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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1981-05-20, Page 1`v, '•••'• • •••.! • 'X • • • . • •-• • !!!;1!!!;!,!•.t1;;T•f• ' • ---e,,•••i • • • ;45 tr. I 4, I'll q• • ,,,,mo., -;',";?","•,y.,4 11 rorxrdzi -woo 1 land Driito 't • • . ' •:'54 ; '; RESIDENTS UPSE11--Riit fiat. Hight/ui Drive in Maitland Estates are upset oVer some conditions in • the subdivision, including an open drain at 'the lower end of the .street and lack of a playgroUnd for yOung children. 'Following a meeting with some members of . . !• • . count! last week, the ton erected a snow fence . A side the drain. The developer has promised to clean things up once construction is completed at that end of t the subdivision. • sri • Gead-iitetionli• held for 18 nursing • " The exCellent training in Whigham. high calibre of teaching program offered at He said he was surprised evident at the centre. Wingham speaks highly of to learn there were so few •Jean Ellacott, \director of the town's hospital facilities, RNA training centres, in the •nursing assistants' Huron -Brute MPP 'Murray Canada. There are 140 such program, told the graduates. Elston told the gathering of Centres across ,the country, that learning and growing grnduating nurses assistants and he said they are found never stop in nursing. She at 'last Friday's graduation only where care and \ urged thegirls)tobeilielliful, exercises, fin:0 'es are saperior. understanding• ..,,rrttefEtor, • inniended tagradOe , eh!: iteotiy " to‘eek4 help . friends at .,- Assistants alsii-totimented on the Moorefield, class president, with people: • 'ff., Bernice RR- 1, delivered the valedictory address. She thanked Yolith sentenced• parents and spouses for their patience and understanding over the past nine months. . Miss Biehn said the girls • were a diverse lot, drawn by a common goal: to be a nurse. She praised the centre's excellent care facilities and its instructors. Mrs. Sandra Pollock of Goderich was presented the scholastic achievement and proficiency in • bedside nursing award. The award was donated and presented by Norman Hayes, executive director of the Wingham and District Hospital. Barbara Zwanck of RR 2, Clifford won the scholastic o -n theft charges Four Lucknow-area youths ship, on Feb. 16 and 17. He Were sentenced to up to 15 was sentenced to an ad - months in jail on charges of , ditional three months on a break, enter and theft and ,. charge of possessing a pro- • Possess* of a prohibited hibited weapon. • • weapon when they appeared Dale Finish, 19, of the in provindial court at Gode- same address and Peter rich May 6. • • Beyersbergen, also 19, of Lot -The four were . arrested 26, Con. 11, West Wawanosh, during simultaneous raids on were sentenced to 11 months their residences March 26, on the charge of break, enter •when teams of provincial po- and theft at . Lakeport lice recovered about $75,000 Welding. Kevin Swan, 19, worth of " stolen goods. The also of Lot 2, Con. 12, Ash - property had been taken in field, received a sentence of more than 50 break-ins which occurred over a wide. area stretching from Kit- • chener to the „Lake Huron cottage country. David Allen Farrish, 23, of Lot 2, Con. 12, Ashfield Township, was sentenced to 12 months on a break, enter and theft charge resulting from a break-in at Lakeport Welding, Colborne Town - nine months on the same charge. The four were given con- current sentences on more 0 thEin 100 additional charges. The four men hadPappear- c ed in court. April 24 and were :- remanded until May 6, when t they entered guilty pleas T before Judge William Cochrane and were sen- P tenced. • F' GRADUATED Stephen Webster, son of Mr. and Mrs, David Webster f RR 2, Blyth, recently graduated from the agri- ultural_ business manage- ment program at the Cen- ralia College of Agricultural echnology. Stephen has accepted a osition with Topnotch eeds. r• Ministry plans to cut more trees along Hwy 4 This summer the, Ministry of Transportation and Communications will commence an extensive program .of cutting down more trees, relocating dit- ches and cutting back hills on Highway 4 between Blyth and Wingham. Bud Morris, maintenance superviser for the MTC in Stratford, reports the program will be spread over three years. Its purpose is to prepare for a one -foot widening of the road allowance on the highway. Mr. Morris said because of 'the serious drop-off problem along the Blyth to Wingham stretch of the highway, the road allowance must be widened. He explained that to do this the ditches must be relocated, the shoulders widened 1,1d the hills cut down. Mr. Morris said the trees must be cut in order to move the ditches back so they will drain properly. He ' stressed that not all trees along the highway will be cut. He also noted that many of the offending trees are "mighty old" and have had their backs cut off by Hydro crews. He added the MTC will initiate an extensive pro- gram to replant once the construction work has been completed. Mr. Morris said the land- owners whose property borders the highway are always informed of the plans before any action is taken. But, admittedly, he said, if anyone were opposed to the program, there is nothing he could do about it. Of several landowners contacted, most said they realize the road must be widened, although some said they had not yet been notified of the project. • One property -owner who reported -she had not yet been notified commented: "I don't know why they don't cut them down on the other ( east) Side of the road." A second landowner said that although she had not been notified as yet of the project, the MTC always has been most cooperative in the past. She went on to say that if cutting the trees will make the highway any less treacherous, then cut them. A third party contacted commented that someone in Stratford must be a real " tree -hater". But, he mentioed that he had no objections, since many of the trees are dying anyway. • ••4 -on; ••••%•••• .11e:,.,-.2 • a...2 -sar ,x; • at•••••-P,,Oilet,.