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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-
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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• 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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