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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1981-06-10, Page 1y- • —4 -me- 'emorree4excear'e . • . • its 41/4,044.eseeeefireeTeeeke.ia...•:.-„i. • ,,,,„., 4 • • .1. • ,• - Public Foo,„ I won is 4 fitt Ontario hcation for e in'power Nen Saxton n members hat Tom umer ser - for Hydro, ome more re deciding nt the in- PRESENTS FOR KIDS—Jason Moody, Beth Ann Lee, Nikki Fisher and Jason Shortreed try Out some pres- ents they got recently from the WIngham Kihette,s. The item on the left is actually a dioll buggy, but Nikki says it works lust fine for riding In too. It and another Wingham council • like it were donated by the Kineffes 40, the Wingham Day Care Centre and the Nursery 'School. Jason Shortreed appears quite pleased with te stroller the Kinettes gave to the Silver Circle Nursery, which he attends. ; " e icienc wif 11 be back or so with 0 sked for an inte ease on the basis`per cent hut: allowed at the • this year. WOO' (" o operate in the • •id of April the adeficit on t'r 6 I hydro 1. s of more !1 1/4 -Mr. Saxton "In an. effort . to ,,:improve efficiency,. the Winghamcouncil is trying out a new structure which consolidates its standing committees and directs more responsibility • their way. Council agreed Monday hight to give the new system a six-month trial, despite objections from several •council • members . who declared things are working just fine the way they are. • Reeve Joe Kerr and Councillor Pat Bailey gild they were well pleased with the old structure and didn't want to see. i t changed. Under the new structure,. which will be reviewed at the end of December, council's nine standing committees are combined -into four: —the general government and planning committee, which brings together finance -management with industrial and planning; —a second committee combining public works and cemetery with the property committeet —a community services committee, which includes parks, recreation and day care; —and a public protection committee, looking after police and fire matters. As in the past, each committee will have three members, meaning that most council members will sit on fewer committees. The new committees will be charged with handling more of the matters which now are brought before the full council, such as meeting with delegations, and then making written , recom- mendations to council. They are supposed to meet at least once a month and to keep minutes of their meetings, with recommendations in the form of motions. The minutes will be cir- culated to council members prior to council meetings so everyone will be familiar with matters to be discussed at the meetings. This is intended to speed up the council meetings and keep council from getting bogged down in matters which could be handled by a committee. The recommendation for the change was brought to council by the finance - management committee, following a meeting with love. '7F. representatives of • the Ministry Of Intergovern- mental Affairs.- . Councillor Dick LeVan, chairman of that committee, noted that the ministry representatives originally recommended streamlining everything intod•on com- mittees, but he thought it was better to go a little slower and try four first. , He said it would be up to the committees how they wanted to structure them- selves and assign respon- sibilities; they could appoint sub chairmen to look after different areas or do• what- ever they liked. "All I'm asking as chairman of the manage- ment committee is give it a try," he said. •"If it doesn't work we can have another look. It's worth having a shot at it." Reeve Kerr spoke against the changes, saying they would place too much of a load on the committee chair- men. He has as much as he can do just I king after public works, he said, and he 'mews the property com- mittee•has been busy too. "Nobody can. look after it all like that." • Mr. LeVan said the idea is to develop committees which can develop terms of reference and have the work done by town employees, not the committee chairmen, "to • see if we- can work a little more efficiently" than we have been". Eventually it will mean hiring more staff, he said, •because there will need to be a staff member at each committee meeting. Mrs. Bailey also opposed the restructuring, declaring that "if you proceed with this, the mayor can accept my resignation!" She said she felt she was "being pushed aside" in the restructuring. She withdrew.her threat to resign after council agreed to name her chairman of the new community services committee, but still opposed the changes. • Councillor Jim Currie, on the other hand, spoke in favor of the'proposal;saying the • streamlining of operations is badly. needed. The procedures have not kept pace with • the in - Creasing workload over the years, he said, adding that the changes do net necessarily mean a, greater • workload •for : Council members. He Said he is bothered by the reluctance of council members to become more • efficient, calling the proposed committee structures "very logical". Other councillors also spoke in favor of trying the new system, •although Tom Miller proposed adding more members to