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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1987-10-20, Page 01■. , 4 ■. It 4 I 4* 4 C I i for • gets nton frm contract r storm sewerproiect A Clinton firm has been awarded Although council has accepted the pleted this year, a small portion is the contract for the Josephine Street Lavis tender, the contract is still likely to be left for completion in the relief storm sewer project as the subject to ministry approval. spring. result of a decision reached by During discussion on the works The project will involve con- Wingham Town Council at a special committee recommendation, Mayor netting a portion of the Victoria meeting Thursday evening. Jack Kopas remarked that although Street East and the Farley Lane The tender of Lavis Contracting all four bids were higher than storm sewers with the Josephine Company — at;132,576.91— was the projected, the amounts were still Street sewer. When completed the lowest of four submitted for the reasonably close. new portion of line will run from project. The bids ranged from the Mr. Machan said the costs were Victoria Street East to Farley Lane, low of Lavis to the highest of the four driven up by the need for extra south on town -owned property a4-;158,549. bedding material which became between Kroehler Chair and the Acceptance of the tender was evident after soil tests were con- Canadian Imperial Bank of Com- Fiore recommended by Reeve Bruce ducted at the site. merce, west on David Street to 'd wants '� Machan, works committee chair- Andy McBride of Maitland Engi- Josephine Street and then Oar man, who told council the committee neering Services, said Friday that .southward for 325 feet before had met that afternoon with a work is expected to get underway in crossing under the roadway to the - representative from the Ontario early November and while most of west side of the street. A Ministry of Transportation and the project is expected to be com- r The Josephine Street crossing is rsa a �� opened the tenders. the project's first pilose and under winth fin-re a the terms of the contract, at least a F i re boa rd a roves offer one lane must be kept open to traffic The Wingham and Area Fire Fortune during the board's regular Board is seeking a special in- October session. His reason for formation meeting with a making the recommendation, he representative of the Ontario Fire r ' • gets nton frm contract r storm sewerproiect A Clinton firm has been awarded Although council has accepted the pleted this year, a small portion is the contract for the Josephine Street Lavis tender, the contract is still likely to be left for completion in the relief storm sewer project as the subject to ministry approval. spring. result of a decision reached by During discussion on the works The project will involve con- Wingham Town Council at a special committee recommendation, Mayor netting a portion of the Victoria meeting Thursday evening. Jack Kopas remarked that although Street East and the Farley Lane The tender of Lavis Contracting all four bids were higher than storm sewers with the Josephine Company — at;132,576.91— was the projected, the amounts were still Street sewer. When completed the lowest of four submitted for the reasonably close. new portion of line will run from project. The bids ranged from the Mr. Machan said the costs were Victoria Street East to Farley Lane, low of Lavis to the highest of the four driven up by the need for extra south on town -owned property a4-;158,549. bedding material which became between Kroehler Chair and the Acceptance of the tender was evident after soil tests were con- Canadian Imperial Bank of Com- Fiore recommended by Reeve Bruce ducted at the site. merce, west on David Street to 'd wants '� Machan, works committee chair- Andy McBride of Maitland Engi- Josephine Street and then Oar man, who told council the committee neering Services, said Friday that .southward for 325 feet before had met that afternoon with a work is expected to get underway in crossing under the roadway to the - representative from the Ontario early November and while most of west side of the street. A Ministry of Transportation and the project is expected to be com- r The Josephine Street crossing is rsa a �� opened the tenders. the project's first pilose and under winth fin-re a the terms of the contract, at least a F i re boa rd a roves offer one lane must be kept open to traffic The Wingham and Area Fire Fortune during the board's regular Board is seeking a special in- October session. His reason for formation meeting with a making the recommendation, he representative of the Ontario Fire said is that such a great deal of in - Marshal, formation could be made available At the meeting, councils of the five at- for the council members who at - municipalities within