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Rec.board
will Iight
grandstand
Rumors floating about the .
municipal circles of Goderich
.. that the, grandstand ,at
Agriculture Park has been the
scene of some hanky-panky
sparked a Goderich Recreation
Board .liscussion on solution of
tha,_.and other problems in that
ar a of town. •
The board members seemed
concerned that the problems
occurring in the dark corners of •
the stands were the result of
their action of policing the
arena as a result of .alleged
drinking problems encountered
last year about this same timet''
The board .then reacted
strongly to the suggestion that
Minors were consuining,a1cohol
in the arena during roller
skating hours. They were in-
d,:.o)warneof heyoinigesk-ates.'ithe ei.g �. - formed
that—the- youngsters—
J., _ . _
skate-a-thon last Saturday. After seven hours and. 20 were°taking
the booze into the
—minutes, she decided to stop. Mere she is taking her ,skates off building and drinking in the
her tired feet. (staff photo) —washrooms --or- that they were
drinking at home and coming to
roller skating considerably
'under the influence'.
This year's. problems have
somewhat escalated but still
concern younger people.
Board • member Mary. Don-
nelly told the meeting- that she
had heard ' from reliable
sources that romance,. strip
shows and even picture taking.
of the events was commonplace
at the park especially during
Young Canada Week.
Rec director Mike Dymond
said he Was aware of the
alleged stripping but had not
heard of the other stories.
. Board chairman Pete
McCauley said he felt the
problem should be investigated
thoroughly and not just cur-
tailed atthe grandstand .and
.a
.q
Ska�-a-thon
earns $1,50
in 8 hours
Goderich' Memorial Arena •
was a very busy , place last
Saturday during the Skate-a-
thon,-which lasted from 9 a.m.'
to 5 • p.m. This event was
sponsored by Goderich Skating
Club, and the Minor Hockey
rC Supporters Club.
This year, there 'were 101
persons registered. Only 64
skaters. finished the eight-hour
run. During the long skate-a-
thon Dick. Gisler, coach for.
Goderich Minor . Hockey
Association, entertained• the,
skaters with his c lown• act.
Over $1,500 is expected to be
raised, which is tb be turned in
by April 14, to Victoria and
1 'a
Grey.
Brenda Love, who had the
highest number of sponsors,
collected the sum ' of $122,
followed by Jim Walton with
$88.10 and Robert Huff with
$86.64.
Tommy Thompson, coach for
Goderich Minor Hockey
Association, raised $36 by doing
one hundred laps • in one hour.
Camille Burnett, 4, was the
youngest skater on the ice. She
went for eight hours.
Joan Dierolf, Sandra Kisch
and Ellen ; Jeffrey were in
charge of paper work. Sand-
wiches and drinks were
prepared by Yvanne Porter
and Joy Vance.
moved to some ' other .area of
town.
He added that after last
year's drinking problem, the
arena had been policed heavier
by the 'rec board and ,although
the activities ceased ip 'the
building they obviously were
just moved to another area.
Mary Donnelly told the board"
that she felt that the problems
would be moving back into the
arena ' when roller_ . skating
begins
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THURSDAY, APRIL, 3, 1975
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She said she felt the problems
were caused by the sarneids
as always arid that they w�uld
be moving indoors after the ice
is removed from the arena. Shp
added that the • darkenedt-
mosphere was more°conduci�e
to the extra -curricular a
'N,
tivities.
Police Chief Pat King told the k'
Signal -Star that his depart-
ment's only call to the park .
area recently was concerning a
sick girl. He said the youngster
was a diabetic and had been
drinking, she was violently ilii
and the police were called to
the scene to assist her.
A later investigationby Chief
King did°nothing to confirm the
alleged stripping and romantic
activities.
The....ehleL,saillie had con-
tacted the 'girl reported to have
been involved and her account
of the proceedings was con-
siderably different than the
rumors. She 'said she had not
stripped, but admitted to
becoming angry when pestered
by others and asked them if
they. were expecting a strip-
tease. The rumor of picture
taking proved untrue.
Parks chairwoman Elsa ,
Haydon told the, Signal -Star
that she had only become
awareof the situation last week '
and had no previous knowledge
of unusual ' occurrences at the
grandstand. She said she urged
therec board to investigate the
happenings and to make every
possible effort to solve them.
Mrs. Haydon added that. she
had the lights turned on in -the
grandstand area to discourage
future situations.