the "heavy" committees. Mayor Bill Harris commented that in his opinion the change will ease the workload for the whole council. Eventually councillors Several are injured in traffic accidents A number of persons were injured in motor vehicle accidents around the Wingham area during the past week, police report. However none of the injuries were serious. LiDavid Golley, 23, of RR 4, Wingham, suffered minor injuries when his car rolled over Sunday morning. The accident occurred at 11:10 a.m. while Mr, Golley was westbound along Highway 86. He reportedly swerved to avoid another car, hit the shoulder of the road and lost control, with the car rolling over, About 10 persons received minor injuries early Friday morning when a van carrying worm pickers rolled over along County Road 25, just east of County Road 19, in Grey Township. The injured, all from Toronto, were treated at Seaforth hospital and then released. • —. ., .'-. e' Police report the van pulled over onto the shoulder of the road and lost a trailer it was pulling, causing it to roll over. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $5,000. A two -car accident in Brussels Thursday night caused an estimated $2,300 damage to the vehicles and minor injuries to one person. Police reported the Vera Hastings, 74, of Brussels, was driving along the main street in Brussels and slowing down when her car was struck from the rear by one driven by Walter Brown, 20, of RR 3, Blyth. .1/4 Mary Lowe, also of Brussels, a passenger 1» the I-tastings car, received Minor injuries. Mr. Britwn has been charged with care- less driving. Damage was estimated at $3,000 in a two -cat accident along Highway 4 north of Wingham last Wednesday. Police reported a car driven by Marney Watson, age 16, of RR 2, Wingham, was north- bound along the highway when she slowed to make a turn and then turned left into the side of a car which was passing her, driven by Donald Stewart, 48, of Teeswa ter. Damage was estimated at $1,500 to each vehicle. Miss Watson was charged with making an unsafe turn. A Lower Town man was charged with impaired driving in an accident in Lower •Town Saturday evening. Police reported Ken ' Snowden, 31, was driving his homemade garden tractor toward Wingham when he failed to negotiate the &bend onto MeIntsiih Street and flipped it end -over -end. He was taken to the Wingham hospital for treatment and then released, • Voteit-St8 to t unfit 410 end of which 1/4. ttime it reviewed. .Under the neW igernent, the general goveiliinent and planning committee is chaired by Mr. lieVan, with Bill Crump and Itirold Wild; the public works and property conantittee is chaired by Mr4 err. with Mr. Miller and . Clump; the communityt services committee is chaired by Mrs. Bailey, kith Jerry Chomyn and Mr. kirrie; and 1.the public proteetion mittee is chaired by Mr. Currie, with Mr. LeVan and Mr. Miller. ,hhh ' h ' syStem Yeat, at wiil be "its . :;„1/4 ••- ;?. noted that the report for May is a bit better, showing the deficit has been cut in half to $19,000. However he added this is no guarantee the situation will continue to improve. Consumers are billed bi- monthly on a staggered system, with some bills going out one Month and the, others the next. The May Ohnilehnsgo happened helpedppenebtroinb;11oahig imi. the deficit, but it could be right„backi41-404- Jun,.;*.SMttakinaitt,1/4 9 He.alSo notetfhe has been using he rnenmore On 3vgterararks, whkisingood, shape financially, 40 help, keep dOWn the costto hydiro operations, but thii/cannot go on forever. He commented that On- tario Hydro doesn't like to give interim rate increases, pref "ug to stick with one •!rafe. rige at the beginning the year. However • pen house to honor 65t1 Mr. and Mrs... -Colin Elliott. She was born on her Fingland of Cornyn Street, • Parents' farm in East Wingham, celebrated their Wawanosh Township. 65th •wedding anniversary Mr. Fingland is a son of the last week With a quiet open late Join Fingland and •house at the hoihe of Mr. and 1/4 Catherine Baird of Hullett Mrs. Harold France, Patrick Township. He was born at • Street. Roekton, Ontario. He taught" • school in northern Ontario Between 25 and 30 pests before attending Knox - called during the afternoon College, Toronto; after their to extend their congratu- marriage they went to the lations and best wishes. mission field in Dunblane, Special guests included Mr. •Saskatchewan. Fingland's brother, Dr. Will •The Finglandt, have'liVed Fingland of Niagara Falls, in Wingham for the peat 35 who is 95 years old, and a years, having resided. sister-in-law, the wife of the previously in Blyth, Ntralton late Judge Frank Fingland and Toronto. They are 4ef ClidtanV • -”Iner0lre Ar4-110,.. Lunch •WaS-serOitl-torthe•-• -.United —Church: — . hostess, assisted by Mrs. Fingland was trained as Barry- Pasamore and Mrs. singer in her youth and for Earl Heywood. many years was a soloist in church choirs. • ' The couple have many interesting hobbies to fill their • lives. • Both collect antiques, as witnessed by the many beautiful items of fornitere, glass.and china in their home. Mrs. Fingland is an expert at needlepoint, and he needlepoint and hooked rugs •are