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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-05-16, Page 1fi !I t) 0 . ;n, 7117 AST SECTION f PITCH -IN CAMPAIGN—The students from Mr. Harrison's Grade 7 class at the Turnberry Central School have been puffing in a lot of extra hours lately getting Wingham's and Turnberry's parks ready for summer. This is the third year in a row Mr. Harrison's class has Wingham Council is told participated in the Ministry of the Environment's Pit!hin cam- paign whereby students clean up recreation areas. This:;yeer the class even was supplied with garbage bags sporting the7province's bicentennial logo. Doggy running at` are threat to chil ag n 'Pig broker' is puck celebrity John Fryfogle;; wlio skates with the yiinghMi . Rockers oldtimer hockey team, appears to have become Winghaxn,'Ontario, Wednesday, May 16, 1984. problem delays permit for hog • A chronic parking problem in the vicinity of the hospital at the Wingham and Di'qtrict as a long-term solution. Hospital is conthapietg to delay the issuink of a He added that rie did not these expect problems to building permit for a clew emergency and out-patient delay the project, •since the wing . contractor is stili able to Although the 'hospital 'has proceed thes been, hastily, pi rsuing the work such withoaser dephasmolitionoff shgrt;term and long-termboth to prepare the way for the sottitions �to the Arobiem, `as ' new building. of early this week al permit stilt lid not. been issued for •construction of the, new building. However Ian Moreland, chairman of the town's planning advisory com- mittee, said that if the hospital is successful in its current plans to `resolve the deadlock, a permit could be approved soon Y Mr. Moreland explained the problem dates back to' the creation. of the 'town's.' zoning bylaw, which estab. lishes parking. *Ore, for various types, fbtiildings including hospitals and other -institutions In the case of a hospital, the:bylaw specifies something of a ece nebr ty "one spaceforeach twobeds during the team's rcenttrip or each 400 square feet of to Florida for an oldtimer floor space, Whichever is tournament 3-'.. - greater, pills one additional: A sports report in the St. space for each four em - some four -legged animal Crump added .that, "Maybe Petersburg Times, for- . ployees." Dogs being allowed to run meeting to • runningloose, she .said. we should shoot the owner large in the Town of the problem and ask whatwarded to us by a reader and At the time the bylaw was at g own intends to do about Bothe parents urged that with a tranquilizer gun. former Wingham resident, first enacted in 1974 the Wingham are creating a the Own police should be issued with However Mrs. Deslauriers Jean McKinnon.'of St. Clair hospital did not meet the BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC --The Registered Nursing .' children, and not it 'd ' d out that neither Michigan, t ed parking requirements but Assistants Association from the Win sham arid: District ig �"#a n 1 hazard , or c , . ,� _ F.w• half-hour a tranquilizer gun - council discuss Mr. Moreland said Mon- day he was aware of the lease proposal and was satisfied it would meet the requirements of, the zoning bylaw, though he added a permit could not be issued until the lease had been approved by both the hospital board and church authorities. He explained that w the planning. committee,. no desire to stand in the of the hospital expansiob,i is duty-bound to try to enure compliance with. Wa in . order to keep the x out of the sorts of legal difficulties it has faced over other projects. Verna Stefffer; is president i� . RNA association Mrs . Verna Steffler o f ' Wingham has;; bei l elea president of the Outer Association of. ' u'stered? Nursing Assistants for the' next two years. , She Was elected at the 26th; annual_ meeting of thy; association `held last;• weekend at' Brandford. Last year Mrs. Steffler also was' elected presidents ,of the • Canadian• Association of " Practical and Ni rsing Assistants: Mrs. Steffler has written* > book outlining_ the history of the ANA, entitled "The Bedside Specialist" and she has a keen interest "in ,:.promoting recognition and greater utilization of the RNA as the "hands ont" nurse,,. so badly needed in us, age` of ma hines' "0400* .to.ai in _ pointe a Shores, ea ur ' bei rte_ to— _ _ a tion would. solve -the ' ew '' with' els, _ .ss. a -pi a existing use, it could _ospital :cel- • t s RNA Da '!a t r- hoidin enough tris ca lux C a sera anima. su es intervi b control the roblem, discussion, council referred P 3, b — an bl ` d ressure c I nic at M Itda t o f con P Con '1 told them the problem of dogs frightening Fr fo le folio in ma not' he forced to comply o ' 't council the matter to its police u �ci Y rear hi ,viely. the members f � , � .. zer nd �chil em ' of ati' 'P`dl� 5 : With o!'i'lY . 4. train a diautli a a ,;., itis,_ ;Pr t. f a t ,e ' 1 �ie� -.fes" o etOld`' r yve • Two concerned , parents, me n da t i on . However g Bill Thom appeared cool tocalculating the correct If a. childcommdts a rime,. Th , had, a `lot of the hospital now mustnotpressure. Deslauriers attended the g since an overdose might kill jail, Mr. d t flnn him Pa s blond os i' Harris of .Wingham •the , gr�+ert light � on herH p Thomson and Sandi councillors dosage to give an animal, you don't put the.pare is in e r reporter go le's only make up its previous h suggestions ;4 , .