HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-03-19, Page 12DERIOWSIONAL-SfAR, THURSDAY) MARCH 19, 1,970
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IC
. of C. sponsors, meeting
�n regional government
Zurich and district Chamber
of Commerce was host
Wednesday evening to a Meeting
of liziron County elected
officials for the, pnrpose of
discussing Ontariogovernment
reform, or regional government
as it is most commonly labelled.
Zurich • C Of president,
''-LeRoy Thiel said that when the
' Zurich gtoitp had been asked to
pass an opinion on the type of
government reform necesiarY
-the members -lididtft---know a
• damn thing about it."
That's the reason this special
meeting was called. Speakers
were Richard Walker, a lawyer
from Windsor who is also
chairman of the Municipal
;Affairs Committee of the
-,4pntario Chamber of Commerce
and John Pearson of the
Toronto .suburb of York who is
' with the Ontario Department of
Municipal Affairs in the
community planning bran Ch.
• The two men spoke briefly
• before fielding questions from
the floor. •
Walker claimed that the
present system of county
government in Ontario Was
• .devised in 1849 as . a kind of
defence unit.He said the
• problems that county politicians
wrestled with in those days were
not at all like. the complex
••• , , •
" problems now arising to be dealt
with at the county level. '
In 1970, 'noted Walker,
county government deals with
education, pollution,, welfare; •
• senior citizens, water, recreation,
hospitals, ,health insurance and
even to some extent,• ,
employment.
' • Walker statedit was almost
impossible to meet today's
problems within "the frarnevvork
of the old structure of
governrnent -He also- indicated -
that the real property basis for
laxation is not the ideal methdd
tn this modern day.
He urged municipalities to
work together right now to plan
their own destiny.
"You have a considerabrt
voice 'in what is going to
happen," said Walker. "Create
the reform of your own
government without having , it
reformed for you." —4
He said many people have the
idea that "big daddy is going to
do it to us." Walker added that
this may have happened when
"we haven't gotten down to do
anything about it soon enough."
John Pearson said that
regional government • is simply a
fancy way of saying stronger
municipal government. In some
parts of the province there is
nothing being done at the local
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Minor Hockey
Continued from Page 9
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, Por the trophy donated by _ defeated "GoderiCh Elevator in
the Roy Stonehouse Meniorial, one of the best- bantam house
league _games seen at the .arena
this year to capture the Clayton
Laithwaite Trophy. In a two
game, total goal series thedirst
game was 4-4 and McGee wori
the second " game; 2-0. Casey
Wildgen scored the second goal,
sliding. the puck into the empty
net. as Keith Huis-ser, the coach
for Goderich Elevator, pulled his
goalie in an effort_ to tie ,the
game with less than a minute to
go. Bob McDonald scored the
winning . goal for 'Tommy-
°Thompson's team, McGee's. -
' Goderich Motors were the
winners as they played. two -tie
games and won one 4-1 to win s
the championship.
, The first game against
MacDonald Marine, ended in a
tie as Ken Straughan got the hat
•, trick for Goderich Motors. Goal
kofeis Yor;Macnoriald IVIarine
were Rusty Orrnandy, Greg.'
Beacon and Ken Kelly. In' the
game played Thursday night,
Goderich Motors won 4-1 as Ken
Straughan got two ''more goals
and -singles going to Dwayne
Lamb and Mike Jeffrey. Ken
Kelly _got the lone goal for the
•, losers, Tle final game also ended
up in a tie 2-2 as Paul Kelly and
Ken Straughan each got a goal
for Goderich Motors. Greg
Beacon and Jim Riley scored for
MacDonald Marine. ,
. Since Goderich Motors won
the • second game,; the
championship went to them.
In the consolation series,'
Baird Motors won two games
straight to win the runner -Up
trophy, the Norman Millar
Memorial Trophy.
• Tuesday's score was 5-3 for
Baird Motors . over Schaeffer
White Dots as five players were
in on-the.'scoring, Ed Jeffery,
Ken Shelton, Wayne Millar, Paul
Conlon and Steve Palmer. ,
Tim McGill scored three goals
for the losers, Schaeffer White
Dots.
• BANTAM,HOUSE LEAGUE •
Monday evening was the final
garde series as McGee G.M. Parts
Convener, Doug Cruickshank
'stated the most valuable player
of the series was Ron Sowerby,
In the consolation series for
the Provincial Police Trophy
Which was Don Hoist Real
Estate vs Denomme Flowers, the
series, was won two straight by
Denomme Flowers'. In the
second game, Denomrne Flowers
went ahead 2-0 on goals by John
Warr and Barry pegeman. Late
in the thitd 'period Don Hoist
got, one goal by Dennis Reed.
