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Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-12-09, Page 57,7 Efts del;'*,imp too nexte .sal te expan ate the fire ami is cued 0l e township would Clave: :to pay its shamof e p,ii! and renovating the a sting building, estimated at X000, .plus an annual fee for heating and maintainjng the, building. • East ,Wawanosh also, ntributes to the Blyth Fire epartfinent, and it, too, is considering building a. new fire hall. Keep your Accounts, up those important balking and,, decisions. MORRIS ROQIcKEEPING SERVICE i3ft' 2? Wingham, Ont. For inquiries, call 88779:401 uFncillor e4110.0 E tl`it met Wawa__ d discuss • the prod. t!< and to get uncil's :re For your home heating requirements why not consider Lucknow District Co- operative. We can supply quality fuel at competitive prices and arrange furnace cleanout, conditioning and service. Contact: DOUG TIFFIN 357-3608 or LUCKNOW DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE 529-7953 collect to It litPY explainedy 1.,;" firs hall IS ne ede fire -fighting equip Wb tncluatd'inthe to t, lie new which, ban been Ara wn hops t expand the .eft tearing down the old ' `portion, built before t turn of the century, and now*two new bars„ Mr. LeVan estimated the cost of the addition and renovations at $160,000 It was , proposed that Wingham should.eontlmne,to own the building an d lease it on a long-ternf basis to the Wingham and rural /fire committee. The fire committee in= eludes the town of Wingham • and the townships of East Wawanosh, Morris, Turn - berry and Howick. Capital and maintenance costs of running the department are shared - among the municipalities as follows: East Wawanosh, 18 per cent; Morris, 18 per cent; Howick, 17 per cent; Turnberry, 23 per cent; and, Wingham, 24 per cent. Mr. LeVan suggested the most reasonable way to finance the new structure would be for each municipality to come up with its share. In the case of East , Wawanosh, this would i amount to $30,000. The township could raise the money any way it pleased, he said, spreading it - over five years or all in one. "It doesn't make sense to go to a debenture market," o Mr. LeVan commented. A 20- a year debenture at 20 per cent cern ion d mean paying tf $650,000 for a ect. .td Wingham hes eal in the past. we committee has ` help heat and h fire hall, this overed all the town has had to difference. proposed new the operating be shared. .also paid to put ting building, he, and the other; If the fire come" Mnnve never con- , t14t11 he capital ?apposed that the "ilding and the be assessed to arket value and •%cost be shared members. Mr. the estimated ,x000 for the land for the building. ie, chairman of the town's fire committee, said the town is conscious of t the relatio»ship° it has en- joyed wtti :'.its rural neigh- bors and pointed to several services "'offered "to our mutual benefit", including the hOsjitell. and the high sch;:° "Weool. d want to upset the apple. rt," he said: •'Reeve' Simon Hallahan pointed .nut' that East Wawanosh pays Blyth for f protection as well as its contribution to Wingham. Blyth just bought a new pumper*, he said, and also s .discussing building a new hall. After Mr. Levan and Mr. Currie,:had left, council discussed' the proposal. Neil Vincent, one of the township's' representatives n the fire committee, rgued Wingham agreed to house the equipment and amp value•l and, i Mr,' • eee,seee, ,;rte.: eve., , -'_ �4 I .... /. e ,fir , Yd{s.only $16.00 will buy a year long Christmas gift! A cheery Christmas card ,will go out to announce your gift at Christmas time. 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Mr. Vincent suggested that he check into the old fire agreement in which, he claimed, the town of Winghank had agreed to supply housing for the fire trucks and equipment. "What will happen if all the townships say we just can't handle it?" asked Mr. Taylor. Earlier Mr. Hallahan had proposed that all the Municipalities which are members off the fire com- mittee get together to discuss the proposal. Mr. Currie said that another meeting of the fire committee could be held before Christmas to get feedback from the toxin - ships. Mr. LeVan added that if everything went well, there would be agreement in principle by the first of January. Then plans could be drafted, tenders could perhaps be let in February or March and the ground broken in the spring. In