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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-10-18, Page 7T N -W4 11( 524•g, All 2 p, 8 p, TE ting" IY 524.9341 P.m. p.m. :KENZE RIC I:. nacl mads 4ralgtt" 5244501 oIiieChiefanswers recent complaints Goderich something -'unique in road layout ill, unfortunately, an ideal "soundbox" in that it has eight streets of entry and exit and its surrounding buildings tend to keep sounds in the Square and add to their reverberate effect. Add to these conditions the reverberative characteristics of the large court building in the centre and the noise level tends to in- crease. Take into consideration that moat vehicle tires, when air preasures inside are high - as they are in very, warm weather, do make some "screeching" sound even when the vehicle is cornered at a slow speed. To all these factors add the relative sounds ofvery little traffic movement during the night plus an open hotel window, then the sounds of a rapid take -off and cornering are very noticeable. A genuine case of deliberate squealing of tires anywhere on the Square, and especially from South Street exit, would disturb the occupants of the hotel men- tioned in the letter. "4. The characteristics of road layout, building design and location, vehicle sounds and effects due to atmospheric conditions are beyond the con- trol of Police. The incon- siderate, erratic driver can be, and is, dealt with by police. This department ' has laid 33 charges of Unnecessary Noise so far this year in relation to the Square. These include only those cases where the police have had sufficient evidence to sustain a charger in court, it does not include another 35 laid in connection with other traffic offences or those from accidents taking place on the Square. Numerous others have "been warned of causing un- necessary noise where the of- ficer has stopped a`d checked them but has insufficient evidence to warrant laying a charge. "5. To, sustain a.charge-of un- necessary noise a policeman must be able to prove that a specific person driving a specific, vehicle caused, in the officer's opinion, unnecessary noise. He must witness the act by sight and with his ears. This is not always possible for an of- ficer to do. He often hears the noise but does not actually see the ,vehicle causing the noise. .igcks,.outthe vehicle, he thinks caused the noise (and Pin many cases he is correct) but this is not good enough to prove the case in court. "6. A private citizen being disturbed by a vehicle can act as a witness for any prosecution in cases. where police have not witnessed the offence. The of - Chief of Police Pat King written to Goderich or harry Worsell Y positione of the �� polices department connection witthe recent Editor Utters to s ea red in be Godi have °p hSignal- tion with In c -op olice and locOl p ouncil, erich Town C pleased ��nal•StChiefr is p King's, ie in its entirety ntly a letter from a visiting from St. Jacobs red in the "Letters to the r" section of the Signal - in which she complained ise on the Square prior to asking several derogatory b about the qualities of oderich Police Force. This carnet() the attention of Town Council and I was fed by you to send Coun- ie form of reply. My com- afe somewhat lengthy to the form of explanation 1 feel. is necessary when 'g with complaints about 'Xe have to remember ALL forms of vehicles red by engines do make noise, with some models noisier than 'others. We not have vehicle movement t some noise (sound). ,Generally speaking, a per - coming from a smaller unity las St. Jacobs) to a er community .(as , is Crich) must expect a ter volume of sound (noise) the resulting greater e.of traffic. The same is when persons leave a city and visit a small unity and we often _hear vents from these 'persons how relatively "quiet" rich is compared to where have lived. The Square which gives ,ngratul'ations wish to congratulate the Goderich Pet Shop in their Iwo -sold them our entire of Pet Supplies and ore we no longer han- Pot Products. thug you for your kind No over the past year sincerely ' hope our find their pet ttieedt ow Pet Shop two doors from us on 74 Hamilton DEN O M M E t+trlal & Garden Centre HAMILTON ST. lurch WARR 4 IAT Tool eta IrcM Now! 1 0/0 On 1 year special deposits ... MINIMUM DEPOSIT s500. INTEREST CALCULATED FROM DATE OF DEPOSIT' .