Clinton News-Record, 1979-12-20, Page 1r o•,•, r •
There will be a new member of
parliament for klitron,Bruce after
thtfebruarY 18 federal election, as
R.E. Bob McKinley announced on
Wednesday- morning, December
19, that he won't seek his sixth
term.
The announcernnt caught
Progressive Conservative
organizers off guard, as Mr.
McKinley had anpounced earlier
this week that he wbuld run again,
Mr. McKinley said in an radio
interview on CKNX rlciio on
Wednesday morning that he had
been thinking abot4 stepping down
for the last two moiiths.
"I don't like a winter election,
and we might end up with another
minority government and another
election soon," he said.
"I've looked after the riding for
14 rars and have run in five
elections. I think it's time for
Potneone else," he told the radio
station,
McKinley was first elected to
Parliament in 1965, and has been
refected in.every election since.
Mr. McKinley, Ao at one time
was party whip for the PC's when
they Were in opposition, was
completely passed over when
Prime Minister. Clark formed his
new cabinet.
The Huron -Bruce Liberals,
meanwhile, have already set their
nomination night for January 3,
and last May's (*leafed card/date,
Graham Craig. a 62 -year -Old beef
rarrner from Walton said on
Wednesday morning that he will
seek the Liberal nod.
TheNew Democrats have not set
a nomination date'et.
Dr. Brian Lynch, medical officer �f
health for Huron Count, gays the
Huron County Health Unit is doing
everything it can to stop the recent
outbreak of lice in Huron County
schoqls.
",`Our nurses are going in fairly
regularly, mostly every day. It's a
long tedious chore getting rid of
them," he said.
Lice have been discovered in tour
c.r.11001q in tho eniintV that he's aware
of Dr. Lynch said, but he doesn't know
how many children are affected since
he said a number are probably being
kept out of school by parents who fear
infection.
"It's not that much of a health
problem so people shouldn't get too
upset. There's no disease involved,"
Dr. Lynch said.
Dr. Lynch said there are various
instructions that the Health Unit gives
to parents who have any children with
head lice. He said the -Unit ip also
sending its .people to schools that
haven't had any reports of lice. The
north end of the county seems to be
the major area for the lice he said.
"The staff from the Board of
Education seems quite content with
what we're doing," the Huron MOH
said.
When asked if he thought the
problem was 'serious he said,
"compared to other illnesses, no."
Thursday, December 20, 1979
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•% highlight of the Holmesvllle Public Sehool.Christmas concert was the special
ippearance of the rock group Cheap Trash, performed by the Grade 6 and 7
!lass. (News -Record photo) _
To pay for rec. centre
by Shelley McPhee
While Clinton Council is concerned
over the amount of vandalism that
occurs in town, Police Chief Lloyd
Westlake feels that the problem is
By Wilma Oke
The ratepayers across Tuckersm,
Township will be facing a levy of f
mills on their taxes in 1980 to help
for the $250,000 renovations and
addition to the Vanastra recreat
centre. This will raise $20,000. ,
additional $0,0Q0 will be remoV0701*
from the township's reserve account
if necessary.
These monies are Tuckersmith's
share of the construction work. The
decision to raise the money in this
manner was decided at, a special
council meeting held in secret from
the press last Wednesday, December
12.
At that meeting, council accepted
the tender of Reflinghaus Contracting
Company Ltd. of Goderich to do the
enovatIon and construction work at a
Ost of $227,480. In addition, there will
p costs of about $25,000 to pay the.
.:,l'architect's fees and an undetermined
ourit to buy new equipment.
" Community centre grants will pay
about $188,000.
„h?;,PlAt the regular meeting Tuesday
night, Council passed a by-laW that the
outstanding operating deficit of
$58,293.54 of the Vanastra recreation
centre be paid out of the township's
reserve account.
Council passed another by-law that
all future capital and operation
deficits at the recreation centre, over
and above the $119,000 debenture
debt, be paid by ratepayers across the
township. •
Council passed another by-law
Merry Christmas to you all and a
Happy Election... I mean New
Year.'
That's right. In case you've been
sleeping for the last week or so, or
have been in Florida and haven't
read a Canadian paper, the plug
has been pulled on the Con-
servative government, with the
election set for Monday, February
18, 1980.
This is the first time we've had a
winter election in. modern history,
and, it should prove interesting, or
at least it will make the long, cold
winter more interesting as we
listen to the B.S. from one side or
the other.
The Main Street wit says that if
we get real lucky, maybe one or
two of the politicians will get lost
forever in a blizzard, or at the very
least get storm stayed for a couple
of weeks in Summerhill, with all
the roads blocked and the
telephone lines down.
