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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1979-01-24, Page 1PUM SECTION 0 WiAghm. `lyedpop�ky. January 24, 1879 ---a► LAND -NA -AIR FACKAGI T01r1lk Business or pleasure - book row! ArZAIAZZ 1n)t,0_ Listowel, Ontario w "1.2111 Cell Toll free 1-OW2bS-2220 Singh Copy Not Over Sk 0 • • r Zoning bylaw first pr y tolvvmn planning es , stands, and make any amend- retail commercial zoning in-�, 4' Wingham's new planning priority and they intend to get the board at that time. menta necessary for the plaza or stead. board has decided to push for process underway as soon as Apparently there was never other projects at a later date. Board Chairman Tom Deyell final approval of the town zoning possible. any push to obtain OMB ap- It was noted the bylaw will, explained that under the spot t=, bylaw before getting too wrapped There was some confusion proval, Bill Renwick, town clerk probably squire an O1a[S ``` zoning the businesses are allowedsf w , up in other matters, such as the regarding just what has hap- and secretary to the planning hearing since two objections to it to operate in their present form, proposed shopping plaza, peered to the bylaw since it was board, told them. He said the have been received. Jack but another type of business At their regular monthly first passed by town council in final draft of the bylaw is at the Bateson of Bateson s Dairy as could not be placed ort that meeting last week board 1974. Lloyd Gilroy inquired why it office of Goodall and Campbell, Donald Delmage of the Rives^- property without a zoning members agreed that getting the has been allowed to remain in former town solicitors, and view Drive -In have objected to amendment. He said the reason required Ontario Municipal limbo for so long but no one could should be ready to go. the spot zoning assigned to their for this is that both businesses Board arroval of the five-year- provide an answer, since non&of The board agreed to submit the business premises in the bylaw are located in residential neigh - old bylaw should be their first the current members were on the bylaw for approval as it now and have requested a C-1 general borhoods and the town wanted some control over possible future – commercial development there. On another topic the board spent some time discussing the - proposed shopping plaza. Mike yr UsLwr ees Chappell, works commissioner,HOS Ifs V et euissaid he has been approached by two construction firms for in- formation related to the ser - s s, minister vicing of the site so he assumes are unveiledea� the developer is working on a site�. plan. Ontario hospitals face aeon- Jim Watt, board vice chair- Ontario hair P inflation. Last year budgets were Baxter, director of finance, were outpatient services and chronic man, said he doesn't think the y timing series of budget cuts and increased by about four per cent at a meeting in Toronto early this care units and the introduction of planning board should try to do long-term patients will be ex- while inflation ran at over eight week and could not be reached. a user fee for long-term patients much before it gets OMB ap- pected to pay user fees under a per cent. zoning roval of the in chronic or' b ¢' health care scheme unveiled last At the January meeting of the ronc care uP ng and bylaw Fridayb Dennis Timbrell, g hospital board of governors it psychiatric hospitals. should wait to talk to the y Hospital budgets are beim tied P g After 60 days in hospital such developer until the March orR' provincial health minister. to a formula that will gradually was noted that application of the patients will be charged >j9.80 The plan aims to cut health decrease the number of active 3.5 beds per thousand formula Per April meetings. t care costs by removing 4,500 treatment beds per thousand of would remove 31 of the hospital's day, equivalent to the fee However Mr. Chappel pointed s charged by nursing homes and out such a development will cost s 82 active treatment beds. active treatment beds from referral population to 3.5 from homes for the aged. The fee for a lot of money and he suggested hospitals across the province by over four ip southern Ontario and However Mr. Hayes added the 1981--900 of them this year—and to four in northern Ontario by hospital could continue to operate chronic care patients will be the board should give the y `' ,. ; this will be accomplished by Aril, 1981. p waived for persons receiving developer as much time as ; r'' k� #� N, at its resent level for another welfare or family benefits. aduall reducing fundi April, is not et _clear what im- year on funding equivalent to last Y possible. It wouldn't be comy, g� Y ng ng Y The user fee for ambulance mitted to anything just by in - Mr. Timbrell announced his mediate impact this move will year. services will also rise to rl0 from viting him to the next meeting �A ministry will increase hospital have on Wingham and District other highlights of Mr. Tim sese d to hted. budgets by 4.5 per cent this year, Hospital. Both Norman Hayes, brell's announcement