Wingham Advance-Times, 1978-12-06, Page 174 ,
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It's all rightwith Own council if the
recreation board wants to install lights at
the new Riverside Park ball diamond. At
its inaugural meeting Saturday morning
council decided it has no objection to
having the lights installed, with the
understanding the town is not expected to
foot the bill.
The decision followed a presentation
from rec board members urging that
lights areneeded to allow the diamond to
be used fully and to accommodate the
expanding ball program in town.
A delegation from the parks board,
which had earlier passed a resolution
opposing lights at the new park, was also
expected, but Coun. Allan Harrison said
the board has decided not to stand in the
way of lighting.
Mr. Harrison, who was council's
representative on the parks board for the
past two years, reported beard chairman
Floyd Carter phoned him to say he won't
stand in the way of progress, although
he
wanted a couple of concerns expre.ed.
It had been Mr. Carter's un-
derstanding, back when, the park was
first planned, that it was to be a sandlot
park without bleachers or lights, he said.
Mr. Carter realizes the picture has
changed, but is concerned that residents
in the area, many of whom pay high
taxes, might object to night games. He is
also concerned about a possible garbage
problem associated with spectators at
the games.
Mr. Harrison noted that in the past the
Josephine Street ballpark has been "a
disgrace" on account of litter, though it
has improved now.
However he reported he has talked
with a couple of residents and they didn't
seem . too concerned at lite prospect ,,af
evening games. One rloted.it'would allow
him to watch ball games from his front
window.
Mayor William Walden, who livelr Oar
the Bark,, added he doesn't expect:, a
serious litter problem.. Once when' if e
litter was left lying in the park he phoned
up the rec department and some Men
came right over and cleaned it up, he
said.
He said be originally opposed the idea
of lights but has changed his mind. .
"I think the kids should be able to use
it."
Ken Saxton, who was part of the
delegation which attended the meeting,
said it didn't seem fair the rec board had
to seek approvals every step of the way in
its attempt 'to provide a recreational
facility.
The land is zoned for a park and should'
be able to be used for any» activities in
keeping with that zoding, he said . If the
town is concerned about offending
residents it should "give us some land
that's not in a residential area—
something we can do what we want
with".
"We get land and clean it up and then
we're told we can't do this or that with
it.",
Coun. Ray Walker said he thinks
eventually the town will' have to draw a
circle designated /recreation' on the map
and work toward getting the arena,
ballparks and other recreational
facilities in the one area. It's rough when
things are spread all over town, he noted.
Mr. Saxton agreed, adding this has
been talked about before but is too ex-
pensive to be approached as a one-shot
deaL
• Saye; Show, .outgoing chairman of the
rec hoard, told council Recreation
Director Rennie Alexander has seen the
need,and is working on five and 10 year
plans for the rec department.
lin the board's presentation to council it
was noted that, including projected
. expenses for 1979, more than $104000 Wig
have been spent on the new ball diamond;
The presentation also noted that minor
ball registrations jumped to 204 this year
from 89 in 1975; registrations and the
number of teams in the industrial slow
pitch league have doubled since 1972 and
some new teams have ben established.
This expansion has no tgppedi, with the
slow pitch league loo ' at adding two
more teams and the possibility of another
I;ninor girls' team, an Intermediate
hardball team and a ladies' slow pitch
" league.
This is putting;a KOCOP oaf 4
faeillities, the -hoard pointed,
summer a total of 01 teams t
parks and, with two
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are then forced to play . aturday a;td F
Sunday afternoons, . or only revery oer .
week. L' ighti ng the.neww ::: o deur,
two games per night there anal wo ld,'
relieve some of the pressure.
With .donation . of labor from: low
residents and a grant from .the prbyirgeiial`
culture and recreation, ministry: l;lights
costing about $49,090 could be greetin
the park at no cost, to thetaire, 'the boar
told council.
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Committees announced
at Brussels council meeting
Members of the committees of
council were announced Monday
evening at the inaugural' meeting
of the new Brussels village
council.
The recreation committee will
be headed by the recently -elected
Betty • Graber and the other
committee member will be
Gordon Workman, who was also
elected to council for the . first
time in the Nov. 13 municipal
election.
Mr. Workman will chair the
roads committee and Coun.
Malcolm Jacobs will also serve
on the committee. Incumbent
Coun. George Cousins will head
the fire committee and Mrs.
