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Home My WebLink AboutWingham Advance-Times, 1980-12-10, Page 2• • „ " -• • - • •!.. # ; • ' LR 0 rlq YEARS OF SERVICEThirteen men on the Vlfingharn Fire Qa., partment racelVed recegninen-for Years 0 Service.during the da- Beecroft, 13; -Wes Simmons, 19, Gordon W1WQOd,. 22; Harley partmenrs annual ChrislrnaCdinner Saturday everting. In front, - Gaunt, captain; 18, Francis Merkley, 16, S..mol-,,,t , tgomerY,-- , ,:.'„ ErnleMerkley, captain, wasrecOgnized for 16 years of service: Ron . Keith Devries, 15, Bob Chambers, 6; Rod tilOk -36. gafati — .,. 4 14 " FIStifl Lheir in " Wingbam 9n k alongVie • mam street, jbismonthWiutri Callacil.094,1Monday night to suspend enforcing the °Ineteridttwarking for the hakinee of December to e*ourage shopping here. Vatincillor James Currie reported Vat many retail •ate* dtt about 10 per cent of tlielY business during • petteinber, and suggested *free Parking would be a nice • gesture toward the merchants. • :tint Years ago the Wieg- thelOg* Public Utilities. ConiliikastiOn,. He also presentedpthe new mayor with : Chain of office, express -4- former mayor - • WillienJyalden's regrets. • • that he badto be out of tovii ham Business Association December. paid to have ,free parking •dng Deceinber,, and last Year the Ineter revenue for the month Was...donated to charitY- Mr. 'Currie also asked the works department to con- centrate on keeping the main • street free of snow during • 'at' .fier4 matter"',resurfaCed " • whn . t:mplOeas tiOki#1161517,e4:0" Baileyncillor Pat -ftq,,,PAU4SIntkitnnliAte 'flemptoyees 40110 'turkeys,. 404 was . , „ • retirig . the WI Affi VAlhodiL ▪ • • 10.14044 aftetax- themselves" r' *V) Ine4' , • . • Councillor • without ..„.44griej):0300ed: - • • Council • aren't eor; money or vs or dinners, Conn- ' uillor Jerry Choinyn added- t• ut• ..71". - ilierrehera to do what -they • cantor tlietown. tiwartarr'02PF.• .140 The .of giving `2terkeys Christmas was 141%. • %ler* years ago by the -.priiious .Ctitincil. It rePla,da,c1" earrifT tradition ,474, !f z et: teraving a .:Christiniis party town- 002910Yeesouniior , v1.-7"!! after a survey -0f."the :St* em- ployees showed • more • 'preferred •the *key. Council members :also at a or. mem conned trues for, f' total , is a *SO goldIvhfihter-Bill Renwick, who ii„ra** as -clerlaientiura after 22 yeglra'Ya, &twat' The mayor ,itite•yeenlidilltors received wi*es, costing about $70 'ea 'While-0*d • received turkeys, or. an equivalent value in grOc4ries• - Cmmcillor Bill Crinnp reported the planning board is hoping to have a dinner meeting with -the town picking up the tab, noting it #vbably got the idea from • the -party the previous council had. However the plan failed to win council •approval. • '"That's Aliyell.and good, but where Ao you draw the line?" :•the mayor asked, notingthat members of all the-ntlier boardS•miglit well lheianietkeatment: Vene0011elneOing, __, • y proposed adopting , policy that -council members should not . give themselves -any tree (mita, but should "accept wotherkr thee". are getting and But she couldn't find any- one ' willing to second her , motion, and Councillor Dick LeVan 'told her she was "blowing totally—mg of proportion what happened with the previous council". • He said he sees nothing wrong with what., they did, • and suggested they earned it through the amount of time k. and imciney many'had spent serving the town. 7., . Mr. Millet said council should assume it will be responsible in handling the • taxpayers' money, and Mr. Currie suggested the motion be tabted, until the end of ir first term "and MUM s judge whether or not we've been responsible!' Mre. Bailey/replied that she intends to set' her own personal esainple„ "and what each of you do is up to • you." However she noted that when Jim Carr recently retired after 50' years with the volunteer fire depart- • ment, the firemen them- selves raised the money for a dinner and watch, while the town gave only a plaque. • ssessment Act TO PROPERTY AND TENANTS • Pirrstiillit to section 46 of The Assessment Act, I hereby extend to. the 27th day of January, 1981, the day upon which • the eSseehnitihtiwell for the year 1980 is required to be returned purstint, to the Provisions of the said Act, in the following mm1444100 in the Counties of Huron and Perth. Town "atiVingham, Village of Zurich, Townships of East ' WawatioSit 11/lakillo, Stanley Stephen.,Tuckersinith and West Wowanosh. Townships'of Fullarton, Hibbert, Logan, North EaStitaglit, Eosthope and Wallace. • Atidtioitteftatereby given that the final date for lodging a complaint -with Assessment Review Court in respect of any assesio*rit,iobtirined in the assessment roll that is required to be retittrneit