related business, .Councillor Fred Meier was appointed to assume Mr. Taylor's position on the fire committee, because Mr. Meier did not belong to any committees, and Mr. Taylor belonged to two yM1 leee KINSMAN OF THE YEAR—Allen Bride was named K3f►smap 4f •file l'�� �,tg • Belgrave Kinsmen. Ken Hopper, last year's recipfenat,, presented lr Bridge•w, h a plaque for his hard work and dedication ,to the club. The'presentati weeelachtlje dinner held last Wednesday evening at the Wingham Golf and Gurling'Clufi. MRS. LEWIS STONEHOUSE � BeIgravePersonallot+ Belgrave friends will be sorry to hear that Mrs. Har- old Procter of Ingersoll had the misfortune of fracturing her hip. We all ,wish her. a speedy recovery. Rev. William and Mrs. Henderson of Lucknow, Mr. and Mrs. George Gibson of Wingham, Mrs. Elva Jacques of • Gorrie and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stonehouse were dinner guests on Sun- day evening with Mr. and Mrs. Alvin ,Mundell of Gor- rie. Richard Anderson and Rob Roy of London spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Ross Anderson, Doreen and Sheila and on Sunday ac- companied them to Hanover to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Rick Bali. Mr. and Mrs. 'Clare. Van Camp visited Mr. and Mrs. Don Campbell, Brent . and Lisa of London 'and Mrs Norma Davidson and' Mary. Sue of Glencoe. M. and Mrs. Bert Harris, of Teeswater ',also spent th e weekend with • • Mrs. Davidson. Mrs. Clarence Xudl. transferred from they ?W` ham anti District Hospitalr Westminster Campus,.... p n- don on Friday::: t Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Edgar, Donald and Joan, ne- held Christmas in thea 1- grave WI Hall on Satur, Dec. 5 for about 37 Edgar relatives. Those present were from, . Petrolia, Aylmer, Mississauga,A God- erich, Blyth, Wingham; Lucknow and Belgrave. Environmental appeal hearin. rescheduled for Morris dumR The township of Morri does' not .have to.' submit a plan ' of operation ' for the township dump until December, 1982, and, at least for the present, has escaped the necessity of having an extensive hydro -geological study done on the site. Morris Reeve Bill Elston said he is particularly happy the township will not have the expense of a hydro - geological survey,because he estimated it could have cost up to $10,000.- A 10,000.A dispute over licensing the dump has been going on for over a year between the township and the Ontario Ministry of the Environ- ment. The case finally came' before an environment appeal board -last 'Wed- . nesday in Brussels. It was the decision of the bbard, made up of a lawyer, , a biologist and a professional engineer, that the hearing should be put -off until April , 21 of next year; after logs have been made of wells which neighbor the site. Until that time, and up to the end of 1982, the township may operate its'. waste • disposal site in the same Manner it has been. Well logs are records kept by the well -drillers outlining the depth, the types of soils and their thickness. John Earl of the Ministry of the Environment later ex- plained that some soils, like clay. act as a filter. Other soil types, like sand or gravel, are more permeable and might allow contamin- ants from the dump to enter the water table. The well logs will be examined at the April meeting to see if further studies are required. Mr. Elston said the town- ship's waste disposal site was tested and approved in 1970 and has been running according to standards ever since. "Nothing's happened for 11 years, so why do some- thing, now?" he asked. A report on the site was made in 1970 under the Waste Management Act. Tests were made at the time and the township was given the go-ahead to purchase the property for a dump. A certificate to operate the site was issued in August of 1972 and it has continued to be in operation and certified since that time. The most recent certifi- cate was issued on Sept. 4, s 1980. It specified no expiry .date, but included two conditions. - The first condition, which has .been fulfilled; required the registration of the cer- tificate on the title of the land as' a notice to future owners that the property was once used as a waste disposal site: operation and' development for the site must be submit- ted ubmitted by Dec. 31, 1981. The township appealed the second condition and ;Mr. Earl 'met with council last year at the township shed and on the site to discuss the