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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-01-27, Page 1t 4 Clinton, Ontario 25 cents - 4 eatter 1077 1976 10 HI JANUARY 18 10 -24 4 -28 19 23 9 28 20 22 14 33 22 21 23 15 25 16 22 45 3 20 1 - 23 20 -1 6 -11 24 n 18 14 0 Snow 31/2" Snow 15.5 Rain 1" Thursday, January 27, 1977 c4. • .112th Year. No. 4 to Council wants PUC to be more responsmie The Public Utilities' Commission's responsibility or lack of it to the town council came under discussion at last Thursday's council meeting with regard to a main trunk sewer on Matilda Street. The payment of $3,659.51 to B.M. Ross & Associates Ltd., Goderich, for the excavation of 210 feet of main trunk sewer, came under question after it was learned that the cost of the work had been approved by the PUC wihout council's approval. OtRay Mitchell of Maple St., who equested the installation of the sewer in heti of installing a septic tank on his own, offered to pay $1,000 towards con- struction of the sewer. An estimate by the PUC put the in- stallation cost of the sewer at $1,425. Council was -told by the PUC that the estimated cost of the sewer's installation would total about $1,425, A letter was sent to B.M. Ross for "its estimates of excavation cost and a reply of $9,000 or $10,000 was mailed to the PUC, by- passing council. Approval for the excavation which .finally totalled about $3,700 was given by the PUC with the clerk receiving the bill for payment a few days after the work had been completed. "I don't know why coundil should take the brunt of it (the sewer cost), in view of the fact that the PUC had acted irresponsibly in approving the sewer's excavation and installation," Councillor Ray Garon said. Considering that the work had already been completed, Councillor Ron McKay felt questioning the bill's payment, was "like beating a dead horse and should be paid." He added, however, that B.M. Ross should be informed that in future dealings it should correspond with council and not the PUC, and, that the PUC should- be set down and made to understand its responsibility to council. " Mr.. McKay' s motion vv a s -passed . hylaW,readt th_at all litenses will cost unanimously before council turned to a change from the 50 cents charged kr other business, which included an replacement licenses. amendment to the bylaw, rezoning land Snow removal in the town came tinder belonging to George Brown, across from • discussion again with an impatient the separate school from holding 16 residential. A petition will be circulated regarding the rezoning, along with council's recommendation of the change being sent to the planning board for approval. Another bylaw was repealed with regard to bicycle licenses. The new Hullett gives operators 14 vio Ernie' Brown, public works chairman, encouraging fellow council members to join him in investigating snow removal tactics in surrounding towns. Council has been debating the merits of purchasing a $14,000 snow blower for (continued on page 3) after bowing to strike threat Hullett Township Council voted a 14 percent wage increase for its grader operators in a special meeting last OV! It could be a picture taken in the Arctic of two Eskimos - waiting for a seal to surface, but it's really a picture taken at Bayfield last Sunday.of two area men ice fishing. For the. first time in a decade, Lake Huron is frozen out as far as the f40• By Jim Fitzgerald Spring can't be too Tar off, if you go by the enthusiasm generated by the Clinton Senior Soccer club. Even withlive feet of • snow covering their playing field, the local kickers are already eager to get at it and are calling a meeting on the subject this corning Sunday at 11 a.m. in • the Town Hall for all interested players and potential players,' as well as executive members. +++ All the snow is- sure to, help that nowarama for crippled children also being held this Sunday. The 100 mile tour ' by snowmobilers should bring them through Clinton about 10 a.m. in what could prove to be a real test of drivers and machine endurance. If you're still • interested in getting into the run, contact either Ray Potter ih Clinton or Randy Collins out at Hully Gully. The snow shouldn't hurt participation • . eye can see, creating a desolate landscape devoid of bathers and sailors. George Telford and Jerry Uniac, both of, Bayfield, had to Chop through 18 inches of ice to get at poor fishing ground. (News -Record photo) Police going to the dogs in ' Clinton's ninth annual bantam tournament being held this weekend and_ next at the local rink. By the looks of the program, there will be quite a bit of excellent hockey played. +-FA- , We hate to harp, but how do the local inerchants eiege-Ct--to attract- business into town with the horrible condition of the Sidewalks in