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HomeMy WebLinkAboutGoderich Signal Star, 2011-11-23, Page 10lets donate $30,000 to relief effort wners of Tim Hortons ve back to community an F3 tornado ripped through g. 21, leaving devastation in its derich and area businesses have up to generously donate to the Disaster Relief Fund. s the Dec. 1 deadline for dona- • roaches, the generosity of local continues to flow. eek, local Tim Hortons owners, d Claude Goulet made a $30,000 to the Goderich Relief Fund. anted to give back to the com- ownei Claude Goulet said at the • resentation last Friday. - rich has been wonderful to me Emily. It has been truly amazing our community come together a tragic event. We are happy to who have been affected by the and continue to stand behind unity." rs of two Tim Hortons locations, ets were without power and gas iictoria Street location for six t continued operations at the y 8 restaurant, and all staff out of that location, providing NCIL BRIEFS p for habitat • or Humanity is going to have to i r their water charges• for-profit submitted a request h Town Council for a donation to offset their water connection something council decided bore ramifications to pass. • as they are," said Coun. Judy "This is the only charge to the have." • the donation would have opened o similar requests from other non- e said. opened their Huron Road ReStore 2009, and constructed a home h the previous year. The $3,000 ould have reduced their water charge by about half. In Fantastic Fire Captain, John Dobie, has ed the 2011 recipient of the Emergency Services of the Year fire fighter. • en's award recognizes the police, paramedics and Fire Chief, Steve Gardiner, Dobie for the award after service during the tornado Both Huron East Chief Marty Central Huron Chief Steve Cooke • e's work at Incident Command recognition. was the lead guy during that e all thought he should be ," said Gardiner. "He was of the whole situation doing via radio contact with the boots nd or guys out in the field. ly John is well deserving of It and a great job." photo byDave Sykes A double -double donation Karen and Claude Goulet, owners of Tim Hortons restaurants in Goderich donated $30,000 to the Tornado Disater Relief Fund last week. Mayor Deb Shewfelt accepted the donation from Karen, Phil and Claude Goulet (left) along with Duncan Jewell, Chairperson of the Disaster Relief Committee and Ken Dunn, Fundraising co-chair. coffee, muffins and sandwiches for vol- unteers and police. "We continued operations and all employees worked out of the Hwy. 8 location," he said. "They really pulled together and there was no lost time for employees." The Goderich Tim Hortons provided Also of note the Goderich Fire Committee will be honouring fire staff at their November 21 meeting for their help following the August 21 tornado. Signs on the line The Town of Goderich is waiving their fees for business' finger signs in the downtown core. The annual $25 maintenance fee is being waived for the 2011 year, largely due to the tornado and the fact that many businesses are still unopen. The loss to the town is about $200. Slow St1111111er Coun. Kevin Morrison is asking for continuity in council's summer meeting schedule. Council routinely meets only once each in July and August as many staff take holidays, however, Morrison notes that special meetings are often called in the dogs days of summer. Two regular meetings, he argued, would cut down on the number of special meetings required. The motion was defeated. Giving Space The Goderich Trees Project is asking for some online real estate, requesting a link on the town's web site. The group wants the link to allow people to donate to the GTP, whose mandate is to replace trees on private property. The request comes as the town is also soliciting donations for trees on public property, and Coun. Michele Hansen is asking for clarification between that public/ private split. Coun. Jim Donnelly urged council to "crystallize their position" with regards to volunteer activity, saying the town should recognize the volunteers with appreciation and gratitude. However, he said, the group needs to make clear ft is not associated with the town or public property, provide coffee to OPP and security detail at vari- ous checkpoints established around town, delivering urns of coffee on an ATV. Sandwiches and muffins were provided to volunteers and the needy at the com- mand centre. "So many people in the community helped in some way," Goulet said. contact information and accountability for funds raised and explain they are a non - incorporated group. Its very clear they are not a committee," said Coun. Judy Crawford. "It is just a contact where people can get information. "We would be doing them a service." Councilor David Yates said he would support the Zink if the group were to fulfill Coun. Donnelly's requests. One call for .all Finding underground locates is going to be much easier in Goderich, thanks to the Ontario One -Call program. Ontario One -Call provides locate information for all municipal and commercial utilities such as hydro, gas, fiber optic, water and sewer at once, elminating the need for multiple calls to multiple services and departments. James Whittaker of Union Gas pitched the program to Council last Monday, noting that excavators can face as many as 13 different calls when trying to locate underground infrastructure, The program will cost the town $1,000 to sign up and the owners of the individual utilities would pay $1.60 per call. As members in the program grow, Whittaker said, the costs are reduced. In Goderich. lbdge the budget The 2012 Town of Goderich budget will likely be put off until the New Year. Treasurer Judy Kay informed council that because of the large shifts in property assessment duet) the tornado, many variables are still unknown. The budget is coming together well, Kay noted, but a completed document will not be available until all the unknowns are accounted for. Come January there will be a better idea of where things sit, she said. Wednesday, November 23, 2011 • Signal -Star 9 Goderich Greeter -WELCOME SERVICE- Ifyou are a Newcomer, or know someone who is, call Kim Burgsma 524-0163 ... for Gift Certificates and local information! www.goderlchgreeter.ca or email klmegoderichgreeter.ca Thank YouI R►Ns�,� The Goderich Ringette AssociationnOCIM would like to thio k all of the businesses and people listed below who kindly. donated to our Annual Goderich Ringette Tournament held on October 28th. -30th. and whose donations made our Annual Tournament a success! Town of Goderich 0.P.P. Association ABC Investments RalhweH International • Inc. Suncoast Mall Zeus Aka Holsteins Goud Waling Glenn & Anne Ferguson Joan & Jay Austin The Durnfn Family Walmart Dundee Wealth Michael Strickland Purser's Putty Drywall Ellison Travel and Tours John Hickey Construction Goderich Chiropractic B.M.Ross and Associates M&M Meat Shops Takalo & Burt Goderich Community Credit Union • Shelter Valley Campground Banter, MacEwen, Feagan insurance Rivertine Nature Corp. Bluewater Office Equipment Hurontei Continuf Corp. Huron Chkopractic Centre B&8 Reglazing Schaefer's Ladies Wear Vintage Mrnestment Properties Bedford Hotel Somefl ng Irresistible Rivers Fairy Peggy Denomme Bill & Merle Stantacxy Ron & Doris Deer Your Life in Stills Goderich Print Shop Crabby Joe's Boston Pizza Little Bowl Hockey Gains McDonald's Tim Horton's A&W PePsi Mather's. Landscaping DERkH Canada 's prettiest town REMINDER TAXES DUE REMINDER The Fourth installment of the 2011 tax levy is DUE on: November 30, 2011 Please present your bill when making payment. Interest of 1.2594 (15% per annum) will be added to unpaid installments on December 1, 2011. If you have recently purchased property or have not received a tax notice please contact the Town Hall, 57 West Street, Goderich, 52441344 ext 213. Tax payments may be made in the following ways: at financial institutions in the Town of Goderich, municipal offiee(interact now available), telephone/ net banking, pre -authorized payments and post dated cheques. After hour payments can be dropped into the mailbox at the front of Town Hall. Lori Rounds Deputy TreasurerrI'ax Collector n