Graber will be the other member,
while the property committee
will be made up of Mr. Jacobs
and Mr. Cousins. 'Mr. Jacobs will
chair the property committee.
In its first decision, the new
co>.,ancil told ,John Wayne . Mac-
Donald the village couldn't
provide snow clearing on the
road to his new home because it
doesn't meet ministry of tran-
sportation and communications
standards. Because it doesn't
meet the MTC standards the
village isn't eligible for the 50 per
cent grant on snow clearing for
the road, Reeve Cal Krauter said.
The MacDonald house is in an
area in the south-east partof the
village that hasn't had an official
plan of subdivision registered.
William King, clerk -treasurer,
told council the building permit
issued for Mr. MacDonald's
house stated that the permit
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property.
Mr. MacDonald asked if his
.ttaxes could be lowered because
'he wasn't receiving the level of
services most other taxpayers do
in the village. Mr. Kreuter
replied that the province
`determines the assessment of
properties and buildings, so the
village had no control over that.
The village sets the mill rates,.
but can't set special mill rates for
individual cases, he said.
In his inaugural address to'
council, Mr. Kreuter said there
were several projects council
would have to undertake in the
two-year term. Council must
decide what to do with the old,,
arena, must try to ensure the
sewer project proceeds as
planned in the village and must
maintain streets, :sidewalks and
the general appearance of the
village, he said.
He urged council members to
try to ensure that the village lives
up to its title as 'the prettiest
village in Ontario'.
'RESIGNATION ACCEPTED
Council accepted the
resignation of Don Blenkhorn as'
the village dog catcher. At the
Nov. 6 council meeting, Mr.
Jacobs told council Mr.
Blenkhorn was quitting because
he didn't agree with a provision
in the,. dog bylaw.
Mr. Jacobs said Mr. Blenkhon
was disturbed by the, dogs he
caught several times which were
becoming a nuisance. Mr.
Blenkhorn thought these dogs
should be' destroyed, while, the
dog 'bylaw provides for three
days for the owner to claim a dog.
Council will seek a
replacement for Mr. Blenkhorh
before the Jan. 8 council meeting.
In other business, council in-
structed Mr. King to prepare a no
parking bylaw which would
restrict overnight parking in the
village and allow snow to ' be
cleared. Mr. King said there have
been signs at the entrances to
Brussels telling people they can't
park overnight along streets, but
there is no bylaw backing up the
signs.
Mr. Jacobs suggested anyone
who violates the proposed bylaw
should have to pay the charges of
towing the vehicle out of the way.
In his first council meeting,
Mr. Workman suggested a
sandbox should be installed at the
intersection near the Brussels,
Morris and Grey Community
Centre. There is a lot of traffic at
the intersection and the roadway
often becomes slippery.
Council decided to have the
sandbox installed.
Trappers' Assoc.
meets in Beigrove
BELGRAVE — Huron County
Trappers' Association held the
fall meeting in the Women's
Institute Hall, November 30.
Leonard $aird welcomed the
large crowd and called on Blake
Evans of Natural Resources,
Wingham, for discussion period.
After this he showed a film on
what happens when man controls
animal life and what happens
when not controlled.
Ian Watt of the Animal Health
Centre spoke on tagging and
rabies. He told of a fox being
tagged below Goderich and
caught at Lion's Head. This is the.
longest distance an animal has
travelled on record. He then pre-
sented the association with a
framed picture of a fox for
the help he received from the
trappers in this area on baiting
fox 'and wolves.
A number of small draws took
place and a load of furs was re-
ceived for shipment to North
Bay.
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NEW COUNCILLORS—Two new Brussels village councillors attended their first regular
meeting Monday. Betty Graber and Gordon Workman were elected' on Nov. 11. •
Report from Queen's Park
By Murray Gaunt, MPP for Huron -Bruce
The Social. Development
Committee of the Legislature has
been meeting with concerned
citizens ' regarding the
Residential Tenancies Act. A
group representing 86 tenant
associations across Metro
Toronto has criticized this
legislation, saying it would give
landlords too much power to
increase rents and leave ,too
many tenants without protection
from rent rises.
The bill would extend the six
per cent rent -control ceiling on
most rental accommodation until
at least the end of 1979, keep rent
control until the end of 1980 and
overhaul landlord -tenant laws.
