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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-08-13, Page 4• 4 GebEitICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, .1970 11. Editorial ... 47 it all printers Were. determined not to print anything tkey wire sure it woufd ottenci -no ane, there would' be „yeryittle printecl :>> fd*inIranklin Whotis the Iaw? The Goderich Signal -Star this week has been receiving questions and complaints concerning what was believed to be' the ' re -opening .of the former Goderich town dump. We have been trying to find some answers to some . of the questions -and hope these will serve to inform the people of Goderich about *the situation at The waste disposal site and what the law and' the provincial bodies say about its operation. " ° On Thursday and Friday of last week, and at certain times before that date, fires were seen at the former dump, located on the banks of the Maitland River.+ These fires sent palls of srnoce skyward, but not over the town. The wind direction carried' smoke° away 'from the major residential areas: On Friday evening we received a call - rim •—•residerit cotnplai-ning --af •a very- _ large' column of smoke on the Sun Coast Estate property at the south,end of town. The caller• said tires were being burned along with :brush and rubbish. We found this to be true -('see photo page 1A). • We were asked whether this type of thing was allowed by law: We were asked if the town was permitted to use the old dump site. We were asked if local businesses have a permit to dispose of rubbish and.wasteat the local site while i;esidents'must;•take their's to Holmesville. A letter to the Editor this week. (Fed up, this page) suggests we call the necessary people t o find out what's what. 'Th is we did. Ken Childs, of the waste management branch, , Energy and Resources, was in town for -the waste disposal site discussions last year. We contacted him in Hamilton this week to find out how the local site 'stood with his department. We yearned no permit has been issued to the town of Goderich, the township of Goderich ,or the town of Clinton (all three municipalities entered in the joint disposal agreement) for the operation, of any site other than at Holthes4liile. We further learned that the • I ice cei„to operate the Holmesville site• was--' gichted on the contingency -that the former- sites operated by the municipalities be closed and sealed to the satisfaction of Energy- . nergy`. and Resources and—the hesal publie4ealth authorities. This fact was re -affirmed this .t week by . Dr. '.G. R. A. • Evans, medical . officer of health for Huron County. We are aware of new legislation that comes into force next month, It would appear 'from a reading of the new act that not: only will the province . then be enpowered to force closure of all sites n2t approved, including the former Goderich site, but will also, -if it sees fit, be able to rescind the licence for the Holmesvillesite as the , provisions 'under which it was issued have not been fulfilled: -i.e. closure of the old site. With regard to air pollution by smoke from fires, we contacted Michael-Caranci of the • air management branch, Energy `and Resources, in Waterloo. ' Mr...Caranci informs us no permit has been issued for .any burning in Goderich or the surrounding area and that only fires that do not contribute to air pollution MAY get a licence for temporary burning under the new act. That type of fire is not often found. • • Dr. Evans pointed out 'this week that .even so called "glean fires" contribute certain chemicals and pollutants' to the atmosphere. Incidentally, Dr. Evans and other members of, the Huron County Health department have no knowledge of any permission for ,use of the'former site for any purpose. We received a complaint from a resident' who stated trucks from Goderich Manufacturing were using the old site. We found this to be true. On Friday one W V itI11N11111111111NLNllIIIIIIIINi11111111111�1-11111111I11110001100111umiimN111Nn1111l11na11NNUN11111NNIINi11111111NI1Nilu111 1' .Pictures that tell a story truck from the local company entered the site -using a key, the driver had. Goderich Manufacturing president Con Baechler told the Signal -Star this week his. company doe's no burning at r the old site but has . permission from the town to dump its waste wood down there. Mr , Baechler said he had no knowledge of Goderich Manufacturing truck, part fillet;: with l regular garbage, that was seen entering the site Friday. Dr. G. F..Mills, mayor, said this week it was a problem the town knew it would be faced with eventually, The move • to the Holmesville site was a "...good attempt to W - solve'a problem but it failed to consider all contingencies. We didn't make NI - provisions for one of our major industries s ,(Goderich Manufacturing) and there is no • a provision for disposal .of old stoves,, -iritdges-andthat-type•vt aste.L., Dr:'Mills said in•his opinion•the former'-`` site