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beginning
taking so long, the best
would be to remain
Hook up is on its way.
'cion fans in Goderich
ct to be hooked up in
the start of new
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ming according
n
sh, a Bluewater Cable
an.
weather over the past
ks has kept work crews
job but Mr. Maclntosh
hoped by the end of the
e workmen would be
the job feeding cable
oderich streets.
id that about half the
in the.community now
ice available to them
t the remainder should
e same position by the
September.
Goderich Town' Council and
the Goderich Planning Board..
went into committee of the
whole twice, for more than one
hour at a time, when they met
Tuesday evening to consider an
application by James Dixon for
a huilding permit to construct a
22 unit apartment building on
Waterloo Street between Picton
awl Elgin Streets.
After returning from the
second committee session it
'ke by 180 members of
2 of the International
al Workers Union
the DOMTAR Sifto
ne in Goderich is in its
y With no hope of set-
in sight.
Salt mine manager Gor-
ir said he was adopting
and see" attitude and
that there was no
in the situation since
k stoppage began May
really have nothing to .
at this point," he said.
uir said there was no
'on that negotiations
resume in the- near
he other side of the
the attitude was much
e. Local 682 president
Leddy indicated that no
tions were in _sight for
.meat
n. had -not changed in-
t we riind one -M.
ate all has been quiet
he'pkket lines outside
MTAR Salt Mine with
of the parties, or the
lice force, reporting any
ts.
It sh'pments have left
e since the work stop-
gan and last •week Mr.
aid that all salt boat
had been cancelled as
plans for rail ship-
nion members voted in
f strike action early in
er a conciliation officer
e Department of Labor
a no settlement report
not strike until after a
ute series of bargaining
s failed late in the
ayns Unner of The
an Opportunities
Youth project, has a
order to be filled
e the month's end.
alms Is looking for
Portable electric
organ which the
P can rent for the
week in June and
months of July and
t. The organ must
able as the band
bort a and their in -
will be on the
M all summer long
g iospitals and
homes.
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the places The
MK visit have a
sysllable, io a
organ Is badly
to cgmpI•te the
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When Jacques Richard and Kawmadhl Weerasoorlya represented Goderich last weekend In
the Kinsmen Club Zone "D” Bike Rodeo they brought home some honors. Jacques picked
r ..up the first place trophy for his efforts In the Grade 7 and 8 competitions and Kawmadhl
placed second In Grade 1 and 2 competitions. Both are students at St. Mar's Separate
School In Goderich. (staff photo)
The wall around the Huron
County jail house, in Goderich
have been saved but it is going
to take a fair amount of com-
munity interest and money to
promote the building so it can
become a tourist attraction in
the future.
That's partly the reason the
Save The Jail Society wants to
produce a documentary -type
film about the jail for showing
in and around the county to
stimulate enthusiasm for the
project.
But Huron County Council's
property committee had turned
ddwn the request of the film-
makers prior to last Thursday's
session and it was Goderich
Deputy -reeve Stan Profit who
raised the matter in open coun-
cil. Profit was looking for a
change in that decision and by
d'ajy',s end had seen it ... though
it was hardly unanimous.
During the Property Commit-
' tee report, it was clear the jail
was to "remain closed while
the building program (at the
Huron -Perth Regional
Assessment Office) is under-
way". -
However, Profit requested
that the local film makers be
allowed to shoot their pictures
prior to the beginning of con-
struction at the assessment of-
fice, probably around the first
of July.
"The film is not a
glorification of the battle for
the wall," protested Profit, "I
fail to see why it couldn't be
done. It is an effort on the part.
of these people to try and help
anyone promote the jail. It is a
oneshot effort and I under-
stand they could be in and out
long before construction begins
flit the assessment,.office if they
have the permission to go in."
"It is an historical building,"
pleaded Reeve Ed Oddleifson
of Bayfield, "It is older than
Confederation. The film should
be made before the jail is
changed in any way. It should
go on record as it is at the
present time."
Oddleifson then moved that
County Council give permission
for the film to be made before
construction got underway at
the assessment huilding.
However, County Clerk -
treasurer John Berry indicated
his belief that it was a decision
for -the property committee, not
the whole of council.
Reeve Oddleifson then
suggested that the motion
could be changed to give the
committee power -to -act,
making it unnecessary for the
matter to come before Count\
Council in June and thereby
rushing the decision along.
There was no answer from
Mr. Berry and no reaction from
Council.
"This money -making
scheme," commented Reeve
Harold Lobb, Clinton. "Is it
going to hell; Goderich?" Lobh.
is chairman of the County
Property Committee.
Profit answered that in his
view it was going to help the
jail which is the property of
Huron County. -
"I wouldn't stand in the way
of the film being made," said
(continued on page 13),
TThi McGee
runner-up
at OFSAA
was recontrnended to the
.meeting, and subsequently ac-
cepted, that the matter be
referred to the Goderich Plan-
ning Board ,and County Plan-
ner Gary Davidson and in con-
sultation with Mr. Dixon for
further discussion,
When the meeting first con-
vened Mayor Harry Worsell ex-
plained the purpose of the
gathering as being to "clear the
air:' with respect to the new
zoning by-law for. Council and
Planning Board.
