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Melepba well fund
cancelled; money to 6e
returned to the donors
The Goderich Signal, -Star `~regrets` to inform its readers,
and particularly the generous people who made donations to
the Melepba Well Fund at the Bank of Montreal, that due to
Circumstances beyond anyone's• control, the project iti Africa
has been cancelled. All money collected will he "returned to
the donors.
A letter from' Ron Shaw, a former Signal -Star reporter
, photographer in Niger states that the government of that
country has recently decided to take all projects regarding
wells under their own direction. 1-ke notes the move came as
a surtarise to him and to the Canadian Hunger Foundation.
In order to*show his appreciation to the people who
responded to his humanitarian ,effort for the Fulani.tribe,
Ron has asked the Signal -Star to supply him with a, list of
all persons who made donations. He will personally write
letters to each and every one of them, he advises to thank
them fortheirinterest and support.
The letter also gave notice that as of -October 17, Ron and
his wife Peg have been moved to Tahoua.
Cheques to all donors should be going out in the next
week or so.
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'127 YEAR -4 3
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24,
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Minister of. Housing will appeal decision on Rockledge permit
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
The ong anticipated 'shop-
ping plaza on ' Highway 21
south within the town of
Goderich has been approved.
Patterned after Brandon development
Delbar Investments, of
Goderich Ltd. is awaiting coun-
cil and . planning board apes,-,
proval to a zoning bylaw amen-
dment which would permit the
construction of a 60 unit motel
proposed by the company.
The 75,080 sq. ft. Huron
Shores Inn would be built -on a
2.4 acre site on Highway 21,
(Bayfield Road) next to -the •
Conklin Lumber Company.
-Under the official plan the
land is zoned as development
land and will, have to be
rezoned as restricted commer-
cial property. This will require
an amendment to the zoning
bylaw and a zoning change.
The company will not obtain a
building permit until the amen-
dment and the zoning bylaw
have been approved by council;
the planning board and the On-
tario Municipal Board (OMB).
A1:s i, residents, within a -400
,foot area of the building site
would he notified, of council
and planning board hearings'at
which time they would be able
Leafs challenge
former NHL greats
The Goderich' Signal -Star
Paper Leafs are in the big
leagues now. Yes, that's- right
fans, they made it to the NHL.
The Leafs are going to take
on the Detroit Red Wings. Not
the Red W i ngs- you may see in
the Olympia for , a regular
season game but the Red Wing
Old Timers who gave up the
NHL to advance to the bigger
and better Benefit Hockey
League.
One Paper Leaf got involved
in a discussion about the
calibre of play of benefit hockey
and mentioned that hi's team
cduld lose to anyone in the
• world. During the course, of the
discussion the man placed a
wager that the Leafs could not
play worse than the Old Timers
from Detroit.
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The' end .. result of the
argument ' was a scheduled
game. The contest will be
- played .• in ;the Goderich
Memorial Arena ori Sunday,
November 24 at 2 p.m. Ail
proceeds for this gam wilt be
going to the Goclerich Meals on
Wheel's.
Tickets for the game• are gn
sale at' alr your favorite
newspaper offices in Goderich:
The last contest the Leafs
played, in was billed as ,the
game of the century. 'f'lirs one
should be the game of a
lifetime. • .
Watch the Signal -Star' f'or
pre -game information and
scouting reports on your
favorite team and get yourself a
ticket to the Meals on Wheels
Benefit Game ,of^ a lifetime.
Suncoast Estates received building inspector Roy
assurance Monday that the ob- Breckerfridge was instructed by
ject ions of the Goderich. council to. issue a building per-
Busi'nessmen to their project mit to Suncoast for the plaza
had been withdrawn and when plans had keen presented
to him and found in accordance
with Goderich building
regulations,
Less than two weeks earlier,
the building permit -issued to
Rockledge Properties Ltd. for a
shopping plaza in Goderich
Township on • Highway .8 just
outside the town, was ruled. to
be valid. That permit had been
in doubt since it was issued last
November, 29, ...but at'
examination for discovery
proceedings -in Toronto October
10, it was held that since the
intent to issue the permit had
been given hy- township Council
November 19, 10 days before
the land freeze imposed by the
Hon. John White, the permit
was valid.