(F WITHDRAWN BEFORE MATURITY -DEPOSIT PAYS 5%) OFFICE HOURS MONDAY TO FRIDAY 10-5:30 SATURDAY 9-12:30 (--..Goderich Community IT, DAVID 8T. GODERICH 524-7931 ficer lays the charge and calls the citizen totestify as to the offence. In almost every case where this happens the citizen is reluctant to go to court as a witness for the prosecution and so there can,be no charge. The police can merely warn the of- fender as they have no evidence to justify court action. Often the person who complained is not satisfied that the offender to patrol other areas' ' of town.. The officer often is able to catch such offenders by quickly doubling back in order to wit- ness the offence on the Square. But this is not always possible. "8. The police everywhere rely on the ears and eyes of the citizens for reporting things which the officer, because. of his being busy elsewhere, has not seen. Th@ ,lady may have heard receive just a warning and is the disturbing noises but she angry with police for not laying made no complaint to police on any charge, because that is the date she was annoyed -tor'"' - what was expected. If citizens since). Had she reported the would remember that they are matter the culprits might have often the key to whether a been apprehended or, at least, charge is laid perhaps they checked by police. On that par - would better understand- the ticular night the officers on policeman's view. . duty were kept busy by various "7, After 2 a.m. the Goderich other occurrences but the lady's Police normally have two of- complaint would have also ficers on patrol until 4 a.m. been attended to had she when one lone officer is on duty called. and he must patrol ALL of the "9. The lady made no com- town. He must check the scores plaint to the Chief of Police or of business establishments scat- the Police Commission and she tered throughout the town plus decided to by-pass the Town patrol the many miles of streets Council and wrote her in addition to responding to blistering note to the Editor. any call received by the police. She did not give this office a Our manpower does not permit chance to try and rectify the us to have two officers' on duty problem that particular night throughout the entire night. This would be the ideal thing not only for policing of the town but -for the individual of- ficer's protection in any hostile situation. The lone officer can not spend too much time in any one part of town so he has to spread himself all over the community. The officer may be watched by a potential noise of- fender as he leaves. the Square St. Mary's Gazette or the following day. This Chief of Police is very willing to deal with any justifiable complaint presented to him by anyone, citizen or visitor; but the com- plaint must be put before him first before he can act: I fully realize that Goderich. like any other town (and I feel even St. Jacobs), has its share of erratic and inconsiderate. drivers who use our streets for their disturbing driving. This does not mean that . all Goderich's offenders live in the town. This police' department will act on all offenders coming The Junior Football team of to our notice and, where St. Mary's School, Goderich, justified, charges will be laid defeated the Juniors of St. where we have sufficient James ,School, Seaforth,* in a evidence pertaining to the un - game of touch football with a necessary noise. This has been score of '58-26. 4 the policy of this force for as The game was played in long as I have been its Seaforth on Wednesday Oc- spokesman. tober 10. The Goderich points "10. The letter also men - were scored by Ted Doherty 2 tioned the alleged lack of touchdowns, 2 converts; physical .capabilities of this Stephen Gallow, 5 touchdowns, Police Force. I consider these 1 convert. insinuations childish and I Seaforth players, Mike Van- would hope that the members den Veldon, scored 2 touch- of the Goderich Town Council downs and, Mike McLaughlin have sufficient contact with the added 2 more to make a total individual policemen to know of 26. . '.khat. such ,s4ggestions are not ,,No injuries were reported true. throughout the game. On Wednesday October 10 the Senior boys at St. Mary's School went to Seaforth, to St. James School for a football game. Unfortunately, 'Seaforth Avon with a score of 35 to 25. Touchdowns for Goderich were by—David -Mackenzie _2,- • Ian Chisholm 2. Converts by David Mackenzie and Ian Chisholm. Both got° one. .Police report During the week from Oct. 7, to Oct. 13, the Goderich Depart- ment of the Ontario Provincial Police conducted 54 in- vestigations, laid 27 charges, 14 of these being according to the Highway Traffic Act and 13 charges following the regulations in the Liquor License Act. The department also an- swered eight requests for assistance, conducted one prisoner escort and convicted 14 persons in the Goderich Provin- cial Court Criminal Division. Five of these were,H.T,A. offen- ces, ffences, six were L.C.A. offences and the remaining three were criminal code offences. •"During this same week,, the Goderich Town Police Force in- vestigated 140 occurrences. Seventeen of these