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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-06-12, Page 111 Some of his fellow members in the Kinsmen said they had a tough time telling which one was the donkey, as club president Carry Merner along with other members marched in the Spring Fair parade last Saturday. (News -Record «.6 i • :- By Jim Fitzgerald Despite some of the worst weather. conditions in nearly a decade, organizers Of the 126th Clinton Spring Fair say the three-day event Was a }; success, draw- g -nearly: as° many. people as last year's crowd of 9,000. Fair board president Dave Dalzell said the fair may realize a small profit of $3,000:which will help reduce the board's deficit of $9,000. Although heavy rain and gusty winds send fair crowds scurrying for cover Saturday afternoon, and cold ;., winds chilled Sunday's . crowd, a • heavy rain on Friday morning is credited with boosting attendance because it kept the farmers off the land. Mr. Dalzell credited the local service clubs for helping with the .profit picture. The Clinton Lions Club ran all the ticket booths at the Fair, while the Optimist Club ran the casino and donated . all their profits from their "dunkin". game, while the Kinsmen donated the entire $1,627 profits from their beer tent to the fair board. There was a better than average crowd for the mini -tractor pull on FridayOA. ._1,,.1).Driyers Clinton featured on Wintario -draw By Shelley McPhee People from Thunder Bay to Peelee, Point will be watching Clinton and area people on June 26 if they have their televisions tuned into the Wintario Draw. Plans arefinalizedand eV i l-ytine is preparing for Clinton's de, he TV screen when Wintarrc,"�0 to the Clinton Community ty. to televise a draw. Clint - so receiving the special pjhti1 tkof helping Wintario celebra h draw and fifth year of operation and a gala birthday party is planned for the evening. Clinton's Fred Lobb will emcee the first part of the evening's en- tertainment which will get underway at 7:30 pm with a variety program provided by local musicians, in- cluding the Clinton Public School Senior Choir, the Holmesville Public School Band, a local band Whiskey Jack and Seamus Doherty and Barry Stephen's Blackthorn's International Ballads. Television personalities Fred Davis and Faye Dance will take over the first column program at 9 pm when the Wintario draw will be telecast across .,the • province. Proceeds from the evening will go towards the new Clinton swimming pool and admission is $2. There will be no charge for senior citizens. Tickets for the program are available, at regular Wintario outlets and can b'epurchased in Clinton from Bartliff's, Ray arid Shirl's, Shiral's • For Sept. 13 Department, Becker's, Kuenzig IG Clinton Hotel, Credit Union, the North End, the Clinton Legion and Triangle Discount. Tickets are also available at Black's in Brucefield, McLellan's in Kippen, Ron's Health Centre in Hensall and Abbott's Store in Holmesville. Doors open at the arena a f 6:45 pm and further ticket in- formation can be obtained by calling 4$2-3997. , Gala pool party set by Steve Cooke One of the biggest social events the Town of Clinton will ever see is scheduled' to take place on Saturday, Sept. 13 this year. Instead of a door to door canvass to'raise money for the new swimming pool, the service clubs of Clinton and area are joining together to put on a big dinner - dance this fall. The biggest objection to a straight As this weekly tribute (or is it tripe?) is being written early Wednesday morning, we have just, concluded two' days of sweating. and nail-biting over the weather. With snow flurries in the air, and March -like temperatures Monday and Tuesday, farmers and gar- deners alike were both worried sick that., a disastrous June frost would create havoc with fields and flowers. But fortunately, we seemed to have escaped any major damage on the day, eight years to the date, from the '72 frost that decimated area corn crops and gardens. There were a few frozen leaves on the tomatoe plants in the Fit- zgerald garden on Wednesday morning, but a 6 am watering hopefully , "sucked" the frost out before any majordamage could have been caused. +++ That same weather played havoc with then spring fair, but in retrospect three days later, things weren't nearly as bad as they seemed at the time, and all the hard working volunteers at the Huron Central Agridultural Society are to be -congratulated for putting on their customary good show. It seems that every year, people are predicting the demise of the Spring Fair, Clinton's oldest in- stitution, but despite the negative attitude, that small handful fight on and prove their detractors wrong. + + + Even though the weather seems add lately, the weather watchers say that unusual weather in June is usual, running the gamit from attic to tropical in just a few days. The tempbratu,repcan range from below freezing to the 90's. And even though May, seemed like a cold month, according to Steve Har'daker, the new keeper of by jim fitzgerald tine c ec urds at the Goderich Air- port, it was really warmer than usual and drier. The mean tem- perature for the month was 11.9 degree"s C, warmer than the long term average of 10.9, and our precipitation of 57.2 mm was short of the average of 771.1 mm. + 1 + With the job market being so poor for students this summer, the Main Street Wit says that young people who can earn enough money these days to work their way through college don't .need any more education. - + + + Holy smokes! Here it is the middle of June already, the high school kids are out of school, and here it is nearly Father's Day. Mnimm, 1 wonder what Screamer and Terror have planned for me this year. My guess is it will be mad of Playdough, and hand - colored, which is a lot of work if you're only 21/2. + ++ The