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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1987-04-29, Page 0140 1. � a ...own not able to nsinder T co retaiml outiet's- renzoniongz',, bino With.no other option, members of Wingham Town Council reluctantly withdrew consideration of a re- zoning application that could have resulted in construction of a large dry goods type retail outlet in the sodth end of town. At a special meeting Friday, council withdrew an amending bylaw to change zoning of a Scott Street property from R-2 Medium Density Residential to C-1 Retail Commercial General. If passed, the zoning change would have allowed development of the property — Lots 35 and 36 at the southwest corner of Scott and Josephime. Street — to accommodate a . 10,000 -square foot dry goods retail department store. However, with th.is location ruled out for the present at least, the developer has been asked to con- sider other locations in Wingham, and is expected to inform council of any decision on these properties sometime this week. Council was forced into its withdrawal decision when it was pointed out that a special policy study on the area in which the property is situated must be com- pleted and in effect, before any consideration can be given to a re- zoning application. The Scott Street property is currently designated Floodplain in the town's official plan and has been verified by the Maitland Valley Con- servation Authority as being within its 100 -year flood line. In a report to the town's planning advisory committee, Huron County planner Patty Munkittrick said no new development is to be permitted in that area until a Special Policy Area 'MRS. PERCY HARRIS of Wingham was presented with a 50 -year charter pin at last Friday evening's anniversary celebrations for the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian Legion branch In Wingharn. Evelyn Carrol, second vice-president of the Ontario Command made the presentation. Council approves r 1^^fttion of library e %P%ma Morris Township Council has approved a plan to relocate the Belgrive library branch. The library was one of the items of discussion at last Tues&y's meeting of Morris council. The branch currently is located upstairs at tl�e Belarave Community Centre. However, some patrons are find- ing it difficult to climb the stairs, said Morris Clerk -Treasurer Nancy Michie and therefore an alternative site Is being sought. When the Women's Institute Hall in the village was suggested as a possible location, council members mid they agreed with the plan, as did East Wawanosh Council. The Women's Institute members said they have no oojections, ac- cording to Mrs. Michie. The Belgrave Community Centre Board receives $W rent each year from the county for the library and likewise the rental fee would be turned over to the Institute if it were to be located In the hall. Council also passed a motion to notify the Huron County Library of the change. Still with the Institute, council has applied for a grant on behalf of the WI from the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation. The one- third grant would be used to put a new roof on the hall and the estimated cost of the project Is S7.000. Study is complete. The study is currently underway, she said, and the town is a partici-, pant in the project. The study's objective is to identify whether or not the lands in that area can be developed and the conditions by which development will proceed. Until that time, Mrs. Munkittrick said, the county's planning and ae- velopment department considers the application premature. She. recommended that council .40 - courage the Ontario Mlnist4.­0f Municipal Affairs to procee&.as quickly as possible with the study� At Friday's meeting council also considered two letters from MVCA which confirmed Mrs. Munkittrick's assessment. A letter adjacent property owners James "Campbell, Stan Campbell and Douglas Camp-! bell, also objected to any zoning change. Minutes of a public meeting held Tuesday, April 23, also were con- sidered by council while discussing the issue. At the public meeting, Hawk Properties Inc. President Don Sedgwick introduced himself as developer of the land. , Mr. Sedgwick briefly explained that the natureft the proposed amendment w to allow the development of 000 -square foot retail business, 7 ough he would not identify the re ler. Asked at the 'blic meeting- lor 0: the anticilpmated e frame of proposed dev opment, Mr. Sed*wick said he, ould like to #w the eproject com d by this Sip tember. At coun6il's cial nweting Friday, Reeve B ce Machin said that following th 'pt iblic meeting, I P, when it became