models of per - Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. fection. • Mr: and Mrs. Fingland Mr. Fingland has a special were married on June 3,1916 interest -in Indian lore, at her homeby Rev. Conway exemphfied by his collection of Auburn. Mrs. Fingland is of arrow heads and °thee the former Berlina Johnston, relics. He also has' special - daughter of the late Joseph • ized in collecting coins and Johnston and Jane 'Anne pioneer tools. ' p • Messages of congratula- tions were received from , Murray Elston, MPP, who personally brought greetings from Premier William Davis, as well as from MP and Mrs. Murray Cardiff and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. • A congratulatory telegram arrived from Her HAPPY 65T11—Mr. and Mrs. versary Julie 3 with a gathering of Mr. and Mrs. Harold France, The Finglands and remain quite active. Colin Fingland friends, celebrated neighbors reside their 6Sth wedding anni- and family at the home of on Cornyn Street In Wingham they-, would p'efer to see the PUCheepahreaSt'oMecO4 during the yeat atcl:a0V: deeply into the red.: • Roy Bennett effinininalOn Chairman, daelateil he definitely it -Is sixties, to go a little bit nowIlian1/44 lot next year". ' Rod Wraith' altreettsayiito - it is better tdntart the year on an even kielitharr in the hole. hi his manager's r,epOrf; Mr. Saxton reporta hoe - inch water main on Leopold Street between Pattick and John will be reniaced with six-inch main. He also noted the town plans to rebuild a section of Fraricii Street; and at thattimethPjJCwjfl e renew the water services and inspect the condition of that main. • He said the PUC has been getting some hitormation on the federal off-oll pregranci, but it is Pretty lifaite,daOfar• There have haeir, few. •• • Tbe RobflSfl for •confhti�fl.• Hely E. Sunday, June 14,. Church, Belgraitei-4t • ou atSemirhe ble Piefit°C4".4helci; omr centre ad thn p1, theconfirznatiop' theirtat, • Don. , bkOMel,, 41: • A week or so-agowespoke The Advandelriniesi.Partlt� Sutcliffe, who asked] tit to C.1 ' scribers. Seems the post office haE office for all late dehveries of the*r Local Pa, Waxes; reach the time. H�wever,. 'Veiget afield the papers leave Wingham Thursday afternoon, • , which means thatthey do not reach city.Offices until Friday. Since most, of the post office distribution points ' are • closed on Saturday, the papers may sit undistri- buted until Monday. Then, • says Mr. Sutcliffe, first class mail has priority and the papers must wait. until the weekend backlog has been cleared., If we could manage to mail your out-of-town papers on Wednesday we would.gladly do so, even if it meant Overtime pay, but the press time to which we. must adhere doesn't give as1/4. enough time to get those mailings into the post office. by closing time Wednes- . -- day. • 4 Local youth wounded in shoOting A Wingham. youth was injured last week in an Ac- cidental shooting near Glanunis. Norman Elliott, 18, was reported to be in stable condition at University Hospital, London, following surgery for a gunshot wound to the chest. Provincial police at Kincardine reported the accident occurred late Monday night at the home of Tom Thompson, Lot 34, Con. 1 of Bruce Township. Mr. Elliott, accompanied by a friend, was visiting at the farmhouse when the friend picked up a .22 calibre accident. revolver.. As he was examining it, • the revolver. accidentally discharged, with the bullet striking Mr.. Elliott in the chest area and passing through his lung and body. He was taken first to the Kincardine hospital and then transferred to London. • Police said - they are treating the incident as an accidental shooting and no charges have been laid, although a spokesman noted therels some question about safe storage of a' weapon. The friend's name was not released. Foundry to landscape riverbank dumping area Park users and riverfront residents in Wingham face the prospect of looking at mud flats again for a couple of weeks, as the lower mill- pond is being drained to permit some work by the Western Foundry Company Ltd. Town council agreed Monday night to drain the newly -filled pond for another two weeks so the foundry can clean up and landscape its dumping area on the river- bank. Dick LeVan, foundry president and also a member of council, explained the company plans to reduce the slope of the bank and bring up some topsoil from the river to improve the ap- pearance of the area. However it cannot do it unless the river level is lowered , He promised the work can ,„ 1 ,k0,:irki • 'Y 4 . start immediately and will be completed within two weeks. Works Chairman Joe Kerr came out strongly against draining the millpond, suggesting the work proposed by the foundry could have been done earlier in the spring or could wait until the pond is drained in the fall. He 'took a lot of flak over not having the pond filled earlier, and he certainly doesn't want to see it drained again now that people are starting to use the park, he declared. The foundry has been using the riverbank behind the plant as a dumping ground for used casting sand. It plans to continue using the area, but the dump will ' be concealed behind a landscaped berm le"•••