should be closed completely, perhaps making provision- for its future use as a recreational site; ander nothing should be dumped there at all. • Goderich -Reeve -Harry Worsen, chairman of the town's public works Committee, .said this ,week the dump fires = I were set to dispose of garden and other. .waste collected by the town. The collections of this kind of waste are made 1 monthly. He also stated he knew of no plans for . other installations to take dare of the =_ waste in the future. He commented that every other dump in the county seems to be burning and stated he sees no other way to _dispose of the type of waste that was burned last week. We would have to agree. Gardens and household property cannot accommodate .,much of this type of waste and it would take up too much room at the Holrnesville site which is already using up space faster than anticipated. We would agree that a seriousproblem exists. Speaking with the Public Health authorities in Toronto and .with Mr. Childs and Mr. Caranci, the problem is not unique to Goderich, although other areas • 'have done something more toward finding a solution. The tendency for -. some , municipal .councils.=to_-pc rastinate_ until._ actionis forced upon them is unsatisfactory to say the least. We would sympathize with the town in its dilemma and make no attempt to sa what is ri ht or wron about the The first haircut THE ,.ORDEAL° BEGINS' Nitllllilfllltlpl111111.iliiIIt111i1111l by Ron ?rice NO PAIN YET NOTHING TO IT! .r A 01 Remember When ? ? ? • 60 YEARS AGO « An event which, it is hoped and :confidently expected,° will have fair -reaching and beneficial effects in the improvement of Goderich's .position as a lakeport was the visit of Hon. William Pugsley, Minister' of Public • Works for the Dceninion of Canada, Mr. Pugsley said that at the last session a vote ,was granted ' P for improvements at Goderich harbor and for the extension of the breakwater; plans had been prepared and no .` doubt a contract would soon be F. awarded for a breakwater to the south. , Further than this, the people of Goderich asked to have • the present breakwater lengthened and the engineer had recommended an extension of some 1500 feet which would -make- -splendid- outer -harbor. He had not an appropriation for this northwestern breakwater, • but while he was not in a position to give a promise . he would say in all sincerity that he was deeply impressed and when he met with his colleagues he would consider -it his duty to impress, upon • them the advisability of proceeding with this important work; and, he added;' in the past• Sir Wilfred. Laurier, and his colleagues had never failed in sympathy with any designs which he presented ,:to'tlwm»for:=tthe increase-ofSU.c0,;, facilities: 'He also considered it necessary `to continue dredging F. • 2.5 YEARS AGO a Listed as home from die war are N.S. Agnes Campbell; Sgt. Elmer Fisher; Lieut. Kenneth Hunter; Sgt. Hector Kingswell; Sgt. Ralph Kingswell;. and Lt. • Cpl. Conald Thompson. - The -official opening of the - tourist information booth in_ Court House- Park, the initial project of the reorganized Goderich Board of Trade, along ' = , with the appearance of the Sea Cadets of Sarnia on parade, was • the occasion for a large and _ interested gathering on the Square Friday evening. -�rI111111111111IIIIIIIIIII11Il IlllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIhIlllllll11i1I111111ItIIIII1111111I111II1111IlIIIIIIIIIHUII1111III1111IIII1111IIIII111H1111I1111111111111IIHII1111tIIII11111111111IIINli Nlrr 1'0 YEARS AGO • Headlines • Action Seen Needed For Fuiure, Discouraging Conditions Here Cause Tourists To Give"_ Goderich Bypass. ° G o derich bandsmen of yesteryears are taking their old instruments out of the moth, balls and ° trying them out for low and high notes in readiness for the reunion Band Concert September 4. Goderich Trade Fair got .underway Wednesday evening with a large parade of school children to Agricultural Park., After prolonged debate in the course' of which Councillor J. E. Huckins charged . that the Hydro -Electric', Power Commission: of Ontario, had, "taken a leaf out of K-hruslrchev's--book", eouneil-on Friday evening voted five, to three against paying the controversial levy for street lighting equipment...The amount immediately affected ' was $3,226.54, due June , 30. Total involved in 15.3.