v ident that re- zoning of the Sc f ­,Street property was riot possible, #ie developer was given a tour -of t* town which in- cluded other ptfperties for his consideration * f". - Councillors 11 McGrath and James =re r both agreed council was unf nately wasting its time discussin' any proposed re- zoning of the Scoq.Street property., Their recommendation to withdraw consideration of ithe bylaw and to refund the developer's application fie received- thi unanimous ap- proval of those members of council present at the meeting. (Please turn to Page 3) Morris property tA^%W.W increase by 2.6 per cent RaW�ayers in Morri-, Township will see their property taxes in- crease by just over two and one-half per cent this year. There was very little discussion ftqtAst t the- 1987 bu4#qJ,,,& �1 nay 8 mieft 01 c but members seemed pleased with the modest increase. One of the reasons the increase was kept down is a $29,022 surplus from last year which will help to offset spending. Morris ratepayers had no tax increase at all in 1986. This means a public school sup- porter in the township with a farm and residential property assessed at $6,000 would pay $1,248 in property, taxes this year, an increase of $32 over 1986 or 2.61 per cent. A separate school supporter with a similar property would pay $1,273, an increase of 3.43 per* cent or $42 over last year. The biggest single increase comes in the amount to be collected for public elementary school purposes. Morris Township will pay $Z15,795 toward public elementary schools this year, an increase of $23,313 over last year or 11.5 per cent. Morris will pay $12,390 to separate secondary schools for the first time in l9n. The township's -requisition to R. A. ALUSON The appohtment of R. A. ANson to the now position of fte-prealdent-fthance has bow announced by R. W LoVan, pro&~ of Westorn Fourift Company Lln*od, W#Vham. Mr. Afton jo#W Wisatem Foikwfy kv, -=.-, &-dvkla *-Xh NM I a years, eypalwwe in the public and private sectors throughout Ontan1o. Mr. LeVan said go *pa**- ment has been mad* to recogrdre the owthued a0W growth of the oompeny and th pvftuiv, Mr. AM90"18 ow*1bu% ftn to the OWN ot ow compmy. Air Affson. hib wNs Ahirp OW owk ddW" how b000m a*-' ow OINMI608 of 00 kovkm Govwmm 9*9 ap Amolk, al to $7 M11118on; tH.M.Pital.. budget The Wingharn and . District surplus at the end of the next fiscal In a breakdown of anticipated HaapM's board of governors has year if alLgoes, as projected. Tbe VOW09 , Mr. Pike SAW dw bulk 41 pproval to a budget of more budget forecasts an estimated a incotme win cow to *"ana Ontario than $7 million for 1907-0. revenue of $7.2 million for the t ing from the At its April meeting, the board hospital while expenditures for the Ikinistry of Health. ApproximiltdY accepted the recommendation of its year are being estimated at about JS.39 million, a 4.9 per cent tucrc"O finance and audit committee and $7. 1 million. over last year, will be funded approved the budget for the Although the projected surplus is directly by the ministry- tment hospital's next fiscal yew which about $122,000, Mr. Pike said depre- "I dWik we got a fair adJW begins May 1, 1967 and ends April 30, ciation accounts for nearly $100,000 and increase this year,,, P&. Pike 1988. of that, bringing the actual figure , said of the health minwtry's funding Robert Pike, finance and audit closer to $22,000. "In other words, increase. "These funds am a known committee chairman, told the board this is a break-even budget," he and not at risk. It (the money) will the committee anticipated a slight said. come to us regardless of our activity am - An additional ministry grant Of more than $73,000 is also anticipated for later in the fiscal year, perhaps DecembeL.10,said. This grant is related to the hospital's activity rate. Other sources of revenue Include donations, income from self -paying, non-insured patients and interest on accounts, Of the expenditures, the largest single category is that of wages -90d salaries which accounts for roughly 75 per cent of the $7.1 million total, he said. Wage and salary rates &M basically known and not too difficult to estimate, he said, but the unknown factor of hosvital activity (Please turn to Page 3) LARGE CATCH —.Before the Wingham Optimist Club's Fishing Derby was a half-day old, Dean Tofton had caught four large � rainbow trout from a spot near the Howson Dam. He shows off his catch to Optimist Rick Whitely. the Couniy of Huron will increase by ASIM 2.3 per cent this to $U0,850" Hospital contest promotiWip $130,797 in IN6. The amount of money to t1o. turning in outdated drugs W collected for 1�irposes has taken. the. Atff