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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-06-26, Page 1ecrther 1:980.... -1979 HI LO Ht • LQ June 17 21 0 30.5`. 17 1$, 20 7.5 22- 10 ,. 10 22- 7 •1, f. 25 . 8,8 20. .19 7 22.5 1.3. 21 23 0 27' 14 22 20.5._ 13 20 12 23 29 13.5 11 8 Rain 25.0 m i No Rain o-, Young and old alike came out to the Vanastra. Public School on Friday for Carnival Day. Organized by the Grade 6 students at the school. games, hot dogs and sweet treats were all part of the fun from students and people from the community. But it was a chocolate cupcakes that made the day for this youngster. (News -Record photo) Clinton By Shelley McPhee Clinton $1,5 million budget, up nearly 20 per cent from last year, was • defeated by Clinton council on Tuesday night on a matter of prin- cipal. -._- However._ count�i -wit ,.rte -_m again in the next few weeks to pass' the pass the 1980 budget, which Will see taxes jump by 19.5 per cent. They want the budget passed and tax bills sent before they are faced with the prospect of having to borrow money to pay for expenditures.g Council had few arguments about the proposed budget itself and felt that its could not be trimmed. However, after a two-hour debate, the majority of council agreed that committees in town should have a chance to amend and reassess their budgets following a submission by the cemetery board to have their com- mittee members paid. In the cemetery board's $15,000 budget, $600 was included under miscellaneous to pay the seven committee members during the year. Councillor Rob Parr objected to the passing of the budget and noted, "We have the responsibility to give committees the right to change their budgets," Councillor Ron McKay, a member of the recreation board noted, "I'1l. resign; from the rec committe if you pass that budget. You can't pay one committe and not another." .�tT�...----A4ayer �3a;r-old--Lab,--pointed-ou�he-, council would not be paying them, but the committees themselves would be spending their budget money as they wished. The committees are allowed to spend their budgets are they see fit under a bylaw which gives them this authority. Councillor Chester Archibald pointed out that if committees could pay members from the budgets they had submitted, that wduld be fine. "But," Councillor Parr asked, "how can they do that if their budget has already been submitted. "You'll be opening up Pandora's box," Councillor Rosemary Arm- strong warned. "Everyone will want to be paid, but there's nothing we can do about this the committees can set their own budgets." Mayor Lobb, who favored the passing of the budget, said that the situation could lead to the dis'yolving of committees and then council would have to look after their work. "I; ve been on council for 13 years and Lhate,to see .the mill rate up this high," Mayor Lobb told council. "I'm awfully sorry that it had to happen during my last year on council." The proposed budget will see daces doctor shortage again By Shelley McPhee Less than six months since the problem was solved,, Clinton may be facing a doctor shortage again. Last week, patients of Dr. George Scott learned through a notice posted on his Townshend Street office that he was discontinuing his practice, as of June 11. L. Doug Coventry, administrator at the Clinton. Public Hospital, said thrt Dr. • Scott' had, submitted his resignation, but Mr. Coventry did not offer further explanation. The 56 -year-old Dr. Scott came to Clinton from Alberta in January to set up practice. His arrival in Clinton helped to alleviate a doctor•ishortage prbblem that the town has been facing for several years. However, with his move, some residents and patients of Dr. Scott's are afraid that the doctor shortage problem will rise up again and they will be without a medical physician. Mr. Coventry explained that .already more doctors are being in- terviewed to fill the vacany in. Clinton - and in the meantime andyonewithout a family doctor cau.be treated at the Clinton hospital emergency ward by the doctor on call. According to a notice • left in the Window at Dr. Scott's office, patients 411 Well, kids; it's all over for another year. School's out and you can forget about the books and teacher's dirty looks fora couple of months. Summer is here finally with the return last weekend' of the "heat", and lazing in the sun en- joying youth should be the order of the day. The Clinton pool isn't quite ready, but Vanastra is, and there are lots of backyard pools, so having'a dip shouldn't be too much of a -problem. Enjoy it, 'cause soon you'll be grown' up and worried about gasoline prices, high interest rates, inflation, and parking tickets. + + + And those parking tickets can be a real drain on the old pocket book. Take this honorable editor, for example. So far this spring, not counting the money fed to the meters, it has cost me $35 to park on the street in fines and summon 'thanks to a zealous summ a� student who tickets twice a day. I nowark safely -behind the News -Record and although all those tickets still won't prevent me from shopping downtown, I can't say the same thing about all our ticketed out-of-town visitors. ` + + + Do you have one of those new gas or propane barbecue.? Nice aren't they. No more messy charcoal to light or no moreo- tour wait w while the coals turn 1hi e. Well, if it's. one of those portable ones On wheels, watch out. ., According to