Finil score
HOCKEY NOTES -
See you all down at the arena
during the Goderich r Lions Pee
Wee Tournament starting this
Friday.
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level concerning government
reform; in other. parts of the
province, local councils are
joining forces to initiate some
reform; and in certain areas of
the province, government refOrm
has already been established.
•4,`Xt, is this kind of a group
that •determines where „you are
going," said 'Pearson. Hepointed•
out there .is no dictum from
Toronto .concerning the type of
government reform throughout
the - province- -and- -stressed- that
this Will vary front area to area.
Clinton Reeve Harold Lobb '
wondered if Huron , County
would be. likely to •become a
region by itself- John Pearson
told him he had. no answer for
that at the present time because
he hadn't __made an intensive
study of the area,
He suggested that Huron
County legislators would do. well
to get together to draw zip sorrie
uniform bylaws forthe lakefront
properties so that, rules ,would
not change from township to
township within • the --4' county
boundaries. -
. "Then you've got something
going for you,' Pearson said.
Pearson told Exeter Mayor
Jack Delbridge that .the
Ottawa -Carleton area • where
regional government has been
"established is experiencing some
-“growing-pains-mt --the-piesentj
time 'which might account for
reports that the 'system isn't
wOrking too satisfactorily in that
district. •
Delbridge also questioned
- w r tut al -and. urban
municipalities could be joined
• together successfully. He stated
that the urban centres have
sewers .and sidewalks to finance
.and that rural taxpayers
• .wouldn't be too sympathetic to.
such problems.
Pearson explained that the
. people who ,received -the„,ergites
would -pay- for•then, .a.nd--that--
---kiCh 'matters could be resolved
under the system of government.
Bayfield Reeve Ed.
Oddleifson learned that John
Pearson ' favored a two-tier
. system .of government as. a way
to'"grow leadership lobally." -
Charles Thomas, reeve of
Grey, said the local governments
have mdre. problems and less
money every • • . year.,He
complained that snior
government was not giving the•,
:municipalities a broad enough
tax base and • stated that tair
reform' should go hand in hand
with government reform'.
• Pear,son explained War the
mechanics for tax reform are.
underway. s.
"Will this , give us more
money?" asked Thomas.
Pearson' indicated that • it
could p'rovide more money but
that tbe Ontario ;government
You can give ,4he Lions your
support by attending the games
this week and 'next week. ,
would continue to look at the
way money is being spent locally
tas well as to suggest ways money
could be saved.
Anson • Mc.Kinley,
deputy -reeve of, Stanley, 'Said it
was "none of their. (Toronto's)
business, how money is spent
locally." ,He Said if we aregoing
to elect people to' goverm affairs'.
locally they 'should also be given
the responsibility tO dispense
their dwn financial affairs. „
- A'And-thaVs-what-you-should-:
be saying to the people as yOu
travel around the province,"
McKinley told Pearson.
Pearson reminded McKinley
that first, the local structure
1must be a workable one.
Walker indicated that he
could support a system whereby
some of the. authority no:w the
respOnsibility of Queen's. Park
would be delegated locally. He
suggested this transfer of power
'could prevent the local
governments from/being "second
guessed by Toronto." -
In his remarks, Zurich Reeve
Gordon Hess said he detested
the term Regional Go'vernment._
and preferred to call it
government reform. He said we
Must be concerned not _e_hout
what exists today, but what will
exist in the future.
Warden Roy Westcott said he
hd:rnjxed,feelings —on'
government reform. He
commended the C of C for their
• interest in . the Matter, but
suggested C of C ' members
should follow this through by
getting__ nuke invOlved•-in- -local
politics, perhaps attending'
nomination meetings, etc. mote
faithfully:
Jack 'Fellows, a, former, employee of Sifto Salt who retired last
year, has been made an honorary life member.of the International
Union of Operating Engineers, local, 772. The presentation cif a'
life membership certificatewas made last week. Left to right are
Hay Barker, district secretary; Fred G. Grigsby, business'manager -
of the local; Mr. Fellows and Gerald Lassaline,.shdp steward at •
Sifto. Mr, Fellows had been employed by Sifto for 43 years and a
member of the union for 25 years.
Glass roads
may be
part of .future • .
Glass roads may be part of
the transportation scene of the
future. Some 9 million tons of
waste glass is' generated every
year in the U.S. A „test progratri
has been started td determine if
discarded , glass ' ' can be• ,
substituted • for such mateiials,
sand, gravel and stone in road
"Glasphalt" is the
result ofa University .of Missouri
ceramic engineering class's
• research • into disposal„ of
discarded bottles. In Toronto
the Flintkote Co. on February
,25th announced plans to lay a
test strip . ,of roadway in
Etobicoke, at no cost to the
. borough, using ground glass as a
fill for asphalt. • • -
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