the board's tended the session. -municipalities will be invited to hear a "I attended a similar session clear definition of responsibilities of within the past year and I learned the fire chief, firefighters, and more in those two days than I had members of the board. learned in eight years before that," The decision to request the Mr. Fortune said. "And it changed meeting resulted from a recom- some of my attitudes somewhat, I'll mendation made by Turnberry admit that." , Township representative Doug Fire Chief Harley Gaunt told Emergency'control group seeks CB good buddies' The report of an ad hoc committee The committee has been suc- to study emergency planning for the cessful in locating short wave Town of Wingham is expected to be operators who will participate in the presented to town council at its plan, but CB operators are still November session. required. Mr. Harris is requesting However, it is likely the report will any CB club or individual operators be turned over to finance and interested in participating to contact management committee for its the town clerk. consideration. Any decision on the According to the plan, the present town's emergency control plan will emergency operations control group be based on the committee's will be headed by Mayor Jack Kopas recommendation to the December and will include Police Chief Robert council session. Wittig, Clerk -Treasurer Byron Although Deputy Reeve Bill Adams, Fire Chief Harley Gaunt, Harris, ad hoc committee chairman, ( Please turn to Page 2A) said the plan is nearing completion,,.. . there is still one area which the Q committee hopes to include in the Profile ' V planning structure. Mr. Harris said the committee hopes to be able to distributed .add a communications link perhaps include consultation with officials of provided by a network of Citizens' ;next week Band radio operators. the blaze for, eight hours and were Postal workers. Profile '88, a special, section of the findings of the report. The Advance -Times focusing on return to jobs the business community of Wingham and area, will be It was business as usual at the distributed with our issue Oct. 27, Wingham Post Office on Monday 1987. morning when striking inside Response to this feature has been workers — members of the greater than even we had an - Canadian Union of Postal Workers ticipated and because of that, we returned to their jobs after being have been forced to delay its cir- legislated back -to work late last $ culation by one week. week by the federal government. However, even as this article is Dave Bourne, manager and being read, our presses are run - Canada Post spokesman at the f ning and the 52 -page edition is in the Wingham office, said inside workers final stage of production. at the local office walked off the job From the full -process color of the last Saturday, Oct. 10. Two ? first page, to the last of its 52 replacement workers were hired to pages, Profile '88 is filled with take the place of the seven striking information on area businesses — workers. % how they began and their plans for While Mr. Bourne said mail the future. volumes had dropped due to the i We are certain you will find it of strike, he and the two replacement interest not only now, but for some workers had their hands full trying time to come. Watch for it next to provide the same level of service ' week! ( Please turn to Page 2A) ..,. .... ,.... , . ,. �, . throughout that phase. board members he would welcome opinion and said he also would be in p The project includes installation of such a meeting. Although some favor of the meeting. to purchase pumper truck 200 feet of 18 -inch sewer, 580 feet of members of the board had indicated When it is called by the fire 30 -inch, 325 feet of 36 -inch and 50 feet earlier to fire marshal's marshal's representative, in- of elliptical pipe equivalent to a representatives they knew the vitations for the meeting will be The Wingham and Area Fire keep the truck in good working regular 54 -inch pipe. In addition, two various responsibilities of those extended to all of the 29 council Board has given its approval to, a condition to be used in parades and double catch basins will be installed. connected with the department, Mr. members in the five member request from Maitland Engineering other public events. Mr. McBride said it is hoped that Gaunt said. "In all fairness, I don't municipalities - — Turnberry, Services of Wingham to purchase The successful offer was the best all of the work will be finished this feel that the do." Howick, Morris and Ea§t Wawanosh the fire departments 1951 pumper of three which the board has y year, with the exception of the Wingham representative James Townships and the Town of truck. received. The others were in the Victoria Street East section which McGregor agreed with Mr. Gaunt's