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Police and ambulance attendants remove a badly in-
jured Dennis Hallam, 33, of Brucefield from his wrecked
car that was in a two car pile-up that killed Mary
Furinder, 40, of Goderich, and badly injured her husband
Malhota on Friday afternoon: Mr. Hallam was south -
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bound at the time of the accident about 1:20 pm, and the
Furinder car was northbound. Both cars were complete
wrecks, and Mrs. Furinder was prounced dead at the
scene of the accident. (News -Record photo)
No Hydro plant for Bayfield
Contary to a letter from a developer
and rumors running rampant in the
area, there will be no nuclear power
plant build in Bayfield.
That's the conclusion reached this
week after both Ontario Hydro of-
ficials and Premier William Davis
denied,any knowledge of the plant.
A letter from David Singer of
Landawn Shopping Centres Ltd,, that
began generating the rumors of the
impending plant, was only a well-
intentioned advertising ploy, says
Singer.
The letter made it all the way to the
floor of the legislature Monday, and
Premier Davis called the rumors
"totally inaccurate."
Hydro spokesman John O'Connor
also said they weren't planning any
power plant near Bayfield, and
suspected the rumors came from
some misunderstanding over Hydro's
investigation of several locations
prior to construction 'OrtIre'BrtiCe
generating station.
O'Connor said he received a copy of
Singer's letter three or four weeks
ago, and Hydro has advised Singer
that the letter was inaccurate and
misleading.
When contacted. Monday, Singer
said, "You mean they talked about it
in the Legislature?" He said he hasn't
"had a chance'to get back to the
businessmen he wrote the letters to,
to correct his statement.
"I just don't want to hear anything
more about it," Singer said.
Part of that letter believed.to have
been mailed in September read: "I
am sure you are aware that the
Ontario Government will soon be
starting construction on the Bayfield
Nuclear Power Plant which is located
15 miles\ from Exeter. The Bruce
Nuclear Plant helped spur housing in
both Port Elgin and Kincardine to
unbelievable proportions to the point
that Zehr's put a supermarket in both
Port Elgin and Kincardine
Singer said he sent the letter to
Exeter area businessmen after
hearing "somewhere" that the
nuclear plant was destined for nearby
Bayfield.
"I was told about a year ago. All I
wanted to do was to stir some
business up for myself, for my
shopping centre," said Singer, whose
company , developed the Exeter
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shopping Centre, and a similar one in
Goderich.
But the letter has caused talk
around Exeter and most of Huron
County, and Monday MPP Jack
Riddell raised the matter in the
Legislature.
Premier Davis told Mr. Riddell he
doesn't think Hydro is contemplating
anything definite beyond the
Darlington nuclear plant, eat of
Toronto.
Later Mr Riddell told reporters,
"I'm just wondering if there is some
undertaking on the part of Hydro in
the near future."
He said Exeter has been the scene
of some commercial building
recently, and, "it makes me
suspicious. I'm not against
developement. I just Want to know if
Ontario Hydro isn't planning
something."
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From day care board
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Tuckersmith removes councillor
by Wilma Oke
Tuckersmith Township councillor
William Brown was removed from the
Vanastra day care centre cpxnmittee
by council Tuesday night. The
councillor is one of two council
members • on the seven -member
committee. The other is Councillor
Robert Fotheringham and there are
five appointed members -- Betty
McLean, Lois Evans, Carol Dickson
all of Vanastra ; Margaret Rogerson
of RR5 Seaforth and Doris Cantelon of
RR4 Seaforth.
When the letter was read to council
at the last meeting on November 20, a
surprised Councillor Brown asked:
"What have I done? What reason did
they give?"
At that time, the letter was tabled
until the next meeting when a reason
could be given for the request.
However, Tuesslay, when Councillor
Brown asked again for the reason the
appointed members had given, Reeve
Sillery replied that none was given.
