The Wingham Advance-Times, 1986-01-29, Page 01w�
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Huronview Home for the Aged
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Reruv%rt i '.renovationsr
By Sharon to H compared to $5.6 million spent on plans he said are intended to soften its when the Huronview budget i con- percent of the 1985 Huronview budget, council will vote to provide tnune t i
A report,pcesented to Huron County roads institutional character and provide a` sidered in March. with residents paying 47.6 per cent and the renovations.
Council -earlier this month suggests it. is The report was presented during a warm and dignified environment. In his report,, Mr. Lester also pointed the province contributing 45.5 per cent. The proposed $�`A million project ills<,
time the departments which provide closed study session intended for new ;716,.000 NEEDED out that several of the municipalities The report pointed out that em- will take adva tae of money been
"people services" get a greater share g
of the county's tax dollars. members of county council. Depart- OVER THREE YEARS which rejected the renovation proposal ployees at Huronview take quite a bit of made available by the pruvi ice for
ment heads will present their new The previous county eounci' had have the highest numuer of residents money back to their home homes for the" aged. Ontario pati set
The report prepared by Huronview budgets for approval during the coming recommended that $716,000 bspent from their municipalities at the home. municipalities. Tuckersmith and aside $75 million over the next three
Administrator Wayne Lester points out ' months• over three years to make im- Tuckersmith, with 17; Hullett, 10; Hullett are two municipalities with the years as a, 50 per cent contribution to
that over the three-year period from The study session provided an op- provements at Huronview, but the new Exeter, 23; Colborne, nine, and highest salary distribution from such projects.
1982 to 1984 more than half of the portunity for new councillors to learn council must endorse the recom- Stephen, with eight, are exceeded only Huronview. Mr. Lester ,said he asked counc!tiors
county's tax 'revenue was 'spent on about the various proposals put for- mendation — which passed the by Seafforth, with 31, and Clinton, -with to read the architect's feasibility stuci�
roads. ward by department heads in a bid to previous council by only a one -vote 54.residents living at the home. TOMORROW WILL. COST MORE consider it closely and make a kno\'
get funding for 1986. It was intended to margin — if it is to go ahead. Tuckersmith, Hullett, Exeter, Mr. Lester said members of county ledgeable decision.
Departments providing "people allow the new reeves to make know- Most of the municipalities which Colborne and Stephen all voted against council were very receptive to the
services, including Huronview and the ledgeable decisions about budgets. voted in favor of the recommendation the proposal when it came before the presentation at the .study session when "Today is the cheapest it will be to do
departments of health and social The Huronview administrator out- prior to the election are now previous council. he asked them to consider the proposal the renovations," he said. "Tomo'rro%c
services, received a total of $2.3 million lined the long-range plans for represented by new reeves, who must The administrator's -report also and take a hard look at the necessity for will cost more. Today the government
during that span, Mr. Lester reported, renovations at the home for the aged, vote to endorse or reject the proposal showed the county contributed only 6.9 the renovations. He said he is optimistic will pay for it. Tomorrow they won't "
FIRST SECTION Wingham, Ontario, Wednesday, Jan.'29, 1986
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Turnberry Township
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Turnberry Township has a new council "'I talked to a couple of people today," said
member, a
ppointed at a special meeting last Mr. Fortune, "and they assumed we would
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of Councillor Joan Wright. the . ; vaeanc ")."
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Paul' Elgie, who finished 13 votes behindCouncillor Nelson Underwood asked what' '
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Mrs. Wright in the Nov. 12 municipal are council's options.
election, was askedto fill the vacancy and' Under the Municipal Act, council call use VERNA STEFFLEft
i!d he accepted "with pleasure''. its owndiscretion when deahn., wi4h a
"Thank you for the opportunity (to sit -on vacancy, replied the'reeve: it can appoint
p to
council ),`'said Mr. Elgie. "I ran to serve the someone, it can ask for applications or it can'
r community and am still committed to do hold a by-election. Earlier in the .day Mr.
SO. " McBurney said he confirmed those options will chair'
Mrs: Wright's resignation, tendered as the with a representative' from the Ontario -coalition grou.
SNOW LUNCH AT EWPS—Tracy Kingsbury, Kendra Dave Medd checked what each had brought. The last item of business at last Tuesday Ministry of Municipal Affairs.