year, 14IRK9,$13,041 to $158, 1 6W - , -A � 66nii;sf -'d0sfgzie&1o` Vilftursille a decrease of 7.5 pet cent. area residents to turn in their out - The township will collect, 2.7 per dated prescriptions will be held by cent less for public secondary the Wingham and District Hospital. schools this year. The total to be At its April meeting, the hospital's collected is $160,501 or $4,555 legs board of governors learned of the than last year. contest during presentation of a The amount to be collected for report by Shirley Garniss, public separate elementary schools has relations committee chairman. decreased 0.5 per cent to $16,749, "1 Mrs. Garniss said cash awards less than 1986. will be provided as incentive for The first installment for 60' per people to search through their cent of the 1987 property taxes is cupboards for outdated prescription June 26, while the remaining 40 Per drugs. Three prizes will be awarded, cent is due Nov. 27. she said, $100 as first prize for the most prescriptions turned in, $50 for Wingham area Is represented at awards banquet A number of F. E. Madill Second- ary School students and teachers are nominated fo r Excellence in Education Awards to be presented during the second annual awards banquet this evening. Karen Clugston, Ian Ward, Donna Raynard, Sandra Schwartzentruber and Sandy McDonald are the students nominated for awards at the banquet which is co-sponsored by the Huron County Board of Education and District 45 of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation. Another student, Jennifer Procter, has been nominated for a special student award. In addition, D. FaMell has been nominated as F. E. Madill's community representative and E. Walker has been nominated for a special recognition award. Guest speaker, at the banquet is Rod Albert, OSSTF president. Other schools to be represented at the awards presentations are Gods - rich District Collegiate Institute, Seaforth District High School, Central Huron Secondary, Clinton; South Huron District High Schook Exeter; and Bluewater Secondary School. Car fire, burning bridge ties keep department busy A car fin an jaim Strest East &M burning tka at On Lower Town Dora were the only two fir* calls responded to by the Whigbam Arse Fire Department, Deputy Chid Lynne RM" add yesterday. Althavo be was not able to give as estimate of damage to the vdde* Mr. Hick" indeated the =lbflity of a write-alf. Faulty We wtrieg *w given ai the prebablecauss. Vands" has been Voted as do =bb asum for do Lwar am Mr. ndmw aw& second prize and a $25 prize for the oldest prescription turii�n. "The contest has been tried in Listowel and some of the things they found were fairly amazing," Mrs. Garniss said. Executive Director Norman Hayes told the board he thought the ,oldest prescription turned in at the L— . 7 , ­�r 40� Another remand In neglect case The court case of a Wroxeter -area man charged with wilful neglect has been put over until May 27 in Provincial Court at Wingbam. In a brief court appearance at Wingham last Wednesday, the case of Hilbert Van Ankum of RR 2, Wroxeter, was again put over., without plea for the second time. Mr. Van Ankum was arraigned at Wingham in an April Z7 appearance. He was ctiarged with failing to provide for the adequate care of an animal by the Kitchener -Waterloo Humane Society after society of- ficers had seized a mule he had taken to be auctioned at the K -W stockyards. while the prize for most prescrip- tions was thought to be for more than 60. "I think the prizes we are offering will provide the incentive for people to turn in their outdated drugs," Mrs. Garniss said. The dates and further details for the contest will be announced at a later date. The event will also -be advertised, Mrs. Garniss said. In her report, Mrs. Garniss also informed the board that four posters are being prepared to promote the "Take Charge of Your Health" theme for Canada Health Day. In addition, she said the com- mittee plans an information session on AIDS which will include presentation of A film, followed by a question and answer period. Pre -registration will be required, she said, and the date for the session will be announced and advertised soon. IWURRA Y TA YL OR, a graduate of F. E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham, has received his certi- fication in too/ and die and is currently employed at Automated Tooling Systems, Kitchener. He is the son of Bill and Doreen Taylor of Belgrave. W 7-,. - �� ��.X � '4� A ois I * t 'Algm W& ENE RITCHIE, 19�, and Louise WWwood wore kept busy at the househok ogu*wwt table at the W). mW nmrage saft of Me Aux&wy to the Moan and Dktrkt Hoapftal