HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-02-07, Page 3•
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Although the tenderl'. ti.
a• Hca ens.
Costs s are Glose to those to what the
engineer estimated Godet;ic
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Townshipcouneil , istill not, c
� not drn
letely satisfiedwith the azn unt that
o t a,
a proposed' halt Mild ,cost thee,
At a special meetingmeeting.onlanuary 28,
council received 11 tender_ ap
plications Withrunnf rii'ig from
ces,
$515,151 to $566,577. The ;prices ran'
close to architect'' Brian Garratt's
estimate,of $564A 000;
7
Connell negotiate
ou it a reed to ne otiwith the
lowest of the bidders; Genan,
chener based firm f a $515r151,, but
accordin to Clerk Robin Thompson
•
they are not •comletel.. satisfied with
i
p Yth
theprice. •
In November of 1978 when the
hall
'first proposed by former Reeve
Gerry Ginn,•the 'township was 'looking
at' a $375,000 complex and according
to Clerk Thompson. council sill has in
• from ael
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people Want . to stay in the area-,
following a 'result of a recent survey
taken at Central Huron Secondary
School which showed that 90 per cent
•of the students wanted to remain
living in Huron County following their
graduation.
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community, A few years down the
road. we'll be in sorry condition," he
pointed out and noted that .since the
Canadian Forces Base , had closed,:
Clinton had been falling behindin-
dustrially.
Wildex in 1971 and Flemir,Ig's Feed
Mill were the last mhjor..industries.to
locate in Clinton and, since then the
;town. haslost the sales barn and the
Sherlock -Manning Piano Factory.
Mr. Falconer did point out that
uyi ti
Clinton has potential to becoming a,
popular industrial area. In' talking
with a representative With the
ministry of tourism an.d.trade at an
earleirrneeting,, the industrial
committee were reminded that
Clinton has good transportation ac-
cess, with two major raodways goin
Ough town, rail "t ff I and 'close
proximity to a port, It was also noted
that Clinton is situated„.in an area in
the province with=tie best market in •
the•world, with a Market of 30 million
people in the Great Lake basin,,
While he noted that the industrial
committee is not interested in seeing
Clinton become a city, they would like
to see the population grow_ by 2,000 in
the next 10 to 20 years.
"The ;opportunities are there if you
want them," he told council:
Bet you're proud to be -a
Canadian these days? And why not,
our_ bi:g.;,si-ster to the- sotud.' has gn' eii
--11:0-411 a .pat on the back for our
bravery -and our sense of humanity
-`-Tora cui
s ny-some of -
our- neigh-
-boring, ,.:, _
Dor;: , :, --� 'Am • from a
ng
dangerous situation.
It was a fine thing to do,, an act
that has raised a patriotic feeling
in all of us.
At last the Americans., have.
-graciously recognized Canadians
and are no longer taking us for
granted as their-qtitet northernly
neighbor.
r While the compliments continue
to flow, we Canadians feel mighty
proud of ourselves and our heroic
leaders who carried out their
dangerous mission in Iran; but
what happens in a week from now,
or a , year from now. _ Soon, the
bouquets from American citizens,
the media and the leaders will•
some to an end and more important
issues will be at hand. While
'Americans still will be .grateful -to
Canadians, our own .sense of
patriotism and pride in our country
will probably vanish as quickly as
it rose up. "
It's not often that we all sit down
and think about our country. Our
patriotism is generally a weak
sense, one that we haven't really
thought aboutas a nation since our
Centennial. days, 13 years ago. If it
hadn't been for this recent act to
,help the United States we'd
probably be no more patriotic than
we were last month, or last year.
It seems that Canadians have the
inability to raise and hold a sense
of , pride in their country by
themselves and only when we are
praised. ,like a mother praises her
child, do we feel a sense of pride, a
sense'of false pride.
We've never shown any national
pride in ,our country as the
Americans do'i in theirs. Unlike the
way the United States celebrates
-them-- day- of ..in;denpertd'ence;=-
Canadians only think of their
national holiday on July 1 as a day
yoff work to go to the beach. Few of -
us'.know know our nation's past and
many students think of Canadian
history asboring. In fact many
Canadians don't even know, the
order" of the provinces, and their
capital's.
