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Animal control officer Dick Eisler has been keeping a watchful
eye 'on a swan that decided to take up residence off St.
Christopher's beach. The bird dropped in last week and has
been floating off shore ever since. Here Eisler offers the guest
some bread as two little girls revel at the creature's beauty.
(staff -photo)
Swan moves into tow
Goderich, more specifically
St. Christopher's beach,.,., has
been the adopted home for a
large, .white swan for the .past
week and he, likes it here so
..he.. _is. Jet,. interested''in
getting caughtardshippeto- -
Stratford.
The bird was discovered
swimming off the municipal
beach last week and since that
time has been the centre of
attention for, the parks coin-
mittee, the animal . control
' officer and the area game
warden. Twice daily checks
have been made on lam by the
three to make sure he is simply,
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ospitol expands this
Goderich town council
Monday night decided to
concur with the Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital
board's expansion program
scheduled to get underway in
the late summer, The com-
mittee of council unanimously
re omrnended that the town
take up its share of the cost of
the construction, $60,776 and
will vote onthe issue at the next
regular meeting.
Hospital administrator Jim
Banks outlined the financial
aspects of the project detailing
the usage Goderich and the
surrounding townships make of
the hospital. He referred to an
intensive research project
completed in 1971:, and again in
1974, that included all patients
seen over each 24 hour period
every day of the year.
."The figures,", Mr. Banks
said, "show that the hospital
has absolutely intolerable
working conditions: ----
The administrator pointed
out that the short and long term
° health needs of the town and
surrounding areas require an
expansion' of emergency and
diagnostic units and more
laboratory work to be sent out
to better equipped units in
larger centres. He added that
this was drastically needed if
the town wished to maintain
their current level of service.
"I think it is interesting to
doing what he likes to do'best, managed to have it take the net that was weighted down on point out that in the past four
swimming around. bread from his hand. the corners to throw over the.
The first
check done on the bird as it was sWimming. He
The attempt to capture the pointed out that the net
bird was identity. The anima
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to,
was too rough. for him to come
bird failed because the water
control " officer Dick Eisler
matched_ the bir _ care u 'Y . _ iillio
see if he-wa-s banded. The band; --
breaking waves ori. '•slibre he
usually on the leg, is placed chose to stay out and have the
there fo'r identif it~ation and bread thrown to him. The cause
Eisler originally thought that had to be abandoned until arnet°
he had flown here from could be found to throw over
Stratford after their birds there him
were released last week for the '
summer. Mr. Eisler reported to town
When it was discovered the council' Monday night that he
.. swan was not from the festival intended to try to capture ..the
city, Eisler called in the game bird when he came on land to
warden to try to narrow down sleep during the night. He said
could not if that failed he had secured a
positively say where the bird •
came • from but 'did watch him
closely to see if he had a matey -
in the bushes on the shore. The
stakeout' failed to -turn -0 any
' mate.
The head of the Stratford
parks,. 'committee was in
Goderich early, in.the week' to
meet with the Goderich parks
department and offered to
examine the bird. 'He said two
of the Stratford swans ',had
escaped last year prior to being.
banded and this possibly was
one of them. He offered to adopt
the swan and turn it out, with
Stratford's flock:
The . game warden strongly
recommended this aven,.e be
taken and joined forces, with
Eisler and the Strafford parks
member to capture the bird.
Mr. Eisler, had been making
regular visits. to St.
Christopher's since the bird's
darrival feeding it chunks of
bread. He had Started whistling
to the bird to have it swim in for
its feeding and . had even
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time a lot of things arechanged
up there!
The Community has cer-
tainly been more than good
over all the yearsto Branch
109, Royal Canadian Legion, it'
is about time they start `to
change a lot of their attitudes
toward human nature. In all
fairness I sincerely believe
- they owe mea new coat.
In other words, you has a no
. protection , for- , your clothes
when you enter the '`club."
Anyone interested can phone
me at 524-7697, for the truth, and
ask for Bert.'