included a for insured persons an > m and listening, e noFALLEN PYRAMID --Cold, deep snow doesn't stop kids from tumbling, running and well below the projected rate of executive director, and Gordon 5.3 per cent funding increase for from $25 for the uninsured or, for In the end the matter was left having fun. Jennifer Hunter, Leanne Simpson, Kira Stuckey and Karen Laidlaw were calls not considered medically up in the air, although Mr. Deyell making a human pyramid during recess at Wingham Public School recently but some - essential. I said he would answer a letter thing gave way and the pyramid collapsed. Mr. Timbrell said the health from the developer, Jerry ministry's approach to cuttinat, Sprackman, which was read in to the cost of health care is to committee of the whole. Mr. Sriowmobfie.club reul�e provide hospitals with financial' 'Deyell said he wasn't prepared to �/ incentives to shift more of their go any further with zoning Snowmobilers must obeyCar abld�ze patients out of expensive active amendments until he heard more • beds• from the developer. He wanted to use, abuse of trails "This means a continuation of see a site plan, a sketch of the the roadatVlrl'inll ham Publ c vthe shift of some resources from building and some facts and a rules of Local snowmobilers, fed up The club also decided to place a will cost them the use of their expensive 24-hour acute care to {igar� proving Wingham needs outsiders corrin in and notice in the newspaper ex- trails. The problem is especially less -costly alternate forms of another grocery store. Snowmobilers operating their they may use streets to enter and Po� Office with outs g Pape care within both the hospital and Tom Greenall questioned machines in town should keep in leave town, provided they at - tearing up their carefully pllaining these are private trails bad this winter as the lack of A car fire Saturday morning in the community. whether the board has any right mind the fact that the speed limit tempt to avoid the hospital, groomed trails and worried that and their use is restricted. snow to the south has brought a front of the post office was the abuses of privilege might cost It's not that snowmobilers are flood of weekend snowmobilers to He assured the hospital and to stop the development, whether for snow machines is half the, senior citizens apartments and only blaze Wingham firemen them the goodwill of property an unsociable bunch—they're this area. health care administrators or not it feels it is needed. He posted limit and they are also the churches during .Sunday were at in the last week, Fire owners, are taking steps to willing to share their trails with If the club doesn't control the gathered in Toronto, that he is predicted if the town doesn't required to obey all traffic laws services, Police Chief Robert keenly aware of the pressure accept it within two years the regarding stop signs, yield signs, Wittig reports. Chief Dave Crothers reported. regulate use of the trails. anyone who wants to join the club situation property owners these measures will lace on He said so ton as At a meeting of the Wingham and abide by its rules and themselves will "end it", one P plaza will go in just outside town etc. g Firemen a w, .1 the alarm and District Snowmobile regulations. A proposal that member warned, noting that "if hospital boards, suggesting the or in one of the surrounding In addition snowmobilers are snowmobilers cooperate the at 10:50 a.m. when the Ford Association last Thursday night outsiders should pay a higher you take two or three farms out most effective long-term answer towns or villages. The town forbidden to operate their understanding will be left that Mustang Mrs. Donald Rae had members agreed to post 'No membership fee since they're not we don't have trails anymore." is to lower the demand for acute might as well get some money machines along provincial high- way, but if problems arise he parked in front of the post office Trespassing' signs along their around to share in the work was Unlike some areas further north hospital care. from it, he said, adding that ways, making Josephine Street may seek more stringent took fire. trails, closingthem to everyone He also praised hospitals for personally he doesn't feel the off limits since it is the con- regulations prohibiting operation Y put off for discussion at the next with extensive tracts of crown their change in attitude toward plaza is needed. netting link for Highway 4. of snowmobiles in town. There Mr. Crothers said there was except members of this and meeting. land, virtually all the trails in this increasing outpatient services. Colleen Schenk pointed out that For the past several years have been a number of torr- considerable damage in the brief affiliated clubs, owners of the However the feeling is growing area are on private property. which could be a good omen for if the plaza goes ahead but half there has been an unwritten plaints this winter regarding blaze, which he suspected was property over which the trails among members of this and other Bill Crump, club president, pass and