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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-09-01, Page 3'CHRYSLER' • Irma and Ross Brighton, right, are taking over the kitchen at Vicki's Country Steakhouse on September 1 when the Horbanuiks leave the Clinton area after 25 years of service and friendship. (News -Record photo) Council cautious on big sister idea Clinton council expressed reservations last Thursday night on a proposal from a igan town to become a sister city. yor Harold Lobb had received a °le ter from West Branch, Michigan, about 50 miles north of Bay City, to become that town's sister city, much like ..connections between Goderich and Bay City, Michigan, and Wingham and Standish, Michigan. Mayor Lobb said West ' Branch was aitout the same size as Clinton.. We should think about it a little bit. It's rather a serious thing. We can't do it (make a decision) in a short evening session," said Councillor Ron McKay. "I think we should be twinning with a town in Quebec, it would help us know the people of Quebec better and be better for Canadian unity. Council instead appointed Reeve Royce Macaulay, and 'councillors Garon and Armstrong to look into the proposal further, send some information on the town to West Branch, and bring a recommendation back to council. In other business, council learned that Councillor Roy Wheeler had ' keen elected to the board of directors of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) at their .gnnual convention last week. , People in profile: by Shelley McPhee Although Vicki Horbanuik is the first one to admit that she's well known for yelling at her customers, she motes that after 25 years she is leaving Clinton with no enemies. "They're going to miss my yelling," claims Mrs. Horbanuik, better known as the proprietor and head cook at Vicki's Country Steak House, just north of Clinton. While customers may miss Vicki's yelling and her' company Vicki is not going to miss the restaurant and grocetty business. County to review conference policy Mayor Deb Shewfelt of Goderich was also elected to a one year term. Council also discussed at length bringing in written reports on what they learned at''many of the seminars at the AMO. Council also passed a pew resolution to apply for some more funds under the province government sponsored Ontario Home Renewal Program after they learned from clerk -treasurer Cam Proctor that the program had been a great success in Clinton. Council will ask for an additional $65,000 to continue with -the program to update houses for people. with small incomes. Some of the money is given out as straight grants, while.•the rest is loaned out at various interest rates, depending on the applicants income. Council decided to discuss further, a request from the Clinton Legion Pipe Band who are travelling to California this December to be in the Rose Bowl parade as, part of the Massed pipe band from the.area. ' The Band had asked council for a grant of.$2,500 to help defray the $7,200 cost to send the 15 -member Clinton band to P.as d.e?na,..,Call~, Step into the oF,77 a aft. BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER ' Bill Clifford, chairman of the planning board for Huron County Council, told council members Friday in Goderich his committee believes the executive committee should review the policy' of county personnel attending conferences outside the province of Ontario, for the purpose of clarification and the establishment of firm guidelines. The planning department has authorized Roman Deus of the county planning department to attend the Canadian Conference on Public Par- ticipation which is to be ° held in con- nection with the University of Alberta in Banff. In making the. recommendation to council, Clifford said some questions have been asked concerning the county policy regarding out -of -province con- ventions and conferences, and felt it was time the policy was reviewed and aired in public. The recommendation was approved by county council. • According to deputy -clerk treasurer 'Bill Alcock, the. executive committee meets mid-September and possibly could have a look at the policy before"the next regular council meeting. Also for the September session is the position paper of the Association of Counties and "Regions of Ontario (ACRO) on the report of the commission on the reform of property taxation. Each county council will have a copy of this position paper for study from now until the September meeting when it will be • discussed. Warden Doug McNeil and the clerk - treasurer Bill Hanly were authorized to draw up and sign a suitable contract with Kim Ainslie, public management consultant; from Goderich to investigate and make recommendations on the organization, functions and financing of health services in Huron County. In Style hisYeer" • LEVI Painter Pants LEVI '(UNWASHED) Reg. Jeans 1., LEVI Cords (6 COLOURS TO CHOOSE FROM) i• SPECIAL 41, 9 EACH Levi's T You have more choices than ever before! Go back to'school in a classic sweater cotton shirt, or our ever - popular Levi Jeans with matching Levi Plaid or Plain Shirt. i LEVI Prewashed Reg. Jeans $19. LEVI Prewashed Wide Legs 21 °° SIZES 28-36 Nr CORNOR C1.41.ON 482.9132' CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1977 --PAGE 3 Vicki will yell n "I don't feel bad about leaving all this work, I was running out of ideas," ad- mits Vicki. On September 1, Vicki will be handing over her business to Ross and Irma Brighton, formerly of Brussels who will run the business as a restaurant with the same staff. Meanwhile Vicki's youngest daughter has just left the nest and will be going to Fanshawe College and Vicki will be moving to a farm' in Lucan where` she can enjoy a rest and visit with her family and relatives. "When you're open seven days a week you don't have time to get away," Vicki noted. , Although she- is looking forward to 'retirement, leaving the community is a different story. "For the past 25 years we've shared a lot of ''sorrows and joys in this neigh- bourhood," she said, "but its just the memories you have to remember," However Vicki will be back to continue her work with the Country Singles and to After 25 years Vicki's leaving "It was June '52, when Vicki and her crew, moved into the store to start life anew