� which `t n- 13-11. decisi :to expand, however, ttn ds- 'the'•. �dit'ficu�ty� of .. MAS Kevin P. Adams, B.Math, Mrs. Deslauriers said she MBA, son of Sid and Ethel has twice had to call police Adams, graduated in May, because large dogs were 1984, with a Master's Degree frightening the children in in Business Administration the yard. Fortunately no one from McMaster University, was hurt and in both cases Hamilton. Kevin received the dogs were friendly his degree in mathematics enough to hop into the police from the University of car when invited, but it Waterloo in May, 1980. He upsets her that children are has accepted a position with robbed of the .right to play the T -D Bank in Guelph. outside simply because of that town police g Thomson added. It fun ifiIth Mr. Fly $ parking deficit but also find should step up their. dog Several councillors also . may be the owner's fault, but occupation, i en i • 1 g additional '.spates to serve catching duties. "pig broker who Mr. Tho told it suggested the problem .lies it is still the dog wtiid'i is the, as d his weeks "wheeling the new building. the problem of dogsroaming h problem that must 'be dealt P Although the hospital was with and he said he hoped of its Thomson council spends not with the dogs but with the and dealing with Canadian at large "scares hell out of owners who turn them loose.•, parking It's unfortunate eo leo council =would consider bacon, so to speak ✓ and awareenciof and had long - in He knows of one caseP o �, turns to hockey for 1 t care more about their dogs giving some teeth" to The report also term plans to acquire ad - Called `woefully inadequate' in which a iota youngster relaxation. ditional property for was attacked by a dog in his and animals than about their enforcement. takes note of the no -contact own yard and so severely neighbors, Councillor James In the end, Councillor Tom to le of of the Canadian clerking, it came as a sur - mauled play it took 26 stitches to A. Currie said, but it is a fact Miller, c of life. He suggested putting police committee, agreed to O t d t i m e r Hockey Prise • close the wounds; he said, � � Association; contrasting it almost 60 Barking spaces cage and have the committee review before s it would be permitted town Abrar e � n was the owners in a g with the violent brand in and another youngster the matter and make 11 mendations Top priority is urged for bitten the previous week on letting the dogs run loose, the National Hockey League. to go ahead with the new - buildin Administrator her way to school. while Councillor William recom g, He commented that while Norman Hayes said. society is "going crazy" about the protection of dogs, it is not paying enough at- tentionto le i own c ouncil shorts He admitted that parking requirements should have been checked during the peop project's planning stages, He also complained thatSaxton told council the but said it was somehow Mr. police are not doing enough overlooked. As a result there to round up loose dogs. "If there was a suspicious person on the street you could phone the police and they'd be there. If it's a dog, they wait and see what TER'S DEGREE happens." Race for Huron warden is beginning to heat up The Town of Wingham is in the market for a new or used pickup truck to take the place of one it lost through a safety check last week. Town Council was told that the pickup, purchased used from East Wawanosh Town- ship several years ago, had been invited to attend the MTC safety lane which was in , town last Monday. After being tested and found wanting, the truck was or- dered off the road. Councillor Bruce Machan noted that since the truck was lost "kind of suddenly", there was nothing in this year's works budget for a new one. However Works Com- mittee Chairman Joe Kerr said the loss did not come entirely as a surprise since the committee knew the truck was in bad shape and The race for warden in "My father was warden of did not intend to spend any Huron County promises to be the county in 1952," she told money on it. He said the a most exciting one. council. "It has always been county is trading five or six At a recent monthly my dream to follow his three-year-old pickups this meeting of county council, footsteps. ' year and the town might be four councillors declared Subsequent to Mrs. able to pick one up at a good their candidacy for the Armstrong's annoucement, price. December election of the Stanley Reeve Paul Steckle It was left to the discretion 1985 warden. declared his intention to run Reeve Robert Bell of for warden. Goderich was the first to declare his intention to seek the nomination after ad- vising council that he would seek "support and con- sideration". Family tradition had a bearing on the an- nouncement by Grey Town- ship Reeve Leona Arm- strong who told fellow councillors, "It took a lot of nerve to decide to run." While Grey Township has produced four wardens, one of them was Mrs. Arm- strong's father.' "I made the decision some time ago," he said. "I love my county and it has been my dream to be warden of Huron." of the works committee to find a replacement. 0 0 0 Anyone connected to the town water system is being ordered not to use a sprinkler on lawns or gar- dens between now and the end of July under penalty of a $300 fine or a month in jail. Town Council last week passed a bylaw prohibiting watering at the request of the Wingham Public Utilities Commission, which is engaged in major repairs to the town standpipe. Some councillors had initial reservations about the bylaw. "I can't see some- body getting locked up or / paying a $300 fine for watering their lawn," Bruce Machan objected, and several suggested there should be a deadline on how long the bylaw is in effect. After having the reasons for the prohibition explained to them by PUC Manager Ken Saxton, councillors approved the bylaw with the provision that it expires, by not later than July 31, 1984, unless extended by council. D. Bushell' quilt wins first prize The three declared can- Mrs. Doris Bushell of didates were joined by Wingham was literally Goderich Reeve Harry "walking on air" last week Worsell, who lost to Tom when she heard she had won Cunningham in last year's first prize at a province -wide election. Mr. Worsell, the bicentennial quilt com- former mayor of