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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-11-16, Page 1• 1'. •-•:.••••••g," J:It) i -,Y -van 1-. igN Despite the cold and damp conditions last Saturday, many older citizens stood through the entire Remembri t Day ceremony at the Clinton Cenotaph, including Mrs. Isabel Colquhouia. dhe laid the Province of Ontario wreath with help from Len Theedom. The turnout was the best in years. (News -Record photo) Voter turnout light t1 13th year -No. 46 Thursday November 16, 1978 Meet next 'Thursday Public to decide fate o The fate of Clinton's swimming pool could be decided at a public meeting set for next Thursday, November 23 at 8 p.m. in the Clinton Town Hall. The Clinton recreation committee decided at their meeting last Thursday night to have the meeting, following several cost estimates and a proposal from the Vanastra Recreation director. The general public and all service clubs will be invited to the meeting to decide the future of Clinton's 25 -year- old pool, which either needs major repairs or replacement. The rec committee has been inviting tenders for nearly a year now on the pool, and estimates show that it would cost about $60,000 to repair the old pool, and anywhere from $103,000 to $170,000 to build a new one. Last month, the committee received a letter from the Vanastra Recreation Committee asking Clinton to use their indoor facilities, which are open year- round, rather than build a new pool, which would be open only two months in the summer. `"`Is it sensible to duplicate facilities we already have," asked rec member Dennis Jewitt, "why should we own a pool if it's a burden around our neck." This year, it cost the town $9,906 to run the pool after $5,000 in revenues Few surprises in local elections Voter turnout at the municipal election on Monday- ranged from poor to excellent in the area, as voters picked only partial slates in area municipalities, as many posts had already been filled by acclamation. In Clinton, only 21 per cent of the , voters showed up to pick one vacant Public , .t ilities Com mission .sea vt by Robert Irwin - 364, over, Helen Tench -140. There are 2,432 voters in town. A poor turnout in Hullett Township saw a new deputy -reeve elected when Tom Cunningham out -polled Greg Brandon 360 to 235, as only 41 per cent of the voters marked ballots. The liquor ' plebescite was lost in Hullett, when only 57 per cent of those who voted supported allowing special occasion permits to be issued in the township. The law requires a 60 per cent vote. The loss of the vote, which has kept Hullett dry since 1915, will put a severe crimp on fund raising activities of service clubs and groups in Londesboro and Auburn, as no events will be able to save liquor or beer of any kind. In Tuckersmith Township, William Brown Sr. of Egmondville topped the polls for the three council seats up for grabs, getting 556 votes to second place incumbent Robert Fotheringham with 518 and incumbent . Frank Falconer with 511. Vanastra candidates Robin Gates with 326 and Harvey Hammond with 257 finished out of the running. Tuckersmith clerk Jack McLachlan said he was very pleased with the 42 per cent turnout at the polls, which was close to the 43 per cent of the last election. Goderich Township will have two new councillors, newcomers Walter Mcllwain with 497 and Chester Sturdy with , 471 will join incumbent . Jake Reder with 284. Incumbent Joe Fritzley . is out of office with a 226 tally, and the other two losers are Lawrence Cox with 250 and Ron Samways with 57. Because of the high non-resident vote in the township, voter percentage turnout was down, but considered good when only the resident vote was taken into account. In Colborne Township, incumbent Russell Kernighan who topped the polls with 354, will be joined by newcomer Glen Ribey with 335 and former councillor Grant MacPhee with 225. Ernie Sherwood finished last with 204 in the election that saw only 35 per cent voter turnout. Hay Township had the best showing at the ballot box, according to clerk Joan Ducharme, who said that after subtracting the no -resident cottager vote, voter turnout was over 60 per cent. Hay returned Jack Tinney to the reeve's chair for another term when 714 voters marked his name and only 334 voted for challenger Claire Deichert, who was deputy -reeve last time. Incumbent councillor Lionel Wilder topped the polls for the three council seats with a 689 total, and he will be joined by newcomer Tony Bedard with 614, and Dick Rau with 591. Incumbent councillor Don Geiger lost his seat by three votes, polling 588. In the only two board of educe ion ":ra;it.i,tarea. John_ :Hen 'e. easily dein )l Molly Kunder 1,036 to 597 in Hullett, McKillop and Seaforth, even • though Mrs. Kunder • won Seaforth. The same situation was true in Hay, Zurich and Hensall, where challenger Minnie Noakes was beaten by in- cumbent Herb Turkheim 466 to 687, even though Mrs. Noakes won in her home town Hensall. .1i Colborne and Goder'ich Town- ships, incumbent Shirley Hazlitt retained her, board seat over challenger and former board member John Westbrook, 604 to 429. It hardly seems possible, but Christmas is only 33 shopping days away and New Years resolution day is only a week after that. Wasn't it only yesterday that we were bar- becuing in the back yard? Unlike last year, winter hasn't showed his snowy face around here yet, and although we have had many frosty nights, we have