Even if that doesn't happen, the
Wit says that it will' mean a much
milder winter, what with all the hot
air spewing forth from all the
politicians.
Actually, they should be calling
this the "flip-flop" election, with
the politians, especially Prime
Minister Joe Who promising one
thing one week, and then doing the
exact opposite. Why even Ontario's
own Premier 'Davis was con-
demning the excesses of the
federal budget on Thursday of last
week, bUt on Friday, "flip-flopped"
• and said he would stand solidly
behind joe.
And Trudeau too, couldn't make
up his mind whether he would lead
the faltering Liberal party in
another election, and finally said
yes only Tuesday afternoon. You
know, the more youlook- at it, the
more it appears to be scripted for
the NBC'S Monday Night At The
Movies,
Perm:wittily, there were some
things 1 like abdUt Clark's budget,
Wit his giVihg' •In toAlbefta
Preinier Peter I Lougheed en 'the
energy pricing 'would prove very
by
jim fitzgerald
authorizing t e borrowing of money in
the amount'? $250,000 as an interim
loan to pay. "'r the construction work
on the recr lion centre until receipt
of provinciJ grants and municipal
tax reveiJie are received. A
promissory note will be signed -by the
to wrfshi4Wover this.
kietter froth the in inistry of culture
and recreation informed council that
no Wintario grants will be for-
thcoming for the construction workat
the recreation centre until there is a
public fund-raising campaign, and the
grants will be based on the amount
-raised by the public. Council was told
Wintario grants are not based on the
amount of taxesraised for a project.
Council's legal firm of McConnell,
Stewart ',3/ Devereaux, Seaforth, is
investigating the legality of a by-law
passed in 1974 that should have
established that the debenture and
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being dealt with as best as possible.
At their meeting on Monday night,
council again discussed the problem
of attacks of wilful damage to the
public washrooms and the buildings
and equipment at the Clinton com-
munity park.
Council ig concerned that the police
keep a close eye on these trouble
areas in an attempt to prevent further
vandalism. Council said that the
washrooms, - particularly ' the
women's, have been repeatedly
•damagad, with graffiti on the walls,
rolls of toilet paper strewn about and
stuffed down the toilets, doors and
locks broken and other damage. The
building at the pool receives a great
deal of damage , and according to
arena manageriparence Neilans, the
interior of the buiTding will.have to b
repainted because of graffiti written
• on the walls and the playground
equipment in the park has also been
damaged several times. These in-
stances of vandalism have cost the
town hundreds of dollars.
Chief Westlake says his police force
has vandalism as much under control
as possible.
He noted -that the pool is a "sitting
duck" during the winter months when
it's closed, but it is impossible to
patrol it 24 hours a day.
• According to Chief Westlake,
reported acts of vandalism and the
damages incurred is down this year.
disastrous for fat tilers and con-
sumers around here, and none of
the money was gotng for research
and developement of alternate
energy sources, just into Alberta's
Heritage Fund.
Oh well, Christmas is nearly
here, and if you're like ,me, the
whole dumb thing can wait until
the festive season is over and we've
,settled down to a long winter's
night.,
And with the coming of Christ-
mas, it means, of course, a
disruption of most services in the
area. Basically, it can be summed
up that most businesses, including
banks, stores, as well as the post
office and other government of-
fices and liquor stores, will close at
6 pm on Monday, December 24, and
won't re -open until Thursday,
December 27.
Likewise for the New Year's
holiday, nearly everything will
close early on the afternoon' of
December 31, -and re -open ori
Wednesday, January 2, '1980. The
schools will be closed on December
21 and will re -open on Thursday,
January 3,1980.
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The News -Record too has
changed hours during the festive
season, and will be open this
Saturday December 22, but closed
next Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday, and re -open on
Thursday, December 27, Our
deadlines have been altered as
well, with eopy and ads for the
December 27 paper due today
(Thursday, December 20 at 5 pm)
and by 5 pm on Monday, December
31 for the january 3rd edition:
This Will be my last column for
this year, and in fact, for this
decade, as next week we will
feature a review Of all the events in
this area from 1979. So on behalf of
all us here at the News -Record, and
the dozens of correspondents that
make OAS well,accepted
tiewspper posSible, a very Merry
ehr!stttas0 and all the very best in
the New Year.
In 1978, six reported acts of vandalism
to publicly owned buildings and
equipment cost Clipton taxpayers
over $1,500. This cost included $1,300
in costs to damaged street signs and
of the six, two were apprehended.
This year, public vandalism will cost
Clinton $825 and of the six reported
cases, three were solved.