(1,9,09. Failure `for some time past to erect street lights requested by .council was attributed • to a decision by the PUO to force the hand of council. ONE YEAR AGO Victor Pope has recently purchased the Kentucky Fried -C-hickenzfrAnchiseArt. Mr. Pope has completely. renovated the location and plans to make it one of the finest in - the area.. GDCI Principal John Stringer announced- this week that Brenda. East has beennamed an Ontario Scholar. ' Robert G. Shrier, president of Signal -Star Publishing. Ltd, announced the appointment of Edward J. Byrski as advertising manager. of the Goderich Signal-Stareffective immediately. Headlines: Will Close' CFB; Huron medical co-operative to merge . with 29 others; Accident claims life•.of Little Inn owner: When some descent, honest People n council who will tell you the truth instead of just keep pushing a bunch of lies down one's throat? We were- told last year the town dump was closed and we were to take our garbage nine miles up the road --get rid of it. This week the town dump has been. going full blast again with fires almost every day and fires that were started and kept FED., is this town going to get ° Letters e rs running by the town. Public works trucks were rolling into that abomination we. used to call a waste disposal site from early morning until late. Smoke thick enough to choke a herd of cattle was poured skyward 'without' any • respect for the anti -pollution laws of this country and with no regard for the health or welfare of local residents. To The You have mentioned the fight against: pollution in your column 1�Ir. Editorcanci, 10-xeca1Ltlie fight- :you plat -up :,^agal'nst' this' outmoded' form of waste disposal when the council decided to find another site instead of the one close to town. Why not tell the people of Goderich what the story is now. Does the town have the right to pollute the air of Huron County Editor with its mess? • Why is ,this rubbish being burned here - instead of nine miles away on, the site we are paying so high a ,price . for? Or is it that the residents of Goderich Township wouldn't stand for that? It seems to me we are getting the dirty end of the stick in this deal and I mean that quite -Literally.. We were , told the additional cost of moving the M11111llal1111111111111111111111illlaitaati1111111111111111011011111111aa1111111111111NIIIIIIIIINIII111111111ia1111111111111111111111111111111111111NII11111111111111111111111111111111111111111L' location of the town waste • Snip and Snap BY HARRY JAY PLUS A WORD OF FAREWELL ... y g, !:clitrtrs',!�•otc�: This is the last in use' of the old dump. What we do suggest is that action be taken now to provide for the series of columns that harehc•en carried irr the• Gc;deric lh Signal -Star Jnr the past few vt•c'Cks. We. hope they. hare brought .some' added thoughts to the minds of those that read industrial and heavy waste and -for an installation where, burning may be carried out in conformation with provincial and local health regulations. Man is gradually polluting himself off them. the face ,of the earth. • G oderich` may be -a.. , . relatively small community, but it can do "Let us not be naive enough its part jn preventing Huron County and to.believe that there are no ,seeds of revolution in the rebellion Lake Huron • from becoming like major that , radical .young people centres on Lake Ontario. • describe as `the movement'." There is no final solution to the (Spiro Agnew; May 1970.) • problem of waste disposal yet, but two suggestions have come from the 'Whether or not there are seeds department of Energy and Resources as a o, revolution step in the right direction: Mr. Childs sees is not ,our concern 'for the moment as much as the fact that, the ultimate solution as regional disposal Spiro's attitude and comments tp reduce costs and a parallel situation ring of hasty pre -judgement and • involving an incinerator and landfill site. overreactions that only lead to The best incinerators cannot dispose of all further misunderstandingsbetween the generations. The waste and what waste they, do take'care'of present restless generation leavesclinker and ash. These must be between the ages of 16 and 24 • i the `movement' buried, hence the landfill site. , ' whit' question many of the The Goderich° Signal -Star has arranged • traditional values that were too to take a tour of southern Ontario often taken for granted anyway, must be listened to, not silenced. installations next month' that will include Just because they are definitely the best and the worst in waste disposal.,, anti -institutional a n d In the' hope this may be of benefit to the individualistic, there is no need residents of Goderich and assist council in to get too over -excited. • making a decision • . on future wastevdis•Fcuosrsion ptuherpno, sleet us ocfat' e.gocroizoel disposal, --the information gained on that the youth "movement into three tour will be.,published as a special feature. broad groupings; The Extreme; The Traditional.;' • The Transitional. These groups are on a continuum and are not isolated from each other, but very much aware and interacting with each " other.,In our explanation of' these goups, we ill:;hewn ttea! 1y:on,�diite.ct,, cites . . d Wells to the 1969 Telephone Association of Canada Convention. Mt:' Wells considers the first roar; thcr t%treme, wi11C15 �� 'obviously receiving the most news coverage, to be very small perhaps one percent of the 16 to 24 age group. "It is'eomposed of activists and hippies, The hippies live within the present structure ESTABLISHED _- d'Et -• 123rd YEAR tie gtorforrtril Oignat-Otar,of o- the County Town Newspaper of Huron - D--� PUBLICATION Published at Goderich, Ontario every Thursday morning by d. ..".. s., -,, ..tF " r v n r+c cwt-'�"°•«. a .