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Harbor and waterfront aromas will get afaceliftin
If Reeve Carroll's. de elopment program implemen
The following is a paper
prepared by Reeve Paul Carroll
entitled "A Proposed 'Harbour
• And Waterfront Development
Program For The Corporation
Of The Town Of Goderich."
Mr. Carroll, who spent three
years in the preparation of the
materials and ideas for, the•paper
presented last week to members,
of Goderich Town,-:C6pincil, has
i rt'v1`ted" th , ra trm rrnl'tyas"' '''
Comments 'Concerning it.
The Goderich Signal -Star is
.pleased to have, this opportunity
to assist the Reeve in his
undertaking' for the future of
Goderich. °
GENERAL INFORMATION
The Goderich Harbour is the
only major refuge.._,.,.on the.
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INDIAN ISLAND. - "greatest potential”
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Canadian shore of Lake Hurbn
between Sarnia and Georgian
Bay. It is said that Champlain
stopped here on one of his visits
through the area. In the ,early
1800's the river estuary used to
flow through what is now the
main harbour. In the 1860's,
there were tales of rum -runner*
and' Fenian 'raicling. parties.
The origgin, , _ 4 s„cannotbe-
vessels with an approximate
draught Of 24' and around 650'
in length, The harbour basin was
deepened to about 27' In 1962.
This was made possible by, the
removal of a shipping hazard,
Ship Island.
The, sheet steal piling which
tincts. the channel and basin is
creating several problems., It
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recently. removed. On a clear tneWFrarbour creating •a hazard for
vessels moored.
day, however; from Lighthouse •'tlierein.On the
Park, oxie can see the shadows of hc3rth side, -you can see where
sunken derelicts" 'auth- - tlre- `crit bollards ' have been
South breakwater. displaced' because of the force of
this`" swell. Damage has been
The early commercial history
sustained periodically' by smaller
centred mainly around
lumbering and salt; the salt.. "` e's'
originating from wells in. the File harbour entrance is 200'
town proper. The ' present-day wide., with piers extending some
harbour will at•commodate 1500' to the inner harbour. Two
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breakwalls ° of about 1800' lie
beyond the "piers to protect the
harbour; The fog horn and
certain ''navigational -devices are
located there. The range lights
on the North pier have recently
'. been modernized.
ST. CHRISTOPHER'S BEACH
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e•Ineismommiimm.
' The Si'ftn Salt complex was an,,
initial ten 'million
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Ainvestment Jn 'Q0 g8 ,.ve etv«.;
tl' alt '�"
�"^i��fl .flora i�-..Tiumber••�tr,�n-
`hicreasing' each year and the
mine has recently completed an
expansion programme for •
additional ' surface storage. In
1970, there was a crusher and
mill located underground with a
capacity of 450 tons per hour.
At that time,' underground
storage facilities 'held 12,000
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'1244th YEAR -14
Town daddies --ria
have- sense of humor
Yes, Virginia, town fathers do
haven, ense of humor!'
And it, was c,uite apparenkat•
last week's council meeting.
. For example, when :ma''or
'''"Harr'y Worsell was 10 minutes
late for the council meeting (he
was busy with the delegation
• from Michigan), a. ting ,:Mayor
Paul.,,( arroll asked- if there --were•
any objections to deferring the
people representing petitions
and deputations until the mayor
arrived.
Quipped •count.' I)eb
hew felt, "Che;♦only o.bjectioiis
are from the, people--th'at•--are--v
waiting."•
Referring :to the Goderich
Lion's Club annual council night
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Adventurer A
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to Gode.ri
ch
'Around 250 adventurers are
expected •to take, part on
Saturday; May•• 1 when the
Forest City Railway Society of
London. runs its train excursion
to G6.derieh
The -train will leave Londono
at 9 a.m, and arrive in Goderich
around 11:30 a.m. Chartered
buses will take the passengers on
a tour of the. town and area
including a visit to the harbour
and the museum.
As a railway enthusiasts'
excursion, the group will
naturally be"interested primarily
in. the, railroading aspects •of
Goderich: However, there will
probably be a general' interest in
the town itself. ,
On the. • Society's rail
excursion last year people from
as far away 'as Detroit; Hamilton,
Albany and New York City took
part.
to be held at the l Iarhourlite' Inn
on, 'Thursday, April `29 (which is
paren tIv, a much -looked.
forward -to event for .council
Members), mayor..Worsell added,.