On Tuesday morning'of this
. week, Suncoast was beginning
the necessary steps to construe -
ting. their.pl•aza. Bert Alexan-
der of Suncoast said the in
stallation of hydro and water
services as well as an access
road, was underway.
On Tuesday,at the Rockledge
location, all was. quiet.
-unit mot
to voice any dissapproval which
would be tabled • in a report to
OMB.
Goderich building inspector
Roy •Breckenridge anticipates
no • problems in amending the ,
bylaw and 'rezoning the area
and if so, Delbar would begin
construction of the motel in
early spring.
_ Deb . S,hewfelt, director of
Delbar, is hopeful that the
amendment can be put through
so that construction can begin
in the spring of 1975. Mr.
$hewfelt stated, that procedures
of this nature can get tied up
for a year and cause a loss of
interest to the parties 'concer-
ned. -
• The proposed motel unit will •
contain 60 units covering
75,080 sq. ft:, with parking
facilities for 139 cars, according
to plans drawn up by Inducon
Industries which were presen-
ted, to council last week. .
Inducon has been instructed
to proceed with the drawings
. which call for a three-storey
structure. Initial 61dans call for
a night 'club and service areas,
to he located on. the basement
level.
On the first level a series- of.
suites will encompass an enz.
closed----' swimming pool,
whirlpool and deck.area. Also
on the first floor w;ill.he a coffee
shop,' bar and dining and
banquet facilities • for 300 per-
sons.
The second hhoor of the motel
would hose the remainder of
the suites and convention
facilitiea,for 300 people which
could he- divided into smaller
meeting units, '
The lounge located -in the
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basement will have a separate
entrance and will feature a
cave style decor thematic of the
salt industry in the community.
The dining room may be styled
in a lake setting to corral the
full "atmosphere of the town.
"We hope to catch a full
scope of people with the
project," Mr. Shewfelt stated.
"The lounge of course is'airped
at `the younger people bit the
motel ' will appeal to the
family."
The 60 units of the motel will
be built around an enclosed
swimming and .whirlpool with
the balconies coming onto the
pool deck area. The basic idea
of the pool area was taken from
the Red Oak Inn in Brandon,
Manitoba; where it, has. proven
to be most popular.
A few years ago Mr. Shewfelt,
examined the need and
feasibility of such a- :complex.
He found that the motels in the
area were doing, a good
. business but Godericwas still
not attracting it5, quota of
business.'
"We simply aren't stopping
the traffic going through
Goderich'and:we have a lot to
.offer if we promote it,'' he said.
"Tile highway 21 location was,
a natural spot for such a ven-
ture and I think business rub:
off on business in a compacted
area."
Mr. Shewfelt is confident
that the motel will not only at-
- tract many visitors from Out-
.. side Goderich but will also of-
fer something to" people of all
ages to the •corrimunity.
"W,e have got to, try to get
people to come ,to stay in
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• FURIOU' ACTION'
Following. the announcernent-
last week that the Rockledge
building permit was -valid, ac-
tion was furious among
Goderich decision makers. The
• first move was, to insure- that
die Ontario Municipal Board
hearings would go on as plan-
ned. •d •
'On Thursday evening when
Goderich, Town Council met,
members were assured that the
municipality's solicitor; Dan
Murphy, had successfully
blocked the hid„of George Plax-
ton, solicitor, for the Goderich
Businessmen; to,, have the
hearings -delayed. It was an-
nounced. the OMB hearings
Would go on as scheduled on
Monday.-
On
onday.On Friday, efforts were made
by the Town to once more test
the validity of the Rockledge
plaza, At a special_ 'council
meeting,. Monday evening, Mr,
Murphy told council the exact,
standing - of– the Ro"ckledge
building permit was "still a lit-
tle bit upin the air", He repor-
ted he was expecting a ruling
by the Ministry of Housing
Monday or Tuesday,
MPP Jack • Riddell- "advised
the Signal -Star late Tuesday
evening that Hon, Donald Ir-
vine of the Ministry of Housing,
was going. to . appeal, the
decision that ruled the
Rockledge building permit
valid.