front of some - we repeat,. sortie - of the stores on main street. It's bad enough, but if we get a • thaw, the near foot of packed snow on - some walks will turn to ice and then the shoppers Will continue on to Goderich or Seaforth, where they DO shovel the walks. With the wintry weather setting new ecords nearly every day, we couldn't let this column pass into print without some mention of it. So far it has snowed every day for 45 days now, which we believe is a new record for this area, and the temperature 'has failed to get above freezing since Dec. 20, a period of 37 days, . but we don't know if that's a record. Does anyone know? • ++ And finally...if you think you' -re having trouble learning, the English language, • pity the picot', ittimtgrant who was totally Orifused on reaiiiUg.it theatre marquee saying "king long prOnounced suc- cos.' as council buys cage -The Clinton Police Department's "Most Wanted list" has gone to the dogs. Dogs that have been allowed to prowl unrestrained through the neigh- bourhoods may find their roaming days nu mbered. At its meeting /last Thursday night, council approved the purchase of a $210 dog cage trap to help'enforce the town's bylaw against dogs running loose. The cage, which will be purchased and maintained by the Police Department, will trap roaming dogs with the use of a bone hung inside. --Owners of trapped dogs with tags will be notified that the animal' has been caught and will be Ireleased with the payment of a'$10 fine. Dogs, tagged or untagged will be sent to the pound if not Car thieves hit five Vanastra cars Goderich OPP are investigating a rash of -stolen-cars-taken- and-th en-reco in the Vanastra area between last. Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday morning. All of the cars stolen had keys left in - the ignition and OPP Cptthable Bill - Wilson warns all car owners to take their' car keys from the ignition when -the vehicle is not in use and to lobk all car doors. - One victim, Deborah Kent of 29 Regina St, Vanastra, had her car stolen twice • during the evening after car thieves found another set of keys in the -car's unlocke,d glove compartment, the second time 4round. Other victims were Carl Gordon Richardson 'of RR 1, Brucefield, Allan Richard Malott, St. Charles Square, Vanastra and Evert Stryker, RR Clinton. - All the stolen vehicles were recovered in the ViCinityFfrom which they.had been remoVed. Anyone • who has any information regarigng-the thefts of any of the five vehicles is asked to Contact the Goderich OPP t 524,8431 • . , picked up within so many hours, Mr. Cook said. An agreement has been made with veterinarian W. Schilthuis of RR 2, Goderich to impound dogs caught in the town, the, deputy reeve said. Dogs taken to the pound will be kept with board for $4 a day; a cat can be taken to the facility for disposal and burial for $10; with the disposal and burial of a dog set at $15. Dogs will be kept at the pound for three days and will be disposed of if they remain unclaimed, Mr. Cook said. The town will assumecosts for pounding untagged dogs, but expenses incur -ed by tagged dogs' will be passed on to their owners. Wednesday night, Jan. 19, after they had threatened to resign over council's earlier offer of six percent. The 14 percent increase, subject to the approval of the Anti Inflation Board, is retroactive to Jan. 1 and will increase the wages of the township's two grader operators by 65 cents an hour. The AIB has set a six percent wage increase guideline for 1977. • Council's earlier offer of six percent would have raised the hourly wage by 30 • cents. Under the 14 percent increase, grader operators will receive $5.50 an hour, up from $4.85. Council also voted an 8.5 percent in- crease for its road superintendent, in- creasing his hourly wage by 45 cents, from $5.30 to $5.75. To fill vacant seat The Vanastra Recreation Centre's new manager is 27 -year-old Diane Durnin, who has been acting manager since last December. The Goderich native will combine her duties as manager with those of recreation directqr. Here she helps son Duane, down the slide during session of gym and. swim for pre- schoolers at the Centre. (News -Record photo) First woman manager named for Vanastra rec. complex By Wilma Oke Diane Durnin, a 27 -year-old Goderich native and 'Vanastra resident, was named the new manager of the Vanastra Recreation Centre by Tuckersmith Councillor picked in Clinton A 5 ,year-old Clinton barber, Frank Van 7kltena, became the town's newest councillor last Thursday night, after council received a letter of resignation from Wayne Holtzhauer. - In his letter to council, Mr. Holt- zhauer, who is moving -back to Burlington for a new job, said his election to town council "will always be held as a most memorable experience.", Council. accepted