"I don't think anyone wil,i want
to go to that,"
When " finance committee
v.
chairman Dave (lower presenting.,
!his.. -proposals o. rL- ccwn-cillors'-
expenses on town business trips,
count. Reg (Jewell i)eniarked,'"1
don't see any .<al`riTetiiaent for
expenses."
I)uringi the discussion on the
proposal to ' purchase a new fire
truck- for the,, tow., both •
deputy -reeve Dave, Gower and
count, Stan' Profit showed' their •
senses of humor. •
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After looking at the
0 er-7-$ 0,000 price tag on the
vehicle and its equipme.nt, Mr,
Profit ' remarked,. '"we are
equipped to handle. it if we can
be equipped to hay for it:'' • °
Quipped Mr.. Gower."I see
. gam i 'tiny
tlac _ fi urc lic.rc, how
trucks are we buying'?" •
We think ')hat last one was a
quip. .
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Arts services get the the \ go. ohead-
Lotteries O.K. •says. council
but- provisions go with them:
After receiving a' letter from
E. C. Fisher, director of lottery
branch, Goderich council
rnembej^s agreed to Co-ordinated
Arts Services selling lottery
tickets in town.
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However,, there are a couple
of "Buts.", And one of the
"buts" is that Co-ordinated
• Arts Servic.es will not,be allowed
to sell tickets in town.
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There wasn't much ice breaking for the Griffin to do when she came into the Goderich harbor on _.du ,ts.
Sound confusing? It's not,
really:,
• Ac'titally the Arts' Services,
who finance groups (to a certain'
,extent) such as�'tlie Goderich
Little Theatre, are sponsoring
the lottery, but council felt: in
the best interest . of .
townspeople that' a local group
should be doing the . ticket.
selling. Consequently, members
of the Little Theatre' group here
11 be doing 'the peddling of the
Friday, Mild weather of late had worked its way into the effect's of the past winter. (Staff photo)
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In. addition; council has
stipulated that Co-ordinated
Arts Service supply thein with a
list -showing the allocation of
funds to various groups. - •
In ..hits_ reply to co.u-ncil's
letter, \Ir, Fisher pointed out
that the above\ group ,• was a
` purveyer of wtar4while projects,
Count. Deb 'Shev< felt, who
opposed the whole idea Ain. the,
rie
first place, coinrnted', "being'
known as the great challenger of
riiflteitickets, I feel the handling
of tickets through local service
-cittbs deserves . merit " .,.Count.
Shewfelt said at a previous
meeting that he felt people may
be, "pressured.` into ,buying
lottery , tickets in\ upport of, the
organization."
'Perm'i'ssion 'was also granted
Doug Cruikshank, :on behalf of
the I{insinen Club of Goderich,
• to sell tickets on behalf of the
onestoga Huron College Signt4Star advertiing�\certain does pay. offeeds: more stu ent, respolise Audith Gooderham, Park, the
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BY KEITH ROULSTO,N
The ,future of •a community
college in Huron, County hangs
in the balance unless more
interest is shown by Students in
the county., • - _._ _.
In an interview on: Friday,
Ross, Milton, "'administrator of
Operations for Conestoga College
of Applied Arts and Technology
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in Huron, said Conestoga is
prepared to offer college courses
beginning this'fall at a campus in
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the county but that response in classes primarily meant for
the Canada Manpow,er Training
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from students has been minimal.
1.1e said, space has already been
reserved at Canadian Forces Base
`Clinton andehe .had prepared 18
courses based on the needs of
business and industry within the
county but se far the response
has been so lacking that "we are
going to have a hard time
justifying our budget".
"If the people of Huron want
a college in their midst then we
.. must have people to train," Mr.
Milton said. °
Mr. Milton; who has
represented Conestoga • in ' the
county from his offices in
Seaforth' for nearly a year, said
he has been :ekamining;the needs
of the county during�the time he
has spent •here'- and, could almost
guarantee 'j'ob's'With'in t'he'county
to the graduates of the Clinton
campus, He said immediate plans
for a College in Huron call for
about 200 full time students.and
250 part time students.
"As soon as we have the
students, we're ready to go," Mr.
Milton said.
Mr. Milton explained that the
courses are designed minder 10
programs. These include:
1. The post -secondary plan,
offering two and three-year
diploma rourses'for highschool
graduates on a full-time, day
school basis.
