Clinton News-Record, 1980-09-25, Page 1J
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A car parked in the Steve Brown tideway on Kirk Street
was, heavily damaged when a lar$e tree limb fell across
it during Monday evening's storm. Power was also out
for eight hours alter the same limb brought down three
hydro poles and wires. (James Fitzgerald photo)
Area lashed
Severe than
Fail officially came the ar'a
Monday afternoon, and was
welcomed by a severe thunderstorm
that dumped up to 75 nun (3 inches) of
rain on the area and lashed parts of
the county with 100 km per hour winds
(60 mph), knocking down tree limbs
on telephone and power lines and
...flattening crops.
Worse hit appears to be the county's
grain cora crop, with some field
completely flattened, while others
escaped with only minor damage.
Clinton Public Utility crews and
Ontario Hydro crew worked in the
early morning hours restoring power
to scattered points throughout the
area,
Worse hit in Clinton was part of a
block of Kirk Street between High and
f1 Townsend Streets that was blacked
out for eight hours.
Power to the area was knocked out
when a. large --limb on--a-tree on the
property of Steve Brown was blown
onto power lines, and then went
crashing across a car in the Brown.
driveway:
The force of the limb falling onthe
wires caused them to snap off three
hydro poles on Kirk Street, and one
fell on the Brown boat, parked beside
the house.
Although the boat suffered only
Thursday," September 25, 1980.
Vanastra to fight rec bylaw
By Shelley McPhee
Vanastra residents are preparing to
oppose the Tuckersmith Township
council. Tonight, Thursday, ' Sep-
tember 25, a public meeting has been
scheduled in the community to gain
support and defence for the alarmed
Ontario Municipal Board (OMB).
hearing.
The public meeting, which will take
place in the Vanastra Church, will be
held in preparation for the OMB
session when community members
will oppose a Tuckersmith Township
Robbers chicken out
A suspected robbery at the
Canadian Imperial Bank of Com-
merce in Auburn Friday didn't quite
go off as planned.
If it was planned at all.
On. Friday morning the Goderich
detachment of the Ontario Provincial
Police received a call from Auburn
claiming there was suspicious ac-
tivity around the bank.
The women who phoned police said
a gold colour, full-sized model car
pulled up in front of the bank at 10.30
a.m. _Two men with masks, and one
with a shotgun, got out and the car left
the scene.
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The two men apparently talked for
a bit in front of the bank and then went
to the rear of the building where ti ,ay ,
left the gun and masks. They returned
to the front of the bank, and one of the
men went into the bank for a look
around.
He reappeared and joined his mate
at the front of the bank and when the
car returned, all three men left after
retrieving their masks" and gun.
Goderich OPP set up roadblocks
around the village but they were
removed Friday afternoon. The
criminal investigations branch under
Inspector Judson is investigating the
case.
It seems we have two seasons
around here, winter and summer,
and some years there doesn't even
seem to be a transition period.
It seems -'.like only a week ago
that we were . dipping our toes in
Lake Huron and this week, hockey
started at the arena, the frost is on
the pumpkins, and all the
Christmas toy books hit our homes.
And at our house, the arrival of
all those, colorful catalogues filled
with eye-catching pictures of all
the latest Barbie dolls, Fisher-
Price toys, and the newest Lego
cite -a stir, not -to
mention the occasional fight
between our five-year-old Andrea
and three-year-oldKris (also know
during trying times as Screamer
and Hellen). The only toy the four-
month old is interested in right now
usually has a nipple on the end of it,
so there's only two-way battles to
see who can drool over the pic-
tures .
'Even though they can never have
even a fraction of the hundreds of
requests they make, I think looking
at the catalogues does serve to
satisfy some of their longing for
toys. And if they did have them all
they'd only be played with for a few
minutes and then tossed ° into a
corner.
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Another sure sign of fall is the
beginning this week of the annual
hospital auxiliary penny sale over
at the town hall. It's one of our last
chances to really use a penny for
something before inflation com-
pletely wastes it away.