Sincerely,
A.R. (Bert) Mottling,
Reg. No. A43002
its origin The warden
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prevented him from flying off .
but was not, heavy enough to
4ra irr-under,....__�..Tm .. -
Councillor Dave Gower asked
the animal control officer the
question that everyone seemed
to want to 'know but no one
could be sure of, the sex' of the
bird. It had. always been
referred to as a male because
no one had been able to find out
what sex it was and did not
know what to look for.
"It must be a female,"
suggested Gower, "It strayed."
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council was offended by any
lack of faith or. because they
were getting' fed up with
discussing the issue. •
Gower added that it was very,
unfair of Cassina to even think -
that council would . sign the
agreement as it was changed.
Hesaid that the deletions of the
concession and termination.
clauses "took the teeth" out of
It. He said the town would have _
to look at the agreement with a
cool head making sure they
knew what they wanted before
they added a sign it or forget it
impression.
Councillor Jim Peters said he
was tired of taking the blame
for the racing delays. He said
there were elements in town
that' felt that council was at
fault for the lengthy
negotiations and failure to
agree and 'suggested that the
blame "lies on the shoulders of
the other party."
Reeve Profit agreed", adding
that Cassina was reacting like a
businessman who felt he held
the trump card. He said council
,would see that it was evident
,Cassina was oply bluffing if.the
situation - was examined
closely.
"I've got admiration for the
man because he's a whale.of a
poker player," claimed.Profit,
"I think all he'sfdoing is playing
poker and I'm inclined to call
his bluff."
Mayor Shewfelt said he didn't
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regard any supposed pressure',
on council to be valid. He said
that every time someone• walks
in. the . council chamber door
with . a. problem for which they
blame ' council, they put
pressure on the town to take
carepf jt.
"Take the Sully Park, in-
cident,'.' said the mayor.. "The
same people put pressure onus
time after time 'to ptish us into
things."
The mayor told council that
Cassina felt that he should have
the rights to the concession
booths. He said, the promoter
claims he is 'putting up $8,000.
for' purses and rents ,and
someone else is selling hot
dogs. Cassina .hadsuggested to
Shewfelt that Dirk Wolterbeek
could run his concession truck
into the paddock area of the
barn to service the trainers and
drivers and work under a 50-50
split ofthe revenue: '
Reeve °Profit remained un-
changed pointing out that in his
opinion if council said no, then
the locals, if they had -any "get
up and go", would have to work
harder but they could still race,
"The man would have to be
proven in bad faith," said.
Profit.
• In a recorded ' vote Mayor
Shewfe-1t and Councillors
Gower and Allen voted nay to
leaving the agreement un-
changed. Counoil decided to let
• it stand. - -
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years emergency work is up 45
percent, laboratory work is up
350 percent and the work sent
out to other labs is up 215
percent,"
Hospital board chairman
Doug McNeil told council that
when the project was first
considered the cost was
est'irnated at $400 to 450
thousand but that had ."long
since gone by the board". He
added that the annual payroll of
the hospital was in the neigh-
borhood of $1.5 million and that
this could be considered as one
of the town's big businesses.
The current estimates for the
expansion is $1,054,075, The
provincial ministry of health
pay 66.6 percent of approved
construction or eYcpansion costs
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leaving the remainder to be
paid by the hospital cor-
poration. Huron County council
elected 10 pay 75 percent of the
difference — 33 percent —
leaving the other 25 percent to
the town and townships to be
paid on a pro rata 'basis com-
mensurate with use.
The survey completed in 1974
showed that 69 iercent of the
10,681 visits to the hospital
during the year were from
Goderich. The survey asked the
visitors residence rather than
where they.- had' come from to
get to the hospital. Visitors in
Goderich as a result of industry
or tourism and not residents of
the area were not included. in
the total figure.
Goderich ., township con-
tributed • l0 percent of, - the
visitors, Colborne 11 and thle
remainder was spread over the
village of Bayfield and the.
townships of *Ashfield, West
•Wawanosh and Stanley.
These figti,res were the basis
of the payment schedule.