Our lackidaisical attitude can be
clearly seen at the theatres when
O'Canada is played before the
feature show.. While the anthem
plays and the accompanying film is
shown, audienees sit, -munching -en
their popcorn, impatiently waiting
for the movie to begin. After a few
bars of our national'anthem has
been played; --,some drag them-
selves to their feet and stand, still
eating their popcorn and
halfheartedly listening to what
seems to be a meaningless song.
That is the extent of our
patriotism and it's unlikely that all
the thanks from our American
neighbors will change things. We
won't - be flying more Canadian ,
flags, we won't know our hisotry
,ny better and we won't feel any
greater sense of respect and
gratefulness for our country when
the 'national anthem is played.
Neither is it any great surge .of.
patriotism or nationalism that
we're feeling these days, -just a
little bit of -vanity. We've received
a giant round of applause from our
big sister and we enjoy standing in
the limelight for a moment.
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Council is hoping -to negotiate otiate with
Genan on alternate prices 'and d;
before any final decision is made.
When and if a tender is accepted, the
township' will the n apply tor'any
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eligible grants which could i clt de ,a
Community Centre and :Wintario
grant.;. Their' Wintario file is.. being
kept open by the governian.ert.
they have 'received a final tender
price and the fast completed form of.
grant application. • •
Along with the Genan tender, others
received b council Ziicluded; Nith
..-Vy, alle-_._a.4�'
$516,604 Bratty Construbt on,
$517,086; Kelly -Lyn' $x'',687; Cale
Doucette,, $522 805; Robinson,
$526,716; Con Dig n,$538,462; Van
Bussel,$539 500; gGilbert $548,616;
C.A. ' McDowell. $566,577; Wayne
Stahle, $566,987.
Council was scheduled to hold a
special meeting with the township
_1reereai' .. ,a..Iamiary '31 '
to discuss the tender ap;lhcations.
In other business, council reviewed
Daugharty's subdivision plan and
following a site inspection of the plan,
enders called on...
ed wit
c;t.nuricil agreed that access to the
beach is riot satisfactory, but could 6e
made so with the installation of a
suitable set of steps. •
Council agreed to issue a building
permit .con-
struction
xt to Bert Dykstra for . the �
of a new dairy 'barn with
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Dear ;Editor; ._
Once upon a time, there was an old'
mae. who had a calf which he kept like
a e On ro f o
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came along claiming that the world
was corning to an.endand he wouldn't
need his calf any longer and time was
of the essence, The old "tlnan reluc-
tantly gave up his calf.
The next day the old man happened
by where the boys were at the beach,
truly enjoying" themselves after
eating the calf. When the boys were in
-th e".---wale.?.-s-.uimm: ing.,-the-o.td man'
-came along ,and took their clothes.
The_boys objected strongly, but the
old man .tat as the. world
was corning to an end they didn't have
from p1ge l' , .
you have. My house isn't adequate
now, but do you think I'm going to
build again?
Some ancrnerrabers of council were
concerned that Hill and Borgal made
no provisions for restoration or use of
the 'basement. Councillor Rumball
read in the report that the ground
water level i close to the present'
basement floor level and said, "I
don't think ., they 'can make' our
basement suitable to store
documents." , • '
Well, we,,cauldput in sump pum'ps,"
he added.
Mayor.Lobb commented, "The high
water,,level made-we-wonder~whether
we should go ahead with it."
Councillor Remball said, "Weld,
let's see how much the first phase will
cost. If v,•e don't do the first phase,,we _
won't dt, therest and if we do restore,
let's do it right. They'vegiven us a'
phase plan, but it will. take 15 to' 20
years to complete and by then, it will
be outdated. I can't get enthused
'about restoring it, but we have a
heritage group in town who wants to
keep it. Let's call the tenders and just
see flow sick we are."
• "I've been listening to this foryears
and I still can't get enthused," Reeve
Royce Macaulay commented. "It's no
good if we can't use, the basementto
expand to,ar s= I think 14- wou1cr VI
another $80,000 to fix that." `
Another opinion was given by
Councillur Rosemary Armstrong
when she stated, " We sit here year
after year arguing about this. If we
can't resolve it and just continue to sit
her and argue, then let's send it back
to the people if we can't make up our
minds." -
Councillor McKay added, "If we
can restore this hali'for half the price.
of building a new one, then restore it.
If it costs twice as much tQ build anew
one, then build it. I like old buildings
and believe in retaining our heritage,
but we have to think of dollars and
cents."
