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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1973-02-01, Page 101111t1 i; FRONT ELEVATION — — —-...s...._ ,1 . -rsts .. _. ........mwasio•-•romass ---s ....r os s 'I1,, . -. ---1..----ts, Iss—s- • ' .....7.1............................. i•-.••••km ....•••••••440.0. •••••••••••••••••••1 • -.11....4. MMNIIMIMMMEIffe..011 • • SPECIALS FOR Thursday — Friday — Saturday Viva HOUSEHOLD TOWELS • Viva BATHROOM TISSUE Scotties FACIAL TISSUE Palmolive LIQUID DETERGENT Salado TEA BAGS Peek Frean COOKIES Schneider's RED HOT WIENERS Schneider's HEADCHEESE BOWLS Schneider's — 6-oz. — Packaged COOKED MEATS HEAD LETTUCE TOMATOES Green ONIONS or RADISHES • • 35's 490 3 for 1.00 lb. 69 3 for 1.00 2 f" 490 .. lb. 330 2 for 250 2 for 1.00 3 for 1.00 2 for 750 32-oz. 694 12-oz. 650 • TRY SOME4 OF (49_, GRANDMA LEE'S OLD FASHIONED NOT OVEN BREAD EAFORTH UPERIOR TORE I IJU.t T ID U/..111" 6 stet iurn rcexi Jan cn. 1•111=11111=116. ti 11 UIJIT ,4 uki IT 5 el=6*, of. UMIT 2 uNIT 3 110,04lie MORON,. EXPOSITOR, SEAFORTN, ONT., FEB. 1, 1973 Architect's drawings of the senior citizens unit under construction in Seaforth (Contributed by Bruce Shaw ofspe South Huron and District Association for the Mentally Retarded). At long last, the South Huron and District Association for the - Mentally retarded is ready to make a report. There have been several reasons for the de- lays not least of which were the 'windfalls' we received. InJurie, Dash\vood Industries donated their building in Dashwood. Dur- ing the .fall, part of the building was sold for $40,000. (Actually, the deal is not completed as yet because we are waiting - for severance from Hay Township. In mid-November with DirecT tor, Chuck Lutchin, fell ill and With the Minister of Natural Resources, Murray Gaunt, M. P.P. for Huron-Bruce has an- nounced the approval of a provin- cial grant of $29,500. to the Mait- land Valley Conservation Author- ity for the acquisition of some 400 acres of land in the Township of. East Wawanosh. The property lies astride the Maitland River, site was no longer suitable. Council go-operated in find- ing an alternative site at the . corner of Jarvis and Market Work is well underway on Seaforth's senior citizens hous- ing project. J. C. Contractors of Kitchener are carrying out the work under administration of the Ontario Housing Corporation. The Seaforth project has been under study for several years as efforts were made to determine the need for such accommodation and at the same time to locate a satisfactory site. In 1971, J:C.Contractors Ltd. of Kitchener were named to build a single storey 10 unit, building in the northwest corner of town. However, when It waA agreed there was a requirement for a 21 unit building, the original SEAFORTH MEAT MARKET Top Quality BEEF SIDE • OF BEEF CUT and WRAPPED 9 4 lb le a lb. for Freezer 527-0040 Streets. The two-storey building has accommodation for 21 units. The CFM factory on the site was removed by Jack McLlwain was no longer able to carry on. His resignation, effective Janua- ry I, leaves us for the moment without .a Director. Before, the end of December, however, he and Bruce Martin, architect with the firm Murphy,. Schuller, Green and Martin of London drew up plans far renovation and new building at the present site. ' The preliminary plans were accepted by the Board of Direc-' tors, and it is hoped that once tenders, have been submitted, that construction will begin by April. It is estimated that the building will cost $70,000 before it is completed. By the first of September, there will be 'about ten trainees, and by the end of October, we with 300 acres on the east bank and 100 acres on the west bank. The land is generally gently rol- ling with a strong-flowing' trout stream, one of. the few in the watershed, crossing the easterly 300 acres of the property. The. Authority's purpose in acquiring the property is to pro- vide the public with those forests, wildlife and land use benefits which can be easily developed and ,smanaged in thts. pascal s: in line with Authority objectives. De- finite detailed development plans have not as yet been formulated, but shall be completed during 1973. Member municipalities will bear the Authority's share of the cost. The Provincial Treasurer's announcements concerning reg- ional government has elicited a strong reaction from deeply in- volved citizens of the areas con- cerned. In recent weeks, my staff and I have met with indiv- iduals and delegations from the Oshawa-Whitby area and from Port Hope, Cobourg and Peter- borough, which have arbitrarily been included by the provincial announcement. West