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Fall also brings the annual
International Plowing Match, and
again this year, it's not too far from
Huron, in fact just a short drive
away in Woodstock. Despite all the
talk of doom and gloom in the farm
sector, this year's match is the
biggest ever, and this agent has
never missed one in 10 years,
except for the ".mud" Match in
Kingston a couple of years ago.
Kinda gets in your blood.
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You can probably count on a
couple of fingers the number of
days this newspaper office has
been closed in the last 10 years and
we've never missed publishing a
single edition of the paper, a record
that not even the strike -prone post
office can come close to now. But
we're going to have -to close the end
of next week.
That's right. Although there will
be no disruption of publication, the
News -Record office will be closed
next Thursday, Friday, October 2
and October 3 so all those nice
-------work-m-en- can- --co-, —Ie-to--o-ur -
renovations (hopefully).
It's getting to be quite a mess
around here now and its nearly
impossible to put out a paper with
all the noise and dust that is a
frequent companion to such work.
So, if you have an emergency
request to make next Thursday or
Friday, call either 565-5034, or 482-
3890.
We'll be back in the office on
Monday, October 6 and should be
completely back to normal in a
couple of weeks. Then we'll be into
our new quarters before the. fall
rush starts.
The one distinct advantage of
having renovations done . is the
chance to clean up all those years
of accumulated junk. I'm one of
those people infected with the pack
rat disease and tend to save
everything I think might come in
handy some day. But after coming
across some of this old junk for
which I can see no use whatsoever,
I'm beginning to wonder. if I'm all
there.
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The
The Wit says I'm kind of like a
dog chasing ears, I wouldn't know
what to do with them after we
caught them.
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With the price of gold and silver
starting to make dramatic climbs
again, the Main Street Wit says
that the best way to double your
money is to fold it once and put it
back in your pocket I
council's proposed bylaw amend-
ment. The bylaw chance, which has
been in effect for the past for the past
six years, could leave the cost of the
Vanastra Recreation Centre on the
shoulders of Vanastra community
residents and ease the tax bills of
other township residents.
The original bylaw, passed in 1974
called for the $130,000 debenture debt
against the Rec Centre to be paid by
all the township ratepayers. Contrary
to the bylaw, council• has only been
charging the debt to Vanastra
property owner's.- ,
Apparently this was the orgin,al
tention of council and they
plained that it was agreed to in' a
petition signed by a reported 70 per
cent of the landowners in 1974.
' Since that time many Vanastra
residents havemoved and most of the
people who signed the original
petition no longer live in the area.
Instead, present home owners in
Vanastra are opposed to the extra
costs they have had to pay for the Rec
Centre and 83 -'signed a new petition
voicing this concern.
The opposition to township bylaw
and its amendment has led to an OMB
session which will be held in the
building of concern, the Vanastra Rec
Centre on October 23, beginning at 10
am.
• The Vanastra residents feel that
they have little say in the operation or
management of the complex and say
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Final races
to be featured
Officials at the Clinton Kinsmen
Raceway are hoping that extra
features at the track this Sunday will
lure bigger crowds to the final day.
There have been some di
pointing crowds and mutuel handles
during September and the track hopes
to recoup some of their losses.
Highlight of the day will be the
Clinton Centennial Pace for a purse of
$2,000, continuing a tradition started
in 1974.
The finals of the Molson's Drivers
Awards will also.be held with- the
trophies presented late in the
program. In the running for the silver
trays and $50 awards are teamsters
such as (in no particular order) Terry
Kerr, Don Larkin, Larry DeCalawe,
Fred Sadler, Wayne McLean, Randy
McLean, Randy Henry, Art Abbott,
John Muir and Jim Wallace.
As well, Anstett Jewellers of Clinton
will give a watch to every winning
driver, as well as the winner of the
gate prize draw..
erstorm heralds. Fall
'several hundred dollars damage, the
1977 model car was. heavily : dainged
A by the limb.
