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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1987-11-17, Page 010,4&1 A $ t ... . .. .... C, Municipal councils given outline of fire chef's duties �� More than 20 members of office, gave a one-hour presentation January. municipal councils in this area on the position of the fire chief which The board has been faced with the heard a presentation last week by a included a list of 27 duties and 11 possibility of having to make the fire representative from the Ontario items of "required knowledge, skills chief's position full time in the Fire Marshal's Officewhich outlined and abilities". future, although Mr. Gaunt's em - the duties and responsibilities for The presentation also included a ployer, Wingham PUC, has granted Wingham Area Fire Chief Harley log of the time Mr. Gaunt spent an extension to June of its deadline M. Gaunt. during October on fire department to the board for a decision on the fire At a special meeting called by the activities. Responding to a question department's demand on Mr. Wingham and Area Fire Board, Bob from Howick Township Reeve Gaunt's time from his PUC duties. Beckett of London, regional Gerald D'Arcey, Mr. Beckett said "What it boils down to is what kind representative of the fire marshal's that although he had not included it of fire protection do you want? " Mr. . in his presentation, Deputy Fire Beckett said Once the survey is Chief Lynn Hickey had also kept a completed, the fire, marshal's similar record for October "and it is representative is preparedto sit PUC extends policy just as fun." down with the board and "look at the Mr. Beckett told the meeting he bylaw, look at the Ontario Municipal state that a would not go public and sta Act, and look at the job description time chief is needed. "it would regarding fire chief for the fire department. . ...... be premature for me to do so until The Wingham Public Utilities time Mr. Gaunt spends away from the results of our survey are in. Following Mr. Beckett's presents- Ii has extended its his job at the PUC on fire duties. Commission The fire marshal's office has been tion, the municipal council represen- present policy regarding Fire Chief One of the alternatives discussed asked by the Wingham and Area tatives were conducted on a tour of Harley Gaunt until the end of June, by the board has been the possibilitythe fire hall. Represented at the Fire Board to conduct a survey on 1988, of creating a full-time position rmeeting were council members the requirements for the Wingham ik The extension was announced at fire chief. However, early this fall, Area Fire Department, and the from Morris, Howick, Turnberry the November regular m ced a full-time results of that survey are expected and East Wawanosh Townships, and eeting of the board announ m and Area Fire Board. a( the Town of Wingham. . ..... position for chief was "not the Wingham to be presented to the board in Mr. Gaunt is employed by the PUC. fordable". Under the arrangement, the board A study currently is underway by reimburses the PUC for any time the fire marshal's office to deter - Mr. Gaunt spends away from his job mine the long-term needs of the One Stop on fire -related business and that department, including staffing. rate recently increased to $26 an Access .......... Page 2A As far as the PUC's decision to Institute's 35th extend the policy, an hour from $17.96 and maincrease ey y, Board Chairman ..... ..... ..... a n Jan. I to reflect any PUC wage Jim Taylor said, "I hope that gives Anniversary ...... Page 5A Howick Bantoms win us time until we get the survey back s. r Ce ................ The commission members had in." given the board until the end of this Mr. Gaunt said he was quite Page 2B year Wh:'s,., .. . .............. to come up with a suitable willing to carry on as fire chief until Ironmen Salvage Split Page 313 alternative to lessen the amount of the survey is completed. at :X. School News ..... Page 7B Inside Air Cadets .... .. Page 8B Clark completes term as Inside Crossroads { board,chairman next month Impressions of Harriston Page 2A, 3A ........... years. At the board's November At its December, meeting the Yea Jack Miner ....... Page 4A ing, Joan Van Den Broeck, Huron County Bbard of Education meet Crossword ....... Page 2B will elect a new chairman to replace trustee for Goderich and Colborne Show Biz ....... Page 1013 Wingliam's Art Clark, who has Townships, indicated she will run for completed a two-year term in that the vice -chairmanship. Sports ......... Page 11B office. Other trustees also declared their The board will elect a successor to interest in executive positions for the representative for Wingham, next year. Howick and Turnberry Townships at Ashfield and West Wawanosh its inaugaral meeting Dec. 7. Trustee Tony McQuail is seeking the g usiness association John Jewitt, the, member for chairmanship of the board's per Seaforth and Hullett and McKillop sonnel committee, while Brian ._ Townships, has announced his in- Jeffray — Wingham, Howick and tention to run for the chairman's Turnberry — is interested in concerned about dam TRANSPORTATION UNIT — Mike Alexander of Wingham lent a helping hand to his young Marc recently at seat. The Londesborough area becoming, management committee creation of an earth -filled dam the Wingham Public School. The junior students have been taking a transportation unit and parents were in- resident has served the HCBE as chairman. Graeme Craig — Representatives of the Wingham vited to the school to see what the youngsters had learned. vice-chairman for the past two Seaforth, Hulled and M I cKillop — Business Association hope to meet in downstream at Zetland which would will seek the education committee the near future with the committee create a year-round,, man-made chairmanship. looking into the collapsed Lower lake. In other business at the November Town Dam. Such a project would be meeting, the board welcomed a new The dam situation dominated technically feasible and solve the own to contminue. study Of.,,-",_, - ill discussion at the regular November problem to the mutual satisfaction trastee, Rick Rompf, who w of all those involved, said Mr. ■ represent the To" of Goderich. Mr. association meeting. Squires, who was involved in a Rompf was appointed Goderich Association President Elmer massive project several years ago at (Please turn to Page 2A) Squires said in a telephone interview Churchill Falls. sen�ors' transpor ation needs early this week that the association The other association, members Advance -Times will tell the committee and town said they shared Mr. Squires' Wingham Town Council has it could be determined how much of meeting on the One Stop Access however, is that the municipality council, "Don't look at the obstacles concern and agreed something authorized the special committee this need would be met in the new program, where he had been ad- must make any request for those honors Wingham and backoff." should be done as soon as possible. studying the transportation needs of Huron County Board of Health's One vised the new program is designed funds. citizen of the year On the contrary, he said, the The Lower Town Dam collapsed in the area's elderly and disabled to Stop Access program, the com- generally as a co-ordinating effort The special committee feels it has association will encourage the June of 1984. continue with that investigation. mittee was promised a continued and is not likely to result in the established the need for the tran- Wenger Publications, in recogniz- At its regular November session, monitoring of the issue so that the development of any new tran- sportation, based on the response to ing there are many residents in the Fire board authorizes use council authorized the committee to committee's request would not be sporfation systems. a blanket mail survey it conducted area who contribute a great deal to seek information from the Town of "lost in the shuffle". If council were to proceed with within the area served by the the community, has announced it of hall for Santa's parade - Hanover on funding available and At the November meeting, Mayor investigating the feasibility of Wingham and District Hospital. will be honoring the citizen of the the costs involved for the tran- Jack Kopas told council he had establishing such a transit system in One of the questions in the survey year in Wingham and area. The Wingham and Area Fire under renovation. sportation system that municipality recently attended an information this area; "there appears to be.no asked if those responding felt that Each March beginning in 19a8, Board has agreed to allow children While fire board members said operates for the elderly, frail and harm in our doing so," Mr. Kopas (Please turn to Page 2A) The Wingham Advance -Times to meet at the hall before and after they want to co-operate with com- disabled. Commencement said, Award will be presented to 'the the Nov. 21 Santa Claus parade, but munity groups as much as possible, In September, a delegation He suggested meeting officials person selected as this area's citizen the department will take special they also agreed with Deputy Chief representing the committee ap- exercises to appear from Hanover as the next step. The Vandals of the year. Each year, a panel of safety precautions. peered before council to ask that on cable television purpose of the that meeting would be judges will select the winner from A request from the local Optimist Lynn Hickey, who said he was Wingham seek funding to provide to find out if this type of tran- deface among those nominated by our Club to allow the Wingham concerned about what might happen .for the special transportation needs Wednesday evening of this week, sportation system would result in readers. Canadettes to "form up" at the fire if the fire alarm were to go off and of these area residents. Nov. 18, television coverage of the any financial responsibilities for the Further details will be announced there were a lot of children in the While council decided to wait until cenotaph hall before the parade was discussed hall. commencement exercises at the F. municipality. in future issues of The Advance- at the regular November meeting. E. Madill Secondary School will be * Earlier this year, Joe Pickering of Times and a series of ad- Ron Beecroft said the club also Finally it was decided the fire Madill student aired on Community Cable, Channel Walkerton made a presentation to An individual or group of in- vertisements outlining the contest hopes to use the operation floor at department could make other 12. The program will commence at council on the need for such a dividuals has defaced the rear of the rules and elegibility requirements the hall to hand out candy to the arrangements for the time the recognized for 7:30p.rn. system in this area. He used the Wingham cenotaph with Offensive for nominees will begin appearing in youngsters after the parade as well children