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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-05-15, Page 1C, ..4 �.I A gift of life -+ There will be a blood donor clinic at Goderich. District Collegiate Institute Wednesday, .May 21 from .2.5 and from ' 6:30 - 8:30. The Goderich Kinsmen are co-ordinating this community involvement project again this spring. The Kin ladies, the Goderich Kinette . Club, will be providing a free babysitting service from 2-5 p.m. that day for parents who want to donate blood but have to bring the children with them. Blood is needed all the time in all places for all kinds of people in all . types of emergency situations. If you are a healthy adult, 18 years of age or older, please consider giving the gift of life when the Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic is in town next week. Racing season gets go ahead - Harness racing fans with under pressure to sign. She said betting money burning a hole in that many things had been said their. pockets'can finally get to during the entire. negotiating spend it at the Goderich period that proved to be non - Raceway. Town council, factual and that this was Bluewater Racing Associate's . nothing more than an attempt and the Goderich Trotting to put pressure on council. Association finally reached an Councillor Bob Allen agreed agreement that may or may not . pointing out that the ten Kdates be acceptableto all parties but granted to the Goderich, hor- was signed . to prevent the- semen were already set .and racing season from.slipping'.by. that they couldn't be given The track is slated to open May away twice. He said the 20, province gave the ten nights to Council, throwing up its Goderich and no one could take hands in despair and anger at them away, . being_ called to yet another Reeve ° Stan Profit told Special meeting, Friday night, council he was surprised that refused to alter their stand , on the law accepts suppositions the agreement and after without having anything 'on considerable discussion and paper. He- added that . it also comment, sent it back to, surprised him that the Bluewater president Loren Goderich trotters would sign _James, Cassina to either. s. gn it away everything they had_ _ or forget racing in Goderich. `worked so hard and fong�for The contract, drawn up by . without checking to see what council and signed on April 16, they Could or could not do. was sent to Cassina 'for his "Does C'assina have the right signature. Cassina kept it for to walk into a community and several weeks before° sending, it , blackmail them.into signing an back altered and initialled by agreement like this?" asked him changing several clauses the reeve. "Ican't believe he to meet his company's needs. has the right toy tie -up a The major changes made by ' municipal facility. ' Cassina were .regarding a . The reeve went on to,point out • cancellation clause and the - that in. his opinion, the special rights to concession booths at meeting was a complete waste the grandstand ort"race nights. Mayor Deb Shewfelt advised. council' that the agreement was sent back to him, he didn't know how or by whom., with a sign it or forget it attitude. He added that the Goderich Trotting Association had signed,,; -.t:heirda'tes over to BlueWater and that Cassina was negotiating the entire season, not just for the spring meet. Lawyer Norman , Pickell, appearing on behalf of town solicitor Dan Murphy, agreed .with the mayor saying that the dates had been turned over to tl 128 YEAR - 2Q THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1975 of council's time. He said they were meeting on a document they had already discussed at great' length' when mud. mere important documents were waiting in the wins. "I'm sick and tired of„ ;it," erupted the mayor in frustration. "You guys aren't getting the calls I'rii getting, left, right' and ' centre. Let's decide on it once and for all and forget it." Councillor Dave Gower suggested that possibly council should review the agreement once more for the final time. Bluewater adding that Cassina- keeping the' residents • of had the Goderich association Goderich in mind rather than "in a box" and could keep them the three parties included in the there. . Councillor Elsa Haydon the first to balk at suggestion that' the council was the was . contract. He said it was unfair to deny racing fans in Goderich the weekly ' dates .. because Continued on page. 3 Carroll see nomina Paul Carroll of Goderich has announced that when the Riding's New Democratic Party members nominate someone to take to the provincial election campaign, trail, he'll' be -ready to accept .the challenge. Mr.