Councillor Frank Falconer moved
that council accept the letter, Deputy
Reeve Robert Bell seconded the
motion and Councillor Robert
Fotheringham voted with them to
oust Brown from the committee.
• Mire Haskett of Vanastra, a
spectator, exclaimed to council:
Weather
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usinessman opposes super•market
. by Shelley McPhee
Ozzie Kuenzig, owner of the Clinton
IGA, is opposing the proposal of a new
supermarket in town.
• Acting on behalf of Mr. Kuenzig,
Goderich lawyer Dan Murphy asked
Clinton council on Monday night to
look at all aspects of the proposed
food market before making a final
decision.
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column
?Despite being an old cynic who
has seen nearly everything in this
business from instant highway
deaths to family break-ups, and
who has been poked fun at, yelled
at by irate readers, and badgered
by self-seekers of some "just
cause" or another, I still have a
soft spot in this hard shell that I
have build around me, like all news
people have done in order to retain
their sanity.
.Yes, despite all those hundreds of
by
jim fitzgerald
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tragedies I've witnessed in the
decade I've been in the hard news
business, coming across a fatal
accident like the one last Friday
outside of town with the victims
trapped in the wreckage still
bothers me a great deal.
It seems that no matter how
many lessons the human being is
taught and no matter how many
people die in auto wrecks, many of
us never seem to learn, and I know,
as do the police, firetnen, and
ambulance drivers, that in the not
too distance future we will again be
out on the highway cleaning up a
mess as careless driving, drinking,
or inattention cause another
personal tragedy, splitting a
family, and causing untold hours of
anguish and pain that are never
reported on these pages.
Our appeal is simple: with the
Christmas party season now upon
us, think. Whose Christmas will I
be spoiling if I have "one More for
the road?'
1 too, like the Christmas season,
with all • the sccalizing and the
renewing of old acquaintances plus
the tneeting, of many new people.
But, and I hate to complain, there's
jtist too niUth going of for one
month. Couldn't sot/1e of those
parties, be held 1ur1ng the
citildrumS of Pebr ary,, when
• everybOdy is really f' eling in the
dumps? becember 18 'also the
busiest month of the jycr, in the'
netttapaper business', hrtd7 vie just
never seem to have time to enjoy
all the festivities.
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The Main Street wit this week
says:" Love doesn't make the
world go around, but it sure makes
the ride worthwhile."
As anyone who has tried to take
corn off in November or get the fall
plowing completed can tell you, it
was one very dam (p) month, as the
statistics from the Goderich
weather station prove.
According to weather watcher
Tony Chir, 130.2 mm of rain (5.1
inches) fell on us last month, of
which 9.5 cm was snow, far above
the average of 88.4 mm (3.48 in-
ches). However, the average mean
temperature of 4.5 degrees C was
well above the long tear,' average
of 3.1 degrees C, thanks mainly to a
ten-day stretch between the 17 and
27th ,when no frost was recorded,
and the nights were very warm, in
the 10 degree range.
What's in store for the rest of the
winter? Well, nobody knows for
sure. The almanac says one thing,
the woolley caterpiller says
another. We'll know for sure next
April.
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If you've been planning to put a
few pennies away for a rainy day,
now's the time to do so. According
to a news story this week, the lowly
penny has more copper in than its
face value, and the government
will soon be bringing out a newer,
much smaller penny.
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That bit of snow last weekend has •
warned us that a great deal more is
on the way, and so the police are
warning us all that we can't park
on the street any longer between 1
aril and I am any day of the ;Weeks
the snow plows oatioperatre freely.
Db so and you'll pay a $4 fine and
face getting your vehicle towed
away.
"I'm not here to tell council what or
what not to do, but • most
municipalities would have asked for a
study to show the impact of the
supermarket on the downtown core
area," Mr. Murphy said.
Mayor Harold Lobb said that a
study had been made by the people
opening.the store, but it had not been
seen by the planning board or the
council.
"The council and planning board
should see that study. Most could ask
to see it," Mr. Murphy told council.