In 1978, damages in cases of van-
dalism to the private sector amounted
to over $22,000. The 20 incidents in-
cluded the $20,000 loss of a barn which
was burned. Of the 20 reported acts,
six were apprehended and 14 were
not. In 1979, the damage to date for
private vandalism is over $1,300 for 19
reported incidents, eight of which'
involved one person. Eleven of these
were apprehended and eight were not.
Chief Westlke says that the
problem of vandalism will never be
completely alliviated unless parents
can be made more responsible.
"Many parents don't know where
their kids are at 9 pm," Chief
Westlake. said. "If some would look
after their kids,. we wouldn't have
these problems."
Chief Westlake said that summer is
the worst time of the year for van-
dalism and the problem eases off
when the children and teenagers are
back in school. He noted that the
majority of vandals are between the
ages of 12 and 20 and are mostly boys.
"Once 'they're apprehended, they
usually. learn their lesson," he said.
For juveniles that are apprehended,
the judge decides whether a fine or
payment of damages is levied against
the parents. He also noted that he is
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pleased to see that juvenile courtsare
now often having the apprehended
youngsters pay restitution by working
a specified- amount of time to the town
through physical labor, often to repair
the damage they may have done.
What you think p 4
Stang's win again . . . . ....... p. 6
Race Ramblings P 7
Christmas in Bayfield p 10
Baptist news p 11
Draw winners p 13
H,ensoll news p 14
UCW news p 16
A t Huronview p 17
CHSS news p 21
At the Legion . . p23
It's Christmas • p IA
• Home news P 3A
4-I-rers awarded p 8A
Varna concert p 1 IA
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by Shelley McPhee
In what Clinton Councillor Ron
McKay, "called a matter of prin-
ciple" the issue of what town com-
mittees should get paid came up at
Clinton Council on Monday night.
The question arose following a
request from the town's recreation
committee, that they be paid $10 per
meeting retroactive to January 197,9,
was heard.
The rec committee, who have acted
as an volunteer group in the past,
decided that they should be paid to
attend meetings, since other corn:
mittees, like the cemetery board,
receive payment.
"The rec committee only feels that
if you're going to pay some groups
you should pay them all or not pay
any or them," Councillor McKay,
who's also a member of ,the rec
committee, told council.
"Can't you do something for the
good of your town or do 'you need a
lousy $10 a meeting," Deputy Reeve
Ernie Brown said. Deputy Reeve
Brown, who is a member of the the
cemetery board, said he was opposed
to the payment the board receives.
Councillor Rosemary Armstrong
added, "I don't quibble about the
amount, but it's the principle of the
thing that concerns me."
"We don't mind the work, but we
don't like payment for some and not
for others," Councillor McKay noted.
This issue has been discussed in the
past and two years ago council
refused to pay the cemetery board to
attend meetings. This year the board
didn't ask to be paid but, as council
realized, included payment for
meetings in their budget. Council
agreed that budgets. from various
committees must be studied more
carefully in the future to avoid this.
"Well I'm ticked off," Councillor
McKay noted.
"And I am too it they did this not
known to' us," acting mayor, Reeve
Royce Macaulay added.
Councillor McKay added, "I really
don't want the money but if I'm going
to be a volunteer 1 want some other
volunteers in town too."
Presently the cemetery board is
paid for attending meetings, PUC
board members are paid as well as
the Fire Area Board members.
The Clinton Public Hospital will be
the recipient of the John McLaren
(Mac) Cameron Memorial Plaque.
The plaque will be donated to the
hospital by Marguerite and Michael
Falconer of the Bali Funeral Horne in
memory of Mr. Cameron.
Mr, Cameron, a well-known Clinton
tnan, died on November 7, 1979. He
was a former owner and employee of
the Ball Funeral Home.
The memorial program is elei So
that any individuals or group may
have their name added to the tilattue If
• they have given ail, $100 ot Mere
hOSpital. uonations
may be made by those living and also
in the memory of someone who has
died. A donation will be set up with
both local funeral homes in the case of
a deceased persoh or it may be done
dwiirsehcetstolywdiothnatthe.ehospital if a person
Money given to the fund will go
towards the betterment of the torn-
tmunciltiyntoinn hkoeseppii,tnai.gand maintaining
he
A dedieatikm servite, headed by
rteV. Sohn Olestreiche'r, will be held
sometime in January 1980, The exact
date. will be annoUnced later.
N.
Per the firs time, th ukelele club playAd at a concert at 'Clinton Public School,
when they titer *Jed with strumming and singing at the school's Christmas
concert, las Merl ay, night. (News-ltecord photo)
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