- .Carroll is the second NDP in the Riding to declare his intentions to be candidate at the nomination meeting. Philip Walker4,' a 40 -year-old businessman .from Grand Bend, announced earlier this month he would seek supporta as a candidate for the provincial , contest•this year. A former Goderich reeve, Paul Carroll is not new to the trustings in this Riding. He was the NDP candidate in 1971 and again in the by-election two 'years ago when the - present member, Liberal Jack Riddell was elected. In his prepared press release, Mr. Carroll had this to say: "The Davis Government has categorically failed to meet the needs of Ontario citizens. Its 1971 mandate has been exhausted. As the Official Opposition, the Nixon Liberals have failed to lead , the Legislature in ' proposing constructive, alternatives to presentGovernment progra mes. "In the same four-year peric.l, .I believe that Ontario New Democrats have provided the real leadership for change in Ontario --- not in terms of new, radical, and reactionary policies, but, rather in terms of reasonable, conservative.,, and rational statements' uttered constructively 'and with. the confidence of being able to - remedy at least, if not solve some of the current social and economic ills. • - ks NDP tion The Goderich Police Com- mission ratified a salary contract with the, Goderich Police Association calling for an increase of up , to 16 percent at a• commission meeting Tuesday. The salary hike for the nine man , force means thar first second anti„ third class con- stables will receive a 16 percent boost and a fourth class con - .stable will receive a 15 percent raise. Under, the towns of the new contract a sergeant on the Goderich Police Force receives $15,196; a first "class constable receives $14,500; second class constable receives '$13,224; third class constable receives $12,190 - and -a • fourth' class constable receives $9,800. The contract expires on Dec. 31 of 197.5 and the raise is.retro.active . Another concession of the contract was that officers' will receive four weeks vacation after 12 years of service rather than the,previous 15 years. ' Constable John Ruxton, negotiator for the Goderich Police Associationtold the commission that it was an agreeable :contract for both parties. He . stated that the Goderich Police Association salaries are as high or higher -. than towns. of comparable size andexplained that the Association was "quite pleased" with the terms of the new contract. The police association could have sought. arbitration if. an agreement had not been reached with the commission. . Originally the association had sought a 25 percent increase ' while the town had offered a 12.5 increase. -In other commission business ,Goderich Police Chief P.D. Kingnformed members ~,hat the oderich Police Depart ment would have the -services 'of' a ,student for 'the summer . -e an _._ Law urtc. _the. Youth and .- program spots-ored Ontario government. . - The Goderich Police . Department who have par- ticipated in .the program for seven years will ' employ a university student far twelve weeks beginning in June. • Pa,vI:Carroli "My response to the general conditions stated, coupled with a strong desire to have a de- centralized democracy returned to Ontario, has been to declare my intention to contest the nomination for the Huron - Middlesex New Democratic Party, for the coming election. In doing so, I wish to continue an ongoing commitment to serve my community and fight, in whatever Way, for regional autonomy as a means of preserving our wayof life. "On two previous occasions I have allowed my name to stand as the New Democratic can- didate in this Riding. Although the electoral results have not been fruitful, the opportunity for presenting a sound alter- native - has been successfully undertaken. I am prepared to continue that effort with,all the conviction of my political beliefs;" Book 'em The best thing to do with a bunch of naughty Grade One school 't children may be to confine them. Chief Pat King filled his cells to capacity Tuesday afternoon and when he threatened to leave the childrenin the lockup after he closed the doors the screams, • of protest changed his mind. The children were on a Victoria Public school tour of the police station in conjunction with Police Week in Goderich. (staff -photo) Increase of 2Smills �mcii. looks for budget cuts Goderich . town council sharpened their pencils Tuesday night at a 'special meeting. to try to shave off about 1.0 mills from the proposed 1975 ,budget. The proposed statement projects yearly expenditures of nearly $2.9 million, up more than "35 percent from last year. The