A survey, Mr. Murphy said, would
show whether the store is requried,
the effects it would have on the
downtown area, and would look at the
type of development that it will be
located on, highway commercial.
• According to Mr. Murphy, "Once
you make the move (to highway
commercial). you can be certain that
more development will occur. I'm not
saying that's wrong, but it's 'a step
that's not easily reversed.
Mr. Murphy warned that if this
supermarket is allowed a non con-
forming, or spot zoning change,
oth,ers may come and ask council for
the same, "In all fairness, what if
someone else wants a re -zoning in
another area. w questionned.
Mr. Murphy pointed out to council,
"My client can compete with another
stone, but they're concerned about
losing the core area."
He suggested that if people are
taken to the outskirts of town to do
some shopping, they may be less
likely to shop back in downtown on the
same trip to purchase other articles.
"\#e have a lot of shopping outside
of the downtown now,' Councillor
Ron McKay noted. "It's called
Goderich."
"This new place may keep some
people shopping here," Deputy Reeve
Ernie Brown suggested.
Mr. Murphy pointed out that
Goderich had the same idea, but only
some people stopping their out-of-
town shopping in favor of the malls.
"I realize that this isn't a shopping
centre that's being proposed," he
added.
"I don't have all the facts to make a
statement tonight, but I ask that you
not pass the necessary bylaw, so I can
investigate the matter further and
report back to council," Mr. Murphy
asked.
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Three seek Warclenship
by sharon dietz
Three candidates have been
declared in the election of Huron
County Warden.
Bill Morley, reeve of Usborne;
Eileen Palmer, Goderich reeve and
Tuckersmith reeve, Ervin Sillery
have declared they will seek the
warden's chair for 1980.
County names
Huronview head
Huron County Council has ap-
pointed William Tim Collyer, of
Napanee, assistant administrator of.
Huronview Horne for the Aged in
Clinton. A Lucknow area native, Mr.
Collyer was previously with the Bank
of Montreal.
The appointment is to be effective
January 1, 1980, for a probationary
period of six months.
The position became available
when ' Huronview's administrator,
Chester Archibald retired and
assistant adtninistrator, Wayne '
LeSter took Mr. Arcl. ibald's positon.
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Mr. C011yer is married to the for.'mer,
mer, Dianne Caslick!, and they have a
sofij khathan. lie' is the soh of
Stewart and Kay Collyer, LuelpieW.
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lite new warden tor Huron county
will be named at the inaugural
meeting on December 11.
Mr. Morley recently served on the
Committee of Manageigent of
Huronview and has been on county
council since 1975.
An Usborne township farmer, he
said his son is willing to take over
management of their farming
operation during the coming year, so
Mr. Morley can devote his time to the
wardenship.
Eileen Palmer has served on
various committees and boards
during her four years on county
council. She asked county council
Members to vote in a knowledgeable
fashion witen they make their choice
for warden. She asked that they judge
on merit, not political patronage.
Tuckersmith reeve, Ervin Sillery,
has served 18 years on municipal
council and has been a member of
county council for the past seven
years. He told council Members he
would be pleased to represent the
co trittg, as warden.
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All three candidates said they were
prepared to give the time necessary
to re 'resent the rcounty as warden and
they would be Fonoured to fill the
position with the respect and prestige
it represents.
"You are behaving disgustingly to
one of your fellow council members.
You are letting gossipping women tell
you what to do!"
Evelyn Garland of Vanastra and
Henry Gerrits, a Vanastra
businessman, and spectators, said
they ' felt the councillor was not
treated fairly .and a reason should
have been declared.
Falconer he said, knew the reason
but wasn't willing to state it.
Brown made the motion "that the
Day Care Centre Committee be
disbanded and the Day 'Care Centre
director, Miss Karen McEwing run it,
and be answerable to council only".
No one would second the motion.