were of criminal nature", said. Goderich Police Chief Pat King. Charges preferred consisted of seven according to the criminal code, 10 H.T.A. offen- ces, six L.C.A. offences and two of other natures. THANK YO We would like to .thank ithe" Goderich Fire Department ight at for their quick response to -the call Saturday the Goderich Nursing Home. Also, many thanks to all the neighbours and everyone else who offeredna their NO. It was a false alarm, but It Is very know that people are so quick and willing to help In an emergency. Again, thank you. Sincerely, John and Grace Bakker, Staff and Patients, Goderich Nursing Home "11. I trust that this letter may dispell any doubts which may have been cast.., towards this police department.'" Lee Arbour Junior Vikings win third this season By T.D.. The GDCI junior , Vikings recorded their third win of, the season here Thursday, beating the Wingham Madill Mustangs 38-14. Lee Arbour, captain of the junior Vikings, played a strong' game both ways. Running from his fullback slot, Arbour scored three touchdowns, all on long runs. In the first quarter he went 30 ds on an end run, set up by Rob McIntyre's pass interception on the Wingham 40 yard line. Arbour went 25 Yards off tackle for another first quarter touchdown and returned a pass interception in the fourth quarter 40 yards for his third major. Other Viking touchdowns came from JohnrHanly and Jed DeJong. Hanly took a 10 yd'rd pass from quarterback Iain Lambert for a second quarter, score. . DeJong returned a third quarter pass interception 25 Yards for his major. Iain Lambert kicked four converts for the Vikings. Wingham, after giving up two safety touches to maintain con- trol of the ball in the third quarter, scored their, 'first touchdown on an 80 yard run by Dean Netzke. Netzke retur- ned etur- ned a Viking kickoff another 80 Yards for Wingham's other . touchdown in the third quarter. 'Coach Phil Bugler credited his defense with a good game, pointing to two pass intercep- tions by DeJong and one each by Arbour and McIntyre, plus a GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOHBR IS 1r ACi; 7,r` Volleyball GDCI boys cosipete The GDCI boys volleyball teams competed recently in two tournaments held in Wingham and Clinton. The seniors under coach Bill Worsen, defeated both Exeter and Seaforth in Wingham to take over undisputed possession of second plaice in the standings. In Clinton, the GDCI boys lost to the undefeated host school, but beat Wingham in two straight sets to hold onto second place behind the un- defeated Central Huron squad.- The quad.The final tournament in the series took place yesterday (Wednesday) in. Exeter, where the GDCI team played Seaforth and Exeter, guaranteeing !their right to go into the Huron - Perth tournament which will be held next week. First Aid class set for Goderich Under the auspices of the St. John Ambulance, a standard First Aid class will be held in MacKay Hall at Goderich star- ting Wednesday October 24' at 7.:30 p.m. The seven week course for men and women will be followed by an oral and prac- tical examination on the eighth night. There is an enrollment fee of $11.00 per person. Fjich.candidate willareceive a' text hook' and practice ban- dages and succestTul can- didates will receive the "St. John Ambulance Standard First Aid Certificate." fumble recovery by. Shawn Dalton. He also was pleased- with the work of Scott Little in his first starting assignment at fullback, especially with his fine blocking. Bugler felt his team let down somewhat after piling up a 21-0 lead Over Wingham, but was pleased that they came back with a strong fourth quarter. 'The Viking coach looks for- ward to today's game with Listowel as Ya -hat should be a good ,game. Both these teams are in contention for first place in league standings. Coach Ron Lane's - junior squad lost to Clinton, but defeated Wingham in the first tournament a�rnd lost to both Exeter and Seaforth in the second. Going into' yesterday's tournament, the GDCI juniors needed victories over Seaforth and Exeter to qualify for the Huron -Perth tournament. CAILE T Y- VIEWERS COMING SOON "TV BINGO" SPONSORED , dY THE Goderich Lioos (lob , PETER 5. MacEWAN SALESMAN: INSURANCE „— REAL ESTATE 56 A EAST ST., GODERICH 524-9531 JOHN SCHNEIKER Res. 524.41055 LIGHT & WARM These fabrics are constructed from 85% Wool with 15% Dupont Nylon added for strength. Their weight is 23 ounces. These jackets .feature borg curl lining. The shortest jacket has snap front with 4 pockets while the longer garment has button front and 2 pockets: Warmth, light weight and style is what these jackets feature. RAWSON & SWARTMAN LTD. Style -Thep For Men On The. 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