condition and why it was imposed. In December of 1980, a plan was prepared which meant the board hearing was put off. The plan was. for- warded to council for its con- sideration. Council also was, to' authorize the plan and resubmit it: But council was not satisfied with the plan and wanted revisions made to it. Mr. Earl met with Morris council again in June of this year. He told council members the revisions to the plan had been turned down. Council submitted an ap- peal of the condition shortly afterward. Willard Page and Mr. Earl, both from the Owen Sound office of the Ministry of the Environment,. testified on behalf of the ministry at the hearing last week. Mr. Earl termed basic operation of the site satisfactory. He said the segregation of waste is adequate, there is -no ap- parent cracking of the covering and some re- forestation is underway. The two problerhs he noted are: the dump is visible from the road and there is a lacy of adequate covering. More is expected of landfill operators today, said- -Mr.' Page. A - final and -tola1 package of•:: operation now mast . be presented to the ministry to ensure -the. site will not , cause any adverse environmental impact. Dr. George Osborne, a member of the appeal board, and a biologist, asked if there has been a hydro -geo- logical. study done on the area. • No such study has • been made, said Mr. Page. There is no visible evidence of con- tamination, he said, but added it has not been looked at a by professional. Christmas theme for WMS meeting BELGRAVE — The Christmas meeting of the WMS was held Nov. 30 at the home of Mrs. Mac Scott. Mrs. Joe Dunbar presided and opened with a call to worship. The carol; "While Shep- herds Watched Their Flock by Night", was sung. Read- ings on the Christmas mes- sage were read by Mrs. Dun- bar and Mrs. Garner Nichol- son. Mrs. Scott read Luke 1 Morris undecided over fire hall plan, Morris council members have reached no 'firm decision about what their 'position will be on a proposal to enlarge and renovate the fire hall in Wingham. Reeve Bill Elston ex- pressed some reservations over the plan which could ,mean the township would have to pay out almost $30,000 next year as its share of the new fire halt • Richard LeVan and .James Currie, Wingham town councillors-, attended Monday's meeting, to discuss and explain the proposed plan to council members. The existing fire hall is not large enough to house the new pumper, which is on order, and the department's fire -fighting equipment. The estimated cost of enlarging and renovating the structure is $160,000. That sum would be broken down among the five member municipalities which comprise the rural fire committee: Morris, East Wawanosh, Howick, Turnberry and Wingham. Each will be expected to come up with its share of the money. In the case of Morris, that is 18 per cent or 828,800. Morris Township also pays a share towards maintaining the Blyth Fire Department and council members ex- pressed some concern because that department is considering building a new fire hall as well, which could put a doubly large• burden on the Morris budget. Morris fire committee members will discuss the proposal with other mem- bers of the rural fire com- knittee at a meeting which is lin he held before Christmas. verses 46-56. Mrs. George Fear read another passage from Luke. "0 Little Town of Bethlehem" was sung. Mrs. Jack McBurney led in pray- er and each' one present read a Christmas story or poem which were much enjoyed by all. Roll 'call was answered by a verse on the Christmas story and a scripture mes• - sage was given by Mrs. Mc- Burney. Mrs. Joe Dunbar read an address to Mrs. Victor Youngblut, who then Was presented with an honorary membership certificate. Mrs. Youngblut made a reply and Mrs. Dunbar led • in pray- er. Mrs. Youngblut and Mrs. Ivy Cloakey were nominated to a program committee. The hymn "Holy Night, Peaceful Night" was sung and lunch ' was served by Mrs. Scott. Belgrave euchre Eleven tables were in play at the weekly euchre held in the WI hall on Wednesday evening, Dec, 2. Winers were: high lady, Mrs. Nelson Higgins; nov- elty lady, Mrs. Jim Coultes; low lady, Mrs. Hugh Rinn; high man, Albert Cook; low man, Lawrence Taylor; novelty man, Leslie Short. There will be euchre again next week. Everyone is wel- come. Lakelet Mr. and Mrs. Jim Inglis spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Inglis Jr. and Jennifer. •