No preview available
HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-07-14, Page 1-J Ontario 25 cents . ••• • • A handy invention lames Fisher of Bayfield demonstrates his invention, a security lock for motel qi and hotel rooms. The lock is how on the market, and Mr. Fisher hopes it will sell. (photo by Elaine Townshend) • Thursday, July .14, ar • 1112thYear—No. 28 • liVether 1977 1976 P11 10 JULY 5 85 68 80. 54 6 90 65 8,4 55 7. .16 • 60 . 83 58 g 77 59 • 74 57 " ; 9 78 , 56 78 47 It 77 50 85' 59 11 80 54 83. 63. Rain .62" 1.24" • 4 , • Volunteer Bureau.' folds am• id. disputes.. By Shel1 ey lth cee • under a Local Initiatives Program with received nothing locally, funds were the bureau throughout the whole county. The-HuronVolunteer Bureau had a a $12,000.grant. When the funds ran out never given by the county or the town.' • She feels that there is a need for promising start in January, but ow in June, Kowbuz asked the committee if Presently, Bob Phillips, a university volunteer help for the 'needy, but noted , n because of lack of -funds and disputes they would apply for legal incorporation student who has been hired that the bureau•was, "too big a task for between the bureau staff and the, ad- as a non-profit volunteer agency, but no Experience '77 is the only person looking the area." visory committee, the bureau's doors, action was taken. With this status the 'after the bureau. Over the summer Wheeler suggested that maybe a have been closed. bureau would have been.then allowed to months he, will be researching future Social or church group could run such a funding, for the bureau. However ac- • service. ask for tax deduetible donations. On July 7, co-ordinator Mary Ann .Kowbuz resigned from the bureau which Committee Member Taylor, also the cording to Thompson, ."1-le's now doing a - Kowbuz's opinion differed from this is located in Clinton and on Monday recreation director at Huronview, said - study why the bureau didn't work. It did afternoon went to the office at the that the bureau was in no position to woformkg, niet yo.nlyt,sasriimedpiuepiasbethcaatu.s? of lack apply for 'l incorporation since, it Ontario Street United Church to find that lega all thfiles and confidential material , had no base. Pat Wheeler, another committee e had been removed. • .“We had a feeling that'at the end of member, and the co-ordinator .ot Kowbuz says she was legally June the funds were running out and we volunteer services at . the Bluewater looked for more funds through Mary Centre said, "The bureau didn't work,. -responsible for all the material in the Ann's - direction," he noted, office and she said,, been had again by somebody. It's got to be one of three. However Reg Thompson., an employee people." at the bureau noted, "Certain criteria She noted that Ed Layton the was to be met and they (the 'committee) " custodian of the church, ,Bob Phillips, didn't want to .do jt. One of the criteri summer help and the advisory coma _ was that there be, support costs for the. mittee of Bob Taylor, Pat Wheeler and' bureau. They didn't want to give this." '' Spence Cummings had access to the - "they wouldn't offer $50 for the church. phone," noted Kowbuz after the office The Clinton police were immediately telephone was disconnected when the called in and Kowbuz said, "I wantlhose bills couldn't be .paid, "People now call files back today, otherwise:there'll bethe bureau and they can't get any ser- _ charges of theft." vice." The bureau which offered services to "The only person to raise funds for the burewhas been rne," Kowbuz said, "We the needy throughout the county'began Bayfield' man invents security bar for travellers • , — • • By Elaine Toitnshend ' your house or apartMent? , At 61, Jim' Fisher is not an average -prices; he had to contact prospective Do you sometimes feel unsafe in motel If'so Jim Fisher Of Bayfield thinks he • inventor who has always tinkered with distributors and promotional outlets. *r hot'el rooms, because the locks on the doors, don't seem. very 'secure? Do you *, wish you had an extra means of locking• Clintongroup gets New Horizons grant has the solution to Your worry.He calls new ideas. This was his first attempt, ,Most of his connections are in Kitchener. his invention the "Sentinel Security and it began innocently. The Security Bar consists of a metal He also has.a patent lawyer in Ottawa. "A couple of year ago, my wife and I Applying for a patent is a long process, were' just sitting here talking to com- but his should be issued this surni-ner. tube that adjusts from 36" to 42". Thirty pany he recalls.,They were saying how • ,4 Knekbciii %Ouse's, wniie-4vr is -used m on the doors in hotel and motel -rodiris I've / gotten a certain amount of yithes.is'Ikpitt,apdar0-hei,ghyor door they never felt safe travelling Thelocks Alton from doing U„ he adrnits. .' commercial buildings. At the top of the never seemed very secure.' I thought t least I 11 have something patented tube -is a screw whee an a y e, accomplish. - Health and Welfare Minister 'Marc Lalonde announced this week a New Horizons. grant for $1,926 to a group of retired people in Clinton. The Trillium' Social Club,' King Street, 10;;Lill use the grant to establish a program of activities that includes singing, card games, bingo, -..needlecraft and rug - hooking,. The award Is part of $1,206,825 given to 181 groups of retired pebple aeross Canada. Since the ' introduction of the program, the federal ,government has funded 7,711 projects for a total of $45,874,294. iihNew Horizons oi grants to groups of retired people who undertake ac- tivities within their communities which will be. o,f benefit, to thern„as well as the communities in which they live. cuts the- pieces. 