yet to record our first snowfall. And speaking of resolutions to be made next month, one that I won't have to make this year for the first time and break is my annual vow to quit smoking. I stopped in the middle of summer and I swear I haven't had a puff since, except for inhaling second hand smoke at public meetings. • But it hardly seems worth it when one hears the story out of Exeter that their 42 -year-old heavy smoking editor, Bill Batten, is in better physical condition than his non- smoking 23 -year-old reporter. +++ After a rather hectic week, things are slowing down a little in a sort of calm before the Christmas rush. The elections(what few there were) are over for mother two years, and we can all gd: back to our grumbling until the float time. The Clutton volunteer firemen were out on Saturday night about 6 p.m. Friday night, answering a minor fire in a pile of debris behind Vanastra Public School. No damage was caused. Chief Neilans, however, is worried that children playing with matches may start fire in the grandstand area. A fire two weeks ago in town that destroyed a barn was also set, quite accidentally by kids playing with matches and the Chief thinks it could happen again. Parents should warn their children. +++ The future of swimming in Clinton is in the public's hands as well, detailed elsewhere in the edition, so this is just a reminder of the special meeting next Thursday night, November 23 at the Town Hall at 8 p.m. + + + Education is what you get from reading small print, they say. Experience is what you get from not reading it. +++ We want your recipes! The News - Record is planning a, Christmas- time recipe "book" to be inserted into a regular edition of the Clinton News -Record in early December -- a sort of pre -Christmas gift to you, the readers. But we can't do it without your help. If you have any special or favorite recipes, we would be most grateful if you could send them to us by November 24. thing your recipes into our office at 53 Albert Street, our mail to Box 39, Clinton. Wat Webster of Clinton, hasn't missed marching in a Remembrance Day Parade since the day was first ob- 'served 60 years ago. Wat marched in his first parade as a 15 -yea h -old boy In tucknow In 1918. He still drums regularly for the Clinton Legion Band. (News -Record photo) were deducted, but the committee had budgeted up to $12,000 on the pool. "Is pride getting in our way?" asked Mr. Jewitt about why Clinton people won't use the Vanastra facilities. • "With the $10,000 cost to run our pool, wouldn't it be cheaper to bus the kids out to Vanastra," asked member Ray Garon. "I think we should get the feeling of the public on this first," said member Ron McKay, "We have to make a decision soon." Dean Reid, pool chairman who will chair the cneeial meeting, has tendered his resignation from the rec committee because of other commitments, and it was accepted with regret by the committee. Mr. Reid's seat, as well as two others, will be filled early next year. Arena manager Clarence Neilans reported the bantam tournament was all set for January, and the auditorium was freshly painted. He also said 23 of the new orange chairs had been stolen, and the committee has 20 sheets of large plate glass to sell. Mr. Neilans said he was also con- cerned youngsters might set fire to the �ecite1' 1978 1977 HI 1.0 H1 ;.( Nov. C C F F 1 7 "1 55 51 8 9 -5 56 48 9 13 -3 59 49 10 14 2.5 60 35 11 8 3 36 30 12 5 -2 • 32 11 13 15, -1,5 31 12 No Rain Rain .98" Snow 5" pool new grandstand, as kids had been caught playing with matches under the stacked picnic tables behind the Kinette booth. The committee learned that they have used up $71,000 of their $86,000 request from the town, and the budget may be over because the arena is making little revenue while the floor is being replaced, but the expenses keep coming in. A brief debate took place on who would be responsible for a $350 track maintenance bill this year, and the matter will be discussed later. Town seeks another doctor by Shelley McPhee Following a request for help from the Clinton Public Hospital Board, the Clinton Town Council will advertise for the services of another general practitioner in town. Councillor Rosemary Armstrong, reporting the information at council's Tuesday night meeting said that the board has attempted to advertise in medical journals before, but have been unsuccessful. It is felt that there is a shortage of doctors in town with only five presently servicing the area on a full-time basis. Dr. Addison, a retired medical doctor helps on the weekend work because of the shortage. Mayor Harold Lobb said, "We do need another doctor. Dr. Addison is enjoying his work, but he's a retired man and no one knows how long he can continue." "I think the town should do all they can to help," he added. Councillor Ron McKay added, "None of us had much experience hiring doctors and I think 'we need some direction on this." The rest of council agreed and a committee made. up of cc' lois. Armstrong, McKay and R eeve Royce* Macaulay will meet with the hospital board at their next meeting to disucss the advertising campaign. Some concern was voiced over the vandalism that is presently occurring at the Clinton Community Park. In a letter from the town's rec. committee, it was noted that young people have been caught behind the grandstand where the picnic tables are stored and one ticket booth has been demolished. They asked that a curfew be put on