guests. clubs that they are being ex noted that while the provincial the wholistic health care centre the stores sit empty it will look agreement between the town of snowmobiles being operated started by a fuel leak. No one was The posting will be undertaken ploited by the Ontario, govern- government rakes in an Planned here. pretty shabby. Wingham and snowmobilers that improperly in town. injured. by the club subject to the ment and they are fearful the estimated $22 million a year from agreement of the land owners. irresponsibility of some outsiders Continued on Page 2 hee l m m, ' nnialCo - CAR FIRE—Wingham hepost office to make sure thisa aca fire didn't get get out of Land y morning s y took the pumper to W IAAM The Wingham Centennial Com- mittee is applying for a Young Canada Works grant, hoping it will receive a grant large enough to hire a total of seven students who would help prepare for the Aug. 1-6 celebrations and make the week run smoothly. Mike Chappell, town works com- missioner, will look after. the ap- plication. If awarded a Young Canada Works grant 'the students would be doing such work as publicizing the cen- tenary, building, stocking and manning a centennial information booth, helping with correspondence to the,f committee, helping with registration of centennial visitors, decorating ,homes and businesses, doing research on the town's history and organizing a tour of the town's main attractions. In order to qualify for a NVW grant the committee would have to plan activities for the students which benefit the community and wouldn't normally be done. The centennial committee is hoping to get a grant which would pay six students $120 a week and a student coordinator =156 a week. To be hired, If the committee gets the grant, a student must be registered with a Canada Employment Centre though ly,,fo.r grant the final hiring'would be done locally. slated to follow the Aug. 4 centennial centennial committee, asking what it The students would be employed by parade and other events could be can do to help. the centennial committee for a moved inside the arena if the Kins- Committee members were im- maximum of 18 weeks. men Bavarian garden were in a pressed with the offer and will reply Mr. Chappell talked with YCW separate tent, he said. that the club could tackle a number of j officials about ideas for a Wingham A separate tent would also allow projects including running a chicken centennial work program for students People a choice of activities when barbecue or pork roast the Friday or and received a "fairly favorable major events like the CKNX Barn Sunday night of the festivities or that reaction". Dance or Lions talent show are being the club could help its fellow Kinsmen "We're only doing this once every held in the arena. of the Wingham club with the 100 years," Dick Eskerod said and BUTTONS, TOQUES Bavarian garden: suggested because the committee . ARE AVAILABLE Wingham Business Association wouldn't continually be after YCW Buttons identifying men in `the representatives Lorne Humphrey. and. money it might stand a better chance centennial beard growing contest as Audrey Currie attended the com- of getting it on this one-shot deal. contestants are now available at Andy mittee meeting to find out what their BEER TENT TO BE Ste. Marie's barbershop, Mr. Eskerod I group could do to make the centenary ON DIAGONAL ROAD Teported. The buttons are available a success. The centennial committee plans to free to those who have paid the two Rather than issue directives on have the Kinsmen locate their dollar entrance fee for the contest. what the business community should Bavarian garden in a tent on Diagonal Anyone living within five miles of do for the centenary, Mr. Rintoul said Road, adjacent to the Wingham town has until the end of the month to the business association should find Arena. register in the beard growing contest. its own projects like sprucing up the "It's really expensive to have a Des Brophy and the Wingham main street with freshly painted tent," Murray McLennan, Wingham Recreation Department are selling stores and window displays. Kinsmen Club beer tent cochairman red, white and blue centennial toques The committee discussed spon- told the committee. He felt the now for four dollars each. soring an annual person of the year , Bavarian garden should be located in Mr. Brophy ordered 1,200 of the award for Wingham If there is a profit the arena, saving about 11,000 in tent toques which read 'Wingham Cen- made by the committee. Mr. Rintoul rental fees. tennial' and some of them were suggested such an award would be "I feel the arena should be held distributed to participants in the presented each year to some person open for special events and for any recent centennial ski tour. who had contributed a great deal to emergency," Bill Rintoul, centennial The Belgrave Kinsmen Club wants Wingham and community and could i committee chairman, said. to -help Wingham celebrate its cen- be presented at an annual New Year's In the event of rain the band tattoo tenary. The club wrote a letter to the levee.