would be at the hall, such as The Wingham Santa Claus parade Hanover system — Grey, Bruce and language. December. because the Armouries building is parking the trucks elsewhere. literary work will also be taped for broadcast at a Huron Disability Transportation The Wingham Police Department later date. The parade is slated fog' Corporation — as the model and was alerted to the, matter Monday this Saturday afternoon, Nov. 21. informed council that the system is morning and will be doing its best to Anew work of fiction — the novel, GO Homestretch" —can be found in et Productions is in charge of funded 100 per cent through determine the person or persons school libraries and in the both programs. government grants. The "hitch", responsible. classrooms of Huron County. The 150 -page 4 50 ge novel is the work of John Renovations now Greig of Gorrie. The author is a student at F. E underwayat Madill Secondary School in A Wingham his finished literary the Armouries work represents a project he began Nork wry on renovating the Wingham as an elementary student at Howick Armouries is now underway, Central School. Wingham Town Council has been Mr. Greig was given special Informed. recognition at the November Councillor Ward Robertson, meeting of the Huronproperty committee chairman, told County Board of Education when the trustees council the contract for a portion of presented him with a token of the renovation project has been preciation. In addition, he was awarded to Jack Marks Construc- -Sao& presented an author's copy of his tion of Belgrave. by teacher Warren Robinson. novel Cost of this portion of the project in $9,995 and includes strapping of the walls, application of Insulation and 4 drywall, upgrading the lighting,­4 installing new electrical outlets. Total cost of the entire project, which also includes upgrading the V present sound system, converting # the heating system to heat pumps, eC and the purchase of tables and Chairs, has been budgeted at $20,000. Various federal and provincial government grant* will provide $11,000 of the total cost, leaving the town's share at $0,000. In another matter, Mr. Robertson advised council that the property committee is Investigating the "A f Possibility of reMbled the town c lack. The committee has received a THIS LOVELY CAROUSEL, made by (toss Keltert)orn of Wellesley, enchanted young KarriHillof Wingham CARL Y SANGSTER. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lon Sangster of RR 2, P""=i7r "a"WAt's Of $60000 fW at the recent craft and bake sals, at the Gorrie United Church. Mr. Kolterborn made the elaborate, musical Wingham, seemed a bit overwhelmed by all the activNy at the recent the excludiris parts, Nbr. carousel &twst entirely of used materialscraft and bake sale at the Wingham Legion H&N. Robertm said. 4 f A7 0,4&1 A $ t ... . .. .... C, Municipal councils given outline of fire chef's duties �� More than 20 members of office, gave a one-hour presentation January. municipal councils in this area on the position of the fire chief which The board has been faced with the heard a presentation last week by a included a list of 27 duties and 11 possibility of having to make the fire representative from the Ontario items of "required knowledge, skills chief's position full time in the Fire Marshal's Officewhich outlined and abilities". future, although Mr. Gaunt's em - the duties and responsibilities for The presentation also included a ployer, Wingham PUC, has granted Wingham Area Fire Chief Harley log of the time Mr. Gaunt spent an extension to June of its deadline M. Gaunt. during October on fire department to the board for a decision on the fire At a special meeting called by the activities. Responding to a question department's demand on Mr. Wingham and Area Fire Board, Bob from Howick Township Reeve Gaunt's time from his PUC duties. Beckett of London, regional Gerald D'Arcey, Mr. Beckett said "What it boils down to is what kind representative of the fire marshal's that although he had not included it of fire protection do you want? " Mr. . in his presentation, Deputy Fire Beckett said Once the survey is Chief Lynn Hickey had also kept a completed, the fire, marshal's similar record for October "and it is representative is preparedto sit PUC extends policy just as fun." down with the board and "look at the Mr. Beckett told the meeting he bylaw, look at the Ontario Municipal state that a would not go public and sta Act, and look at the job description time chief is needed. "it would regarding fire chief for the fire department. . ...... be premature for me to do so until The Wingham Public Utilities time Mr. Gaunt spends away from the results of our survey are in. Following Mr. Beckett's presents- Ii has extended its his job at the PUC on fire duties. Commission The fire marshal's office has been tion, the municipal council represen- present policy regarding Fire Chief One of the alternatives discussed asked by the Wingham and Area tatives were conducted on a tour of Harley Gaunt until the end of June, by the board has been the possibilitythe fire hall. Represented at the Fire Board to conduct a survey on 1988, of creating a full-time position rmeeting were council members the requirements for the Wingham ik The extension was announced at fire chief. However, early this fall, Area Fire Department, and the from Morris, Howick, Turnberry the November regular m ced a full-time results of that survey are expected and East Wawanosh Townships, and eeting of