the park. Cl !rk Cam Proctor informed council that presently there's a 9 p.m. curfew for youths under 16 years of age and that 25 years ago they used to ring a bell at 9 p.m. "What if there's a hockey game on?" questioned Deputy Reeve Cook. "They don't have to go over there when a game's on, just make the area out-of-bounds," Reeve Macaulay suggested. It was suggested that snow fences be put around the area, but Mayor Lobb informed council that they were, but knocked down. Councillor McKay suggested, "Let's get some legal advice on this and find out what they're doing in other areas. The police committee should look into this." In other business at the park, the rec committee reminded council that on Thursday, November 23 a general meeting will be held at the town hall to discuss the future of the pool, whether a new one should be built or the proposal to use Vanastra's Rec Centre services be accepted. Councillor Ray Garon, also a member of the rec committee said, "After putting in the arena floor, the cost of putting in a pool is way out of proportion., The, rec:c�pn ,mittee;dpesn't. think , they can get enough money ,` together. "We want as many citizens out to the meeting as we can get," Deputy Reeve Cook added. "We (the rec committee) don't know what route to take," said Councillor Garon. Council was informed that two ob- jections have been received, regarding council's recent decision to rezone a strip of land in the north end of Clinton along the Base Line. By rezoning the area to residential, 15 lots with separate entrances leading out onto the county highway could be possible. Mullett to ban smokers Smokers who light up in buildings owned by Hullett Township may be prosecuted in the future, council decided at their meeting last week. Council instructed clerk Clare Vincent, on a motion by Greg Barandon and Joe Gibson, to prepare an anti- smoking bylaw that would prohibit smoking of any kind in township owned buildings. Council decided that in keeping with the increasing trend toward the prohibition of smoking in public buildings in Ontario, the law be passed locally too. Council also decided to issue a building permit to Christopher A. Schneyderberg of part lot 6, Concession 12, providing he keeps the building as far away from the corner as possible, not obstruct the traffic view any more than necessary, and that he will not object to general farm practices now or in the future. Other building permits issued in- cluded: Orville Storey, implement shed; M. Salverda,'°' addition to" im- plement shed; Tony Verberg, addition to house; Clifford Snell, barn renovations; P. Reinsma, addition to house and renovation; K. Armstrong, siding on barn; G. Guetter, addition to chicken barn; Stanley Ball, milk house; L. Bruinsma, liquid manure tank. The road superintendant was in- structed to contact Radford Con- struction and hire them to plow roads this winter at a price of $18 per hour plus $15 a day standby while not working. A severance ap jlication of Irvin Bowes was also approved, and Ontario Hydro will be asked to replace the street lights in Londesboro as soon as possible. A by-law to rezone part of lot 22, Concession 14 was passed, but no action was taken on a model by-law for noise control, as presented by the ministry of the environment. Arena floor to be poured Excellent progress continues to be made in both the arena floor fund canvass, and the arena floor itself in the past week. All the insulation is in the floor, and the cooling pipes were to be completely installed by yesterday (Wednesday)• and arena manager Clarence Neilans said the concrete would likely be poured next Tuesday, after a test of the cooling pipes. Meanwhile, the arena floor fund jumped by over $5,000 this week to a total af $47,950. Here are the list of givers for this week: Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Rumball $20 Kevin Dutot 15 Mr. Lonnie Matthews 25 Boyes Transport 100 Ivan Carter 50 Jack and Mary Murch 25 Bart Postma 75 Clinton Fire Department volunteers 500 • RuthAnn and Cal Fremiin Chatham Bill Bircham Jim Fitzgerald & family Ted Cudmore Tom Chuter Mrs. Lucy Bezzo Bob & Pat Mann Wayne and Ruthann Hodges Bell Canada Kinettes and Kinsmen of Clinton John & Aileen Lawson and family Total to date 50 50 100 20 50 25 100 15 450 2,000 30 $47,950 Names only: Mrs. Mae Gibson, Kuenzig I.G.A., J.A. Veldhuis, Mrs, Eima Jewitt, Olive Johnson, Reta Yeo, Joe VanDyke, Bob Snell, Wayne Dupee, Mel and Cheryl Hohner, Bob Atkinson, Sim Baker, Mr. and Mrs, RandyGlew,-bonald Bell, Dave }ethic. Goderich Township, the bordering township, said they disagree with the plan. Alfred and Margaret Dykstra object because they feel it may hinder the expansion of their farming operation, the residential area will deter from the appearance of the area and noted that there must be better situated land elsewhere for residential development. Clerk Proctor noted that the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority hasn't objected and neither has the Housing Authority in .'Toronto, the County Planning Board or the ministry of transportation. "Why should Goderich Township object when the county doesn't and why should they object whenit's in Clin- ton?" Clerk Proctor asked. "The Dykstra's objection is legitimate," he added. Reeve„Macaulay agreed.to attend a Goderich Township council meeting in the future to.discuss the objection. I '90,000 • Arena floor canvass '75,000 '60,000 '45,000 0 '35,000 '22,000 '10,000