Chairman Pete McCauley
suggested that policing .the
areawas not the answer. He
said the board should strive to
make their programs at-
tractive=enough to the youth so
as . to ,help them spend their
Spare time involved in more
beneficial activities. '
Board member Lynn Meyers
said that possibly the parents of
the . offenders should not be
called ' to come and get their
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commodate un ay School• meetings but board member
• The present pastor is the Rev. could not agree on lQcat'on and
Art show Sunday
Bill Murdie, Vice -Principal at Goderich District Collegiate' Institute is showing one of the
paintings done by Mona Mulhern, a local talent, which will be shown to the public this Sunday, -
from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The mini gallery is located in the high school in the hall just outside the
new gym. Mrs. Mulhern explained that this is only an experiment to see if the public would
respond to this kind of show. (staff photo) •
Lutheran congregation to build church
SINGLE DOPY 23c1
FiIm will
highlight
local needs
The film "A,.Future for the
past" which' should be, of in-
terest in ' Goderich when the'
merchants on The Square are
busy enhancing its . appearance
and 'an interest, is being
demonstrated in the fate of the
Park House, will be shown
twice next week.
The Huron County Branch of
the Architectural Conservancy
has obtained the film from
Heritage Canada and will show
it at its meeting at St. George's .
Parish Hall on April 8 at 8 p.m.
The public is.• invited. -
The film will also be shown at
Women's Day out, on Wed-
nesday morning at 9:30 a.m. at
Knox Church:
Unlike' so many of its genre,
A Future for the Past won't-
induce instantaneous deep -
sleep. Indeed, this British Civic
Trust.- " --award" . -winner: ="So-.
engrosses the eye and the `ear
and the 'imagination that it
awakens in its viewers a sense
both of the urgency of its
message and the rightness of
its call to arms.
Directed by Peter Bradford,
the film is, cinematically and
philosphically, a little gem.
tanning Bd, approves zone request
TheG deric Area plannin allocation ofpark land for the
motion for council's .approval Marvin Barz formerly of St;
h g subdivision,
, o that the four lots •required for John's Michigan.
Board passed a motion at their plans
ay meeting recom- the church -be deemed as one lot
Earlier called for three
Tuesd The Berea -by -the -Water parks totalling approximtaely
mending an -amendment to the andservicedaccordingly. Lutheran Church planned' tor
zoningbylaw topermit the The Lutheran congregation
y of the Goderich area have Goderich will have a seating
construction of a church at the capacity of approximately 200.
adop'ted'ari official constitution y pp y
•built through the
five acr=es to conform to the
provisions of'theplanning act in
which five per cent of sub-
division land must bet used as
park land. The three parks
were spread across the linear
subdivision. : ,
Mr. Davidson's new plan
called'^for. two larger parks in
the subdivision one in the
central area of the land ande
other.iri•the northwest corner.
"The shape of the, land Is the
most critical' factor and we
must decide if our parks are to
be linear or block pattern," Mr.
Davidson said. "We must have
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south , end of Gibbons Street at.
Suncoast Drive.
A deputation' representing
Berea -by -the -Water Lutheran
,Church, consisting of Jim
Hayter and Keri Keller made
the application for the zoning
change Tuesday morning: The
land is presently designated as
a development zone and will
have 'to be zoned R2 to permit
A year later the services of land south of Suncoast Drive.
the"church construction.
County planner Gary were moved to Robertson •Bert Alexander had submitted
Davidson t introduced a Memorial School_ to ac- plans at previous board
and are recognized as an of- It will be
.ficial congregation. The group Mission Board of the Ontario
has been looking for a building District, Lutheran 'Church
site for nearly a year. The Missouri Synod, with offices in
congregation started holding Kitchener.
services three years ago in the In other board business
Knox Presbyterian Chapel county planner' Gary Davidson`
under Pastor Bruce Bjorkquist, presented a new scheme for the
then on staff at Conestoga proposed • Suncoast Estates
College Clinton Centre. , ,., subdivision on a°65 -acre parcel
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By Dave Sykes
•
When in Canada and the cost
of gas and transportation
becomeincreasingly expensive
do as the Europeans del- Moped.
Moped is a cross between a
bicycle and a niotorcycle but is
not classed as a motor vehicle.
They are a small vehicle with
bicycle dimensions that can be
propelled vin a similar fashion
but they are also equipped with
a motor for the not -se -muscular
types.
Mopeds have long been a
popular mode of transportation,
in'Eurol3ean countries and that
popularity has recently spread
to Canada. Perhaps the main
'raison d' etre for the vehicle is
its economy. The' engines are •
generally "one -cylinder and do
not exceed 50 cubic centimetres
which will give in the neigh-
bourhood of 200 miles • per
gallon of gas.