Mr. Holtzhauer's resignation with regret and then set about -electing a new councillor. In a 4-3 recorded vote, Councillors Ernie Brown and Roy Wheeler, Deputy Reeve Frank Cook and -a-cttrrg- mayor Royce Macaulay, voted in favour of Mr. VanAltena election, while the three remaining councillors Rosemary Armstrong, Ron McKay and Ray Garon placed their votes for Jim 'Hunter, a former councillor who unsuccessfully ran for reeve in the December election. Mr. Van Altena finished seventh in the last election race for six councillors. The new councillor, who sat in the audience during the course of his election, was installed by Clerk Cam Proctor and took his seat at the council table for the remainder of the meeting. Mr.. Van Alten,a's election now leaves the mayor's chair as the only council vacancy. Reeve Royce Macaulay has been appointed acting mayor until an election scheduled ,,,jor March 7, to replace mayor -elect Don Kay who died suddenly before taking office. Frank Van Altena ... moves up Township Council last Wednesday, January 19. No stranger to,,the centre, Mrs. Durnin has been with the complex since its opening in Jure, 1975. She has been acting manager since the resignation of Renee Brochu at the end of December. Her letter of app4ation was one of 12 -received for the position. The centre's former recreation director, Mrs. Durnin will combine the duties of a recreation director with her position as manager. - Mrs. Durnin who is a graduate 'of the two-year recreation course at Fanshaw worked at the Goderich swimming pool in past summers prior to joining the Vanastra Centre's staff. She, her husband Ronald and two children, Stephanie, 6 and Duane 3, reside at 1 Halifax St., Vanastra. A new employee to join the centre's 'staff is June Tomkins, also of Vanaitra. Mrs. Tomkins will work part time with Mrs. Durnin and help with bingo night - and any weekend dances. She will also work as part time cook for the 'Vanastra Day Care Centre. In other business, conducted by Tuckersmith Township council Jan. 19, it was learned that the Ministry of Agriculture and Food had reviewed its allocation of funds for 1976 and had re- allocated $24,200 to Tuckersmith for three tile drainage loans. The work on the three dfainshas been completed. This brings the allocation for Tuckersmith for -1977 close *to the $70,000. mark. Township Clerk Jim McIntosh reported the allocation for 1977 will be $79,000, available Feb. 1. leaders mark 25th anniversary RR3 Blyth, Ron McMichael, Wroxeter, Jean Dinsmore, Fordwich, Bob McNeil, RR6 Goderich, Maurice Hallahan; RR1 Belgrave, Gordon Papple, RR5 Seaforth, and John "Clark, RR5 Goderich in- vestigating the possibility of holding a day of celebration sometime in the summer. The association began in 1952 with 32 leaders representing 14 clubs with 198 members, and has grown today' to 55 leaders from 30 clubs with 371 members. Making further comparison, Huron County extension assistant, Len MacGregor reported that 93 per cent of the 371 4-H members last y* com- pleted their projects, The highest pii- centage in the province. The figure compares With the 88 per cent com- pletion Of the 198 club members in 1952. Of the 1952 executive,only secretary- .. treasurer Maurice Hallahan remains on the executive in 1977. Along with Maurice, who has held the position of secretary -treasurer for the last 25 years, the other members elected to the 1977 executive were: president, 'fibb Hern, RR1 Woodham; vice-presidents, Albert Van Dyken, RR1 Exeter and Glen McNeil, RR6 Goderich; :and past president, Jean Ditigmore, Fordwich. The 10 directors elected fQr the year were: beef, Barry -Miller, RR3 Exeter; dairy, Brian Bob RR4 Seaforth ; field crops, Bob Sin'tpson, RR3 Luean; sheep, -Don Kernick, Goderich; swine, Graeme Craig, RR1 Walton; horse, Jean Dinsmore,- Fordwich; Ray Hanna, RR'2 Auburn; snowmobile, Beth Cooper, .RR3 kippen; tractor. Allan Hau4h, RR1 Brucefield; plowmen, Bill 1ilk4 Walton -and John Clark, RR5 Goderich. 4*: • A committee of seven was elected to organize a day of activities to celebrate the Huron County 4-H Club Leaders' Association's 25th anniversa'ry. The association, which marked its 25 years existence at its annual meeting and dinner in the IOOF hall Clinton last Thursday, will have Simon flallahan; The annual dinner of the:littrott Comity 4 -ll Club Leaders' Assoclittion in Omen last thursdayfeatured a 25th an- niversary take, "three of the four men plctured above served on the Association's executive In 1952; left to right: Ron McMichael, Wroxeter -(1652 director); Maurice RR to ilelitave';:heistictittiott Settettity,treastitet: for the last 25 years and father, SimShiloh litallahati. RR 30 Myth 0952 Director). Siert With theitrio Is Bob tient, rtght, the-Assoclation's president flit' 1977. (News -Record photo) /4