the board announ m and Area Fire Board. a( the Town of Wingham. . ..... position for chief was "not the Wingham to be presented to the board in Mr. Gaunt is employed by the PUC. fordable". Under the arrangement, the board A study currently is underway by reimburses the PUC for any time the fire marshal's office to deter - Mr. Gaunt spends away from his job mine the long-term needs of the One Stop on fire -related business and that department, including staffing. rate recently increased to $26 an Access .......... Page 2A As far as the PUC's decision to Institute's 35th extend the policy, an hour from $17.96 and maincrease ey y, Board Chairman ..... ..... ..... a n Jan. I to reflect any PUC wage Jim Taylor said, "I hope that gives Anniversary ...... Page 5A Howick Bantoms win us time until we get the survey back s. r Ce ................ The commission members had in." given the board until the end of this Mr. Gaunt said he was quite Page 2B year Wh:'s,., .. . .............. to come up with a suitable willing to carry on as fire chief until Ironmen Salvage Split Page 313 alternative to lessen the amount of the survey is completed. at :X. School News ..... Page 7B Inside Air Cadets .... .. Page 8B Clark completes term as Inside Crossroads { board,chairman next month Impressions of Harriston Page 2A, 3A ........... years. At the board's November At its December, meeting the Yea Jack Miner ....... Page 4A ing, Joan Van Den Broeck, Huron County Bbard of Education meet Crossword ....... Page 2B will elect a new chairman to replace trustee for Goderich and Colborne Show Biz ....... Page 1013 Wingliam's Art Clark, who has Townships, indicated she will run for completed a two-year term in that the vice -chairmanship. Sports ......... Page 11B office. Other trustees also declared their The board will elect a successor to interest in executive positions for the representative for Wingham, next year. Howick and Turnberry Townships at Ashfield and West Wawanosh its inaugaral meeting Dec. 7. Trustee Tony McQuail is seeking the g usiness association John Jewitt, the, member for chairmanship of the board's per Seaforth and Hullett and McKillop sonnel committee, while Brian ._ Townships, has announced his in- Jeffray — Wingham, Howick and tention to run for the chairman's Turnberry — is interested in concerned about dam TRANSPORTATION UNIT — Mike Alexander of Wingham lent a helping hand to his young Marc recently at seat. The Londesborough area becoming, management committee creation of an earth -filled dam the Wingham Public School. The junior students have been taking a transportation unit and parents were in- resident has served the HCBE as chairman. Graeme Craig — Representatives of the Wingham vited to the school to see what the youngsters had learned. vice-chairman for the past two Seaforth, Hulled and M I cKillop — Business Association hope to meet in downstream at Zetland which would will seek the education committee the near future with the committee create a year-round,, man-made chairmanship. looking into the collapsed Lower lake. In other business at the November Town Dam. Such a project would be meeting, the board welcomed a new The dam situation dominated technically feasible and solve the own to contminue. study Of.,,-",_, - ill discussion at the regular November problem to the mutual satisfaction trastee, Rick Rompf, who w of all those involved, said Mr. ■ represent the To" of Goderich. Mr. association meeting. Squires, who was involved in a Rompf was appointed Goderich Association President Elmer massive project several years ago at (Please turn to Page 2A) Squires said in a telephone interview Churchill Falls. sen�ors' transpor ation needs early this week that the association The other association, members Advance -Times will tell the committee and town said they shared Mr. Squires' Wingham Town Council has it could be determined how much of meeting on the One Stop Access however, is that the municipality council, "Don't look at the obstacles concern and agreed something authorized the special committee this need would be met in the new program, where he had been ad- must make any request for those honors Wingham and backoff." should be done as soon as possible. studying the transportation needs of Huron County Board of Health's One vised the new program is designed funds. citizen of the year On the contrary, he said, the The Lower Town Dam collapsed in the area's elderly and disabled to Stop Access program, the com- generally as a co-ordinating effort The special committee feels it has association will encourage the June of 1984. continue with that investigation. mittee was promised a continued and is not likely to result in the established the need for the tran- Wenger Publications, in recogniz- At its regular November session, monitoring of the issue so that the development of any new tran- sportation, based on the response to ing there are many residents in the Fire board authorizes use council authorized the committee to committee's request would not be sporfation systems. a blanket mail survey it conducted area who contribute a great deal to seek information from the Town of "lost in the shuffle". If council were to proceed with within the area served by the the community, has announced it of hall for Santa's parade - Hanover on funding available and At the November meeting, Mayor investigating the feasibility of Wingham and District Hospital. will be honoring the citizen of the the costs involved for the