Wit reminded me the other day, however, that the cry of a bay is the most touching sound in the world.... for the first five minutes. -1- + + Just one last reminder of that Klompen Feest meeting to be held June 17 at 8 pm at the town hall, starting at 8 pm sharp, and as many people as posible are asked to attend this kick-off meeting. + + + The staff here at the Nerws- Record would like'' to thank all those correspondents and con- tributors for helping us win .a Blue Ribbon ' award in the Canadian Community Newspaper Association's better newspapers competitions. Every, week we get many compliments (and a few complaints too) from local readers, but it's also nice.to receive, national recognition from our peers. canvass is that the person donating the money "doesn't get anything for it". The "gala pool party" is dif- ferent. Cost will be $25 per person and your ticket stub will also act as a tax deductible receipt for a donation to the Town of Clintonforthat amount. The'stuh will also give you a fantastic beef dinner (one of those delicious meals the Kinsmen and Kinettes are famou , for) and a full night of lively entertainment at the Clinton. Corn- munity Rec Centre. It-is.expected that somewhere between 800 and 1,000 people will attend. It might be wise to mark that date (Sept. 13) on your calendar now and keep your` eyes peeled for tickets. They will be on sale soon and it is expected that the event will be a total sellout. If you want to "get your 4, No one to utch was only one of money's worth"' ''and have a great the "happy" volunteers who helped out at the Clinton Optimist's dunking tank , time too, don't miss Clinton's "Gala game stile Clinton Spring Fair. Friends and foe alike came out to toss baseballs at the target which got people like Butch all wet, as they fell to their on Sunday. night attracted a crowd of 1,200, nearly filling the grandstand. At the Huron, County Holstein Show on Friday of ternoon= Cliff and G_lenr .� McNeil of Goderich topped the 28 exhibitors wlx'o's. owe 77 animals.. The McNeils were premier `exhibitors and premier breeders at the show, while' Elston, Speirman of Brussels had the grand champion female, and Ken Ramsey had the ,. reserve grand champ. Robert Carter of Blyth had the -champion junior female and the senior yearling, wile Franken Farms of Auburn wereerunners-up, and Hol -Den Farm otClinton had the top bull calf. In the beef class on Sunday, Calvert Farms of London showed the top beef herd, Herefords. Entries were down in some sections of the ladies' division this year, with Mrs. Toni Vos winning the Old Mill special for the most points in the spinners class, and Evelyn Hardy gathered the most points in the weavers class. , dinday Evans of Clinton took home the Bill Flynn award for being the. first-time exhibitor with the most _points,' and Marie Webster won the Sears award for collecting the most points in the artsand crafts section, di t� HI J June. 3 17 " 11 4, 19 6.5 5. 21 4- 6' 23 11 7 22 10 19 4 9 12 3,5 Rain 36.5mm r 1979 14.1: 1.0 26 9 28 10 18.5. .12 24 7 28 13' 28. . 19.5 • 2820 . Rain 12.3 rnrn air attracts 6,00(.. Rhea Potter of Goderich Township won ' the Scott Paper award for collecting the most points in the sewingclass of childrens clothing, while Louisi McGregor took home the Mary's Sewing Centre award—for- collecting the most points in sewing ladies' clothing, and Mary Marsh won the Butterick award for gathering the most points in sewing men's clothing. Irene Shipp won the Dutch Store award for collecting the most points in the crocheting section, while Lillian Evans won the Scott Paper award for being the top knitter, and Mrs. Heimpel won the Clinton WI award for being top needlepointer. Mrs. Russell Jervis collected the most points in the baking section .to take home the Ontario Cream Producers award, while Mary Chapple won the Sears award for top floral . exhibtor, and Debbie Flynn colected the most point to win the Suzanne Brandon award for junior ex'alibitors. In. all ` shapes, sizes and form they came to the Clinton Fair on Saturday. Some in pink,lbthers in blue, a few crying, some laughing and still others snoozing took part in the annual baby show. Smiling Kate Hazlitt was named by the two judges as top baby out of the. Butch Pool Party". had tell Fleet that the .water was cold. B wet reward. (News -Record photo) 25 contestants in the two classes. Seven month old Kate is the daughter of Greg and Beth Hazlitt from Goderich. Seventeen babies took part in - the six-month and`younger-nlass and Jilkr and Linda Watson's daughter, Darla Dawn was chosen as the first prize winner. Darla is two months old and lives with her parents in Clinton. Devin Joel, the six-week old son of Don and Sandy Petteplace of Clinton came second and close behind in third place was John and Rhonda Bjerg's son Jonathon, the six -month-old son of the Vanastra couple. Dressed in her prettiest pinks, .Kelly the six -month- old daughter of Tom and Lynn Devereaux from Seaforth took fourth place. Judges had a busy time with an active six month to a year class and out of the eight entries, four were selected as top prize winners. Michelle Hoggarth, Bill and • Lia Hoggarth's ' 10 month old daughter won first prize. The Hoggarths live in ' Clinton. Art and Dorothy Airdrie from Londesboro had_ their handsome eight -month-old son, Joseph Arthur come in second and third place went to Michael, the 11 -month-old son of Frari cI^andyGweri Flynn:1Mb-Clinton : Larry and -Louise Gibbings' youngest daughter, it month -old -Cindy took fourth place in the close competition. Board appoints school mediator In order to hasten the attainment of a 1981 collective agreement, the Huron County Board of Education and elementary school teachers have had a mediator appointed for them. Ellis Griffiths was named on May 30 as the independent third