budget would mean a 37.78 mill increase in residential tax rates for public school supporters and a 36.54 mill hike for separate schools. The commercial rate for 1975 would, be up 47.17for public schools and 45.85 for separate. Finance committee chair-• man deputy reeve Bill Clifford told council that of the , 37.78. mill increase only 26 or 27 mills could be tampered with. He said the" board of education for Huron and the county rates were increased by 11 mills and "there was nothing could be done with them". He pointed out that last year the town had held the line on the mill rate aid had not raised it. "Maybe that was a mistake," hesaid referring to the large increases faced this year. The total assessment for the town. is u$775,585 this year over 1974 according to the finance. chairman. This added to a $150,000 surplus from 1974 combined to keep the rate in- crease down slightly." "We have a very ambitious council with very ambitious plans and these cost money," said Clifford prior to the budget meeting. In the first of two special meetings council cut . back about . $97,000 in expenses knocking 9.7 mills off the budget. One mill is worth $10,000, pne dollar taxation for every $1,000 of assessed property value. Areas coming under the knife were.street lighting, cut $3,000 for Christmas lights and $1,000.. 'for power • con.sumption, sidewalk construction in town cut $5,000 and downtown development of The Square cut $18,000. Drainage additions in town. were sliced $5;000 and trucks and equipment pur- chases for $10,000 works and engineering were el'ifninated. Arbor Day celebrations were reduced $840 and Agriculture Park improvements reduced $1,000. A pavillion plan for the harbor was dropped saving $1,000 and maintenance savings at the marina totalled $2,000. A fund set up to handle repair costs to town. property was cut $2,000 and grants to the band and housing were reduced $1000 and $2,100 respectively. Christmas tree removal . and spring cleanup were placed in the budget twice and their removal'once from the general cost saved $6200. A storm sewer planned for Industrial Park was eliminated saving $25,000 and maintenance of the park was cut by $15,000 for a total saving of $40,000. The payroll for the touri com- mittee's information both was cut back $1,700'' and the council 'N committeeof adjusthent had Drama club props taken from GDCI The Drama Club at Goderich District Collegiate Institute has a problem. Eight wire spools, props for their grouti's latest production concerning The. Great Storm in ' 1913, were removed from their storage place outside the high school. The problem is two -fold: firstly, the wire spools were borrowed from the Goderich Public Utilities Commission and H.O, Jerry stated they must, either .be returned or reimbursement , made; secondly,. the drama club is preparing to televise., their production next week, Wed- nesday, May 21 at-CKNX and are desparately is need of all their props. Members of the drama club have been searching for their props for about two weeks now. The wine spools were moved outdoors at the time of the school's annual fol•m,al dance to make room for decorations etc. No time is growing shout and the drama club is .hoping that the person or persons who have been using the spools - perhaps believing them to be worthless - will return them to their storage place outside the school next to the teachers' parking iOC No questions will be asked and the large cast of one of GDCI's best theatre produc- tions to date will be, grateful. Old photos sought The merchants of Shoppers' Square are looking for some old pictures it3, connection 'with their - promotions for Celebration '75. Photos of local stores - in- teriors and -or exteriors - as well as 'other points of interest around Goderich (the airport during the '1940's for example) maybe brought to the Signal - Star: Every effort will be made to., handle ,these prints with care, Elnd return then to their owners intact. • Rosendo Ruiz Valencia, accused of kidnapping 23 year- - old Maria Rivera and her four year-old daughter Denneyse, has been committed to Bruce County jail in Walkerton for 15 days and then prior to his ex- tradition to California to face a kidnapping charge. , Huron County Judge F.G. Carter ordered the exlfradition ' of Valencia after the 15 days in which he has time to appeal the d'e'cision: Valencia who requested the trial' be held Wednesday morning has not been released from Alexandra Marine and General Hospital. $500 removed from their budget. " The Huron County board of; education has asked the town for $558,000 and the county has levied a total of $351,000, the two arnount3 