Goderich, petition. said the town has not The over 200 entries were produced a warden since judged last Tuesday and 1939 and he wanted to "give Wednesday at the Ontario it another go". Agricultural Museum at Milton and Mrs. Bushell was notified last Friday that her beautiful quilt with 18 colorful scenes -rom On- tario's past had won first prize. Mrs. Bushell's quilt will be presented to Queen Elizabeth II at a ceremony July 17 in Kingston. prohibition on watering will have to remain in effect as long as the standpipe is out of service. Asked by Reeve Joe Kerr if it was all right to continue steam -cleaning equipment, he said there is no problem with normal commercial or industrial use, but trying to cope with the added demands of lawn and garden watering would place too much of a strain on the system. Classified ad deadline on Friday The deadline for classified advertising to appear in next week's issue of The Advance - Times is Friday afternoon, May 18, of this week. The advanced deadline is required because of the Victoria Day holiday next Mondays May 21. Work planned on Highway 4 Tenders have been called for- resurfacing and repair work on Highway 4 north of Clinton. The Ministry of Trans- portation and Communica- tions announced the work area will extend from the north limits of Clinton for about 15 km. It will include re -paving of the highway as well as repairs to the bridge over the Maitland River at Lendesboro. Tenders for the project will be opened at ministry headquarters on June 13. Although it has not yet yde ided just how or where it 11 take place, Wingham own Council has agreed to place expansion of the town's public library on its priority list off projects for 1984-85. During a meeting last week, several councillors expressed support for a larger library, though no one had any concrete proposals. In the end council asked its property committee to bring back recommendations on was nothing in either the plans or the. budget to pro- vide additional spaces. Following a meeting of the hospital board's property committee last Week, Mr. Hayes reported the hospital is trying to work out an agreement with Sacred Heart Church to lease a portion of its vacant property along Carling Terrace for parking. That would clear up the problem in the short term, he said, and allow the building project to go, ahead as planned while the board looks at purchasing property CENTRALIA GRAD Meribeth A. Scott gradu- ated on Friday, May 11, from the -Food Service Manage- ment Course at Centralia College of Agricultural Tech- nology. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Scott, RR 1, Belgrave. Post office closed Monday There will be no counter service or rural delivery at the Wingham Post Office'on Victoria Day, May 21. However the lock box lobby will be open and mail will be collected from the red box in front of the post office at noon Monday., Outgoing mail will be collected from the street letter . boxes in town at 11 a.m. on Monday. ways to provide better ac- commodation for the library. Council, which during the past several years had discussed problems of space at the library but without coming to any conclusions, was again reminded of the problem by two letters, one from Huron County and the other from the county librarian. A letter from Bill Hanly, county clerk -treasurer and administrator, conveyed to council a motion from the Huron County Library Board formally requesting ad- ditional spate for the Wingham branch library. A second letter, from William Partridge, chief librari3 i for the county, reported that on a recent tour of the libraries in the northern part of the county, "the Library Board noticed the cramped quarters in the Wingham BranchLibrary." Councillor/ James A. Currie took up the cause, telling council, "I think we want to do something about the library," and suggesting setting the . end of next year as the target for establishing "an appropriate library" in Wingham. "There is absolutely no doubt our library is disgracefully too small," he declared, "and now is the time to do something." He urged council to. set library expansion as its top priority for 1985 and to carry it through, even if it means cutting into some other budgets. He added that Mr. Partridge had indicated the county library board would be prepared to help, and suggested -forming a local Friends of the Library group to aid in planning and coordination. The proposal got a friendly reception from other members of council, though some 'expressed doubts whether it is possible to set a strict timetable for the ex-' pension. Councillor William Crump called the present library facilities "woefully inade- quate'', commenting that Please turn to Page 5 Still no settlement in strike at Lloyds Picket lines remained up at the Premium - Lloyd door factory in Wingham this week as a strike by members of Local 3054 of the United • Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America dragged into its ninth week with still no end in sight. Negotiations remain deadlocked over the issue of wages and the two sides have not met for several weeks. A union spokesman said he still is waiting for the company to return to the negotiating table, reiterating that the union is ready to resume talks at any time. He also pointed out that a report that the company's last offer was 80 cents an hour over two years was not quite correct. The company wanted to implement the increase in four phases, with 30 cents at the time of ratification of, a new contract, a further 10 cents Oct. 1, 1984, 30 cents on Jan. 1, 1985, and 10 cents on July 1, 1985. The phasing of the increases lowers the actual value to about 35 cents a year, which works out to an increase of only about four per cent on the average wage of about $8.40' an hour, he said. The union has been asking for 55 cents in each of two years, an increase of about 6.5 per cent.