Hopper and Cheryl Allen were among the students in lunch, held in the gym, was
part of the school's winter evening's regular meeting of -cougcil, took Mrs.' Verna Steffsa t ;
this group enjoying Snow Lunches" at the East carnival. her fellow council members by surprise, When Mr. Underwood asked if, a by Wingham has been e c I c'ti
Wawanosh. Public School last Friday, while teacher In her letter of resignation Mrs: Wright, a . election would -involve the same procedure chairman of the Ont )ri,,, l .
and costs as a full-blown munici al election, Coalition for Nursing Home
second -term irouncillor, said: "I have en- P'
joyed my term on council but feel the Clerk -Treasurer• Dorothy Kelly :-:aid i? Refotm. he����
County takeover Tell her ratepayers not only need but deserve the would, adding it could cost the township at . Jan. 14 and the 400,00n
least $2,006 if it were to the by-election you love. her services of a councillor with -time to offer.' g� Y- member organization is
"With a young family route., .
y g y and part-time job, I made . up of church anc1,
T The cost of holding a by-election,
of H con libraryr ,n the A- find myself with less and less time to give. consumer groups, proferu d The next' three years are already shaping especially so soon after a municipal elec sional associations, advo
Looking for a new way to into busy times and I would like to take this tion, appeared to,be a determining factor in -,,,)cavy organisations and ec•'
A recommendation' com- proposal, which claims to ing he was 'both surprised tell your sweetheart you love opportunity to extend .best wishes to every the decision to. appoint„anew member to ial interest groups. _
ing before the Huron County make the library board more and disappointed to hear of her?, Too shy to come right, .-one ofyouin,yourundertaking.” council. The coalitfan members
Council at its meeting next4 accountable to council, , the executive committee"s out and say it, and you can't In 'a ,telephone interview later, Mrs, 4 con t see spending that kind of money believe • that nursing 1)owu -
week, urges count council would require a chane in recommendation. He had. find a card that expresses itan: election,', said Councillor Mery
g Y q g P WrightVi'right reiterated her statement, saying she care is inadequate at present
to take over the Huron provincial legislation expressed concern when the just right? has found she is loo busy to 'continue on Baker. "Some ratepayers will be upset if we and believe there must be
County Library, Board, re- governing such you've boards. If same proposal was raised at Or maybe 've been- council. hold an election, but some'will be upset if we
P P Y Y alternatives to institutional
'placing it with a committee council adopts the recom- a board meeting last year, he looking for a way to catch the Working, part-time and raising a young appoint." In the long run, Mr. Baker said he care -for people. It also
felt appointing the next runner-up to the
of council. mendation at its meeting said; and he feels the attention of that special family have taken a toll on her time. and her, believes that fundamental, .
The motion, which Feb. 6, a bill would have to proposal would be a back- someone, but he doesn't council 'duties required full' attention, not. position was the only fair thing to do. changes 'must occur in ho,.
originated at .a meeting of be introduced at Queen's ward step. know you're alive? part of it. Mr. Fortune said he feels council must nursing homes, are ci,.
council's executive com- Park and there would be an "They seem. to feel a- This year say it with flair, After Mrs. Wright' left the meeting, respect the wishes -of the public and if two spected, what-.. regulatcan`;
mittee on Monday night, op ortunity'for public input committee would be more with a valentine's in The council spent almost an hour discussing its mouths ago 250 people voted for Mr. Elgie,.w' overn them and.hothose
_- :would �isi�and—tile elle acy-- Fie JeL (► i ecoid- and ,tftiir�oum a iri e--cro c n Ly— r u v -a n reY`��,,. e3—=` Frr-- Firlcm g
board effective Jan., 1, 1987. readings. council," Mr., Ritter com- Valentine's Da we will be The general consensus last Tuesday was rate a ers.. Council will be faced with
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The full county council would Apparently the county has mented, but he sees no need, publishing a special page of to hold an,election to.fill the -vacant eounciI numbe9 of -major decisions within the very, advocacy system for
then assume the board's already arranged with to go' that route. "I think), valentine greetings. For only ' seat. Deputy Reeve Doug' Fortune said later neear future, continued Mr. Fbrtune, listing residents of institutions to
powers, replacing it with an Middlesex MPP Doug we've Been • very ac- • $5.00 you can proclaim your that council felt an election was the "fair budget considerations ;and wages as two ensure their rights ar•'
advisory committee. Reyeraft. to introduce such'a countable." love in one of our specially way to go;' as it would give the -.voters the. major components. The new council' upheld, coalition merriber,
Currently the board, bill„ which' would be aimed He said council appears to designed valentines, or opportunity to select who they thought member should be well acquainted .with, , believe.