It was pointed out government
regulations require a committee to
direct the centre and said the director
needed the committee or she might
brainwash the council.
It was also said that the Recreation
Director does not have a committee
and it was stated the government
regulations did not require a com-
mittee. The question was then asked,
"Do you think the Recreation
Director doesn't brainwash you?"
Reeve Sillery stated his position "If
flak comes back to council that Brown
was not agreeable with them (com-
mittee) and Council voted to remove
him, then I'll go along with council."
Councillor Brown repeated, "I feel I
should have been given a reason."
In other business, council passed
a by-law authorizing the $250,000
addition to the Vanastra recreation
centre and will send it to the Ontario
Municipal Board for approval. When.
this is received council will then be in
a position to accept the tender for the
construction to start.
Council approved the acceptance of
the new 1980-81 Seaforth Fire Area
Board agreement which will go into
effect on January 1 after the five
participating municipal councils sign-
-McKillop, Tuckersmith, -Hullett and
Hibbert townships and the Town of
Seaforth.
Council approved the subdivider's
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Council supports need for
another doctor in town
by Shelley McPhee
Clinton council has offered their
support, in principle, t� help secure
another mebical doctor to serve the
area.
"Everyone is concerned in town
about the doctor shortage and if you
leave the issue with council I'm sure
they will come up with some help,"
Harold Mayor Lobb told members
from a doctor shortage committee.
"We want to help anyway we can
and I'm proud that council indicated
their support here tonight. We'll be
looking into every avenue to see how
we can give you support," Mayor
Lobb prom ised.
Along with moral support, the
committee asked •the town if they
could offer some financial assistance
to a young doctor coming to town by
underwriting a loan. Although no
figures were established, council
agreed in principle to. offer some
financial support to a young doctor
trying to establish a practice in
One delegate, Dr. Brian Baker,
pointed out that a loan could help a
doctor financially until the OHIP
cheques start coming in.
According to Dr. Baker one
disadvantage that Clinton faces is the
lack of a medical centre Where a new
daCtor could establish, himself.
Because of this, the' committee has
suggested that the upper portion of
the former nurse's residence, across
the road from the hospital, be
renovated to accommodate a new
doctor. -
Another delegate, Mason Bailey,
told council that a broad estimate for
the renovations would be $5,000 to
$12,000. He suggested that the town
could underwrite a loan for
"The plumbing may need to be
relocated and we don't know what's
tleally needed," Mr. Bailey said, "But
we're fortunate we , can have a
building that we can utilize at not
much expense. Five years down the
road we -may be very sorry that we
were stingy now."
Presently, the Huron County Health
Unit and Dr. Harrett's office occupy
part of the former nurse's residence.
"We must have an office so at least
we can offer a doctor something," Dr.
Baker added.
"We're willing to go ahead with
.renovations to the residence if we can
find a doctor that's willing to come to
town," delegate Leen Rehorst added.
"If council could underwrite a loan
to provide a doctor wil some ac-
cornAtnody.etion, whterh ,it be in the
renOvata residence or at his own
home," Dr. Baker suggested.
• The committee noted that they had
received a few letter g from doctors
who had shown some interest in
working in Clinton but according to
Dr. Baker, "It's a problem since we
don't have a concrete practice to offer
anew doctor:"
This, however, does not mean that
-Clinton doesn't need another doctor.
Dr. Baker explained that although
there is no established practice, many
people indicated that they would go to
a new doctor. Dr. Baker noted thatthe
last practices available of Dr.
Addison's and Dr. Thompson drifted
apart several years ago:
Dr. Baker also noted that Dr. Street
from Blyth is no longer helping with
the on call work, leaving only three
doctors in town to share the workload.
He added, "Once a young doctor
comesto town, others may follow. We
doctors here are much older than
graduating doctors but if we could get
one youngster, others wouldi come."
To entice doctors to come to town,
the committee also suggested that a
brochure be drawn up to show what
the town has to offer to a new resident
and worker.
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