`9t. X'���ilR .� . 1 ..max d '�. lA"«"H` � c.v.o-..d.:• .o . TELEPHONE 524-8331 area rode 519 • • ' OBE1I0i` ,G. SHRIER, president and publisher RONALD P. V. PRICE, managing editor ' • 5HiilLEAGJ : KEJr::LER.r.4voinerz c, -earn s EDWARD J+ BYflSl«, advertising manager • ABC Sub rintion Alves $6 a Year e +. d..�.., la roil' Apr Kms, cr U.'LA. '.60 (in .,advance) gistratipn. ►uririb,er'' 071+ h' ' 11 /1 their own life, Their attitude seems tobe- You do your own thing and let me do mine! The activists, however, want to tear_ society apart and rebuild 'a new - society which is more in tune with the times and present-day knowledge and potential. Activist leaders usually come from _ upper middle • class professional homes and are usually from among the brightest and 'most intelligent in their age group.'; The second group, the 'Traditional, compose about one-third of the . movement. "They do, not agitate for change and accept the resent social . norms -and value in society." They are fine ople and very `nice' but lac .creativity and Openness. The final group is the largest and accounts for about two-thirds, of the 18 to 24 age group. Although they q iestion.: many of the present social norms • and values, they nevertheless accept the present system, and desire to change it where • possible from. within. "Their thinking process seems to lean towards the 'activist group in varying degrees." Hence, it is important that Spiro and. company do not rumble too Much and cause this.group to become alienated, i.e. turned off. Moreover, it is from this groin that, the majority, of . tomorrow's leaders wilt evolve. According to Wells, this Transitional group are "taller, stronger, 'healthier, better -educated and more `world -conscious' than ahy 'o b: lore hem. T e. e t4 ne � K a�.,baieopor�i7ri»tl'er�'= values and,- are not overly -impressed by technological change or material th/i�n. �gsy� They reconcerned �yyl7ayy�y4 a y�-pxes - if ,something is not to their • liking. Economic motivation is not nearly as important 08 it wits to their ry counterparts ten., ago Instead the unanswered ptbbieno of population $ $ • 1 1 / , 1" 4' 1 141 11 1 pg r. under -developed and emerging nations, race, and people in a changing society provide real meaning for them." Needless to, say, we sympathize with all three groups and in our own small way, support the `movement' even though it seems so ill-defined and directionless. �,s a final word of farewell, we apologize if we have been unkind ,,py, being .di fferent. Allah'u'abha. Peace. disposal site nine miles away would be $2;000. Yet .by the town's own budget statement printed in your ne-ivipiPeir the item under garbage collection and disposal rises from..$28,039 in 1969 to a staggering $43,175 predicted for this year. How did that $2;000 get up to $15,136 scs quickly? Perhaps I have missed something somewhere, . but it seems to me somebody should be made to, answer. You and your newspaper have a responsibility to your readers to present the truth - the whole ungarnished truth to the people of Goderich who keep the town going with their taxes. You haven't failed '-to, keep up your end before sir, ,may I now ask that you, Doing one of the few people in this town who might conceivably get at the truth, seek it out, 'ask whomever needs to be asked and let the people of Goderich know. I have never written to a newspaper before; largely because I have a position to uphold and being fully aware of the vinldictivenes.s of, some people in this town, I would prefer to remain' anonymous in the writing of this letter. But let me make haste to warn any person who feels that by asking to remain so • makes me somewhat of a coward - lacking the courage of my own convictions, as you- sometimes put it - that if the need arises in this or any other matter I shall make myself known and with -it —shall -mak my authority felt. I have no time to run for public office. No interest either to be honest, but for those,who would seek a • seat at the elections in December' of this year, I would suggest this policy: make sure know ou what you y are about and that . what you intend to do is in the strictest interest of the people of this ry" town. I have been a lifelong_'_, resident here and 'my fathers' before me. I shall not permit any self-centred person to spoil it.' If you will permit anonymity Mr. Editor, I shall write again. If you will permit mea one observation, don't back down when faced with intimidation, .you may find you have support in rather unexpected quarters. A resident CHICKEN LE ti SAVE 20c a lb lit, BREASTS Ib. (NO BACKS) FRESH Whole or Half M OAST OF fQ.1,1( 11; � r"u �`prb .,. �� r?c�:;. �r..*�'.,w..P�,'�,.....; rS.���..�!''r''✓....^ �:,4«i•rk iu+�`,.. �I:Av� •�.�A�i �il�. ...�.�y,•., BONELESS POT v . • HOMEM4pE • ik. di Gl 11 rot Ill