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County council .writes
disapproval of report
,Huron County Council has .should have overlapping ser-
•
. asked Ontario Health Minister s, yices however, with facilities
Frank ,Miller to take a second° for major operations staying in"
look at this area before cities. and less corrihlicated
,.establishing a district health operation's- being- slated few... •
council here,rural hospitals. •
The Signal -Star reported ,lift Administrative costs for a •
week that Huron County' will health councilcomposed of the
be includedwith' other coun- five rural and urban counties
ties, yet unnamed, in a district,, would drain money away from -
health council within six rfton- much needed research, hospital
ths. .expansion, and 1 reventative
In a printed submission to medicine, county council says.
Health Minister '• Miller .in These costs would' be great
ort because Of a bureaucracy
response to the Mustard Rep
on health care planning which
recommends health councils,
county representatives. state:
"It is our earnest request that
before any action is taken in
our area there be a complete
review both asa'it relates to -the
services now rendered by
health agencies and a con-
sideration of re -alignment of
• this area,"
Council supports -the idea of Enrollment hit an all-time obe held this•Friday toselect the
health councils ••but on a
smaller scale_ than• recommen-" high ' this September at • class" representatives for the
Goderich District Collegiate In- coming months,
ded in the Mustard Report.stitute with 890 students tur- Next week it will be the elec-
The report rf'Hua di girth ' ning up for glasses Tuesday tion of the House leaders as the
•that r includes Huron, Perth, morning. , House System continues into its
' Middlesex, Oxford and 'Elgin
C
created to administer the
district, despite the- fact that
representatives on the health
council would not be paid,,
council. continues. •
The unpaid representatives
would not be elected either.,..
The reply, to Mr, • Miller
outlines fears' that these
representatives would not act
in• response to people's wishes
because 'cif the absence of elec..'
tions. ,.
Fears that there would be no
communications .from the
people directly to the minister ``
of health increase because
questions 'would have to pass
through a district health coun-
cil, a •re,gional health council, a
regional .director and finally to'
the atisistant deputy minister of
health, the •county reply states.
The document also questions
other aspects •of the Mustard
Report- besides health councils,
especially the threat of persons
continued on page 14
C( enrollment high
than any
•
previous y0
ounties,
1 •System, well received by the
Princi gal John Stringer ad- second "year, The House
Council' states that this.' vises that last year's student ,body last' year, is
district is too big and suggests enrollment was 850 with designed, tci create a year,
the county board of health. enrollment two years ago only desicompetitive atmosphere lthier
.
working with other health care 8.18.. He feels that • as many ash
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ooh
agencies as an alternative:' . • 20 more students could enroll "E the school.
i�`g' .from blood
As reason .for rejecting the this month for the school year
veryfive-county district', ' 'council and estidonor clinics to sports counts",
mates' that ,enrollment'' norbut Mr, Stringer. �'
•will reach 90(} even after the.pointed
inittia..L._s_ettlinpin ' period when
some Who have enrolled will
„drop out. •. - '
Every available classroom is.
in use ,at .the school this year.
Despite this fact, classes will
'remain at a reasonable size,
said Mr. Stringer - "about the
same as last year,'{
Enthusiasm is high again
this year at ' the secondary
`school as students get right into
the• activity of the - year. The
Miller that 7health councils' students' • council election will
states that Huron s' population
of &5,000 would not, _have a
voice in making health policy
decisions Of the district. •
;Moreover, • rural areas such
as Huron County have different
health are needs than the ur-
ban areas, in the proposed five -
county district, council adds:
"Districts should be set up
that are either rural or urban -
oriented but not both", its
reply stdtes:
Council tells Health -Minister
Other advantages tothe
system are to pr`ovrde more op-
portunities for .students to
develop leadership qualities,
for students and staff to work
together on a •varieey'of projects
outside the classroom; and for
.encouragement of inter -mural
sports. •A
Friday of that same week,
September 13, Sarnia will be iii
town for an exhibition football
game ,with• the Viking teams.
.That day will also he Year One
Welcome- Day and the evening
will 'find students enjoying the
first school dance of the ,season.
The last Friday in the month,
September 2'? will be the '"an-
nual commencement exercises.
