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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-09-18, Page 11 1 1 3 1i .0 2 4 1 .11180 Before the' Gala Pool Party last Saturday, about a dozen Tdignataries gathered outside the new Clinton pool and watched as it was officially opened. The ribbon was cut by this year's life guards. (Shelley McPhee photo) For Town Hall Council u By Shelley McPhee Clinton Council would like to see the brick facets of the town hall repaired,. but they may not agree to structural repairs to the back wall, At their September .I5 Meeting, council hashed out the extra Costs of the restoration project With Chris Borgal and then later- niet with their lawyer Beecher Menzies for his ad- vice. - Council is less than anxious to, be faced with an extra bill for the $40,6111 project and have already voiced SOaie concern that the $5,000 contingene)r fund, included in the contract to cover unforseen costs, was used. Council questionned the architect and some of the. decisions he made while studying the building and the repairs than needed to be done. Councillor Rob Parr suggested that the additional work, which used the $5,000 contingency fund, "was probably- .not an unknowncost and_ should have been included in the contract." Mr. Borgal replied, "The wood was known to, be under the building, but its condition was unknown. Testings do Weather 1980 1979 AHI' LO HI LO SEPTEMBER 9 22 11 10 19 11 24 12 19 13 19 14 18 15 19.5 Rain 15 19 5 22 9 20 10 28 11 27 12 19 8 17.5 OMB to hold hearing on Tuckersmith bylaws by Wilma Oke Tuckersmith Township council Tuesday was notified by the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) that a hearing will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, October'23 at the Vanastra recreation complex on bylaws con- cerning the responsibility for the debenture debt of $1.30,000 against the recreation complex. The need for the hearing,arose from opposition by 83 Vanastra ratepayers against an amending bylaw" council passed in April, 1980 which would sa ;g d. oricorrect a, bylaw passed in; 1974 calling for the $130,000 debenture debt against the Vanastra recreation centre to be paid by all the ratepayers across the township. Contrary to the bylaw, for the past six years, council, has been charging the debt only to the landowners in the hamlet of Vanastra. This had been apparently the original intention of the bylaw that only Vanastra For -Terry Fox fund residents would pay for the centre and as agreed to in a petition signed by a reported 79 percent of the landowners in 1974. It has not been determined why the bylaw, that required OMB approval, was incorrectly worded. With many or most of that original 79 percent of the Vanastra ratepayers no longer living in the hamlet, the present ratepayers feel it is an unfair burden, This feeling of unfairness is intensified because the recreation complex is completely changed' from the original concept of the Vanastra. residents who wanted an outdoor swimming pool; it is now an ex- pensive indoor pool used mainly by people living outside of Vanastra; the skating rink is now a private curling club whose membership includes very few Vanastra residents; a community hall for which there is an expensive rental fee and which is rented by people mainly outside the Donation money flowing in By Shelley McPhee The fund raising campaign for cancer research continues at, an amazing rate. The project, which was started by Canada's Terry Fox in July when he began his Marathon of Hope walk across the try, has now topped the $12.5 lion mark. Huron ounty is joining with thousands of municipalities and organizations in support of this brave 23-year-old's campaign. Already $52,305 has been raised in the area. A phone-in telethon put on last week by thei , Goderich Kinnette Club brought in $15,000 for the cause and an additional rommummar Goderich. Clinton area citizens have donated $2,204 and Central Huron Secondary School students are each donating $1 for a total of more than $900. Wingham has brought in $23,300 in donations through a CKNX-TV telethon and phone-in pledges on their radio station. As well, another $1,000 in • cheques and cash has been put towards the cause. Seaforth residents and groups have donated $6,000 and Exeter has put $2,446 towards the cause. The biggest fund-raising project in Canada's history continues and this Sunday all the Anglican Churches in the Diocese, including St. Paul's in first column Can it be really be true? Is summer gone for sure? Can it only be weeks away from slippery roads, snow boots, and constantly running noses? Yes Virginia, fall officially starts Sunday when the sun crosses the equator, and once we hit October here in Huron County, anything can happen. Besides the calendar reminder other signs that the warm carefree season is over are showing themselves all over. By the time this is read, there will be ice in the arena, and skating starts the first of next week. • + The Main Street Wit says that an editor he knows is learning to skate by practicing for hours on "end." 4- -}- -}- According to one of our correspondents Mary Chesseil,'and I. personally agree, there's another sure sign of winter. That's when the small four -legged furry creatures that go scratch in the night, begin looking for a warm spot to settle down for the winter and that usually means under the kitchen cupboards. Which means we'll have to get the traps out an catch him, as our cat Webster only seems interested in catching mice if they'reoutside and he can bring them inside. -i- + + In a story in last