&-elgitir,titletkmoz,,,trir Ltd, WOO PIO Le: achievement award donated idents of 4triet with a tee of town to discuss ver safety est for a otmd. followed an with council as held out for a playground 41,however the agree to have Intent install around a t the end of e for the dren. agreed to ',.4legal help in Whether the hold the yal Homes they say were f 'a children's would be is told council by the AuXiliary. • ,v-• Wingham and District thatnetne.ti tne they bought :' Hospital and presented . by ,lutiliadain the new Lorna Stuart Of Teeswater, . • subdivision,salesmen auxiliary president. " prootilnitelif developed a maTottthe Jack Kopas, chairman of w . the hospital board, presented ender' street. Miss Bielin with, the 'JohnC a member of which Met ,Committee, owing the meeting :that, the' only ray of ho left is if ' appears it can be documented - that (Royal Nimes president) Mr. Kuyvenhoven still owns the land and did have plans for a park on tha piece of association pressure could be lied property. Then som -form of, to convince him to holt! true to his verbal promise S to the homeowners." He added that while the matter still appears very complicated, "since our primary goal was to inform the new council of the problem, we certainly have suTccheeedneedxtthetisfar."ourof action Might be another meeting with Mr. Kuyvenhoven or a further street meeting to dis- cuss additional courses of actiiocn,shesvaaid Dick Len airman of the finance and management tOltOrjajittliimSWAr .4 affigfatillated thetraddattii; *It k„T Following the graduation reported , exercises, a receptioa was held in the hospital cafeteria. Liberal • annual The Huron -Bruce Liberal Association ( provincial) will hold its annual meeting Thursday, May 21, at Ripley. Items on the agenda in- clude election of delegates to the annual meeting of the Ontario Liberal Party, to be held in Kingston. June 19 to 21, and election of a new slate of officers for the riding association. All party members are invited to attend this meeting. committee and one of the councillors who attended the special meeting, reported. that while it appears the land for the tot lot has been deeded to the town, the committee offered to get an opinion .from the town solicitor on whether residents could hope to hold the developer to a verbal promise about the play- ground. The committee advised the ' homeowners to gather affa: davits that the promises were made, he said, but otherwise is not actively involved in the,,,matter. As for the town developing the playground, he said it would be up to the parks and recreation committees to bring a recommendation to council. However he noted the town already has a substantial amount of park- land. He added that while he hadn't seen any figures, he felt creation of the .play- ground, would be a major undertaking and he would not recommend that council spend the money this year. He also pointed out that, so far as ,he knows, thetown never agreed to dettliwthe. lot. He said a more. pressing concern for the committee is to .see what can be done about getting the developer to "clean 'up the mess" at the' end of Highland Drive and provide the necessary drainage, and it Will be 'consulting the town solicitor for an opinion. . Contacted Tuesday morn- ing, Hans Kuyvenhoven re- ported he was not aware of the meeting last week and was sorry he wasn't invited r as ne knew, he said, council planned to get its property and management committees • together with himself and the residents to resolve the matter. - He explained that he plans to build two more houses at the lower end, of Highland Drive and at that time will clear up what residents have described as an area which is hazardous to their children. Mr. Kuyvenhoven added that while he had expected a children's playground would be built at the end of the street, on land which has been set aide for it, it was his understanding it world be developed in cooperation with' the residents,.the town and possibly a service club; It was :never his intention to build it on his Own he said, although he noted he had )541Ift44041e40000w.--dettlr whereby, in return, for ad- ditional depth on his river- side lots, he would have developed the playground. The' deal was turned down by the previous council as it Injuries serious in farm accident A Bluevale-area farmer is in the Wingham and District Hospital with injuries suf- fered in a farm_accident Monday. William Kieffer, 35, of RR 1, Bluevale, was in the field planting corn just before noon Monday when the planter malfunctioned. He stopped the tractor and got off to correct the problem SANDRA POLLOCK of GoderIch is presented the Scholastic achievement and proficiency in bedside nursing award from Nornian Hayes, executive director of the Wingharn and District Hospital. Eighteen girls graduated from the Register ed Nursing Assistants program last Friday. AV".!--411i.iltr,4610,00 •••10. le; ••• •,4\V„!!!4'8,44,0k, when. the tractor moved forward and pulled the planter over him. Provincial police, who were. later • called to the scene, report that despite suffering a broken shoulder and other lacerations, Mr. Kieffer was able to get up and drive the tractor back to the house. He was taken from there to the hospital, where he was reported to be in serious Condition. --would" have disturbed the natural environment along • die river, in an area which has lieen set aside as parkland. The developer said heStill: is hoping fora meetingwith the town and the residents to work out a solution. He will • glad to cooperate if he can get c00Peration wherstfles heSaid.. 