Wingham. At its regular October session, the ;500 600 range. will be completed in the spring. board agreed to accept the firm's offer to purchase the pumper and equipment for $2,000. The engineering firm has promised to Howick fair results .. Page 4A Standard Trust ¢, Teeswater fair K matchin all results ......... Page 5A 9 Ironmen have 3 1 early a private donations season record .... Page 213 " What's News ..... Page 313 In an announcement made last . h'� Wroxeter Squirts ... Page 6B week, Standard Trust announced it Wingham PeeWee F� will match any private donations ,, Girls .......... Page 7B made to the Wingham LibrardE': g y Inside Crossroads s: building fund — to a maximum total Lighter Side of x of 5 000 — through its Wingham - $ g Oktoberfest ..... Page 2A Branch from now till the end of the w :> �« A - Impressions of 'iXv., fund-raising campaign, Dec. 31, 1987. St. Jacobs ...... Page 3A However, in a report on the Show Biz ........ Page 9B. Sports Listings ... Page 12B campaign's progress which we carriedin lasweek's issue of The Slinger. ........ Page 13B w' Advance -Times, the word "private" was omitted from the account of r Standard Trust's announcement. We regret this error. i erms of reference given -A HELPING HAND reaches out to show little Nlkkl Gerrie of Belgrave some of the treats at last Saturday's 'Brownle and Guide bake sale in for. f irero t e c t i o n survey the hamlet. p i t i I d d c The Ontario Fire Marshal's office Progress reports based on recom- department operations. re a pa rt m e n s a u e has established the terms of mendations resulting from the Purposes of the survey are: i for tremendousjob' at fire reference for a municipal fire protection survey of the Wingham survey will be prepared annually for presentation to the board and will -To determine what changes, if any, should be considered in order to area. continue for approximately five improve the efficiency and ef- Members of the Wingham and negative feedback. At the regular October session of years. festiveness of the department. Area Fire Department were tom- TurLive Township represeof the Wingham and Area Fire Board, The survey is to include a review mended last week for their work in Nes tative Nelson Underwood, one of members were advised the survey of the organization, methods, -To make recommendations to battling a recent fire at JGN JGN Farms' principals, echoed Dr. will begin Jan. 18, 1988 and is ex- practices, manpower, apparatus, the municipal councils with respect (Underwood) Farms. McGregor's statement. "If it had not petted to be completed by April 18. equipment, communications, and to improvements which are con - The praise came during presen- been for their efforts, we quite likely In a letter to the board, Bruce fire stations of the Wingham and sidered necessary. tation of Fire Chief Harley Gaunt's would not be drying grain out there Gougeon of the Fire Marshals Area Fire Department. It also will report to the October session of the today," he added. Office, told the board he will be in include fire prevention and other -To assist. municipal represen- Wingham and Area Fire Board. cl�arge of the survey which will appropriate bylaws, water supply tatives in preparing an official fire Wingham representative James Firefighters were at the scene of include consultation with officials of for fire suppression purposes and protection plan for the area based on MGr r t ld Mr Gaunt he had the blaze for, eight hours and were the board's member municipalities. traffic conditions which affect fire the findings of the report. ego o "heard nothing but good things said about our fire department and the tremendous job done in the fire at Underwood's." Dr. McGregor said it was only fitting that the department be advised of any positive comments since it all too quickly hears of any able to save two grain dryers and keep damage to a minimum in the surrounding buildings. Suspected cause of the fire is an accumulation of dust from drying grain. Damage has been estimated at $10000. Goderich youth is fair following hockey injury A Goderich youth was in fair condition Monday morning in Univ,:rsity Hospital, London, following an unfortunate accident last Saturday evening at a hockey matchin Wingham. Steve Hutchins, 18, a member of the Goderich Sailors Junior C hockey club, was injured when he collided with the boards while trying to check Rod Cayley of the Wingham Ironmen in the third period of a match Oct. 17. Mr. Hutchins was taken to Wingham and District Hospital suffering from paralysis and later was transferred to University Hospital. .�r THIS LOOKS GOOD — Mrs. Jo English, a member of the AuxNlary to the Wingham and District Hosplfak showed Joan McBumiy a garment at the fall rummage sale held In the Wingham Ammourlos bukdbtp. Th6 suxSlny rMsod ainr $2,300 at the two-day sale.