Worse hit in the county was the corn
crop, with some fields almost com-
pietely flattened, while. others_
escaped with only minor damage,
according to Huron's ag rep, Don
Pullen.The high winds delivered the
knockout punch to.. some fields that
were already suffering from stalk
damage from the corn borer, or were
weakened by extensive feeding by the
corn root worm.
Weather
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SEPTEMBER HI 10 .
16 20 8
17 17.5 6
18 17 2
1920 23 19 159
21 27 16
22 23 13
Rain 71 mm
22
24
22
14
21
17.5
16.5
No rain
7
8
11
5
1
9.5
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Mr. Pullen said many old-timers
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have said. they have never seen.the
corn borer -as prevalent as this year,
and it has even heavily damaged
fields that weren't in corn for some
years.
Except for some later maturing
varieties, Huron's white bean crop
was mostly in the storage bins when
the storm hit, said Mr. Pullen, and ;it
will be at least a few days before. the
remainder of the crop can be ,har-
vested .
"Those beans not pulled yet will dry
out sooner than t 'ose already win-
drowed," Mr. Pullen said.
He said the yield ranged from 15 to
40 'bushels per acre, with the higher
yields corning on "new" land in the
north part of the county.
Mr. Pullen also said that the winter
wheat that was sown before the rain
will be germinating nicely, but those
who- didn't get--the--crop--in- before
Monday may have to wait a week
until fields dry up, depending on the
weather.
County apple growers also reported
heavy fruit drop from trees, mostly
McIntosh, caused by the high winds,
The dropped apples are only worth a
fraction of what they would bring if°
they had been left on to be picked
later.
Separate board, teachers sign pact
By Wilma Oke
A 1980-81 contract that gives
teachers an 8.7 per cent salary in-
crease' was ratified by the Huron -
Perth County Catholic school board
and its 155 teachers last week.
Terms of settlement give the
teachers an annual increase of 8.7 per
cent. With annual experience in-
crements and responsibility
allowances, increased ` 'cost to' the
board will be 10.3 per cent for a total
of $3,000,535. The annual average
salaries improve from $20,631 to
$22,745 for the contract year, 1980-81.
The new salary grid ranges from
,$12,325 for level D teachers with no
experience to $31,465 for teachers
having attained level A4 and 12 years
experience.
Qualifications Evaluation Council
of Ontario (QECO) Program III is
being used to determine teacher level
placement commencing September 1,
1980.
The school board and teachers had
been negotiating since late January
and reached a tentative agreement
last Thursday. Teachers ratified the
contract Wednesday afternoon and
the board Wednesday night (Sep-
tember 17).
Truestee David O'Reilly, .Stratford,
was chief negotiator for the board and
Ed Cappelli, Stratford, for the
teachers.
Board chairman Ronald Marcy
commended the committee for the
excellent job and for the manner in
which trustee O'Reilly presented the
schedule to the board. Thi presen-
tation was made in close session
with only a brief discussion following
it. A recorded vote was called by
Trustee Arthur Haid of Listowel and
there were three voters who indicated
their opposition to the settlement as
presented by the chairman -- Trustees
Ronald Murray of Dublin, , John
O'Leary of Staffa and.Tim McDonnell
of Gadshill.
Coming elections could mean races
By ShelleyMcPhee
The upcoming November 10
municipal elections may see some
interesting political competitions' and
"races in the Clinton ,area murk -
Changes
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cipalities.
Changes in councils are expected in
Stanley, Hullett, Goderich,
Tuckersmith and McKillop Town-
ships as well as the village of Bayfield
and the town of Clinton.
Residents in Stanley are likely to
see an interesting race in the town-
ship this year as the 10 year tradition
of acclamation to council will be
broken. ,
There will be a race for the reeve's
position this year as the present reeve
Tom Consitt and Paul Steckle contest
for the position. Mr. Consitt has held
the position as reeve for the past two
terms and -Mr. Steckle has been the
council's "deputy reeve for the past
four years.
