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Letters to the editor
Editorial caters to useless
animosities, reader says
The Editor,
It is not a recent discovery that
Goderich is in Huron County that
Toronto is in Ontario and Ontario is
in Canada - a therapeutic punching
bag for easing all kinds of anxieties
and frustrations. Our people take it
in their stride, like the weather.
What surprises me greatly,
however, is that your respected
andcivilized newspaper should
resort to an ill-tempered and
inflammatory editorial such as
your recent “Don’t push it”.
Calling names appears to cater to
useless animosities, instead of
without terms of reference or
recorded fee arrangment, may not
fully address all the concerns and
possibilities of the complex situa
tion.
In a brief and low-key letter, the
Town Council politely requested
that the County Council consider
acquiring the services of a quali
fied consulting firm, “to investi
gate and analyze all the ramifica
tions of any possible move and use
of County buildings, particularly
as all the alternatives may not be
readily determined by lay persons
such as ourselves.’’
difference in the face of the County
pantomime of silent disapproval.
Criticism is a normal part of a
politician’s life and performance.
Up to that point I followed your
editorial, but then it made an
unexpected turn, by appearing to
reflect on the whole town when you
disliked one politician’s expres
sions. Mayors and reeves come
and go (just like editors and
columnists) while towns and coun
ties remain.
Elsa Haydon
Goderich.
to the Directors, the Executive, the Committee
Chairman, and the members of the Huron Pioneer
Thresher & Hobby Assoc. Inc.for making the weekend
such a success with their hard work and co-operation.
Thank you also to the people of Blyth, the restaurant
workers, the Public Works Department, the arena
manager, the Firemen, the Lions, the Legion
Auxiliary, and all the behind-the-scene workers.
You’ve all made it a weekend I’ll always remember.
Bea Houston,
President.
dealing with broader issues of
public affairs. Hogtown of Huron,
indeed!
Surely the County issue in
question is not Mayor Palmer and
her style, but the process of
determining why and under what
conditions the expensive reloca
tion of the County offices would be
in public interest in general and
how it might fit into the complex
Huronview situation which carries
an estimated pricetag of 10 million
dollars of public money.
Through its Executive Commit
tee, the County has asked for an
architect’s opinion concerning the
structure feasibility of moving the
County departments and offices
from Goderich to Huronview, if
and when the County-run Home for
the Aged takes its operations and
residents to new and more suitable
facilities in different locations.
Goderich Town Council took the
view that the one-sided study,
The letter added that “having
been the County seat since the
incorporation of the County in
1841, Town of Goderich is deeply
concerned from a historic, social
and economic view, not only for the
Town but for the County as a whole,
and sees urgent need for a
complete and thorough study
dealing with all parts and possibili
ties of a potentially very expensive
situation’’.
True, when Mayor Palmer
broughttheletter to the County
Council she added some personal
observations and thoughts of her
own, as she is entitled to do in her
own right, whether we like it or not.
It is not unusual for mayors to take a
stronger stand, particularly in an
election year.
I am not finding excuses for
Mayor Palmer, if indeed they are
needed. Let us face it - whatever
was said or should have been left
unsaid, would not have made any
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Blyth councillor explains
reason for not running
THE EDITOR,
The past 15 years have been a
very exciting time to have had the
privilege of being a councillor for
the Village of Blyth. There have
been so many changes to the town
in that time, Sr. Citizens’ Home,
new arena, Sewers, start up and
expansions of the theatre, com
pleting the paving to all streets,
upgrading of the drainage system
to overcome the flooding of
basements which was such a
common things. These are some of
the major undertakings of the last
15 years.
The reason for my notseeking
re-election is noway a reflection of
the present councillors, reeve, or
administration. I would like to
thank and congratulate the present
Reeve Albert Wasson on the job he
is doing looking after the town
business. It is a very demanding
roll. I n fact I have served under four
Reeves and with 11 different
councillors and the co-operation
has been superb with them all.
I feel it is time for me to step
aside and let some new blood sit on
the council. The Village of Blyth is
described as a dynamic village. It
makes all of us proud to be a part of
this Village and I am sure that Blyth
will continue to be a much admired
place to live, work, and have
leisure time activities.
I would like to thank the
residents of the village for the
supportandco-operationl have
had while acting as a councillor.
BILL HOWSON
Beth Fulton of Women Today looks over a manual that accompanies
the video, “Doing It Ourselves’’ with Huron County’s Chief Librarian
Beth Ross at an open house at Women Today Thursday. Five copies of
the video and manual were donated to the library.
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