'People lia4e.. ".• ,preciate too that in, year ,and a half we iWolt.0114Pa4iniheiTe.,• "When business rs good, you Can't. Claus." Ponds to be fi People tired of 'Oohing at the dams. the mud flats in die old niill Utile* thepons-are pond in Wingham will filled by the Victoria Day welcome,the news that both weekend: However the • ponds should be 'fined this substantial ammint of -raka Week. which:fell in the past Several Bryan Howard, general weeks kept the river high manager of the Maitland , .and that, nootnbined 'with the Valley Conservation holiday, falling a week early, uthority,- said Tuesday the led :the MVcAI. hold off authority will be contacting filluiig tfieponks.• the town to give the go-ahead The logs were Oak* the on putting the stop logs into Bluevale dam More than:* week- ago, baite. Counitett • of the authority noted, but Tragedy takes with the rain the MVCA had to draw down die -Water 0 threetimes. 4.44, A six-year-old boy lost his • life Saturday in a tragic accident at his McKillop , Township home. John Leslie Glanville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Glanville of RR 4, Walton, was playing behind a truck when the driver, a juvenile family inember, backed up, pinning him against the house. He was rushed to the Seaforth hospital, where he was pronounced dead on alTivalia He survived by his parents and two sisters, Doris Mae and Veronica Lynn, both at home, also his grandparents, John and Winnifred Glanville, RR 4, Walton, and Mike and Genevieve Doyle of Zurich. A funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon at the R. S. Box Funeral Home, Seaforth, with interment at the Maitland Bank Cemetery. -• University has right to set requirements Huron trustees agree • The iluron County Board. of Education has endorsed a unilateral decision by the University of Toronto not to accept a number of approved secondary school courses toward admission to the university . The board of education for the Borough of East York is seeking support of a resolution asking ' the minister of education and of colleges and universities to investigate the university's action John Cochrane. director of education for the Huron board. explained the U of T no longer is recognizing certain Grade 13 subjects for admission requirements. Courses like theatre and computer sciences, which are offered under Ministry of Education guidelines, will not be accepted for credit by the faculty of arts and sciences at the university. East York is arguing that as a result of the U of T action. there is a real potential for other univer- sities to begin excluding approved courses. It notes that many secondary school programs have been modified to meet specific needs in the workplace and have led to development of a new curriculum in tech- nology, statistics and in marketing and business &udies. A main issue, as out; lined in the resolution, is that the University of Toronto, a publicly funded institution, is rejecting guidelines set out by the ministry and secondary schools. The university claims that some courses taught at the secondary schools have no relevance to university studies. Trustee Dorothy Wallace introduced a' motion of non- support for the borough's resolution, claiming the University has a right to set its own standards. "That's their own bus! ness." Vice Chairman Bert Morin also argued that the resolution was not worthy of support. "If we. supported such a resolution, universities would soon be asking for en- trance examinations again," he said Dam in Wingliain, with the lower _dam owned by the town. However as a rule both ponds are lined at the same time. Reeve Joe Kerr, chairman of the works committee, said he would not do anything until the MVCA passed the word. "If we put (the logs) in and something happens, it would be our fault," he noted: . Mr. Howard added that he and some people from the Ministry of Natural Resources were looking at the Howson Darn last week with an eye to repairing it. The upstream abutments are pretty well eroded, he noted, and while it is not considered dangerous it does need work. The next step will be to get an engineer's report, he said, and then the authority will try to get some money from the ministry for the project. The engineer's report probably will be prepared in the fall, so as not to interfere with the filling of the pond this summer, and repairs could be carried out before it is filled next spring, he said. The study will have to be done when the water is low. The whole structure is not in the best of shape, Mr. Howard commented, but he said he doesn't see any chance of replacing it. • V, Disabled transport group forming During this International Year of the Disabled Person, a group of concerned citizens has formed with the hope of establishing some type of transportation system for people who, are unable to board buses or have no access to a vehicle or trans- portation service. The group has met only once, but has put together a Auest onnaire for groups involved in transporting the physically disabled as well as individuals , in Huron County who are experiencing a problem. Anyone interested in becoming involved with the project, either by filling out a questionnaire or attending meetings, is invited to call Sandi Fremlin or Bob Marshall at the Vanastra Recreation Centre. 492-3544.