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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-05-17, Page 1THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1973 A_.recomrnendation from the rnittee Chairman Dave -Gower Administrative Committee that presented the, Stratford Taxi (i,'deric'h Towri Council pass a Bylaw for study. Police Chief taxi bylaw which will he ad- Pat King, present at the ministered by the Police Corn- meeting, said that in his mission will come to the coun- opinion it was "a good idea" ail table this evening. for the police to d`minister the At last week's committee bylaw since officers are con - meeting, Administrative Com- stantly on duty "to keep a check". . "There are certain advan- tages to, this system," said Chief King. "In the matter of control, it allows closer tabs on the taxi companies in a municipality." Chief King noted that the Stratford Taxi Bylaw appeared to have "more teeth in it" than the present Goderich bylaw for taxis. ,t In looking_over the Stratford bylaw, however, the Ad- ministrative Committee agreed with Police Chief King that some clauses needed to be Kinsmen elect officers fn a closed meeting held at the Bedford Hotel Monday night, the Kinsmen Club of t iederich elected their slate of. '.fticc'rs for the corning year. The new prefiident is Paul Haechler who 'succeeds John omitted or changed for local use. One such clause gave the taxi operator the right to refuse passage to "any woman known to him to be of ill fame or any other persons- known to him to be a bad , character". 'T},,he Goderich officials felt neither the taxi drivers, the Police Commission or Town Council could sit in judgment on people in that fashion. It was ...suggested, though, that a clause could be inserted in the proposed Goderich Taxi bylaw making it legal for the cab driver to reject a fare who was drunk or otherwise not in control of his or her senses. The Administrative Commit- tee further agreed to recom- mend to council that taxi businesses in Goderich could operate and dispatch taxis from their homes in residential areas but that the cabs must be located- elsewhere, in a coma mercia! zone. This ruling is to be given in writing to the present taxi operators and it was clearly expressed that all taxi companies in Goderich "must he treated equally" in all matters. The study into the taxi bylaws was made necessary to has yet been set for a Ministry of the Environment g into an application by Benmiller estates'to install a e treatment plant at their reconstructed mill In Ben- . The former woolen mill has been turned into what will private club" as defined by the developers. Huron Medical Officer of Health Frank Mills said it could be July before the hearing was called but much depended on "how anxious" the developers were to get on with completion of work on the treatment system which is already partially in- stalled. (staff photo) 'ch Recreation Director course outline it is noted of and and Sailing Club Standard One that pit is, 'most an Pat -Shanahan, an- crucial and is to be regarded as this week that the an- the foundation upon ,which', d Ontario Sailing safety and increased proficiency tion instruction will ultimately depend. Make will be visiting sure ., that it is taught . The travelling school thoroughly and proper records operation at the local kept of each students progress. t during the week of This standard,records and rough July 13. .marks importanprogress as a than enough.' people crew." . 'stered for- the instruc- The individual who achieves ool, the organizers Standard One should perform and the Sailing as the level of a competent crew ion has confirmed and helmsman in winds of five as one of its summer to 10 miles per hour. To pass the ting of all those who student Must be familiar with their interest iii the organization of the sailing ry registration will be club executive structure, local Saturday morning at rules and regulations, the filing rich Memorial Arena of a float plan, basic right of gat 11:00 a.m. At that way rules, preventing collisions I registration will' be at sea and `racing rules. - d an outline of the He or 'she must also be nd its requirements familiar with sailing ter- :iven by Mr. Dymond minology and the use of a wide . Shanahan. Those variety of knots and how to^tie to may pay their them. on fees at that time. Under 'seamanship he must dition the Goderich know how to get in and out of a Club, in 'co-operation boat, the basic points of where Recreation Directors to sit to obtain correct trim, also run its own in- how to paddle holding a grip Program over the and using a good strong stroke, months making use of how to trim sails, particularly r of "Mini -Mac" sail the jib, understands the ich have been donated meaning of sailing terms,. un- ub, derstands port and starboard tors for this program tacks, to coil lin?s, how to rig being- recruited, the and de -rig a sailing dinghy, outline drawn up and must have a minimum of five ncment of registration hours sailing time at the helm, e is Oxpected in a short can tack, jib, head up and hear off on command, knows where ailing..Association's and `how to secure a boat to a g school will instruct dock and mooring, can row and Procedures and skills understands the problems of to pass Standard One arriving at moorings while un - Canadian Yachting. derway. 