1.0 the proper size. He and that's more than a lot of people I drubberok about it for awhile, and this is what I that fits under theRnob. When the Bar is drea med up. ,,, , "But I'll be happier," he adds, adjusted -to the door knoll height, the The Security Bar has been a costly ana- screw wheel is tightened until the' knob time-consuming project involving_ a Ibt it starts moving a little better. As long as cannot be turned: thus the lock cannot of travel and correspondence. He had to \ it helps to keep the wolf from the 'door, be picked. find the suitable materials and compare I'li be satisfied." Then the bar is braced on the' floor ,., t: ',.. Arson suspected with anti-skid rubb,ef foot 12" to...J.K •from the door: -.A' strong nylon. "Security . . . Cord" is looped around the foot of the , /be, bar and fastened .to a hook which ' is . rea firemen busy screwed into the doo,r-frame a few in- . ches above the floor. • . , ' For the convenience of travellers, the The Brucefield Fire Department were `kit" iS entlosed in a clean plastic case, busy on ' the- weekend, answering two making inspections at irports easy. It calls within 12 hours. • weighs only one and a half pounds and ' Arson is suspected in the first blaze at fits into a 28" suitcase. , the Vanastra apartments late Saturday „Jim has produced between 500.an.d 600 night, while a faulty electric coffee maker is blamed for an early morning k'its in -a workshop at the back of hjs 8I C011111.111 J1- By Jim Fitzgerald house. He assembles the materials and blaze ata arucefield horne..• • The fire at the Brucefield home of Don If you were wondering why it was so quiet in Clinton last Saturday afternoon; then obviously you weren'tat the Jubilee Three -parade in Goderich. As an ob- served of the giant — almost too giant= parade we saw many from the Clinton area, there, and in fact, Clinton and district was well represented in the parade itself. +++ „ - Besides the mammoth Goderich parade, we were impressed the other night with the lighted ball diamond at 'Londesboro, as a team called Bills Streakers from Clinton tackled the Londesboro boys in a slow -pitch game. It Was no fair though, 'cause guys have practiced. We won't tell. you,, the final score, to save some embarrassment, but we did put on a good "Show". ' + 4- + • If you haven't bothered Lo catch onto ' CelcruS, kilopascals, millimeters and the Alike yet, and by all accounts, most people over .20 years of age' haven't, then get ready for another shock when you go for a drive after Labour Day, on September 6. After that date, all the speed limit signs -will be in kilometers, and shortly after, all the distance signs will also change to the new system. Now, it will be legal to drive 100 (kph that is) on the 401. + + + Even though it's the middle of. vacation time, the hockey season isn't" that far off.rakel already the Clinton minor association is making plans for the new season. They are looking fol. . coaches and managers for the upcoming season, so if you're interested, call. Gerry Hiltz or Rick Finch at 482-7481 or -• 482-3414. • + sends them away to be plated: then he Gerrits, caused extensive damage to the re -assembles and packages them. kitchen of the home and heavy heat and smoke damage to the downstairs of the He made his first sale sever -al months ago to hiswife's nephew, who is a bank two-storey house, -which is only a hun,- inspector in California. After having his Bred feet from the fire station: hotel room broken into, he wanted to try One Brucefield fireman said that Don, ,1 im's invention, and now he reportshis wife Hilda and two children Ron, 8 he 8, uses it whenever he' S on the road. The and Pamela, 4, were lucky to eScape Sentinel Security -Bar, which retails' for from the house, as they had, to run , $10.95, is distributed by Hiway Market of through the 'burning kitchen. John Kitchener and'Home Hardwaru. Jim has prospects for additional distributors, and he feels hi § most important task now is promotion . Neutel, Mrs. Gerrits brother, was also staying at the home, and discovered the fire about 7 a.m. . Damage in the blaze is estimated* at about $15,000. • 3.7 • Meanwhile, the Ontario ,Fire Mar- shall'S office has been called in to in- vestigate the cause of an 11 p.m. Saturday 'night fire at the Vanastra Apartments, the third in many weeks. Arson iS suspected in all three cases, and although damage was light, the five residents of the three storey, former airmen's barricks, are getting a little, worried that if it happens again, the fire department might not get there as fast as they have and a life might be losit. The ' Goderich Detachment -.Of the Ontario Provincial Police are also in- vestigating the cases. . , The Brucefield volunteers brigade also called in as a back-up brigade to the Hensall department Monday of last week at a house fire at the home oc- cupied by- the John Gardiner family, northwestof Hensall in Hay Township. The Clinton brigade was called in as back-up for Brucefield at two of the Vanastra calls. 