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WINGHAM TOWNE PLAYERS
Tuesday, May 17th at 8:00 p.m.
upstairs at the Wingham Town Hall
"THE SPOT LIGHT IS ON YOU!"
for the upcoming comedy presentation this fall.
Rehearsals September to November. Behind the
scenes volunteers sign up also.
WINGHAM LODGE AF & AM held its annual installation of the Worshipful Master and investiture of offi-
Ammomimmimmi
cers recently in the Lodge rooms. The following will guide the Lodge through 1988-89: back, Brother
Ron Bell, senior steward; Worshipful Brother Fred Lewis, chaplain; Wor. Bro. Doug McBurney, immedi-
ate past master; Wor. Bro. Jack Goodall, treasurer; Bro. Peter Hollinger, tyler; Bro. Reg O'Hagen, organ-
ist; front, Wor. Bro, Dave Hynes, director of ceremonies; Bro. Tom Chester, senior deacon:, Bro. Wayne
Pletch, junior warden; Worshipful Master Doug Cerson; Bro. Rick Gibbons, senior warden and Bro. Bill
Ross, inner guard. Absent from the photograph are: Bro. Bruce Machan, junior deacon; Bro. John
LEARN TO FLY Haines, junior steward; Wor. Bro. Scott Reid, historian and Wor. Bro. Lee Grove, secretary.
PRIVATE PILOT Proposed. development
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Ground School Starts June 1, 1988
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
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Wednesday, May 11 to Tuesday, May 17, 1988
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Fri. May 13
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Sun. May 15
Mon, May 16
Tues, May 17
Wingham Area Fire Board, 8:30 p.m., Wingham
Fire Hall.
Founding Meeting of new Huron -Bruce Federal Pro-
gressive Conservative Riding Assoc. at Wingham
Town Hall, 8 p.m.
Huron County Health Unit Adult Health Guidance
Clinic, at Drs. Hanlon and McGregor's office, Gor
rie, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Ball Registration, Ladies' Slo-Pitch, 8 p.m., Wing -
ham Town Hall. For information call Diane Thynne
357-3077 after 6 p.m.
Free Blood Pressure Clinic at Sears, 10 a.m. to 12
noon and 1 to 3 p.m., sponsored by Registered Nurs-
ing Assistants,
Family Dance, Bluevale Hall, ladies please bringIunch,
lunch.
Dedication of Wingham Branch Library, 2:30 p.m.
Social gathering to follow.
Bakin' & Bloomin", Howick Jr. Women's Institute
presents a plant & bake sale, 10 a.m. to 12 noon,
Fordwich Community Hall.
Cookie Day, Wingham Brownies, Guides and Path-
mders will be, selling Girl Guide cookies door to
00T.
irst Formosa Farm Toy Show & Sale, Formosa
ommunity Centre, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
uchre Party, Wingham Legion, 8 p.m., everyone
elcome,
high= Lawn Bowling Club, Opening Meeting &
Pot Luck Supper at 6:30 p.m. at the club house.
nyone interested in bowling welcome to attend.
THIS WEEK'S BEST
Gd.C. RATE 10 3/8%
. 44.4.
A proposed "strip-plaza"-tieverop
ment on property recently occupied
by McGee Auto Electric has been
approved in principle by Wingham
Town Council.
At council's regular May meeting,
deyelopers AndBenninger and Ron
andAirt Clark of Mait-
land Etigiiieeiing Services gave a
preliminary presentation of the
proposed development.
Mr. Clark told council current
plans call for the construction of
7,200 -square foot building which will
house a number of commercial
units.
"It will be good for Wingham, a
commercial site close to the centre
of town," Mr. Benninger said. He
later told The Advance -Times that county council chambers
focused—ori—drairiake ° 'and' -the
possibility of customers wanting to
park their cars on fire department
property.
However, he said the grading
which is proposed for the develop-
ment property is more lively to al-
leviate a :drainage lirittgetu cur-
rently causing concern t�theboard.
A proposed barricade is also expect-
ed to discourage parking on
department property.
"By making the developers aware
of our concerns, we feel satisfied
that compromises can be worked
out," Mr. Jacques told council.