tran- Jack Kopas told council he had establishing such a transit system in One of the questions in the survey year in Wingham and area. The Wingham and Area Fire under renovation. sportation system that municipality recently attended an information this area; "there appears to be.no asked if those responding felt that Each March beginning in 19a8, Board has agreed to allow children While fire board members said operates for the elderly, frail and harm in our doing so," Mr. Kopas (Please turn to Page 2A) The Wingham Advance -Times to meet at the hall before and after they want to co-operate with com- disabled. Commencement said, Award will be presented to 'the the Nov. 21 Santa Claus parade, but munity groups as much as possible, In September, a delegation He suggested meeting officials person selected as this area's citizen the department will take special they also agreed with Deputy Chief representing the committee ap- exercises to appear from Hanover as the next step. The Vandals of the year. Each year, a panel of safety precautions. peered before council to ask that on cable television purpose of the that meeting would be judges will select the winner from A request from the local Optimist Lynn Hickey, who said he was Wingham seek funding to provide to find out if this type of tran- deface among those nominated by our Club to allow the Wingham concerned about what might happen .for the special transportation needs Wednesday evening of this week, sportation system would result in readers. Canadettes to "form up" at the fire if the fire alarm were to go off and of these area residents. Nov. 18, television coverage of the any financial responsibilities for the Further details will be announced there were a lot of children in the While council decided to wait until cenotaph hall before the parade was discussed hall. commencement exercises at the F. municipality. in future issues of The Advance- at the regular November meeting. E. Madill Secondary School will be * Earlier this year, Joe Pickering of Times and a series of ad- Ron Beecroft said the club also Finally it was decided the fire Madill student aired on Community Cable, Channel Walkerton made a presentation to An individual or group of in- vertisements outlining the contest hopes to use the operation floor at department could make other 12. The program will commence at council on the need for such a dividuals has defaced the rear of the rules and elegibility requirements the hall to hand out candy to the arrangements for the time the recognized for 7:30p.rn. system in this area. He used the Wingham cenotaph with Offensive for nominees will begin appearing in youngsters after the parade as well children would be at the hall, such as The Wingham Santa Claus parade Hanover system — Grey, Bruce and language. December. because the Armouries building is parking the trucks elsewhere. literary work will also be taped for broadcast at a Huron Disability Transportation The Wingham Police Department later date. The parade is slated fog' Corporation — as the model and was alerted to the, matter Monday this Saturday afternoon, Nov. 21. informed council that the system is morning and will be doing its best to Anew work of fiction — the novel, GO Homestretch" —can be found in et Productions is in charge of funded 100 per cent through determine the person or persons school libraries and in the both programs. government grants. The "hitch", responsible. classrooms of Huron County. The 150 -page 4 50 ge novel is the work of John Renovations now Greig of Gorrie. The author is a student at F. E underwayat Madill Secondary School in A Wingham his finished literary the Armouries work represents a project he began Nork wry on renovating the Wingham as an elementary student at Howick Armouries is now underway, Central School. Wingham Town Council has been Mr. Greig was given special Informed. recognition at the November Councillor Ward Robertson, meeting of the Huronproperty committee chairman, told County Board of Education when the trustees council the contract for a portion of presented him with a token of the renovation project has been preciation. In addition, he was awarded to Jack Marks Construc- -Sao& presented an author's copy of his tion of Belgrave. by teacher Warren Robinson. novel Cost of this portion of the project in $9,995 and includes strapping of the walls, application of Insulation and 4 drywall, upgrading the lighting,­4 installing new electrical outlets. Total cost of the entire project, which also includes upgrading the V present sound system, converting # the heating system to heat pumps, eC and the purchase of tables and Chairs, has been budgeted at $20,000. Various federal and provincial government grant* will provide $11,000 of the total cost, leaving the town's share at $0,000. In another matter, Mr. Robertson advised council that the property committee is Investigating the "A f Possibility of reMbled the town c lack. The committee has received a THIS LOVELY CAROUSEL, made by (toss Keltert)orn of Wellesley, enchanted young KarriHillof Wingham CARL Y SANGSTER. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lon Sangster of RR 2, P""=i7r "a"WAt's Of $60000 fW at the recent craft and bake sals, at the Gorrie United Church. Mr. Kolterborn made the elaborate, musical Wingham, seemed a bit overwhelmed by all the activNy at the recent the excludiris parts, Nbr. carousel &twst entirely of used materialscraft and bake sale at the Wingham Legion H&N. Robertm said.