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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-02-24, Page 141 John Bradley was in fine cooking form last Tuesday as he flipped the flapjacks at St. Joseph's Separate School as part of Shrove Tuesday's observations. A hungry Danny Brideau, right, holds out his plate for another helping. Need more be said about cooking talents? (News -Record photo) fStorylast week incorrect 1► • on CHSS tennis courts In last week's issue a story concerning the student project at Central, Huron Secondary School in Clinton to raise money to construct tennis courts reported the wrong ,costs of the project. The story said that the students had received two bids on the job, one for 01 $19,450 and one for $32,000. The story said that the students had accepted the • more expensive bid of Lavis Con- 'struction because it offered a better c duality of work and because thei more expensive two coat asphalt system of- fered better protection from winter freezing. The students however had received two paving bids, the more expensive of which was the $19,450 job.. The $32,000 bid also included erecting lights for the courts, something the students felt they couldn't afford. The bid they accepted was • $19,450 from Lavis Construction. The firm made the bid at cost because it was a student project and it saiditwas a maximum figure. The company said there may be some savings when the actual construction is done and promised to pass any savings along to the students. This newspaper apologizes td* the •CHSS student body for confusing the financial situation in their fund raising project and to Lavis Construction for incorrectly reporting the value of their construction estimates. The staff of the paper hopes that the students have no difficulty • explaining the mistake to potential donors to the project. Province to give storm aid Areas in I3uron, Bruce and Perth Counties hard-hit by the severe winter will receive extra help from the provincial government to help pay for the clean-up. MPPs Jack Riddell,and Murray Gaunt revealed this week that the government has decided to help areas in Huron, si ('oIt,isi,i W By Jim Fitzgerald If y'ou enjoy standing in line, and ihaven't renewed your license plate sticker yet, then get set to do some waiting, as several thousand car owners haven't performed their annual. ritual yet, according to Phyllis Butler of the local license bureau. Her office will be open on Saturday for those forgetful iu "few", and Monday is the last day: • Further to a letter we published last week from a Milton man about a good Samaritan in the Clinton area. We have since learned that the man of good deeds is one Case Postma of Highway 8, east of Clinton, who . helpedthe distressed motorist during the big blow of '77. The snowarama, which was delayed by that big blow, will (hopefully) be run this Sunday starting at 8 in the morning from Hully Gully, and the local 'crew have taken up the challenge of their counterparts from North Bay, who raised nearly $60,000 for crippled M children. Now that's quite a challenge for a rural area like ours. +++ There seems to be a lot of resistance building about the upcoming increase in price of milk, so we thought the following piece of wisdom taken from the. St; •arys.paper would apply: "The manufacturer of whiskey puts his grain through a distillery called a still and it comes out fire -water. The M consumer pays $6 to $8 a quart for it. If he drinks at a bar, he pays about $1 an ounce puts his glass on the bar and says, gimme another,' "The farmer puts his grain through a distillery called a cow and the consumer pays about 60 cents a quart for the product. That's about 15 cents a cup. He takes a drink, sets his glass.on the table a ld says, 'Go easy on the milk folks, the Ogee is going up again.' " 4111 l. Bruce, Perth and Middlesex which had snow removal bills far more than nor- mal. A committee of three cabinet ministers: John McBeath, solicitor general; James Snow, minister of transportation and communication; and James Taylor, minister of energy, had been asked by the Liberal MPPs from this area to include Huron and Bruce and Perth in the areas needing extra help. Originally; only the Niagara Peninsula and Prince Edward County were to receive aid. Although no exact figures • were available, the government committee said that extra road subsidy would be given to municipalities who could show their snow removal costs were ex- cessive. " ' 1' By Jim Fitzgerald A surprise $15,000 bequest from the late A.L.(Laurie) Colquhoun will mean Clinton can pa;y off most of the money still owing on the arena without dipping into the taxpayers pocket. Clinton council learned at their meeting last Thursday night that the late Mr. Colquhoun, who died in late August of last year, left the money in his will to cover any outstanding debt on the arena. The town owes only $20,377 on a ten- year debenture. on the community centre, built in 1967 for a cost of $154,000; with an ultimate cost of $221,062 in- cluding interest. When it comes Niue in. December, Mr. Colquhoun's legacy will be used to pay off most of the remaining debt. Acting mayor Reeve Royce Macaulay said that Mr. Colquhoun, who was an avid sports enthusiast in the town, deserved praise for his gesture. "The gift . will certainly be well received," Mr. Macaulay said. Council also instructed council's rec committee members, Ron McKay and Ray Garon, to consult the rec committee about erecting a plaque in Mr. Colquhoun's memory, with an ap- propriate ceremony. In other