The tenants' group criticizes
proposed exemptions from rent
review of housing units built after
January 1, 1976, units for which
the monthly rental is $500 or
more, and buildings of six units
or less.
In a speech last week,
Correctional Services Minister
Gordon ' Walker suggested that if
80 per cent of welfare recipients
each worked 20 hours a week, the
province would receive three
million hours of community work
a week 'in return for its $554
million annual welfare
payments.
However, Keith Norton',
Minister of Community and
Social Services, disagreed and
said he preferred his own
proposals — encouraging welfare
recipients to find jobs and paying
them while they adjust to their
new working lives. Outside the
House, he said he favored a
positive approach more than
'going around bashing them
because they're on welfare'.
The chairman of Ontario's
Select Committee on the Om-
budsman resigned his post last
week, in protest against the
government's lack of attention to
the committee's latest report.
Michael Davison (MPP,
Hamilton Centre) said it is
'disgraceful and inexcusable'
that only a single member of the
provincial cabinet attended from
start to finish a Legislature
debate Monday evening on the
committee report released
November 9.
The Ontario government has
introduced legislation which
would allow pituitary glands to
be removed dajng autopsies.
This amendment to the Coroners'
Act would allow the gland to be.
kept for preparation of an extract
which corrects a hormone
deficiency which causes dwar-
fism in children. The attorney -
general told the House that the.
legislation, . if it became law,,
would help between 100 and 200
Ontario children.
The Ontario cabinet has ap-
proved a report that recom-
mends the elimination, merger
or other revision of 46 agencies,
boards and commissions — and
now a former cabinet minister's
job is in jeopardy.
The report, released last week,'
was prepared by a committee of
four Conservative members of
the Legislature headed -by
Douglas Wiseman, minister
without portfolio. Among the
agencies affected are the Liquor
Licence Appeal Tribunal and the
Commercial Registration Appeal
Tribunal.
The report said the functions of
the liquor tribunal should be
taken over by the registration
tribunal. Both agencies hear
appeals from companies who
have been denied licences.
Former cabinet minister John
MRS WILLIAM SOTHERN
Yaremko was named chairman
of the liquor licence appeal body
in March, 1976, after he did not
seek re-election in the 1975 •
provincial election. ,
Mr. Wiseman made it clear to
reporters outside the House that
cabinet has approved the report,
and legislation to end some of the
outdated or useless agencies will
start appearing in the House as
early as next week.
Complaints of excessive delays
and inaccurate awarding of
grants and loans in this year's
Ontario Student Assistance
Program generally are well-
founded, Bette Stephenson,
Minister of 'Colleges and
Universities, said last week. She
told the Legislature she has
scheduled "meetings with OSAP
awards officers to discuss ad-
ministration of the program,
which involves at least $77
million in grants and about the
same amount in interest-free
loans.
She tabled a report that said an
unusual combination of cir-
cumstances in August stopped
almost 3,500 students from
receiving room -and -board
allowances.
Notes from Fordwich
Miss Jean Foster and Winston
McGraw of Toronto visited over
the weekend with Henry Mundt.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wilson
and family of Blenheim and Mr.
and Mrs. Lorne Wilson of Toronto
visited over the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wilson.
Tom McClement, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ron McClement, was
confined to the hospital in London
for several days this week where
he underwent surgery.
Scott Clarkson is a patient in
,the Toronto General Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Miller,
Grant, and Lori and Mrs. Bill
Sullivan visited Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Miller in Waterloo.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Browne re -
„turned home Monday after
spending a couple of weeks with
relatives in Toronto.
The sympathy of friends here
goes out to Mrs. Gordon Angst
and family in the death of Mr.
Angst who passed away Sunday.
Mrs. George Pittendreigh
spent a few days last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Ian Pittendreigh
and also with Mr. Pittendreigh in
Westminster Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. John Harris of
Bramalea spent the weekend
with Mrs. Clare Harris.
The sympathy of the Com-
munity goes to Mr. and Mrs.
Wray Wilson in the death last
week in Listowel of the latter's
mother, Mrs. W. Slight.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Johnson
attended a luncheon at Renton
Place, Palmerston, following the
graduating ceremony for MIS.
Doris Hunt. She was among the
graduates who completed a 10 -
month course in the Health Care
Aide Program.
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