Councillors Dave Gower and
Eileen Falmer moved that the
meeting he held in committee
of the whole, until Mr. Dixon
arrived but the suggestion was
initially. protested by Coun-
cillor Leroy Harrison. While the taxes in municipalities all around Goderich are
Harrison asked what might going down, local taxes will be increased this year by ap-
come out at the meeting that - proximately 20mills, according to Finance Chairman Dave
the press and others in atten- Gower.
dance at the meeting should "Goderich Town Council has -been 'forced to increase the
not hear. 1973 tax rate after every effort has been made to curtail ex -
Town solicitor Dan Murphy penditures to remain consistent with the local rate --of 1972,"
told the meeting -that there said Councillor Gower this week.
were matters of advice he wan- The 1973 Provincial 'Budget provides the Town with ap`=
ted to give the council but he proximately $135,000 grant under the new tax sharing
would not give in an open plan," continued Gower. "This' is partly in lieu of the old
meeting. He said lawyer - client mining grant which in 1970 was $138,000 reduced in 1971 to
relations were privileged.
"If you want my advice I will,.
give it in committee of the
whole or not at all," he,_ said.
"A lawyer's advice is confiden-
tial."
The meeting went into com-
mittee and was not reopened to
the public until 8:30 p.m. when.
the gathering heard Mr.
Dixon's proposal.
Dixon said he wished the per-
mit to build a 22' unit apart-
ment building that would cater
mostly to adults. He noted that
such a building would be in
keeping with .the needs of
Goderich.
Mr., Murphy pointed out to
Dixon that under the new
zoning by-law such a building
would not conform and that
council would have to "exercise
its discretion in this matter".
by RICHARD MADGE
I'wu G.D.C.I athletes,, Tim
McGee and Gerry O'Brien took
part last weekend in the all-
Ontario).O.F.S.A.A. track and
field meet held at C.N.E.
Stadium in Toronto.
To quality for the all -Ontario
conrpetit1011 both had won in
the W.O.S.S.A. meet held in
f.ondon.
McGee- was the runner-up in
the midget shot. put event. A
two year champion and record
holder in Huron -Perth com-
petition, and two year
W.O.S.S.A. champion. Tim was
competing in his second year of
the all -Ontario meet. against
the twenty-two hest midget shot
x putters in the province.
He broke the previous record
on each of his third, fourth and
fifth attempts, with his best ef-
fort two feet, three inches bet-
ter than the_oldrecord.
However, a Hamilton West -
dale athlete Vald►s Matisons
uncorked a record throw of
54' 11 11.'" on his sixth and last
put to take the championship.
McGee's `best was 54'3!!=",
Despite the second place
finish. McGee's coach Phil
Bugler maintained that,
overall; Tim was the best shot-
-putter`ixr thtition. .
O' Brien was .co4ipeting in
the midge"t. d'►scu +rn ietit?ih;
where he made a creditable
shpwing. Gerry had previously
finished third in the Huron -
Perth competition and first in
• W.O.S.S.A.
This was his first year in
O.F.S.S.A. competition.
Over one thousand of the
cream of Ontario high school
track and field athletes took
part in the events in Toronto.
stick to the new 1973 by-law or
Councillor Stan Profit poin-
ted out that, "The new zoning
by-law is now, into the Minister
for approval and if we keep
making changes we'll never
have it finally passed."
"We just can't change -the bv-
law for every Tom, Dick or
Harry who walks through the
door with some blue prints in
his hand," he noted.
Dan Murphy told the
meeting, "You can't prohibit
(continued on page 13)
Bad news better
than first expected
$82,711 and $57,982 in 1972."
Town Administrator Harold • Walls says the grant only
made it possible to "hold the line at the local levy".
Higher education costs are.the reason for the tax increase,
says Gower: According to him, Goderich's share of the.1973
education cost is increased by $71,000 over 1972.
"The 1972 education and county requisitions were further
reduced by council from a`""deferred credit. of $98,882,"
- Gower explained in a prepared.,statenrent. "This covered the
education and county tax rate considerably below the county
average,"
That was 1972'
But in 1973? •
"In 1973 there are no deferred credits," said Gower, ''and
with an increase of $71.000 on education costs the two fac-
tors represent a mill rate increase of approximately 19.74
mills over 1972 rates to public school residential suppor-
ters: -
Mill rates are as follows: for municipal purposes. residen-
tial rates are 69.92 mills for public school supporters and
separate school supporters alike; for commercial sites, the
mill rate is 80.11
For education, public school supporters will be paying
45.73 mills for residential; 50.81 mills for commercial.