citi;the leith day of January, 1981, is extended to the day 0001001*Y. 1981° • Lorne Maack Minister of Revenue T. M. Russell s2 Deputy Minister • The new council appears and 'dd not pass it on ready to pursue a more Per401010- aggxessive policy of en- • ' • Lovueiroapme ginl. industrial Mayor Bill Harris suggested the town should work out a price on the in- dustrial land it owns so it is ready with answers in case of inquiries, and Councillor Dick LeVan proposed starting work on an in- dustrial development policy. "We have a Very- good • work environment we're not selling," the. Western Foundry manger . mu- tilated, noting there is a • pool of good labor as well as good transportation and Hydrorates.' , Heplid he's notenite sure ,lhovito gOabouttellingikbut suigested the existing: in-- duatries coulithelP4IThe oid , attit4de 11.1%110 4*.2..!Poiytlet . anyone in 10 bugger„ . *00M it's not t wayanymoie.• Thera was some disagree- ment: -about 'what should be •:allowed to locate on the industrial land: Councillor James Currie Said it Should be reserved for industriai use and not sold for highway couter:4s] uses .such s warehouses or teaching depots. However Councillor Bill Crump pointed out that -after • six years there silI is nothing on , the land and suggested the town obt be too choosy &Mut what' type of business is allowed to locate there. • Councillor Jetties Currie served notice thitheintends to keep a close7eye on in- fractions Of the building bylaws areind town. When earned Was asked to approve, building permits, some of them for work which already has been completed, Mr. Currie declared this situation "makes me bloody angry”.Peoplare taking too much for granted and are usurping the authority of council and the building inspector by their casual attitude toward building permits, he said, aSking "Why aren't these bylaws enforced?" He reported he personally knows of 22 illegal structures in town for which building permits were neveeissued, and suggested that perhaps a few stop -work orders would get across the mesSage that the town is serious about its building bylaws. "You don't need to get excited, joist enforce the bylaw -that there is no con- struction Without a permit," Councillor Dick LeVan told him mildly. 0-0-0 Mayor Bill Harris was WrAdAtth,L'ileewafaZ start of the inaugural meeting. Mr. Milosevic, a neighbor, reported he started the gavel five years ago and promised to finish it when Mr. Harris was elected Maynt: Mr, Ilarris laughed it off at the 'tlin�, he said, but now *robe s. Also at the start of the .0ecting, Rev. John Swan led eit in prayer and Clerk- tIfiditirar Byron Adams itdiigiidatered the oath of AO add deelaration of ik'iaflee to countil ' beta and triembirs of mits.i.ewiSTONEHOUSE evrave - The Decem,ber "meeting of the BeigFaVe ,Women's Institute will,'Wheld on Dec. 16 at 7 • Ott' • It, will tieepot luck supper with all institute members, families 'and friends welesMei. Asocial time will folk* 2 • „. Pr? 0 -••••, ,•• , ••;, tBiake age, uowl. 'Iv „ 4.i4 HD ,00per was. , ,atesv4.:4 witlix.,: tith.,,6 u of. the Year on of :.„ ,i ,,, Plair wai-liee:4 ' .0004, 00; :Orer 0.,,,. minded. t r i94l it, 4 e : , . ii le iiii, I : i i of ts ,p -',4_,,,c.,- - .... auction. ,Lloyd ehie re -2' ar- rangement in the. Chinese Taylor. to ' Peat, resident-, Paid' • McKee, Mrs.,, Cam Anderson won- a -floral ar- Ste,,..,,) • Belroys. of liteKinSineiilrophietifer - schoolwork at theBelgrave Scher*, Fair . were Roseann• Machin Of :Myth; Garth.. NittiCt:°f.1,Ytf.,and 41thiw WilSh4fpitW7*MOh scioo:.w04esft,Kins- men $1,001otterYofNoven- her , . 30 were Me" and Mrs. RoliettAihmale : . *• '' L. v:t4t • Occidentcil 34 i#01400 14i10.tOrli Is ra001041ty„ four years 10 age 75 prOldingAroof itt4.60000d_lifoc0,h004N404:00440.41.11- 41-,eciie w:040thoniewai; an4arfiguoicir ricidS4h4tu may contin# tO-FoO:OW rotes kr a at 4ilinc:1440,inaf-*4401V1Innr 94440,00,114.04**.,:at, onletimeprtsi cif Of,.4.0OntliI09#?00,*.Sql!' • WHETHER YOU DRIVE IMPAIRED, FAIL THE BREATHALIZER, OR REFUSE IT, YOU FACE A CRIMINAL CHARGE. IF CONVICTED, YOUR LICENCE WILL BE SUSPENDED FOR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS, AND YOU WILL BE FINED UP TO $2,000. YOU WILL HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD. YOU COULD GO TO JAIL. YOU FACE INCREASED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE RATES FOLLOWING A CONVICTION. AND IF YOU CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, YOUR INSURANCE DOES NOT COVER YOUR PERSONAL INJURIES, DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY, OR YOUR LOSS OF EARNINGS. YOU COULD KILL SOMEONEFAMILY, FRIENDS, INNOCENT BY-STANDERS, YOURSELF. IN 1979 MORE THAN HALF OF THE DRIVERS KILLED IN ONTARIO HAD BEEN DRINKING.