The Citizen, 1988-07-27, Page 7Huron County briefs THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1988. PAGE 7.
Board of Health inspecting beaches for pollution
The Huron County Board of
Health is out to see that county
beaches are clean and stay clean of
pollution.
The report of Ed Harrison,
director of Public Health Inspec
tion tabled at the July meeting of
Huron county council indicated a
two-weekend blitz will be made
along Huron county shoreline from
Grand Bend to Amberley some
time during July and August to
pinpoint sewage systems that are
contributing to lake pollution or
have been disturbed by embank
ment erosion. The inspectors will
use a rented boat to cover the
shoreline and try to spot problem
systems.
Meanwhile summer students
are also taking water samples
weekly at county beaches.
*****
The Board of Health has made an
offer of employment to Finola Goss
of County Donegal, Ireland as
speech pathologist for the county.
The position has been vacant for
some time. Ms. Goss has three
years experience and has applied
to landed immigrants status in
Canada. She would receive a salary
of $33,761.
*****
The Planning and Development
reported to council that prepara
tions continue for the Opportuni
ties Tour in September. Brochures
have been completed for Blyth,
Seaforth and Goderich and are
being developed for Tuckersmith
and Wingham and will be sent to
those in Britain taking part in the
tour along with a letter of welcome
to the county.
*****
Claus Breede, Project Director
for the Huron County Pioneer
Museum reported that construc
tion work on the military gallery at
the new museum was completed
with the hope that the displays in
the gallery will be completed by the
end of July. Approval was given
meanwhile for the design and
building of the displays in the
Riddell plans
barbecue
Aug. 3
The popular Jack Riddell annual
family barbecue, which last year
attracted about 1,000 persons, will
be held again this year on the
Riddell Farm on Wednesday,
August 3, starting at 5 p.m.
Mr. Riddell, who is the MPP for
Huron and the Ontario Minister of
Agriculture and Food, has held the
barbecue on his farm for four years
running. Along with featuring
Ontario and locally grown produce,
the annual affair also showcases a
number of county entertainers.
Included in the talent show are
two young peoples’ theatre groups
from the Huron Country Playhouse
and the Blyth Summer Festival
Theatre; the dancing McGee Sis
ters from Zurich; Blyth piper Rick
Elliott; and back by popular
demand, the “No Notes Jug
Band’’ from Goderich.
Supper is being served from 5
p.m. to 8 p.m., while the talent
show starts at 6:30 p. m. Cost is only
$10 for adults, $4 for elementary
school aged children and free to
pre-schoolers. Tickets are avail
able from municipal chairpersons
throughout the county, and ad
vance purchase is recommended.
Last year, a number of Mr.
Riddell’s caucus colleagues visit
ed, including Premier David Peter
son.
The Riddell’s Farm, known as
“Dellbrae Farms’’, is located on
Highway 83, midway between
Exeter and Dashwood.
steam gallery (cost $15,660), the
agricultural gallery, ($27,900) and
the history hall, ($48,400). The
funds for the projects were includ
ed as part of the federal govern
ment’s grant to the museum. The
date for the grand opening for the
completed new museum (renova
tion of the old school house plus the
new building) was recommended
to be Sept. 30, 1989.
*****
The resignation of Ethel Sproul
as Branch Supervisor of the Ethel
Branch due to ill health was
accepted by the Library Board. The
search for a replacement was
undertaken.*****
The Wingham branch of the
Huron County Library will be the
home for three paintings by the
famous Wingham native G.A.
Reid. The town of Wingham has
agreed to loan the paintings
“Indians Bartering Furs Outside
Fort at Montreal”; “The Pink
Flowering Apple Tree’’ and “The
Cow Pasture’’ to the library.*i***
A low unemployment rate in
Huron continues to help cut the
number of people seeking welfare
in the county. The report of the
social services committee showed
thatforthe week of June 13, the
unemployment rate reported by
the Goderich Employment Office
forthe county was3.6per cent. The
social services caseload in May
dropped 22 per cent compared to
the same month last year which in
turn was down 27 per cent from the
year before. The number of people
receiving assistance was down 29
per cent over May last year which
also was down 29 per cent from the
year previous.
*****
The report of the Agriculture
and Property committee showed
that all hardwood tree species have
been in good demand from ash to
cherry to hard and soft maple.
Sawmill production in the district,
Forest Management Supervisor H.
Lancaster said, increased by 25 per
cent in 1987 over 1986 levels.
*****
An amendment to the official
plan for Goderich Township was
circulated to council. The amend-
entwillallowforturning the old
Mustang Drive-In Theatre (also
known as the Sunset at one time)
into a housing subdivision. The
drive-in didn’t open this spring and
has been dismantled.
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