. It Woods bfa�WWatfoi submitter* a = tenderF zed eligidar"ta" ee`r ated the total cost to be $57,085, with material 'costs to be $19,505 "Woods estimated, the cost at 13 cents inch, Stender • estimated at eight cents per inch •and ;1 estiimated at 13, cents per inch," said Mr. McBride. The Listowel firm gave'a starting time of July 1980 ant a:. finishing date of Sep-: tember 1980 - "Advise Mr. Stender to start 'onthe second of August," said Mr. Newton. Council adopted the engineer's report which had been provisionally adopted at council's June meeting. Council now hasto wait 30 days before construction can starts ' Mr. McBrilie suggested that when Mr. Lane is notified of the dismissal of the appealhe be informed that the engineer's estimate 'about pleted costs In other business,coun ail Appointed a co lnrnittee :'. Reeve Harold,R ia'buison :and Coon: Stuart Douglas'tolook into the maintenance orthe° Redgravecemetery, Approved accounts totaling$304,7131tincluding a road account of $31,184.28.',: The accounts . 'are up ,ben- • siderably this month aaie • township • „has Ma payments to :the °Huron .: anCpund`Ruety on CoBoard of -Ed,ucation unty. Belmore• Misses Gwen Dickson and Vicki Jeffray are out West fora month's stay. Mrs. Brenda Garniss is :in Calgary painting signs for the Stampede. • •