Goderich by virtue of the
number of users of the facilities .
will pay 69 percent of the
$87,776 to be handled by the,
area municipalities, that figure
being $00,776.
The plans, for the con-
struction pall for a little over
100 percent more floor space on
the north side of the building,
more X-ray units on the south
side arid four or five emergency
cubicles in the out-patient area
in the south-east corner.
ikings on rampage
The GDCI Viking • soccer `
teams won their second and
third consecutive games in
Huron Perth action last week.
In Seaforth on Tuesday, the
senior Vikings defeated
Seaforth 3-1 while the junior
Vikings edged Seafbrth, 2-1.
Friday, in Wingham, the
senior Vikings came up with
another" 3-1 victory and the
juniors shutout their Wingham
opponents, 3-0.
Coach Phil Bugler's squads
now have identical three win,
no loss records.
Pat Conlon gave the senior,
Vikings a two goal lead in the
first half of their game with
Seaforth.' After hitting the
crossbar on a good shot earlier
in the half, Conlon scored twice.
The first goal came on a rapid-
fire three way passing play
involving Tom o'Brien ,sand
Brian Thompson. Conlon got
his second counter as a result of
a corner from Jim "Jo -Jo"
Watt to Thompson who directed
the ball to Conlon. '
.blooper shot over Viking goalie
Casey Wildgen.'s head early in
the , second half
,Ron "Tag" Sowerby scored
the final goal of the game on a
good cross kick from KeVin
Meria m.
The Vikings won on a strong
team effort with good play from
Larry Donnelly and Jim Watt
highlighting the effort. "
Aga-itstNi i
Conlon again came up with
two goal effort, getting one `• a
penalty shot and the other en
'he headed Larry Donn • lly's
free kick past the Wi'gham
goalie.
"Tag" Sowerby go the other
Goderich goal whe e stole the
ball from a Wing . m defender -
after a short goal ick.
Wingham 'got their only goal
on a first half •enalty kick.
For the j , nior Vikings; lain
Lambert cored both - goals'
against eaforth, one in each
hell` T • first came on a .cross
from ►erry Austin, the second
on.a .ross from Paul Schaefer.
eafo,rth'goal came from
a p e ty shot.
Steve Chase, Bill `Gator':
alters and .r I,ambert all
played strong games-- for the
Vikings. "
In Wingham, the junior
Vikings played without
'Lambert who was injured, but
coach Bugler's squad still came
up with a strong' effort, keeping
the Wingharn team in their own
end for most of the game.
Jeff Baechler scored on a
,pass from Perry Tenichert in the'
first half and got his second
goal on a play set up by. Steve
Chase in the second half..
In between, Mark Bellinger
scored elf in fine corner .from
Steve Chase.
Yesterday the junior and
senior. Vikings played' in
Listowel.. Tomorrow (Friday)
they will play here 'against
Stratford Central.
May 11th to May- 17th is
Police Week this year,, and H.H.
Graham, commissioner, has
extended a personal invitation
for citizens to 'visit an OPP
detachment. Members of the
force will be on hand to show
visitors around and explain the
workings of the OPP in the
community.
"The role of the police has
been basically unchanged for
. years. Although the, emphasis "
may change in these
specialized times, police still
have to protect people. The
Seventies ha,ye given us
technology, but we are still
striving to improve ,our com-
munications with the citizens of
Ontario," he said. •
"Here is an ideal opportunity
,Wit, a policeman in an in-
forninl atmoiriphcre: take your
family and iintrodnce them
him, have a look at the det h-
ment and see how he wor s to
help you," he concluded
Police chief Pat King demonstrates to these Grade One Victoria school children wha happens
when a ,police officer forgets. where he left his helmet and sits on it accidentally: T e children
toured the station for Police Week and were sh6Wn police equipment and facilitie at the West
Street station. (staff -photo) . "
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Chiefarsenal on display for
OW station for many of the school children as part of -Police
Pat King put his department's A pek in Goderich. (staff -photo)
these Victoriai school Grade Four students as part of the open ..
'louse at the West Street sti►tinn, Tope chief sponsored tours of
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