business, council agreed to split the cost of buying, installing, and repairing the main street Christmas lights in future with the Pulllic Utilities Comm ission. The PUC paid the full cost - $879 for equest will pay arena. last year, but in future, the town will pay 1-3 and the PUC the other 2-3. Council also turned down their first building permit in several years, after 45 minutes of heated discussion. • The building permit, also the first issued by the town's new building in- spector Tom Chuter, was k ^ a barn to be built by Paul Goldsworthy on 10.2 acres on the end of William Street. Sdveral councillors, including Ernie Brown, argued that there weren't ten acres in the plot as c'^imed, and therefore the barn couldn't be built because it wouldn't have the required 10 acres to conform with the town's zoning laws. ydro use reaches all-timepeak • Clinton electrical "users set an all-time record for power `consumption the Clinton Public Utilities learned at their meeting. last Monday night, when a record 2,845,780 kilowatt hours ,(kwh) -was consumed. The new record was '55 percent higher than the previous record set in 1975 when 1,833,407 kwh were used. PUC manager RJ. Guss Boussey said the peak load was on December 2 at 5:35 p;m. when 6,220 kilowatts were flowing through Clinton wires. The old record was set in 191b when the peak demand hit 4,725 kw went through the system on December 18 at 5:45 p.m. The increased use of power cost the PUC almost $50,000 last December, compared to almost $34;500 in December of 1975. In other business, the ' PUC learned that it had won the Lowest Accident 'requency Award for the second time in three years. The Clinton PUC wore the award in the membership classification of electrical utilities working 0 - 15,000 man-hours •durin, 1976. PIJC chairman John Wise will attend the meeting of the Ontario Municipal Electric Association and Associatipn of Municipal Electrical Utilities in Toronto oa March 1st to accept the award. The 4ward was first won by the Clinton branch in 1975. The installation of water mains on James, Isaac and Walker. Streets will have' the PUC work crews replacing all undersized piping with standard pipes of 6 -inch diameters to handle the greater water flow. The 'PUC .will also check each house in the area and install copper piping where they find pipes made of steel - to assure no leaks once the work on the water mains is completed. • Candidates forum is planned In the interest of better public awareness, the News -Record is spon- soring a meet the candidates night next Thursday night, March 3 at '7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall in Clintor5. Town voters will have a chance to meet the five candidates for the mayor's chair in the upcoming March 7 election, and get the chance to chat with them. The informal meeting will start off with an address from each of the can- didates, followed by question and an- swer period from the audience. An in- formal chit-chat will then be held. As well, the News -Record is offering its pages, free, to all the candidates who wish to put in a written submission not to exceed 500 words, allowing them to give their position on any issues, if any. The only stipulation is that the sub- missions must be in the News -Record office no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday March 1. The candidates will also be' meeting the Retail Merchants Association on Tuesday March 1, but the meeting is not open to the general public. Clinton, Ontario 25 cents Thursday, February 24, 1977 112th Year No. 8 ' Weather- 1977 1976 N1 10 H1 10 FEBRUARY 20 5 5 16 14 -7 17 18 19 20 21 17 -10 29 9 30 17 20 1 18 -13 Snow 2" 47 20 38 29 37 30 45 30 36 31 38 29 36 • 30 Rain 1.41" Snow 2" ive men seek Clinton mayor's seat A last minute rush of candidates has made the election for a new mayor in Clinton a five -man race, With only'" four hours left on Thursday,`` the last day of the four-day nomination period, four candidates tossed their hats into the ring to challenge Harold Lobb. None of • the names had been with- drawn by 5 p.m. Friday, 24 hours after. the nominations had closed. Besides Mr. Lobb, a former reeve 'in town with nine years municipalp ex- perience, the others seeking to win the March 7 election are: + William Crawford, a former council member from 1970 to 1972 who is a field representative with the Huron County Federation of Agriculture. -f- James Hunter, a school teacher and former councillor, who was defeated in the December municipal election for the reeve's chair. T.H. (Terry) Maguire, a boiler maker, who finished a distant third' in the three - than race for mayor in the last election. He nearly beat incumbent mayor Don Symons in 1974, losing by only 44 votes. + George Vance, a teacher and social worker, who owns and runs the 'Epp Home -for troubled adolescents in Clinton. All five are, seeking to fill the vacancy created last December when mayor - elect Don Kay died 10 days after the election, before he was ever sworn into office. An advance poll will be held this coming Saturday, February 26, and all others will vote on March 7. Bill Crawford Jim Hunter ouncil doubles permits, In an unannounced move, Clinton council last Thursday night decided to double the cost of their yearly parking permits from $7.50 to $15 D4eputy-Reeve Frank Cook said the new fee, which arose out of a request ocal paper wins award Despite the toughest competition in recent history, the Clinton News -Record managed to finish in the top ten papers in her class, and win an award in the Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association's annual "better newspapers" awards contest. The Mews -Record, entered in the 2,000 to 3,000 circulation class, won the best local advertising award in the com- petition results announced last week, and another local newspaper, the Huron Expositor won the best" classified ad- vertising award in the same class. The .Expositor also won a premier award, open to all 330 papers in the province, when editc,r Susan White was judged to have the best column in Ontario. Other awards picked up by local papers included a best photo award by. the Brussels Post.in the 2,000 and under class; and a second best all-around newspaper award and best sports award by the Mitchell Advocate, in the under 2,000 class. The awards will be presented at the OWNA's annual convention in Toronto next week. from the ministry of agriculture and food, was more in line with the new parking meter costs, which had jumped from a minimum of one cent to a -nickel. In his request for 20 permits, which allow the bearer to park anywhere in town without being ticketed, Don Pullen agricultural representative told council that up to 60 persons stop at the ag office on any given day, with up, for 40 visitors being present at one time. Mr. Pullen called the lack of parking around the ag. building at Mary and ging Streets stressful and wondered if council had any suggestions do how he could solve it. Council also issued two permits to Morden and Helwig, making the total for the year at 22. In other business, council agreed to pay Huron Pines construction $3,751 for an over size storm sewer pipe the firm laid in 1975 through Ransford Street. Council had earlier withheld the money when some confusion arose over a plugged sanitary sewer in the same area that had nothing to do with the storm The hew $200 dog trap bought by the town Dist month was put into service for the first time' on titesday on Albert. Street, and caught two dogs, who are s saying at the pound until claimed or destroyed. Here a fart •er sniffs at the bait at the wiong ,end of t etrap, and. then ri:5: dtstra ted by a sympathetic athetic school irl. The ..... returned a half hour . y p g . dog,o later and was caught. (News-RRetord.photo) Harold lobe Terry Maguire George Vance won't help Vanastra sewer. An agreement with Tuckersmith Township to help subsidize any Clinton children who attend the Vanastra Day Care centre was dropped by council after the yearly contract expired last December 31. In'a recorded vote, only Acting Mayor reeve Royce Macaulay and councillor Roy .Wheeler voted in favor of helping the Centre, while Deputy Reeve Frank Cook, and councillors Ron , McKay, Rosemary Armstrong, Ray Garon, Frank Van Altena, and Ernie Brown voted against paying the $69.55 bill for January. "I think we should pay this," Coun- cillor Wheeler said before the vote. "This will cause a lot of ill will at a time when we're trying to work on area recreation. We should show them we're trying to_co.-operate". Councillor Garon revealed that the Vanastra Day Care Centre only has. 12 attending full time, while the Childhood Living and Learning Centre nursery school in Wesley -Willis United Church 3s 38 part time children. "I think we should return the bill and they (Tuckersmith) can negotiate further," councillor McKay said. In other business, council endorsed a resolution from the town of Wallaceburg asking for stifferlsencences for vandals who are convicted in court. Fair board shows June plans With Spring just around the corner, the directors of the Clinton Spring Fair are busy making the plans for the 123rd fair on June 3,4,5, 1977. Close to $20,000 in prize money is being offered this year, with an increase in nearly every section of the fair. One big addition to the 1977 fair will be a "Dairy Day" on Friday June 3rd. The Huron County Holstein Club will be presenting their annual club show, featuring some of the best Holstein - Friesians in I-1'uron County. Also on the same day will be the an- nual Ontario Spring Jersey Show. Competition in this breed will be tough, as there will be exhibitors attending who have showed at the CNE, Royal Winter Fair and major dairy shows in the U.S.A. Combining these two dairy breeds should make one of the better Dairy Day shows in Western Ontario. Friday evening will again feature the Queen of the Fair contest with the winner advancing to the Ontario contest at the 1978 CNE. An amateur talent show will also be held the same evening. The Saurday show will be started off with the parade through town The judging of the beef, sheep, swine, poultry classes and a pet show for the kids will` follow the parade. Also in the afternoon • the light horses and ponies will be judged along with one of the best heavy horse shows in Ontario. Saturday evening will feature the heavy and light teams in.harness. The Saturday evening grandstand show will be headlined this year by Miss Honey West. C The Sunday show will again feature the increasingly popular games horse and show horses. With the co-operation of the weatherman, the 1977 Clinton Spring Fair should be one of the biggest fairs ever. The directors are also planning another big country music show and dance on June 25th in the arena. - Heading this show will be Red Solvine along with Jeannie Pruett and Ronnie Robbins. "Destiny" will be playing for . the dance following. According to all reports Red Solvine is a great en- tertainer, so this should be a real top evening of entertainment. Get sur tickets • early. They will be availabl1 from any directors.