council can do nothing to reduce. ;a The figures council were dealing with prior to the more cutbacks were roadway construction and maintenance. $473,060; recreation including - the hgrt'bletr and marina $22.1,198; po.lice$.224,85.3 miscellaneous benefits,,., debts charges, supplies, -insurance and and airport, $181,783; sanitary sewage system; $188,837; ad-. ministration $165,850; planning board, industrial commission and tourist committee $54,557; cetnetery and arena . debt, $84,625; garbage collection, $81,000; , fire department, $57,500; streetlighting, $34,900; conservation authority grant and building inspector,132,258; )'irking lot acquisition, $29,800; drainage, $12,500; MacKay Hall support and renovations, $13,300; hospital grant, $10,500; library grant, $8,000; financial charges interest and other, $4,600; social and family ser- vices,31,165. Revenue from other levels of governnai:rtt, federal and provincial, is estimated at $549,691. Other sources in- cluding licence fees. should realize about $240,200. One source of revenue increas,d this year by council but not included in the budget is the building permits. About $10,000' more should be earned this year over last due to the .restructured fee system. Expenses not included in the 'budget were $68,000 for a proposed flume, $50,000 for the street lighting planned for the Highway 21 widening project and a $30,00 installment to be met on the South Storm Sewer. Any costs for the widening of Highway 21 are also not in- cluded in the budget. • Judge Carter issued the wartant for the. extradition after he stated that the evidence put before the court was sufficient evidence that the' fugitive was probably guilty. Under the .,1899 ammendnents to the extradition act the crime of°kidnapping was added to the list of extraditable offences. Judge Carter explainers that warrent for M'r. Valencia's arrest, issued by the California authorities, must be considered as evidence and that kid- napping. must be considered as an indictable" offence in the state of Califojnia as it is -thus universally recognized. Defense counsel Paul Rivers argued that the foreign law was riot adeuately proven and if the evince was not before the judge then the only alternative was to di3charge Valencia. He stated that the evidence gi'en by Mrs. Rivera indicated that she had told people in authority, immigration authorities and RCMP in Vancouver, that she was with Valencia voluntarily, Also- ,in court she admitted to ha ng several opportunities over a long period of tine to indicate to authorities that she had been in fact forcibly taken.. and detained by Valencia. claimed that there was ' pd. evidence to prove the nature of the foreign' ` law in California and that the warrant of arrest from California authorities :does not referto the crime of kidnapping. He insisted that the signed complaint of Mrs. Rivera was put before the court l.efore the issuance of the warrant. Crown attorney William Cochrane told the court the evidence of the Riveras coupled . with the circumstances of the arrest as related• by Constable Bruce Crew of the Goderich detachment of the, .OPP warranted extradition and subsequent committal for trial. In his closing remarks Judge Carter said the court is only concerned with the evidence that might indicate that he committed the crime and not to prove guiitor innocence. Valencia has returned to hospital for further treatment and will be transported . to Bruce County jail in Walkerton when his health permits. Mr. Rivers added that sud- denly in Goderich, after a six week sojourn, she told authorities that she was under threat. Rivers stated that because of contradiction, by Mrs. Rivera's own admission, that the evidence before the court • was not sufficient to warrant extradition for trial. Rivers told the court that a proven treaty of extradition has not been proven and if it is found there is a treaty then' the court must prove the foreign law applicable. ' He Student seat belt survey This week a survey has been taken in Goderich. The Institute for Behavioural Researc►, at York University was' working here on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Transport to determine how many drivers are using- seat belts. Researchers were stopping cars at the two sets 'of stop lights in Goderich between May 9 and May 15 to ask, '''`Are you wearing a seat belt?" If seat belts are in use, 'the researcher wanted to know exactly what kind of seat belt is being worn. According to Police Chief Pat King* the res,garchers are, takizng licence nuthbers as well, but this is, for survey purposes only and net a means Of driver or owner identification. ;4