2. The Canada Manpower
Training 'Plan, offering courses
to teach specific skills for the
, ., Manpower and Immigration
Department, These vary in
length and include such things as
teaching •.English to new
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Hon W. Darcy McKeough at a dinner in Toronto recently. from gOunty engineer Jitn Britnell at the recent Ontario
under which persons are trained, grants, $5,000. Please turn to'age 5 }t
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do not qualify' for benefits -from
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Recreation
estimates
are lower
Operating estimates for the
Goderich" Recieation , and
Community Centre Board this
year are lower than those.
budgeted last year.
„,The total request submitted
to run the town's recreational
activities amounted to $38,860
compared to last year's
$42,496.68:
The amount includes two
. major. e'xpenditu'res -
replacement of the drain line at
,*Judith ' Goodetham Park' for,
$7,300 and completion of the
sprinkling system at the arena
for $3,000.
Municipal grants this year are
expected to total $38,860 as
opposed to $40,519 for 1970.
-Pool revenues were $5,800 last
year with the arena showing
receipts totalling $33,800.
The. overall picture showed
the board ending the 1970 fiscal
-year with a $2,800 deficit.
The following were theme- -
ex.penditures for 1970;
swimming pool, $23,060; arena,
being trained under the
certification of the College of
N'u`rses or the U'ntario Health
Association. 'Some such training
has '' been 'carried on in the
c'ounty'at times in the past.
• 5. ,''' . The Management
Development Plan,' aimed • at
increasing the .efficien►cy of tate
individual enterprise. Graduates
from this course' can work up to
an Ontario Manager's Certificate.
'!'his course was formerly offered
by • the Trade and Development
Department.
6. Personal Enrichment
Programs, offering short courses
in such hobby -type past -times as
ceramics and art.
7.. Personal development
courses to help the Worker
develop further' skills in their,
line .of work such as additional
training for a "welder who does
not have training in a specific
skill in -welding.
8. Nurses' ''rraie/ing, where the'
Colleges makes a contract with a
hospital to train a certain
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harbor committees wou have a
diffic t time, trying ti to rove
that `advertising An \ the'.
Signal -Star doesn't pay. \Of •
course, the number of
applications received ” by these
committees for summer
ernploythent on beach patrol '
and recreation could be a result' .
of the high rate of unemployed
students floating around, but we
would rather believe the former.
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'Club• of the • city of
Cornwall. •\1r. Cruikshank said
his grotto would sell the tickets
for $ 2 each and 'would receive
'20'% of the sales. 0404•..,.
Pay hikes ._.:
probable ,.
or Council
If. approved by the members
themselves, Goderich . town
councillors ` are in for pay hikes
this year. •
Finance committee, chairman`
Dave Gower presented among.
his financial proposals that the
mayor and councillors receive a
$5 per meeting increase during
1971. This would 1 mean that' the
-.mayor would be paid $25 for
each council meeting attended
and councillors wouId get, $20
per meeting, .These amounts -are
Iirinded ,out for regular council'
meeting~ Oil and are not
payable 'for committee meetings.
Last year the mayor was paid
,-;21) and councillors, $15. The,
Mayor last year •received a total
of 'x•:1.35O in salaries.
Community Centre Board In addition t 'LI b
received 26 applications through
the Signal -Star and two of hers
through word-of-mouth
advertising. Of these, eleven
persons will be selected,__
The Harbour Committee's
'request, for.,sumn}er employment
as beach patrol drew 10
applicants, with four of these to
be selected
o ae a over
amounts, councillors who are
chairing committees - receive
. $200. while,`.,the ''fnayor gets a
5500 per }'ear allotment , over
and° above • his�1-egular meeting
'rates. •
In addition. the
deputy -reeve's ''proposal ' called
for councillors being paid at, the
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end of each month rather than
In its advertising'for students Deadline for all.pesitions was_ every six months as. they are
for summer employment at March 29'. presently paid.
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number of nurses.
9. -The Agency Co -Operative
Plan where training of a specific
nature is offered in a course
designed for a -specific group
such as the Independent
Insurance Association.
10: Training within a business
or industry, where the college
sends its faculty to an
industry or group of industries
in the same locale to train
personnel right ot) the job. The
college may draw on
experienced instructors from
another such industry or utilize'
its own instructors who have had
experience p ence in industry before
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