Although the mopeds are
motorized they do not operate
hia mdtdre"cle. It has no
starter batteries, clutch or
gears. It is equipped with a
handlebar brake system.and a
turn ' of the handlebar grip in-
creases and rr1uces speeds
which could reach a maximum
of 30 milesper hour.
The 'engine sits on- the front
fender and it may'e raised or
lowered along with its drive
roller IV a 1076'2 On hills or
grades of more than 30 degrees
o de,rich•
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the driver 'must pedal to assist
the engine.
Although., mopeds are a
functional, versatile and
economic form ` of tran-
sportation, their 'popularity in
Canada could cause some
problems depending on the
numbers. They have been used
in 'Europe for more than 25
years by more than seven
million people but many
European countries -have
police- concerne
provisions such , as special
paths for such vehicles. '
Most- • municipalities in
Canada have no such
provisions and mopeds, since
they are not classed as motor
vehicles, do not come under the
j-urjsdiction of the Highway
Traffic Acta , However some
restrictions were made law in
Ontario in the .beginning of
February governing machines
•a
Several accidents costly
to some area drivers
The Goderich • Police
Department reported a busy
week . investigating several
motor vehicle • accidents in the
town: A collision between
. vehicles driven by Eunice
Shk.ardown of 58 St. Andrews
St., Goderich and Russell
Plaskett, 237 Church St.,
Stratford, resulted in ap-
proximately $4,20<I in damages.
The two vehicles collided at
the intersection of Victoria and
Nelson Streets and the
Sheardown vehicle continued
on Nelson Street and struck a
tree. There was $3,500 damage
to the Sheardown vehicle and
$700 tb the Plaskett_ vehicle.
Both drivers were' •treated at
Alexandra iviarine and (Jenerai
Hospital for cuts and bruises.
A second two -car collision,at
the corner of Hamilton and
Newgate Streets resulted in
$500 damage to a vehicle driven
by William Crawford of
Colborne Township and $1,000
damage to the second vehicle
driven by Emily Crew of 121
IIf�jeelson St., , Goderich. There
ekre no injuries.
with motors under - 50 cubic
centimetres that Will not ex-
ceed 30 miles per..,hour.
No driver's licence is
required t� operate such a
vehicle • but the operator must
be over 14 years of age. No
licence plates or insurance are
required to operate the vehicle,
dealers need no bonding 4or..
licencing and it isnot necesar
for the operator- to wear, a
helmet.
Since there is no -legislation
governing the vehicles and they
are allowed access to the hikh-
ways, Goderich Police Chief
P.D. King .estimates that the
problems will be inevitabled
they achieve any kind of
popularity. .4
"If there is a great numbeof
them on the road there will be
problems later on," Chief King
said, "but it may take some
deaths and injuries to get
legislation."
However Chief King still
believes that mopeds are safer
than motorcycles, and ten -speed
bicycles. This he explained is
because the tires are thicker
than those of a bicycle and the
motor gives the vehicle a low
centre of gravity.
.During the paste weak the ..gut regardless of the.
G6derich Police Department vehicle involved," Chief King
also laid 19 charges under the: said "safety depends on the
Highway Traffic Act, ^ eight person as opposed to the
under the Liquor Control Act,- „
one under the Criminal Code of machine.
, • • , Because of the lack of
Canada an
Juvenile Delingtient Act, operation of the vehicle Chief forced.
':r the regulations governing the
King •believes that mopeds
could become 'very popular
among the 14 to 16 year age
group who are not old enougltto
operate a car.and older persons
needing some transportation
around town.
Alt' lough no licence or in-
surance.is required to operate a
moped the police department
does advise owners to purchase
a bicyclelicenct which is good
for five years. Also with the
purchase of a .bicycle licence
the serial , number is recorded
with the police. to aid in the
location of a lost or stolen
vehicle.
The Chief stated that the
department may approach
town, council to pass a motion
requiring moped owners to
purchase a bicycle licence.
There has already been some
interest generated in the
Goderich area in the ' moped
and one local dealer expects the
vehicle to catch on. Mopeds are
manufactured in France and
Austria and some dealers are
experiencing difficulty in ob-
taining them due tb the volurr
of sales.
Mopeds could be a passing
fad but•if they nre used to any
great extent and used safely
they are going to be hard to
beat for economy and good
leisure fun but hopefully, as in
the case of snowmobiles, as the
numbers of accidents increase
safety -regulations will be en-
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Brian Argyle checks the engine on a new moped which were recently introduced In Canada.
Mopeds are a cross between a bicycle and a motorcycle and may be operated without a licence
or insurance by persons over 14 years of age. (staff photo) `.
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