Tobacco is ba
Mr. Clark said the developers
would not object to having the pro-
perty placed under site plan control
as recommended by Bob Hewines,
town zor Ing administrator.
According to Mr. Hewines, site
plan control will allow for the ad-
dressing of aiiiiidiWele*ssed
by the fire Ward or other neighbor-
ing property owners. "It will not
hold up developthent, but will put
effective monitoring into place," he
said.
Council then passed Bylaw
1971(1988) which establishes site
plan control on the property.
nned from
at present, up to three units can be
accommodated in the proposed -de
velopment.
Concerns expressed by the
Wingham Area Fire Board have
been addressed, Mr. Clark said and
later, Board Chairman John
Jacques confirmed this, Mr.
Jacques said the board's concerns
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.take up the cause and the business
association to stand aside.
"You have to ask yourselves, 'Do
we have an option'?" he said.
When asked if he had gone to the
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority, Mr. Squires replied, no.
As an MVCA foundation member, he
said he did not want to "put them on
the spot". Although the authority
will not encourage development in
the watershed, he said, it will lookat
any proposals.
While he said he could see benefits
from the "Lake Wingham"
proposal, Mr. Underwood said it
would require a very large ex-
penditure, adding the costs could be
very close to the benefits.
From past experience, Mr. For-
tune said, if this project is under-
taken as a way to lower taxes, it will
not work. "If anything, it could in-
crease them," due to the large initial
expenditures that would be
required.
Once again, Mr. Squires told the
council members to focus on the
"global outlook" and deal with the
problems as they arise.
Smoking members of Huron
County Council have .had their last
drags in the council chamber.
• A 12 -to -9 vote last week amid a
chorus of mock coughs and laughter
banned using tobacco in the
chamber.
Only one member, Goderich
Township Reeve Grant Stirling,
spoke to the resolution.
"This certainly amuses me. As far
as I'm concerned we haVe no prob- a
lem in here with smoking," Mr. Stir-
ling said, adding he knew of several
former council members who t
smoked seriously and lived past 90.
"I don't know what the hullabaloo d
is about the smoke." a
But there was a call from one s
member earlier that day for the s
entire building to be declared smoke J
free with space set aside for tobacco
users. us
• "Let's assume that the purpose of pe
this is to provide a smoke-free en- in
vironment for those of us who don't s
smoke," said Bayfield Reeve David
Johnson. "Why not declare the en- f
tire building a smoke-free building u
and set aside space for those who th
want to smoke."
The smoking ban, which
originated with the Huron County
Board of Health, originally asked
that 'smoking be banned during all r
Russell Kernighan both said they
were reluctant to restrict the rights
of individuals to smoke if they wish,
but would agree to do so if given
sufficient reason.
But Mr. Johnson also criticized the
county's medical officer of health,
Dr. Maarten Bokhout, for failing to
give council a strong direction on the
issue. Dr. Bokhout had said the
board's position was to end smoking
t public gatherings and meetings,
while allowing it in private offices.
"I'd be reluctant to push it further
han that," he said,
"You're the expert. You're the
octor. And yet I get a sense that you
re reluctantly coming forward and
aying, 'Well, I guess somebody
ays it's not good," said Mr.
ohnson.
"If second-hand smoke, if 1 can
e that term for it, is damaging to
ople, then why are we not putting
a policy to prevent us from being
ubjected to that type of smoke?"
Dr. Bokhout said although he did
eel strongly about the issue, it was
p to county council how far to take
e health board's recommendation.
public meetings at which any county
business is conducted.
But that recommendation was De
altered by the county's executive bis
committee to restrict smoking only
in the council chamber. It was that th
recommendation which won ap- re
proval last Wednesday. Pr
Mr
Johnson and
epartment
ubbish fire
The Wingham and Area Fire
partment was called out to a rub -
h fire Sunday in Wroxeter.
Deputy Chief Lynn Hickey reports
e fire was at the Doreen Ruttan
sidence and the call came at ap-
oximately 12:30 p.m. There was
damage.
• Colborne Reeve no