Separate school supporters will pay slightly more at 49.80
It was explained by Mr. mills for residential and 55.34 mills for commerical.
Dixon that when he-- hs4-pttr-==,fie- county rate is 21.60- mttl 8" i o sthe-board.
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T ... .. __-.. _.�_. Realty and buarness-`fsxes`imposed 'for tli "phos ".. aX7,
"' R-3 (which would allow spar -t suppor t ervices in -Goderich amount to $1,316,056. or
ment buildings) but he learned :17.54 pe ''• `` 'of the total budget -Province of Otrtario's•con-
after the purchase was, corn- tributions-applied to reduce the taxes imposed for municipal
piste, plans drawn and and school hoard purposes amount to $1,821,300 or 51.96
engineering studies completed percent of the total budget: and other municipal and school
that the zoning had been. , .- board revenues amount to $367,987 or 10.50 percent of the
'changed to R-2.
The plans Mr. Dixon had for
the new building were in con-
formity with the 1958 by-law
which controlled huilding until
',which
new by-laws came into
force.
Following his presentation
Mr. Dixon was asked to leave
the meeting while the matter
was discussed by the Planning
Board and Council, although
this -time the press and about
six other interested persons
were allowed to stay.
Planning Board member
Charles Snell asked the
meeting if they intended to
Among nine major motor'
vehicle collisions and six minor
accidents during the past week
the Goderich Municipal Police
department investigated two
such crashes where those in-
volved were taken to hospital
suffering injury.
Six year old Marion Poper-
nitsch, daughter off Mr. and
Mrs: Manfred Popernitsch of
196 Maple Street in Goderich„
was rushed to hospital suf-
fering lacerations after she was
knocked from her bicycle on
Huron Road Satufday after -
,noon. ,
Driver of the car which
struck the Papernitsch Poper-
nitsch girywas Robert Walker
Jr. of 36 Hamilton' Street. in
Goderich. Damage amounted to
$50 for both the car and the
bicycle.
Later the .dame day a two car
collision on Huron Road at
Maple Street sent. Hugh Hill,
184 Picton Street, Goderich, to
hospital suffering a concussion
and Winifred Girvin of R.R. 6
Goderi,c.hi to hospital suffering
minor injuries.
Both' injured parties were
drivers of the cars involved.
Damage to the Hill vehicle was
estimated at $800 and to the
Girvin car at $1,000.
Ther were two collisions 011
May 3t. In the first, 'vehicles
driven by Gary D. McPhee of
179 Cambridge Street
Goderich, and Ray A. Travis of
R.R. 2 Auburn collided on St.
Christopher's Beach Road
resulting in damage estimated
at $30 to the McPhee vehicle
and S300 to the Travis car.
There were no injuries.
The other mishap occurred
on the Square when n car
driven by George D. Feagan Of
R.R. 1 Goderich struck a
parked car owned by Ivan
Larizon of R.R. 5 Goderich.
Damage was estimated at $75
(continued on page 13
The Knights of Columbus
Council 5420 sponsored
Walkathon to he held this
Saturday, will bypass the
Square in tfieir route in co-
operation with the Goderich
Police.
The walk will begin at the
Knights of Columbus Hall and
proceed down Napier Street,
circle Goderich Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital
and then take Victoria Street
out to Bayfield Road.
The total distance of the
Walkathon is 25 miles.
Proceeds from,the event will he
used to aid the Anti -Abortion
Publicity Program.
budget.
Total revenues in Goderich will be $3,505,343 with the
province contributing $1.38 for every dollar of realty and
business taxes imposed by the Corporation of the Town of
Goderich.
The Interim tax levy on March 31, 1973, was 25 mills on
all types of property - residential, farm, industrial and corn-
mercial. The balance of taxes is divided between the second
tnd third instalments less the interim levy of 25' mills to be
collected on June 30 and October .31 of this year.
Penalty will be charged at the rate of one percent on the
first day of default and one percent on the first day of each
calendar month thereafter for the balance of the 1973.
Taxes unpaid at December 31 will bear interest at the rate'
of one percent per month. -
On failure to make payment of one or all instalments, the
whole shall become due and payable forthwith.
NOTICE
Following a story from the.
Goderich and District
Association for the Mentally
Retarded which appeared at{, .
the front page of last week
Goderich Signal -Star. the
Association feels the need to
clarify the 58 travelling expen-
ses for the trainees to the Adult
Workshop.
Seven dollars goes daily to
Aluewater Taxi for the trap-
sportatia of three trainees and
$1 goes daily to Goderich
Coach Lines for the transpocr
talion of one trainee.
Huron County Councllghonored several long-time employees at last Thursday's council
Session including those three workers who serve Inside the court house. They are (left to
right) Mrs. Martina Schnelker who has worked 15 years In the clerk's office; Jim Shoserdowvi,
who has spent 25 years In the maintenance department at the court house; and Mrs. SI*Iiy
Cummings who has been employed 15 years in the office the county engineer. (Staff Photo)