The Wingham Advance-Times, 1988-02-16, Page 1I'.
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recently following competition arnong Grade 6, 7 and 8 stude
termediate winner, and Tom Hawkins, Grade - "7, senior. winner
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A. group of . third -,year landscape
architecture students f7om
Tniv l�sity pf F . ue
contracted`to doer onta
on the Lower Town D
Therstudents,' their..,
council's ad hoc dam co ,
a representative_
Valley Conservation.11tit
last Wednesday to d i ccr h
The conservation:-author
contracted the studentts to conduct
the study and has budgeted—$/;000;.
according :to Les'-Tervit, , paler.
The townthas agreed to contribute a
maxim* of $150, or its 15 per cent
share, to the project.
Professor _Jinn Taylor said the 32
students have been divided into six
groups to study :issues such.--as-land
use„, aesthetic ,value, flood control
and the history of the Lower Town
Dari. They also Will be looking at the
recreational tial of the area.
They will conduct their *tidy
throughout tlio,inohth theof February
and will prat their findings at a
meeting of to council or.' at a
public meeting
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Councillor Ron Beecroft can-
rnittee ehairrrran, gave. a brief
history of the .dant Which Washed
sit inJune of 1984. Two engineering
, s'tudi lave been a npdu „ t ,
iririent wetr"t t
{then;weir - . both
wli 4 ve- ell deemed too -costly,
b'awcit
"fir... pect of rechannelini
river Jlso has been-discuss''d,
t iatwgas as far as it went," he
-Receetly, the Windham. Business
Association. has proposed creatinga,..-
man-made lake to the south of ton,,
inething Mr. Beecroft a
"long-term project". However,, te"
lake proposal would not 'result Min
— that much water being.pushed back,
into the lower Pond, added- Mayor
Jack.Hopas.
When asked by one of the students
what public reaction has been. to the
Lake - Wingham concept, Mr.
Beecroft said°theecomimunity feeling
seems to *be, Let's get what .are
have cleaned up before we look at
something else."
Although the upper and lower
dairy have been used to, generate
hydra.electric . power for local `uses,
government n nkstriet d not see
them as serving: a flood -control
purpose and therefore A,fitunding has
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ca is #ecustofiled to
dau lie?tot. said:.
1�mr is not facing ul
eikues; life"
U"IIofii PERIOD
ler asked it -an y specific
Fhave been."cr+ ted 'how
ter -is iut.of'the
Beecroft said council has
heard • ctauns :Of' 'everything from
devalued property around the area
ii�i ppan incr.`easect- rsquito papula-
tiolia"'i='
One Major concern .has been the
effect:•on the Howson Dam,rsaid Ir-.
Kopas :aid Mr. Tervit agreed
saying some erosion hat occurred
around the base of the. upper dam,
whit could .prove to be a factor in
the future.--
Mr.
,Mr . Taylor also asked if the town
is planning. to create any .more:
parklands
Mr. Kopas 'said..council. has no.
Plans.* the inimedia" ; f ittlre, but
rather hopes to further develop the
lands it. already has,
Mr. Beecroft said he would like to
see efforts concentrated on the
swimming pool and trailer park
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The. ;am and ;:Aro `Fir .
Board'budget has decreased
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over fourf per'cent, or'1i$3,000; from`
lett year'Sbudget
-When cOntacted after last week's
fire Poa ` meeting, Byron Adams,
secret yraaidN after, several dears
of large, start-up increases,- "board.
*now �y is -leveling
In. fact,{ last year's budget of
$12
;200 was underspent -by_ almost
$0,0o0. There also was increased
revenue ;from fire. calls, . which
generated $15,000 and' $3,000 was
realized from the sale of an old
pumper
Howeyer, as Mr. Adkins cautions, ,'-
this $28,000 surplus cannot be ap=
plied to. the 1988 budget because of
the make up of the. board. The
Money Belongs to . the board's
member municipalities, but will be
held to defray interest costs and give
the board cash -on -hand.
Mr. Adams also told board
members no provision was made in
the budget for a full -tittle fire chief's
position
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