Thatvppeal Was heard Wed-
,nesdav in Toronto, •
"The government has __lost
two of these now," commented
Mr. Riddell, "and they'•re
hound and bent they're not
going to lose another•",
Over the weekend, however,
representatives of Suncoast and
the •Goderich Businessmen's
Association had meetings to
hammer out an agreement,
When the OMB hearings
opened Monday afternoon in
the basement of the. assetisnient
office, legal Counsel . for the
businessmen; Suncoast and the
town were agreed upon a corn -
promise.
This involved several mat-
ters. First of all, .the town
agreed to:'revoke -Bylaw :34, the
v't
to construct HO
bylaw which the businessmen resolve the matter in this
felt severely restricted their ex -amicable fashion.
pansion of _retail outlets in the
core area; amend Amendment LATE START
4 to the Official plan; amend The hearings, slated -to begin
hvlawt;; of 1974; amend Amen- at 1 p.m., didn't get underway
dm- ent- 5 to the • Official' Plan; ""'until about ;3;30. The room full
and enact a new•bylaw to effect of interested citizens had,
the -zone change~ for the central waited patiently while legal
business district • and surroun- counAel for the , town, the
ding residential • area. businessmen and , Suncoast,
Secondly, Suncoast Estates completed ' their negotiations.
agreed to pay to the Goderich But• when the hearing finally
Businessmen's Association the convened, the two-man, board
'sum of $15,000 as payment in, was immediately advised that'a
part only , of the , fees and three-way agreement had not
disbursements paid by this only been reached, but signed.
Association for .professional During :the next hour or so,
services rendered to it by its the three lawyers ---. Murphy
legal counsel and planning' ex- for the town,' Plaxton for the
perts and others in the course businessmen and Eart Cher -
of the proceedings, niak for Suncoast — combined
Of this $15,000, $6,500 is to their talents to explain to the
be held in 'trust ' by the OMB all, the implications of the
businessnten to .be applied to proposal. ,
defray -'the - cost ` ofim When the O•MB was satisfied
provernents° to the central that -it -understood: and was
. business district cif the.,Town of prepared to accept it and ap-
Goderich — , or to preparing ,prove it, :Mr. Shrivesasked if -
studies in that regard. ' 'any person in the hearing room
- To make a long story short, had any t�hjection to -any part
the OMB officials heard , the of the presentation.
presentation by the three, par-
ties involved in .the dispute,'
and approved. it. In fact, Walter
Shrives of the OMB said he
was pleased to be - able to
At this point, Councillor Elsa
Havdon, rose to her feet. ,She.
'said that as a Private citizen, ,
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looks for builders
Jack Riddell, . MPP for
Huron, informed the Signal •
-
Star late Tuesday that the On-
tario Ministry of Housing will
he a,dverti.sing for builders to
take, part in the construction of
22 detached houses under, the
Home Ownership Made Easy
plan in the Town of-Goderich. '
The lots are located in the
Suncoast Estates subdivision '
bounded:on the north by Sun-
set Drive and' on the• south 'by
Suncoast Drive.
Mortgage financing will be
provided by the Province of On-.
-E. prolect
.' . ,Tw'o .orf the houses wilt be • -
made.available to rent geared
to income tenants as part of the
Ministry's policy of integrating
social housing into the general
community.
Builders •will have 'until
November 12, 1974 to•.suhmit
their design and price proposals
to OHC. -
tario at below the current
market rates. Ontario Housing
Corporation target` 'prices for
these units will he $23,500.,
$ 24.,500. and $25,500 for three,
four and five 'bedroom. houses
respectively.
These prices are excluive of
land which is provided on the•
basis of a 50 year lease with the.
homeowner having .the option .
to buy the land at any time af-
ter five ' years of the lease
having elapsed, '
The approximate monthly
round rent' payment will he.
$ 712.
Following the selection. of the
builders, advertisements ' will -
identify the companies and
.provide details about the
procedure for the purchase of
the- houses,
The, Christna$4,0tintry l=air was well attended by Goderich and area shoppers -but the children seemed to be •more ;
fascinated by the ct'afts than their parents. This picture shows five of the younger customers at the fair, Lisa Flynn, left,
Dtakes time out from her shopping, to look over the crowd Christine Martin 'passes the time with one of the home made
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toys while her sister Shoana sleep's, Mark Stokes takes a drive in a wooden truck and Ionia Seddon chats with a knitted
doll. (staff -photo)