Clerk Proctor suugested that before
council pass the motion approving the
opening of the tenders, council tour
the building, explaining, "See the
basement, see the second floor with
the window sills rotting out."
"Either you._; accept what the
engineer ,says or you call him a liar.
Now do you 'continue to question him
or do you .accept his report?"
Councillor McKay asked.
"What about the basement?"
Reeve Macaulay questionned.
Councillor McKay retorted, `?We're
criticizing him for not looking at the
basement when : we probably didn't
suggest it."
"I did," Clerk Proctor replied. "I
'talked with Nick Hill all one afternoon
about that.',' ,
uncill Rob• Parr intervened, "No -
reatter what, I want to see how much
itwill 'cost: Let'Atender."
"Don't you want to_see the building
first?" Clerk Proctor asked.
The motion to call for tenders was
passed by a slight majority, with four
in favor and three against.,
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anyneed for the_ir•cl.athes,
In Much the"same way August of
19'79,..1 was part of a group that was
' d
h u �r�� .1x..gaxhexesttogether to elect a_
group of seven to' supposedly block°the •
proposed addition to the Vanastra res
.centre. Unfortunately I voted at that •
session even• though * after making
inquiries as to what the purpose, was,
what the constitution was, I didn't get
satisfaction.
think 1'11 regret voting. that night
for some time to come. I' feel I was
caught unm`y...,-.hur'r C.a:z),.:.t—
wait; the wadi -,bang syndrome. Not
being any different than anyone else,
I too got sucked in. One of the greatest
things I have against it is being in-
vited to a meeting only for my' vote
just to fortify someone else's position.
I'm not being invited to neetiags for
my input and discussion, but• -just to
get my vote.
If I don't agree with them or make '•
objections, or vote against, or try to
put other alternatives, they try to put •
me down. Now I believe they are
approaching you with a petition with
the same warn -bang syndrome, hurry
sign here, hurry, hurry, can't wait. I
think this group • of seven is in:.
toxicated by its own importance.
According to last week's paper, the
Township is in the give-away mood
again. The Township clerk was given
an almost 22 percent pay increase
which comes .to $4,000 increase. I
believe these public employees shou,ld•• •
not get paid any more than' the
,average1 wag.e.- of the community.
Even at 59,000 •1 think -fie would be
He was one of the best
Dear Editor:
We're Losing One Of The Best
•When; election aros e in Dec.
1979 was the year.
One of the greatest of M.P.s
Said his term was over that's clear.
Election, etc. they call it.
Why vote for any one man
Why vote for something we don't
believe in •
But that':, what you're doing my
friend.
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with' OHIP betefits and the c'ount�`
pension plan.
It was also decided that errs .lo �_e
a p yes
would be g iven 21 cents. per mile car.
allowancewhen t
o� cawnShzp business
and that . employees would be `given
two Weeks . olid s.a.� .ear, with . e • h ay � � with,pay,
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overpaid as the average wage isabout
$4 per houtM
I suggestwe need new street',hghts,
at Yanas�a_u?orejkan w
ixed
0.give away `money. We need•afire
department more than.we need a free
give- away ' Witil Witthe, More than.
$15,000, Vanastra can install more
than 200 new mercury vapor lights.
When installed, they will be. up there
for all to see the great improvement
and money well spent.
I think the Township employees
t unk that j nui ty loyalty high,
to , extremely high wages. If the
•government wants us to bite the'
bullet, we must have some leader
ship come from our own local
governments. To start with, t -the•
salaried worker should voluntarily
roll back '•theirtotal wages by 50
percent to show good faith.
I will do everything in my power to
make Vanastra into an incorporated
village! If you are tired of being
shafted by the Township and want to
do somethir.g about it, but feel you
alone don't ''have the strength and
want to join in with others who' want
Vanastra to be an incorporated
village, please call 482-3762.
Remember, we can't do any worse
than - them, but we can do Bruch.
better. It is our community, "V for
Vanastra." We will control our own
.community, come put in your
thoughts, abilities, time, knowledge,
intelligence: Your community needs
you -
Charles Mazinanian,
Vanastra.
Like Bob has said in his leaving
It's the man not the party -no more,
If it was the magi and theparty
Then we'd have McKinley for sure.
So hats off to Bobby McKinley -•
For the best.14 years;we will know
Because without a man like McKinley
We're all heading down the wrong
road.
P, S.: So sorry to :,ee him go.
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