the police, gas barbecues are near the top of items that are easy to steal and resell quickly, as they are in heavy demand and few can identify their own barbecue. So, chain `them down or put them away -at night. + +11-1- Isn't 1+Isn't it'the same every year. We wait 11 months with drooling mouths for the strawberry season to come, and then when it does come, we eat so many at once that we get sick of them. That's what ,is happening at the Fitgerald home, where despite the blasted, bindweed and twitch grass, the crop is the biggest ever, thanks to the cool, wet spring.i. The berries, although late were brought on by the heat which `1,1 inaIIy came this week and has inspired the corn to get' growing and the farmers to get haying. Let's hope it stays for three more month's; at least. With municipal taxes in Clinton jumping 20 per cent this year, following a eight per cent jump last year, the Main Street Wit has been, heard to say. that government's biggest problem each year is how to get more money from the tax- payer without disturbing the voter. Don't forget, this is election year in Clinton and except for those involved in the education sector, I d't know of anyone who got a 20 percent pay raise to cover those extra taxes. Maybe' it's time we had a Propositi 13 'here in town, and cut the civil 'service spending by 30 per cent like the voters did in California! We have been milked long enough! Well, enough of paying- money, how . about making some this ' Thursday night at the Wintario draw being held here in Clinton. The special hour long show will be televised, from 9 to 10 pm ont'Global if you can't be at theL,arena. .If you want to see it live, be there before 7 pm, when the warm-up show starts. Doors open at 6:30 pm, and there will be a tickets available at the door, although we advise you to get them in advance at anyone of the regular Wintario outlets. + + + Because Canada Day (Dominions Day to anyone over 30) will be celebrated on the day it falls, that is Tuesday, July 1, there seems to be a great deal of confusion as to who gets the holiday when. Generally speaking, ' most businesses, government offices, liquor stores, banks and post of- fices will be closed on thequesday, and open for regular hours on the Friday and ,Monday before. A few lucky people will get either Mon- day or Friday off, but they will be few and far between. We'will be open every day here at the News -Record with the staff staggering the holiday. We would like to, remind our advertisers and correspondents to have the copy in before Monday evening. personal medical records can be acquired . by writing to B,ox 1233, Clinton. The notice mentioned that further information would be .issued. in the Clinton News -Record, however, no official 'noticehas been receiyedby the newspaper. In the meantime, Dr. Coventry is confident that Clinton will have little problem securing the, services of another doctor. Unlike the 'previous difficulties; the: community now --a suitable office for a new doctor tf locate in. , One of the mainproblems in at- tracting ttracting a physician to Clinton was the lack of proper facilities, however, an office is being renovated in the former nurses' residence across from the hospital. The Clinton branch of the Huron County Health- Unit and Dr. Frank Harrett's office are already situated in the building. "At least we have something to offer now, with an office and possible accommodation,- Mr. Coventry explained. He went on to say that the hospital has volunteered a lot of time and money to create the new doctor's office. Mr. Coventry also noted that it was not the responsiblity of the hospital to hire doctors but said, "It should be a community effort not just a hospital effort. Clinton and area is presently ser- viced by five medical practitioners, Dr. Brian Baker, Dr. Frank Newland, Dr. William Harrett, Dr. R.W. Street and Dr. Ray Flowers. i lirton taxpayers digging deeper into their pockets this year. For the public school supporter with a $4;000 assessment their taxes will increase $146 to $897.56 this year, up from $751.76 in 1979. The pr-opesed--budget-of-$1,428,127..is_ up $97,235 over last year. Included in this year's expenditures is $17,325 for the George Street sanitary sewer plus several large increases including the police budget which has increased by $17,884 and the new pool expenditures which is up by $14,085 from last year. The Priitritini, levies have taken drastic increase this year and the public school levy is up by $20,000 and the secondary school payment has jumped, by $38,000. Other general increases are seen across the board in all expenditures. Council also noted that their revenues for the year are down•:•. -In the 1979 budget, taxpayers benefited from the $47,112 sale of town owned property to the Royal Bank. No property was sold this year and as a result, the revenue side of the budget has suffered. Raceway opens Sunday CLINTON: The Clinton Kinsmen Raceway will be starting its 11th season on June 29, and will be racing every Sunday afternoon until Sep- tember 28, with post time at 1:30 each day. Included in the regular 10 races each day will be a number of features at the track, which bills itself as the Family Track because of the playground, picnic grounds and brand new Olympic -sized pool nearby. Four Ontario Sired Stake Races will bestaged for purses totalling -nearly $40,000 including the two-year-old colt pace on July, 