week's paper on the Tery Fox fund, we inad- vertantly gave you the wrong post office box number for the Huron County- brinch of the Canadian Cancer Society in Clinton. The correct box number is Box 1316. ++-1- It's not often that a Clinton team makes a provincial championship,' but our own Fleming Colts have, and • this Saturday open their all - Ontario final series here in Clinton against Ivie, a little tiny town near Barrie. • The first ball will be thrown out at 2 pm, so let's see how much support we can give our team. +++ Inlightof the continuing strike by Hollywood actors that has shut down all the movie sets and meant a television diet of old re -runs, the Wit wonders why actors work so hard to be recognized, and then 'go around wearing dark glasses? confines of Vanastra. A $285,000 addition to the recreation complex this summer has added another expense to the Vanastra residents, although all of the township is charged with this cost, including the Vanastra landowners and any operating deficits as well. . Another contentious issue is that the recreation complex is owned by the township and is managed by the township council with the Vanastra residents having no voice in the management Last M onth, council voted to up - port the amending bylaw, the subject of the OMB hearing to be held October 23, with the exception of Councillor William Brown who said he "could not go along with the bylaw", and was the lone dissenting vote. Reeve Ervine Sillery, Seputy Reeve Robert Bell and Clerk Jack McLachlan were named to a com- mittee to prepare township report for the hearing. In other business at the meeting the tender for the construction of 270 feet of sidewalk in Brucefield from High- way 4 to the reside.nce of W. D. Wilson was awarded to C. A. McDowell Ltd., of Exeter at a cost of $5.79 per lineal foot. The McDowell tender was the lowest of three. Council approved two tile drainage loan applications for a total of $10,500.. Township engineer Henry Uder- stadt of Orangeville notified council his firm will now be known as Uderstadt and Burnside and he will continue as general manager. Council set the inaugural meeting for the new 1981-82 council to be held Agreement set ^ Ellis Griffiths, the Mediator apo.* pointed by the Education Relations Commission announced that after a marathon bargaining sess on a te'r3taCive agreement had been reached between Huron Elementary Teachers and the School Board. No details will be released until both parties have reported back to their respective members. December 2 at 8 p.m. in the new council chambers at the municipal office at Vanastra. For about the last 10 years council has held its regular meetings at Huron Centennial School Turn to page 3 • decided on extra wo not necessarily show the extend and; condition of the struettre and this can only be seen when it's exposed." He added, "The contractor (Cobrell Construction) has performed his work and the argument comes down bet- ween our firm (Hill and Borgal) and the council. Our attempt has been to maintain a cost effective study and project. There were some.unexpected circumstances but -'we feel we have acted in a responsible manner all the way through.' Council continued to question Mr. Borgal's judgement in not seeing all of the needed repairs and he noted that further analysis on the building would have cost more money. He pointed out that sometimes even test holes don't give the, correct in- formation. and explained, "I can only use the example of a doctor who takes x-rays and tests and finds cancer, then when he operates he finds more of the disease in the patient. He then tries to do his best to deal with the unforseen and treat the problem. Restortation work is also prone to this type of difficulty." He noted that in some projects it has been estimated that the foun- datioin will need repairs from the tests taken, however when exposed the base, has been found to be solid. "This type of thing has saved own.. projects' contigency fund. and "ad- ditional money as well," In later discussion with the mown lawyer, Mr. 1Vienzies asked. council why Mr. Borgal :hadn't included 'the prospect' of any extra. work or problems in the original specifications he presented: • "The perfect solution is to call in another architect and engineer to study the problems and make an opinion," Mr. Menzies suggested, brit. admitted that this ,would cost extra money. "It's a difficult situation and we • don't want to make the wrong move," Mayor Harold Lobb suggested to council. He `went on to say, "The' contract should be completed. If 'we have to pay more, we'll talk about it later." However, council did not make a decision. Most members are in favor repairing €1 -ie— cracks in the b walls of the building. Thiswill cost $12,000. Repairs to the back wall, which were not included in the orginal contract, would cost: an additional $9,000. If all the repair work is done up until this point that contract price will climb over the $58,000 mark. Bicyclist slightly injured when struck by auto A,13 -year-old Clinton boy, John de Weerd, is suffering from a fractured leg following a September 12 ac- cident. John was riding a bicycle along Huron Stree when he collided\ with a car driven by Paul Lau, 26 of Goderich. linton Police reported that the boy and the bicycle were dragged a distance by the car. John was rushed to the Clinton- -Public Hospital were his injuries were treated. In other news, an open car door caused a September 15 accident and resulted in $2,500 in damages. Clinton Police reported that a car driven by Alma Irene Clark, 64, of Forest received $1,500 in damages after it struck an open door --of a parked car owned by Wobbe Blysma, 59, of Blyth. Damage to the Blysma car was set at $1,000. Police reported that a September 6 two -car crash resulted in $500 in damages after a car driven by Randy Castle, 20, of linton an a seciind vehicle driven b Kenneth erner,'40, of RR 3, Clinton ollided. a accident happened in . t e Clint n Legion parking lot and damage to the Castle car was set at $400 and $100 to the Merner vehicle. On the evening of 'September 5, Clinton Police investigated two cases of vandalism and wilful damage. A large window at Murphy's Garage on Huron Street was smashed by a large rock and -damage was set at $250. In another incident a beer bottle was hurled through a small window at Ron's Sunoco, also on' Huron Street and damage was set at $10. Group gathers to mark WI's 75th By Shelley McPhee A thoughtful .candle lighting ceremony to commemorate the past, present and future highlighted the 75th anniversary celebrations od the Clinton Women's Institute (WI> on September 10. Ninety-six men and women joined the 30 member Clinton WI group at a special luncheon dinner at the Clinton Christian School to honor the 75 year history of the branch. Before the luncheon, ,guests wat- ched on as five WI women each lit candles to honor the. institute and its work. Clinton. WI secretary,. Leona Lockhart lit a candle to remember the past while Mrs. Viola Nelson honored the future and Mrs. Leona Holland lit a third candle in hope for the future. Mrs. May Gibson honored the Federated Women of Canada as she struck her match and Mrs. Klaus Krosen praised the work of the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) when she lit three candles set on various tables in the room. Another special part of the celebration took place when the Federated Wnen -of Ontario president Florence Dianiond was presented as the guest speaker: The New Hamburg resident stressed the need for enthusiasm in the world today and she congratulated the pioneer and present d -a -y ---W L---m-em-bers en the---a- complishments the institute has made since its beginnings 83 years ago. Mrs. Diamond urged her WI sisters to think positively and suggested that failure should make people try harder to fulfill their purposes. She said that Wiseway store goes under, but Clinton's still open Wiseway of Canada Ltd., a cen- tralized buying group for about 30 home and building centrds in Ontario, including Hudie-Wiseway in Clinton, has gone bankrupt. However, three retail home and building centres in London, Clinton and Collin,gwood are in receivership, but are still operating for the time being. Ivan McKague, estate manager at Touche Ross and Co in London, said his firm is trying to sell the stores, and if buyers cannot be found, the assets will likely be sold by public auction. The three outlets were wholly' owned subsidiaries of the parent Wiseway group, which has its 3,500 square foot head offices behind the 14,000 square foot London store in London. Mr. Mcl{aque said the company owes $2 million to ' unsecured creditors, $7,000, to preferred creditors and $830,000 to secured creditors. The preferred and secured creditors will receive the money owed them, but only a "nominal distribution" is expected to be made to unsecured creditors, he said. A holding proposal to keep the company operating was rejected by creditors August 27. About 27 independent home and building centres affiliated with Wiseway are not involved in the bankruptcy and receivership of the parent company and its stores. A company spokesman said the in- dependent store owners will likely join another buying group. Wiseway was formed in 1973 when a group of lumber dealers and other investors bought the home and building business from D.H. Howden Co, Ltd of London.' • The Clinton' store 'joined in 1975 after it had built a large new store on the Rayfield Road site under the ownership of Wayne Stirling, who has since sold out his share. WI members' should continue to be "green lighters" and work for the good of the community, not` "red lighters" who stop. Mrs. Diamond was able to attend the ACWW convention in Germany this year. There she learned that all countries have the same hopes and dreams, but not all have the same opportunites to fulfill them. This is one of the reasons why the WI. is so active in world affairs.. The Clinton branch has joined with other groups across the country and have assisted in a world-wide program called the- Pennies for Friendship project. This fund 'has purchased tractors, sewing machines, eye glasses, food packages for the hungry of the eastern world. Each WI branch sponsors a foster child in an un- derprivileged country and they provide leaders to teach nutrition and sewing. Special funds are set .up. to assist some of these projects as well and a portion of the yearly $2 membership fees go towards a scholarship .fund which is contributed through "`the district to help a deserving daughter of some WI member' to further her eduction at the University of.Guelph. As well, WI branches stress education and learning amongst themselves and along with history, institutes study agriculture and Canadian industries, citizenship and world affairs, education and cultural activities and family and consumer affairs. Clinton, along with other WI groups i'urn to page 3 • • With only about 250 people on hand, there was plenty of extra beef at the gala -pool fund raising party last Saturday evening. The event raised over $3,000 for the pool fund. Here Ron Jewitt cuts on of the roasts of beef. (Shelley McPhee photo)