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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-06-02, Page 11 s SprnffFairset to o Clinton's 123rd annual three-day Spring Fair is set to start tomorrow, and organizers are confident that if the weather is good, it could be the biggest ever. Volunteers, workmen, and Spring Fair directors have worked long hours to have the site : eady for the "B" clash fair, now the biggest Spring Fair in Ontario, giving away oyer $22,000 in prizes. As well, the Kinsmen Club of Clinton, along with a battalion of volunteers, worked nearly around the clock to have the Town's new .$250,000 grandstand ready by Fair time. • Kinsmen president, Paul Kerrigan, said,, that all the seating area was complete, the underneath paved for an exhibit area and some lights installed for night lighting. Kase Vanden Heuvel of Goderich expected to have a good deal of the steel sitting on by Thursday night, but the new roof, although sheeted, will not be waterproof before the Fair, and officials are hoping that the rain will stay away. Twin Locks Iron Works, who erected the steel, hope to be finished by this Friday, and only the judges stand, on top of the roof remains to be completed by local contractors. The Fair gets under way at noon on Friday with the judging of the Ontario Spring Jersey Show and the Huron County Holstein Show, both of which are expected to draw record entries. The exhibits and midway opens at 3 p.m, and after supper, the Kinsmen "refreshment" tent 'opens under the ,grandstand. - Later in the evening, the Queen of the Fair contest will be held in front of the grandstand, along with an amateur talent show. There are ten contestants for the Queen of the hair contest, including: Madeline, Sewers, sponsored by Ball and Mutch; Judy Stephenson, sponsored by Glen Price Auto Wreekers; Jan Divok, sponsored by the • Kinsmen; Jane • Symons, by the Bank of Montreal; Cathy Penfound, by Goldsworthy Motors ; Marilyn Mair, by Central Huron Secondary School; Joanne Collins, by Haugh Tire; Michelle Smith, by the Kinette Club; Pamela Guest, by the Sandpiper Inn; and Vickie Meitner, by Hudie Lumber. The Fair opens at noon Saturday, and will be kicked off by a parade that Fair Board officials say is the largest in several years. The judging of livestock classes also begins at 1 p.m. and already many of the classes have filled, including the sheep show that has drawn over 200 entries from as far away as the United States, making it larger than similar shows at the CNE or the Royal Winter Fair. tr - .� The official opening will be held at 2 p.m. with the baby show set to get un- derway at 2:30 p.m. under the grand- stand. Right after the baby show, a children's show will be held under the grandstand, featuring a ventriloquist, a magician and several other acts. The horse show judging continues all afternoon in front of the grandstand, with the highlight of day to be the horse teams in harness, including one of the biggest heavy horse shows in.Ontario. Saturday will be capped off with the grandstand show at 9 p.m. featuring the Pony Express. Sunday, the midway and concessions. will again be open and the horse show, featuring stock, Western, and show type horses will be held all afternoon. r More dra•inage money for Huron The development committee of Huron county council reported to council Friday that it had learned of"additional money to be spent on tile drainage in the province. The committee said that a, news release on May 2 announced that an additional $2 million was to be spent on drainage and that additional allocations in Huron totalled $167,000. On page 3 Clinton, Ontario 25 cents 4 Thursday, June 2, 1977, 112th Year- No 22 Weather 1977 1976 Hi 10 HI 10 MAY 24 84 60 61 "35 25 79 52 60 45 26 78 46 65 46 27 79 45 70 36 28 82 . 42 75, 46 ,29 63 48 74 57 30 78 45 No rain' 68 55 Rain .15 Huron looks at health takeover Huron County council voted Friday to prepare a brief to ask the Ontario *legislature to give council _direct and legal control over all health matters in ,i► Huron. In voting in favor df the brief council also accepted an executive committee recommendation that Mr. Kim Ainslie of Goderich be retained to prepare it. The recommendation was that Ainslie be engaged to prepare the brief at a cost of $50 per day to a maximum of x$1,000. qo It looks like the drought has finally been broken (as of presstime Wed- nesday morning) as widespread showers moved into the area on Wednesday. In Clinton, nearly 20 millimeters .75 of an inch fell Tuesday night, breaking the month long dry spell when only two •millimeters fell, and had it not been for the Tuesday downpour, we would have set a record for the driest May on record. Normal May rainfall is between 75 and 100 millimetres (three to four 'inches.) One thing for sure though, when the records are finally compiled, we will have had one of the hottest Mays in history. + ++ One would think by all the reports that the insects were trying to take over Huron County..We've had reports of tent caterpillers, alfalfa weevils, raspberry beetles, birch leaf miners, and mosquitoes, to name just a few, and we've still to hear from the army worms, ear wigs„ spruce bud worms, and cedar leaf miners. + ++ We peed the rain so badly, that we hate to say this', but here's °hoping ,that we have a sunny and dry weekend starting tomorrow, so all that effort expended on the Spring Fair won't be for not. Tier`e has been a great deal of work put in the Community Park this Spring, and it would be nice if as many people as possible saw the fine job, both in the park and at the new grandstand. + ++ We like to apologize for an error in one of our Clinton council stories last week. The Public Utilities Commission has never submitted a bill for work they did during Centennial. We hope this hasn't • caused any inconvenience