Also in Stanley, Councillor Don
Brodie has announced that he'll run
for the deputy reeve's seat. Mr.
Brodie is a long-time council mem-
ber, working with the municipality for
the past eight years and each election
he was acclaimed to the position.
Councillor Brodie explained that his
decision to seek the deputy reeve's
position was not an easy one. He said
that he is disappointed that he won't
have the opportunity to work on
county council since deputy reeves
will no longer serve on Huron County
Council. The county council made this
decision after they decided its
sap- membership had grown too large and
will be making -this changer
November 10 election.
In Tuckersmith Township, .Reeve
Er win Sillery has not decided whether
he will run for the position another
term. Reeve Sillery said that he was
still available and was concerned that
the position was, "too big a
proposition to throw open to an out-
sider." Reeve Sillery noted however,
that he would not stand in the way of
another council member who wished
to step up.
And it looks like a member of
Tuckermsith Council will be looking
at for this position. Deputy Reeve
Robert Bell has announced his in-
tention to run for the reeve's chair.
Councillor Frank Falconer hopes to
fill the vacancy left by the deputy
reeve and Councillor Robert
Board mediator appointed
Malcolm A. Stockton has been
appointed as fact finder by the
Education Relations Commission in
the contract negotiations between the
secondary school teachers and the
trustees of the Huron County Board of
Education.
As a fact finder, Mr. Stockton will,
meet with the parties and make a
'''report stating which tnatters have
been agreed to and which matters
remain in dispute. 1
The report may aL o contain
recommendations for settlement.
A graduate of Osgoode Hall Law
School in 1973, Mr. Stockton taught
secondary school for two years after
graduation form* Queen's University
(B.A) in 1968.
Mr. Stockton has an extensive
background in teacher -board
relations. Since 1977, he has . had 16
fact finding appointments. His most
recent appointments were:
Haldimand (secondary), Lambton
(secondary), and Brant R.C.S.S.
This appointment is made under
Section 15 of The School Boards and
Teachers Collective Negotiations Act,
1975.
Fotheringham intends to run again,
either for the position of councillor or
deputy reeve. Councillor William.
Brown is undecided whether he will
seek another term in office.
Members of Hullett Township
council are unsure whether they will
be taking part in the November
election. Reeve Yoe Hunking, who has
held that position for the past two
years, said he won't be reaching a
decision on seeking re-election for a
couple more weeks. Reeve Hunking
has served on council for 13 years, one
term as reeve and four years as
deputy reeve.
Hullett's- Deputy Reeve Tom
Cunningham is still undecided as to
his election nomination and said at an
earlier date that he wouldn't be back
as deputy reeve. He has work on the
municipal council in Hullett for four
years.
Clinton's Mayor Harold Lobb has
announced that he won't be seeking
re-election this year. Mayor Lobb has
led the Clinton council for the past
four pears and has been on council for
atotal of 13 years.
Although his name won't .be on any
nominationballots this year Mayor
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Pool party
raises !lO,000
The recent Gala Pool Party to raise
funds for Clinton's new swimming
pool raised about $10,000 not $3,000 as
reported in last week's paper.
Party chairman Dave Hanley said
that 295 meals were served at $25
each, but many more tickets were
sold, and many people donated more
than the minimum of $25.
He said the group had hoped to raise
$25,000 at the party to help reduce the
amount still owing on the $227,000
pool, which is slightly more than
$50,000.
"Surely there are 500 couples in
town who could have each bought a
$25 ticket," he commented.
Although last `Monday's high winds knocked off some of the county's apple
crop, it didn't seem to hurt those trees on the farm of Pete Cundy in Stanley
township. Here Mr. Cundy is shown picking, Spartan apples from his, young
dwarf orchard, which came into heavy bearmg'this year. (James Fitzgerald
Wit)
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