048 whichwere proficiency ' In the safety department the were revised sailer hoping to pass Standard There are a total of One must know capsize yards, Introduction to procedure, know how to put on r Novices (the course red this summer), properly seciire and make ummer), an ,use of a life jacket, know how fate Guiding standard, %l and tw TJTg to read weather signs, under - 0 other sten- •stand the danger of cold water uiding Principles. prerequisite and be aware of the proper any of the �.ta to all clothing for sailing. be ableThe prospective Standard dent minable totread One sailer must understand Yards and then + boat maintenance in the areas unaeeisted. No of keeping a boat clean, dry and the age of 10 will be tidy and have a knowledge of by the Sailing traditional courtesy afloat and school. Bailing AMAociatiori's ashore. The Ontario Sailing Associations instruction program a on wheels is being financed by the Ontario Gover- nment's Sport and Recreation branch ta the tune of $50,000 with the remainder of the costs being underwritten by Benson and Hedges (Canada) Ltd. The plan furnishes four vans with living accommodation for two instructors each, a crash boat and a trailer carrying fig e sailboats and their equipment. Each mobile school will he allocated 12 Ontario municipalities to visit between June 4 and August 31. The unit stays in town for five days and run three, three hour programs, each day teaching the basics of sailing. Paul ,Baechler Kin president Shddick whose term expired. Other officers for this term are: Stan Connelly, vice-president; Bob McDougall, second vice- president; Bill Dobie, secretary; Bill Fry, treasurer; George Hiles, registrar; and Greg -Reid, Jim Farrish, and Mike O'Brien as directors, The budget meetings have begun. Members of Goderich Town Council have started the gruelling task of making expenses match with receipt:On the municipality and ac- cording to Finance Chairman Dave Gower, it is going to be especially difficult this year. In a kind of pre -budget preparation address to council at last Thursday's committee meeting, Gower warned that somewhere council was going to have to either "find or cut" about $350,000. "The taxation picture isn't good," said Gower. He urged all -councillors. to "look carefully" at their In- dividual budgets for ways and means to cut back on ex- penses. "To hack out a few ,thousand dollars is just not good enough," said Gower. oung cyclist During• the past week the Goderich Police department in- vestigated 101 occurrences in- cluding 12 criminal offences such as thefts, an assault, wilful damage and possession of stolen goods. Two reports of persons prowling by night were also in- vestigated. Six major motor vehicle ac- cidents were investigated, one involving a nine year old cyclist, as well as six minor ac- cidents. In all two criminal charges were laid, six charges under the Liquor Control Act, 14 under the Highway Traffic Act and 10 warnings were issued to motorists. Nine-year-old Roy ,McMahan of 170 Warren Street was sent to hospital at about 8:10. p.m. Friday when he was knocked from his bicycle on Montreal Street by a car driven by Neil M. McKee of RR. 4 Cioderich. Injuries to the boy were described as minor -eats and bruises. - The accident- sustained $50 damage to the auto and $ 70 damage to the hicvg1e. At 12:45 p.m. that day a two car accident on The Square resulted in $600 property damage when cars driven by Rhona Hadden of 118 St. David Street and Hugh Strachan Glen of 179 St. David Street were involved in a rear end collision. There were no injuries but the Hadden car suffered $260 damage and the Glen car $400. At 6:40 p.m. Friday a second' accident on The • Square, bet- ween a car driven by James R. Schram. of 54 Waterloo Street and a parked car owned by Jef- frey Fisher of R.R. 2 Clinton, resulted ,in $1,200 damage to the Schram car and $800 to the ". Fisher vehicle. There- were no injuries. Saturday at 1:30 a.m. a rear end collision en Victoria Street resulted in $650 damage to a vehicle, , driven by Jaynes R. Durst of R.R. .2 Clinton and $150 to one driven by. Kathleen Desrochers of Larder Lake On- tario. No injuries were repor- ted. Later that morning, at 11:10 a.m., a parked car owned by Morley Lloyd of 187 Bennett Street suffered $250 damage when it was struck by. ci car, driven by Morgan A. Moore of R.R.' 4 Goderich. The Moore car received. only $20 damage. There were no injuries. Negotiations between Dom- tar Chemicals' Sifto Salt Mine in Goderich and Local 682 of tl�.e....interrta.t iunxf-t:�Iaemit: al Workers, Which failed in con- ciliation some time ago, are to resume next Tuesday at the kidding of mine management. The union members move into a legal strike position at midnight Sunday May 27. Local 682 president 1-ja,rold Leddy said, in announcing the new negotiation meetings, That he expected the talks would go on "right through next week." The main issues at stake in the negotiations are hours of work, `acations, medical coverage and other fringe benefits. Wages are said by the union not to be the main issue although the parties are still 27 cents apart. The union' is asking an increase of 5,3 cents to. bring them on a par with workers at the DOMTAR mine at Windsor but the company to date has offered only an in- crease of 20 cents. Only Local 682 members at the salt mine are involved in the negotiations although workers at the DOMTAR evaporator plant a're members of the same local. Their con- tract does not expire for another 18 months. The salt mine workers however have been working without a con- tract since March 31. Any strike action that i..'i,ht result against the salt mine operation is not expected to int volve workers at the evaporator plant according to Mr. Leddy hut ,union spokesman Ken Burns at the Evaporator plant told the Signal Star on Tuesday that if the salt mine workers picket the, evaporator plant union members there would not cross the lines. Oneof the major- problems the parties will try to resolve Goderich Recreation Director Mike Dymond, in the foreground,and GodiNch Sailing Club organiser Pat Shanahan go over the list of enrollment for the Salting Association classes to be held In Goderich during the week of July 9 - 13. A muting is set for this Saturday 11:00 a.m. at the Goderich Arena for formal registration and further information about the course will be given participants at that -time. (staff photo) The Goderich Signal - Star regrets the error which appeared on the front page Of last week's newspaper - regarding Police Sergeant Mery Witter. Sergeant Witter has, of course. been with the local police force for six years, not six weeks os stated. Sincere apologies to Sergeant Witter. The Midget Girls overall Champion at the Huron -Perth Track and Field Meet was 15 year old Lisa Sctiohs, a second level student at G.D.C.I. Lisa also turneid In a record performance in the long jump with a measurement o1 15 feet 11 --Inches. (Staff Photo)