to our fine PUC body. + ++ The PUC work under some terrible conditions, as was evidenced during the terrible electrical storm last Tuesday night. Just as they were ready to go home for the day, the large watermain feeding Vanastra burst near the Parker House Motel, and the. crew had to -work in wet conditions with' lightning striking a tree nearby. The break was fixed by * 8:30 p.m. + + + Written on a pessimist's tombstone: "I expected this; and here I am." + ++ And one final shot. If you can't vote next Thursday, June 9, and we hope most people will, dont forget the two advance polls this Saturday, June 4, and Monday June 6. Usborne Reeve Bill Morley, chairman of the executive committee,,told council that there is confusion in the health services field in the county. He said the confusion centres around district health councils and amalgamation of health administration with Perth County. He said the, indications at present,seemed to be that a formation of a health council would basically mean one board of health for both counties. "I feel that Huron County is quite capable of running its own health ser- vices," said Morley. "Amalgamation of health services would bring us one step closer to amalgamation of other areas that we may not want." Morley said the committee hoped the brief would carry a little more weight if it was prepared by a person not directly involved with council. He added that _ the committee had asked council for the privilege of drafting the terms of reference Ainslie was to work under. He said the county may be taking on a huge responsibility by taking over health services in the county. He said he was confident the county could handle the administration of the services but pointed out that by taking over the duties council was not just operating hospitals but controlling all health services in the coynty. BayfieldReeve Ed Oddleifson said he was concerned that by replacing elected officials on health committees that taxpayers would be losing represen- tation in health matters. He said he was particularly worried about losing representation because of the huge costs taxpayers are burdened with in health. He added that a report of this nature quite often, points out what the county has in the larea of health services and what it needs. Goderich' township reeve Gerry Ginn said he sits on the health committee and said he would hate to think that the committee had a notion that district hospital boards were ineffective. He said Precious blood Grin and bear it wa c the attitude that Hose Marie it Lynn and 230 other Clinton and area residents took, as they came out to give blood at the Clinton Public School on Monday. The community's stable community spirit was evident as this clinic was only two donors short of last fall's 232 people. (News -Record photo) the main thrust of the plan was to make county council responsible for health matters in a clear fashion. He said even hospital boards are confused over who they are responsible to and the com- mittee wanted that cleared up. "By making hospital boards responsible to county council ,we are making them directly responsible to the taxpayer," he explained. "There is On page 3 She's ready! Community spirit and co-operation Is alive and well, ac- cording to the Kinsmen, and the town and area people proved it with the fast erection of Clinton's new grandstand in three weeks. The new $250,000 1,500 seat structure will be unveiled at the Spring Fair this weekend. Putting the final coat of paint on the seats last week were volinteers Eliott Bartliff, left, Frank McGregor, and Arnold Dale. (News - Record photo) Bayfield man on bail after court Terrence Lloyd Bullen, 45„a Bayfield man who was- charged with murder and attempted murder was released on $1,000 bail last Friday in the Ontario Supreme Court in London. Inthe terms of his release, Bullen is forbidden the use of alcohol and the possession of firearms. He doesn't have to report to legal authorities during his period of release. He was also told to continue to live in Huron County and.must.notify the court upon any change of his address. He will appear in provincial court at Goderich on June 6 for a preliminary hearing in connection with the shooting death of Ronald DeJong, 25, of R.R. 2 Bayfield and wounding his brother Leroy, 22, outside the accused man's home in Bayfield. The incident resulted after the DeJong brothers had been involved in a squabble hearing with the Bullen man's 20 -year-old •son, Terrence,, at the Bavarian Tavern just south of Bayfield. The brothers followed the young Bullen .man to his family home at North Hill Terrace, near the Bayfield River. Police said that the brothers were each shot twice in front of the Bulien home. A .22 -calibre pistol was recovered from the scene of the shooting. Leroy DeJong was released from Alexandra Marine and General Hospital in Goderich after treatment for bullet wounds to his arm and shoulder. The elder Bulien, a French teacher at several separate schools in the county, previously appeared in Goderich provincial court on May 25 and was remanded in custody until the next court date. He was taken to the Walkerton jail until the release order was granted in London's weekly court. Farmer's Market opens on Satu clay Saturday, June 4 is going to be an exceptionally busy day for the Town of Clinton. Along with the weekend -long Spring Fair events, Clinton's first Farmer's Market will be seeing the light of day. The market is scheduled to open at 6:30 am and will run until noon. Along with the opening ceremonies, Murray Draper and his caliope will be at the King Street location to provide music entertainment for the shoppers. Although applications were•to be in by May 27, organizer Heather Ross says that the market is still looking for more people to sell goods. Anyone from Huron County is eligible, except