Twenty-five years she's been here in our midst, So we've gathered together to • wisb you our best. Gus, Vjcki,. Gina and Patti Vere the family four, Along came Leila, Leo and Connie to even the score. Everyone worked to make the business go well, As one of our neighbours, they were just swell. visit her many friends- in the Clinton area. Still, customers will not be able to treat their 'taste buds to a favourite, sausages and homemade soup. "If I had sausage every day they'd eat it," laughed Vicki. Alongwith her cooking, Vicki was also' company to her customers, "You get to know people so we.J1, that,you alrrlost become an Ann Landers," she rex-, pla.ined. While Vicki and her family are leaving, just as the Horbanuiks did 25 years ago,`a new family will be moving .into the area,. the Brightons along with their 23 year old son Keith.0. . Vicki claims that Irma is a better cook than she and has years more experience, since the Horbanuiks originally began the Steak House as a grocery store. Irma is the head cook in the Brighton family and Ross said, "As long as I serve the coffee and keep the customers happy, Irma will look after the kitchen." Sad things always happen and it did happen to them, Gus' was taken away and his •family missed him. But Vicki was not daunted and tried all the hander, The kids got to school and there was food in her larder. Gina went off to college, a teacher was being, And Patti was wed to a boy named Ian. Then Gina met Gord, a , fine neighbourhood boy, The community gathered to wish them much joy. more Irma has :many years' expez'lence In kitchens, from the Eaton's Cafeteria In Kitchener "which she ran, to the Texan Grill in Brussels. Although the Brightons have been out ofthe restaurant business for the past two years, Irma plans to carry on her "plain, ordinary, bonne cooking," which Ross says: is her specialty: "We missed the people and the public," • claimed Ross, "but it's" a lot of work." As the Brightons get, settledinto their neva „home and kitchen and begin'taking inve lt,ory of supplies, Vicki and her family are, saying their farewells to their neighbours and customers, On August 20, some 60 people came out to the home of John and Doris Burrows to giye a surprise party for Vicki. Instead •of being the hostess, this time Vicki was the guest and her years of service were appreciated through a poem written by Phyllis Tyndall of Clinton : The store was remodelled, a place to behold, A gathering place for both young and old. Vicki's a good cook and her helpers devout, Folks drop in to leat when they want a night out. Both Leo and Leila have found themselves mates, Just Connie remain 'to help serve the steaks. So Vicki at last will get a much deserved rest, Hope the folks who take over measure up to the test. Vicki, Irene and Betty deserve credit to no end, Onthe club, "Country Singles" so many depend. For the fun, music, and laughter for singles all round, Good times, romance and courtship, many have found. Well Vicki, we'll surely miss you when you go, No, 'What do you want?' or 'Shut the door.' But we all love" you dearly and - want you to know, Our thoughts and best wishes will follow, wherever you go." Clinton's property cleanup gets results Clinton council's_ property clean-up. attempts are getting results, and council has been patient, so far, with no one facing court action. • Council earlier this spring mailed out ten letters to property owners in town asking them to clean up their properties, or -face stiff court imposed fines under the town's property clean-up and maintenance by-law. Council then .sent out a second notice, by registered mail in July to six of the, owners. and last Thursday night received replies from four of them. Doug Howse of Erie Street told council that he had already cleaned up the junk and the rest of the 'material on his property was saleable goods. .William Kotar wrote council saying the material on his 135 Princess Street property was to be used for construction of a house, and the old brick foundation tvotld be built on. - "We should wait six or eight months and give this man a chance, and see if he starts a- house," Councillor Ron McKay suggested. Fabian Furniture said they had cleaned up their property, and cut the weeds, but some of the land behind the Victoria Street factory belonged to the Canadian National Railways, and wasn't Fabian's responsibility, James Boughen told council that he had cleaned up his property on James Street, and that the rest was materials used in his construction business. and the rest of the land was also owned by the CNR. Council, in other business, will meet with the Public Utilities Commission over the cost of a proposed six-inch water main down Irwin Street to service Fleming's Feed Mill. The 1,200 foot main would cost Fleming $11,050, while the PUC would pay the remaining $4,400 of the total :$1.5,450 cost. , Council also gave tentative approval, subject to the availability of funds,' for next year's road reconstruction program. The program would see Walker Street from Victoria to King Street rebuilt, Maple Street from Whitehead to Maple Streets re,built. Engineering studies will be carried out on High Street from East Street, including Wintercourt; • Town- send from East to Smith Street and. Dunlop from North to Erie Streets. Council also agreed to put up 10 new streetlights on Townsend Street between East and Ransford Streets at a cost of,• $2.250. • In other business connected with public facilities, no firm decision was taken on a new • senior citizen's recreation hall, that has been debated for four years, after council heard a report from Mayor Harold Lobb and councillor Ernie Brown who toured a similar centre in St. Marys. a e :Use 2 door coupe. Features •V8 engine, automatic, 1973 radio, rally wheel's, whitewall tires, wheel Chevy Nova covers. Finished in Royal Blue with white einyl top. Safety certified. License No. DHL 354. _ �.z 1972 Plymouth Fury Wagon One owner, V8 engine, automatic, power steering, power brakes, air conditioning, roof rack, radial tires, wheel covers, tinted glass. License CXA 879. Safety certified. E1,495 •f , 1974 F `rd'Maverick 2 dock, Medium Blue, 6 cylinder engine,. radio, radial tires, un- dercoated. 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