composed of four members specifically at Huron County feel the board is not as ac- design your own. should sit oncouncil. these •issues before they, came. -up and Mrs:;: Steffler also i,i
of county council and three but could open the way for countable from a financial Bring them to The Ad- However after,' a day's reflection, most making the appointment now would_ help president of ,the Ontario
non -council appointees, is other counties to- follow suit. standpoint, but pointed out vance-Times office . by council members seemed to feel an election alleviate that problem. Association of Registe,r.ed
semi -autonomous, although Robert Ritter of Wingham, that county council not only Friday, 'Feb. 7, and then was not the route they should be following. Finally council agreed to appoint Mr.. Nursing 'Assistants, and
it does depend on the county one of the three public ap- has the final say on the watch for them in our Feb. 12 "I've never had such a complete turn- Elgie. He was summoned to the municipal employed as an RNA at th��
for its funding. pointees on the lijbrary board's budget but glsohas a edition. Happy Valentine's ,.around in my thinking," admitted Reeve office and. accepted council's offer and the Wingham and- I)isti`ict
The executive committee board, said Tuesday, 'morn- (Please turn'to, Page 5 t Day'. Brian McBurney and Mr. Fortune agreed. congratulations cif the other members. Hospital•
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Wingham's'1 cure for the winter .blues, Activities get underway at a pancake break
Frostyfest, is scheduled to run for the rest of fast Saturday morning from eight o'clock>;.
�ti�..__._ tFis week�prcimustng un or people o"f a`l`l---untit nno —at'tlW- vV-ing'eia►►rLeg,ron�liall
ages. sponsored by the Legion Auxiliary.
The town's winter celebration is five years The Legion and the Wingham Optimist t
old this Year and organizers have come up Club are sponsoring free horse-drawn sleigh s
with a package of fun -filled activities, in- rides from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday and r �,
eluding some new and some tried-and-true there will be'a free picture show for the s
events. children Saturday afternoon .at 1:30, also RECKV$ANGSTER •L0111BELANGER SEANWHITEt,,,v ROXANNECERSON F;ti",
Everything gets underway tonight sponsored by the Optimists. Miss Zehrs Miss Advance -Times Master A Touch of Class Miss Home Place Miss SunRise i)air.
(Wednesday) at a variety concert at the A Frostyfest dance and elimination draw
Wingham Town Hall, starting at eight are to be held at the Legion Hall on Saturday
o'clock.'The highlight' -of the evening1wili be night from nine o'clock until one o'clock in
the crowning of the Frostyfest prince and, the morning, sponsored by the Wingham N`
princess and prizes for the Frostyfest.poster Kinsmen Club,
contest also will be awarded, Services will be held at local churches on
While the'Lions Club is holding the variety Sunday morning before the final day's
night at the town hall, the Optimist Club will activities get underway at 12 noon with a
be , sponsoring a bingo at the Wingham registration for a snowmobile poker rally.
Legion Hall, also commencing at 8 p.m. Registration will he held in the lower floor of►;
The Wingham merchantswill be par- the Wingham Legion Hall and will last until
ticipating in Frostyfest by holding special 2 p.m. The poker rally is being sponsored by
sales in, their' stores, starting Thursday.' the Wingham and Area Snowmobile Club:
Also, 'get your dancing shoes on for an old- A cross-country ski trek also is planned
time dance Thursday -afternoon at the for .Sunday and will leave the Legion 4
Wingftam and Area Day Centre for the premises at 1 ,p.m. The event is being
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Homebound at the Armotd•ies•. ' ' sponsored by the Wingham Kinsmen Club.
A pub and mixed dart night is scheduled Frost fest--will wrap up Sunday afternoon _..,....« -b
for Friday at the Wingham Legion Hall, at a children*% tea party held from two to
starting at 9 o'claek and running until 1 a.m. four o'clock at the Wingham Public School , TREVOR ELMSLIV JANE BATESON SCOTT'KOYLE A%A;CLA KF:ItIt DEAN TOLTON"
F`rostvfes't's big day is this Saturday. sponsored by the Wingham Opti -Mrs, Club. Master Nay&' Miss Bateson's Master Hanna's Men's %Jis%' A.R. `1acl)ooald Master Pepi's Pizza
........... Family Clothing ;Vtoelel Dairy and Boys' Wear ('onstruction