retail mer- chants who sell merchandise as their occupation. For the opening week, goods ranging from, 'spices, cookbooks, wood crafts, plants, baking and in season vegetables will be sold from the various booths. Mrs. Ross also noted that many others are scheduled to bring out their mer- chandise when they come into season. The project will run until October 24 and will be held each Saturday morning at the King Street intersection. The market is a non-profit project, except for the vendors own sales, and is , being sponsored by the Clinton Businessmen's Associatiyn. Health council not for Huron Bayfield Reeve Ed Oddleifson told Huron county council Friday that his failure to support a recommendation that Huron -Perth form. a health council did not result in the defeat of the recommendation. He said the vote not to form the council was 8-7 at a special steering committee meeting but added that his negative vote did not break a tie. The committee has been working for two years to look at all the aspects of forming a two county health council. The investigation was made after medical professionals, . hospital staff and most other professionals connected with health services balked at the idea of being grouped with Middlesex, Oxford and Elgin counties in one council and both county councils voted to look at a two county system as an alternative. Health councils were a project developed by the provincial ministry of health to cut costs of health care delivery, remove competition between neighboring municipalities and allow people better access to people at the top of the health care bureaucracy. Oddleifson told council that he voted against the formation of the council because it didn't leave any flexibility for timing the formation. He said other municipalities had formed councils in the province and he was in favor of Huron -Perth just sitting back and watching their development. He said by doing this a Huron -Perth council could benefit from the admirable qualities and not be burdened with the problems others faced. "The council could storm in overnight or it could take two years to develop,” said Oddleifson. He added that the vote did not put any times on the formation and if that had ' been added he would have supported the motion. He said the vote was merely to form and he wanted it to say more. The ministry used the number 100,000 as an arbitrary figure when setting up health councils and decided that a Council should be formed for every 100,000 people at least. That meant that Huron county did not have enough people to warrant an independent council and had to be linked with another municipality. Oddleifson said Perth was a logical choice but pointed out that even Perth was distinctly different from Huron. He said Huron had a completely rural base and Perth did not. He said the city of Stratford gave the county a different attitude than Huron and suggested that possibly Huron should be seeking its own council. There's no magic in the number 100,000," he said. "It appears to be inevitable that we get a health council but it could still be one for two counties or one for each," said the Bayfield reeve. He said the ministry would not force a health council on the area pointing out that then minister of health Frank Miller made that promise two years ago when the steering committee began its work. He said he felt that promise would hold true now despite the formation of 18 health councils since that time and the advent of 98 percent of the province being under councils if Metro Toronto votes in favor of them. "The ministry has its plateful now and would probably like to sit back and review what happened," he said. In a report to council Bill Dale, Seaforth deputy -reeve, said the steering committee met with physicians from both counties to try to deal with some of the concerns the doctors had with councils. He said the medical officer of health for Huron, Dr. Frank Mills, reported to the board that the conclusion he drew from the meeting was that a • council formed at this time would in- terfere with the presentprocesskof'h ea 1 t h On page 3 Wardens must buy own photos An executive committee recom- mendation to Huron county council Friday that pictures of past wardens be taken at the June session of council and be made available to any warden wishing to buy a copy sparked a variety of comments from council. The com- mittee advised council that it would make arrangements for the pictures to be taken and would arrange to obtain prints for individual wardens who wish to purchase them at their own expense. Turnberry deputy -reeve Harry Mulvey objected to council charging past wardens for .the prints and suggested that the prints be given to the wardens. He said it was "pretty small" of the county not to pay for the pictures. Goderich reeve Bill Clifford said he would have to vote against any motion for council to buy prints for the wardens adding that council should watch for. these "fringe benefits" Seaforth deputy -reeve Bill Dale said he appreciated the gesture by Mulvey but pointed out that if he wanted a pic- ture of himself he could buy it himself. A second proposal by the executive committee, this one for a golf tour- nament for cour.ca '^"^hors, ^rt- ment heads, wardens and clerks of neighboring counties, touched off some unusual questions from council. WEast Wawanosh reeve Simon Hallahgan wanted to know if anyone on the executive committee knew if council members would have protection at the tournament. Committee chairman Bill Morley said he didn't know what kind of protection Hallahan wanted adding that one member of council had had a nasty experience at one tournament in the past. He said he didn't know if the county was willing to supply "tin pants" but suggested that anyone who feels unsafe on the golf Bourse could stay in the club house and play cards.