of TorontO, the residents Of Peel, Halton, Hamilton and Wentworth' hafie also expressed views concerned with the high costs of regional government and the imposition of a program without adequate or meaningful consultation. With the recent appointment of a new Minister responsible for regional government, now is the time for Premier Davis to change his implementation phil- osophy from one of insensitive imposition to one of concern for the people affected. Icall upon the people affected. I call upon the Premier and his new ,Min- ister to listen with an open mind to the very credible and reason- able alternative proposals that' have been presented to them from these groups. There can be no justification for any other course of action, certainly not for the philosophy of imposition char- acterized by Darcy McKeough procedures in the past. In my view, the Conservative policies have for too long tended to concentrate decision-making at Queen's Park. This has re- sulted in the imposition of re- gional governments which have proven to escalate costs. Our experience with regional govern- ments in Niagara, Ottawa, York, and Muskoka has been one of increased costs and the trans- formation of local government from something involving the man-on-the- street and counc- illor or alderman of the next block or concession, to ex- pensive, impersonal, Queen's Park type bureaucracy. The Liberal Party has long by the first of September and work 'On the project got underway about a month ago. hope to have about twenty-five. We have not finished convas- sing in the Exeter area, but so far approximately. $33,000 has been raised. Costs however are beginning to eat into this sum, and* operating expenses will erode it completely. However, we expect that grants, donations and money produced by the trainees will help to keep the Workshop oper- ational. We would ail,like to thank the people of Seaforth, and especially those who raised s o much money on Ralph Whitmore's behalf, for their very generous donations. We wouldn't be where we are now without your help. From this point on, we hope to keep in close contact with you. ••••••••Wl• I- +W../ -•••••• r• • • MATERNITY WEAR at the SEPARATE SHOPPE Mein Corner — Clinton OPEN 24 CLOSED WEDS. Retarded workshop issues area report Robert Nixon reports. Announce Maitland grant urged the •government to adopt two fundamental changes which we believe would go a longsi way to ensure that the views of those citizens affected by regionaliza- tion are heard and acted upon. First, the very heavy responsi- bility of municipal affairs should be assigned to one Cabinet Minister so that he could focus properly on the serious problems of regional government. Second, when legislation 19 ..ogssatts any "'new regional government fs introduced into the Legislature, at least six months should be allowed between first and second reading so that concerned citi- zens and the Opposition Parties can offer counter-proposals and amendments. With one important exception, it is trite that government-spon- sored studies have hashed over the alternatives and have. been on file for many months and even years. Still, a real .ex- change of views is meaningful only When taxpayers can respond to a definite plan rather than just a thick book of all the •alterna- tives. • The exception involved the Port Hope-Cobourg. area which was never included withOshawa- Whitby in any proposal or study until the Treasurer dropped his bombshell latg in 1972. A ri- diculously short period, ending February28th, 1973, was set for hearing objections, obviously with the idea of forcing the plan through the Legislature at the Spring Session. The bulldozing tactics of Pre- mier Davis must stop. He should act now to give evidence of his real concern for thousands of angry, resentful residents of this province faced with unwanted, ill- conceived and costly forms of - regional government. The new Minister, The .Honourable John White, who has the responsibility for regional government schemes should take this opportunity to review the policies which simply add to the taxpayers' costs at the local level without achieving the economics of scale which the Conservatives have been predict- , ing for so long. The one positive advantage of regionalization is larger planning 'areas. Since the province has already announced the abolition of the ten Regional ' Development Councils to be replaced by five large planning areas, the reason for pursuing the bureaucratic concepts of new regional govern- ments should be reviewed while a pause In further implementation is established. 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