:NEW STAFF
There are eight new teachers
on the staff at the high school
this year, including Jean Pierre
• Beaulieu of Joliet, Quebec, who:
is here for one year while"GDCI:
..teacher Mike Herrington is
working in the Joliet school
just- outside Montreal. • '
Other , new teachers are
"Thornas; Allen, mathematics;
• Bruce Baker, mathematics;
Miss' .,.Donna Doidge, girls'
physical education; Dave Jef
Person, science• and
mathematics; Miss Dianne
Sailer, coriimercial; Bill Scott,
drafting; and' George. Sutton,
History and English. '
Mrs. Elmer Rowe is, back at
continued on page 14
'Pied 'Painters of Boderich
• Finishedaat last! the Pied Painters of Goderich finished their
job last Thursday and 'spent the afternoon at,John Schaefer's
cottagee' swimming, boating and water skiing. The painters
(front row from left) are -Geoff_ Russell, Jotan Sdamani Mike
Doorly and Shelly McPhee, (back row left qt • right) Mary
Vanfooy, Leo Redmond, Dale Nivins, Harold. Klose,Wayne
Pollock and Rob McIntyre. (stff photo)
Effort t»o curb noise
ry big 1r -time lotkop. at pork.
,,
...,,,. . ,,,
in an effort to curb' the,"noise Goderich Town CouncilThe decision was made at the • the problem. The motion was
and mischief that Pre
Agriculture
decidenightd to lockve upit theocked park at regular council meeting last made after Councillor Bill own
night and the early morning, the daylight hours. . re
Agriculture Park around mid= and lealuntil Thursday night and came as a ford suggested that the town
sult of a letter from Police 'should. investigate parking'
Chief P.D. King ;Suggesting the' facilities .more .closely in the
police or a, responsible 'party ' pear future. •
using the park should lock the Animal Control Officer Dick „
gates to the parking lot just af- Eisler approached council `for
permission to 'attend a conven-• ,
tion in London on September 5. -•
• with the itention of sharing
his knowledge with represen-
Efementnry school students decrease
Enrollment at 'seven area
public and' separate elementary
schools is • down slightly this
September as there are 24
students less entering school
than left last June. •
The biggest drop is at Vic-
toria School where enrollment
•
Goderkh
lady hurt
in crash
is 455,' down from 500 last year, the gymnasium until new
The drop is attributed tolarge facilities are completed.'
» classes graduating last year to At Robertson School,
Robertson Memorial School. routines will stay the same ex -
•New teachers atthe school cept for junior grades which
ahs. Marilyn, Potter, Grade 2, will be split up since they are
, and John Williams, Grade 3. especially large.
The new addition being built • Total enrollment is up by 11
at Victoria will . change to 496 from last year. Principal
routines; principal, Don Garnet Harland said it is
O'Brian said. Classes will 'move' because of several new families
• out of the old wing by October in the area. -
and some classes will be held in New teachers at Robertson
A Goderich woman suffered.
minor •injuries August as a
result • of a` car accident' at
Britannia Road artd . Toronto
Street, . Goderich police report.
Maxine. M. Pollock, 212
Britannia Rd. E., was' injured
when the car .she was, driving
was in a colliston withanother
driven by D..Keith Oliver,, RR 3
Goderich.
Damages were $420 to the
Pollock car and . $500 to the
Oliver car.
Also on August 30, a truck
driven by .Kenneth G. McLean
173 Warren St., received $200
damage when it struck ° a
parked -car on Kingston,Street.
Damage to the parked car,
owned by John Marriott, 197
Widder St., was $50.
A car •driyen by Ronald H.
Taylor, 333 Cyprus St., received
$350 damage August 31 when it
failed to negotiate the curve at
Elgin and Toronto Streets,
Lawns and a guardrail were
damaged.
Last week police "-laid four
charges under the Criminal
Lode, 28 under the .Highway
Traffic' Act, 14 under t14.
Liquor Act and 11 for bylaw
violations.
tl
A
*r.
are David Kemp, Grade 7, Jim
Hunter, who will teach History
and geography for half days,
and .Joan Shackleton who will.
teach Grade•7 in the mornings
and hold remedial classes in
the afternoons.
Enrollment at Holmesville
School is up by two at 314.
Principal Bob Raeburn said .a
Anew intrumental music
program will start there soon;.
New teachers at the 'school-
,are Nancy Shelley, Grac`4 1,;
Bonnie Dalrymple, Grade. 3;
and Dave Scholl, Grades 4 and
5:; °
Colborne Central Sehool
enrollment is up by 15 at 255.
Principal John Kane said new
teachets at the school are Roy
Gingrich, Grade 4; Wendy
Hoernig, Grade 2; Jean, Twigg,
Kindergarten; Carrol Twiss,
Ftench; and Jirri, Hunter who
willo teach half days.