27, and the three-year- old filly trot on September 7. Other highlig'hts of the meet include a driver's competition on July 13, a leg of the Ontario Harness Hor- seman's Association Stake on August 3, the Medie Elliott Memorial Trot on August 31, and the final leg of the Clinton-Goderich pacing series on September 14. Also new this year at Clinton is racing secretary Dan Donnelly, a 19 - year -old. Goderich native who has' had a life-longlove affair with harness horses. Dan, who_ was granted his licence last year, will also handle the reins of the secretary's job for the Goderich Raceway, which races every Thur- sday night during July and August, "What's red and black and flies?" Shawn Carter was probably asking. Shawn, a kindergarten. pupil at Clinton Public School, took part in Senior Citizens week in his own special way. The youngsters visited the geriatric ward at the Clinton hospital last week and Shawn en- tertained Mrs. Verna Somers from Brussels with his jokes and riddles. (News -Record photo) Bayfield man jailed after citizen's stake out By Shelley McPhee Frank Deelstra) a young Bayfield man, was sentenced to two -and -a -half years in jail on June 15 in Provincial Court in Goderich. Mr. Deelstra's conviction followed his arrest in Bayfield by Goderich OPP on June 10. The OPP were called in by three Bayfield men after the men had confronted Mr. Deelstra during a break-in attempt at the 'Bayfield Arena. Arena manarger Harry MacDonald and two area men took it upon themselves to keep a surveillance at the arena for five nights in an attempt to put a stop to thieves and vandals Who had broken into the arena three times in the past month. The citizens, concerned over the amount of vandalism in the summer resort village, had originally asked the OPP for a stake -out at the arena, on June I3: ;However, the polite said that there wasn't enough available manpower to do this. They advised Bayfield residents not to take the matter into their own hands. However, the Bayfield men in- volved in the citizen stake -out went ahead with th'eir plans and after five nights of waiting, faced Mr. Deelstra and a juvenile. Mr. MacDonald and two other men arrived at the arena at 11:30 pm on June 10 and minutes later the back door in the cotnmunity centre was broken. Shortly .afterwards 'Mr. Deelstra and the juvenile entered the building, armed with a I crowbar, hammer and flashlight. The two males proceeded to turn lights on in the roller skating room and continued to the office were they pried the door open. At this point the stake -out team entered the office and ordered the two out. The OPP were then.called in and arrests were made. As ' well; a petition bearing the names of 100 Bayfield—and area residents has been sent to Queen's Park in Toronto. The petition, started py, David Johnston or the Pizza Palace in Bayfield, is asking the government for more police protection and help,_to control the vandalism and break-ins in Bayfield. In the past eight months, 28 in- didents of break and' entries have • been reported. They have occurred in private homes and businesses. Public property and buildings have been damaged . and money and goods have • been stolen. The village is presently serviced by the Goderich detachment of the OPP, whose offices are situated 12 miles away. According to the OPP, they are policing the village as best as they can, but are having to deal with an increased workload, even though the number of personnel has remained the same since 1974. Police warn Watch out for phony ad billings Tie Goderich detachment of the Ontario- Provincial Police reports that `" several companies in Clinton area have received an advertisement in the mail that looks like an invoice or eligible to make the purchase. The emeralds are offered for $7 each. The buyer is easily led to believe that he is being given the hurt, opportunity to buy a very valuable ? stone at a bargain price. In fact, the stones are low grade and worth about wording g the price the customer is paying. bill. The ad asks .for money -anywhere Clinton man badly 'This is not anbill" ;printed in small letters at the bottom. The ad is worded in such a way thath�re destroyed in mishap it does not constitute an offence but it ' can dupe people into sending money for something they do, not want. The anti -rackets branch of the O.P.P. has .1 been notified and is keeping a close watch over this advertising gimmick. The anti •rackets branch has also been watching a group selling emeralds by mail order. Prospective customers 'receive al letter telling them they have been selected by computer to receive the offer to buy the gems ,and only the Addressee is A Clinton man received serious injuries, and his valuable horse had to be destroyed after a tragic accident at thequalifying races at the Clinton Kinsmen Raceway on Sunday af- ternoon. Bill Caldwell, 72, of Clinton is in satisfactory condition in Clinton Public Hospital with two fractured ankles, and his prized two-year-old trotter, Goias Lad had to be humanely destroyed following the mishap. Bill was' going his last warm-up mile with the colt when it shied at the approaching water truck and jumped the rail into the infield, dumping Bill off the bike. The colt fell while tryilng to come back out over the hub rail and was severely injured. Recently, is wasrported that Mr. Caldwell had turned down a $30,000 offer for the promising volt. -yli4.s`ri►.� IY.I.Uu.