1.1,01111k::„ And speaking Of vaeation time, one old#, Wag npted pessimistically that it's the.' . , • . „ . , . time wneh your flowers are at their best, e. The whole Clinton lroVvii Council ere ;et. up on Clinton's press had aecused Them of conducting business behind and Only the neighbours arearound to ntry in the GOderieh Jubilee Three parade last Saturday closed doorstitt*ratlyi-counal brought everything out Into 4 ' enjoy them. . -- :the' float depicted an "open" •meeting of council after the the open. (News.iteeord photo)* „ 4- • I t ,, , .:. ,,bio, • • ' 'out the way that we had hoped." She explained "I wanted a service that would recruit volunteers and refer them to various areas." Wheeler also noted that it was hard to set volunteers -and it was difficult to run •;•• and she noted that the bureau helped some _45 agencies and groups and assisted at least 200 needy, handicapped and 'elderly people. Thompson supported this and noted, "People who need the basic services we were going . to give them can't do without." • In reference to the alledgedly stolen files and material, both. Taylor and Wheeler said that the papers were in the possession of Kowbuz and neither knew On pa e.3 I • Decorated gals [hese girls don't usually dress up like this or decorate their bicycles this way, but they were out in full costume. for the Vanastra Penny Carnival on Friday M- ier:noon. The girls are, left to right, Suzanne Robson, who won the buggy conteft; ,uzanne McIsaac, whohad ihe best decorated bike in the over seven age class and rammy Bridges, who had' the best bike in the under seven, age' class. The car- nival, which was a success, is one of the activities to raise money for playground equipment at Vanastra. (News -Record photo) OMB tole? • -„ Apartments worry residents The conversion of tw'o Vanastra stitutional because his company was buildings into apartments should be' hoping to get government support to turn prevented because of their proximity tothe area into a sports complex, he said. a home for discharged mental patients, Since those plans have fallen through, a Vanastra resident told an Ontario the company now wants to change the Municipal Board hearing in Brucefield zoning. last Wednesday. Huron County planning. director Gary Ben Bridges also'told the OMB panel Davidson said•he supported the rezoning that allowing 260303 Holdings Ltd., the because converting the buil.dings-into owner of the building, to rezone the site apartments is the best possible use for from institutional to residential use the land. would split the community by creating a The rezoning was also opposed by pocket of housing' surrounded by com- Harvey Hammond, a Vanastra landlord, mercial, industrial and institutional who said there was no need for more lands. ' apartments in Vanastra. He told- the The rest of the housing is about a panel the low rents in the area attract a quarter -mite away. in the east end of "welfare element'ind-a-"lower class of Vanastea, the former CanadianArmed' people". Forces base south of Clinton. There would be more than 100`housing Fredrick Ginn, president of 260303 vacancies in the area already zoned for ,Holdings, told panel members H. W. residential use because "you can't get Kelly and A. L. McCrae his company people to come -to Vanastra because they wants the three-storey buildings, for- don't like the people that are already merly officers' quarters, rezoned so they , there.'' can be converted to apartments. There "There's a high ratio of people in would be 24 units in each building, Goderich who have no place to live, but Bridges rgaid the rezoning application they will,not come'to Vanastra." should be blocked because the buildings ' OMB member Kelly said that sounded... ...... • are adjacent to Heather Gardens, which more like an economic feasibility he said is an "unlicensed, unsupervised problem, than the land -use question the by government ministries, boarding committee is to decide. house for former psychiatric patients." Sam Russo, who owns a small horse If the .buildings ar,e converted, trailer Manufacturing factory across the children living there would 'probably street from the proposed apartments,„ play in an area frequented by the former said he doeStf.t want to- se'e them built amental patients, he said?, . because he doesn't want to' hear com- He also told the panel -that allowing plaints about the noise from his factory housing to be-. scattered through the which sometimes operates late into the deVelopment, especially in non- night. residential areas, would fragment the He said he doesn't want more people five-year-old community and that would wandering around what is supposed to 'make it harder to get a "sense of con -0' be' an industrial area. Russo said his munfactory-should have priority since it was ThietY;Uildings-are:noW vacapt although there first and he' shouldn't be . in - Ginn said a contractor made $60,000 convenienced so that Ginn's company worth of renovations in one of themcan cut its 10eg. • He said .his cornpany pays $1,500 a "I don't think`R's'fair. vvhy should we year in taxes for eadh building,,` plus ,bafrout Wit% Ginn. if he made a bum deal? sewer and vmidr oharge„and•nco wants Why should it be on our backS?" he toget return on the expenditure, asked. 'The area was originally zoned in- The panel reserved its decision.