Enrollment at St. Joseph's
School, Kingsbridge,• is also up.
Eddie Petersoh, right had only beeri in school for'three minutes bef're he
realized that .getting ,had
education can iea`d to bigger and better things. Eddie
met Cathy,Sowerby at 9:00 on,Tuesday morning at their kindergarten class and
v f.
It -stands at 1.81, 10 more than
last June. • .
Principal Clem Steffler said a
new separate , school area has
been formed at, Point Clarke
which accounts for the increase.
A new teacher, Joanne
Hamilton will teach Grade '7
there.
En`rollment
is
down
Brookside School by five to 4(?1 .
There are several new families in the area, principal Bill Black pressed some concern over fire tatives of other municipalities
safety. ':She suggested that the 'as well as learning from them.
said, but they haven t-. caused fire =department, or Qanv other Mr. Eisler reported to coun-
enrollment to increase. people that may need to get cil that skunks are becoming a .•
' New teachers there are Janet into the grounds in anv, more frequent sight in town '
Blanchette; Grade 2; Ted _. emergency, 'be issued a key to and that if the residents who
Grangersd 4 J. Grade is Wri o g , ...the kick •
ter midnight and reopen them
at 530 in the morning,
Councillor Elsa Haydon was
in favor of the motion but ex-.
G o ' }4t • spot the animals will only leave,
Grades'5 and 6; Hortense Ap- ' Mayor Harry Worsell
pel, Oraclethemlone'they will not bother 7; and Greg suggested that the gates be anyone, He said that the
Lawrence, French. locked an, a trial'basis with the skunks are doing some lawn
St. Mary's .School"enrollment police, arena manager, trotting damage rooting for food but are
'is also 'down. Principal Larry association, park's department , generally well behaved.
Cook- said it :stands at 2,30, 1? and fire department receiving Squirrels are becoming more
• less than last. year, because of keys:' • of a menate;to people' through'
several familial moving from A rryotion was made to ex- biting and Mr. Eisle suggested
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area. perHt�ent with •t'he locking up to council that if people were
New teachers at the school, and passed•by the council mem- <wa nod not to try to pick up the.
are Martin Skillet, Grade • 7; hers, animals that 'are fed anal ap-
Elizabeth Earnest, Grade 4; Ford Little addressed the' pear'. friendly, they will notabe
Sister'Loretta Hagen, Grades 2 , council in reference to clearing bitten.
and 3; and Gatlin Blanchette, •
up the details involved in The first, 'second and third
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responsibilities he must take on readings were given to two by -
to meet the town's regulations laws Thursday night concer-
with regard to, nes' sub-' ping garbage collection 'and the.
divisions. The matter referred purchaser of Sky Harbor'', Air -
.,to the special administrative port,
committee which rheets neit By-law number 37 for 1974
Wednesday might. r authorizes the. mayor and the
A special party of 'citizens in- ' town clerk, to execute the r
terested in working on Sum- agreement 'b'etween •the c or
,oration of. the Town of
Goderich and C and W
Sanitation, The" contract con-
cerns garbage collections, for the
town for the next year.. -
The othy=law number 38
of 1974, authorizes the mayor •
and the clerk to borrow"
$1.15,000 to proyide for the puts=
`chase of Sky Harbor Airport.
The money is to be paid back in
' 15 installments of $7,666.66
twenty -second annual Ontario each over the next fifteen years..,
Housing Gonference in - Councillor Clifford reported
r Hamilton in October. The con- that the work Ahat was
ference will be attended by the scheduled for the harbor and_ a
federal. and provincial , had been pgstponed until after
ministers 'of housing. the heavy boating ,season" will
A member of the town's be done in "September. The ten -
parking authority will attetid a- ders drawn early in the sum-
- workshop this ' fall to become melt were for the catwalk ,at ng
acquainted • with parking the pier at Snug Harbor and
problems encountered by, other Mr. Clifford' reportedtat the
municipalities arid,. to gain irr- tender accepted will lease
formation on hovv to deal with. (cont[inu, on patio. 14)
by 9.03 he appears to have won her heart although you wouldn't know it by the
look ctrl Cathy's Pape. (staff -photo)
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merfest '75 met with council to
receive permission ''to act as a
steering committee ,for next
year's celeltration with the in.
tention to provide a new „con-
cept to the annual festivity. The
committee was asked to meet
with the administrative group
next Wednesday -,to present
their pati.
�;. Council passed a motion to
send a representative to the