partyrby the 'educations 1 e'lations !Ctrrimrssiort, which is paying his fee. According to the Commission, Griffiths has ex- tensive background -.in labor relations and presently has his own consulting firm. In announcing the appointment of • Griffiths, Director of Education D.J. Cochrane pointed out that in- dependent third parties are a com- mon thing in bargaining for a collective agreement and assurred that the board and the public school teachers "are definitely not .at a stalemate. We just want to speed the process up and hopefully have an agreement before January. "Both parties feel it beneficial to have a different perspective, an in- dependent third party. This is a common thing and it does not mea talks are not going well," he added. Depending upon when Griffiths arrives for a meeting, an agreement may be reached this month. However, Cochrane says a more realistic time would be in the fall, since the board and teachers often cannot be available for • a vote during the summer months. outtty'wants weather station BY SHARON DIETZ Huron County Council passed a motion to support Goderich Airport's objection to the automation of the Environment Canada Weather Station at the Airport, when they met on Thursday, May 29. Letters of objection will be sent from the county to Environment Canada and Transport Canada voicing the county's objection to the move. Environment Canada recently announced plans to automate the Goderich`'"Weather Station, thereby eliminating the need for personnel at the facility. The computerized weather system will feed statistical information to the weather network but local pilots, boaters and residents will hot be able to obtain any weather information from the station. "An automated station only eves you temperature, humidity -and wind direction, the things you can get from' a barometer on your kitchen wall," commented Warden Bill Morley. -, The airport is concerned about the automation of the station, said Morley because pilots need to know what the weather is like up around 3,000 feet. Morley made his comments alter council voted pn the mgtion by John Tinney, Reeve of Hay. "Environment Canada is only in- terested in centralizing the weather stations in London," observed Reeve Morley. Representatives from the Atmospheric Environment Services, Environment Canada were in Goderich during the past week to install—the Mars I meteorological automatic reporting station. It was expected to be operational within a week and will feed data to the national network 24 hours a day. y. The Goderich station was established in 1973 'and has main- tained two full-time employees, however, weather records have been kept in Goderich since the 1880's. The weather station has been invaluable to boaters, avietioaso farmers, anyone interested in weather and also acts as a valuable warning system against natural disasters. If a weather warning is to be issued, the Goderich station phones local' police, PUC, municipal authorities and county , officials requiring notification. . The switch to an automated system in Goderich could leave a gap in weather information from Sarnia to -Wiarton. The Mount Forest office has been automated but is also staffed, however, weather varies between • rya..w...O Mount Forest and Goderich. Goderich Reeve Eileen Palmer feels 'it is imperative that Goderich has a weather station because of the geography, location, proximity to the 'lake and changing weather patterns due to the lake effect. The Goderich Municipal Airport Committee decided at their May 21 meeting to send a delegation to Ottawa to meet with the Minister of Turn to page 3 uckersmith fix Vanastra bridge by Wilma Oke The Vanastra perimeter road bridge, a quarter of a mile south of No. 8 highway will be closed for the . next three weeks while repairs are made to the bridge. The construction work is estimated to cost a total of $44,200. Tuckersmith township council last week accepted the engineering report of 13. M. Ross and Associates of Goderich for the repairs to the existing deck of the Vanastra, Road ,. bridge at Lot 35 and 36 on concession 1, Huron Rpad survey, that irecom- mends the raising of the concrete deck 4urface by approximately three and a half feet above the level of the existing concrete deck, with the finished deck' surface providing the riding urface for road matching with existing road. Council will advertise fol' tenders for the construction work. Clerk Jack McLachlan has notified the police and area fire departments of the road closure so that they will be prepared to take alternate routes in case of emergencies. In other business, council accepted the tender of R. Nicholson Con- struction Company Ltd. for the clean- out of the Big Drainage for tendered price of $29,500. It was the lowest of five tenders. Court of Revision was held on the drain and whenthere were no appeals the drain report was'ac- cepted. Road superintendent Allan Nicholson was ahtorized to purchase a reconditioned motor and clutch, to be \installed in the 660B grader at an estimated cost of $7,000. Council will require that builder Albert Price have a site plan ap- proved by council in the ,proposed - development agreement before a building application is applied for on Lot 9, Plan 22 R1161 Egmondville. Mrs. Clair Haskett of Heather Gardens at Vanastra was given permission to plant red oak, white oak and cottonwood trees on municipal property near her property. The planting will be done under super- vision of road superintendent' Allan Nicholson. A tile, drain application for $1,800 was accepted by council. Passed,for payment were the followin• accounts totalling $303,929:85 including Vanastra Recreation Centre accounts of $12,494.48.; Vanastra day care centre accounts, $4,837.45; roads $9,157.92; and administration, $277,440.00. Council meeting adjourned at midnight. ,T.