The Wingham Advance Times, 1995-08-09, Page 3WD PE, DISIV, AU OY9r'$SS
Barn destroyed...For eight hours July 29-30, fire fighters from the Wingham and
Listowel departments battled this fire at the Struyk farm. The dairy herd was saved, but other
animals were lost. Banner photo
Lowick barn lost to fire
Fire destroyed the dairy barn of
Bert and Effie Struyk on July 29.
The Struyk farm is located at Lot
20, Concession 1 of Howick
Township. •
Mr. Struyk smelled smoke
•when he took bales out to feed the
heifers. He checked the mow im-
mediately and phoned the fire de-
partment when he found more
smoke, but within five minutes the
60 -foot by 140 -foot barn was en-
gulfed in flames. Mr. Struyk was
not injured.
Fire fighters from Wingham ar-
rived at the farm at 7:45 p.m.,
bringing trucks from the Wingham
and Gorrie stations. Listowel's fire
department sent its tanker, and fire
fighters were on the scene until
4:30 Sunday. morning. They were
able to save the silo but not the
milkhouse.
Wingham fire . chief Harley
Gaunt said spontaneous combus-
tion in 6,500 bales of hay caused
the fire. None of the hay had re-
ceived rain. Chief Gaunt added
that this year the stems of grasses'
and legumes are holding moisture
and not drying out as quickly as
the tops of the plants.
In an telephone conversation
with' The Banner after the fire,
Mrs. Struyk said there was almost
no wind on Saturday evening, and
the fire fighters kept the fire away
from the near -by house and other
small buildings.
The dairy herd was in the pas-
ture, but 18 veal calves were lost
in the fire. Also lost were small
animals, including chickens, rab-
bits, peacocks, two pigs and a
rhea.
Mrs. Struyk said several neigh-
bors had offered to provide a barn
for the herd. The cattle are now
being housed in a barn'belonging
to Fraser Hayden in Howick
Township.
The Struyks say, although they
haven't made any decision yet;
they will probably rebuild the
barn. They have farmed all their
lives, including the past six years
in Howick Township, after mov-
ing from a farm near Cayuga.
"Our neighbors have been won-
derful," said Mrs. Struyk. "We
have received so much support.
They had food and drinks here for
the firemen right away, and food
for us, too. We are very grateful to,
all our neighbors, friends and fam-
ily. We also must thank the fire
fighters who did a superb job of
saving the silo and the house. And,
we are thankful to the Lord that no
human lives were lost."
Residents call condition
of boundary road `terrible'
A contingent of Turnberry and
Culross ratepayers attended the
Aug. 1 meeting of Turnberry coun-
cil to protest what they consider the
poor condition of the Turnberry-
Culross boundary, the road which
runs into the hamlet of Belmore.
Council received a petition
signed by over 200 people, asking
that Turnberry relinquish care of
the road to Culross. The two town-
ships currently share maintenance
duties on boundary roads.
The petitioners also ask that
Turnberry and Culross start to set
aside funds with the eventual goal
of paving the boundary.
Reeve Brian McBurney said that
Turnberry has no money in its bud-
get to spend on paving for at least
the next three years. He noted that
for three years in a row, the town-
ship sunk all its construction mon-
ey into the boundary.
However, that did not seem to
satisfy those present, who called all
Turnberry roads, not just the boun-
dary, "terrible". The complained
about potholes on the road, poor
drainage and poor -quality gravel.
When McBurney suggested that
the condition of the road could be
blamed upon the grader operator,
the suggestion was quickly dis-
missed. "You can blame the opera-
tors all you want," said Ron
McGlynn, "but they're only as
good as their bosses."
When Rick Jacklin said he esti-
mated that it would cost $150,000
in total to pave the boundary --
$7;,000 each for Turnberry and
Culross -- McBurney said, "You
can't get it paved for that."
Turnberry Road Superintendent
Ross Nicholson estimated that pav-
ing and shouldering the boundary
would cost $335,000, using prices
council got this year for paving the
B-line.
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When asked what criteria council
uses to determine which road pro-
jects get priority, the reeve replied
that council operates' under a five-
year plan. "We try to spend the
money throughout the township."
"How can we (residents of the
boundary) be included in the five-
year plan?" asked Kevin Ashley.
"Well, you've made a good start
with this petition," replied Council-
lor Bill Purdon.
McBurney said council could put
the boundary on the long-range
plan and take a look at it next time
council discusses upcoming road
projects.
McGlynn told council thathe
wanted to know back by Sept. 15
what council's intentions are, or the
petitioners will go to a "higher au-
thority". Aswell, he said he wanted
to see the road graded no less than
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Update
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the emotions and not let scare tac-
tics pervade. He said that it is pos-
sible that more balanced informa-
tion will be available in the future.
Hedley said there is quite a cost
involved in the installation of the
9-1-1 service, but the recently
elected provincial government got
into office by promising to reduce
spending and lower taxes so that it
may be that this expenditure is not
in the public interest ,and a tax
hike might not be appropriate at
this time.
He stated that if local emergen-
cy service providers had Bell
Smart Systems, their work could
be performed better and the need
for a 9-1-1 system would not be as
critical.
Hedley said that municipal ad-
dressing would, without a doubt,
fast track the creation of regional
government.
He added that some people
would claim that changing a rural
address is a mere emotional argu-
ment and any worthy- . person
would, or should, be glad to do so
for the good of the cause.
Hedley said .that many rural
people serenity, tranquility and
privacy and may feel that it is not
even necessary to have their post-
ed on mailboxes. These same peo-
ple may find the stark municipal
house identification signs very ob-
trusive and painfully lacking on
aesthetics.
Some people may connect their
address and township with part of
their heritage and take it as a, per-
sonal affront that someone should
change their address.
Hedley said it becomes apparent
that there will be many real sub-
stantial costs involved, and it ago
becomes apparent that there may
be many costs that are less tangi-
ble'.
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